The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

"The empress dowager is back, how is your health?" Several noble ladies sat down dignifiedly at the head of the empress dowager, showing the joy of reunion after a long absence.

In the past, when the queen mother was in charge of the harem, she would often call them into the palace to accompany them, and she also liked the young girls in their family. The older women always took special care of the younger generation, not to mention other things, they received a lot of rewards every year.

But after the empress dowager left the palace, the empress was young and didn't like them old guys. They were all from the generation of their daughters-in-law. Although they often sent some girls into the palace, they were all sent out by the empress without exception. It also failed to be sent to the harem. After a long time, who doesn't say that the queen is jealous in private?

"That's it. When I get older, I always feel that my spirit is a lot weaker. How can you feel at ease when your family loses a son and a father?" The queen mother is now an old lady with gray temples. Compared with two years ago, she is ten years older. It is more than one year old, it can be seen that the blows suffered in the past two years are too great.

"Look at what you said, you are the most noble woman in the whole Jin Dynasty, how can we wait for you to compare, you are just too busy, if the emperor can give birth to the dragon son as soon as possible, you are too busy taking care of the grandson Well, how can there be any free time to think about it?" The person who spoke was the old lady of Weiyuan Hou Mansion, Mrs. Yipin Gaoming, she used to serve her husband on the battlefield, so she could do nothing in front of the Queen Mother. The novel speaks the words of heirs.

Quan Chang'an knew that the emperor's knees were empty, and the empress enjoyed the favor alone, but she couldn't even give birth to a child. Although the harem was peaceful, there were courtiers playing every day in front of the court to let the emperor choose a talent show, so that it would spread out as soon as possible.

The Empress Dowager's complexion changed, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she laughed at herself: "You are blessed with many children, the Ai family is incomparable, and the Ai family does not have this blessing."

"Your Majesty, don't say that. The Emperor is still young, and now he is devoted to the Empress. After a few years, this feeling will naturally fade away. How can he really guard a person for a lifetime? The Emperor has never seen anything fresher. color."

"If you want to talk about concubines, you should choose more people who have no one to enrich the harem. Even if you don't get the emperor's favor today, after a long time, maybe someone will be in the emperor's eyes? Now the harem is deserted, and the empress With such a dull temperament, how can I serve you well?" The woman suggested directly.

In the past, the empress dowager would definitely agree, but now she doesn't have the face to let the emperor listen to her, and the emperor is not devoted to the empress so he doesn't accept concubines. He doesn't like women at all. The harem is just a decoration. Aren't those concubines beautiful?Don't you still stay as a widow?

The queen mother thought to herself: It's better to let these people send some beautiful boys in, maybe there is still hope for the emperor to take a look, but such words must not come out of her mouth.

The Empress Dowager was chatting with everyone boredly, no matter how much they urged, she just refused to choose a concubine for the emperor. After sitting for a long time, she began to get impatient.

"Qi empress, His Royal Highness Prince Rui has come to see you." The eunuch reported outside the door.

Hearing that Zhao Ting was coming, the Empress Dowager finally had a real smile on her face. She stood up holding the maid's hand and walked a few steps outside, "Let Brother Ting come in, it's so cold outside, don't freeze."

All the wives also came out to welcome them, and when the door opened, a biting cold wind poured in, everyone shrank back, and then saw a half-sized boy walking in from the wind and snow, taking off his fur at the door He put on a cloak, changed into boots, and walked in after warming his hands.

"Grandson pays respects to grandmother."

"Brother Ting, get up, it's cold outside, right? What are you doing here in this weather? The people around you don't know how to persuade you? Come in and have a cup of hot tea." The Queen Mother took good care of the only grandson, Since her relationship with Zhao Zhang broke down, this grandson is her only support.

Zhao Ting took a sip of the hot tea, and then warmed his hands with Mrs. Tang. He was still young, with fair skin. The breath came out faintly, and no one dared to treat him as a real child.

All the wives saluted him, Zhao Ting nodded coldly, asking them to excuse him, and then sat down at the lower head of the empress dowager, asking about her health, the grandfather and grandson seemed to have a very harmonious relationship.

But the ladies thought in their hearts: If the queen mother really misses this grandson, why would she go to live in the palace for more than half a year?It's a lie to talk about physical discomfort, where the environment is not as good as this palace, and there are so many experts in the Tai Hospital, how can they not cure the Empress Dowager's illness?It's just a heart attack.

Zhao Ting would come to the Palace of Compassionate Ning to pay his respects every day after class. He knew that the gap between the emperor's uncle and grandmother could not be eliminated, so he would act as a filial piety on behalf of the emperor's uncle, so as not to let outsiders gossip.

Seeing that it was almost lunch time, the Empress Dowager originally wanted to keep these wives for dinner, but since her grandson was here, she was not willing to entertain idlers.

After the people left, the queen mother took Zhao Ting's hand and went to the side hall, "Hurry up and let someone pass on some of Brother Ting's favorite dishes. Look, they are all thin. There is not even one person in the palace who takes care of you." There is no one, and grandma is really worried."

"Grandmother is serious. There are so many people around my grandson that I can't even recognize them. How can I be short of someone to take care of me? Besides, I'm not losing weight, I'm just growing taller. Look, I'm almost as tall as you."

"It's true, Brother Ting will grow up to be as tall and heroic as your father."

Zhao Ting couldn't remember what his father looked like, and said with a smile, "Who is taller, father or uncle?"

The queen mother was stunned for a moment, she really didn't pay attention to this problem, the eldest son was a prince since he was a child, and he was always taller than Zhao Zhang. In the next few years, Zhao Zhang left the palace, and when he came back, there would be a series of palace changes. I have forgotten when Zhao Zhang grew up like this.

"Almost." She replied ambiguously.

"Uncle Huang said, I will definitely grow taller than him. Besides riding and shooting, I also practice high jump every day. Shaofu Shen said that this will help to grow taller." Zhao Ting said proudly.

"Shen Shaofu?" The queen mother is a little unfamiliar with this name, but the surname is Shen, could it be...

Zhao Ting didn't know the true relationship between Shen Jia and Zhao Zhang, but he knew that the two of them had a good relationship, so he felt that he could praise Shen Jia more in front of the queen mother, so he said: "Shen Jia is the household doctor Shen Jia, he Learned and brilliant, the newspaper is what he came up with and taught his grandson a lot."

"Is that the emperor's fellow apprentice?"

"It's senior brother, Young Master Shen is an early starter."

The queen mother was thoughtful, and sneered, "So it was him." It turned out that the man was always in front of her eyes, but she was blind.

The Empress Dowager's mood was down, Zhao Ting saw it but didn't know why, but he could guess that it was related to Shen Jia, so he didn't stay for too long and found an excuse to leave.

After leaving, he went to the Imperial Study Room, where Zhao Zhang reviewed the memorial while eating. When he was alone, he often forgot to eat, and he had to ask Mr. Du to stuff it into his hands.

"Your Highness is here, have you had your meal yet?"

"I've used it in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, so you don't need to be busy with Director Du." Zhao Ting sat next to the emperor's uncle, and Zhao Zhang took the opportunity to hand him the memorial in his hand, and ordered: "Read!"

Zhao Ting then stood up and read the contents of the memorial aloud. Zhao Zhang swallowed a mouthful of food and asked him, "What do you think of this memorial? Should I agree to this request?"

This brochure was handed over by the Jiangxi Chief Envoy. It is written that this autumn, Jiangxi suffered a sudden drought, and there was no rain for three months. As a result, the autumn harvest was damaged. I am afraid that next year's spring crops will not be able to survive. I implore The emperor agreed to allocate supplementary grain to Jiangxi.

Although Zhao Ting has been in contact with the government, he doesn't know much about it, and his thoughts are simple, "Since it is a natural disaster, the court should really give subsidies according to the situation, right? Otherwise, the people will have no grain for spring plowing, and it will affect next year's harvest. , there will be more relief food allocated by then.”

After Zhao Zhang finished eating, he put down his chopsticks, rinsed his hands and rinsed his mouth, then took back the memorial and said: "Your analysis makes sense, and it should be the case normally, but you also know that this year the imperial court used troops in the north, and the south is also suppressing bandits. The military rations are huge, and the imperial court can't produce too many types of grain, and not only is there a shortage of grain types in Jiangxi, but soon the five northern provinces may be hit by snowstorms, and they have to allocate food for disaster relief. There will also be various reasons in other places. The imperial court wants food, how should this situation be resolved?"

Jiangxi is not the only one who will cry about being poor. Every day, the imperial court receives paperwork asking for money and food from the localities. Even in the rich and prosperous Jiangnan, such paperwork is not uncommon, because everyone knows that the court must know They are poor, so it is possible to leave more money and food, otherwise the court should reach out and ask them for more money and food.

No one wants to be taken advantage of, so every point of poverty is five points, and every point of natural disasters is exaggerated to three points, just like the drought in Jiangxi. Although there has been no rain for three months, Jiangxi is rich in water and has passed. After the autumn harvest, the drought did not cause casualties. If there is still no rain throughout the winter, it will be a real disaster.

Zhao Ting hesitated, it was as if he only had ten catties of grain, but there were a hundred victims in front of him, each of them wanted to have enough to eat, but how could ten catties of grain feed a hundred people, or everyone would eat half of it together be full, or someone will be hungry.

Zhao Ting suddenly realized, and replied: "When encountering this situation, should we ignore it first? There are still a few months before the spring plowing. We can first count whether the grain varieties in each province are sufficient, and then decide how to divide them."

"Then how do you judge whether what they say is true?"

Zhao Ting hesitated and asked: "Those in power can't travel all over the world, and they can't testify with their own eyes. That's why the imperial court has set up inspection departments in various places. Should the inspection department be asked to verify?"

"Who pays the officers of the Inspectorate you call?"

"The local government?"

"Yes, so when it comes to money and food, they may be biased towards the local area, and their words may not be credible."

"But if their words are no longer credible, then why set up a supervisory department? You can't let Jin Yiwei travel all over the world to investigate everything, it would be too time-consuming."

"What do you think is the most important skill of being an emperor?"

Zhao Ting recalled the wise rulers in history, referring to the wise rulers in his mind, and replied: "It should be how to govern the government, distinguish right from wrong, and distinguish rewards and punishments, right?"

"The summary is good, but there is still a very important point, which is to control the subordinates, know people and make good use of them, and employ people without suspicion. Although corrupt officials are inevitable, the first thing we must learn is trust."

Zhao Ting probably understood what he meant. Even if what these local officials said may not be true, they can't doubt everything, otherwise things can't be done. "My nephew understands."

Zhao Zhang didn't say any more, and asked Zhao Ting to go back to rest for a while, and there will be riding and archery lessons in the afternoon.

Zhao Ting remembered his reason for coming, and told Zhao Zhang about the conversation in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and asked suspiciously: "Grandma's expression was a little strange when she heard about Shen Shaofu.

Of course Zhao Zhang understood what was going on, there were not many men who had intercourse with him, and his relationship was met outside the palace, so after a little thought, he knew who it was. It seemed that his mother finally knew his other side. Who is half.

After Zhao Ting left, Zhao Zhang immediately ordered Du Fucheng to keep an eye on the Compassion Ning Palace, "I want to know the movements of everyone in the Compassion Ning Palace, and whenever someone comes out, I have to keep an eye on where he goes and who he meets. What did you say."

Director Du sighed secretly, the mother and son finally came to this point, "Yes, the old slave will arrange it."

?Author’s gossip: There is only one update today, and it is impossible to maintain 3000 daily updates this month. There are many things around the Chinese New Year, and the daily update is [-]+.