Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 34: How to Raise Offspring

After reading Taizong's military strategies and battle formations, Zhao Xin began to study maps.

Yes!

There are also some maps of the prefectures and counties of the Song Dynasty and other things like that.

Although these maps are some years old, they may not have been updated for a long time.

But through the map and his father's introduction, Zhao Xin quickly gained a general understanding of the current territory of the Song Dynasty.

To put it simply but inaccurately, it is the north. In later generations, all the land north of Beijing disappeared as it was occupied by the Liao Kingdom.

Even Beijing became the Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom.

The land more than 200 miles south of Beijing was also lost and belonged to the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom had a flat land from Nanjing to Kaifeng, so the Liao Kingdom could attack them whenever they wanted.

To the west, it is mainly concentrated in the "J"-shaped area of ​​the Yellow River and the Guanzhong Plain.

The Guanzhong Plain currently still belongs to the Song Dynasty, but once you go west beyond the Guanzhong Plain, it basically no longer belongs to it, except for maybe a little bit.

Then the Yellow River is in the shape of a Chinese character "几". Now Western Xia and the Song Dynasty are almost divided in half, from the middle of one o'clock to two o'clock, cutting from the upper right corner to the lower left corner.

On the left is Western Xia, and on the right is the Song Dynasty.

This map is crooked and not very accurate.

and so……

This is the most information Zhao Xin could obtain.

But you know what, these ancient people were really amazing.

Although this map is not very accurate, it is very similar.

As for the lower left corner.

It’s probably the area around the Hengduan Mountains. Yunnan should not be the Song Dynasty yet.

Anyway, in the lower left corner, there is a group of barbarians.

If you know roughly how much wealth you have left, you will probably have a rough idea of ​​where the war will happen in the future.

Zhao Xin also said to his father: "Can I take this map back?"

Zhao Zhen said, "Daddy, have someone draw a new one for you."

This can actually be regarded as a kind of training and education for the heirs of the Song Dynasty.

After all, the Song Dynasty has had the habit of talking about military affairs on paper since Emperor Taizong.

As the crown prince, Zhao Xin still needs to learn some geography.

Otherwise, how can we talk about it on paper?

What Zhao Zhen objected to was that he personally led the troops to fight, but if it was just paper talk, then it didn't matter.

Only then did Zhao Xin put the map back in place.

Then I skipped Taizong's things and went to take a look at the other six pavilions.

There are some people on duty here, but they don't look like high-ranking officials in the court. They look more like minor officials.

I will be responsible for maintaining the books.

then……

If you ask what book it is and where it is, you should know.

Zhao Xin deliberately walked himself to the books recording the Tang Dynasty, pretended to flip through them, and then stopped.

When it comes to expanding territory and becoming the overlord of East Asia, we still have to rely on the Tang Dynasty.

pity……

It seems that his father doesn't seem to like the Tang Dynasty very much.

In other words, it seems that some ancient people since ancient times, when quoting classics, prefer to quote as ancient as possible.

The closer someone is to me, the less I like them.

Perhaps they had no filter because they were too close, but I felt that the Tang Dynasty was really strong, even though its capital was captured six times and the emperor moved nine times.

Seeing him stop at the Tang Dynasty, his father also asked, "Are you most interested in the Tang Dynasty?"

Zhao Xin said, "The teacher told me about the Tang Dynasty."

Zhao Zhen said, "It's also good to read the lessons of the Tang Dynasty's fall."

Zhao Xin frowned.

I couldn't help but complain in my heart: "You only remember that their country was destroyed?"

They founded a country?

What about the Kaiyuan Prosperity?

How awesome!
Take a look at the "Book of Tang" and the "Selected Tang Poems" to "increase" your knowledge. Of course!

If you think about it carefully, it is indeed true. Now you have the new China. Will you learn from how awesome the Qing Dynasty was when it founded its country?

They will definitely only remember that if we lag behind we will be beaten, so we must never learn from the Qing Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen hoped that Zhao Xin could read more books by sages like Confucius and Mencius, and suggested, "It's not a good idea for you to start by reading about the Tang Dynasty, right?"

Zhao Xin asked, "Is there a problem?"

Zhao Zhen said, "Dad thinks the books written by the ancient sages during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are better."

Zhao Xin said, "Those are too difficult. Madam Miao can't understand them. This is easy to read! Madam Miao will definitely understand it once she reads it!"

Zhao Zhen: "Uh... I guess you didn't get it for yourself, but for Madam Miao?"

Zhao Xin said, "I have to take it back and ask Madam Miao to read it to me."

Zhao Zhen: "..."

Ok!

You are a genius, you do what you say. What can I, a mortal father, say?

But it’s true!

The closer the books are to the Song Dynasty, the easier they are to understand. The books of the ancient sages are almost impossible to understand if you read them by yourself without a book of annotations.

After I got the book, finally...

Zhao Xin went to the painting pavilion again to appreciate the paintings.

By the way, these pictures are all well drawn. I have learned a lot.

There are so many books in these libraries that it is impossible to browse through them all in one day.

You can only take a cursory look.

I'll come back slowly when I have time.

Then, Zhao Zhen asked Zhao Xin again: "You may not understand it by yourself. If you don't understand something, you can ask the people here. Or, Daddy can arrange a few teachers for you to take turns."

Zhao Xin felt that there was no need to go through so much trouble.

And if someone is really assigned here, doesn't that mean I have to come here and report every day?
Zhao Xin is not stupid.

Then he said, "No need, I can do it myself. If I don't understand something, I can save it and ask the teacher. Besides, where do you want to put the teacher?"

Zhao Zhen didn't think of this at first. He was just worried that Zhao Xin had too many questions and couldn't get them answered in time. After all, Yan Shu was also the Privy Councilor and it was impossible for him to have time to teach him all the time.

Zhao Zhen: "Then read it slowly by yourself."

After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he went to look for some books about Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period.

Then a minor official came forward and asked Zhao Zhen, "What book are you looking for, sir?"

Perhaps he saw that Zhao Zhen had been searching for a long time but couldn't find it, so he took the initiative to step forward and ask.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Is there any book here that records how Cao Cao taught his son?"

It was also the first time that the clerk encountered such an outrageous request.

But don’t tell me!

The petty official actually knew it!

He immediately said, "Yes! Cao Cao was very strict with his sons. For example, Cao Cao taught Cao Pi archery when he was five years old, and he knew how to shoot when he was six. He also taught Cao Pi how to ride a horse, and Cao Pi had already learned how to ride and shoot when he was eight years old."

Zhao Zhen also took a breath and said, "Isn't this a little too early?"

The clerk said, "The world is in turmoil, so we have to do this. If we don't do this, we might not survive. The more the war, the more we have to do this. Even in times of war, the age at which people get married and have children will be advanced."

Then, he found the books and handed them to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen seemed to know why Cao Chong was so powerful.

But Zhao Zhen still wanted to ask, "What about Cao Chong? Why do you think Cao Chong is so smart?"

Although the clerk didn't know why Zhao Zhen asked this, he still answered very cleverly: "Maybe Cao Cao often took Cao Chong with him. Just like when he went to see the elephants, Cao Cao took him with him. He must have taken him with him for other things as well. It's like a person who is locked up in a room all day long. No matter how smart you say he is, it's unlikely. In addition to studying, he also needs to go out and walk around. This is the best way to cultivate offspring!"

Zhao Xin had already walked over and looked up at the two of them.

The clerk who answered the question obviously combined the cultivation of offspring with the discovery of Zhao Xin. Otherwise...why would the emperor ask this?
The petty official felt that he might be promoted.

because……

He could feel that the government agreed with what he said.

really!

Then Zhao Zhen said, "You are right! We should study and go to see elephants more often, but forget about archery! As for riding a horse... I think there is no need to rush. It would be bad if you fall."

Zhao Xin looked like, what are you talking about! What's wrong?

(End of this chapter)