Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 85: Wind and Fire
"Father, your Majesty, after seeing this man's calligraphy, I find myself somewhat interested in him." Zhao Xing said with a smile.

The Prince's Horse Groom does not wash the horses for the Prince.

Xi, pronounced (xian), means first.

When the prince traveled, the horse-washer rode in front of the prince to lead the way and was the prince's attendant.

He is similar to the attendant of a young master from a wealthy family.

As the saying goes, the official in front of the prime minister is of the seventh rank, and the rank of the prince's groom is of the fifth rank.

However, I heard that my father did not intend to let Wang Anshi serve as an official in the court, but only as the prince's groom.

Although the officials in the Eastern Palace have ranks, they actually have no rights.

Today’s officials in the Eastern Palace are all officials in name only, and Zhao Xing cannot actually command them.

Appointing Wang Anshi as the Prince's Groom was a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality.

However, Zhao Xing was very satisfied with this arrangement.

Zhao Xing only had a general idea about the land tax distribution, and he didn't quite understand the pros and cons.

Originally, he wanted to tell Sheng Changbai and others about it to see what they thought about it.

After some hesitation, I gave up.

If we want to implement the policy of allocating land tax to each household, we will certainly encounter great resistance.

Sheng Changbai and his companions are still young, and it would be troublesome if the information was leaked accidentally.

The reason why he went to the palace to see his father this time was actually to talk to his father about the policy of equalizing the land tax and see what he thought about it.

Now he has given up this idea. Although Wang Anshi's reform was not successful, it does not mean that there is anything wrong with his reform measures.

Zhao Xing planned to wait for Wang Anshi to come and explain the land tax distribution to him to see what Wang Anshi thought.

"In this case, I will issue an order to summon him to the capital," said the emperor.

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded and said, "Then I won't bother you, father. I haven't been to the palace to pay my respects to my mother and consort for some time."

"Go, your mother has been missing you these days." The official said with a smile.

……

Zhao Xing came out of Longtu Pavilion, chatted with Empress Cao, and then went to visit his mother.

He left the palace just when the palace gate was about to close, and took a few horses with him when he left.

Because of the blockade by the Liao Kingdom and the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty was in great shortage of horses, and top-quality war horses were even more scarce.

Even in the palace stables, there were only a few horses that could be called BMWs.

Zhao Xing directly asked someone to bring two BMWs and several top-quality war horses.

Both horses were Ferghana horses, and one had light golden fur. Even though Zhao Xing didn't know how to judge horses, he could tell that this horse was very majestic.

The other was a chestnut foal, which the eunuch in charge of raising horses said was only two years old.

After leaving the palace, Zhao Xing asked Cao Mian to personally deliver the maroon foal to the Duke of Yingzhou's mansion and give it to Zhang Guifen.

He came to see him today, so he should at least give him a gift or something.

After returning to the Eastern Palace, Zhao Xing got off the car and personally led the horse to the stable.

Since moving into the East Palace, he began to learn horse riding with Gu Yankai.

Gu Yankai also told him some things related to horses.

Top-quality BMWs are more aggressive in temperament and not as docile as ordinary horses. You need to spend some time with them, feed and wash them yourself, and cultivate feelings with them before you can try to ride them.

Of course, it can also be tamed by force, but Zhao Xing does not have that ability now.

There were not many horses in the East Palace stables, only about ten or so, and these were all used in rotation to pull Zhao Xing's carriage.

Zhao Xing led the horse to the stable and saw Liu Sanshi brushing a horse from a distance.

Seeing Zhao Xing coming over, he immediately put down his work and stepped forward to salute: "Greetings, Your Highness!"

"No gifts."

Zhao Xing looked at him and said, "You seem to be doing a good job and have adapted to the job. You might as well stay here and wash horses."

"I will do whatever Your Highness tells me to do." Liu Sanshi said.

"Really?" Zhao Xing said calmly, "Did I ask you to go find Miss Zhang? I've told you before that I don't like people making their own decisions."

"I deserve to die. I acted on my own because I saw that Your Highness was in a bad mood these days and was worried about Your Highness." Liu Sanshi knelt down with a plop. Zhao Xing looked at him for a while and said, "I will forgive you this time because you care about me. If it happens again, I will let you take charge of the night fragrance of the East Palace."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your forgiveness." Liu Sanshi kowtowed repeatedly.

"Get up and make room for me in a stable," Zhao Xing said.

"Yes!"

Liu Sanshi quickly got up and called a few eunuchs in charge of the stables to clear out a stable.

"Your Highness, the stable has been cleaned. Please give the horse to me." Liu Sanshi said.

"No, I'll do it myself."

Zhao Xing led the horse into the stable, tied it up, and added some horse feed to the trough.

"I have to give you a name."

Zhao Xing thought for a while and said, "How about calling it Golden Crow? No, Hou Yi shot nine of them. If a horse is named this, it will be shot."

After thinking of several, Zhao Xing was not satisfied with any of them.

"Let's just call him Jifeng." Zhao Xing finally gave it a name.

……

"Girl, girl!"

"Cui'e, what's wrong? Don't make such a fuss all day long. If Mother Yu scolds you later, I won't plead for you."

Zhang Guifen sat in front of the window with her chin on her hand, in a daze. She was startled by Cui'e and gave her a cold look.

"Girl, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has sent someone to send you a horse." Cui'e said.

"what?"

Zhang Guifen stood up and said, "Are you telling the truth?"

"How dare I lie to you? The horse is already in the stable." Cui'e said.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guifen hurried out.

"Miss, please wait for me." Cui'e hurriedly chased after her.

Zhang Guifen was very familiar with the stable and used to come here with her father to wash horses.

When I arrived at the stables, I saw a chestnut foal in one of the empty stables.

Zhang Guifen likes horses and knows a little about horse appraisal. She could tell at a glance that this was a top-quality BMW.

When she arrived at the stable, she reached out to touch the horse's head, but the foal dodged and opened its mouth to bite Zhang Guifen.

"Ah, girl, be careful!" Cui'e's face turned pale with fright.

Zhang Guifen had been prepared and was not bitten. She looked at the foal happily and said, "Good horse."

"Girl, is a horse that bites a good horse? Isn't it said that a good horse is one that doesn't turn back to its old lover?"

Cui'e breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her daughter was not bitten, and was puzzled when she heard the words.

Zhang Guifen couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Who told you that a horse that doesn't turn back is a good horse?"

"That…"

Cui'e was about to say something when she heard footsteps and voices in the distance.

Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw the Duke of England and a boy of about sixteen or seventeen walking towards me, each leading a horse.

"Hello, father, brother." Zhang Guifen bowed.

"Why is Fen'er here in the stables...and why is Ruhuo here?"

The Duke of England smiled slightly when he saw his daughter, but before he could finish his words, he was stunned when he saw the foal in the stable.

He had been to the palace stables several times and recognized the colt at a glance.

"Dad, are you saying this horse is called Ruhuo?" Zhang Guifen asked.

The Duke of England looked at it carefully and said, "This is the palace horse Ruhuo. Although it looks bigger than before, the tip of its left ear is white, so it can't be mistaken. How did it end up in our house?"

"Dad, it was sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Zhang Guifen said.

(End of this chapter)