The low status of the military generals and soldiers of the Song Dynasty was certainly because the two ancestors of the Zhao family were afraid of the Anshi Rebellion and the replacement of the five generations, so they emphasized literature over military force. But at the beginning, the generals still had a certain amount of military power, and when they went out to war, they mostly used military generals to command, but later they were distorted by the scholars. In fact, it is very easy to understand, just like the scholars and doctors spontaneously defended the interests of the powerful and powerful, because wealth is a piece of cake, distributed to the common people, and the powerful are fewer. Under Zheng Lang's re-correction, using open source correction to make this cake bigger, then Haoqiang's wealth has not decreased, and at the same time, it has also given more vitality to the common people. The cake of wealth can be made bigger, but can the cake of power be made bigger?

Therefore, the squeezing out of military generals by scholars is the same as spontaneously defending the interests of the powerful and powerful, but spontaneously fighting for more rights for scholars and doctors.

It seems to be an unsolvable problem.

When Zheng Lang wanted to solve this problem, he suddenly thought of another problem, that is, the scholars and doctors to protect the rights and interests of Haoqiang. Even Ouyang Xiu and Su Dongpo, who were well-known in later generations, were born in poverty, but when they stood in the forest of scholars, they immediately turned their faces and didn't recognize people.

But considering the problem can not be analyzed from the perspective of later generations, if that is the case, Zhao Shu's Puyi dispute will not have such a big turmoil, and Wang Mang can be called the most powerful reformer in Chinese history. In fact, Wang Mang's various measures made the people at that time miserable.

Therefore, Zheng Lang did not dare to use a whip method in the Ming Dynasty in the Song Dynasty, if it was not used well, it would cause a big mess.

When Zheng Lang meditated, he thought of another drawback.

Confucius said how good it was in ancient times, Yao Shun was a great sage through the ages, and Lao Tzu also said that it was very good in ancient times. This is definitely not right, and because the civilization of Xia Shang Zhou is still very backward, it cannot really dominate the world, and the candidate countries are in constant war, and the people are actually living very hard. The Zhou Dynasty was declining, but civilization was improving. Therefore, some sages in the past life wanted to find a way out for China. Not only in China, but also in foreign countries, Shakyamuni couldn't think of a way, so he taught the people to be empty, everything is empty and floating clouds, and to find spiritual comfort to get rid of the troubles in real life. Lao Tzu is quiet and inactive, and the full moon is lacking, which is also to educate people not to be greedy, and if they are not greedy, there will not be so many unfair phenomena.

Fa Ru is very practical. Attempts were made to establish a norm and order to keep society in order, but Confucianism emphasized education and Legalism emphasized repression by force. During the Warring States period, the Legalists had the upper hand and dominated the world. But the ills of Legalism also came out, because the heavy and bloody repression by force and the light education often made the rule tyrannical.

The Western Han Dynasty punished the political abuses of the Qin Dynasty. Chonghuang Lao is governed by inaction, but there are many flaws in inaction itself. Therefore, the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism and abolished the hundred schools. However, Confucianism also has the defects of Confucianism, relying only on education. Will the people be able to keep to themselves?

Later rulers used Taoism and even Shijia to fool the people, Xuanhua, and Confucianism as a table. Legalism governs the country.

In particular, one of the cores of Confucianism was favored by the rulers, the monarch as a minister. The father is the son, and the husband is the wife. Or it is the respect of the ancients, but this respect is no longer the original respect, but respect, the king is more respectful than the minister, so the courtiers must obey the king, the courtiers are more noble than the people, so the people must obey the courtiers. Use this to construct a kind of ruling order that keeps to itself.

It cannot be said that it is bad, for a period of time it was still a progressive idea, and it is this order that has made the various ambitious tyrants rebel against the wrong name and reduce the turmoil. But society is progressing, and this kind of thinking is becoming more and more backward.

It is precisely because of these three outlines and respect that the powerful and powerful exploited the people justifiably, and when they were hungry and cold, the people could not care about respecting the three outlines, so Zhang Jiao and Huangchao quickly destroyed the powerful Han and Tang Dynasties.

Some wise people in their previous lives also saw this kind of defect, and there was a saying that they were people-oriented, and the prince was guilty of the same crime as the people, Li Shimin also said vaguely, the people can carry the boat and also overturn the boat, Zhao Kuangyin did not say anything, but he was doing it, attaching importance to the internal governance of the people's livelihood, and taking the initiative to limit the imperial power. Of course, they can't be called jumping out of this box, especially Li Shimin and Zhao Kuangyin, as emperors, even if they have superhuman foresight to break through this box, they will not take the initiative to expose it. In later generations, Zhu Yuanzhang did more radically, but quickly let the scholars suppress Zhu Yuanzhang's various policies.

It is this defect in the core idea of Confucianism, even if the Song Dynasty is to get the sixteen states of Youyun, and now the internal governance is even more flowery, but a hundred years later, it will continue to merge seriously, the rich and the poor are extremely differentiated, if there is a bad person on the throne, it is very likely that the vast number of poor people are cornered, rise up, and the country quickly collapses.

Zheng Lang thought of this, found Zhao Ji, and vaguely expressed his worries.

It doesn't matter much, in Zhao Ji's heart, this country is not the country that Zheng Lang thinks in his heart, but the country of the Zhao family, Zheng Lang thinks that the Song Dynasty will last for a long time, and it is also for the sake of the Zhao family.

Zhao Ji thought about it seriously.

What Zheng Lang said is not impossible, Zheng Lang is going to be a minister, he is still there, and he can continue to maintain the reform, but he cannot live forever, he and Zheng Lang can initiate the reform, and future generations can overthrow or tamper with the reform.

Besides, according to Zheng Lang, it is impossible to have a system that is completely suitable for all generations, that is, the current reform will produce all kinds of new drawbacks in the future, which must be constantly corrected and improved by future generations.

However, Zhao Ji was also at a loss.

It is the three principles and respect of Confucianism that overthrow it is equivalent to overthrowing the legal principle of the rule of the country. It's like a cup of poisoned wine, and you have to drink it knowing that drinking it will make you commit suicide slowly.

The Three Outlines came from Dong Zhongshu, and the original meaning of the master was to rule by virtue and be based on benevolence, but some ideas also highlighted the superiority of the powerful, so the Three Outlines were quickly recognized by the rulers, and even Zheng Lang overthrew many of Dong Zhongshu's Confucian thoughts, and did not dare to overthrow the Three Guidelines.

Zhao Ji asked, "Is there a good plan?" ”

Zheng Lang is practicing Confucianism, and he can see the shortcomings of this Confucianism, and maybe he can improve it.

Zheng Lang shook his head, later generations shouted the slogan of equality for all, but that country achieved equality for everyone. Besides, equality of everyone is a big bug in itself, different wisdom and hard work, the value created is also different, can everyone distribute equally, the simplest example, a barman carrying 500 sacks of goods a day and a barman with 100 sacks of goods equally distribute wealth, is it unfair to the former?

Even if it is shouted that everyone is equal, it will give more life to the people in the lower classes. But does Zheng Lang have the guts?

After a while, Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, as the master said, take benevolence as the foundation, focus on the rule of virtue, and the other is the one who is the ...... Use it to dissolve. ”

The release of the prison can only be said to delay the onset of this malpractice, and it cannot be cured. But in this regard, Zheng Lang was helpless and thought in his heart. Let's leave it to future generations. What I can do can only be said to be to let this civilization continue peacefully for two hundred years. Zhao Ji's eyes lit up, and he said, "If that prison is implemented, Zheng Gong will have to continue to serve as the prime minister." ”

"Your Majesty, don't use it," Zheng Lang immediately refused: "There are Zhang Fangping in the court, Wang Anshi, and other pillars, and the old minister can do it before leaving." Explain the ins and outs of this matter and the stakes one by one. Besides, this world is a world governed by His Majesty and all the scholars, not a world governed by His Majesty and the ministers. ”

In fact, Zheng Lang also ignored a problem.

He kept saying two hundred years. refers to the development of science and technology, and now technology and productivity are still very backward, even if he writes everything he has learned in his previous life and uses his power and influence. It will take 200 years to carry out scientific and technological research, and only then can science and technology make a great leap forward.

But at this time because of his push. The Song Dynasty has officially appeared the germ of the capital market, if the Song Dynasty can make a safe transition of two hundred years, capital will be more developed, coupled with the influence of science and technology, then capitalism and feudalism will inevitably have a serious conflict. The severity of this conflict may be even greater than the historical party struggle of the Northern Song Dynasty, and what changes will it bring to the Song Dynasty?

Of course, even if Zheng Lang thought about it, he wouldn't say it.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, there was another good news, the detonator was successfully researched. This success does not refer to the research, it has been studied for a long time, but it cannot be applied, the so-called success refers to the improvement of safety and mass production, not the laboratory product.

In order to study it, the imperial court spent countless amounts, and more than 20 craftsmen before and after the research occurred, and the explosion died. There is no way, the main reason is that the industrial and scientific foundation is too backward, and despite the guidance of Zheng Lang's theory, every thing that comes out is still extremely difficult. However, once various things are developed one after another, they will eventually change from quantity to quality, which is the arrival of the great leap forward in science and technology that Zheng Lang is looking forward to.

Watching the craftsmen experimenting, Zheng Lang sighed.

It's good to come out, but it's a pity that it came out too late, and there is no time to apply hot powder to weapons, so it can only be said that it can be used in civilian use immediately, and open mountains for mining, otherwise it will increase the chances of success in the battle of Vaxia.

The safety of the detonator was improved, and the energy was produced, Zheng Lang immediately ordered to use it instead of black powder to promote, especially the Ping'an prison, with it, the output of various metal ores could be increased immediately, which was equally important to the Song Dynasty. The production of metal was also one of the important factors that hindered the progress of the Song Dynasty.

But the success of the detonator is not as important as another thing.

On this day, Zheng Lang rested at home, and after the personnel transfer of the two governments at the end of March, Zheng Lang gradually let go of government affairs, which had nothing to do with laziness, but cultivated the independence of each ruler.

The family stayed on the grape trellis to cool off while eating ice and snow licorice soup.

The Song Dynasty also had a cold drink industry, and it was very developed, not only the royal and powerful families, but also many merchants also opened many ice cellars, and in the summer, the ice cubes were taken out of the ice cellars, because the alcohol was low, and the ice cubes were ground and placed in the wine, which was equivalent to drinking draft beer. As for various cities, there are even more cold drink stalls, such as boiling licorice, sugar and water into soup, and then letting it cool, and then adding ground ice cubes after cooling, which becomes the famous ice and snow licorice soup, which is the ice soup that Zheng Lang's family drank at this time. Or fry the soybeans, remove the shells, grind them into soybean flour, mix them well with sugar or honey, add water to form small balls, and finally soak them in ice water, which is the ice and snow cold yuanzi. Or peel the papaya, remove the pulp, leave only the flesh, cut it into small squares, soak it in ice water, and make it into a raw flooded papaya. There are also medicinal papaya, snow soaked bean water, and other cold drinks.

There are a variety of cold drinks, which are far from what later generations imagined.

There are even some wealthy people who use ice to avoid the office, that is, a double-layer wooden barrel with a pedestal under it, a lid on top, and a sandwich in the middle, and the ice cubes are placed in the sandwich to keep the ice cubes from melting for a long time, which can not only preserve the food from spoiling, but also cool the room. However, this kind of ice is more luxurious, and if you want to cool the room, less ice will not work, and more ice will cost a lot of money. If you are not a wealthy family, you will not be able to enjoy this primitive air conditioning.

But all kinds of cold drinks can be eaten by most people, up to the royal family. Down to the people of Limin, all kinds of cold drinks are everyone's favorite in summer. There is even such a conversation recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty, Song Xiaozong said to the minister, I drank too much ice water, which made me diarrhea, but fortunately I don't pull it now. The waiter of the Ministry of Rites said that you are the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and your every move is related to the safety of the country, so you must not eat indiscriminately according to your own preferences. Song Xiaozong was profound.

In recent years, the Song Dynasty has become more and more prosperous, and there are more and more wealthy people. The cold drink industry gradually became a pillar industry in the Song Dynasty. When winter comes, the rivers are covered with people chiseling ice, shouting slogans as they chise, and the momentum is incomparable.

Zhao Niannu drank two greedy grandsons, after the genetic transformation of Li Gui and the little lady of the Di family, the two grandsons of Zheng Lang and Zhao Niannu are good-looking, at least ten times better than Zheng Lang in appearance. Then Zhao Niannu raised his head and asked, "Gong Zheng, when will you leave Beijing?" ”

"It's coming."

A hint of gloom flashed in Zhao Niannu's eyes.

Zheng Lang said again: "Your Highness." If you wait for the Xixia affair, you can also go to Zhengzhou. ”

"This won't work...... Zhao Niannu said.

"It doesn't matter."

Zhao Niannu suddenly covered his mouth with his hand, surprised and delighted.

Jiang Xing'er raised her head and looked at her husband suspiciously. Cui Xian said calmly on the side: "The Xixia affair, the officials are almost perfect, too perfect, it may not be a good thing." It is not unreasonable for Lao Tzu to say that when the water is full, it will be profitable, and when the moon is full, it will be lost. Let the officials leave a vacancy. ”

It was more vague, but Jiang Xing'er understood. said: "It's okay like this, the official's life is bumpy, and at least the family has to reunite for a long time." ”

However, it is still very early to live a peaceful reunion in his old age, and it is not so easy to annihilate Western Xia.

The family was eating cold drinks and talking, when Xiao Huangmen came to Zheng's house and invited Zheng Lang to the suburbs. Today is the day of harvesting all kinds of miscellaneous grains, Zheng Lang intends to stay at home in order to fade out of this feat, but Gao Taotao spoke in the palace, and Zhao Wei sent someone to invite Zheng Lang to go.

Zheng Lang shook his head, and Xiao Huangmen begged: "Gong Zheng, you must go, otherwise the Queen Mother will punish the slaves." ”

Let this little yellow door be forced helpless, Zheng Lang then left.

The people take food as the sky, and this line includes Gao Taotao, Xiang's, and Zhao Ji, and the ministers, the children of the clan, and even the Khitan sent envoys to watch in advance, and the group set off to the suburbs.

It was not very far, and at that time, I deliberately chose a place with fertile soil on the outskirts of the capital and sent a special person to take care of the planting. Because the planting method has not been fully mastered, part of it comes from Zheng Lang's memory, and part of it comes from the oral description of the soldiers, and the specific planting method is still being experimented and explored. Many plants were brought back, and not long ago the second fleet returned to the Song Dynasty, many of which took years to see results, and some flowers and vegetables had been harvested, such as chili peppers, but they were still cultivated as seeds and not brought to the market as ingredients.

These don't matter, the important ones are the three kinds of grains.

Hundreds of soldiers went down to harvest the grains, and the speed of the harvest was as fast as there were many people, and the officials began to weigh them. Starting with corn, the yield of one acre of land reached four stones and one bucket, which was the best growing piece of land, and the officials took good care of it, and even the finches did not let them eat a single grain, and it is not surprising that the rice harvest in the south exceeded four stones and one acre.

But with this output, everyone, including Zhao Ji, Gao Taotao and the four Khitan envoys, kept trembling.

The southern polders have high rice yields, but that's the south, it's the polders, not the north. In the entire northern part of the Song Dynasty, the output of two seasons together would not exceed 1,000 mu, let alone the output of one season. But it's not amazing, here's what surprises and excites all.

The yield of sweet potatoes per acre reached eight stones, and potatoes were also close to eight stones.

In fact, Zheng Lang was very dissatisfied with this yield, which was the best yield in the experimental field. If the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes is taken care of like this, it should be 4,000 catties and 5,000 catties, but now it is not even 1,000 catties.

But others didn't think so, and Zhao Ji almost danced happily when he listened to this output.

The output is out, and there is still a question, whether it can be eaten, whether it can be eaten, whether it can be full.

Under the guidance of Zheng Lang, a cereal feast was made, and the rest could not be eaten, and it should be kept for cultivation and promotion next year. The sky is approaching dusk, and the palace is setting up a cereal feast, and it tastes good to eat, but after eating for a long time, it is not the case, wheat and rice will still be the mainstream food in China in the future, but others do not know. One by one, they were all red, and the Khitan envoys seemed to have seen the effect of miscellaneous grains on the Khitan, and changed their previous arrogant attitude and served them with sincerity.

The news spread quickly, and it would be at least until the year after next to really promote it, but this yield seemed to surprise the people of the entire Song Dynasty, and even neglected the fine staple cotton in the experimental fields. As the news spread, the price of grain fell sharply before it was promoted. In the southeast, a bucket of rice sells for only 20 yuan, and the price of rice in the capital is only 35 yuan.

The low price of rice is also a sign of national governance, Zhao Ji was overjoyed after hearing this, and asked Zheng Lang: "The price of rice is too cheap, will it hurt the farmers?" ”

Zheng Lang's expression was a little dazed at this time, he was thinking about one thing, in history, the price of rice in Huangzhou fell below the low price of one bucket and twenty wen last year, which also proves the changes brought about by Wang Anshi's reform, at least it proves that Wang Anshi's farmland and water conservancy law helped the Song Dynasty. With the overthrow of the reform, the price of rice gradually rose, and during the Zhenghe period, even the price of wheat rose to one hundred and twenty Wen, which was twelve times that of Zhenzong Jingde!

Now the news is good, only comparable to the grain price in the second year of Yuanfeng in history, but Zheng Lang is not depressed, not that he is not as good as the law in history, but that the population has increased more rapidly than in history, which has hindered the decline in food prices.

Zhao Ji asked again: "Gong Zheng, do you want to reserve grain and regulate grain prices?" ”

He is also afraid that if there is a large amount of grain reserves, grain prices will fall even more next year, and the country will suffer losses invisibly. Moreover, when the war came, the money that the state could use was limited, and it could regulate it for a while, but not for a lifetime.

Zheng Lang came back to his senses and said, "Your Majesty, this is a good thing, Northwest ......"

Zhao Ji suddenly realized.

Once hundreds of thousands of people conquered Western Xia, the price of grain in the whole country would inevitably rise, and the present preparation and the future preparation would be different.

It seems that the cost is not much, and there is only a difference of fifteen wen between thirty-five wen and fifty wen for a bucket of rice, but when it is transported to the northwest front, the people and soldiers who transport grain on the way eat it back and forth, and the consumption caused by a small amount of greedy ink is the bulk of the loss. Less than 20% of the grain transported from the capital to the front line was lost, which was lost on the road, that is to say, the cost of transporting grain to the front line was 50 wen in the rear, and the cost of arriving at the front line with the loss of food alone reached more than 200 wen.

If the price of grain falls by 15 wen, the cost of going to the front line will drop by nearly 80 wen. This is compared with the price of grain last year, if it is compared with the price of 100 wen per bucket of rice in the third year of Qingli, the cost of transporting it to the front line will save 350 wen, but at that time it was not so luxurious, in order to save costs, soldiers mostly eat millet instead of rice.

The high yield of miscellaneous grains has led to a drop in grain prices, which is equivalent to saving the cost of harvesting. At this point, Vaxia is almost equivalent to everything is ready, and it is almost the east wind away. The East Wind Has Risen...... (To be continued......)