How can I, the king, be willing to live under all the royal brothers and younger brothers for a long time?
At this point in Zhao's conception, the competitiveness and daring nature hidden in his bones were invisibly released.
Zhao Gou knelt down to Zhao Ji and said: "Father, my third brother advised my father to cherish the dragon body and return to the palace as soon as possible. I think this is very true.
However, if my father still wants to visit the East and West Workshops and the Bow and Crossbow Making Institute, there is no need to go there in person.
My son is not talented, but he is willing to follow his father's orders and go to the east and west workshops and the bow and arrow making yard to urge them to speed up the production of military supplies and other supplies."
Prince Yun Zhao Kai, who was silent on the side, frowned slightly, thinking to himself: At such a young age, Zhao Gou would first praise the king for his advice to his father, and then take the initiative to invite errands to do in front of his father, in order to invite favor!
The king must not underestimate Kang Wang Zhao Gou!
"Ha!" Zhao Ji smiled and stared at the childish and sincere young man Zhao Gou.
He thought to himself: Wasn't Zhao Gou very good at seizing opportunities in history?
For example, before the Jingkang disaster, when the Jin army besieged Bianjing for the first time, the Jin army asked the Song Dynasty to send a prince to the Jin camp for peace talks, and Zhao Gou dared to take the initiative to invite Ying to the Jin camp...
Because of this, Zhao Gou, who was originally a mediocre prince among many princes, became famous in one fell swoop. With the mother valuing the son, Zhao Gou's biological mother Wei Shi was also promoted to the "virtuous concubine" and moved into Longde Palace...
Zhao Ji feels that Zhao Gou should be a talented person who is good at seizing opportunities.
Zhao Ji deliberately wanted to test the young Zhao Gou, so he smiled and said:
"Gou'er is only thirteen years old, still young.
If I send you an errand, wouldn’t it be trivial?”
The third prince, King Yun Zhao Kai, raised the corners of his mouth and kowtowed:
"Father, the Holy Ming, Ninth Brother is still young, how can he go to the East and West Workshops and the Crossbow and Arrow Making Institute to inspect the orders?
Ninth Brother should return to the palace when his father returns to the palace, copy the calligraphy and paintings of his good father, who is the best in the world, read more and write good articles. This is what Ninth Brother should do at his age!"
After the young Zhao Gou heard what his third half brother Zhao Kai said, he pouted in anger, but he still did not interrupt. He was just thinking about how to convince his father, and it would be hard to wait until
I grabbed this opportunity to express myself...
Zhao Kai continued: "My father has arranged for me to stay in this arsenal to investigate the case of insufficient weapons.
The lack of armaments in the capital's arsenal should be the responsibility of the workshops that supply weapons and other armaments.
Therefore, I am the best person to lead the mission to inspect the East and West Workshops and the Crossbow and Arrow Making Institute to arrest corrupt officials!
I sincerely ask my father to let me handle this matter with my full authority!"
Zhao Ji was not in a hurry to express his position. He smiled at the young Zhao Gou and asked:
"Gou'er, your third brother said that you are still young and not suitable for this job. What do you think?"
When young Zhao Gou heard his father's words, he immediately felt confident.
After all, with Zhao Gou's intelligence, he could analyze that when his father asked this question, he had already indicated that the matter could be discussed. If his father really agreed with King Yun Zhao Kai's proposal from the bottom of his heart, then his father would not
I won’t ask again.
Zhao Gou immediately reported back: "My son feels that what the third brother said is inappropriate.
Since Third Brother wants to trace the responsibility of the arsenal's lack of armaments here, he must check the account books of the arsenal's previous entry and exit of weapons and other military supplies.
It will take a long time to interrogate the guards and other officials of the military depot.
How can the third brother have time to inspect the east and west workshops and the bow and arrow making institute?
However,
However, I was ordered to help my third brother to inspect the East and West Workshops and the Bow and Crossbow Making Institute."
Zhao Ji nodded appreciatively to little Zhao Gou. Regardless of Zhao Gou's age, which is only thirteen years old, what Zhao Gou said was actually very logical.
Zhao Ji ordered: "I have passed down my oral instructions that Zhao Gou, King of Kang, will be the imperial envoy, and the imperial censor Cao Fu will be the deputy historian of drinking envoys. He will lead a hundred imperial city officials (soldiers) to go to the East and West Workshops and the Bow and Crossbow Making Institute.
Inspect and make immediate rectifications, resume weapons and armament manufacturing, and ensure excellence."