Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the court is the largest rivers and lakes.

The gentry class of the Song Dynasty was basically solidified, which can be seen from the two generations and three dukes of Han Fanzhang and other big families.

In such an environment, if the court wants to move their cheese, the pressure will naturally rebound quickly.

On January 19, the eighth year of Yuanyou.

Zhang Dun held a meeting in the Political Affairs Hall to discuss the issue of "Kaifeng Prefecture's Bandit Suppression". Bandit Suppression is naturally not simply a bandit Suppression. It requires local governments to coordinate planning and cooperate with vigorously promoting the reform process.

The meeting went very smoothly. After talking about the main work, the six ministers began to talk about the pressure they felt one after another.

Li Qingchen was the first to speak, stood up, raised his hand and said to Zhang Dun: "Sir, I am ashamed. The mansion also has a place in Kaifeng Prefecture, and the way I come from is not bright."

Liang Tao hesitated, then stood up and said, "There are also officials. The way of coming is clean, but the buyers and sellers who have been around for the past two days have come to you one after another."

Zhang Dun looked motionless and looked at the others.

The others shook their heads, but Xu Jiang spoke, saying helplessly: "Xiaguan's family is not well-known. However, the clan wrote to me that there was some population hidden in Kaifeng Prefecture."

The taxes in the Song Dynasty adopted the "body tax", that is, the count tax, and hiding the population was naturally to avoid taxes.

Zhang Dun looked at the crowd and said, "It's no big deal, everything will be done as planned."

Liang Tao looked at Zhang Dun and said cautiously: "As far as the officials know, most of the land in Kaifeng Prefecture is in the hands of high-ranking officials, and there are also many in the palace."

In the palace, it is naturally not about Zhao Xu. But Empress Dowager Gao, and Empress Dowager Xiang may also trace the family of Empress Dowager Cao and other relatives.

The relatives of the foreigners were not revealed in the Song Dynasty, but they were really rich, with countless pastoral shops, tea and mountain minerals.

Zhang Dun snorted coldly and said decisively: "No one can stop the implementation of the 'new law'!"

The crowd did not speak anymore and raised their hands to answer their orders.

With Zhang Dun carrying the pressure in front of them, they can be a little lighter.

The Ministry of War allocated 5,000 people from the recruit training camp and was already in place outside Kaifeng Prefecture. Zong Ze, the troops from Zhong Jianzhong were ready to start a long-distance drill.

The court's plan has been launched and is waiting for the deployment of various places.

Kaifeng Prefecture held meetings one after another, issued a report from the residence, and ordered local governments to cooperate. The inspection department of the Ministry of Justice continued to send people to the lower level to expand the "strength" of local prefectures.

The place is even more lively, and I desperately cover up all kinds of dirty things. In just three days, there were thousands of land transactions in various counties!

For this kind of "whitewashing" behavior, the county governments naturally responded to the problem of dragging the word and made preparations at the same time.

The leaders and minds of Baojia Village in various places were summoned to various places for meetings, and some counties even directly detained these in the county town.

Some capable magistrates also frequently put pressure on major families and tyrants to cooperate.

Compared with this, the lobbying power was the most powerful and penetrated into every corner of the Song Dynasty.

Officials from all over the country wrote letters to publicly oppose them, and the discussions between the court and the country were like boiling water.

The one who feels the most profound pressure and the most powerful is naturally Zhao Xu. Even if the woman in the palace doesn't speak, Zhao Xu can know.

Zhao Xu went back and forth between Funing Hall and Chuigong Hall, occasionally visiting Empress Meng and Concubine Zhu. At other times, he was basically dealing with various things.

That night, in Funing Palace and Zhao Xu's study room.

There was no cooking in the Song Dynasty, and most people cooked it. In Zhao Xu's study, there was a small iron pot with various dishes cooked in it.

Zhao Xu picked up a few chopsticks for Zhao Qi on the opposite side, put them in his bowl, and said with a smile: "Brother Ninth, don't be restrained, let go and eat."

Zhao Quan groped and picked up the chopsticks, picked up the bowl, and said calmly: "Thank you, the official family."

Zhao Xu also picked up the bowl and looked at Zhao Qi quietly. His skin was fair and his temperament was humble. His only disadvantage was that his eyes were covered with black veil.

Zhao Xu pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Ninth, I heard you can recognize words?"

Zhao Qiju quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks and said, "I can touch the letters in the outline with my hands."

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "When eating, you're talking, don't be nervous."

Zhao Quan slowly picked up the bowls and chopsticks and took a bite carefully. This is not because of restraint towards Zhao Xu, but because it is indeed inconvenient for blind people.

Zhao Xu sighed in his heart and suddenly said, "Have you ever thought that those fonts are too complicated and can be simplified, smaller, and later written on paper, you can easily touch them, not as hard as you are now..."

Zhao Qi was obviously stunned for a moment, and then bowed and said, "I'd like to ask the official for advice."

Zhao Xu actually didn't know much about Braille. He had only seen someone touching them. They were words composed of small dots. After careful recollection, he said: "I'll find some people and ask them to think of ways. It should not be difficult. There are special graphic representations, so as long as you remember them, it should not be a big problem."

There are actually not many commonly used fonts, and Zhao Quan doesn’t have to write articles, and it’s enough to pile up words and sentences.

Zhao Qi chuckled softly, but didn't take it to heart, and said, "Thank you for the official family."

Zhao Xu nodded, and then said, "I know that you donated the property in the palace and run a small shop outside the palace. Don't have to work so hard. I will triple the salary given to you by the clan's mansion. If you need it, tell Chen Pi, you and I are brothers, don't be with me."

Zhao Qihu hurriedly said: "Officials, I don't use that much on weekdays. Now the court is urgently using it, so it's still the court that is close to it."

Zhao Xu looked at Zhao Qi and felt more and more moved. It would be great if he was not a blind man.

After pausing for a moment, Zhao Xu said, "Let's do it, I have a ticket number outside. You can go and go around and get your salary every month. I heard that Concubine Wu Xian is not in good health, so I don't have to keep me tight. I'll leave Laoshan Ginseng. You go to the Imperial Hospital later. You should look for someone to find someone, take medicine, and don't worry about anything."

Zhao Quan was stunned and stunned when he heard this. After a while, he realized it and hurriedly got up to salute.

Zhao Xu held his hand and said, "There is no outsider, so there is no need to be so polite. Sit down, you are also helping me..."

Zhao Qi was caught by Zhao Xu and staggered. After standing up, he did not sit down. He raised his hand and said, "Thank you, I have recorded it. I will definitely do it for the official..."

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "Sitting, you don't need to do anything, you just deal with some people occasionally and block some trouble."

"Yes." Zhao Qi responded, and then slowly sat down.

Zhao Xu picked up some food for him and said, "When you have nothing to do, you can come over and don't be so distant."

Zhao Ji's little bastard is the closest to several brothers and sisters, but he is also the one who makes Zhao Xu hate the most. Zhao Si, most of Zhao You'e is driven by Concubine Zhu, and Zhao Xu is not a person who is good at expressing feelings, so he is always a little separated. However, Zhao Qi made Zhao Xu feel comfortable.

Zhao Quan responded with a gentle smile on his face.

The two brothers chatted for a long time, and Zhao Xu didn't send Zhao Qi back until late at night.

Zhao Xu did not return to Funing Palace, but stayed in Renming Palace.

After Empress Meng served Zhao Xu in the shower, the two of them lay on the bed and talked about various things casually.

After he was seriously ill and unconscious, not only the court tended to unite, but the palace also changed quietly.

Especially after Empress Meng was pregnant, her status in the palace rose sharply. In the past, things in the dark corners seemed to suddenly disappear without a trace.

Zhao Xu touched Queen Meng's belly and said with a smile: "Actually, I like my daughter more. My daughter is caring and my son is a debt owed in my previous life."

Zhao Xu has always been unable to handle the father-son relationship well, and has always been in a state of "hostility" and "careful" with his father. Zhao Xu is stubbornly doing the opposite in many things.

Thinking about it now, it's very inexplicable, but if he chooses it again, I'm afraid it will still be like that.

The relationship between father and son is really hard to explain.

Empress Meng pursed her lips and chuckled, "Official family, who is the concubine who gave birth to a daughter?"

Zhao Xu thought, but the children were related to the stability of the court, and the fact that they had a man and a woman was completely unacceptable.

Zhao Xu hugged her tightly and said, "Whether it is a sir or a son, I want to have a daughter."

Queen Meng understood, even the old couple still blushed.

...

The next morning, Zhao Xuchen practiced for a while, then took Zhao Qi out of the palace and met Zhu Qianzhen in a teahouse.

Zhu Qianzhen listened to Zhao Xu's introduction and quickly saluted: "Little man Zhu Qianzhen, I have seen Your Highness Ninth."

Zhao Quan couldn't see it, so he could only turn his back slightly based on his voice.

Zhao Xu asked the two of them to sit down and said to Zhao Quan: "Zhu Qianzhen is my little girl's brother. You can help me watch the royal ticket number in the future..."

Zhao Quan listened and hurriedly wanted to greet him. Zhao Xu pulled him and said with a smile: "No need for so many politeness. You will meet a lot in the future."

As he said that, Zhao Xu turned to Zhu Qianzhen and said, "My ninth brother has eye disease and cannot do too many things. He just makes a sign to block the trouble. You must be careful."

Zhu Qianzhen looked at Zhao Qi seriously and said with a stern look: "Yes, the villain understands."

Zhao Qi is even more nervous than Zhu Qianzhen. He is a blind man, what can he help Zhao Xu? Is it just a sign?

Zhao Xu seriously explained various things, taught them a way to keep accounts and reconcile accounts, and also told them his ideas about the operation of the bill number.

In Zhu Qianzhen's view, many of Zhao Xu's thoughts were taken for granted by the officials, and he carefully put forward his views.

Zhao Xu thought and analyzed, praised Zhu Qianzhen very much, encouraged him to "seek truth from facts" and communicate frankly.

Zhao Quan kept listening silently and remembering in secret.

This talk was at noon, when Zhao Xu had another meal with them, and then he changed to the Imperial Academy.

On a small path in the Imperial Academy, Zhao Xu and Shen Kuo walked one after another.

Shen Kuo is an old man with a pointed chin, long beard, a little sunken eyes, and he is arrogant without anger.

He stood in front of Zhao Xu, not as humble as others, and his tone was also straightforward and neat, saying: "The official, the Wei minister took office as the Imperial College Priest and served as the head of the Tai Academy yesterday. He will definitely be seriously rectified and strictly prohibited from studying."

Zhao Xu looked at him seriously, nodded slightly, and said, "Mr. Su mentioned the Shen Qing family to me repeatedly. I have read a lot of books written by the Shen Qing family. It is really profound and opens my eyes."

Shen Kuo said: "I wonder which book is the official family talking about?"

Chen Pi on the other side of Zhao Xu frowned. Chen Mengxi may not be too good at being a human being, right? Didn’t the official’s polite words be heard? If the official’s family can’t answer, is it awkward or are you?
To be continued...