Da Song looked at each other coldly on the side, and also said a fair word: "Your Majesty, the king is a demon rebel, and the minister thinks that it has nothing to do with the Privy Council." ”

is not pursuing responsibility, the biggest mistake is Lao Qi's son, Zhang Deyi, the governor of Beizhou.

What does the Privy Council have to do with it? Since Zheng Lang took over the Privy Council, the situation has been calm, and I dare not say that it is the best period of the Privy Council in the history of the Song Dynasty, but compared with the chaotic Dongfu, I don't know how much better. Xia Zhu's attack is not right.

If there is such a comparison, when something happens to the army, it will blame the western government, and when there is something in the local area, it will blame the eastern government, who will dare to come and serve as the prime minister?

Zhao Zhen glanced at a few people.

Now it's very unfavorable to Xia Zhu, if you want to distinguish it, Gao Ruone will wait for Xia Zhu to distinguish it, it's best to quarrel, and everyone will finish it together. Strictly speaking, Gao Ruone is not a gentleman, this person has kindness and revenge, and has a rigid personality, coupled with Chen Zhizhong's discord with Xia Zhu, and Song Zhen and Xia Zhu can't get along, he has set up four enemies at once. I was also a little dissatisfied with Xia Zhu in my heart, so I didn't say it. Pang Ji spoke, Xia Zhu was kind to him, Xia Zhu jumped into the pit, and he had to pull him out to repay Xia Zhu's kindness. There are some other thoughts, and the heart of repaying gratitude is somewhat partial, and he said: "Your Majesty, although you have said something, you are also the heart of serving the country with your fists." The minister thought that the matter did not lie in the Privy Council, nor in Xia Zhu, but in the Jia Chang Dynasty. Before the demon was released, no one noticed. And there are many names of folk religion, and there are several sects of Buddhism alone, not to mention demon religion? Now is not the time to argue whose responsibility it is, first, to issue an edict not to let Wang Xin of the Jia Chang Dynasty kill indiscriminately, so as not to harm innocent people. ”

Is it fun to be arguing around?

Zhao Zhen said: "Accurate." ”

In fact, the siege of Xia Zhu was quietly resolved.

Several people looked at Zheng Lang's expression. Zheng Lang was silent, as if what happened had nothing to do with him.

Zhao Zhen wrote a draft edict and visited Beizhou to join the army and civilians. Kill more in order to invite merit. He ordered Jia Changchao, Wang Xin, and others to strictly restrain them, and violators were punished by military law. Let the eunuch give Zeng Gong a bright pen. Send this edict to Hebei.

Pang Ji said: "The minister thinks that the thieves in Beizhou are not big, just a few battalions of chaotic soldiers, plus some bewitched people, there is no need to worry, but the Chang Dynasty does not understand military affairs, so the soldiers are not lawful, so that the thieves live in the city of Beizhou, and they cannot be broken." The imperial court should be replaced by a pacification envoy. Replace the Chang Dynasty to suppress the thieves as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Zhen asked: "Pang Qing, who do you think is suitable?" ”

"Myeongho."

Zheng Lang raised his eyes and glanced at Pang Ji.

Ming Ho served as a transit envoy in Shaanxi, and was famous for building castles and training Jingbian troops. After arriving in the state, he saw stragglers on the streets, taking prostitutes for fun. Unorthodox. However, the prostitution industry in the Song Dynasty was very developed, and military prostitutes were not forbidden, on the contrary, it was believed that these soldiers had been away from home for a long time and their sexual life was not solved. A mutiny was generated, and prostitutes were encouraged to come to the barracks to comfort the soldiers. The line is certainly not visible, and the soldiers cannot afford to consume it. These prostitutes are very mediocre, and some are good, but the people are condolences to the major generals and officers. Nothing to do with ordinary soldiers.

Bingzhou was originally a big city, and there were more military prostitutes. Ming Ho saw that this was not good, and the state was not Bianliang, Tokyo, but an important city in the north, and if the state was lost, the entire Hedong was in danger. What is the combat effectiveness of such a relaxed military discipline?

But this is the system of the Song Dynasty, and he has no choice. Not only did he have no way, but Zheng Lang also had no way. Li Guang's ring, inscribed in the annals of history, why don't you make meritorious contributions, it's not that Li Guang's martial arts are not strong, his martial arts are too strong, but the army is not strictly governed, and he is brave and capable, so he can often win big victories and defeat big defeats. Yue Fei didn't love soldiers, but he was quite strict in governing the army, so Yue's army became one of the five most powerful branches of the army in Chinese history. Zheng Lang is also strict in governing the army, but there is no way to govern this military prostitute. So a hundred guards went to the Khitan, stayed for a long time, and he was a prostitute, he had no choice but to let the Khitan buy nine of his subordinates, and the nine were still carefully selected guards. …,

It happened that there was a dispute in the city because of prostitutes, and some people were jealous, killing a soldier, and also killing several prostitutes with weaker combat effectiveness. Someone complained, but Myeongho only said: "Why did he come to the army?" ”

Why did you prostitutes come to our army, it is this sentence, the military prostitutes dispersed for the most part. They didn't want to betray either, they came to the barracks because they didn't look good and couldn't compete with those young and gorgeous girls. There is still a turtle in the family, and there are children waiting to feed themselves. I'm not here to fight hard. Most scattered.

As soon as the military prostitute left, coupled with his strict military training, and the state soldiers took on a new look, saying that Yang Kai was training the army, that was fake, and Ming Ho was the real training army. Therefore, it was promoted to the Zhikaifeng Prefecture.

A good candidate?

But Ming Ho and Pang Ji have been in the northwest for a long time, and their relationship is cautious, so they recommend Ming Ho to go, and Pang Ji is selfish.

But Zheng Lang only glanced at it, and his eyes closed again.

His expression made everyone very puzzled, could it be that Zheng Lang thought that it was easy to exterminate the king. Of course, until the critical moment, it is impossible for the country to use a Xifu minister to quell the thief, so what has become of it?

Zhao Zhen issued a second edict and asked Ming Hao to pacify the Hebei volume and go to suppress the thieves.

The most wonderful thing is Xia Zhu, except for the beginning that the Privy Council was derelict in its duties, no matter what Gao Rune, or Song Zhen and Pang Ji said, he did not say a word from beginning to end, until the two edicts were issued, and then said: "Your Majesty, in order to treat the soldiers, people and officials leniently, when we hold a great sacrifice in the southern suburbs, we will reward the world." Originally, it was once every few years, and then it was the first secret, once every three years, only an ordinary sergeant on the fourth level was twenty runs, Gongsheng Shenyong and other sergeants were fifteen times, Xiongwu Xiaoshun and other sergeants were thirteen times, Guangde Qingshuo and other sergeants were ten times, Xiaorui Guangjie and other sergeants were eight times, Guangrui Xiaowu and other sergeants were seven times, Shenwu Baojie and other sergeants were six times, and other forbidden soldiers and box soldiers and township soldiers were also steadily reduced with rewards ranging from five to several hundred. The amount of money is huge, and the rewards are not equal, and the money is spent, and the hearts of the soldiers may not be happy, but many are happy, and the few are full of complaints. And the guards are at most, the treasury is actually half for its expenses, the military money is empty, and the endowment of the ten families of the Chinese people is only a soldier's reward. However, His Majesty's southern suburbs are more dense, please think twice. ”

Don't say that the southern suburbs sacrifice is not good, take it from the people. Used for the people, a big sacrifice in the southern suburbs is not only for soldiers. And the people and the officials. Xia Zhu's character, what dare to say cancel. But the treasury is empty, mainly the three divisions. The second is Dongfu.

So Xia Zhu said that the number of times should be reduced.

"Quasi, Zhuqing, disperse."

went to Xifu, Gao Ruone asked Pang Ji unconvinced: "Junqing is famous all over the world, why is he favoritism?" ”

Xia Zhu is good to you, but you can't ignore the country and make peace with him for him.

Pang Ji sighed and said, "Brother Min, the top priority is to quell the rebellion. Who is at fault for arguing, and what is the point? Could it be that Your Majesty relegated the Chang Dynasty and Xia Zhu to Lingnan because of your words? ”

is relegated to the local government to serve as a governor, and after a period of time, the emperor will want to use it, who can stop it?

Gourne was speechless.

He turned his head to look at Zheng Lang again.

What did Zheng Lang say? Guan Jian is Zhao Zhen's idea, he cares about the old feelings, so he takes care of Jia Changchao and Xia Zhu. Either he was ready to promote himself as a minister, so that the court could form a small constraint, or he simply regarded himself as a kind of investigation, Zheng Lang didn't think clearly, why interject.

Zheng Lang's enemy was not Xia Zhu. Xia Zhu just wants to compete for each other, once He Tan and other ministers return to the court, they will be impeached one after another, Xia Zhu loses hope of being a minister, and there is no need to be his enemy.

His biggest enemy is Jia Changchao, not Xia Zhu.

He said softly, "Brother Min, get ready." ”

The war is not over, and it is necessary to dispatch troops and distribute materials, which are mostly matters within the responsibilities of the Xifu. …,

However, Wang Yiyong asked in a low voice: "Xingzhi, can Ming Ho go here?" ”

"Brother Ji, you also know, I haven't worked with Ming Ho, and I don't know what his ability is, how dare I make an assertion easily? However, His Majesty's intention was to let Ming Ho and He Bei volume appease the envoy, and he was ready to let him and Jia Changchao be jointly responsible for the affairs of suppressing thieves. Personally, I don't think it's appropriate, Jia Changchao is just like Ouyang Xiu said, just the same Jinshi and the first. This person did not do well in the imperial examination, but he has a deep knowledge of scriptures, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people. But for government affairs and military affairs, they are not good at it. As long as Jia Changchao is in the Daimyo's Mansion, this crackdown on bandits will not be so easy. ”

Then I glanced at Pang Ji, I acquiesced to you helping Xia Zhu, and I didn't use Gao Rune's impeachment to fan the flames and discredit Xia Zhu, but you also understand.

This is the temple.

Several prime ministers were silent and began to deal with government affairs.

Under the leadership of Zheng Lang, he was well organized, and arranged the affairs related to the suppression of bandits for a while.

Under the value, Zheng Lang returned home.

Sanniang took Cui Xian and them to prepare New Year's goods, talking and laughing. Seeing Zheng Lang coming back, Cui Xian greeted him and asked in a low voice, "Official, how are the thieves in Beizhou?" ”

"It's a bit of trouble." Zheng Lang said.

It's not what Pang Ji thought, Hugh explained the pickaxe, Hugh said that there was Jia Changchao on the side, and there was a Gao Jilong who didn't understand anything else, that is, Di Qing didn't have any constraints to go and exterminate it, and it would take a lot of effort.

As soon as he was talking, Zhang Fangping came to visit again.

Because of the conflict with Wu Yu, some people still say that he fell to Jia Changchao, which made him very depressed.

Sitting down, Zhang Fangping said, "Your student is amazing. ”

"The student?"

"Wang Anshi."

"He," Zheng Lang smiled. Among the students, the most important is Wang Anshi, and Sima Guang, who has just received a letter from Wang Anshi. The letter said two things, one was to report the grain process. He is only a small county, but he vaguely feels that if he doesn't handle it well, he will make Zheng Lang have some small troubles in the court.

Hangzhou clearly marked the price and collected grain at a high price, which was more sensational than in history, and countless merchants transported grain from all over the south of the Yangtze River to Hangzhou. However, the difference in the price of rice between Hangzhou and Yan County was half, and it was transferred to Yan County. Even the maritime merchants also transported grain to Yan County, and the merchants, pursuing profits, did not sell 3,000 wen and 1 stone of grain, why should they sell 1,500 wen and 1 stone of grain.

Wang Anshi warmly welcomed, the grain arrived in Yan County, gradually accumulated and could not be kept on the ship, Wang Anshi took the initiative to build many granaries for them, and collected their benefits, for them to put the grain into the granary for free storage.

The grain merchants were moved to tears one by one, and they almost sent the pennant. When the grain entered the warehouse, Wang Anshi was afraid of annoyance, so he simply handed over the granary to the merchants. Hire yourselves men to take care of the granary, and I will not interfere. How wonderful.

The grain is accumulating more and more, and the merchants are not in a hurry, it is still early, and there will be a spring famine next year.

At this time, there was a sudden rumor in Yan County, and the price of rice in Hangzhou was only 1,500 wen and one stone, and it was transported. If you save half of the cost, why buy the local 3,000 Wen and 1 stone grain? Those who can transport grain from all over the country are all big grain merchants, and there are also big local households. But they have long been sold for food, and there are more small and medium-sized merchants, and even some hawkers. Rocking the boat together, sailing to Hangzhou, and transferring the grain, even if it doesn't take much, it will be sold for 2,000 yuan, and the profit will be considerable.

The merchants faintly felt that something was wrong, and joined forces to ask Wang Anshi, who replied: "I allow you to sell grain at a high price." This is sold to the people, but I have no right to use the money from the county treasury to buy grain. Besides, how much money can the county treasury have? ”

But after all, Wang Anshi took the benefits of others, so he used some money to buy a batch of high-priced grain, and used this grain to hire poor people to repair water conservancy, and as a result, not only the poor people, but even the people of the third and fourth households also participated. After all, it is more than 2,000 yuan and one stone of food, and saving a little is a little. As a result, the entire labor force of the county is doing the work. …,

Some businessmen felt that something was wrong. Anxious, and not from one place, the tacit alliance collapsed, and they competed to sell it at a low price. The psychology of the Chinese is probably also the psychology of all human beings. Seeing that the price is rising, the province is afraid that it will continue to rise, and they are scrambling to buy. Once the price falls, one by one hopes that it will fall again, and fewer people will buy it. began to squeeze toothpaste, and at the end of the day, the grain sold in the entire county was barely a few hundred stones. This is fatal, and the grain transported from overseas alone has reached more than 300,000 stones, and most of it has been transferred to Yan County. Hugh said that if the spring famine continues, if it continues like this, there will be a catastrophe throughout the next year, and food will not be available.

The grain fell to 1,500 Wen at a rapid rate, which was on par with Hangzhou. For the wealthy Yuezhou, Mingzhou, Hangzhou, Xiuzhou, Suzhou, and Huzhou, this price can be barely accepted even by fifth-class households. But how can people's hearts be satisfied, including Hangzhou's grain sales are also slowly declining. If it had fallen at the beginning, there would not have been so much grain, and now that the grain has arrived, wouldn't it be fatal?

Then the officials of the two provinces joined forces with each other to control the number of ships, especially for the entry and exit of the Cao'e River, with small boats allowed to pass and large ships heavily checked. Dare not let the ship in, but deliberately delay its entry. In addition, there is a shortage of labor in Yan County, and some grain merchants want to transfer the grain back, but they lack labor to carry it, and they lack ship transportation, so they are helpless and can transport it away, but the freight will be very high. At this time, Wang Anshi secretly found some large local families and negotiated with them.

Some time ago, you sold grain for a sky-high price of 3,000 wen and one stone, and you made a lot of money. However, it is impossible for Jiangnan to encounter such waterlogging every year, and when the harvest comes, a stone of grain will only be 300 wen when the harvest comes. Now it's time for you to reciprocate.

Under both hard and soft pressure, the grain was directly dropped to a thousand Wen. The price of grain in Yan County became 1,000 Wen, and there were more small and medium-sized merchants in Hangzhou, who in turn moved the grain from Yan County to Hangzhou. The grain merchants in Hangzhou don't see it right, you don't need to move, we will come by ourselves and drop the price directly.

After a few tosses, the price of rice in Yanxian County fell to 700 tens of Wen, and it will not be possible to do it if it does not fall, especially those maritime merchants, their minds are not on grain, and the money they make from grain is only a by-product, so they have to get rid of it as soon as possible. The price of grain in Hangzhou also plummeted to 900 wen. Still falling. Even with the grain in Runzhou and other places, it fell vigorously on a thousand Wen.

It's still a beginning, and after the New Year, the price of grain may drop by one or two hundred yuan. Different from history, in history, because of the lack of grain reserves in the imperial court, even if it was more than 1,000 yuan and one stone, Jiangnan continued to ask Jiangnan to ship grain to Shaanxi, which reduced the effect of this clever plan. But now that the imperial court has some grain reserves, the price of rice in Jiangnan is so high, so there is no hope for grain in Jiangnan. In other words, after the New Year, the disaster in Jiangnan will be fully solved. Even if there is still high-priced grain in some areas, as long as the officials organize it properly, they can be controlled within 1,000 yuan.

That's what Zhang Fangping said.

Wang Anshi made a great contribution this time.

But what made Zheng Lang happy was not only this matter, but also one thing, Wang Anshi asked Zheng Lang a question in the letter. He and Sima Guang often exchanged letters, and Wang Anshi said that the traitor of merchants was the biggest crime that harmed the country and the people. Just like the price of grain this time, the people would rather starve to death than refuse to sell grain. There is also the monopoly of tea, salt, wine and alum, all of which make the merchants stir up a miasma. It is considered that these should be left to the State. Sima Guang replied to express his opposition, believing that if there is no commercial tax, the court will spend a lot of redundancy, which has not been seen in all dynasties, then the country will not be a country. If it is handed over to the state monopoly, the official staining will be even more serious.

The understanding of the two is somewhat one-sided, but the two often exchange letters, which is the most gratifying. As long as these two people do not become enemies, there will be no serious division in the Song Dynasty in the future. Zheng Lang wrote a reply to the two seriously. …,

said that they were students, but there was not much difference in their actual ages, and Zheng Lang had always regarded them as friends.

"Wang Anshi will be a wonder of the Song Dynasty in the future." Zhang Fangping said.

Zheng Lang laughed again, saying that the way of management, it is indeed difficult for the Song Dynasty to have a person and Wang Anshi. But Zheng Lang thought of Zhang Fangping's hatred of Wang Anshi in history, and felt very funny. But now Zhang Fangping is very grateful to Wang Anshi, and the food matter is also related to the three divisions, and Wang Anshi is equivalent to sharing a lot of responsibilities for Zhang Fangping.

said: "Brother Andao, send someone to review the national warehouse again." ”

"Why?"

"How big the sky is, how big these ink officials are. Just taking advantage of the opportunity for you to check the granary, you re-inspect the granary, and the resistance is not great, so you can shock these little officials. Zheng Lang said. Food is still critical, and there will be another disaster next year, and it will be a very big disaster. The country must have food in its hands, so that there will be no chaos when the time comes. The reason cannot be said, but it is said in a different way.

"Xingzhi, do you want to transfer him to the third division?"

Zheng Lang was surprised, Zhang Fangping came to Wang Anshi, it turned out to be the idea of beating Wang Anshi?

It's not impossible, when the Jiangnan affair is over, it is enough to enter the third division with this merit. But Zheng Lang thought for a while and said, "No need, let him study in the local area for a few more years." ”

"Why?"

"Brother Antao, local exploration is very important, how many years have I been surveying locally?"

Zhang Fangping didn't agree very much, but he didn't object, even if Wang Anshi was transferred to the Third Division, the court was frequently transferred, and he may not have been in the Third Division at that time, and the two chatted for a long time before Zhang Fangping left the Zheng family.

But the nation's eyes remain focused on Bay State.

Beizhou fought in full swing, and the Khitan envoys arrived in Beijing. Or as before, the Khitan mother sent the Anfu army to stay behind Yelushou, the Xishanghemen envoy Zheng Quanjie, and the Liaoxingzong sent the left Qianniuwei general Yelufang, and the right counselor to consult the doctor to know the system Han Zhen to congratulate Zhengdan.

The emperor of Liao is still good, his mother made him so hard, he still obeyed filial piety, Xiao Yunjin was sick, he went to visit immediately, and Dongyue led his ministers to worship his mother. But this Xiao Yunjin is even more wonderful, no matter what Liao Xingzong does, he wants Yelu Chongyuan to usurp Liao Xingzong's father and son.

Zhao Zhen set up a banquet to entertain the Liao envoys, and the Liao State was defeated by the Western Xia people, and his heart was very empty. The Song Dynasty continued to rebel against itself, and Zhao Zhen was also weak-hearted. Sympathy for each other and great respect for each other. After the fourth envoy Shi Li sat down, Han Zhen suddenly said to Zheng Lang: "Zheng Xianggong, His Royal Highness King Liang misses Zheng Xianggong very much, and wrote a private letter for me to bring to you." ”

The four envoys Zheng Lang all knew them, not only them, except for the rising stars, he knew all the important ministers of the Khitan, but Zheng Lang's face changed color slightly, and letters could be exchanged, why did he say it on this occasion? rq