The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

This year is another year of imperial examinations.To be precise, this year is another year of provincial examinations, public examinations and palace examinations. After all, children's examinations are taken every year.

After Zhao Yang returned to the court, the first thing he did was to preside over the general examination and the next palace examination.

The new imperial examinations were difficult at first, but over the years, students have gotten used to the difficulty of the new imperial examinations.However, having said that, since the start of the new imperial examinations, many students have been eliminated, and the number of officials has decreased a lot.

The students were very excited to learn that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince presided over the examination and palace examination.

Since Zhao Yang led troops to recover Xixia and Liao, the students worshiped Zhao Yang very much.To be precise, they have worshiped Zhao Yang as an idol.

Not only the students, but also the soldiers worshiped Zhao Yang as a great hero.

It is normal for generals to worship Zhao Yang. After all, Zhao Yang led his troops to take back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

While Zhao Yang was busy presiding over the imperial examinations, he waited for Su Shi, Su Zhe, and Shen Kuo to come back.

Over the years, Su Shi and the three of them have been in other places.Su Shi was in Hangzhou before, and went to Suzhou a few years ago.Su Zhe has been staying in the north, while Shen Kuo has been traveling.However, three years ago, his father died of illness, and he went back to his hometown to observe his filial piety. He will be able to perform his filial piety in September this year, and then he will return to Bianjing City.

A few years ago, when Shen Kuo traveled, he enriched his vision and knowledge, and let him learn a lot.He successfully invented the gap accumulation technique and the confluence technique.He also discovered the magnetic declination and improved the armillary sphere. (About Shen Kuo's achievement comes from Du Niang)

After Zhao Yang returned to Bianjing City, he wrote a letter to Shen Kuo, asking him to return to Bianjing City to take up a post after his filial piety.Zhao Yang has always disliked Si Tianjian's unreliable work, so he decided to let Shen Kuo come back and take care of Si Tianjian.

Shen Kuo has been traveling abroad for these years, and now His Royal Highness needs him, of course he will come back to serve him.

Zhao Yang also wrote to Su Shi and Su Zhe, asking them to go back to Bianjing City to get together first, and then send them to other places.

Su Shi and Su Zhe didn't want to stay in Bianjing. They wanted to continue to work in other places, especially the former Xixia and Liao.

Seeing that they wanted to go, Zhao Yang naturally wouldn't object.Besides, the areas of Xixia and Liao Kingdom needed to be well managed before, so he felt relieved to send Su Shi and Su Zhe there.

As for Cao Xu and Wang Pangpang, they will not return to Bianjing for the time being, at least for two or three years, because they are busy preparing for the attack on Mongolia and Jin.

One more thing, Di Qing has been chasing people from the Liao royal family.Some time ago, Di Qing successfully wiped out several princes of the Liao royal family.As for King Liao, it is said that he died of illness while fleeing.

Without King Liao, the remaining members of the Liao royal family are like a mess.These people fled to places other than Mobei, and will not come back for a while.

Zhao Yang told Di Qing not to chase after the "remnant flowers and willows" of the Liao royal family, and asked him to meet with Cao Xu and the others, and then reorganize the army to prepare for the next battle.

Before the Kingdom of Jin is as powerful as it will be a few decades later, they must be dealt with as soon as possible and let them submit to Song obediently.As for Mongolia, it is impossible to destroy them, and it is not impossible to make them surrender to Song Dynasty, but the vast majority of Mongolians should not be willing to surrender to Song Dynasty.

Regarding Mongolia, Zhao Yang thought of a good strategy.To be honest, this strategy borrowed from the methods of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, which was to split Mongolia and let them kill each other, so that Tie|Muzhen behind could not unify all tribes in Mongolia.

In fact, at this time, all tribes in Mongolia had not yet been unified.Some of their relationships are good and some are not.What Zhao Yang has to do is to make these tribes hate each other to death and will never merge with other tribes.

The people who were sent to Mongolia before will come in handy after a while.

After conquering the Kingdom of Jin, attack the weak Mongolian tribe first.During the attack, take the opportunity to deepen the hatred among the various tribes of Mongolia.

Since Zhao Yang returned to the court, although Song Renzong still went to court every day, the political affairs were basically handed over to Zhao Yang.

Although he hasn't returned to the court for several years, he is still very skilled in dealing with the affairs of the court, and the ministers can't fool him if they want to fool him.

The difficulty of this year's test did not disappoint the students, it was as difficult as in previous years.Fortunately, they are used to the difficulty of the new imperial examinations, no matter how difficult it is, it is not surprising.

By the way, this year I also took the martial arts exam.

In the martial arts exam, you also need to test the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as the Art of War.Of course, physical fitness must be tested.

The warriors who passed the martial arts exam will be directly assigned to the military camp.Those who fail the exam can apply for a military academy.

During Zhao Yang's recuperation period, the first military academy of Song Dynasty had been built.Some time ago, enrollment has already been enrolled, and many people have applied for the military academy.Of course, most of them are children of soldiers, and a few are ordinary people.

In Kunning Palace.

Concubine Miao, Chen Zhaorong, and Zheyun are talking to Empress Cao.

After Zhao Zongshi's rebellion, Empress Cao and Concubine Miao accepted her completely.

Leaving aside Zhao Zongshi's rebellion, after Chen Zhaorong entered the palace, he did not do anything bad or disrespectful, and he always respected Empress Cao and Concubine Miao.

After Zhao Zongshi's rebellion, Empress Cao and Concubine Miao saw that Chen Zhaorong was good, and of course they would not guard against her anymore.

Empress Cao hugged her grandson, eating snacks for her grandson while chatting with Zheyun and the others.

Zhao Jue has not yet reached the age of formal enlightenment, Zhao Yang does not intend to let Ouyang Xiu and the others teach Zhao Jue now.

Before Zhao Jue was formally enlightened, let him study with Master Kongjing.

"Ma'am, now that the peonies are in full bloom, why don't you hold a flower viewing feast and invite the wives into the palace to enjoy the flowers, how about having fun?"

Empress Cao had this in mind, she nodded and said, "Okay, I haven't seen Fukang and her children, and Tao Tao for a long time."

When mentioning Princess Fukang, Concubine Miao couldn't help showing a look of complaint on her face.

"Since getting married, Fukang has become more and more wild, going to other places with his son-in-law every day."

After Princess Fukang got married, she finally left the palace and could play around openly. Of course, she would not stay in the princess mansion honestly.

One month after getting married, she went out to play with the third son of the Yao family, and did not return to Bianjing City until she was pregnant.

After the child turned one year old, the young couple couldn't bear it anymore and ran out to play again.They went out to play without taking their children with them, and they didn't come back until eight or nine months after playing.If it wasn't for the urgent urging of the family, I'm afraid they would not come back.

In the past few years, their children have grown up, and the couple have taken the children out to play together.For the past two years, their family has lived in Jiangnan.Princess Fukang also gave birth to a daughter in Jiangnan.

Just two months ago, Princess Fukang and his family came back from Jiangnan.

After they returned to Bianjing, they went to the palace to meet Song Renzong and Empress Cao.However, just some time ago, Princess Fukang and her two children were sick.It was just a few days ago, so I haven't entered the palace.

"It's not a bad thing for Fukang and the others to go out to play." Empress Cao envied Princess Fukang very much, "Don't you think she has been very happy and happy these years?"

Chen Zhaorong said from the side: "The happiness on Princess Fukang's face can be seen at a glance."

"The son-in-law has spoiled her." Concubine Miao was also happy to see her daughter living happily these years, but every time her daughter went out to play, she would not come back for a long time, and she couldn't see her, so she was very worried.Concubine Miao Gui is the daughter of Princess Fukang, so she naturally wants to see her every day. "She said before that she wanted to go through the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to see what kind of scenery and delicacies there are in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. Madam, do you think they are too wild?"

"Yangyang took back Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. It's normal for Fukang to want to visit." Empress Cao smiled, "To be honest, I also want to visit."

Chen Zhaorong echoed: "I used to think that Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are good places when I read books, and I always wanted to visit them, but I didn't have the opportunity to visit them at that time. It is a good thing that the princess has the opportunity to visit now."

Empress Cao smiled and said, "Let her take us to see it."

"I heard that the scenery in the Yanbei area is very beautiful. By the way, there are a lot of sheep over there. I heard that the mutton is delicious."

When Concubine Miao heard what Chen Zhaorong said, she deliberately laughed at her and said, "I didn't expect you to be delicious."

Chen Zhaorong smiled a little embarrassedly: "I have loved to eat since I was a child."

"Yang Yang said that after a while, a lot of sheep will be sent to Bianjing, and we will be able to eat mutton with an open appetite." Empress Cao said.

"We women should eat more lamb."

At this moment, the voice of saluting Song Renzong and Zhao Yang came from outside.

Empress Cao and the others quickly stood up and went to the door to greet her.

"I've seen the officials."

"Get up."

Zhao Yang saluted Empress Cao and the others, and then sat down holding Zheyun's hand.

Song Renzong held his grandson in his arms, and seeing Empress Cao and the others smiling, he asked curiously, "What are you talking about, so happy?"

"Speaking of mutton." Empress Cao said, "Chen Zhaorong wants to eat mutton from the Yanbei area."

"I heard that there are a lot of sheep in the Sixteen States of Yanyun, and they are delicious, so I want to try it."

"There are a lot of sheep over there, and they are delicious." Song Renzong smiled lightly, "The sheep over there are also very good at growing wool, and their wool can be used to make clothes."

"Clothes made of raised wool must be warm."

Concubine Miao looked at Zhao Yang: "Your Highness, you must have eaten the mutton over there, is it as delicious as Chen Zhaorong said?"

"Well, it's very delicious, much better than the mutton in Bianjing."

Next, Zhao Yang briefly told Empress Cao and the others about the beautiful scenery and delicious food in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, which made Empress Cao and the others look yearning.

After talking with Empress Cao and the others for a while, Zhao Yang took his concubine and son back to the East Palace.

Back in the East Palace, Zhao Yang went to deal with Zha Zi.

Zheyun taught his son to read and write.

Zhao Jue has perfectly inherited the IQ of his father and mother, he is very smart and has a photographic memory.

After reading for a while, Zhao Jue went to play with his father.

Zhao Yang put down the Zhazi in his hand, and carried his son to the yard to play.No matter how busy he is, he will find time to play with his son.

Stationmaster Zheyun stood aside, watching her husband and son playing peek-a-boo with a smile.

She is very happy now, really very happy.

There are her parents-in-law who love her, her husband who dotes on her, and her clever and lovely son.

Looking at her husband who lifted her son up, Zheyun's eyes were filled with tenderness.

How lucky she was to meet His Highness.

His Highness is not only outstanding in appearance, but also in ability.Not only that, His Highness is also dedicated to love.

Many years ago, His Highness had told her that he would only have her as one wife in his life, and he did.

Some time ago, the official family and the empress wanted to accept a side concubine for His Highness, but His Highness refused.

His Highness once again solemnly told her that he would only have her as a wife in his life and would never have anyone else, and told her not to worry about this matter, he would handle it well.