Chapter 208: Finding Friends (Part II)

Most likely, Zhao Yun let the dream of the crown prince be shattered, and he was very unhappy in his heart, but he is not a fool, why bother asking for trouble, he is very evasive.

Zhao Zongli and Zong Yi are of good moral character and will not join them.

Zhao Yunliang is a sleeping king, so he is too lazy to care about so many things. But Zhao Yundi, a playboy, is a little unhappy with himself, and he has a grudge against his father. However, why is Zhao Yun afraid? But I have to guard against it, the more I don't figure it out, the more I have to bring Gao Yanei to my side, and observe the movements of the sons through Gao Yanei.

You can't have the heart to hurt people, and you can't do without the heart to prevent people! It is also the way of wisdom advocated by the Master!

There was a light rain, and the heat was reduced a little, but there was a more damp and stuffy atmosphere. Zheng Lang looked at Yan Rong with concern and asked, "Are you bored?" ”

Others don't care, the little fat man makes him worry, when he arrives in Jiangnan, it is not like Henan, the terrain is low, especially when the rainy season comes, it is very wet and stuffy. Nowadays, people rarely go far away, and many people are very unaccustomed to the huge contrast between the two climates.

For example, when the army marched to the south, many troops were plagued, and this is the reason.

"Fortunately, following the champion, I am very happy, I can endure any hardship."

"That's good, your qualifications are worse than San Sanlang, if you want to become a talent, you have to be hateful, and diligence can make up for it. But I'm afraid you'll stay with me for the longest time......"

"Champion, I want to stay by your side for the rest of my life."

"That's not good, you're still young now, I can teach slowly, when you grow up, you will always fly high."

As he was talking, the shopkeeper Yan came in and said, "Champion, Your Majesty has sent two small yellow doors to pass you on, and asked you to bring a few students over." ”

After saying that, he thanked him, and sure enough, one person ascended to heaven.

That's God.

His grandson could see it today, and stared at Yan Rong fiercely with his eyes.

Yan Rong nodded.

The two small yellow gates did not bring the five of them to the palace, but to Zhongshu Province.

In the past year, Zhao Zhen has basically two points and one line, the palace, and the Chinese book, but after a few months, he understands the true taste, and it is difficult to see him in the Zhongshu Province.

Say hello in unison, needless to say, the etiquette of the three juniors, Yan Rong is a little worse, but he has been behind Zheng Lang for a long time, he has been edified, and he is a little nervous, but he has not lost his temper.

"Sit." Zhao Zhen said, and then looked at the five teenagers, big and small, some tall and short, some fat and some thin, but all of them were very calm and old, and suddenly laughed and said, "It's a little smaller." ”

Several prime ministers laughed together.

is not only younger, but Zheng Lang is seventeen years old, because his body grows late, he looks like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child.

Fortunately, he realized that what he was asking for was only a sub-state, and if it was a big state like Hangzhou, at least his appearance was very uneasy.

In addition, although Lu Yijian let his son study behind him, it may actually be of the greatest help to the Zheng family, depending on his son and his father, for some local officials, there may be some deterrent. The emperor said that inappropriate sentence, and Dai Zhen went to take a look, although it should not be said, but it also helped this son somewhat.

The rest is up to his talent.

Zhao Zhen said again: "Zheng Qing, I heard that you wrote a "Treatise on the Qi Family", why? ”

Zheng Lang explained the original situation.

"Is there such a thing?"

"Your Majesty, there are people of all colors. Not all evil, not all good. Ruchen also has a son in his family, named Chai Keming, who works diligently and does not complain. It is not possible to generalize. The reason for this is that those who are so ambitious, thinking that they will definitely be on the high school gold list, and they will go out of the cabinet and enter the prime minister in the future, and they have a great future. This is the product of the country's emphasis on cultural governance, which has led to misunderstandings in their thinking. Therefore, Your Majesty has mercy. However, if they are all used, there will be more moves in the future to try to get lucky, and the country will be more redundant officials. Therefore, the minister and Zhang Fangping discussed the policy of public relief. However, this result was unexpected by the minister. So the minister wrote this. Originally, this policy was to deal with the aftermath of the culture, but the arrogant and arrogant self-exalted, the noble came out, the cheap were helpless, the longer the slower the slack, and the deeper the resentment. So the minister decisively let them out, just as the country uses Confucianism to govern the country, and the Legalists prescribe the people, and the minister said that Confucianism is benevolent and righteous, benevolence is the foundation, righteousness is moderation, moderation is reconciled, and relaxation is mutually beneficial. If a few people are expelled, the others will take it as a warning, and they will be conscientious and cherish it when they do things. The host family welcomes it, and more people will take the initiative to hire students. Then it will not take ten years for His Majesty to climb the city tower again, although he can see the white-haired lifter coming to take the exam, but he will not see the poor lifter living in the middle of the withered clothes and vegetables. The state does not need any fees, does not have any redundant officials to put it away, this disadvantage is also blocked, and there will be no son for fame only to read the book of death, regardless of the parents, wives and children are not benevolent, filial piety and unscrupulous behavior, this is the minister said that benevolence and righteousness are the way to adjust the mean. ”

It's not that simple, just don't do it, there is always a right side and a wrong side to do it, which is also Zheng Lang's golden mean, where there is yin, there is yang, and where there is yang, there is yin. We can only continue to adjust and grasp the general direction. At least do it once, it's better than not doing it at all.

As for those who die and do not repent, there is no way, so they have to be like Wang Anshi said, the fittest survive, and the unfit will perish.

"The golden mean." Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, listened to it many times, and the more he listened, the more broad he became. Don't think about it for the time being, and said: "I just told you about you, how about I want to order you to go to Taiping Prefecture to serve as the governor?" ”

"Taiping Prefecture?"

"Don't you want to?" Zhao Zhen asked. There is a reason in the middle, Zheng Lang said that among the several states, they are all sub-states in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not the best place to say that it is bad, and it has its own characteristics, relatively speaking, the area of Taipingzhou is not large, including three counties, when Tu, Fanchang, Wuhu, the state city is in Dangtu County, Wuhu has a slight commercial scale, this is the only place that can get your hands on it, and there are many lakes, swamps and tidal flats that can't be used, and the area is also small, and the population is the least among the states he said, and it is only about 30,000 households, even the Guangde Army and the Wuwei Army are not as good.

It is true that Zheng Lang is too young, and his talents are all happy, but when he discussed, he thought about it and finally chose this place, the population is small, it is easier to manage, the name is there, and the task will be easier, which is a kind of care in disguise.

"Yes, the minister thought of Wan Chunwei."

"Wan Chunwei?" The faces of several prime ministers turned strange.

Lu Yijian wiped his sweat and said, "Zheng Zhuangyuan, let's take your time." ”

"I know that this matter is a bit complicated, and we can't rush it."

Zhao Zhen asked in a low voice: "Lu Xianggong, what Wanchunwei?" ”

The polder knew that the Song Dynasty was small in area, but the population was the largest in history, so the common people competed with the mountains, the sea, the rivers, and the tidal flats, swamps and lakes. This is a majestic history of entrepreneurship, and almost half of the cultivated fields in later generations were developed in the Song Dynasty.

But there were a lot of polders in the Song Dynasty, and although Zhao Zhen was the emperor, he really didn't pay attention to it. Including a few small, all of them are blank eyes.

Lu Yijian said in a low voice: "Wanchun Wei was built in a nutshell, about since the Eastern Wu Dynasty to build water conservancy, built Wanchun, Xianbao and other polders, in the Tang Dynasty in order to ensure the transportation of official grain, the Danyang Lake water irrigation was forbidden, the polders were gradually abandoned, and then occupied by the landlords surnamed Qin, re-cultivated, the Southern Tang Dynasty was assigned to the emperor, and the Jingshan, Wanchun, and Huangchi were set out, and the tax was directly transferred to the harem, and the concubines were still paid rouge. During the Taiping Rejuvenation Period, the south of the Yangtze River was flooded, and the polders were not careful to protect the polders, and the polders were washed away, and they have been abandoned since then. Because of the large area, the first emperor had several discussions on repair, but there were still many disputes between the government and the opposition, and it has not been completed. ”

"How big is the area?"

"I don't know, this polder has been deserted, and the original site of the polder is also surrounded by swamps and tidal flats, if the polder, the small ones are hundreds of hectares, and the large ones are thousands of hectares."

"Thousands of acres?" Zhao Zhen muttered.

The polder is not Hebei Zhutian, but the highest grain production area in the Song Dynasty, it is possible that one acre of land can reach five stones a year, and one thousand hectares is one hundred thousand acres. How many people can settle down in such a large polder, and how many people can be fed by the country with the grain collected!

"Your Majesty, it's not that simple, first of all, the waterway, if you encircle the polder, you must pay attention to the smooth flow of the waterway, otherwise the water is big, and the polder will inevitably break. It is true that the polders turn tidal flats, swamps, and lakes into fertile fields, but without the function of water storage, it may affect the harvest in other areas. So the first few court discussions have not been successful......" Lu Yijian explained to Zhao Zhen, but his eyes were staring at Zheng Lang, boy, don't have too much ambition, success is good governance, if you don't succeed, you will be unlucky!

"I see," Zhao Zhen was reluctant, really reluctant, so he planned to have a thousand hectares, a household of fifty acres of land, very good, the harvest of one acre of polder can reach five stones, and fifty acres of land is two hundred and fifty stones, for ordinary farmers, it is enough to ensure that food and clothing are worry-free. Two thousand families have arranged it. There is also such a large polder, and the taxes and taxes brought by it...... Zheng Lang snickered in his heart, turning the swamp south of the Yangtze River into a polder, although it brought some drawbacks, he had no choice but to eat in such a big place, take a look, a few days ago Zhao Zhen issued an edict to prohibit folk brocade embroidery as clothes. Did Zheng Lang give advice?

is simply unreasonable, this ban, how many weavers have lost their jobs? And how much less business tax is the country? Why is it banned? Just let the rich wear it, take out the money to buy splendid clothes, weavers have money, and they can buy grain, buy supplies, commodities will circulate, and the Song Dynasty will also get commercial taxes. That's the way to open source. Zhao Zhen's holy decree is the opposite.

But how to persuade?

The most nervous thing in the country is grain, grain is getting more and more expensive, the Song Dynasty has a preliminary commercialization, the urban population is almost more than 156 percent, such expensive food, what should the urban population do? A beautiful splendid dress, how much grain arable land will be exchanged for mulberry fields?

So I can't mention it, in fact, this edict has affected all the two workshops of the Zheng family.

If you want to increase food, you can only find a way to go to the south of the Yangtze River, Henan and Hebei are too populated, and the ecology is completely destroyed, so the Yellow River is becoming more and more abnormal. This is the general trend.

Not only Wanchun Wei, or the unsuccessful Baizhang Wei built by the Song Dynasty in the history of Wanchun Wei, or other small Wei, these areas are far larger than Lu Yijian imagined, and may reach an area of two or three thousand hectares. But it's not just these polders, once the commercial port of Wuhu develops...... Great place!

Said: "The minister is willing to go." ”

Lu Yijian said: "Think twice before acting." ”

"Lu Xianggong, the minister is the most cautious person. Without 90% certainty, I will not do anything. ”

A few prime ministers don't know what to say, they can't listen to it like this, Zheng Lang's extraneous voice, Wan Chunwei must be in my consideration, but I will think about it before I do it. But look at his physiognomy again...... Lu Yijian didn't want to say anything, and besides, there was a suspicion.

Zheng Lang said: "There may be some disasters in the country in the past few years, but they are not the main ones, as long as the disasters subside, the country can quickly recover its vitality." The treasury is tight, food is tight, and the minister said to Lu Xianggong that he went to Jiangnan to find a way out. But none of them are critical issues. ”

"What is the critical issue?" Zhao Zhen asked curiously, he was in a hurry to turn gray for money and food, and it didn't even matter if it was healthy, could it be that the sky was going to fall!

"Your Majesty, the minister dares to ask, what will happen to a tiger when it encounters a group of hungry wolves?"

"Zheng Qing, what are you trying to say?"

"The minister just wants to say that I am not a tiger, but a fat cow, which seems to be huge and powerful, and that's all."

Zhao Zhen's face turned red, this metaphor was a little ugly, but it was right. The Song Dynasty was not just a fat cow, eating grass, squeezing out milk, milking for the Khitan people to drink, and the party people to drink.

"No matter how fat this cow is, it is still a cow, and the fatter it is, the more wolves will come, and they want to beat it. Not a single tiger can withstand the attack of a pack of hungry wolves, let alone a cow. The same is true of the country, Hugh wants to say that what a big country is, a lonely big country, is the incompetence of the rulers! It's all a manifestation of the self-deception of those in power! ”

Although several prime ministers were displeased, they could only accept it obediently, the Song Dynasty wanted weapons and weapons, money and money, and people, but it did show very weakness and vulnerability in diplomacy. But boy, you have a good time, this is the drawback left by the ancestors, and the diplomacy is soft, have you seen the life of the common people? Compared to the previous dynasty, which one was better?

"Your Majesty, find a loyal ally for our dynasty, Tubo can be a very good ally. The minister thought about it repeatedly, said three strategies the previous time, and came up with another strategy. Li Yuanhao shaved his hair, created writing, formulated the system, and the official system, and the border officials of our DPRK used transliteration in order to satisfy the vanity of the kingdom, but is this not the case, listen to what are these official party terms? Zhongshu, Privy Council, Three Divisions, Yushitai, Kaifeng Mansion, Yiwei Division, Guanji Division, Farmland Division, Qun Mu Yuan, Fan Xue. This was said by Zheng Lang before he left for Zhao Zhen.

Don't ask me where I heard about it, but that's it, if you don't believe it, you send scouts to inquire about it, and translate these strange transliterations from Dangxiang into Chinese, to see if I'm lying!

The most inexplicable thing is that Li Yuanhao actually set up a Kaifeng Mansion!

Wake up, big guys, don't fight, think about how to deal with the party members, there is still a chance, in a few years, Li Yuanhao will integrate the party internally, and the country's annual income will reach 200 million yuan, which is also not enough!

"Zheng Qing ......"

"Your Majesty, please believe in the minister's loyalty to Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, there are clever people in the capital who understand the language of the party, it's really not good, let the Zhejia send someone over to translate the official system of the party into Chinese, and see if the minister is right or not. But it doesn't matter, for the sake of the happiness of the people, our dynasty wants peace, and the minister still has a strategy, which will not stimulate Li Yuanhao and weaken his power. ”

"What's the policy?"

"The northwest is poor, the property is poor, and there are several people who rely on it, one is that the green salt is delicious, and the people of the Central Plains are happy, so the Li family profits. The second is that Li Deming sued for peace, and I was in order to calm his heart, so he gave 10,000 taels of silver, 10,000 horses of silk, and 20,000 catties of tea. The third is the convenience of the field, and more transactions with our dynasty and the profits from the sale. And because of Wang Xiaobo's rebellion, the battle with Lanyuan, when I was in trouble, I took the opportunity to get Lingzhou, with Liupan Mountain and Hengshan as barriers, leaning on as a nest, sucking my flesh and blood to strengthen its muscles and bones, and it was strong. So he seized several states of Ganliang and Shagua, and took advantage of the Hexi Silk Corridor. But the first three are all subject to our dynasty, the year can be stopped, the green salt can be embargoed, the field can be stopped, only the Silk Road is inexorable. In fact, it can be done in the northwest place, deliberately obstructing difficulties, so that the merchants turn to the south. Then he sent an envoy to inform Kuoluo, and asked him to negotiate with Caotou Tatar and Huangtou Hui to open up the original Sui and Tang Dynasties Dafei Sichuan Fuluochuan South Silk Road, and the Silk Benefit Party Xiang was lost. It is nothing more than the place in Shazhou, which is the territory of the descendants of the Han people and the Uighurs of the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuanhao seized his benefits, and his grievances were even worse. The Tibetan people will also grow stronger if they get the benefits of silk. The two phases are mortal enemies for generations, and they conquer each other, and our dynasty can reap the benefits of the fisherman without sending a single soldier. and invisible, so that Li Yuanhao can make trouble unreasonably, and secondly. If Li Yuanhao rebelled, the three profits were guarded, and the heavy troops were solidified, and it would not be long before Li Yuanhao's various departments would rebel. Internal disintegration without a fight, the third also. The Ganliang Uighurs did not have the benefit of silk, and they were bound to be dissatisfied with the party's items, and the fourth was also. This is the benefit of deep alliances. During the Warring States Period, Qin sat on the natural danger of Guanzhong, and had the strongest male soldiers in the world, but Su and Qin Lian [***], Zhang Yi also collapsed in a hurry, and the so-called strategy of the soldiers was also. It is not the way of the soldiers, Confucianism is peaceful, and the ministers are also the policy of leveling the world. Your Majesty, please think again. ”

Aren't they afraid of death and don't dare to fight?

I'll give you another good idea.

This is Zheng Lang thought of shipping, and only then did he think of the benefits of the Silk Road, so he had this strategy.

There are some difficulties, the Southern Silk Road is not the Sui and Tang dynasties, and many environments in Qinghai have become very bad due to overgrazing, and they may be reluctant to go.

The relationship between Caotou Tatar and Huangtou Hui and Tubo is also difficult to sort out, but the resumption of trade is beneficial to everyone, especially these poor nomads, why don't they agree?

If the Song Dynasty intends to cooperate, the merchants will transport the goods back anyway, and they will be forced to go back in order to go back as soon as possible, and they have to take Qinghai, the southern silk road. Then the ploy has succeeded.

It can be said that it is the best choice for this group of peacemakers in the Song Dynasty at present.

If Li Yuanhao learned about it, he only relied on this plausible reason to ask the Song Dynasty Xingshi for his guilt, and the Song Dynasty sent an envoy to apologize. There is no need to fight, cede the land and pay compensation, and then Zhao Zhen will lead the ministers to surrender to Li Yuanhao.

Li Di said hesitantly: "It seems to be very good, but this spring's request for help from Fuzhou is actually a misunderstanding." ”

"Li Xianggong, if it is not a misunderstanding, he will fight in the future, this is just a test by the cunning Li Yuanhao, but he will not fight when the fighting spirit in Fuzhou is fierce, after all, he created a system, established words, changed customs, and there are many voices of disobedience inside, and Fuzhou is strong in combat...... Zheng Lang suddenly stopped, not wanting to say any more. Unhelpful!

I wore out my mouth, and I didn't believe this group of big guys.

Anyway, I did my best.

There are too many shortcomings in this country, and I don't have the power, at least at the moment, I don't have any power to make changes, so I still have to manage my future land, Taiping Prefecture. Don't talk about it, talk about your own business, and say: "Your Majesty, it's just a discussion of the ministers, if you listen to it, you can listen to it, if you don't listen to the ministers, you are young, please bear with me." ”

"You also mean well......," Zhao Zhen said, although he didn't want to anger Li Yuanhao, but after being reminded many times, Zhao Zhen also faintly felt that this kid was not treacherous.

"Your Majesty, the minister has another request."

"You say."

"When he was young, he had a little holiday with the high government of Shangcai County, and he was young and didn't know what to do. Later, he asked his concubine for forgiveness many times, and Tarzan also invited him to come over and be a peacemaker. Later, the minister came to Beijing to try, Taishan skipped the practice, let the minister make a false and he together with him to instruct, in order to promote the minister's magnanimity reputation, and then he brought the head of the line, the minister disdained it, so he lived in the temple. But at that time, he brought the head of the line, it was very strange, he was not an unreasonable person, in the past, when he was in Zhengzhou, the minister slightly became famous, and teamed up with several officials, and the minister was slandered many times, and the means were also there. However, the minister didn't care, let alone think about it. However, not long ago, several princes went to Caizhou to play and lived in his home. This made the minister very worried. The minister asked His Majesty that this man had been the Lord for a long time, and that the minister wanted to take him with him. If the minister cups the bow and snake shadow, he should try his best to help each other and learn from each other, so as to become a gentleman and tolerate the beauty of others. If his heart is not treacherous, the minister will restrain him and make him a lonely and embarrassed situation. ”

The Yakuza is a legendary animal because its front legs are particularly short, making it difficult to walk an inch. But because it is cunning and intelligent, it often becomes one with the wolf, and lets the wolf hunch it and do bad things together. Therefore, there are idioms such as embarrassment, embarrassment, embarrassment, and so on.

No matter how smart and insidious Gao Yanei is, he is just a small man, a small official and eunuch, if there is no support for him, he can only become an incompetent little embarrassment with short legs!

But Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were dumbfounded, and thought in their hearts, teacher, you are really a sincere person, and you actually said it directly.