Chapter 35 The Emperor Is Not Good

July 23 of the first year of Shaosheng, Bianliang, Tokyo.

The imperial palace of the Northern Song Dynasty was the smallest in all dynasties, and the life of the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty was the most bitter. Now, the owner of this palace has just finished dinner and is sitting in a daze in Jiying Hall.

This young emperor is extremely handsome, if you look at it from the perspective of later generations, this is a standard Internet celebrity awl face. She has fair skin and a delicate face, and if you look at it, she looks quite feminine.

is such a young man who looks a little delicate, but he is a very powerful emperor. The Great Song Dynasty under his rule changed the decadence of Renzong since his reign and became the last ray of glory in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty.

He is Zhezong Zhao Xi.

In Mr. Jin Yong's famous martial arts novel "Dragon Babu", a dialogue between Empress Dowager Gao and Emperor Zhezong was once described, and it was widely spread. In that novel, the Empress Dowager Xuanren was on her deathbed, telling Zhezong not to change the law of his ancestors and to use force.

In this famous clip, the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao of Xuanren is a benevolent and promising Empress Dowager, while the little Emperor Zhao Xi is a faint monarch who is strong and inactive.

Therefore, a literati pen is sometimes more vicious than a sword.

Is that really the case?

When Zhezong was young and the Empress Dowager Xuanren was in power, she wantonly deposed the New Party officials, and at the same time regained Sima Guang, Fan Chunren, Wen Yanbo and other conservatives, took back the new law, changed it to the old system, and reduced the army and suppressed the martial arts, completely leading the entire government to the abyss of death between the two parties.

The people are also full of complaints, smoke is everywhere, and the peasant uprising and rebellion are the same as pressing the gourd, pressing this end and starting the other.

When the Qingli ministers gradually withered and withdrew from the historical stage one after another, Gao Taotao used her strong wrist to almost slap the Northern Song Dynasty to completely clean up.

Of course, from the perspective of the civil official group with a stake, Gao Taotao is simply the holy queen, which is also the reason why Sima Guang, who has been scolded as a pig and dog by almost everyone in the world since he came to power, can be highly praised in later generations.

Fortunately, Zhao Xi has grown up after all.

As soon as he became in power, he began his own plan for change. At that time, Sima Guang was dead, and the Conservatives were led by Lu Dafang, the left minister, and Fan Chunren, the right minister. Zhao Xi deposed the two one after another, among which Fan Chunren, as Fan Zhongyan's second son, is really lamentable.

Subsequently, the reformist ministers were reused, among which Zhang Dian was the left minister, Zeng Bu was the right minister, and Lu Huiqing supervised the military affairs in the northwest. Of course, this is only temporary, and the dispute between the two parties has been going on for a long time, and it is not a matter of the past few years that the old party will die down.

Even if they want to retreat, the countless families behind them will push them forward for their own interests. The war is a battlefield of life and death, and other forms of war are useless.

The first year of Shaosheng was the turning point of Zhezong's rule, and at the beginning of this year, the reformers really began to gain the upper hand in the DPRK and China, and foreign wars could also move from this year to one victory after another.

Of course, there is one of the biggest problems in front of Zhao Xi to solve before these victories can be met.

"Money".

A penny is hard to beat a hero!

What the imperial court lacks now is not a penny or two pennies, but hundreds of thousands of big holes. The Northwest Army and the Western Xia people are now frequently engaged in battles, and Lu Huiqing is indeed a capable fighter, but no matter whether he wins or loses, these hundreds of thousands of soldiers eat horses and chew horses, and they are all expenses.

After the farce of Yuan You's change, the already chaotic court has gradually become overwhelmed.

Yao Zheng, the third envoy, has resigned several times, and today Zhao Xi approved his resignation, but he has not been able to find a good successor.

Looking at the big candles in the hall, Zhao Xi remembered a piece of Zhang Dian in the early dynasty.

Cai Jing, the four-way transfer envoy, was about to enter Beijing to serve as the head of the household department, and before he left Jiangling Mansion, in order to solve the affairs of the displaced people in the south of the Yangtze River, he used two methods.

The imperial court hired young people with money and grain to repair public facilities such as dams, roads, and water conservancy, which could not only solve the livelihood and security problems of the displaced people, but also improve the local public environment.

But what is most needed for cash-for-work is money and food, and now that the treasury is empty, and all supplies are based on the war in the northwest, where can we take care of some displaced people?

So Cai Jing has a second law, called the Welfare Lottery. Using the popular method of closing the fire among the people, the private fundraising lottery and raising funds, except for the cost loss, all the money and property are earmarked for special use, which is only used for the relief of the displaced people. In this way, there is no need for the court to pay for it, and it cannot solve the problem of the displaced people.

Zhao Xi was holding this piece at this time, and sighed casually: "This Lin He is a talented person, and he can actually come up with such a way." I heard that this person is the only son of the former imperial envoy Lin Zhen? ”

In the shadows beside Zhao Xi, a middle-aged eunuch in his forties walked out, he was extremely fat, and it seemed to be quite difficult to walk these few steps, but Zhao Xi obviously trusted him very much, and when he saw him coming, he didn't even raise his eyes, and he didn't seem to notice the approach of this person at all.

"Lin He, the word is far away, the only son of the former supervising envoy Lin Zhen Lin Wenxian, is eighteen years old this year, and has no merit. When he was a child, he was sent by Lin Zhen to learn Taoism somewhere in Chengdu Mansion, and then because the earth dragon turned over, the Taoist temple was destroyed, and the entire mountain peak was overturned. ”

"I moved to Gangneung Mansion a month ago, created 30 dishes in the snack street, and made money every day. Later, he made a drug called penicillin to treat wind and cold, and Xie Lin, the governor of Guizhou, was saved by his new medicine; Diagnosis of schistosomiasis disease and the implementation of treatment methods, which have been controlled; Ten days ago, a welfare lottery ticket was issued in Gangneung Province for the DPRK and China, and donations were openly raised. ”

After the fat man finished speaking, his slightly hoarse voice stopped, and there were bursts of echoes in the hall, which seemed a little weird.

This fat man's name is Sun Xiang, and he is the current Imperial City Sidusi. The Imperial City Division was the emperor's personal spy unit, which was probably equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei or Dongxi Factory. They are in charge of the security of the imperial city and Bianjing, and they are also the eyes and ears of the emperor, patrolling the four directions for the emperor.

Obviously, Lin He, who was the successor of Lin Zhen of the Su Party, was already in the field of vision of the Imperial City Division, otherwise Sun Xiang would not have such a detailed record in his hands. After all, compared to behemoths like Jinyiwei in later generations, the Imperial City Division is still a very immature spy seed.

Zhao Xi dragged his chin and said with interest: "Is it from the mountain gate?" So this new dish and the method of welfare lottery are all learned by him at the mountain gate? ”

Cai Jing is most afraid of taking the blame, when he played this method for the first time, he wrote the name of Lin He, the person who offered the plan, at the front, once things are not right, it will immediately be a ruthless three-in-a-row: Don't talk nonsense, I don't have it, look for him!

Who knows, the welfare lottery is so popular that it became an instant hit. This is what Cai Jing never expected, in his opinion, even if Lin He succeeded, it would not be possible to have such a result as today, but at this time, he could not get it back, and this credit could only be shared by Lin and this commoner.

Sun Xiang saw the emperor asking, and bowed his head respectfully: "Official, Chengdu Mansion has indeed moved a lot, the mountain peak of learning has become a ruin, no one has survived, and the history of the forest is no longer available." ”

Zhao Xi nodded, and shook his head again: "I think it should be what the mountain gate has learned, if it wasn't taught by someone, wouldn't this Lin He be a person of heavenly enlightenment?" That's a little scary. ”

Zhao Xi nodded the fold in his hand: "100,000 lottery tickets, sold out in ten days, not a single one, 10,000 income, excluding bonuses and losses, net profit from the DPRK...... Six thousand ......"

Sun Xiang's chubby face was not the slightest wave, and he reminded: "Butler, the minister has written in the secret recital, in the loss, Cai Jing has 1,000 guan, Lin He has 700 guan, and Xie Lin's son Xie Fang has 270 guan......"

Zhao Xi clapped his palms: "Amazing, this financial technique is really turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain, in just ten days, it is the income of ten thousand guan, if he is not too young and famous, I want him to do this three envoys." ”

Sun Xiang is also accustomed to Zhao Xi's character of thinking about one out of the other, after all, he is young, and it is normal for his thoughts to jump out: "Official, these three envoys are too important, but they can't be ...... because of a momentary mood."

"Okay, okay, why are you blocking me with these words all day long? It's just a joke. ”

Zhao Xi felt that Sun Xiang, who looked like this, was a little boring, and waved his hand.

But in his heart, a small sprout emerged.

"This Lin He really has some skills, at least he has a lot of experience with wealth."

"Well, these three envoys...... Xie Fang also participated in the welfare lottery...... Kindness? His dad Xie Lin seems to be good......"