Chen Shengzhi was the first to believe it, and asked suspiciously: "Gong Zheng, is it your true words?" ”

Zheng Lang said: "Let's take peace as the precious, we have so many problems in the Song Dynasty, we have to develop peacefully, and the disputes are left to future generations to solve." ”

"Posterity solves? Can future generations be strong? Chen Shengzhi is even more inexplicable.

"There are so many difficulties at the moment, how can we solve the border dispute if we don't solve the difficulties first?"

"Zheng Gong, the country is so big, there are difficulties at any time, and if you lose your ambition, your descendants will be weaker!" Chen Xu, it should be Chen Shengzhi is Han Qi's confidant, he was deeply influenced by Han Qi, and now he seems to be walking with the radical Wang Anshi, of course, he is not a radical in the strict sense, but he is not a conservative. No matter how you look at this deal, as one of the governors of Xifu, it is naturally strongly opposed. What to leave to future generations to solve, it is simply a spokesman for weakness and incompetence, greed for life and fear of death. Others can say it, but you Zheng Xingzhi can't say it.

Zheng Lang snorted and said: "Benevolence-oriented, righteousness-oriented, benevolence, love others." Maybe future generations will be better than us. ”

Chen Shengzhi was so angry that he wanted to go berserk.

Because Zheng Lang clearly mentioned in his Confucianism that the way of Confucianism, the inner sage and the outer king, so the mean said that the country is governed, the world is peaceful, what is the inner sage and the outer king, the internal benevolence is the foundation, the righteousness is the festival, and the external is different. Therefore, when used externally, it is reversed like the hexagram of Yi, the inner is benevolence-based, righteousness-oriented, and the outer becomes righteousness-based, benevolence-oriented, and benevolence-oriented, which can constitute a complete concept of the country and the world.

At that time, after these remarks were published, they caused a lot of controversy. Nor can it be said that it is unreasonable. For example, Western Xia. Was the Song Dynasty bad for Western Xia? The Khitan sent troops. The market changed in a big way, and even tacitly acquiesced in the Western Xia to transport a large amount of green salt to the Song Dynasty, supporting the Western Xia against the Khitan in disguise, and the crisis was over. How did the Wuzang brothers and sisters repay the Song Dynasty? There was no Tibetan rebellion, and the Song Dynasty sent troops again to suppress the rebellion and unify Western Xia with Li Liangzuo. How did Li Liangzuo repay the Song Dynasty?

Thinking of this, Chen Shengzhi looked at Zheng Lang and Zhao Ji again. Seeing that both of them were smiling, their hearts moved, so they didn't say anything.

Zhao Ji didn't believe it at all, but a month ago, Zheng Lang went to the secret recital, and he expected today's events, so he was full of confidence.

He waved his hand and said, "That's it." ”

I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Zheng Lang's gourd, but so far. Most of the scholars of the Song Dynasty were still dominated by the Gou Harmony faction, and they had been opposed from the very beginning of their acquisition of Suizhou. Because the reason was not sufficient, it did not succeed, and now this hot potato is finally thrown out. Immediately pass on the Song Dynasty's reply to the Western Xia envoy Du Luo Chongjin.

After listening to Du Luo Chongjin hesitated slightly, Tumen, Anyuan Village to the Great Wall Ridge area, there were not so many forts, only a few forts, and later after the Qingli Peace, the Western Xia learned from the Song Dynasty, built forts and built forts to encroach on the territory of Yanzhou to the northwest of the security army, so the forts were built more and more. Whose territory belonged to, the Song Dynasty believed that it belonged to the Song Dynasty, and the Western Xia believed that it belonged to the Western Xia, but more than ninety percent of the forts were built by the Western Xia. Therefore, Duluo came to discuss, Tumen was the Song Dynasty, returned to the Song Dynasty, and the other dozens of forts were all Western Xia's, and did not want to trade with them, although they got Suizhou, they still had to waste a lot of energy to destroy Weiming Mountain, and the Song Dynasty got 36 forts, if they sent troops to garrison, there would be no room to attack Yanzhou in the future.

I couldn't grasp the severity, so I could only reply: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, but before the ministers were supervised, my lord and the queen mother did not mention it, and I must go back to report it." ”

A group of scholars and doctors were a little dumbfounded, it was obviously a very loss-making business in the Song Dynasty, it seemed that this Western Xia envoy was not very happy, why?

Zheng Lang smiled slightly when he heard the report from his subordinates.

The truth seems to be a very simple truth, but whether it is the Song Dynasty or later, it has repeatedly been carried and fought on it.

There is no care, it doesn't hurt to the bones, and the Gou He faction will always occupy the mainstream. When I opened the file, there were dozens of military generals' assessment records, and it was also the list of the last batch of regimental commanders. Not only the regimental commanders, but also the battalion commanders, the number of commanders in each battalion is too many, thousands of people, and they must be assessed slowly in the future, Zheng Lang can't stay in Xifu all the time, what can be managed is the final list of commanders and envoys of each regiment, there are more than 400 regimental commanders, not including all kinds of soldiers, the soldiers can't, in order to take care of the chiefs of various tribes, they are all chiefs or their children. There are also some village soldiers and van troops in the south, because of the long distance, they have time to come to the capital in the future, and some of the native soldiers themselves are composed of barbarians, and like the Fan soldiers, there is no need to conduct assessments. The other forbidden armies, the Xiang army and the township army were organized into regiments one by one. After the assessment, there is basically no real waste in this part of the regiment, he knows some martial arts, and is slightly proficient in battle formations and strategies, and the art of war, among which Zheng Lang also found more than 20 relatively excellent young generals. Pay attention, just like Wang Shao, although his qualifications are good, he still has to be tempered before he becomes a jade.

Put down the dossier, and at this time, the second step of reform has gradually come to an end.

When he walked out of Xifu and returned home, he sent a servant to call Sima Guang, handed him a manuscript to Sima Guang, and read one of the passages: "Today, there are no less than two farmers in a family of five, and there are no less than two servants in it, and those who can cultivate it are no more than 100 acres, and the harvest of 100 acres is no more than 100 stones." Spring ploughing, summer ploughing, autumn harvesting, winter hiding, cutting salaries, magistrates' offices, and servitude; Spring shall not shelter from wind and dust, summer shall not avoid heat, autumn shall not avoid rain, winter shall not shelter from cold and freezing, between four o'clock, there is no day off. and privately sent to usher, hanged to ask about the disease, and raised orphans and children in it. Diligence is so, and it is still plagued by floods and droughts, and the emergency government is tyrannical, and the endowment is not timely, and the order is changed at dusk. When those who have half a Jia are sold, those who do not take the interest of double the scale; So there are those who sell their fields and houses, and their children and grandchildren to pay off their debts. And the big businessmen accumulate double interest, and the small ones sit in the column to sell, manipulate their odd wins, travel to the city every day, take advantage of the urgency, and the sale will be doubled. Therefore, the men do not cultivate, the women do not weave, the clothes must be beautiful, and the food must be meat; Without the suffering of farmers, there is a lot of gain. Because of its wealth, the princes of transportation, the power of the officials, and the benefits of each other; Thousands of miles of travel, the crown and cover each other, take the strong strategy, and drag the silk. So the merchant annexed the peasants, and the peasants so the exiles. Nowadays, the law is cheap businessmen, and businessmen have become rich; Respect the farmer, the farmer is poor. Therefore, what is precious is what is noble, and what is cheap by the Lord; The officials are humble, and the law is respected. Up and down the opposite, likes and dislikes are perverse. And want the country to be rich and legislate. Not available. ”

From Chao Cuo's "On Guisu Shu".

Because Zheng Lang proposed. Zhao Ji deliberately dispatched some literary figures to assist Sima Guang in writing the "Tongzhi", which had been revised to the twentieth volume of the Han Dynasty and the twelfth year. In the fifteenth volume of filial piety, Sima Guang deliberately extracted the entire text of this sparse text. It occupies more than ninety percent of the length of this chronicle.

Food was very important in ancient times, and the common people couldn't eat enough, but no matter what Confucius and Lao Tzu you were, you were under hunger and cold. Even if Confucius is the emperor, he will rise up. That's probably why Sima Guang took a fancy to this article.

After reading it, Zheng Lang sighed: "Well said, although I have increased grain production in the Han Dynasty, the yield of one mu can be more than two stones, but in the Han Dynasty, a household can have 100 acres of land, but our dynasty is less than one-third, and some fifth-class households only have a few acres of more than ten acres of cultivated land. It is this kind of land that has to be subject to labor and taxes. To socialize, to have life, death, sickness and death. It is necessary to marry and marry, to raise the elderly, to raise children, to eat, drink, clothe, and live, and to be barely half hungry in normal times. But the wealthy man wore gorgeous silk, drove a noble horse, rode in a sturdy carriage, and even a pair of Luo socks under his feet was worth a few gold. But they are still not satisfied, and they have hidden land from the country and the poor people, and have wantonly annexed ......"

"Gong Zheng, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it."

"I know that if you want to be fast, you can't reach it, but Junshi, whether it's fast or slow, do you want to do something?"

"Dehua."

"Dehua also needs to be assisted by the criminal law, otherwise it is Mo-style Dehua, you go down, and you also deify, if you don't finally use the weapon of the law, how many hidden fields can you get?" When Zheng Lang said this, he was thinking about one thing in his heart, Sima Guang was his own student, and he could be regarded as a person who valued love and righteousness, otherwise he would probably become his rival in the court at this time. In fact, no matter what Dehua is, or whatever, it's an excuse. Just like the houses of later generations, in order to exploit the people and satisfy their own desires, it is possible to say that there are many Chinese and few places, but the density is really the same as the Wei Kingdom, some southern countries, Asan, or Western European countries? Speaking of urbanization, many peasants have not moved to the city. I don't know if the peasants are planting rice or gold, if it is not gold, relying on 1,000 catties of rice per acre of land, planting seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, they can only afford to buy a house in the Year of the Monkey. With a house in place, what other dreams and nightmares can you have!

At this time, at that time!

took out another booklet and said: "In the first year of the Han Dynasty, you borrowed Han Xin's mouth to write that Han Xin asked Han Gaozu, is it not Xiang Wang Ye who is fighting for power in Dongxiang today?" Han Gaozu replied, yes. Han Qi asked again, who does the king expect to be brave and benevolent and strong? Han Gaozu was silent for a long time, and said, it's better to do it. Han Xin bowed again, but Xin also thought that the king was not as good. However, the ministers have tasted things, and please say that the king is also a person. King Xiang is secretly disgusting, thousands of people are wasted, but he can't be a virtuous general, this special puppet is brave. When King Xiang saw people, he was respectful and loving, his words were vomiting, and when people were sick, he wept and ate and drank; As for the envoy, the meritorious person who is knighted, the seal is sealed, and he can't bear to give, this so-called woman's benevolence is also. Although King Xiang dominates the world and vassals the princes, he does not live in Guanzhong but in Pengcheng; Betraying the covenant of the righteous emperor, and loving the princes and princes, is not peaceful; chased his former lord and the king and his generals, and moved the righteous emperor to the south of the Yangtze River; Everything that has passed is destroyed, and the people are not attached to it, and they are especially robbed by the powerful ears. Although the name is hegemonic, it has lost the heart of the world, so it is strong and weak. Today, Wang Cheng can do the opposite, let the world be brave, why not punish! To seal the heroes of the world's cities, why not accept it! The people who returned from Sidong with volunteer soldiers, why not disperse! And the three kings of Qin are Qin generals, and the children of Qin are several years old, and the deaths are incalculable; He also deceived his people to surrender to the princes, and when he went to Xin'an, King Xiang deceived Qin and surrendered more than 200,000 soldiers, but only Hand, Xin, and Peng were able to get off. Qin's father and brother complained about these three people, and the pain went to the bone marrow. Now Chu Qiang is the king of these three people, and Qin Min Mo Aiye. The king entered the martial arts, and the autumn was harmless; In addition to the Qin Harsh Law, there are three chapters of the Law with the Qin Min; The people of Qin all want to get the king of Qin. In the covenant of the princes, the king is the king of Guanzhong, and the people know it; The king was derelict in his duties and entered Hanzhong, and the people of Qin hated him. Now the king moves to the east, and the three Qins can be passed on to the east. ”

"Xiang Wangren is the benevolence of women, he has been ruined, he has deceived Qin and surrendered more than 200,000 people, and his lover is just fake love, and he loves all the people but not the people. Han Gaozu entered the martial arts, and there was no crime in the autumn, except for the Qin Harsh Law, the three chapters of the law, this is the true benevolence, love the people, and love the people of the world. As soon as Han Gaozu entered Hanzhong, his father responded, and the eastward chasm eventually won the world. Junshi, do you love the powerful doctors or the people of the world? ”

I didn't say it, but you said it.

"Gong Zheng, since you used thunder to reform, many people have become more radical and commotionious, and I am afraid that it will repeat the mistakes of Qingli's new policy."

"yes, I've thought about it too. Therefore, after every reform. will stop for a while. Make some concessions to appease. But how heavy will Otada's injury be, have you ever thought about it? Although the two taxes are not as large as the proportion of the Tang and Han dynasties in the national revenue, they are still the majority, that is, after repaying the debts of the world. Natural and man-made disasters, as well as unexpected military affairs, can the two taxes be exempted? Not only can it not be exempted, but the imperial court will no longer raise taxes for the people. It's a life. There are so many two taxes, and there are many scholars and magnates who are exempt from taxes on cultivated land, and the more fields are hidden, the heavier the taxes. Malaria is not guaranteed to be eradicated, so why do so many people go to Liangguang? Life is persecuted also. But even if it is two wide, when there will be overcrowding, where will they flee to then? ”

"Why did Gong Zheng let me go down?"

"Junshi, I let you go down to reduce strife. Leniency does not mean that you will be held in every possible way. Not bad. In this inventory of Yintian, you did the best, with few contradictions, and achieved results. But last year's shock has also been drained by you. Since then, every time they are checked, these main households will continue to test the bottom line of the imperial court as they did last year. But there are a few scholars who can have your wisdom and control this bottom line. Even if you lose this deterrent power every time you take the lead, after two or three times, or four times, don't think about 90,000 hectares of hidden fields, even if you go down, you may not be able to get 10,000 hectares of hidden fields. Complexity and simplicity, harshness and breadth are often the difference between a thin line. Zheng Zhuang Gong is not a man who loves Uncle Duan, but he is a man who harms Uncle Duan. You are not a doctor of love, but a doctor of harm, the imbalance between the rich and the poor, the country continues to be poor and weak, and you will either be violated by the outside world, or you will rise up and the country will collapse. The five surnames and seven families of the Tang Dynasty can all disappear in the long river of history, not to mention ordinary scholars! This is also a woman's love! ”

Cui Xian looked at Zheng Lang with disgust from the side.

Anyway, he's still your protégé, isn't he talking too much?

In fact, as the daughter of the Cui family, she is also one of the powerful people, and she has a very similar idea to Sima Guang about some of her husband's practices, and thinks that Zheng Lang is a little radical.

Zheng Lang shook his head and smiled at her, and said to Sima Guang, who was thinking: "Junshi, I am in my early fifties, and you are also nearly fifty, the years are ruthless, you and I don't have much golden time, even if we are healthy, we only have a political life span of twenty years." After 70, even if his body is safe, he does not have the energy he has now. Your talent in economics, Jiefu's way of management, plus me, don't you want to work together to create a better future? The country is going through an important transformation, and if it goes up, the country will become strong again, and if it goes down, where will you and me find talents like you and me in the future? ”

Not arrogant.

Even if a traverser comes, there may not be a hard drive, not necessarily Zheng Lang's good patience and hard work, and the mentality of a small house. Besides, like Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, there are not many that can be found in the long river of history. He also said: "Let's create a history for the country and Your Majesty." ”

"Whoa." Sima Guang is colorful.

Whatever he thought, he also wanted the country to be better.

Zheng Lang said again: "Come, let's talk about the Nanxiao Sacrifice Heavenly Rite ......"

A few days later, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang teamed up to write a notebook, talking about the southern suburbs to worship the heavens.

The Southern Sacrifice Heavenly Rite was created from Qin Shi Huang, and the emperor must personally participate in the big sacrifice, but the Qin Dynasty was short and short, and it was not well implemented, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty picked it up, saying that it was a sacrifice every three years, but it was not well implemented, and it was abandoned again in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Not to mention the Three Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty did not recover until Tang Xuanzong. In the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu only executed it four times, and Song Taizong executed it five times. Song Zhenzong five times in the southern suburbs and once in the eastern suburbs. Song Renzong was in the southern suburbs nine times, but in fact it was fifteen times.

There is a difference in the middle, the narrow sense of the southern suburbs sacrifice ceremony only refers to the winter solstice southern suburbs ceremony, the broad sense includes the winter solstice hill southern suburbs ceremony, the season autumn Jixin Rimingtang ceremony, the first month of the hill prayer valley ceremony three categories, if the latter two are included, Song Zhenzong basically implemented the triennial ceremony, Song Renzong is more than that.

The two of them admonished not to stop the frequent southern suburbs to worship the heavens, but to prevent things other than the big gifts.

Sacrifice to the heavens, and worship the Ming Hall in the southern suburbs, and there is to care for the people, what is the meaning of caring for the people, lenient service, amnesty, reward, and comfort the poor. One is to sacrifice to the ancestors, and the other is to care for the people to show their sincere love for the people. But this Fumin has changed his taste more and more. The first is the amnesty, because the southern suburbs sacrifice has become a rule and system, often some poor and evil people, after committing a crime, fleeing, and waiting for the southern suburbs to surrender, the front has not been judged, and the amnesty will be pardoned later, so these few people are more and more harmful to the township. The first admonition is to change the amnesty into a minor amnesty, pardon those who commit minor crimes, and forgive some repeat offenders and some serious sins, so as not to undermine the country's public order. Exhausting the officials.

The second is to comfort the poor. But the money went into the hands of the officials. God knows how much poverty they have comforted, and of course, the two did not propose to hand over the money to the presiding officer of the Charity Association. After all, there is a suspicion of melon fields and plums. The folk is still the folk, and the court does not interfere with it. It is necessary to comfort the poor and suffering, and there is no need to temporarily cling to Buddha's feet, even if there is a spirit in heaven. I don't necessarily have this feeling. It is better to carry out more good governance in ordinary times.

The same is true for lenient servitude.

The third is reward, which is the most important thing, including the reward for soldiers, the shadow supplement, the reward of officials and titles, and so on.

Originally, it was a benevolent move, but the cost became larger and larger, and when Taizong of the Song Dynasty was in the suburbs, he only rewarded more than 5 million yuan, and it increased to more than 7 million yuan when he was Zhenzong. When he arrived at Renzong, it cost more than 12 million yuan for just one Mingtang ceremony, and this 12 million yuan did not include additional money, silk, firewood, charcoal, rice, and grain rewards. With the addition of officials to the knighthood. In fact, the invisible waste brought by a suburban festival can reach more than 20 million.

It is no longer a benevolent government, but a celebration of labor and money.

Secondly, once every three years, the southern suburbs festival, the two dare not say that it will be changed to five years, but the imperial court system has been regulated, and before the redundant officials are resolved, the shadow will be made up once every five years, how to solve this conflict?

The two are erudite and talented, citing classics, but how to reduce this waste and make it a real benevolent government, because there are too many implications, only put forward, not a solution. If you want to become a benevolent government, it is simple to reduce the reward, where to reduce? Nine times out of ten, the soldiers will mutiny, and those who reduce the number of officials will immediately become the target of public criticism.

But that's enough.

When this note comes out, there will be people who reflect on it.

Zheng Lang only said one sentence to Sima Guang, you discuss with Jiefu.

Listening to Wang Anshi read out the notebook, he glanced at Wang Anshi, and then at Sima Guang, and nodded approvingly.

Being able to cooperate makes Zheng Lang very happy.

Sima Guang just smiled bitterly, hoping that this year would pass as soon as possible. By this time next year, the reforms were clear, and the teachers withdrew and resumed the previous fine-tuning, reducing the national commotion.

After Wang Anshi finished reading, Zhao Ji asked: "Wang Qing, is there a solution?" ”

Wang Anshi didn't answer, but looked at the ministers in the main hall and the soldiers guarding outside the hall.

Zhao Ji stopped talking.

There is a solution, not in Wang Anshi's mouth, but in his own heart. The amount of reward is ultimately a matter of one's own words, but one cannot say.

After Wang Anshi finished speaking, Qian Shu said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have a copy, and the officials fill the vacancies." ”

"Come on."

That is, he went down with Sima Guang to check the official vacancies in Yintian. The fastest way to solve redundant officials is to cut officials, but once the officials are cut there will be more turmoil, and in the end, Zheng Lang made a humble concession. However, it is very strict in the selection of officials, and when vacant vacancies, there must be an official to make up for it, and when the shadow is filled, there must be an official at or above the governor to sponsor it, because the law of joint sitting in the Zhenzong era has been restored, if the sponsor has corruption and other private crimes after the appointment, the sponsor officer must also be punished, so the sponsor official has to carefully examine the sponsor's character when sponsoring. It may not work 100%, but it can do some work.

After the list of sponsors arrives in the middle book, they will be screened and placed next to some officials as small officials for further investigation, and then the sponsor officer will make a second judgment on the sponsor according to the performance of the sponsor in the official position, which is the second sponsorship system in the peace reform.

At the source, it will increase the difficulty of appointing officials and reduce the number of officials. It still doesn't work, so many officials have been elected, except for a few old, weak, sick and disabled, there are also some corrupt and tyrannical officials, especially corrupt officials, who borrow money everywhere, and some officials take advantage of it and make accounts privately, and they have also been found out one by one, and this alone has brought nearly 10 million losses to the state, and these officials have gone down completely. However, other officials have more or less connections, coupled with a huge number of officials, there are many monks and few porridges, Zheng Lang checked them one by one last year, and selected more than 500 officials to follow Sima Guang to investigate again. Only 400 officials can be selected to get the real difference.

In fact, if this strict system of exploration and sponsorship is not destroyed, the king is not too mediocre, which can not only effectively prevent the number of officials from swelling again, but also have a reversing effect on the official atmosphere.

When Sima Guang came back, Zheng Langquan left dozens of officials who did not perform well, and sent the rest to the Ministry of Internal Liuquan for re-selection, and then handed over to the Court of Judges for confirmation, because of the huge scale, it must be reported to Zhao Ji, and Zhao Ji will be handed over to the two systems for deliberation before it can finally be passed.

This is what the monarch is most satisfied with.

If the prime minister's power is further constrained, there will not be a situation in the future in which the prime minister, if he is Li Linfu and his ilk, will be able to quickly corrupt the country's politics.

The list is too long, Zhao Ji said: "Qian Qing, hand it over to the two systems." ”

"Whoa."

Wu Chong, the third envoy, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister played last year's state cashier. ”

In just one sentence, all the ministers pricked up their ears together, Zheng Lang tossed for more than a year and a half, the good and bad are not very good, there is a good side, and there are many things that make everyone dissatisfied. It is impossible for everyone to be satisfied, cucumbers and cabbages, each has his own love, everyone has his own ideas, and there are not many ministers who reject it, after all, Zheng Lang's efforts are all seen, and there are many objections. But the good and the bad are mainly finance. The financial benefits are the benefits of proving the law change! (To be continued.) )