Guiwei (the 22nd day) of the eighth month of the eighth year of Yuanfeng.
Autumn is gradually approaching, and the phoenix trees in Bianjing City are beginning to lose their leaves.
Zhao Xu was walking in the imperial garden to eat as usual.
Feng Jing followed closely, reporting what happened in the court today as he walked.
"The merits have been decided in the capital hall..."
"The military governor of Baoning Army, Han Wei, was informed of the Daming Prefecture. He opened the Yitong Sansi Division of the Prefecture, changed the title of Daming Prefecture, and also served as a left-behind guard in Beijing. He added a thousand households to the city and sealed 400 households..."
"Shang Shuzuo Cheng, his servant Zhang Dun, sent a high official to become a senior official. He was transferred to Zhuguo. Five hundred households were added to the city, and one hundred households were granted a real title. He was the founding uncle of Yangcheng County...
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"The infantry deputy capital commander, Rongzhou observation envoy Miao Shuo, the horse infantry deputy capital commander, will be granted an additional 1,000 households, and 400 households will be granted a real seal..."
"Enter the escort class, Zhaoxuan envoy Song Yongchen, and serve as the envoy of Xuanzheng..."
"Other meritorious officials, generals and assistants will be promoted according to their own rules, and their rewards will vary..."
Zhao Xu listened and nodded slightly.
Overall, everyone is happy and satisfied from top to bottom.
Zhao Xu was even more satisfied.
Because he remembered that after the Xiao Zhangkou burst the embankment in his previous life, he transported hundreds of thousands of kilo of food to the disaster area just for disaster relief.
The value of these grains has exceeded the money allocated by Zhao Xu.
Not to mention, in order to prevent people from causing trouble in disaster years, a large number of victims were recruited as Xiang troops in the disaster areas.
As for the disaster-stricken areas, the tax payments for the next few years are even more unthinkable.
The most critical thing - Zhao Xu asked Song Yongchen and Miao Professor to keep an eye on the money allocated this time.
So, the waste is very small.
So, more than half of it was saved!
If you have one million strings, there will be at least 600,000 pieces left, and if you have one million pieces of silk, there will be at least 700,000 pieces left.
Naturally, Zhao Xu would not send the money back to the sealing warehouse in Da Nei - after finally having a fortune at his disposal, who would give it back easily?
Zhao Xu deliberately exaggerated the amount of money he needed!
He bullied the two palaces for not knowing mathematics and was sure that no one would object, so he sent the money to Hebei under some pretext, hoping to use the money left over after the autumn floods as start-up capital.
When Song Yongchen was in Hebei, he was not just exploring the sedimentation of rivers.
He also has other missions.
Feng Jing didn't know these things, so he continued to report: "Zeng Bu, the Hanlin scholar, seems to be changed to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue..."
This is the promotion of the Empress Dowager!
The Household Department is the most important department among the six departments of the Song Dynasty. It was restructured from the three departments in the past.
The current household department can be directly understood as the three divisions of the past.
The Minister of Hubu is the Third Secretary, and the Third Secretary is the Prime Minister!
It is generally believed that after becoming the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he can be left to serve as Prime Minister.
That is, it is also possible to directly become the Prime Minister from the Minister of Household Affairs.
"What about Wang Cun, the former Minister of Household Affairs?" Zhao Xu asked.
"I heard it said that he is going to be appointed Minister of the Ministry of War..."
"As for Zeng Xueshi's position as Hanlin bachelor... it will be filled by Fan Chunren, the Minister of War..."
This is very reasonable. A Hanlin bachelor must be a Jingyan official.
Now Zeng Bu does not have the title of Jingfengguan, so of course he can only have someone with the title of Jingfengguan.
"Everyone..." Feng Jing suddenly stopped talking: "I heard a rumor, I wonder whether I should tell it or not?"
Zhao Xu looked at Feng Jing as if he were a fool, and Feng Jing immediately said: "I heard in the imperial kitchen that several censors on the censor's desk seemed to be planning to give advice to the left and right, to speak the right words, and to advise the officials.
The powers and responsibilities of other posts are unified so that they can speak on everything..."
After hearing this, Zhao Xu sneered: "My brain is broken!"
"The ancestral system has a special admonishment court, which is independent from the Yushitai. It is used to criticize the government's political failures. It is not a tool for them to play with the party and defeat the differences!"
Feng Jing lowered his head deeply and did not dare to answer.
Zhao Xu is very clear that admonishers and censors are the same type of people if their powers and responsibilities are mixed.
This is Pandora's box. Once opened, the consequences will be extremely serious.
However, Zhao Xu will not directly intervene in this matter.
Just give a hint to Han Jiang and Mr. Lu.
I walked around the garden twice and then jogged once again.
Under the service of the female officer, Zhao Xu wiped the sweat from his body and changed into clean clothes.
Then someone came to report: Zhang Fangping, the military governor of Zhangde Army, Deng Runfu, a scholar of Hanlin Academy, and others presented the second volume of "Yuanyou Dictionary".
This was what Zhao Xu was waiting for. He immediately laughed and said, "Get it quickly. I'm going to the Kunning Palace to give a gift to my mother!"
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Kunning Hall.
Empress Dowager Xiang looked at herself in the bright mirror and sighed: "Another year older..."
Mrs. Zhang from Shanggong said from the side: "Your Majesty is still young, how can you say she is old?"
"Forty years old..." Empress Dowager Xiang sighed: "How can I not grow old!"
Among the people, a woman who is forty years old is already a grandmother.
Maybe my grandson will be as old as my sixth brother.
At this time, Shi Deyi's voice came from outside the curtain: "Empress, everyone is here..."
Empress Dowager Xiang quickly told Mrs. Zhang: "Go and put away that thing in the bedroom..."
Mrs. Zhang smiled and nodded and left.
After a while, footsteps were heard from behind the curtain.
Then Empress Dowager Xiang heard her children greeting her respectfully in front of the curtain: "Er Chenxu, congratulations to the Queen Mother on her fortieth birthday..."
"I wish my mother a long and happy life..."
"I would like to dedicate the second volume of "Yuanyou Dictionary" to my mother as a congratulatory gift..."
After hearing this, the Queen Mother immediately walked out of the curtain and helped the child up.
The minister next to Sixth Brother immediately knelt down and respectfully presented a thick dictionary in front of her.
He smiled at the Queen Mother and ordered her to accept it.
Then he hugged Zhao Xu and said, "My son seems to have grown taller again!"
Zhao Xu bowed his head and said, "It's all thanks to my mother's blessing and support!"
He did grow taller by about an inch.
Judging from the current development situation, when he grows up, his body should be eight or nine inches taller than in his previous life, and he will no longer be so thin.
Because he is now well-nourished and sleeping well.
Queen Mother Xiang looked at the child who had almost reached her chest.
Eyes full of love and relief.
I remember seeing him in Qingning Palace half a year ago. He was still so small and thin.
This child, Ichiro, has grown so tall and has gained more flesh on his face and body.
The whole person's mental state has changed from the panic at the beginning to the confidence now.
This made her deeply gratified and filled her heart with a sense of accomplishment!
Holding Zhao Xu's hand, he asked the Queen Mother: "I heard that Sixth Brother sent someone to the Xiang family again this morning?"
Zhao Xu smiled and said: "Mrs. Tai is my biological mother and my maternal grandfather..."
"It is only right to be filial to your grandson and to visit your grandson..."
Empress Dowager Xiang looked at Zhao Xu's sincere expression and couldn't help but hold him in her arms: "It's really the blessing of Bodhisattva that allowed me to have a son like Brother Six..."
Note: In the system of the Northern Song Dynasty, only those who were the founder of the country and above were granted food and real seals, but civil servants who were above the system were allowed to be granted real seals.
As for the Lord? It is based on the rank classification, and apart from the good name, it has no practical significance - even if the title is transferred to Zhuguo, it is still the same as the lowest level of the armed cavalry captain, and he does not even receive any money!
Therefore, officials in the Northern Song Dynasty would only add it to their title after they transferred to Shangzhu State, but they would not do this at all.
This chapter has been completed!