Zheng Lang actually thought about these two people for a long time.

In the end, he let it go, one is that he is different from Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi changed to the end, almost became a lonely person, and his enemies gradually increased, but the problem is not big, such as the reporting system, can be released and collected, once collected, the complaints gradually subsided, and then released a few good ones, at least not to end up alone.

He started from a different starting point from Wang Anshi, and it can be said that he is a real veteran of the Three Dynasties, one of the only few fathers in the court, although he is not very old.

He has precautions, don't talk about Tang Deng, it's Wen Yanbo, if he wants, he can get him down at any time.

Northwest continues.

When the Western Xia army returned, Dong Yu was not stupid, he got a lot of benefits, and returned to Hehuang with the slow withdrawal of troops. To some extent, Dong Yu played some role, and the Liang clan had to send a large number of troops in Ganliang, so far, it was impossible for Western Xia to dispatch 300,000 troops for the time being.

But she is still unwilling, Suizhou is under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou, so Yanzhou has three major points, the first is Jinmingzhai, which is the gateway of Yanzhou City. There is also the Heishui Village in the north of Yanzhou and the west of Suizhou, which is an important wall of the tribes under the tent of Weiming Mountain, once the Heishui Village is broken, more than 10,000 surrendered Qiang households distributed in the Dali River area are all exposed to the attack of the Xixia people. Then there is the northeast of Yanzhou, the southwest of Suizhou Huaining Village, Huaining Village is not only the outer wall of Suizhou, there is also a road leading to Hengshan, all leading to Hengshan among the roads, this path is the most fastest. Liang Yi buried in Huaining Village sixty miles away to build a fine floating map village, and sent heavy troops to defend it. Seeing the withdrawal of the Tibetan troops, he ordered 30,000 cavalry to invade Huaining City. When the attack could not be overcome for several days and morale was low, Jia Yi and the general Yan Da led 500 cavalry to jump on horseback and fight, and they were invincible, and the Xia soldiers could not be defeated. So he was depressed. This is five hundred Song horses. If 51,000 Song horses come, how about it? Hastily withdrew to the fine floating map village.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty received a steady stream of invading military reports, and everyone could only sigh that the Liang family was crazy.

In October, the Liang clan sent an envoy to He Zheng. Guo Kui did not let him enter the country, and asked Zhao Ji, who said angrily that he had repeatedly violated Shun. Don't dare to take it.

I'm not a fool, I can fight if I want, and I can make peace when I want. That's that easy.

Zheng Lang then asked Zhao Ji to write a strategy about the prisoner exchange. Many radicals thought that the imperial court was too weak, and in order to make peace, they exchanged strong prisoners of war for useless Qiang people. As for the role of the future, it is difficult for anyone to think of it, everyone thinks that Zheng Lang is a peacemaker in the court, but this is also Gou Peace!

Centrists are often like this, and it's easy to be two-pleasing if you don't get it right.

But centrists also have centrist benefits. It's hard to reconcile, but it's easy to be a restaurant. Don't ask me what kind of flavor I make, I like to make spicy, I like to make sweet, just for sweet diners, as long as you catch these flavors, business will flourish, but this is a country, everyone has their own ideas, and you can't avoid the past. If the five flavors only satisfy the people who like spicy food, what about the other four flavors? Do you have what it takes to avoid them?

But this dish must be made, it can only be done, except for a few people who will agree, most people have two results, one is strong opposition, which is a very bad consequence. The second is that I feel so-so, tasteless and tasteless, but I can eat it, in fact, this is considered a success.

For the time being, under the propaganda of the imperial court, the whole country was angry, and the peace-seeking faction did not dare to speak, and the voice of seeking war prevailed, so most people thought that Zheng Lang had done something wrong. At this time, Zhao Ji's article was published in the newspaper, the people of the Central Plains are my people, and the people on the border are also my people, and what I see is not the Han people, barbarians, Qiang people, and Tibetan people, but all I see is that they are all my people's children. The border between the Xia and Song dynasties was long, and it was impossible to make the people on the border not suffer any harm. If you are hurt, you have to find a way to save it. It is not a question of cost or not.

In this way, there is no problem, if your children are in the hands of the other party, even if you catch ten captives of the other party, as long as the children can be exchanged safely, the parents will also be exchanged.

Then he said, besides, since Shaanxi was invaded by the Xia people, how many military service and forced labor have the people on the border, the people are not able to make a living, all industries are withered, and the court has been ashamed, and there is a chance to exchange the captured people back, why not change?

This article was published in a daily newspaper.

It also spread to the northwest, and Zheng Lang said in a private conversation between the monarch and the ministers, just with this article, it should be worth 100,000 elite soldiers.

Whether there are 100,000 soldiers or not, it is not easy to say, but after it was spread to the northwest, many Tibetan and Qiang people looked to the east and bowed down.

Even those who don't understand know the positive significance of this move.

Sima Guang found Zheng Lang and said, "Gong Zheng, you can tolerate all ethnic groups, why can't you tolerate ninth-class households?" ”

This ninth-class household actually refers to a first-class household.

Zheng Lang shook his head: "Junshi, I have tolerated it." ”

With a thousand years of experience, even though Sima Guang is good, he may be faintly better than Zheng Lang in terms of power and strategy, but he is too far behind Zheng Lang in the economic field. Zheng Lang's general idea is to help the households below the fifth class, so that they have a vitality, with vitality, there is the possibility of moving forward, the imperial court to support it, get through the difficulties, work hard, maybe two or three years later, it can also develop into a fourth- or fifth-class household, can become a fourth- or fifth-class household, a little more flexible brain, maybe in a few years, you can become a second- or third-class household.

Support second, third and fourth class households, the first is the real taxpayer group of the state, and the second is that they are more numerous, and they are also the group of commodity purchasers. Without buying, where comes economic development? By export? In the Song Dynasty, it was a big joke, which of these surrounding countries could support the economy of the Song Dynasty? For example, if it weren't for their gold and silver, as well as improving the environment, and buying timber on a large scale, the two countries would always be in deficit, and the greater the trade, the greater the damage to the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, from the heart, Zheng Lang rejects the infinite greed and annexation of first-class households. It's just that he is forced to be humble again and again in order to maximize his benefits.

"Zheng Gong, although you have made a humble concession in the reporting system, but the following disputes are still continuing, not only the people's aspirations, but also the aspirations of the scholars, Zheng Gong, there is a sentence I don't know whether to say or not."

"Say it."

"It's not that all scholars and doctors have a loyal and patriotic heart, they still look at power and wealth...... The commotion is great, many people's interests have been harmed, and some people will gradually defect in disregard of the overall situation of the country. Zheng Gong thought twice. ”

There is a possibility that the general minister will not understand.

Zheng Lang frowned.

The intentions are very profound.

Zheng Lang employs people. Nominally, it's right about things, not about people. In fact, some political enemies have been deliberately used to fill the court. And these political enemies are not only hindering people, but also things. It's not about the right thing, not the right person. There are two main reasons for this, which is to take the initiative to stir up dissenting opinions in the court. That is, they dare not go their own way. There are many political enemies in the court, does Zheng Lang dare to dictate power?

Zhao Zhen said before, Zheng Qing, you are too careful.

Zheng Lang really believed it at that time. Without him, Zhao Zhen's mind is very clean.

Now Gao Taotao and Zhao Ji also said, Zheng Gong, you underestimate our belly. Zheng Lang still felt that he was not down-to-earth in his heart, so he asked Zhao Ji to finally use political enemies under suspicion to make the court "mix with the opposite sex", why not take the initiative to let the court have different opinions. The same dissenting theories are mixed up, but the results are the same.

Secondly, Zheng Lang tried to bring the court struggle back to the situation before Zhenzong, and each of them was a group. Instead of hugging in two groups, to avoid the harm of partisanship. To get to this point. It is necessary to make all kinds of speeches in the court, and it seems that the effect is not bad at the moment. For example, everyone has their own ideas about reform, and even each reform idea is different. If it is well maintained, if Sima Guang and Wang Anshi do not form a serious confrontation, the harm of party strife will disappear.

This is his good intention.

Sima Guang revealed another truth.

It seems that each is fighting its own battle, but in fact, another trend is slowly developing.

He uses people by himself, dares to use anything, and even ignores people regardless of things, and deliberately stuffs political enemies into the court, but Zhao Ji is not, thinking that Wang Anshi is an ancient, Lu Huiqing is a sage, and Tang Deng is a good minister. It has an effect on reform, but it has a counterproductive effect on reducing the harm of party strife.

I use everything, but Zhao Ji and Wang Anshi have a way of excluding dissidents, the possibility of reuse by obedient reformers increases, and the possibility of reuse by opponents decreases, so some people will move closer to Wen Yanbo in disappointment. Even in order to make a comeback, a situation gradually arises in which they will oppose what they approve of, and they will approve of what they oppose. In the end, he overthrew himself and the reformist ministers and various measures to achieve the goal of returning to power.

This is also what Sima Guang has done in history.

Sober people think that Sima Guang is a psychopath, and no matter what the law, even if it is a good law that does not disturb the people, such as the warehouse law and the farmland and water conservancy law, it must be overturned. No matter what military achievements, even the forts on the front line must be returned to the enemy one by one.

However, including the former themselves, they are all negligent in the fact that if they do not do this, how can they justifiably and completely take power.

It's not a neurosis, it's a clever way to do it, but it's just as ugly.

But Sima Guang is revealing a truth, how many scholars can be loyal to the country? What is the goal of being an official, glory and wealth! If you want to be honored, if you want to be rich, if you want to be expensive, you want to be expensive! Song Zhen taught the religion, read good books can be the imperial examination, the imperial examination can be an official, after becoming an official, there will be a good field for producing thousands of bells, a house made of gold, a beautiful woman like jade, and a lot of cars and horses!

Some of them think that reform is not good for political reasons, but most of them oppose it for their own selfishness and for the sake of opposition. The more powerful and powerful people they offend, the stronger this opposition force will be, and they will eventually form a big group, and once they are strong to a certain point, not only their own status, but even the reform will eventually fail in their opposition!

Thinking of this, Zheng Lang was stunned for a while, took Sima Guang's hand and said: "Junshi, you are resourceful, with your words, you should be an important minister of the ten directions of the court." ”

Sima Guang said it, Zheng Lang would not worry about Sima Guang also entering this group.

Without Sima Guang, this opposition is equivalent to five strong Han Qi and ten scheming Wen Yanbo! He also said: "In fact, by doing so, I have also developed a desire to accumulate wealth...... So, in that case, I'll stop it completely, and it's time to stop. ”

"Zheng Gong, I also want to say a word, you had better persuade Jiefu to come forward less, he has a prominent status, and he has a close relationship with you, and his methods are tough, which is also the reason why most people are dissatisfied. No matter what Zheng Gong did, Jiefu always turned Zheng Gong's efforts into practice. ”

"Let me think about it," Mr. Zheng said.

It can't be said that Sima Guang is all right, for example, Wen Yanbo, who has been dumbfounded by Wang Anshi many times, if it weren't for Wang Anshi, the opposition would be even stronger. Sima Guang also agrees with this. As Zheng Lang said, Enwei is used together. Zheng Langshi's grace. Someone else will do it. I just think that Wang Anshi's appearance is not very good.

But who will step forward?

Zheng Lang finally thought of these two madmen.

The reason why it suddenly became strict was that the new business tax began to decline, and second, it was easy to reach a final compromise between the two parties in the future. The third is to accumulate wealth, and after the strict reporting system, only a few people know how much commercial taxes have surged. It's an unimaginable number.

However, Sima Guang's words could not be ignored, and there were Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing.

Lu Huiqing is talented, and Zeng Bu is also talented. Lu Huiqing went home to worry about Ding, and Wang Anshi raised Zeng Bu as the deputy envoy of the Third Division to replace Lu Huiqing. After Zeng Bu ascended to the throne in history, Lu Huiqing's assistant money was changed to exempt money, which is a great progress. Subsequently, he was keenly opposed to the law of change of the city. Although Zheng Lang did the work for him, Zeng Bu also performed very well when he was in Hedong. However, Zeng Bu's upper position. Let Lu Huiqing start to hold a grudge against Wang Anshi.

Once Lu Huiqing rebelled, the harm was not much lower than that of Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.

This is also the reason why Zheng Lang stopped.

But before he stopped, he took a step further. summoned Tang Kun and Deng Juan, madmen also have the usefulness of madmen! first said to Tang Kun: "You persuade Your Majesty to say that Zhao Gao's harm is not the hardness of Qin II, but the loss of softness." Let me ask you, what is the explanation of Emperor Yang of Sui? ”

Tang Kun sweated on his forehead.

Yang Guang is hard enough, in the end. You can also find some examples, such as Wang Mang.

"The rich duke said to His Majesty that the way of the king is to let the courtiers guess their thoughts, so as not to cause Li Linfu to figure out the emperor's heart and harm the country, or the officials below will do what the king likes and harass the people. Tang Taizong is like this, Renzong is like this, and it is the rule of the country. It's good, but it's too hard. ”

Tang Kun didn't dare to make a sound.

"But the simplest point, as a human king, you must master the weight, grace, and balance, which is the basic essence of the emperor's art. This is the truth that every courtier knows, why do you bewitch Your Majesty to learn Emperor Yanghu? ”

"Gong Zheng, I don't dare, Your Majesty is benevolent, but it is only slightly soft, and many ministers in the court who oppose reform are still in the center, so I will advise Your Majesty to be a little tough."

"Really? Let me ask you, has Renzong ever been tough? ”

The sweat on Tang Kun's forehead became more and more.

Zheng Lang turned to Deng Juan and said, "Deng Juan, I also ask you, the dragon gives birth to nine sons, each of them is different, each state has its own situation, each county has its own county, and each county has its own people's situation. The new law may be approved by everyone in Ningzhou, but it is difficult for you to guarantee that it will be recognized by everyone in all state capitals, that is, if all state capitals are approved, you can guarantee that all the people can agree with it? So why is there so much opposition? ”

"Ningzhou agrees."

"When everyone in Ningzhou agrees? Why did you bewitch Your Majesty to peep at the leopard in the tube, and harm the world! ”

"I, I," Deng Juan also stammered.

can deceive Zhao Ji, can deceive Wang Anshi, but don't want to deceive Zheng Lang.

The sweat on the foreheads of the two became more and more, first, they were afraid of Zheng Lang's wisdom, and second, Zheng Lang's character was recognized by the world, and his behavior must be disliked by Zheng Lang. His own intentions have already made Zheng Lang see, with Zheng Lang's status, it is too easy to shoot himself to death.

Zheng Lang continued to review the recital, and after a long time, he saw that the heat was about the same, so he handed over a large number of recitals and said, "Look at it." ”

All of them are against the whistleblowing system.

After they finished reading, Zheng Lang said again: "I'm not afraid of making mistakes, I'm afraid of making mistakes and don't repent, you have also seen it, you should know how to do it." ”

"Yes, yes," the two withdrew.

Later, the two coincidentally wrote a memo, and Deng Juan wrote a memo about the harm of annexation. The Eastern Han Dynasty perished, for a variety of reasons, relatives and eunuchs were in power was the main reason, and there was another important reason, that is, the merger of the wealthy families, which led to the misery of the Eastern Han people, so that Zhang Jiao revolted, and the Eastern Han Dynasty collapsed and perished. The Tang Dynasty also had the reasons for its demise, the Anshi Rebellion, the division of feudal towns, the disputes between friends, and the harm of eunuchs. However, there are also the harms of the merger of wealthy families, and it is the big and wealthy families who occupy countless resources and do not pay taxes, so the state has to put heavy pressure on a small number of poor people. As soon as there is a disaster, the people cannot live, and even change their children to eat, so Huangchao raises the banner and the world collapses. Nowadays, everyone is doing business together, compared with small and medium-sized businessmen, the wealthy occupy the advantage of capital and news, why do they pay the same taxes as the poor people, but they are unwilling. It's just for paying taxes. It is not to loot their property. Do you have to force the imperial court to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the end of the Tang Dynasty? They're happy.

Tang Kun started from the other side, writing about wealth, if it is poor, it will inevitably produce some greedy thoughts. But was the Song Dynasty strong and poor? Sima Guang said that Fan Jia and his ilk had 50 million dollars, that is, 50,000 yuan, which was a high asset in the world. But looking at the Song Dynasty, there were at most a million people in the capital. 100,000 people abound, Jiangning Jiankang Yang Erlang sold in the South China Sea, and even tens of millions of family assets! This is a businessman, and then look at the powerful, Chai Zongqing's family has accumulated a few houses, and uses a few big houses to put copper coins! Or that there is no power, not to mention the collusion between officials and businessmen in various state capitals, and that the tea merchant Chen Zicheng actually used money to persuade the Empress Dowager Yang to stuff his daughter Chen into the harem, and the Empress Dowager Yang promised to let Renzong stand behind. Ancient. Shinong is a businessman, and a businessman is the cheapest. So much so that the Tang Dynasty once did not allow the children of merchants to participate in the imperial examinations, but by the time of our dynasty, after the daughters of merchants almost became a country, did they not have power? A household has tens of millions of dollars, and a hundred households are billions, how much money does the country have? Why can't it be satisfied?

Zheng Lang looked at the folds and couldn't help but feel funny, he really dared to write, even the Chai family and the Empress Dowager Yang dared to bite.

But he sent back two copies of the music, which could not be written for me to see, but for the world to see.

Still don't get it?

So the two were forced by Zheng Lang to make slight changes to them and put them in the newspaper.

As soon as the two articles came out, the world was in an uproar.

It can't be said that what they say is unreasonable, the endless desire of the powerful is insatiable, and the country can only go to one path in the end, perdition!

As soon as the front is loose, the back seems to be tightening again. In fact, the front is loose, and it is not much looser, because of the fear that Haoqiang will retaliate against the whistleblower, the official can only mediate patiently, and some yaqian continue to hate Haoqiang, and even some areas because of the failure to implement the exemption law, forcing the fifth and sixth class households to serve as the yaqian, great opportunity to make a fortune and revenge, take the initiative to cooperate with the whistleblower to investigate, the whistleblower profits are generous, and some whistleblowers move to a different place after the profit, so the whistleblowing atmosphere has not subsided.

When these two articles came out, the riots in various places were even greater.

At this time, Zheng Lang issued an order in Zhongshu to notify the states with a fast horse, asking each of the more than 70 large states in the country to elect a businessman to come to Beijing at the end of the winter to negotiate the reporting system. The court is loose and tight, and one by one does not know why, but it is better to be able to meet in person, and each state is electing a senior businessman to come to the capital. In some places, the distance was far away, and I had to ride a horse to the capital.

The whole country was in turmoil, and Zheng Lang was afraid that the turmoil would not be enough, so he asked Li Ding, a student of Zhang Dan, Zeng Bu, and Wang Anshi, as well as Wang Anshi, to sit in the center and check the hidden fields of Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, and Jingxi Prefectures. Some of them have been checked in the previous two years, and they will be re-examined this year.

Moreover, next year will be a year of bad officials, last year the number of officials was further reduced, and not many officials entered the ranks of alternates, and this year is the year of the imperial examination, and the number of alternate officials has been taken away. There are only a few hundred officials every year, so in the past two years, there are not many officials who have entered the ranks of bad officials. However, next year will not be the year of the imperial examination, and the restructuring will gradually become normal, and a large number of vacancies will be created. It is conceivable what kind of situation will arise when these officials who have worked hard for several years go down to investigate.

It happened that the Yanzhou army attacked Jintang City and failed, and the imperial court disputed it. After Han Jiang went down, he appreciated Wang Wenliang very much, he was a general, his name was Pang Jianu, Han Jiang loved his talent and played as a conductor. Zhao Qingyu, another general under the supervision, asked for Western Xia and allocated Jintang City. Geumtang Fortress is on the west side of the security army city, and because of its existence, Gyeongju and the security army have always been in the throat. Anyway, he tore his face, and Han Jiang asked for Wang Wenliang to join Zhao Qingyu's two armies and attack Jintang City. The two generals did not cooperate well, Wang Wenliang arrived outside Jintang City first, and saw Xia Bingzhi twenty miles away from Jieming Shang outside Jintang City, and saw his enemies, so he withdrew. The Tanguts did not dare to pursue either. Zhao Qingyu then led the army, did not see Wang Wenliang's army, and also retreated.

It was a very unsuccessful coordination battle, and it can only be said that it was without merit.

However, it caused a lot of controversy in the court, thinking that Han Jiang was eventful, which eventually led to a tighter border. But some people say that it is well done, why can our Song Dynasty only defend passively. Although there was no success, there was no big defeat, so why make a fuss.

A quarrel broke out at the court meeting.

Suddenly, Wen Yanbo said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book." ”

Zheng Lang diverted his attention and played some roles, arguing for the Western Xia, which somewhat diverted the attention of many people to focus on the various disputes brought about by the reporting system, Wen Yanbo showed no mercy, and directly impeached Zheng Lang for the reporting system implemented, and impeached the consequences of the large-scale investigation of Yintian.

It's not that there is no punishment, it's not that there is no investigation, but there is a degree of severity, the situation in the northwest is dangerous, but the country is in turmoil, and this is a sign of Wang Mang's rebellion.

The metaphor refers to Zheng Lang's desire to learn from Wang Mang and gamble on his political achievements with the future of the country.

This is also the first time that someone has directly compared Zheng Lang to Wang Mang.

But this time it was different, and there were many ministers who echoed it, including Feng Jing and other important ministers.

Sima Guang sighed.

Zheng Lang had already told him, but he still didn't agree very much, why bother, it was like dancing on the tip of a knife, and if he didn't get it right, he would be torn apart by a random blade. Zheng Lang didn't speak, staring at the two of them, Tang Kun was very hard, so he had to stand up and shout to Wen Yanbo: "Wow, the usurer Mo Yan is a national politician!" ”

Zhao Ji was stunned, and all the ministers were stunned.

Who is Wen Yanbo? When he was in Renzong, he was one of the fathers, who was Tang Kun, an unknown petty official, if it wasn't for the controversy in the newspaper that he wrote a few days ago, many people would not know the origin of this person.

At this court meeting, Tang Kun scolded Wen Yanbo like a child.

Tang Kun didn't stop, he walked dozens of steps after his official residence, and only then did he meet Wen Yanbo, stared at Wen Yanbo and shouted: "Master said that the righteous heart cultivates the body and governs the country together, Wen Gong, you are not right, what reason is there to talk about the country's major policies!" Why is the country like this, Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, and you, Gong Wen! Your Majesty, please ask the quasi-minister to play Wen Yanbo's forty major sins. ”

Everyone thundered again, Lu Yu impeached Wang Anshi for ten major crimes, causing a sensation in the world, but this kid is good, the whole forty major crimes. Could it be that Wen Yanbo is the real Wang Mang? (To be continued.) )