Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

Zhao Yiyi tucked Zhao Xu's messy soft hair behind her ears, and asked her softly, "Ah Xu, would you like to come out for dinner? There is roast lamb for dinner today."

Zhao Xu and he have the same taste, and they both like roasted mutton that is soft and rotten with a strong taste.It's just that Zhao Yiyi is usually busy with work, so he hardly has time to sit down and have a good meal. Most of the time, he just eats a rice ball.After Zhao Xu was born, in order to take care of his daughter, he changed a lot of these bad living habits. At least three meals a day were on time, and he didn't dare to cut corners.

However, Zhao Xu was still young, so he couldn't eat too many heavy dishes, so most of the dishes in Yuchen Palace were light, and the roasted lamb was only served occasionally.

Zhao Xu was in a bad mood today, so in order to coax her, Zhao Yiyi asked the dining room to make roast mutton temporarily.

Zhao Xu let out an "um" and was obediently picked up by him.She is almost four years old. She usually eats well and sleeps soundly. She is growing fast. Zhao Yiyi exerted a lot of strength when hugging her.

Nestled in his father's arms, Zhao Xu continued to ask him: "Father, after becoming the emperor, will people die every day?"

She is only less than four years old this year, and she doesn't even know what it means to be alive. She suddenly saw a person die in pieces in front of her eyes, of course she was very confused and puzzled.

Zhao Yiyi was worried that she would be frightened by the bloody scene, but in fact it was just a vain worry.Zhao Xu grew up in the deep palace, and was cared for by his father and the court ladies and eunuchs. He had never seen a single trace of blood, so he didn't understand what it meant.

Because there is no understanding, there is no fear.

Blood and flesh. Pieces can't scare her. What really scares her is a living person who was still struggling and calling for help just now. Just like that, he can no longer speak or move.

It was the first time she had faced death head-on, and her father seemed happy with it.

This made her very confused for a while.

Zhao Yiyi thought for a while, and said, "Maybe. But if I don't become the emperor, someone will still die. It's just that it may not be this one."

He smiled sarcastically: "If I hadn't been the emperor, maybe this person is still alive and well, maybe he's still living quite happily."

Zhao Xu then asked, "Shouldn't he be alive?"

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "No. He is a bad guy, and a bad guy shouldn't be alive."

Zhao Xu leaned his head against his neck: "Because Dad is the emperor, the bad guys died."

Zhao Yiyi smiled: "You can't say that, most of them are due to loyal ministers. For example, this time, the one who deserves the most credit is Bao Zheng, and then..."

He said in a complex tone: "What is that, Bai Yutang."

Hearing the words Bai Yutang, Zhao Xu turned his head around, his eyes brightened.

Zhao Yiyi coughed lightly: "Which one do you think looks better, your cousin or Bai Yutang?"

This question sounded mixed to him, and he didn't know which one Zhao Xu chose would make him feel better.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xu thought for a while, and replied solemnly: "Each has its own merits."

...Okay, you know how to use idioms...

Seeing that they were in the dining room, Zhao Yiyi put her down and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if each has its own merits, anyway..."

Anyway, you won't see any of them for a while!

The princess is still young, so it's better to see less messy people.

When she grows up gradually and has a wide range of knowledge, she won't be fascinated by one or two flowers!

Zhao Xu couldn't understand the twists and turns in her father's heart. He could only smell the smell of mutton in the dining room. After being put down, he ran to the dining table and climbed onto the stool by himself.

The maid in charge lifted the lid of the bowl containing the mutton, and set the tableware for her.

Zhao Yiyi sat next to her, smiled and watched her pick up the mutton with chopsticks, and wiped the gravy on her face from time to time.

He thought in a daze, it's going to die, he wanted to raise 666, how can he raise it, he's a little moved by his true feelings...

Maybe this has something to do with the lack of manpower in Yuchen Palace, and it has something to do with him, the emperor who traveled from modern times, to take care of the baby himself every day.If he was a traditional emperor, surrounded by hundreds of court ladies and eunuchs every day, and he didn't have to worry about the princess's basic necessities of life, if he just looked at her every day for teasing, I'm afraid he wouldn't regard her as his daughter, but just treat her as his daughter. Let's make a display that may inherit the throne in the future.

If that's the case, maybe when Zhao Xu grows up, he will still be on guard against her, afraid of her, and suppress her, for fear that she will rob him of his authority.

But now, he only hoped that she would grow up quickly, but he didn't want her to grow up so quickly.

Xu Shi noticed his father's gentle gaze on him, and Zhao Xu raised his head to look at him: "Father, the meat was cooked very well today."

Zhao Yiyi pinched her braids: "Eat more if the cooking is good."

"Dad, don't you want to eat?"

Zhao Yiyi shook his head: "You eat first."

I look at you.

Zhao Xu buried his head in eating meat again, and Zhao Yiyi pulled the broken hair behind her ears for her from time to time, thinking a little out of place: "Her half-length broken hair is really a bit troublesome, and the hair at the temples can't be tied into the braid. Here, she always looks messy. It's hot, why don't you coax her to shave her head..."

Capital, Fan Mansion.

Fan Zhongyan looked at the middle-aged eunuch sitting in front of him, and asked cautiously: "The officials want me to enlighten the prince and princess?"

Liu En nodded: "That's right. You know, Mr. Xiang. After this year, the two Highnesses will be five years old. At five years old, ordinary people have to go to school. Our Highness should also be serious. "

Of course, the so-called inviting Fan Zhongyan to enlightenment is just a sign that the prince and princess have officially started to read and understand. It does not require Fan Zhongyan to teach children to read and write.

Among the court ladies and eunuchs, there are quite a few people who are knowledgeable about books and etiquette. Basic courses such as reading and writing do not need to be taught by the prime minister.

Fan Zhongyan nodded slightly: "The official means that the princess and the prince should study together?"

Liu En smiled and said: "Master Xiang understands. The princess was raised by the official family since she was a child. To put it unreasonably, the official family loves the princess more than the prince. If the prince has it, the princess will naturally have a share. It just so happens that the two Highnesses Being the same age, it doesn’t hurt anything to learn from a teacher together.”

Fan Zhongyan vaguely understood something in his heart. After sending Liu En away, he sat in his study and took care of the official duties from Yangzhou.

Yangzhou has recently opened a new shipyard, which will also build self-propelled boats like Bianliang.Shipbuilding naturally required the requisition of the port. The port near Yangzhou connected the north and the south, and every inch of land was expensive. It was unrealistic for the owner of the shipyard to buy it himself, so the government had to come forward to requisition it.During this expropriation, countless things happened.

Speaking of it, it is still different from place to place. Bianliang City is at the foot of the emperor, and the government is still the first in everything.Back then when Yan Shu wanted to run a university, with the government behind him, he acquired a large piece of land in the suburbs of Beijing, and also occupied a good deep-water port, which can now be used for shipbuilding.Yangzhou is farther away from Bianliang, and there are rich merchants and giant drums gathered, and the momentum is huge, but the government has less right to speak.The interests of a port are controlled by several guilds, and the government basically has no way to expropriate it.

Fan Zhongyan gathered all these official documents about Yangzhou port and planned to hand them to the emperor when he entered the palace tomorrow.

He intends to advise the emperor to move the shipyard to a less prosperous place and not to compete with Yangzhou businessmen for profit.This is not simply a matter of earning or not—a government is a government after all, and if you really want to earn money, is it true that officials are not as good as people?It's just that he thought it would be a waste to occupy a port in Yangzhou for shipbuilding.Ships can be built anywhere, as long as there is a good harbor, they can be launched into the water.

There is only one Yangzhou.

By the way, the number of self-propelled boats has increased recently, and the ports and wharves in various places have gradually become unable to accommodate them, and they have to be expanded as appropriate... Also, Yangzhou said before that the sediment on the river bottom is increasing, and the ports Shallowing, there have been incidents where self-propelled boats ran aground...the bottom of the river is silted up, what can be done about it...does it need to organize people to clean up the river... After all, it is because the self-propelled boat is too big, so many years ago Few boats were stranded at the inland wharf.

He gathered all these undecidable matters in one place, intending to submit them to the emperor himself.

At this time, his wife came back from visiting her married daughter.

Mrs. Fan sat on the chair beside him and sighed softly: "Lingyi is suffering."

Fan Zhongyan raised his head from the document room: "Is Ling Yi okay?"

Fan Lingyi's confinement period is over, and Mrs. Fan has visited her several times.

Mrs. Fan said: "It's better than before. I can walk around and eat some fish."

Fan Zhongyan asked again: "How is your grandson?"

Mrs. Fan smiled slightly and said: "Okay, born white and tender, he will be a handsome man like his father in the future."

Fan Zhongyan pondered: "Have you decided on a name?"

As soon as the child was born, Fan Lingyi nicknamed him Baisuo.Now that the full moon has just passed, the name has not yet been decided.

Although it is said that children are not in a hurry to get a name, but the elders naturally draw up countless good names in their hearts early on.

Mrs. Fan smiled: "It hasn't been decided yet. At Di's house, although Princess Di gave a lot of things, she didn't say anything about giving her a name. Di Qing said that he was a little talented and learned, and wanted to ask his father-in-law to give his son a good name. "

Fan Zhongyan twirled his beard and said solemnly: "Since he said so, I'll take one."

He took out a small note from under a whole table of official documents, and handed it to Mrs. Fan: "I have drawn up a few names at random recently, take a look, if any one looks good, why not decide on it. "

Mrs. Fan looked down, and there were dozens of names written in small letters on a piece of paper.

She looked at it for a while, and circled a word with a pen: "How about this name?"

She circled the character Chang.

Fan Zhongyan just wanted to say that this name is very good, but he remembered the names of the two highnesses in the palace—one Dan and one Xu, both of which were Japanese characters.Although it is not necessary to avoid tabooing honorable names to such an extent, as a close minister, it is better to be careful and try not to use such suspicious names.

Moreover, Chang characters and Xu characters are a bit similar in shape, so it is even worse.

He shook his head, picked up the pen and wrote another word.

"The word Chang is not good, let's change it to this."

What he wrote down was a chanting word.