Will Han Qi rebel, definitely not, will he support another prince to be replaced, and will he replace the disobedient Zhao Ji, but whether he has ever had this kind of thought, it is difficult to say. Throughout the Song Dynasty, the transition of power was basically very smooth, and even if Zhang Dian intervened, it was unsuccessful. Of course, at that time, Zhang Dian was far inferior to Han Qi at this time.

This is what later generations look at the Song Dynasty, and it is impossible to see the back in the Song Dynasty, only the previous generation.

Therefore, even Liu E, who is extremely strong, is extremely jealous of Ding Wei.

Gao Taotao is far inferior to Liu E at this time, Zhao Ji is just a young man, and he will definitely have some jealousy of Han Qi.

Han Qi's performance was only a nostalgia for rights, and once Zhao Ji did not back down, he began to dismiss. Coupled with the tampering of the history books, if it is not changed, the history books will still be ambiguous, but in some texts, you can still see Zhao Ji's caution towards Han Qi at first.

Especially Wu Kui's "defection".

As Zheng Lang, this time he entered the court, he will not sit back and watch it break like the previous time he was in charge of the government, just to stand.

However, there are many problems, and it is impossible for the Zhao Zhen Dynasty not to break or stand, the government of the officials has not been corrupted, and the finances have not reached a moment of great crisis, and the impetus for reform is insufficient. Zhao Zhen's character is also destined to be difficult to launch large-scale reforms.

Zhao Ji's personality is fierce, there is a crisis, and reform seems to be a matter of course. Zhao Ji himself has been very serious about Wang Anshi in history, and there are many reasons for the failure of the reform, including the imperfection of the reform itself. But there is one, Zhao Ji has also dropped the chain several times, and he has considered it in many ways. The court has raised many conservative balances, and even tacitly ignored some old ministers who have parties in Luoyang every day.

So Zheng Lang repeatedly said that he wanted to reflect. The simplest requirement is that if we do not create a good environment for ourselves to carry out reforms, we will not be able to succeed in the future if we do not start well. To be specific, Han Qi and Wen Yanbo, the two major political enemies, are not excluded from the court. How do you get credit? Reform is going on here. There's a back ladder over there. Done?

The national economy is divided into the economy of the imperial court and the economy of the people.

With the joint efforts of Zhao Zhen and himself, the private economy is good, and now there is little damage. However, if it drags on, the private economy will inevitably suffer serious damage.

That's the bright side.

It's not all rotten, but the whole system and politics are rotten, and Han Qi can probably see it. I don't know where to start. You know where to start, but it's very, very troublesome.

wrote an article, one is to support Zhao Ji, and the other is to further create conditions for himself.

My one-year period of worry is gradually over, from the people to the temple, to the public opinion, and the voice of calling for him to return to Zhongshu has risen.

Zheng Lang made a statement that the country has something to do, and he dare not contribute to the country.

As long as the emperor is willing, he will serve the country. But there is one thing, the state is so badly in deficit. It's unimaginable. In just four years, there has been a deficit of more than 200 million yuan, and if some officials take advantage of the state financial disorder to enrich their own pockets and wantonly borrow debts in the name of the state, in fact, these debts have not entered the account books of the three divisions. From the time of Huang You to Jiayou, not counting the income of the bank supervisor, the high one also had a surplus of nearly 30 million, and the low one had more than 10 million.

That is, the combination of internal and external, with a deficit of more than 100 million yuan a year, you can imagine how corrupt the finance and government are.

The new emperor ascended the throne, worked hard, and made a lot of achievements, and if he entered the Zhongshu and adjusted as before, the situation would be a little better in a few years.

However, it is impossible for him to stay in Zhongshu for the rest of his life, and he is not in line with the system. Besides, he is gradually reaching old age, how many years, ten years, or twenty years can he be in power? Once he reaches the age of Ben Qi, even if he is still alive and his health is deteriorating, can he still be as energetic as he is now and deal with a lot of government affairs? Then if there is anything in the future, there will be a current crisis, and the country will be fierce.

Therefore, there is the latter one, which happens to be the golden age, which can be maintained for at least ten years, to deal with some of the shortcomings of the country and remove these shortcomings.

It's a long time, at least ten years to get to work.

The goal of reform is to enable all people to live happily ever after, with the rich enriching and the poor living in peace and contentment.

But what about in the beginning?

In ancient times, the great sages gave birth to Zheng, and the people complained about it at the beginning, and it was only after three years that the road was not left behind and the house was not closed at night. The Song Dynasty was larger, more populous, and the situation was more complicated. At the beginning of the reform, it will inevitably hurt the interests of many people.

If they join forces to oppose it, they will inevitably step down, and the reform will be abandoned halfway. If you are not meritorious, you will become a traitor and leave a stench for eternity. If we give full support, survive a few years, and the reform is effective, then everyone will benefit together.

Not only will everyone benefit, but a stronger country will emerge. Children and grandchildren will be able to live and work in peace and contentment, instead of being destroyed by the rise and fall of their children. If it was Wang Anshi, he didn't have the right to say this. Zheng Lang can say it.

The ability to accumulate wealth is unmatched.

And Zheng Lang has always done a very fair job, although he hurt some of the Haoqiang, but he took more Haoqiang to the road of wealth.

The previous experience was a valuable experience.

Because of this hesitation in my heart, I have not been able to come out. I don't know how to choose, so please let me know.

The article is very short, and it is directly thrown to the Gyeonggi Evening News for everyone to answer.

Zhao Ji saw the newspaper and muttered, "I see, I see." ”

Zheng Lang talked about interests, and he listened a lot. It's just that the time to study behind Zheng Lang is still short, if you study for three or four years, there will be no current Meng Lang and restlessness. But I finally learned some, and when this article came out, I immediately understood Zheng Langliang's hard work.

But the folk are different.

Some have heard of the financial corruption of the state. More people did not expect that the financial corruption would be so bad, and an article came out and caused a sensation. The effect was immediate.

Finances are like this, not only Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu's fault, but also Zhao Shu's fault. Unbridled mobilization, military spending, combined with disasters, and severe waste caused by poor government orders. There is no war in the northwest this year, and under the leadership of Zhao Ji, the money is not used indiscriminately. The two governments have made some adjustments on their own initiative, and the crisis is better than last year, but the serious redundancies still exist, and the country is still in deficit. Deficit. You have to find a way to embezzle or borrow.

Guan Jian Zheng Lang said vaguely. Not afraid of borrowing. The imperial court will pay it, but have these debts been officially recognized by the imperial court?

There is some panic below.

It's not too messy, because I'm sitting and watching, if Zheng Lang returns to Zhongshu. All problems can be solved.

This is the change of law to allow the rich and elite to support Zheng Lang.

But another point is why this is the case, so more people impeached and criticized the ministers of the two ministries and ministers. It's so easy to find a reason. In the past four years, there have been at least 100 serious tricks in the two prefectures that make people picky. There are also officials with a keen sense of smell. As soon as this article came out, I felt that there would be great changes in the court, some wanted to stammer, some wanted to shirk responsibility, and they turned against each other, and the overwhelming opposition began in the court and continued to the common people.

With Zheng Lang's support, Wang Tao went to Chenzhou and still thanked Han Qi for attacking him.

The book was ready to be depreciated again, and Sima Guang saw Zheng Lang's article published. I know it in my heart, and I have a political sense of smell. Don't talk about Han Qi, even if Zheng Lang puts aside the golden finger, he is far inferior to Sima Guang. He said: "Wang Tao is certainly guilty, but Your Majesty wants to open up his speech and bend himself to love Tao, why can't the prime minister tolerate it?" ”

Then quietly looked at a few big guys in the book, and still wanted to come, dreaming.

Zeng Gongliang naturally didn't make a sound, although Wang Tao also said that he was not good, but it was mainly aimed at Han Qi. Either it is Zhao Yi or Wu Kui, Wu Kui's mouth is open, and he has been unable to sit and eat these days. The three words criticized by Zhao Ji will inevitably make people think about it. Did you do something wrong?

Zhongshu is silent, who will fight back against Wang Tao for Zhongshu? Don't be mistaken, Wang Taonai is an old minister of the original East Palace and one of the emperor's henchmen.

Zhao Ji made the second move.

With Zhang Tangying as the palace servant in the imperial history, Zhao Shu was established, and Zhang Tangying wrote to the book, "The latter is the son of the latter, and I am afraid that it will lead to the Tao story to confuse the holy listeners." May it be gradual. Sure enough, not long after, the battle for Pu Yi began.

Zhao Ji's allocation of Zhang Tangying has a deep meaning.

It's hard to say that I can't do well, I have to do it step by step.

Then another person was transferred back from Sichuan, the real black bread Qingtian Zhao Luan, and gave him the knowledge of the Yuan. According to the past practice, because of the importance attached to Sichuan, the close ministers returned from Shu, and they must go to the provincial capital, and they could not be officials, and the minister was suspicious, Zhao Ji said: "I rely on his integrity and courage to speak, if I want to use it greatly, why bother the provincial government?" ”

Stories, how many stories have I ruined under your drive! To hell with it.

How Zhao Luan went down, everyone knows, plus Zhang Tangying, don't you understand?

Back in the capital, Zhao Zhen summoned him and said to Zhao Luan: "Wen Qing entered Shu, followed himself with a piano and a crane, and the government was simple, and he actually did things well, why?" ”

Zhao Luan understood, so he was sparse, Ren Daodao, and Zheng Langli's book came out, and many people already took a fancy to this morality. Zhao Luan ranked it in the first place, entrusting the assistant, don't be evil, go to extravagance, signal the order, reward and punish the level, keep it confidential, be prepared, don't count the pardons, and tolerate ten things. Speaking of the five fees, the palace, the clan, the official abuse, the redundancy of the army and the civil engineering.

Some of the spearheads are directed at Han Qi, and some are serious words, most of them. Zhao Ji was overjoyed after seeing it, and he used it a lot. He also said that Lu Xu, Fu Yaoyu, Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang, Zhao Ding, and Ma Mo all dared to speak, and they could not be reprimanded for a long time, and there was no hope of comforting the gentry.

If there was no prestige for Zheng Lang's article, which echoed in Zhengzhou, Zhao Ji still did not dare to recall these ministers.

There are still some taboos, there is no full call, recall Lu Xu, Lu Dafang and Fan Chunren, Han Qi saw that these three life and death rivals were recalled to the capital, and they were forced by Zhao Ji, and finally presented the first resignation. Zhao Ji didn't report it, but this time he didn't call him to the palace to comfort him.

Zhao Ji issued a second edict, and Zheng Lang entered Beijing and entered the Chinese book.

Zheng Lang didn't accept it, and asked again, does Your Majesty want the minister to be a minister in emergency, or as an important auxiliary minister of Your Majesty, to govern a rich and powerful dynasty that is better than the Renzong Dynasty? If it is the former, the minister will enter Beijing immediately, and if it is the latter, His Majesty is not ready. The minister is now unable to go to Beijing, even though he has completed his one-year period of filial piety.

It took Sima Guang and Fan Zhongyan's grandson Teng Yuanfa a few months to finally list the accounts clearly.

I stayed behind Zheng Lang for a long time and learned some new knowledge, including reports.

List these accounts one by one, see them at a glance, and hand them to Zhao Ji. There are still discrepancies with the actual situation, but they are more consistent with the accounts of the three divisions.

I also wrote an article for annotation.

Where the money is spent, Zheng Lang has said, Zhao Luan has said, and some other ministers have also said.

Not only are the three redundancies serious, but some unnecessary palace and civil engineering projects, as well as the New Deal, are also being destroyed. For example, the improved exemption law. If it is Sima Guang in history. That may be against for the sake of opposition. Now it is Zheng Lang who initiated the reform, so the reasons for it are carefully analyzed.

Originally, the law on exemption from military service has been relatively perfect after repeated regulation and control, but the system is no better. It's people who do it. In recent years, the law of exemption from military service has been changed by man-made destruction. Either inaction and non-levy, so that the state treasury is wasted. Either they are apportioned indiscriminately, and the real first-class households are the big ones who are exempted from military service. It was not levied, but it was forcibly apportioned to the fourth and fifth poor households who did not need to cope with the exemption law. Some of the sixth and seventh class households were apportioned over.

Another example is the warehouse method, because of the tight finances, there was a large amount of grain in the original warehouse, and it was used up one after another, but in the past two years, there have been major disasters, temporary allocation, imperfect collection of two taxes, coupled with the increase in border garrisons, profiteers under the camp. This led to a surge in food consumption, which for a time led to an increase in food prices. In his later years, because of the development of water conservancy in the whole country, grain production increased, and the price of rice was only 60 yuan per bucket at the lowest time in Beijing, but due to the national drought in the third year of Zhiping, the price of rice rose to more than 130 yuan.

Then transport them to the border, you can imagine how serious the waste is, and even at the peak, when it was transported to the Huaide Army, the price of a bucket of rice rose to nearly 1,000 Wen. If it weren't for the new canal going directly to all parts of Hebei, if it weren't for the Sanbai Canal, the waste would be even more serious.

There are also safety supervisors, etc., these joint operations are also filled with a large number of redundant officials and redundant officials, resulting in a decline in profits.

The phenomenon of hidden fields was once controlled, and the national statistics gradually approached 4 million hectares, and today, the national newspaper figures are less than 3 million hectares.

That is, some of the benign reforms brought by Zheng Lang are gradually destroyed.

Of course, not only these reasons, but also a total of more than 50 drawbacks, which have become a huge black hole.

Finally, he said that since the emperor took office, he has worked hard to make new achievements, and some bad situations have gradually declined, but this year will continue to show very serious losses. And in the face of the huge losses of the imperial court, there has been serious uneasiness.

Zhao Ji smiled bitterly, if it is not made public, it will inevitably cause many bad situations.

But if it's done well, it's not necessarily a bad thing. If it is not done well, the country will be even more agitated.

is in a hurry to walk around, whether it is Zhao Ji or Zhao Xu, the lifespan is very short, and this lifespan is often ignored. A monarch who has made a difference, in the face of these shortcomings of the country, and is helpless, can he be in a good mood, and can he live a long life when he is depressed?

He said, "Sima Guang, help me." ”

If it was the original time and space, after Sima Guang handed over the report to Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji asked him to take the lead in dealing with these evils, Sima Guang decisively refused, I want to cultivate Tongzhi, it is so great and sacred, you better find someone else.

The reason for Sima Guang to find out in detail does not mean that there is a way to cure it. It's like a cancer patient who knows that the cancer is terminal, but can the doctor cure it? Not in the late stage, but also in the middle stage, Ruozhi, I don't know how many interests are involved, this thunderous thing, Sima Guang will not do.

Now Sima Guang has no need to avoid this, and quietly looked at Zhao Ji and said: "If it is governed, it will affect countless interests, but it is only the adjustment of these interests, and there is nothing the minister can do." Looking at the world, only one person can be cured. ”

"I know, but I don't quite understand what Zheng Gong wants."

"Your Majesty, even if Gong Zheng goes to Beijing, it will not be easy to govern. If His Majesty does not create a good environment for Zheng Gong, Zheng Gong will inevitably feel uneasy. ”

"I see."

"Not only that, Han Gong said that he can repay the debt owed to Zheng Gong in five years, does Your Majesty think five years will work?"

Zhao Ji shook his head blankly.

"What will happen if Zheng Gong is in office for five years?"

"I will do my best to support it."

"If Your Majesty learns from the first emperor, you can do it. If you want to make a difference, and the ministers oppose it, can your majesty really hold on? Sima Guang asked unceremoniously.

This time, Zhao Ji finally really realized what Zheng Lang wanted.

The accounts were made public, and Lu Zhi and Lu Dafang went to Beijing to once again point to the negligence of the two governments.

Han Qi's second resignation form was submitted.

Zhao did not report it.

Lu Xue didn't give Zhao Ji face, and went directly to the book to play, originally thought that His Majesty summoned his ministers and others to return to Beijing, and made great achievements, but continued to sit on the temple and live on the temple, at that time, the first emperor did not know that the country was corrupted like this, and he was willing, but now His Majesty knows, but he does not act, and the mediocrity is far better than the first emperor ten times. Since you don't listen to the persuasion of the ministers, let the ministers go down again.

He also had to prepare to lead the ministers to strike.

The crowd was surging, and Han Qi had no choice but to submit his resignation on the third table, forcing Zeng Gongliang and Wen Yanbo to also write a resignation.

still didn't report it, because Yonghou Lingcheng was completed, Zhao Ji wanted to lead the ministers to flash to mourn.

This is a top priority, Lu Yu and the others can't bear it, and they will talk about it after this time.

The team set out from the capital and passed through Zhengzhou, when Zhao Ji issued an edict and ordered Zheng Lang to come.

If you can't wait to sit at home, you will become a courtier of Renzong, not a courtier of Zhao Shu, and if you sit down, it will be very troublesome in the future, and you will order the attendant to forcibly bring Zheng Lang over and offer condolences. Zheng Lang was helpless, so he had to rush to the royal car with the inner servant.

Zhao Ji heard that he greeted him from afar, no matter the previous relationship, this is secondary, the main thing is that he is anxious.

trotted over, stretched out his hand, helped Zheng Lang who was giving a salute up, and said: "Zheng Gong, I haven't seen you for a few years, I miss Zheng Gong day and night. ”

Then looked at Zheng Lang's white hair, and sighed with emotion, this is the real loyal minister, a humble gentleman, fortunately, there is a good minister in the court, otherwise this day will not be able to go on.

"Your Majesty, you are ashamed."

Zhao Ji took Zheng Lang's hand, walked back, and said in a low voice: "Gong Zheng, my father treats the emperor a little thinly, and it is also a ......traitor's mistake."

"Your Majesty, the first emperor is not what Your Majesty said." Zheng Lang said.

"Huh," Zhao Wei looked at Zheng Lang strangely, regardless of the complaints, I didn't say that my father was unbearable, because Zheng Lang's words made him feel very puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the minister is observing in Zhengzhou, and the bystanders are clear, and they see some of the measures of the first emperor, but in fact, what the first emperor wants to do is only because of the instigation of some people, resulting in a loss of proportion. If there were no instigations from these people, but replaced by Wang Zenglu Zongdao and these good ministers, would the first emperor have some bad thoughts? ”

"No," Zhao Ji replied without thinking, which one is willing to say that Lao Tzu is bad? At this time, Zhao Ji repeatedly let Zheng Lang and the ministers brainwash, and had a serious illusion that although his father did something wrong, it was not his father's fault, but the fault of some ministers!

"It's a pity, it's a pity that Renzong made a mistake and chose the wrong minister. And it is a pity that the first emperor died prematurely. Your Majesty, if you succeed to the throne this year later, then the idea will be more mature, and the country will be fortunate. ”

"Qing is a loyal minister," Zhao Ji was full of emotion, the first time he heard this statement, he was undoubted: "How to start now?" ”

"If you adjust, it's easy."

"I want to rule for a lifetime, if I want to adjust, I will have issued an edict to let Zheng Gong return to Beijing, but I don't know how to start."

"It's very troublesome, if you want to rule for a lifetime, the first step is to solve most of the disadvantages of redundant officials and redundant government."

"Gong Zheng, that's not good," Zhao asked suspiciously. Zhao Ji's understanding of redundant politics is still vague, but redundant officials know. The biggest headache is the change of officials, whoever moves will become a rat crossing the street. Of course, it is an important disadvantage, but the first step is to start with redundant officials, which does not seem to be Zheng Lang's usual practice.

"The minister knows that it is difficult, the country has reached the point where it is today, just like a sick person, if you want to be cured, you must use the medicine of the tiger and wolf. But it doesn't matter, Your Majesty still remembers the story of the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, when Han Gaozu used Zhang Liangji and Yongya? ”

"Yes."

"If you want to start with redundant officials and redundant government, you must transfer one person back to the capital."

"Who? Wang Anshi? ”

"If it's not him, how can Wang Anshi be Yongya? It's Ouyang Xiu. ”

"Ouyang Xiu?" Zhao almost jumped up. (To be continued.) )