Strictly speaking, he was under house arrest, and he was still under house arrest by the princess. He never expected that even though the princess had no memory of Miss Jin, her personality would still be so strong and domineering.
Anyway, the name is to let him have a good environment to study, but in fact, it is to catch him and cook for him.
But what can be done? This is no one else. Even Brother Zhang can only hold his nose and admit it, so he starts the cycle of reading, cooking and eating every day.
Fortunately, because the capital has just been moved here, the rules and so on have not been fully established, and the entire system management is still relatively chaotic. Otherwise, if there is a healthy man living in a palace, Zhao Zhen will not be allowed to be spit by the civil and military officials of the dynasty.
Flooded?
In fact, he himself knew that it was wrong, but he couldn't bear to see his daughter like that, so he turned a blind eye, didn't ask, didn't inquire, didn't meet, and sent Brother Zhang to her.
Just plug it into a small courtyard next to the princess's bedroom.
What? Are you worried about the two young girls and the boy sneaking around? It’s not like Zhao Zhen has never been young. How could he not know that some things are simply unstoppable? When he was still asking Zhao to benefit before he became the emperor, the then crown prince
Zuo Shuzi's twenty-six-six-year-old Yan Shu even took him out to visit the land of fireworks. If something happened to him, there was nothing he could do. Besides, the fool didn't seem like the kind of person who was sneaky, although he felt that he was somewhat
He doesn't know how to behave, but Zhao Zhen's willingness to turn a blind eye shows that he is quite optimistic about this fool's character.
After a period of time, Zhao Zhen would always take a walk there at night, but basically every time he went there, he would see his daughter coming to the door. Sometimes he would secretly stand under the window and listen for a long time.
, that stupid man cherishes his words like gold, but it is his own daughter who is asking questions, which is really embarrassing.
"Guan, please don't be angry. Rong'er is lonely in the palace and her brothers and sisters rarely interact with each other. Now that she can meet a young talented man of similar age, she will naturally be happy."
The speaker was Zhao Rong's mother, the Zhou family. She was originally a noble concubine. Later, because of Empress Cao's ordination, the Zhou family was named queen. The following year, she gave birth to Zhao Rong, Zhao Zhen's old son.
"Then the palace maid is by my side. Of course I'm not worried. I'm just worried about that fool..." Zhao Zhen flicked his sleeves: "Oh, don't let it happen that one person is intentional and the other is unintentional, and it becomes a bad fate. Ronger's body and bones
It’s just bad…”
"Guan Jia, if that child is really a fool as you said, a fool who is not even afraid of death, then you don't think that a palace wall can keep him, do you?"
Zhao Zhen raised his head: "Huh?"
"It may seem like wishful thinking, but in reality it's just mutual love. A clear mind and no suspicion."
"Hahaha, it has to be you, I really can't tell."
Zhao Zhen was in a great mood: "In a few days, I'll be doing Jia Ke. I don't know if that idiot can do it."
"Whether he succeeds or not, that is the child's destiny. It doesn't matter whether he succeeds or not. Rong'er has a weak body but a strong temperament. If she really marries him casually, even if he is a talented man who is famous all over the world, if she doesn't like it, she won't
I'm afraid she will end up depressed in a few years. If she really meets someone she likes, what can she do even if he is a farmer in the mountains? She is a woman, and she cannot carry the country of the Song Dynasty, so it is better to let her live happily.
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Zhao Zhen clasped his hands behind his back and sighed: "I wish my mother had been like you back then. I... am really not the material to be an emperor. The Song Dynasty was completely defeated in my hands. I am extremely ashamed to say that."
"Guan Jia, you are good enough. To withdraw from the Central Plains in order to prevent the people from being massacred, these people have their own sense of proportion."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen just smiled bitterly. He indeed took the initiative to withdraw from the Central Plains, and before withdrawing, he wrote a letter to the Liao State to tell the world that his withdrawal from the Song Dynasty was not out of fear but because he did not want the people of the Central Plains to suffer.
It's unspeakable. I hope the Liao Kingdom will treat the people of the Central Plains well and don't impose excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
The Liao Kingdom actually did quite well. After all, it was a country that was seriously fighting for unification. It was not just a barbarian. After taking over the Central Plains, it did not continue to expand but began to recuperate and settle down with the Song Dynasty for fifty years.
The peace treaty was called the Xinchan Alliance. Liao was an elder brother and Song was a younger brother. They were not allowed to use swords for fifty years.
And if Zhao Zhen actually wants to fight, he can still fight. His 800,000 troops have hardly moved much. It is precisely because there was a severe drought in the past few years. It has been better in the past two years. If there is another military disaster, the people may not be able to survive.
, so he moved his capital and retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, using the Yangtze River as the boundary to divide the north and the south.
No matter how many people scold him, Zhao Zhen's hand could at least allow eight million people on both sides of Song and Liao to survive. And because of this, the historians of both Song and Liao gave him temple names in advance, either Renzong or De.
Zong, it seems that Renzong is basically stable now, and even the emperor of Liao Kingdom did not receive this kind of treatment.
In this way, Brother Zhang was locked up and studying until September. The autumn examination finally came. Brother Zhang, who had not been out of the palace for two or three months, was almost pushed into the examination room.
After walking around the scene, the candidates began to enter the tent one after another to take the exam. Because it took a long time, they all had to bring their own water and dry food. Brother Zhang had a big bag of palace snacks in his bag. Although he made it himself,
It is indeed more luxurious than others.
The examiner was Ouyang Xiu. He began to wander around the examination room after the candidates entered the room. When he walked to Brother Zhang, he stopped for a moment, looked up at Brother Zhang and then looked at his examination paper.
Then he continued walking forward as if nothing was wrong.
Sometimes, the emperor's will must be understood by oneself. A few months ago, the government gave him a blank imperial edict. After receiving the edict, he paid attention to it, and naturally he knew that a person like Brother Zhang existed.
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But how to give grades after that is a question for universities. First of all, you must not give them too low. If you give them under the passing line, the emperor will be unhappy. This is not a good thing. Then is it okay to give them too high?
?That’s not impossible, but the problem is that he himself has to have that ability, because these contestants will have to take the palace examination later, and the essays in the palace examination must be published to show off. If he is nonsense, it will lose the royal majesty and fail the imperial examination.
credibility.
So if this person is a idiot, you have to give him a score that is neither high nor low. If he is a genius, you have to give him a score that is neither low nor high, because the prince-in-law cannot participate in politics. If you give him a sky-high score,
It won't be justified at that time, so the right amount is just like the right amount when cooking, it is not set in stone.
When Ouyang Xiu came over to take a look, he actually came to see his handwriting. It might be a fantasy for others to remember something like this at a glance, but to Ouyang Xiu, it was just like playing. After all, this was Ouyang Xiu.
After the grueling exam, it was now the grading stage. In order to prevent other examiners from dismissing the people appointed by the emperor, Ouyang Xiu personally performed the first round of grading. After seeing Brother Zhang's paper, he frowned.
I got excited because the things on his paper were too bizarre.
In fact, for him, it didn't matter what he wrote, but Ouyang Xiu didn't even dare to believe his eyes, because what was written above was actually a strategy to seize the throne.
As a veteran who has been in official circles all his life, Ouyang Xiu is an absolute conservative, but at the same time he is also a staunch legalist. The biggest problem in the Song Dynasty now is that this unification cannot be achieved. Although the Song and Liao Dynasties established a fifty-year treaty
, but if this continues, it may not even take fifty years, and the unification of the Song Dynasty will be gone.
But the problem is that now a series of solutions are actually given here. Although the writing is weird, if you think about it carefully, it can make people amazed.
However, after reading the entire article, Ouyang Xiu broke out in a cold sweat, because this is not a policy argument at all, it is simply a national policy. People will not discuss it with you, and they will just write "I guarantee you will do it this way." Ouyang Xiu said slightly.
After thinking about it, I found that this is possible.
But the problem is that this article can be called a national policy. If others see it and use it first, even if the emperor doesn't kill people, he will have to hang himself on the beam of his house.
So he stopped talking nonsense, stuffed the thing into his arms, said hello to several other examiners and left, and then went straight to the palace.
At this moment, Zhao Zhen is sitting in the study playing with birds. This bird is the canary that the idiot secretly caught with Rong'er in the imperial garden a few days ago. It is quite beautiful. He can't put it down these days. And just before him
While I was immersed in a moment of leisure time in the autumn afternoon, the announcement came from outside, saying that Ouyang Xiu was here.
Zhao Zhen looked suspicious: "What is he here for?"
"Master Ouyang refuses to say anything. He has to meet with the official to tell the truth."
"Okay, these scholars have a lot of problems." Zhao Zhen waved his hand with a smile: "Go and let him in."
After a while, Ouyang Xiu hurriedly came to the study. After a simple salute, he handed the policy paper to Zhao Zhen. When Zhao Zhen just untied it, he looked at Ouyang Xiu up and down. His eyes were quite reproachful. He had told him to let him go before.
It should be dealt with as appropriate, why did he just bring it over directly? This makes people know, does the emperor not want to lose face?
But after Zhao Zhen saw the content above, his hands trembled and the cup fell to the ground. He had read it roughly before, but now he read it three times carefully.
"Is this possible?"
Zhao Zhen raised his head and asked Ouyang Xiu. Ouyang Xiu just thought for a moment and nodded: "It's feasible."
"Go and summon them all."
After a while, a bunch of people crowded into this small room, including important ministers of the court, including Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi and others. After they circulated the test paper, they were all amazed.
When it was finally Han Qi's turn to read it, he frowned and said, "This method is feasible, but this person's strategy seems to teach people how to do things, but it messes up the rules."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen laughed loudly: "You don't know something. This kid is a fool. He is extremely upright and would rather bend than bend. I scared him to death a few days ago, but he remained firm and motionless. It is very polite to write like this."
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"Well...since the officials recognize it, I have nothing to say. It's just that this method still needs to be demonstrated and will take some time." After Han Qi finished speaking, he was ready to put the things in his arms.
Ouyang Xiu didn't want to do it this time: "Master Han... Hey, Master Han, this is a student's test paper. You took it, what should I do?"
Han Qi glanced at Ouyang Xiu and then at Zhao Zhen, and then took out the paper: "It's okay to give it to you. If others see it and leak it out, is Mr. Ouyang planning to go to Lingnan to eat lychees or to Leizhou to eat crabs?"
Ouyang Xiu clicked his tongue: "If it is leaked to Mr. Han, then Mr. Han loves sweets so much, he must be going to eat lychees."
Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two, Zhao Zhen waved his hand: "You, you and you, the three of you stay here and rewrite a copy for him, and let Han Qi take this one."
The three people Zhao Zhen pointed at were Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and the historian Sima Guang. The three people looked at each other, and there was no way they could do anything. The emperor had already spoken, so the three important ministers and the super-great writer came to the meeting.
Squatting on the eucalyptus, I started writing a fake article for Brother Zhang.
Since ancient times, Wen Wu was the first and Wu Wu was the second. When I wrote this, the differences were huge. The youngest of the three, Sima Guang, was almost fifty, and the eldest, Ouyang Xiu, was already sixty. They almost didn't fight.
Get up. It can be seen from this that the people with strong martial virtues in the Song Dynasty all held pens!
At this moment, Brother Zhang was squatting in a small courtyard drying lotus root starch. The person swinging on the small swing next to him was Zhao Rong. Zhao Rong spent her private money to buy this small house and rented it to Brother Zhang. It was previously said that he was allowed to live in the palace to prepare for the exam.
, now that the exams are over, it would be rude to stay here any longer, so he just moved here today.
"Idiot, how did you do on the exam?"
"Your father might kill me to silence me."
"Bah, bah, bah... why do you talk nonsense all day long?" Zhao Rong pointed at Brother Zhang and said, "Don't say it next time!"
At this time, Brother Zhang took off a piece of lotus root powder and crushed it into pieces. He made a bowl and put it in it and dissolved it with water. Then he slowly added boiling water and freshly brewed osmanthus honey. He made a fragrant bowl and handed it to Zhao Rong.
"I can't say anything specific. Anyway, that's it."
Zhao Rong took the bowl and ate it slowly, then looked up at Brother Zhang: "When the time comes, you will be the county magistrate, and I will also go to play. What do you think I should be? Would it be better to be a catcher?"
"Isn't it bad to be a princess?"
"No, I'm going to be bored to death. I've lived in the palace for more than ten years! It's so boring. You also know that royal relatives are not close to each other. My eldest brother is almost forty, and the other brothers
My elder sister has also started a family and opened a mansion. I just spent the whole day looking at flowers and fish in the palace, and it has long since lost its meaning."
Brother Zhang was about to speak but was interrupted by Zhao Rong: "Don't say it! I say it! It's no use trying to persuade me this time. I'm going out to play. Besides, you've traveled hundreds of miles, and I won't be able to eat."
Yes, I was starved to death when you came back."
"Didn't I see that you eat well? You were not hungry during my exam yesterday."
"No matter what, I will definitely starve to death if you are not here." Zhao Rong insisted extremely: "That's it!"