The news of the great victory reached the court, but the most important person was missing.

The northwest has used troops for more than three years, especially the redundancy of the Song Dynasty, and the cost of using troops is even higher. In the middle, Lu Yijian contributed a lot, and if someone else came, the country had to make a mess. Therefore, after Zhang Yu's great victory, the Song Dynasty did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the finances could not be maintained. Can't beat it!

This is a person who makes Zheng Lang pitiful and hateful.

is really talented, only in terms of talent, no one in the court thinks about him, and Zheng Lang himself can't do it, using historical knowledge can make some clever things, and he can make some good suggestions, but like Lu Yijian, he has no matter how big or small, and he controls the affairs of the whole country with one hand, and there are no big leaks, and Zheng Lang can't do it. Look at the beacon fire in the whole country after the fall of Lu Yijian, it will be lively immediately.

It's a pity that few people can see it.

When people are old, they are overworked, and they also divide their energy to make some tricks of power and scheming, and their bodies will collapse quickly. One morning, thinking about things, plus he was old and old, others bowed three times, and he stood up straight after worshipping twice, and did not move.

Bombed the battalion all at once.

In two cases, like the eight kings, they can enter the court with swords, but they do not worship their names, and they have positions but no power. Lu Yijian has a position, but he doesn't have this position, and he still honestly bows and knocks. As a result, many indignant gentlemen wrote to impeach Lü Yijian.

Only one candidate Zhang Hong, who entered Beijing to prepare for the exam, said: "It is the sky that will take away his courage, and he will die soon." ”

When the energy is exhausted, it is like the oil lamp oil is about to run out, can the lamp continue to shine? Otherwise, how could this person who is the most powerful in the world lose his temper. Soon after, Lu Yijian felt dizzy and could not enter the court. Zhao Zhen personally visited, cut off his beard and said: "The ancients said that beards can cure diseases, and now I cut them off to give Qing, and I hope that Qingqing will recover as soon as possible." ”

How important Lu Yijian is, it will be immediately revealed.

Whether Yan Shu or Zhang Dexiang, there are also some officials who can govern, not only can write and do words, but the country is an eventful autumn, the four-way battle, what a big event, and the longer the Northwest Campaign drags on, the heavier the pressure on the rear, the more affairs. Lu Yijian fell for only a few days, and there was an immediate backlog of government affairs.

This comparison, how can Zhao Zhen not value Lu Yijian?

But many people couldn't figure it out, thinking that Lu Yijian was about to die, and he continued to confuse Zhao Zhen, so a bigger attack was about to be launched. This time is not the last time, all the gentlemen have made great achievements, and their qualifications have also followed, and they are highly regarded...... In fact, from the siege of Weizhou, it has been seen that the great victory will come sooner or later, but I didn't expect to get such a great victory, and almost took down Lingzhou City, and they were overjoyed. There were also people who were slightly dissatisfied, Wang Gongchen said: "Why don't you take the opportunity to take Lingzhou, maybe the danger in the northwest will be over." ”

It's not that he alone has this idea, I really don't understand, and then the Song Dynasty ran to Lingzhou City, and the five armies crusaded, but they didn't bring any decent siege equipment, so in the face of the tall and strong Lingzhou City, they attacked and attacked, and they couldn't attack it for a few months. Lingzhou City is really so easy to attack, even if it can capture Chang'an at this time, it may not be able to capture Lingzhou!

"That's enough, that's enough." Zhao Zhen said with a smile.

I'm satisfied.

Happy, it's a pity that the treasury is empty, otherwise you can issue an edict to exempt Shaanxi from taxes.

And he said, "How should I be rewarded?" ”

Wang Gongchen said again: "The minister thinks that meritorious service will be rewarded, and if there is a mistake, he will be punished." The four sides of the border launched this battle, planning to use forbidden soldiers, soldiers, rebels, archers, and township soldiers to collect 180,000 people. A battle of this scale has rarely been seen since the founding of the country. Except for Pang Ji, the other three ministers did not report to the imperial court. Although it was successful, it set a bad example. ”

It seems to make sense. But there is a mystery hidden in it, and the biggest credit for this battle is what he said about the three ministers of the edge, Pang Ji is very sad, and he has become a soup drinker again. There are no 180,000 people, in Wang Gongchen's mind, at the time of the decisive battle, more than 130,000 people participated in the battle in Dingchuan Village, nearly 20,000 soldiers participated in the battle in Danzheng Gorge, and there were defenders from all over the country, so it was 180,000 people. In fact, even if these defenders are counted, there are only 160,000 soldiers. Let him become more than 10,000 people. Fortunately, the people who participated in the defense of the city were not counted, otherwise it would have become 200,000 people.

The 180,000 army defeated Yuan Hao's 120,000 army and the 160,000 army defeated Yuan Hao's 120,000 soldiers.

Fu Bi sighed and said, "The battle ahead is chaotic, who can expect the enemy plane to be the first in a few months?" It is impossible to predict how the enemy will report to the imperial court first. According to Wang Gongchen's words, the front line is victorious, and the generals are guilty of ineffectiveness. If something happens to the country in the future, who can fight bloodily for the country and defend the territory? ”

The two sides immediately quarreled.

This is a very bad sign, but unfortunately no one notices it......

Zhao Zhen had a headache and said weakly: "Zhuqing, don't argue, as early as when Yang Shousu entered Beijing, Zheng Lang wrote to report the occurrence of this battle, but he was afraid that the news would leak and affect the war, so I never said it. ”

The reason for the dispute is precisely because of this feat!

The ministers headed by Wang Gongchen did not want Zheng Lang, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Yin Zhu and Zhang Fangping to get this military exploit, but the monarchs and ministers led by Zhao Zhen Fubi affirmed this military exploit.

None of it got to the point.

is not only afraid of leakage, but also a one, to the ridicule of the general, report to the court, the court will discuss, agree, disagree with the edict, comply or not? Not only did he ridicule the general from the temple, but also gave the military power to Di Qing in Dingchuan Village, and took the initiative to bypass the disadvantage of the general's Zhongyu, the army became more mobile, and the marching strategy was more flexible, which made a great victory.

But no one thought about it.

Yan Shu opened his old eyes and said: "Your Majesty, meritorious service will be rewarded, acting like a three-way general, you also need to be vigilant, and you can't make an example again." If it is discussed, from the perspective of the ministers, the exemption law in the letter of several border ministers should be discussed, which is a change move, and if you want to implement it, the pros and cons must be properly discussed before it can be issued. ”

and mud, neither side is guilty, take the opportunity to divert the topic.

At the mention of the exemption law, all the ministers were silent together.

I don't really understand it, so I don't dare to interject.

Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan, Zhang Fangping, and Zheng Lang all mentioned the exemption law.

It is an improved version of Wang Anshi's exemption law.

The first article of the original law is that the heavy service in front of the ya, and the service of the undertaker, the scattered servant, the bow pawn, the warden, etc., will no longer be rotated by the fourth-class rural households, but will be hired to serve as the third-class or above households, and the number of Lu will be determined by the severity of the service.

Here Wang Anshi tried to soothe the emotions of the upper household, and did a little dragging his feet, in his mind, the errand was done well and a faceless person, so he still used the third-class or above households to act, and it was not done simply. These errand servants are good, but they are not taken care of, and the local officials in various places also give them to the upper class, and if they are not good, they are taken care of, and the upper class will not be willing to serve them. There is no need to take care of emotions, but it increases costs. How much does it cost to ask a third-class household to be a government errand to satisfy them, but how much does it cost to ask a box soldier and a fifth-class household to be a government errand? So it was simplified, there was no household, there was only one, and the scribe had to try his hand at calligraphy, that is, to know some words, to understand some arithmetic, and archers needed to know some martial arts. Whether it is selected from the fifth-class household or from the first-class household, it is directly skipped.

Add one article, the state redundant soldiers are too heavy, and the third-class upper households are unwilling to serve as government officials, but once the conscription is implemented, it is a way out for many poor households and van soldiers. In particular, after a period of training, they have discipline and some qualities, and using them to serve as government officials can just learn from each other's strong points and make up for their weaknesses, and can also reduce the disadvantages of redundant troops in the state.

Zheng Lang and Han Qi both wrote about the problem of redundant soldiers, and since the war, eighty percent of the country's income has been spent on redundant soldiers. It is advisable to reduce the number of troops on a large scale, and it is necessary to control the state's forbidden troops to less than 600,000 and the number of soldiers to less than 400,000, eliminate their old and weak troops, improve their combat effectiveness, and reduce a large amount of state financial expenditures.

There are some differences between several people here.

Zheng Lang and Fan Zhongyan directly cut off their troops, and after the Zhuzhai was repaired, Zheng Lang took the remaining 48,000 hundreds of soldiers, neither increasing nor decreasing, but actually cutting off a large number of troops. Fan Zhongyan said a lot, for the time being, will not be reduced, and finally take advantage of the weakening of Western Xia, find a way to take Hengshan, after that, by the risk of Hengshan, Jingyuan Road and Huanqing Road, Yanjun Road form a whole, Huanqing Road retains 30,000 troops is enough. However, Han Qi was making noise, saying that the troops of the other roads were sufficient, but the troops of Qin Fenglu were very small, I was not in the rear, and it was also useful, Jingyuan Road used troops, and I could provide support at any time. Qin Fenglu has soldiers, and the alliance with Tubo will be more deterrent. If you really can't do it, increase the number of village soldiers, and tattoo them on their faces in order to prevent them from evading military service.

It's okay to cut my troops, don't cut my soldiers.

It can be seen that Han Qi is selfish in everyone's hearts.

Instead of reducing the number of soldiers, this exemption law is now being considered. Then there is the second article, the elders, household heads, etc. are still rotated by the first and second class households for a period of one year, and the service period is exempted from 15 times. The strong men are rotated by the fourth and fifth class households who do not pay for servitude for a period of half a year.

Zheng Lang also made revisions, the first- and second-class households were changed to the first, second and third-class households, the selection of people was wider, and the subsidies for the strong men were increased, and the money was five yuan, not free conscription, but paid service, and the heavy service or special circumstances were postponed, and those who went out were given some money and silk compensation.

Through this article, it has been designated as a good policy for the convenience of the people, not a good policy for accumulating wealth. This is done for the convenience of the people, not for the sake of the country. With this surname, the disputes caused will inevitably be reduced by half. There are similar clauses later.

Article 3: Households above the third class no longer serve in the service, and they must pay exemption money according to their assets, which is the core of this. The urban square households are divided into 10 classes, and the upper 5th class households have no burden of errand service, and they also have to pay by half according to the household or assets, and the female households, temple households, single Ding households, and juvenile households are only levied from the third class or above.

Revisions have been made.

Wang Anshi is crazy about accumulating money, which leads to the more big households are more miserable, so how to halve is particular, Zheng Lang started to reduce it with ten, such as one hundred pieces of family property began to levy exemption money, one hundred households drew two, and five guan money drew ten times. To 10,000 is not to draw out 200, but 100. 100,000 is not 2,000, but 500. One million guan is not 20,000 guan, but only 2,500 guan.

Unlike later generations, the higher the income, the heavier the tax, but how much tax actually went to the treasury? Very doubtful. Besides, this is the feudal era, and there is no way to be unfair, so you must let the big families cooperate. Their opposition is equivalent to what Zheng Lang said that the world is opposing.

There is still some confusion, for example, the income of 1,000 to 2,000 guan is not even as much as the exemption money levied on the income of 1,000 guan, so find a way to increase or decrease your own property. I believe that the people below will cross the sea with eight immortals and show their magical powers.

The latter measure is to take care of some people, in Zheng Lang's meaning, the temple view household should not be in the ranks of care, but it has already made a start, which is rare. Therefore, the temple view household was changed to the fourth class, instead of being levied from the third class, and the fifth class household was also skipped.

However, an article is added that cattle and horses and other cultivated livestock shall not be included in the property.

There is a lack of large livestock in the country that cultivates and must be protected. In order to avoid counting their property with cattle, some people deliberately did not raise cattle. As a result, there has been a shortage of ploughing cattle throughout the Song Dynasty, which has reduced the efficiency of farming.

Article 4 is to use the power of one state and one county to provide the expenses of one state and one county, and to provide the expenses of one road with the strength of one road, and each road shall follow the law according to its convenience, establish the number of service members, the amount of budget service revenues and expenditures, and in addition to the employment value that is fully used, for the purpose of preventing disasters and famines, take an extra half of the money, which is called exemption from military service and spare money.

This article is also not done well, such as the current Hangzhou, let Hangzhou implement this policy, everyone will laugh from ear to ear, but what about those poor states and counties? Therefore, the states and counties of the country are divided into five classes, and this fifth class refers to the third class that Zheng Lang said. Impoverished states and counties can't do it, and they can't do it, and those who have a heavy burden of border archers can't do it. The remaining states and counties are divided into five classes, with four, three, two and one points reserved for the first, second, third, and fourth classes, and the fifth class is only self-insurance expenditures and no additional levies are allowed.

The surplus money is to prevent the famine from being overrun, and to allocate a part of it to subsidize the finances of poor states and counties, but the burden of forced labor is heavy, or the state and county finances with many border archers.

Equalize the gap between the rich and the poor across the country.

Anyway, the imperial court should not expect to use this money.

In fact, it is also saving for the imperial court, and now the imperial court spends a lot of money a year in order to subsidize the archers on the border. Otherwise, in the battle of Dingchuan Village, it would be impossible to gather so many troops. Gathering their entire army, plus the 10,000 troops in Yanzhou, it was only 1670,000.

It was a large number of archers who became village soldiers in disguise, and some of the fanzi joined to increase the number of troops.

This kind of exemption law is milder and more positive than the exemption law in history.

Zhang Fangping was also an opponent of Wang Anshi's reform, believing it to be too radical. However, after seeing Zheng Lang's exemption laws, he was silent for a while, and then applauded.

In the face of this exemption law, some people want to oppose it, but they can't do it.

In the end, the new law is changing, and the ministers who approve it will not dare to speak for a while, so the hall is cold.

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "After you go back, think about it carefully, perfect it, and disperse." ”

is perfect, not to consider whether it is right or not, which means that Zhao Zhen agreed.

When he returned to the palace, he said to Zhang: "Zhang Meiren, thank you for your auspicious words, there is a great victory ahead." ”

After fighting for more than three years, he suffered the evil anger of the Khitan people halfway, and finally made Zhao Zhen raise his eyebrows.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Zhao Zhen patted her fragrant shoulder and said, "Prepare for driving." ”

I have to go to Lu Yijian's house.

Lu Yijian asked people to kneel to greet him, Zhao Zhen helped him up and said, "Lu Qing, you have a good rest, don't go out to greet him." Let's go in and tell the story. ”

"Whoa."

Zhao Zhen asked the eunuch to help Lu Yijian back to the hospital bed, and told him about today's events one by one.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"I want to ask you what you think."

"The minister thought that Zheng Lang's approach was very proper, Lingzhou City would not be able to be captured for a while and a half, and it was too far to transport materials from Weizhou to Lingzhou, and if you want to gather in Western Xia, you can also gather two or three hundred thousand troops, and it will change later, but it is inappropriate. As soon as he put it away, Zheng Lang was free to handle it, and the minister also appreciated it. ”

Zhao Zhenhu looked at Lu Yijian suspiciously, admitting that he had the talent to govern the country, but his cautious eye became his biggest shortcoming. Zheng Lang bombarded him several times in a row, why did he speak for Zheng Lang. This is Lu Yijian's shrewdness, the Junzi Party is trying to get him out of power, Zheng Lang is different, just on the matter, and it is possible to have a good relationship with Fu Bi, so he said a few words. But he and the gentlemen did not follow the same path. It's a big victory again, and there is a broken relationship with his son, why suppress this son?

If there is no idea of suppression, the review will be very fair.

He also said: "The minister looked at this exemption law and thought it was very appropriate, Han Qi said that heaven and man are one, but he said that he was a big bully. But this is fine-tuning, and some improvements can be made without moving the ancestral method. The minister thought that this proposal must have been proposed by Zheng Lang, and discussed it with Han Qi, and Han Qi took the credit, so he initiated this statement. ”

"I thought it was." But the corners of Zhao Zhen's mouth overflowed with a smile, Lu Yijian did not suppress Zheng Lang, but suppressed Han Qi in disguise.

Lu Yijian said again: "Your Majesty, the minister thought that the minister was seriously ill in bed, and His Majesty asked the minister who could serve in the two prefectures, and the minister thought of one person at that time, and he was helplessly trapped in the northwest, and now he can be recalled to Beijing." ”

"Who?"

"Zheng Lang."

"He's too young to be able to take on a heavy responsibility."

"Participating in political affairs can be done."

"Participate in political affairs......" Zhao Zhen was a little hesitant, not because he didn't want to, but because he was afraid that the ministers would oppose it. He was not a privy deputy envoy, and the original privy deputy envoy was only a temporary position, and he soon went to Shaanxi, and he lived up to his expectations and reported himself a big red plum. However, the real power of the deputy prime minister of the East Mansion is much greater than that of the deputy prime minister of the West Mansion, and he is still a permanent position, and muttered: "Lu Qing, something is wrong." ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers look at Zheng Lang's employment, which is quite popular and morale, and he holds all the military, political and financial powers of Jingyuan Road, and has a tacit understanding with other ministers, as well as generals, so he has to be called. Your Majesty, do you know how Zhou Yafu died? ”

"Tell me about it," Zhao Zhen asked curiously.