"The tip of the iceberg?"

"Lu Xianggong is the tip of the iceberg. Not to mention our dynasty, but also to say the previous generation, Xia and Zhou Shang are far away, and the specific cannot be verified. It is also a candidate to establish a country, not a feudal country, and there is no way to learn from it. But looking at the Qin Dynasty, Qin has only been established for a few decades? Zheng Lang said patiently.

Don't underestimate Lu Yijian, just because he is lying at home sickly, his influence in the court cannot be underestimated, so there is a reason why the Gentlemen's Party has repeatedly suppressed him. must persuade Lu Yijian, and said slowly: "In the Han Dynasty, it was actually divided into two, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was different from the Western Han Dynasty, and there were actually two dynasties in one generation. Each dynasty is only a hundred years old. Then to the Three Kingdoms, the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, once divided, it was nearly 300 years, and the people were not able to make a living. The Sui Dynasty was unified, and it collapsed in a few decades. and then to the Tang Dynasty, less than 300 years, in fact, since the history of An, the dynasty is no longer a dynasty, and the country is not a country. Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng fought for entrepreneurship in front of Tang Taizong. Fang Xuanling thinks that it is difficult to start a business, because he started a business with Tang Taizong, and it is not easy to kill from so many heroes and heroes and dominate the world, so he has this to say. Wei Zheng did not participate in entrepreneurship, so he thought it was more difficult to keep it. Tang Taizong believes that both of them are correct, but they stand from different angles and consider different issues, and both are difficult. But let me think, I think it's harder to keep. Mencius said, Born in sorrow, die in peace. Why the country has so many difficulties, the minister also knows that instead of carrying out reforms, he blindly sticks to the old ways. That's exactly what happened. But he didn't know that the greater calamity was permeating this happiness, and maybe he or his children would become ghosts under the sword in the chaos of the country. ”

Lu Yi simply frowned.

"Lu Xianggong, you don't have to worry. I have self-knowledge, the wisdom of the Manchu Dynasty, all of them are not things in the pool, they can be done, but the priority is to reduce disputes. So I have all kinds of ideas in my heart, and I don't say or do it. ”

"Any thoughts?"

"Your Majesty asked me, but I didn't answer, I didn't think it through. Speaking out, Tuzeng is confused. ”

Lu Yijian was amused by him and said, "Xingzhi, it's better for you to do less change." I am not only for you, but also for the country. Now that you are young and not qualified enough, you are not enough to take on the important responsibilities of the country, and at this time you need to raise your capital and cultivate your reputation, although the country is in crisis, it is not impossible to survive. Stay until a few years later. When you come back from the Khitan, that's when you really work hard and serve the country. At this time, it is easy to be dragged down......"

Say it very implicitly, don't let the gentlemen drag you into the sea.

Zheng Lang laughed and laughed.

Even if this remark came from Yan Shu's mouth, it was not surprising, but it came from Lu Yijian's mouth. Xu Xu said: "That's it, put the rest here and think slowly." ”

Pointing to his head.

"As it should be. Tea. ”

Lu Gong carefully served the tea.

Lu Yijian pointed at Lu Gongzhu and said, "What you have to do is them, in a few years." Over the past ten years, they have grown up one by one and are your biggest helpers. Don't underestimate my three sons, the old man is looking forward to him. ”

"I value it too," Zheng Lang said with a smile. None of the three junior students are bad.

"If Fan Zhongyan is willing to rest assured, then it is possible for the two parties to unite for you, and it is good if you do well at that time. Now you are involved in either side, I am afraid it is not what you want. What can you do if you don't participate and are alone? Alas, you are loose-tempered, and I persuade you now, but you may not be able to listen. You'll know ...... later."

"Lu Xianggong, you are wrong, I was thinking. Although I have a loose temperament, when I really devote myself to it, I will go to hell for the sake of this country. ”

"Okay, okay, what the old man wants to hear most is what you say, and the country's major affairs can be trusted."

"Lu Gong, don't boast, I don't have that ability, just do my best in everything, plan things in people, and make things happen...... Zheng Lang said. In fact, he did not intend to make any further reforms, and he did a lot. If the exemption law is done well, it will release a large number of middle-class people, and these people create values, which is the real progress of society. You can't see it, but the effect is unimaginable. Ma Fa's impact on the finances was very weak, even if there was a surplus of more than one million yuan, the impact on the finances of the Song Dynasty, which could not be more redundant, could be negligible. But raising a good horse, you can't put it in the Central Plains, there are no good horses, the Northern Song Dynasty has been a lifetime, how many superb cavalry have been produced? Had. Even if Wang Yun recovered Hehuang, he was mainly infantry. If you transfer the horse breeding land to the edge, you will get good horses and good cavalry, and finally realize that the Song Dynasty has a strong cavalry army. The significance is not trivial. …,

In the event of a disaster, the state has a reserve of food, and disarmament is the cost of saving the country's redundant troops. And there is a reduced version of the seedling method of the warehouse method, which can use some low loans to relieve the pressure of the people. It has nothing to do with making money, it is used to help the people. The method of reducing troops is to save surplus expenditures and also to strengthen the army. The law is mainly used to protect the armor and help the people, but it is more or less helpful to prevent theft and enrich the defense capability of the mainland.

The Four Laws involve all aspects.

If it is done, the sinking ship of the Song Dynasty will be depressurized step by step, at least to stop the tendency to sink. Plan step by step later. Lu Yijian's step-by-step reform is too conservative, but Zheng Lang also does not like to be radical, and he is still steady.

thought of the exemption law and said: "Gong Lu, there are some problems with the law of exemption, I think of a strategy, and I hope Gong Lu will help me." ”

There have been gentlemen who have noticed the bad trend of annexing fields and concealing acres of land, but no one has thought of the exemption law except Fan Zhongyan.

"Say."

Zheng Lang said his idea.

Lu Yijian pondered and asked, "Then which state capital do you say is better?" ”

agreed with Zheng Lang's plan, but Lu Yijian was also very dignified, not a joke, once it rises, it will make many people doubtful.

"Gyeonggi can't do it, Jiangdong is too far away, there is no power, Lu Gong, what do you think of that state capital?"

"Let me think again."

"Hmm."

"Therefore, I asked you to move now, take a look, the exemption law is so balanced, and there are such big loopholes, I don't know what will happen after the implementation of your armor protection law, warehouse law, and military reduction law?"

"Adjust it slowly, not much, after these laws are implemented, I will pay attention, and I hope that Gong Lu will help me."

"You're not afraid of gossip?"

"For the sake of state affairs, why be afraid of people gossiping, I am full of fame, and it doesn't hurt to stain some."

"You don't need to be dirty, the old man still expects you to bring the Song Dynasty to the other side of Zhongxing, how can you pollute your reputation? But in the future, you have to act lightly. ”

"Thank you, Duke Lu."

Out of Lu Yijian's mansion, Zheng Lang breathed a long sigh of relief.

If you want to do things, you will learn to compromise, and it is not okay to go on a rampage. But this is also what Lu Yijian values him.

The Khitan made a good calculation for Yuan Hao, and the Khitan would not be very stupid, and he could see through Yuan Hao's intentions at a glance. Luo Hannu's twists and turns also made Liao Xingzong very angry. Grandma's. Your little Yuan Hao actually came to touch the tiger's ass again and again, swept away a group of people, and then came to roll people, and also instigated the rebellion of the Jiashan Party and the Tuyuhun people!

I was angry, I couldn't beat the Song Dynasty, and I actually came to provoke our Great Liao Kingdom.

Resist Yuan Hao's envoy and let Yanqing Palace make Yelu Yuanheng envoy to the Song Dynasty. Yelu Yuanheng is the Yelu Gao slave mentioned in Lu Ling's intelligence, because sometimes transliterated and sometimes paraphrased when translating, so sometimes there are two titles for Khitan names in the Song Dynasty, such as the envoy to Western Xia Yelu Enemy Lie, and some Song people call it Yelu Xiang, or Yelu Fei.

He brought a letter of state, which read: Yuan Hao should be punished for failing China. Therefore, Lin Ya Ye Luxiang was sent to Western Xia to ask for the guilt, but Yuan Hao was stubborn and unruly. I thought of the covenant with the Song Dynasty, and I was deeply ashamed, and today I have consulted with the ministers, and I will order the army to go to the Xia thieves and force the Western Xia to submit to the Song Dynasty. (Accept Xi Yanda's suggestion, except for a few important articles in the future, all of them will be translated into vernacular, and the original text will be omitted)

is a very smart article, even if it hits the Western Xia, it will blame the Song Dynasty for the contradictions. In the future, it will fight with Western Xia. The Khitan still occupies the profit of the fisherman.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were not stupid, and after seeing the national letter, Fan Zhongyan said: "I only want to defend the two captives, not to ask for authenticity." ”

Whether they fight or fake, there is no good thing.

And Fan Zhongyan was also worried, thinking that he would discuss the strategy of preparing for the border first. Then send an envoy to the Khitan, so that the Khitan knows that we are prepared, if we come to fight, there is no reason to win, and it can also make the Khitan eliminate the desire to invite merit and seek retribution. Although there is a conflict with the covenant on guard, if you are prepared, you will reduce the calamity of life. …,

Why do you say that, in a war with the Tanguts, it doesn't hurt that the Khitan is defeated, but it is best that if it is defeated and occupies the north and south Hetao, the Song Dynasty will have a headache, and the Khitan will take this opportunity to invite rewards. What if the covenant is repeatedly overturned and the Song Dynasty is asked to increase the annual coins? It became a bottomless pit.

It's not a headache yet, I'm afraid that if the Khitan is not at war with the Western Xia, they will use the war as an excuse to transfer their troops to the southwest, and then take advantage of the Song Dynasty's paralysis and carelessness to send troops to Hedong, and the Western Xia will send troops to Shaanxi, and the national situation will be dangerous.

Zheng Lang said that prevention is always good.

Besides, Fan Zhongyan had a deep understanding that Yuan Hao sent someone to make peace, and Fan Zhongyan believed it, so the Western Xia army went out of the Shuichuan, but he had no precautions in Yanzhou.

Fan Zhongyan's admonition made Zhao Zhen very panicked.

It may be good that the Khitan really went to war with the Tanguts, but what if it wasn't? Sent Ding Du to discuss the Khitan answer, and discussed with the ministers, and most of the ministers also thought that they had written to the Western Xia, persuading Yuan Hao to restore the Khitan and stabilize the three people. He also sent a letter to the Khitan, and re-sent an envoy to persuade the Western Xia to submit to your country, and the Song Dynasty also allowed the Western Xia to submit money to the Khitana.

It is better not to let the Khitan fight with the Western Xia, nor to let the Khitan gather a large army in the southwest to suppress the border. Looking at the map, you can know that when the Khitan went to Western Xia, they must concentrate their troops in Yunshuo, whether it is close to the Hetao or from the east of the river.

Zheng Lang knew that they would not succeed, so he did not say anything.

Yelu Gao's slave came to visit Zheng's house.

The Tangut people did not let the Khitan in their eyes, and the Song Dynasty did not let the Khitan people in their eyes either.

But Zheng Lang may be the future Han Derang of the Khitan, and he has to be respected.

Yelu Gao's slave complained: "My lord is kind, and your country seeks justice, why are your kings and ministers so weak? ”

Outside the word, such a weak monarch, what else do you assist them to do? Come to our Khitan to do great things and build great achievements.

Zheng Lang laughed and said: "Not necessarily, your lord is also a benevolent monarch, and he attaches great importance to brotherhood, so he has a tacit relationship with the emperor's brother, and is known as a model of royal friendship." ”

"Yes, my lord is also very friendly to his minister."

It's also true, Liao Xingzong is really good to the minister, so he and Zhao Zhen are one south and one north, and they have become two good babies, otherwise Yuan Hao would not be able to grow. Zheng Lang did not deny it, and said: "Although it is good, but the death of Princess Xingping, can your lord bear it?" Even if you forget your small family for the sake of the country. In the past, the Uighurs of Ganzhou originally belonged to your sphere of influence, and your country sent troops to assist the Western Xia in suppressing the Ganzhou Uighurs, but did not admit that they wanted to be annexed by the Western Xia. Not only that, the Tubo Liugu Department has always been very strong, and the Western Xia provoked a small number of forces in the Liugu Department to rebel and once again took the opportunity to annex the Liugu Department. The power of the Western Xia subverted its father-son relationship, causing Tubo to collapse. When he returned to our dynasty, he instigated the cooperation of various tribes and tribes in the north of Rongzhai in my town to defeat our army in Haoshuichuan. If I hadn't gone to Jingyuan Road and forcibly moved all these tribes to the south, our army would have been defeated in Dingchuan Village. Then to the Xishan tribes of your country, there have already been two defections. Not only Xishan, now the Xixia border is connected with the blockade, whether it is the Tatars of the Xishan, or the blockade, there are not many Khitans in you, most of them are aliens, when the rebellion is combined, in case Yuan Hao's instigation plan succeeds, and the south and our dynasty have made peace, although your country is strong, when the beacon fire spreads on all sides, what should I do? That's what worries your country, right? ”

"The little enemy of Western Xia, how can you be afraid!"

"Yelu Linya, go back and tell your lord that even if you are a rabbit, you must be in the shape of a lion, otherwise you will still be able to capsize in the gutter, this is what I kindly said."

"That's, that's."

In fact, at this time, this sentence has laid an opportunity for the safe envoy to Khitan in the future.

Is it really stupid to send an envoy to the Khitan, to be the Khitan Han Derang? …,

But the slaves were more careful, and their eyes were full of admiration.

Zheng Lang didn't say everything, but said what most of the Khitan monarchs were worried about. In order to get an extra 100,000, the Khitan promised to mediate, don't underestimate the 100,000, for the Khitan economy, it is equivalent to one million or two million in the Song Dynasty, not a small number.

But Xixia was disobedient, but made a small calculation that made the Khitan very dissatisfied.

From the perspective of the current situation, the expansion of the Western Xia is also not in line with the strategic goals of the Khitan, the territory of the Western Xia at this time is no longer the past, or to the south is Tubo, which is the plateau area, not suitable for the expansion of the Western Xia, too far to the west, not conducive to the rule, either the Song Dynasty, or the Khitan. It just so happened that the neighboring places with the Western Xia were all Khitan fetters and areas, and the Khitan was also afraid.

In their hearts, the Western Xia was just a pawn to restrain the Song Dynasty, and they didn't want the Western Xia to grow to this point.

However, none of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty could see it, and it was really a capable minister.

Zheng Lang waved his hand, and the people brought up the wine and food, Zheng Lang said: "I can't drink with you, you can drink to your heart's content." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Yelu Gao's slave said cautiously. If Ouyang Xiu Han Qi was here, he would be so angry that he would jump to his feet and scold his mother, this person would show off his might in front of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, but when he came to the Zheng family, he immediately became inferior.

Zheng Lang didn't put on a stand, took the initiative to cut the roast mutton with a knife, and said: "And let me say, what you said about my lord is weak, no, this is love for the people, not only for the people of our country, but also for the people of your country, and I don't want your people to suffer from the flames of war." Do you think it is better for my lord to be a lord who loves the people, or is it better to be a ruler who is a poor soldier? ”

The simplest metaphor is that if you love the people or are weak, you don't want to start a war, the covenant can be kept, and the Khitan can successfully get a huge annual tribute of 500,000 years. If you are a poor soldier and learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the previous years of tribute have now become years old, can you bear it? If it really fights, even if the Khitan wins, with the huge number and wealth of the Song Dynasty, the Khitan may not have good fruits to eat.

Yes, if the Khitan sent troops and the Song Dynasty also sent troops to cooperate, the Khitan would win easily, maybe the Khitan would not only start a war, but also see the two countries competing and reaping the benefits of the fisherman. It's good for the Khitan, but the Song Dynasty is so radical, in the long run, what help will it be for the Khitan?

Gao Jianu was stunned and didn't know how to answer. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )