Zheng Lang is very cautious, this time to suppress the bandits, not only to win, but also to win.

He didn't care about the Qingli New Deal, but he carefully maintained several of his reforms, especially disarmament, the failure of the Qingli New Deal, the Manchu Dynasty monarchs and ministers were bald and conservative, and his own reforms would be more important. The most important thing that will indeed enhance the combat effectiveness of the armed forces is to save surplus military spending and finances.

The reason why Zhao Zhen is anxious is that the external enemy is troubled internally, the external enemy is important, the internal trouble is more important, the finances are tight, and there are rebels everywhere, which is the reason why Zhao Zhen was forced to launch a new policy. (Answer: Travelers and looking at buying cards, the reason for the Qingli New Deal is not only the defeat of the Northwest War, but also Fan Han still wants to seize Hengshan after the defeat of Dingchuan Village, and the reason for the armistice is mainly finance, and the reason for the initiation is also the tight domestic politics.) The protagonist is too young, and the emperor didn't let the big guy put it in his eyes, and the twenty-six-year-old Zheng Lang listened to it, so he deliberately put it after the Khitan returned. Look at the stubbornness of these people, you can see it right away, but accept the opinion and make some changes)

The reform of the exemption law unleashed the creativity of the middle class, and the good horses brought by the horse law and the barn law to prepare for the famine year were all invisible, but the reduction of troops would immediately see the effect, and as long as it took four or five years, the state would save more than 10 million yuan in expenditure a year.

There were many drawbacks in the Song Dynasty, redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant government, which was big, each of which involved many aspects, and the reduction of troops may not all solve the disadvantages of redundant troops, this redundancy is not only the quantity. There are others, such as the monopoly of salt, tea, wine, and alum, the annexation of land, excessive emphasis on literature and light on military force, party strife, and the expansion of the children of the clan in the future, the serious inequality between the rich and the poor, and the rise of the Jurchens and the Mongols unconsciously...... This is only the big one, and the disadvantages of being able to destroy the country, and the small ones are even more. Officials are incompetent, not the generation of the Song Dynasty, that generation has it.

All need to be solved.

Before finding a solution until it begins, it is necessary to let the monarch see hope and see the light.

Two battalions of horse troops, two battalions of infantry troops. Heading west, the first day was slow, and these days have been training to familiarize themselves with the mountainous terrain, and the common people are not surprised. The next day, I suddenly picked up speed. With lightning speed, he pounced on Shaanxi County.

None escaped justice.

Except for a few people who resisted, some people did not even think about it, and the officers and soldiers rushed to their homes and scooped them down. Of the 76 men, 7 were killed while resisting, and the remaining 69 were all captured alive.

Zheng Lang slowly led the army into Shaanxi County. But another strange move was made. The range of activities of the rebel army was in the south, but Zheng Lang escorted the prisoners all the way to the north, crossed the Yellow River, and went straight to Sanmenxia. The bigwigs of the court were also inexplicable, and they didn't know what Zheng Lang was doing. But this time the capture was beautiful, only two soldiers were wounded, and none of them were killed.

At Sanmenxia, the Song Dynasty re-expanded the old road of the Tang Dynasty. It was just north of the Yellow River, but it did not operate like the Tang Dynasty, and hastily built more than a dozen warehouses at both ends of Sanmenxia. The grain mainly came from the capital, and when it arrived here, it was immediately sent to Shaanxi. It was built temporarily, and some will be reserved in the future to prevent another drought in Shaanxi, but the supply is not as important as in the Tang Dynasty.

There are also some peasants who are re-transporting grain, knowing that there are bandits who are plotting to transport grain, but what should they do? Many hungry people in Shaanxi were waiting to be fed, so the imperial court allocated a large number of troops to protect the grain, and some of them were transported west by water.

But the hungry people who were included in the cash-for-work program all had worried expressions in their eyes.

Zheng Lang knew it in his heart. But what can the people know? I can only hear all kinds of rumors, and the rumors are evil, it seems that the rebels are all murderers. Moreover, Wei Erda killed more than 20 innocent people here.

Walking along the Jijin warehouse for more than ten miles, there is a small platform, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water in the south. This is also the first place east of Sanmen that can barely open a position. It turned out that the Song Dynasty also had warehouses, only three, the scale was very small, the Shaanxi campaign broke out, re-expanded, and built five new warehouses, this year's drought followed Zheng Lang's suggestion, and expanded a warehouse again. …,

It is also a place where military and civilian personnel are relatively concentrated.

Seeing Zheng Lang leading the army and escorting the prisoners to arrive, all the soldiers and civilians stopped curiously.

Zheng Lang asked the soldiers to push the prisoners out and said, "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, these are the robbers who robbed the grain last time. Shaanxi edge of several years of hard fighting, many people were killed by the summer thieves, the rest of the people bear heavy taxes and forced labor, this year's drought, the imperial court from the south of the Yangtze River to transport grain, to relieve the crisis of the people of Shaanxi, but these bandits actually want to destroy the grain road, so that millions of hungry people in Shaanxi can not eat, how do you say they should deal with? ”

The people who transported the grain were all the people from Shaanxi who flocked to Henan to eat, and when they heard Zheng Lang say this, they shouted angrily: "Kill, kill them." ”

Zheng Lang said again: "They should be killed, but Your Majesty is benevolent to the people, and not all of these bandits are heinous, some are bewitched by others, and some are reduced to gangsters because of poverty." They also have parents, wives and children at home. Therefore, His Majesty gave special preferential treatment, and those who did not have any life, those who were not leaders, and those who were not great evils, were all pardoned for their sins and allowed to mend their ways. ”

Speaking of the thirty-eight people among them, in fact, these people are also capital crimes according to the law, and Ouyang Xiu has also said many times that he will use harsh laws to stop them. However, Zheng Lang went the opposite way and used a wide method to release. He did not release you immediately, and said: "This official is ordered by His Majesty to give you a chance to release you home, and will not pursue any punishment for you." If there is no food at home, the government is organizing manpower to provide labor for relief, which is enough for your whole family to have food and clothing. But will you ever be a bandit again? ”

originally thought that it was a capital crime, but suddenly acquitted, who would object, kneel down together, kowtow like rice.

Still not released, he said: "Here, I once again give an order, from now on, get rid of the bandits, and never be held accountable." Anyone who reports the hiding place of the bandits and asks the court to arrest or exterminate them will be rewarded with ten yuan for the first whistleblower. Those who report 10 will be rewarded with 100 yuan, and those who report 1,000 will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan. The whistleblower was concealed by the government. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly said coldly: "If you continue to do evil and die without repentance, they will be the fate of these people, kill." ”

All the remaining thirty-one accomplices were beheaded here.

Only then did he lead the army to slowly cross the Yellow River and go south.

When the news reached the capital, there was a lot of discussion.

Lu Yijian deliberately called Lu Gongzhu to the bed and asked, "Zhu'er, why did Zheng Lang do this?" ”

"I think it's differentiation, Ouyang Xiu proposed to punish him severely, it is to guard against fear, although it is beautiful, but it is easy to force the bandits into a desperate situation and become more fierce, but Zheng Xianggong does this. It is also easy for the people to slack off on the national law, so there are some controversies in the capital. ”

"What do you think?"

"I think it's better to divide into two, after all, there is nothing wrong with the people who are selected, and the court also needs to quell the bandits in time. But will it condone the revival of bandits in the future...... The light and heavy child in the middle really can't figure it out. ”

"What else?"

"Either it's a reward, the bandits may be less than 10,000 people, and if the people are really brave enough to report it, they will lose their place of existence. Banditry will be easy. Otherwise, it will be difficult to suppress bandits, and there are many mountainous areas, so it is very easy for bandits to hide, and the waste of the imperial court will far exceed 100,000. And the government covered it up. It also saves the people from worrying about being retaliated against in the future, and there is no controversy between the government and the opposition about this. ”

"What else?"

"There are also ministers who argue that Zheng Xianggong fraudulently used the emperor's edict to actually release some of the bandits, and His Majesty did not make a will. This will make some bad starts, and if you really want to be released, you must notify the court first. ”

"You haven't seen the truth yet. If you ask the court for instructions, the court will not allow it, after all, it will damage the grain route. Dozens more lives were lost. These people have no blood on their hands, but they are accomplices. This is one of them. Although it is a release, it will be a blessing to His Majesty. His Majesty's fame, this is the second. If a minister can't even distinguish between priority and priority, what will happen to him if he overpowers the lord with his ministers? ”…,

"Father, yes, the child really didn't think of it."

"There are so many things you haven't thought of, take a look at these courtiers in the court, how many people put Your Majesty in their eyes? So I asked them, not only to avoid their edge, but also to take the initiative to avoid this troubled water. Otherwise, Your Majesty will ask me. I said yes, Your Majesty will think that I have harmed the country in the future. If I don't say it well, if it reaches their ears, it will only hurt your brothers. Behind closed doors, that's the best policy. ”

Lu Gongzhu's eyes widened in astonishment.

"In the past, I asked you to study with Zheng Lang, not only to learn his knowledge. It is also to pave the way for your future. Later, it far exceeded the old man's expectations, not only to make you famous, but also to let you learn some talents in governance. Your husband is growing up, and you have to learn that. I have no objection to you associating with those people, but I can't learn from their violent spirit. ”

"Yes."

Lu Yijian's comments are also true.

Zheng Lang doesn't like court battles and intrigues very much, but in order to survive in this court, he must maintain some skills, and he has to use them moderately. As for the controversy that will arise from this, Zheng Lang doesn't care.

On the way, he also said to Di Qing: "If the south is not chaotic, if it is chaotic, you must also remember that the court was too soft before, and it must be hit with thunder, so you might as well use some killing methods." But in the end, it is necessary to govern, power is auxiliary, grace is the master, killing is supplemented, and care is the main. Forcible repression is supplemented by differentiation. ”

"Subordinates remember."

"You're very smart, but unfortunately you don't like to read the scriptures."

"Zheng Xianggong, this is not my strength, let Zheng Xianggong disappoint, I am also ashamed and uneasy."

"In fact, with your wisdom and hard work, it is not too late, if you can be admitted to the Jinshi, with this background, you can be regarded as half a scholar, and you will have a better future in the court. But if you don't like it, remember my words. Let me ask you, how is Wang De's military exploits? ”

"Remarkable achievements."

"Not only is his own military achievements impressive, but his father's military exploits are also impressive, but Kong Daofu impeached him with some nonsense, how did he evaluate Kong Daofu?"

"I don't know."

"Kong Daofu died, someone said to him, the person who harmed you is dead, but Wang Deyong said, where is he harming me, he should be like this, but unfortunately there is no loyal minister in the court. With such humility to the literati, do you think the scholars will continue to reject him again? ”

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bsp; Di Qing lowered his head and remained silent.

"There is another person, how is Cao Bin's exploits?"

"Not what I want."

"That is, he is an important contributor to the founding of the country, now is the era of peace, no matter how many military exploits you establish, unless you level the Western Xia and recover the sixteen states of Youyun, your military exploits will never be as good as Cao Bin. However, after the failure of the conquest of Youzhou, the imperial court sent Jia Huangzhong, a scholar from Hanlin, to ask for the guilt, but Cao Bin only promised and admitted all the crimes of violating the edict and law. Zhao Changyan asked Cao Bin to be beheaded as a marching method to show the public, but later Zhao Changyan returned from Yan'an, was impeached, and was not allowed to be seen. Do you think that with Cao Bin's military exploits and his humble attitude, will the scholars and doctors be disgusted with him? ”

"Zheng Xianggong, why are you saying this to me?"

"Either you study from now on and prepare for the imperial examination, or you have to recognize this general trend."

"I ......"

"You'll know the future."

All the way south, I came to Dengzhou, which has officially entered the scope of activities of the rebels. Suddenly, he received a letter from Han Qi, asking him not to be busy with his actions and wait for Han Qi to come along. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )