"From afar, it looks like the wind swings lotus leaves, and up close, you can see the sick horses!" Wang Ningan chuckled at Sima Guang, who was swaying over, "Who are you doing this for?" ”

Guangguang shook his head and said angrily: "I'm afraid that Mr. will be upset, so I can bear it!" ”

Wang Ningan looked at the light that was as black and thin as a ghost, and suddenly laughed out loud, "Okay, pick up, follow me to face you!" ”

Guangguang hurriedly agreed, washed briefly, changed into official clothes, and followed Wang Ningan to the palace. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Are you getting your leg right this time?"

While waiting, Wang Ningan said lightly, Sima Guang's old face flushed, "Sir, when you meet Your Majesty, you can't help but pay attention to your manners!" ”

"Phew! You're just pretending to be pathetic! Wang Ningan said unceremoniously: "I feel hard for such a trivial matter, compared to going to the battlefield, the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out, it's far worse!" So delicate, how can I be my student? ”

"What, going to war?"

Guangguang was really frightened, "Sir, do you think I'm quitting now?" ”

"Phew! Your worthless thing! Wang Ningan said angrily: "Where did the eldest husband fall, where did he get up!" More than a thousand souls are waiting for Qu Yehe! If you don't win a battle and slaughter thousands of Xixia people to pay tribute to the souls of the dead, can you sleep peacefully in this life? Don't be afraid that they will come to you in the middle of the night! ”

Guangguang was so frightened that he shrunk his neck, he was really scared!

Doing the way of a gentleman, you have a clear conscience, you act recklessly, and suffer a fiasco, even if others do not pursue it, don't think about this hurdle in your heart, as Wang Ningan said, only by winning another battle and avenging the victims, can you pass this hurdle.

It's just a matter of exchanging food, it's so hard, if you want to learn to fight, you don't have half a life!

Guangguang pouted, full of melancholy, it was really unfortunate to have such a master......

was thinking about it, the little eunuch came to deliver the decree, and the two of them came to Zhao Zhen's palace again.

"Sit down, by the way, set up a seat for Sima Aiqing."

Sima Guang was stunned, he was not very old, his official position was not high, where did he come from to sit down and discuss with the emperor!

"Sima Aiqing, don't shirk, I know that you have worked very hard these days, but you are also very effective, I am very relieved, I want to listen carefully, how do you do it, what do you have, I am ready to implement your method in the northwest, no matter what, you must also keep the price of salt down!"

When Zhao Zhen said this, he was murderous.

If it is said that the previous opposition to the opening of green salt was only a battle of strategy, or even a conflict of interests, it can be tolerated, but it is a struggle for power to openly incite the people, obstruct the salt convoy of the imperial court, and resist the national policy! It is a provocation to the royal authority!

In the past, Zhao Zhen may have bowed his head, but now Zhao Zhen will definitely not! He wants to compete with these soil emperors in the northwest to see who is the master of the Great Song Dynasty!

Sima Guang caught a glimpse of the emperor's mind and was shocked.

He hurriedly sorted out his thoughts and told Zhao Zhen what he had done these days.

First of all, in the name of transporting military rations, he brought green salt to Qinzhou.

At the beginning, he posted a notice in Qinzhou to exchange green salt for grain, Guangguang thought that the discount was very great, and the people flocked to it, and it was completed immediately.

But after two days of posting, no one came.

Guangguang was really frightened, the teacher sent himself over, and he was shouldering the emperor's order, so he couldn't do such a trivial thing, didn't that disappoint the teacher!

remembered Wang Ningan's reminder to open his legs and really contact the people.

In desperation, Guangguang had no choice but to make a private visit to Weifu, and it was really difficult to really sit with those ordinary people, ask them what they thought, and take the first step.

Imagine that Guangguang classmate, the son was born, and the friends he made were all dignitaries and dignitaries, and he wanted to communicate with a group of mud legs who wore torn jackets that could not distinguish colors, were full of yellow teeth, and did not take a bath for a year, it was really difficult for him!

But if you don't do it, you can't do it!

Guangguang doesn't know how to open his mouth, that tangled, needless to say.

The hard work paid off, and after really getting in touch with the people, just the light understood their thoughts.

Before the Great Song Dynasty, salt was monopolized by the imperial court, and later the tax package system was adopted one after another, and it was handed over to merchants to be responsible for transportation and sales...... But in the eyes of many people, it is the government that sells salt! These salt merchants are also happy to pull the banner as a tiger skin to scare the common people.

Taking Qinzhou as an example, the price of salt is generally 30 wen a catty, which is equivalent to grain, which is about five catties.

A person eats 10 catties of salt a year, and a family of five is 50 catties, which is equivalent to 250 catties of grain.

The land in the northwest is barren, and at the end of the year, one acre of land can not receive 100 catties of grain.

In other words, just eating salt will consume two and a half acres of harvest!

The ordinary people in the northwest rarely have more than 50 acres of land, and most of the people only have more than 10 acres or 20 acres, and eating salt alone consumes 10% of the annual income!

If you deduct the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and deduct the rations, the common people will have good weather all year round, and they will be able to have money to eat salt, and when they can eat dumplings with oil stars during the New Year, they will already be Amitabha.

The difficulties of people's livelihood can be seen!

It's so difficult for the people, there is cheap green salt, why not change it?

It turned out that someone had warned them a long time ago, saying that this exchange of grain for salt was a scam at all, and whoever changed the salt would go to Luoyang to repair the palace and go to Linzhou to fight the Western Xia people.

A blind old man smiled bitterly and told Guangguang, "The court is so calculating, when did the common people take advantage?" Who is bold enough to take advantage of the imperial court, and do you want to live? ”

The light is tears streaming down the face, looking at it above and looking at it below, it's really different!

In the capital, in the officialdom, it is said that the Son of Heaven is benevolent, the prince is capable, the Great Song Dynasty is prosperous, and all the people are happy...... Although Guangguang doesn't believe in these braggarts, it's true that there are two or three points, right?

But when you look at it locally, it's nonsense!

If this is also a prosperous era, I am afraid that except for the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, all of them are prosperous!

It can be seen that the people's distrust of the imperial court is deep-rooted.

Guangguang thought about it for a long time, and decided to live in a farmer's house, work in the fields with them, eat brown rice porridge together, and take advantage of the rest to tell the people about his identity and intentions, and also told the rules of salt exchange.

In this way, the first batch of people finally chose to believe in the light.

They carried bags of noodles and arrived in Qinzhou, two catties of grain for one catty of fine green salt!

Guangguang also instructed the soldiers to give more to the people!

After receiving the green salt, countless people believed it, knelt on the ground excitedly, and shouted Lord Qingtian, like crazy! Guangguang is a little ashamed, how can he be virtuous, he just did a little thing, and it can be seen from here how low the people's requirements for the court are, they are simply outrageous.

Guangguang told all the people to let them help spread it, so that all the people in ten miles and eight towns would come to exchange for salt, and from now on, the imperial court will definitely let everyone eat cheap salt!

……

Qinzhou was boiling, and countless people flocked to the city, and Guangguang simply set up a few salt exchange points outside the city, so that the people could run a little less wrongly.

If the people walked less, he would have to go more, going from village to village, and even from house to house, repeatedly breaking and crumbling them, telling the people and telling them to believe in the court.

Finally, thousands of people mobilized, compared to these people, the movements made by Liu Ji and them are simply not worth mentioning, not even a wave!

100,000 stone green salt, in Qinzhou alone, will be consumed.

It seems that the 300,000 stone blue salt in Western Xia is nothing, and it should indeed be opened more, ten times, a hundred times is not an exaggeration!

At this time, Guangguang really admired the master, and he was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground.

"Your Majesty, the minister brought 100,000 stone of green salt, in exchange for 230,000 stone of grain, although the price of salt in Western Xia is cheap, but the price of grain is more than twice as expensive as that of the Great Song Dynasty, that is to say, this 230,000 stone of grain is enough to compensate for the cost of buying green salt, and the court not only did not lose money, but also made a slight profit!"

"Oh?" Zhao Zhen said curiously: "Isn't it 200,000 stones?" How could there be 230,000 stones? ”

"Returning to Your Majesty, the people are grateful for the kindness of the court, and they all say that each family has dozens of catties of grain, each family is different, some are good and some are bad, and they are all together, and they are not sold at a good price. Therefore, many people have paid more food, and when it is transported, many people take the initiative to help, drive the livestock at home, carry it on their shoulders, and do not want to be paid. In this way, not only did there be no loss, but there was also an additional 30,000 stones. ”

Listening to Sima Guang's story, Zhao Zhen's eyes were red.

His Majesty the Emperor was really moved.

He remembered Wang Ning'an's report, the people of Youzhou took the initiative to help the court fight against the Liao soldiers, regardless of life and death. Some people also say that Wang Ningan deceived people and deceived the court.

Now it seems that this is not the case at all!

If you really do things well, so that the people can see real changes, there will be people who will support you!

That's what really wins people's hearts.

Wang Ningan's success can be replicated by anyone, and the key is to be willing to work hard.

It is said that the martial arts are unruly and ambitious, but Zhao Zhen went to Yanyun and fought with them, and the Hebei army was grateful for the emperor's kindness and swore allegiance.

It is said that the people in the northwest are fierce and the people are everywhere, but Sima Guang is willing to endure hard work and do things beautifully.

There is nothing difficult in the world, only people who refuse to do things!

When the emperor became lazy, he did not dare to reuse the generals, so he could only trust the ministers, and the ministers were also lazy and did not want to deal with the people, so they handed over the place to the gentry.

The gentry were not qualified to be lazy, so they hollowed out their minds, exploited the people, and squeezed oil and water.

If you come out to mix, you will always have to pay it back, and in the end it will be counted on the head of the court and the emperor, and it is reasonable that the people do not trust the court......

Zhao Zhen was very moved, "Sima Aiqing, you did a good job!" Honest and hardworking, it can be called an example for officials in the world! Immediately send a decree to commend all officials, take Aiqing as an example, and be loyal to the monarch and serve the country. I will appoint you as the transshipment envoy of Qin Feng Road now, and within a month, I will completely implement the strategy of exchanging salt for grain, and at the same time reopen the field and open the entry of green salt in Western Xia, regardless of the quota, so as to benefit the country and the people! ”

I also wanted Sima Guangxiu to live up and accumulate qualifications, but this time he jumped to the transfer envoy and became a member of the party, Guangguang, did a good job!