After leaving Beijing for more than half a year, Li Zhang and his party finally returned to the capital, Zhao Zhen also knew that Li Zhang had worked hard all the way, so he was not in a hurry to summon him, and Li Zhang also took this opportunity to stay at home and spend more time with his family, but Lu Wu's group of people had not returned from Yanyun, but they sent back a few letters, the last one was a month ago, according to Lu Wu, they bought a Zhuangzi over there, and planned to live there for a while before returning to Beijing.

Li Zhang is also a little helpless about Lu Wu's decision, people will become more and more stubborn when they reach a certain age, this is especially obvious in Lu Wu, speaking of which there was a relationship between Lu Wu and Empress Dowager Li, but unfortunately God made people, so that the two could not get together in the end, otherwise Li Zhang would have to change his mouth and call each other his uncle.

Three days later, Li Zhang entered the palace in a carriage, but on the way to the palace, he found that there were some changes in the capital, that is, on some open spaces on both sides of the street, some notices were erected, on which some official notices were posted, some of which were official documents for the capture of prisoners, but more were explanations of some new decrees issued by the imperial court.

Looking at the billboards on both sides of the street, Li Zhang suddenly thought of the newspaper column that had flourished in a certain period of time in later generations, this thing is similar to the function of the billboard, but the newspaper column is pasted with newspapers, and in order to prevent being taken away, the general newspaper column is composed of front and back glass windows, and the newspaper is placed in the glass window for people to watch, but later with the rise of the Internet, the traditional media such as newspapers seem to be backward, and the newspaper column has become more and more rare, and then it has directly become a place for advertising.

Thinking of the newspaper column, Li Zhang also thought of the newspaper, speaking of which he had long wanted to get the newspaper out, but he couldn't take care of these things at all before, after all, there were too many problems in the Great Song Dynasty at that time, and the influence of the newspaper was also very large, and a bad one might become a tool for people with ulterior motives.

But now is indeed the time to get the newspaper out, after all, the newspaper is also one of the tools to open the wisdom of the people, and with the promotion of the newspaper, it can also speed up the circulation of news, so as not to let some people grasp the source of the news, so as to encourage people who do not know the truth to make trouble, for example, a few years ago, some people in the south used missionary trouble, and those who were encouraged were those fools and foolish women, if the newspaper can be used to expose the means of those gods, it is possible to avoid this situation.

Just when Li Zhang was thinking about the newspaper, the carriage finally entered the imperial city, Zhao Zhen learned that Li Zhang was coming, and immediately summoned him in the Vertical Arch Palace, and accompanied by Lu Yijian and several other prime ministers, after all, such a big thing as rectifying the water division must require these people to participate, and among several ministers, Li Zhang also saw at a glance the Cheng Lin recommended by himself, he had rushed back to the capital from the Daimyo's Mansion and took over Wang Zeng's original position.

"Cousin, how was this trip to the south, did you find anything?" Seeing Li Zhang come in, Zhao Zhen immediately asked impatiently, although Li Zhang had also sent him some of what he had seen and heard from time to time, Zhao Zhen still wanted to listen to Li Zhang's introduction to the situation on the southern coast.

At this time, Li Zhang also took out a thick record from his bosom and sent it to Zhao Zhen and said: "Your Majesty, this is what the ministers have seen, heard, and thought in Quanzhou and other places, and there are also many confessions and evidence of Hu Shang's violations of law and discipline in the coastal areas. ”

"The case of Sun Li and others has already been tried, and I will never let go of these corrupt officials at that time!" Referring to those arrested officials, Zhao Zhen also opened his mouth quite annoyed at this time, and took Li Zhang's record after speaking, but because this record was too detailed, he couldn't read it for a while, so he could only roughly flip it over and put it aside, and then let Li Zhang talk about the general situation.

Li Zhang immediately began to talk about his arrival in Quanzhou, and when Zhao Zhen heard that Li Zhang was almost murdered by the officials in Quanzhou, he couldn't help but blush, although he knew that Li Zhang came back safely, but he still had murderous intentions towards Sun Li and others, of course, these people had committed capital crimes, and no one could save them now.

After Li Zhang finished talking about beheading all the Hu merchants who committed the crime on the spot, Lu Yijian suddenly frowned and stepped forward and said: "Dingbei Hou, those Hu merchants have committed a big crime, but if you publicly behead them, it will definitely frighten other Hu merchants who have not committed crimes, if they dare not dock at the port of our Great Song Dynasty in the future, won't it affect the future maritime trade?" ”

Lu Yijian's worries also aroused the approval of other ministers, they didn't care about the lives of some Hu merchants at all, but the sea trade was very profitable, if it affected the situation of the sea trade, then the imperial court's tax revenue next year would be discounted.

"Lu Xiang doesn't need to say much, this matter was ordered by me to my cousin, although the sea trade has brought huge profits, but it can't be in vain because of this, this time just killing these Hu merchants is not enough to deter these people, I decided to issue an order, strictly prohibit overseas Hu people from settling in my Great Song Dynasty, let alone buying and selling real estate!" Zhao Zhen immediately said sternly again, what Li Zhang showed him before had already aroused his hatred for the Hu people, so it was normal for these two decrees to appear.

"Your Majesty, this ...... Isn't this a bit too harsh, if Hu Shang is unwilling to come to my Great Song, then how should the goods of my Great Song be shipped out? At this time, Lu Yijian said helplessly again, looking at Zhao Zhen with a little puzzlement in his eyes.

"This matter is settled, there is no room for negotiation!" Zhao Zhen waved his hand very domineering at this time, and Lu Yijian had no choice at this time, after all, Zhao Zhen was the emperor, and Zhao Zhen's prestige had also reached its peak after recovering Yanyun, if he forcibly issued such an order, he would not be able to stop it.

"Lu Xiang actually doesn't have to worry, although there are many Hu people in the maritime merchants, there are more Han people, as long as the imperial court encourages merchants to go to sea, it is not difficult to transport goods overseas!" Li Zhang also opened his mouth to express his attitude at this time.

Seeing that Li Zhang actually agreed with Zhao Zhen's idea, Lu Yijian and the others were even more puzzled, but Li Zhang didn't plan to explain, but continued to talk about another problem he saw when he went south this time, that is, the situation of the sailor, compared with the sea trade, building a strong sailor is the most urgent, otherwise even if the sea trade is prosperous in the future, the Great Song Dynasty will not have the strength to ensure the safety of the sea.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the sailors can be divided into two, one part of which is in charge of inland rivers, and the other part is in charge of maritime security, so it can be named the navy, so as to distinguish it from the traditional sailors!" Li Zhang finally told his advice to the sailor.