Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 96 Fiefdom
Madam Miao’s courtyard.

Nowadays, almost everyone inside and outside the palace knows that Zhao Xin has begun to study or has begun to directly participate in politics.

As soon as Zhao Xin came back, Madam Miao teased him, saying, "What did you do in the capital today?"

Zhao Xin rolled his eyes at Madam Miao, then sat on the couch like a general of Tiance.

Immediately afterwards...

His father arrived later. As soon as he entered the house, he heard Zhao Xin say, "If it were now, my father would have passed away..."

Zhao Zhen: "..."

However, Zhao Xin went on to say, "At this time, I am still young and succeeded to the throne."

"If the incident of 'Tiger Wing Soldier Wang Lun rebelling in Yizhou' happens again, then I will now follow the family rules passed down by our ancestors, and the princes can only serve meals and greet each other."

"I can only rely on the prime minister, who I was not familiar with before."

"In this way, it is not difficult to understand why the newly enthroned Han emperors were always manipulated by powerful officials and relatives during the Eastern Han Dynasty."

"Even... even when you, Dad, first ascended the throne, it must have been the same."

Zhao Zhen only heard the first sentence.

"What did you just say? If I, your father, had passed away now?"

Zhao Xin looked up and asked, "Isn't that right?"

Zhao Zhen picked him up, took off his pants, and beat him. While beating him, he said, "What do you mean by now? Your father has passed away, but your father hasn't passed away yet!"

Zhao Xin said, "I was just expressing my feelings, I didn't really say that you passed away."

"It shows how unreasonable this system of simply serving food and greeting guests is."

"Dad, you are already an adult. After taking the throne, you must be trembling with fear."

"If a child like me succeeds to the throne, I'm afraid I won't know what to do next."

"Don't even be afraid. I really didn't know what to do for a moment."

"I only know that outside the court, I don't know anyone and I don't know anything."

"If you, my father, unfortunately pass away, then I will probably have to ask my teacher to supervise the country for me for ten years, and make him a powerful official. Then, after ten years, I will have the possibility to rule the country myself."

Zhao Zhen also said: "Hasn't it been like this since ancient times?"

"Can it be that you are allowed to rule the country when you are only five years old?"

Zhao Xin thought about it at this time, "Hmm...it seems that what you said is right!"

"But I am the most excited! You can't judge me by the situation of others."

"Today, I admit that when faced with the matter of 'Tiger Wing Soldier Wang Lun's rebellion in Yizhou', at this time, I really didn't know who to turn to for a solution."

"Although in the end, I asked Zhang Dexiang to talk to the teacher about what to do."

"But as we all know, these two are simply not good enough."

"What if that's not the Tiger Wing Pawn?"

"But what about the hundreds of thousands of troops from Liao?"

"Maybe these two people will persuade me to open the city gate and negotiate with the other party. If Dongjing City has been surrounded by the Liao army."

"This reminds me of the military weakness of our Song Dynasty."

"If the prince only knows how to serve meals and greet the emperor, and the ministers around him are all teachers, and if the ancestral law restricts the military commanders, then when the enemy is at the door, how panicked will the person sitting in this position be?"

"Dad, were you panicked back then?"

"But the first twenty years of your reign were a peaceful one, and there were no major events in the court. If I ask you this, you definitely won't understand." Zhao Zhen's big hand went straight to Zhao Xin's butt, "I'll make you not understand! Do you underestimate your father? "

Seeing that Madam Miao was still watching the show, Zhao Xin also said, "Madam Miao, won't you save me?"

Madam Miao said, "Why should I save you? I'll just let your father teach you a lesson!"

Zhao Xin was speechless.

While being beaten, he became more determined to go out and have fun when he grows up.

We have to take a walk!

If you don't take a walk, whatever the ministers in the court say will be your final decision.

I can't even exercise my subjective initiative or take control of the initiative.

Seeing that Zhao Xin had calmed down and seemed to be thinking about something, it was estimated that the next step might be that Madam Miao had also passed away.

Zhao Zhen also said: "I have previously conferred the title of Prince of Yu on you, but I have not mentioned any other rewards."

"It just so happens that there is a manor in Mengzhou recently. The land is ten miles in radius, with a river running through it. It is particularly fertile. There are more than a hundred tenants and about 30,000 to 40,000 acres of farmland. I will give it to you as a reward."

When Zhao Xin heard this, his eyes lit up.

"Can such a good thing happen?!"

Zhao Zhen was puzzled, "Why, do you think Daddy can't do such a good thing?"

Zhao Xin said, "Not really. It's just that this is a ten-li area, and there are thirty or forty thousand mu of fertile farmland. It should be quite a lot, right? How did you get it, Dad? Did you investigate corrupt officials?"

Zhao Zhen said angrily, "The owner of this manor committed a crime, so his manor was confiscated by the government. It was originally going to be auctioned, but I thought this place was okay, and it was only 200 miles away from Tokyo City. Therefore, I directly bought it for 15,000 strings of cash."

Zhao Xin also immediately did the math in his mind, 15,000 strings of cash and 40,000 acres of land, one acre of land is only worth 375 coins?
This is unscientific!
Then he said, "Dad, this acre of land is only worth three hundred and seventy-five coins?"

Zhao Zhen also replied: "Then how much do you think it is worth?"

Zhao Xin said, "No matter what, it can't be less than ten strings of cash. I feel like you've been cheated, Dad. If the land is really so fertile, how could it be worth so little? Maybe you can't even grow crops!"

Zhao Zhen said, "In the vicinity of Tokyo City, the average price of inferior land is 500 to 600 coins per mu, and the price of better land is 1,000 to 2,000 coins, or even 2,000 to 3,000 coins. This is normal. The price of land is affected by many factors, such as the fertility of the land and the difficulty of irrigation. And... maybe this manor is too big and no one wants to take it over, so it is auctioned at the lowest price of 15,000 coins. The local government's estimate cannot be wrong."

Zhao Xin then said, "So Daddy, you used your power to buy it directly at the lowest price?"

Zhao Zhen rolled his eyes at him. "Your father saw that no one was willing to buy it even at 15,000 strings of cash. Later, the price was reduced to 11,000 strings of cash, but no one was willing to buy it. That's why I bought it for 15,000 strings of cash."

Zhao Xin: "Uh... then you are so generous!"

do not care!
He had indeed not paid much attention to the land price before.

But if the land prices in the Song Dynasty were really so cheap, why couldn't the people survive?

This can only make Zhao Xin very puzzled.

Feel……

There is definitely something fishy here.

Maybe it's just a piece of rotten land. Otherwise, someone's good land would be sold for three hundred and seventy-five cents per acre.

of course!

Good or bad, it doesn’t matter!

For Zhao Xin, as long as it's a piece of land, it's fine!
then……

Zhao Xin then began to ask his father about the land prices in other places.

(End of this chapter)