The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

"Of course I didn't do it, it was done by the court." Zhao Yang didn't know why Liu Qi thought it was him who did it, and of course he couldn't admit it, "I don't have this ability."

Liu Qi also asked casually.He naturally knew that Fuhui couldn't have done it.

"I didn't expect the imperial court to help the elderly without children."

Zhao Yang said: "This is a good thing, isn't it?"

"That's true." Liu Qi didn't feel dissatisfied with the imperial court, although he could not understand those fake and lofty literati students.When he was young, he hated the court and officials.He believed that the officials were blinded by a group of sour and corrupt ministers, and wrongly blamed him as a good minister.However, when he got older, he realized that his young self was too self-righteous.He has some talents, but there are many people in the court who are more talented than him, such as the famous Yan Xiang, Wen Yanbo, Ouyang Xiu and others. "Did you deliberately place the Sun Academy opposite the Juzicang?"

"Yes, the children in Juzicang will also come to Sun Academy to study in the future." Zhao Yang said with a smile, "The old people in Juzicang will be happy to see a school opposite."

Liu Qi understood Zhao Yang's meaning, gave him a meaningful look and said, "Fu Hui, I never thought you would be so thoughtful at such a young age."

"Sir, I said that I am serious about running the Sun Academy."

"I feel it." Liu Qi said to Zhao Yang, "I'm leaving first, and I'll come to the school tomorrow."

"Sir, let me take you home."

"No need." After Liu Qi finished speaking, she put her hands behind her back, hummed a little tune, and left shaking her head.

Zhao Yang naturally heard Liu Qi humming a ditty, and was happy for Liu Qi in his heart.It seems that he was right to invite Liu Qi to be the teacher of Sun Academy.

"Let's go and have a look."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The imperial court stepped in, and of course the construction of the almshouse began soon.A few days ago, people were sent to pick up these homeless old people.

The old people came here with a skeptical attitude, but after living in Juzicang, they found that everything was true.In Juzicang, they not only have a place to live, but also food.

The imperial court distributed clothes and quilts to the elderly, and provided them with three meals a day for free.

The first thing the old people do after entering the Juzicang is to take a comfortable hot bath.After washing the whole body, they can eat a hot and satisfying meal.

The first batch of old people who moved in still can't believe that they really have a home.

The young children in Juzicang welcome the old people very much, and they have become familiar with the first batch of old people who moved in.

The imperial court also paid for the repair of Juzicang's house and enlarged the room.

The preliminary arrangement is that six elderly people sleep in one room.It is not practical for an elderly person to sleep in one room.Each room in Juzicang is so large that it can accommodate six elderly people.

At present, the clothes of the old people living in Juzicang are donated by the court ministers, and of course there are donations from the palace.

There are many defective fabrics in the palace, and Empress Cao often donates them to Juzicang.In the past, it was donated to the children in Juzicang, but now it is donated to the elderly.

After all the lonely and helpless old people in Bianjing city are taken to Juzicang, it will be officially renamed as "Almshouse" at that time.At that time, clothes and food were also donated to the society.

Zhao Yang looked at it for a while, and felt relieved when he saw that the people sent by the court were serious about their work and were not perfunctory.

After leaving Juzicang, Zhao Yang took Cao Xu and the others to Sun Bookstore.

The books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones needed by Sun Academy are naturally supplied by Sun Bookstore.

Before, Sun Bookstore asked many students to help copy books, just for the students of Sun Academy.

Zhao Yang also handed over the matter of recruiting students to the Sun Bookstore.

Currently, twenty students have been recruited.

When recruiting students, many people do not believe that they can study for free.No matter what the people at Sun Bookstore said, they just didn't believe it.However, there are others who believe it.It's not so much that they believe, it's better to say that they have a try attitude.For them, reading doesn’t cost money anyway, so why not try it.

There are also many children who want to study, but their families do not agree.

For poor families, children are also coolies who can help the family with chores and make money, even if they go begging on the street.Besides, let the children go to school, so they can't help the family.

There are many people who have such thoughts.In their view, even reading books for free is a luxury.To be precise, it is a useless thing.

It's not that these people don't know that studying can be rewarding, but it's not immediately rewarding. They have to study for many years before they can take the imperial examination.Even if you take the imperial examination, you may not necessarily pass the exam.Instead of wasting time reading, it is better to help the family.

In fact, even in later generations, there are many parents who think this way.

Zhao Yang personally checked the books given to Sun Academy.Of course, the Four Books and Five Classics must be there.There is also an enlightenment book like "Thousand Characters".When children first started reading, they did not read the Four Books and Five Classics.Even Zhao Yang, when he first started reading, he also read "Thousand Characters".

In addition to books, copybooks are also required.Zhao Yang asked every minister in the court to make a copybook of theirs and send it to the students of the Sun Academy to paint red.Of course, it includes the copybooks of Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and others.

After confirming that there was no problem with the books given to Sun Academy, Zhao Yang returned to the palace.

As soon as Zhao Yang returned to the palace, he went to Song Renzong to discuss the establishment of an Audit Court.

Four years ago, Zhao Yang asked the Imperial City Division to recruit people who could do arithmetic and calculate accounts, and then set up the Audit Office.After four years of experimentation, the Audit Court in the Imperial City Division has matured.

Song Renzong knew about the Audit Court.Although the Audit Court is in the Imperial City Division, the Audit Court has done a lot of things for the imperial court in the past two years.

"Daddy, it's time to formally establish the Audit Court." Zhao Yang suggested, "The Audit Court can be divided into the Ministry of Accounting, but the Ministry of Accounting cannot interfere with the Audit Court."

"Why not let the Ministry of Households interfere?" Song Renzong asked.

"Once the Ministry of Household Affairs is allowed to intervene, the Audit Court will become impure." Zhao Yang looked very serious, "The Audit Court must be neutral, so that it can serve the court well."

Song Renzong understood Zhao Yang's meaning, nodded and said, "Okay, it's up to you."

"By the way, the imperial court must formally recruit auditors." Zhao Yang said, "Auditors must be able to calculate and calculate accounts, and their treatment is the same as that of court officials."

"How many do you think are good?"

"Just like the Imperial Academy." Zhao Yang thought for a while and said, "In the future, we will establish a school of auditing in Taixue, so that more people will learn auditing. Not only Taixue, but also local government schools should also set up auditing. Learn, after all, the local government also needs to be audited.”

"You mean every county has to have an audit?"

Zhao Yang nodded: "That's right, every county must have an audit."

Song Renzong thought for a while and said, "Okay."

In the past two years, Song Renzong fully realized the importance of auditing, so he agreed to set up auditing courts in each county.

"There is also the matter of the bank. Since the Audit Court is to be formally established, let's set up the bank as well." The bank Zhao Yang mentioned is actually a bank.Nowadays, there are many money houses in the folk, but these money houses are all private and not owned by the imperial court.Zhao Yang felt that an imperial bank should be set up, and the common people should deposit their money in the bank opened by the imperial court.At the same time, it can also lend money to the people.

Zhao Yang had already told Song Renzong about the establishment of a bank by the imperial court.

"For the matter of the Qianzhuang, you should write a detailed letter and submit it to the court tomorrow morning." After speaking, he said, "Submit it together with the Audit Court."

"Okay, I'll go back and write Zhazi later." Zhao Yang has written a lot of Zhazi since he officially went to court at the beginning of this year.

Song Renzong asked: "Is there anything else?"

"I went to see Juzicang before I came back." Zhao Yang told Song Renzong what he saw in Juzicang, "Daddy, it's just that Bianjing City can't build an almshouse, and the place has to be built. Wait for Bianjing After the almshouse in the capital is completed, you should order the place to be built."

Song Renzong nodded slightly: "Okay."

Zhao Yang touched his chin and said, "It seems that there is nothing else."

"How is your Sun Academy doing?"

"The preparations are almost ready, and the school will officially start in five days." After Zhao Yang finished speaking, he remembered Liu Qi and told Song Renzong about him.

Song Renzong still remembered Liu Qi, "Liu Qi has some talent, it's a pity..."

"Now he is a teacher of the Sun Academy, so there is nothing to regret."

"You'd ask him to be your sir."

"I'm letting him use his spare energy, and he's happy with it." Zhao Yang said with a smile, "Daddy, I'm going back."

"Go back."

When Zhao Yang returned to the East Palace, he was busy writing letters about the Audit Court and the opening of the imperial bank.

By the time I finished writing the letter, it was already dark.He was still busy writing "The Analects" with Chinese pinyin and punctuation marks, so he didn't go to Kunning Palace for dinner.

After dinner, Zhao Yang began to write Hanyu Pinyin.

Seeing that Zhao Yang was drawing a talisman, Cao Xu couldn't help asking curiously: "Your Highness, what kind of talisman are you drawing? Why haven't you seen it before?"

"Amulet?" Zhao Yang was amused by Cao Xu's words, "This is not an amulet, it's a pinyin."

"Pinyin?" Cao Xu was puzzled, "What is Pinyin?"

"It's the sound of each character." Zhao Yang wrote down Cao Xu's name on the paper, and then marked his name with pinyin, "This is the pinyin of your name."

"Ah?" Cao Xu couldn't understand.

Next, Zhao Yang taught Cao Xu pinyin very seriously.

Cao Xu couldn't understand at first, but after listening to Zhao Yang's explanation, he could understand a little bit, and then felt very amazing.

"Your Highness, does every word have pinyin?"

"of course."

"Your Highness, this is amazing."

"There are even more amazing ones." Zhao Yang pointed to the 26 letters he had just written, and told Cao Xu, "Ah Xu, you should memorize these 26 letters first."

"Yes, Your Highness."

After Zhao Yang finished writing things related to Chinese Pinyin, he began to annotate the "Analects of Confucius" and mark punctuation marks at the same time.

When he was annotating the Analects of Confucius, he suddenly thought of Arabic numerals.

It is more convenient to use Arabic numerals at ordinary times, especially when calculating accounts.He should also get out the Arabic numerals.

When he was busy until Haishi, Zhao Yang went to rest on time.

In the early morning of the next day, as the crown prince, he was the first to go up and tell the story of the audit institute and the bank.

Zhao Yang not only told Song Renzong about the matter of the audit institute and the bank, but also told Yan Shu and the others.Now the time is ripe, and it should be formally established.

Yan Shu and Wen Yanbo naturally supported and agreed.

The other ministers didn't understand very well, but seeing that they all agreed with Prime Minister Yan, they didn't object.