Chapter 162: The Problem of Heirs

Lost a boat, and two other ships were damaged, and finally Zhao Jia and they finally passed through the southernmost strait in South America, because the strait was foggy, so they named this strait the Misty Strait, which was also the first time Zhao Jia and they suffered such a heavy blow, but they were not completely without gains, at least Zhao Jia and they had recorded the general situation in the Misty Strait, laying the foundation for future exploration routes.

After leaving the Misty Strait, Zhao Jia and their ship did not immediately sail westward, but continued to sail north along the coast of South America, until they reached the position of the equator before stopping, because there are two ocean currents from east to west near the equator, as long as they enter these two ocean currents, they don't have to worry about losing their course, the ocean currents will bring them to the South Seas, and then Zhao Jia and they can return to the Great Song Dynasty very easily.

At the same time when Zhao Jia and they arrived at the equator, the Great Song Dynasty was busy, because Zhao Xu's preparation to Mount Tai to seal Zen has been announced to the world, speaking of Zhao Xu although young, but since he ascended the throne, he even destroyed the Northern Liao and Jin Kingdom, and expanded the territory of the Great Song Dynasty for thousands of miles, and the country is also a thriving scene, it can be said that the martial arts have reached the limit of an emperor, so many people in the Great Song Dynasty call Zhao Xu the first Ming Jun in history, so it is logical for him to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen.

However, Feng Chan is not a trivial matter, especially for the ministers in the court, this is simply the first major event since they entered politics, the most important of which is Zhao Xu's safety after leaving Beijing, and how to deal with the government and other issues, these need to be arranged in detail in advance, so this time the court is also very busy, and almost everyone is revolving around the affairs of Feng Chan.

In contrast, Zhao Xu, who is the protagonist of Feng Chan, is relatively idle. Since the Great Song Dynasty stopped expanding, the usual general government affairs were handled by several ministers, and there were not too many people who could let him personally handle government affairs, so during this time, in addition to familiarizing himself with the etiquette that he needed to know when he was sealing Zen, he seemed very idle at other times, and he was usually busy with government affairs. He even had time to go out of the palace to chat and drink with his third brother Zhao Jun.

However, Zhao Xu's leisurely days did not last long, because in the morning of this day, he was in the vertical arch hall to review the recitals sent by the political hall, these recitals have actually been reviewed by several ministers of the political hall, and some of their handling opinions are also written on them, Zhao Xu only needs to summarize their opinions, or add some of his own instructions.

There weren't many recitals today, so Zhao Xu quickly reviewed them, but when he saw the content of the last one. But he couldn't help but look sink, because this recital was different from other recitals, but several ministers from the political hall jointly played it, and the content of the recital was also very simple, it was nothing more than to persuade Zhao Xu to move around the harem more, and it was best to let the concubines of the harem conceive the dragon son as soon as possible, so that the society of the Great Song Dynasty would be more stable.

Zhao Xu threw it aside without reading it. The mood that was originally good suddenly became very bad, because the performance of several ministers just revealed the thing he was most reluctant to mention in his heart. That's the problem of his heirs, it's really strange to say, he has a lot of concubines in his harem, and he often lets the concubines in the palace sleep, but the concubines in the harem are rarely pregnant, and finally two concubines are pregnant. In the end, she only gave birth to two little princesses, and as for the prince, there was no shadow at all.

Originally, Zhao Xu thought that he was still young, so he didn't care much about not having a son, because he felt that there would be time in the future, and he didn't believe that he would always have a daughter. But he was not in a hurry, but the ministers in the court were in a hurry. Because as long as Zhao Xu has no son for a day, then the Great Song Dynasty will have no heir to the throne for a day, to put it mildly, if Zhao Xu has any accidents, it will have a huge impact on the Great Song Dynasty, and even subvert the Great Song Dynasty.

It can be said that Zhao Xu's heir is not his personal problem, but also a national issue related to the Great Song Dynasty, and it is precisely because of this that the ministers in the court also have enough confidence to speak on this matter, especially in the past few years, almost every month will send a letter to Zhao Xu, the content is similar, the direct point is to let him look at the Great Song Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, focus on state affairs, and let the concubines of the harem give birth to dragons as soon as possible; To put it mildly, let him choose show girls to enter the palace among the people, let the royal blood branch out as soon as possible, and so on.

In fact, they can't blame the ministers for being anxious, because they already had the example of Song Renzong before, so they were also afraid that Zhao Xu would have no son in his life like Emperor Renzong, and if there was civil strife in the Great Song Dynasty because of the issue of establishing a prince, maybe the current good situation would be completely ruined.

But although the ministers were anxious, they didn't think about it from Zhao Xu's point of view, and just blindly persuaded Zhao Xu to let the harem conceive a dragon son as soon as possible. Zhao Xu was not in a hurry, but he was persuaded by the minister many times, and finally he was in a hurry, but giving birth to a child is not something he can control, and the more anxious he is, the more he can't give birth, and even the outside world has begun to wonder if there is something wrong with his body, which also makes Zhao Xu even more annoyed, but he has nowhere to vent, so he can only sulk by himself.

It is precisely because of the above reasons, so today Zhao Xu will be so angry when he sees the folds of several ministers jointly signing a book, originally it was only a certain minister occasionally writing a book, and later it was changed to a certain minister writing a book, but now it is good, it has developed to several ministers jointly writing a book, generally this situation only occurs when there is a war, and Zhao Xu also understands very well in his heart that this is the minister is increasing pressure on himself, urging him to give birth to a son quickly.

"A bunch of old fools, can I control the matter of having children?" At that moment, I saw Zhao Xu slap the music on the table and said angrily, in fact, he really wanted to get the concubines in the palace pregnant as soon as possible, so that his ears would be quiet, but it was also strange, his body was obviously very healthy, and his ability in that area was also good, but the concubines in the harem just weren't pregnant, which made him very helpless.

"Fifth brother, who are you angry with?" Just when Zhao Xu was angry, he suddenly heard a clear laugh from outside, and then saw Zhao Jun walking into the hall with a smile. (To be continued.) )