Cui Xian hadn't figured out one thing at first, and her husband had already had some influence in the court. If you say that people who believe, whether Zhang Fangping or Wu Yu, can be trusted, why don't you say it to Zhang Hai? How difficult it is to see the emperor, Zhang Hai is not someone else, who has created the rebellion of the Great Song Dynasty.

I thought about it for several days before I figured out my husband's mentality. It's not that you can't bear it, you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if, some ministers can still believe it, but what if there is an error? Or because of her husband's affairs, it caused serious infighting.

Therefore, the only one who knows the truth can be the emperor alone, or himself.

Now that the emperor may not summon Zhang Hai because of some people, how can he bring these words to the emperor's ears. It was not brought to the emperor's ears through admonitions, but in person. There are not many people who have this qualification.

After thinking about it, he sent someone to call Lu Gongzhu.

After Lu Gongzhu gilded in Hangzhou, he returned to the capital as a petty official, but he was an official in the pavilion, which laid a good foundation for his future prosperity. It has nothing to do with his own officials, it is Lu Yijian's arrangement. Lu Gongzhu does not have this qualification yet, and may use his mouth to get some useful information from the court, so that Cui Xian can slowly analyze the dynamics of these officials.

Lu Gongshu arrived and said respectfully: "Big lady." ”

It is the junior ceremony.

They are all old acquaintances, Cui Xian gestured and said, "Uncle Hao, grow taller." ”

"Mrs. Xie cares," Lu Gongzhu said gratefully. In the Zheng family was the happiest time of his life, he learned a lot of knowledge about being a man and an official, and also learned a lot of books, and the Zheng family was happy, which also made him feel that time was very warm, leaving good memories for his youth.

"Sit down, don't be inhibited."

"I won't," Lu Gong grinned, and then he returned to his old ways.

Cui Xian explained the situation.

Lu Gongzhu said: "Big lady, don't worry, I will definitely handle it for you." ”

Rumors spread widely in the capital. It is impossible for Lu Gongshu not to hear it. It's just that he has just come back from Ding Wei, and he is still the eldest brother who came back after the emperor's love, otherwise he would have to stay in his hometown and continue to worry about Ding. Therefore. Not much has been heard.

Lu Gongzhu left the Zheng family and began to pay attention.

The court has been arguing over the choice of the envoy. Jia Changchao proposed that Liang Shi go to the Khitan as an envoy, as for what name to use as an envoy, this is easy to do. Recommend Liang Shi, because Liang Shi has been an envoy to the Khitan, and he is very familiar with side affairs, and the envoy is the best candidate.

Seems reasonable. But Wu Yu is not happy, Liang Shi is now degenerate, grass and wooden feet, can this go to the Khitan? If he doesn't go to the Khitan, he will go to the Khitan Zheng Lang and be more auspicious.

Jia Changchao asked, "You say I'm a party?" ”

"Whether there is a knot or not, you know it in your own heart." Wu Yu was-for-tat.

"Your Majesty, who is forming a party?" Jia Changchao asked Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen did not participate, and Jia Chang made that little move. Zhao Zhen was very clear in his heart. He asked Wu Yu: "Wu Qing, then who do you think sent to the Khitan?" ”

"Yes, Cai Xiang. In the past, he had been to the Khitan for academic exchanges as a literati, and he also had the experience of being an envoy. This time it has nothing to do with the ability of the officials, just an upright person who can bring the truth back to the court, and Geng is no more upright than Cai Xiang. ”

Zhao Zhen was silent.

He believes in Cai Xiang, but this is not the time to use Cai Xiang, he wants to use it, at least until he feels that the Junzi Party forces are almost cleaned up and does not harm the country, so he can use it.

Zhang Fangping said: "Either the minister recommends one person." Bao Zheng. ”

is also a good candidate, he has been to the Khitan, he has done well, and he is a square person.

Wu Yu said: "I think it's inappropriate, Bao Zheng is too square and inflexible. ”

That's it. At the critical time, he played a game, attacked the new law of cronyism, used cool officials such as the Jiangdong Three Tigers, disturbed the people, and disrupted the rule of the state and local officials, and then the new policy was like the snow falling in March in the spring of spring, melting and collapsing one after another. This person is Wang Gongchen's person, and he can't be trusted. …,

Zhang Fangping said unhappily: "Wu Yu, whether Bao Zheng has lost his flexibility, he has negotiated with the Western Xia envoys several times, but you have seen it with your own eyes and made any evaluations, and it is inevitable that it will be lost." ”

Make no mistake, everything is a soldier.

Both of them were mistaken, Bao Zheng was indeed Fangzheng, although Wang Gongchen proposed it, but he did not attach himself to Wang Gongchen, although he had been Zhang Fangping's subordinate, Zhang Fangping made a mistake and was impeached. The two were half right.

Song Zhen said: "Either send Ye Qingchen to the Khitan." ”

"It's not proper," Wu Yu and Zhang Fangping said in unison. Without him, Ye Qingchen had been a third envoy, and his official position was too high, so it was not appropriate to be an envoy. A Zheng Lang went to go, it was already humiliated, and he was forced to be helpless, now he didn't need to befriend the Khitans, how could he let Ye Qingchen go to the Khitan as an envoy.

Four people and four candidates, Zhao Zhen's head hurts.

Although this situation is what he needs, he will no longer hug up and down as before, he, the emperor, sometimes becomes like a child, Fan Zhongyan points to the east, and he does not dare to go to the west. However, when it comes to making decisions, it is difficult.

And the four candidates made Zhao Zhen not very reassured, it was not appropriate for Ye Qingchen to go, and our Song Dynasty could not be lower to this level. Let's see if Liu Liufu was promoted, did the Khitan send him to the Song Dynasty? Bao Zheng's movements are unknown, Zhao Zhen is also afraid that Wang Gongchen will instruct Bao Zheng to wear small shoes for Zheng Lang, Cai Xiang Zhao Zhen himself is unwilling, as for Liang Shi, as an official, he can, but it is related to Zheng Lang's safety, he has doubts about the relationship between Liang Shi and Jia Changchao, and he is even more afraid of wearing small shoes for Zheng Lang. After thinking about it, I thought of one person, but no one brought it up, so I couldn't bear to say it.

Let them quarrel, and let it disperse in the court, otherwise it will be easy to hold together, which is not conducive to the Zhao family ruling the world.

Listening to the argument of several people, Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "The edict will reduce the annual amount of Yanjing in Shaozhou by one million, and listen to the reduction of silver, silk and silk." ”

This is the measure to reduce the pressure of the people.

The salt courses of the four roads in the Sichuan Gorge are all relied on by the county officials, but they can be mined for many years, and the salt production of many wells has decreased, but the responsibility for taxation is still the same, and the officials who are greedy for political achievements often take the increase of taxes as their work and harm the people. The imperial court thought it was harmful to the people, and issued edicts to revoke and reduce it many times, which was kind. But through this, we can see one of the reasons for the failure of Wang Anshi's reform.

There are policies and countermeasures (suddenly I thought of today's housing reform, haha).

Some officials are for political achievements, although this intention is biased, but it is not bad, at least there is Wang Anshi, a big bull. However, some officials want to enrich their own pockets, and if they collect less taxes, there will be fewer opportunities for corruption. So don't listen. The imperial court came up with another way, and it was not a way to subtract. Just like the later housing prices were expensive, the important reason was that local officials wanted to sell land to make money, and if the land was bought, could the housing prices still rise? Land price reductions are impossible. We have no choice but to increase the regulation of housing tax to prevent the interests of local governments from being damaged. In fact, if the housing tax is levied, the price of housing will not fall, unless it will completely blow up a bubble. The same was true of this reform in the Song Dynasty. Originally, in order to facilitate the people, the salt class listened to five cents of silver, silk, and silk instead of tillery, and one pound of salt was used as 20 to 30 dollars. One tael of silver, one horse of silk, nine hundred to one thousand two hundred, those with salt were given a slightly higher price, and those without salt were replaced by other materials.

But some salt wells are gradually drying up, and the price of silver is not right, and the price of silver in the capital is almost 2,000 yuan a tael, and if it is not for the safety prison, it will rise. Is anyone willing to pay a thousand dollars now? Later, in order to facilitate the people, the edict was folded with gold silk. It's okay not to pay salt, but to pay gold silk to facilitate the people.

The same principle as housing reform, cover your ears and steal the bell.

As a result, there was a shortage of silver, which rose to 3,000, which was 1,000 more expensive than the capital, and the silver rose and other things also rose. In most places in the entire Song Dynasty, the price of silk has always been more, and the price of good silk is only a little more than two times, and even the salt has risen to 40 wen per catty. If the salt production is large, it is okay. The main salt production is shrinking, and even the salt farmers are not profitable. Because of the suffering of the people. …,

This edict was given to the people of Xiaozhou.

The intentions are quite good, but the perennial re-class can form a chain of interests, as Zheng Lang said that the value of business is inflated, and the goods that are traded are not only the money that is made by generating the same money. The tax levied in a chain will produce many benign interactions, which may be linked to the commercial value of two or five dollars. The same is true for shrinkage caused by reduction. As a result, after the implementation of the results, the people relieved part of the pressure, and the imperial court reduced the income of 1,000 yuan, and as a result, the county officials in its prefecture lost more than 20,000 yuan.

Zhao Zhen was furious and sent someone down to investigate, but it was a confused account. Then Zhao Zhen snorted angrily in the palace.

It's just a small problem, and you can imagine how difficult it is to govern a country. Therefore, Zheng Lang repeatedly said that Fan Zhongyan was frivolous, and it was that easy, so send a few moral gentlemen to go down to investigate, and the world will be ruled greatly.

At present, Zhao Zhen does not know that many convenient policies have been introduced, some of which have been implemented relatively well, and some of which have caused greater trouble and made Zhao Zhen feel very sad.

But Zhao Zhen does have good intentions.

These years have also been Zhao Zhen's golden time, with the nourishment of Zhang Guifei's love, full of energy, superb political skills, and the court is very calm under his rule. Even if Zheng Lang did not appear, despite the continuous disasters, it also created the golden age of the Song Dynasty.

A few days later, Jia Chang played and said: "Your Majesty, the minister went to the post house and had an interview with Zhang Hai, Zhang Hai said that Zheng Lang's intention was to refuse to participate in the Khitan tribute, but he was helpless in the Khitan, and it was inconvenient to offend the good intentions of the lord of the Northern Dynasty. I hope Your Majesty will see it. In addition, there are many rumors unfavorable to Zheng Lang in the market, I am afraid that the Khitan sent people to spread rumors, persecuting Zheng Lang and not returning, please also ask Your Majesty to send someone to inquire where this rumor originated and return Zheng Lang's innocence. ”

Jia Changchao entered this admonition, which surprised Zhao Zhen.

He was clear about the contradiction between Jia Changchao and Zheng Lang, but before Zheng Lang came back, and before the traces of the gentleman's friends were cleaned, he had to use Jia Changchao. Moreover, Jia Changchao can be regarded as most of his cronies. There is a negative side to Zheng Lang, and there is no doubt about his loyalty.

All the situation, he is carefully controlled.

didn't expect Jia Changchao to actually explain it to Zheng Lang.

Slurred, he spat out a word: "Ugh." ”

Didn't say anything more.

Zhang Fangping and Wu Yu were also puzzled. I was thinking in my heart, without your participation, it would be strange that the rumors spread so quickly and so big.

Now there are all kinds of rumors everywhere, where can I find out?

After a few days, Wu Yu didn't think about it, he also thought that it was best for Zheng Lang not to preside over the imperial examination, and as an envoy, it was best to learn from Su Wu and not bend. Zhang Fangping has woken up, no, Jia Changchao has very bad intentions, he wants to use the hands of the Khitans to persecute Zheng Lang. If Zheng Lang could refuse, he would have refused as early as the Khitan, so why bother asking the imperial court?

So he came to the post house and asked Zhang Hai, Zhang Hai was ordered by Cui Xian at this time, he was already sober, and told him what happened.

Zhang Fangping played a play.

Recently, I heard that Shaanxi is dry in summer, and the two wheat (wheat) are not harvested, and although there is a place for rain nearby, Akita may not be expected. The people have been in hardship and have been displaced. This situation exists, but it is not very serious, and it will be bitter next year. Although this year, some displaced people were born, because of last year's bumper harvest and the three white canals, which did not cause much harm, then in the form of labor relief, officials from all over Shaanxi solved the problem on the spot. This is not the point of Zhang Fangping's words, the following is what he wants to say.

Although the border police are peaceful, the soldiers are acceptable, but because of the famine, the facts are worrying. The grain storage committee is the most urgent. All localities must hurry up the preparation of grain, and they must not be sloppy. It's also good advice. The imperial court Huairou Xia Kou, originally a truce to rest the people, if its service fee is not reduced, it will see that material resources are in dire straits. It is also seen that the states have reported earthquakes, because there are more signs of cloudiness. The Yin One, the Wife Road, the Minister Road, the People Road, the Yidi Road. At this time, there is no fault in the harem, and the outer court has no power, so it should be guarded against. Overall it is still good, although Zhang Guifei in the harem is favored, but not excessive. Except for Jia Changchao, the ministers of the court did not harm the world like the Junzi Party. But we must also guard against arrogance and rashness. The people are safe inside, and the people are prepared outside. However, the fortress on the territory is weak, and if the Kou soldiers come, they will definitely not be able to fight. If it is kept, it will be used by the natives themselves. It's also a good advice, and Zheng Lang has the same heart. Fan Zhongyan tried his best to build a fortress, building more and more, which seemed to be good, and in the end, so many troops were stationed. No matter how strong the fortress is, it is still easy to be breached without troops to guard it. If the enemy does not attack the enemy, what will he do with so many soldiers on the border? The difference between transporting grain from Jiangnan to Guanzhong and transporting it to the border is at least two or three times the loss and cost. Therefore, Zhang Fangping came up with a plan, generally the Western Xia invasion was harvested after the autumn, and there was no need for agricultural production, so the invasion was made. In the spring and summer season, the Rong people do not have a big move, but after March, the Rong people are busy with farming, and the soldiers are drawn to the interior to eat, so as to save money. By the end of the month, the border will be restored, and a lot of money will be saved. …,

Although the method is good, it is too optimistic, and for Li Yuanhao, anything can happen. The soldiers stationed still need to keep a part, but they can transfer a part of it, and it is enough to have a defensive role, and it is definitely not possible to hand it all over to the native soldiers.

After saying this, he said that Jia Changchao said that he tempted Zhang Hai, and Zheng Lang would not easily refuse the tribute. He also said that the various benefits of Zheng Lang's tribute did not anger the Khitan too much, after all, the Khitan attached great importance to Zheng Lang, and if he could not be killed, could it be that the imperial court would invade the Northern Dynasty for Zheng Lang? It's simply not possible. The second is that the Khitan attaches great importance to martial arts, because it is a soldier and a brave general, if it attaches importance to literature, what is there to fear. The third is that most of the people in the southern Khitan are Han Chinese, who advocate Confucianism and promote national education, which is conducive to the return of the people in the southern Khitan border.

With these three benefits, why can't you agree?

And the imperial court had previously sent two groups of scribes, and the court preached education, but the Khitan control was quite tight, and the credit was not great. This is the best time, why not take the opportunity to promote Confucianism and make the Khitan more cowardly. Jia Changchao's intentions are treacherous.

It was originally aimed at Jia Changchao, but when Wu Yu heard it, he said angrily: "Zhang Fangping is fallacious, Confucianism is the way to enrich the country and strengthen the people, Zheng Lang got all kinds of things from Confucianism, when did Confucianism become a cowardly way?" Could it be that the imperial court wants to restore the system of the five dynasties? ”

Zhang Fangping was also furious and asked: "There is no difference between Confucianism in my dynasty and Confucianism in Khitan?" Since the Han Dynasty, our dynasty has used Confucianism to govern the country, and it is accustomed to it, and it is also a culture of cultivation, so Confucianism is beneficial to our dynasty. However, the Khitan are nomadic people, and although their land is wide, it is sparsely populated. Once you put down the horsewhip and study the Confucian righteousness like me, what is there to fear? Why is black and white reversed? Sure enough, it's a gentleman! ”

In fact, Wu Yu has absolutely no ill will towards Zheng Lang, but he is very serious about Confucianism. Zhang Fangping had no malice, but he hated the gentleman's reversal of black and white, so he belittled Wu Yu. Besides, you can't hurt Zheng Lang and his party, if you don't get it right, it's really life-threatening. His personality is not intense, because of the lack of communication, which caused this conflict.

Jia Changchao originally wanted to fight back, but when he saw Zhang Fangping and Wu Yu fighting, he retracted decisively. Yes, it has nothing to do with me, it's still a show.

Lu Gongzhu brought the news back, and Cui Xian rubbed her head. The delicate eyebrows are also twisted together, what a headache. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )