As the emperor, Zhao Zhen could not make any decision on the specific procedures, so he followed the rules. The next day, he issued an edict to ask the Eight Kings Zhao Yuanyan to report to the Taimiao, and sent Yan Shu to the heaven and earth, the country, and also to know Shi Zhongli from the Taichangyuan to report to the tombs. Shi Quanbin, who had been working outside, was summoned to the palace to manage all the miscellaneous tasks of Miao Cairen.

When the prince was born, he rewarded his ministers again. Xu Ping was secretly given a gold combination. When he opened it and saw that the melon seeds were full of 200 taels of gold, Xu Ping was in a very complicated mood. This kind of treatment was very rare, and of course it was not without intention.

Miao Cairen's mother, Xu, was originally Zhao Zhen's mother, but was released from the palace because she was spread rumors and complained by the palace maids. After leaving the palace, she married Miao Jizong and gave birth to Miao Cairen. After Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, Xu invited a carriage in the second year of Tiansheng to tell her injustice and was named the county lady. Not long after, her daughter entered the palace and has been granted the county lady.

This kind of family background is very shabby among the concubines in the harem, comparable to the current Empress Dowager Yang. If she followed the previous rules and was not raised by her biological mother, she would be able to get along well with Empress Cao and be safe. This is the truth that when Zhao Zhen was young, her nominal mother was Empress Dowager Liu, but in fact, the one who raised him was Empress Dowager Yang. It was precisely because Empress Dowager Yang's family had no power in the outside court, and the only relative Yang Jingzong was not yet a good match, and Empress Dowager Liu was relieved enough to be relieved. But now Zhao Zhen listened to Xu Ping's opinion and changed the old rules and made the prince raise by his biological mother, which made things complicated.

Although Empress Cao is the lord of the inner palace, she is a mother and son. In the future, this child will become an emperor. It is hard to say what the status of Empress Cao will be. If it is raised by herself since childhood, it is one thing, but she cannot help but be a ritual mother, that is another thing. The Cao family has many generals and the top family in the Song Dynasty. Now it has zero talents, and there are several people above the governor, and they have a very high reputation in the army. Miao Cairen's family background is far worse than that of Empress Cao.

The situation in the palace, Xu Ping's status is not known in details, so he can only rely on guessing. The so-called secrets of the palace in later generations were originally speculations. The birth of the prince and the biological mother was raised, and Empress Cao's attitude was unknown. Although Xu Ping did not believe that she could do something to harm the prince, she was harsh in daily life, withholding salary and putting pressure on people around her. No one could say anything about these. In the most extreme case, once Zhao Zhen had an accident, the matter became subtle.

In order to prevent these things that should not have happened, Zhao Zhen wanted to find a backer for the child in the court, and it could not be too obvious, so as not to avoid the incident of Taizong's ministers forming cliques in his later years to establish a prince. Zhao Zhen chose Xu Ping first. Although he had not made it clear yet, he had the meaning and knew it well with Xu Ping. Originally, his best choice was Li Yonghe, but Li Yonghe is obviously not competent yet, so he can only settle for the second best.

The royal affairs have a great impact. It is useful to make many great achievements if you bet right, but don’t be too deeply involved in the role. In the final analysis, it is someone else’s child, and it is okay to assist from others, but if you really treat it as your own business, you will backfire.

Afterwards, Xu Ping thought about it for a long time and decided to keep this matter in mind for the time being, and he was tacit with Zhao Zhen. Both of them are still young now, and accidents may not happen. If everything is normal, it is best to help Li Yong and his family. The most suitable candidate is Li Zhang, who can establish prestige in the army step by step and gain military power. The most reliable guarantee for the throne is the army, and the important premise of the opinion of the prime minister is also the stability of the army. Li Zhang's identity as a relative of the foreign affairs is the most suitable for doing this kind of thing.

A few days later, all the rituals were finished, and Zhao Zhen specially summoned Xu Ping in Yanhe Hall.

After the ceremony, Zhao Zhen gave him a seat and said happily to Xu Ping: "You once said that mother and son are naturally innate, and the son cannot leave their mother. I didn't believe it very much. These days, the second brother is very strong and lively with his biological mother. Everyone in the palace said that the prince had never seen this before, so he believed what you said was indeed reasonable. Although the old cases were changed, as long as the prince was safe, everything was worth it!"

Xu Ping hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty's brothers are six, and only Your Majesty has grown up healthily, even poor families are rare. From this we can see that even if you have rich clothes and food, you still cannot compare with the mother-son family affection."

Zhao Zhen said that the oldest of his five brothers was only nine years old. If it were not for the reason why his mother was weak, it would be unreasonable. Although Zhao Zhen also left his biological mother at birth, it can be seen from his later experience that this child is open-minded and can think about everything, but it is easier to support him.

Turning around, Zhao Zhen said to Xu Ping: "Talented father is now in the Jingcang grassland. The duty is too hard. You can choose a light duty in the three departments. The prince is still young and it is difficult to promote it suddenly. You should be promoted calmly."

The meaning of this is that the new prince's grandfather should be promoted to the position, but he should not let the foreign court say that the relatives of the foreigners get the position. It is best to have credit for others and not say anything. How to do it is appropriate? Xu Ping has experience, so of course Zhao Zhen handed it over to him.

After thinking for a while, Xu Ping said, "When I go back and think about this matter carefully before replying to Your Majesty. However, since Your Majesty mentioned this matter, I happened to report on this matter. But I have not considered it safe yet. I will ask Your Majesty to take a closer look today."

Zhao Zhen was in high spirits and asked Xu Ping to just talk.

"Now there are many companies under the three departments. I calculated a few days ago that there are more than 300 companies of all sizes. These companies are of different sizes, with nearly 100 companies of more than 100,000 companies of more than 30 companies of more than 100,000 companies of more than 2 million companies of more than 2 million companies of all. The largest companies of the three companies of more than 100,000 companies of more than 100,000 companies of more than 100,000 companies of only two or three states in the country. As for two million companies, it is more than 2 million companies of all the companies of all sizes. Such a large company is still managed by officials and there are no officials, which is not in line with the rationale. Please set up officials to take the exam according to the annual income of the company and take the exam the best. If it is appropriate, arrange a talented person to manage the company and choose the right person as the deputy."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "If this is the case, there are many lack of officials in the world. Will there be suspicion of redundant officials?"

"How can you be considered a redundant official if you have a large amount of money every year? Compared with the old rules of the field affairs in previous years, if there is no investment, you will be allowed to buy it by the people. However, in previous years, most of the officials in charge of the field affairs were low-level military officers and were not familiar with the affairs. Those large companies should set up some civilian positions, and the most entrance exams were given to the court in the year, so they would really choose officials who could do practical things."

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was still pondering, Xu Ping said again: "I think that the biggest advantage of doing this is that you can arrange relatives and close ministers to these positions and choose effective personnel as deputys. Nowadays, most of the relatives and close ministers are military positions, which is nothing more than greed for military positions and high salaries. The company is full of money transactions, and can give them a generous salary to prevent them from misleading the army in vain."

Zhao Zhen said: "If there are unworthy people doing this, wouldn't they ruin these companies again? They'll lose money and food in vain!"

Xu Ping thought to himself that he still felt sorry for money and food, but why didn’t the army become a pool of mud? Those people always had to find a way to raise them. If everyone wanted to become saints, humans had not found a way. When they went to the Sansi Company, they would just give them more. It would be great if they didn’t bother the army and the people. As for the company's operations, they could only worry less and get more money.

"Your Majesty, just like a magistrate in the local area, it is better to set up officials to manage the affairs, and it is best to strictly examine the palace."

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said to Xu Ping: "Write a memorial to write a memorial and the ministers will discuss it in detail. If this law is feasible, it is a good way to benefit the country and the people, but I am afraid that the three departments will not be able to manage these people."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "It's okay, there's an Audit Department. As long as they check it strictly, there's always a way."
Chapter completed!