But it's a good thing for Zheng Lang.

It was precisely because Zhao Zhen was forced to feel that the knife was on his neck that he could agree to a nationwide reduction. While holding a small court meeting in the capital, the edict does not stop.

The first edict was the reduction of troops, not all the way from Shaanxi, but the nationwide reduction of troops, from Shaanxi to Hedong, Hebei, Gyeonggi Road, to Liangzhun, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, all the way to Lizhou, Kuizhou and Lingnan. This is in a hurry, and it is indeed necessary to take it slowly, all the way to the cut, otherwise there will be a big leak in the cut. However, after the edict, the legal principles are clear, and there is still more than half a year before the collapse of the Qingli New Deal, which is enough to complete this disarmament activity.

The second edict was to severely punish cowardly officials in various localities, and those who were cowardly should be immediately demoted, and those who entertained thieves in order to be resigned should be demoted from all the thieves' crimes, and they should not be hired for life, as punishment.

The third edict was then issued, and the officials of the state governments urgently gathered the displaced people, not to let the officials lead them to rebel, but to take them to work for relief in various water conservancy, city defense, and roads, and clearly stipulated that each person would be given six liters of rice, two liters of wheat and two liters of millet a day, or cotton clothes of the same price, and the salary was slightly lower than that of the usual Song Dynasty, but keeping a healthy labor force for the family could barely ensure that the family maintained a half-satiety and half-warmth. In order to prevent some female households from starving, it was also stipulated that female households should be paid the salary of an adult male labourer.

The fourth edict urged Xu Yuan to speed up the transfer of grain from Jiangnan, just as the middle rice in Jiangnan began to be harvested, so as to solve the urgent need for grain shortage in the north.

The fifth edict urged Shaanxi to send the victims over and provide relief for workers to assist the imperial court in transporting grain to Shaanxi.

The sixth edict was put forward by Zheng Lang, and the edict ordered the soldiers and peasants in the rebel army to immediately return to their homes to be good citizens, and not to be prosecuted in the past, otherwise they would be executed for the crime of treason in the future.

In the seventh edict, Di Qing led a thousand soldiers from Jingyuan to return to the capital in order to suppress all parts of the country

The eighth edict made Han Qi ready, and at the same time as reducing troops, preparing borders, and providing disaster relief, he cooperated with Shaanxi to suppress the expanding rebel army.

The ninth edict was issued in various places, and those who caught Zhang Hai and his wife were rewarded with a thousand yuan, and those who provided information were rewarded with a hundred yuan.

Twelve edicts were issued in one go.

Zhang Hai's sudden entry into Beijing put everyone in danger in the two prefectures, and in an unprecedentedly tense atmosphere, this time the speed of the city was unprecedented, and all 15 edicts were issued before noon. Zhang Hai stabbed Da Pi in trouble, this is the Song Dynasty, not the Tang Dynasty, assassins are rampant, especially when the feudal towns are divided, and the central government is weak, the prime minister is not wrong. But the two of them didn't know that when they saw the edict, the woman said angrily: "I fell for this dog official." ”

said that he was going to go back again, but was dragged by Zhang Hai.

You can go to Beijing to inquire about the news by surprise, but this time you enter Beijing, the capital is prepared, and if you go in again, there will be more than luck.

The woman stamped her foot in hatred, and said, "I'll say that this dog officer will lead his troops to kill us." ”

"Lady, after you go back, send someone to check the terrain of Bears Ears Mountain, and then prepare winter clothes, food and grass."

"Official, what you say is reasonable."

The couple rode their horses and quickly disappeared on the official road.

Zheng Lang went home on duty and smiled on the road, Zhao Zhen was really anxious, but everything has oppositeness, and Chinese philosophy should not be ridiculed, such as altruism, Mozi's thought in ancient times was altruism, materialist dialectic, and large passages of text can be found in Confucianism and Taoism. The Taoist transformation of profit and fortune, and the dependence of blessing and misfortune, are the two sides of things. Crisis, in turn, is life. It's not this that is laughing, but Yan Shu and other bigwigs, I guess I'm afraid to see Ouyang Xiu being so violent.

Ouyang Xiu not only attacks personal shortcomings, but every time he attacks, he has to buckle a big hat, making you lose - reputation - split! Don't be afraid of shortcomings, once you are ruined, that is the most terrible, like Li Shu, after letting Ouyang Xiu wear a big hat, even if he is used, is there still a chance to enter the two mansions? …,

This is even more Zheng Lang can't be anxious, Ouyang Xiu is really knowledgeable, he writes well, he is good at scriptures, poetry and songs, he is omnipotent, and he also writes good calligraphy, a great master in the literary world, worthy of it! But take out the notebook he wrote before and after the Qingli New Deal, distinguish it from his other articles, and read it alone, it will make people think of two people, Wang Hongwen and Zhang Chunqiao, or think of a word, hysteria!

Under such an attack, how could Yan Shu not be afraid.

After laughing, there was another sigh.

Some people say that Lu Yijian dismantled the Qingli New Deal, and I also believed that he could have several talks with Lu Yijian, so how could this happen? With the chaotic behavior of the gentlemen, do you still need Lu Yijian to come forward? If Lu Yijian is healthy and safe, with the behavior of the Gentleman Party, Lu Yijian can eat without even a bone left.

But what to do, I still have to stay up.

When I returned home, I was surprised to see all the old and young members of the Fan family sitting in the living room of his house, and some of them were standing there without chairs.

Seeing Zheng Lang coming back, Fan Laoweng stood up and said, "I've seen Zheng Xianggong." ”

"Weng Weng, be polite," Zheng Lang said embarrassedly, not very good to call, strictly speaking, you should be called Taishan, Yuezhang.

"Zheng Xianggong, we are wrong......"

"Hey, how did you find out?" Zheng Lang asked strangely, although he said what happened in the court, it should not have reached the people so quickly, even if there was an edict, it only said that Zhang Hai was arrested, and did not say anything else.

"Li Fuyin went to Fan Lou to interrogate him repeatedly, I didn't know they were thieves." Fan Laoweng said with a face like earth. If convicted of gangsterism, the Fan family will be finished.

"It turned out to be Li Shu······ Weng Weng, listen to me, don't worry, Li Fuyin will not have malicious intentions towards you, and others will not believe it, the imperial court needs Fan Lou. ”

In fact, there were countless guests from the Fan family last night, just for wine, how many businessmen did the Fan family have dealings with, and how many people came, Zheng Lang did not count, nor did he ask, but it is estimated that it will not be less than two thousand people, even if Zhang Hai came with a team, well-dressed and well-behaved, he could also pretend to be a businessman and mix into the wedding banquet. The key is that this is the most important, but it is the least important, what is black and white? Can't turn it upside down? Therefore, Zheng Lang said three things, and Li Shu was very worried at this time. Zheng Lang hated and pitied this person, and he was definitely a superior qualification among the officials of the Song Dynasty, not an official who ate dry food, but his character was indeed disgusting. At this time, Ouyang Xiu and other gentlemen were eyeing each other, and on this knife edge, Li Shu also had to worry about himself.

The Fan family and themselves still have family affairs, and there are several fathers-in-law who frame their sons-in-law, yes, but will they frame a son-in-law like Zheng Lang, it is unreasonable, and they are not afraid of people wearing hats. More than half of the profits of Fan Lou belong to the imperial court, which is also equal to the semi-official commercial restaurant, otherwise it is impossible to make the height of Fan Lou exceed the height of the inner palace building. The imperial court also needed Fan Lou to make a smooth transition during this time.

The master of Fan Lou thought for a while, and the worry on his face finally disappeared, and said, "Thank you Zheng Xianggong for reminding me." "No thanks, see outside, if Li Fuyin asks, you will report it from the truth. Besides, Zhang Hai's entry into Beijing this time was also accidental, most of the time he came to Beijing to inquire about the news, which happened to make Lang's newlywed happy, and the guests were full. It was only by chance that I met me, otherwise I would have been in danger last night. Zheng Lang's face was expressionless, and he couldn't help but shudder in his heart. These two people have a bad idea about themselves, otherwise they wouldn't have brought themselves to the painting boat, but fortunately they were calm and scared them away with an empty city plan, otherwise they might have had their heads cut off last night. …,

Careless, careless.

Pacify the Fan family and let them go back.

But Zheng Lang was also afraid, so he hired a few more guards, and wrote a letter to inform Zheng Jiazhuang, asking a few ladies to hire some villagers from the village to patrol, not afraid of spending money, just in case.

Zheng Lang is like this, and other bigwigs in the capital who are more afraid of death are fighting for a while, and the chickens and eggs in the capital are in chaos.

Bad news came, Cao Yuanjie and Zhang Hong took the forbidden army to catch thieves, and hurriedly went, not even choosing a candidate, the three lacked combat experience, and the command ability was not good, just went to Dengzhou, was beaten by the rebels, and fled, fortunately they escaped quickly, and they were not killed many officials

The rebel army is not Guo Miaoshan and Zhang Hai, there are other people, Dang Junzi, Fan San, Li Zong, etc., these five people are the largest of the five rebel armies, as well as a number of other small rebel armies, so several states and counties are all erosive. The terrible thing is that they gradually converge, and they opened their warehouses to release grain, so that some of the homeless and hungry people were deceived by it, and quickly joined in, and grew at a tremendous rate that multiplied every day. And he is familiar with the local terrain, Cao Yuanjie was flattened by the rebel army, and he didn't figure it out.

Seeing that the righteous army was strong, Wang Mao, the old and faint governor of Jinzhou, took the initiative to open the city gate and let the righteous army enter the city to rest for him to eat, drink and have fun, this person is over sixty years old, I don't know if he can still go to Lingnan? Let's talk about it later, it's important to save your life first. Shunyang County ordered Li Zheng to go even further, selected a drum band from the county seat, beat gongs and drums all the way, and warmly welcomed the rebels into the county seat.

When Zhao Zhen saw these twists and turns, he was so angry that he hummed in the palace.

It's not another emperor, Zhao Zhen is really fostered by officials, he would rather not eat well or dress well, and he can't let the officials be wronged, why are they just some bandits, and there are so many ugly dramas?

When he was worried, Di Qing came to the capital with a thousand cavalry.

Zhao Zhen was full of curiosity about this general, and specially sent him into the palace to see him, and he spoke for a long time, and he was very happy, and gave 500,000 yuan and 100 silk horses. The country is poor, and it has become very stingy to make a move, and Wang Zhi and others gave 200,000 yuan, which shows the importance of Di Qing.

Zhao Zhen also issued an edict to let Han Qi lead troops to suppress the Shaanxi bandits, and Zheng Lang to suppress the Jingxi bandits. Thinking of this edict, Zhao Zhen lost his mind again, there are so many ministers of the country, you can't let Zheng Lang come forward for everything, what has become of this? It is better to give the salaries of these ministers to Zheng Lang alone, so as to save so many wine bags and rice bags.

Zheng Lang didn't have any other ideas, he listened to the order, and liked it very much in his heart.

It was this embarrassing situation that made Zhao Zhen ruthless, which led to the origin of the Qingli New Deal.

If you don't leave, you will immediately fall into this troubled water, saying that Fan Zhongyan's ten are not good? Wait for death. said that he was good, and someone would settle accounts after the autumn. Immediately after receiving the order, the soldiers and horses were selected from the capital, and the Shaanxi departments began to rotate, and the capital also changed back to the nine battalions of the army, of which four battalions were from Jingyuan Road, two battalions of horse army, seven battalions of soldiers, Zheng Lang brought out together, but the nine battalions were all dissatisfied, one was the result of the reduction, and the other was the attrition caused by the sacrifice, and the nine battalions were only more than 2,600 people. So selected ten battalions of horse army from the capital, the capital has not yet been disarmed, Zheng Lang in order to increase combat effectiveness, the first reduction, the old, weak, sick and disabled one by one, and a wave of combat training, tested the bow and horse combat skills, the second wave of elimination, the establishment of the ten battalions is more than 2,900 people, the actual number is only more than 2,600 people, but after the elimination of only 1,800 people remained.

The result to be reported, Zhao Zhen was speechless for a long time, only one elimination exposed three problems, first of all, there was a vacancy of three hundred people, followed by less than seventy percent of the soldiers who could barely be used, and finally ten battalions, how many grassroots generals were obtained, but according to the full strength of the real combat, only four and a half battalions could be established, and five battalions were insufficient, Zheng Lang chose a better horse army, and the bad situation would be worse. …,

This is real data, how can it not be shocking.

After most of the day, he said softly: "Accurate." ”

Zheng Lang summoned two battalions of the Border Army again, without any carelessness, not like going to suppress Wang Lun, only led more than 200 people, this time led 5,800 soldiers, cavalry reached 3,600 people, infantry accounted for only 2,200 people, compared to the history of Fan Yong's tens of thousands of troops to suppress the suppression, the number is still not much, but these 5,800 soldiers can be said to be the strongest army in the capital.

Before leaving, Zhao Zhen summoned Zheng Lang into the palace and said, "Zheng Qing, you have worked hard. ”

"Your Majesty, as the prime minister of the country, the country has something to do, and the prime minister is also derelict in his duties, so why work hard."

"It's none of your business, it's because I didn't do a good job...... I think... Zhao Zhen said hesitantly.

"It's okay, the minister will report calmly to His Majesty when he comes back," Zheng Lang cleverly interrupted him: "The military is critical, and there is no time to take care of it." ”

Can't let Zhao Zhen say it.

Then he led the army west, but when he came to Kunshan, Zheng Lang did a strange thing, stationed the army, and then trained the soldiers to start climbing the mountain. The climb of mountains also allowed the soldiers to learn to use hooks and ropes to climb cliffs.

When the bigwigs in the capital heard that they looked at each other from behind, the battle ahead was critical, and they didn't immediately go to quell the rebellion, how did they think of climbing the mountain? But they didn't understand military affairs, so they paid strange attention to Zheng Lang's actions one by one, and stared dryly.

The bigwigs in the capital were watching Zheng Lang's actions, and Zheng Lang was also paying attention to the current situation in the capital.

At the beginning of September, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the geese fly south, which is supposed to be a harvest season, but because of the drought and the outbreak of rebels everywhere, the north is full of mourning.

The most terrifying news came that a rebel army actually crossed the Yellow River from Shaanzhou and ransacked the grain protection team.

There was not much loss of grain, and the imperial court had just sent people to send grain to Guanzhong, and the scale was not large. However, the symbolic meaning is very strong, once the people who transport the grain panic, no one is willing to transport the grain to Guanzhong, the disaster in Guanzhong cannot be alleviated, and the people who participate in the rebellion are even more. Either send an army to escort it, then you have to waste a lot of financial resources.

Under the pressure of this bleak situation, a major event finally happened in the capital, and the new policy of Qingli slowly kicked off... 【Provided】