Zhao Ji is a year older, and he has been studying with Zheng Lang for more than half a year, and he is far more sensible than in the palace.

Education is very important, if it weren't for Liu E's great importance to Zhao Zhen's education, would Zhao Zhen be able to grow into a famous Renzong in history?

The matter of the crown prince caused a sensation all over the world, and all kinds of rumors also arrived in Yunzhou.

If you are sensible, you can see a piece of the truth. Since hearing all kinds of rumors, Zhao Ji felt weak when he saw Zheng Lang.

Zheng Lang doesn't care, although Zhao Shu is hateful, the first one is not an evil emperor, and he once had the heart to cheer up. The second one didn't last long. Zhao Niannu often corresponded with Zhao Zhen, stopped eating small balls, and occasionally went out for a walk and exercised accompanied by eunuchs. This will inevitably improve physical fitness and prolong life expectancy, and it is difficult to say that it will take ten or eight years, but it will still be possible to do it in a year and a half, or a year or two. This doomed Zhao Shu to be on the throne for a shorter time.

Regarding the controversy caused by the crown prince, Zheng Lang even regarded it as a soap opera, what is a soap opera, malnutrition, and a TV series without any substance.

Without the minister's snatching, Zhao Zhen felt that his body was no longer good, even if the minister objected, he also wanted to establish an heir. is not an heir, the two children in the palace, one child has a bad moral character, the other child seems to have a good moral character, and there is Queen Cao's support behind him, who is he appointed?

Some of the people who are fighting are unfounded, and most of them are to put it bluntly, they just want to have the merit of supporting it.

Apart from these two articles, there is no sense of help to the country.

still took the time to teach Zhao Ji patiently.

He has a gentle personality, but he can't let Zhao Ji get lost in this gentleness, so he pulled out two copies of the newspaper. said, "Look at it." ”

One is what happened in Daishou. Outside the Yanmen Pass has been peaceful for a long time, the woods are luxuriant, but after the Yanmen Pass, it is very cold in winter, and the Khitan people come to the north of the Guanbei to take mountain trees after autumn to keep warm. Chengping has been peaceful for a long time, the population of the Song Dynasty has increased, and the population of the Khitan has also increased. The people who cut down the mountains and timber often accumulate more than ten miles of road, and the chariots and horses crowd each other on the road. The Khitan is strong. Therefore, he came to the area under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty to cut wood. The previous few Taishou didn't want to make trouble and didn't dare to stop it.

When Liu Yongnian knew Daizhou, when he saw this situation, he said: "The enemy cut down the Song Realm and did not dare to govern it." It will not be reproducible. ”

It was not the Khitan who sent troops. Rather, it refers to the cutting and felling, and the activities on the border edge of the Song Dynasty at the moment will inevitably go deeper in the future, causing many contradictions between the people of the two countries.

Someone was sent to bring some ignition materials. At night, he opened the gate and went out of the Yanmen Pass, burning all these mountains and forests with a fire. There is also an advantage to this burning, standing on the gate of the wild goose and looking north, it is clear at a glance.

After the book, Zhao Zhen was overjoyed and praised.

Liao Guo does not know. As soon as this fire burned, not only the mountains and forests in the Song Dynasty were burned, but also the mountains and forests in the Khitan were burned, what should the people do in winter. So he moved to Daizhou and asked Liu Yongnian to hand over the arsonist thief. How can this be handed over, Liu Yongnian said confidently: "The thief is guilty, but in my realm, why do you care?" ”

The Liao side did not take advantage of it, so it did not repeat the text.

The second is what happened in Western Xia.

Di Qing withdrew his troops and returned. The Western Xia was full of greenery, the people were struggling to make a living, and rebellions broke out in many places. Officials of the Song Dynasty believed that the northwest would be safe and sound for the time being, but the officials in the northwest reflected that the Western Xia was changing the military system and usurping the name of the imperial court.

The imperial court sent Zhang Zongdao in the name of giving Zuo's birthday gift. The envoy to Western Xia inquired. You must know that every time you give a birthday or other gifts, it is a lot of money, but after Zhang Zongdao entered the country, the envoy of the embassy greeted him, and it stands to reason that the Song Dynasty was the suzerain. The horses marched ahead, but the envoys of the Western Xia accompanied the embassy many times. and sit. and deliberately sat in the East. The sect was dissatisfied and fought for it.

The greeter said: "The master is on the left, and the etiquette is constant, why do the angels have any doubts?" ”

Zong Dao said: "Zong Dao and the Xia Lord are on a par with the Son of Heaven, if the Xia Lord comes in person, he will be the guest host, and the courtiers will also be the master!" According to the story, Zongdao is on top. ”

After a long time of indecision, the greeter said: "You have a few heads, dare to do this." ”

Zong Dao laughed and said: "Zong Dao only has one head, he will be away from his family in the future, today you want to take Zong Dao's head, Zong Dao will die as he deserves, but do you Xia Guo dare?" ”

The greeter said, "But the translator has lost the word, I mean there are no ears." ”

Zong Dao reprimanded: "The translator loses the word, why not cut the translator?" ”

There was no way to cut it, so he let Zongdao sit on the top, and the greeter said: "The joy of the two countries is like fish and water." ”

Zong Dao said: "However, the Celestial Empire, the water, the Xia Kingdom, the fish, the water can be without fish, and the fish cannot be without water." ”

The Western Xia envoy was speechless.

Liu Yongnian is Liu Mei's grandson, a literary and military talent, and a famous painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty and the Khitan had an unpleasant incident, the Khitan soldiers blocked the gate with a boulder, Liu Yongnian took the soldiers to move the boulder, he alone threw a few hundred catties of big stones easily, the Khitan saw his arm strength, thought that God, one by one panicked and retreated.

In fact, Liu Li's family is good, if you say evil, it is Li Wei's mother.

After reading it, Zhao Ji said: "These two good ministers are also." ”

"In this way, I won't let you see it, there is no shortage of good ministers in the Song Dynasty, and the court has also praised them."

"That's ......"

"Think again."

"I thought of it, according to the covenant between His Majesty and Yuan Hao, the envoy who received me was like a Khitan, sitting on top of the Duo Palace, and ranking at the top. Besides, I helped Li Liangzuo defeat the false Pang without hiding it, and I brought a gift of wealth and silk, so I should be even more respectful. The Western Xia envoys are still fighting for the road, and they are fighting for the first seat, but the young master of the Western Xia still has a bad heart. ”

"I thought of it," Zheng Lang nodded with satisfaction.

If you continue to teach like this, you can teach for three or four years, this little Song Shenzong will still be very considerable in the future, at least in the future, it will not end up with the name God (if the emperor has the god or the martial name, it is not good, the former is a metaphor for nervousness, Song Shenzong, Mingshenzong, Wu refers to Kua Zhi and many poor martial arts. Great ambition marches, many are extremely poor, and even worse).

But some ministers in the court can sit back and watch themselves teach this future crown prince?

Therefore, Zheng Lang threw out the most fierce dose of medicine today.

"The Khitan is just that, although it is gradually declining, they still hold the dream of being the most powerful, let them continue to sleep in this dream and continue to fall."

Zhao Ji smiled dumbly.

"But why did Di Qing die in the front, and Xixia didn't start to settle down later?"

"It's a pity that Di Qing died."

"If the imperial court leaves Di Qing, it can't defend the security of the frontier?"

"This ......"

"Di Qing is the strongest voice, but I am weakening as a whole. Poverty and weakness are the biggest drawbacks of our dynasty. ”

"Zheng Gong, I don't understand."

"What's the problem?"

"I know that many scholars are content with their success, do not want to make progress, and behave introvertedly. Even more inaction militarily. Therefore, we used two-thirds of our finances to feed the largest army in a year, but we were trapped in the Khitan and insulted by the Western Xia. This is weakness. But where does poverty come from? ”

"Poverty is divided into two points, the first is the poverty of the imperial court." Zheng Lang said and handed over a few copies.

It's going to start work again.

Zheng Lang writes a recital. The imperial court was required to allocate funds, and the last year of the project was less than the last year, but because the main project was the Yellow River. Many embankments have to replace the original earth embankments with stone embankments, in fact, there are still no embankments in some high-Tan areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, once the water is washed away, perhaps the water level will be higher than the original, Zheng Lang is also worried about the future. Despite the sand rushing. There will still be sediment and the water level will gradually rise. Unless the entire middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River are protected, that is impossible. Now that the imperial court has money, it simply increased and thickened all the embankments to prolong the life of the river work. It also increases the cost of money.

This year, 60 or 70 million yuan will still be used.

If Pang is in the book, he may be in a hurry, but considering that Zheng Lang's construction is very humane, not only preferential treatment of the people, but also to reduce disputes. Cultivated land is compensated one by one, as well as food, rest time, holidays, and sheds. Expensive tools, all to the imperial court to bear. The other is a more humane measure. The construction time is mostly in the period from late autumn to early spring, not when the plague is prevalent. But with so many people together, Zheng Lang is still worried that there will be infectious diseases.

Therefore, the appropriation is also made. Let the people boil the laundry quilt in salt water, and often soak in a salt water bath. Sprinkle lime in the shed to reduce the living space of ticks and bacteria. There were deaths on the construction site, but in the past few years, there has not been a single large-scale infectious disease.

This is the political achievement of loving the people, but it is piled up with money.

Love the people, the people may not work hard to build, some of the accumulation of slack, human nature, Zheng Lang also sees it lightly, but the waste of money is very serious. That's why overspending.

However, Han Qi did not relent, it was okay to overspend, why did he overspend so much, the court had no money.

Zheng Lang handed over the account books to the middle book, and then wrote the folds, such a big project, who has the ability to estimate it in four years? Even if there is a difference of tens of millions of dollars, 50 million bonds and 10 million IOUs have been issued. Enough to solve the problem of overspending.

If the imperial court's finances are well-managed, there is no problem, the 60 million bond IOUs do not need to be allocated by the imperial court, and there are more than 60 million yuan of surplus before construction, and the imperial court only needs to generate 170 million and several hundred surplus within four years, and there will be no financial pressure.

If Pang is the prime minister, it can be implemented.

Sixth, there was a flood, and the victims moved to the construction site, and the disaster money also went to the river workers. Shaanxi used soldiers, and Di Qing got a large number of cheap livestock, which somewhat made up for some financial expenditures. There were still some disasters, but what about the none-disasters that year?

In fact, it can't be calculated, compared with history, the first change is the bank, the second change is the safety prison, and the third change is the south. With the development of the two provinces, the number of households has reached more than 1.6 million, and the actual population has also doubled. Including two jing, it is enough to increase the income of nearly 10 million yuan for the imperial court in one year. As for solving the arable land crisis in many parts of the south, it goes without saying, but this is invisible to the economy and cannot be seen. The imperfection of the tax system also affected the imperial court's benefits from it.

These three open sources alone can add 50 million yuan of income to the imperial court in a year.

In addition, there were rebellions in many places in the south, and there was a serious chaos in the salt administration, and after Zheng Lang's governance, these phenomena no longer happened. It also saved money for the imperial court.

Not to mention that Zheng Lang and Pang Ji did a lot of throttling in the Chinese book, cutting troops, preparing food, and cutting officials.

But it depends.

The first problem is Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen will not collect money, with money, he will find a way to reward officials more, or reduce the people's taxes, the second is the prime minister's business ability, a country is tight, one or two million dollars can easily come out, if loosened, and then in order to gain fame, let the officials below lightly abound, the people's hearts have, but the national finances will be tight.

In this case, the imperial court no longer had the ability to allocate another sixty or seventy million yuan to Zheng Lang for river work.

Zheng Lang already knew in his heart that Sima Guang, Wang Anshi and Cai Xiang often corresponded, how could they not know? Therefore, he asked the imperial court for money a month in advance. It's just to prevent the backhand.

Han Qi replied again, you said 200 million yuan. Why use 300 million yuan. No, either it will be completed this year, and I can only allocate you 30 million yuan, or it will be completed for a year.

Cai Xiang revealed in his private letter that the finance was at most 40 million, which exceeded. No matter how the court squeezes. I can't squeeze it out. If it is really 60 or 70 million yuan, it may not be able to recover in the next year. That is, the income of the imperial court is declining, and it is impossible to expect to have a surplus of more than 30 million a year.

Zheng Lang learned of this news and wrote a note again. No, the Yellow River cannot be delayed any longer, and it must be completed this year. Although I overspent, I made up for it by issuing government bonds. If it drags on year after year, the Yellow River will not be able to enter the river. If the Liuta River, the Sixth Si, and Shanghu Si burst the embankment again, it is the fault of your Zhongshu.

If Zheng Lang was alone, maybe he would be farting when he spoke.

Guan Jian's strength is no worse than Han Qi, he is not the prime minister, but his influence is not as good as that of few prime ministers. Zeng Gongliang then politely wrote the book, and the court still had to think of a way. In recent years, the weather has been abnormal, or there has been a major drought. Either there is a big flood, or the capital does not freeze for several years.

As for Di Qing is snow, snow does not freeze when it dies, that's a joke.

The reason why the river is governed is that the weather has been abnormal in recent years. Look at these years, the Yellow River has had a major breach every few years, and there is also a drought. With this project, it will not be easy for the tragedy of Shang Hu Si to occur again. In addition, in order to save water and divert water, so many water storage lakes have been excavated. When a major drought comes, it can also play a role. At least there won't be a starvation for thousands of miles. The imperial court should think of a way.

Not only Zeng Gongliang, but as soon as he came forward, many scholars and doctors echoed.

In the past, when summer came, not only the Yellow River, but also the Bianshui and Huaishui flooded many times, but this year there are still many water systems in the Huaihe River Basin, which cannot be managed one by one, but there are no large-scale flooding disasters. Bianshui is even safer. Although this year's flood season is small, it can also represent the effectiveness of river work.

Han Qi let Zhao Zongshi divide his mind again, and in desperation, he had to prepare to issue bonds again. For the time being, the imperial court's revenue and expenditure are considerable, and the credibility is there, even if the bonds are issued again, they will be repaid sooner or later, and there is also a bank supervisor that attracts everyone's attention.

It also depends on the fact that if a parabola of national revenue and expenditure is drawn and Zheng Lang dies suddenly, this bond will definitely not be popular.

So there are more and more national debts, this sign is very bad, Yan Rong wrote to Zheng Lang with the worry in his heart, and Zheng Lang wrote to him not to say more. This is the beginning, and it will get worse in the future. But on the whole, the economic situation is improving, and if you change the management of a capable minister, it can be corrected, and if you don't let everyone see the reality, this finance will always become a parabola that fluctuates violently up and down.

These private letters are all for state affairs, Zheng Lang did not hide it, and showed Zhao Ji the letters and folds one by one, and then said: "In the third year of Huang You, excluding the income of the bank, the state generated a surplus of more than 30 million, if it includes the increase in commercial taxes, the increase in income in the south, and then the dividends of the bank, to maintain the momentum of Huang You's three years, the country can reasonably increase the surplus of more than 70 million yuan a year." In fact, there is no need to issue bonds, and with the original surplus of the imperial court, it is more than enough for the management of river works. Why is it so embarrassing? ”

"This is the power of Zheng Gong."

"No, this is the country's poverty, the imperial court's finances are on a downward trend, the name is taken from the people, and it is returned to the people, but it is actually used on the really poor people, and only the powerful and wealthy families benefit. If one or two capable ministers work hard, the court's finances can go up, but these two capable officials will make the world's powerful people hate. ”

"Such as Pang Gong."

"Exactly, because the prime minister does not want to learn from Pang, then the trend of fiscal revenue will inevitably decline seriously, and even in the end, including the income of the bank, the imperial court will not produce a surplus. As for the people, the truly poor do not benefit either. This is the poverty of the imperial court. "The most famous example is the Ming Dynasty, it's not that it's not rich, but looking at the state income of the Ming Dynasty, it's speechless. If it is not stopped in time, the Northern Song Dynasty is likely to develop in the direction of the Ming Dynasty.

"The second is the poverty of the people, you have also come down, and you have seen many people living, strictly speaking, they have become better, but in the past few years, the investment in water conservancy of the imperial court will reach more than 400 million yuan, and the additional output value generated will reach more than 1 billion yuan, and a family can have an income of 100 yuan. However, although the people have become better, why are there still so many households below the fifth grade? Once the river works are completed, the rich will become richer, and if the annexation continues, the poor will benefit the poor. The benefits brought by river work will immediately decline and weaken, the rich and the poor will be differentiated, and the people will be poor! ”

"That is, next year I will reach a peak, and then I will fall, and even have to carry a lot of debt?"

"That's what happens when you don't do it right. It's not terrible, my son, do you know how many copper, gold and silver coins have been issued by the state since the establishment of the banking superintendent? ”

"I don't know, it's about 100 million yuan."

"No, the issuance of currency has been rising, not only the metal brought by the Ping'an Prison, but also dozens of gold and silver mines large and small in the country, and also brought a large amount of gold and silver to the imperial court, and the various metal currencies issued by the state in more than ten years, or the gold and silver ingots deposited in the bank reached more than 200 million. But money still can't meet the demand for circulation. Without him, the wealth of a country is much more than money. Currency and bonds are only a part of it, and all kinds of industries, estates, workshops, shops, houses, livestock, and cultivated land, and all the main households and merchants can immediately take out hundreds of millions, or even a dozen yuan, of their wealth and invest it on various investments. If the imperial court has no guidance, what will happen if it is smashed on the cultivated land all of a sudden? ”

Zhao Ji thought for a moment, and couldn't help but tremble.

In the Song Dynasty, the average cultivated land was worth only two taels of land, which meant the real value, not the price of the land extorted from the imperial court.

If it is smashed on the cultivated land together, then more than ninety percent of the cultivated land in the world will be gathered in the hands of large households. The failure to levy the two taxes will cause a series of problems, and if all the peasants have no arable land, the exploitation of the main households will become serious and the contradictions will be even greater. A few decades later, the likes of Huangchao Zhang Jiao will inevitably appear.

Nervously asked, "Gong Zheng, what should I do then?" ”

"I'm thinking of a way, the scholars said that the average tax, the anti-thief king Xiaobo Li Shun said that the rich and the poor are equal, Wang Li said radically, and the scholars and doctors said that the average tax had to think twice. If you want the country to be strong, you can't let the country be weak, and if you want the country to be stable and the people happy, you can't be poor. ”

When the court was entangled in the matter of the emperor's heir, Zheng Lang actually taught Zhao Ji this Dongdong.

After Gao Taotao received his son's letter, he hurriedly wrote a letter, this time to Zheng Lang, the first is to thank Zheng Lang, and the second is to ask Zheng Lang to go step by step.

My son is still too young to bear your esoteric knowledge.

But Gao Taotao was also frightened, in recent years, with the Ping An Prison and the Bank Supervisor as the leaders, as well as the Anmian Prison and the Cane Sugar Supervisor and other industries, the development of the south has made the Song Dynasty more and more extremely rich. And it is expanding day by day, and now there is bank guidance, if there is no bank channeling, how will so much money be smashed into the annexed land.

That's what you want.

This teaching taught two things. None of them are easy!

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