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When he walked to Xuanyou Gate, Yan Shiliang ran over panting. "Prince, the official family and the husband are still talking about things. I am afraid that you will wait for a long time, so I have already agreed to let the prince go and meet the little lady first."

Zhao Qian looked at the nearby terrain and smiled and said, "It's a coincidence, just go over from Xuanyou Sect!"

After passing Xuanyou Gate, the harem will be. Although the harem is about the same construction area as the first half of the palace, it has not been built toward the inner city, and the rigorousness along the way is much greater.

When he arrived at Baosheng Palace, although he was a mother and son, Zhao Qian could not enter rashly. Yan Shiliang said his intention to the old eunuch guarding the gate, and then the old eunuch passed on it. After about five or six minutes, Concubine Yang had already come out with a crutch.

"My son!" Concubine Yang Shu was old, her appearance was much older, and her eyes were not as big as before. She didn't see Zhao Qian. Of course, this was a big reason for Zhao Qian not wearing an official robe, but just a long blue robe.

"Mother!" Zhao Chen stepped forward and supported Yang Shufei, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

Concubine Yang Shu couldn't help but shed tears of joy, and reached out to touch Zhao Jin's cheek, and sighed: "My son, I'm strong! When I see my son, my mother seemed to see the young emperor!"

Zhao Chen smiled, but he didn't take much attention to Yang Shufei's feelings. Although Emperor Zhenzong of Song was his cheap father, he really didn't appreciate this emperor who had lost many battles in the history of the Song Dynasty and was thinking about the inevitable.

When they entered the Baosheng Palace, the mother and son talked about the situation in recent years. When it came to their emotions, even the man Zhao Qian couldn't help but shed tears.

Zhao Qian was his biological mother, Concubine Qian. He also came. Of course, it was not a coincidence, but Concubine Yang Shu had already sent the palace maid to inform Concubine Qian when she received the advice from the old eunuch.

Although we haven't seen each other for almost three years, Zhao Qian still has feelings for Concubine Qian! When the mother and son met, they naturally couldn't help but hugged each other and cried bitterly.

As we chatted, it was noon. Zhao Chen was not polite, and accompanied Yang Shufei and Concubine Qian to eat in Baosheng Palace. Although Yang Shufei was already the queen mother, her meal was not very luxurious, but was shockingly simple. Three people, five dishes and one soup. A plate of boiled mutton, a plate of refined meat and stir-fried vegetables, and a plate of braised carp. However, the carp was only six inches long and was placed on the world, which was only forty or fifty pounds per pound! A plate of shredded cucumber, a plate of steamed bamboo shoots, and the soup was lamb bone soup, and there were no expensive seasonings.

The price of a meal that three people eat is about 200 yuan. It is placed among the people, which is the cost of a meal for wealthy families. But who is Yang Shufei? The Empress Dowager of a Country! In terms of filial piety, even Song Renzong is not as great as Yang Shufei!

It’s not ordinary to eat 200 yuan for a meal, but to lose face!

Zhao Qian put down his chopsticks and said angrily: "The mother and the queen eat such food on weekdays? It's only 200 yuan per meal! If the sixth brother has no money, his son still has 300,000 yuan in the treasury!"

Zhao Qian was a little furious after the words that followed. The king of a country actually wanted to ask the prince to raise his mother on his behalf. If it was spread, I wonder what kind of joke it would be.

Concubine Yang Shu knew that her adopted son was like a fire, and she passed by her nature, but she was definitely a person who would continue to do it if she decided on things. If he misunderstood this matter, he would not know what he would be like with the official family. "My son! You don't know anything!"

Concubine Qian also echoed the persuasion and said, "Son! You really wronged the official family! Every meal in the official family now costs only one soup or two dishes. Even if it is mutton, it only costs one pound a day!"

Zhao Qian was extremely surprised and said, "Did the court's tax revenue be so insufficient? It shouldn't be! Last year, Jingdong East Road sent 1.3 million guan to Bianliang, and last year the Song Dynasty's income should be more than tens of millions of guan!"

The tax revenues in the Northern Song Dynasty were very complicated. The imperial court collected not only copper coins, gold and silver, but also silk cloth, grain, bricks, wood, etc. Later generations often clamored online that the Song Dynasty earned more than 100 million silver annually, which was actually a completely wrong calculation. Because these rice and grain, in the court statistics, one stone was considered a unit, and silk cloth was the same, just like the usual money. But is the price on the market like this?

Of course it is impossible! A stone of grain is usually around 300 cents. After the famine, the people stored more grain, and the price was only 350 and 60 cents. What about silk? A piece of silk in Qingzhou was only between 800 and 850 cents, but there were 1,000 copper coins in Yishen. At the same time, gold and silver exchange was different. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, because the large influx of silver from the American continent, silver depreciated, and one tael of silver could only be exchanged for Yishen copper coins, while in the Song Dynasty, two taels of silver could be exchanged for one tael of silver!

Although there are all kinds of mistakes, it is undeniable that the Song Dynasty in this era was indeed very prosperous in economic terms, and it was impossible to be so poor.

Concubine Yang Shuqiu smiled bitterly and said, "You don't know that the Jingdong famine has been famine, and the imperial court has successively recruited 30,000 soldiers and 10,000 imperial guards. How much is the money spent? Now in the court, the Privy Council and the Sansi envoy have arguing about the money. The Privy Council said that the 40,000 soldiers and horses have been set up for three years today. The armor, military uniforms, swords, guns and rods are not enough, so the Sansi envoy has to pay. Cheng Tianqiu complained to the official every day, saying how much money is used here and how much money is used there, and there is really no money."

After a pause, Concubine Yang Shu continued, "Isn't there no way the official family can do it? They had no choice but to pay money from the treasury. When the money from the treasury arrived at the Sansi Envoy, we palace people naturally had to save money!"

Concubine Qian sighed and said, "I just hope that the Song Dynasty will be smooth sailing in the future! People who are so good in the world and don't have to suffer in the government!"

After hearing the reason, Zhao Qian couldn't say anything, but just had a little depressed meal. The atmosphere was originally quite good, but it immediately became a little awkward. Concubine Yang knew that Zhao Qian was doing it for her own good, so she couldn't persuade him anymore, so she could only keep the atmosphere like this and not awkward.

Concubine Qian was calm and had no desires and did not want to continue staying in the atmosphere. After lunch, she left.

As soon as he sent Concubine Qian away from Baosheng Palace, a eunuch yelled from a distance: "The official is here to Baosheng Palace! ~ The idle people are waiting to avoid it!"

Concubine Yang looked at Zhao Qian with some complex eyes and said with a word: "I will see the official family later, don't make a fuss!"

Zhao Qian was surprised in his heart that although he had complained about Song Renzong just now, after all, Song Renzong was not bad to him, and he was still his only brother in the world. How could he make a fuss about the two brothers meeting again in three years? Is the queen of mother giving me a vaccination? Or is it just a plain sentence?
Chapter completed!