After returning home, Li Gang had insomnia!

In the night, Li Gang couldn't sleep for a long time, and his mood became heavier and heavier!

People are constantly growing, changing, and adapting to society, but some people are growing slowly.

When he was a teenager, Li Gang was born in a wealthy family and was a well-known talent, so he had a kind of arrogance in his bones, like a sharp sword, shining brightly, which made him famous, but he also ran into a lot of walls; The middle-aged Li Gang, in a series of encounters, has become more and more mature, and he is slightly outstanding, although he has been constantly troubled, and his birth reputation is getting bigger and bigger.

And he is also trapped in fame and can't extricate himself!

When he was in Bianliang, he led the first Bianliang counterattack and the battle to rescue Taiyuan.

People in the world are scolding the official family for being shameless, constantly negotiating peace, and constantly retreating, which is of course due to the cowardice of the official family, but also because of his repeated disadvantages!

At least, at the moment when he took charge of the center, there was no amazing victory, nor did he repel the Jin army, and the best record was only to hold the city wall and remain undefeated. On the contrary, there was a series of major defeats, Yao Zhongping's night attack on Jinying failed, and the rescue in Hedong also failed.

It's sad!

The first time the Jin army retreated, it was because of the lack of food and grass, the reinforcements of the Western Army arrived one after another, and the official family signed a peace treaty, and the harvest was fruitful, so they retreated;

The second time the Jin army retreated, it was because of the lack of food and grass, and the veteran generals were tired;

The third time the Jin army retreated, it was a heavy snowfall, and the logistics were difficult:

The fourth time the Jin army retreated, because the battle line was too long, the troops were scattered, and the defeat was repeated.

Looking back on his life, Li Gang has not had a single successful battle. Even if later generations try to avoid it, there is no doubt about it.

The only battle that can be won is the surprise attack on Liaodong, but the real leader of this battle is the current emperor, he is just greedy for heaven!

Li Gang also knew that these shortcomings in the military had a fatal impact on him.

This stay in the center is not so much a credit as the emperor using him. Achieve some kind of balance in the court.

The temporary cessation of the war will cause the surrender faction, the peace faction to rise, and even dominate the court.

This was extremely unfavorable to Emperor Zhao Pu. For the sake of balance. can only transfer him back, because the emperor knows the way. Anyone can negotiate peace. He was the only one who was unwilling to negotiate peace.

Today, Li Gang constantly provoked the emperor, on purpose, in order to test the emperor's bottom line of patience with him.

It is true that the emperor was angry, and the most embarrassed queen also endured it and floated over!

It's just that this is infinitely close to the emperor's bottom line. Come a few more times, and it is very likely to erupt.

"The official family is too scheming, and it seems simple. In fact, it is complicated ............," Li Gang analyzed, "but no matter what, this banking matter, the preparation of paper money, there is no room for negligence!" ”

Whether it is the incomparable Qin Hui or the scheming Li Gang, they have all stayed awake all night, worrying about banking matters and paper money.

At this time, Zhao Pu was sleeping heartlessly.

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Soon, the imperial court issued a price limit order, limiting the maximum price of some items.

Then, Li Gang summoned some big businessmen in Yangzhou to hold a meeting to ventilate the situation, and the price of grain should gradually fall.

After that meeting, some businessmen consciously lowered the price slowly, one day at a time, and it was only after ten days of Zhilu Tao that the price flattened. At this time, the price of food is still very high, but it is not so outrageous and exaggerated! Of course, there are some businessmen who ignore it by relying on the backstage, and go to the stage to play against each other, falsely claiming that there is no food.

I'd rather not buy food than cut prices!

At this time, Li Gang was angry, and simply took action to rectify it, raided the house, and exiled the exile, and deterred it by terrorist means.

If you don't see the coffin, you won't shed tears!

These businessmen have been looking for the backstage, wanting to rely on the backstage to impeach Li Gang for violating the law.

So, the next day, a large number of ministers knelt down in the court and impeached Li Gang, crying and wiping tears on their faces, as if their parents had died. It's just that they overestimated their own influence and jointly exerted pressure, which brought a violent backlash, and the imperial historians took action and began to impeach these officials for lawlessness.

It's noisy, and it's another court meeting.

As if singing in the hall, Zhao Pu listened to it, gradually fell asleep, closed his eyes and recuperated.

Until the end of the pilgrimage.

The next day, a large number of ministers were in Zhishi, and some ministers thought about it behind closed doors, or asked for leave when they were sick.

There are a lot fewer people at the court meeting, and they are gradually becoming cleaner!

After a series of drastic changes, food prices fell, and the reasons disappeared.

In this food price, the means are still violent and simple, and simple executive orders replace everything.

This is a feudal society of all evils, the court has no time, no energy, and no money, and fights a price war with the merchants, and the knife in its hand decides everything.

This also proves once again that although the Song Dynasty had a developed commodity economy, the status of merchants was still very low, and there was no domineering trust to kidnap the government in later generations, just a pitiful worm, as long as the court was determined to rectify it, it was just a lamb to the slaughter!

This also proves once again that money is not omnipotent, money can buy many people, but it can't buy Li Gang, and it can't buy the emperor, and you can only lose it all in the end!

And this rectification once again pushed Li Gang and Qin Hui to the cusp, and the reputation of these two prime ministers has deteriorated again, and there is a tendency to develop into treacherous ministers.

In this battle, some merchants saw that the situation was not good, and jumped out in time, not only to gain the trust of the two traitors, but also to earn a lot of money; And some businessmen ran slower and lost a lot, which can be regarded as a loss; And some businessmen are too confident and have lost their lives.

The mall is like a battlefield, and in this unfair duel between the merchant and the imperial court, the merchant is completely defeated!

Among them, some officials took advantage of this opportunity to constantly retaliate, extort money, and were implicated and framed countless businessmen. Some businessmen who did not participate in it themselves were affected, and those who were lucky lost some money and almost lost their fortune.

Among them, there are many unjust, false and wrongful cases!

The loss of the power to restrain once again shows its hideous and terrifying side.

Looking at the information transmitted by the Military Intelligence Division, the internal guards, and the transmission, Zhao Pu's face turned blue again. Although before, many parties screened and warned about things, but the officials who stretched out their black hands, the greed of the officials, and the poor quality of the officials, are shocking!

"Reform has a long way to go!" Zhao Pu sighed again.

After the last incident, Zhao Pu informed Li Gang and Qin Hui that they should stop in time to avoid expansion, so as not to cause big consequences.

And the rectification has begun!

At this time, flies and tigers, fight together, it is impossible, the fluctuation is too great; can only focus on the key points and specifically crack down on bad elements, as for those small shrimps, they are let go lightly.

At the sound of an order, the fallen officials were like ducks.

In the officialdom, there was a sudden scream!

Punish someone as a warning to others!

If you want to improve the quality of officials, there is a big one as a whole, it is impossible, you can only kill chickens and set an example!

Don't ask them to be as honest as Hai Rui, at least they must know that some money can be taken, and some money cannot be taken.

At this time, the "Broken Prisoner Daily" preached again, continued to propagandize, condemned those corrupt officials, and constantly hit their reputations, and suddenly these fallen officials became completely notorious.

In the Great Song Dynasty, being an official can make the second, and character is the most important. Without a good character, no matter how high the talent is, it is useless. At this time, in order to increase the effect of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, Zhao Pu simply started a war of public opinion, and with the help of the power of the newspaper, these fallen people were completely stinky!

It's impossible to get back on the ground again!

In the past, there were also Di newspapers, but they could only be seen by officials and scholars. Ordinary people can't reach it at all. The birth of "Broken Newspaper" changed this face, and it was the first commercial newspaper in the Great Song Dynasty. In order to expand their influence, newspapers were sold at a low price, and in the early days they were money-losing businesses.

This kind of money-losing business has made the influence of "Broken Prisoner Daily" rapidly expand and penetrate deep into the small people.

At this time, in order to enhance its influence, "Broken Newspaper" was the only newspaper, which could not find competitors at all, and was in a monopoly position in public opinion.

The dictatorship of public opinion has once again shown its terrible side!

Suddenly, Yangzhou's officialdom was clear, and it seemed that a prosperous era was coming.

At this time, with the stability of prices, the basic livelihood of the people has been guaranteed, and the prestige of the imperial court has been improved again! (To be continued......)