The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

At four o'clock in the unitary hour, the Luming Banquet officially begins.

At this moment, Song Renzong brought Zhao Yang to the Luming Banquet.

The ministers and newly promoted Jinshi saluted Song Renzong and Zhao Yang one after another: "I have seen the official family, and I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Get up."

"Thank you, the official family, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Song Renzong raised his hand and asked the ministers and the newly promoted Jinshi to sit down.

Then, Song Renzong began to speak.First, I would like to congratulate all the students who passed the Jinshi examination, and then encourage them to work hard for the imperial court and benefit the common people.

After speaking, Song Renzong stood up and raised his wine glass.

The ministers and the newly promoted Jinshi hurriedly stood up to toast.

Song Renzong drank three glasses of wine with the ministers and the newly promoted Jinshi and left, leaving the rest to Zhao Yang.

Zhao Yang used tea instead of wine, and firstly respected the newly promoted Jinshi, congratulating them on becoming the prince's disciples, and congratulating them on entering the official career.Afterwards, Zhao Yang chatted with the newly promoted Jinshi.

Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince is so friendly and unassuming, the Jinshi gradually relaxed.

After chatting for a while, they found that His Royal Highness had read their examination papers and knew very well the poems and articles they wrote.

Zhao Yang read all the examination papers of the fifty Jinshi who passed the examination, and read them very seriously, and took note of all the good poems or articles they wrote.

The newly promoted Jinshi were naturally happy when they heard His Royal Highness praise their poems or articles, but at the same time they were very moved, feeling that they were valued by His Royal Highness.

Su Shi and Shen Kuo looked at Zhao Yang talking and laughing with the other Jinshi, feeling a little jealous in their hearts, but more surprised.Because this kind of blessing and wisdom is unknown to them, which makes them feel very strange.

Song Renzong asked Zhao Yang to entertain the newly promoted Jinshi, in order to make the newly promoted Jinshi like Zhao Yang, the crown prince, so that they would seriously work for Zhao Yang in the future.

Zhao Yang chatted with other Jinshi for a while, and then came to Su Shi and the three of them.

"How about it, are you surprised or not?" In front of Su Zhe and the others, Zhao Yang didn't have the "Crown Prince Fan'er" just now, but the Fu Hui they were familiar with.

Seeing that the person in front of them was the mischievous Fu Hui they were familiar with, Shen Kuo and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's scare, okay?" Su Shi rolled his eyes at Zhao Yang in a very "rebellious" way, "In the morning at the Chui Gong Hall, you scared us quite a bit." Su Shi knew that Zhao Yang didn't want them to be alienated, so he told Zhao Yang His tone of voice was still the same as before.

Su Zhe nodded again and again: "We almost fainted from fright."

Seeing that Su Shi and the others were still talking to him as before, Zhao Yang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He was really afraid that Su Zhe and the others would alienate him immediately.

"I told you before that if you can see me today, you might be scared by me." Zhao Yang said, with an innocent expression on his face, "I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Shen Kuo and the others were dumbfounded by Zhao Yang's words: "We always thought you were the cousin of His Royal Highness, but we didn't expect you to be His Royal Highness himself."

Su Shi said: "We thought you would confess to us today that you are the cousin of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Su Zhe complained slightly: "Fuhui, you should have told us earlier." After finishing speaking, he accused Zhao Yang, "This way we won't be scared stupid in Chuigong Palace this morning."

Su Shi didn't speak, but nodded in agreement with his brother's words.

"Actually, I don't know how to tell you my identity." Zhao Yang said apologetically, "I haven't told you my real identity in the past few years. First, I was afraid of scaring you, and second, I was afraid of you. It will alienate me. Originally, I didn't intend to let you know my identity today, but think about it, today is a good day, a happy day in your life, if you know my identity, maybe you won't blame me." Zhao Yang chose today Tell Su Shi and them that his identity is because of this reason.

"Fuhui, you are so calculating." Su Zhe said intentionally, "You already knew that we passed the exam, so you deliberately chose today to let us know your identity, so that we will not be angry with you because we are too happy, and we will not be angry with you." I won't argue with you."

Careful thinking was seen through, Zhao Yang was not only not embarrassed, but very calm.

"That's what I came up with."

"Fuhui, you are really bad." This is the Fuhui they knew, smart, cute and cunning.

Zhao Yang raised his chin slightly and said, "I call it outsmarting."

Seeing other Jinshi staring at them, Su Shi felt that this was not a place for them to talk.

"Fuhui, you should be busy first. We will chat when you are free."

Hearing what Su Shi said, Zhao Yang noticed that everyone was looking at them curiously.

"You have three days to rest, I will go to you tomorrow."

After the end of the Chuanlu in front of the palace, the newly promoted Jinshi have a three-day holiday.

The reason why they were given a three-day holiday was mainly to make new official uniforms for them.

When the results of the palace examination came out, the official positions of Su Shi and his group of newly promoted Jinshi were also determined.

The No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], and Tanhua went directly to the Imperial Academy, while the others were distributed to other places.However, most people want to be sent to places other than Bianjing.

Zhao Yang chatted with other Jinshi for a while, and then left.If he stays at the Luming Banquet for a long time, the ministers and newly promoted scholars will feel uncomfortable.

Before leaving, Zhao Yang winked at Su Shi and the others.

Seeing this scene, Su Zhe and the others smiled helplessly and dotingly at Zhao Yang.

After Zhao Yang left, many ministers and Jinshi asked Su Shi what their relationship was with Zhao Yang and how they met.Someone also asked if the reason why they won the first and second places in the exam was because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had told them about the exam papers in advance.Those who said this were of course jealous of Su Zhe and the others.

Su Shi and the others were naturally very angry when they heard these words, scolded those who said such words severely, and then asked them to confront them with the officials to see if His Royal Highness really gave them the test questions .

Of course those who said this did not dare to confront them.They were jealous of Su Shi and the others who won the number one and second places in the examination, and they also knew His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so they said such bitter words.

Su Zhe and the others reprimanded these people again, saying that they could not question His Highness the Crown Prince, nor could they destroy His Highness the Crown Prince's reputation.

These people quickly apologized, saying that they had drunk too much to speak such nonsense.

Shen Kuo and the others didn't care about it anymore, and chatted with others.

After a while, the Luming Banquet was over, and the ministers and newly promoted Jinshi left the palace.

This little episode at the Lu Ming Banquet soon reached the ears of Song Renzong and Zhao Yang.

Zhao Yang had already guessed that someone would say that, so he was not surprised and didn't bother to argue with these people.

Song Renzong didn't care when he heard this.

Even the crown prince can't cheat for personal gain. Those who say such things are purely jealous.

If Zhao Yang really wanted to practice favoritism and cheat, he would have told Su Shi and the others about the strategies and topics he personally put forward.Furthermore, he did not write the other exam questions in the Palace Examination, so even if he wanted to read the exam questions, he couldn't read them.

The examination questions of the imperial examination are known only to Song Renzong, except for the person who produced the paper. Others do not know, and they are not qualified to check, even the crown prince.

Another point is that the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty were very strict, and once found to be cheating for personal gain, the punishment would be very severe.Therefore, during the Northern Song Dynasty, there were very few imperial examination fraud cases.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Yang proposed the reform of the imperial examination.

This matter has been discussed before.If the imperial examination is over, it is time to introduce a new imperial examination.

Yan Shu and Wen Yanbo immediately supported the implementation of the new imperial examination.

Song Renzong immediately decreed to reform the imperial examination system.

Regarding the new imperial examination system, Zhao Yang had discussed it carefully with Yan Shu and the others before, and there was no need to discuss it again.Furthermore, the new imperial examination system proposed by Zhao Yang is perfect and does not need to be improved at all.

Apart from the new imperial examination, there was nothing to do in the early court, and it soon went down.

After the court, Zhao Yang took Cao Xu and Chu Yue to Su Shi's house.

Su Xun and his wife were shocked when they heard about Zhao Yang's identity from Su Shi and the others.

Su Zhe and the others repeatedly told Su Xun and the others how they treated Zhao Yang in the past, and how they should treat Zhao Yang now.Don't alienate Zhao Yang just because he is His Highness the Crown Prince now, otherwise Zhao Yang will be sad.

Zhao Yang was very moved when he saw that Su Xun and the others still treated him as before.

Su Xun and the others pretended not to know Zhao Yang's identity, and continued to treat him as Fu Hui.

At this moment, Zhao Yang, Su Shi, Su Zhe, and Shen Kuo were sitting under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the yard, eating snacks and drinking tea.

"Fuhui, you are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, why did you go to Xiangguo Temple to be a registered disciple?" The first time Su Shi and Shen Kuo met Zhao Yang was at Xiangguo Temple.

Zhao Yang picked up a piece of snack and said: "It's a long story. You should know that before I was born, my father had no son and adopted a child from the clan. You all know this?"

Shen Kuo and the others nodded lightly: "I know." They have heard of this matter more or less.

"Then my father and my maid gave birth to me, but you also know that before me, my father had two sons, but two sons, one died at birth, and the other died at three years old." Zhao Yang said lightly, "My father and my lady, including me, were worried that I would not live to be three years old. In order to let me grow up safely, my father went to Xiangguo Temple and asked Master Kong Jing to accept me as a disciple on behalf of the Buddha and Bodhisattva. .I am a disciple of the Buddha, Lord Yama will not accept me, this is why I went to Xiangguo Temple to be a registered disciple."

"So it's because of this."

"After becoming a registered disciple of the Buddha, I have to go to Xiangguo Temple to study Buddhism every month." Zhao Yang continued, "Of course there is another reason for studying Buddhism."

Su Zhe asked curiously, "Any other reasons?"

"Brother, that is, Master Kong Jing said that I will kill heavy people in the future, so I must learn Buddhism from an early age."

Su Shi and the others were frightened by Zhao Yang's words: "Killing is heavy, you?" They couldn't believe that such a lovely Fuhui would kill someone.

"I forgot to tell you that after a few years, when I grow up, I will personally lead the troops to recover the Sixteen States of Yanyun." Now he can finally tell Ashi and the others about this matter, "Because of this matter , Brother thinks that I will kill a lot in the future."

Shen Kuo and the others were shocked again: "Recover the Yanyun Sixteen States?"

"That's right, this matter is still a secret, so don't tell it." Zhao Yang put his index finger to his lips and made a silent gesture, "The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty would rather spend money from Xixia and Liao If you buy Taiping, you don’t want to send troops to take back Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.”

"Fuhui, do you really want to take back Yanyun Sixteen States in the future?"

Zhao Yang nodded affirmatively: "Really." After speaking, he took a deep look at Su Shi and the others, "Are you in favor or against?"

"Of course I support it." Su Shi said excitedly, "The imperial court should have sent troops to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and expel Xixia and Liao."

Su Zhe gave Zhao Yang a thumbs up: "Fuhui, I support you."

Shen Kuo nodded repeatedly and said, "I support you too."

Zhao Yang had long guessed that Su Shi and the others would support him in recovering Yanyun Sixteen States.He had tested the three of them before, and the three of them were also dissatisfied with the hundreds of thousands of money and silk that the imperial court gave to Xixia and Liao each year.

"I knew you would support me."

"Fuhui, when the time comes, we will go with you to recover the Yanyun Sixteen States." The Yanyun Sixteen States should have belonged to the Song Dynasty, and should have been taken back long ago.