The assembly can only determine the general principles, and the specific details still have to be discussed by the officials of the various yamen themselves, and it is impossible to determine the details. Now that the war in the northwest has begun, Wen Yanbo doesn't want to think too much about the affairs of Ye County, so he makes up his mind and plays accordingly.

The two prime ministers and the privy envoy Jia Changchao entered the inner hall together, and the rest of them left the imperial city. At this time, it was already afternoon, most of the officials went home, and the imperial city seemed a little empty. Everyone said goodbye to each other, prepared to go back to the official office, and changed into civilian clothes and went home.

At this moment, a messenger rushed over and prepared to enter the imperial city.

Tian Guo saw it and said loudly: "Where are you soldiers?" What are you doing in such a hurry? This is the Imperial City, be careful! - Where's the big win? ”

When the soldier saw the official uniform, he hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Damn the little one!" Northwest Korea's Taiwei broke Guazhou and collected Shazhou, which is an urgent matter. ”

Everyone was taken aback, they thought that the good news was from Di Qing's department, but they didn't expect it to be Han Qi. Han Qi used Xingxing Gorge as his base, and when Di Qing was preparing the Zhenrong army, he also set off there. Guazhou is more than 300 miles away from Xingxing Gorge, and it took half a month to get to the Central Plains, and it was obvious that Han Qi's troops went to Guazhou and occupied it, and there was almost no delay.

Seeing the soldiers enter the imperial city, several officials talked about it for a while. In this attack on the party, Di Qing attacked, Han Qi responded, and the courtiers' eyes were on Di Qing, ignoring Han Qi. Unexpectedly, the first major victory was precisely Han Qilai.

Bidding farewell to everyone, Du Zhongxiao returned to the yamen, ordered the affairs, and returned home. I sat in the study for a while, and for a while, I couldn't read the book, and I couldn't help but close my eyes and recuperate. The important things now are actually three things. The first is the war in the northwest, you can just care about it, and it's useless to worry too much. The second is the reform of Ye County, which the courtiers don't pay much attention to, but Du Zhongxiao knows that this matter is very important for the future. The last one was something that Du Zhongxiao had not touched, that is, due to the emperor's health problems in the first half of the year, the courtiers asked for a reserve.

In the Northwest War, Di Qing's strategy was too conservative, and it was difficult to end it in a short time without accidents. It was only in Lingzhou that it was attacked next year, and the party has been running Lingzhou for several years, which is so easy to fight? It's useless to think too much, just wait and see.

Regarding the establishment of the reserve, Zhao Zhen has been ill for half a year this year, and he has not survived to the current heir, and many ministers have invited him. Zhao Zhen did not post the music in the middle of the music, and neither objected nor agreed. However, he sent officials to pray many times, apparently hoping to have children.

Zhao Zhen is less than fifty years old, and he is in the prime of life, if he is not sick, there will be no officials to play the chapter. A serious illness, coupled with the fact that his health has been poor, made the ministers feel worried. As the Imperial Historian, Du Zhongxiao should be involved in this matter. However, Du Zhongxiao entered Beijing as a border marshal, and he was not familiar with the emperor and the ministers, so he deliberately avoided this matter.

Due to the special conditions of the Song Dynasty, the imperial power had its own characteristics. The founding of the country was a military mutiny, and Taizu mainly relied on the forbidden army, and when Taizong began to strengthen the power of the imperial examination literati. The alliance of Zhenzong Dynasty and Lanzhou exposed that the forbidden army was no longer as capable of fighting as when it was first founded, and the emperor's control over the generals of the forbidden army also had a lot to say. The most critical juncture is that Prime Minister Kou Zhun decides the overall situation. In the current emperor, the power of Wenchen has risen, and the emperor must actually rely on Wenchen. In particular, the rebellion of the party was not quelled during the Qingli period, which had a great impact on the imperial power.

The real scholars and the imperial power ruled the world together, which began with Zhenzong and was formed in this era. Historically, the emperor at this time was not in good health, and the Wenchen government, coupled with the short reign of the later emperor, the power of the Wenchen group expanded greatly.

However, a few years ago, Du Zhongxiao was on Hequ Road and won consecutive battles with foreign countries, which made the somewhat decadent emperor see hope again. If the forbidden army is reorganized and the weakness of the past hundred years is swept away, another situation will be formed. Returning to the capital in the middle of the night is a run-in process.

Thinking about this, Du Zhongxiao knew that he could provide big opinions on the war in the northwest, but specific suggestions would be exempted. When it comes to military deployment and personnel transfers, it is better not to participate in the military.

In other words, what Du Zhongxiao can do now is actually to reform Ye County. The other ministers' minds are on the northwest, and they will not pay attention to Yexian, and they have fewer constraints. Internal affairs, not involved in military affairs, the emperor is easy to obey.

What is the most important thing about reform? Of course, the system is important, but the most important thing is the reformer.

Opening his eyes, Du Zhongxiao stood up and took a few steps back and forth in the study. turned around and said, "Go and call Luo Jinglai." ”

After a while, Luo Jing arrived, and Du Zhongxiao said: "You go to the house of Wang Anshi, the judge of the herdsmen, and say that I will invite him to drink at night." ”

Luo Jing looked out the window, the sun was about to set, and he hesitated: "At this time, isn't it a little late?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Drinking in your spare time, what's late." There is nothing to do tonight, there is no morning tomorrow, and it is time for one or two confidants to drink and talk late at night. ”

Luo Jing bowed, walked out of the study, and went to find Wang Anshi.

Du Zhongxiao sat back in his seat and looked at the book on the table. Ye County has been upgraded, and the current governor and county governor are not talents for reform. I should find a way to send someone who can implement my will and has the ability to reform to Ren Zhizhou. If this is not the case, in the end, Yexian's reform may run counter to his own wishes and will not get good results.

Who else can be sent? Han Jiang and Su Song's qualifications are equivalent to derogation, and no one else is suitable, so it can only be Wang Anshi. After Wang Anshi became a jinshi, he always insisted on being an official in the local area and did not enter the imperial court, so his official position was promoted relatively slowly. In the fourteenth year of his reign, he was only a governor and a herd judge in the court. and then to Ye County to be a governor, which can be regarded as a normal promotion.

Moreover, unlike other officials, Wang Anshi is able to understand his own thoughts and put them into practice. If you think about Wang Anshi's reforms in history, most of them were to enhance the power of the central government, the so-called rich country and strong army. Realistically speaking, many of the reform measures are not necessarily appropriate, and they do increase the burden on the people, especially small and medium-sized landlords and yeoman farmers. Not all of the officials oppose the so-called reformers, and many of the struggles against the so-called reformers are based on the interests of the people.

However, at this time, what Yexian County needed was to manage the factories under its rule and raise taxes. Money doesn't speak, but numbers say a lot. If the taxes received from the factories are much higher than the current model of over-taxation and commercial taxation, who else is opposed to reform? As for the factory owners, there is no need to consider that the new system has been introduced, limiting their power to control the localities, but increasing their power to make money. In particular, savings banks can lend money, and the official dominance of the Central Plains market can give factory owners a lot of convenience.

As soon as the sun set, Wang Anshi arrived at Du Zhongxiao's house. Welcoming into the living room and taking a seat, Du Zhongxiao said: "Tomorrow is not early, there is really nothing to do tonight, please come and drink two glasses of wine and gossip." ”

Wang Anshi said: "Zhongcheng, please come down, don't just gossip, right?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "It's good to say it's gossip, it's not good, it's just idle and have nothing to do, find someone to talk to." ”

After speaking, he ordered tea to be served and chatted with Wang Anshi. When asked about the affairs of the Group Pastoral Division, it turned out that Wang Anshi and others were quite busy now. Since the acquisition of Hequ Road, a large number of horses from outside the Saiwai, and Chen Qin's breeding of new horse breeds, the horse breeding business in the Song Dynasty has advanced by leaps and bounds. In a few years, the number of horse supervisors in several places along the Yellow River has increased several times, and the herd division has become a great yamen.

Seeing that it was dark, Du Zhongxiao said: "We have prepared wine tonight, let's drink two glasses and talk about some gossip." ”

After saying that, the two left the living room and went to the side room. A banquet had been set up in the room, and the two of them were seated.

Du Zhongxiao raised his glass and said, "It has been fourteen years since we ascended to the top together in the second year of Qingli. After becoming an official, I remember that as long as you were in Suizhou, we met when you went to Shuzhou to serve as a general judge. Meet again, it's this year. ”

Wang Anshi said: "Not bad. In the past 14 years, Zhongcheng has become the commander of the river meandering road from the shogunate of Bozhou, and then entered the court as Zhongcheng. In fact, the promotion is not fast, but the credit for the court is beyond the reach of ordinary people, and it is a model for us. ”

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "Don't talk about this, it's all in the past." Jiefu, in fact, I came to you today, and I really have something to discuss. ”

Wang Anshi arched his hand: "If there is anything, Zhongcheng will tell you." ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, raised his wine glass and said, "Come, drink." We drank and talked. ”

After drinking, Du Zhongxiao said: "After I returned to Beijing for Zhongcheng, the first thing I did was to go to Ye County. I looked there and found many problems. In fact, there are many problems in Yexian County, but there are also many opportunities, which can be said to be the coexistence of problems and opportunities. However, because he was going to investigate the case, he said a lot of questions after returning to the court, but he didn't mention the opportunity. ”

Wang Anshi said: "When I heard Zhongcheng talk about the affairs of Ye County, I thought that it should be a place of opportunity. In less than ten years, a small county in the Central Plains has gathered 100,000 families, how powerful! The so-called no profit is not early, if it is not easy to make money there, how can so many people move over! ”

Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "Yes, Jiefu's words are critical." If there is no money to be made there, where do these households come from? In fact, it is because there is an iron prison there that can make money. The Iron Supervisor brought two benefits to that place, one was technology and talent, and a large number of key parts sold from the Iron Supervisor. To open a factory, no one can spend a lot of money to hire people from the iron prison. If you don't have the skills, you can find a way to learn from the iron prison. The key parts can't be made, so they can be bought from the iron supervisor. Another benefit, not being noticed, is actually very important. It was because of the Iron Prison that a large market was cultivated there. Thousands of miles away, many merchants also went to the Iron Prison to buy all kinds of goods. These people directly gave Ye County a ready-made market. As long as your products are good, you won't have to worry about not being able to sell. ”

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