But Zhao Zhen asked, and Zheng Lang replied: "If you talk about the talent of the prime minister, Shen Guogong is second to none." After Shen Guogong left, there was no one in the empire who could compare with him. As for the current court, several ministers can be public, but none of them are first-class prime ministers, and only one person can be slightly inferior. ”

"Who?"

"Pang Ji." Zheng Lang didn't even want to answer. It's not Wen Yanbo, it's not Xia Zhu, it's not Ding Du and Da Song, this is not the prime minister, but the prime minister, even if Wen Yanbo has not done a good job as prime minister from beginning to end.

"Pang nationality?" Zhao Zhen glanced at Zheng Lang, suddenly smiled, and then shook his head.

Zheng Lang and Pang Ji have no contacts, and there are many disagreements in political opinions, especially in military concepts, which makes Zhao Zhen think of the story of Lu Yijian's recommendation of Fan Zhongyan. This is the magnanimity, change the position, beat Fan Zhongyan to death, and will not recommend Lu Yijian.

may use Pang as the prime minister, it is better to let Zheng Lang be the prime minister.

Called a eunuch and whispered a few words, the eunuch went down, and found an article on the bookshelf for a while, Zhao Zhen said: "Zheng Qing, take a look." ”

Zheng Lang opened it and saw that it was Fan Zhongyan's "The Story of Yueyang Tower", which was written last autumn, and he didn't need to read it, this article was memorized backwards when he was in junior high school. But why did Zhao Zhen let himself watch it?

At this time, Zhao Zhen could not be regarded as Zhao Zhen more than ten years ago, he was very scheming, far better than the little emperor of Khitan. His every move had a deep meaning, Zheng Lang contemplated deeply, and a large number of personnel transfers in history were displayed in front of him. Zheng Lang thought about it and suddenly realized.

Zhao Zhen was not disgusted with Fan Zhongyan. Even if it's depreciating. None of the states in which it is located are bad state capitals. But for this party, Zhao Zhen can't rest assured. Fan Zhongyan said, I am for the sake of your Zhao family, even if you are the emperor, you have to stand aside, but Fan Zhongyan ignored an important thing, the emperor has stepped aside, where is the location of the Zhao family? The greater Fan Zhongyan's fame, the more people he vassals, and the more people his ideas influence. Therefore, it was not until Fan Zhong drowned that Fu Bi, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu were successively activated for Zhao Zhen. As a ruler, you will definitely be afraid. On the contrary, Lu Yijian's real power surpassed that of Fan Zhongyan. Zhao Zhen was not so jealous, because Lu Yijian did not push Zhao Zhen to the side, and the country let me come.

Looking at the story of Yueyang Tower again, the two articles before and after Qingli are the most famous, one is the theory of friends, and the other is the story of Yueyang Tower.

The starting point is different, Ouyang Xiu's starting point is very large, it is a friend theory written to maintain the Qingli New Deal, Fan Zhongyan is the opposite, the starting point is very small. Just to make Teng Zongliang not frame Jia Changchao, I wrote this article to show Teng Zongliang's credit.

But the mind and the idea are different, and the consequences are different. The story of Yueyang Lou has encouraged generations of famous ministers to serve the country and the people. To put it a little bigger, the theory of partisanship has aggravated the trend of infighting among the Chinese nation. Infighting, as big as the country, as small as the unit village, infighting is reasonable. Song Dynasty Fight, Ming Dynasty Fight......

Zheng Lang finished reading it and put it down. said: "Your Majesty, in terms of ambition and virtue alone, there is no one in the world who can match. ”

"Does he have the talent of a prime minister?"

"No, it's too clean, prime minister. Learn to be juggling and flexible. Intelligent, bowed, pragmatic, a good prime minister, if you want to take into account morality, most of you can't, so Zhongyan is not suitable for prime minister. ”

Zhao Zhenwan smiled and said: "It's not right, it may not be impossible to take into account morality, there was Song Jing in ancient times, and there were Mengzheng, Duan, Dan and others in the past, although Zhongyan is good, but thinking too far, unrealistic, pragmatic can't, flexible can't, can't take into account ...... He is also a good courtier. ”

Zheng Lang also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, when you came, the minister wrote benevolence and righteousness on the boat, if Your Majesty is interested, the minister will send someone to bring it and let Your Majesty see it." ”

"Okay."

Zhao Zhen sent someone to the post house to take the benevolent righteousness, sat and waited, bored, and talked to Zheng Lang about the Khitan. Zheng Lang was supposed to go through. Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Zheng Qing, with your intentions, that King Liang will not be Mingjun in the future?" ”…,

"He wants to be a Ming king, difficult, likes hunting, and is good at Confucianism, far better than his father. Not only the King of Liang, but also many Khitan nobles have forgotten their ancestors' career as a horse under the invasion of our dynasty's culture. Without martial arts, although the Khitan has a population of nearly 10 million, the people who can really govern it will not exceed six or seven million, of which the Han people account for more than half, and the country is far more dangerous than our dynasty. ”

"It's a pity that these Han people can't be used by our court."

"No, Your Majesty, but our dynasty is still not rich and strong enough, if the people live richer and the country is stronger, like a magnet, it will be absorbed by our dynasty. However, now the people can't maintain food and clothing, their martial arts are weak, they are subject to the northern captives, and they are subject to the western invaders, and the barbarians in the south are at large, and the imperial court can't control them, so how can they have the power to adsorb. ”

After chatting for a while, the eunuch took the benevolence and righteousness.

Zhao Zhen flipped through it.

It's not very long, ten articles, 60,000 or 70,000 words, half of which are reasonable, and half of which are historical materials as examples. But after reading it, Zhao Zhen frowned and thought hard, a little around, and Zhao Zhen also went around. I flipped through it again, and finally smiled and said, "Good book, I will send it to Taixue tomorrow and publish it in the newspaper." ”

"The minister obeys."

After a long delay, he left the palace.

Before coming out, Zhao Niannu waved his hand to Zheng Lang, Zheng Lang didn't know, and also waved his hand.

Handover, go home.

Many people came to the family, and the Fan family happily sent someone to move their daughter's luggage and let her enter the Zheng family. After hearing this, some officials immediately came to give gifts, the wind is not in the right direction, whether Zheng Lang is the prime minister or not, he will also be a minister of power, and he has to build a good relationship. However, they were politely rejected by Cui Xian one by one.

can't accept it, the emperor has so far been angry about his friends, and the grass and trees are all soldiers, if the husband wantonly befriends the ministers, sooner or later the emperor will be disgusted.

There is another person, Cui Xian did not refuse, Zhang Fangping.

Zheng Lang is very cautious about this person.

Fan Zhongyan's reform, with good people, the country will be governed, Zhao Zhen said that it is unrealistic and not wronged. If you want to do something, you have at least some ideas, some goals, including the economy. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, there were only two people who had clear ideological theories, one was the deceased Li Jing, who absorbed some ideas from books such as Zhou Li and Guan Zi, and advocated that the state should intervene in industry and commerce with the art of importance. This is intervention. Not control. Oppose monopoly, use the state apparatus to participate in financial management, so that private businessmen cannot monopolize, and the state is also not allowed to monopolize, including salt tea and other monopolies related to people's livelihood. This is a more progressive idea, albeit hazy.

Then it was to Zhang Fangping.

Li Jing's thought had a great influence on him, and he accepted some references from Liu Yan's financial management in the Tang Dynasty, and further carried forward the art of importance, believing that the state is a business organization, and managing money for the country is not what Confucianism says about competing with the people for profit. But his thinking still advocates a state-owned economy. It is not the private economy, but the national economy has been lacking long-term planning, which has led to all kinds of bad phenomena. He didn't say anything redundant, this is too troublesome. Zheng Lang said that he fused the knowledge of the people before and after, but did not find a way to completely solve it. Zhang Fangping only said that there are three beetles, one is annexation, and merger is a little better, and it cannot turn the country's 700 million mu of land into 200 million mu, shrinking by one-third, which is also the main reason why Zhang Fangping opposes the private economy. The second is to swim into the Buddha's way, and the temple occupies too much land, and the tail is too big. It also became a major scourge of the Song Dynasty. The third is the beetle of soldiers and horses, raising so many soldiers, it is too hard. There are three ways to solve the problem: the government takes the initiative to participate, buy grain when the grain is practiced, produce grain when the grain is expensive, suppress the haoqiang hoarding, or use other means to make the haoqiang have no great profit and do not endanger the country and the people. The government should practice the system wisely. Go to their greedy hearts, especially the two families of Buddhism, empty people, what are you greedy for? Increase the militia that integrates soldiers and peasants, and eliminate redundant soldiers. Carry out tuntian.

His thinking was expanded and used by Wang Anshi, and Zhang Fangping took a look. Boy, no, I didn't mean that, you went too far, I objected. …,

It cannot be said that Wang Anshi is wrong, and Zhang Fangping is not completely right, these three are not the best way to solve them.

But he seriously thought about it, and formed an ideological concept, and this alone is far better than others. and his gentle style, which Zheng Lang valued.

Cui Xian knows some of her husband's thoughts and often participates in them.

Therefore, all the guests who came to visit were all refused, leaving only Zhang Fangping.

Seeing Zheng Lang, Zhang Fangping stood up and said, "Xingzhi, I'm so worried about going for so long. ”

"Thank you, Brother Antao." Zheng Lang said.

For this trip to Khitan, although Zheng Lang came back safely, he has always regretted it a little in his heart, and he did it too lightly.

Zheng Lang said again, "Please take a seat." ”

Zhang Fangping looked at Zheng Lang with his eyes, he was worried about one thing in his heart, he and Wu Yu were fighting back and forth, and after some people in the capital heard about it, they had some bad rumors, saying that he was a vassal of Jia Changchao. Some people even said that he was ungrateful, obviously Zheng Lang brought it up, Zheng Lang was just detained for a short time for the Khitan, and Zhang Fangping immediately defected, not a gentleman.

Worried that there are a few worries, if you talk about Kong Zongdan, Shang Tong, Xu Cheng, Li Sidao and others, Zheng Lang doesn't know the details, don't know too much about Zhang Fangping. Jiang Xing'er made tea for Zheng Lang and Zhang Fangping with a smile, and the smile on her face bloomed, and she never stopped.

Cui Xian pulled her down, don't be in a hurry to roar, there are still guests here, you have to be affectionate, and after the guests leave, slowly make out.

Zheng Lang looked at the movements of the second daughter, a little funny, but a warmth swayed in his heart. However, he also had to consider the occasion and said to Zhang Fangping: "Brother An Dao, you came just in time, let me ask you about some warehousing." ”

Zhang Fangping spread his hands and said, "The three envoys can't be the masters of the whole thing. ”

"I know, but I need some specifics."

The two talked for a long time, and Zhang Fangping said: "Xingzhi, now Your Majesty, which person will be chosen as the prime minister?" ”

It is not necessarily Chen Zhizhong, although it is very likely, but the situation is complicated, and Chen Zhizhong may not be able to pick up this burden.

Zheng Lang said: "Brother An Dao, I recommend one to Your Majesty. ”

"Who?" In fact, it is not appropriate to ask, but Zhang Fangping can't control the curiosity in his heart.

"Pang Alcohol."

"Him?"

"It's him."

"Your Majesty probably doesn't need to appoint."

Not a majority, but definitely not appointed. But what does it have to do with Zheng Lang? This stall is too bad, and a super swollen leadership team has been created, what are you doing squeezing into it? The prime minister is good, but whoever squeezes in will end up in disgrace.

Look at Chen Zhizhong, later that Yanchen scolded fiercely, and he didn't want to have that end.

"Xingzhi, why did you refuse?"

"Brother Antao, people are important in making progress, but they are also valuable in knowing how to advance and retreat. In fact, as a courtier, when it comes to you and me, it is already the peak, what more can you ask for? The higher you go, the more careful you have to be. I am, and so do you. Zheng Lang said. The prime minister will be the prime minister sooner or later, and Zhang Fangping is the most important piece of the puzzle on his future territory.

After a long time, Zhang Fangping left happily. Zheng Lang didn't have any opinions or opinions on him, and the relationship between the two was still like before, and a stone fell to the ground.

It was getting dark.

The Zheng family smiled, and Cui Xian finally pulled out a girl who was shy.

didn't dare to be high-profile, so the wedding was omitted, and the Fan family didn't dare to care, this delay dragged on for a long time, and Fan Ru quickly lost patience. As long as you can enter the Zheng family, you don't care what etiquette it is. Cui Xian whispered: "Official, let Little Lady Fan accompany you tonight." ”

As he spoke, he closed the door.

The bright red candle caused a faint glow to rise in the room.

Fan Yue'er sat timidly on the embroidery bed, stroking the red embroidered skirt with her hands restlessly. …,

After coming to this era for a long time, the shame in Zheng Lang's heart gradually disappeared, but there was still one, looking at this pretty girl, and said, "Yue'er." ”

"Hmm."

"It's too late to regret it now."

"The concubine has no regrets."

Zheng Lang hesitated for a while, came to her side, and untied the skirt for her.

Fan Yue'er trembled nervously, and finally said, "The concubine will come by herself." ”

The beauty is wide-dressed, Zheng Lang is also a man, watching Fan Yue'er take off the outer skirt, only a profane dress is left, but the delicate curves are clear, as if they are not exposed, and it is even more tempting, Zheng Lang's blood is full of blood, and he quickly took off the clothes. Fan Yue'er's eyes glanced at the murder weapon, and her face was as red as an apple again. His hands were trembling, and he couldn't untie his underwear.

Zheng Lang walked over and helped her peel off the last of her dirty clothes, and her proud chest immediately jumped out. Knowing that it was her first time, Zheng Lang was not in a hurry, and gently stroked Fan Yue'er's skin with his hand, sniffing the fragrance, and said, "Yue'er, it's so fragrant." ”

"The concubine has been incensed." Fan Yue'er was very nervous, hugged Zheng Lang tightly with her hands, her body trembled, and her voice trembled: "Does it smell good?" ”

"Good smell," Zheng Lang's hand swiped down.

"Where's the dirty...... Itchy ......"

Zheng Lang whispered, "I'm here." ”

"Hmm."

Suddenly, Zheng Lang snickered, it turned out that this little girl was soaked.

"Zheng Xianggong, what are you laughing at, it hurts."

Moistened by rain and dew overnight, Zheng Lang got up refreshed the next day, which also meant that there was one more person in the Zheng family. But the capital is concerned about one thing. Zhao Zhenran did not give an order to let Zheng Lang give him a position, which caused many speculations. At this moment, the imperial court suddenly received a letter from Jia Changchao, impeaching Zheng Lang on the bank of the Juma River, saying goodbye to the Khitan prince, and humiliating the country.

When it came to the Chinese book, the big guys thought it was ridiculous, and now Zheng Lang has gone through all kinds of dangers and fled back to the Song Dynasty, which can be said to be a collection of all kinds of favors, why did Jia Changchao sail against the current and make such a move? Zheng Lang was not conferred, and when he got the news, he was puzzled at first, and finally said to Cui Xian: "Jia Changchao's move is high." ”

Cui Xian pursed her lips and said, "Officials, the Khitan should not be underestimated, and the people in the court should not be underestimated either. ”

But Zheng Lang still did not look down on Jia Changchao, although this impeachment seems stupid, but it is actually very clever. If he covets the prime minister, Jia Changchao will succeed, Guan Jian himself is not greedy for the prime minister, Jia Changchao's move is like a clown jumping off the beam.

At the beginning of the court, Zheng Lang also went to the morning court, but when he came to the waiting hospital, he made a difficulty, and after a while, he went to work in the morning, where did he stand? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )