This little guy Zhao Shu was really a little confused. Although he had followed Zhao Zhen to deal with government affairs for nearly two years, the affairs of the court were so complicated that Zhao Shu was still a newbie.

If you don’t understand, you have to rely on others to assist you. If you have a master to take care of the outside, you must hand over the affairs in the palace to Empress Dowager Cao. There is nothing to say.

But as we all know, the Tian family is selfless. Once Empress Dowager Cao establishes authority, some people flatter and some people flatter, a few years later, a routine will be formed, and she will ask for instructions on everything. If she does not ask for instructions, she will be unfilial!

Zhao Shu has read the record and of course he knows how embarrassed Empress Liu is when her father is in Japan.

Now it seems that Empress Dowager Cao is younger than Empress Dowager Liu, in good health, and is his biological mother. It is possible that she may be in control for 10 or 20 years.

If Empress Dowager Cao’s view is the same as herself, there is nothing to say. Just be a filial mother. The problem is that Empress Dowager Cao advocates conservatism and is a carriage on two roads with the reformists in the court. Once Empress Dowager Cao and his master and others fight, it will be a bad thing.

There was no way, Zhao Shu thought carefully and had to decide to take a step back first.

He was still very cunning. The little guy found his mother first and told Empress Dowager Cao that he decided to issue an order to allow his uncle to return to Beijing to visit relatives and pay tribute to the ancestors of the Cao family.

Empress Dowager Cao was quite happy, thinking that her son was filial to her and knew that he was grateful!

Unexpectedly, Zhao Shu gave her a sweet date and immediately said, "The father's kindness is as heavy as a mountain. Ordinary families have been mourning for three years. As the emperor, they should be the example of the world."

He wanted to keep filial piety for his father and emperor, and the great affairs in the court were governed by the Zhengshi Hall. He had his master, King Xiliang, Ouyang Xiu, Jia Changchao, Song Xiang, Pang Ji, and so many old ministers assisted him, and he would never make any mistakes. He asked his mother to fulfill his wishes.

After Zhao Shu finished speaking, Empress Dowager Cao's expression changed.

She was tricked by her son. Zhao Shu first agreed to let the Cao family come back and let them visit their relatives and sacrifice. Empress Dowager Cao happily agreed, and then Zhao Shu wanted to mourn his father.

Can Empress Dowager Cao refuse to agree?

Just let the Cao family be filial, would the emperor not be allowed to be filial?

The reason doesn't make sense!

However, once she agreed to Zhao Shu to keep a filial piety, she could not control the government from behind the curtain or influence her son.

Empress Dowager Cao felt as uncomfortable as if she had eaten a fly!

Her face turned cold and her voice was sharp: "Your Majesty, if this happens, I am afraid that the court will entrust all the things to the Political Affairs Hall and hand them over to the King of Xiliang?"

What you mean, can you rest assured?

Zhao Shu raised his head and smiled confidently, "The master is loyal. The father entrusts all the children and court bureaus to him. The queen should believe that the master is!"

Empress Dowager Cao gritted her teeth, "Good boy, you've gained your skills, you're in this sentence!" Wang Ning'an was a minister who was entrusted with orphans. As the queen, why didn't Zhao Zhen give you a will? Do you still know in your heart?

Empress Dowager Cao was really crazy. She was suspected by Zhao Zhen before, and even reported that she wanted to depose the queen and sent her to envoy her. Empress Dowager Cao was so angry that she had to compromise.

She has feelings for her own son, but she has not left much love for her husband, especially her husband who wants to be cruel to her.

Aren't you afraid that I will take over the power?

Then I will show you!

Empress Dowager Cao was angry and cruel!

Otherwise, it would be better for her to be a noble queen mother to enjoy a peaceful life? Why should she always get involved in the affairs of the court?

But Empress Dowager Cao didn't expect that she would be blocked by her son as soon as she reached out her hand.

Little guy, you are so good!

Empress Dowager Cao had a cold face and had nothing to say, so she could only ask Zhao Shu to leave quickly.

After sending his son away, Empress Dowager Cao recited the scriptures for a quarter of an hour in front of the Buddha statue, and gradually calmed down... The little thing was not that stupid. He could have the means to deal with me. I hope he also had the means to deal with his master!

Otherwise, the Zhao family's country would have changed its surname!

I don’t know if it’s joy or sorrow, but Empress Dowager Cao has mixed feelings, so I can only taste it slowly.

...

Besides, Zhao Shu, he blocked my mother's attack, so he was in a good mood.

Because the late emperor ordered everything to be simplified, he wanted to keep mourning for his father and the entire throne ceremony was simplified a lot, just worshiping ancestors, promulgating the throne edict, accepting congratulations from all officials, and then it ended in a hurry.

As the saying goes, it is impossible to do nothing before building Luling for three years.

In fact, Zhao Shu was still very busy, but the grand celebrations were cancelled and some great dynasties were cancelled. Every day, he had to go to the palace to meditate and recite scriptures for his father to salvation.

There is also every seven days, I have to go to the tomb to worship and memorial.

In addition to these things, Zhao Shu’s more important job is to be familiar with the government affairs, Wang Ning'an, Jia Changchao, Song Xiang, etc., with a total of 9 important officials, each of whom is responsible for one day and one ten-day rotation. One day, it is for Zhao Shu to rest, review and summarize.

Everyone hopes that the little emperor can grow up quickly and truly bear the government.

Zhao Shu also worked very hard and was busy.

As the emperor, he had few friends and had a lot of words and could not tell his elders such as his master. Gou Yaer became his only best friend. He almost every day he had to call Gou Yaer into the palace. The two of them muttered and kept talking and discussing.

These days, Zhao Shu has been studying the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue.

If you want to do things, you cannot do without money. It is impossible to move forward without money. This is true for the people's family and even more so for the court.

Zhao Shu was eager to know how much money he could do, and he also wanted to make some noise. Which boy didn't want to make a difference, which was earth-shaking!

But when Zhao Shu and Gou Yaer flipped all the accounts, the two little guys were stunned.

The Song Dynasty not only had no money, but also owed 30 million!

"Isn't it wrong?" Zhao Shu glared his eyes wide and said in discontently.

Gouyaer bit the pen holder and shook his head, "You see, the surplus of various annual income of the Ministry of Revenue is only 50 million guan, and the loans to be borne are 80 million guan. For the two, it is not that I owe 30 million guan! Congratulations, I have become the person who owes the most money in the Song Dynasty!"

"How could it be?"

Zhao Shu held his head, puzzled.

In recent years of reform, hasn’t the annual income of the imperial court increased exponentially?

Is the master so good at managing finances?

At that time, the Ministry of Revenue could only receive 100 million yuan, 70% of which were physical goods. Now the annual income of the Ministry of Revenue has exceeded 300 million yuan, and the monetary tax revenue has reached 250 million yuan. In the past, I owe money, but now I owe more. Where has the money gone?

"I said Zonghan, you can check it carefully. Are there any corrupt officials who have lost all the money?"

"There must be corrupt officials." Gou Yaer said with a smile: "But such a big hole is definitely not as simple as greedy."

"Why is that?"

Gou Yaer thought for a while, "My master... is Sanniang now. She told me that in a big trouble, take Royal Bank as an example. According to the capital, it is more than 200 million yuan, but the problem is that not much can be cashed out. It's like a person's net worth millions, including land, land, stocks, etc.... The cash is not much. If he is asked to pay, those things will be sold and discounted, and in the end, they may not even be able to take out 200,000 to 300,000 yuan."

"I asked my father. It has developed too fast in recent years. After the stock market and bond market emerged, the finance was too hot. In addition, in order to solve the local financial depletion, the court invested a lot of money, built roads, built farms, and built ranches... These all require loans, and the finance department provided guarantees and subsidies. After getting it over and over, it was normal to owe so much money!" Gou Yaer added: "Fortunately, the gold in the Western Regions has been supplemented. It is considered to be a profitable thing to do if you develop the Western Regions. Otherwise, in the Battle of Hengshan and the Western Regions, there is no tens of millions of yuan. Can it be solved? Even if the palace is sold, it may not be enough to fill the hole."

Zhao Shu was full of passion. Seeing the Song Dynasty's flowers blooming and cooking oil with fire, he thought there were inexhaustible mountains of gold and silver that could be used with confidence and boldness.

As a result, after taking stock of the bill, he found out that not only did not have much money available, but he also owed a lot of debts!

What is this for?

Child Zhao Shu was confused, but the truth was really not complicated.

Any rapid economic development will lead to increased credit, advanced investment, large-scale debt construction, and eventually it will become debts, not only the court, local, private, and various debts, but also the amazing amount.

This is the second problem encountered by the Song Dynasty in the start of industrialization.

In comparison, the interest cost in the Song Dynasty was several times higher than in later generations, while industrial technology did not have any breakthrough development, production efficiency was relatively low, and there were few products, so naturally the repayment ability was poor.

In a nutshell, in the last decade of Zhao Zhenbing Kingdom, the Song Dynasty experienced an unprecedented period of prosperity. When Zhao Shu got to the hands of various sequelae, there were no sufficient mediation methods, and if there were no problems with the giant ship of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Shu was stunned. No wonder before his father died, he repeatedly warned himself that only Wang Ning'an could deal with the situation in the court, and this is the reason!

"Why do I think this dragon chaise is so difficult to sit on!" Zhao Shu was depressed again. "In the past, gentlemen said that in the prosperous era, there are endless money to spend and endless food to eat, everything is good, there are gentlemen everywhere, no leave of absence on the road, no doors to be closed at night... Why do I feel that it seems to be fake, or the Song Dynasty is far from the prosperous era?"

Gou Yaer scratched her head, "So, the prosperous times are like a beautiful woman, and the troubled times are like an ugly woman. No matter how beautiful and ugly they are, they are all humans, with eye poop and snot... It depends on what you pay more attention to."

Zhao Shu thought for a long time and suddenly slapped Gouya'er on the back.

"Okay, you're amazing. This metaphor is good, it's great!"

Gou Yaer rolled her eyes, "What's the point? I guess you'll be in trouble this year."

"Why?"

"I heard from my dad and the others that it was too warm last winter and there was no freezing in Nishikyo and Tokyo."

Zhao Shu nodded. He was glad that it was warm in winter, which was good for the father's health. Could it be that this was harmful?

"The winter is too warm and there is no rain or snow. This year's spring drought is very serious. Except for a month ago, the day the late emperor passed away, it did not rain. The canals and reservoirs in various places have dried up again. In many places, five or ten feet were dug, but no water was left. Spring plowing must have been affected, and grain production reduction is a foregone conclusion."

Gou Ya'er spread her hands at Zhao Shu, "So, your people will go hungry again in autumn!"
Chapter completed!