Wu Zhi sighed and walked around the Zhuangzi, this era is not good, the information is too underdeveloped, for example, now, I don't know anything about the situation in Yanggu and the capital, and now it's okay, if I accidentally enter the political whirlpool in the future, it will be a dead end if I am not well-informed. It seems that information is the most important thing in every era. Well, when you go back to the capital, you have to think about this problem.

"Sir! Master! Hurry back to your home, the prefect has come to see the master! Zhu'er ran out of breath, but she was proud, as if the prefect had come to see her. It's no wonder she is happy, among the three villages, Wujiazhuang used to be the most inconspicuous, and I heard that the prefect of Zhending Mansion is the most upright and honest, since the prefect arrived a year ago, he drove out the former owner of Zhang Zhuang who went to bribe according to the rules, and he didn't give any face. I heard that he despised the former owner of Zhang Zhuang very much for the children who started their families in the shadow of their ancestors and could not carry them forward, even if the owner of Zhang Zhuang went to see the prefect, he often ate closed-door soup, not to mention that the prefect came to Zhuangzi in person.

Wu Zhi felt strange in his heart, after hearing Steward Liu say that this prefect was a person, he also admired it very much, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to visit, but he didn't expect that someone would come to the door first. But I don't know what he meant.

Zhu'er is wearing a floral blue cotton jacket, which looks more and more pretty. This is the money given by the owner of the village, which is equivalent to the owner of the owner personally bought it for himself, and Zhu'er likes it very much, and wears it every day. It's funny to say, that day and Chunhua went to buy cloth from the cloth seller, but I didn't want the merchant to have never seen such a large denomination, let alone change, and was damaged by Chunhua, so that the merchant almost didn't wear the ground sewn. This dress was bought later when he and Chunhua went to Zhending Mansion to do New Year's goods. After putting it on, he was praised by Wu Zhi, and he was reluctant to replace it.

In the living room of the samurai compound, Wu Zhi saw the well-known prefect, in his forties, with bright eyes and strong spirits, dressed in a cyan civilian robe, looking around at the furnishings of the living room.

"Ah, the prefect has arrived, and Wuda has not been able to meet him from afar, forgive your sins!" Meeting, of course, is these kind words.

The two humbled each other and sat down as guests. The prefect of Zhending sat on the chair of the Black Wood Eight Immortals, sipping tea while carefully looking at Wu Zhi, and seemed to be very curious about Wu Zhi.

Wu Zhi smiled and said: "The prefect can come to Wujiazhuang, Wuda is really bright, but I don't know what the adult is doing?" It won't be a special trip to see Wuhan University, right? Wu Da has a straight personality and doesn't like to go around in circles, don't blame adults. "What to say to someone, when you meet someone who is deep in the city and scheming, you naturally have to go around and around, making people unable to figure out the depth. But if you want to make friends with such upright people, it's best to make a long story short.

The prefect really smiled slightly, with a slight expression of appreciation in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Master Wuzhuang, you are really right, Zong Mou made a special trip to see you, look at the heroes of this small sand dune who killed the elite hundred Liao cavalry with the strength of a few people, and look at the heroic heroes who made Xiao Tiancheng, the son of the prince of Liao, tremble!" ”

Wu Zhi was taken aback, how could the news be so fast, even the Liao people knew the details of the Liao people that day, well, Xiao Tiancheng, I don't need to find out his details anymore. It's just that how did the prefect of Zhending know about it?

The prefect of Zong seemed to know the doubts in his heart, and said: "The owner of the village does not have to be suspicious, the Liao people have their own great Song Dynasty meticulous work, although the confidential matter cannot be investigated, the news that Xiao Tiancheng fled back to the Liao camp is spreading, I think it was deliberately spread by the political enemies of the Xiao family, and I think that Xiao Tiancheng has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and loves to learn swords and guns." He is quite famous among the children of the nobles of the Liao State, and Zong Mou also heard of his name a lot in the past, but he didn't want to see him today, but Zhao Kuoer, who talked on paper, Zong Mou took on a heart in vain! Saying that, the prefect of the sect laughed out loud, laughing very heartily, and seemed very happy.

Wu Zhi laughed with him for a while, but he didn't expect that he might inadvertently ruin a genius, and he was also amused in his heart.

Zong Zhifu said: "Xizuo sent the news back to the Daimyo's Mansion to stay in Liangzhong's book, and the Zhongshu sent a document to make Zhending Mansion find out the heroes who defeated the Liao cavalry, and Zong Mou knew that the recent Zhending spread that the new owner of the Wujiazhuang Xiao Shadune killed the enemy cavalry was true, and it was not a rumor spread by the owner of the village to order the tenants to strengthen the reputation of the owner. It was the heart of a villain in Zong before, and the master of Wuzhuang is not strange. He apologized and was very sincere.

The Great Song Dynasty has four capitals, Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion, Nanjing Yingtian Mansion, Xijing Henan Mansion, and Beijing Daimyo Mansion. Placed in the Left-behind Division, the status of the Left-behind Division is higher than that of Sijing Mansion Yin, and it can also be the Mansion Yin, the status of the Daimyo Mansion is special, and it is an important town in Northern Xinjiang, the front line of Liao, the Daimyo Left-behind Division Governor Song-Liao Border Affairs, this Liang Zhongshu is equal to the provincial secretary and commander of the military region in later generations.

Wu Zhi saw that the prefect of the sect was not pretending, and he said bluntly, not vaguely because people did not know. The good impression of him was a little more, and he sighed and said: "My lord is polite, Wu Da doesn't dare to be a person, he can defeat Liao Qi and not Wu Da alone, Wu Da's men have eight sons and daughters who died, I still hate myself when I think about it, and there will always be a day when I make that Liao dog regret it!" ”

The prefect of Zong sighed when he heard this, and said: "In the Qin period, the bright moon and the Han period, the Long March has not yet been returned. But to make the dragon city fly, do not teach Hu Ma to cross Yin Mountain! It's a pity that I have a lot of resources in the Great Song Dynasty, but I can't keep the border safe, and I want to surrender to Siyi in the Tang Dynasty, how fast it is! Zong has written several times to state that the court is sinking, but it is not allowed to use, and recently I heard that the court has the intention of degrading Zong to promote Hongqing Palace, and I really want to live in the Dongyang Valley. ”

Wu Zhi was a little strange, he had just met him, how could he talk to him about the affairs of the court, and it seemed a bit shallow to say this.

Zong Zhifu smiled and said: "Zong is afraid that the time is running out, but I can see my great Song heroes, it is also a comfort, and there is nowhere to complain on weekdays, the master of Wuzhuang is a straightforward man, I don't think Zong's words will be spread around, don't be surprised." ”

Listening to his "old comfort", Wu Zhi smiled in his heart, people who are only in their forties are so old-fashioned, I am afraid it is also because of depression, and the mentality that later generations say is always referring to people like him.

"What books don't adults know about? Can Wuda smell it? "Wu Zhi would like to hear what the prefect has, although he doesn't understand these things, he still has a high and low level.

The prefect of the sect glanced at him strangely, and said in his heart Even if you are a hero, it seems that you are just a reckless hero, and where can you understand these temple strategies, you are just depressed in your heart, and you casually complained, why are you so interested. However, his own governance of Song Ce is the result of many years of experience in local office, it can be said that it is his own brainchild, and it is happy that someone is willing to listen to the fun and talk, of course, he will not expect this martial arts master to understand, let alone give him any inspiration.

"My Great Song Dynasty is rich in resources, and the caravans are all over the world, and various laws have been perfected by various generations and gradually matured, such as the salt law, the wine law, the tea law and other laws are all good laws for a while. Various workshops have sprung up, and all walks of life such as pit mining, tea and salt, shipbuilding, papermaking, sugar making, textile, and porcelain making have developed rapidly and have complete technology. There are also large workshops of hundreds and thousands of craftsmen in shipbuilding, papermaking, printing, weaving, etc. There are also official kilns in various places, etc., Hebei, Henan and other places make hundreds of millions of catties of steel every year, which can be said to be rich in the world, which is comparable to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty! ”

Listening to the prefect's passionate words, Wu Zhi was shocked and inexplicable, in his impression, the Song Dynasty was a weak dynasty, a dynasty that was bullied, first overwhelmed by the Liao State, and the Western Xia in the west also repeatedly violated the border, and later was occupied by the Jin State Half of the country, and finally was wiped out by the Mongol iron horse. This Great Song Dynasty is the whole history of my humiliation in China! After coming to the Song Dynasty, I found that the life of the people was quite comfortable, better than I imagined, at least not as boring as in the novel. But it's just food. But I didn't want the economy of the Great Song Dynasty to be so developed, and listening to the words of the prefect, there was a prototype of a factory!

Wu Zhi was shocked in his heart, but he regretted why he didn't read more books before, if he had some professional knowledge and set up a factory, it would be difficult to think about it! Kindness? No, I'm a dignified king Chitose now, how can I be considered to have entered the central sequence after a few hundred years, right? Why do you always think about vulgar ideas like getting rich, it's really a small peasant consciousness! This is to blame for the imprint of the time when I mixed with the society, at that time, I was most envious of the rich people who had industry, and that was called a cow! But what are the merchants of this age? Shinong businessman, fourth-class people! Although the Song Dynasty was relatively open, no longer suppressed business, and the status of merchants was improved, the traditional ideas of thousands of years were there, and no matter how rich the businessmen were, they were not as good as the official masters, not to mention that we were the best titles among the official masters.

How did the prefect of the sect know what he was thinking about, and after speaking impassionedly, he sighed again and said, "It's a pity! It's a pity that in the past ten years, the traitor ...... "When he talks about this, he keeps his mouth shut, it doesn't matter if he complains, and it doesn't hurt to talk about bad governance, after all, the Great Song Dynasty is quite free to speak." But if you insinuate that you are an important minister of the court, you are afraid that it will be inappropriate, although you have already retreated, you are afraid that the ministers will see the crime and affect your family. The details of this martial arts owner are not clear to him, judging from the fact that he was able to buy a martial arts village at a young age, most of them are famous families, but some words can't enter his ears.

"Traitor?" Wu Zhi heard it, and looked at the Zong Prefect's Mansion with interest, I don't know if I am a traitor? Alas, this will also be judged by people decades from now, I want to be a traitor now, and I don't have that qualification yet.

The prefect shook his head and smiled bitterly, avoiding the topic and said: "In recent years, there has been a lot of clamoring to change the law, but it is a misinterpretation of the law of the prince, and there are many lawbreakers among the officials to collect money, but it is the people who suffer. The armament is also gradually becoming desolate, although the number is heavy, the combat power is low, alas! It's a pity, I don't know when I will be able to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun! ”

Wu Zhi heard him say that his words were unknown, thinking that he was avoiding himself. Since I came to this era, my eyes have been dark, although I have inadvertently become a relative of the emperor, but I always feel insecure, I don't know when the Jin Kingdom and Mongolia will emerge from the north, not to mention for my Chinese people, just for myself to do something, but unfortunately I have not been able to figure out the situation of the imperial court. Now there is finally a person in front of me who understands, and I just probed carefully, but people don't seem to believe in themselves, and there are many ambiguities in their speech. It seems that if you want to ask him to open the conversation, only I will scold those "traitors" first.

Wu Zhi said with a smile: "If the prefect of the sect has something to say, I told you that Wu Da is a rough person, and I can't stand this half-cut talk the most, but today's traitors are Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Yu?" What can't be said about this, today you and I can't speak, and speaking freely is the right reason! ”

Zong Zhifu was stunned, and only after half a sound did he smile: "Okay, good, it's a villain of Zong again." As he spoke, he stood up and said to Wu Zhi, and said: "The master of the martial arts village is not strange, Zong Ze also pretended to be a hero in the past, but he was helpless to be in the officialdom, step by step, and he had long lost his previous sharpness. Today, I know the real heroes. ”

Wu Zhi's head "buzzed", Zong Ze, he is Zong Ze, the boss of the anti-gold hero Han Shizhong and Yue Fei? A famous general who was called "Grandpa Zong" by the Jin people? I saw Liang Hongyu before, and I met Zong Ze today, it seems that this is not a coincidence in the name, is the day of the rise of the Jin Kingdom really just around the corner?

At this time, Wu Zhi couldn't care so much, and after Zong Ze sat down, he asked directly: "Do you know what other countries are in the north of Liao?" ”

Zong Ze shook his head and said: "The north of Liao is a bitter cold land, but I have never heard of any country. ”

Wu Zhi frowned, and suddenly remembered that in the "Deer and Ding Ji" he had read before, he said that the Qing Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom belonged to the same Jurchen, and hurriedly asked, "Does the adult know the Jurchen tribe?" ”

Zong Ze said: "The Jurchen tribe has heard of it, in the territory of Liao, I heard that most of them are brave, but the others are unknown. ”

Wu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that there is still time, so he slowly asked Zong Ze about the situation in the Song Dynasty, only to know that since Shenzong changed the law, the new party and the old party began to fight for the party, and when Hui Zongli tended to change the law, he tended to change the new party, but he didn't know that Cai Jing, who he promoted, was really a villain who repeated the old and new parties. Although it is not yet said that the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, it is not far away. As for Gao Yu, he is just a favored courtier, but he can't talk about a traitor, Tong Guan is now just an official in the inner court, although he is favored, he is far from being a traitor. Wu Zhixin said that you don't know Tong Guan's ability, this guy is the only eunuch in history who has been crowned king.

After Cai Jing took office, he claimed to implement the new law, but it was all out of shape, which provided great convenience for officials in various places to enrich their private pockets, and some state capitals engaged in public resentment.

Although the Song Dynasty had a developed economy, its military strength was very low, and there was a saying of "redundant soldiers", that is, the number of troops was quite large, but the combat effectiveness was not proportional to the number. In the Song Dynasty, the literati ruled the country, and the top leaders of the troops at all levels were also literati, and the military generals could only serve as deputies. For example, the Privy Council of the imperial court was like the Ministry of Defense and the supreme command organ of the army. The privy envoys of the Privy Council were literati, and the governors of the state capitals also served as the commanders of the Xiangjun (local garrisons). This has also facilitated the embezzlement of military spending by officials in various localities. When the military budget was repeatedly insufficient, the army was allowed to do business. As soon as the trend grew, the army's training was slack, and on weekdays, they were mostly engaged in "gang transportation" (that is, long-distance trafficking by the government), and the weaving of woolen satin by soldiers also became a source of income for officials.