More than ten days later, outside the Guanjia Palace in the back garden.
Zhao Zhen is taking care of the baby.
In July of the fourth year of Jingyou, Empress Cao gave birth to a baby boy. A few days later, Concubine Zhang also gave birth to the eldest princess.
Now, a year later, the baby boy, perhaps inheriting his mother's strong physique, is growing up healthily. The eldest princess, aside from a minor illness last winter, is now fine.
This made Zhao Zhen very happy, and he was glad that he finally had a successor.
Then Zhao Zongshi was sent out of the palace. Zhao Zhen now became a full-time dad every day. It cannot be said that he is with his two children 24 hours a day, but he stays with them most of the day.
The main reason was Zhao Jun's statement that he had no offspring, and the fear that some people would wish him to have no offspring, which led Zhao Zhen to attach great importance to the issue of offspring.
Not only was he willing to exercise restraint, he also did not dare to have sex with women who were too young, and only chose women who were over 20 years old. Now, he has finally given birth to two healthy babies.
It was early autumn, the weather was clear and cloudless. Zhao Zhen was holding the baby and playing with Empress Cao in the back garden. Although he didn't like Empress Cao very much, his attitude changed a lot after he had a son. This can be regarded as a mother's status being elevated by her son.
At this moment, Wang Shouzhong came quickly and whispered something to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen's face changed slightly, and then he said to Empress Cao, "Empress, there are state affairs again. You should take Fang'er with you first and let him get some sun. Don't leave him alone at all times, and don't let him get hurt."
"yes."
Empress Cao responded and picked up Zhao Fang, who was toddling on the ground.
Historically, Zhao Fang was the eldest son of Zhao Zhen. His mother was 16-year-old Concubine Yu Defei. Perhaps because the mother's body was too small when he was born, he almost died at birth.
However, the name Zhao Fang was given to the child before he was born. At that time, the custom was to give the child two names, one for a boy and one for a girl, and then give the corresponding name based on the gender of the child after birth.
Obviously, Empress Cao gave birth to Zhao Fang, and Concubine Zhang was the Princess Fukang born to Concubine Miao in history, named Zhao Qinghan.
I have to say that Zhao Zhen’s naming skills were quite good. For example, the eldest princess of Lu, Zhao Yian, and the eldest princess of Tang, Zhao Youwu, both had nice names.
Zhao Zhen quickly left the back garden and headed towards Chongzheng Hall.
At this moment, everyone in the hall was already waiting. Today, the expedited document from the northwest was delivered. After reading it, Lu Yijian and others did not dare to delay and immediately came over to request a meeting with Zhao Zhen to discuss the matter.
When Zhao Zhen came over, before Lü Yijian and the others could speak, he hurriedly asked, "What's going on? How is it going now?"
“They’ve been forced back.”
Lü Yijian stood up and replied, "Xia General Shan Yu Weiliang fled to the Song Dynasty. Zhao Yuanhao led tens of thousands of troops in pursuit, but was stopped outside Anlong Fort by Fan Zhongyan."
"Didn't they fight?"
"No."
"Will Zhao Yuanhao retreat so easily?"
Zhao Zhen took the note from Fan Zhongyan handed to him by Yan Shu and read it carefully.
"Cough cough cough"
Wang Zeng coughed twice, his face slightly pale as he spoke, "Fan Zhongyan has prepared his troops and is ready for battle. Anlong Fort is as strong as a city. Zhao Yuanhao wouldn't be so foolish as to attack it by force."
Zhao Zhen raised his head and glanced at Wang Zeng. Since he had been at home taking care of the children during this period, the government affairs were handled by the prime ministers. He had not even attended the morning court for more than ten days, so he did not expect that Wang Zeng seemed to be sick.
He wondered, "Prime Minister Wang, what are you doing?"
"It's okay. As we get older, it's normal to have some minor health problems."
Wang Zengqiang laughed.
Historically, he died this year, but he died of the infectious disease scabies after being dismissed from his position as governor of Yunzhou.
Now that he had not been dismissed from his position as prime minister and had not gone to Yunzhou, he was naturally not infected.
However, at this age, my physical fitness has indeed declined significantly. Recently, with the arrival of autumn, it is already the end of July. It is very hot during the day but becomes cold at night. The temperature difference between day and night is large, and I have some minor health problems.
Zhao Zhen said with concern, "Prime Minister Wang should prioritize his health. Government affairs can be delegated to the lower-level ministries as much as possible. As Grandson said, the Council of Political Affairs only needs to set the general direction, and the specific implementation will naturally fall to the executive departments. There's no need to worry about everything."
"yes."
Wang Zeng responded. Although Zhao Jun asked the Constitutional Council to only provide the general direction after the reform, unless there was a mistake in the implementation, the implementation plan would be handed over to the lower-level departments.
However, Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng were unwilling to delegate the power in their hands. In the past, the prime minister did not have as much power as he does now, so he was always concerned about everything, and his workload was even greater than before. It was not that the system increased their work intensity, but that they themselves wanted to work overtime for the sake of power and profit.
Seeing that Wang Zeng seemed a little perfunctory, Zhao Zhen thought for a moment and finally said, "How about this, Prime Minister Wang, just rest at home for a while?"
Lu Yijian immediately added, "I think so. Xiaoxian is not feeling well, so he won't be able to handle government affairs effectively. It would be better for him to recuperate at home first. Hanlong often said that health is the capital of revolution. Only when you are in good health can you handle state affairs well."
Wang Zeng rolled his eyes at the other person. This old Deng really would not miss any opportunity to seize power. Originally, Lu Yijian's voice in the Constitutional Council was louder than his. Except for Zhao Jun who could suppress him, no one else could compete with him.
If I take a rest now, wouldn't Lao Deng be able to go to heaven during this period?
However, his health was not very good, so he finally agreed and said, "Yes, I will rest well at home during this period."
"Um."
Zhao Zhen nodded. He had already finished reading Fan Zhongyan's letter and said, "Mr. Fan said that Zhao Yuanhao is ready to be crowned emperor, probably next month."
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