Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 50 I am still young and don’t understand anything

As Zhao Xin's childish voice rang out in the court, those ministers who were only good at talking nonsense began to slowly quiet down.

Zhao Zhen still had great trust and confidence in his son.

Although now was a critical time to discuss the imperial book and a child could not be allowed to make trouble here, when he saw Zhao Xin raising his hand, he was still willing to look over.

Then he responded to Zhao Xin's question and asked, "What does Lord Shou want to say?"

Zhao Xin deliberately gave everyone a few seconds to wait for all the ministers to focus their attention on him. When they were about to form some ideas about Zhao Xin, but had not yet done so, he said crisply, "Your Majesty! I don't understand!"

Zhao Zhen: "..."

The ministers: "..."

The people on both sides were immediately silenced by Zhao Xin.

Zhao Zhen even forgot that it had been agreed long ago that Zhao Xin had to get his consent before speaking in the court.

At this moment, Zhao Zhen really wanted to say, you don’t understand, why are you raising your hand, daddy thought you had some brilliant plan?

What a joy!
The corners of Zhao Zhen's mouth twitched slightly. But think about it, Zui Xinglai is still so young, it's good enough that he can understand such things, and you still want him to come up with some clever ideas, it can only be said that it is very difficult.

Here, ministers...

I just thought that this was a very normal thing that would happen when an official brought a child to court.

even……

At this time, some people stood up and began to impeach Zhao Xin again.

This person took the lead and said directly, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

then……

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at each other.

And he was looking in a direction very far behind.

Wang Gongchen stood up, waited for his father to agree to speak, and then said directly: "The emperor should not bring Duke Shou to the court, especially when the ministers are discussing such important state affairs. Duke Shou will only affect the discussion of state affairs."

These words...

Regardless, it's very reasonable.

In addition...

He also contributed the most when refuting the Liao Kingdom's letter just now. Therefore, at this time, Zhao Zhen naturally had a very good impression of the other party.

only……

Zhao Zhen would definitely not listen to Wang Gongchen's words. After all, Zhao Zhen still wanted to train Zhao Xin into a genius.

Then he said to Zhao Xin: "If you don't understand something, please talk about it after the court session. Don't make trouble in the court."

Zhao Xin naturally responded immediately: "Dad, I'm not making trouble."

This directly turned into a conversation between father and son.

No one calls each other Duke Shouguo or Emperor anymore.

All the ministers frowned when they saw this. No, does the emperor like Shouguogong so much? Although he is the first surviving son, it shouldn't be like this! He even has to bring him to court.

All the officials felt that the emperor had gone a bit too far.

Zhao Xin looked at the people behind him; they all seemed to treat him like a child.

So at this time, he should stand up and say, "Your Majesty! What I mean by incomprehensible is that in such a big country like Song Dynasty, no one standing in the court dared to say that they would send troops to Liao. They were all attracted by a letter from Liao Kingdom, and they racked their brains to refute the other party, and even had to discuss for a long time. I don't understand!"

Zhao Zhen also frowned and asked, "Why don't you understand this?"

Zhao Xin also said: "It sounds like the Song Dynasty is much weaker than the Liao Kingdom! Otherwise, why would we have to spend so much time discussing this letter from the Liao Kingdom that is looking for trouble? Moreover, I also noticed that many people seemed to have worried expressions on their faces."

Zhao Xin even wanted to add a sentence at the end: including you, Daddy.

One look on his face showed one of panic.

Add to that the signs of kidney deficiency, and it becomes even more obvious.

but……

Never mind, they are father and son after all, he has to save some face for his father.

The Song Dynasty can only rely on General Tiance himself. It is useless to rely on Li Yuan, the retired emperor.

Zhao Xin paused for a moment, then said to Zhao Zhen, "I think that from the beginning of this negotiation, the Song Dynasty has already lost. Even if this letter of refutation is reasonable, it is useless."

As Zhao Xin's voice fell.

Only then did everyone slowly begin to take Zhao Xin seriously.

Regardless of whether Zhao Xin's words were right or not, at least...

It is very abnormal for a four-year-old child to say such things!

The only one among all the ministers who was a little mentally prepared was probably Zhao Xin's teacher Yan Shu.

Only seen in the court at this time.

Deadly quiet.

At last……

Only Prime Minister Lu Yijian was willing to talk to him, and asked in a flattering tone, as if he was talking to a child: "What do you think, Lord Shou, should do to make it work?"

Zhao Xin said, "I'm still young. There are many things I don't understand yet. There is a lot of knowledge I still need to learn, so I don't know what to do now to be useful. So... after this rebuttal, what is the process? What should I do next?"

Lu Yijian: “…”

The whole audience was stunned.

Yan Shu then stepped forward and said, "Next, we will send a letter back to the Liao Kingdom."

Zhao Xin asked again: "What happens next?"

Yan Shu continued, "It's hard to say what will happen next. If our letter does not satisfy the Liao Kingdom, then the Liao Kingdom may immediately attack the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Xin also asked: "Then can the Song Dynasty defeat the Liao Kingdom?"

Even Yan Shu was embarrassed to say this.

Seeing that his teacher didn't say anything, Zhao Xin just sighed.

He said without hesitation: "So you mean, you can't win?"

Yan Shu then said: "It is already difficult for our Song Dynasty to fight against Xixia. If we have to fight on two fronts, it will probably not be easy."

Zhao Xin said, "What the teacher said is not easy. I'm afraid it's not just as simple as not easy."

Zhao Xin planned to say more to establish his future position in the court.

Then he asked, "So what are you going to do next?"

No one in the audience answered.

Yan Shu added: "We have to wait until we send an envoy to the capital of Liao to meet the emperor of Liao and see what Liao has to say."

Zhao Xin then said, "Sir, I would like to apply to be sent as an envoy to the Liao Kingdom!"

Suddenly, the whole audience fell silent.

If there weren't so many people around, Zhao Zhen would have wanted to take off his pants and beat him up.

Seeing that his father was already looking at him with rolled eyes, Zhao Xin immediately added, "Who is willing to go with me!"

Zhao Xin glanced at his teacher.

Good guy!
His teacher simply lowered his head and pretended not to see him.

When Zhao Xin glanced at the others, they all looked away.

Zhao Xin didn't expect that his words could have such an effect, directly screening out those who were afraid of death.

He turned his head away immediately, with a bit of panic on his face, not daring to look at me directly, as if it had nothing to do with him.

You must remember the appearance of people like this. From now on, every one of them will be demoted to Lingnan.

(End of this chapter)