If, if you analyze it carefully, these are all good news, which proves that since the tempering of the Qingli War, the combat effectiveness of the Song and Xia armies has quickly turned upside down. In the event of a head-on conflict, the Song Dynasty was already far superior to the Western Xia under equal conditions. Even in the case of insufficient troops, it can complete the miracle of winning more with less many times.

But only if.

Scholars often see problems and listen to problems with one eye and listen with one ear.

Zheng Lang repeatedly instilled, saying that moderation, three points, and medium. The master said that he should repay his grievances with directness, not with virtue. Don't talk about repaying grievances with virtue, that is, as the highest level of the pyramid and the highest level of moral gentlemen, how many people can repay grievances with virtue? Therefore, the state mainly governs the people with morality, and it also needs to supplement the criminal law. To govern the country with etiquette, we also need etiquette as a helper. To promote morality based on benevolence, we also need righteousness to save it. To come to the outside world and to the people, we still need to be vigilant. The combination of grace and power is king.

The more afraid you are of death, the more people will bully you, and the more you are afraid of things, the more things will often find you on your head.

If you want peace, you must act at a moderate time, and the foreign country will not be despised if it is shocked, and the border will be peaceful, and all countries will come to court. The Song Dynasty spent money to buy An, and it was never a prosperous scene that could not buy the Han and Tang dynasties. Don't talk about Western Xia, that is, Jiaozhi only came to the court occasionally, or asked for benefits after being subdued. They will not come unless they ask for an advantage. How many times have you seen Dali again? How many times has Tibet come?

Under Zheng Lang's repeated explanations, there are very few scholars who value harmony now.

But being greedy for life and afraid of death, and secretly settling under the policy of restraint, has penetrated deep into their bones and spleen.

I won't say that I am stealing peace, but that I am talking about the country. There are so many shortcomings in the country, and this year the fiscal situation can be flattened or even saved, but there will be no military reduction. A layoff is still a big black hole. If there is another protracted war like Qingli at this time. How is the country doing?

Han Qi arrived at this time. Only then did he understand why Zheng Lang was defeated, and fled to Tanzhou in a hurry.

Hearing Wen Yanbo's recitals and the impeachment of many officials, Han Qi was a little disheartened. He submitted his resignation.

But a very interesting scene. It was not handed to the west, but to the east.

Zheng Xingzhi, no matter what happened before, am I doing the right thing in Shaanxi now? Actually, I did something. It's just a small fort, why bother? Why don't you say something fair?

Zheng Lang looked at the fold and smiled dumbly.

People's hearts are grinded out, and Han Qi's spirit of Wang Ba was cultivated by long-term political struggles, and he was still very farsighted in military affairs at this time. If it doesn't change, even this aspect will be completely sunk, and finally on his deathbed he made a Khitan Seven Articles, disgusting Wang Anshi.

With this recital, I came to the capital hall and circulated it to everyone.

At the same time, he said: "Gangu City doesn't have much to do with Han Qi. As early as before Han Qi went to Shaanxi, Ma Zhongfu, the governor of Qinzhou, came to Qinzhou to loot because he saw that the Western Xia people had repeatedly crossed the border. Therefore, please repair Gangu Castle. After Han Qi went west, he went through a field investigation and thought that it was okay, so he wrote to the court, not to overstep his duties. I not only agreed with Han Qi to repair Gangu City, but also agreed with Han Qi to build another fort in another main place (where, Zheng Lang was afraid that Western Xia would learn the information, so he didn't mention it). At that time, you were also among your ministers. Why? The Western Xia should not be allowed to spread its influence again. Speaking of the border, even if I am introverted and do not invade the Xia realm, Zhenzong only tacitly ignored the Western Xia's invasion of Lingzhou Tiandu Mountain, from Xiaoguan and Tiandu Mountain to the south, it is not the border of the Western Xia. Even if Qingli negotiated peace, Western Xia was only on the west side of Lanzhou in the south and Beihuizhou, with Agancheng as the boundary. Although Nanhui Prefecture and a large area of land west of Donglan and Qinzhou are the territory of the Tibetan people, they are actually the places where our dynasty is fetted. There was no peace with the Western Xia, and these boundaries were assigned to the Western Xia, and in general they were still the feudal lands of our dynasty. Why not build a small fort or two in my place? ”

After a pause, he said: "This is a deficit in the country, so I don't do it, otherwise I will use the year's gift as a threat to force Western Xia to retreat to the north of Agancheng." Silent for the time being, but we can't sit back and watch them continue to develop southward, otherwise, as Han Qi wrote in his book, the consequences will be unimaginable. As for Han Qi himself, there is no need to mention the merits and demerits, no matter what, the merits of the two dynasties and the stable transition of the country are also somewhat credited. We are not afraid of problems, but we are afraid that we will not find a way. Let the wolf take one sheep away, and there are still hundreds of sheep there, and they must be repaired immediately. Besides, if you continue to talk about it, it will not be beautiful for the reputation of the first emperor. ”

Zhao Ji muttered, "Tolerance." ”

He understands how cruel the political struggle is, and he also saw the urgent roaring of Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu before his father's death.

Everyone knows the contradictions between Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and Zheng Lang.

However, in the midst of public opinion against South Korea, Zheng Lang calmly took over the responsibility, how difficult it was.

For the time being, the discussion of the scholars and doctors has been calmed down.

But it didn't work.

So for one thing, earthquakes!

In July, there was an earthquake in Kyoto. A few days later, there was another earthquake, not only another earthquake, but the weather was very strange on this day, the houses were shaking, and the people ran out into the streets, but there was a violent storm outside, and there was no place to stand, so they had to hide back in the house again in fear. In the evening, when the torrential rain stopped and the moon came out, the people breathed a sigh of relief. At least stand on the street, when it's not safe to stay in a house. The weather was hot, so the people carried out the bamboo beds one by one and slept outside. Including the Royal Street, people's lives are at stake, regardless of any rules, and the middle of the Royal Street is also full of people who come out to avoid disasters.

After the rain, the sky is clear, and the moon is pleasant, but everyone has no mind, looking at the ground together, a slight earthquake is a little better, if it is a little bigger, it may knock down the house. Some of the people were diligent and timid, and they brought their belongings into the streets. The capital is in chaos. Suddenly, it was getting dark. The moon is swallowed by the tengu, a lunar eclipse!

Resurgence, bitter wind and rain, lunar eclipse, three things are twisted together.

The next day there was no earthquake, and the people went home together, just to throw piles of garbage on the streets.

The astronomical officer marched and said that the original "Tomorrow Calendar" of the Song Dynasty was wrong and that the calendar had to be recreated. The wisdom of the ancients cannot be underestimated, and there is no way to predict when it will be windy and rainy, but it is amazing in some astronomy. In fact, Shen Kuo created the "Twelve Qi Calendar" as early as a thousand years ago, with the beginning of the spring as the beginning of the year, the atmosphere is 31 days, and the stinginess is 30 days. The standard is no less than that of the Western calendar. But in terms of seasons, it is more scientific.

Including many secondary lunar eclipses. Astronomers can often predict nine times out of ten.

If it wasn't calculated in advance, it was a calendar error and needed to be corrected.

Zhao Ji immediately agreed.

It has nothing to do with the calendar, nothing to do with earthquakes. It's the impact of earthquakes.

Knowing that Lu Gong of Kaifeng Mansion played a song without being salty or indifferent: since the people of the past, those who encountered disasters were either afraid to bring blessings, or simple accusations to cause disasters. If you are sincere and sincere, you will think about it sincerely. Those who are sincere and mutate will not disappear, and there will be no such thing. Those who are only monarchs listen to the disadvantages of solitary appointments, and do not preconceive the words of the master, will not be confused by heresy. Yan Yuan asked for the state, and Confucius took the distant people as a warning. If the Gai people are afraid that they will not be in line with the king, they will be easily approached; If a righteous person is afraid that it will not conform to his righteousness, then his momentum will be easy to be sparse. However, the king of Xiange is doing things, and those who are not doing things are righteous and the world is not cured.

Lunar eclipse earthquake, get a book, no matter what. Your Majesty, you have to hold it steady yourself.

Immediately all sorts of pieces came.

In the final stage of Zheng Lang's reform, he made a lot of concessions and humble concessions. However, it is impossible to give it all in, and that will inevitably lose its deterrent effect. A part of the deed shares was sent to the banknote bank for auction, and no matter how much trouble there was, it couldn't be brought back. Part of the fines are sent to the treasury, and once they enter the bottomless pit of the treasury, they are quickly spent and cannot be recovered.

It is definitely not to collect money, if it is to collect money, if all the deed shares are sold and the fines are detained, the imperial court can get at least more than 50 million yuan of income. But Zheng Lang resolutely returned most of the money and the share deed one by one. However, on the other hand, if he doesn't do this, Zheng Lang will immediately be the same as Wang Anshi, and the people of the world will oppose him.

The court was so difficult that it was still unmoved. Most of the heroes were impressed. This is the Haoqiang that has returned, and the Haoqiang that has not been encountered. However, a very small number of powerful share deeds were gone, the cultivated land was divided among households below the fourth class, fines were also fined, and people were imprisoned.

Will these people hate it? There are also some scholars who have been dismissed or demoted under this toss. Even those who keep their official positions are hated by some scholars.

It is still reform, not revolution.

A revolution is the overthrow of one class by another.

Including Wu Zetian's so-called revolution, it cannot be called a revolution. In the real process of construction, only one revolution can be regarded as a real revolution. It didn't succeed, because the magnates produced by the founding of the state, they were still the ones after the revolution subsided.

is Wu Zetian's pseudo-revolution, from officials to magnates to ordinary people to generals, how many people were killed?

This reform can only be described as a ferocious reform. Zheng Lang made a big move and received it in time. But it is not possible for Zheng Lang to do it alone, so the number of prefectures and counties and the number of supervisors is clearly demarcated, and in order to keep the official position, the governor finds the fault of the lower-level officials, the Beijing officials find the fault of the local officials, and the lower-level officials report the fault of the governor. In the space of eight months, the old background of almost every official has been revealed. There is a good thing, because of this toss, many officials have a heart of hatred, this is not afraid, officialdom is the darkest place, what I am afraid of is that they are in a group. However, after this major injury, it is estimated that in 20 years, everyone will not be able to hold two factions.

Although some officials keep their official positions, their old foundations are still in the file. If there is no restructuring this time, how can the old foundation be turned over?

No matter what Zheng Lang does in the end, there are also many people who hate him.

The earthquake came, the lunar eclipse came, and the opportunity came.

Zhao Ji summoned Zheng Lang into the inner palace in the name of the waiter, paced around, and said, "Glad and happy." ”

"Luck, luck." Zheng Lang also stroked his chest.

Zhao Ji was glad that the restructuring ended in time, and it took more than two months for some officials to make a fuss about this matter. The restructuring has been going on for eight months, why did no omen happen, but only two months later?

Could it be that God was napping for more than eight months?

No matter how you do the article, you can do it very reluctantly. And Zheng Lang said wisely, stop for a while, digest and digest. Because the restructuring has already brought about commotion, it must be stabilized before the second step of reform can be started. Otherwise, the second step of reform will be launched at this time, and it will be even more chaotic.

Zheng Lang also felt lucky.

Fortunately, the history books are mostly nonsense about Zhao Ji's history, what kind of demon moths, incredible rumors dare to stuff into the historical materials. But there is no issue of the weather, and the earthquake is accurately documented. If it is too early or too late, the consequences will be unimaginable.

A gentleman and a minister, a young and an old, almost clapped their hands in celebration when they were afraid.

Gao Tao covered his mouth behind the curtain and stole fun.

Zheng Lang is teaching, she is listening, Zhao Ji is only twenty years old, after all, he is constrained by age, and it sounds very difficult. Gao Tao is not. She can absorb most of it. Zheng Lang entered the palace to speak. Never talk about scriptures, there are too many people who talk about that thing, whether it is Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang, or now Zheng Langjin advises. Wen Yanbo also has the qualifications to speak. There are also lower-level ones, such as Sima Guang, Lu Gongshu, and Fan Chunren, who mostly preach the scriptures.

It's really beneficial, and the sermons are an excuse. It's still about governing the country. Many people said that Zhao Ji could not absorb all of them, and it was impossible to absorb them all, and his temperament was still frizzy, but he was growing slowly unconsciously.

Gao Taotao is not interested in Jingyi, but is interested in Zheng Lang's lecture, which is about how to govern the country and employ people and do things to cultivate oneself. If Zhao Ji continues to grow, Zheng Lang will account for at least half of the credit in the middle.

At least Gao Tao is growing significantly.

is still inferior to Zhao Zhen and Liu E, it is not a matter of wisdom, but experience. Liu E followed Liu Mei from Sichuan to Beijing to work. didn't expect that it would be difficult to mix in the capital, so I had to show up and make a living. Tokyo City is a mixed bag, and it is not easy to gain a foothold. This is the first time to develop. Sold to Song Zhenzong, if there were no later things, at most it could only be regarded as a witty version of Zhang Guifei. and let Song Taizong drive out of the palace and stay in Zhang Qi's house for more than ten years, it is rare that she did not give up, but used these ten years of hard study to make herself not only wise, but also versatile. This life of hardship and perseverance has never been experienced by Gao Tao.

Zhao Zhen is the same, when he was a teenager, he let Kou Zhun throw it out, and he almost died, and later let Liu E suppress it for more than ten years, and Zhao Zhen did not have this difficult time to polish. The two of them ascended to the throne almost as if it were a matter of course.

Zheng Lang didn't expect them to reach the heights of Liu E and Zhao Zhen, and they were able to reach more than half of them, and the mother and son worked together, and the country was fortunate.

Gao Tao is growing up, and he often comes to talk and understands Zheng Lang better. I also feel scared when I understand it.

These people are the best, the kind that is rarely seen and rare, and the temptation of fame and fortune is very small.

Not all masters can afford this kind of person, just like Huan Wen saw Wang Meng, talking to Huan Wen while catching lice, Huan Wen began not to care, but the more he listened, the more surprised he became, saying Come with me, I promise to reuse you. Wang Meng saw that Huan Wen had no ambition to run Guan Luo, so he raised his hand and left, what is the glory and wealth, and what is the surname Wang Xie Huan Gu in Jiangnan. If you want to make good use of these people, you must not only pay sincerity, but also have something to attract him.

Just like her husband, it is not easy to use this minister.

guessed correctly, if you live in the era of Zhao Ji and Zhao Gou, there are two choices, one is to go to Jiangnan immediately, and the other is to rebel, if you want Zheng Lang to work as hard as he is now, it is absolutely impossible.

At least now this minister is no less to his son than he is to his uncle.

She asked behind the curtain: "Gong Zheng, is there a connection between humanity and the way of heaven?" ”

"Returning to the Empress Dowager, the minister wrote some principles about geology and astronomy in Gewuxue, earthquakes are the product of the movement of the earth's crust, and lunar eclipses are the products of the orbit of the earth and the sun and the moon. Of course, this is not necessarily true, and it needs to be verified. However, the way of heaven and earth is so far-reaching, how can the wisdom of Yichen be understood thoroughly? What the minister wrote was only a drop in the ocean, no, not even a drop in the ocean, only a grain of floating dust. Zheng Lang said. You have to be modest, otherwise it will make this strong queen mother jealous. He also said: "The way of heaven is too far, and the way of the earth is also vast and difficult to know." Humanity is only a small thing between heaven and earth, or slightly affects the earth, but with the current ability, it is absolutely impossible to affect the way of heaven. Even without human beings, the Heavenly Dao could still operate. Therefore, Lao Tzu said that heaven and earth regard all things as dogs. For example, when Tang Gaozong ruled the country, disasters continued, where was the way of heaven? For example, when Renzong was in power, there were more disasters, and there were even military disasters, so where was the way of heaven? However, when a disaster occurs, as a monarch, it should be a warning. The Queen Mother is the wise Queen Mother, Your Majesty is the Wise Majesty, if there are unscrupulous descendants, and the rights are infinitely great, if there is no God to restrain them, do whatever they want, the ancestors can often be defeated for hundreds of years. ”

"Gong Zheng, Zhong, the heavens still have to be in awe."

"Exactly, even if the way of heaven is ruthless, the way of heaven will not care about humanity, but humanity must act according to the sky, if you try to win even the sky, you are often beyond your strength and self-defeat."

"How do Westerners deal with it?"

"It can't be too soft, it's not too hard, it's just moderate. If they continue to invade our court, our court will be able to strike occasionally. If you continue to attack, you will cut off their gifts while defending, and they will not be able to exchange their markets. If peace and friendship are maintained, peace will also be precious. But it's difficult, the minister talked to Fu Bi about the West not long ago. Although Liang is a Han woman, she betrays her husband and kills her husband, does not abide by the way of the woman's family, and is ruthless. Scheming. Its ferocity is not much less than that of Yuan Hao. I'm afraid that I won't be able to feel at ease in the future. But it doesn't hurt. As long as I can ease this breath, with the character of the Liang family, when the main eldest mother is strong, there will be serious differences in Western Xia. It's time to clean up this big problem. If this scourge had not been for this, the military expenditure of the Western garrison alone would have saved 20 million yuan a year. Even if the troops are not reduced, transporting grain and grass to Hedong in Hebei Province will save more than half of the grain and grass compared with transporting it to the border areas of Shaanxi. At that time, I concentrated on dealing with the Khitan. The Khitan will no longer be a harm to our dynasty. ”

"The eldest mother is strong? Ten years later? ”

"It may not be ten years, but it is only ten years, when the minister was in his sixties, and he could still get away with contributing to His Majesty. If it is Xixiaping, after a few years of rectification, the West will be safe, and the minister will be almost seventy years old. The minister said that seventy persuaded him to retire, and at that time, the minister's wish was also fulfilled, and he was able to give office. ”

For the first time, Zheng Lang said the plan in his heart.

"Youyun Sixteen Prefectures......" Zhao Ji asked eagerly.

"Your Majesty. You can't rush, you have to do things step by step. Don't say that our dynasty is inferior to the Tang Dynasty in terms of force, even if the Tang Dynasty is too poor and dethroned, it will not end well in the end. The ministers are against stealing peace, and they are also against the dethronement of the army, so remember to remember. ”

There was some disappointment in Zhao Ji's eyes.

Zheng Lang was also a little disappointed in his heart. Helplessly, war is not a joke, especially in the Song Dynasty, the cost of using troops is extremely high, and several difficulties can be overcome in these ten years, which can be regarded as the extreme. If you want to swallow the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, how is it possible? Unless the entire Song Dynasty system is reformed and the Han and Tang dynasties are restored to reuse the measures of martial arts, then it will take more than ten years of tempering to produce a group of elite soldiers and brave generals, but is it possible in the Song Dynasty's environment of emphasizing literature over military force?

If this system is continued, the war will be fought very hard, even if the sixteen states of Youyun are captured, the Khitan will start a repeated tug-of-war, unless the birth of the Jurchen rises in advance. That's impossible, without the leadership of Wanyan Aguta, without this lion, it is just a group of leaderless scattered wolves, and it can't threaten the rule of the Khitan at all. Besides, Zheng Lang didn't want to give birth to a Jurchen rise, which would be more difficult to deal with than the Khitan.

After talking for a long time, Zheng Lang left the inner palace.

Impeachment is growing.

Also, the earthquake is far from over, and August will come, one earthquake and two earthquakes.

If you change it to Han Qi, you will jump like thunder, if you change it to Di Qing, you will have a stagnation and back gangrene, and if you change it to Yue Fei, you will sing in a low voice to the cold night: There are few bosom friends, and everyone listens to the broken strings.

But Zheng Lang is different.

Looking at the impeachment of some ministers, some people said very ugly, saying that the reason why the sky is like this is that it is a huge traitor in the dynasty, and Wang Mang is in hiding. implicitly refers to don't look at Zheng Lang doing well, he is doing a fake, and sooner or later he will become Wang Mang.

Zheng Lang was prepared.

At the court meeting, Nu Zu motioned, asked the guards to pick up a thick stack of folds, and said: "These are all folds to impeach me, move them out and burn them." ”

No more archiving.

He also said: "Your Majesty, in these memora, it is said that there is Wang Mang in charge of the court, and the minister doesn't know who he is talking about? ”

Most of the ministers are in vain. Some people use celestial phenomena to attack Zheng Lang is known, and many ministers also think that Zheng Lang is too impatient, but to say that Zheng Lang is Wang Mang is indeed talking nonsense.

Zhao Ji is also happy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what was burned just now is a memorabilia for impeachment, and some of them are indeed true, no matter what, in the face of this national financial crisis, I am in a bit of a hurry. I can't figure out what the celestial phenomena show, the heavens are far away, how can a mortal understand their thoughts? If you are in a hurry, there are also some drawbacks and bad things, if so, you advise, I welcome it, but some people have ulterior motives, and I will not pursue them, so I will burn them together. I also hope that all the ministers will look at the danger of the country, put aside personal grievances, give up their small families to take care of everyone, and work together to overcome this crisis. In the future, I can also give advice, as long as I don't do well, I can speak up and say the right way. Besides, no one is perfect, how can we be perfect? However, there are many ills in the country, and they have reached the point where they are almost impossible to return. If it is changed, the interests of many people will be implicated. I will do some humble measures, but I want everyone to benefit without harm, and it is difficult for the saints to do so even if they are alive. If we change, the country will still have vitality, and if we do not change, the country will become more and more degenerate and dangerous. I was instructed by Emperor Renzong's deathbed that His Majesty favored me to take over the affairs of the country, and that I must provoke these difficulties and improve them step by step, so that the country can get back on the right track. I am cultivating the way of the master, the way of the master to strengthen the royal family, obey the law, strengthen the country, and enrich the people. If you have ulterior motives, smear me, slander me, it doesn't matter, here, I can give an answer, the heart of the avenue, although there are tens of millions of people, I will go! (To be continued.) )