As soon as Chen Pengnian's voice fell, he saw the eunuch Zhang Di coming out of the emperor's side; Raised the Buddha dust in his hand and said: "The emperor has a decree, Chen Pengnian retreats!" ”

Chen Pengnian was bored and retreated into the class in a gloomy manner; The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were dumbfounded, and everyone didn't know where Zheng Shuang, Qin Shihuang, and Wei Yan were; The imperial doctor said that the expulsion would be a killing stick, and the emperor actually sent an edict to let him retreat.

Seeing that the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs doubted the identities of Zheng Shuang, Qin Shihuang, and Wei Yan, Kou Zhun raised his arm and said, "Colleagues, don't guess, the three of them are masters in the world; Many years ago, the emperor respected them so much; And Chen Pengnian wanted to shoot the horse's ass, but he didn't want to shoot the horse's hooves and was kicked by the horse! ”

Chen Pengnian, who had retreated to the class cong, was so angry that his face turned blue, but he saw Zhang Di holding the holy decree and proclaiming: "Zheng Shuang, Yang Yanzhao, Leng Bingshuang accept the order!" ”

It was another bombshell, and at the hall meeting of the Great Song Dynasty, the emperor's edict and the courtiers received the decree, and there was already a major announcement.

The ministers of civil and military affairs looked at each other, and saw that Zheng Shuang had already knelt on the ground and saluted; He put his head on the ground and did not raise it for a long time to listen to Zhang Di read the holy decree.

Zheng Shuang just saw the emperor in the apse of the Vertical Arch Hall to ask for Kou Zhun's opinion, and rewarded Yang Yanzhao and Leng Bingshuang without mentioning him; It is inevitable that my heart will choke.

He crossed over and made himself the generalissimo of the Iron Falcon Army on the ground of the Great Song Dynasty, which was just a temporary upstart; It was not recognized by the emperor and the imperial court.

If he can get the emperor's reward, then Zheng Shuang is the rightful minister of the Song Dynasty, and he will use his talents to change the status quo of "poverty and weakness" in the Great Song Dynasty.

We have always said that the Song Dynasty was the most prosperous dynasty in Chinese history, and foreign sinologists wanted to travel back to the Song Dynasty to live.

That's right, the Song Dynasty was the most prosperous dynasty in Chinese history; The economy is prosperous and the culture is prosperous, and Zhang Zeduan's "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" is a microcosm.

If modern statistics are used to measure the economic situation during the Xianping period of Song Zhenzong, the following data can be obtained: What is the concept of the peak tax of the Northern Song Dynasty reaching 160 million guan? If converted into US dollars, it is 228 billion US dollars, and when converted into RMB, it is 1,596 billion.

The conversion method is: 1 tael of gold = 10 taels of silver = 10 guan money, so, 1 guan = 5 grams.

One gram of gold in the twenty-first century = $19, which is now worth about $15.2 billion at the gold discount. Since other taxes are not much, then the GDP is almost 152x15 = 228 billion US dollars.

At that time, the population of the Northern Song Dynasty was almost 100 million, so it was estimated that it could have a per capita GDP of 2,280 US dollars.

The land policy of the Song Dynasty may have been an important reason for the sharp rise in fiscal revenue that year.

On the one hand, it does not suppress annexation, so that land can be intensively managed; and freed up a large surplus labor force (it is estimated that less than 1% of the population at that time owned 70% of the country's land, and 20% of the country's total area entered the circulation market every year), and on the other hand, successfully developed industry and commerce; It not only absorbed a large number of rural laborers (only a copper-lead mine in Shinshu Leadshan often employs more than 100,000 miners, mining day and night), but more importantly, it has promoted the rapid improvement of social economy and productivity.

This can't help but be reminiscent of the phenomenon of "sheep eating people" in the early days of the British Industrial Revolution, and how similar the direction of social and economic development was; The only difference is that the Song Dynasty was many times larger than that of the British, and the time was hundreds of years earlier than that of the British; And the people suffered much less as a result of this.

So why do you say that the Northern Song Dynasty was poor and weak! The flip side of economic prosperity and cultural prosperity is:

1. The imperial court implemented the policy of "not suppressing annexation", which made the phenomenon of land annexation very serious; Landlords conceal land and pay less or even no taxes, which seriously affects the state's tax revenue.

2. Emphasizing literature over military force, and using a large number of civil officials through the imperial examination to form a huge bureaucracy; Bureaucratic expenditures are increasing day by day, and the burden on the country's finances is becoming heavier and heavier.

3. In order to stabilize the feudal ruling order, the imperial court recruited a large number of troops every famine year, resulting in high military spending.

4. The imperial court selected strong soldiers from the army to enrich the forbidden army, and the local army was mostly old and weak.

The forbidden army is stationed in other places every three years, resulting in the low combat effectiveness of the army of "soldiers who do not know generals and generals who do not know soldiers"; He was often defeated in battles with Liao and Western Xia, and lost a lot of property when he signed peace treaties; This has led to an increase in the financial burden.

5. The existence and intensification of class contradictions caused the imperial court to fall into the quagmire of "poverty" step by step, and the contradictions between land occupants and landless peasants continued to intensify. The income of senior officials is unimaginably high, and the income of low-level officials is incredibly low; The two are like fire and water, and they are on the verge of breaking out.

5. The principle of "guarding the inside and the outside" and the low combat effectiveness of the army are one of the important reasons for the "weakness" of the imperial court.

Poverty and weakness are shaking the foundation of the imperial court, and Zheng Shuang knew in the 21st century that it was this kind of poverty and weakness that led to the later Wang Anshi's reforms.

However, the reform ended in failure in the encirclement and suppression of the conservatives, and the struggle between the new party and the old party became white-hot; In addition, a literary emperor Song Huizong was produced, which accelerated the pace of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty; Zheng Shuang wants to use the knowledge and talents of the 21st century to change this situation of poverty and weakness.

The emperor finally issued an edict to reward Zheng Shuang, and Zheng Shuang was naturally happy; But Zheng Shuang also seemed to be aware that the reason why the emperor rewarded himself was not unrelated to Qin Shihuang, Wei Yan, Kou Zhun, Xue Shisan, Chun Yu Shitai, and Liu Meiren.

After Kou Zhun rewarded Yang Yanzhao and Leng Bingshuang with the emperor, he signaled Zheng Shuang to go to the place where the court meeting was carried out - the front hall of the Vertical Arch Palace.

After Zheng Shuang left, several of them may discuss the matter of rewarding themselves together, and now they have to cash it out; Zheng Shuang was grateful, lying on the ground and bowing his head.

Yang Yanzhao and Leng Bingshuang saw Zheng Shuang kneeling on the ground and bowing, so they quickly knelt down.

Zhang Di saw the three of them kneeling on the ground and saluting, and said with emotion: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and makes Zheng Shuang the hussar general of the Great Song Dynasty and the generalissimo of the Iron Falcon Army!" Yang Yanzhao was promoted from Captain Zhiguo to the general of Zhengerpin Town, and the Privy Council! Leng Bingshuang is the daughter of the general Leng Xiaowu, and was promoted to the general of Dingyuan on the fifth grade. Chin this! ”

Zheng Shuang, Yang Yanzhao, and Leng Bingshuang Xie En got up and stood aside, but the court exploded.

Lin Te was the first to stand up and ask: "The hussar general is the highest rank of military attaché in our court, how can this young man named Zheng Shuang be qualified for this position!" And the Generalissimo of the Iron Falcon Army, where did the Iron Falcon Army come from? ”

Lin Te is a person on Wang Qinruo's line, and his quarrel made those Southern Party members all rub their hands and question each other.

Qin Shi Huang suddenly held his sword and pointed at the ministers of civil and military affairs who were standing on the east and west sides: "What is the noise? The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty had such a holy decree, how could he not be competent at a young age; Ganro 12 knows no about the affairs of the prime minister! ”

Qin Shi Huang said and waved the Chengying Sword in his hand and said: "Let me tell you that Zheng Shuang is the reincarnation of Xue Rengui, the prince of Pingyang County in the Tang Dynasty; Don't believe it, do you? If you don't believe me, ask this one! ”

Qin Shi Huang said, and shouted to the class: "Xue Shisan, don't you come out yet?" ”

Xue Shisan has been immersed in excitement since he was allowed to participate in the court meeting by Emperor Zhenzong, which is the official department of the imperial court after 15 years; Holding the wat in his hand, he was feeling the warm atmosphere of the previous dynasty, but he heard Qin Shi Huang shouting; Then he walked out of the class cong and waved his hand to the emperor and said, "Please allow the Holy Lord to let the old minister answer the question of the shadow brother!" ”

Emperor Zhenzong, who was sitting on the dragon chair, waved his hand to Xue Shisan, and Xue Shisan said with a heartbeat: "Brother Shadow is not wrong, Zheng Shuang is the ancestor of Pingyang County Gong Xue Rengui!" ”

As soon as Xue Shisan's voice fell, Wang Qinruo jumped out; Without any scruples, he scolded: "Why did Old General Xue suddenly appear in the court when he returned to his hometown in Taizong's court?" It wasn't the leader of the Kou Zhun Party who summoned you! ”

Wang Qinruo suddenly turned to the topic, turned over the wat board in his hand and knelt on the ground to perform the first salute; stood up and said indignantly: "As the prime minister, Kou Zhun does not think about serving the country loyally; Throughout the day, there was a wine gourd on his waist and he was drunk, and he gathered to tap and dance; To let such a person be the prime minister is to tarnish the ancestral foundation! Xue Shisan, Kou Zhun's comrade, actually fabricated the absurd fallacies of the ancestor Xue Rengui's rebirth to deceive people's minds, and persuaded the emperor to deprive Kou Zhun of his position as Tongping Zhangshi; Behead Xue Shisan! ”

Wang Qinruo's words were the fuse, and he was aggressive as soon as he got started; Immediately extremely angry with Kou Zhun, Kou Zhun straightened his neck and scolded Wang Qinruo: "Gall, Lao Tzu x your mother......"