In addition to the addition of officials and knights, Zhao Hao was surprised to find that this trip to Liaodong also increased by 500,000 prestige points, but although the merit value increased, it was only more than 20,000.

At this point, Zhao Hao has understood in his heart that prestige and merit can be obtained separately, although obtaining merit can obtain prestige value, other ways to increase fame can also obtain prestige value, thinking that he taught Gao Yanei on the street, killed Gao Yu's father and son, killed Jurchen messengers, etc., more or less gained a certain prestige value, but he didn't pay attention to it.

Fame is a condition for system upgrades, and merit is the exchange currency of the Treasure Pavilion, originally 1.8 million prestige points were needed to upgrade to the Qinglong Pavilion, but at the moment it is only about 1.3 million, which is a major gain.

After returning to Beijing, Zhao Hao, the saint is long, and his reputation has reached an unprecedented height, Cai Jing and his party know that they are at a loss, and they are very low-key for a while, and they avoid Zhao Hao everywhere, and Wang Hao and others do not have a big conflict of interest with Zhao Hao, on the contrary, Zhao Hao's success this time is also consistent with their interests, so they have also slightly restrained their hostility, but frequently showed favor.

The Qing faction, which originally survived in the gap between the two traitorous parties, finally raised its eyebrows and took the opportunity to rise because of Zhao Hao's momentum. The Qing faction Fan Zhixu was the secretary of the military department, and Li Gang was recalled to Bianliang and appointed Taichang Shaoqing.

In this way, Zhao Hao also faintly became the head of the Qing faction with Jin Chongyue, the Qing faction, the Cai Jing party, and the party led by Liang Shicheng, Wang Hao and Tong Guan, etc., gradually showed a three-legged trend, but the starving tiger was bigger than the cat, and the Cai Jing party still had the advantage.

Such a situation is the most happy to see for Zhao Ji, who has always liked to play the imperial balance technique, and even intends to promote it.

Preparations for sending troops to attack Liao are in full swing, the Western Army and the Central Forbidden Army are all in full swing, and the elite troops in various places are also sending elites to the north. For Zhao Ji, Lianjin destroys Liao and recovers the sixteen states of Youyun, and he is determined to win.

However, at this moment, several 800-mile urgent reports entered Beijing, and the sound of horses' hooves disturbed the calm of Bianliang.

There was a great drought in western Beijing, and countless people died of starvation.

Hebei people upheaval, anti-thieves Zhang Di, Gao Tuoshan, Gao Tuotian gathered 100,000 people, trapped Zhou County.

Shandong Songjiang rebelled, with Liangshanbo as a stronghold, rampaging through Heshuo, Jingdong, and Jingxi, and the soldiers even reached Huainan Road, and the officers and soldiers were invincible.

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It's just that no matter how serious the disaster is, it will not affect the prosperity of Bianliang like a dream, nor will it affect the drunken dreams and deaths of high-ranking officials and nobles and children of rich families.

On the Bianhe River, there are still groups of prostitutes in the painting, and it is still nightless after nightfall, and the lights on both sides of the river are bright.

In the main hall on top of a huge painting boat, the area is extremely spacious, with fifteen or sixteen tables lined up, and about twenty or thirty Confucian students are gathering here, occupying five or six tables.

In the corner of the hall, there sat a pair of young men and women, a few delicacies on the table in front of them, and a good daughter red on the altar, smelling the rich and mellow aroma of wine that is at least twenty years old, the two of them drank while laughing quietly, and their eyebrows were filled with strong affection.

The shadow in the corner obscured the faces of the two, so no one cared about them, in the eyes of everyone, it might just be a pair of little mandarin ducks sneaking around from their parents, and it might even be ...... A pair of wild mandarin ducks, but this kind of thing was nothing before Zhu Xi's debut.

Those scholars were all dressed in snow-white Confucian shirts, shaking folding fans in their hands, and they didn't seem to be an informal occasion to get along.

"When the northland is full of smoke, I want to put pen to paper, go north with my royal division, charge into battle, and recover Yanyun ......"

"Brother Fang is really righteous, I also go with Brother Fang, I don't know if the person in charge of this Northern Expedition will have Shou Anhou...... If you have to listen to the order under the command of Shou'an Hou, make meritorious contributions, and die without regrets! ”

"Shou Anhou...... I'm afraid it won't be possible, although Shou Anhou has outstanding achievements, but after all, he is young and lacks experience, and more importantly, he ...... The Marquis of Shou'an is the son of the clan, and my Great Song Dynasty has been one hundred and sixty years since Taizong, and there is no precedent for the clan to serve in the army. ”

"It's a pity, don't mention it...... It's just that the Jin-Liao war is in full swing, and I don't know when our Great Song Dynasty will send troops, although the great policy of uniting Jin to destroy Liao has been decided, but the opinions of the senior members of the DPRK and China are different after all, and they are afraid of ......"

"Huh...... Brother Ziyu is worried about the husband's appearance, but the official family is eager to recover the clouds, and has been preparing for this matter for several years, how can he give up, I see that when the autumn harvest is the day of the army......"

"The saint is indeed wonderful, after the autumn harvest, there will be new grain, even if the army will not make the supply of grain in stock poor......"

"I don't think so, now there is a drought and locust plague in western Beijing, mourning is everywhere, there are civil uprisings in Hebei and Shandong, especially the anti-thief Song Jiang in Shandong, sweeping Heshuo, Jingdong, and Jingxi, and now the soldiers are pointing directly at Huainan, and the banditry is getting more and more intense...... Disaster relief and Pingkou will inevitably cost a lot of money and food, and whether this Northern Expedition can be completed or not may not be a certainty......"

"The disaster in western Beijing, it's not that Kaifeng Mansion has already opened a warehouse for relief, why is the famine so serious? There are also those Diao people, now that the era is peaceful and prosperous, seeing that my Great Song Dynasty King is about to set off on the Northern Expedition and recover the land of hidden clouds, he rebelled here, it is really a crime that deserves death! ”

"Hahaha...... Brother Yang, what you say is wrong! The food for disaster relief in Kaifeng Mansion was originally a drop in the bucket, not to mention ...... It would be nice if two out of ten could fall into the hands of the victims, but what can it be worth? As for the popular uprising, it is not the evil created by Xicheng Kutian...... Man-made disasters are far greater than natural disasters! ”

"Woo...... Silence, Brother Shaoyang, be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth, don't talk about this! ”

"Hahaha!" The scholar named Shaoyang poured a sip of wine violently, slapped the table, and scolded angrily: "The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, only knows how to fight for power and profit, intrigue, where does it matter what the people live or die...... What are you talking about, how is Shou Anhou, I dare to ask where Shou Anhou is, can you dare to kill the thief and save the people from fire and water? If he dares, I will take his head off and give it to him! ”

"Brother Shaoyang, you're drunk, drunk, go back and rest!"

Seeing that the scholar was so excited and hysterical, the group of students panicked, and several scholars persuaded and persuaded them, helped them, and dragged them out, and took the scholar named Shaoyang out of the cabin, and the rest of the people gradually lowered their profile, no longer making loud noises, just talking and drinking in a low voice.

The young man in the corner also stood up slowly, stood tall and tall, and said to the woman: "Lady, it's not too early, go back." ”

The woman stood up, under the light, there was a beautiful face, especially the skin that deceived the frost and snow, and it was even more flickering, a pair of affectionate eyes stared at the young man in front of her, and said with a pitiful smile: "You, you can't sit still again, don't force yourself to come out......"

The young man smiled, took the woman's hand, turned around, but it was a handsome and heroic face, and said lightly: "Everyone has called me by name directly, how can I sit still?" ”

The two of them talked and laughed carefully, walked gently past the group of students, walked out of the cabin, and hurriedly got off the boat with the domestic slaves waiting outside, and when they arrived on the shore, someone led the horse to greet them.

"You wait to send your wife back to the house, and I will go to the Jinshang Mansion for a trip."

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Time has actually gradually turned out from the dog days, but the weather has still not taken off the heat of the summer, in the study of the Jin Mansion, Jin Chongyue poured two cups of tea and handed Zhao Hao a cup.

"The plague in western Beijing is the most severe on Jingxi North Road, and the locust plague and drought are parallel, and Jingnan Road is the second. Seven components of the disaster relief grain of Kaifeng Prefecture were given to Jingxi North Road, and three components were given to Jingnan South Road. Jingnan Road originally had little grain, and the thieves of Liangshan Shuibo broke the city and looted it several times, coupled with the hoarding of grain merchants, so many people starved to death, as for Jingxi North Road, it was ......"

"What about Jingbei Road?"

Jin Chongyue took a big sip of tea, his tone had raised, and he said slowly: "Du Gongcai, the capital transfer envoy of Jingbei Road, was originally a subordinate of Yang Jian, because he climbed the big tree of Yang Jian, and gradually rose to the position of the capital transfer envoy, the disaster relief grain on Jingbei Road fell into his pocket three or four times out of ten, plus layers of exploitation, what can fall into the mouths of the victims, at most twenty percent, how can he not starve to death?" ”

Zhao Hao's brows furrowed, looking at Jin Chongyue, waiting for his next step.

Shou'an Hou Shicai asked about Xicheng Tuotian, and the initiator was also Du Gongcai. In the past, Du Gongcai proposed to Yang Jian, set up the Xicheng Extension Office, formulated a decree to obtain the land deeds of the common people, and increased the rent. Starting from Ruzhou, it gradually expanded to Jingdong, Jingxi, Huaixi, and Huaibei, searching for abandoned embankments, abandoned weirs, barren mountains, retreat beaches, and silted up large rivers, and ordered the people to rent tenants. Once the rent is determined, the rent will not be reduced even if the land is washed away by the river and cannot be cultivated. However, Du Gongcai made meritorious contributions because of this, and was first promoted to an observer, and now he is promoted to a transit envoy.

"These two years are the year of great disasters, the people are miserable, but the rent can not be reduced, so the people in Hebei and other places have changed frequently, Zhang Di, Gao Tuoshan and Gao Tuotian have also risen because of this. And Liangshan Luoben is the ancient Juyeze, stretching for hundreds of miles, the people of Ji and Yun several prefectures, relying on fishing here for a living, Yang Jian also set the rent tax according to the boat, and if there is a violation, he will be arrested for theft. A county generally increases the rent money in addition to the regular endowment to more than 100,000 yuan, and according to the regulations, it can be exempted from tax when it suffers from floods and droughts, but it is not exempt here, so there is the Songjiang Rebellion. ”

Bang~

The teacup in Zhao Hao's hand suddenly cracked, and the tea flowed on the table, startling Jin Chongyue.

Zhao Hao said coldly: "I want to get rid of the thief, please help me!" ”

Jin Chongyue frowned slightly: "Although Xicheng Tuotian, Yang Jian and others have filled their private pockets, the treasury is full, and the official family is very happy...... The matter of the food for disaster relief and the greed for ink involves too many people to come in, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to prove it, let alone say that it will involve Cai Jing and his party to fight in an all-round way, and please think twice......"

Zhao Hao shook the tea in his hand and slowly stood up: "*******, *******!" ”

The beard on Jin Chongyue's face trembled, and he slapped the case, and said excitedly: "*******, *******!" got the son's words, and the old man also fought with the traitors! ”

PS: Because the break is too long, the rhythm in my head is a little slow, and I have sorted out the details in the past two days, hoping that it will be faster in the future......