Looking at the Song Dynasty in history alone, the management of Hehuang seems to be a failed measure, which did not form an encirclement of Western Xia and did not use Hehuang animal husbandry to form a powerful cavalry. On the contrary, because Hehuang repeated it, it contained a large number of Song troops.

Therefore, some descendants actually attacked Wang Anshi and Wang Shao with brains.

This statement is wrong, in fact, during the summer war, the army of the Western Route played a very important role, because of the ability of Gao Zunyu and Li Xian, as well as a kind of selfishness, did not let this role be played. The overthrow of everything by the conservatives made the imperial court repeatedly misinterpret the policies of Hehuang whether it was a gain or a loss, not to mention the cavalry. Dong Yu Ali bone has always occupied Huangzhou, and the little yin knife keeps going, and the river is repeated.

Therefore, Zheng Lang went west this time in order to capture the entire river in one fell swoop and completely remove this trouble. Moreover, he will be able to govern for several years, and in these years, he will be able to partially resolve the national question, eliminate the estrangement between the two sides, and further strengthen the rule here. If he can successfully take the Western Xia in the future, without the constraints of the Western Xia, Hehuang will be completely subdued.

Zheng Lang was dispatching troops, preparing materials, weapons and food, Wang Shao quickly went west, it happened very quickly, after a long time, some people "reacted", Gao Zunyu surrounded for a long time, no news, and the border played Mu Zheng and Guizhang two road armies into Minzhou, Wu Chongjin said please abandon Minzhou. Once Minzhou is abandoned, Taozhou will be lost, and the western road of Sichuan-Shaanxi Road that the imperial court intends to open up will not be built. Wu Chong can't be blamed, Gou He is the mainstream of scholars, and they don't understand military affairs, as the prime minister of Xifu, they have to speak out, so they said this strange sentence.

However, Wu Chong's speech caused many ministers to write letters one after another, opposing the management of Hehuang, and even more opposing Zheng Lang going down in person. However, Zhao Ji and Wang Anshi were very sober-minded, but Zhao Ji heard that Wang Shao led the five hundred light horsemen brought back to Beijing, and quickly entered Xizhou from Qinzhou. Worried about Wang Shao easily.

Wang Anshi said: "Wang Shao's trip is not easy. The West Thief is outside the Horsebit Mountain. Mu Zheng is around Ninghe Village (Xiangzi City), Shao Ri travels to the territory of Qinxi, if the thief enters, there will be a beacon scout. Can An be close to Shao? If it is against assassins and the like, that is, five hundred people is not less. Besides, there are five or six thousand troops collected by the walled city along the road, why should they not be afraid and not enter? ”

When Zheng Lang went south, there were only 100 horsemen as guards. Moreover, Wang Shao had five hundred light horsemen. Zheng Lang had an accident, not because a hundred horsemen were not enough, but because he entered lightly and only led four horsemen, so he had an accident. Otherwise, don't do more, take thirty-four horsemen, who would dare to attack Zheng Lang?

The soldiers are fast, and the key to this battle is fast.

Wang Shao also heard the news that the Western Xia sent 7,000 men to lie behind Mount Mabit, and the army pointed to the Jiehe River (the small river east of Jiehe Fort). It also refers to the rivers on both sides of the river), and it is eye-to-eye with the tribes of the Jiehe River, Eljin and Buqin Bale. Further north to the junction of the two states of Xihe, south of Mabitshan is the Mao, Ghost Donkey, Erjin, Xingluoshu and other clans who have long surrendered to Western Xia, and the leader Yaoshu is still leading an official position in Western Xia. Western Xia may not have had good intentions towards Tibet, but they also had to prevent the two countries from joining forces.

Therefore, Wang Shao was very fast after going west.

The idea is good, Zheng Lang looked at the intelligence and was a little crazy.

If it weren't for himself, this might be Wang Shao's last light.

Just when the court was rising, good news finally came from Minzhou. Thousands of soldiers and horses of the three tribes besieged Minzhou, and the troops in Minzhou City were small, and some people asked Gao Zunyu to retreat to Linjiang Village to protect himself. Gao Zunyu said: "Dare to discuss this!" ”

At this time, there was a general in Minzhou City, Bao Shun, that is, Yu Longke, who invited more than 100 horsemen to go out of the city to fight. Gao Zunyu didn't know the news of Jing Sili's defeat, and he had won more with less many times before, so he agreed.

Bao Shun opened the city gate to fight with the thieves, galloping vertically and horizontally, if no one was in the realm, Gao Zunyu saw that the meeting was coming, Zheng Lang did not value him very much, but at least he was stronger than Li Qi and Han Cunbao, so he immediately opened the south gate, personally led the soldiers in the city, and came out with a nois, and Bao Shun fought the three Qiang thieves. Thousands of Qiang soldiers outside the city, only a few hundred defenders in the city, once again with a blow to ten, defeated the Qiang soldiers. However, it is impossible to pursue, there are too few soldiers, to prevent the front from being taken by the Qiang people in the back of the chase to take Minzhou City, then it is not a big victory but a big defeat.

At this time, Gao Zunyu did something that Zheng Lang appreciated very much.

Minzhou has few troops, can not catch the three thieves and Wen Zun, the three tribes rebelled, only the leader of the dragon clan Long broke the Song army and Erchuan Yan, killed dozens of Song troops, so out of the city of Minzhou, with twenty pieces to buy a dragon clan head, the silk is slightly cheaper than silk, more used to write or as a money transaction, twenty horses to Minzhou is equivalent to about twenty-five money, is a lot of income. Seeing that there were only a few hundred Song troops in the city, the three clans were slaughtered, and the other clans were no longer afraid, and they all fell into the well and killed the Long clan. Within a few days, under the encirclement and suppression of the Long clan, the men, women and children of the entire clan were almost killed.

This method is too murderous.

Moreover, the main army of the Song Dynasty had not yet arrived, and Wen Zun led his disciples to surrender. At this time, the edict arrived in Minzhou, after all, Gao Zunyu's identity was different, Gao Taotao was very worried, and forcibly let Zhao Xuan issue an edict to surrender Linjiang Village. Of course, the siege of Minzhou was easily resolved, Gao Zunyu made meritorious contributions, and Gao Taotao was naturally very happy.

Jing Sili's defeat made many people find a reason to oppose it, and with the good news of Gao Zunyu, Wu Chong and others were all speechless.

At least one point proves that the Tibetans and Qiang were not so strong, and the Song army was not so weak. Thousands of Qiang soldiers were actually defeated by hundreds of Song soldiers, plus a little silk, and the clan was wiped out.

Don't say that 20 silks, even 30 silks are cost-effective, such as Western Xia, the population is not 3 million or hundreds of thousands, can you buy it with money? If it can be bought with money, the imperial court will spend 100 million yuan to buy the entire Western Xia, which is not too cost-effective.

Zheng Lang appreciated not only the use of the changes to buy the heads of the dragon people, but Gao Zunyu's move implied that those who offended my big man would be punished even if they were far away.

The siege of Minzhou was resolved, a new test arrived, what was it like later, what the Song Dynasty was like now, high-level people were greedy for life and afraid of death, they only knew how to buy diplomacy with money, and the real catastrophe came, and a friend could not see it, on the contrary, people who made up their minds came one after another.

Jiaozhi heard about the catastrophe of the Song Dynasty and was dishonest in Langshan. But it also made Zheng Lang scared, and he only dared to make some small actions for the time being, not doing whatever he wanted like in history. However, the Khitans had no scruples, and He Zheng sent the envoy back, in April. Officially send an emissary. Lin Ya Xiao Xi sent a letter. Asked to talk about the border between the two countries.

Before Xiao Xi entered the Song Dynasty, many ministers thought that they had asked for Guannandi again, and used this to blackmail the Song Dynasty. Wang Anshi said: "The enemy situation is difficult to know, but the Khitan is really like this. There is no way, but it may not be so. They thought that our dynasty was using troops against him, or they gradually saw insults, so they sent envoys. Showing the old state. They are also afraid of angering our dynasty, don't forget, if you don't fight the Khitan, you can get 500,000 a year, and you won't get anything from the Khitan in the first war. The Khitan was poor and had to think about it. ”

Zheng Lang said rudely: "They don't dare to ask for Guannandi, the covenant of Guannandi Renzong is clearly marked, there is a white ditch mark, if you ask." However, extortion of some disputed territories east of the river. Ask for Guannan, Yelu Yixin doesn't dare! ”

To the east of the Taihang Mountains on the border between the two countries is Baigou. That is, the Juma River. To the north of Baigou, the Khitan stationed a small number of barracks and outposts, and to the south is Yang Liulang's Green Great Wall, this territorial line is too obvious, the Khitan is not good to be cunning, if it can only overturn the new covenant of Qingli, maybe the Song Dynasty will agree in humiliation, maybe the Song Dynasty will not agree. If they don't agree, the two countries will fight each other. Guan Jian didn't say much about blackmailing Yelu Hongji this time, mostly because Yelu Yixin wanted to take advantage of the Song Dynasty's division of troops and the catastrophic disaster to pick up a bargain and make merit to the countrymen. Once the two countries fall out, the consequences will not be borne by Yelu Yixin.

Therefore, the only thing that was the dispute was made in the alliance between Hedong and Yuanyuan, and the two countries took the initiative to withdraw several miles or tens of miles of territory and let it become idle land, that is, as a buffer zone, and strictly ordered the soldiers and civilians of the two countries not to farm, log, hunt and fish.

At that time, both countries had good intentions and sincerity, but after a long time, there were many things, and there was no war for a long time, and the people were not afraid, and people began to fish in Baigou, not only Khitan fishing, but also Song fishing. As for the east side of the river, it is even more chaotic, and the reclamation, grazing, and logging are very busy. It often causes countless disputes, don't think that the Song people are as cowardly as written in Jin Daxia, on the contrary, the people in the border area are also very fierce, and the one who can go to the idle field to find a life has no background, so the conflict arises, and the people of the two countries go into battle with more arms, who is afraid of whom.

Both countries have turned a blind eye to this. If you don't have trouble on the idle field, don't go to the other party's border to make trouble, then you will be killed.

Zheng Lang is referring to these idle fields.

There is not much of a place, and it is not a small place, some people attack Wang Anshi to sell the country for 300 li, which refers to the total circumference, the widest part of the depth is only a few dozen miles, and the narrowest part is only one or two miles, but the circumference is three hundred miles. It covers an area of nearly 1,000 square kilometers, although half of it is technically Khitan, and the other half is strictly said to be of the Song Dynasty. The kindness of the two "ancestors" is used as a buffer ground, and now the Khitan wants to go back, and it is not very happy to change the one to be the emperor. Look at what the imperial court fought with Western Xia for the dozens of miles west of the Quye River in Linzhou.

Whether it is acceptable or not, everyone is considering it, and it may not be as Zheng Lang said.

Xiao Xi came to the Chongzheng Hall with the national letter, presented the national letter, and the book said: Since the tired dynasty has been down, since the good talk, they have kept the rules with each other, and they have been in a long-cherished contract. Although the territory is divided into two countries, it is guaranteed to be peaceful; And Yiruo is a family, thinking together in Youyong. If something is heard of in transgression, it is only perfunctory. In the territory around the soil fields of the three prefectures of Wei, Ying, and Shuo, only since the early years he had sent people to stop at the old seal, so that he could shop the house, and the north and south of the north and south were always marked at the limit, and the contacts were all forbidden to traitors. They are all redundant guards of the border, ignoring the general situation of good neighborliness, vainly seeking meritorious rewards, and penetrating deep into the feudal territory. Now it is a provincial patrol, so the case is ordered, the investigation is correct, and the forgiveness is difficult to stop. As for the reason for the subtlety, the reason for the separation has been heard, and it has been dismantled, and it has not been seen, so it is advisable to report it. Chi Jie, especially soft and soft, far bright Zhou Long, Xingxi detailed review. According to the place where the intrusion was made in the boundary of the place, the officials of the joint mission inspected it together, and ordered it to be destroyed and removed early, but in the long time to demarcate the boundary to resettle, the rest of the border was more troublesome, and the envoy was sent to the day, and he ignored it as soon as he arrived. In this way, there is no invasion within the territory, and there is no violation between the oaths, so that it is stable and can be relied upon.

As Zheng Lang expected.

This time they all knew what to do, the Song Dynasty was not as flustered as in history, and calmly sent Liu Chen and Lu Dazhong, very freehand, all the way to the Khitan to talk with the Khitan. Then there was a big quarrel with the Khitan envoys, and they quarreled one by one on this mountain and that ridge.

At this time, the ministers of the Song Dynasty quarreled and kung fu was a thief.

Many Khitan envoys were dizzy and dizzy, and finally said arbitrarily: "Take the watershed as the line!" ”

Liu Lu and the others were angry when they heard it, why should you Khitan people have the final say, it is nothing more than two ways out, either to start fighting, and we will respond to the Song Dynasty. Whether it will be a win or a defeat is unknown. But you Khitan don't want to ask for a penny in the future. Or come out with a sincerity.

Hit and fight. Whoever is afraid, the Khitans will not let it, but some people want to fight, and some people will fight. Let's not get excited, the boundary between the two countries is unknown, and there are indeed many disputes every year. Sit down for a cup of tea and have a good conversation.

So we talked about it again and fought again.

In the end, everyone collapsed. Lu Dazhong asked, buddy, where is the waterline?

Almost all the Khitans are going to faint together, why don't you even know where the watershed is, and you can quarrel with us for a few days. Brother, you're too good. I had to vomit blood together, and I had to negotiate after being depressed, so I patiently explained what the watershed was, and where was the watershed between the three states of Weiyingshuo and the Song realm. But let Liu Lu and the others pull it again, and then pull it away. As a result, in the end, even the Khitans couldn't tell clearly, and rudely said what it meant to divide the mountains. It is bounded by the earth and the earth. Liu Luer said again, how to count the lack of soil on the ridge.

Yes, there is no way to make it clear with these two mallets, and the Khitan monarchs and ministers sent the two back in great frustration, and then sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to threaten.

In fact, the Khitan people did not make it clear about this watershed, and the approximate range is that the Ulzhou region is bounded by Qinwangtai and the ancient Great Wall, and the Khitan is called the watershed, which can invade the land for seven miles (referring to the depth). Shuozhou area is bounded by the north foot of Huangwei Mountain, and the Khitan is called the water boundary of Huangwei Mountain, and it can compete for 30 miles. Wuzhou is bounded by the beacon shop, and the Khitan is called the water boundary of the tile kiln dock, and the land is ten miles. Yingzhou is bounded by Changlian City, and the Khitan is called the watershed in Shuiyu.

The division of mountains and mountains is not the watershed of later generations, the Song Dynasty also has this saying, Lu and Liu also know it, and what is said above is the agreement finally reached between the two countries, and at first the Khitan demanded more excessively. The first Liu Lu and the others couldn't agree, and the second was also to delay time, so they pretended to be stupid and crazy, making the Khitan angry.

The two returned.

If the talks were not successful, the Khitans either started to threaten or sent people to question, but no, they sent envoys over to continue to blackmail with shame. At that time, Zheng Lang had already arrived in the northwest, and sighed after hearing it, no wonder Zhao Ji issued an edict before his death, whoever gets the clouds can be crowned the king with a different surname, in addition to some cowardice in the court, whoever sees this practice of Khitan will also be filled with righteous indignation. It's a pity that there are too many cowards.

But there is no way, don't talk about the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty is good.

Zheng Lang didn't say anything, but did it, instilling the bloody nature from the lower strata bit by bit, using newspaper propaganda and public opinion, and using victory after victory to correct the introverted phenomenon of this nation's internal cruelty and external weakness.

Rip-off.

Zheng Lang gave reassurance, and Lu and Liu decisively said to start a war, and some people in the Khitan pulled the field, and vaguely tried out the bottom line of the Khitan, and then saw the brazenness of the Khitan, and they all knew it, and the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were more at ease. However, I didn't want to anger the Khitans too much, so everyone slowly pulled and dragged on. Dragged on until Zheng Lang came back, the matter had not been resolved.

Seeing that Zheng Lang was going down, another incident happened.

Zheng Lang went down and straightened Wang Anshi, the national finance is still a black hole, and the disaster is continuing, and there must be a master of financial management in the execution. Just as Zheng Lang was about to leave, something happened that Zheng Lang couldn't have imagined.

Zheng Xia is on "Wandering People" again.

The painting is of the tragic appearance of the victims, and then it is said that last year's locusts, autumn and winter drought, wheat seedlings were scorched and withered, and the five kinds were inaccessible, and the crowd was afraid of death. Fang Chun felling, exhausted and fishing, grass, trees, fish and turtles, and did not survive. The reason why there is such a big disaster is that the court used treachery and evil to govern the way. The man did not say anything about the treacherous and evil, but also said that the catastrophe was coming, and the court millet was collected for a few yuan, and the output was forty yuan, and the wheat was collected for twenty yuan, and the price was seventy yuan, and the rice was collected for forty yuan, and the price was one hundred and thirty yuan (referring to the lowest price at which the imperial court purchased grain in various places, and the highest price that is now sold in various places. This calculation is definitely not right, from receiving the warehouse to the management to the various disaster areas, Zheng Xia doesn't care about how much loss is generated in the middle. According to his algorithm, this time the imperial court is developed). When the catastrophe came, the people hostaged their wives and beards, cut down the mulberry and bad houses, fled and fled, and the emperor did not give it, and the imperial court was actually busy making money for the disaster victims, which had never been done since ancient times.

When it finally reached Wang Anshi's hands, Wang Anshi almost made this Zheng Xia vomit blood in anger.

He also said that the disasters continued, and in April, the disaster became more and more serious, and the imperial court did not think of relieving the victims, but prepared troops and horses, in order to depose the military in the border work, and the Han Wu was still alive. And disdain. I hope that the court will eradicate the evil spirit. With loyalty.

At this time, the imperial court happened to get a great victory in the northwest.

Wang Shao quickly arrived in Xizhou. There are six or seven thousand soldiers in Xizhou, but even Wang Anshi has forgotten one thing, there are still various Tubo tribes in Xizhou, including Yu Longke's subordinates. Yu Longke worked hard for the imperial court in Minzhou, and he could not listen to the transfer of the imperial court. There is another person, blind medicine, that is, Baoyu. In the battle of Baicheng, he was seriously wounded and fled back to Hezhou City, where he died within a few days. The blind medicine died, and his subordinates were already dissatisfied with Mu Zheng's jurisdiction, so could they not be in a hurry when they heard it? Therefore, Wang Shao quickly amassed 20,000 troops.

The speed is very fast, the first lightning will gather 20,000 troops, knock directly on the Qiang village, with Wang Junwan as the vanguard gallop to the river, sweep the rivers and rivers, and cut more than 1,000 levels. Break the Eljin tribe and strangle the route of the Western Xia troops. Then cross the Yellow River from the Jiehe Fort. From the northern road to Tabaicheng. In addition, they respectively beheaded more than 1,000 people who entered Nanshan, rags, Qinbal and other Tibetan tribes who had rebelled again.

That is, Wang Shao blocked all the escape roads of the ghost chapter who stayed in Hezhou and the Mu Zheng who stayed in Xiangzi City, and wiped them out one by one. Ghost Zhang is very cunning, faintly feel bad, when Wang Shao's army rushed to the solid Baicheng, he also began to slowly retreat from Hezhou, ready to retreat to the Baicheng, can be attacked, retreat can be retreated from the Bingling Temple Yellow River Bridge to Huangzhou. Wang Shao stepped out of Baicheng from Lujing Valley in Hezhou and suddenly killed. The strength is equal, Wang Shao has more than 10,000 people in addition to some of the soldiers who stayed behind in Jiehe Fort and Nanshan, and there are more than 20,000 people under Guizhang, which is more than Wang Shao, but there will be no difference of 6,000 people. A small number of the Song army were regular sergeants and well-armed, but the rest were mostly guerrillas. Ghost Zhang's subordinates may have backward weapons, but they are all Tibetan powerhouses, and the two look alike. In terms of conditions, the ghost chapter has a slight advantage. Victory or defeat depends on the level of command of both sides.

Both of them were famous generals of the two countries, and they fought in Tabaicheng, and they did not fall in a battle like Mu Zheng. However, half a day later, they finally saw the gap in command between the two, and they obviously had an advantage, and finally the tide of the battle turned to the Song Dynasty. Seeing that Tubo was gradually depressed, Wang Shao raised his banner and decisively threw all the reserves up. The Tibetan Massacre was devastated. That is, the so-called first general in Tubo is nothing in the eyes of Wang Shao, but with such a famous general, he would rather be repeatedly encouraged by the ghost chapter, and desperately suppress Wang Shao, this is the strange thing that happened in the Song Dynasty.

The defeat was like a mountain, and the ghost chapter couldn't stop it, so he fled. But this time it didn't go so well, Wang Shao still had some infantry in history, this time in order to pursue speed, all the cavalry, the Song army followed closely behind. Chased and killed all the way, more than 4,000 people under the ghost chapter, more than 10 thief forts, and more than 8,000 tents. It was not until Guizhang crossed the Yellow River and reached the west of the river that Wang Shao stopped the pursuit. Then he divided his troops to the Yellow River in the north and Nanshan in the west, killed the mutinous tribes, and beheaded thousands of people. Only then did he slowly lead the troops into Tabai City and bury the fallen soldiers. Return to the city of Ana and besiege Mu Zheng alive. Mu Zheng couldn't escape, and led more than 80 chieftains to surrender. Hezhou won a great victory, killing nearly 10,000 enemy soldiers before and after, burning more than 20,000 accounts, and obtaining nearly 100,000 cattle and sheep. Escort Mu Zheng to the capital to report the victory. And to achieve such a great victory, it only took more than 50 days from the time of arrival in Xizhou to recruit troops. It was less than 70 days since he left the capital. It's another god-like battle.

Zheng Lang calmly ordered Wang Shao to stop the march for the time being.

Consolidate the rear first, and wait for the arrival of the imperial army before attacking Huangzhou.

However, when the news of the great victory came, the court swept away the clouds at the beginning of the year and was very happy.

At this moment, the homeless map arrived along with the great victory. Zhao Ji was furious and was ready to slam Zheng Xia. Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, summon Zheng Xia to the capital to ask." Perhaps some of the officials below did not do a good job. ”

Zheng Xia was brought to the capital in this way, and asked in front of all the important ministers and Zhao Ji in the capital hall. Zheng Lang said: "Zheng Xia, you are a homeless person, and you say that the homeless people are miserable, and I also admit it." But it can't be said that Your Majesty and the ministers are not good, it is a natural disaster, Shang Tang is a virtuous king through the ages, but there are seven years of great drought coming, isn't Tang a virtuous king? King Zhou Xuan's "Yunhan", several years of drought, the people are not happy, is Zhou Xuan Wang not a virtuous king? Renzong died, the people of the whole country wept bitterly, but when he was the emperor, the Yellow River burst its embankment twice, and the drought and flood disasters continued. Let me ask you again, since ancient times, such a great drought, often because of hunger, human beings will change their children and eat, but the year before last, the locusts, from July last year to today, there is almost no rain in the north, almost a year, the rivers have dried up, the plains have cracked, if it is placed in that generation, I don't know how many people have died, and now how many people are dying because of hunger? ”

Don't say anything treacherous, let's be realistic.

"Gong Zheng, but the homeless people are as painted by the minister."

Zheng Lang had already prepared and asked the eunuch to bring a book of accounts. said: "Zheng Xia." You flip through it. On it is a booklet of food almsgiving, and there are also princes, you can also take a look. ”

As he spoke, Zheng Lang passed the account books one by one.

Under the guidance of Zheng Lang. In the past few years, the account books of the three divisions are very clear, from where and at what price, how much grain is lost, and how much freight is paid. into that warehouse, how much waste there is in the warehouse, and then transferred to that state and county, clearly marked.

To some extent, as Zheng Xia said, he made money from the victims, but it was not an algorithm like Zheng Xia, so it was repaid, and the actual profit was only more than fifteen yuan per bucket. However, half of them were handed over to the victims free of charge, and the imperial court also took risks. Just don't consider the above two, can the imperial court not increase the price? If the price is not raised a little, the merchant's hoarding of grain will be forced out. In the end, it's not a price increase, there is no food. It will rise to a sky-high price! When the time comes, you will really starve to death.

But if this is the case, Zheng Xia will not be summoned to the capital, Zheng Lang continued: "Since the reform, Your Majesty, the ministers know that there will be many people who oppose it, so they rarely participate in personnel appointments. Even if they participate, they are still taking into account special needs, or they will draw more ministers with different political views into the court to achieve the goal of mixing different opinions. On the contrary, Jiefu is involved in many personnel appointments. Ran Chen suddenly remembered a few things, in the case of Jiefu's dismissal, it would not have been a big deal, but because Cai did not agree with the verdict, the world was turbulent. Cai did come up with Jiefu's hand. He Fu is the younger brother of Jiefu, without Jiefu, there would be no Hefu ascending to the throne, but Hefu is one of the biggest opponents of Jiefu and the minister's reform. Zheng Xia, you were once appreciated by Jiefu, but now you don't distinguish between indiscriminate and upper-class people. Your Majesty, this net is so dense. With Zheng Xia's position, it is not necessary to say that it reaches the heavenly court, but there is not much chance of going to the hands of the ministers (according to the rules, these folds must first go to the Chinese book, trivial matters or unorthodox, the following officials will be sent back directly, and the prime minister will not see it at all), but because of the help of Liu Zhi and others, it actually went into the hands of His Majesty. Those who go down want to go up, and those who go down want to come up. It doesn't matter, who dares to ask themselves if they encounter such a catastrophe in the future, and ensure that the death rate of the victims is lower than in this year, I can give up this position! ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly patted the chair under his buttocks and said: "This seat is good, you can sit on it if you want, show your true skills, the minister is worried that the minister is old, the rich man is old, and Jiefu is getting old, who will be the successor." Your Majesty is still investigating, if you have talent, just use it and let Your Majesty inspect it. Why use these intrigues to get to power! And why use some ignorant courtiers to slander reforms, slander ministers, etc. ”

Zheng Lang really didn't expect it.

It wasn't until Zheng Xia was still a homeless figure that he thought of some things in history, and a picture of a homeless person forced Wang Anshi down.

At that time, there were no newspapers to distinguish between black and white, and some of the ministers below reversed black and white, and it was true that Wang Anshi changed the law and forcibly collected money to bring many bad stories. But what kind of person is Zheng Xia, and a picture of a homeless person to force Wang Anshi away is too strange.

It's not that the homeless people are trying to force Wang Anshi away, but in the past, Wang Anshili was Wang Anshi's younger brother, and without Wang Anshi, Wang Anli might be nothing. Don't mention this, Cai is indeed Wang Anshi's henchmen, Deng Xuan, Tang Kun, Zheng Xia, these people have repeatedly rebelled and taken the lead in attacking, can Wang Anshi be disheartened?

It is possible that Zheng Xia's exile map will not happen, because he handed over the power back to Wang Anshi, and the exile map is here again.

Zheng Lang didn't refer to anyone.

However, Zheng Xia's face was bruised.

Maybe Zheng Xia's painting is true, but when you become a homeless person, you must be a poor and helpless people, and it is impossible for every household to wear clothes and be salted meat, which is not important. In the face of such a natural disaster, it is a miracle that few people starved to death!

Everything else is false.

In fact, Zeng Buzhangdun and others were also full of enthusiasm, including Cai Qu. It's all good now, but their enthusiasm and integrity have been repeatedly used, and they have become violent one by one. When the fight reached the end of Yuanfeng, both were defeated, and Wang Anshi also died. The two sides gradually compromised, the reformers also admitted that they had done too radically in the past, and the conservatives also admitted that when Zhao Zhen arrived at Zhao Shu in his later years, the country did have many problems. However, Cai did mistakenly participate in the seizure case, but he did not expect Zhang Dian and Wang Qi to turn against each other, so they failed. This made Gao Tao even more angry, if it is as Cai Qu established, it is not impossible for the second son Zhao Hao to ascend the throne as the emperor, the grandson is too young, Zhao Hao is in his thirties, and there is an example of Song Taizong in the history of the Song Dynasty. But where do you go? Therefore, as soon as her grandson ascended the throne, she then listened to the government and recalled Sima Guang in Luoyang. Fierce revenge begins.

After sorting all this out, Zheng Lang said again: "Zheng Xia, I won't talk far. Renzong was the rule of the Heavenly Sage. The foundation of the country is still good. How many people starved to death due to the drought? Since I became the ruler in the autumn of the fourth year of Zhiping, although I have made some mistakes, I can be regarded as diligent and loving the people. Conscientious. Other officials have nearly 100 days of vacation a year, but I have less than 20 days of vacation a year. Half of the night in the government hall, the review of the folds often to two or three watches. This is also the way it should be, and Your Majesty has placed your trust in me. Be diligent in government to repay Your Majesty. However, it seems that this has nothing to do with evil spirits. Your official position is not high, and it is okay if your official position is not high, my ancestors have always encouraged ministers to make speeches, and even I asked Your Majesty to promote newspapers, that is, to rise up from the people, let the newspapers rise up to supervise the function of speeches, and supplement the lack of ministers. But to serve the country by words, is it to teach people to frame and control at will? With your position today, you can know what it is to slander several rulers of the current dynasty as treacherous evil! ”

Not only himself, but also when Wang Anshi was in power in history. There weren't many people starving to death. Based on this alone, did Wang Anshi do poorly?

The people in the back don't care. It doesn't matter if Zheng Xia is a clean official or a faint official, but if he wants to be this budding bird, he must be shot to death. Otherwise, there are more early birds in the back!

Zheng Xia couldn't answer.

At this time, the truth of the so-called exile map is almost ready to come out.

Zhao Ji asked Zheng Xia to go down, looked at his back and said, "What an ignorant courtier." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Xia stumbled.

Then the punishment was down, and Liu Zhi went down. This person is said to be a Qing official, but this may not be the case, in Zheng Lang's eyes, he is also a psychopath.

Zheng Xia was completely dismissed.

But it was a good thing that this matter came out, Zheng Lang invited Sima Guang and Wang Anshi to his home, and said to Wang Anshi: "Jiefu, I recommend you as the second prime minister in front of Your Majesty. Zheng Xia turmoil, you must remember. You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people. Despite the disaster, the state finances have been lucky. I will not encourage Your Majesty to use troops in the next few years, as long as there is no catastrophe, the country will be able to quickly repay the debt. Therefore, it is necessary to be quiet at this time, especially in disaster years, and no further reforms can be introduced. ”

Wang Anshi nodded.

Zheng Lang said again: "Also, you and Fu Bi have many disagreements. Not only you, but I also have many disagreements with Fu Bi, and I have disagreements with you, so we must persuade slowly, and it is good for Fu Bi to have opinions, so we must listen. In this way, the contradictions will not intensify. Fu Bi has a gentle and steady personality, and he is a big tree that stands in the way before the reform, once he falls, we will be exposed together, the contradictions will intensify, and the country may not be able to recover from now on. ”

Wang Anshi nodded again.

Zheng Lang turned to Sima Guang and said: "Junshi, you and I also have disagreements with Jiefu, although we have not gotten along with teachers and students, but the relationship is close, one is prosperous, and the other is humiliated. The prime minister of Xifu is Wu Chong, who has no ill will towards me, but he also does not have much kindness, and he likes to be peaceful, but he does not understand military affairs. If there are some people who are not tricky, they will use Wu Chong like Zheng Xia, and they will be restrained from Xifu, and I will go to Hehuang for major events. Please take a good look at Xifu for me, if you don't understand anything, you can ask Cai Ting. ”

We do not stress reform, we do not stress military affairs, we do not stress interests. We are grasshoppers tied to a rope. I failed in Hehuang, and you Sima Guang can't fall well.

Sima Guang said: "I know, Gong Zheng, this trip must be glorious, otherwise the consequences may be very serious, if it is a big defeat, there will be a lot of trouble." And Xixia has failed to attack Qingtang many times, and I'm very worried. ”

"Don't be afraid of this." Zheng Lang said with a smile. It's good that Sima Guang can have such an idea.

The three masters and apprentices talked about wine, Fan Chunyou was not in good health, and died of illness in the northwest, although the imperial court repeatedly posthumously gave it, it also made the master and apprentice regret it. Fan Chunyou died of illness due to the bitter cold in the northwest, Zheng Lang went to the northwest again, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang temporarily put aside their prejudices and were full of worries about Zheng Lang.

Zheng Lang comforted them a few words, and Sima Guang and Wang Anshi left the Zheng family.

A few days later, Zhang Qi and others will arrive in Xizhou one after another.

Zheng Lang was also preparing to leave the capital.

Because of the bitter cold in Qinghai, I didn't bring a family member with me in this line.

Besides, the two daughters got married, and the two righteous sons went down to sharpen, and only some women were left in the family, and Zheng Lang didn't want them to be separated.

Repeated instructions with my family.

Zheng Lang left the capital.

Zhao Ji personally solemnly left Zheng Lang at the city gate.

When Zheng Lang was there, it seemed that no matter what happened to the country, it was safe, including Khitan blackmail, catastrophe, and financial difficulties. As soon as Zheng Lang left, Zhao Ji immediately felt empty in his heart, and he was very reluctant.

But he didn't know that Zheng Lang had always been defensive against him. Some people list Wang Anshi as the prime minister in history. After actually seeing through the truth of rights, Zheng Lang did not admit this statement at all. Wang Anshi's change of law can be said to have sold his life for Zhao Ji. is not as good as other dynasties, but looking at the Qingli New Deal, how Zhao Zhen supported Fan Zhongyan. I believe that if there is Wang Anshi's thorough and effective change, Zhao Zhen will support it more thoroughly. However, Zhao Ji has been taking measures to stir up different opinions, stuffing many conservative ministers into the court and restraining Wang Anshi. Zheng Lang was very conscious, so he asked Zhao Ji to stuff it, it was better to stuff it himself, which did not cause much contradiction.

However, because of this incident, Zheng Lang has always been defensive of Zhao Ji.

No one knows Zheng Lang's mentality, but if he does, whether he wronged Zhao Ji is also a mystery.

When he arrived at the city gate, Zhao Ji stopped and said, "Gong Zheng, take care." Huangzhou has to be important, Zheng Gong is the pillar of the country, and there can be no mistakes. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister will bring good news to Your Majesty soon." In this expedition to Huangzhou, 800 artillery pieces were brought alone, including 300 Franc machine guns, but they were not called Franc machine guns, and Zhao Ji named them Fuyuan cannons.

Not only weapons, Zheng Lang also personally transferred more than a dozen of the strongest brave generals and rushed to Hehuang one after another.

The strongest weapon, famous generals like clouds, although the strength is not very many, but the strength can be said to be the most powerful army in the history of the Song Dynasty. Such an army could not conquer Huangzhou, and I am afraid that there will not be many opportunities in the future of the Song Dynasty.

Watching Zheng Lang go west with three thousand cavalry, Zhao Xu's eyes were a little moist.

Zheng Lang was a little wary of him, but Zhao Ji did not guard against Zheng Lang for the time being. Zheng Lang traveled west, and he didn't need credit to add to him, but Hehuang's needs. Over the years, Zheng Lang has paid too much for this country. If the country is in need, it will immediately come out, even if it is a miasma land in Lingnan, even if it is a bitter cold place on the Hehuang Plateau. It is even more regarded as fame as dung. Looking at some unscrupulous scholars and doctors for the sake of wealth and nobility, the comparison between the two is a world of difference.

Zheng Lang walked farther and farther, but Zhao Ji stood motionless until the group became a black spot in the sky, and Zhao Ji sighed slightly: "The old man is talking about juvenile madness." Left lead yellow. Right Qingcang. Brocade hat mink fur, thousand horses roll Pingoka. In order to repay the city, follow the Taishou, shoot the tiger in person, and watch Sun Lang.

The wine is still open. Sideburns slight cream. And what's the matter. In the clouds, he sent Feng Tang on the same day. Will hold the bow like a full moon, look northwest, and shoot the wolf. ”

In the northern disaster, Zheng Lang transferred Su Dongpo to Mizhou in advance, in fact, he was asked to take a look at the suffering of the people in the north, and Su Dongpo made this first term a year in advance. At that time, Su Dongpo was not an old man, he was only thirty-nine years old, and he claimed to be an old man, but he was selling the old man.

In the Song Dynasty, such words were also considered coarse.

However, it happened to be a great victory in the river, so it was widely spread.

It was impossible for Zhao Ji to let Su Dongpo shoot the two heavenly wolves in the northwest.

But this poem seemed to be tailor-made for Zheng Lang, and after chanting, Zhao Ji said again: "Zheng Gong, you must take care." ”

At that time, the weather was hot, the south wind was blowing slowly, the white clouds were long, and the group of black spots in the sky seemed to be relaxing to the blue sky and white clouds in Zhao Ji's sighing and nostalgia. (To be continued.) )