When the Song army won the victory in Tibet, Kaifeng City was in the New Year's season.

The New Year is a traditional Chinese festival, and whenever the New Year comes, the people of the Great Song Dynasty come to every household with laughter and laughter.

Shaosheng four years passed in a hurry, this year for the Great Song Dynasty, is the most pleasant year, with the success of the imperial court reform, the imperial court tax increased significantly, the living conditions of the people greatly improved, and even the impact of the Yellow River flood was minimized.

The entire Great Song Dynasty was recuperating and recuperating and making every effort to develop the economy, although there was still war in Tibet, but for the Great Song Dynasty, as long as the Liaoxia joint army was dispatched, it was not taken to heart at all.

In the vertical arch hall, Zhao Xu was sitting in danger.

"Ministers and others see the official family!" Hundreds of officials worshipped one after another.

"The official family has an order, the New Year's court, and the hundred officials congratulate you!" Yang Jian said sharply.

Today is the New Year's court, it is the tradition of the imperial court, and the first court meeting after the New Year every year will summarize the gains and losses of last year, of course, on this joyful day.

Of course, ordinary years are good news and not bad news, and the fourth year of Shaosheng is a well-deserved harvest year for the Great Song Dynasty.

The ministers gathered in the vertical arch hall, and their faces appeared with joy, and it was obvious that the current achievements of the Great Song Dynasty made them quite proud.

"Qi Qi Guanjia, the resettlement of millions of victims in the Yellow River flood has been completed, the Yellow River flood discharge area has been planned, and only after the completion of the Yellow River flood gate project, the Yellow River will change the situation of breaking once in several years, and the ability to resist floods will reach once in 50 years." Fan Chunli took the lead in reporting the victory.

Fan Chunli has been in the vicinity of Yuncheng, responsible for disaster relief and the management of the Yellow River, although the affected area is small, the victims have been properly resettled, coupled with a large number of donations from the people, the imperial court did not spend too much money.

However, in addition to disaster relief, Fan Chunli also shouldered the heavy responsibility of controlling the Yellow River, which was a big project, and he did not return in a hurry until he was roughly completed a year ago, so he did not have less complaints from the Ma family.

In the past, the Ma family was the identity of the concubine, so she was naturally obedient to Fan Chunli, but now that the Ma family is promoted to the main wife, she is the wife of the fifth grade, and Fan Chunli can only compensate again and again.

"Resist a once-in-50-year flood!"

Hundred officials can't help but look happy, the Yellow River flood is the great trouble of the Great Song Dynasty, every three or five years, repeatedly make the Great Song Dynasty suffer heavy losses, if it can resist the flood once in 50 years, the time of the Yellow River breach from once in three or five years, to an average of once in 50 years, enough to change the situation of the frequent flooding of the Yellow River, coupled with the method created by Fan Zheng to block the breach, the Yellow River flood will definitely be minimized, which is the benefit of the Great Song Dynasty is indescribable.

"The success of the Yellow River this time, Fan Xianggong has made great contributions, and Fan Xianggong has worked hard!" Zhao Xu said happily,

The Yellow River is now able to resist floods once in 50 years, coupled with Fan Zheng's method of blocking the breach during the flood season, the Great Song Dynasty's ability to resist floods has been greatly enhanced, and he no longer has to worry about the flooding of the Yellow River all the time, and can go all out to revitalize the Great Song Dynasty and concentrate on completing his great cause of dominating the world.

"The credit for curing yellow!"

Baiguan couldn't help but look at Fan Chunli in a complicated way, everyone in the world knows that the reason why Fan Chunli was able to make such a great contribution was because of the evil doctor Fan Zheng's evil prescription, but who made them father and son, and Fan Chunli's ability was a little worse, but he was diligent in his work, and he repeatedly brought Fan Zheng's evil prescription to the extreme, and he was also half a capable minister.

"Half a capable minister!"

Fan Chunli didn't know what the officials said about him, but at the beginning, he would still have a grudge, starting from Bozhou, to the prefect of Kaifeng, and then to the current position of prime minister, all of them have the shadow of Fan Zheng, and now he has already been appointed, and he is even a little proud.

As an official, knowing how to make good use of others is also a kind of ability, not to mention that it is his son, and others are only jealous.

Since Fan Xianggong has achieved initial results in the downstream management of the Yellow River, Weichen believes that the governance of the tributaries of the Yellow River on the loess plateau in the middle reaches also needs to be accelerated, and it is necessary to build earth dams on the loess plateau before the rainy season next year, and dam the silt land, which can not only intercept sediment, but also play a role in water storage, so that the arid loess plateau can store water and prevent drought, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone." Prime Minister Su Song said solemnly.

After the court demonstration, and the northwest government of the field investigation, both sides are full of praise for Fan Zheng's construction of the earth dam, the construction of the earth dam can not only dam the silt, but also can store water, you must know that the Northwest Loess Plateau is dry and rainless, can use the earth dam to intercept a part of the water source irrigation is naturally good, but also reduce the pressure of the Yellow River water level, it can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

In addition, the soil erosion of the loess plateau has already been thousands of ravines, and the road can be replaced by an earthen dam to solve the current situation of inconvenient transportation in the loess plateau, and the construction of the earthen dam has been well received by the government and the opposition.

"Yes! Decree the Northwest Roads! Speed up the organization of the people's strength, and build earth dams to control the loess plateau. "Zhao Xu is as good as a runner.

After Fan Chunli retired, Yang Wei couldn't wait, and said directly: "Congratulations to the official family, according to the statistics of the imperial court's household registration, the population of the Great Song Dynasty in the fourth year of Shaosheng has exceeded 10,000, surpassing the most in the previous dynasties, which is really a blessing of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

In this era, population represents labor and wealth, and the population of the Great Song Dynasty exceeded 10,000, which immediately made hundreds of officials happy.

"The population exceeds 10,000!"

Zhao Xu couldn't help but have a hint of ecstasy on his face, he didn't expect this speed to be so fast.

When the population of China was the largest, it was in the Tang Dynasty, and the population of the Tang Dynasty was only in the Tianbao period, with a population of only 80 million, and after the division of Panzhen, five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the Central Plains fought for many years, and the population of China decreased sharply, and when the Northern Song Dynasty was founded, the population was only more than 30 million.

After a hundred years of development, the population of the Great Song Dynasty has now exceeded 10,000, which is enough to prove that the Great Song Dynasty surpassed the Tang Dynasty in many aspects, and this achievement was achieved during his reign, which naturally belongs to his merits.

However, it is natural for Zhao Xu to enjoy this glory alone, and the explosion of population in the Great Song Dynasty does have nothing to do with him.

The biggest reason why the population of the Great Song Dynasty was able to reach 10,000,000 yuan so quickly was that it implemented the practice of apportioning the service into the mu and incorporated the service money into the acre, which reduced the black households of the Great Song Dynasty and increased the population of the people.

The second is the great prosperity of doctors, the progress of medical skills has greatly reduced the mortality rate of the people, and the average life expectancy has been greatly improved, especially the rise of female doctors, infertility and caesarean section and other medical advances, so that the birth rate and survival rate of babies have increased greatly.

Coupled with the people's pursuit of more sons and more blessings, the population of the Great Song Dynasty grew explosively until there were tens of thousands.

Fan Zheng frowned and said: "Qiqi official, it took a hundred years for the Great Song Dynasty to reach 10,000,000 from 30 million, and now medicine is booming, the average life expectancy of the people has increased greatly, the birth rate of babies has risen sharply, and the population explosion is coming, at most 20 years, the population of the Great Song Dynasty will reach as much as 20,000, and as time goes by in the future, the population of the Great Song Dynasty will be more, and the Great Song Dynasty needs more land to feed the huge population that is about to be born, and the Great Detour strategy is imperative." ”

"Twenty years later, the population is 20,000."

Baiguan couldn't help but gasp, that is to say, the Great Song Dynasty needs to double the amount of food to feed the population after twenty years, but the land of the Great Song Dynasty cannot be doubled, and there is only one way out, that is, to find land for the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the past, many officials directly opposed the strategy of the Great Roundabout, believing that the officials were reckless in military force and should not plot against Tubo and Dali, but only need to concentrate on dealing with Liaoxia.

Now that they have learned of the theory of the Great Song Dynasty's population explosion, the Manchu Dynasty officials no longer have the slightest intention of opposing the Great Roundabout strategy, and medical skills have advanced greatly, and a large number of newborn people have been born, if they cannot find land and food for them, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will be the first to collapse.

However, today is the New Year's Party and the day of great joy, and the civil and military officials tacitly did not mention this topic.

"Qi Qi official, the taxes of the Great Song Dynasty have also reached tens of thousands." Zhang Dian took the initiative to break out another happy event to change the topic.

Su Shi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, bowed down and said: "Qiqi official family, Liaoxia and many other countries sent envoys to send congratulatory posts to congratulate the official family on the New Year. ”

"Good!"

Zhao Xu was overjoyed, he didn't expect the good news to follow.

"God bless the Great Song Dynasty, the official family is blessed with Qitian!"

Hundreds of officials congratulated one after another.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but be full of ambition, and said excitedly: "I took the name of Shaosheng in order to inherit the ambition of the first emperor to change the law, and now I have changed the law for four years, and finally completed the last wish of the first emperor, so that the people of the Great Song Dynasty will be rich and strong, and they will no longer be bullied by foreign enemies. ”

Zhao Xu sighed with emotion in his heart, the dream that the first emperor Song Shenzong had not completed for sixteen years, he thought that it would take a lifetime to complete it, but he didn't expect that he would have made such great achievements in just four years.

"Official Shengming!"

The ministers complimented.

The faces of the officials were also complicated, and both the old party and the new party were all scorned.

For the old party, their position has always been to resolutely oppose the reform of the law, and even at that time they supported the Empress Dowager Gao's government, and were unwilling to support Zhao Xu's personal government, and now Zhao Xu's reform has achieved so much that it is enough to prove them wrong.

And the new party was even more embarrassed, the new party followed Song Shenzong to change the law for 16 years, but it did not make the Great Song Dynasty rich and strong, and even caused the Great Song Dynasty to have serious party disputes, which almost pulled the Great Song into the abyss.

And the achievements of the Great Song Dynasty's current law changes are either changes to the new law, or the new law issued by the evil doctor Fan Zheng.

Just now, the New Party was still laughing at Fan Chunli as a puppet of the evil doctor Fan Zheng, but now the New Party is not the same, and almost every new law they implement has been healed by Fan Zheng.

"Evil Doctor Fan Zheng!"

Everyone knows that the Great Song Dynasty can have such an achievement, and it is inseparable from one person, that is, the evil doctor Fan Zheng, but everyone tacitly did not mention Fan Zheng's name.

After all, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were inferior to a young man who had just reached the crown, which made them all disgraced.

Zhao Xu's gaze and Fan Zheng in the back glanced at each other, and then his eyes were staggered, he naturally remembered Fan Zheng's credit, but there was no need to push Fan Zheng to the stage at this moment.

Zhao Xu looked around and said loudly: "Now that I have fulfilled the last wish of the first emperor to change the law, I have decided to change the name of the first year. ”

"Change the name of the first year!"

The officials couldn't help but be stunned and raised their heads one after another.

Although Zhao Xu has just reached the crown, it is not too late to ascend the throne, and he already has two era names, the first is during the reign of the Empress Dowager Gao, Zhao Xu's year name is Yuan You, this era name Zhao Xu used for eight years, and now this era name is Shaosheng, which has been used for four years, and now the official family is ready to change the era name.

"The official family is wise and martial, eloquent and strategic, since the pro-government, in order to save the decline of the Great Song Dynasty, thwart Liaoxia, and destroy Qingtang, it is actually the lord of the Great Song Dynasty. Yang Wei said excitedly.

"Your Ministers agree!"

Other officials also agreed.

There are also many discerning officials who have already begun to quote scriptures and classics to find suitable era names from ancient books.

After a long time, the ministers finally found the name they wanted, and Su Shi stood out on behalf of the ministers: "The officials and ministers think that Yuanfu is the most suitable as the era name." ”

"Yuan Fu!"

Zhao Xu's heart moved, he was also a well-educated person, so he naturally understood the origin of the Yuan Fu.

"Anthology": Fang will be the Yuan Fu, based on the Zen Liang Fu, increase the height of Mount Tai, the meaning of the Yuan Fu is a great auspicious.

Cai Jing complimented: "Yuan Fu: Da Ruiye, and the official family has just been in power for four years, leading the Great Song Dynasty to change the law to become strong, not only abolishing the New Year's coin, defeating the Western Xia, but also expanding the territory, recovering Qingtang, suppressing the Liao State, and making me famous overseas, so that my Great Song Dynasty has reached an unprecedented strength, and the official family is the biggest auspicious Rui of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is most appropriate to take Yuan Fu as the year name." ”

"Yuan Fu, Da Ruiye."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but be moved when he heard this, as Cai Jing said, today's Great Song Dynasty is no longer what it used to be, and he makes the master of the Great Song Dynasty the auspicious rui of the Great Song Dynasty.

At the moment, Zhao Xu pushed his eyes to Fan Zheng again, he is the auspicious rui of the Great Song Dynasty, and Fan Zheng is his auspicious rui, he can achieve such an achievement, Fan Zheng is indispensable.

"Okay, let's set the era name as the Yuan Fu!"

Zhao Xu waved his hand.

At this point, Shaosheng has passed, and Zhao Xu, the young man who once worshiped his father, finally grew up and began to write his own chapter, and this new year is no longer the fifth year of Shaosheng, but the first year of Yuanfu.

"Congratulations to the official family!"

The ministers congratulated one after another.

Everyone knows that the Great Song Dynasty is about to usher in the toughest emperor in history, an emperor who is very likely to change the fate of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Yuan Fu!"

In the congratulations of the ministers, Fan Zheng's face changed.

Because he clearly remembered that Zhao Xu was seriously ill in the first month of the third year of Yuan Fu and died of illness in the same month.

If it really repeats itself like history, Zhao Xu still has two years to complete, then all Zhao Xu's ambitions and all his ambitions will come to naught, and the good situation that the Great Song Dynasty has managed to achieve at present will also come to naught, and even repeat the mistakes of the past.

"Nope! Now that the Great Song Dynasty has me, I will definitely not let the tragedy of Jingkang's shame be staged again. Fan Zheng looked at the high-spirited Zhao Xu, and said with a firm look in his eyes.

Zhao Xu is not only his confidant, he has infinite trust in him, but also Zhao Xu is also his greatest help to change the Chinese civilization, only he understands that in the future, the Great Song Dynasty will face many terrible opponents, only by changing the law to be strong, can he calmly avoid this catastrophe.

No! If the Great Song Dynasty follows the trend and defeats the strongest opponent in history in a row, the Chinese civilization will be reversed from then on, and it will surely stand at the top of the world's civilization. (End of chapter)