By the middle of August, Song Qi and Zhang Yonghe had written a letter to Shang Hu Si, which was 557 steps wide, requiring 1,416,800 days of labor and 144,168 soldiers, which could be completed in 100 days.

This is the policy of the Jia Chang Dynasty, Jia Chang Dynasty wrote in Luoyang, asking the Jingdong Prefecture Army and the people to build the old embankment of the Yellow River, divert the water to the east, and gradually restore the old way, if you want to meet this requirement, you must fill in the Henglong break a few years ago and the Shanghu break this year.

Zheng Lang has not been silent about this.

After two breaches, the Yellow River is no longer the original Yellow River. Not blocked, there is the Hengyuan River, Shanghu flows north, the water potential is slower in normal years, the quicksand precipitation is more, blocked, the fact has lost its effect. Just as a person is terminally ill, he will die with medication, and he will die from surgery, so he has been silent, at least until he has come up with a good solution.

Yi Na, Ran Ding Du and others joined hands to play, and said: "In the heavenly sage, Huazhou Sai broke the river, accumulated for many years to start the service, now the Shanghu project is particularly large, and the people in Hebei are hungry and tired, the previous imperial court used labor for relief, and made the people poor, and now they have moved to Shanghu, the people are more tired, autumn is coming, the river water is reduced, and many people return to their hometowns to prepare for next year's summer harvest, and more began to prepare for farming and sowing. The minister thought it was inappropriate. And the horizontal wall has been decided for a long time, so the river has not yet been filled, it is advisable to dredge the water river to kill the water potential, and wait for the coming year to plug the merchant Hu. ”

It's not that simple, this rush, many water networks are connected, from Shanghu to Bohai Estuary, almost along to the Khitan territory, up to more than 1,000 miles, I don't know how many water networks are contacted, if you want to block, all have to be blocked, and the labor is not as calculated by Xiao Song, it may be a hundred times.

Hearing Ding Du's progression, Zheng Lang still didn't make a sound. He meditated on Shang Huliu's map in his mind, and remembered that Wang Anshi blocked it in the end, which had some effect, but still failed in the end.

Now there is only one way, using Zheng Lang's embankment method.

Successively select some barren land and saline-alkali land along the Yellow River, when the water potential is high. Break open the embankment and kill the water! By the way, improve the land.

And there is a difficulty, money!

As the prime minister, you may not know very well how much money the country has. Because in addition to the three divisions, there is also a place to save money. Inner vault. The Inner Treasury was established in the hands of Song Taizu, and the financial situation was good at the beginning, but the policy of the Song Dynasty was taken from the people and used by the people, and the imperial court only played a role in changing hands, at least nominally attaching importance to internal governance and loving the people, and all internal governance policies revolved around the policy of taking the people and the people. It's hard to save money. So Song Taizu set up an inner treasury and said to the minister, Shi Jin cut the Youyan counties in the Khitan, and sympathized with its people for a long time. If you don't take it from me, you will be able to collect the warriors from the scattered government. ”

Zhao Kuangyin's thought was later inherited by Wang Anshi. Now it is also being carried forward in Zheng Lang. If you want to defeat the Western Xia and Khitan, you must have money in your hands, but money does not fall from the sky. It is necessary to be able to earn and save, and after a long period of benign management, the country can have the money to wage war.

This money was originally used in the war to recover the Sixteen States of Youyun. At that time, the size of the economy was very small, and five million yuan was a huge number. The facts later accumulated and far exceeded 5 million. Because the whole country was not unified, Zhao Kuangyin did not move. In the hands of Zhao Kuangyi, he took the minister to inspect the inner treasury and said, when will this kind of gold silk be exhausted.

At that time, the total economic volume was still very small. Now, it is a mountain made of gold, and if you use it with great effort, you will run out in a year or two. So he recovered the Later Han Dynasty and hurriedly launched a war to recover the sixteen states of Youyun. The result failed, and only then did I understand the good intentions of the eldest brother. Officially set up the inner treasury, saying: "This cover is worried that the ministers can not be saved, and there is a gap in the use of different times, and it will be re-given to the people, and I don't like it." ”

Expand its function, not only for war, but also for disaster years, with the inner treasury, when the country needs money, there is no need to collect the people. Its function is clarified. It is not for the emperor himself, but for the state when there is a reserve. It can't be placed in the three divisions, for fear that the ministers of the three divisions will not be able to save money, so this treasury is set up. When it arrived at Zhenzong, it was expanded into four warehouses of gold and silver, pearl and jade incense, brocade silk, and money. …,

There are two sources for this. The first is the income from the management of various mines, when merchants buy the money of the franchise, in addition to paying for the grain and grass materials of Hebei and Shaanxi, there is also a part of the money and silk to buy money in the capital, and these money and silk are also returned to the inner treasury. Second, the gold and silver obtained from the goods at the border, the pearl and jade incense medicine obtained by the city, and some luxury textiles of famous brands in various places, if the inner storage warehouse is empty, ordinary textiles are also drawn from all over the country into the inner storage warehouse. Because its nature is to fear that the minister will spend lavishly in the name of loving the people, and the fact is also the same, so the minister does not know how many internal vaults there are. By the time Zhenzong and Zhao Zhen arrived, they lacked the ability of Zhao Kuangyin's brothers, their hearts were cowardly, the imperial power was very seriously divided, and they controlled part of the finances in their hands, and they were more or less confident.

In recent years, under the governance of Zheng Langdong and Xi, the financial situation has improved. However, in the battle of the Northwest, all the family foundations have been completed, and Zheng Lang does not know how many internal warehouses there are, but seeing Zhao Zhen's rapid quasi-performance, his brows can't help frowning, Zhao Zhen's measures prove that the internal storage library has been enriched in a few years, and there will be, but not very much.

He Tan stood up again and played.

"This year's disaster is particularly great, and it is the post of prime minister for several times, especially Chen Zhizhong, who has done many things that are not worthy of the support of the world. If Xiang Chuanshi is not talented, tired of being talked about, he can't let the drama happen, and Zhizhong uses the Chuanshi to the deputy envoy of the three divisions with personal favor (Xiang Chuanshi is the son of Xiang Minzhong, referring to Chen Zhizhong's friendship with the powerful to benefit himself). Lu Changling was in charge of the matter, and he was the judge of the third division. This is all known by the holy will, so the transmission of Changling resigned from the important post, but the executive did not ask. Taizong Dynasty Kou Zhun was called Zhongxun, and only changed the official qualifications of Feng Zheng and Peng Weijie in Guangzhou in turn, that is, he dismissed Kou Zhun political affairs (otherwise, Kou Zhun employs people in an eclectic manner, does not offend many people with qualifications, and has a fierce personality and prejudices in employing people, especially the north and the south, and leaves people with many handles, so he has been dismissed several times because of his employment). It is rumored that Zhizhong used his old knowledge to lenient Zhang Zhu and did not sue Kong Zhiwen for being a criminal, and he suppressed Kaifeng and Li Su with personal grudges, and other dictatorships were indulgent and innumerable. Zheng Lang is young and lacking in qualifications, and his summoning is different, which may not be without this...... However, His Majesty did not hesitate to retire one or two ministers, in order to conform to the hope of the world, the world is very fortunate. ”

With such a catastrophe, the emperor did a good job, and there was nothing wrong with it, it was the prime minister's fault. The first is that Chen Zhizhong is incompetent and arbitrary, and the second is that Zheng Lang is too young to be the prime minister. If both of them are gone. The people of the world are happy, and if the two of them can't do it, at least they have to go to Chen Zhizhong.

The two prime ministers and Yanchen Liangzi got married.

Yanchen wanted to fish for people, although Zhang Sheng was fished out, but Yanchen's boss Yang Cha did not fish out. Therefore, he hated Chen Zhizhong's dark hand.

Zheng Lang is not good, and he actually asked Wu Dingchen to send an envoy. How many envoys will the imperial court send to Jiaozhi? Even if there is, it's a small official with the size of an egg.

So there was this play.

Zheng Lang and Chen Zhizhong were both expressionless. However, Zheng Lang was close to his heart, fortunately, the farmland water conservancy law was implemented after the Yellow River burst its banks, otherwise it would have been abolished as he thought, and let Yanchen make a fuss.

It is normal for Yanchen to impeach the prime minister, the prime minister is big, and only Yanchen is his nemesis.

But whether to listen or not is the emperor's business. The emperor did not listen. Yanchen was also helpless.

After He Tan finished speaking, Zheng Lang looked at the other ministers and did not speak, and stood up and said, "Your Majesty." The country's financial difficulties, the ministers have a bank to discuss, I hope that His Majesty will convene the important officials of the two governments, two systems, Taiwan cabinets, three divisions and departments to go to the vertical arch hall to discuss. ”

If you don't govern the river, you don't start a war, the country has money. As soon as the river was ruled and the war was launched, the country's surplus was far from enough, so Zheng Lang said that the financial difficulties were in place.

Many ministers are inexplicable.

There are too few ministers who know about the bank. But Zhao Zhen knew that he was a little puzzled, although the bank was good, where did the currency turnover come from? The importance of banks is still known. Once it is supported, the annual income is far more than that of the Ping An Prison, and it is also convenient for the people. said: "Quasi." ”…,

Scattered Dynasty.

Inconsequential officials retreated, and even if they participated, they had no decision-making power. Nearly 100 important officials were brought to the Vertical Arch Hall and sat down in turn.

Zheng Lang said: "The minister has a play first. ”

I handed it over. Sent to Zhao Zhen's table case, it was a secret order to let Zhou Mi and others assist in killing the enemy, the Khitan captured Tanglong Town, and there was no war, the three armies were not sent, the grain and grass went first, and a battle required countless materials, and for a month, it has been continuously transporting material resources to the Liaoxia border. But war was on the verge of breaking out.

The special battalion was nominally under the personal management of Zhao Zhen, so Zheng Lang first wrote to ask for a performance.

Zhao Zhen said: "Accurate." ”

Not a big deal.

He Tan said: "Why do you submit the secret music again? ”

If there is anything to say publicly, for example, Yang Shousu sent someone to give a gift to Wu Dingchen, and he just said it. What does this little note mean?

Zheng Lang said: "He Yushi, do you know why Brother Ning Ling, the prince of Western Xia, was able to escape from Western Xia? ”

He Tan shook his head.

"It's arranged by our dynasty, it's a confidential arrangement, only the emperor and the privy envoy can manage it personally, and others can't know about it, so I won't say it."

The ministers were buzzing.

"This is a national event, why not say it!" He Tan was annoyed.

"I went to the Khitan, and wanted to use the Khitan spring bowl to escape from the Jurchen Department back to our court, and secretly arranged a plan to let Zhang Kang secretly cross the sea from Jiaodong to the Jurchen to support, only Your Majesty knew the truth about this matter, Zhang Kang and my wife knew the truth, and actually let people guess it, and sent someone to threaten at the border, almost making me unable to return. The Western Xia secret agent is far better than the Khitan, do you think it can be made public? ”

He Tan's face turned red and said, "Why don't you take this person in my court?" ”

What a wonder.

"He Yushi, first, the hiding place at that time, sent to Khitan Yi, sent to my court. Second, I'm afraid that taking in the father and daughter who haven't moved will cause a big turmoil, not to mention the prince of Western Xia. "It's not the truth, the truth is that the Song Dynasty doesn't want to fight with Western Xia for the time being, so it can't take in Brother Ning Ling. This is to mock He Tan and other ministers for ignoring the overall situation.

There is no need to offend the ministers too much, Zheng Lang said: "It is personally responsible for it, although I offer a plan, it can only be implemented after Your Majesty consults with the privy envoy and the privy deputy envoy. Today's topic is not for this. ”

"What is a bank?" He Tan asked again unconvinced.

Yanchen is becoming more and more lawless, not only Ouyang Xiu, He Tan and others, our authority is to supervise hundreds of officials and hundreds of things, but these affairs are hidden, so that we don't know, how to admonish? We must be made known.

"He Yu Shi is not in a hurry, I asked His Majesty to summon everyone here, just to let everyone work together. After a while, he said, Your Majesty, let's talk about the second thing, in order to give Western Xia the strength to fight, Chen Yu Zhongshu ordered the border states to further relax the private salt channel. ”

"When did this happen?" He Tanhu asked suspiciously. No, it's not a good sign. The state cannot act secretly at every turn!

"He Yushi, it's like this, the Khitan and the Western Xia are at war, the Khitan is strong, and there is Brother Ning Ling in his hands, so he has the upper hand. The strength of the Western Xia was weak, and because of Brother Ning Ling, it led to some controversies and divisions, and it was far from being weak. If the Khitan wins a big victory, it will annex the Western Xia, and the border between the Khitan and our DPRK will go from Hebei to Jingyuan Road. Maybe because of the Western Xia, the Khitan will further expand its territory to Tibet, will it be beneficial to our dynasty? Therefore, the best result of the war between the two countries is a stalemate, in which both tigers are injured, and we will sit on the advantage of fishermen. Therefore, I did not let His Majesty canonize Lang Zuo as the lord of the country, and kept it for now. Easing the private salt channel, in the name of the price of not moving the family, is actually to support the Western Xia in disguise and let it grow, so that it can become a stalemate with the Khitan. Wrong? ”

Did He Tan dare to say that he had done something wrong? …,

Zheng Lang continued to say to Zhao Zhen: "However, bad news has come from the border states one after another, I heard that the imperial court intends to relax the channel, and various salt merchants are smuggling smuggled salt, during this time, the amount of illegal salt is almost more than ten times that of the past, and the trend is getting worse and worse. Therefore, the minister implored His Majesty's quasi-ministers to order that some men should be sent to secretly supervise the illicit salt, and the list of these illicit salt merchants should be recorded one by one, and when the illegal salt passage is closed, they will be punished according to the law. ”

It's not just the businessman's fault, the imperial court issued a secret order, but it is not a secret order when it comes to the locality, and there should not be too much collusion between officials and businessmen, and the wind will soon spread out. There is also the psychology of the people, for example, the paper fan of the Wa Kingdom is good, and there is no saying that it worships foreign countries, but it is the result of the strange effect of psychology. There is also the green salt of Western Xia, in order to experiment, Zheng Lang deliberately asked the servants to buy green salt and come back to cook vegetables, compared with the two, Zheng Lang couldn't tell the difference. I don't believe in evil, and they all say that it is delicious to cook vegetables with Xixia green salt, why can't I eat it myself. asked Fan Yue'er to call her chef and cook the same dish with two different salts, but she still couldn't eat it. Then ask the chef, the chef gushes endlessly, saying what is the difference, you taste it carefully, and then taste it, the Xixia green salt is still good. After a few words, Cui Xian and Jiang Xing'er tasted it again and nodded, officials, it's really different. Zheng Lang tasted it again according to the law, but he still couldn't eat it. This is like the story written by Pu Songling, some people believe in Monkey King, thinking that they blaspheme Sun Wukong and fall into evil. Those who believe are spiritual, and those who do not believe are not spiritual, it is all psychological factors.

A pound of Beijing salt is only more than 30 yuan, and a pound of Xixia green salt is more than 100 yuan. However, the cost of mining in Western Xia may be less than two cents.

Zheng Lang's advice may not really be investigated, maybe it will be investigated, maybe it won't be investigated, but saying it in front of so many people is a warning, and it won't be long before it will spread to Shaanxi. Otherwise, if this continues, these merchants will really move one million stone blue salt from Western Xia in a year, and how much financial income will be affected. can help Western Xia in disguise, but now the situation is out of control. The idea is to keep it in order.

The reason was written on the fold, but he didn't say it, and handed it directly to Zhao Zhen, who glanced at it and said, "Accurate." ”

Some ministers are not convinced, this is what you deliberately relaxed, and after the relaxation, you will pursue it, what has become of it? But there was one million stones, and one by one did not dare to make a sound. If you really want to let the Western Xia transport so much green salt to the Song Dynasty, the sky will fall, how much income will you have to lose?

deliberately said the two pieces in front of everyone, because he was afraid that Yanchen would find trouble in the future, Zheng Lang said the right thing, that is, what Zheng Lang said to Zhang Fangping, play a big vote! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )