The newly rising red sun drove away the last touch of deep blue in the sky.

The imperial city under the morning glow also recovered its calm from the noise of several days in a row.

The square in front of the Daqing Palace has been cleaned up at this time, and it is no longer possible to see the mess left after the gathering of thousands of troops and horses yesterday.

It was already the second day, and the emperor's wedding had finally come to an end.

Of course, this is only the end of it.

After that, there is also a return to the door, an audience with the wife, and a promotion of the Wang family, as well as a series of ceremonies that must be attended by the queen.

In the script compiled by the Rite Academy, this big scene will be performed until half a month later.

However, at that time, there was no longer a need for an important minister of the level of Zhang Dian to come forward, and the Hanlin Bachelor who served as a ceremonial envoy was enough to qualify.

The Zaifu have finally taken a break from the children's marriage and dealt with more important national affairs.

Chapters knocked on the table and announced the beginning of the meeting. However, he didn't get serious, but still asked Han Gang casually, "Yukun, how many did you catch last night?" ”

Han Gang clicked on the several copies in front of him. Text: "An hour ago, Yanda reported that more than 40 people had been arrested. Kaifeng Mansion has arrested more than two hundred. ”

The same male. The text is placed in front of every Zaifu.

Kumamoto flipped through it, looked at it twice, and put it down. These males. The text has always been cumbersome, and it is generally abridged. I didn't post an abridgement at the moment, and Kumamoto didn't bother to look at it carefully. asked Han Gang directly: "Why did you catch so much?" ”

Zeng Xiaokuan replied with a smile on behalf of Han Gang, "Those who return late and get up early are afraid that they will all be implicated." ”

Su Song Laocheng was serious and said, "I hope Kaifeng Mansion will not overdo it." ”

Han Gang turned to face Su Song and said solemnly: "Huang Mianzhong knows the measure. ”

"That's good." Su Song said, "The reward for the wedding of the Son of Heaven is not issued, and people's hearts are floating, so try not to add fuel to the fire." He smiled again, "No one dares to do something rebellious, but it's not a good thing to stomp and scold." ”

"The reward will be issued later, the government and the army have already reported it, but it is a matter of wealth and people's hearts, and the early delivery will not feel early, but the late delivery will definitely be scolded." Zhang Dian said, "I can only admit it." ”

Half a month later, the preparatory meeting of the Great Council will be held.

In order to celebrate this commemorative meeting, the political affairs hall began to let out the wind as early as two months ago, saying that the wedding of the Son of Heaven would not reward the ministers and the three armies, but would be changed to a preparatory meeting half a month later.

If the money in hand is enough, of course, the Zaifu are willing to send a little more to buy people's hearts. Both the military and civilians in Tokyo know very well who is in power at the moment. As long as the reward given by the Great Council Preparatory Meeting is a little more than the wedding of the Son of Heaven, which one is more important, people will also be clear.

It's a pity that the imperial court doesn't have that much money now.

Although the income of the imperial court is more than a year, the expenditure is also more than a year. Especially for railways, the railways that were built before have not yet reached the time when they can recover their costs, and the newly built railways have swallowed up a lot of money.

At present, there is no modern banking system, and the imperial court wants to play the deficit mode, and there is no place to empty the white wolf. The Zaifu can only live within their means, and then try to save money as much as possible.

The rewards given to the three armies and the hundred officials can only be chosen in the wedding of the Son of Heaven and the preparatory meeting of the Great Council. For the Zaisuke, the choice of which one is self-evident.

But it really doesn't feel good to have no money.

"It would be nice when the hand is not so tight."

Zeng Xiaokuan sighed half-jokingly, complaining that his income was too low like a small citizen.

"Earn more, spend more." Han Gang said: "If the scene is big, the expenses will also be large. I remember when I was in the Xizong Dynasty, it seemed that there was a marmoset, but he couldn't even afford to eat meat? ”

Li Chengzhi coughed, "The first eldest brother just didn't take advantage of it for a while, not because he really couldn't afford to eat meat." ”

Han Gang was stunned for a moment, and then bowed apologetically, "Gang doesn't know the reason, so he talks rashly, and I hope that the world will not be blamed." ”

The protagonist of this story mentioned by Han Gang is Li Suzhi, the eldest brother of Li Chengzhi. Because of the promotion of Tianzhang Pavilion to be systematized, there were too many relatives and friends who came to take refuge, and they couldn't even afford to eat meat for a while, but according to Li Chengzhi, the main reason should be that the supply at home did not keep up.

There were not many oil and water dispatches in Beijing, and many officials had to rely on the income from the local industries to make up for the work in the Qingshui Yamen.

Han Gang's scene is not small, and he is unwilling to scrape money nakedly, if the family industry can't support it, it will definitely be stretched.

"He who does not know is not guilty." Li Chengzhi shook his head, didn't care, and said, "Although it is difficult to give up good money, this money has to be spent." ”

"Bongse's right words." Zhang Dian said, "What should be used must be used." The money invested in the railroad now can be recovered tenfold in the future. Not only the income from the railway, but also the market in the states and counties through which it passed through prospered. No matter where the state or county, as long as the railway is connected, the tax revenue of commercial tax can rise by 50% that year. ”

Taking a sip of the teacup, Zhang Dian continued, "What's more, the expenses spent by the imperial court on the railway are not gone. This money, paid for labor, the purchase of materials. In the end, half of the money fell to the craftsmen who built the railroad tracks and the soldiers who built the railway, so wouldn't they use the money? It's all about using! The same money is earned by the rich, and the rich can hide half of it, and if it is earned by the poor, it will definitely be spent. The more this money is used, the more prosperous the market becomes, and the more prosperous it is, the more commercial taxes can be collected by the imperial court. Coming and going, the front is still in the hands of the imperial court. ”

Han Gang listened to Zhang Dian say this in a clear manner, but he admired him more and more. It's not just that Janden's view of the country's economy has moved away from old-fashioned thinking. What's more, because Zhang Dian hasn't closed his eyes much for a few days, his mind can still be so clear, which is rare at his age.

On the day of the emperor's wedding, Zhang Dan, as a great envoy, can be regarded as the hardest working person in Zaifu.

Although he is over fifty years old, he can still be regarded as a backbone in the ranks of important ministers, but with the understanding of the world and his personal physical condition, he can already be regarded as an old man. Normal old people of Zhangdun's age, no matter how well they are maintained, they must feel unbearable after a hard day.

But Zhang Dun was still in good spirits, and he didn't seem to be affected by anything. You know, his hard work is not just yesterday. The busyness of the wedding began half a year ago, even though the rough Zhang Dian had to start running back and forth two days ago, plus last night, Zhang Dian stayed up at least two all-nighters, and the day before, at most he only slept for one or two hours.

Most of the officials who were ordered to run below were on vacation, and a small number of those who had to insist on it were listless at the moment, and after a while, seeing that no one was paying attention, they covered their mouths with their sleeves and yawned quietly.

And Zaifu's energy is extraordinary, which may be a talent shared by the top management.

Zeng Xiaokuan is ten years older than Zhang Dun, and he didn't sleep much last night, and he was also in good spirits. Su Song, Zhang Qi, Li Chengzhi, and Kumamoto, none of whom were younger than 60 years old, all sat in their seats with their waists straight at the morning meeting of the two prefectures held on the two days.

As for Han Gang, he was the youngest among the people, and he hadn't closed his eyes all night, except for a little bloodshot in his eyes, he couldn't see any difference from usual at all.

Compared with the energy of the Zaifu, the much younger emperor looked sluggish after the night of candles in the cave room.

The day after the candle night in the cave room, I had to get up early in the morning to visit the Queen Mother.

After tossing for a day, Zhao Xu has no energy now, and he is a little irritable, and he is in a lawsuit.

Empress Dowager Xiang completely ignored Zhao Xu's attitude, and even Zhao Xu ignored him, but she attached great importance to Wang Qin, although she didn't have much energy, she still held hands and said a few words to Wang Qin.

Zhao Xu endured his tiredness and didn't let himself sit and fall asleep. In a daze, a sentence came into his ears and suddenly woke him up.

When she looked at the past, even the new queen was surprised.

Wang Qin spoke softly, but spoke without the slightest timidity: "Adopt the clan, queen mother, why is this?" ”

"Recruit a few children from the clan family to come into the palace to raise them, and you can also ask for good luck. The three children I have selected this time have many brothers in the family, and few of them have died young. With them in the palace, you can also give birth to a dragon son early. ”

Empress Dowager Xiang turned to Zhao Xu again and said: "The official family, your body is not good, so I won't give you a concubine first, live a good life with the queen, and strive to hear the good news as soon as possible." ”

Zhenzong couldn't give birth to a son, so he took his nephew Zhao Yunrang to the palace to raise him, and only after giving birth to Renzong did he send Zhao Yunrang back. And Zhao Yunrang is the king of Lao Pu.

Renzong couldn't give birth to a son later, so he raised two close branch clans in the palace, one of whom was Zhao Yunrang's son, Yingzong Zhao Shu, who was called Zhao Zongshi at that time.

Emperor Xizong, although his son was born and died, he always did not cut off people, so he did not adopt, but when the princes died one after another, the left and right ministers and the palace proposed to adopt the family more than once.

But Zhao Xu has only just gotten married, how many years has it been since Zhenzong Renzong adopted the clan?

Is it necessary to be in such a hurry?

Zhao Xu's pale face became more and more pale, "Whose son is it?" ”

"King Kang Hui's line."

There is only one clan nicknamed Kanghui, that is, Qin Kanghui Wang Defang, the son of Taizu!

Zhao Xu's hands trembled, "What's the matter...... It's also too far away. ”

Empress Dowager Xiang had a cold face, "If you get too close, you will be too concerned, what kind of thoughts do you have for those uncles and brothers of King Pu's Mansion?" It's not as good as Taizu's lineage, and he won't have too much thought. ”

Really? Zhao Xu didn't believe it at all. But what if he doesn't believe it? When he came out of the Cishou Hall in a daze, and when he turned back to the Funing Palace, he didn't notice that the newly promoted Duke of Tanguo, Zhao Shijiang, was going to the Cishou Hall from another road.

Zhao Shijiang noticed it and smiled coldly.

Taizu was created, but his descendants could not enjoy the country, what is the reason?

There have been no heirs in the palace for sixty years, and even if there is one, it is a mediocre and rebellious thing.

There have long been rumors in the outside world that this qiē is caused by Emperor Taizu's resentment. Although many people have speculated about the source of the rumors, there are still many who believe it.

If Zhao Xu can't give birth to a son, then after raising a few Taizu in the palace, he will naturally become the next son of heaven.

This is the promise that Zhao Shijiang made to the prime ministers in exchange for his actions when he purged the Pu Wang family.

Those who were selected into the palace were not the children of Zhao Shijiang's family, but as long as they were genuine Taizu, it would be enough.