Chapter 6 The Crown Prince
The imperial city of Bianjing in autumn is bleak and solemn, and the wind blows, rolling up the sky full of dead leaves and invading the people on the road. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info, QB5. \
A gust of north wind blew, Zhao Lei closed his eyes, stopped, and avoided the harassment of the wind and sand.
Zhao Lei, who closed his eyes, was wondering in his heart, he was originally building a greenhouse in Qinghe Town, but he was suddenly recalled to Bianjing by an edict from the official Zhao Zhen, but now the Bianjing court is calm, and the Great Song Dynasty and Zhou neighbors have not heard of any chaos, what is there that makes the official Zhao Zhen so anxious to summon it!
The wind stopped, and Zhao Lei, who opened his eyes, followed the waiter who led the way in front of him and walked in the direction of the forbidden center.
Zhao Lei, who had just walked to the gate of the forbidden middle school, was pulled aside by a noodle waiter who had been waiting for a long time.
"What is this lord doing?" Zhao Lei, who was pulled to the corner of the unmanned wall by the inner waiter, asked the inner servant with a puzzled expression.
"The miscellaneous family came to wait for Lord Zhao on the order of Chief Manager Gan Ling." After explaining to Zhao Lei, the chamberlain turned his head to see that there was no one around, and whispered to Zhao Lei: "Lord Zhao! Last night, the official family invited King Zongzheng Pu'an and the prime minister Wang Su, Du Yan and others to discuss the matter of establishing the prince as the crown prince, the king of Pu'an and the prime minister did not object, the official family moved the prince's bedroom to the Taihe Palace today, and now the official family and the prince are waiting for the adults in the Taihe Palace! β
After listening to the words of the waiter, Zhao Lei's face changed slightly, and then he took out a ten-run handover from his body and handed it to the waiter.
Zhao Lei, who said goodbye to his chamberlain, walked all the way to the southeast of the forbidden center, where the Taihe Palace where the official Prince Zhao Zhen lived during the period.
Taihe Palace! Zhao Lei pondered in his heart as he walked, why did the official Zhao Zhen decide on the candidate for the crown prince so early! You must know that the selection of the crown prince in the Song Dynasty was decided very late, for example, Zhao Zhenzong's Laozi Zhenzong made Zhao Zhen the crown prince before he died, but the Empress Dowager Liu took advantage of the situation to control the power of the imperial court, and almost came to a military queen to restore.
Could it be to prevent the recurrence of the Empress Dowager Liu incident? It's impossible! Queen Miao is virtuous and virtuous, she is a woman with no ambition and virtue, not to mention that the official Zhao Zhen is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it will take at least 20 years for the prince to take over the throne, and the prince will be in his thirties by then, are you still afraid that the queen mother will divide power! Why did the official Zhao Zhen set up the prince in advance! Zhao Lei's face was ordinary, but his heart was turbulent.
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Taihe Palace as the sleeping palace of the princes of the Great Song Dynasty, luxurious and extravagant almost the residence of the emperor, Taihe Palace is composed of five halls, and the main building Taihe Palace covers an area of 6,000 square meters. There are eighteen rooms in the hall, such as bedrooms, study rooms, and meeting rooms, which are not much more than the bedroom of the official Zhao Zhen.
In the study room of the Taihe Palace, the official Zhao Zhen and Empress Miao sat in front of the bookcase with a loving face, and were teaching the prince who was about to be the prince.
The children of the common people of the Great Song Dynasty are generally enlightened at the age of eight to receive education, and the education system of the Great Song Dynasty is very good, all kinds of private schools and official schools are all over the realm, in China's thousands of years of feudal dynasties, the proportion of the Great Song Dynasty education is among the best, far from other dynasties, which is not only the reason for the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty. The Great Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, and the policy of scholars and emperors ruling the world and the court also played a great role in it.
Children from ordinary families are enlightened at the age of eight. As the children of the Great Song Dynasty royal family, the children of the Great Song clan who have a complete imperial education system need to go to the imperial school to receive enlightenment education at the age of five, and both men and women need to receive education.
The only son of the official Zhao Zhen, the prince, is no exception, the prince, who is almost nine years old this year, has received four years of basic education in the imperial school, and together with other sect disciples, he has been taught the way of Confucius and Mencius for four years by a group of highly respected Confucians.
However, the prince is about to become the crown prince, although there is only one word to call the difference, but the identity is divided into heaven and earth. As the crown prince, the prince can no longer go to the imperial school to receive education, but can only accept the education of the prince and the prince appointed by the emperor, which is a rule handed down from the founding of the Great Song Dynasty. No one can change it.
Zhao Lei walked to the gate of Taihe Palace, and saw Gan Ling, the chief attendant of the inner chamberlain, and several big internal guards waiting outside the gate of Taihe Palace.
"Why didn't Lord Gan accompany the official family." Zhao Lei immediately greeted Gan Ling and said.
The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty had to have someone by his side even if he slept and went to the toilet, which was also the rule of the Great Song Dynasty. After Song Taizu died in an accident, whether it was his killing or the will of heaven, it was no longer something that future generations could discuss, and after Song Taizong took over the throne, he set the rules, no matter when and where the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was, there must be someone around him, and this rule did save several later emperors of the Great Song Dynasty who fell ill by accident, so that it was passed down from generation to generation, and now the shadow of the official Zhao Zhen is Gan Ling, Gan Ling was not by the side of the official Zhao Zhendi, but ran outside to drink the northwest wind, which made Zhao Lei a little surprised.
"The official family is enjoying the joy of family inside, and the miscellaneous family dares to disturb it, but the official family has an order, and after Lord Zhao comes, he will go over to see the driver quickly, and there is no need to report it." Gan Ling looked at Zhao Lei and said with a smile.
After greeting Gan Ling, Zhao Lei said goodbye and left, and when he passed by Gan Ling's side, he suddenly heard Gan Ling say with a low smile: "Congratulations to Lord Zhao on his promotion to the crown prince." β
The prince and the prince! Gan Ling's congratulations solved the confusion in Zhao Lei's heart, thinking that the official Zhao Zhen lived under the wing of the Empress Dowager Liu for ten years, and only then did he win over a confidant and three envoys Ye Qingchen, and after taking power, Prime Minister Lu Yijian's power was greater than Zhao Zhen's, and Zhao Zhen took advantage of the struggle between the courtiers to control half of the power of the court in ten years, and he was considered to be completely stable as the emperor
Set, how many twenty years of life can be used to consolidate his own rights, it is Zhao Zhen's youth, not Zhao Zhen took over the position of the crown prince before Zhenzong died, Zhao Zhen does not need to spend more than 20 years to consolidate the position of the emperor, the official Zhao Zhen does not want the prince to follow his old path, if the official Zhao Zhen is dying and makes the prince the prince, I am afraid that the prince will have another 20 years to consolidate his position, and who can afford the waste of 20 years, so the official Zhao Zhen set up the prince in advance and let the prince participate in the government politics, Then let Zhao Lei a group of powerful ministers serve as the prince's prince, responsible for teaching the prince, supplemented by a group of prince's close ministers, and when the official Zhao Zhen returns to heaven, the prince only needs a short time to control the court, the hard work of the official Zhao Zhen is very rare!
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When Zhao Lei walked into the study of Taihe Palace, the official Zhao Zhen's examination of the prince had ended, and he was enjoying family fun with Queen Miao and the prince.
"Chen Zhao Lei has seen the official family, the queen, and His Royal Highness the prince!" After Zhao Lei entered the study. Respectfully greeted the three emperors of the Great Song Dynasty in the study.
After Zhao Lei walked into the study, the prince who was originally coquettish in Zhao Zhen's arms was already standing beside Zhao Zhen, looking at Zhao Lei who was respectful and respectful curiously.
"Aiqing is flat!" After the official Zhao Zhen finished speaking to Zhao Lei, he turned his head and said to the curious prince: "Emperor, haven't you always wanted to meet Zhao Sanshi!" β
This year's nine-year-old prince is innocent and cute, naughty and mischievous, and the official Zhao Zhen has been pressed by the Empress Dowager Liu since he was a child, and his personality has become cowardly.
"You are Zhao Lei!" The nine-year-old prince is less than a meter tall. Bypassing the bookcase, he walked in front of Zhao Lei, facing the tall Zhao Lei, who was more than 1.8 meters tall, and asked without the slightest timidity.
"The minister is Zhao Lei!" Looking at the prince who was only up to his waist, naΓ―ve but pretending to be a little adult, Zhao Lei replied with a smile.
"My father and mother often tell me that I was seriously ill when I was a child, and it was your wonderful rejuvenation that saved my life, is it true!" The prince asked Zhao Lei crisply.
"At that time, the minister was still an official of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and it was within his duty to treat His Highness, not to mention!" Faced with a naΓ―ve child's questions about life-saving places. Zhao Lei could only reply very modestly.
"The father said that you can be a state of literature and a country, and you can be a master of the country, if you are my master. Can you teach me more than Taizu, is it true! The prince continued to ask Zhao Lei innocently and cutely.
The prince's request or wish surprised Zhao Lei, is Song Taizu so good! Although the Song Dynasty was economically strong and militarily weak, it was also a famous and powerful country in history, and Song Taizu was a strongman alongside Emperor Qin, Han Wu, and Tang Zong. But the official's expectations for the prince are really high! Zhao Lei looked at the official Zhao Zhen with some astonishment.
Seeing Zhao Lei's somewhat stunned expression, the official Zhao Zhen smiled slightly, sent the prince and the Empress Dowager Miao out of the study, and then said to Zhao Lei: "I heard that Zhao Aiqing has been working on a greenhouse recently?" β
"A little bit of family work for the minister. The officials all know. Zhao Lei didn't know how the matter of the greenhouse reached the ears of the official family, and he didn't know the attitude of the official family, so he asked the official Zhao Zhen very carefully.
Aiqing ordered 100,000 taels of transparent glass from Bianjing, and this kind of generosity spread all over Bianjing. I've heard of it even in the forbidden world! Can greenhouses really grow spring and autumn vegetables in winter? The official Zhao Zhen also didn't believe that spring and autumn vegetables could be grown in winter, which was no longer the law of the four seasons, so he asked Zhao Lei curiously with questions.
"Of course! At the end of the year. The minister guaranteed that fresh vegetables were served in the palace. Zhao Lei didn't dare to promise his ability to stabilize the country, but the greenhouse dared to guarantee the vote and said to the official Zhao Zhen.
"Since Aiqing is so sure, why don't you mention my Huangzhuang in Xifu, I heard that Aiqing has planted a hundred-acre greenhouse, and Xifu's Huangzhuang will also make a hundred-acre greenhouse! Aiqing won't shirk it, right? "The official Zhao Zhen heard Zhao Lei's guarantee, remembered Zhao Lei's ability to skill, and immediately asked Zhao Lei to get a hundred acres of greenhouses in Xifu's Huangzhuang, anyway, the investment of more than 100,000 taels is a drop in the bucket for the clan, and it is not worth mentioning.
"When the minister goes back, he will pass on the greenhouse experience to the people of Xifu Huangzhuang." The official spoke, but Zhao Lei couldn't shirk it, so he could only simply agree.
"I once promised Aiqing that when the prince became an adult, I would let Aiqing serve as the crown prince and be responsible for educating the prince, and now the prince is almost ten years old, and I am also ready to make the prince the prince, this prince and the prince's responsibility, Aiqing cannot shirk it!" After the official Zhao Zhen solved the matter of the greenhouse, he remembered the main purpose of calling Zhao Lei over and said.
"Bow and do your best!" Zhao Lei's face was calm, and he said in a deep voice with excitement in his heart.
"After the New Year, I will crown the prince as the crown prince, Aiqing will hand over the road construction to others, and spend more time on the prince!" The official Zhao Zhen said to Zhao Lei.
Looking at Zhao Lei, who nodded in agreement, the official Zhao Zhen thought that there was nothing else to do, so he waved his hand to let Zhao Lei retire.
In this way, Zhao Lei will begin to assume the responsibilities of the crown prince and the prince, responsible for teaching the prince of Zhao Zhen, the son of Zhao Zhen, who died early in history.
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