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Early the next morning, Chen Yuan got up from the bed and looked very good, and walked out of the Pony Mansion with a smile on his face, Han Qi's carriage was already waiting there. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Shopkeeper, where are you going this morning?"

Chen Yuan shook his arm: "Go to the court first, after I go in, you go and inform all the people in those chambers of commerce, and I will meet with them in the afternoon." ”

Han Qi nodded, and immediately galloped all the way to the palace.

Renzong gave Chen Yuan a three-day holiday, and it stands to reason that Chen Yuan doesn't have to go to court for these three days. But Master Ma really has something to do, he has a lot of things to do, and all of them have to convince Renzong.

Now Renzong is very good to Chen Yuan, this is not to say that Chen Yuan likes Renzong, but because Chen Yuan can help Renzong complete some of the things he wants to do, because Chen Yuan can help him solve the problem of the party.

As a courtier, the most important thing is to know what the emperor wants to do. Renzong's ideal is smaller, just like a common man, he no longer wants to be bullied by others. Speaking bigger, he wants to be an emperor through the ages, an emperor who is admired by future generations more than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which is also the wish of every emperor.

And Chen Yuan must focus on this theme to convince Renzong, the reform of the military system is to make Renzong the first emperor of the ages, and the heavy agricultural sang is also to make him the first emperor of the ages, and the same is true for opening a bank, and even letting go of Wang Lun's surname must find an excuse for the ideals of Renzong.

In a feudal dynasty, you have to listen to the emperor. Chen Yuan didn't have the strength to do whatever he wanted, and he never thought about doing it himself. He knew that if he was an emperor, he would definitely be a faint king.

Because he will inevitably elect beauties across the country, and he will change the morning court to the afternoon court. It's just right to sleep in the morning.

Even if Renzong's surname is a little flawed, but at least he is still a diligent emperor, from he to the present, there are recorded materials that show that he has been an emperor for decades, and only a few times because of his poor health did not go to court.

After Chen Yuan arrived at the palace today, the early dynasty had dispersed, and Renzong met him in the study.

"Shimei, you are not here in the court today, you don't know what the quarrel is like, then Sima Guang and Ouyang Xiu are the most powerful, in my opinion, they are even louder than those vendors in the vegetable market." Renzong smiled bitterly on his face, and there was a hesitation in his tone.

Chen Yuan knew that hesitation was his father-in-law's surname. He must have felt that what both sides said made sense again.

He immediately asked, "Hooray, are they arguing about the redundant question?" ”

Renzong's hand pointed at Chen Yuan: "Then is there anything wrong?" You still provoked this problem, do you also think that redundant officials can be eliminated now? In my opinion, what Sima Guang said makes sense. ”

Chen Yuan said: "Long live the minister's return, the minister thinks that the implementation of the new policy must not be achieved overnight as Lord Fan said, especially this redundant official problem, we must be cautious." There are many officials who have nothing to do, but that doesn't mean they don't have talent. In addition, most of these officials have access to the secrets of our Great Song Dynasty, and once they are dissatisfied and flee to Liao, it will be very disadvantageous to us. ”

Renzong glared at him, "What the hell do you think?" Yesterday, you picked out the problem, why are you talking to that Sima Guang again now? ”

Chen Yuan hurriedly clenched his fists: "Long live, Weichen thinks that this matter can let those adults quarrel, maybe the quarrel will end again." What we need to do now is to cut the redundant personnel in the army, so that the effect of strengthening our army will be more significant. ”

Now that the Great Song Dynasty's strategy of strengthening the army has been fully launched, there is also resistance in the middle, and those soldiers can still say, you can also pay salaries, give them fields and let them farm without collecting their rent, and they are willing to go. For them, being a soldier is to have something to eat, and this food is given to them, and they can eat it the same way.

But those generals are different, everyone doesn't want to lose their jobs, and in the handling of this problem, Renzong is much more domineering, because the status of those generals is far less than that of scholars, and scholars can shout in the hall as soon as possible, but the generals have nothing to do.

Fortunately, Renzong did not do too much, and the few with high positions were promoted to the military department, and in the future, they were specifically responsible for studying military intelligence, such as Song Guang and Ren Fu. The mid-level generals chose qualified ones to be incorporated into the new army as grassroots generals, like Na Xu Huaide. As for the commanders who were originally at the bottom, they were infiltrated into the local units and were responsible for the formation and training of second-line combat units.

The number of front-line troops has also expanded from 100,000 to 300,000, and this number is necessary. Although the Song Dynasty ended the war with Li Yuanhao, the new war of the party soon needed the intervention of the Song army, and the border passes of the Liao State must also be guarded, and there must be enough strength to deter the internal Song Dynasty.

300,000 was a necessary number, of which Di Qing commanded 50,000 as the troops that were about to be put into the party. Mu Guiying had 150,000 under his command, guarding the three passes to deter the Liao State. The remaining 100,000 people were in the vicinity of Jingshi, and Renzong personally appointed generals to be responsible for guarding the safety of Jingshi.

But the army is not something that you can fight after you have set it up, training, equipment, and running-in have not started, and those troops that are ready to be reduced to the second line have not moved.

These troops are still staying in their barracks and eating imperial food, but people's hearts have begun to fluctuate, and if it drags on at this time, it will make the soldiers feel panicked. He was not afraid of the knife on his body, and he was afraid of facing the knife all day long and didn't know when he was going to cut it down.

If it drags on for a long time, it will lead to discouragement.

After hearing what Chen Yuan said, Renzong nodded: "Well, according to Fan Zhongyan's method, each person has five acres of land to ensure their food and drink, and the imperial court will issue a small amount of subsidies, because it should be solved." But where do we get millions of acres of fertile land out of now? ”

Chen Yuan said: "Long live, the war in Western Xinjiang has vacated a lot of fertile land, and we have also included all the places east of Yaode City into our land in the party. ”

Renzong suddenly understood what Chen Yuan meant, as soon as this policy was issued, although it was aimed at Western Xinjiang, the article of "thick agricultural mulberry" in the law change was implemented and implemented in Western Xinjiang. As long as the western Xinjiang does well, other places will naturally follow suit after the harvest comes.

The magistrates will also make themselves implement the policy of Western Xinjiang here, because an extra three or five buckets per mu of land is enough to ensure that the people in their jurisdiction have enough food and clothing, and this is their political achievement.

When the benefits are in front of them, they must be implemented locally, and those who obstruct the new policy in the court have nothing to say.

Renzong looked at Chen Yuan, and he didn't understand until now why Chen Yuan was arguing about the redundant problem that attracted the attention of others. Renzong's finger tapped Chen Yuan twice: "Hehe, Pang Ji said that you are deep in the true biography of Lu Yijian, and sure enough." Say, have you even thought of the right person in Western Xinjiang? ”

Chen Yuan hurriedly knelt down: "Wechen doesn't dare, Wechen just has a suitable candidate in his heart who wants to recommend it to Banzai, and please make a decision." ”

Renzong said: "Who? ”

Chen Yuan didn't get up, but looked up at him, and found that there was no displeasure on Renzong's face, so he said: "The minister thinks that in the past, Li Shibin's supervisor Xia Sui had been in Western Xinjiang for many years, and he was shrewd and capable, and he should be the first person to preside over the affairs of Western Xinjiang. ”

After hearing this, Renzong nodded: "Xia Sui? I know that this person has been in the Western Frontier for many years, and he is still loyal, so let him come to see me tomorrow afternoon, I have my own measure. ”

Chen Yuan is inconvenient to say anything, Renzong needs to use Xia Sui This question Chen Yuan can't make the decision for him, the emperor, he is just a courtier, and his identity must be corrected, so that he can sit in the position of this courtier for a longer time.

Before the matter was finished, Chen Yuan still had questions to ask Renzong: "Long live, Weichen dares to ask, how is the situation of Lord Bao's interrogation of Wang Lun?" ”

This question made Renzong's face change: "Hmph, Wang Lun is very happy, and he confessed all without torture." I never thought that I saw him as my own family, and let him look at the southwest border for me, and he would actually rebel! ”

Chen Yuan knew that Renzong must have believed that the king of Xiangyang was going to seek the usurpation of the throne, and there must be Bao Zheng's credit in this, in fact, Bao Zheng has been collecting evidence from the king of Xiangyang, but now that Wang Lun said it himself, it is more effective than any evidence, and if you want to come to Zhanzhao and others, you don't need to gather those chivalrous warriors to break into what evidence to collect.

Renzong said fiercely: "I still can't believe that he will betray!" This morning, I have already issued a holy decree and summoned him to Bianjing to face the saint. If he comes, let him confront Wang Lun face to face. If he doesn't come, my heart will be clear. ”

This is indeed a good way, if the king of Xiangyang really wants to rebel, after hearing that Wang Lun was captured alive, he will not dare to come if you lend him ten guts.

Chen Yuan didn't care about the affairs of King Xiangyang, he knew from the Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness that this guy was also a bull, and the most awesome one was that he hurt Bai Yutang and Zhanzhao in the face, which was really powerful! Such a powerful character, leave it to Bao Zheng to deal with, the horse master is timid, and he has to provoke such a cow. He only cares about Wang Lun's affairs.

Renzong said that he wanted to keep Wang Lun and confront the Xiangyang Wang Hall, which means that he will not give Wang Lunming a canonical punishment right now, and he can wait a little longer, and then persuade Renzong when the time is right.

Go back to Dali Temple to see first, where is the situation familiar to you, whether it is the prisoners in Dali Temple Prison, or the cell head, or Bao Zheng and others, Chen Yuan is familiar with it, not to mention bending the law for personal gain, it is still okay to say hello and make Wang Lun more comfortable.

Also, I should go to Yangzhou and bring Wang Lun's wife and children. First of all, it is best to do their brotherly affection and let them meet each other, and secondly, Renzong is soft-hearted, and he uses some more touching scenes to impress him, which is much stronger than saying 10,000 words that Wang Lun should not die. Chen Yuan will not personally intercede for Wang Lun's rebellion in front of Renzong until he has no choice but to do so.

When he came out of the palace, he went to Dali Temple, and did two things in Dali Temple, the first was to ask Zhanzhao and others to take care of Wang Lun, don't beat him, don't starve him. The second is to tell Bao Zheng that Bai Yutang is going to follow him to mix, and he will not come back to Kaifeng Mansion.

Bao Zheng didn't say anything, in Bao Zheng's opinion, as long as Bai Yutang didn't go to the rivers and lakes again, there was actually no difference between being a soldier or a guard. However, Yan Chasan has some opinions, after all, Bai Yutang is the one he trusts the most, just like Bao Zheng trusts Zhanzhao.

Then I went to the Renyi Chamber of Commerce, this chamber of commerce is located on the most lively street in Bianjing, the tall three-story wooden building looks very magnificent, but from the time he built it to the present, it was opened on the first day, and the rest of the time was all closed.

Today is different, there is a vote of people there waiting for Chen Yuan today, waiting for Chen Yuan to go and share the silver with them. When Chen Yuan stepped into the door of the Chamber of Commerce, he found that the layout was also quite luxurious. Traders are like this, although they have no status in the Song Dynasty, but because they have no status, they are very afraid that others will ignore them, and they like to be in the limelight in everything.

It is much better to provoke others to scold them twice than to ignore them. In this regard, Chen Yuan adheres to the tradition of businessmen in the officialdom and likes to pull the wind.

(To be continued)