"Adapt to local conditions?" Zhao Zhen was a little dazed.

It is not a new saying, Zheng Lang has mentioned it many times in the local area, such as Taipingzhou, which is encircled according to local conditions, and the port is developed, Hangzhou is adapted to local conditions, and Ping'an Supervision is developed, and Weizhou is adapted to local conditions. But what does it have to do with the Yellow River?

Zheng Lang did not say anything about the Yellow River, but said something else.

Xu Xu said: "The land also has its strengths and weaknesses, abandon its shortcomings and promote its strengths, and the whole country will be better governed." ”

"What's long and what's short?" Zhao Zhen asked. Suddenly, a eunuch came, whispered a few words in his ear, and Zhao Zhen said, "Go to the capital hall to discuss matters." ”

All the relevant officials in the capital were awakened together, and several people from Xifu also came to the Privy Council, and Zhao Zhen simply summoned the two governors to the capital together to discuss this strategy for governing the river. It's too hard, if it goes on like this, there is no need to recover Western Xia, every few years, the Yellow River tosses, and then there is a big drought from time to time, and no matter how good the country is, it will be wiped out by God.

Come to the Metropolitan Hall.

The current candidates for Xifu are still Wang Yiyong, as well as Song Zhen, and Wang Yaochen.

Fu Bi still refuses to edict, I overstep the system, and not punishing the imperial court is considered preferential, where do I dare to enter the two governments. It is estimated that he has gone through the Qingli New Deal, and after Jia Changchao and Xia Zhu, he is a little afraid. Or for the time being, I don't want to label Zheng Lang, so as not to be attacked by some people as a new friend, harming myself and Zheng Lang, so I shirked it.

Zheng Lang is not in a hurry, Fu Bi will have outstanding performance in the local area soon, and if he is summoned to enter the two mansions, it will be more natural. But after writing a letter to Wang Yaochen, Xifu needs civil servants who are proficient in military affairs, and Wang Yaochen is even more needed. In the letter, the patient persuasion finally made Wang Yaochen use his feelings.

Therefore, Xifu is Wang Yiyong, Song Zhen and Wang Yaochen. Wang Yiyong is a soy sauce player, and Song Zhen also doesn't know much about military affairs, only Wang Yaochen is alone, and he is a little struggling. But if you don't fight, you can barely survive. If Fu Bi enters the West Mansion again, the talents of the two provinces will be together.

will sit down one after another, and Zhao Zhen will report the Zhou Express. And what the little official just recorded, handed it to the three prime ministers of Xifu and let them read it.

After they finished reading, Zhao Zhen said again: "Zheng Qing." Read on. ”

"Wow. First of all, the boundary of Jingshi, Jingshi is a plain area, the terrain is open and flat, the water and land transportation is developed, conducive to commerce and handicrafts, most of the time the climate is cool, and the water and grass are abundant. It is also conducive to livestock property, and also conducive to planting mulberry and hemp fruit trees, so many pastoral supervisors in the imperial court are mostly distributed in the Jingshi area, and the cultivation of fruit trees and mulberry hemp is common and the business is developed. However, the disadvantage is that there are many soil layers, poor soil quality, and most of the fine sand composed of the Yellow River alluvial soil, which is not conducive to grain planting. Yes, but the yield is low. ”

"Geology?" Zhao Zhen suddenly thought of Zheng Langge's nouns in physics and asked.

"Yes. Your Majesty. ”

Several bigwigs whispered together.

It is said that saline-alkali land is not conducive to crop planting, but there is no saline-alkali land in many places in Beijing, but the yield has not been high, which is the reason.

"Said," Zhao Zhen became interested.

If Zheng Lang is right, use this as a guide, and there will be many detours on all roads.

"Gyeonggi Road has the best natural conditions, producing salt and iron wire, and the water and land transportation is also very developed, and the land is fertile. It is an important food base in the north. Slightly worse is only in the eastern part of the Shandong Peninsula, followed by soil quality. However, there are fisheries, commerce, salt industry, fruit industry, rich mineral deposits, Xuzhou smelting industry is unparalleled in the world, when the minister was in Taipingzhou, he had bewitched local businessmen to hire Xuzhou craftsmen to come to Taipingzhou, driving the development of smelting technology in Taipingzhou. ”

Everyone smiled.

It was Zheng Lang's first cry. But even if it is the first cry, the age is not very old, and it shakes the world.

However, his complexion quickly became heavy, and the Yellow River was pressed.

"In the tenth year of Tiansheng, the Xinji River was built, and His Majesty re-summoned the ministers to lead Liangshanbo water for irrigation, forming a land of fish and rice in Liangshanbo," mentioning Liangshanbo, Zheng Lang is always strange in his heart, the actual real Liangshanbo is very different from the Water Margin, and continued: "At the same time, there is a developed pen-making industry and wine-making industry, and it is also an important tax area of the imperial court. This is the most well-developed, and all the imperial court has to do is to repair it. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, Jingxi has been replaced by five people, with endless wars, vast land and sparsely populated land, and over-developed by the Tang Dynasty, the land is poor, so in the number of roads in Gyeonggi, Jingxi Road is the most poor. However, as long as it is properly managed, the west is mountainous, the east is watery, and the natural situation is better, and there is countless room for improvement. The overall south is not as good as the north, the west is not as good as the east, but each has its own characteristics, the south is suitable for planting high-yield rice, the fishery is developed, the west has fruit and wood industry, the east is the best, which is conducive to agricultural planting, and there is coal industry and porcelain industry, close to Beijing, and also conducive to commercial development. The main reason is that the population is sparse and the development is backward, which is far inferior to Jingdong Road. ”…,

"Hebei Road is not as good as the south in the north, low-lying in the north, and mountainous in the northwest, but it has not been restored since the Anshi Rebellion, especially in the southeast, even in Enzhou, which is very close to the capital, there are many swamps and wastelands, if it is properly cultivated, at least more than 20% of the new water conservancy fields on this road can be expanded."

Zheng Lang talked eloquently, and the hall was silent. Speaking of this, even the eunuchs heard that what Zheng Lang said was too important, and it was even related to the future direction of the country.

"Hedong Road has a cold climate, many mountains, less water, not conducive to economic development, is not conducive to agricultural planting, among the northern roads, Hedong Road is the most barren, but there is the benefit of salt and iron, and produces coal, wine, ink, green alum, copper smelting can be called the first in the world, and the fertile of mulberry hemp, want to develop, can only start from the latter. The geography of Shaanxi Road is far superior to that of Jingxi and Hedong, and Guanzhong has been the most developed area in China since ancient times. There is also the construction of the Sanbai Canal, although it has been trapped in drought due to continuous disasters in recent years, but it is still one of the most developed places in our dynasty. Even Qinwei and other places, if they are properly developed and the land is fertile, they can restore the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Chen Zai Zhongshu once saw a newspaper, saying that there are high-yield fields in the local area of five stones, the minister estimates that it is unlikely, the reason for this yield is that the local acres are larger than the actual area of the Central Plains, but if it is intensive farming, the minister has also done measurements in Jingyuan Road, and the yield of two seasons is three stones, but it is not difficult. This is far better than the output of other parts of the Central Plains. Not only Qinwei, but also Xihuang Helan in Tibet, the land is still very fertile. It is worse in the north, which also has the advantage of animal husbandry. Helpless, just trapped in the Western Xia. Zheng Lang sighed.

It was Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty, not the later Loess Plateau, and many areas were still good, but with the military as the center of gravity, most officials neglected development, resulting in Shaanxi except for the Guanzhong region. Elsewhere it has become a place of backwardness.

"Huainan Road and Liangzhejiang Road are the most economically developed areas in our country, and they are also the most important grain producing areas, relatively speaking, Huainan Road is the most developed and perfect. There are some problems in the east of Zhejiang and the west of Zhejiang, and the west of Zhejiang has the benefits of Taihu Lake and Zhejiang, but the large households are unreasonable to circle the lake, many rivers and lakes have lost their irrigation function, and there are many floods. The east of Zhejiang is mountainous, but there are benefits of sea fish. It can also develop celadon and bamboo paper. Jiangdong is mountainous in the southeast and watery in the northwest, which is not as good as Lianghuai and Liangzhejiang, but there are high-yield polders, but the ministers are worried that Haoqiang will be annexed, coupled with the poor management of the government, the polders will be destroyed. Again, too much destruction of the lake. Affecting the water storage function, there will be the harm of the Yangtze River breaking the embankment. Jiangnan West Road is mountainous, but the land resources in the central part are superior. Abundant products, developed transportation, although the natural conditions are not as good as the two Huaijiang and Zhejiang, but better than the Jiangnan East Road, is the fastest rising region in China's economic development. Sichuan Shu four road in Chengdu Road is the best, the ancient rich area, Lizhou Road second, but only Xingyuan Mansion and Yangzhou area is slightly better, other areas are not abundant, Zizhou Road is more mountainous. There is less irrigation water, and it is even more backward, and Kuizhou Road is the worst, not only the mountains and deep valleys, but also the harm of barbarians, and the same is true of Liangjing Road. There are many miasma mountains, and the north road is not as good as the south road, but isn't that the case? Your Majesty, please think of Fujian Road. If we talk about the evil of the natural environment, these five roads are not as bad as the evil of Fujian Road, but the people of Fujian Road are diligent, spontaneously grab fields with mountains and seas, develop fruit trees and fisheries, and develop commerce. Why, it is because the people of Fujian Road are civilized, and there are no barbarians to hinder them, and the government of the imperial court can be implemented. ”

Although Fujian Road is developing rapidly, this is also related to the Song Dynasty's open internal governance policy, but no matter how good the policy can be implemented in Kuizhou Road or Meishanman?

The officials didn't dare to say anything about where they were angry, and they still implemented the imperial court policy, and they didn't even think about it. This is the fundamental reason for the backwardness of several roads. …,

"Liangguang is also similar to the previous roads, except for the area of Guangzhou, other areas are sparsely populated, mostly controlled by barbarians, but the water resources are developed, the climate is hot, and it can be harvested three times a year, but ......" Zheng Lang shook his head, Lingnan has the largest upside, but the introverted policy of the Song Dynasty, the development of Lingnan has become a distant dream, let alone overseas.

Zheng Lang said that these are just an introduction, paving the way for the following.

But several people were all staring at him.

Some people elaborate on the situation of the whole country, such as Sima Qian, who wrote in detail about the situation and production of the Han Dynasty at that time in the "Historical Records".

But unlike Zheng Lang, Zheng Lang said it hastily, but it was more targeted, only talking about the strengths and weaknesses of each road and the development space, which is already equivalent to formulating the most important national policy for the country.

Moreover, when Zheng Lang said these words, he put forward an important proposition, that different regions are treated differently, not one is good and one is bad, but different methods are used to govern according to different situations in different regions. This is the first time in the history of the Song Dynasty.

Zheng Lang continued: "Your Majesty, you are all ministers, so governance, according to different situations, the mountainous areas where the land is poor, such as most areas of Hedong Road, can not encourage reclamation, the grain harvest is small, but the destruction of water and soil, the income is not high, but can encourage the development of fruit forestry, mulberry and hemp industry. The income from fruit trees, timber and mulberry hemp will not be lower than that of grain, and even if it is low, the land is vast and sparsely populated, which can make up for it. Shaanxi is the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and there are several important tributaries of the Yellow River, an important source of sediment, so it is not allowed to plant on a large scale, mainly to protect the environment and forests, supplemented by management and development, and some small plains in the river valley of Hedong Road, most of the area of Jingxi Road, and the south of Hebei Road, can be developed. The Jingshi area can also be developed, but only after improving the soil can it be developed. ”

"Improving the soil?" Zhao Zhen asked puzzled.

"It's Your Majesty, improving the soil is part of it, and it's also the second policy for controlling the Yellow River."

"Go on," Zhao Zhen didn't ask again.

"Jingdong Road and Lianghuai Road development is mature, can only be tinkering, such as expanding the irrigation of the Liangshanbo area of Jingdong Road, in Huainan Road some water-deficient dry land canal water diversion, expand the cultivated area, Jiangdong and Zhejiang development to be moderate, must leave a moderate lake water storage, Jiangxi Fujian development is also relatively mature, but there are many areas lack of road exchanges, traffic is not developed, can build roads, agriculture and business at the same time. This is the short-term goal of the imperial court. There are longer-term goals...... "Zheng Lang didn't say it again, Changsha is a big rice city, and Hubei will not be bad, but it is blocked by various mountain barbarians, and this problem will not be solved." These two roads cannot be developed unless only the eastern part of the two roads is developed. Lizhou is mainly traffic, which is a bit difficult to do, unless the yellow powder technology is mature. Only by being able to truly open up mountains and mountains can Lizhou be freed from the semi-closed environment. Kuizi Road is more difficult to do, and Lingnan also has a headache. Because the latter three roads are far away from Beijing, or because there are many mountains, the weather is very hot, even if there are no barbarians, it is difficult to catch up with other roads in a short time.

Continued: "This is the situation of all roads. Subdividing it down, each state capital has its own state capital, and each county has its own county, and it cannot be generalized. Then the farmland water conservancy law will be established. ”

"Farmland Water Conservancy Law?"

"Yes, the imperial court has developed to this day, and there is serious redundancy, anyway, there are many officials who are not bad, and there is no shortage of officials."

"......" Zhao Zhen was speechless.

"They have jobs and salaries. It is better to simply select some officials who are proficient in water conservancy from among them to set up a department of regulations, and then set up departments in various fields to be specially responsible for water conservancy development. Encourage officials and people who understand water conservancy to participate. Dredging rivers is conducive to irrigation, drought prevention and drainage, reclamation of wasteland, and increase grain production. ”…,

Chen Zhizhong finally spoke: "Where does the money and labor come from? ”

"The first is to use the disaster victims and the hungry people, the second is to send the people to pay the people with the fields, and the third is to use the army. The state spent sixty or seventy percent of its income to feed a huge army, but there were not many wars, and many soldiers abandoned their martial arts, and they were so close that they couldn't lift it. The point that the shoulders cannot be picked. ”

"Will there be a mutiny?" Song Zhen asked hesitantly.

"The way of governing the country and the way of employing people can be used in four words, both grace and power. The imperial court is gentle on forbidden soldiers, which is rare since ancient times, but Brother Bo Zhen. Why have there been so many mutinies in the past few years? It's not that it's not enough, it's that it's not majestic. Flying General Li Guang is brave and brave, the army is loose, and the soldiers are happy, but the enemy is sometimes victorious and defeated, Cheng Buzhi and Zhou Yafu are both in the name of strict management of the army, but they have not lost a single defeat in their lives. This is a good example of this. Is the court thin for the king? ”

Some forbidden generals are about to be raised by the imperial court to grow wings and fly to heaven.

This is a living example, in recent years, the mutiny of soldiers has nothing to do with the poor treatment of the imperial court, but these soldiers do not know what to do and do whatever they want.

A few people couldn't speak.

Zheng Lang said: "Money and silk are also easy to solve, one is to use labor for relief, in recent years, many water conservancy and roads have been repaired by labor relief, but the scale is small, not properly organized, but the imperial court has accumulated a lot of experience, as long as there are officials specially organized, you can build some larger water conservancy projects." There is no need to worry about this part of the labor money, anyway, it is also for relief, and the funds will not be used too much. According to the beneficiary situation, the funds can be compensated with the land, apportioned according to the household, or persuade the rich to contribute money, do good deeds for the township, and even publish their deeds in the newspaper, promote the good and eliminate the evil, or build a shrine in the township to set up a monument to extort their merits, use the name to reduce the greed of the big and powerful, and raise a batch of donations, the imperial court can also allocate funds, or lend money at low interest to the beneficiaries of the local dialect, and the minister did similar things in Taiping Prefecture. Then reward the meritorious participating officials and ordinary people, so that they can come up with more good ideas and brainstorm. This law can be implemented without disturbing the world. ”

In fact, this is the enhanced version of Wang Anshi's farmland water conservancy law.

The difference is that the concept of regionality, and some areas protect the environment and do not allow indiscriminate cultivation and logging, which is more advanced.

More flexibility.

Wang Anshi has many changes that can be used for reference, but Zheng Lang doesn't know what the consequences will be. In history, Wang Anshi implemented the farmland water conservancy law for six or seven years, benefiting 36 million mu of cultivated land in the imperial court. In the future, the impact will be more far-reaching, it can be said that by the time of Song Huizong, the number of registered households reached more than 20 million, and it was possible to feed more than 150 million people, and farmland and water conservancy were indispensable.

Pang Ji looked at Zheng Lang with a somewhat complicated look.

Whether it is wisdom, morality, or talent, it is possible that this son is a rare virtuous appearance in the Song Dynasty.

Can I surpass this?

At this time, he became suspicious of himself.

And he faintly felt the difference between Zheng Lang and Fan Zhongyan, although Fan Zhongyan was good, he had more of a broad atmosphere, a scholarly atmosphere, and took it for granted. But Zheng Lang is different, the spirit of pragmatism and caution has been engraved into the bones and spleen.

"What a strategy," Zhao Zhen said, patting the table.

Fan Louyan Zheng Lang told the five people about the farmland water conservancy law, but he did not say it in detail, and there was no such thing as regional governance. It wasn't until today that Zheng Lang officially threw out this new law.

There will be many interests involved, but it is only a distribution of interests, which will not hurt the original interests of large households too much, and it is easy to implement. Moreover, the country has been very hard in recent years, not only lack of money, but also lack of food, drought and flood, once implemented, will effectively block the impact of small-scale disasters.

After speaking, he smiled again.

Zheng Lang is the biggest cronie in his heart, and he has promoted Zheng Lang many times, which is also related to his ability to overcome public opinion, and only today did he see Zheng Lang's wisdom mature, and finally flashed dazzling brilliance on this night. With this thought, the sorrow caused by the bursting of the Yellow River's banks has been reduced, and my heart is full of joy, and I am full of expectations and confidence for the future. Suddenly, he asked, "But I still don't understand, what does this have to do with the management of the Yellow River?" ”

"Yes, there's a lot to do with it!"

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