In August, a strange thing happened in the Yellow River.

A tourist inadvertently came to the Yellow River in the north of Kaifeng and suddenly shouted: "The Yellow River is clear." ”

In addition to a few hundred miles in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, more than ninety percent of the remaining areas on both sides of the main stream and tributaries are covered with trees and grasslands, and the cement and sand content of the river has gradually decreased. It happened to be in the autumn water of Yiping, and it had not rained for a long time, so there was not much sediment rushing into the river, and the sediment content in the river was further reduced. The river was still muddy, but from a distance it looked a little white, not as muddy as before.

For the people who have been by the Yellow River for a long time, this is already amazing.

And it was under the light of Chenguang when the Song army easily defeated the Khitan army, so countless people in the capital poured out of the city to watch. In the end, it actually alarmed the monarch and ministers, and Zhao Ji took the ministers to the river together. A Yellow River nurtured the Chinese civilization, but human beings were too overdrawn, and the Yellow River benefited the people and made the people suffer.

Wang Jue exaggeratedly knelt by the river and said: "Your Majesty, this is Xiangrui, this is the real Xiangrui." ”

But soon after an autumn rain fell, the river turned yellow again. But this matter quickly spread all over the world, and the more it spread, the more miraculous it became.

On the side of Yinshan, there is a huge project under construction. At the end of the war between the two countries, the imperial court quickly allocated 13 million yuan to build checkpoints at various passes in Yinshan, which was temporary, and if you get the sixteen states of Youyun in the future, you will have to build it to the end of Dongyin Mountain and connect it with Yanshan. Then start in the south of Muna Mountain, all the way to the Yellow River, cross the Yellow River to the boundary of Fuzhou in the Song Dynasty, and build a new Great Wall with a length of more than 300 miles.

This Great Wall is built, that is, in the future, you Khitan will not fight the idea of Lingxia Road.

If you can fight, you can pass through the vast desert from the north and attack the various tribes in the desert oasis on the west side of Helan Mountain. But in that case, the use of fewer soldiers will not be effective. It's not worth it if you use too many soldiers. Moreover, at this time, a small number of people in Western Xia also lost their bad thoughts.

It can also be seen as another meaning, our Song Dynasty only wants to get the Western Xia, don't say the reason, the Western Xia has made our Song Dynasty miserable, but there is no hostility towards your Khitan, and even the Great Wall checkpoint is actively isolated from your Khitan Yunnei Prefecture, Dongsheng Prefecture, and Tiande Army.

This project is a bit big, and it is estimated that it will not be completed until after next autumn, but at that time it will be handed over to Zhang Qi.

Zheng Lang wrote his resignation.

In fact, the original resignation letters were deliberately sung to some people.

It's not that you want to defeat the Khitan. Once the war with the Khitan officially began, that is, the beginning of the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, there would be a lot of preparations, and the treasury would also need a lot of savings, and it was not yet time. It will take at least five years to come, and it will depend on the situation in the Khitan and other timings.

The reason why it is necessary to fight a dozen, as Zhao Xu said, the Song Dynasty has lived in the shadow of the Khitan for many years. Now that the country is strong, it should also fight a dozen to wash away this shadow and shame. It is mainly aimed at some people in Lingxia Road, and these people are not easy to deal with. Before the rebellion, there is evidence, if it is dealt with lightly, it will not work, if it is dealt with severely. The people were somewhat resentful.

So he used that resignation to cause turmoil in the hearts of the people of Lingxia Road, plus all kinds of other illusions. Seduce the Khitan to send troops. The Khitan sent troops, and these people will rebel. At the beginning, Zheng Lang deliberately let their rebellion expand except for Xingqing Mansion that could not let it be chaotic.

Then whoever wants to rebel is all revealed, and among these people there are good and bad, and many people burn and rob. This allowed Zheng Lang to find an excuse and reason for severe punishment. After defeating the Khitan, a few people were very clever and fled to the Khitan, while others went into hiding everywhere. Zheng Lang listed the crimes they had committed one by one, published them at the gates of each county in each prefecture, and sent people to arrest them.

After this purge, the unstable factors in Lingxia Road have dropped significantly.

At this time, another accident occurred, Li Bingchang was in poor health, and died of illness soon after this fright. The Song Dynasty also set up Li Bingchang's son Li Qianshun as the envoy of the Lingxia Festival, the lord of the Xia Kingdom of Hexi County, but gave the name Zhao Qianshun, and because of this rebellion, the various clans either fled or killed, and there were not many people left, so these clan children were brought to the capital with Zhao Qianshun.

The title of the lord of the Xia Kingdom is still there, but at this point, the real name of the Xia Kingdom has also died, and Western Xia has become history.

Looking at the people working both sides of the Yellow River, Zheng Lang said: "Qianfu, although the Xixia clan was brought to the capital together, but we still have to treat the people well, without ten years of probation, the people of Lingxia Road may not have much loyalty to the imperial court." ”

"Don't worry."

"In addition, pay more attention to the movements of the Khitan, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun will count on you in the future."

Zheng Lang wanted to leave the northwest and invited Zhang Ji to come, one was to command the battle, and the other was to replace Zheng Lang to run the northwest. After a few years, it was not the Khitan who had an idea, but the Song Dynasty who had an idea. Of course, it also depends on the fact that if Yelu Hongji works hard, or Zhao Ji dies, he can't attack the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, no matter how much money the treasury has. But also in order to prevent that if there is Zhang Qi in charge, even if the Khitans come, they will also be beaten and bloodied.

However, Zheng Lang resigned and went to the capital, but there was no news.

It was not until the end of October that there was a belated decree in the capital that Zheng Lang sentenced Xijing. can't really let Zheng Lang stay in the bitter cold land of the northwest for a lifetime, and Zheng Lang is also sixty-nine years old. Do you want Zheng Lang to come to a spring silkworm to the end of the dead silkworm, and the candle turns to ashes and tears begin to dry? Therefore, Zheng Lang was edicted back to Luoyang for retirement, but Zheng Lang was not allowed to give office.

Zheng Lang did not comply with the order and directly refused.

Since you are going to be a leader, then you have to make it clear, why bother to put on a false name?

The eunuch who delivered the decree had no choice but to take it back.

At this moment, a small piece of gossip began to circulate in the Song Dynasty, which revealed a terrible truth, that is, Li Gui's true life experience. What the world knows is that Zhao Niannu was forced by her mother-in-law, ran away from home, and fell into Ezhou, where Zhang Kang's subordinates found her.

But this gossip is not like this, but that Zhao Niannu is not in Ezhou, she ran to Chenzhou to ask Zheng Lang for help. Because he lost his money on the road, he was reduced to a beggar for a time. Just found Chenzhou, the two had an accident at the same time, kidnapped to the cave, the winter was cold, the two hugged together, and then something that should happen happened together, and then Li Gui was born.

After the news came out. Many laughed.

Even more people were upset, Zhao Niannu was in the capital, but it was not easy to ask, but Cui Xian was also in the capital, so there was a noble lady knocking on the side, but I didn't expect Cui Xian to admit it. It's true, not a rumor!

This time the battalion was blown up.

Zheng Lang's credit is very high, but the credit can be attributed, and the credit can be attributed.

Many ministers wrote to impeach, and some of them spoke a little more ugly. That is, although people have desires, but that is a princess, if it is really uncomfortable, I would rather be able to wield a knife from the palace than have anything to do with the princess. The speakers are very light, and they really spread themselves to see if they can wield a knife from the palace.

Zheng Lang began to fall all the way from the altar.

There are also ministers who have been impeached, since they have made such a big mistake, what face do they have to continue to be officials in the DPRK. That's when it happened. Gao Tao held a banquet in the palace and said to the ministers: "From the beginning to the end, Duke Zheng didn't want to hide this matter. The front was rescued, and the latter personally reported the incident to Emperor Renzong, and the mourning family also knew about it. Sima Guang and Wang Anshi also knew. Therefore, Duke Zheng repeatedly refused to be an official, but whether it was Emperor Renzong, or the mourning family, or His Majesty. They all forcibly ordered Zheng Gong to conceal the matter. If it weren't for him, if there was no Zheng Gong, how could he come to Hegong? If there is no Zheng Gong. How can Xining change the law, the country is rich and strong, how can he recover Hehuang Lingxia? How did the Great Song Dynasty come to such a prosperous year? Ladies and gentlemen, don't put the heart of a villain in the belly of a gentleman anymore. ”

It is this sentence that makes all the ministers unable to say it again.

Gao Tao said again: "You impeach Zheng Gong, the mourning family understands, but think about everything Zheng Gong has done for the Great Song Dynasty in his life, what is this mistake?" And there are not many people who know the truth of this matter, the truth will not be spread by His Majesty the Mourning Family, Wang Anshi, and Sima Guang, and the person who spreads the truth is Zheng Gong himself...... He wants to give office, but His Majesty has always refused, this is Zheng Gong forcing His Majesty to allow him to give office. ”

"Zhuqing's family, Zheng Gong has been running around for the Song Dynasty all his life, and he has lived too hard, the truth has been spread, and the mourning family and His Majesty have to allow him to pay tribute...... Do you still want him to carry a heavy burden to spend his old age? ”

……

In the tenth year of Yuanfeng, in 1087 in the Western calendar, Zheng Lang was seventy years old, and William I died, but because of his appearance, Britain turned from defense to offense, and later wars mainly occurred on other people's land, laying the foundation for the emergence of the later British Kingdom.

But the whole of Europe was still in the Dark Ages, when there were only nearly 300 years before the Age of Discovery, and more than 500 years before the age of European industrial civilization.

The Song Dynasty had just fought a medium-sized battle against the Khitan, and had won it with great glory, while the domestic islanders were desperately trying to seduce the people to move to the South Seas. Not many people have migrated, but this ancient and closed country has finally taken its first steps with difficulty......

……

The Lantern Festival is full of fire trees and silver flowers in the capital.

The country's finances improved, and if it wanted to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, it had to save a lot of money, but the imperial court no longer had to tighten its belts as before.

Gao Tao said a sentence for Zheng Lang.

Zheng Lang finally retired, but the Song Dynasty was still developing rapidly.

Thinking of Zheng Lang, many people still sighed, but they couldn't stop their happiness.

When night came, singing and dancing on the royal street, Zhao Ji took his ministers to watch the lamp mountain on the Xuande Gate. In fact, when Zheng Lang's secret news came out, many ministers took a breath, and when a person's morality reached such a point, others were very uncomfortable in addition to respect, because they couldn't do it at all. No matter what they have done over the years, they have lived in the huge shadow of Zheng Lang. Zheng Lang took the initiative to step down from the altar in order to pay tribute, and many people felt inexplicably relaxed, including Wang Qi, who had just passed away, as well as Cai Qu and Sun Gu......

However, Zhao Ji has always been unhappy, and since he issued the edict to Zheng Langzhishi, he has felt very melancholy.

Zheng Lang actually wanted to do it for the whole country, but he wouldn't say it, but Zhao Ji thought that Zheng Lang was loyal to the Zhao family.

Staring at the cheerful crowd outside, Sun Gu twisted his beard and said, "Prosperous years." ”

Zhao Ji was silent, and at this moment, a eunuch hurriedly came to Zhao Ji's side and whispered: "Your Majesty, Gong Zheng returned quickly, and after arriving in Luoyang, he quickly rushed to Gong County, probably not wanting to alarm local officials everywhere." ”

Zhao Ji smiled bitterly and muttered, "Gong Zheng, do you really want to get rid of it?" ”

It was indeed clean enough, and Zhao Wei didn't know how to repay Zheng Lang before, so he rewarded Zheng Lang as the king of Hexi County. There are still few objections to it. But let Zheng Lang decisively refuse. Zhao Ji issued an order to allow Zheng Lang to be a minister, but he also carried a series of official titles. Zheng Lang wrote another note saying that the old minister had made a mistake before, and His Majesty Renzong, His Majesty Yingzong, the two queen mothers and His Majesty did not dislike it, and continued to reuse the old minister. Everything the old minister has done is not enough to repay the importance of several His Majesty and the Queen Mother to the old minister. Since he is a scholar, what kind of face does he have with an official title?

resigned from all official positions and titles, and then handed over to Zhang Qi and returned to the Central Plains as a cloth cloth.

After listening to a few bigwigs around him. One by one silent.

Zhao Ji suddenly asked again: "When do you estimate when he will be able to arrive in Gongling?" ”

Detour to Gong County, you must go to worship the mausoleum of Bairenzong. And Zhao Niannu took Li Gui's family to Gongling.

"Gong Zheng is old, the northwest is bitterly cold, his health is gradually not as good as before, when he came, I heard that he was infected with some wind and cold, and he had to take a carriage back, but if it is fast, he can get to Gongling in the evening today." The eunuch sighed.

What a good minister, if you say old, you will be old.

Zhao Ji paced up and down the castle tower. Suddenly, he said, "Prepare the horse." ”

Fan Chunren grabbed him and asked, "Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" ”

"I'm going to Gongling."

"No," the ministers fell in a large group.

"Who dares to stop me, do you really want Zheng Gong to come back so gloomily!"

After speaking, Zhao Ji quickly went down to the city tower.

The ministers were dumbfounded. couldn't stop the emperor, but he couldn't let the emperor go like this, so it was a mess, and some ministers announced that the guards were riding horses to protect them. Some ministers will ride around looking for horses, and they have to accompany Zhao Ji.

……

Before dawn, Zheng Lang got up. Cui Xian turned over and asked, "Official, what are you going to do?" ”

"Let's get up."

"So early?" Cui Xian looked at the hourglass next to the bed and asked strangely.

"I can finally rest, I can't sleep for a while, it's better to get up, quietly worship His Majesty Renzong, and we will return to Zhengjiazhuang to save the officials from disturbing."

"It's Jung-jin."

"Alas, it is the price of industrialization, and my hometown is not as quiet as before." Zheng Lang sighed with joy and sorrow.

"What industrialization?"

"It's the workshop......" Zheng Lang couldn't explain clearly, so he simply put on clothes.

On the other side, Zhao Niannu also woke up and walked out of the next room. Then Li Gui and his wife and his children also walked out.

Looking at Zhao Niannu, Zheng Lang said guiltily: "Your Highness, after so many years, I gave you the true identity of mother and son. ”

In fact, Zheng Lang sent people to quickly spread the truth, not for Zhishi, but for these two words, identity! Whether the minister likes him, hates him, or impeaches him, anyway, he is unofficial and half-light, so he won't care, but he can't let Zhao Niannu and Li Gui be wronged.

It was still dark, and the family walked out of the inn and walked towards the Yongzhao Mausoleum.

……

Zhao Ji rode a horse in front, many old ministers behind him were panting on horseback, and some ministers were making drafts in their hearts, preparing to use what words to impeach the emperor for this rash move.

It was finally getting dark.

Zhao Ji didn't know where Zheng Lang lived, but he seemed to have a little bit of a heart, and went straight to Yongzhao Mausoleum.

Coincidentally, it happened that the Zheng family burned paper money in front of the Yongzhao Mausoleum, and there was another thing burned, a tall wooden horse, riding a Confucian shirt and a sword civil official, looking quite like Zheng Lang himself. The civil official was holding a map, and by the spark, he could see that it was a map of the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, including Hehuang and Western Xia.

Zhao Ji turned his head and made a gesture at the guards and ministers, telling them to silence. Then quietly walked over.

The New Year was cold, and there were some small snowflakes fluttering in the sky.

In 1087 of the Western calendar, the weather was relatively cold, and the history was recorded in the heavy snow of the Beijing Division in winter, and it was more than spring for months. Although it is the first month of the year, it still snows from time to time in the capital. The snow that fell at dawn was small.

Approaching, Zhao Ji stared at the wooden horse, he was clear about the origin, Song Renzong died, and he brought nothing with him, except for a jade horse to accompany the funeral. Although the country is peaceful and peaceful, the failure to recover Western Xia is the biggest regret of Zhao Zhen's life.

In fact, there was an opportunity later, but the money was limited, so he chose to recover Western Xia or Hegong, and Zhao Zhen chose Hegong. However, this matter, Zheng Lang mentioned, and he was often depressed.

At this time, Zheng Lang burned the Trojan horse seriously, but his eyes were a little wandering, and his family also found that Zhao Ji came over with his ministers, and Zhao Ji still made a silent gesture. Then looked at Zheng Lang seriously, this farewell is several years.

It turned out that although the white hair was white, it still had some shiny. A few years later, the bitter cold of the northwest made this white hair lose its luster and turn into a withered mass. Even the original healthy body is gradually becoming a little rickety. Zhao Ji stared at the white hair, this rickety figure, his nose was sour, and a drop of moisture suddenly appeared in his eyes.

The sky is getting brighter, and a round of red sun is actually rising, and under the red light, the snow is dyed with a layer of pink, and the heaven and earth seem to be covered with a layer of magnificent brilliance in an instant.

The sun shines warmly on the earth, and the snow all over the ground is incomparably crystal clear under the sunlight......

PS: This is the end of the book, and some people are not satisfied with the later chapters. Actually, it's understandable. Because if you want to be rigorous, you must rely on history, but the emergence of Zheng Lang is to change history, and the result of quantitative change is qualitative change. The farther away from history I am, the more my sense of rigor drops, and you don't like it, and I write hard. But it's finally over. Whether it's good or bad, everyone's decided. See you in the new book "Chuangtian", a different Xianxia, it should not be a shallow Xianxia, and finally please support me. (To be continued.) )