Zhao Zhen was heartbroken, and sent Cao Yuanjie and Zhang Hong to the left class hall, and the third class borrowed Li Sui to lead the forbidden soldiers to arrest him.

In fact, part of the reason Zheng Lang said is not only the problem of the army and the disaster, but also the problem of officials. At first, Zhang Hai's uprising was not very strong, and Deng Zhoutong asked Zhizhou Liu Zhi to issue an order to let them go to catch and scoop, but Liu Zhi did not listen. Later, with the large number of troops, the military salary was forced to thin due to financial pressure, coupled with the generals' deductions, some soldiers also joined the rebel ranks, and joined forces with Guo Miaoshan and several other thieves, so the momentum became bigger and bigger, and the tail could not be lost.

There are reasons for the disaster, there are reasons for redundant soldiers and the greed of generals, and there are reasons for the incompetence of officials.

The imperial court also issued an edict, and the state officials opened warehouses to release grain as appropriate, and some of the officials in Guan Jian had accounts in the warehouses but no grain because of their greed for ink, and some were indeed without grain, where to release them. Xu Yuan was transporting a large amount of grain, but Gyeonggi was an important place in the country, and only Gyeonggi was the first to be tight, and then Shaanxi and Shandong. The immediate rescue is not so fast, and the food that is transported can only be put where it is in a hurry. Some of the grain was transported to Sanmenxia, but it has not yet been sent to Shaanxi.

Zheng Lang didn't say much.

Cao Yuanjie's trip was also unsuccessful. Only then did Zheng Lang thoroughly explain the reason, although it was a bad thing, it was also a good thing, so that Zhao Zhen could have a clear understanding and expand disarmament from Shaanxi to the whole country.

When I returned home, I saw Fan Xiaoniang sitting in the living room, chatting with Cui Xian and Jiang Xing'er.

Seeing Zheng Lang come back, he stood up with a smile, gave a blessing gift, and said, "The concubine has seen Xianggong." ”

Zheng Lang pinched his nose.

There are only two daughters in the family, and several mothers have been nagging. Cui Xian was also irritable, saying that she would not have children, and she also gave birth to two daughters. I'm afraid it's really my own women who have something wrong. Zheng Lang persuaded her that the Zheng family had been passing on alone, and it was not them who had a problem. It's still my own genetic problem. But Cui Xian didn't listen, and persuaded Zheng Lang to take a concubine, and he also talked about good things with the Fan family, but Zheng Lang didn't want to take a concubine. Why are you doing it, one wife and three concubines in the family are enough, why bother to be Wei Xiaobao?

So it was said that the country was troubled, and there were peasant uprisings everywhere. Or the army is in turmoil, the drought burns people, and the people are all over the wilderness, in this case, what kind of concubine does he rejoice into?

If you look into it, it doesn't matter.

But now that the Junzi Party is in charge, Ouyang Xiu and other ministers are looking at people with a microscope. The magnifying glass magnification was not enough, and Cui Xian was also afraid, so she told the Fan family this sentence. The Fan family is also wonderful, say okay, wait for the harvest to come.

Zheng Lang was speechless.

In fact, Fan's intentions are very clear. It's not important about this family business, it's about yourself who you are. With himself, the Fan family has a backer, and he may not invite himself, but with his own shield in front, others will think about the Fan family's idea.

The matter of taking concubines dragged on again.

Cui Xian said: "Little lady Fan is here, it is a matter of asking the officials. ”

"What's the matter?"

"The day after tomorrow, her brother got married, and the Fan family wants to invite you to the banquet, I don't know if the officials think it's convenient?"

"This ......" Zheng Lang hesitated slightly, if he really accepted the little lady Fan as a concubine, then he had to go, Guan Jian himself didn't really want to continue to take concubines, and if he went, he would push this relationship deeper and deeper. Suddenly, he said, "Okay, I'll go then, Xian'er, you and I will prepare a congratulatory gift." ”

The sudden change of mind was because of a person, and the Fan family married this new daughter-in-law is the niece of Yang Jin, the governor of Yuezhou. Yang Jin is the great-grandson of Yang Chongxun, and Yang Chongxun is Yang Ye's younger brother, that is, Yang Zhen is Yang Wenguang's nephew. But Yang Wenguang is Yang Liulang's old son, so Yang Wenguang is a generation later and older than Yang Wenguang. His great-grandfather was also a brave general, but it was Yang Jin's turn to change his martial arts to become a scholar and the first officer.

Only this relationship is not worthy of Zheng Lang's attention, the Yang family will be a romance, in reality, there is no scolding or breaking the family, it is not as good as his own reputation. It's the aftermath that counts. …,

Guiyang Man.

From Hengzhou to Guiyang, and then to Binzhou, Lianzhou, Hezhou and Shaozhou, it is the Jiuzhi Mountain Range and the rest of the veins of Nanling, stretching for more than 1,000 miles, and there are some barbarians living in it, also known as Shengqi, which is not as evil as Meishan Barbarian. But the court has always had a headache for them, and they didn't dare to levy any taxes on them, but instead gave some brain platinum on New Year's holidays.

Originally, I wanted to be safe, but Jizhou Witch Stick Huang Ghost Hunt and several brothers all practiced brute law and often corresponded. The court brain platinum is not rare, and these barbarians believe in the witchcraft of the Yellow Ghost Hunting Brothers. However, they are poor, and the Yellow Ghost Hunter can't cheat much money. I happened to see the weakness and concession of the officials to these barbarians, bewitching hundreds of barbarians and stealing and selling smuggled salt. Let it be returned, and it can't sit on its worries about salt politics, so the official government catches and scoops. Huang Ghost Hunt further bewitched the barbarians and organized a greater force to resist. Therefore, Ouyang Xiu and the others first said that Guiyang was 400 people, and after two months, they said 700 people, which expanded step by step.

When there were too many people, they did even more evil, openly killing officers and soldiers, and a large number of officers and soldiers came to recruit and suppress them, and as soon as they hid in the mountains, the officers and men withdrew, and then went down the mountain again to do evil. This is the truth of the Song Dynasty's "suppression" and "exploitation" of ethnic minorities.

Hengzhou Zhizhou Chen Zhifang is bitter, if he is forced to be helpless, it is better, after all, the imperial court has to levy three buckets and three liters of rations, in fact, this is not heavy, this is Ding, not a mouth, one or two Ding, three buckets and three liters can be loaded as you like, and it will not be forty catties of the next generation, a hundred dollars, that is, more than one household will pay a hundred yuan, and the less will only pay a few dozen yuan in taxes. (Writing this, Lao Wu is also speechless, are all these experts not Han, why bother to practice themselves)

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin waved the Dadu River with a golden axe, I don't want to cross here, it is really difficult to govern, and if they are offered as ancestors, they will inevitably strip the flesh of the Han people in the Central Plains and drink the blood of the Han people in the Central Plains. Even when the ancestors make offerings, it may not work.

Zheng Lang also expressed a headache about this question. Even if the force is strong and they are convinced, it is only temporary, and it will change in the long run. But don't, with this stroke, how much territory will the Song Dynasty carve out?

Chen Zhizhong is facing this problem, and he can't figure it out, and it is estimated that his brother Chen Zhizhong may not be able to figure it out when he comes over. What to do, I had to hunt and kill. The design lured Huang Ghost and others out of the mountain, and set up troops to surround and kill. But there were too many people involved, and they were not convinced. There was bound to be chaos, so they had to forcibly take advantage of the situation to move these mountain people to other places. This move and killing will cause even more trouble. In the past, they were all living ancestors of Song Dynasty officials, but this time they were prisoners, and the mountain people were not happy. Chen Zhifang killed only some people, and the rest continued in the mountains, where the barbarians launched a so-called uprising under the leadership of Tang He and Pan Zhiliang, and killed 5,000 people to inspect Li Yanluo, Tanzhou Metropolitan Zhang Keming, and many officers and soldiers, openly rebelling.

The court was furious. Send Yang Jin to suppress it. Yang Jin's performance can not be described as brave, but he lacks the military talent of the Yang generals, he fought bravely, and he also fought hard, sharing weal and woe with the soldiers, but this battle lasted for more than six years, forcing the imperial court to finally adopt the method of division and disintegration of reluctance to suppress it.

Yang Jin's personal fate has nothing to do with him. The key is how much money will the country waste in the past six years?

It can't be said that Yang Tan is not good, and after a while, he will send Yang Tan to go to Fan's house to bubble up and get some relatives. At that time, there will be a legitimate reason to intervene, otherwise it will be too weird.

When I came to Fan's house, the rich people were different, a large house, staggered houses, and three or four beautiful and elegant gardens, which were extremely beautiful.

This Zheng Lang is not uncommon, and he should have taken a re-visit to the Humble Administrator's Garden.

There were many guests, but everyone regarded Zheng Lang as a guest. There is no way, Zheng Lang is the prime minister, and the status gap is very large, in fact, the relative of the Fan family is also a foreigner, but he still can't raise his head in front of Zheng Lang. …,

Zheng Lang said: "You don't have to be restrained, everyone who comes is a guest, today's in-laws are the longest, you are ranked by age." ”

I talked a few words with Yang Jin's brother-in-law, who is today's guest and the father-in-law of Fan Xiaoniang's brother. Then waiting for the newlyweds to bow to each other, a young couple came up, the man was tall and burly, and the woman was beautiful and moving.

came over and said: "In Zhang Yanghe, Jiamin, Xia Dengzhou, I have seen Zheng Xianggong." ”

"No need to be polite."

"Zheng Xianggong, thieves in Dengzhou are rampant, I heard that the imperial court will send Zheng Xianggong to suppress it soon, but is there such a thing?"

Zheng Lang was puzzled and said: "The imperial court sent Ban Zhi Cao Wuxuan to exterminate it, it has nothing to do with me, who did you listen to?" ”

"I've heard rumors in the capital say this."

"There is no such thing."

"The imperial court should send Zheng Xianggong to go, Wang Lun's thieves are rampant for thousands of miles, and Zheng Xianggong defeated him in just one hour......"

"That's different, Wang Lun's thieves have traveled thousands of miles, and their edges have been blunt, and they have lost their fighting spirit when they go to Gaoyou and other rich areas along the river, so I defeated them in one fell swoop, but the thieves in Shaanxi and Dengzhou are quite powerful, and they open warehouses everywhere to put grain and buy people's hearts, and the plan is far greater than Wang Lun. But don't worry, a thief is a thief after all, today's saints are wise, and the people's hearts will not be inclined to thieves, and thieves will be suppressed by the imperial court in three or two months at most, and you can resume business normally. ”

"I am worried that the thief will run into the mountains, and the place where the thieves will go is in Shaanxi, Deng, Jun, Fang, Shang and other states, there are many mountains, and the imperial court sent troops to suppress them, so they went into the mountains and lurked, and the imperial court troops went and came out again, with ups and downs, and there will be more than a dozen states from western Beijing to Shaanxi that will be eroded by thieves one after another. Then, then......"

"Don't worry, unless the court loses the hearts of the people, the people cooperate, without the cooperation of the people, even if they enter Kunlun Mountain, they will eventually be exterminated."

"Zheng Xianggong, I brought some news about the thieves, I wonder if Zheng Xianggong can listen to it?"

"Say it."

"Can you allow Yu to invite Zheng Xianggong to paint a boat in the Bianhe River after the wedding of the Fan family?"

Zheng Lang hesitated.

The young woman smiled and said, "Zheng Xianggong, the official means that he is afraid of being revealed by outsiders, after all, our family is still in Dengzhou, and we are also afraid of ......."

"Okay," Zheng Lang said.

"Thank you, Zheng Xianggong."

After the banquet was dispersed, Zheng Lang took two guards and the Zhang family couple to a painting boat in Bianhe, Zheng Lang waved his hand to let the kabuko retreat, and said, "Zhang Dalang, if there is any news, just say it." ”

"That's right...... Zheng Xianggong, how sure do you think the imperial court can exterminate the thieves? ”

"Since ancient times, thieves can subvert the country, first of all, Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, as well as Zhang Jiao and others, Qin died because of thieves, Han also died because of thieves, Sui also died because of thieves, and Tang also died. The country is corrupted, the king is mediocre, and the people are not able to make a living, so thieves are everywhere, and the officers and soldiers cannot extinguish them. But looking at today, although the people have been reinstated in recent years, they are also fighting for the Northwest Campaign, and the Northwest is defeated, and the country is difficult to protect, and it is also for the people. This year's drought is God's punishment, not the Lord's inaction. The emperor loved the people like a son, and although the treasury was empty, he still raised a steady stream of food from Jiangnan and other places and transported it to the disaster area. There are some shortcomings in the military, and they are also being reformed gradually. Do you think the thieves will succeed? Wealth is in danger, but if you ask for it like this, you will definitely not be able to ask for anything, and you can only lose your own life. Although the country is in trouble, it is like the surface of the river, if a stone is thrown down, it is a wave, and when the stone sinks, the river will return to calm. ”

The couple looked at each other.

Zheng Lang suddenly said in a deep voice: "Zhang Hai, don't be confused. ”

ps: Since two months ago, I changed to a new editor-in-charge, and I was really hard to force it, and I ran naked for two weeks again, and it has never happened since the serialization of the genius. The book is still over for a long time, and Lao Wu doesn't know what to do, and he wants to cry without tears. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )