Zheng Lang only turned a few pages before putting down the fold.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Zheng Qing, why don't you watch it?" ”

"Your Majesty, look at my benevolence," Zheng Lang said.

Human nature is inherently greedy, and this greed is not necessarily bad, and it is this greed that stimulates people to pursue a better life and make civilization progress. Therefore, the ancient sages mostly used moral values to regulate. If you want to put an end to it, it's simply impossible. Even under absolute egalitarianism, the common people starved to death in batches, and those brigade cadres had three meals a day with food and clothing. Moreover, in this feudal era.

Regarding this, Zheng Lang looked at it with a calm attitude. For example, after Wang Anshi's new warehouse method, the loss was reduced to two or three percent. Why is there loss, it is normal, part of it is not properly stored, mildew, part of it is eaten by mice, part of it is eaten by birds when it is turned over, and part of it is lost in water. But how much can this be, half into it is enough, and half into half goes into private pockets. Already thankfully. It turns out that the loss of the warehouse method reaches 50% a year! Put in 100 stone grain this year, only 50 stone will be left next year, and only 25 stone will be left the year after tomorrow. Therefore, it can only be said that Enwei is used together to show warning and reduce the amount of ink greed.

The reason why the imperial court was encouraged to initiate this investigation was that the official atmosphere in the Jia Chang Dynasty was relatively dark and the corruption was serious, so it was an opportunity to rectify and correct it.

A similar truth has been said in the mean, and even more has been said in benevolence.

Zhao Zhen was frustrated.

Zheng Lang said again: "Your Majesty, not everyone is like Your Majesty. If everyone were like Your Majesty, the country would be governed without officials. ”

"How to deal with it?"

"Your Majesty. The edict was issued first, indicating that the warehouse could be used in addition to the national edict, or the green seedling loan was issued to households below the fourth grade. No one else is allowed to participate. Including the issuance of loans, fourth-class households to prepare for spring famine and seed grain, a household shall not exceed five stone grain. If there is a merchant who buys grain from the storehouse privately. They can cooperate with the small officials to embezzle the grain in the warehouse, severely punish them, double the fine, and when the grain is sold away, they can use their assets to mortgage the grain to repay the grain. But I have to warn several imperial historians that they must not be private, implicated, or covered. so as not to escalate the situation. After all, there are many droughts, and what the country needs most is stability. ”

Zheng Lang deliberately said the last paragraph very seriously. These imperial histories go down, check and check, and in the end, they are angry, and they will automatically expand the situation. For example, how the first-class household becomes a fifth-class household, the local magistrate and county must participate, and the scope of involvement must be very wide.

There is no need for this.

Zheng Lang was speechless about his attitude towards corrupt officials. Nothing will work. Kill well, raise well, it's not good, even if you learn from Zhu Yuanzhang, you can kill tens of thousands of people at a time. Corrupt officials are still more alive than weeds, wildfires are inexhaustible, and spring breezes blow and regenerate. Zheng Lang went to Shanghai in his previous life and saw a very ordinary cadre of the brigade, with dozens of properties in his hands, and what other enterprises, with a family property of no less than nearly 100 million. Playing mahjong is less than 100,000 yuan, and people will not come. I don't know how much money that came from. No wonder one county bureau can raise seventy-two wives.

This, can only be touched, killing chickens and monkeys, can't come to a national bath, whoever comes to wash, who will be sad.

Bao Qingtian can only exist in people's imagination, who wants to really learn Bao Qingtian, even in the Zhao Zhen Dynasty, his life is not long, and he can't do practical things.

After Zhao Zhen received the recital from the middle book, until this time, he gradually calmed down. In the end, he said disappointedly: "According to Zheng Qing's intentions, I will edict you to carefully inspect the warehouse grain one by one, and there must be no mistakes." ”

First of all, we have to recover the grain, which is not a short amount of money, nearly 20 million yuan, nearly 30 million stone grain. With this grain, although the disaster is serious this year, it will not be urgent, which is the original intention of the original warehouse method. But Zheng Lang pondered in his heart, Zhao Zhen's move, he still wanted Xia Zhu to sit firmly under his buttocks. Therefore, let a few people who oppose Xia Zhu check the imperial history slowly, and it is best to check it for half a year. …,

Zheng Lang glanced at the other people, and said, "It's just right, the minister has a advice." ”

"What's the advice?"

"At the beginning of the Western Xia war, because I was not cautious about intelligence work, there were repeated mistakes, and I actually let the Western Xia people turn Li Shibin against him under the nose of Yanzhou, I don't know. The same is true of the Khitan, at the beginning of the war, Yuan Hao deliberately went alone to apologize, and actually deployed the main army in Helan Mountain, preparing to annihilate Xiao Hui's department, and the Khitan Emperor did not know, and released Yuan Hao back, so that he was defeated. It is not important in peacetime, but when war occurs, often one or two intelligence personnel can determine the outcome of a battle. In the battle of our northwest, there were four large-scale battles, and the cost before and after reached more than 100 million, and the cost of one battle reached almost 30 million. It can be seen that the importance of secret agents. ”

Song Zhen said: "Xingzhi, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, now that my dynasty is reconciled with the Western Xia and Khitan, if we open secret agents, there will be dirt between the three kingdoms." ”

"Bo Zhen, this statement is fallacious. I don't send secret agents, can you guarantee that Yuan Hao didn't send secret agents to our court? ”

Song Zhen couldn't answer.

"Your Majesty, I talked with Zhang Kang and Chong Kui at the head of Bazhou City, and said a question, why did I set up so many heavy cities on the south side of the Juma River, and there are also walled shops (the northwest military fortress is divided into Zhaibao Pass according to the size of the terrain, while Hebei is called Zhaihe and Pu, and the shops are generally slightly smaller, mostly in the mountainous areas). The Khitan also stationed troops in Youzhou, but how many troops were stationed? ”

Zhao Zhen couldn't speak.

Zheng Lang is exactly what Zhao Zhen values most.

Zheng Lang never buys fame and seeks straightness, like Kong Daofu, knocking on the palace door loudly, and sometimes taking the initiative to avoid difficulties. If you develop again, you will be a courtier. However, Zheng Lang is not, he never flatters, he speaks out when there is a problem, and never hides it. This gentle and unflattering attitude is Zhao Zhen's favorite.

But the weakness is like this, Zhao Zhen is always a little unhappy.

"Zhang Kang and Chong Kui said, I am a young horse, lack of speed advantage, can only be passive defense. At that time, the minister replied, no, but the nomadic people are poor, and once they invade, they will gain something, and we invade the north, but we will get nothing. The profits were different, resulting in more and more weak and passive policies in the future, until the Central Plains were controlled by the Hu people, as in the case of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. There were many more reasons that I didn't say much about that day. The Tang Dynasty was once extremely poor to Xiaohai, and the nomads also harassed the south many times, but never built the Great Wall. They also did not set up a large garrison in the north, because their army was strong and dared to invade. can double the repayment of these Hu people. Even if An Lushan guarded the north and began to set up a festival system, at first An Lushan's troops were far inferior to our dynasty. None of them. Or the army is not strong enough. Although it has clashed with the Khitan many times and won and lost each other, most of the wars took place in the territory of our dynasty, and the time, place and people are all in our dynasty. Why is there not much army stationed at the junction of Lingnan and Dali? In fact, the two countries were weak, and the imperial court did not station troops, and they did not dare to invade. Even if I invade, I will be able to be angry. Let them perish. The rebellion of the Tang Dynasty's feudal towns must be punished, but it cannot be overcorrected. It is not enough to raise the largest army in history, it needs some martial measures, some strong military measures. It's just to punish the Anshi Rebellion, and we must not let things like the festival envoys happen in our dynasty, and the army is firmly in the hands of His Majesty. So why not? Why not be strong? I am the main ruler of the country, but it does not mean that I let the Hu people bully. Bo Zhen, as the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, almost lost my life in the Khitan. If you flee back, you have to force your face. Isn't it humiliating to say to them that peace is valued in the two countries? ”

Song Zhen dared to say that this is too normal, but it is not a shame?

"Your Majesty, when you left the private salt passage, it was for scouts. The minister heard in the Khitan that Yuan Hao asked his son to marry the party surnamed Wuyi, because of his beauty, at the time of the wedding, despite the opposition of the minister, he forcibly accepted it into the harem. Yuan Hao has been mediocre, and after the minister returned to the court, he heard that Yuan Hao was happy to make the family happy, and repaired the palace in Tiandu Mountain, and the clans were not satisfied. Therefore, the minister wanted to take a slight move, so he mentioned the matter of the special service camp today. ”…,

"Secret Service Battalion?"

"Your Majesty, only one battalion, four or five hundred people are enough, and the elites are selected from the army, not only good at fighting and riding, but also quick to react, have language talent, good at camouflage and stealth, good at mountaineering, swimming, running, good at lobbying, calm and courageous, not afraid of death, not afraid of torture, and some skills......"

Said a long list.

Zhao Zhen opened his mouth wide and asked, "Is there such a person?" ”

"Your Majesty, there is, Wang Song."

When it came to this strange monk, Zhao Zhen was silent. This monk brother is too fierce and unparalleled in the world.

"Such manpower is not manpower in the end, but from the whole army, only a battalion of soldiers can still be found. After the selection, the list is known only to the Privy Council, and His Majesty controls it, and is directly responsible for reporting to the Privy Council and His Majesty to avoid leakage. After the allocation, in order to show the reward, each person was awarded the post of class straight, so that his family had no worries, and then selected some outstanding generals for separate training, which was responsible for Wang Song. The duties of this battalion are very special, so the minister named it the special service battalion. ”

This is not a special battalion, but four or five hundred 007s.

A few prime ministers glanced at each other, the number was not much, only four or five hundred, tossed by Zheng Lang, maybe like that Wang Yong and a few people, with a small broad, success.

Chen Zhizhong still said very carefully: "Harmony is precious." ”

The country is plagued by disasters, and it is better not to go to war.

Zheng Lang's forehead, don't blame Chen Zhizhong, Chen Zhizhong's thoughts also represent the thoughts of most scholars. The Song Dynasty also had ambitious ministers who launched many wars against the Western Xia in the Northern Song Dynasty, even if the Southern Song Dynasty once went on a northern expedition. It can't be said that the army of the Song Dynasty can't do it, such as Zhang Qi, if it weren't for the tight treasury of the Northern Song Dynasty and a series of bad stories, maybe Zhang Qi would have lost the Western Xia. But most of the time, let the civil ministers or eunuchs preside over the war, the commander is not effective, and how brave the troops are? When the best chance is Yue Fei, maybe a great miracle can be created in Yue Fei's hands, but ......

In the final analysis, it is the result of the dominance of the mainstream of the idea of stealing.

Without this thought, the Song Dynasty could have gone far.

Don't be in a hurry, you have to take your time, I haven't been in politics for thirteen years, and there is a long time ahead. At present, the main thing is not to expand the territory, the first is to strengthen the army, the second is to think wisely to be small and broad, and the third is to accumulate wealth and prepare for the future. It costs money to fight, and I asked Zhang Fangping, there is money in the treasury, and it is really good. But think about the current disaster, there is still next year, ten like, and the treasury will be empty again.

Several prime ministers agreed, and Zhao Zhi said: "Yes, Zheng Qing, go back to the Privy Council to draft detailed terms." ”

"Whoa." Several prime ministers were about to disperse, but Zheng Lang suddenly said again: "Your Majesty, the minister still has a piece of advice that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

At this time, Zheng Lang's mouth was very bitter.

Don't think it's simple, because of a suspicion avoidance system, if you want to solve the marriage of Xiao Lori, it is no less than dealing with the disadvantages of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen didn't know what Zheng Lang had in mind. said: "Say." ”

"Your Majesty, I rule the world with etiquette, right?"

Several prime ministers despised together. If you say it, you don't say it, since the Han Dynasty, that orthodox dynasty didn't rule the world with etiquette? Otherwise, why is the Ministry of Rites so important?

"Yes. Zheng Qing, what are you going to say? ”

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, people have been in good order, and I heard that Your Majesty selected Princess Fukang Shang Yong and her second son Li Wei, Li Wei is the cousin of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the minister thought it was very inappropriate."

Zhao Zhen didn't think of anything else, Zheng Lang was a Confucian. When I heard about it, it was very normal to bring it up, smiled slightly, and said, "Zheng Qing, it's just a small section, and it's harmless." There are also precedents. Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty raised the daughter of his nephew Yongwang Li Shouli in the palace, this daughter is the grandson of Zhongzong, but Zhongzong is regarded as a daughter, and the ministers are not inappropriate. ”

In the Song Dynasty, everything had to be said. There are precedents that have been recognized by everyone, which are systems, laws and principles. The daughter Zhao Zhen said was the famous princess of the Tang Dynasty, Princess Jincheng. With this example, it is not wrong for Zhao Zhen to marry his daughter to Li Wei. …,

Zheng Lang had a headache, and the tone of his words changed again, and said: "The minister still thinks it's inappropriate, Your Majesty's move is to pity him and the family's misery, and the minister also understands." However, His Majesty's love is divided into big love and small love, so Touch Long said that the Empress Dowager Zhao is also. First, Li Wei has reached the age of the crown, and the princess is still young, and if she wants to get married, she must wait for the princess to grow up, as early as six or seven years, or as late as ten years, which is too cruel for Li Wei. Second, the Li family is thin, and Princess Shang will not be able to take a concubine. If Your Majesty loves the Li family, not to let her still be a princess, but to let her family be wide, this is the real great love. Third, there is also a slight age gap between the two, which is quite incompatible. The princess has grown up, Li Wei is slightly older, and the princess is too aggrieved. Li Wei had to wait for the princess, and when he was young, he had to delay, and he was too aggrieved. Therefore, the minister thought it was inappropriate. ”

I was careful to find a few reasons.

It's not obvious, and several other prime ministers can't think of it, and Zhao Zhen can't think of it. Besides, Zheng Lang went to Khitan and died nine times for the sake of his precious daughter?

"Zheng Qing, the difference is only ten years old, which is not too big a distance. I still have no children, and I have only a few daughters, so letting her marry Yonghe family is also for the sake of Fukang's happiness. Zhao Zhen didn't listen at all.

But the words can't be listened to directly. Zheng Lang reacted in his heart, he didn't have to marry Li Wei, Zhao Zhen had Zhao Zhen's considerations. If he has a son and his son is the emperor, he will think of his father's little uncle, who is also the only uncle. Guan Jian has no son, and the future is uncertain, if other clan children are allowed to ascend the throne as younger brothers, the Li family will no longer be favored. But marrying a princess, the nature is different, it is not only a noble relative, but also a relative, and the Li family has really stepped into the ranks of noble relatives since then. So it seems that Li Wei has been wronged for a few years, but it is for the sake of the future of the Li family.

Zheng Lang is gone.

Zhao Zhen played again and said, "Zhuqing, take a look." ”

The ministers took turns looking at it, and they didn't know who wrote it, and what they wrote was also a cliché. It is said that the Zhulu Transit Division is widely seeking to leave the surplus, seeking flattery in the top, and the people lose taxes, which is already too much for payment, but the officials are not satisfied, and they are made to increase consumption, and the name is called Runguan. For example, the military system of Zhulu Prefecture in Jiangxi, the people are nano stone, and there is one bucket left, and there are often ministers who gather, and they are not satisfied with the consumption of one bucket, and then add one bucket. And based on one million stones all the way to Jiangxi, if one bucket of rice is taken for each stone, the collection is already 100,000 stones. If you take 100,000 stone from the people and consume rice, and there is a lack of grain and rice below, the price of rice will be expensive, and the people will eat expensive rice. This only leads to the disadvantages of all the way, and besides, the world, the forgiveness of taxation, its disadvantages are extreme. May Your Majesty read its repertoire, or there may be a restraint, called the surplus, begging to be degraded, so that the people will know Your Majesty's intentions.

The person who wrote it was about a small official in Jiangxi, so he didn't dare to sign it, and because of his low position, there was a lack of clear examples.

Regarding this additional consumption, Zheng Lang has said it several times, which is far more serious and detailed than this excerpt, not only is it an additional consumption, but there are many names!

Even if Zheng Lang said it, he didn't say it all.

Several prime ministers looked at Zhao Zhen suspiciously, wondering what Zhao Zhen's intention was in taking out this very ordinary recital?

Zhao Zhen said: "In ancient times, it was called that the ministers of aggregation were too thieves, but now they are so harsh, which is to make me resentful of the people. It needs to be rejected. ”

That is, to stop local officials from exploiting the people in the name of increasing consumption.

But Zheng Lang is very skeptical, of course, it will play a part of the role, some officials are for political achievements, and most of the additional consumption is handed over to the imperial court, and some officials are added to their own pockets. Even if the imperial court forbids it, it will use other names to exploit the people.

Zheng Lang suddenly realized in his heart.

When he mentioned it himself, Zhao Zhen didn't say much. At present, a letter that is not even signed by the name (in ancient times, when the ministers wrote and said things, the music was sealed with a soap sac or fire paint to prevent leakage. It is said that the above seal matter), but it was passed immediately, which is also a kind of protection for oneself. …,

After all, once passed. You will offend many officials yourself.

Of course, it is also a manifestation of love for the people, and it is better to reduce the revenue of the national treasury than to try to lighten the burden on the people.

Either way, it's a good edict. Loose taxation will certainly help the people to some extent. But I also saw Zhao Zhen's heart of protection for himself. The more Zhao Zhen is like this, the more Zheng Lang doesn't want Zhao Zhen to see his favorite daughter crazy in his later years.

But how can you convince Zhao Zhen?

Zheng Lang guessed not completely, and at this time, Zhao Zhen was shocked when he saw these twists and turns. The edict ordered the world to remove the increase in consumption, which is a signal that I do not like the common people and increase taxes in exchange for political performance. Zhao Zhen also didn't want the court to be just Zheng Lang to speak, so he wanted everyone to talk together, and the court said. The government and the opposition said that only in this way can we truly open up our views.

Look at how you look at it, and look at it horizontally as a peak on the side of the ridge. Standing on the Yueyang Tower, it is one thing to see in spring, and another thing to look at in autumn. Anyway, Zheng Lang was very moved at this time.

Zhao Zhen didn't expect his mood. But seeing a strange expression, Pang Ji, Gao Ruone, and Wang Yiyong stared at Zheng Lang and asked, "Wang Qing, Pang Qing, Gao Qing, you are looking at Zheng Qing, why?" ”

Zheng Lang came back to his senses, glanced at the three of King Pang Gao, understood, and said: "It's because the minister said in the Privy Council about the law of cutting and strengthening the army, and he didn't show it to His Majesty." ”

At this time, Zhao Zhen's energy was strong, and as soon as Zheng Lang said, he also remembered it, and said: "That day, in the early court, you said about the warehouse grain and Baoding, but you didn't say that the army was strong and the army was reduced......"

Zheng Lang smiled bitterly, I didn't say it that day, I saw the hesitation on your face, and I had to eat one bite at a time. said: "I didn't say it, but the minister had a little doubt in his heart. I want to wait for the improvement of the armor protection law, and Gyeonggi has a large number of reserve troops to make Gyeonggi safer, so the minister will mention this advice. ”

"Tell me about it."

Zheng Lang said it as it was again.

As he expected, Zhao Zhen's face hesitated again, and he had already cut off a large number of forbidden soldiers, from more than 800,000 forbidden soldiers to more than 600,000 forbidden soldiers.

Looking at Pang Ji, Zheng Lang spread his hands below. Pang also recognized the reduction of troops. Where the state's money is spent, it is mainly used to raise soldiers. According to Zheng Lang's calculations, if the forbidden soldiers are reduced to 600,000 and the box soldiers to 250,000, the annual cost of 40 million yuan is enough. Coupled with the soldiers, native soldiers, archers and strong men, at most 55 million guan, or even 50 million guan, is enough.

The state will save a lot of money, plus 30 million yuan to support officials, even if the court treats the people leniently, as long as it is a good year, there will be a lot of surplus. Seeing Zheng Lang say the secret service battalion and Zhao Zhen passed, Pang Ji longed in his heart for Zhao Zhen to pass Zheng Lang's fine art of war again.

As a result, he was a little disappointed.

It's not that it can't be passed, if Baoding is properly organized, you can see part of the combat effectiveness, and all the courtiers will admonish together, and there will be ten chances of passing. Therefore, when admonishing, we must also seize the opportunity, the timing is not right, even if it is Zheng Lang, Zhao Zhen may not listen. The Song Dynasty is the world of the Zhao family, the world of the people of the world, not the world of Zheng Lang! This is the fundamental, otherwise it will become Fan Zhongyan, whose name is the Zhao family's world, and once almost became the actual Fan's world. Can Zhao Zhen not be afraid?

But Zhao Zhen did not veto, Zheng Lang said quite reasonably, and hesitated for a while and said: "This matter will be discussed again." ”

The ministers walked out of the capital hall, and suddenly met Miao Guifei and Queen Cao at the door, Zhao Niannu was tiptoeing with his feet with hydrangea (the good name of the ball, that is, football), and the two noble women were chasing behind, not really chasing, talking while following.

It is also normal that the most popular in the Tang Dynasty was Juju (polo), but in the Song Dynasty, there were few horses, and it returned to the time of the Han Dynasty, and Keju (football) was popular. There are many people playing football in the palace, including many palace maids, and the biggest football fan is Song Huizong, who saw Gong E playing football and wrote a poem. The close secret was declared to be arguing and bowing, and the two friends won or lost in court. The level of this poem is still good, stronger than Zhao Zhen's. Calligraphy and painting are stronger than Zhao Zhen, but the governance of the country is ......

Seeing the minister come out, the occasion was not right, and the two noble ladies hurriedly flashed behind the rockery. Zhao Niannu is small, so he doesn't have to avoid it, and he gives a generous salute: "I've seen a few ministers." ”

Several prime ministers returned the courtesy, but they looked at Zheng Lang together, laughing one by one, and even Zhao Zhen was laughing......

There is no other meaning, today Zheng Lang just entered the princess's marriage, and the church broke up and bumped into this little princess, which was too coincidental.

Zhao Niannu looked at several prime ministers with wide eyes, his big eyes flashed, and he asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Then his eyes looked at Zheng Lang, and after Zheng Lang let her take a few looks, cold sweat broke out on her body. Don't be famous for a lifetime, ruined on this little Lori...... (To be continued) RQ