Bianjing.

Imperial Palace, Chengqian Palace.

"The Holy One has arrived!"

"The son has visited his father, and his father is saint?"

"I'm there! The prince sits. ”

"Thank you, Father!"

Zhao Ming, who had been to Chengqian Palace for a long time, suddenly came to him, Zhao Ming was surprised, but he didn't ask, and sat on the chair next to him according to Zhao Duan's words.

The palace people brought tea, and the father and son each held a cup and gently skimmed off the foam with the same action, and then took a sip together.

Zhao Duan slowly put the tea cup in his hand on the table beside him, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Prince, it's getting colder and colder lately!" ”

"Father, it's autumn, and the weather is naturally getting colder and colder."

Zhao Ming replied respectfully while holding the teacup.

"Alas...... Oh, yes! ”

Zhao Duan folded his hands again, looked up at the ginkgo tree standing outside the palace gate, and sighed slightly.

Half a sound and said slowly: "This year's year is average, although the people have not suffered any major disasters, but they are still not happy, the year before last and the year before last, the natural disasters made the people live worse than death, coupled with the "man-made disasters" of some people, the people who were already living a difficult life could not survive.

According to Qin Tianjian's observation, there may still be many catastrophes next year, and with this year's grain, I don't know how many people will have to sell their sons and daughters next year.

Alas......

Prince, do you say that I am a special failure as the emperor, I can't stabilize the situation at the top, and I can't comfort the people at the bottom.

It's a mediocre person. ”

Zhao Ming was shocked when he heard this, and he didn't dare to follow these words, but said: "At the beginning of my father's reign, the situation in the Great Song Dynasty was much worse than at this time.

The father and emperor spent more than 20 years in the north to resist the Huns and Tatars, stabilize the balance of the court, and secretly cut the military power of the Ding family to strengthen the imperial military power.

Why should my father be arrogant? ”

Zhao Duan smiled, but his eyelids still drooped, and he said in a low voice: "But after all, it's just barely maintained."

The Xiongnu were blocked, but they were detained every year, and the border people left their homes every year and had to suffer from the ravages of the Xiongnu from time to time.

Inside, the balance of the court is only on the surface, and secretly each has its own thoughts, and I know clearly what they have done, but I can only turn a blind eye.

Because the royal family can't move them now, and they can't move them!

On the Ding family's side, even more, although I have repeatedly reduced their military power over the years, the Ding family's prestige in the army is deep-rooted, how can it be uprooted in just more than 20 years, until now, I occasionally have to endure the stupid behavior of Ding Nie's idiot!

The last time the sixth came back, he even dared to rob the sixth child's horse in public!

The sixth is the king of the domain!

It's a child of the royal family! Heaven and earth!

What does he mean by that? He obviously didn't take me Zhao Song royal family and me in his eyes!

But in the end, I can only find a reason to turn this matter into a small matter, what a humiliation!

If an ordinary Taiwei dared to do this, I would have punished him a long time ago!

Sixth, he was disappointed in me, and I could see it.

But what can I do, I can't move!

We can't move, and now we don't have enough strength to overturn the chessboard, so we can only endure it and continue to accumulate.

……”

Where Zhao Duan was babbling, as if he was venting, Zhao Ming lowered his head and listened silently, without saying a word.

Shao leaning, maybe he was tired, maybe he was finished, Zhao Duan stopped.

took a sip of the tea that had been cold on the side, and then said: "I originally wanted the sixth person to train a batch of recruits for me in northern Jiangsu."

But he seemed to have other arrangements for his men, and after the men on our side had passed, the 20,000 men left by boat, and did not know where they went.

You say, why did the sixth send them? ”

Zhao asked unexpectedly, and immediately stunned Zhao Ming.

It took a while to come back to his senses, and after thinking about it, he said some of the news he had gotten.

"Erchen heard that not long ago, Feiyun Commercial Bank bought ships everywhere in the four southeastern counties, and it seems that it is to do maritime trade business."

"Maritime business? What is this for sending 20,000 troops away? ”

Zhao Duan naturally got the news earlier than Zhao Ming, but now he pretended not to know and asked.

"Erchen doesn't know, maybe the sixth brother's business has encountered some obstacles overseas, with the temper of the sixth brother, I am afraid that these 20,000 people will go to smash the field." Zhao Ming guessed.

"Smashing the field?"

Zhao Duan was a little puzzled by this word.

Zhao Ming explained with a smile: "This is where Erchen learned from the sixth brother, which seems to be similar to kicking a restaurant and making trouble in a restaurant." ”

"Is that so? It's apt. ”

Zhao Duan smiled, and then said: "Although his army left, he left a teaching team in Wusu County, these people are very good at training, although there are only a few dozen people, but the 50,000 newly recruited people in Wusu County now have a trace of rudimentary form."

The speed of this training is terrifying, but the generals I sent said that they were only running and standing all day long, so they could actually train soldiers? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Duan's face suddenly became solemn, he withdrew his hands from the sleeves opposite, patted the armrests of the chair and said slowly: "But I heard from those generals that these recruits have some problems. ”

"Some questions?"

Zhao Ming is puzzled?

Zhao Duan nodded, and then said slowly: "Although they also listen to the words of the generals I sent, their action power is higher for those who teach the team!" ”

Zhao Ming seemed to understand something, and asked, "Father, are you saying that the sixth brother has done something in this batch of new troops?" ”

Zhao Duan nodded and said, "Although I don't know what he did.

But the abnormality of the new army is certain, if we continue to practice like this, I am afraid that in the end we will make a wedding dress for your sixth brother! ”

"What do you mean, Father?"

Zhao Ming asked.

Zhao Duan smiled slightly, his fingers lightly tapped the armrest and said with a smile: "Keep practicing, if he has the ability, then just take it!"

This northern Jiangsu and his Yunzhou are separated by such a long distance, he may not be able to grasp it! ”

Zhao Ming looked at Zhao Duan's expression, and immediately understood that his father was on the same page as Lao Liu, which aroused his father's desire to win.

He shook his head helplessly, but didn't say anything more.

"Oh, yes!"

At this moment, Zhao Duan suddenly said.

"What?"

Zhao Ming was puzzled.

But I heard Zhao Duan continue: "This year's harvest in our customs is okay, there should be no major events in the country, the Xiongnu outside the Guan, Lao Shan died of illness last winter, and now the Xiongnu side is fighting with each other for the new Shan Yu position, and it is estimated that there will be no effort to invade the border again this year."

In general, the situation in the Great Song Dynasty should be relatively calm this year, so after the autumn harvest, I decided to let you be imprisoned for a while, and I took this opportunity to go to Yunzhou County on the grounds that I was not feeling well.

You're okay with that, right? ”

"What?"

Zhao Ming was stunned, what did he hear?

Is his father going to throw all the work to him, and run out by himself?

He wanted to object, but looking at his father's smiling eyes, he knew he had no choice to object.

I had to nod helplessly and agree.

"Erchen has no opinion, my father saw the sixth brother, and said hello to him on behalf of Erchen.

When will my father come back? ”

"After the year, I want to spend the New Year with the sixth child this year."

"Uh, how are the courtiers going to explain?"

"You have to figure out this yourself, Da Song is now mine, but after all, he is the crown prince, you should also take some responsibility, I believe that you can do it.

The father is old, and it is time to rest and rest when he is short of energy. ”

With that, Zhao Duan stood up, patted Zhao Ming's shoulder, showed a kind smile, and then turned around and left with a relaxed face.

"Time is running out, prince, get ready early!

Don't wait for me to leave and you tell me you're not ready.

I won't say yes then! ”

Looking at the footsteps and back of his father leaving briskly, Zhao Ming couldn't help but slap his face.

Boy!

This old man, is this ready to be rotten?

Do you want to be a shopkeeper?

Can......

Thinking of this, Zhao Ming's brows couldn't help but wrinkle deeply, and he got up and came to the palace gate.

Looking at the huge ginkgo tree, whose leaves have turned into gold for nearly half, some of the leaves on the branches have begun to fall.

Autumn is here, and the old ones can't hang on the trees for too long, and next spring, there will be new leaves hanging on the branches.

Can you really hold up to the big ship that has barely continued to operate in the Great Song Dynasty?

……

(End of chapter)