Zheng Lang stayed in Pingjiang for three days, inspecting, and further supplementing and refining the various strategies previously formulated. Continue to lead the army south, never from Yuezhou, although Yuezhou has Yueyang Tower, but today, Zheng Lang is not as good as at the beginning, seeing Liu Sanbian shouting in his heart.

Dealing with these fierce people every day, peeling off their glossy article coats, in fact, most people are the same thing. Including Yueyang Tower, at that time, the country's financial policy was difficult, and the people wanted money everywhere to do good governance, Ouyang Xiu was so self-conscious, he only built a small pavilion, as for building a luxurious building? With this alone, Teng Zongliang's status in Zheng Lang's heart has declined infinitely!

Continue south and head straight to Liuyang. This is the second part of the project.

This is partly because the Song Dynasty court can control strongly, and all construction is also underway, but the project is difficult, and the plan is to be completed by the end of next year at the earliest, and it may not be until the spring of the following year. There are two reasons, not only is the construction difficult, the population density in this area is far less than the former, the only convenience, some mountainous areas are not so serious farming production, if the imperial court gives some appropriate subsidies, except for the hot summer, autumn and late spring can continue construction.

Moreover, once these two parts of the road are opened, they will immediately benefit, so that the developed Jinghu South Road Northeast and Jiangnan West Road are more closely linked to the economy, and stimulate the development of commerce and the flow of materials in the two parts of the region. However, Zheng Lang was still not very relieved, and personally rode to the mountains to inspect it.

When some bad things were discovered, a small number of officials deducted the wages of the people's husbands, or increased the amount of labor of the people's husbands in disguise, reduced their food, and used the expenses they saved to enrich their own pockets. A group of officials were dealt with on the spot, and even a very few serious petty officials were really sent to Murder Island. The rest is handed over to Li Suzhi, no matter who presides over it, problems will continue to occur, but it will not be worse than Li Suzhi presiding over it. It's just that there is a little less deterrence, there will be problems, it is inevitable, but it will not be too serious.

Zheng Lang stayed here longer. It took a total of five days to march to Hengzhou one after another.

The remaining two plans are divided into two parts, actually surrounding the axis of Hengzhou, one part in the south and one in the east, and then using the rich hydraulic resources of Xiangshui and Leishui to rotate and connect, so that most of the southeast and east areas of Daozhou, Yongzhou and Shaozhou are linked to Jiangnan West Road. Therefore, in the future, Li Suzhi, Fan Chunyou, and Zhang Qi will stay in Hengzhou for remote command.

For the time being, it is still partial construction.

Helpless. Many roads had to pass through barbarian settlements, especially in the fourth section, where almost a quarter of the roads passed through areas controlled by the barbarians. Before the Battle of Kunlun Pass started and Nong Zhigao was pacified, Zheng Lang didn't want to be too distracted, although Zhang Qi was in this town.

The army slowly marched south.

Heading south from Liuyang, what I saw was completely different from what I had seen before.

First of all, there are boats, and the river is still dense to the south. This is an important reason why Zheng Lang is interested in Jinghu South Road, where there is water, there are irrigation resources, and crops can be planted. There is also traffic. The south is different from the north in that it has developed water resources and will not be affected by water and soil for the time being. If there is an impact, it will be handed over to future generations in a few hundred or thousands of years, and there will be no great harm in the next few hundred years.

There are also boats on the river, but the boats are different from the boats that Zheng Lang saw in Jiangdong and the Central Plains, because the rivers mostly pass through the mountains, and some rivers are small rivers, with many beaches and reefs. Therefore, it is not like the ships that Zheng Lang saw before, which used oars and sails as power, but appeared more than another tool, penny. So the name is also different, in addition to the owner of the ship, the captain is called Zhaotou. The helmsman relies on the compass to steer the ship at sea, so he is called the boatman, and in other places it is called the helmsman or helmsman, while in the southwest, the beckoner is called the three elders, and the helmsman is called the pennyman, or Changnian. The second is the sailor, the southwest current is treacherous, the role of the master is incomparable, the sailor is very hard, often upstream, they are incarnated as a slender man, when they are struggling, they can lie on the ground and pull the boat forward, if they are not pulled away, the current pushes the boat back, it is dangerous, can immediately overturn the boat, the sailor and the slender man pull from the shore into the steep current to drown. …,

It looks very beautiful, the green mountains are green, the sailors and the slender man shout the trumpet, at the end of the year, before the five mountains, you can't feel the warm weather in the south, but it's better than the Central Plains, the three elders and the penny masters, the sailors are all wearing coarse linen clothes, all kinds of ships are antique, full of poetry and picturesqueness.

In fact, sitting on the boat and going upriver along the Hunan River, Zheng Lang said: "I used to see that Kolai Gong wrote a poem when he was the commander of Badong, the water country is submerged in the empty years, and the clouds in the east of Yunshan are thousands of obstacles. If you want to make the spring sorrow of the night, you must rely on the strong yellow wine. Nanpu has a tide gate lock, and the west window has no sleep timid rock clock. Who's house has a little bit of Shetian fire, and it is suspected that the remnant star is hanging on the far peak. When I read the last two sentences, I only felt that the antelope hung its horns, and the artistic conception was extremely beautiful. When I came here, I realized the bitterness behind these two sentences. ”

Saying that, he looked at the west bank of Xiangshui.

The last two sentences of Kou Zhun are to describe the phenomenon of slash-and-burn farming in the Kuixia area, the local people do not know how to farm, and they do not know how to use oxen and ploughs, so they adopt a very cumbersome farming method, use a large she's knife to chop down the firewood thorns and burn the ashes, this is the first step, it is best to rain after burning, and the ashes will be soaked into the soil, if it does not rain for a few days, the wind blows, and the ashes are blown away, which is equivalent to white labor. This is a knife, not a chainsaw, how much effort is used to cut it, and how many hands are sharpened into blood blisters. Then they planted beans and millet and harvested them from the sky. God's posture, there can still be a slight harvest, if the drought and flood are uncertain, it is a waste of work. Even if there is a harvest, it is not easy, the local people do not know how to hoe the weeds, the crops grow together with the thorns, and they look for crops in the weeds and thorns to continue harvesting. After three or four years, the land is barren, and another place is moved. It's not that the ground is barren, but that there are no miscellaneous bushes for them to cut down and get ashes. Therefore, Kou Zhun looked into the distance, and where his eyes were extremely visible, he only saw a few points of She Tian Fire, which were sparsely lit on the various remnant peaks like remnant stars.

This form of slash-and-burn cultivation is not only in Kuixia, but also in the west from Xiangshui, Liangguang, and most of the four roads in Kuixia.

Zheng Lang sighed after speaking, and said: "I read the newspapers in various places in the Chinese book, and some officials in Kuixia played the imperial court to hire boatmen to cross the Three Gorges, and the top workers gave money four times, and Huo'er (sailors) gave money twice, but the local penny master and Huo'er were forced to rob them because of life, and there were many disputes and conflicts, so some officials asked Zhongshu whether they wanted to deduct their salaries. I replied with a reply, the boat crossed the Three Gorges, went down the river for three days, dismantled the river for 12 days, and went back and forth for 15 days, and the boat passed through the Three Gorges. It is equivalent to selling your life every day, and the money for fifteen days is only worth two times, and you can't bear to deduct it! ”

It's too bitter to see the lives of the people in some backward areas on the other side. When Zheng Lang said this, there were tears in his eyes.

Especially looking at some people dressed in rags, even strips of cloth, walking on various rugged mountain roads, knowing that it would be very hard, but Zheng Lang still felt shocked.

There were only two words, and the accompanying officials had solemn faces.

Sima Guang's mouth moved.

"Junshi. What are you going to say? ”

"Zheng Xianggong, I suddenly understood one thing."

"What?"

"I used to think about what Xiang Gong said and did," Sima Guang said respectfully, and it was not surprising that although Zheng Lang was two years older than him, Zheng Lang was actually his veritable teacher, Sima Guang thought about Zheng Lang's words and deeds were normal, and Sima Guang said: "Before. I have always felt that Xianggong is too utilitarian, and until today, I know that what Xianggong does is not what the word utilitarian describes. Utilitarianism is utilitarian for the people of the world, although utilitarian, it is actually the great prince of the world. ”

"Junshi, you're right or not. I told Brother Xiwen one thing before, the world is not black and white, in addition to black and white, there are also red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, but if you use red, yellow and blue, most of them are black or dark black, if all seven colors are complete. It can be close to white. Why? We can't do things one-sidedly, we must consider them comprehensively. For example, in the world, I wrote self-deprecatingly in the book that the world is the world of the elite, when will it become the world of the people of the world, Hugh said that my dynasty, a thousand years. After 10,000 years of human progress, it is still impossible for the world to become the world of the people, and the world will continue to be controlled by the elite group. Even His Majesty is constrained by the elite group, so when doing things, it is necessary to take into account the ideas and interests of these powerful people. However, we must not ignore the people of the world, the poor people are the cornerstone of the world, we must theoretically give a kind of equality to the people of the world, give the poor people hope and opportunities, reduce the intensification of contradictions, and the world can be stable. To govern the world, we must learn to be flexible when we act, and we must not go on a rampage. If you work around, you will use a variety of different wrists. As a result, it seems that I like the result, do not pay attention to the process, and appear to be utilitarian. But I am favored by the emperor, many people are looking forward to it, many things have not been done, or retreated, seeing these people, I have been the minister of power of the two governments for four and a half years, but I have not made any changes in them, and it is too late to be ashamed in my heart, so dare I be called the word Grand Duke? Moty, Moti. "He didn't say a word, I still came with a golden finger! …,

Speaking of emotion, Zheng Lang shouted twice at the green hills on both sides of the strait.

These two long howls invisibly made the accompanying officials feel ideological purification.

Sima Guang then wrote a record of what he saw and heard in the southwest, published in the newspaper, recording what he saw and heard, as well as Zheng Lang's various practices and speeches, the article was a bit long, and Sima Guang made a comment on Zheng Lang's words.

Zheng Lang still has not received the duke, but the world, including Zhao Zhen and some of Zheng Lang's political enemies, has actually regarded Zheng Lang as a duke. This sentence means that Zheng Lang has the country and the people in his chest, and he is fully devoted, and even he doesn't know it.

It's a bit of a compliment, but Zheng Lang has been on the rise since he was a teenager, and he has no worries about food and clothing, and his pursuit of himself has indeed gradually begun to rise to another higher level.

Arriving in Hengzhou, compared with the first two plans, the latter two plans were more complicated, but under the influence of Zheng Lang and many officials, they began to get busy seriously. It is not only Li Suzhi and Fan Chunyou who are responsible for building the road, but also more than 20 officials and scribes related to Jinghu South Road.

But after arriving in Hengzhou, another ugly phenomenon was exposed.

Since Hengzhou, the imperial court's control ability is weak, and most of the areas to the south and west are managed by cattle, and most of the areas are only managed by blocks and areas, and the management of the imperial court is lax, so some officials take the opportunity to do all kinds of illegal things. Zheng Lang has been quite prestigious in recent years, and there are some cases and disputes that have been handled unfairly. Hearing that Zheng Lang was coming, many people came to complain.

Although Zheng Lang took the two routes to appease and recruit the envoys, it was only to facilitate the arrangement of the road repair plan, and he did not really manage the affairs of the two roads immediately. It won't stop for long, Liangguang is Zheng Lang's first task. However, when the people came, Zheng Lang had to distract himself from his thoughts.

In this way, the stay is longer.

I received two reports from the imperial court, and the first newspaper was Qianzhou Salt.

After Pang Ji received Zheng Lang's report, he hesitated for a long time, although Zheng Lang proposed, Zheng Lang obviously would not ask about this matter, and asking by himself would inevitably cause more controversy.

In addition, the southern part of the country overhauled the city wall, asked for money, built roads, asked for money, military expenses, and money, Pang Ji felt more and more sad. If you really use these money and materials, maybe it will be a little better. But this is impossible, some unnecessary waste, as well as greed for ink, if not careful, will cause more money to be wasted. I still have to ask, and the bigger the shot, the stricter the questioning. I'm half tired and don't want to get into trouble anymore.

However, Zheng Lang of Qianzhou Salt Affairs put it forward, it seems to be a good policy from the bright side, if there is a problem, whether to calm the rebellion of the private salt elements and barbarians on the salt road, I believe that Zheng Lang has the ability to do a good job, he has no reason to refuse, can he say that he is afraid of trouble? So why did you dare to be prime minister?

In the end, he came up with an idea to let Cai Xiang serve as the transfer envoy of Jiangnan West Road and preside over the reform of salt affairs in Qianzhou, which is a very interesting order. With Cai Xiang's qualifications, it is more than enough to hold this position, but why Cai Xiang?

Personal relationship!

Sima Guang said that the Grand Duke, for Pang Ji, don't say anything public or unfair, personal relations are equally important. Once he presides over the reform of the salt administration in Qianzhou, there will be a lot of trouble, even several times more trouble than Shaanxi's salt relief, but Zheng Lang is in the nearby Liangguang, will he care? The problem was shifted to Zheng Lang and Cai Xiang, and with political achievements, it was Pang Ji and Cai Xiang.

Zheng Lang was almost happy after receiving the Di report, this is a conspiracy, and Zheng Lang does not reject this.

Another newspaper made Zheng Lang full of emotion.

Affected by the rebellion of Lingnan Nong Zhigao, rumors also arose in the capital, saying that Li Shun was not dead, and when the incident restarted next year, Shu would also change greatly, and rumors were everywhere. Therefore, Zheng Lang attached great importance to the uprising of Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun, because Wang and Li had no good reason, but after the uprising, they put forward the slogan of equal wealth and poverty for the first time, which made the nature of the uprising completely different, far better than Huangchao Fangla and others, and also better than Nong Zhigao and others. Therefore, after the two were extinguished, the Song Dynasty was particularly cautious about the governance of Shu and sent many good officials to go, but the Shu people missed these two people. …,

The background of this rumor was generated by the influence of Nong Zhigao, and a small Nong Zhigao was not extinguished, and a prime minister and a privy deputy envoy of the country were used to suppress it, not to mention Li Shun.

Zhao Zhen said to Pang Ji: "I choose the ministers of the important task to pacify the southwest, which is not as good as Cheng Ji." But Cheng Huan's exploits should be placed in the second mansion, I am afraid that he will misunderstand ......"

Cheng Jian is also one of Zhao Zhen's few good officials, and he is an all-rounder, whether it is governing the people, investigating cases or the military, he is very comprehensive, more like Bao Qingtian than Bao Qingtian, only in terms of the ability of officials to govern, it is actually possible to be above Bao Zheng. Zheng Lang is the prime minister, and he is very important to this person, it turns out that Zhao Zhen is ready to transfer him to the two prefectures, but he is afraid that something will happen in Sichuan again, so he thinks about it and continues to use Cheng Zhen.

Pang Ji replied: "Your Majesty, the minister is related to Cheng Ji, if Your Majesty uses Cheng Ji to tell him in person, the minister does not dare to speak to Cheng Ji in private." ”

Zhao Zhenguo summoned Cheng Hu and told him about the situation, and Cheng Hu replied: "The minister is thin and has no reputation, and he was appointed by His Majesty, and he dared to be favored before acting." ”

So Cheng Jian was the bachelor of Duanming Palace, and he knew Yizhou.

There is no problem with this appointment decision, after Cheng Huan arrived, Shu Dazhi, among the previous bigwigs in Sichuan in the Song Dynasty, Cheng Hu left a heavy touch. However, after Zheng Lang saw this newspaper, he finally tasted it. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )