Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 155: Does he look like a monarch?
The seventh year of the Qingli period, the end of May.

Once everything is ready, the army can set off.

As the saying goes, only Hebei people know Hebei affairs.

Li Yuanjun himself probably knew that the Hebei region was the most prone to mutiny and rebellion.

However, most mutinies and rebellions can be resolved with just a good talk and some persuasion.

Sometimes it is because the people sent by the court are too pushy.

Many people have no choice but to take risks.

Early June.

The army crossed the Yellow River.

Then, we started heading north along the Yellow River.

As for Zhao Xin...

Of course we won’t set off so soon, and it’s still unclear whether we will set off at all.

After all, it is such a dangerous matter, and I have to think carefully about my father and Madam Miao.

Although he himself was not afraid, his father and Madam Miao were afraid.

Besides, what if we get sick from the climate or get heatstroke once we leave Kaifeng City? This isn't the future.

He is the only son his father has.

After thinking about it...

Their destination this time was Daming Prefecture.

Assuming we march 20 kilometers a day, it would take at most ten days to arrive.

Of course, there may be some rest and camping practice in between.

Zhao Xin's original purpose was to go out and see it with his own eyes, and then understand the people's sentiments.

But now...

Let's wait until they have stepped on the mines and feel that it is safe to travel from Kaifeng Prefecture to Daming Prefecture.

The essential……

If something really happened, in fact, the distance of several dozen kilometers, less than 200 kilometers, would not be slow for scouts to deliver letters back and forth.

Zhao Xin only did this because his father had no son.

otherwise……

He had gone out on his own a long time ago!

When the army marched north along the Yellow River, Zhao Xin could only teach knowledge to his concubine at home and wait.

in fact……

I feel like Damingfu is still close!
We should advance at least another 200 miles.

……

And the court officials.

Of course they also knew that Zhao Xin was going to send troops out.

Be reasonable!
A little bit surprised.

But when I think about it, Zhao Xun, who is beside Zhao Xin, is not an ordinary person either.

The reason why the emperor valued him so much was because Zhao Xun had personally deployed troops in front of the emperor.

When you think about it this way, it seems reasonable.

I guess many people are still thinking that Zhao Xin actually put very little effort into training the troops, and this army is mostly in the shape of Zhao Xun.

Therefore, some censors tactfully reminded the emperor that His Royal Highness the Prince of Yu was so young, and the military power must now be in the hands of Zhao Xun. Would it really be a good thing for His Royal Highness the Prince of Yu to let Zhao Xun hold the military power for a long time?
What should we do if in the future all the soldiers only listen to Zhao Xun and not His Royal Highness the Prince of Yu?
Isn't this no different from the eunuchs who held military power during the Tang Dynasty?

By then, perhaps they could depose or enthrone His Royal Highness Prince Yu in a matter of moments.

After listening to it, Zhao Zhen also replied: "What you said makes sense. I will go back and ask."

Then Zhao Zhen went back and asked Zhao Xin whether this Li Yuan army was all in the shape of Zhao Xun.

Zhao Xin said, "Dad, what are you thinking about? I trained them little by little. Indeed, Zhao Xun and his men have definitely seen the soldiers longer than I have, but the soldiers are not so ignorant that they don't even know who their real commander is."

Zhao Zhen said, "Isn't this just a reminder to you? Since the Five Dynasties, soldiers have been rioting frequently. You should be careful." Zhao Xin said, "We are all good people, unlike your bandit soldiers. Besides, their wives and sons are in my hands. I gave them the land, not Zhao Xun."

Zhao Zhen thought about it calmly and realized that this was indeed the truth.

Zhao Xin then continued, "I think it is necessary to change the bad habit of our dynasty always suspecting military officers, or even directly despising them. We always look down on military officers, thinking that they will always rebel, and we are so strict on guarding against them. This is definitely one of the biggest reasons why our dynasty lacks martial virtue."

"Soldiers are not proud of making achievements, they are all paid how much money to do how much work, when it comes to war, each head is rewarded ten strings of money, naturally they will be greedy and reckless."

"Even if we win a battle in the future, they will probably win or lose because of the scramble for spoils. The key is that we have to spend a lot of money to support them. If something doesn't go their way, they will mutiny and rebel."

Zhao Zhen then asked: "So you have another idea?"

Zhao Xin replied: "No, I'm not an immortal from heaven, how can I have a solution to every problem?"

Zhao Zhen: "..."

However, Zhao Zhen did see an immortal in his dream.

The immortal said Zuixinglai, so he gave Zhao Xin's nickname Zuixinglai.

Well……

The more Zhao Zhen thought about it, the more he felt.

The reason why Zui Xinglai is so smart must have a lot to do with this!
In fact, everyone in the Zhao family is very superstitious.

Of course, some superstitions were done to show off to others and to increase the authority of the royal family.

But some of them really believe it!
Otherwise, why would we give money to those monks and bald monks?

But it has been much better in the past one or two years.

Since Zhao Xin stopped him from sending his children off, his father basically stopped sending his children off.

……

In the seventh year of the Qingli period, in the middle of the year.

During this year, the most important thing the Song Dynasty court did was to reduce taxes for local people.

We have to reduce or exempt the taxes. If we don’t, there might be more rebellions.

Of course! This was definitely not Zhao Xin's idea.

It was the result of discussions between his father, Zhang Dexiang, and his teacher Yan Shu.

Zhao Xin doesn't care about this.

It's a good thing to reduce it, at least it's beneficial to the people.

But Zhang Dexiang is already old.

This year, people are starting to talk about retiring.

Who should take this vacant position?

Fan Zhongyan definitely can’t do it!
Xia Song, who had no idea about fighting in the northwest, would definitely not be able to do it either.

Moreover, people like Xia Song are treacherous ministers at first glance.

Just by looking at the other person's name, Zhao Xin felt that the other person was not a good person.

Then...

The father and son then began to think about who to choose as the prime minister.

Zhang Dexiang is indeed old and can no longer work, so they have to make preparations in advance.

as well as……

Zhao Zhen also asked Zhao Xin whether he was ready.

Zhao Xin was naturally surprised, "Dad, why did you think of letting me be the prime minister?"

Zhao Zhen then asked, "Haven't you always wanted to be the Minister of the Central Secretariat or the Minister of the Left?"

Zhao Xin said, "That's what I said, but if I don't do a good job, people will look down on me. How can I take over, no, how can I inherit your position as an official?"

After saying that, he still sat on the table beside the bed and patted his father's shoulder with one hand.

Needless to say!
What followed was naturally a beating.

It's too lawless!

And he's sitting barefoot on the table, looking like a king?
(End of this chapter)