Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 33 Is this a genius?

Early the next morning.

Since Zhao Zhen still had to attend court in the morning, he specially asked a eunuch to come to Miao Niang's courtyard to pass on a message, saying that Zhao Xin should not be allowed to run around today.

Because later, after he comes back from court, I will take him to a place and let him look at the map.

Originally, Zhao Xin had made an appointment with his Jinyiwei to meet and exchange information today.

I want to know the situation of some markets outside the Song Dynasty.

For example...

Assign them tasks and find out how much a chicken costs outside nowadays.

The cakes are ready.

However, now all I can do is lie on the bed and wait.

When Madam Miao saw him lying sideways on the bed, she also scolded him, "You are lying down properly!"

Zhao Xin then lay down straight, folded his hands on his chest, and said, "Like this?"

Madam Miao said, "That's right."

But Zhao Xin just wouldn't listen to her, and even rolled around on top of her.

He said, "I won't listen!"

Madam Miao felt that the way he was lying on his side with his arms and legs spread out did not look like a king at all.

Although the official sometimes lies down very casually, at least his temperament gives people a different feeling.

Unlike Zhao Xin, he just feels like a complete little brat.

Maybe I was too impatient.

Maybe after a few years, he will be almost as good as the officials.

only……

If you don't correct him when he's a kid, won't he be even more lawless when he grows up? He won't change!
And now, he has started to be stubborn and likes to go against you.

I don't like to do what you say.

Madam Miao said, "If you don't listen, I'll spank you!"

But this kind of intimidation had no effect on Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin simply ignored her and said, "Why hasn't Dad come back yet!"

The words fell!

His father really showed up.

"You're back late, let's go!"

When I first arrived at the door, I didn’t go in directly because I had to go out soon.

Zhao Xin got up immediately, put on his shoes in no time, and went out holding his father's hand.

Looking at Zhao Xin's skilled appearance, especially when he was being led by his father from behind, Madam Miao couldn't help but feel a little emotional, as if at this moment, he seemed to have grown up.

She even seemed to have seen how he would go to court in the future.

Since she had been looking at it for a long time, I couldn't help but ask, "Madam Miao, what are you looking at?"

Madam Miao said, "Nothing, but when did Zui Xinglai learn to put on his own shoes?"

It’s not true that Zhao Xin couldn’t do it before.

Once he knows how to do it, there will be someone to help him.

And today...

It was obvious that he had become very skilled.

But having a genius son also makes Mrs. Miao worried.

That is……

She doesn't dare to go out and visit friends anymore.

Because when women meet, they always talk about their sons. If you do this, it will easily make others think that you are showing off.

She had no choice but to stay in her own little yard, and would only dare to chat if someone came to her.

……

at the same time……

As for Zhao Xin, he followed his father around here and there.

then……

Then we arrived at a place called Longtu Pavilion.

Holding his father's hand, Zhao Xin asked, "Dad, what is this place for?"

The environment feels very quiet and there are almost no people around.

Zhao Zhen then said, "This is the place where Emperor Taizong's imperial books, various classics, paintings, and treasures are stored." Zhao Zhen finally understood that the only people who could teach Zhao Xin were his ancestors.

Although nowadays, the number of his ancestors is still a bit small.

But Taizong alone had 5,115 volumes and scrolls of imperial books, not to mention the six pavilions under him, namely the Classics Pavilion, the History and Biography Pavilion, the Philosophical Books Pavilion, the Literary Collection Pavilion, the Astronomy Pavilion, and the Painting Pavilion. The six pavilions together had nearly 30,000 volumes of books.

All together, there are 35,000 volumes.

I used to think that Zhao Xin was young, so I would definitely not bring him to a place like this.

and……

Even if I have to choose teaching materials for them, I will only choose those that are relatively easy to understand. They are all selected books and articles.

Then why did Zhao Zhen bring him here directly now?

because……

Zhao Zhen felt that a genius like Zui Xinglai should be left to learn on his own.

He should be allowed to read widely on his own.

Especially we should learn the imperial calligraphy of Taizong.

Because it more or less contains some principles of governing a country, and even how to behave, how an emperor should rule his subjects, etc.

Soon, Zhao Zhen told Zhao Xin all these things.

And he said: "Your father doesn't know how to teach you, so I can only bring you here to let you know about Emperor Taizong and how he was the emperor at that time."

Zhao Xin then asked, "Dad, are you planning to give me the throne in the future?"

Zhao Zhen: "..."

Zhao Zhen was immediately speechless after hearing his words.

No! I'm not dead yet.

Fortunately, there were not many people here, just the eunuchs who followed him, so Zhao Zhen said, "Let's see how Zui Xing performs after he comes."

Zhao Xin immediately started to look through Taizong's imperial edict.

The so-called imperial edict is something written by the emperor himself.

Naturally, most of them are calligraphy works, but there are also some that record current events and some collections of essays.

But don't think that calligraphy works are useless.

Calligraphy works are actually useful. For example, Taizong copied works of famous artists. The characters in these works were not written randomly. There might be a story hidden in them.

Even in the text, there are certain truths hidden.

Emperor Taizong must have copied this story because he liked the moral of the story, otherwise why would he copy it on purpose?

These all reflect some of the conditions of Emperor Taizong at that time.

really!

Zhao Xin is very interested in these things.

I immediately couldn't wait to look through it.

But his speed is a bit fast.

Just like what he said.

Zhao Zhen even began to doubt whether looking at it this way was the same as not looking at it at all.

of course!

After all, Zui Xinglai is a genius, and the ideas of a genius are beyond the understanding of a mortal like him.

therefore……

Let it be.

And if Zhao Xin is useful, just take a closer look at him. If he is useless, just skip him.

Can you believe it? There are even military tactics and battle formation diagrams in here! !
"'The Complete Formation for Suppressing the Rong'."

Zhao Xin just muttered.

This was obviously the thing that Zhao Xin looked at the longest.

In order to prevent him from going to war, Zhao Zhen also said: "You can learn, but you can't go in person. So, do you understand what is happening?"

Zhao Xin shook his head and said, "I don't understand."

Zhao Zhen: "Then why did you watch for so long?"

Zhao Xin said, "It's because I don't understand it that I have to look at it for a longer time."

Well……

Don't say anything, what you said makes sense! That means he thought he understood everything before, so he just took a quick look and stopped reading?
Is this genius?

(End of this chapter)