The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

Zhao Yang chatted with Di Qing until midnight before leaving.Fortunately, there was no curfew in the Song Dynasty, otherwise Zhao Yang would not be able to return to Cao's house.

After chatting with Di Qing for an hour or two, Zhao Yang admired him even more.Although Di Qing is a general, his mind is not simple.He kept in mind what Cao Jue told him before, and at the same time understood the twists and turns.

He didn't know what kind of person Di Qing was in history, but Di Qing in this time and space was brave and resourceful, and he was the general he needed.

Before Zhao Yang left, he told Di Qing many things.

Di Qing firmly remembered the words of His Royal Highness, and asked Zhao Yang to rest assured.

Cao Jue saw that Di Qing was still surprised after His Royal Highness left, and asked, "General Di, what's wrong with you?"

Di Qing was taken aback by Cao Jue's slap. He asked, "Young Master Cao, is His Royal Highness really only ten years old?" Just chatting with His Royal Highness, he felt that he was chatting with an "elder" again.

Cao Jue understood Di Qing's surprise, and said with a smile, "Your Highness has just turned ten years old."

"Your Highness really doesn't look like a ten-year-old child." His Royal Highness's words were very mature and steady.Not only that, His Highness is also very intelligent, especially in military matters.His Highness obviously has not been to the battlefield, but His Highness knows the battlefield very well.Not only that, His Highness is also very clear about the situation of Xixia and Liao, which is really amazing.

"Although His Royal Highness does not like others to say that he is a genius, he is indeed a genius." Cao Jue said with a smile, "General Di, you will find that His Highness is even more intelligent than you imagined."

Di Qing didn't quite understand what Cao Jue meant, so he asked suspiciously, "Young Master Cao, what do you mean by that?"

"You will know later." After Cao Jue finished speaking, he thought of what His Highness the Crown Prince said to Di Qing before, and asked, "General Di, are you pretending to be a fool?"

Di Qing touched his face and said: "I can pretend to be a reckless man, no, I am a reckless man." His Highness the Crown Prince told him to pretend in front of civil servants that a reckless man who can only lead troops to fight .Having said that, he was originally a reckless man, and he could only lead troops to fight.

"Simple-minded fools are not so easy to pretend."

"I think I should be able to pretend." His Royal Highness said, the civil servants thought he was a reckless man, so he fulfilled the wishes of the civil servants, so that the civil servants would be less afraid of him.Then, civil servants will drive him back to the north.

"That's good."

"Young Master Cao, tell me about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

After meeting His Highness the Crown Prince, Di Qing was full of reverence and curiosity towards Zhao Yang.

"Then let me tell you what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been doing during this time."

"Okay, okay." Di Qing sat down obediently, pricked up his ears, and pretended to be listening attentively.

Seeing Di Qing's appearance, Cao Jue laughed in his heart and said that he was another person who was impressed by His Highness the Crown Prince.Regardless of his young age, His Royal Highness is very charming.Not to mention civil servants, just saying that they are members of the family of military generals, and they are also very convinced by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

After Zhao Yang returned to Cao's house, he wrote a letter and asked Dahai to send it to the capital of Xixia.

"Dahai, after you deliver the letter, don't come back in a hurry, go to the Xixia Palace to stay for a while." Zhao Yang stroked Dahai's head and said softly, "Help me monitor them, you know?" Very good, not only can send letters across thousands of miles, but also monitor.

Dahai nodded, then rubbed Zhao Yang's face with its small head.

Zhao Yang stretched out his hand to hold Dahai in his arms, and stroked its back.

"Survey well, but also pay attention to safety, don't be discovered by others."

Dahai nodded again, and then flew out of the East Palace with a wave of wings.

"Your Highness, you asked Dahai to monitor the Xixia Palace. If Dahai is discovered, he will definitely be detained."

"Even if it is detained, Dahai will find a way to fly back." Zhao Yang is very confident in Dahai, "It's smart."

"Yes, the sea is smart." The sea is not only very spiritual, but also very bad.He has been bullied by Dahai many times, and he gets angry just thinking about it.

"Why don't you think King Liao fell ill?" The king of Xixia was ill and gave them a good chance to attack.When did King Liao fall ill?

The few princes of Liao Kingdom are more vicious than the princes of Xixia.If the King of Liao fell ill, he would take the opportunity to stir up trouble, and without the need for a single soldier from the Song Dynasty, he would be able to cause civil strife in the Liao Kingdom itself.

"Your Highness, King Liao is in his prime of life, so I'm afraid he won't fall ill easily."

"This poison is not good." Zhao Yang's people couldn't get close to King Liao.Even if he got close to the king of Liao, he couldn't poison him, because the king of Liao was very afraid of death and was very careful about his basic necessities.

"It's really not easy." Cao Xu thought for a while and said, "We can only pray that King Liao falls ill."

"It would be great if prayers are useful." Zhao Yang said, "The king of Liao fell ill, and the Liao country must be in chaos. Then it will be a good opportunity to attack."

"Your Highness, maybe King Liao will fall ill in a few years." Cao Xu said with a grim smile, "Didn't the previous King Liao also suddenly fall ill?"

"It was killed by the current king of Liao. The current king of Liao is afraid that he will die suddenly, so he is very careful." Zhao Yang shook his head and said, "It's not easy to start."

"Your Highness, there is no chance to do it now, maybe in a few years." Cao Xu comforted.

"I hope." After talking about the Liao Kingdom, Zhao Yang thought of Mongolia again.

Compared with Xixia and Liao, Mongolia is the biggest disaster.

Mongolia's iron cavalry is not so powerful, they have all hit Europe in history.

Seeing Zhao Yang frowning tightly, Cao Xu asked with concern, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm thinking about Mongolia." Da Song's horse riding is definitely not as good as Mongolia's iron cavalry.If you want to get rid of Mongolia, you only have hot weapons.

In the past four years, the craftsmen of the Imperial City Division have been researching wooden warehouses and gun|powder.The wooden warehouse he wanted was not made, but the firecracker was made.

Zhao Yang saw that the wooden warehouse was not easy to make, so he gave up and asked the craftsmen of the Imperial City Department to make the firecracker.Firecrackers were invented in the Ming Dynasty. Although they are far less powerful than wooden warehouses, they are much stronger than bows and arrows.

However, in the face of the Mongolian iron cavalry, it is not enough to rely on firecrackers, and there must be cannons.

Huangcheng Division has been doing it for the past four years, but it has not been successful.

Zhao Yang was not in a hurry, and let the craftsmen of the Imperial City Division do it slowly.

"When we get rid of Xixia and Liao, we will face Mongolia next." Zhao Yang pointed to Mongolia on the map, "Their cavalry should not be underestimated, and they are very cruel and like to slaughter cities."

"These barbarians are fierce and cruel people."

Zhao Yang looked at Jin Guo again.The current state of Jin is still a small country, and its sense of existence is not as strong as that of Xixia and Liao.However, it is somewhat closer to Mongolia.

"At that time, we can unite with the Kingdom of Jin to fight against Mongolia, and then we can slay the Kingdom of Jin by the way."

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

"Think about it carefully." He had to do it like a way to kill two birds with one stone, and he couldn't let Jin Guo find out.

Two days later, Di Qing and his entourage arrived in Bianjing City.

Except for Zhao Yang and the others, no one else knew about Di Qing's sneaking into the city ahead of schedule.

Zhao Yang didn't even tell Song Renzong and Empress Cao about this matter.I didn't say anything about Xixia, because he can handle it well.

After Di Qing arrived in Bianjing, Song Renzong did not summon him immediately, but asked him to rest for two days.After the rest is over, I will go to the palace to see him.

Before Di Qing came to Bianjing, Song Renzong arranged a residence for him.In other words, Song Renzong gave him a mansion.

With Di Qing's merits, it is appropriate to appoint him as a privy envoy and grant him a mansion.

The matter of granting the mansion made many ministers envy and hate.You must know that many ministers rented houses in Bianjing, but Di Qing was actually given a mansion.

Di Qing's mansion had already been tidied up.He obeyed the order and took a good rest in the mansion for two days.

In the past two days, many people came to visit him, but he closed the door and disappeared.

The civil servants were not surprised to see many military generals visiting Di Qing.

Di Qing honestly rested in the mansion for two days, and went to the palace to face the saint on the third day.

Song Renzong was very happy to see Di Qing, and always praised him for his good work in the northern border these years.

Di Qing said that this is what he should do.

However, Zhao Yang pretended not to know Di Qing.

Di Qing reported to Song Renzong in detail the situation in the northern border these years and what happened before he came to Bianjing.Of course, he did not report that the third prince of Xixia wanted to attack Song Dynasty.

In addition to the military, Di Qing also talked a lot about the people's livelihood in the northern border.

He said that after the appearance of the prince plow and the prince waterwheel, the crops in the north had a lot of harvest.

Song Renzong knew about what Di Qing said.In addition to military camps in the north, there are of course civil servants.

At noon, Song Renzong stayed with Di Qing for lunch.

After hearing this, the civil servants were of course upset, after all, in their eyes, Di Qing was just a reckless man.

Song Renzong chatted with Di Qing a lot, and the chat didn't end until Shenshi in the afternoon.

He asked Di Qing to go back to rest today and go to bed early tomorrow morning.

Di Qing took the order, and after exiting the Funing Palace, he went out of the palace directly, and did not go to the Imperial Academy to greet the ministers.

The ministers felt that Di Qing was too arrogant, so he didn't even come to the Imperial Academy to say hello to them.

Di Qing was looked down upon by the ministers, so no matter what Di Qing did, they could find fault.

After returning home, Di Qing received a bunch of greeting cards, all of which invited him to be a guest.However, he didn't respond.

In the evening, Bao Zheng and Han Qi secretly came to see Di Qing.

Di Qing knew that the two of them were confidantes of His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness asked him to trust them.

Seeing Di Qing, Bao Zheng liked him very much.Furthermore, he had heard a lot about Di Qing's protection of the people in the northern border, so he already had a good impression of him.

Han Qi had met Di Qing before and had a good impression of him.

The three of them are the confidantes of His Royal Highness, so they hit it off right away.

Bao Zheng and Han Qi told Di Qing a lot about the court affairs.

Although Di Qing heard about it from Zhao Yang, he didn't mind listening to Bao Zheng and the others again.

After chatting with Di Qing until Haishi, Bao Zheng and Han Qi left.

"His Royal Highness has a good eye, Di Qing is a good general!"

Han Qi agreed with Bao Zheng's words: "That's right."

"We will help him more in the future."

"It's natural."

The next day, before dawn, Di Qing got up.

After breakfast, he hurried to the palace to attend court.This is his first day in court, he can't go too early, and he can't go too late.

If you go too early, you will meet civil servants and be made things difficult by them.If you go too late, you will be criticized by civil servants.

It's best not to go early or late.