Zhao Zhen was asked inexplicably, and said, "Zheng Qing, can you make it clear?" ”

"Your Majesty, if you want to win, you can't rush for quick success."

Zhao Zhen's forehead, as I said just now, to fight a weak Southern Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty has used three generations of Renjun since the Later Zhou Dynasty, if you include Chai Rong's youngest son, it is four generations of Renjun, and the Southern Tang Dynasty is classified as a national territory, not to mention the party.

"In fact, it doesn't take much, our army is a battalion step by step, the front line builds a large fortress, takes the initiative to carry out some sorties from time to time, and then blocks the enemy's horse salt, ten years, the Western Xia country is poor, and it will inevitably collapse. But in the middle of this, there will be many tragic battles such as Mikawaguchi and Komizugawa. And after the collapse of Western Xia, how to reunify Western Xia into the national territory is another thorny problem. If the governance is not good, there will be a Zhang Yuanhao and Wang Yuanhao at any time. ”

Zhao Zhen was at a loss.

This is also what he is worried about, after ten years of long battles, how much the country spends and how many people die.

Zheng Lang said again: "Or make a decision, take the initiative to make peace with Yuan Hao, and give him a generous amount of money, but from Fuzhou to Weizhou, the border is thousands of miles long, Yuan Hao does not keep his oath, and after resting and recuperating, Western Xia will continue to fight with our army." Give them money and silk, give them time to regain their vitality, and the consequences will be greater. If the northwest wants to defend, it must have an army of up to three or four hundred thousand. Plus the army of Hebei. Military spending alone will bring down our DPRK. Your Majesty's hands are safe, but in a few years, our dynasty may be completely wiped out by the northern captives because of this. ”

"The secretaries of the DPRK and China are worried about this, and they can't fight or make peace."

"Nowadays, war and peace are difficult. And is for me to take the initiative to find a grave, although the war is difficult in front of us, but to maintain peace in the future, get the northwest, and get a lot of war horses, the Khitan people have declined, there are enough war horses and pastures, and the sixteen states of Youyun will be recovered, it will not be a dream. Your Majesty, although our dynasty attaches great importance to internal governance, it is too shameful for the people to live. China is a big country, sitting on the largest number of people in the world, the most wealth, and repeatedly bowing to the Tibetan people......"

"I know what to do."

Zheng Lang didn't have much hope, maybe Zhao Zhen wouldn't think that he had the idea of passive defense and peace negotiation, but this kind of thought was like a devil, secretly breeding in the hearts of Zhao Zhen and the minister.

Yuan Hao did not take the initiative to ask for peace, otherwise the civil and military monarchs and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty would welcome him.

If you want the Song Dynasty to be no longer weak, not only to reform the military system, but also to politics.

But Zheng Lang is not in a hurry, he can take his time, he is still young, and he still has a lot of time to squander, and Zhao Zhen's trust in him is also an opportunity.

Stop the defeat of Dingchuan first.

Then he took out two jade bracelets from his arms, the material is a little special, it was brought back from Oceania by the fleet, far away, only to bring back some news of jade, copper, gold and silver mines, and only officially sent people to mine in the first month of this year. In the prospecting and occupation of mines and supply points, there were some battles one after another, diseases caused by hot weather, and two accidents at sea, and nearly 1,000 soldiers died last year.

In times of peace, Zheng Lang may have failed to do so. But at this time, as long as you have money, you don't care.

Zheng Lang chose two black opals to make a bracelet, and although the transparent water opal without body color has the reputation of jade drop stone, the color-changing effect is the weakest. The fire European hue is warm, and the color-changing effect is also very poor. The white Europe is fresh and moving, and the color-changing effect is still not as good as the black Europe.

Of course, it was worn by girls, Zheng Lang chose a piece of green and black Europe, which was also dotted with a few points of red color, golden, purple and orange.

Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, this is what the minister brought to the little princess. ”

"This ......"

"It is to give the little princess no disgust to the minister, and it has nothing to do with Your Majesty. The minister is willing to be a good minister of His Majesty, not a minister, that is not the surname of the minister. ”

Zhao Zhen is simple, and the people in the harem are not doing very well, including several concubines and his children.

In fact, this is just a private feeling, and it has nothing to do with flattery. Zhao Zhen only has this one child at the moment, and Zheng Lang wants to treat her well.

Zheng Lang reported to Dongfu again.

Now almost all the bigwigs in the East Mansion have been replaced, the privy envoy is Yan Shu, his three envoys are replaced by Ye Qingchen, and Wang Yiyong, the captain of the horses, knows the affairs of the Privy Council. In the Song Dynasty, there was no foreign marriage and auxiliary government, Wang Yiyong was an alternative, he was the grandson of Wang Pu, he was born in a famous family, and he was quiet and humble, and his virtue was very good, so he was exceptionally promoted.

Du Yan, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and Zheng Jian, the right counselor, were also privy deputy envoys. Dongfu became Zhang Dexiang, Lu Yijian, Song Zhen, Chao Zongyu, and Li Ruogu. Among them, except for Chao Zongyu, whose reputation is slightly worse, the rest of the people are all starry-eyed.

Looking at Yan Shu, and then at Wang Yiyong, Zheng Jian, and Du Yan, Zheng Lang thought in his heart, there are so many stars.

These four prime ministers are also looking at Zheng Lang.

I knew that he hadn't been in the capital for a long time, but I felt strange in my heart.

Too young.

However, Zheng Lang is very familiar with these bigwigs, including the people from Dongfu, Zhang Dexiang, Lu Yijian, Song Zhen, Li Ruogu, Yan Shu, and Du Yan, who have all dealt with each other.

Zheng Lang sang a fat promise and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am new to the country, I am not familiar with the affairs of Dongfu, and I am young, if I don't do well, you can bear with me, and my nephew made a small mistake." A few bigwigs couldn't laugh or cry.

Your nephew is older than you.

"Sit down," Yan Shu said.

"There's no need to sit, Yan Xianggong, please ask the scribe to bring me the recital from the front line during this time."

Yan Shu pouted.

Several scribes played it.

Zheng Lang looked through them one by one, and the history books only recorded important events, and some events were not the truth after being tampered with many times. The newspaper also only conveyed major events, and some things were not publicly leaked because they were related to state secrets.

Zheng Lang looked through them one by one, he couldn't see them quickly, and made some imaginations in his mind.

As the prime minister of the Eastern Mansion, he not only has to watch the recitals, but also review them.

Zheng Lang didn't approve it, he looked at it intently for a day, and then ran to the Third Envoy Division, found Ye Qingchen, and said, "Ye Yaxiang, how much surplus is there in the imperial treasury, can you show me." ”

It's not overstepping his authority, he just looks, not handles, I don't know how much the state finances, how to arrange the military?

Ye Qingchen smiled, he had a good impression of Zheng Lang, he didn't make friends, he didn't form a party, he had a decent style, and he also respected himself very much when he was in Hangzhou. So immediately he sent for the books of the state treasury.

Zheng Lang used the abacus to calculate while watching, turned his head and said: "Ye Yaxiang, I didn't come to check your accounts, but I was calculating in my heart how much money I could spare to support the war ahead." ”

"You count," Ye Qingchen said with a smile again.

One is that he has no ghosts in his heart, and the other is that he believes.

The abacus gradually became popular, including Zheng Lang's abacus oral decision, and even compiled into the textbooks of Taixue.

But there are some old officials who don't like it and continue to use the chip to calculate the accounts.

Zheng Lang didn't ask, even if he used his fingers to settle accounts, what did he care? Sooner or later, the advanced will eliminate the backward things, which is the law of nature and the law of man.

"Money is used so fast...... Zheng Lang said with a wry smile after spending most of the day reading it.

Last year, the wind and rain were good, and I was forced by the war to let go of 20 deed shares, which will not be effective immediately, but in the future, at least 200 million yuan of direct income can be provided for shareholders, and indirect income is impossible to estimate. However, it was only auctioned for 10 million yuan, plus tens of thousands of hectares of arable land, which was too cheap.

He alone raised nearly 20 million yuan for the imperial court. However, the treasury is still empty, and if there is no additional huge wealth support, the imperial court must raise taxes on the people this year, otherwise the treasury will not be able to tide over this year's difficulties.

And a large part of it is used to increase troops on the front line, spend on ordnance, and pay for the martyrs who died in battle.

According to an abacus estimate, the northwest alone will spend at least nearly 30 million yuan.

"Zheng Xianggong, do you have any good plans?" Ye Qingchen asked.

He's worried, too.

"How good am I?"

"Since lotus leaves can cross people, there should be a way."

"That's a fake, there are bamboo bladders underneath, and in order to prevent it from floating, a rope is tied to the side of the boat. When I stepped on it, I deliberately picked a large lotus leaf and embedded the petiole in the middle of the depression, and the soldiers untied the rope on the boat, so that I would not sink on the surface of the lake. I don't know how much water I drank to practice balance. ”

"Four King Kong ......"

"That's blowing hot air inside, so it can float up, and buoyancy pulls up the giant mantle, and the pattern on the giant mantle is the principle of small hole imaging. The soldiers hid in the blue of the hot King Kong statue, sprinkled copper-plated iron sheets on the platform, and I deliberately found a magnet on the stage and used the magnet to lay a Buddha character. The iron piece is adsorbed by the magnet and becomes a golden Buddha character. The petals are also sprinkled from the hanging blue. At dawn, the heat is released again, and the mantle falls on its own. Take advantage of the topography of that peak, slide down the cliffs to the northwest, and take it away secretly. This is the study of things, not divine power. I don't have the skills to conjure wealth out of thin air. Hey, you're trying to trick me? ”

Ye Qingchen smiled.

It is a good thing to press the Buddha, because Zheng Langkai's head has now reduced some monks and nuns, and also prevented some monasteries and Taoist temples from annexing land, and last year, the land tax collected only on the cultivated land of monasteries and Taoist temples also reached more than 400,000 yuan.

It's not a small number, after the reform of the tea tax, it only made a profit of more than 400,000 yuan a year for the imperial court. It's not bad, it was originally reduced to more than 200,000. The war is going on, and the money is asked everywhere, even if it is 100,000 yuan, the minister also wants to fight.

Therefore, those who know this secret do not know, and if they do, they do not make it public.

Ye Qingchen was very curious, so he deliberately asked.

However, Zheng Lang also deliberately leaked, his wife said that if she left, she would go quietly, for fear that the people would send each other off, and she was afraid that people would be red, and pretending to be a ghost would also lose the right way, so let it go again. Zheng Lang deliberately said angrily: "No, you have to set up a banquet for me in Fanlou tomorrow." ”

"Okay."

After Zheng Lang made a joke with Ye Qingchen, he continued to look at these account books and ponder.

What he did in Hangzhou was for the sake of open source.

There are many ways to open source, and the fastest and most effective thing to open source has been done by yourself. Once the currency is sufficient, the relaxation of the maritime ban and trade can create a series of good surname cycles and stimulate taxes. But only open source and not throttling expenditure is not the way.

As long as the flow is reduced and the annual expenditure of the Song Dynasty is controlled below 70 or 80 million guan, after surviving the battle of Western Xia, Zheng Lang can guarantee that the Song Dynasty will save more than 40 million guan of wealth a year. Then the real prosperity will come.

But thinking of throttling, Zheng Lang couldn't help scratching his head, it was too troublesome, and said, "No, I'm going to the palace." ”

Really went to the palace.

Zhao Zhen was holding his daughter and reviewing the folds, Zheng Lang came and said, "You hug me for me, my elbows are sore." ”

Zheng Lang was speechless, I will run this country for you, and I will take your daughter. But it is also a kind of trust and camaraderie between friends.

"Who are you?" Princess Fukang asked, tugging at his beard in his arms.

"I'm Zheng Xingzhi." Then he looked at the little princess's thighs, afraid that she would pee again.

Zhao Zhen smiled and asked, "Zheng Qing, what is the matter here?" ”

"Your Majesty, expand some of the township soldiers."

At this time, it is impossible to reduce troops, but the ratio of forbidden soldiers to township soldiers in Shaanxi at this time is still close to three to one, how high is the cost of banning soldiers? On the contrary, the combat effectiveness is inferior to that of the local village soldiers.

It is impossible to use all the township soldiers, and I am not at ease, especially some Tibetan soldiers, who were rebelled by Li Shibin's subordinates, which made many ministers feel cold.

But this is a special case, and as long as the officers on the front line pay close attention, this plan will not be effective.

If the proportion of the soldiers is controlled, there will be no major crisis.

The situation in Yanzhou was very special, at that time, near Yanzhou, excluding other places, there were only about 20,000 people from the security army to the Yanzhou garrison, which was less than a quarter of the number of soldiers under Li Shibin.

Moreover, among the township soldiers, there are not only the Fan soldiers and the Qiang soldiers, but also a large number of Han people, and these people are more loyal than the Fan soldiers and the Qiang soldiers.

You can't dare to use border soldiers because of Li Shibin's subordinates. Just like the Anshi Rebellion, there is no need for military generals.

It's a degree of control.

After Zheng Lang said it again, he said: "Otherwise, there will be a serious crisis in the finances of the imperial court this year." ”

"You write a good song, and you will propose it at the day after tomorrow."

"Wow. The minister also had a request to let Zhang Fangping also go to the northwest. ”

From the East Mansion turned out two letters, both are Zhang Fangping's dedication, at first Yuan Hao began to rebel, the soldiers did not move, Zhang Fangping wrote on the book, the country has long forgotten, the soldiers do not know the soldiers, the soldiers do not know the war, the people do not know the labor, nearly 30 years, if the gathering is used, there will be the worry of losing the teacher. When the soldiers are tired and the people are tired, there will be thieves and accidents. You should endure this breath, go along with your wishes, win time, choose soldiers, fortify the city, and wait for victory. Although Yuan Hao rebelled, the soldiers were nameless, and it was difficult to win. A small country has used troops for three years, and it has not seen a victory, and it will be broken without a break.

Zheng Lang was very surprised after reading this letter.

I don't know the ability, I know the history behind, and I can deduce it calmly. What history does Zhang Fangping know behind?

Last year, he offered the Ten Strategies of Pingrong, saying that the border city is thousands of miles, and I divide and specialize in thieves, and thieves often use one blow to ten, and they will be defeated. If the attempt is lost, the teacher will spend money and not for himself. It is advisable to reach the end of the people's strength, garrison the east of the river, show the situation, the thief will be from Yanwei, the nest of Xingzhou will defend the void, my division from Lin, Fu to cross the river, not ten days can be reached, this so-called attack on the communist must be saved, the shape of the forbidden way.

The Tanguts attacked Yanzhou and Weizhou, and we attacked their rear from Fuzhou. The Tanguts attacked Fuzhou, and we attacked their south from Weizhou.

Let them be tired of running for their lives, if they divide their forces to resist, we will fight when we see that their strength is small, and if they are strong, they will retreat to the Song realm to guard.

In a few years, they will be tossed to death.

Zheng Lang was very surprised, he hadn't seen Zhang Fangping's military ability rise to such a height for a few years. This kind of height, even Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan are not as good as it.

"Exactly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zheng Lang left happily.

What to do, a spade can't dig out the golden doll, and after leaving the palace, Zheng Lang folded to the Chinese book again.