Zeng Gongliang muttered in a low voice: "It's really a fight." ”

Zheng Lang wanted to laugh in his heart, he took a fancy to Zhao Ji, that is, he took a fancy to his achievements, although this achievements are often the same generation as radical adventures, but the Song Dynasty has reached this point, if it doesn't change or die, can it sit back and wait for death?

It's just that Zhao Ji has not dealt with many aspects, including Gao Zunyu's command, ambition, and tragedy.

Reprimanded Xixia, no scholar dared to speak, really fighting, someone spoke, Wen Yanbo stood up and said: "Your Majesty, during the Qingli War, the country's economy is running well, and there is no debt, which is far from comparable today, but after four years of war, the country withered, the people were struggling, and thieves were everywhere. I hope that Your Majesty will make a prudent decision. Western Xia is like this, it is nothing more than the realm of Suizhou, it is harmless to lose, and it is not profitable, but it will cause a war between the two countries, and the minister thinks it is inappropriate. ”

Wen Yanbo's words are very marketable, after the front is finished, the back echoes like clouds.

Zhao Ji slapped the table and shouted: "What is invasion, is Suizhou really a place for the Xixia people!" ”

was about to get angry, when he suddenly saw Zheng Lang shaking his head at him. Understanding, the original situation, Zheng Lang wrote very clearly on that secret recital. Waving his hand weakly, the eunuch shouted: "If there is something to do, play early, and if there is nothing to retreat." ”

Let's go together.

Zhao Ji was furious, regardless of whether the ministers had played the book and retreated, while waving the sleeves of his robe, he may have many places to do frizzy, but he is definitely not a weak lord, the legend of the cloud can be named the king with a different surname, which is the edict of Zhao Ji. The ministers looked at each other, and Zhao Ji rushed to the harem angrily.

It all starts with Zheng Lang's secret fold.

The beginning of the dense fold says that the enemy of the Song Dynasty is the Western Xia? No, as long as the Song Dynasty reorganizes the interior and uses good generals, it can not only defeat the Western Xia, but also annihilate the Western Xia. Of course, the first premise is not to use Gao Zunyu to take command. Not even more Khitan. The Khitan can't be said to be very honest either. Once the imperial court made a move against Western Xia. The Khitan will come and stop it. But it's normal, is it possible to sit back and watch the Song Dynasty wipe out the Western Xia, turn around and compete with the Khitan wholeheartedly? But the Khitan is not the biggest enemy.

The biggest enemy is still inside, many introverted and greedy scholars and magnates. They are not only drinking the blood of the country and the people, eating the flesh of the country and the people, but also being extremely weak to the outside world in order to protect their position. In fact, the Song Dynasty was a little better. If it is like the naked officials later, the country basically has no cure.

Driven by this kind of restraint, many scholars and doctors in the Song Dynasty were greedy for life and afraid of death, the simplest point is that once a war is fought, the state is tight, and the salary of officials is only a part, as well as clothes, Lu Su, tea and wine kitchen materials, charcoal, salt, entourage clothing and food, horses and corn, additional expenses, job money, minister money and all kinds of rewards and fields, this is the big head, and the shortage of expenses will inevitably be reduced. and other reasons. There are very few who really think about the country. The Khitan fell, and a similar situation occurred. It has nothing to do with salary, but mostly covets the benefits brought by the annual tribute and mutual market of the Song Dynasty.

It is good to get Suizhou, communicate with Yanyun and Linfu, open an important springboard for Hengshan Zhuqiang, if you can defend it, you can get a large number of livestock and excellent war horses, if you can get a good impression, you can also get a large number of Hengshan Qiang soldiers with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

But the scholars were either weak or short-sighted, and there were many opponents. Therefore, Zheng Lang only said at first that he secretly occupied the name but did not occupy it, and we only sent four or five battalions of officers and soldiers to station, including two battalions of township soldiers, and sent a Fan Chunyou to this to comfort and pacify, and he did not go to his post, so that it was controversial in name, so as not to anger the Western Xia too much, and at the same time to block the mouths of these Gou and scholars in the court. The Western Xia sent envoys to discuss Suizhou is still the same, and it can be a concession, and it is a large concession, but it cannot be left to the Western Xia.

What would the Western Xia do?

Liang is a madman who will not accept the affection of the Song Dynasty, on the contrary, she will think that the Song Dynasty is weak and can be bullied. So what happens next? The Western Xia continued to insist on their own terms, and the Song Dynasty could back down, but they would not back down in exchange for a real peace between the two countries.

As Zheng Lang expected, Xixia did not agree to exchange a large Suizhou for Tumen and more than 20 small forts nearby. Zheng Lang extrapolated again, so it would definitely not be possible to talk about it, and the Western Xia would continue to invade the Song Dynasty. The imperial court got Suizhou, which shows that some morality has been lost, which is undeniable. Therefore, ignoring their violations, once violating everyone, and violating three times twice, it is not that the Song Dynasty did something wrong, we occupied Suizhou, but we are negotiating with you sincerely, but it can't all be up to you. Why did you break the agreement and repeatedly violate the Song Dynasty? When the time comes, the war will be a battle of morality, and morality will not be mentioned without morality, and the main thing is to plug the mouths of these scholars.

As Zheng Lang guessed, the Western Xia attacked Liugou Fort, burned and looted, even if they killed and robbed the Tibetans, but these more than 1,000 soldiers were real soldiers of the Song Dynasty, half of them were forbidden soldiers in the capital, and they all had family members or in the capital, or scattered in the suburbs of the capital.

Let's do it again, keep coming for the second time, what else can you say, Wen Yanbo?

Of course, this note is not very public, but this note is very sensible. Zhao Ji agreed, but he was unwilling in his heart, found Gao Taotao, and said: "Queen Mother, there is one thing that Erchen can't understand. ”

"What's the matter?" "There are many sects, although the cost is huge, and the rewards for the children of the clan have actually decreased."

"Well, it's inevitable, Emperor Guangwu is only nine generations of clans, and he has been reduced to a commoner, since Taizu Taizong has been in your hands for five generations, and some of the clan's children have reached seven generations, so many clansmen's children have been generously given one by one, and the national expenses are even more amazing." Gao Tao replied flatly. This depends on it, the closer to the emperor, the more noble the line, although the treatment of the children of the clan is getting thinner and thinner, the emperor's line will never be thin. As for the estranged clan, they will eventually be reduced to commoners. Zheng Lang cut officials, did not cut officials, if the officials were cut off, the children of the clan would be a problem, and the children of the clan would not bring the officials, but sooner or later they would have to do it. With the addition of relatives in the clan, the number of officials in this position alone reached several thousand. These officials are also paid and consume the same state expenditures.

"Erchen didn't say this, but the eldest princess of the Zhou Kingdom," Zhao Ji said. As soon as Zhao Shu died, Gao Taotao and Zhao Ji were in charge, the mother and son were very good to Zhao Zhen's children, and they were sealed one after another, and Zhao Niannu was named the eldest princess of Zhou State. Zhao Ji said again: "The uncles are not honorable. It's not inexpensive. Why isn't there a time for satisfaction? Look at the eldest princess again. Initiating a charity association, almost all the money is taken out every year, either to help the children of the clan, or to fund the research and development of the imperial court. Or to help the poor, the sons and daughters can't understand, is there no end to greed? ”

Last time, Gao Tao scolded him with his head and face, and so far Zhao Ji is particularly unwilling in his heart. Today, the qi in my heart is accumulating, and I have a seizure together.

It should be said that Zhao Niannu's reputation is really good now.

The income of the workshop is increasing, Zhao Niannu's personality is somewhat similar to Zhao Zhen, he doesn't like to be too extravagant, the cost is very small, what do you want so much money for? In addition to being used for research and development and charity, the rest is more for the children of the clan.

In fact, these clan children are not poor, just like Su Dongpo, is he really poor to that extent? It's impossible. The main thing is that the wealth is not kept. If you have money, you will spend it indiscriminately, and when it is time to use it. There is no money in hand. The same is true for some clan children, especially some distant relatives or concubines, at this time, the salary and reward are not much, and some people use money excessively, which often seems very embarrassing. Zhao Niannu was kind, and when he came to ask for it, he gave it, and asked Cui Xian to say it. There is also the Charity Association, Zheng Lang promotes morality, encourages newspapers to publicize good people and good deeds, and occasionally allows Zhao Ji to meet with some good deeds and give some rewards. But there are no two eunuchs who come directly, kindly give you a real return, and give you a share deed free of charge. These are the so-called positive energy, so the charity will raise more and more donations, just in the north in recent years there have been many disasters, last year's floods and earthquakes, this year's drought, like this year around the total raised nearly 10 million money donations, in addition to some costs, there are more than 9 million yuan, smashed down together, almost 5600000 households to tide over the difficulties, in fact, invisibly for the imperial court to solve many problems.

Therefore, Zhao Niannu gradually reversed the reaction in the doctor's heart and became positive.

I used to run away from marriage, I was still young, I didn't know anything, but when I grew up, I faintly saw the demeanor of Renzong.

Zhao Ji was also very good to this aunt, and occasionally summoned Zhao Niannu into the palace to talk heart-to-heart, and gave Li Guilu the title of Duke of Luguo.

Compared with Zhao Niannu, the performance of several Guozhang families is indeed too poor. It is not evil for Xiang Jing and Cao Tong to be officials, otherwise Cao Tong would not have become the legendary uncle of the Eight Immortals Cao Guo, but in history, he was forced by the family's request, coupled with the huge business in his family, so he blew wind in the ears of Cao Gao to the three women, and became the two biggest obstructors of Wang Anshi's change.

Gao Tao looked at his son, it seems that his son still has a lot to figure out.

She asked, "What do you think of the eldest princess of the Lu Kingdom?" ”

"That's good."

"What about Zheng Xianggong?"

Zhao Ji grinned, mother, do you still need to ask?

The mourners also admit that they are really good, but they also have imperfections. I'll just say that this workshop, from its establishment to operation, who is standing behind it, and who even paid for the capital when it was established? ”

"Zheng Xianggong's return to Renzong's move, although it is a little small, Erchen looks at the overall situation." Zhao replied. What if it is given to a workshop and given to Zhao Zhen's four daughters, even if it expands, it will be one million, two million or three million a year, and it will be heavenly. Moreover, half of it is also used for charity, which is equivalent to helping the imperial court. But because of Zheng Lang's various measures, the difference between entering and exiting in a year is not only a few million, but more than 350 million is enough. Besides, that workshop was originally Zheng Lang's idea, whether it fell in the name of the Zheng family or in the name of Zhao Nian, how could the imperial court stop it?

As an emperor, I want to have the world in my mind, do I want to "compete with the dead Zhao Zhen" and be jealous?

Gao Taotao does not exclude it, Zheng Lang can also see all kinds of things about his son, he is also a teacher, a friend and a minister, if it is about loyalty, Zheng Lang should be the first in Gao Taotao's heart. But there are things that must be said, otherwise the son's knot will not be untied. Said: "Xu'er, you only know one thing, you don't know the other, the mourning family told you a secret thing." Back then, Zheng Xianggong was trapped in the cave in Chenzhou, not only the queen of Western Xia, but also another person, she and Zheng Xianggong were caught in the cave by thieves at the same time. ”

"Who?"

"Princess Lu."

"Auntie?" Sweat flowed from Zhao Ji's forehead, he was not stupid, and immediately thought of one thing: "Then Li Gui ......"

"As you can guess, Zheng Xianggong has repeatedly written to ask for demotion and demotion since Jinghu South Road, and when he came back from Tanzhou, he took the initiative to wander outside the court, otherwise, there will be later things, Han Xianggong is not evil, but when it comes to governing the country, Han Xianggong is bad after all. And this time, although I had to go out of the mountain because of the country. Zheng Xianggong is still in the second phase. Don't dare to live in the same phase. That's why. ”

Zhao Ji was dumbfounded, and said timidly: "How can Zheng Gong be like this? ”

"Can't blame him, the thieves hated Zheng Xianggong for leading the army to defeat the Western Xia many times, and one of the thieves' family also died indirectly under the command of Zheng Xianggong. When Zheng Xianggong and the eldest princess of Lu were very thin, the mourning family still remembered that winter, it was very cold, and Renzong was dancing barefoot in the court. Praying to Haotian not to get sick due to the cold in the world, the thief put Zheng Xianggong and the eldest princess of Lu in the cave, and did not give enough clothes and quilts, and the two had to be tired of warming each other together, and as a result, something bad happened. ”

It's that everyone has seven emotions and six desires, and it's not that male functions are inadequate, and it's normal to make mistakes in that situation. Gao Tao touched Zhao Ji's head and said, "Er, no one is perfect. There is nothing to do, and the mourning family knows that you value Zheng Xianggong very much. These are just a few of the rare mistakes in Zheng Xianggong's life, and on the whole, he is still a rare good minister. ”

"Mother, how do you know?"

"Zheng Xianggong told the truth to his students, and Renzong also told the mourning family before he collapsed."

"Renzong said?" Zhao Wei was very puzzled, a few people who knew the truth could not say that they could understand, first, that Zheng Lang's political career was over, and secondly, it would also hinder the royal reputation. But why tell the mother?

"Zheng Xianggong is highly meritorious and talented, Renzong is afraid that later generations will have the idea of high merit and shocking the master, and abandon the country's pillars, with this truth in hand, later people can rest assured and boldly use Zheng Xianggong. However, he also underestimated the mourning family, and the mourning family really reached the point where there was no distinction between good and evil? ”

Zhao Ji completely understood.

"I don't have to say anything about it."

"Erchen understands."

"The mourning family tells you that Zheng Xianggong is very close to this perfect person, but he is not actually a perfect person, including Zheng Zhen's workshop, as well as the Charity Association, which is public and private, and also has a little selfishness. Zheng Xianggong is like this, not to mention the family of relatives. I know the reason for your dissatisfaction, but think about it, whether it is the Cao family, the Bozhou Gao family, or the Beijing Xiang family, how many children are in their family? But since Ji'er said it, the mourning family said hello to the three of them and asked them to cooperate on the hidden field, so that people outside would talk less. ”

"Thank you, mother," Zhao said.

Zheng Langcha Yintian, whether it was the Cao family or the Gao family, did not dare to move, and also attracted some gossip. Gao Tao said that if he cooperated, it would be impossible to explain all the hidden fields, let alone let them not annex, but since he said it, it would be more meaningful, at least it could show the outside world that the imperial court even dared to use the knife of the three major relatives and families, and the rest of the people could no longer stop it. The phenomenon of hidden fields will be further improved. But there is a premise for all this, and the number of eunuchs has given enough benefits, otherwise even Gao Taotao would not want to let these three major families bleed. With a lot to gain and a small amount to lose, Gao Tao was sure to do their ideological work.

However, Zhao Ji was faintly disappointed in his heart.

On the other side, Wang Anshi also found Zheng Lang.

Different from history, because of Zheng Lang's promotion, the weapons are sharper, and there have been many great victories in the past, Wang Anshi is also unwilling to acquiesce to the repeated violations of the border in Western Xia, and said to Zheng Lang in the Chinese book: "Zheng Gong, why didn't you speak at the court meeting just now?" ”

Zheng Lang said: "Jiefu, in this way, you and Junshi will come to my house after they get on duty." ”

"Okay."

After being on duty, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang came to Zheng's house.

Let's talk about Xixia first, Zheng Lang said: "Jiefu, I know that you are unwilling in your heart, and I am not reconciled, why are you a big country, why have you been repeatedly violated by others but dare not speak?" ”

"yes." Wang Anshi said.

Sima Guang said: "Gong Zheng, the reform is not peaceful, it is best not to use troops." ”

"Junshi, Jiefu, your growth path because of the origin, one by the influence of the Legalists, one by the influence of the famous family, it doesn't matter, Zhang Fangping, Lao Su, Da Su and others are either by the soldiers, or by the miscellaneous family, or by the Shi family, or by the influence of the Zongheng family, we are based on Confucianism, and there are some good ideas in other families that can also be used, this is the master and son of the three together, there must be the true meaning of my teacher. Only by continuous improvement can Confucianism truly become a universal way. However, in the process of absorption, we must look at the whole thing and not be biased. For example, in the Qing Dynasty gentleman villain dispute, what is a gentleman villain, in Junshi's words, it is more important than virtue is a villain, and it must not be used. Virtue is a gentleman, and the court can reuse it. But if this is the case, using Junshi's theory, Lu Yijian is undoubtedly a villain, but isn't he a good official? Anything going to the extreme, either extreme yang or extreme yin, is not necessarily a good thing. Therefore, the Han Book says that when the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no disciples. The water cannot be cleared. But it can't be cleared to the extreme. One must not fail to perceive, but not to the extent of being trivial. Jiefu was influenced by the Legalists, so he emphasized the Tao of art. Junshi is influenced by famous artists, so it values humanity. I'll start with humanity. Is Junshi's so-called theory really correct? Even if it is correct, what is virtue and what is talent? How can a hundred people and a hundred opinions be distinguished? If you use this to look at the talents and officials, there will also be a story of the gentleman and the villain in the Qing Dynasty. So I implemented the secondary sponsorship method. The second sponsor sits, and the officials will be cautious when recommending, and before entering the real bad office, they will also have an opportunity to investigate and inspect. What are you looking at? One is to make a difference, and an inactive official will never become a good official, and the other is not greedy. The gentleman of Qingli was careful to go to the violent end, the obedient is the gentleman, the rebel is the villain, and even I have become a villain many times. Junshi's gentleman villain is too vain, what is virtue? Therefore. I'll lower the bar for it, and I'll do it. The second is greed, that is, a good official. It not only reduces unnecessary disputes, but once it is implemented, it will last for decades, and when you and I are in our twilight years, it may not be a dream for you to look at the officialdom and even surpass the incorruptibility of the Renzong Dynasty. So look at the problem one to be comprehensive, the other to be long-term, have you ever thought about it? ”

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang pondered.

There's no way, you still have to teach slowly, otherwise as soon as you let go, these two people will still make waves and don't make much trouble.

"I'll talk about the northwest again, Junshi said that the reform has not been settled, and it is better not to send troops. When is peace? Even if the old evils of the country are eradicated, new evils will emerge. ”

"Why did Xiao Gui follow?" Sima Guang asked.

"Xiao Gui Cao followed that was a specific environment, the Qin and Han dynasties were replaced, the population tax was reduced by three or four, the old aristocracy died out, there was no arable land crisis, there was no annexation crisis. Not at this point. Besides, Xiao Gui Cao Sui, there is a Xiao Gui, where is the Xiao Gui of my dynasty? ”

Just one question, Sima Guang couldn't answer.

But this is also Zheng Lang, if he is someone else, he just can't answer, and Sima Guang can also be tricky.

Zheng Lang said: "If you want the country to become better, you must not only pay attention to the arts, but also pay attention to humanity. The northwest is the way of art, and it cannot be said that if the country has difficulties, it will be weak and bullied. If so, wouldn't it be more difficult for Western Xia than for our dynasty? Being too soft and stealing peace will not only cause the people's cohesion to decline towards the court, but also affect their morale in the long run, so the country will become softer and softer, and it will be more and more bullied by foreign countries. If something goes wrong, you have to dare to face it. State finance is only the key to a means of dealing with it, we must have a strong heart, even if the opponent is the powerful Wu Wangfucha, forced by the crisis, we have to temporarily seek peace, but we ourselves have to lie down and taste the courage. Moreover, between the Song and Xia, if it is said that Wu Yue should be our Wu, and Western Xia is Yue. Why be too weak. However, we cannot be exhausted, even if we have the strong force in the Tang Dynasty, the war must be a moral war. Therefore, the Western Xia repeatedly invaded, and we had to fight back. But there is also a way to fight back, and the way of art. ”

Sima Guang was still speechless, although the concept was slightly different, but he knew the teacher's thoughts, and his attitude towards the war teacher was very reasonable, and he was not a belligerent. And militarily, Sima Guang does not have the right to intervene. Wang Anshi asked, "What is the way?" ”

"First, at this time, the scholar has the upper hand with a reluctance mentality, which is not in line with the way of counterattack. Second, the reason why I didn't say that Tang Jie died of gangrene, and some scholars impeached me and said that you and I had killed Tang Jie alive. ”

Sima Guang laughed.

Tang Jie's death has little to do with Zheng Lang, and Wang Anshi can't escape.

"Third, the even-loss method has caused some controversy, and I may not be suitable to speak out. The fourth is the restructuring, the restructuring of the court is over, the following is not over, the reorganization is that the generals are frequently transferred, coupled with the reduction of troops and placement, the military heart is slightly unstable, and it is not a good time to go deep into the hinterland of Western Xia at this time. The fifth is planning, even if the troops are sent to counterattack, they must plan properly, and if they send troops in a hurry, they are doomed to defeat more than victory. Originally, there were many people who made peace with the DPRK and China, and one defeat after defeat only aggravated the mentality of peace. This counterattack can only be won, not defeated. This is the pre-war technique, that is, the art of Jiefu. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Lang stood up, he would not leave these headaches to his children and grandchildren, it was not for his children and grandchildren, it was a statement that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, it would only make foreign countries more and more emboldened, and he could talk about it if he put aside the controversy, but that was to prevaricate and confuse the enemy, and he must not take it seriously. Therefore, he said: "I have two thoughts in my heart in the morning in the court. The first is to transfer three people to the Huaide Army, Wang Shao has been scouting for several months, and Wang Shao can first be transferred to the Huaide Army to serve as the Zhijun, and then he can be transferred to the Huaide Army to be judged. One more person, Zhang Qi, was transferred to serve as the judge of the Huaide Army and the owner of the Dangqiang Village. ”

There is no problem with the appointment of these three candidates, although Wang Shao has not passed the examination, he can be used as a key training object, and any army is not the head of a state, but he can barely be competent. There is no problem with the seed, he originally served as the governor of Jinghu South Road, but because of the suppression of Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu, he became the lord of Qingjian City, and the punishment was also punished, and the depreciation was also degraded, and he was re-appointed as a general judge, who can have any objections?

Wang Anshi asked, "Who is Zhang Qi?" ”

"A native of Jianzhou, a Jinshi in the second year of Zhiping, Chen Liuzhi County, a distant cousin of the former prime minister Zhang Dexiang, and a distant cousin of Zhang Dian."

"I also thought of this person, but he ...... "Wang Anshi is very hesitant, Wang Anshi doesn't understand in military affairs, but this person is very mediocre in terms of official governance."

"I talked to this person," Zheng Lang also noticed this name when he looked through the roster, and summoned Zhang Qi to the capital to talk for a while in the name of tolerance, otherwise casually saying that using a person would also make people think that it was strange, and said: "This person has good military talent, if he uses it well, he will become the future general of our dynasty with Wang Shao, no less than Di Wumu." ”

That's a high rating! Now that this evaluation has come out, can Sima Guang and Wang Anshi still not understand, Sima Guang asked gloomily: "Tiandu Mountain, Xixia Palace?" ”

"That's exactly what I mean," Mr. Zheng said. In order not to move the clan, Yuan Hao repaired the Tiandu Mountain Palace beautifully, and Zheng Lang didn't mind letting it fire again in advance. (To be continued.) )