When he left Zoucheng, Lao Bao's gray hair seemed to have turned white, and now the Great Song Dynasty not only has natural disasters, but also man-made disasters, and the weakness and incompetence of the local government have caused people like Zhang Qing to take risks as long as they encounter something unpleasant, not to mention their own lives, but also to harm countless people.

"Bao Gong, after I return to Beijing this time, I will ask His Majesty to set up a rapid reaction army, the first requirement of this army is to be strong, and then it is short and concise, the number of people does not have to be large, a thousand people are enough, at the beginning of the rebellion of my Great Song Dynasty, the scale was not large, a strong army of 1,000 people will remove the roots of the disaster at the place of the incident, so that Bao Gong does not have to worry about these small things."

Yun Zheng still couldn't bear to toss such a famous minister through the ages, and when he was leaving, he still said his plan, if he wanted to build a very large army, this was naturally not allowed, and now only a small army was organized, and the imperial court would still agree, and the losses caused by those rebellions, the cost of an army of a thousand people was nothing.

"The old man knows that Yunhou and Di Shuai have a big plan, but the old man doesn't want to ask what this big plan is, in another year, the old man will return to his hometown, out of sight is pure, the old man only asks Yunhou to think more about the common people in the world, don't do things that poison the world for the sake of temporary fame, everything must be within your means, don't be greedy for merit."

Yun Zheng nodded in agreement, said goodbye to Bao Zheng, and walked all the way to the west, where there was still the prosperous Bianliang City in the west.

There was not much moisture on the ground in spring, and the seedlings in the fields that had grown to half a foot long were on the verge of death. Those ragged people, carrying buckets of water in the fields, poured buckets into the fields, and disappeared without a trace in an instant......

"The red sun is scorching like fire, the seedlings in the field are half scorched, the farmer's heart is like soup boiling, and the prince and grandson shake the fan ......" There is a song from the field, and I don't know who wrote this song, Yun Zheng can feel the extreme anger and resentment in the field.

For a hundred years, the Great Song Dynasty Yangshi used people's fat and people's ointment. The scholar was poor and luxurious. The people of the lower classes are miserable, and if this continues, it is not surprising that there will be a large-scale uprising like Zhong Xiang Yang Mi.

The Great Song Dynasty did not prohibit the annexation of land, so more and more land was in the hands of scholars. And the land in the hands of those people is getting less and less. After the retirement of the scholars, the local gentry were not required to pay taxes. As a result, taxes have to be leaned on farmers who own their land, and farming has become an unprofitable livelihood. Therefore, the amount of land tax received every year is constantly decreasing. If this continues, the peasants who have lost their land will have to join the cities and sell themselves into slavery, or rebel.

People's greed is endless, the more they get, the more they want, and sooner or later, the greed of the scholars will make them die without a place to bury. Born of greed and then dying of greed, Yun Zheng seemed to see bright red magma running underground, rushing, and sooner or later these magma would one day burst out of the ground and incinerate this world to ashes.

Now is the last chance for the Great Song Dynasty, once Zhao Zhen dies, the Great Song Dynasty is likely to enter the era of Wang Anshi, this stubborn reformer after the last trace of vitality of the Great Song Dynasty has been exhausted, and a splendid dynasty has since gone into endless darkness.

Yun Zheng had already found that he didn't seem to have much impact on the Great Song Dynasty, and the success of the Southern Expedition only slightly delayed the process of history.

In the half month since he left Beijing, Wang Anshi was transferred to the deputy envoy of the third department, Zhang Fangping was appointed as the third envoy, and Wen Yanbo served as the deputy envoy of the privy council, which is almost no different from the experience in history.

Zhao Zhen invited Wang Anshi to fish together, but Wang Anshi still ate the fish food as described in the history books......

Some people say that he is not crazy......

Others say he's too focused......

Some say he has lice crawling between his beards......

Some people say that he has the grace of a famous man of the Wei and Jin dynasties......

The phrase "the people do not give enough and the country is sufficient" still has an infinite attraction to Zhao Zhen, and he thinks that Suizhou's success can be replicated, so he invited this person to help the fragile financial ...... of the Great Song Dynasty

Yun Zheng didn't believe that Zhao Zhen didn't know that the maladministration of the Great Song Dynasty lay in redundant officials and redundant troops, he should be clear, because of the lack of personal talent, he didn't know where to start, so he had to pin his hopes on Wang Anshi's two words of sourceless water, he was like an ostrich thinking that as long as he buried his head in the sand, he could not see the crisis outside.

When passing through the Yellow River, there is an iron chain bridge being built there, there are eight huge iron oxen standing on both sides of the river, the iron ox is erected on the solid stone embankment, five feet high, more than one zhang long, there is an iron shaft in the belly of the ox, there is a giant iron chain tied to it, four in the east of the river, four in the west of the river, there are four giant iron pillars standing on the river bank on each side, each iron pillar is tied to an iron ox, except for the Hu people who do not drive the cattle, and the Kaiyuan iron ox outside Puzhou City is extremely similar.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Hedong was Gyeonggi, and Puzhou was the hub of Chang'an and Hedong. In the sixth year of Kaiyuan, Puzhou was placed as the central capital, which was as famous as Chang'an in the west and Luoyang in the east. In the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, in order to strengthen the rule of the Hedong region and the entire northern region of the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Zhang Zhang, the secretary of the military department, to say that he was in charge of his affairs, changed the wooden stake to an iron ox, and the Yi Zhu rope was an iron chain, and he drowned the ship, and carried out a large-scale reconstruction of the Pujin Bridge with national strength. "General Dictionary", "Tang Huiyao", and "Puzhou Mansion Chronicles" all record this matter. Until the Great Song Dynasty, Puludu was still one of the most important important events in the Great Song Dynasty.

Yun Zheng got off the war horse, walked to the edge of the iron ox covered in red silk, patted the huge iron ox and asked the little official with a smile: "How much does each cow weigh?" ”

The little official didn't know who Yun Zheng was, but he could see that Yun Zheng came out of those armor groups, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Each iron ox weighs 60,000 catties, and only in this way can the eight iron cables on the river be pulled." ”

"Who is the official who is in charge of this room now?"

"The general is Zeng Gongliang!"

Yun Zheng smiled and nodded, and left the iron bull, watching hundreds of craftsmen twist the thick winch bare-chested, a thick iron chain slowly rose from the bottom of the river, and finally left the water to hang on the two opposite iron bulls.

Yun Zheng only looked at it for a while, and then left the embankment, this is the most important thing in the Great Song Dynasty this year, connecting the east and west of the river!

Before he entered Tokyo City, an official from the Criminal Department came out to greet him, and took away the motor and Zhang Qing from Han Niu's hands, and Yun Zheng, who was empty-handed, walked into Tokyo City with his subordinates.

After seeing the decay scene along the way, Yun Zheng really didn't have a good mood to come over perfunctory and pretend to come over to reprimand Wen Yanbo who missed his return date, and when Wen Yanbo announced the disposal decision, Yun Zheng rushed into the Yun family very rudely, not wanting to say another word.

Lu Qingqing, who was standing at the door to welcome her husband home, sighed lightly, followed her husband home, and at the same time ordered the housekeeper to close the door and not see any guests.

"The red sun is scorching like fire, the seedlings in the fields are half scorched, the farmers' hearts are like soup boiling, and the princes and grandsons shake the fans..."

In 10 days, the city of Tokyo has become hot and dry, and after the beginning of spring, a rain has fallen, and the whole city of Tokyo is covered with a layer of dust.

"This is a little song that my husband has learned? It's just that our family shouldn't sing it, our family is a prince and grandson. Ge Qiuyan, whose belly was already bulging, squeamishly approached her husband, who she hadn't seen for many days, and said with a smile.

Yun Zheng glanced at her, touched her belly with his hand and asked, "Are you still having morning sickness?" ”

"I haven't vomited for a long time, and the concubine ate a whole cage of buns this morning, all of which are meat." Seeing that her husband cared about her, Ge Qiuyan immediately compared the size of the cage drawer with her hand, covered her mouth and sneered.

"It's good to be able to eat, it's good to be able to eat, so that you can give birth to a healthy child, I'm in a bad mood, the situation of the people I saw along the way is not good, today's drought has taken shape, the family can hoard more grain, don't buy grain from Tokyo, please transport grain from Shuzhong, the reason why the imperial court is in a hurry to build the pontoon bridge is to transport food conveniently."

Lu Qingqing arranged the door of the housekeeper, and as soon as he walked in the door, he heard her husband's words, and sighed: "You don't know, the price of food in Tokyo has risen by 30%, and if it continues to rise like this, those small families will not be able to live."

The concubine has already made some preparations, and the Liang family promised to transport a thousand loads of grain to the family this time, but they must wait until after the summer grain is harvested. ”

Yun Zheng put down the pu fan, patted his head and said: "Why is there no thing that is smooth, Hedong and Hexi are all droughts, Nanjing only got bad last year, I am afraid it is difficult to rely on Jiangnan, this disaster will happen, your husband's southern expedition will be in vain." ”

"You don't have a good hunt? Didn't even bring back a rabbit. Don't be irritable if you can't catch the prey, our food will not decrease, see that you are a little sleepy, why don't you go to the house and sleep for a while? ”

Yun Zheng shook his head, declined his wife's kindness, and took the pu fan directly to the wooden house in the back garden, if he guessed correctly, Di Qing was already waiting for him there.

"Frost-struck? Haven't you already captured Zhang Qing's generation? Why are you still unhappy, could it be that Kong Zong is willing to contribute? Under the general environment, there is no room for what choice Kong Zong is willing to make. ”

Di Qing may be hungry and afraid, when Yun Zheng sees him, there is a case of food in front of him, he took a roast leg of lamb from Di Qing's case and took a bite and said: "Kong Zongyuan is nothing, what I am worried about is the west and north, Hedong, Hexi This year's drought is a foregone conclusion, I am worried that the disasters in Western Xia and Liao will be more severe, I am afraid that by the latest autumn, Western Xia and Liao, who have nothing to eat, will probably go out in groups to find food in the Great Song Dynasty." (To be continued......)

PS: Chapter 1