The ambitious words of several young people immediately aroused the echo of the people at the table next to them, and a well-dressed middle-aged fat man immediately said loudly:

"Brothers, you are saying! Those who are officials serve for one term and benefit one party. went to the army to protect the family and defend the country, and we, the people, were also at ease. I'm going to have you guys this time! ”

The middle-aged man has a round and white face, a strong figure, and is well-dressed, and he doesn't seem to be short of money.

"Great official, thank you very much! Borrow your wine and toast you! ”

The young men stood up one after another and gave the big fat man a glass.

"What is the name of the big official, the big brother is! Now that the emperor has exempted the excesses and miscellaneous taxes, and punished corruption, business has become much better. Speaking of which, brother, I am also a blessing to the emperor! If we want to thank the emperor, let's all thank the emperor! ”

The big fat man picked up his wine glass, touched it with a group of young people, and drank it all.

"Brothers, Your Majesty knows that the people's livelihood is suffering, so he clarified the rule of officials and punished corruption. In the past, officials were corrupt, officials were corrupt, and it was too difficult to do business. Now it's okay, Your Majesty treats the people leniently, re-governs the officials, the officials are much more honest, and the people dare to spend money, and my business will be much better! ”

The big fat man laughed.

Zhao Hong also smiled and nodded. The people did not ask for much, and clarifying the rule of officials still had a certain effect.

"It's so much better! However, there are still many people who commit adultery and secretly commit evil. For example, some soap clerks accept bribes, and if you don't give them, he will take people to check on them every day and find thieves. In this way, how do you still do your business, and in the end, it's not a matter of spending money! ”

At the other table, someone interjected with a black face.

"You're good! My cousin's shop was doing brisk business, and it turned out that a new one had opened opposite, and the shopkeeper was the county brother-in-law. Those soap men came to make trouble every day, one person occupied a table, from morning to night, only drank tea and did not eat, and the guests who came were all driven away. My cousin couldn't help it, he closed the door in less than a month and went to Jinling! ”

Someone at the same table spoke out again.

"My children go to school, and physical education classes are becoming less and less, and they are all taken up by other cultural subjects. There is no way for the school, if you want to be admitted to a good school, you must get a high score, and you can be sure of taking the Jinling University Hall and Normal School in the future. In that physical education class, the exam is just a formality! ”

"Not really! All the stabbing and equestrian skills, including those single parallel bars, cross-country running, etc., have stopped! Check it out above, and pick some people who love to practice and don't get good grades! Anyway, the above is also a form of turning a blind eye and going through a form. ”

The words of the other two middle-aged men made Zhao Hong's face gloomy, and in a fit of rage, the wine glass in his hand slammed on the table.

The martial wind has just prevailed, and some people are already quietly making waves, wanting to repeat the old tune and return to the old way.

"Don't worry! There is an anti-corruption department, and those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who do fraud will be caught and brought to justice sooner or later! ”

"Those people are for the sake of grades, and the children also have a good future, nothing!"

No one noticed Zhao Hong's anger, and some people were still willing to believe the government.

"Not all the people in the Anti-Corruption Division are good! Some people are in collusion with officials, it's not that there is no way! For example, in Narenhe County, the township mayors of the following five or six townships are all related, and they are all bought! ”

"Most of those who are good at reading are either rich or expensive. Those who can be admitted to Jinling University Hall, they account for the majority! If you want to be an official, the poor should save it! ”

Everyone talked about it, complaining about the dark side of society. Even the big fat man was no longer as excited as he was just now, and lowered his head and drank the stuffy wine.

Dong Songchen looked at Zhao Hong's face was pale, silent, and glanced at Li Tang and the others.

Li Tang and Xu Sheng knew it, picked up the wine bowl and walked over, and each joined everyone's table.

The two soap clerks walked into the restaurant, and the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted them. One of the soapmen looked around the room, while the other pointed to the door, and kept saying something with a serious face.

The soap clerk who turned in a circle returned to the front, the two soap clerks said something with red faces and white teeth, the shopkeeper smiled with a smile on his face, bowed his head, and a small cloth bag was quietly stuffed into the pocket of a soap officer.

The seriousness on the faces of the soap officials disappeared, and they began to become very cordial, and Yi Ran had a good face that was close to the people.

Zhao Hong looked carefully, and his face sank suddenly.

The soap officials left proudly, and Dong Songchen arrived at the front at the right time and stopped the shopkeeper.

Zhao Hong retracted his gaze and picked up his wine glass, but he was in no mood to drink it.

Governance, education, anti-corruption and anti-corruption are indeed a long way to go!

In the final analysis, the rise and fall of various dynasties in history is not caused by the corruption of officials. Just like the Southern Song Dynasty in history, if the officials ruled the Qingming Dynasty and worked together, how could the sixty or seventy million Song people not be able to resist the Mongolian army of hundreds of thousands.

To put it bluntly, the collapse of any dynasty is self-harm. The demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was already a lesson, and the Southern Song Dynasty did not have a long memory to play with itself, and the blame was self-inflicted.

When Dong Songchen and the others came back, Zhao Hong's hand pressed slightly, stopped everyone, and whispered.

"Who is in charge of the Department of Education?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I used to be a true father-in-law, and now I am Shi Yanzhi, the waiter of the Ministry of Works."

Dong Songchen shook his head secretly. It seems that Shi Yanzhi is going to encounter it.

"Doctor Shi presides over the Department of Education! I was negligent! ”

Zhao Hong shook his head, very self-reproachful.

"Today, remember these things, go back and report them to Zhou Ping and Xu Liang, so that they can check it out!"

At the wine table, in front of the public, what can Li Tang and Xu Sheng ask?

There is no such thing in the world that can be accomplished overnight, let alone a state affair with long-term peace and stability. Take your time one step at a time, keep improving, and it will always get better and better.

A few people started eating and drinking again, but because of the series of bad things that the diners had just mentioned, the atmosphere was not as relaxed as it was just now.

"Do you know how many immigrants are going out of Liangzhejiang Road now?"

Zhao Hong changed the topic and finally broke the silence.

Three years after Xingqing, that is, six years ago, the Great Song Dynasty established the Immigration Department. Over the years, there should be some numbers for immigrants.

"Back to Your Majesty, the twists and turns of the past few days, since the imperial court immigration in the third year of Xingqing, a total of more than 140,000 households have moved out, with a population of about 700,000."

Dong Songchen is very concerned about big numbers and is also very sensitive, in case of emergency.

"700,000, that's too little! There are 2.9 million households in Liangzhejiang Road, and less than half of the population has moved out. We must continue to increase immigration! ”

The disappointment on Zhao Hong's face couldn't be hidden.

Liangzhejiang Road is where it is located, and it is densely populated. In the past five or six years, less than 5 percent have been immigrated.

"Where's Fujian Road?"

Zhao Hong asked with a dark face.

"Back to Your Majesty, about 360,000 households and 1.3 million people have moved out of Fujian Road."

There are 1.6 million households in Fujian Road, and more than ninety percent of them are mountainous and hilly, with narrow soil and dense populations. It is surprising that the population was able to move out of 360,000 households, which is more than the more populous Liangzhejiang Road.

Fujian people dare to dare to fight, and it has been confirmed by facts.

"Your Majesty, there are also Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road, and a total of more than 270,000 households have moved out of the two Guangzhou, with a total of about 800,000 people. Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangzhou, plus the population migrated from the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, totaled about 4 million people. ”

4 million people!

It sounds like a lot of people, but it seems too small for the huge population base of 70 million people in the Great Song Dynasty.

According to Zhao Hong's idea, at least 15 million to 20 million people must be relocated, sowing the seeds of migration to the ends of the earth, and improving the quality of the world's population.

"Your Majesty, don't worry at all. As immigration became a custom, and in the long run, there were more immigrants than there were more people, and the demographic crisis of the Great Song Dynasty would naturally disappear. ”

Li Tang said with a smile, comforting Zhao Hong.

10,000 years is too long. But there is no need to be in such a hurry, it is impossible to do things in a hundred years in ten years.

"Your Majesty, what Li Tang said is right. When the two rivers are restored, they will have to resettle to the real side. At that time, I'm afraid there won't be so many people to move! ”

Xu Sheng continued Li Tang's words.

"Your Majesty, two rivers are so big, with a population of only two or three million. There is also Shaanxi, with a population of only a few hundred thousand. When the time comes, the two Zhejiang will fill the two rivers, the south of the Yangtze River will fill Shaanxi, and the Sichuan will fill the Western Xia. The drawbacks of the excessive population of our Great Song Dynasty will be thoroughly improved. ”

Dong Songchen also interjected.

"The population of my Great Song Dynasty should be more than 70 million."

Zhao Hong suddenly had a feeling.

Maybe we should do a census to find out how many people there really are in the Great Song Dynasty.

As they spoke, everyone's conversation returned to recovering the two rivers.

"The generals in the northwest, have they all arrived?"

Zhao Hong asked unconsciously.

Shaanxi has been under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, and Chen Longzhi, the pacification envoy of Shaanxi, is appeasing the people and attracting the displaced people to return to Shaanxi to farm.

The reason why he transferred Chen Longzhi and Fan Zhong and other northwest generals back to Lin'an was also to ask about the situation in Shaanxi and see if the Northern Expedition could be carried out.

"Your Majesty, Chen Longzhi, the pacification envoy of Shaanxi, Fan Zhong, the pacification envoy of Hexi Road, Cui He and others, have just arrived in Lin'an City, and are now in the post house, waiting for Your Majesty to summon them."

Dong Songchen hurried back.

"Your Majesty, Shaanxi came under the rule of my Great Song Dynasty, the officials and troops repaired Fengxiang Mansion and Chang'an City, and the people of the Jin Kingdom who moved to Henan, as well as those refugees who fled have returned to their hometowns. You don't believe it, there are only three or four hundred thousand people in Shaanxi. It's miserable! ”

Li Tang also raised his voice slightly, shook his head and sighed.

Xu Sheng glanced at Li Tang, and then said:

"I want to be in the prosperous Tang Dynasty back then, and all countries will come to court. During the Tianbao period, there were 360,000 registered households, and nearly 2 million people inside and outside the city. The world is impermanent, the vicissitudes of life, it is really embarrassing! ”

"You're right! Before the southern crossing, there were also millions of people in the city of Tokyo. When His Majesty was the crown prince, he once took us to the Kingdom of Jin and went to the city of Tokyo. There are people growing vegetables in Daxiangguo Temple, and the population is no more than five or six hundred thousand. Tattered, even more disappointing! ”

Li Tang continued Xu Sheng's words.

"You guys don't sing duets here and act indiscriminately. Saliva is all over the table, and you can't let people eat it? ”

Zhao Hong smiled helplessly, stopping Li Tang and Xu Sheng's chatter.

These two guys, in order to make him happy, deliberately found a topic.

Everyone is so attentive, how can he not be interesting and make everyone unhappy.

"Your Majesty, Chen Xianggong came to Lin'an City this time, I'm afraid he will come to Your Majesty to ask for something. Grain, seeds, ploughing cattle, farm tools, I'm afraid I have to mobilize the box army and militia from Sichuan to reclaim the barren fields! ”

Dong Songchen was on the side and said cautiously.

"Shaanxi is in ruins, and without 10 years of hard work, I am afraid it will be difficult to recover."

Talking about Shaanxi, where the former capital of the Han and Tang dynasties is located, Zhao Hong couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Chen Longzhi was asked by me to enter the court. Shaanxi has been repeatedly war-torn and uninhabited for hundreds of miles, and it is full of devastation. As you said, the huge Shaanxi, the birthplace of Chinese civilization, the geographical center of the Chinese territory, the former capital of the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, and the former center of the world, with a population of only three or four hundred thousand, how can it not be sad? ”

Zhao Hong's brows furrowed again, and the pain of pins and needles in his heart was stabbed.

"Shaanxi and Jinghu are separated by Henan, so they can only immigrate from Sichuan. At the same time, I summoned the Sichuan envoy Cui to enter the court, in addition to discussing the Northern Expedition, there was also the matter of immigrating to Shaanxi. ”

Shaanxi, can't go on any more chaotic.

Shaanxi needs to recuperate.

"Your Majesty, Shaanxi is in ruins, do you have to wait for Shaanxi to recover, and my Great Song Dynasty can go on a northern expedition?"

Xu Sheng looked at the young people talking on the table next to him and asked softly.

The emperor summoned the generals on the border of the Great Song Dynasty to come to Lin'an, which made him feel that the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings.

If it weren't for the Northern Expedition, it seems that there would be no need to summon so many border generals and ministers into the court with such fanfare.

The Song army on the western route had already occupied Shaanxi, with 200,000 troops. The 100,000 troops on the East Road crossed the Huai River, entered the land of Xuzhou and Haizhou, and entered the territory of Shandong.

If the Song army attacked in three directions, it would definitely be able to defeat the Jin army in one fell swoop and restore Sanjing. The promised land that all the Song people dreamed of in Tokyo City was about to return to the embrace of the Great Song Dynasty.

Just thinking about it, I feel my heart surging and my blood boiling.

"The Northern Expedition? It's about thinking about it. ”

Zhao Hong smiled slightly, noncommittal.

The Northern Expedition was of great concern to the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty must do it, but his thoughts were more cautious and thoughtful.

"Your Majesty, you can take advantage of the hot weather to take refuge in the summer of the Tatar army in the land outside the Cypriots, and our army will march north. The Jin people will fight the trapped beasts, and then our army will be attacked by both the Jin army and the Tatar army. Your Majesty, let me go with the army! ”

Li Tang said softly. He has been in charge of teaching in Jinling Lecture Hall, making meritorious contributions, charging into battle, and he is also ready to move at this moment.

"Your Majesty, Uncle Tian and Hu Datou in Lin'an City follow Your Majesty, let me also participate in the Northern Expedition."

Xu Sheng was also full of smiles, and his heart was ready to move.

Once the Northern Expedition goes deep into the Northland, the emperor is estimated that he will not come to the front line in person, and his escort will be useless, so he naturally wants to charge into battle and make meritorious contributions.

Li Tang and Xu Sheng competed to fight first, Zhao Hong smiled slightly, holding a wine glass and was silent.

A man is a teenager until he dies.

When I saw a pile of human feces on the road, I still couldn't help but blow it up with firecrackers, a man wouldn't do such a thing. Those heroic dreams of my youth will always remain in my heart.

Shaanxi needs to recuperate, and if he can solve the Jin people at the lowest cost, without bloodshed and killing, he can accept it.

All he wants is results. To humiliate and kill the losers is too inferior, and there is no need for it.