Zhao Ji came in time, first, Zheng Lang was cured.

The gentleman does not stand under the wall, not afraid of death, but does not make senseless sacrifices, it seems that Zheng Lang is not doing well, but he is actually doing well, combining work and rest, reasonable living habits, and not being harsh on himself, so that Zheng Lang has always been in good health. Huixi City is just an accident and cannot be used as a constant.

The body is the capital, in fact, Zheng Lang rarely gets sick in his life, it is this body.

Although he was sick for a while, he recovered quickly.

Second, Zheng Lang recited the "Dizang Ben Sutra" in front of Di Qing's coffin, and there were many rumors in the outside world, most of them believed that Zheng Lang was holding grievances for Di Qing, and let a group of little ghosts slander him alive and die of anger. Knowing why Zheng Lang read the Dizang Sutra, there are only four people, Zhao Zhen, Cui Xian, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.

Zheng Lang wants to go to hell, but this hell is more of a sublimation.

Before the release, Zheng Lang also had his own insistence, and Zhao Ji couldn't come, and most of them avoided it.

The change of thinking made Zhao Ji successfully meet Zheng Lang this time.

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Zhao Niannu looked at Zheng Lang, and Zheng Lang looked at Zhao Niannu. After a while, Zheng Lang sighed and said, "Zheng Ji, you take Your Highness and them down." ”

It was arranged at Zheng's house.

But outsiders didn't know, thinking that this was the emperor's intention, and asked Zheng Lang to teach the prince and the little waiter, the latter was the emperor's own grandson, and the former was the eldest son of the emperor's heir. The former is more important, which is a redefinition of the identity of the imperial heir.

Zhao Ji is only thirteen years old, and he still doesn't understand what his aunt's eyes flicker when he and Zheng Lang look at each other.

When he arrived, Zheng Lang also taught seriously.

At this time, there were other people in the Zheng family, some subordinates, guards, and five mothers, four sons of Yue'er, and two adopted sons.

Only with rice can you make a good cook, and you can't make it without rice. The two adopted sons have average IQs, and it is difficult to teach. Until now, Zheng Lang has not let them participate in the imperial examination. If you can't participate, you will be the first to participate. But the Zheng family is not in a hurry, if you want to participate, you can participate slowly in the future, and if you can't participate, you can also make up for it.

Zheng Lang took Zhao Ji to his study.

Zhao Ji stood respectfully and gave another big salute. Don't be surprised, this is the case in the Song Dynasty, even the emperor still spits, and Zhao Ji is not a crown prince. How about the crown prince? Think about how Cheng Yi repaired Song Zhezong, a little kid. Let him sit and he won't dare to stand, let him stand and he won't dare to sit, almost making Song Zhezong a psychopath. Compared to Zheng Lang, what is Cheng Yi?

"Don't be so inhibited."

"Yes," Zhao said excitedly.

It's so snowy, can you swing it?

Zheng Lang smiled again. Although it is the same thing for the person in front of him to be the emperor, he is impeccable. With proper guidance, it may be a vitality of the Song Dynasty. Looking at him, Zheng Lang thought of another person, Cai Jing.

Good and bad are just a thought, it depends on how the master uses it, Cai Jing is placed in the Zhao Zhen Dynasty, at most it is a Wang Anshi. Lu Yijian was placed in Zhao Jichao, maybe it was more evil than Li Linfu.

Come to think of it. He handed over two official documents and said, "Look at it." ”

Zhao Ji opened it and looked at it.

"Sit down and watch."

Zhao Ji hesitated, but he had talent, and suddenly thought that the outside world's evaluation of the prime minister in front of him was words such as spring breeze and warmth, so he sat down boldly.

History is already changing at this moment.

Zhao Ji is not as good as Zhao Zhen, firstly, Gao Tao delegated power too early, and secondly, he lacked systematic education. Now I am not qualified to talk about rights, but about the way of education. There are not many people in the entire Song Dynasty who can surpass Zheng Lang. Zheng Lang's easy-going attitude is also easy for students to accept.

But Zhao Ji was still cautious.

Zheng Lang is handling government affairs. Zhao watched carefully. There are two articles on compensation for the loss of land, both of which are in Cangzhou. This section of the canal and water conservancy are more cumbersome. There are Hutuo River, three or four tributaries of the Yellow River, Yuhe, Fuyang Shui, Wudi River, and Shahe River.

To consider not only the Yellow River, but also the canal, as well as the flow of water into the sea, as well as the impact on the topography and irrigation, Zheng Lang had investigated for a long time, and later Zhou Xin led officials to inspect for more than a year before finally deciding on the river control plan.

A lot of arable land was also dug up.

The price of land is not expensive, and the key is that mulberry trees are planted on many cultivated lands.

Mulberry trees grow fast, and some of these old mulberries have grown for more than ten years, so the compensation price is relatively high.

Also, when it came to Hebei, there were many magnates, and the Shuo Party formed later was the most powerful, and the area with the most magnates in the Northern Song Dynasty was not in Gyeonggi, but further north, from Hedong to Hebei, so it was called Shuo Dang.

But the difference between the two prices is so large that Zhao Jihu is puzzled.

He whispered: "Gong Zheng, why is the gap so big? ”

"Guess what?"

"Mulberry trees grow unevenly?"

"No, even if the growth is different, it is impossible to have such a big gap."

"That's?"

"One is the mulberry land of an ordinary household, and the other is the mulberry land of the late prime minister Zhang Zhibai's family."

"Zhang Xianggong has been dead for many years," Zhao Ji was very puzzled, not only had he died for many years, but he was also a virtuous minister, even in the world, with Zheng Lang's current status, there was no need to be afraid of Zhang Zhibai.

"That's the case, but his influence is still there, although he has passed away, there are many children of the family, and the Zhang family is still one of the largest families in Cangzhou."

"Isn't that fair?" Zhao Ji looked at the official document in front of him and asked puzzled. The gap is too big, the same mulberry garden, one acre of land compensates eight yuan, one acre of land compensates fifteen yuan, although this money is an IOU, but in the end it has to be repaid.

"It's unfair, it's unfair."

"What's the reason for that?" Zhao Ji asked again, it's a lot of snow, I won't do unfair things, there must be a reason for Zheng Lang.

"Because of compensation, many owners have a hard time filling their desires, and the state cannot allow them to extort money, so there are only two ways, one is to enforce the law impartially, and the other is to use some unconventional means. This compensation is the second type. If Zhang Xianggong is alive, it will be easier to do. Zhang Xianggong passed away, and it was difficult for the people of the Zhang family to have Zhang Xianggong's overall view. In addition, it is often easy to cause right and wrong if others instigate it. However, it is necessary to enforce the law impartially and deal with all of them according to the law. As a result, the opposition below is loud, and the light ones will have an impact on the river control and affect the construction progress, and the heavy ones may not even be able to complete the river control. The law is used to deter, do you dare to arrest all the big families in Cangzhou together? ”

"I can't."

"That is, you have to use some unconventional means to give some special benefits to a few influential families, and they are satisfied. First, they will not take the lead in making trouble, and second, they will even take the initiative to cooperate with the work of the government. I did not come forward from the Zhang family, it was Wang Jiefu who came forward, and after giving some preferential compensation, Wang Jiefu personally came to persuade him. The people of the Zhang family were very grateful, so they took the lead in cooperating with the government, which not only saved a lot of things, but also saved time. Because these big families came forward, the imperial court obviously made more compensation, but actually reduced the overall compensation amount. This is the balance between fairness and unfairness. ”

"That's right," Zhao Ji's eyes widened.

"There are thousands of roads, but you have to know where your goal is, and then have a strong heart. However, it is not easy to sail on the way forward, nor can we come brutely, we have to climb the mountains, we have to carry a firewood knife to cut thorns and miscellaneous trees when we encounter a dense forest, and we have to find a ferry when we encounter a river. We can't retreat because of difficulties, then we will never reach the other side. We also need to learn to be flexible, and we need to deal with different difficulties in different ways, but no matter how we change, we must be fair. The heart of the avenue, otherwise there is flexibility, and we will be lost in the blind flexibility. ”

"It's so profound."

"Don't rush, learn slowly."

That night, Zhao Ji was so excited that he wrote a letter to Gao Tao about the matter.

Gao Tao was surprised and delighted when he saw the letter, and was surprised that this was completely a truth for adults, and his son might not be able to absorb it. The joy is that with this sentence, not only his son, but also himself can benefit a lot.

suddenly thought of Zheng Lang's outstanding students. Thank you very much. sent a very generous congratulatory gift to Cui Xian, wishing the two families of King Zheng to be married.

Then he wrote to Zhao Ji. You have to learn from Zheng Lang well, you have to respect Zheng Lang, and you have to think carefully......

Dozens of requirements.

Seeing that New Year's Day is coming, but there is still very little snow in the north, no ice and no snow refers to the capital, and a small amount of snow still falls in Cangzhou, and some rivers also have ice cubes, but it is not thick, and the weather is still very warm.

The people in the north have been accustomed to the severe cold in the north for a long time, and they did not enter the wax moon, so they stopped the project.

Zheng Lang went down to inspect it.

Zhao Niannu walked out of the back hall with his son.

In the Zheng family, several mothers except for six mothers and seven mothers knew in their hearts, and they were happy and depressed. knew that this matter could not be made public, but Li Gui was almost regarded as a pearl in his palm.

In fact, the Zheng family's mansion in Yunzhou is not too big, and it can't be compared with the extravagant Horse Mansion. But after the rule, everywhere he went, Zheng Lang bought a house for convenience. After leaving, let the housekeeper sell it, and the price of selling it is often higher than the price of buying. There is also a celebrity effect in this era, and ordinary officials have lived in it, but the house where Zheng Lang has lived is different. Often, the selling price is higher than the buying price.

But in any case, it cannot be compared with the Royal Palace.

The difference is this, the living conditions Zheng Lang is not too bitter, at least not worse than Zhao Niannu's life in the palace. Compared with it, it is definitely not as good as the living conditions of Li Wei's family, but this is exactly what Zhao Niannu doesn't like.

Even if Zhao Zhen is the emperor, the palace is the darkest place in the world.

At least the warmth of the Zheng family is not found in the palace.

It's just that there is a bad one, and the identity is very embarrassing.

Zheng Lang looked at Zhao Niannu, squeezed his eyes, Zhao Niannu understood, the two walked out, Zheng Lang said in a low voice: "Your Highness, you are also in your twenties." ”

"Slave."

"Okay, slave, you are also in your twenties, it is the time of youth and beauty, find a good family to marry." Zheng Lang said. From the bottom of his heart, let this well-behaved little princess spend her life empty, can Zheng Lang bear it?

"Zheng Xianggong, now I'm very happy, my father didn't force me, why did you force me?"

Zheng Lang was speechless, and said after a long time: "This is not fair to you." ”

"I remember you said in the cave, everyone has their own ambitions, cucumbers and cabbages, each has his own love, Zifei fish, Anzhi fish?"

"Okay, then forget it, if you regret it, you can bring me a private letter from Liang Huaiji, and I will ask Xian'er to find a good family for you."

"Actually, I don't ask for much, just like that, I can occasionally go out of the palace and take my son to see you, I'm very happy, you can't force me, then I'm not happy. You're my guardian knight, aren't you? ”

Zheng Lang was speechless again, if it weren't for this guardian knight, what would be all the things that came here?

"You want to see me happy."

"You're not happy."

"I'm blessed."

Zheng Lang opened his mouth, it's not that he can't say it, he is too lazy to distinguish it, but it doesn't mean that Zheng Lang can't distinguish it. On the contrary, if it is discerned, few people in the entire Song Dynasty can catch up with him, unless Wang Anshi joins forces with Sima Guang, then he will also be very sad.

The main thing is that Zheng Lang is weak-hearted.

He said that there were three pure people in the Song Dynasty, and they did not include themselves, and it was precisely because of this incident that he thought he had a stain. You can't be this pure person.

"You're going north?"

"Yes, this trip is a bit far, out of Yunzhou, to Bozhou, Texas, Qizhou, all the way to Cangzhou, and then along the seaside. Go to Qingzhou and return. Around the time of New Year's Day, I will return to Yunzhou. ”

"Take your child with you." Zhao Niannu said.

Li Gui is still six years old, only five years old, and he has to be taken care of all the way, which is a lot of inconvenience. I have a lot to do in my own business.

"When you took Fan Chunyou back then, you were younger at that time, but he was your biological son."

"Okay," Zheng Lang replied helplessly.

Unable to do so. had to take Yue'er again and let Yue'er take care of her son. But Yue'er didn't know either, thinking that Li Guinai was Li Wei's son. Li Wei knew, but he didn't know much, he hadn't touched the princess, but he didn't dare to say it. thought that Zhao Niannu ran away from home, met a gangster on the way, and had an accident, which led to the birth of this son. I didn't think of Zheng Lang. It's too far from the capital. I never thought that this little wife and a little eunuch I used to have dared to go to Huixi City alone.

Zhao Zhen was still worried. called Li Wei to the palace again, and warned him with some extraneous voices. and Li Wei's big-mouthed mother, so Li Wei put this matter in his stomach and didn't say anything about it, but he didn't know about it, unless he didn't do it.

The truth will still be doubtful sooner or later, but as time goes by, the influence on Zheng Lang is gradually becoming smaller, unless Zheng Lang wants to be on the throne and covets the power of the prime minister.

If Gao Tao wants to use Zheng Lang, I'm sorry, you have to take the initiative to stifle some rumors for Zheng Lang, and it has nothing to do with Zheng Lang.

After getting on the horse, Zheng Lang still held his son in his arms. Zhao Ji is also riding a horse, this kid's health is even worse, so he has to practice. This is only in Zheng Lang's heart, and he will not say it.

In fact, Zheng Lang is really educating Zhao Ji.

The most important thing in the way of the king is the way to control people, what is the emperor's heart technique, the art of balance, is only one of the ways to control people. Zhao Ji did not do a good job, which led to serious party disputes. With good talents, the emperor is half the success.

It is not possible to use people, if Liu Bang handed over the rule of officials to Xiao He, the strategy to Zhang Liang, and the military to Han Xin, the world was taken? In fact, Liu Bang himself is not simple, he entered Xianyang, and the three chapters of the law were his ideas. has been fighting fiercely with Xiang Yu for several years, and the one who has nothing to do with Han Xin, although he has been defeated repeatedly, who is the opponent? Xiang Yu, who is ruined! Is it easy to defeat a hundred battles?

Therefore, we must not only be able to employ people, but also do things and behave.

So that the officials will not be deceived.

At this time, Zheng Lang didn't dare to teach any way to control people, but only taught the method of doing things and the knowledge of being a man. Very little is taught, and the minister Hongru, who is good at the scriptures, does not want too much, and does not need to teach it himself.

Zhao Ji's riding skills are not good, this line will not deliberately pursue speed, just go down to patrol, and it will not affect the trip.

The Yellow River did not freeze, so it had to be crossed by boat. Zhao Ji said in surprise: "The Yellow River is not frozen." ”

"This is the old way, in the far south, and if you go north, it will freeze."

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

"I'm also wrong about this matter, in June, the Liao State stayed behind the Chen King Xiao Ala, who returned to the dynasty to take up his post, and the Liao lord visited the ministers on current affairs, Xiao A's pros and cons of the country, and more impeachments of Xiao Ge for treachery and misbelief. Xiao Ge entered the court, causing the Liao lord to be furious and hanged to death by His Royal Highness. The Queen Mother couldn't save it. At that time, when I heard it, I was happy again. ”

"Who is Xiao Ala?"

"This person is the son of Xiao Xiaomu, the brother of the Empress Dowager of Liao, loyal and courageous, knows world affairs, has economic talents, and is one of the good ministers of Liao."

"Who's the comparison?"

"Pang Alcohol."

"How can the Liao lord kill such a minister?"

"Yes, so the Liao Kingdom is going downhill more and more."

"That's good."

"Yes, I felt sorry for this person at that time, but as a courtier of the Song Dynasty, I felt fortunate again. But it did not do well when it came to itself. At that time, the ministers impeached Di Qing, and I did not come forward to help. If he came forward to help and attack everyone's remarks, Di Qing might be in a better mood. Alas, Di Qing was worried about the country before he died, but he didn't mention me, could it be that he complained about me? ”

"No, it won't."

Li Gui was playing with Zheng Lang's beard and made Zheng Lang hurt, but he didn't get angry and laughed.

"Gong Zheng, it's not too late to make amends. Now that Zheng Gong thinks about it again, how can he make Di Qing not be angry at that time? ”

"There's no way."

"Why?"

"Without him, the system is also."

"The system."

"If the system is not improved, we will continue to deteriorate. The three redundant areas, the annexation of land, the tacit observance of old rules or the impetuosity of officials, the imperfect taxation system, and the excessive emphasis on military and military force have led to the fact that our dynasty has used military expenditures that have never been seen before in history, but its military strength is very weak, so weak that it cannot defend the homeland and defend the country. There are countless drawbacks to the three redundancies alone. These are all shortcomings of the system. ”

"Can it be improved?"

"If you can change, you have to do it step by step, and every change will cause restlessness in the world, and the difficulties are unimaginable. Once the world is restless, the country will be restless. This balance must be mastered. But that's not the most important thing. Sun Tzu's Art of War clouds, the upper one is plotting, the middle one is cutting the relationship, and the lower one is cutting the country and the city. The same is true of the state, and the subordinate is careful to run for the state, as I did. The middle is to improve the system, but the upper is not, it is the perfection of the spirit. Cross the river, and I'll take you to see the perfection of this spirit. ”

"Okay," the way the master governs the country, Zhao Ji couldn't help but say excitedly.

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