The winter weather this year is very normal, and it will not work next year, the snow does not fall on the West Third Road of Beijing, Beijing, and the imperial court sends officials to ask for snow everywhere, but Shaanxi is full of snow, and there are zombies on the road.

Before the meeting was held, Zheng Lang rode through Jingyu Pass with his guards, came to Huangzhou, arrived at Lijing City, and had a meeting with Dong Yu, reprimanding Dong Yu while appeasing him. Reprimanding is supplemented, and appeasement is primary. At this time, some Song troops had arrived in the Qingtang City area and were stationed in various places, and Dong Yu was inevitably dissatisfied in his heart. Therefore, Zheng Lang once again promised to retain some rights of Dong Yu, and recognized Dong Yu as the co-owner of all the people in Hehuang and even west of Chiling, as well as the spirit of all ethnic groups that were originally subordinate to Dong Yu. He also talked about the plan of Fan Hou, which was originally one hundred and eight Dong Hou, but now it has increased to one hundred and forty-four Hou because of the recovery of the West Envoy City and Lanzhou in the Shrine Valley, and Dong Yu is the largest Fan Hou.

In a sense, this Hou is the same as Zhao Kuangyin's right to release the army with a cup of wine, depriving the leaders of Hehuang of their rights, but giving them the protection of wealth and nobility, but it is more lenient than the right to release the cup with a glass of wine, unlike Shi Shouxin, who has been deprived of all the rights in their hands, and still retains some rights.

That is to say, Dong Yu will enjoy the resources in his hands and the wealth he brings, and at the same time, he will have more autonomy than other leaders, and at the same time, he will also enjoy the benefits brought by the Fan Hou plan.

Even so, it can't alleviate the resentment in Dong Yu's heart, it can only be said to be eased.

But after the Song Dynasty, he grasped the righteousness, even if Dong Yu would do something, there would not be many tribes to follow, so that Dong Yu would lose the conditions for ambition.

Then rode to Kuozhou and Xigecheng, the Song army and Xibawen attacked on both sides, and the Dong people also surrendered, Zheng Lang agreed to let Xibawen return to Xigecheng, but Xigecheng still co-ruled with the Xiguo and the Song Dynasty. Then he transferred to the Mubo tribe, went down to Taozhou and Minzhou, returned to Xizhou, and went west to Hezhou. Back to Lanzhou. Along the way, he received envoys from various ethnic groups, but due to limited time, this trip was very hurried.

Zheng Lang doesn't have much time in the northwest, and after the New Year's Day, he must go back, which is also a kind of self-protection.

Staying in the northwest, he was in charge of the military, political and financial power of the entire Shaanxi, and he won several great victories, and was easily attacked by political enemies. But returning to the court as prime minister, it is not easy to gossip.

At the end of winter. The heads of various ethnic groups arrived in Lanzhou City one after another.

Some of what the waiters will say has been revealed, but most people don't know the whole thing.

At this time, Zheng Lang was fully announced.

There are a total of 144 candidates, Hetao Ximin has 72 because of the vast area, and Huangzhou has 36 in the north and south of the river, of which Dong Yu has a transcendent status, and the Lanyan area has 36, which is slightly more. However, Lanzhou is at the forefront, and it is even more necessary to appease, so let it go.

The first is rights, and all ethnic groups have a certain right to self-government. However, the power was controlled by the imperial court, and all ethnic groups had to obey the transfer of Song Dynasty officials in various states and counties.

However, this transfer is quite democratic, and in order to prevent bad phenomena from happening to some officials, every major military, political and financial decision is made. It is necessary to recruit the candidates of the various states, and the imperial court has half of the veto power, and the representatives of the various ethnic groups also have half of the veto power. If the imperial court decides that all the candidates do not agree, then the opinions of the local candidates are the main ones, and they will be vetoed. Of course, this possibility is minimal. It is impossible for all the princes to oppose the imperial court, but if the official is angry and resentful, it is possible to veto all of them, and it will also alarm the attention of the imperial court and affect the official's career. However, because the imperial court occupies half of the veto power, the officials will not be too flattering and make the Tibetan tribes arrogant.

Each candidate can also make some demands on behalf of the tribes, and if the court officials do not agree, as long as all the candidates in each state agree to the request of the candidate, then they will be forcibly approved. This possibility is also extremely small, even if the imperial court does not agree, there are more than a dozen and twenty candidates in each state, and it is impossible for all of them to be enemies of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, these two rights are given to each candidate, mainly to reduce their resentment and to supervise some bad officials, so that the area can be stable for a long time.

The second is taxation, which is a must. Since it is included in the management of the imperial court, it is necessary to garrison troops, send officials, and even provide support from the imperial court in disaster years, and taxes must be levied. However, the tax is very light, and the tax is calculated on a per capita basis, and a hundred cents is levied for each ding, or the equivalent for goods, and the money and goods are left to the choice of each ethnic group, so as to avoid the exploitation of additional taxes such as depreciation. This tax is far from enough for the expenses of the imperial court, so there is another one, the commercial tax belongs to the imperial court, but the shops in each city are managed by various ethnic groups, and even the imperial court pays for support.

Although the commercial tax deprived some tribes of their income, the next road was opened up and many supportive policies were introduced, which made Hehuang industry and commerce more prosperous, reducing part of the income, but increasing more income from many other aspects. Even if the commercial tax is levied, it may not be enough for the future management expenses of the imperial court. In addition, for example, Tuntian, to reduce the burden of military expenses, the imperial court will also set up some prisons to increase its income. Recruit some local soldiers from the locality, reduce military spending, and try to keep the management costs as equal.

There is no need to hide this, Zheng Lang explained the gains and losses one by one, and answered some people's inquiries on the spot.

Some people's eyes rolled, Zheng Lang knew what they were thinking, and the third one was for the strong men of all races.

All ethnic groups can conceal the number of Ding of each ethnic group, in fact, the Ding tax is very light, on average, less than two Ding, and the tax levied is less than 200 yuan, while the two taxes per household in the Song Dynasty almost reached two to three yuan, a difference of more than ten times!

The number of Ding determines not only the amount of taxes, but also the amount of military service, and there must be people who evade taxes.

But it doesn't matter, the seat ranking of the candidates is based on the ranking of the number of each Ding, and the number of people in each Fan Hou enjoys their equal rights, as well as their share deeds of the supervisors. That is, the more you have, the greater your power, and the more wealth you get. The amount of investment subsidies in the future of the imperial court is also decided according to the number of Ding in the hands of each candidate.

can hide it, and even Zheng Lang doesn't plan to send someone to account for it, so he decides for himself.

Hearing this, almost all the leaders smiled bitterly together.

The fourth is the generation of the Hou, some of the leaders who made meritorious contributions in the Battle of Hehuang, and there is no doubt that the imperial court announced their support. The rest is set aside for each state to be chosen by the tribes. The reason for the occurrence of the Hou is mainly to appease and make the Hehuang tribes quickly return to their hearts, otherwise the officials will come to intervene directly, which will cause some people to resent. After the emergence of the Hou, the various Houhou and the officials jointly govern, and the contradictions will be alleviated, so the next measures. It will make Hehuang truly incorporated into the Song Dynasty system.

This model will also be used in Western Xia and Youyun in the future.

Fan Hou has the right and also enjoys the wealth and official positions brought by the imperial court, while other leaders do not, but if they want to get more, they must have more Ding in their hands, and each Fan Hou will share a part of the benefits among the various tribes in order to compromise and support, and the various ethnic groups will not be blushing.

This is left to the peoples to decide, whether it is fair or not. It is an internal matter of each ethnic group, and the imperial court will not interfere, let alone cause some trouble and controversy.

Many smiled wryly again.

Then there is the military and service, which is based on the policy of Qinzhou, which is not preferential or harsh. With regard to some internal contradictions, in the past, the various ethnic groups in Tibet swore an oath to mediate and settle them, and second, they fought with arms, which was not allowed. In the later period of the Fan Hou Conference, the grammar was established, and it could not be in accordance with the policy of the Song Dynasty, but the various ethnic groups themselves introduced and discussed the grammar, and there were contradictions. The state officials and the princes of the prefecture should refer to this new grammar and should not fight privately by force, otherwise the various ethnic groups will jointly send troops to attack them.

The grammar is left to the tribes to establish themselves, and it is dealt with in accordance with the grammar. There was no armed fighting, and the damage to the people of all ethnic groups was reduced. Almost everyone agrees with this article. Especially some tribes who opposed the Song Dynasty heard this. Drink it first.

However, it has somewhat deprived the rights of all ethnic groups, so there is a subsidy next.

This year is not good, when the drought is over, the imperial court is divided into three years, take out more than 30 million yuan of money, to help Hehuang and Lanzhou, these money is not used for distribution, but for the construction of roads, open roads, build water conservancy, river planting is mainly to use the developed water system, planting and grazing between the river valleys, lack of developed water conservancy, in the future the imperial court will dig some canals, some low-lying swamps to divert water as reservoirs, further prosper the irrigation system of the river, for the benefit of the people. At the same time, afforestation has won the hearts of all ethnic groups in Tibet, and now there are some deterioration of water and soil, including the river. There were also schools and cities, which were not only used for military purposes, but also as commercial trading places.

The money will not be shared among the leaders of all ethnic groups, but it will benefit the people of all ethnic groups.

It just so happened that nearly 40,000 Western Xia prisoners of war were seized this time, and they would not be released or killed, and they would be used as labor to save costs.

The next is the interests of the leaders of the various clans, the imperial court will take out a part of the share deeds from the various profitable eunuchs, maintain an annual profit of more than one million yuan, and distribute it to each prince, and even the principal is provided by the imperial court, but the share deed cannot be transferred, but as a whole, it will be redistributed every fifty years according to the performance and merit of each tribe. This is not a small number, and the annual tribute given by the imperial court to the Khitan is less than one million yuan. Although there are many leaders of each tribe, it is also a considerable amount when divided. Not only that, but the imperial court will also appropriately take out a part of the share deed to distribute to the leaders of each clan in the future, and this principal must be the responsibility of each clan itself, and it also has the right to transfer. It is this article that also makes the various leaders salivate, such as the bank supervisor, each share requires a principal of 80,000 yuan, but the market value of the banknote bank reaches 200,000 yuan, and it is 120,000 yuan when it changes hands, but it is not when it is absolutely necessary, and no one will change hands.

At the same time, each candidate has a marquis of the imperial court, and the meritorious candidate will get the official position of the imperial court and enjoy the salary of the official of the imperial court. However, there is a bottom line, they must not violate the above regulations, let alone rebel, otherwise they will be forcibly disqualified. In addition, after 50 years, if there are less than 5,000 dings, those who will be automatically disqualified, which is to prevent some people from going against the grain and oppressing the people of all ethnic groups. It was a move to benefit the people of Tibet, and the imperial court did not benefit from it.

Hearing the last one, most people became excited.

That is, the Song Dynasty got Hehuang and paid a huge sacrifice, but it will be upside down, upside down now, and continue to be upside down in the future.

Only a few people's eyes flashed with helpless expressions, the Song Dynasty showed enough sincerity, but from then on, the various ethnic groups and the Song Dynasty were really tied to the same chariot, and the Song Dynasty would easily get the initiative in the management of Hehuang, and the various ethnic groups would sink forever from then on.

Those who have ideas will think so, but for most tribes, they have little power, and they are very much in favor of it.

In fact, when Zheng Lang proposed this plan, several governors in the court were not very happy, after all, the court still had a lot of debts, and this plan increased the economic pressure on the court. Not to mention how much silk it would cost to recover Western Xia in the future.

Zheng Lang only said two things, the first is to underestimate the commercial tax, the Song Dynasty because of the interruption of the Hexi Corridor, communication with the West became a maritime Silk Road. When the river settles down, whether the Hexi Corridor can be obtained or not, the land Silk Road will be opened, and if the road is renovated, the transportation difficulties will be reduced. If all ethnic groups are peaceful and bandits and bandits are reduced, this Silk Road will bring many benefits. Moreover, the furs and livestock produced in Tibet were also needed by the Song Dynasty.

This was followed by horses and cavalry. If the river cannot be peaceful, the imperial court must station a large number of soldiers, and there will be wars, but it has become a burden to the Song Dynasty, and the gains outweigh the losses. But if the court pays some, then it will easily make the river peaceful and get a large number of war horses and cavalry. We can't underestimate the Tibetan cavalry, the main thing is that the various ethnic groups are loose, once they are organized, in the alpine land, their combat effectiveness can be matched by no one except for the birth of Jurchen. At least when recovering Western Xia, you will get a large number of fierce soldiers, which is actually equivalent to secretly reducing military spending. Tubo is peaceful, and the six grains of Liangzhou will return to the heart. Including the Ganzhou Uighurs, who had never been very evil with the Tubo people before, and the imperial court could easily take the two states of Ganliang in the future and directly cut off the left arm of Western Xia. Thermal weapons will have to be developed for at least two hundred years. In order to replace cold weapons, this in the two hundred years, if the imperial court wants to be strong, it must have a strong elite cavalry. If you want to have cavalry, you have to have horses, you want to have horses. There must be a place for grazing, and there are too few pasture resources on the edge, and if it is placed in the Central Plains to develop a pastoral superintendent, it is not good to raise horses. That's why the river will be very important.

And there is another advantageous place in Hehuang, that is, the west of Chiling, which is not very suitable for living, the population is decreasing, the Tibetan ethnic groups on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are divided, and there is no strong force in the rear to support their rebellion. As long as the policy makes Hehuang peaceful, Hehuang will truly become the territory of the Song Dynasty, and even the ethnic groups west of Chiling will submit to the Song Dynasty. But to the west of Chiling, Zheng Lang is not very interested, it is too far away, and the management cost is too high. Although it is majestic to expand the territory, Zheng Lang pays more attention to the practical.

The imperial court finally agreed to Zheng Lang's plan to wait for the Hou.

Zheng Lang finished talking about all the plans and answered everyone's questions, and then unveiled a stone tablet on the central square of Lanzhou City, on which are the eight characters of Zhao Xu's imperial pen handwriting: respect, mutual assistance, friendship, and win-win!

It should be said that the Song Dynasty had a heart this time, and when they saw these eight glittering big words, all the leaders bowed down together, and the mountain shouted long live.

Zheng Lang then discussed the grammar with the leaders.

After the establishment of the grammar, the leaders of the various ethnic groups dispersed to negotiate the waiting list, and there were many disputes, and it was not until the end of the year that the list was introduced. Zheng Lang handed over Hehuang to Fan Chunren and returned to the capital, before him, Zhang Qi was transferred to the capital first, served as the imperial historian, or protected, so that Zhang Qi put on the identity of a real scholar, as for Wang Shao, continued to wander in Gyeongju and Weizhou to deter the Western Xia people.

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Yuanfeng two years of wax month.

Kaifeng City is a warm winter, but the weather is very abnormal in recent years, some places are warm winters, some places are cold, in fact, after this time, the Song Dynasty will usher in a small Xiaoice era, the direct change is to affect the harvest in the north, indirect changes lead to the rise of Jurchen and Yuanmeng.

But before the cold winter came, the Song Dynasty became more and more prosperous.

As Zheng Lang promised, the imperial court invested 37 million yuan in Hehuanglanzhou to do infrastructure construction. Even because the ethnic groups west of Chiling submitted to the Song Dynasty, they built two highways in the north and south of Qinghai Lake, one from Haibei to Caotou Tatar to Shazhou, and the other along Hainan to Dafeichuan to the southeast of the Huangtou Uighurs to Shazhou, and planted a sand forest with a width of 100 to 200 meters on both sides of the road. The official set up some prisons, one is for profit, and the other is to play an enlightening role, whether it is the Jurchens or the Tubo people, the Yuan and Mongolian people, they are very fierce when fighting, one is the weather, the other is poverty, as long as the life is guaranteed, even if they give birth to Jurchen, they are not willing to rebel. At the same time, many new varieties of pasture grass have been vigorously promoted, so that the people of Hehuang have a stable living income, and also reduce the number of nomads in Hehuang, which is conducive to management. During this period, the Tangut people also used some counter-plots, but they all failed. Including some rebellious tribes, with the cooperation of all tribes, they were also quickly annihilated.

Not only that, but the imperial court also allocated 15 million yuan to buy many saplings from the Wa Kingdom. Some people did not understand this, but most of the ministers agreed, because of Shaanxi's governance, the turbidity of the river and the sediment content have decreased slightly. These seedlings were bought and planted mainly in Beijing to protect the water and soil in the north, which was the foundation of the Song Dynasty.

However, they all ignore the fact that the Song Dynasty bought timber and saplings from the Wa Kingdom on a large scale, and although the Wa economy prospered for a short time, what would happen in the future.

Zheng Lang deliberately cared about this, but he didn't know the specifics, but the news that came back said that flash floods were increasing in many areas of the country, and some coastal mountains had become barren mountains. Zheng Lang smiled after hearing this, this is the real erasure! As long as this policy continues, as long as 50 years, half of the Wakoku Islands may become barren land.

There is also the expansion of the bank's shares, which is the need for economic prosperity and the promise to Tibet. A total of 20% of the deed shares have been invested, including some of the states that are in bondage, and some of the states that are in bondage have also tried to set up banks, including the Hehuang prefectures, and some larger counties have also set up banks.

The Liang clan of Western Xia repeatedly turned around, like the later Wa Kingdom, and sent envoys to negotiate peace when they found benefits, and immediately turned their faces and denied people when they got benefits. Liang's back-and-forth finally angered more scholars. Of course, the Liang family is not reconciled, she wants Lanzhou, Gonggu, Suizhou, and the west envoy city, can the Song Dynasty agree? One will cry and beg, and the other will send troops to invade, but each invasion is more defeats and fewer victories, and it is in vain. Relations between the two countries have been deteriorating, as Zheng Lang had hoped.

In order to prevent a vicious war in the northwest, the imperial court has allocated 30 million yuan from last year to this year, and has prepared a large amount of grain, grass and materials in the northwest. The name is to prepare for war, but the actual is known to only a few people. At the same time, he repaid a debt of 120 million yuan.

However, there are still debts, which have dragged on for so many years, and the interest is also very considerable, with a total of more than 80 million debts that have not been repaid. Zheng Lang has been in power since the first year of Xining, and because of the death of Qi Niang in the middle, he went home to keep filial piety for a year, and he has been executed for eleven years, and he has not repaid it clearly. However, at this time, there were not many people who used this matter to intimidate, and in the past twelve years, the imperial court has not only obtained Hehuanglanzhou, but the lives of the people in the whole country have indeed improved. In military affairs, as Zheng Lang said, at least he no longer worries about war horses.

Even the two taxes became lighter and lighter, and the cultivated land area counted by the imperial court reached more than 700 million mu, which was more than twice that of the Qing calendar, and the two taxes fell from more than 50 million at the peak to 40 million after the disaster. The peasants' burdens are gradually decreasing.

It is these achievements that make opponents impeccable. Zheng Lang's policy has also been recognized by more scholars.

New Year's Day was approaching, Zheng Lang was in Zhongshu, and suddenly received a piece of information from Guangzhou, a message from Guangzhou, a fleet to the American continent, came back, and arrived in Guangzhou. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )