The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

The next day, before dawn, Zhao Yang took Cao Xu back to the palace.Because they want to go to the early court, they must rush back to the palace before the court.

As soon as they reached the gate of the palace, they met Han Qi and Bao Zheng.

Han Qi and the others were very surprised to see Zhao Yang at the gate of the palace.

"I have seen His Royal Highness."

"Get up." After Zhao Yang finished speaking, he bowed to Bao Zheng and the others, "Good morning, gentlemen." Although Han Qi and the others were ministers, they were also Zhao Yang's husbands.As a student, Zhao Yang had to salute when he saw the gentlemen.

"Your Highness, please get up quickly." Bao Zheng took a step forward, stretched out his hand to support Zhao Yang, and then asked with concern, "Your Highness, did you not return to the palace yesterday?"

"I celebrated with my friends very late yesterday, so I didn't return to the palace." At the end of the Xu Dynasty, the gate of the palace was closed.At that time, only the emperor can open the gate of the palace. Even the empress and the crown prince are not qualified to open the closed gate.

Zhao Yang stretched his waist without image, and said with a smile: "It's good to live outside the palace once in a while, and to go to court with the gentlemen in the morning."

"Your Highness, it looks like you had a great time playing yesterday." Han Qi said with a smile.

"It was a lot of fun, but also very emotional." Zhao Yang said to Bao Zheng and the others while walking, "Yesterday in Taixue, seeing those students who didn't pass the exam howling and crying, I felt very uncomfortable. "

Hearing what Zhao Yang said, the expressions of Han Qi and Bao Zheng became very gentle in an instant.

"Your Highness, you also know how important the imperial examination is to students. Those who pass the exam are naturally very happy. Those who fail the exam are naturally sad."

"Alas..." Zhao Yang said with a sigh, "It's really not easy for thousands of students to entrust their fate to the imperial examinations." After finishing speaking, he looked at Han Qi and Bao Zheng curiously, "You guys What was it like when you took the imperial examinations?"

Recalling the situation of taking the imperial examination back then, Han Qi still has lingering fears.

"Be nervous and afraid, afraid that I will fail the exam, and afraid that I will let down the expectations of my husband and family."

Bao Zheng nodded approvingly at the side: "Ten years of hard study are for the purpose of passing the exam."

"So the imperial examination must be fair, otherwise I will be sorry to the scholars in the world." Zhao Yang's expression suddenly became very solemn, "Relying on the shadow of his father to be awarded a Jinshi and enter an official career, this is very difficult for students who have studied hard for ten years. It's not fair."

"Your Highness, the yin compensation system has existed since ancient times, and this dynasty has continued to use this system, and it has always been like this." Han Qi also thinks that the yin compensation system is not good, but it is not an easy matter to abolish the yin compensation system.

"It's not right to continue to use the Yinbu system." Zhao Yang said with a slight frown. "From the ancestors to the present, two-thirds of the officials in this court came from the Yinbu system. Most of these people are from the Yinbu system. People who eat and wait to die are useless to the court and the people. Not only that, but the court also spends money to support them."

"What Your Highness said is very true." Bao Zheng was also dissatisfied with the yin compensation system.He once abolished the yin compensation system to Song Renzong, but was dismissed by Song Renzong.

"Your Highness, the government should not abolish the yin compensation system." Before, the government proposed that only officials of the third rank and above can use yin compensation, and they were opposed by the ministers.Fortunately, the government is tougher this time, and the ministers who opposed it have nothing to do.

"Father doesn't cancel it, I will cancel it in the future." Zhao Yang continued, "Treat everyone equally, and the shadow compensation system in the military camp must also be cancelled."

"Your Highness, don't you want to recover the Sixteen States of Yanyun? If you abolish the subsidy system in the military camp, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among those generals."

Zhao Yang said coldly: "If they are dissatisfied, let me hold back. I must abolish all the subsidy system." After speaking, he remembered another thing, "Gentlemen, think about the official assessment."

"Official assessment?" Both Han Qi and Bao Zheng showed doubts, "Your Highness, what happened to the official assessment?"

Zhao Yang crossed his arms and said, "The current evaluation of officials is complicated, and it is useless for officials to protect each other." With a cold face, he continued, "You guys think of a simple and useful evaluation system."

Han Qi and Bao Zheng turned serious, and said quickly, "Yes, Your Highness."

"I will ask Prime Minister Yan to help you." Although Zhao Yang replaced Song Renzong in the court for a period of time only four years ago, he had a very good understanding of the official system of the Song Dynasty at that time.However, at that time he was still young and had no real court, so it was not easy to intervene in political affairs.Now that he has gone to court, he can take care of some things. "Those officials who are just waiting to die can be eliminated, and the truly capable officials can be promoted."

"Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers will do their best to revise the official assessment system."

"Then I'll leave it to you." After Zhao Yang finished talking about the official, he thought that he would set up a free school in a while, so he asked Bao Zheng and the others, "Do you know anyone who can teach children to read and write?"

Bao Zheng who asked this question was stunned, "Your Highness, why are you asking this?"

"I want to set up a free school in Bianjing City to accept children from poor families who cannot read. Do you know anyone who can teach children to read and write?"

"Free school?!" Bao Zheng and Han Qi were startled by Zhao Yang's words.

"Yes." Seeing that he had already arrived in the palace, Zhao Yang said to Bao Zheng and the others, "I'll go back to the East Palace first and change my clothes. About the free school, we'll talk about it after the imperial court."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhao Yang was about to go back to the East Palace to change his court clothes, when Zheyun brought his court clothes over.

"Your Highness, I brought your court clothes here, you can go directly to Funing Palace to change."

"Thank you." Zhao Yang took the court clothes and went to Funing Palace.

The East Palace is a little far away from the Chuigong Hall. If Zhao Yang really rushed back to the East Palace to change his court clothes, he might be late for the court.

Seeing his son coming back, Song Renzong hurriedly asked, "Yangyang, have you had your breakfast yet?"

"I didn't have time to use it, I rushed back to the palace when I came together."

As Zhao Yang said, he opened his hands to let Zhang Maoshi and Liang Yin wait for him to get dressed.

Song Renzong told Zhang Maoshi: "Let the imperial kitchen prepare breakfast later."

"Yes, official."

"How long did you play last night?" Song Renzong asked, "You can't play till midnight, right?"

"No, play until the end of the time of Xu." At this time, Zhao Yang had already changed into his court clothes, "Even if I think of Zishi, Uncle Su won't let Ah Shi and the others play until the time of Zishi. They must go home before Haishi."

Song Renzong stepped forward and reached out to straighten Zhao Yang's collar.

"Why, do you really want to play until Zishi?"

Zhao Yang stretched out his hand to hold his father's hand, and walked outside Funing Palace.

"I don't want to play until Zishi, I have to go to bed when it's Haishi."

"What did you play all day yesterday?" Song Renzong suddenly thought of something, and asked in a bad tone, "You didn't go to Qunfang Pavilion, did you?" Some gossip things in the capital are relatively familiar.He knows that many literati students like to go to Qunfang Pavilion to have a good time.Yesterday was the day when the results of the examination were announced, and there must have been many literati students who went to Qunfang Pavilion to congratulate them.

"How is it possible?" Zhao Yang rolled his eyes at his father, and said angrily, "Even if I want to go to Qunfang Pavilion, Ah Shi and the others are not willing to go."

Song Renzong stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhao Yang's ear: "Do you really want to go to Qunfang Pavilion?"

Zhao Yang turned around and saved his ear from Song Renzong's hand.

"When did I say I wanted to go to Qunfang Pavilion? I'm only ten years old, and I'm still a child. What should I do in Qunfang Pavilion?" He was curious about Qunfang Pavilion before, but he was only curious for a while, and then he forgot to go to Qunfang Pavilion. About the cabinet.

Song Renzong reached out and tapped his son's forehead, warning: "You are not allowed to go now, and you are not allowed to go when you grow up."

"Don't go." Zhao Yang was too lazy to talk nonsense with his father, "It's about to go to court, let's go quickly."

When the father and son arrived at the Chui Gong Hall, the ministers had already lined up.

Song Renzong sat on the dragon chair, and Zhao Yang stood at the head of the line on the left.

With Zhang Maoshi's "go to court", today's morning court officially began.

There are many things in the morning every day, but there are not many big things.Zhao Yang listened to the court affairs played by the ministers with one ear, and listened to the movement outside with his other ear.

Waking up too early this morning, and listening to the ministers' nagging, Zhao Yang felt a little sleepy.

Song Renzong paid attention to Zhao Yang while listening to the ministers.Seeing his son's nonchalant appearance, he knew that he was distracted again.

The results of the solution test have been announced, so the next step is the provincial test.

Ministers are discussing the next provincial test.

Speaking of the provincial examination, Zhao Yang felt that the imperial examination system in the Song Dynasty was not good enough.Although it shows that the eight-part essay examination in the Qing imperial examination is very pedantic, it is undeniable that the imperial examination system in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is the best in all dynasties.Zhao Yang felt that he could learn from the imperial examination system of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but the eight-legged essay test was fine.

The imperial examinations should not only test the subsets of classics and history and policy theory, but also test some things in science and engineering.He believes that the college entrance examination of later generations can be referred to.

It seems that I have to talk to my father about the reform of the imperial examination.

If the imperial examinations are to be reformed, I am afraid that the ministers will be long-winded again.

Let them ramble and see if we can reform the imperial examinations in two or three years.

When it comes to the imperial examination, Zhao Yang thinks about setting up a free school again, and he will have to discuss it with Bao Zheng and the others when he is in court.By the way, I have to tell my father, after all, running a free school is not a trivial matter.

Thinking of those poor children who couldn't study, Zhao Yang also thought of those old people who had no children and became beggars.

Children without parents and families can go to Juzicang, but old people without children have nowhere to go.He remembered that during the Ming and Qing Dynasties there was a place dedicated to supporting the childless, which seemed to be called an almshouse.Now that the imperial court has the ability and money, it can set up almshouses to help and support these lonely and helpless old people.

Wait a minute, let's move on.

Every year, Zhao Yang would send people to raise Zicang to kill the wolf army.Nowadays, there are not many children in Juzicang, and many rooms are vacant, which can accommodate those poor and lonely old people.

Merge the Juzicang and the Relief House to help these poor people.Furthermore, the elderly will not be lonely if they are accompanied by their children, and it is also good for the children to be accompanied by the elderly.

Zhao Yang felt that his idea was very good, and decided to talk to Song Renzong after the next court.

"Prince! Prince! Prince!" Song Renzong called out three times, and then he called Zhao Yang back to his senses.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Yang came back to his senses, and looked at Song Renzong blankly.

Song Renzong looked at his son quite helplessly: "What are you thinking, above the court?"

Zhao Yang thought for a while, and decided that it would be better to report directly in the court.

"I was thinking just now that there are many old people without children or daughters begging alone on the street in Bianjing."

Song Renzong asked: "What happened to these old people?"

"Father, these old people have no one to take care of them. Basically, they either died of illness or died of starvation." Zhao Yang said seriously, "I was just thinking that children without father and mother can be sent to Juzicang, but these lonely The old people can only beg, and die of illness on the street. Mencius said, the old is the same as the old, and the old is the old. The young is the young, and the young. There is also a saying that the old is like a treasure, and the old should not die tragically. street."

When he said this, Song Renzong and the ministers all showed surprise.

Song Renzong asked again: "What do you think?"

"I was just thinking about building a relief home by the imperial court to help orphans and lonely old people." Zhao Yang said, "In fact, it is to renovate the Juzicang, so that not only can orphans be adopted, but also those who have no children can be supported. Poor old womanless woman."

Yan Shu was the first to say: "Officials, I think His Royal Highness's proposal is very good."

Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo immediately agreed, and Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi also agreed.

Song Renzong also felt that his son's proposal was good, so he asked Zhao Yang to write a detailed charter and present it to him.