These are all words that have been held in Zheng Lang's heart for a long time.

It's not too profound, on the contrary, it's a bit inappropriate to say it on such an occasion. But when it was said and done, everyone was silent.

After the dispersal of the capital church, Zheng Lang went home.

I had to go home because there was still a wedding to be hosted at home.

Since Zheng Ping got married, the two adopted sons have engaged in two family affairs under the auspices of Cui Xian. At that time, Zhao Zhen had not yet died, and although Zheng Lang was in Yunzhou, his influence was not trivial. However, Cui Xian was very rational and did not look for any famous surname.

Zheng Wei and Zheng Yan have a shortcoming, they are not Zheng Lang's biological son, the adopted son is actually his own son in this era, there is a difference, otherwise Zhao Shu would not be able to toss so much. With Zheng Lang's status, he can climb two large households. However, Cui Xian thought back and forth, worried that something bad would happen in the future. Besides, the qualifications of the two adopted sons are not very good, so that Zheng Lang has never dared to let them participate in the imperial examination.

After thinking hard for a long time, he took the initiative to lower the conditions, and the family of the middle eunuch family, but the conditions of his family should be good, which is very important, if the material conditions are not good, if the other party stretches out his hand, will he agree or refuse? Secondly, it doesn't matter if the family background is a little inferior, the woman herself can't be too bad, no matter what looks or conduct you want to take into account, it's best not to be too far away from Zhengzhou. searched and searched, and found two families in Caizhou and Gyeonggi, one is the youngest daughter of Li Dao, the general judge of Junzhou, and the other is the second daughter of Zhao Bing, the magistrate of Ruicheng.

is considered a middle household, but the two women are beautiful and have elegant and virtuous manners, Cui Xian sent someone to visit the door secretly, and then sent a matchmaker to propose marriage. The two families will definitely not refuse, and this family affair is settled. But with a series of stories, first Sanniang died, then Siniang, and Wuniang.

For the sake of the country. It can be lovely. But this period of worry still exists. At least during the Ding Worry period, there can be no festive stories. Then the family affair dragged on, and this delay lasted almost six years. The children on both sides are older. Wu Niang's Ding worry period was also over, and the Li and Zhao families sent people to urge.

So much has happened this year. It's still not a good time for a big wedding, but the woman can't wait any longer. Therefore, Cui Xian agreed to come down and host the two family affairs together at the end of the month. Just let Zheng Lang use the power in his hands to go through a back door that is not a back door, and let Li Zhao and the others go to Beijing to report their posts, and by the way, the parents of both sides are there, and the two family affairs will be grandly held.

Zheng Lang went home and asked.

Cui Xian replied 1510, and then complained: "Official, when will you finish?" ”

"Come on, before the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow."

"Before the Dragon Boat Festival next year, you may not be able to relax."

"It's going to be easy, but it's going to be much better than it is now. Again. The public opinion outside also forced me to take it. Otherwise, if I continue to change it, it will be pointed out by thousands of people. ”

"That's it. If you are a big country, what strength do you have to support it alone? ”

The people in the house were busy preparing for the dowry, and Zheng Lang was talking to Cui Xian and Xing'er in pieces. Cui Xian said again: "The Zhao family next door is going to Hangzhou, the house wants to be sold, once the two children get married, they also have to learn to live independently, do you want to buy it?" ”

"Well, in this way, you can ask the market price of a nearby house, you can buy it, it must be higher than the market price, it can only be high and not low."

"Why?" Si'er Dao.

"Si'er, think about the house that Zhang Fangping bought."

"Official, why, I don't understand, why the bigger the official, even buying a thing is more expensive than others." Huan'er said.

"Huan'er, is Renzong the emperor?"

"yes."

"Isn't it a good emperor?"

"yes."

"Then why is he living so hard as the emperor?"

"It's different, the people all recognize him as a good emperor, but look at how many people say that you are a good minister?"

"That's what Renzong said when he died, when Renzong was alive, do you think about how those ministers said Renzong to their faces?"

Huan'er was speechless, Cui Xian said: "Huan'er don't say it anymore, our family is not short of this money." ”

Cui Xian said again: "Either the concubine will ask tomorrow, if the negotiation is good, the two houses will be opened, and the guests will be saved when the guests arrive, and the place at home will be small, and it will be crowded." ”

"Okay."

As he was talking, a guest outside reported that Sima Guang wanted to see him. Zheng Lang said, "Let him in." ”

Sima Guang came to the living room and said to Zheng Lang: "Gong Zheng, I was wrong. ”

Zheng Lang just sighed, the last thing he said in the capital today was deliberately aimed at him, but he didn't criticize him by name. At this time, Zheng Lang didn't explain, because he had already explained, he had said it before, and he said it again the year before last, so he talked about this north-south dispute. The Song Dynasty was established on the basis of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the founding fathers were mostly in the north, with the most powerful people, and they were vested interests. The south is Qian Yue, Southern Tang, Southern Han, Jing Chu, and then unified, and the status is definitely not as good as Heshuo Jingluo. Once reformed, it was the powerful and powerful in the north that were most affected. Therefore, in terms of reform thinking, the Northern Scholars Association was relatively conservative. Sima Guang said that the southerners are cunning, whether they are cunning or smart, or because of their geographical conditions, the country has been established for a long time, and the south is not only more economically developed than the north, but also gradually more developed in culture and education than in the north. Like Liangzhejiang and Fujian, a large number of scholars will be hired for each imperial examination. The faint southeast has a tendency to come from behind in all aspects. This is the result of the system.

If you want to use the imperial examination to select scholars, the better the economic conditions in the south, the more developed education will be, and the more scholars will be hired, unless this system is not recognized. Undoubtedly, the rise of the south made many old nobles in Heshuo feel lost. In this regard, Zheng Lang's view is very objective, not necessarily how good the southerners are, nor how bad they are. Improper grooming, the Song Dynasty Heshuo nobles successfully blocked Wang Anshi's change from the door, of course, the result was that the Jin Dynasty went south, the Yuan and Mongolia went south, and the entire Central Plains was like boiling, and in front of these Fanzi, there was no superiority. Similarly, improper grooming, the powerful in the south led the wolf into the house, the real Japanese and the fake Japanese invaders, so that the people in the southeast were not able to make a living, and gnawed the foundation of the Ming Dynasty bit by bit, and finally obediently became a prisoner of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a prisoner, and wanted to be a slave of others, but they did not accept it.

In this regard, Zheng Lang can also be regarded as a vested interest, a northerner, but he still agrees with Wang Anshi's opinion.

But it's a big net and can't be seen. I can't touch it. But it does exist. Zheng Lang touched it, touched it very tactfully, went to groom, and didn't dare to force it. This is one of the differences between Zheng Lang and Wang Anshi.

These two disparities are significant differences between the North and the South.

If you don't open it, it's okay, once you open it, the doctors of the north and south will each form a group. Party strife will inevitably begin. Once there is a party dispute, don't do anything, and prepare to move your family south. The move south can continue to survive. If you don't move south, you will definitely be a slave to the country.

Unexpectedly, Sima Guang actually revealed this hidden danger.

This disappointed Zheng Lang.

Otherwise, I would not have specifically criticized this matter at the metropolitan meeting.

Sima Guang reasoned with the loss, and said: "Gong Zheng, Jiefu uses people with likes and dislikes, although the rich man is sick, he is the mainstay of the court, and the rich man is in the court." It is also beneficial to Zheng Gong. Why should Jiefu be like this? ”

"If he uses people according to likes and dislikes, you can say things according to likes and dislikes?"

"This. This one. ”

"Yes tolerance is big, I don't know how many times I have said it, why are you still so narrow-minded?"

"Officials, people are not sages, who can make no mistakes, don't scare Junshi." Cui Xian said on the side.

"Yes, yes, or the eldest lady said it well."

"Junshi, it's not that I'm talking about you, the officials are busy every day, you and Jiefu see it, but why can't you save the officials. You and the officials are not a family, they are a family, they all want to be good for the country, why can't you sit down, negotiate behind closed doors, and look at the present, and you are not afraid of people's jokes. ”

"Yes, yes."

"Xian'er, don't interject, Junshi, not only Jiefu, you too, Zhang Fangping's twenty-seventh month Ding Wei expired, and it stands to reason that he wants to return to the court, why do you oppose it with Jiefu?"

This is where Zhang Fangping is forced to work, as a member of the moderate, he doesn't like Wang Anshi's impetuousness, nor does he like Sima Guang's conservatism, such as Zheng Lang doesn't care, he was originally the country's number one governor of the country, and a Ding worry ended, and he could only wander to Caizhou.

"Gong Zheng, I don't have much objection, but when Gong Zhang returns to the court, where will he be distributed? Is it Zhongshu, or is it Xifu? It seems that there is no vacancy, and when it comes to the Chinese book, Jiefu is afraid that he will be dissatisfied. ”

"Let me think about it."

"Gong Zheng, how is the financial income this year?" Sima Guang asked curiously.

"It's fine."

"Where's the good?"

"A slight increase."

"Gong Zheng, let's talk about it."

"Fangchang pit and mine liquor will be sold, and it will be about 5 million yuan."

"It's not much," Sima Guang was a little disappointed, if it was a year, it would be a lot, Guan Jian took into account the different nature of each workshop, some were auctioned for five years, and some were as long as ten years, so it was really not a lot.

"You know what, only half of it was processed, and half of it wasn't processed. And this is income, let me talk about the other side, these fangs and wine mines, combined, can be lost between 600,000 and 800,000 yuan a year. ”

Didn't go any further.

Unless the wine business in more than 20 counties in the six states of Hedong Road is profitable in the future, but the auction price will also be sky-high. The deficit is not too big, and the key is the labor cost saved. Although it may not be possible to eliminate all the official posts that will be vacated further, in the long run, as the population increases, the number of official posts will inevitably increase, and it is impossible to imagine that there were only 15,000 officials at the time of the Qing Dynasty. But at the very least, it is necessary to ensure that there will not be so many vacancies that need to be replaced, which is equivalent to invisibly limiting the expansion of officials. Make government affairs concise, and also cut off the small officials, so that the exemption money is reduced, so that the people can be light. and a great deal of servitude and errands. The pit mines of the imperial court will not levy commercial taxes, and private individuals can get some commercial taxes.

The significance of this is not trivial.

Zheng Lang said: "The second is the Ping'an Prison, which can increase the income of about 670,000 yuan, including the other prisons can increase by nearly 2 million. The equalization method has brought many troubles, but the cost saved for the imperial court is also close to more than two million. Either two taxes, an increase of almost a million. Tea alum canceled the law and included the commercial tax and the two taxes, which were about the same. Now it's the cost of saving, but in two battles, even if there is some savings in military costs, it is probably not enough. ”

"What about commercial taxes?" Sima Guang asked strangely. Although I think that Zheng Lang's strategy is too aggressive, but the situation is gradually improving, plus the auction can levy some commercial taxes, it is estimated that it will also increase income, why didn't Zheng Lang mention it?

"Even you are against me, I dare to let the officials below seriously enforce the commercial tax law? Once the top is loose, the bottom is even looser, including the whistleblowing system, which has almost become a dead letter. If this continues, the commercial tax will not increase but decrease next year. That's a headache for me. Either Junshi. You persuade them on my behalf. ”

"Zheng Gong. It's not what I'm good at," Sima Guang said.

took a sip of tea and said, "If there is no war in the northwest, the imperial court economy will be considerable this year." ”

"Junshi. You are misinterpreting it again, even if I want to seek peace and peace, but the Liang family thinks that I am weak and can be bullied. What will be the reaction of the Khitan, secondly, forced by the Liang family, the northwest has to station a large number of soldiers, and has to be stationed on the front line, how serious will the waste be? During the reign of Huang You, Wen Yanbo had a lot of achievements at that time, including Liu Xin and other ministers, all of whom could be called conscientious, and once compressed the state expenses to 15 million, but now don't count on it. Zheng Lang sighed.

In fact, this reform is not as Wang Anshi said. Too conservative, the scope of the reform is wide. Far more than the history of Wang Anshi's reforms, from the three redundancy, to the annexation of Yintian, to the selection of officials and soldiers, to the system itself, and a large amount of slimming, plus Zhao Zhen Dynasty, Zheng Lang implemented some reforms, no matter the scale or strength, has exceeded the history of Xining reforms. Why Wang Anshi is dissatisfied is two ideas, Wang Anshi still values accumulating wealth, Zheng Lang values correcting the malpractices, Wang Anshi is dissatisfied with Haoqiang's greed, and Zheng Lang is still as humble as possible although he is dissatisfied.

There are two things that cannot be solved, the first is the increase in the number of officials and bad officials, this will take at least ten years, the increased officials will grow old one by one, or die, and the imperial court will carefully control the spread of the number of officials, and this time can be truly alleviated. But because of the increase in population, it is still impossible to restore to the Zhao Zhen Dynasty. The second is that Shaanxi has to station a large number of troops, and they are still stationed on the front line. Therefore, all other aspects have saved a lot of money due to the restructuring, and it is still impossible for the state expenditure to be reduced to less than 110 million yuan.

"If only there was no such burden, it would be good." Sima Guang also sighed.

Although I am not very satisfied, I can understand some of it, for more than two years, the teacher is very anxious, and it is also forced. If there is no such burden, why bother so much. If there is no such burden, how much money will be surplus this year, unimaginable money! And it was also a surplus achieved in the case of two medium-sized campaigns in the northwest.

But he was wrong again, Zheng Lang wanted this debt.

Later, when he heard that the court wanted to repay the interest and give priority to the distribution of share deeds, Haoqiang was ashamed to lend money to the court. Originally, they were all powerless second, third and fourth class households, forcibly apportioning and borrowing money, or using overdrafts to impose taxes on the people of the fourth and fifth class households.

It is benevolent government, otherwise the court will not repay, and these people have no choice but to swallow their anger. The Ming Dynasty did it.

Interest is given, repaid, the problem does not matter.

It is precisely because of this huge burden that we can get rid of many of the country's shortcomings one by one. If you don't have any debts, you still want to initiate all kinds of reforms?

"Junshi, when Jiefu wanted to study with me, I put forward a condition for him to invite you to Shaanzhou. Now I also put forward a condition for you, bring a sentence to Jiefu, just say that my order is a forcible order, Your Majesty will reduce the annual rewards and supplies of the concubines and princesses, the clan and the ministers, and you let Jiefu play a book, in the past two years, three reforms, and the officials have worked very hard. After working so hard, and having to cut off the reward, the officials can't help but feel a little unfair. It is suggested that His Majesty may delay the implementation for a while. ”

"Zheng Gong, one is cut, the other is not cut, but there is a lot of money."

"Compromise."

"Okay, I'll go and persuade you, but I'm afraid that Jiefu won't listen. And with Jiefu's character, he will inevitably not listen. Sima Guang's face was embarrassed.

Cui Xian said: "Junshi, look at you, decades ago you were in Taiping Prefecture and Hangzhou, and you had a tacit relationship. ”

"Big lady, it's cold, or I'll go to Wang's house after dinner."

Zheng Lang shook his head and called a servant and asked him to invite Wang Anshi.

Sima Guang said again: "Gong Zheng, I am still worried about one thing, if there is no war in the northwest, it will be even more impressive next year. If the Liang family retaliates and loses, the losses of our dynasty will be very heavy, and if it wins, the Liang family will retaliate. ”

This is also the hesitation in the minds of most scholars.

"Junshi, you are wrong, revenge is inevitable, but the Liang family can't help but take the country into account. Even if there is no such thing, the Liang family will also look at the strength of the country and use troops against our dynasty. Or if I return Suizhou without compensation, then ask me to abolish Gangu City. I will abolish Gangu City, and she will extend her sphere of influence to the south. Tibet was defeated, once completely isolated. Sooner or later, Tibet will inevitably be swallowed by Western Xia. Think about the consequences. But the other way around. Nine times out of ten this year she will take revenge. Defeat, our dynasty suffered heavy losses, and victory, it was Western Xia who suffered heavy losses. Coupled with the tension of the Western Xia this year, does she still have the strength to retaliate again? I really don't care about the country. It is too much to bear, otherwise the continuous medium-sized battle will start, and the people of Western Xia will become more and more embarrassed. The benefits to our DPRK far outweigh the disadvantages. I had no choice but to do it. ”

"Zheng Gong said that it was pinned on Jingyuan Road?"

"Pinned on the Wyede Army, to be precise."

"One army against one nation?"

"Junshi, you don't understand military affairs, the way of soldiers is not what you imagined, the population of Western Xia is not as good as the population of our dynasty, why can it exist under the eyes of Tubo, our dynasty and Khitan?"

Sima Guang was speechless, the main thing was that if he didn't understand, he wouldn't have the right to speak.

After a while, Wang Anshi arrived and agreed to admonish. However, the meeting was not ideal, and they left. Cui Xian said worriedly: "Official, how did it become like this? ”

"It's okay," Zheng Lang said nonchalantly. These two students made Zheng Lang's head bigger, but compared with history, it was better, at this time, the two of them in history had already begun to copy knives and touch guys. Although it gave Zheng Lang a headache, sometimes he also helped himself say some fair words to appease the emotions of both parties, and the two of them also had the ability, whether in the two systems or in the Chinese book, they did a lot of things for themselves, and they were the two helpers of government affairs. Now Zheng Lang is not a headache for the two of them, but a headache for more people. Zheng Lang's personality is generally indifferent, such a noisy and noisy person does not like it in the end, and after more than two years in the blink of an eye, he has been living in quarrels, which makes Zheng Lang feel very tired and tired.

He also said: "Look at next year, this time next year, if you can break the chrysalis and turn into a butterfly, the situation will be better." ”

However, not only Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were stubborn, Zhao Ji was also stubborn, Wang Anshi marched at the court meeting and persuaded Zhao Ji not to cut official rewards, Zhao Ji was very unhappy and reprimanded: "Wang Qing, since the last years of Renzong, to the first emperor, can be said to be not thin on scholars, not only is it not thin, but the rewards are more and more generous, why is the national government getting worse!" ”

Wang Anshi was unwilling, but after hearing it, he returned to the train and said nothing.

Zheng Lang persuaded tactfully, but Zhao Ji still didn't listen.

Zhao Ji has Zhao Ji's ideas, such as the salary of the court doctor. In terms of real power, there is no doubt that Zheng Lang should be the first, and he can't be the second if he wants to, neither Zeng Gongliang nor Fu Bi dare to take charge of government affairs. In terms of authority, Zeng Gongliang is the first, and he is similar to Fu Bi, the second. But as for the salary, it is not Zheng Lang, it is not Zeng Gongliang, but Han Qi in the Daimyo's Mansion. If there are many officials, the salary will be high. followed by Zeng Gongliang, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, and the next is not Zheng Lang, but a person who often surprises everyone, Ouyang Xiu. Han Qi and Wen Yanbo are almost equivalent to pensions below, but the salary is twice that of Zheng Lang, and Wang Anshi is so tired that he wants to live and die, less than one-fifth of Han Qi's and half of Ouyang Xiu's.

Those who get more money don't work, and those who get less work the most.

If you really have a high salary, you can make the doctor work hard?

So why do you need to get this high salary?

Zheng Lang didn't approve of the high salary system of the Song Dynasty in his heart, high salaries were okay, but the salaries of the Song Dynasty were too high. persuaded again, just to prove that the reward for the reduction of officials had nothing to do with him, Zhao Ji didn't listen, it had nothing to do with him, and then he also returned to the train without speaking.

Then came out Zu Wuxuan's case.

Last year, Zu Wuxuan and Wang Anshi were both intellectuals, and according to the story, the citron could receive some gifts moderately and write for others, which was called the pen fee. Wang Anshi served as the intellectual system, and some people repeatedly begged Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi refused, some people sent, Wang Anshi couldn't refuse, and directly put it on the courtyard beam. It's a way of doing things. Zu had no choice, some people begged, and he also agreed, and after collecting this pen fee, it would be regarded as a public expense. Wang Anshi was very dissatisfied with this.

Zu Wuxuan later learned to enter the Yintai Division, just as Miao Zhen, the governor of Mingzhou, was involved in corruption. Prince Shao of the Imperial History presided over the trial of this case and asked the officials of the two Zhejiang provinces to report the case, implicating Zu Wuxuan. Wang Zishao catered to Wang Anshi, so he arrested Zu Wuxuan and handed it over to Zhang Zaifa. Su Songyan had no choice but to be a court attendant, and he couldn't confront the same prison as the little officials like a prisoner. Another imperial historian, Zhang Jian, also rescued Zu Wuxuan. Wang Zishao didn't listen. The result of the trial of the case showed that Zu Wuxuan had nothing to do with corruption, but only used the money of the loan officials to help his subordinates and crossed the restrictions by boat. There was no corruption, but he also made a mistake and demoted him to the deputy envoy of the loyal army.

Some people are not convinced, one is not convinced by Wang Anshi, and the other is that Zu Wuxuan is a student of Sun Fu, a great Confucian in Shandong, so Su Song found Zheng Langyang to ask.

Zheng Lang was also dissatisfied with this pen fee.

Su Song came to him, and Zheng Lang talked about it. The two systems and the Taiwan admonition system were restored by Zheng Lang single-handedly. In particular, the two systems. Now there is a lot of power, and some parties are playing the role of the province under the Tang Dynasty. Although the pen fee is a story, with the pen fee, there will be a lot of tricks. Either there are two paths to choose from, the first is that everything is according to the story, and the lyricist can still collect the pen fee, but the rights of the two systems are also according to the story. Shrink it so as not to harm the state. The second is that the rights of the two systems will continue, but no pen fees can be charged.

Not only the ministers, but also other ministers, it is best not to charge any pen fees, too much cats, often not a pen fee, is a disguised corruption.

It's not a reform, although it makes some people unhappy.

Zhao Xu's forehead was headed, and the edict forbade the minister to collect any pen fees in the future. He also listened to Zheng Lang's advice, and chose to be Guangluqing. It's actually a compromise. No matter how the ancestors did not choose to overstep the system, or collect the pen fee, they were doing something wrong, and they were playing a side game.

Then there was another thing that made everyone jaw-dropping, the New Year's Day was coming, and the imperial court issued an edict to Kaifeng Mansion at half price and buy 4,000 Zhejiang lanterns to prepare for the Lantern Festival. When it was the right of the Zhishi Museum Kaifeng Mansion to infer Su Shi's book: Your Majesty pays attention to the scriptures, moves the law Yao and Shun, how can you be happy with the lamp? This is just to serve the joy of the two palaces. However, the people are not known to everyone, and they are all said to play with their ears and eyes without urgency, and take away the necessary assets for their mouths and bodies. This matter is very small, but the body is very large, and I am willing to return my previous life.

Your Majesty, you want to learn Yao Shun at every turn, why do you take the knot lamp as a pleasure?

The advice is good, and Zhao Ji will stop it.

Su Dongpo wrote another 7,000 words, said a lot, and summed it up, it is three sentences, knotting people's hearts, thick customs, and keeping discipline.

Wang Anshi was evil when he saw it, and Zheng Lang was also evil when he saw it. The fold will be returned, and the criticism will be said, who will be the heart, what customs will be thick, and what discipline will be saved. Then Su Dongpo was sent to Huangzhou as a regimental training envoy, forget your roots, let you write Chibi Fu first.

Sima Guang was shocked, found Zheng Lang and said, "Gong Zheng, Su Shi is your student. ”

"Junshi, is it because of my students that you can show favoritism? Among the several of you, Su Shi is the best in essays, I can't do it, you can't do it, but what does an official have to do with literature? If so, wouldn't Su taste far better than Di Renjiehu? Look at all of you, all of you have a rigorous style of life, but Su Shi. In terms of romance, it is no less than Song Qi, and in terms of words, it is very similar to Ouyang Yongshu. You also saw that memorabilia, what is written? It has nothing to do with opposition, opposition also has its own ideas, and there are reasons for favor and favor. But what are the thoughts in this article? Except for a bunch of citations, all of them are crowded. Let him go down and sharpen and sharpen, and see the true afflictions of the people. When to figure it out, when I will transfer him back to the court. ”

Sima Guang had no choice but to retreat.

In fact, the reason why Zheng Lang is really evil is not that this article is full of people, but that he forgets his roots, and the life of the Su family is not very good. I dared to teach for nearly two years, and in the blink of an eye, I made the lights of the capital bright and green, and I forgot it completely.

Su Zhe also came to Zheng's house, ran back and forth twice, and didn't dare to speak.

Zheng Lang finally said: "Ziyou, do you want your brother to be an official in the future, or do you want your brother to be a literary courtier?" ”

The court is bustling, but the lives of the people below are getting better day by day after more than two years of recuperation. In fact, the sky is getting brighter, but the sun has not yet come out. The New Year is approaching, and the Zheng family hosts the wedding. Zheng Lang has done a lot of humility, and the policies are different from Wang Anshi's wealth accumulation, and indeed many policies have benefited the people, whether they are in favor or against, they all agree with Zheng Lang's character. They all think that Zheng Lang has no children, and his adopted son is a son. Almost all the officials in the capital came to congratulate them.

There must be no banquet in the house, a few restaurants have been chartered, and the Zheng family has set up a banquet, but the non-rich who can enter the Zheng family are expensive. Zheng Lang was holding the tea, greeting the guests with tea instead of wine, and the porter came in and whispered, saying that there was an urgent matter in Xifu to play Fubi.

Zheng Lang let the doorman go, and a small official came in and whispered a few words in Fu Bi's ear. Fu Bi looked solemn, pulled Zheng Lang aside, and whispered: "There is a rush from the west, the Western Xia withdrew its troops in Suizhou, leaving only half of the troops to build eight forts four miles outside Suizhou City, and the rest of the troops were transferred back together, and then sent Xingqing Mansion and Helan Mountain troops, a total of 150,000 people, and the troops were divided into two routes, all the way from Xiaoguan, all the way from Wuyan Gorge, to attack the Huaide army. ”

"Only 150,000?"

"Is 150,000 still less?" Fu Bi was stunned. (To be continued.) )