Putting down Sun Tzu's Art of War in his hand, Zheng Lang looked outside.

Hangzhou is located in the south, the weather is warm, spring comes early, only after the Lantern Festival, the cold wind will be gentle. The long east wind blows from the sea, like a girl's body, soft and slippery, with a fresh and intoxicating atmosphere. But Zheng Lang's eyes were a little worried.

Cui Xian asked with concern: "Official, what are you thinking?" ”

"I'm wondering, what would happen if I was asked to lead the troops into battle?"

"You lead the troops into battle?" Cui Xian looked at her husband and suddenly laughed.

"Laughing at what?"

"Will you lead the troops into battle?" Cui Xian laughed again, almost bending over with laughter.

"Why are you laughing?"

"You are good at learning, and you can march to war, do you understand?"

"I'm not looking at the Art of War?"

"Do you want to learn from Zhao Kuo? Official, you better be a good official, don't think nonsense. ”

"It's not that I think nonsense, it's that the imperial court will inevitably send me to the northwest in the future."

"Where's that?" Cui Xian stopped smiling and asked nervously.

"The northwest will fight for a long time, but the imperial court will appoint Wenchen as the head of the border states and officials, and transfer and command the army, do you think I can escape?" Not necessarily, but there is a chance that ** will go.

"You've never been to war...... Why didn't the imperial court send military generals? ”

"There are no generals in the imperial court, and Wenchen will be generals in the future." Zheng Lang sneered, it's not that there are no generals, there are many, but the last vestige of the generals has also been taken away by Wenchen.

"What kind of battle will the ministers fight?"

"The ministers will not fight, they will seize power, and they will consolidate the position of scholars."

"But you can't go." The husband writes a book, and it is okay to govern the people, but what is the matter with going to the battlefield? Cui Xian was worried, if it was really as her husband said, the court would inevitably transfer her husband to the front sooner or later.

"So I'm looking at the Art of War."

"Official, it's not like that, it doesn't work to watch, Han Xin and Huo Qubing never look at the art of war, but they are peerless generals. Zhao Kuo and Ma Jian also harmed the country when they saw it. ”

"You know a lot, but wouldn't it be worse if you don't read it, so I will show the Yang family and the Wang family brothers the war strategy."

"That's different, they're just defending the mineral deposits, not really dealing with the whole country."

"Can I not go? In other places, you can refuse to listen to the order, and if you can refuse the order in the northwest, some people will say that I am afraid of death. Zheng Lang sighed. It's not that you can't look at it, but if you really look at it, it will help, for example, Sun Tzu's Art of War is not only used in military affairs, but also has a reference role in practical life. But when it comes to the battlefield, it is the ability to command, the ability to train troops, the ability to grasp opportunities, and the ability to judge the battlefield. It's not a map, two armies on the map together, in fact, they may be separated by a mountain and a river, even if they are only separated by a low mountain and a small river, they can decide the life and death of tens of thousands of troops. If you make a mistake in the rule of the officials, you can make corrections, but if you make a mistake on the battlefield, you will inevitably lose miserably. Do you have the ability to blow the dead alive?

Even the result of Han Qi's battle, Zheng Lang couldn't accept it. How many famous generals, how many brave soldiers, and how much silk have been spent, and as a result, can you rest assured?

"Official, if you specialize in art, you can really go to the northwest and let a military general be your staff."

"No, the angle of standing is different, and the problems are considered differently."

Jiang Xing'er said: "The official should go to the book." ”

"On the book? In order to serve as a warning, I propose to kill Guo Quan, I don't know how many scholars I have offended, do I want to be the enemy of all scholars? ”

As he was talking, the porter reported: "Governor Zheng, the imperial court is here." ”

Zheng Lang came out, or Sun Quanbin gave him an order, Wang Zhaoming was already on the way, but Zhao Zhen first sent Sun Quanbin to give the order and let Zheng Lang prepare.

Sun Quanbin read out the decree.

After Zheng Lang listened, he suddenly said, "You said to Your Majesty that this holy decree is not acceptable. ”

"Why?"

"Let's talk about the straight bachelor first, and the minister can't accept it."

"It is forbidden to refuse by decree."

"The holy decree is said, but please go back and tell the minister, the minister can't accept it, there are two reasons, this is an overseas matter, very far away, although the miners explore the existence of mineral deposits, how many may not be known. What if it's just a superficial layer? This is the minister, the minister knows it in his heart, but His Majesty doesn't know it, he is listening to the minister, if someone else also makes a fuss about overseas affairs, deceitful, and the court is not easy to verify, aren't you afraid that Xu Fu's incident will also happen in my Song Dynasty? ”

"But really."

"It's true that this can't be an example, moreover, the position of the pavilion is a place where the country trains important ministers, and the previous three emperors chose the ministers of the pavilion, and they have to be retested. Even if he is a champion, he may not be able to enter the pavilion, so once he has this position, he will become a celebrity. You can start to relax from Your Majesty, such as a minister, although Your Majesty has granted the pavilion a part-time job, not a substantive position, but has there been an examination? The minister has already set a bad example, and it must not be opened again. Once opened, the ministers often recommend indiscriminately for the sake of personal favors, which will make the pavilion half of the disciples of the anointed Liang, and finally the talents of the officials are ashamed to compare with them, and they are not proud of it, but ashamed. If Your Majesty accepts the position of the minister's pavilion, and waits for the ministers to take the matter of Hangzhou, take the exam first, and then wait for the news of the mineral deposits, unless there are tens of millions of incomes, you will not be able to accept it. So as not to get away with it for future generations. ”

It's not the point of the problem, in fact, Zheng Lang wants to avoid grace, this matter will not take a few years, and there will be good news in a few months. A large number of miners, tools, gunpowder, and an army of arch guards will begin construction once they reach the Wa Kingdom.

Even if the court is not in a hurry, those big families will not be able to sleep well. This is the effect of the doping of private deed shares.

In a few months, a large amount of gold and silver will be sent back to the country.

But this merit is too big, I am young, I have little qualifications, and my eyes are red, don't think that a straight bachelor is an honor, and it will be even more uncomfortable for others to get it. This is the Zhao Zhen Dynasty, in other dynasties, this group of fierce people has already torn themselves up and eaten them.

I can't stand it.

Wang Zhaoming, this kid, has made meritorious contributions and made a recommendation, otherwise he will be awarded another founding candidate, and the consequences will be even more unimaginable.

But what is the true meaning of true rights? Many people don't understand, adding officials to knights, wrong! First, you must have a good political performance, this is capital, and second, you must have a group of people who think you are good, Zheng Lang does not want to take this road, but the political achievements have reached a certain point, others will drive themselves to suffer it, they will not suffer it, will they suffer from it? Third, the emperor wants to believe in you, believe that you are loyal to him, and you are a capable person, and the last one is the most important.

I know, Zheng Lang doesn't care very much at the moment, let me do it, I have the ability to do it, don't let me do it, even if I go home, I will be happy at home, play the piano, write, drink tea, and be at ease. Why do you have to be intrigued with others all day long?

It's probably hard to go home and spend a few days comfortably, but this straight bachelor resolutely can't accept it, and the more meritorious, the more unbearable it is.

As for the holy decree that it cannot be refused, it is not another will, I am not subject to official positions, and I refuse a thousand times and ten thousand times, and the Manchu Dynasty has no way to do it, but it is praised.

Sun Quanbin couldn't cry or laugh, and sure enough, it was difficult to add Zheng Lang's official.

"Acting cheaply, having the right to move the world's ships at will, is even more unbearable. What does it mean to act cheaply? An Lushan acts cheaply, Cao Ying acts cheaply, there are no rules, and there is no square circle, so he wants a system, knowing that sometimes the system has become a serious constraint, and the system cannot be broken, it is precisely because of a constraint. The decree that the minister needs to amend has been written, and the court can approve it, and it is absolutely impossible to use the four words of cheap action as the purpose. This is another bad example. The ships of the world are the ships of the state and the ships of private individuals, how can private ships be transferred at will, this case has been opened, and more officials will use it as an excuse in the future to prey on the common people. As for the other ships, they can only issue an edict to let the states cooperate, and they cannot be transferred at will, unless this supervisor becomes a direct supervisor of the imperial court, and now in Hangzhou, he cannot have this right, and His Majesty must distinguish the priority. Zheng Lang said in one breath, Zhao Zhen, you have the courage to give me this right, and you can do it three times.

"There are no rules, there is no circle, good sentences, good sentences, with these eight words, I must bring these words to Your Majesty as they are," Sun Quanbin sighed. I often hear His Majesty sigh that Zheng Jiazi is a capable minister and a good minister, and today I know the reason for His Majesty's sigh, and the Great Song Dynasty has also reached the moment of Zhongxing!

"Sun Neishi, time waits for no one, please ride back to Beijing immediately to report, the edict is clear, and I can deal with the following affairs."

"Whoa."

"Don't worry, take a sip of tea," Zheng Lang said as he looked at Sun Quanbin's sweat on his forehead.

Apricot making tea.

Sun Quanbin said again: "Your Majesty also asked me to bring a decree to Governor Zheng's mansion. ”

"Listen to the decree of God."

"Governor Zheng, you have been wronged, but the ministers are against it, and I am helpless. And the ancestral legal system, do not kill the scholars, treat the scholars and doctors faithfully for the country, I can't bear to kill the scholars, and the ancestral legal system is broken. Therefore, Guo Quanzhi Tingzhou and Li Wei Zhifuzhou were degraded. I also have mistakes, once Yuan Hao is revealed, I will issue an edict to blame myself for my negligence. ”

After Sun Quanbin finished announcing the holy decree, he whispered to Zheng Lang: "These two states are in Fujian Road and Kuizhou Road, both of which are Xiazhou. Your Majesty can only do this, the ministers of the court, Zhang Dexiang, Song Zhen and others are all interceding for Guo, Governor Zheng, let's stop here. ”

"Killing Guo Quan, it is the minister's advice, how to deal with it, and your majesty has to make an idea, how dare the minister persecute your majesty? That's not the way of a courtier," Zheng Lang sighed.

Although the punishment is better than in history, the deterrent effect is not enough to make that old master Fan afraid. But what should I do, Zhao Zhen admitted his mistake to himself, did he force Zhao Zhen to kneel to himself?

Forget it, get ready for war.

It's funny to think about it, Zhao Zhen, the emperor, should be ...... The harem made the minister a mess, and now he is in a dilemma, so the other side leads the minister, and this side appeases himself by admitting his mistakes. Sure enough, it's benevolent.

He also said: "Let me say to Your Majesty again, although the more the better, but the terrain of the South China Sea Islands is harsh, and there are many rainforests on these islands, which cover the sky, the shipping channels are unfamiliar, the language is not understood, and there are many poisonous snakes and mosquitoes, and the climate is hot and unbearable. In a hurry, we must first send someone to test a thing or two, adapt to the local climate, gradually become familiar with the waterway, and get used to dealing with the local indigenous people in the case of language barriers, and then go on a large scale to find minerals, not until next year. Some things are more urgent, but they can't be in a hurry. ”

"Okay, let's talk about one more thing, Han Qi wrote a letter to impeach you for coercing your majesty. You have to be careful, it was his advice that reversed several prime ministers. ”

"Is it Han Qi?"

"It's him."

"Good opportunity," Zheng Lang said.

Guo Quanquan is also a gentleman's party, and many friends, such as Kong Daofu, Jiang Tang, and Yang Kai, are all famous figures, and Han Qiming is impeached, but he is actually winning the hearts of the ministers of the gentleman's party. And he was speechless, and in fact he had a dislike of coercion.

But Han Qi didn't have a big holiday with him, he looked up at the northwest direction, and thought silently in his heart, Fan Zhongyan, your position as the leading brother is not guaranteed.

Fan Zhongyan's ambition is unparalleled in the world, but in terms of the ability to grasp the opportunity, a hundred Fan Zhongyan is not as good as Han Qi.

"What good chance?"

"Don't ask too much, otherwise you will offend Han Qi, and you will not be happy."

Sun Quanbin was silent.

Too fierce this person.

"Let me tell Your Majesty again, Han Qi is impeached correctly, the minister is more or less on the traces, you can let Han Qi draft a charter and let him see how to punish me, but I have to tell you all about the City Shipping Division, the Ping'an Prison and Hangzhou, and I can't let it go in the past three years, not for me, but for the country."

"This ......"

"Go ahead."

Seeing Sun Quanbin away, Jiang Xing'er asked puzzledly: "Official, what are you talking about?" Why did you let Han Qi draft a punishment for you? ”

Zheng Lang looked at Cui Xian.

Cui Xian threw herself into his arms and said, "Official, this trick is wonderful. ”

"It's not good, I don't want to be an enemy of Han Qi either," Zheng Lang shook his head. This person is not a gentleman's party, it is Xiao Lu Yijian.

"Official, you let Your Majesty make friends, and you can also make friends." Cui Xian said.

"No, in fact, the most powerful person in the world is not Lu Yijian, nor Han Qi, guess who it is?"

"Who is it?"

Zheng Lang hugged Zheng Ping, kissed him, and said, "Good daughter, the most powerful person in the world is your father." ”

"Officials, their methods," Jiang Xing'er said suspiciously.

"What means do they have? No matter who it is, there are things that can't be let go, but I have no desire and no desire, no desire is rigid, money, beauty, status, fame, I am not moved, but I have some small skills, the little wisdom of self-preservation, it seems that it has helped the court a little, you say, I am not powerful. ”

"Daddy is the best," Zheng Ping said, kissing Zheng Lang on the face.

"What kind of skill is this...... "Apricot is still pondering.

"Great ability, think again."

…… Then there was a meeting.

Zheng Lang asked many times, but Zheng Lang did not reply, and the edict asked him to reject it, but only two of them were rejected, and the others were equivalent to being approved by the Holy Decree. Time waits for no one, and Zheng Lang gathers all the deed shares together.

If you have a mine, take the money and hand over the land.

However, some decrees have been issued prohibiting illegal salt, illegal wine, and illegal tea, and from today onwards, all deed shares will be confiscated.

This order is deliberately confusing, and it does not say that it will be dealt with or not dealt with in the past. But it is not dealt with and will not be touched unless a felony is committed.

Some people showed some hesitation on their faces, but the benefits were heavy enough, and after weighing, they all passed.

Fields that were previously annexed are not counted, and from today onwards it is strictly forbidden for anyone to continue to annex fields. Once opened, the sea trade route is like a treasure pot that will bring a lot of wealth. People want to be content, and then oppressing the poor people in the country is unkind and unjust, and the prison does not want to accept this unkind and unrighteous person. If it is annexed, the deed shares will be confiscated.

This is the positive meaning that Zheng Lang values, giving more poor people in the country vitality.

Otherwise, the development of mineral deposits and the development of shipping may double the speed of merger, because the more money there is in the future, the faster the merger will be. It had to be forbidden by ordinance.

After hesitating for a while, Zheng Lang said very unhappily: "It's okay, you can withdraw, your money and land are in your hands, you don't move, as long as you withdraw, merge and don't interfere." ”

Or the art of binding, saying that it is non-interference, is actually tougher than in Taiping Prefecture.

Whoever will quit when they get the letter?

Moreover, the people who were looking for copper mines were already beginning to prepare, and it was a lot of money, and they agreed again.

You can't kill each other overseas, and you are not allowed to collude with foreign countries to harm your own interests, and violators will still be fined and confiscated. There is no shortage of heroes and heroes in this country, but there is no shortage of Han annihilation, especially like infighting, do not make orders, and fight for interests in the future, anything can happen, especially in the silver mine of the Wa country.

Compared to the first two, this one passed very smoothly, and no one thought of it that much at the moment.

It is not allowed to be greedy for ink, fill one's own pockets, collude with each other, and those who have officials in the court should report it, and if they do not report it, they will be fined and confiscated.

Playing a supervisory role.

The evils of corruption have been deeply rooted in the bones, and no dynasty has cured them.

In the future, there will be 5,000 shareholders of deed shares, which is 1,500 at present, but some people are in prison, only 1,480 shares, but some people have less than one deed share, and there will be more in the future, so they will jointly elect a representative, and then these representatives will elect 500 representatives, and negotiate with the government's supervisors, judges, and other officials to manage and make decisions on prison affairs.

This is a pseudo-boiled management method.

As a rule, but there are no rewards and punishments.

Then there was another ordinance, abolishing the decree that the dead in the court should confiscate property, but the dead and the living must also have an explanation. Died in battle, died of death, died of disease, and later in the south, the weather is too hot, and it is easy to develop malaria and other diseases, and for every person who dies, he will be compensated by a thousand yuan from the prison.

There was another discussion, mostly too thick. In case hundreds of people die a year, hundreds of thousands will be gone. It's not impossible, it's very likely, in one battle, some soldiers will die, and in the event of a terrible storm, the ship will sink, and many people will die.

Zheng Lang said: "The rich and noble family, will not go overseas to adventure, the people who go are humble guests, or the people you hired, the pension is not generous, you will not love, if the harsh is too heavy, many unexpected things will happen, and even the whole mine will riot, lonely overseas, will the time come for the imperial court to send troops to suppress?" Counting hundreds of thousands of guan a year, what is it, the amount of gold, silver and copper is increasing, and the maritime trade is prosperous, how much wealth will pour in a year, millions, or tens of millions? ”

"Tens of millions?" Zhang Daliang asked in surprise.

"Zhang Dashanren, once all the mineral deposits are mined, and the shipping is relaxed, 10 million guan is just the base, you can talk about it, can you be stingy with these tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars?"

"Can't, can't, deserved, the reward is not generous, how can the subordinates be willing to work hard?"

"If you don't work hard and don't reward well, you won't be faithful. There are ......" Zheng Lang finished talking about the dead, and said that the living, the craftsman is the main backbone, and the ordinary craftsman will give him 200 guan a year, the smart one will give 500 guan, and the top one will give 1,000 guan. Whether it is a forbidden soldier, or a personal escort sent out, a worker, and a boatman at sea, and other members, the annual salary is 100 or 200, and the main members are 400 and 500. It is the salary, and the amount of food and drink cannot be taken into account, so as not to be harsh from others.

There was another chatter, shouting that it was too expensive.

"I know it's too expensive, but there are people in the area, and there are indigenous people, so why not use it?" Even the most civilized country can't have any people-oriented ideas, who cares. As long as 10,000 people are tortured and killed in a year, even the emperor will never bother with it.

We will use a lot of manpower in the country, for example, three or four thousand people will be used this time, but the main mining people will also come from the local area. As for life and death, Zheng Lang, like Fu Bi, chose to have amnesia.

Understood, eyes lit up.

Zheng Lang shook his head, and said the next order, since he is in prison, everything is mainly in prison affairs, and the country will not take care of it, but the goods and minerals purchased by sea must be carried out in prison, and no one is allowed to do it alone without permission, otherwise it will be confiscated.

Put an end to small coffers. Otherwise, it will set a precedent for fake public and private interests.

Finally, when it comes to dividends, as soon as the half year is settled, July and the first month are settled, and the dividends are settled in Hangzhou. If there is investment and expenditure, divide it first and pay later. It must be distributed in the hands first and then paid, so as to avoid confusion in the accounts.

This one made everyone applaud.

There will be problems, which can only be said to be theoretically close to fairness.

Everyone dispersed, but it was not over, and the next day there was still one, let them organize their own deed shares, and the deed of deed shares went to each household, and they made up one share, ten shares.

It is also necessary to discuss the distribution of manpower and materials.

But someone asked, what to do with the dozen or so deed shares?

"It's confiscated, and it will be redistributed in the future, what do you want?"

A few people left in disagreement, daring to think of good things and redistribute these deed shares.

Zheng Lang went home, and on the way, a man dressed as a scribe in his thirties chased after him from behind and said, "I've seen Zheng Zhifu." ”

"You are?" Zheng Lang saw this person at the venue, what was his name, he couldn't remember, there were too many people, even if he had a perverted brain, it was impossible to remember everyone.

"My name is Tong Ming."

"Tong Ming, what are you looking for?"

"Where did I hear the new song you played in Yi'er, ambushed on all sides."

"Hmm."

"Why isn't that song complete?"

"There are ten paragraphs in total, and I only think of the third paragraph."

"What's the name of the fourth paragraph?"

"Line up."

"Governor Zheng's array has probably been arranged."

"What did you say?" Zheng Lang's face suddenly became ugly.