Zhao Ji came to Zheng's house at this time.

The three of them had to come to the gate to greet them, the two of them were Zheng Lang's most proud students, Zhao Ji was not wary, entered the house, and the next person was packing up the tea set, Zhao Ji asked: "Zheng Gong, is your body sick?" ”

"Your Majesty, do you want the minister to be sick?"

"I won't."

It was a light joke, and Zheng Lang said again: "The minister is in good health, but this time is like a string, too tight, relax, otherwise you will be too tired." ”

After talking for a while, Zhao Ji asked, "Gong Zheng, is the true edict Wen Yanbo return to Beijing?" ”

I can't say angry words, at this time, the restructuring has reached the most critical time, with Wen Yanbo's qualifications, it is still low to give a governor political affairs, but Wen Yanbo's return to Beijing will bring a lot of variables to the reform.

"Your Majesty, just now Junshi and Jiefu also talked about Wen Yanbo."

"Oh."

It's all for the sake of the country, there's nothing to hide, Zheng Lang repeated.

"Gong Zheng, you said that the northern Tibetan tribe will force our dynasty to flee to the south like the Eastern Jin Dynasty?"

"The Khitan will not, although it is difficult for our dynasty to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, but if they want to defeat our dynasty, it is absolutely impossible. But in the future, there will be more northern Tibet, and if possible, the weather will be warm, but it will be cold. The warm winter is not very harmful to the north, once the cold winter, the survival of the north is more difficult, the more difficult it is, the more fierce the Tibetan people. As long as one man of great talent joins forces with them, this force can change the world. Your Majesty saw or heard the courage of the Jurchens, that is, the Jurchens, and the barrier of Jinshan (Daxing'an Mountains), the cold invasion was slightly better, and there were many rivers in the territory, but what about the tribes in the northwest of Jinshan? And this land has nurtured many powerful races since ancient times, and even the powerful Tang Dynasty has been humiliated many times. Can I be as good as the Tang Dynasty? The degeneration of the country was unsuccessful. Since then, it has fallen. Then, as Wang Qinruo said, flee to the south, and really steal peace. Lose the North, even if you flee to the South. Soon, it will disappear into the long river of history like the Three Kingdoms of the Jin Dynasty, the Southern Chen of the Sui Dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty of our Dynasty. ”

The Song Dynasty is gone!

The Song Dynasty is gone. The Zheng family, the Sima family, and the Wang family have nothing to do, just like Zhang Zhao persuaded Sun Quan to surrender to Cao Cao, and Zhang Zhao was still a hero, but Sun Quan would sooner or later die an unknown death like Li Yu.

Zhao Ji changed color.

Loyalty is good for action, he still understands, took Zheng Lang's hand and said, "Zheng Gong, no." ”

"Of course not, if that's the case, why should I marry my daughter to the Wang family?" Zheng Lang said. One more thing came to his mind. The Battle of Dagukou in Seng Lingqin thwarted the invading British and French fleets. Ten enemy ships were destroyed and 500 were raped. Then, in the land battle of Tianjin, with 30,000 Mongolian cavalry, they were defeated by 800 foreigners. The former was the result of the use of artillery hot weapons, and later it was purely the result of cold weapons versus hot weapons. As a result, if a thermal weapon equivalent to the Eight-Nation Alliance was created in the Song Dynasty, it would be able to dominate the world and be invincible.

Not necessarily, at that time, the Manchurian cavalry had fallen, if these 30,000 cavalry were the soldiers and generals of Genghis Khan's time, what would have been the result?

Of course, it will not be an opponent of 120,000 foreigners with foreign guns and artillery, but it will definitely not be defeated by 800 foreign soldiers.

He thought of a novel in his previous life, Zi Chuan, which was a fantasy novel, and defeated the demon race, but there were more fierce races besides the demon race. It may be that it is borrowed from the history of the Song Dynasty, the Khitan is over, and the more powerful Jurchen is coming. The Jurchens are over, and the Mongol army of Genghis Khan, the peak era of cold weapons, is coming.

Even if it can resist the attack of the Jurchens, if the Song Dynasty stops and technology does not develop, it will inevitably be defeated by the army of Genghis Khan.

He also said: "There are many dangers in the future, the key to success or failure is the two or three years, and the key to health is the next few months." ”

"I know what to do."

"If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, although the minister is tired today, it doesn't mean that he is right. On this, His Majesty must learn two and a half emperors. ”

"The two and a half?"

"In the early stage of Zhenzong, Renzong and Emperor Guangwu, especially Emperor Guangwu, Your Majesty must learn from him, not referring to his military ability, but to his governance." Zheng Lang was referring to Liu Xiu, an emperor who, like Zhao Zhen, was overlooked by later generations. But if you really rank the emperors of all Chinese dynasties, this person must be ranked in the top three, and his ability is not much less than Li Shimin. Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Xiu does not have many foreign enemies to break and cannot become a national hero (suddenly I thought of Yuan He's history teacher, why did he repeatedly attack Zhu Yuanzhang.) If it is said that China is a foreign insulter, the most successful is only Zhu Yuanzhang, followed by Zhu Di and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin can't be counted, after all, half of him is Hu people). But this person's martial arts are not weaker than Li Shimin, and he has more achievements in cultural governance, compared with Liu Bang, he is not a hooligan, compared with Li Shimin, he loves his own siblings, and compared with Zhu Yuanzhang, he does not kill heroes.

It can be said that among the emperors who have both the founding of the country and the revival of the country, Liu Xiu is the first. Although Li Shimin is good, he can almost be called an emperor through the ages, but there are brothers who have vendettas, fathers and sons turn against dirt, and then two battles against Goryeo have returned without success, which faintly makes the Tang Dynasty have the defeat of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty after the dethronement of the army. Therefore, the perfection is far less than that of Liu Xiuye.

Whether it is Zhao Zhen or Liu Xiu, they all have a significant characteristic, and this characteristic is also on Zheng Lang, feminine!

Zhao Ji has it, but it is too frizzy and rigid.

Zhao Ji was not angry, and said: "I should remember it in my heart." ”

didn't mention it, mentioned that Zheng Lang suddenly looked at Sima Guang and said: "Junshi, it's better to do this, divide some energy and repair the Tongzhi." After each volume is repaired, I will take it out for everyone to observe, and make some comments on some of the major events, so that Your Majesty can learn from them and future generations, so that every emperor in my dynasty will be like Your Majesty, such as the two ancestors, Renzong. ”

In addition, the ministers in the Zizhi Tongjian will become Chen Lang, Chen Qi, Chen Anshi, and Chen.

Sima Guang didn't know the status of his history book in history, so he thought of the significance of Zheng Lang's move, why he revised history, it is to use the past to metaphor the present, and learn a lesson from the successes and failures of his predecessors, so that the people will be wise, the courtiers will be virtuous, and the country will be richer and stronger. This process of observation and evaluation is also a process of exchanging experiences, Sima Guang was overjoyed and said, "Zheng Gong, yes." ”

Anyway, he is in the two systems, and he doesn't have so many affairs to deal with like Wang Anshi. And some officials. It is not impossible to revise the General Journal.

Zhao Ji is not stupid. also thought of some benefits, and said: "Okay, Junshi, I must do it well." ”

Very politely. Use Sima Guang's words to call it. After saying that, he thought of one more thing and asked, "How is the fifth gentleman in the Academy?" ”

Zheng Lang's face became solemn, and he asked rhetorically: "Preserve heavenly principles and destroy people's desires." Is it the Confucian way? ”

"No," Zhao Ji vetoed without even thinking about it. Zheng Lang went around in a big circle and returned to the link of attaching importance to morality, but Zheng Lang didn't know why he went around so far, it was because of the influence of these six words, he was afraid that Dehua would be misinterpreted by others again as a way to save heaven and destroy people's desires.

Zheng Lang attaches great importance to morality, but what he attaches importance to is the virtue of "forgiveness", not the virtue of "loyalty". That is, the refusal of Zigong is set as a moral ultimate goal. But he doesn't approve of people imitating him, and the one who learns is not Zigong and refuses money. Rather, it is the sub-road that receives the ox.

It cannot be said that Zhu Xi's Confucianism is all wrong, Zheng Lang did not beat Zhu Xi to death with a stick, and learned many later Zhu Xi's views when he practiced Confucianism. However, the most disgusting thing is these six words, and the depth of the poison of these six words is unimaginable.

Criticize Confucianism and criticize Confucius, but have you ever thought about the difference between doing good deeds without leaving a name or asking for anything in return, and this heavenly principle to destroy people's desires?

In the end, I came to my senses, and some of Confucius were still good, and the Confucius Institute was opened, but I didn't even know the core idea of Confucius, and I opened a fart college. began to be sensible, but he is still encouraging people to do good deeds without asking for anything in return, collecting money, and even asking his son to drown to save other people's children.

It seems that the moral height is really there, how many people in Guan Jian can have this kind of pure altruistic thinking, "loyalty", and destroy people's desires with heavenly principles?

The old lady fell to the ground and immediately helped her to the hospital, and her family came to thank her, and gave many gifts, but they could not accept it. It seems to be good, but saving people is for the sake of return, how can it be called a good deed?

Have you ever thought that there is no return, there are a few people who are willing to do these good things, do a good job, and the family can still say a few words of thanks, if you don't do well, the old lady said, that is, your car hit me, you pushed me, you have to pay me for medical expenses, dumbfounded.

Why is this kind of gold hunting preached?

Could it be that the rulers were all carried away by the wine pond and meat forest, and could not think of such a simple consequence?

Relatively speaking, the West has done a better job, and those methods may be shameless for Chinese, thinking that it is a show, but why is philanthropy far better than China? At least people will do good deeds after putting on a show, and if they get fame and respect from people, there will be more people who do good deeds.

Compared with the West, Zheng Lang has done it more thoroughly, and he may not expect every family to come out with Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu to return to the benefactor, at least the donor's money and name together let the benefactor know, know who the benefactor is, and will kowtow to thank each other when they meet, or set up an immortal archway, and the donor will also get face in the township, so the charity will not sway because of the dispute below, and has been silently expanding.

Society can learn from Lei Feng, but it is best to be a person not to learn from Lei Feng, but to learn from Chen Guangbiao.

admits that Chen Guangbiao is not only a show, but also doing a lot of good things, and there will be more people who do good deeds.

The pit buried by Zhu Xi was too deep, and even Taizu fell into this misunderstanding, defeating him on the one hand, and establishing the principle of preserving heaven on the other hand, and destroying people's desires. (I laughed, a book friendly reminder can't talk too much, will be river crabs, it doesn't matter, no matter what I say in the book with ancient metaphors, there is a purpose unchanged, please love this country, please love our homeland, our family, this is the premise of every Yan and Huang descendants, as long as there is this purpose, there will never be a river crab, there is a light side, a dark side, a dissipation side, a positive side, the country has not entered the night era, there are many still worthy of praise)

But the preservation of heavenly principles and the destruction of human desires were not the first to be proposed by Zhu Xi.

There is a passage in "Music Notes" that those who are humanized into things are also those who destroy heaven and the poor want. So there is rebellion and deceit, and there are sexual immorality.

Therefore, future generations will criticize Kong, but please analyze it carefully, this is to destroy the desire of the poor in heaven, in a simple sentence, to destroy all morality and the greed of the poor people's hearts. That's definitely not right. How different is it from the desire to destroy human desires?

One is to destroy the principles of heaven and the other is to destroy human desires, both of which are the extremes of unreasonable and violent violence.

Therefore, what the master said was right, and what Zhu Xi said was wrong.

After two evolutions, it has become "people's hearts and desires, so they are in danger." The Tao heart is reasonable, so it is subtle. Extinguishing selfish desires is the right thing to do. ”

In fact, it is necessary to preserve the principles of heaven and destroy people's desires. Zheng Lang argued with Ercheng many times, but did not let them compromise, thinking that Dehua was the only one and wanted Dehua. It is necessary to preserve the principles of heaven. Destroy people's desires.

The fact is that the two are stubborn. It brought severe trauma to the Song Dynasty. Although there are many views in Ercheng Confucianism that share Zheng Lang's.

Zheng Lang said some chapters and sentences in his work, and said: "Zhou Shao and the others are recluse gentlemen, most of them are not invited, if they are invited." can only invite Zhang Zai and Ercheng to come to the court to seek officials. Although Ercheng's knowledge is good, his moral conduct is also good, but he is a person who likes to go to extremes. If His Majesty wants to use it, it can be used as a ceremonial officer. It is better for them to interfere less in government affairs. ”

Zhao Ji looked at Zheng Lang in confusion.

Zheng Lang explained again, saying: "The reason why they are invited to teach is that they are moral gentlemen, and second, they are proficient in Confucianism. The more different your opinions, the more you can find the mistakes in your own views and improve them. ”

It's as simple as that, don't think about it so much.

Zheng Lang said a lot this night, not only said a lot, but also invisibly gave the three of them the most vivid lesson.

About a breath in my heart to dissipate, maybe I can't let go of the country. The next day, Zheng Lang went to Zhongshu again. In fact, every official has a holiday, but this time Zheng Lang entered the Chinese book. Including the New Year's Day, until April next year, in seven months, the holiday did not exceed ten days, and more than 10,000 folds were processed, and it was still the most headache. Almost like an iron man, he single-handedly held up this most difficult time.

The reward is very thick, but it must be punished, and the rank of the fourth level will be degraded, that is, the official will be demoted to the fourth class, which exceeds the rule that Zheng Lang said that if the official is degraded to the third class, he will be placed in Suizhou. It's not heavy.

Another minister, Li Shizhong, the governor of Qinzhou, speculated about Zhao Ji's intentions, and wrote: "The Xia people paid tribute, and the rebellion was not clear. ”

Handed the wrong object, not to the West Mansion, but to the East Mansion, Zheng Lang commented on the back: "There is no rebellion, I sent troops to help, and the six states were returned to the six states. How can I forgive Zuo for repeatedly sending troops to invade our dynasty? ”

At that time, the Song Dynasty was very worthy of Li Liangzuo, why did Li Liangzuo attack the Song Dynasty many times? Please let me know the answer.

How does Li Shizhong answer?

Another minister said that Suizhou alone spent 600,000 yuan on military cultivation, and then the cost of pacification and bribery was even greater, and perhaps the West's use of troops began at this point. Zheng Lang commented again, the cost is huge, Ran Zhiping has been used for defense for several years, increasing troops and food, and the cost is geometric, tens of millions of dollars! Once Suizhou was obtained, there were nearly 10,000 elite soldiers, and the Linfu Road was opened up, which would further shake the rule of Western Xia in Hengshan and weaken the strength of Western Xia.

As for the matter of fees, don't bother, this is solved by the Chinese book, and you still have to do your best to handle the affairs in your hands.

The treatment is so heavy, what do you want!

Zheng Lang was very relieved in Yanzhou, what Guo Kui thought, Zheng Lang still didn't know. Even if he defected to Han Qi, he couldn't do without it.

It is far better for Guo Kui to preside over the affairs of Yanzhou than to let the doctor preside over it.

Sure enough, under the seed, Guo Kui asked Zhi Jishi to preside over Suizhou affairs. At that time, Fan Chunyou had not yet arrived in Suizhou, and he arranged 13,000 households in the famous mountains in the area from Dali River to Huainingzhai, that is, in the west and southwest of Suizhou. The first is that the water and grass here are abundant and beautiful, which can feed the people of the famous mountains, the second is that it is close to Suizhou, and can send troops to protect their safety at any time, and the third is that they can be used as periphery to form a defensive trend with Suizhou City.

At the same time, he also sent an envoy to greet Wei Mingshan, since he defected, the court will not ignore it, whether it is Zheng Gong of the court, or Han Gong who is about to come to Shaanxi, he will be your big backer. I will also send someone to fight for a good official position for you.

In the end, the official position was very good, the right Qianwei general, after more than a year, the imperial court moved it to the left prison guard general for the treasury envoy, and gave the name Zhao Huaishun, even the errand officer, far more bullish than a false name of the regimental training envoy.

The imperial court allocated some grain and cloth, and the ministries did not worry about defecting to the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty also had such and such problems, but it was better than living in the misery of Western Xia, but they were worried that the Song Dynasty would betray them again. Seeing the various arrangements of the imperial court, my heart fell.

Li Liangzuo was even more anxious, and sent someone to fight for it, and the seed was gone, and there was a famous general here, who was the successor of the family. I heard that the Western Xia army came back and led 10,000 infantry cavalry, with a kind of subordinates, his own subordinates, and his subordinates from Weiming Mountain, which is this miscellaneous army. Once again, the Western Xia army was defeated on the banks of the Dali River.

Li Liangzuo is gone. Changed the trick again. The Western Xia used Jing Xun, a defective petty official of the Song Dynasty, in exchange for Wei Mingshan. I don't want to punish the 500 families of Wei Mingshan's relatives and relatives, but only one person. Guo Kui said in the book: "The Xia people's deception is not credible, and if you ask and refuse to name the mountain." then abandon the former favor and give birth to resentment. Inquiry, mediocrity, what is the importance of the matter! If you accept it, you have to return to the famous mountain, and I am afraid that the chief of Fan will not dare to turn into a leader. ”

The court refused.

Who is Jing Xun? A petty official. What kind of person is Wei Mingshan, the influence controls 13,000 households, and there is an incomparable influence on the side of the various departments of Hengshan, and the two are exchanged, and it is stupid.

Li Liangzuo finally got angry and made a child-like move.

Under the influence of the restrained policy, there were still many surrender factions and weak factions in the Song Dynasty, Yang Ding sent an envoy to the Western Xia, forgave Zuo and worshipped the ministers, and promised to return to the familiar households along the border. The treasures, swords, and gold and silver of Li Liang's deception. Yang Dinggui hid the gold and silver. Only the treasure and sword were handed in. Later, Wei Mingshan defected to the Song Dynasty, and the negotiations failed, Li Liangzuo came to Yinzhou with his sick body to prevent accidents, and he was even more annoyed and angry with Yang Ding. For the meeting, let's meet to discuss how to do some things in the field, and lure Yang Ding, the security guard, and Zhang Shiyong, the inspector of the capital, to the border, kill them all, and kidnap his son Yang Zhongtong.

Asking for hardship.

Han Qi came to the capital from Xiangzhou, still insisted on his opinion, and said to Zhao Ji: "The border ministers act recklessly and complain about Rong Di, and the ministers are not afraid of difficulties, but they must be planned by the two governments, and the gains and losses will be made. ”

Zhao Ji wanted to edict Zheng Lang Zeng Gongliang to come to discuss together, but Han Qi refused, saying: "The ministers of the government must discuss together, but now they are only vassals, and they only follow the orders of the imperial court, and they will never dare to discuss with Zhongshu." ”

Since everyone is in place and doing their job, I can't do anything wrong.

Zhao Ji was speechless, he already knew the rules, why bother to cause so much controversy in the past few years, so that the government was corrupted.

Han Qi said again: "Wang Tao refers to the ministers, and now His Majesty is to raise the Shaanxi military authority to give the ministers, if there are impeached ministers in the Western Xia and Wang Tao, the ministers are the same, and the ministers are arrogant, and the internal and external attacks will be attacked, and the ministers will also be wiped out." ”

Zhao Ji was even more speechless.

Where is there such a danger, don't talk about me, even Zheng Lang won't be red to your clan, don't say the red clan, at most degrade your officials, who dares to threaten your life?

I can only say: "I don't know my intentions? ”

Han Qi got off and went to Jingzhao Mansion.

Here in the edict Wen Yanbo returned to Beijing, the first edict did not come, the second edict, did not come, the third edict, and the fourth edict. Wen Yanbo replied shyly, belatedly.

I didn't see much joy.

He served as the prime minister of the East and West Governments very early, and now he is a governor of political affairs, and he is indeed not in his eyes.

When he came to the court, the first advice was for commercial taxes, saying: "Now that the restructuring has made the world commotion, it is even more blazing at the time of the Qingli reform, which can not be said to be unquit." The most is the commercial tax reform, which is not the ancestral intention, the commercial tax has been quiet and inactive, since the commercial tax reform, the world is in an uproar, adding to the chaos. In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to stop, reduce disputes, and if there is any hope of success in the reform. Otherwise, we will repeat the failure of Qingli reform. ”

Restructuring is the key, why do we need to innovate commercial taxes? You have to eat one bite at a time, and you're not afraid of swallowing to death?

Seems to make sense.

Zheng Lang and Wang Anshi whispered a few words, and then called the eunuch and asked the eunuch to go to Zhongshu and Sansi to bring some related twists and turns, all of which were illegal reports from the original business officials. After a while, several small officials, led by the eunuchs, came to the capital hall with a mountain-like performance.

Zheng Lang was stacked and divided, dozens of people, and each person almost divided hundreds of reports. Said: "Let's take a look, this is only a part of it, some of them have been disposed of in the third division, and some have been disposed of in the middle book, these are all backlogs, and the parts that will have to be dealt with in the future, I and Jiefu will put them into the file." There are many more below, a batch of counties are processed by the states, and there is a backlog in the counties of the states. Here, it's less than one percent. ”

Everyone opens and watches.

Among the various officials, if you are ruthless, you are the officials of the business office.

The situation is quite similar to that of the chengguan in later generations, the government was kind enough to arrange some local ruffians and unemployed gangsters into the chengguan, firstly to bind them, and secondly, to give them a stable job, which is conducive to the improvement of social order. Intentions cannot be said to be wrong, let alone ineffective.

Most of them have changed for the better, but there are a very small number of people whose nature is difficult to change and continue to maintain their former virtues. How many chengguan are there in the country, even if one percent of them do not change their human nature, it will also cause some bad things, and this is a law enforcement department, good things do not go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, see the actions of these people, how can the people have a good response to these chengguan?

The business officials are also like this, officials want to collect taxes, must use some ruthless people, what is ruthless, that is, the unemployed people in the society, ruffians and gangsters, some people have become better, but one tenth of the people have not become better, how many businesses in the country in the Song Dynasty, often like the Song Dynasty commercial state capital such as Hangzhou and other dozens of businesses, hundreds of business officials, so many small officials as long as there is a tenth, then it will create a lot of evil!

Zheng Lang Shi asked gently: "Kuanfu, is this what you call the way of quiet and inaction?" ”

Wen Yanbo was speechless, at least in the early Northern Song Dynasty, he still maintained a hypocritical morality, in the face of so many ugly facts, and scenes of blood and tears, how did Wen Yanbo answer?

Zheng Lang did not fall into the well.

Not only Wen Yanbo, but also Sima Guang, Lu Gongshu and others, because of their backgrounds, must stand on the position of scholars, although they are wrong, but they can understand.

Then another incident happened.

Xiang Minzhong's great-granddaughter was established as the queen, and Zhao Ji used Xiang Minzhong's son Xiang Chuanfan Fan to know the state, and also pacified the two roads in Beijing and west.

Yang Huijin of the Governor's Court said: "The descendants should not lead the pacification envoy, please change it, and gradually advance with Du relatives, this is a mistake in the Chinese book." ”

Wen Yanbo said: "Xiang Chuanfan to Dianjun, all of them have accumulated political achievements, and the court appoints them, and they have nothing to do with their relatives. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Sima Guang: "Hmph." ”

Sneer, sneer.

Wang Anshi's nostrils turned to the sky: "Haha." ”

Laughing, laughing.

Tang Jie's eldest son was afraid that they wouldn't laugh too much, so he lifted up the official robe, not the official robe, but the lantern shirt! (To be continued.) )