Spring came imperceptibly, and in February, rape bloomed outside Zhengzhou. [138 look.]

At this time, it was still a warm winter season, and the winter wheat planting range expanded to the north of the Changchun River, which could extend hundreds of miles north than the thickest part of Zheng Lang's winter wheat planting range in later generations. Rice also once reached the junction of Song and Liao, which was not the kind of cold-tolerant rice introduced from the Wa Kingdom. However, the rice planted in the north is most afraid of the autumn cold, and it is rain before the white dew, and it is a good thing that the rain before the white dew will make the rice fuller. After the white dew, there is a ghost, an autumn rain and a cold, and the next rainy day will be cold. If it rains more, it proves that the hot and cold air will collide faster, and the cold air will also come down, especially the rice harvest in the north will have a huge impact.

Overall, in these decades, the temperature in winter is still high in later generations, like Kaifeng is the greenhouse effect of later generations, and it is also a rare thing not to freeze in winter, but this era has happened many times.

In recent years, the climate of Kaifeng has been a warm winter, or it will be a little colder next winter, but it can quickly turn into a warm winter, and many times you can see no ice and no snow records.

In February, the suburbs of Zhengzhou actually had the appearance of Jiangnan.

In early spring, the peach blossoms are blooming, the pear blossoms are also blooming, and the rape flowers are yellow.

Not far away were a few plainclothes guards, Zheng Lang had an accident, although he was in civilian clothes, he was wearing a sword at his waist, and looked around nervously.

Liang Huaiji followed behind the four children with a small yellow door, shouting from time to time: "Slow down, my little ancestor." ”

Li Gui and the third little aunt giggled as they walked along.

But after a while, Bao Shou cried loudly.

She was the smallest, barely able to walk and run. She didn't understand anything, she was smeared with some balm, and a bee didn't know, crawled down her cheek, stretched out her little hand to pat it, and was stung by it fiercely. Liang Huaiji hurriedly drank and ordered another attendant to go back to get the medicine, and comforted Bao Shou vigorously.

Zheng Lang, Zhao Niannu, and Cui Xian also ran over.

Several small children nervously surrounded her, and their faces were swollen with a small bag. Zheng Lang comforted: "Your Highness, you can't cry, that little bee is pitiful." After it bites you. I'm going to die. ”

Li Gui took his two little aunts to look around and asked, "Gong Zheng, why did it die?" ”

"The bee's nail is connected to the internal organs, and it stings people, and it can't be pulled out. But after the bee stings, it will fly away, but the internal organs will be broken, and it can even fall off, and it will die after only a short while. ”

With this said, Bao Shou stopped crying. looked at Zheng Lang with big clear eyes.

Qingshou asked, "Gong Zheng, why did it do that?" ”

"Because. They are very weak, and the honey is sweet, which will attract many animals to covet it, not only want to eat their honey, but also destroy their hives, so it is necessary to have this poisonous nail to defend their home. "The three little princesses are Zhao Zhen's daughters, but in fact, Zheng Lang also treats them as his own daughters and loves and teaches, just because of Zhao Niannu. Relationships are also a bit messed up.

"Gong Zheng, when I grow up, I will have to protect a few little aunts."

"This kid, how do you speak," Zhao Niannu slapped his son on the head, what an unlucky word.

"I'll go find it and bury it," Bao Shou said, covering his swollen face.

"Good. Take your time. Zheng Lang said.

"I haven't taken the medicine yet," Cui Xian said.

"Don't be afraid, bee venom is also good, let it bite properly. You won't get asthma, rheumatism, joint and other diseases. Of course, you can't let it bite too much, it will be very toxic, and people will be dangerous. Zheng Lang said lightly.

Hearing that it was okay, Zhao Niannu let a few children go away again, looked at their backs, and said, "I am very relieved to see them grow up." ”

Worried, Gao Taotao raised eight children for Zhao Shu, only the second son and the young daughter died early, and the other six all grew up safely, but Zhao Zhen's child survival rate was less than 20%.

"They'll grow up safely," Mr. Zheng said.

Zhao Niannu was afraid that he would be sad, so he barely smiled when he spoke, and Zheng Lang was also afraid that she would be sad, and he also spoke with a gentle smile.

Cui Xian looked at them and was speechless. In fact, I can see some of the figures of the first emperor from Zhao Niannu, but I just don't mind, can I include Zhao Niannu into the Zheng family?

The people in the distance also looked at a few people.

It's not curiosity, it's a kind of sadness.

The sorrow grew stronger.

It's because of the country's finances.

Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu themselves don't care whether they are good at business or not, they don't want to be harsh on the people. The national finances left a black hole, causing a series of major events, but there is no evil in the history books, and it is precisely for this reason, coupled with their articles, and the tampering of later generations of gentlemen, that future generations rarely see the connection between Wang Anshi and Han Ouyang.

But the current Song Dynasty is definitely different from the Song Dynasty in history.

First of all, it is said that there is a deficit, and two words often appear in the Ming and Song dynasties, to repay the world's debts, or to recall. The latter means that households below the fifth class pay taxes, and if they pay attention to internal governance, they cannot put people in prison and beat them to death because of tax arrears, so they owe them every year. In the case of a better economy, we should appropriately remove these burdens and give the poor people a chance to live. However, some officials want to achieve political achievements, and they will do some bad things, arresting people to force their families to sell their houses and land or repay them with high interest rates.

The former is the imperial court's financial turnover, especially in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no provident fund and bank funds to embezzle, but the country must operate. So they borrowed money from the rich, but they couldn't keep borrowing and repay it when the finances improved. Or tear down the east wall to make up the west wall to repay and maintain the operation of the country.

This borrowing is only borrowed from some wealthy people who have no power and power, but the real powerful people dare not move. If it does, it will have to be costly.

Even if it is repaid, it may not be repaid.

Therefore, Zheng Lang did not think that capitalism could appear now, the idea of the official standard was too serious, that is, without borrowing, he could also use the imperfect tax system and laws to destroy some powerless rich households. Only then did there be a farce of catching a son-in-law under the list, and some wealthy families caught some gray-haired elderly jinshi, not only to marry a daughter. is still married to a yellow flower girl like a flower. There is no way, if you are contaminated with officials and magnates, the capital in their hands is very unsafe, and it will collapse if you say it.

Under the joint management of Zhao Zhen and Zheng Lang, the reputation of the Song Dynasty improved.

But there are some bad things, the two of them have a virtue, and they are too soft-hearted to the people, such as the Yellow River River workers, just dig it, Zheng Lang was too annoying to send officials to persuade them to compensate. The people are given preferential treatment. I'm used to it, too.

In the past, the capital of the rich families in the Song Dynasty had nowhere to go, and they had to pay interest and deposit insurance money in the cash cabinet. Either usury, but there are not many good people in this business, and not all rich people are willing to use their surplus money to lend usury.

The advent of banks has given these capitals a place to go and an interest rate, even if the interest is not very high. Before the bank came out. Even if the court owes ten or twenty years, everyone doesn't care. Moreover, the economy of the Song Dynasty was much better than that of the Ming Dynasty. Someday it will have to be returned. However, when banks appeared, officials in various localities wanted to ensure the operation of the state and borrow money from wealthy households without paying interest. It will cause many complaints.

The powerful did not dare to move, so they could only transfer to the ordinary rich households, and even eventually to the common people. Last year, Sima Guang had already mentioned this matter in a book, and the state still tried to find a way to operate, and borrowing money would cause a lot of commotion.

But what if Han Qi doesn't use this method?

Either the people don't want to. or use the bank's money, Yan Rong watched it deadly. But look at last year's spending. The money from the mountains was blocked by the bank, but it cost nearly 2,000 yuan just to reward the soldiers. There are also rewards from the relatives of the officials, magnates, and clansmen, as well as the additional expenses brought by the promotion of the officials. That's a lot of money.

The bank did owe a large amount of money, and Ouyang Xiu hurriedly took it over, without making a big mistake, but because of the waste, he had an additional few million dollars in arrears. Will the huge debt that once caused the banks to owe 95 million dollars not be repaid?

Therefore, they took the old way and asked officials to borrow money from rich households, but borrowing at this time is not the same thing as borrowing at that time.

They don't want to harsh the people. Even the tax was relaxed, but it was promoted layer by layer, and the pressure was eventually spread on the common people.

It's not serious at the moment, and the common people can't see this change, but they just feel that the first emperor has just been dead for half a year, and it seems that all aspects are not as good as before.

This big and four small are all the descendants of the first emperor, so looking at them, the eyes of the common people are full of sympathy, and there is a different kind of sourness.

Zheng Lang didn't think so, and Cui Xian didn't think so.

The husband regressed, and many ministers thought the husband was weak. In fact, there are three ways to fight, the first is also the lowest kind, like Fan Zhongyan Kong Daofu slapped the palace gate, and even kidnapped the teenage Zheng Lang. Although this kind of dispute may seem rigid, it is often unsuccessful and can provoke hatred. The second kind of dispute is to use interests to induce and persecute, for example, Gao Taotao treats Zheng Lang preferentially, rewards officials and knights, promises to let Li Gui's son be surnamed Zheng in the future, and the prince Taifu, the Taifu is the most expensive, but it is sent to the fire pit, the prince and the prince are not very serious, full of sincerity, forcing her husband to compromise, Zheng Lang is in the middle book for the balance of interests of multiple parties, which is also this category. The third is a more subtle dispute, such as the "rule by inaction" of the first emperor's rule, such as the husband's own delegation, such as the sentence practice's lying salary and tasting courage. The former is a kind of clever regulation, and the latter is a kind of clever grasp of advance and retreat, and the middle has both.

did not turn his eyes into an enmity with the royal family, but also rescued Zhao Zhen's daughters from the fire pit.

What can there be in the palace, a noble golden silk bird in a cage, the first emperor died, except for the gorgeous palace, there is actually nothing, although the palace lives in Jining Temple, the residence is not as noble as the original, and everything else is not lacking, the next person, eunuch, palace maid, Zhao Shu dare not give? But he will no longer be despised by the harem because of Zhao Shu's suppression. And freedom......

"Let's go to the workshop and have a look." Zheng Lang said.

Zheng Lang said that it was just a daily commodity, it didn't matter, but it wasn't.

This will be another huge Thomas, originally Zheng Lang wanted to hand it over to the imperial court, Zhao Zhen died, his heart was sad and uncomfortable, he felt indebted, and changed his mind.

That's soap.

Before the advent of soap, detergents appeared very early in ancient times, the main ingredients are sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate, the former is a lake mineral product, and the latter is a detergent ingredient based on plant ash. The Western inspiration was that a Mediterranean chef accidentally spilled grease on the ashes of plants and trees, and found that it worked especially well for washing his hands, which is the earliest record of Western soap in history. Later, the original soap appeared, and the effect has not been good. In the 17th century, a chemist improved the original soap. A little progress, and then the invention of shea alkalizing by Schoffre, which was an important step towards the industrial production of soap.

China went the other way, mashing animal fats and alkalis and drying them for a few days before they could be used to wash things, called pancreas. In fact, these few days are a chemical reaction process. There are also people who soak plant ashes in water, and the remaining substances after filtration can also be used to wash things. Or use soaphorn. As for bathing, there is no bathing, the skin is scrubbed with water and sawdust, moisturized with oil. The Zheng family also uses this way to take a bath.

This is acceptable. But brushing his teeth with a horse's tail, Zheng Lang couldn't accept it, so he invented a toothbrush in the Song Dynasty.

It can make better soap, but it's still that primitive, and Zheng Lang didn't think of it. It wasn't until he improved the way glycerin was made that Zheng Lang had an idea.

If you want to produce more yellow ** in large quantities, you must industrialize it, and glycerin is indispensable in the middle, Zheng Lang changed directions. Co-cooking with caustic soda and grease after this chemical reaction. After hydrolysis, two substances are produced, one is high fatty acid lipids, and the other is glycerol.

Alkali has been commonly used for a long time, but it is not soda ash, from trona to soda ash, and then from soda ash to caustic soda, it seems that they are all alkalis, and the chemical composition is completely different. Step by step, another few years passed. The main thing is that there are fewer people who develop them, and once there are more, these substances will appear one by one, and eventually a chemical era will come. The industrial base is too backward and still far away, but it will continue step by step like this. Perhaps it will not take two hundred years to advance the Song Dynasty into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

For glycerin, but the former's high-grade fatty acid lipids finally made Zheng Lang think of soap. In fact, all the way to today, if nearly 100 kinds of chemicals can be produced from the laboratory regardless of the cost, it is not easy to industrialize and popularize them into practical use.

It was a long time, and it wasn't until last spring that Shi Heng wrote to Zheng Lang, saying that the production cost had really dropped, and Zheng Lang thought of using it to make soap, and of course it could also make another thing, detergent. However, if it is used to make detergent, it is estimated that only Fan Lou and a very small number of dignitaries can afford it. Or soap, add a little spice, make it a soap, commercialize.

Zheng Lang is not very clear about how much benefit it will have.

The workshop is located in Zhengzhou, one is not to provoke many people's attention, the second is that there are many people in the capital, he and Zhao Niannu this unclear relationship, too close will lead people to gossip, the third is that he is worried about Ding, and he will stay in Zhengzhou in the past few years.

The workshop was built very quickly, and I heard that it was built for the princesses of the first emperor, and many people came spontaneously and did not want to pay them. There are even people who cry while building.

But it took a series of assemblies and tests until March for the soap to actually come out. With spices, there is also exquisite packaging, some high-grade soaps with precious spices are not only beautifully packaged, but also some gold and silver silk boxes, which are wrapped in satin, the price of a piece of the low one also reaches fifty yuan, and the high one can reach a penny. This is the initial price, once glycerin can be widely used, the efficiency is improved, and the cost is further reduced, the price can be reduced step by step and popularized to the people.

And soap is just the beginning.

In order to improve its sales and dispel some people's unscrupulous hearts, Zheng Lang used a mold to engrave three big characters, the emperor's heart.

This is a product made for the daughters of the first emperor, don't fight its idea.

Of course, it is also not taxable.

The time and place of sale were published in the newspaper in advance, and several major stores in Beijing were selected to sell the first batch during the Qingming Festival.

As a result, on the day of Qingming, hundreds of people poured in, and they were reluctant to use the daily consumables for a penny, but the consumables for fifty tains, ordinary people could still afford them. Many people who actually bought it didn't know what it was for, and just wanted a few princesses to have a better life, so they blindly came to line up to buy it.

Qingming is another sentimental festival, and some people are queuing up while burning paper threads and sobbing in low voices.

The person who bought it finally discovered its wonderful use, and even used it to wash clothes, and the clothes did not have incense, but there was a natural and peculiar fragrance, and some people wrote an article to praise it. But not many people paid attention, and all they noticed was that after half a year, the people continued to think about the first emperor. Although the imperial court is called benevolence, it may make the people think about it for so long, not mentioning martial arts, just this benevolent government, it can also be said to be unprecedented. They wrote essays or poems to praise this matter.

Finally spread to the temple, Zhang Gui wrote vaguely. Everyone acquiesced to the two nobles as Taoist priests, took the three little princesses to pray for the first emperor, and even tacitly accepted that the eldest princess brought the three little princesses to Zhengzhou. The two nobles didn't dare to go to Zhengzhou.

I didn't know the truth about Zhao Niannu together, and I was the master of Jining Guanguan, the real master of the workshop, so I had to go. If the two nobles go, they are not as big as Zhao Niannu, and they are a bit suspicious of melon fields and plums. No one is gossiping about this, Zhang Gui is talking about the signboard of the emperor's heart.

When it comes to the word emperor, how can it be used to bathe the people and remove dirt?

Zhao Shu said a rare word: "Accurate." ”

Sima Guang stood up. said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zhang Qing's words are inappropriate, what is a bath to remove dirt, this is a bath." What is the virtue of the Lord, bathing in the world, and all things in spring. It can bring spring-like bathing to all the people, which is the work of the benevolent Lord. The first emperor was in power, ruled by inaction, and only remembered one thing. Love the people. The heart of the emperor is used to bathe the people, why not do it? When His Majesty is the heir of the Emperor. The people praised His Majesty and looked forward to it. If, as Zhang Qing said, the emperor's heart can't be used to bathe, can His Majesty be gracious to the people? Your Majesty, please think again. ”

Opposed but more flickering, Zhao Shu couldn't keep silent. The ministers also stood up and echoed it, at least in the Song Dynasty, Sima Guang's theory could make sense.

This matter has been revealed, and no one dares to mention it again.

But soap is only the beginning of this workshop......

Spring arrived, and the country continued to be peaceful. The Yellow River is even more fine. It still seems to be a prosperous dynasty.

However, a careful observation shows that there are some differences, not only do the state capitals borrow from the wealthy, but the matter of the hidden fields in the prefectures used to be checked once a year, but since the beginning of spring this year, no one has mentioned it. As for the Supervision Department of the Imperial Historical Observatory, the investigation of the unknown income of officials in various places and the uneven collection of commercial taxes are also slowly becoming tired.

There is also a good side.

Zheng Lang proposed that the East Palace add a few attendants. There are Ouyang Xiu, Lv Dafang, Lv Gong, and Fan Chunren. Jia Yang five. There is a delicate balance of interests of all parties, but the faculty is much stronger than before. Especially Ouyang Xiu, in terms of scripture and literary attainments, there are not many people in the entire Song Dynasty who can surpass him.

It is all three princes who are taught, which may be regarded as a small improvement for Zhao Shu.

But I didn't expect that everyone had just praised each other, and Zhao Shu was once again revealed.

The mountain tomb has been repaired, Zhao Zhen's coffin will be sent to the mountain tomb, and there will be a series of activities in the capital. The ministers came to Qionglin Yuan first, the queen mother arrived, the ministers and the guards shouted long live, but everyone looked east and west, one of the most important people in the future, the son of the first emperor!

There was no seizure that day, and the next day Yu Yu was in Jiying Palace, and Zhao Shu was not seen yet. Sima Guang, Wang Chou and others attached great importance to etiquette, and they couldn't help it anymore, and repeatedly asked the emperor to come to the palace to kiss him. Zhao Shufu sent a small yellow door to understate a sentence, I am sick.

No matter how sick you are, you have to come here, do you have a terminal illness? Look at Zhao Zhen at the beginning, after knowing the truth about her biological mother, Liu E was still crying and mourning when she went out of mourning, which won the love of the ministers. Moreover, it is the dual identity of the first emperor and his father.

Sima Guang couldn't bear it anymore, so he arrested the imperial doctors together and inspected the medical records.

Zheng Lang said it a long time ago, speak with facts. We don't come nonsense, we will check the report one by one, I can't understand the complex, but I can understand the simple ones, all the diagnosis results have ten big characters, the six pulses have been peaceful recently, and there is no disease in the body.

Thinking of the previous few times when the emperor was sick in a strange time, all the ministers were furious, and they almost scolded Zhao Shu for being a beast. Under the surging emotions, Zhao Shu was reluctant to embarrass him, and finally walked out of the front desk. At this time, many ministers also thought of Zhao Zhen's life. It's too bitter, the biological mother didn't meet, the sons and daughters died one by one, the only thing I saw the eldest daughter get married, and I also met a wicked mother-in-law, and the aftermath was even more of a mess, and the ministers all cried.

When Zhao Shu came, he wanted to call long live, wiped away his tears one by one, and then looked at Zhao Shu with anger, and the ministers jumped up again.

All of them were crying and sad, even if they were not sad in their hearts, they were also pretending to be sad and howling, but Zhao Shu didn't have a single tear at this time, standing in front of Zhao Zhen's coffin, turning into a wise man thinking calmly.

The ministers are in an uproar, they all know that you are not biological, but there is no emperor, with your old mother, can you have today? This refers to Zhao Shu's luck, in the second year of Jing You, Zhao Zhen had no children for a long time, and the minister proposed to take a child from the clan to foster first.

One is to raise people from a young age to have feelings, the second is just in case, of course, it was very vague at the time, and the third is to see if it can play a role of "throwing bricks and attracting jade". Zhao Zhen also obeyed and sent Mrs. Nei to Zhao Yunrang's house. Zhao Yunrang once fostered in the inner palace, and then he had Zhao Zhen, and he had many sons, with twenty-eight sons. There is a public side, a private side, and an expectation. Zhao Yunrang couldn't cry or laugh, didn't dare to refuse the order, and called out his son together, but Mrs. Nei didn't take a fancy to any of them. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw a child crawling on the ground, attracting Mrs. Ne's attention.

This is Zhao Zongshi, because of his biological mother's low status, Zhao Yunrang did not let Zhao Zongshi participate at all. But Mrs. Nei liked it. In fact, it is very simple, the cheaper his mother, the easier it is to thank the emperor. It's really emotional.

Later, the eggs were successful, one by one the children came out, Zhao Zongshi was sent back, and after a few years, Zhao Zhen's sons died one by one, and they were taken back to the inner palace, and Zhao Zhen and Empress Dowager Cao also personally presided over the wedding for Zhao 13 and Gao Taotao.

That is, Zhao Zhen is really not thin on Zhao Zongshi. Without this challenge, when Zhao Zongshi grows up, what is it, I am afraid that his status is not as good as the two adopted sons of Zheng Lang's family!

Sima Guang stroked his chest, he had never seen such a big unfilial person, especially him, who also had an adopted son, and his body trembled with anger. The other ministers were no better. Not only is he angry, but he is so angry that he doesn't know what to say at this time.

ps: No, it's just that I've had too much in the past month or so, and I'm very tired, so I'm taking a breath today, owing a watch, and see if I can make up for it the day after tomorrow. Ask for a ticket.

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