"It has to be twice," Zheng Lang said solemnly.

Everyone in the house was puzzled, and Zheng Lang had to tell them the story and principle of Zilu Shouniu.

It is Zheng's selection method.

The Americas are too far away, and even if they can be obtained, they must pay attention to the evolution and improvement of the seeds. Originally, I wanted to use the power of the government to assist in the management and make the price of seeds for the people orderly, but because of Jia Changchao, I was stuck. Either it is not promoted, or it is not for profit. Said a lot of truth.

This person is not what Ouyang Xiu thinks, he is just from the same Jinshi, even if he is the same Jinshi, there is not much simple, a country has a national imperial examination once a few years, how many Tongjinshi have been selected? On the contrary, he was quite accomplished in the scriptures and righteousness, and was a scholar of the university.

The Song Dynasty was not as rigid as the Tang Dynasty, and many ideas and concepts were very open, but the ability to understand was certainly not comparable with that of later generations. If he wants to reverse this ideology, Zheng Lang must have a long-term argument with Jia Changchao. This is not afraid, Guan Jian is worried about Ding, according to the ancient rites, he is not even allowed to participate in state affairs, let alone explain. Therefore, he didn't distinguish it, he did it directly, and he started to do it last year, but he didn't come forward, but asked the Fan family to come forward and organize some good households. It is impossible for all of them to be good households, but there are many big households in the capital, and they do more good deeds and accumulate virtues.

There are about a dozen households, all of which are too rich to count. The smallest household also has more than 100,000 yuan of property. Let these people take out thousands of dollars to do good deeds, and they don't care at all. So more than a dozen families secretly organized, and the first batch of funds alone prepared 100,000 yuan. First, he bought some arable land from Hebei, Hedong, Henan, and Shandong. It's all in a closed valley, but not in that kind of valley with deep mountains, what Zheng Lang wants is not to cultivate crops suitable for planting in deep mountains.

They are all on the edge of the mounds in some plain areas, and there is not much land, eleven places, totaling more than 7,000 acres. I can't think too much, because the terrain is constrained. It's too small, these people are not worth managing in the capital, it's too big. Not at all. In the northern part of the country, only this area is found. Buy these lands regardless of the price. Then, through the communication of Zheng Lang and Fan Yue'er, and referring to some ancient agricultural books, special people were sent to study. Then people were sent to use the single-plant selection method in rural areas. The best seeds were selected, including beans, melons and fruits, vegetables, rice, barley, wheat, sorghum, and the cotton seeds brought from the Western Regions and Jiangzhun for trial planting since last fall.

The method is still the method of the sandbar in the Yangtze River, and when the harvest comes, continue to select the best single plant. The best seeds are guaranteed to be kept for the next year's planting, the worse seeds are treated as ordinary harvests, and the other seeds are sold as seeds to the people. Some of them are very long, and the methods are very novel, including the grafting of fruit trees, are all experimental, and God knows which year they will be successful. Some have references, such as cotton. You can't rush, you have to evolve for more than ten years, and some will see the results immediately. For example, wheat and beans.

As for the planting method, it is even more cost-effective, and some people even use a nutritious bowl to grow wheat, Zheng Lang was sweaty when he heard it, but he did not object, what was required was not to take into account the cost and labor, or the yield per mu, but the evolution of a single seed. Anyway, these people don't care about money, they toss around.

The following is tossing, and Jia Changchao is helpless. This is someone's land, even if in the most prosperous place in Kaifeng City, open up a vast land to grow vegetables and radish, as long as you don't break the law, can you manage it? Do you want to send the chengguan to forcibly demolish it? Even if there was a chengguan, he would not dare to be so arrogant in the Song Dynasty.

A few more months. When the summer harvest comes, Zheng Lang deliberately takes care of it, this time is a year, not a joke, this is a model for the future. You have to make a little money, at least to keep your money, otherwise there won't be more people learning.

If you want the whole country to have excellent seeds, 7,000 acres of land is far from enough, and at least 700,000 acres of land must be used to meet the demand for seeds in the entire north.

…,

And these dozen or so families play the role of pioneers.

They don't care about money, they spend thousands of dollars on it, and they should go to Fanlou for a few meals of wine, and at least have some friendship with themselves, but what about others?

The truth is analyzed, and the end is ended.

Zheng Lang walked out, Fan Yue'er greeted her, and the others looked at Fan Yue'er, drinking tea and chatting inside, but none of them came out.

Fan Yue'er said: "Xianggong, take care." ”

"It's okay, in fact, I also want to go to Khitan to have a look."

"Xianggong, you are bold, not good."

"You don't understand," Zheng Lang said. The history books say that the sixteen states of Youyun refer to Youzhou (now Beijing), Shunzhou (now Shunyi, Beijing), Ruzhou (now Yanqing, Beijing), Danzhou (now Miyun, Beijing), Jizhou (today's Jinjixian County), Zhuozhou (now Zhuozhou, Hebei), Yingzhou (now Hejian, Hebei), Mozhou (now Renqiubei, Hebei), Xinzhou (now Zhuolu, Hebei), Fuzhou (now Huailai, Hebei), Wuzhou (now Xuanhua, Hebei), Ulzhou (now Weixian, Hebei), Yingzhou (now Yingxian, Shanxi), Huanzhou (now Shuozhou, Shanxi), Shuozhou (now Shuozhou, Shanxi), Yunzhou (now Datong, Shanxi). Only a small part was recovered by Chai Rong and controlled in the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the vast majority was controlled by the Khitans.

To put it more popularly, it is the border area between the Liao and Song dynasties south of the Great Wall of Qin and Han Dynasties, including the Hebei territory of the Song Dynasty in Sanguan and Yingzhou, as well as the Nanjing Road in the Khitan, and most of the Xijing Road. It is also an important farming area of the Khitan, and most of them are inhabited by Han people.

Therefore, after Zhao Kuangyi recovered the Northern Han Dynasty, he marched north, thinking that the army would be launched, and the sixteen states of Youyun would be just around the corner, but he did not expect that under the city of Youzhou, he would encounter strong resistance, and the Han people were the mainstay. Zhao Kuangyi was dumbfounded.

Zheng Lang knew that this was a manifestation of the success of Khitan assimilation. Not only the Han people in the Khitan, including the Khitan since its inception, have been influenced by the Tang Dynasty and do not exclude the Han culture, although the Khitan script was created, the Chinese characters in the territory are still the mainstream, and even the imperial examinations use Chinese characters, and the books of the Song Dynasty are also the most important books in the book market. The Han people lived in the environment and did not feel any inconvenience.

But the Song Dynasty was still the richest country, and there were many detailed reasons that Zheng Lang did not figure out. So gotta take a look. See for yourself what the problems are. The sixteen states of Youyun were recovered, and with the financial resources of the Song Dynasty, the Great Wall could be repaired to offset half of the huge impact of the nomads. If the open Northern Song Dynasty could maintain a 400-500 year, how far would commerce develop? How far will the culture of science and technology progress? It's unimaginable.

didn't say it to Fan Yue'er. Then he looked at her with pity: "It's just right, when I come back next year, my Ding worry period is almost over, and I can welcome you into the door." ”

Fan Yue'er nodded, but said in her heart, Sanniang, Siniang, you two old people must be in good health. At least until next autumn it will be safe.

Zheng Lang was sent to the palace again.

Zhao Zhen put down the mean in his hand and said, "It's changed a lot." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister also made a mistake before. Roughly distinguishing between yin and yang right and wrong, in fact, most of the right and wrong are difficult to recognize, such as Yang Yan's two tax laws, which are used by our dynasty, but when they are implemented, they are scolded as a policy to mislead the country and harm the people. The Shang Dynasty reformed and made the Qin Dynasty strong. But because he is a Legalist, to this day, he still smears many Confucianists. Sang Hongyang's expedient measures made Han Wu solve the urgent need, and the credit was great, but it was ridiculed by future generations. Therefore, the minister cultivated the mean this time, and added one to it, and the yin and yang, benevolence, righteousness, and etiquette are all a whole. Biased towards yin, adjust to yang in time to make yin and yang balanced. The golden mean is the way to balance. It is the way of governance, to find the balance point in the middle, the balance point is three, yin and yang are two, and it is distinguished for the sake of governance. However, as the core and principle of things, it is still a whole and complex one. ”

For Zhao Zhen, these previous theories are inevitably a bit complicated.

Hear only a little, because everything has a good side and a bad side. The same is true for people, then there will be disputes, there will be fewer fierce disputes, and a gentle outlook on governing the world and dealing with the world will be formed. Said with a smile: "It seems to be your ......"

…,

Thinking about Zheng Lang is more intense, about difficult.

"You just went to Fan's house?"

"The people take food as their heaven, and the ministers can't wait any longer. Therefore, these dozen or so good households were authorized to do it first and avoid disputes in the court. ”

"That's fine. When you go to Khitan, you must be careful. ”

"The minister has made some arrangements, and he will be able to come back in April or May next year, and by the way, take a look at the situation in Khitan."

Zhao Zhen understood his words. There was a hint of yearning in his eyes, and then he was gloomy.

It's too difficult, if you want to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, you have to solve the Western Xia, think about the strength of the Western Xia, after several defeats, still achieve a great victory against the Khitan, can you ignore it? It is no wonder that Zheng Lang sent troops to Western Xia twice before, both of which were received as soon as he entered, and he would never make any long-term stays. But it's always a good thing for a courtier to be ambitious, and he said slowly: "Zheng Qing, the Khitan can think about it in the long run, but you have to be careful yourself." ”

"Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for their courage, when will the ministers come back, please don't leak it."

"You're too careful."

"Your Majesty, although there is no need for suspicious people, but the minister is alone in Khitan, so I have to be careful, please ask Your Majesty for permission."

"Alas," Zhao Zhen sighed, it seems that Zheng Lang and Jia Changchao may not be able to work together for a while.

Zheng Lang said again: "The interests are also related. Your Majesty, you are as wise as the sea, and you may be able to see at a glance who is capable of what is and what the future holds. ”

"I can't."

"This is the case with Shi Jie and Sun Fu, Kong Zhiwen has always had ill intentions towards the imperial court after he fell to the top, and no one else knows about it. He was a scholar and scribe, so Sun Fu and Shi Jie occasionally exchanged letters with him. Fortunately, Lu Jujian (Lu Mengzheng's son) learned in time and executed him. The imperial court then sat on Sun Fu and wrote poems in Kong, and was demoted to the tax supervisor of Qianzhou. This is not a mistake. Moreover, in March last year, His Majesty wanted to eliminate the trouble of his friends, but Ouyang Xiu still gave a long advice to protect his friends, and His Majesty would inevitably feel uneasy in his heart. However, Xia Zhu hated the Junzi Party, although Shi Jie died, he still said in vain that Jie was not actually dead, and his people fled to the Khitan, inducing the Khitan to join the plot to raise troops, and Fu Bi was the internal response. Gong Dingchen and Du Yanlibao, the governor of Yanzhou, Jia Changchao still didn't believe it, so he first detained his wife in other states, and then dug up the coffin. The dead are big, although Shi Jie is angry, he is also kind and has done some practical things for the imperial court. However, they were not safe when they entered the ground, and their wives and children were imprisoned in vain. It was the case of Ouyang Xiu and the case of Yin Zhu, and then he tried to slander Du Fu and the others many times, intending to put them in prison again and be insulted by the court. Your Majesty's overkill is a good thing, and it must be done, otherwise the country will be restless as soon as the party is opened. However, it is overkill and too yin. To this day, all kinds of false accusations are no less than those of the Gentlemen, and it is not a dispute over articles. How could the minister not be worried? ”

Speak for yourself.

These tactics are far more excessive than what the gentlemen do.

said that he did not form a party, but in fact Jia Changchao was also faintly forming a party.

But not much to say, Jia Changchao's ability is limited, even if the time is good, he is not capable of organizing a large number of henchmen. And it has gone too far, causing vigilance from top to bottom, and it is even more difficult to form a party.

said that Jia Changchao was a person, and then faintly pointed to Shilu, and he would reuse it in the future, what should Jia Changchao do?

Zhao Zhen rubbed his head with a headache.

"Your Majesty, or Your Majesty can speak as a minister, and on the day the ministers return, they will be treated as a privy envoy."

The privy envoy is the prime minister of the western province, but his power is far less than that of the prime minister of the eastern province, and even only similar to the governor's participation in political affairs. As for the real Prime Minister Shenma, he can't be mentioned again, saving Jia Changchao from being unbalanced in his heart. Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Accurate." ”

Zhao Zhen took out the fold written by Zeng Gongliang: "Zheng Qing, can you think about it?" ”

"No, every move is very important, we must follow the trend, there is no urgency in front of us, we must stabilize the political affairs, the country and the people, and try it slowly. Moreover, every move involves the interests of many people, and the minister does not dare to be careless. ”

"Yes, the country needs peace and stability." Zhao Zhen sighed, changed his voice, and said, "I called you to come, and there is still something I want to invite." ”

…,

"Your Majesty, the minister dares."

"She wants to learn words, but I can't write that kind of words, so you can give me some pointers."

When Zheng Lang heard these two words, he was a little afraid.

"Nian Nu she is still young, you used to be chic, you don't have to be too restricted." Zhao Zhi smiled, a child, what are you afraid of. He also wanted to take a look, the last time Zheng Lang taught calligraphy, he watched it from the side, and he gained a lot, at least it was easier to learn than the so-called Zheng's calligraphy. And rich and soft, he admires it very much.

"Your Highness is getting older, and the ministers have to avoid it...... However, His Majesty ordered the ministers, and the ministers dared not to obey the orders. Zheng Lang said helplessly.

After a while, the little princess was brought over, very quiet, not like the little witch in the history books, who gave a big gift after coming in. It's still young, but it's starting to be sensible a little. Zheng Lang thought of a question, some people said that Zhao Zhen did not care about his daughter's happiness for the sake of politics. As for it? Li Yonghe's son, what does it have to do with politics? It's just that Zhao Zhen is compassionate to the fate of his uncle's family. What kind of virtue did Li Yong and that son Li Wei have in the end, driving this quiet and beautiful little princess crazy? When I come back from Khitan, find a way to meet him.

Zheng Lang said: "Your Highness, you write a few words first. ”

Zhao Niannu began to write.

Zheng Lang looked at it seriously, it was impossible to write the flavor of Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy, but it could give it a similar look.

No one can teach him the style of the book, only relying on some imitation Zhao characters handed in by Zheng Lang to speculate, Zhao Niannu does not write like it, but the words are neatly written.

Zheng Lang took the pen and corrected them one by one.

There is a difference between men and women, especially in this tragic era, especially the Song Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty was fat and beautiful, and the Song Dynasty was thin and slender. So look at the beauty of women, don't care about the size of the breasts, the size of the buttocks, but care about the slimness. In the end, the slimmer the better, so what kind of woman is thin? So we went to look for Lori together. I'm afraid that Zhao Zhen has this kind of deformed hobby. I heard that Sister Zhang in the palace didn't dare to eat in order to save fat. As a result, the body is malnourished and dies prematurely. But how? Once fat, the emperor will not like it anymore.

Therefore, Zheng Lang is serious, sitting upright, more like an old master than the old master.

Zhao Zhen also stood on the side and watched, after a while, he was about tired of standing, and ran to the side to sit and drink tea, Zhao Niannu flashed his big eyes, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Zheng Xianggong, are you really my guardian knight?" ”

Zheng Lang shuddered, looking at the curious look in Xiao Lori's eyes, and didn't know how to answer.