said it very arbitrarily, the same as Han Qi's sentence I am the way of heaven and I am the unity of heaven and man.

In fact, Confucian scholarship does not require rulers to rigidly adhere to the family laws of their ancestors, and it is obvious that Confucianism emphasizes the Book of Changes. The I Ching evolves the way of heaven through the 64 hexagrams, the changes of heaven and earth, and each hexagram teaches people what kind of situation and how to do it.

This is Zheng Lang's keeping pace with the times and being tolerant of adjustments.

Including Zheng Lang's way of employing people and the way of the nation. Employing people can't just use people, what kind of soldiers, nerds who read dead books, what country will govern the world? The same is true for nations, there are so many nationalities, we can't just say that they are not my race, their hearts must be different, they must be assimilated, this assimilation is the way of tolerance, is to include different races, not to exclude different races, tolerance is not only to accommodate, but also a fusion. Then according to the changes of time and situation, the adjustment is carried out.

According to Zheng Lang's employment policy, the imperial court will be flooded with talented people from all walks of life, at least give Zhang Yuan a chance to show his crooked talents. There will be controversy, but there will be no partisanship. But Fan Zhongyan and the three of them were silent, in their hearts, the scholar doctor was still high, and the others were all worthless and dirty things.

Looking at their expressions, Zheng Lang said in his heart, change slowly.

Now is still the best time in the Northern Song Dynasty, as long as it is adjusted well, the treasury may save tens of millions of dollars a year. A soldier can also be regarded as brave, rich and a soldier, and if it is handled properly, it should not be so weak. As for internal governance, tinkering can be done, and in terms of internal governance, none of the other dynasties can compare with the Song Dynasty.

So he said self-deprecatingly: "The country is not a home after all, it is so big and wide, every move is related to hundreds of millions of people, and you will definitely be the pillars of my dynasty in the future. I'm going to think about something else. ”

"What's the matter?" Zhang Fangping asked.

"How to come back from the Khitan!"

The three were speechless.

This is very troublesome, can the Khitans easily put Zheng Lang back? Fan Zhongyan asked worriedly, "Is there a good plan?" ”

"What a good strategy, you can only take one step at a time. Fortunately, peace in the northwest was laid in one fell swoop in this battle. Ladies and gentlemen, you are going back too, and I cannot stay here any longer. ”

"I'm going back," Han Qi patted his head. This time he had been away for too long, and the rear couldn't worry about it.

"War is a continuation of politics, and internal governance is still the main thing. That is, I occupy Weizhou and Lingzhou now, can I occupy them? In the enemy territory, the right time, place and people are not good for us. Therefore, Xue Rengui had the defeat of Dafeichuan, and it was so difficult for the Tang Dynasty to conquer Goryeo. The people don't support it. But we will govern the four roads of the edge of the border in clusters, and the people will be prosperous and live and work in peace and contentment. In contrast to the poverty in Western Xia, will there be many people in the territory of the enemy who yearn for it? Not only to fight, but also to raise the enemy's people to welcome our army's crusade. Then if you capture a city, a city will surely become the realm of our court. Only then can the Tangut people really perish, otherwise they will rebel and make peace, and they will not have a result for 10,000 years. ”

"That's true," Fan said.

Zheng Lang suddenly thought of the battle of Hequ, the little emperor of Khitan who was beaten miserably by Yuan Hao, and couldn't help laughing.

"Xingzhi, what are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, let's leave together."

Handed over 60,000 troops to Di Qing, Wang Xin wanted to go back, Fan Zhongyan wanted to bring half of his troops back, and Han Qi also had to bring three or four thousand men and horses back, almost pouring out, all the troops stayed here, and Han Qi was not worried about the safety of Qin Fenglu.

Zhang Qi also had to take some people and horses to Jiuyang Valley to build two villages and one fort.

The war ended, but the war quickly spread to the Khitan, so a few months later, a funny scene occurred that made the Song Dynasty monarchs cry and laugh.

…… The weather is getting colder and colder, the yellow clouds in the sky are churning, the cold wind is cold, and gradually there is the taste of winter.

Many soldiers are setting off one after another, many people, not only soldiers, but also captured prisoners of war and civilians, to be escorted to the rear, this time they are placed a little far, except for the tribes who took the initiative to defect to the Song Dynasty, and some of the rest are arranged to Sanbaiqu, and even some of them are moved to Lianghuai and Jingxi Road. Otherwise, gathering too many unstable elements in the rear may not be a good thing in the long run. As long as they are far away from Western Xia, they can truly keep to themselves.

as well as horses.

The war horses captured from the defeated army, the horses captured in the territory of Western Xia, 20,000 were given to Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, 5,000 were given to Pang Ji, and some other trophies were also distributed to the soldiers of the Three Routes, after all, these soldiers of the Three Routes also sacrificed.

Fifteen thousand horses were given to the victimized people, and the reward for the soldiers was not horses, but cattle and cloth. The rest were transported to the rear to be used by the people to plough the land or pull things. This also shows Zheng Lang's practical spirit.

You can't raise horses like the Song Dynasty, waste money, can't raise good horses, can raise good horses, only in some places on the border, such as Fuzhou, Huanqing and Jingyuan Road, the number of horses raised is limited, but also to squeeze out arable land to grow grain, or to raise cattle and sheep, the four roads on the edge of the border and Qinfeng Road can raise at most 100,000 war horses, this is the limit of horse breeding in the Song Dynasty. Can horses bred elsewhere come in handy? The authentic Qinghai Xuan from the shore of Qinghai Lake was raised in Henan and Hebei, and he couldn't run for three years.

Why go, plough the land!

There is a serious shortage of cattle and horses for arable land, as well as horses, mules, donkeys and camels for hauling goods.

This move not only overturned the later Wang Anshi's horse protection law, but also overturned the horse breeding policy of the current Song Dynasty.

Not only horses, but also soldiers, the real Song Dynasty can have elite 100,000 knights, the number is considerable. It can even fight against the Tanguts, but it is not possible to wage war with the Khitans in the north. If you want to start a war with the Khitans, you need at least 200,000 cavalry. When he thinks of this, Zheng Lang always likes to look at a place, Hehuang! Whether it is Hehuang or Western Xia, getting that place can also fully meet the horse needs of the Song Dynasty.

There were also many livestock, most of which were given to the people, including meritorious or sacrificed soldiers, archers, volunteers, and the families of the local people who had been victimized. There are also soldiers from the mainland, I'm afraid they will have to find another way.

Zhi Jimin walked over, turned over and dismounted, and said to Zheng Lang: "Zheng Xianggong, I thank Xianggong for my kind words on behalf of our family." ”

After the Battle of Fulin Road, Zhi Jimin got news from the outside world one after another, knowing how much justice Zheng Lang said for their family.

Zheng Lang said meaningfully: "Zhezhizhou, if you want the court not to regard your Zhejia as the Fan family, you have to remember my words, the country of your Zhejia is the Song Dynasty, and your Zhejia's family is not your Zhejia, but everyone in the Song Dynasty." ”

"We are loyal to the imperial court."

"General Zhe, think about my words again." Zheng Lang smiled slightly, he had a good impression of the folded family, so he reminded him. The Zhe family did a good job, but some details were not paid attention to, and in fact, in Zhao Zhen's heart, he only regarded Fulin Road as half of the territory of the imperial court. With such a huge sacrifice, why bother insisting on something that is unnecessary...... "I also want to thank General Zhi for helping this time," Zheng Lang finished speaking, patted his horse, and galloped south.

Ji Min is embarrassed, what does Zheng Lang mean by what he said? was stunned where he was in a daze, but Wang Xin urged him to shoot the horse on the road.

When he arrived at Zhenrong Village, Zheng Lang asked Blind Felt to stop him.

explained to Zheng Lang that Wei Minghuan wanted to escape, and Zhang Qi notified the blind felt to wake up and intercept him, but this kid played a careful eye and let Wei Minghuan go, resulting in his casualty rate not being as good as Yuan Hao's casualty rate, and he actually brought back more than 7,000 people. Zhang Qi was furious and sent someone to reprimand the blind felt.

At first, the blind felt was still waiting, and then the war reports from the north arrived, and the blind felt was frightened and hurried to make amends. He knelt down again and said in a pitiful tone: "Zheng Xianggong, it's not that we don't stop it, the enemy fled too fast, we only stopped the troops behind them, and it was too late to stop the front." ”

"Blind felt, do you think I'm a gullible person?"

"Zheng Xianggong is a star in the sky, who dares to deceive Zheng Xianggong."

"Then why are you lying to me?"

"I don't dare."

"Get up and speak."

"If Zheng Xianggong doesn't forgive me, I won't get up."

"What a system!" Zheng Lang suddenly said angrily.

Blind felt suddenly stood up in fright.

Han Qi looked at this good baby with a smile, and he also had Zheng Lang's thoughts, why bother, he was originally the son of a chatter, and this identity is not good to do, he has to be a pug of the Song Dynasty or the Xixia people. Sure enough, the world is so big that there are no surprises.

Zheng Lang didn't laugh and said: "That order was given by General Zhang, I didn't think that you would send troops to cooperate, do you know why?" ”

"I don't know."

"I don't believe how loyal you are to the Song Dynasty at all!"

"No, the minister is loyal to the Song Dynasty."

"Don't lie to me, why do you say that, I understand you, if Yuan Hao dispatches so many troops to attack your Shrine Valley this time, how will you defend it? You have this idea of the first rat, I understand, I understand. Have you ever thought about one thing? Cast it with a peach to repay it. You have been at both ends of the rat until the Tangut people sent more than 100,000 troops to attack you, will our dynasty be willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of soldiers, spend tens of millions of money, and send troops to rescue you? ”

“……”

"I'm not talking about assumptions. Yuan Hao attacked our dynasty several times, and lost successively, morale was low, the tribes were centrifugal, and the people were resentful. He also needs a big victory to establish his power, will he choose our Song Dynasty, will he choose the Khitan. So who else will be his target, it is none other than the Uighurs in the West, who have gained too far and made little profit. And one more, who is it? ”

"Zheng Xianggong, I was wrong," the blind felt suddenly felt creepy, and fell to his knees again.

"In the battle of Agancheng, General Zhang and General Wang personally led the army and fought bloodily, which was not enough, I held an oath meeting in the Shrine Valley, gave you golden arrows, and asked the court to give you the post of observation envoy, and gave you the righteousness and right to be in charge of the Lan Society. You're too thin to report me. ”

"I, I ......"

The reason why the blind felt is afraid is mainly because of this great victory. If you don't have this great victory, if you want to entrap him, you will have to post many benefits to him. Therefore, a weak country has no diplomacy, and when the country is right, it must rise up moderately so many times, so that those barbarians will not dare to snub you.

None of this is the point. Zheng Lang said again: "Since you are here, I will talk to you about Shiyi." ”

"Shiyi, is the imperial court going to close Shiyi?" Blind felt at a loss.

"I want to close, I have changed my mind now, no, continue, but some prices will be adjusted once, this list will be shown to you." Zheng Lang threw him a list.

"It's not right," the blind felt hastily glanced at the list, and was so anxious that she wanted to cry.