"Well, leave the money," a dozen men rushed up with firewood knives. +

If it was an ordinary civil official, it would be scared.

But what they met was not an ordinary civil official, but Wang Ju did not wear an official uniform.

"Well, look at your headscarf." Wang Ju drew his bow and pointed to the leader.

Then he bent his bow and arrows, and with a single arrow flew away, the man's turban was shot down.

"Well, look at the sword," Wang Ju hung up his bow and scattered with Lu Ping, Quan Er's eldest son, and Ye Long Basheng.

The Taoxi sword, all the colors, made a few crisp sounds, and the eight firewood knives turned into two halves. More than a dozen men were dumbfounded, but they were not stupid, they saw that they were playing monkeys, and a few of them ran away. But this is the Pingchuan area, where can you escape, Wang Juju shouted: "Don't escape, surrender and don't die, and those who flee will be killed." ”

Pulling the horse's head, he chased after him again.

More than a dozen men were all caught in a while, and none of them escaped.

Wang Ju reined in his horse and looked at them.

"A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life."

The second eldest son of Quan was not from a good background, and said with interest: "You are in big trouble, do you know who you robbed?" The envoy of the camp in Shaanxi of the Great Song Dynasty, the envoy who came down to deliberately look at the river, you are doomed. ”

These ordinary people don't know what official position Shaanxi Yingtian makes, but when they get into a bad official, they believe that it is not small, and they are so frightened that they tremble.

"The second eldest son, give them fifty times."

"Don't ask?"

"You see that they all have dishes on their faces, what else do you ask?" Wang Ju said.

The second eldest son took out fifty jiaozi, and Wang Ju said, "Go back and buy some food." Be a citizen of your duty. This robber was not made by you. Sooner or later, they will be beheaded for public display. ”

"Thank you. Thank you. ”

After more than a dozen men kowtowed, they were afraid that Wang Ju would regret it, so they hurriedly fled.

"This is the third batch."

"Don't be surprised, last year's drought, and the imperial court had no money to provide disaster relief, so let the states be responsible for themselves, and the victims were left to fend for themselves. The people can't live anymore. ”

"Isn't this year a disaster relief?"

"It's disaster relief. But if the officials withhold it, how much disaster food can reach the people? ”

"Would this have happened when Renzong had it?"

"There were, and there were several of them. But overall, I'm doing well. Wang Ju said. Although after stepping into the disaster area, what he saw was unbearable, Wang Ju said it fairly. In terms of this productivity, the Song Dynasty reached the limit.

The group rushed to the Daimyo's Mansion.

In a dilapidated village over there, more than a dozen men were dividing their sons.

"Is it true?"

"We'll know when we get to Song's house to buy food."

"Yes, go to Song's house."

They came to the Song family grain in the town again.

"Uncle, let's buy millet."

"Oh. Isn't it Lin Laosan, who has the money to buy millet? Fifteen dollars a bucket. ”

"What's the price going on?"

"Lin Laosan. What you said was black-hearted, everyone was from the township, and it had risen to 20 on the other side of the river. ”

More than a dozen people were a little panicked in their hearts, and Lin Laosan said: "We will come to ten buckets by one and carry it back." ”

"That's a lot of money."

"Give you a handover." Lin Laosan took out a five-run Jiaozi.

"Jiaozi wants to redeem huàn, and Jiaozi has always been only worth five hundred real money."

"You're lying to us."

"Lin Laosan, I dare to cheat you out of your money, I don't believe you to ask."

More than a dozen people stared at each other, they hadn't used this thing yet. In fact, it is always exchanged for 500 yuan, which is also good, at least this spring famine can be survived.

"Let me ask you, do you know about the Shaanxi Yingtian?"

"Shaanxi Yingtian envoy? What does he do, you ask? ”

"You really know?"

"Do you know about the battle of Dashun City?"

"I know, it was Gong Cai and Wang Zhixian who fought and killed the Western Xia people."

"It's that little Zhixian County, now it's not Zhixian anymore, he is majoring in Zheng Baiqu, he is the Shaanxi Yingtian Envoy. Do you want to move to Shaanxi? ”

"Ahh More than a dozen people broke out in cold sweat on their foreheads, and they dared to rob themselves.

"What's wrong?"

"This Jiaozi was given by him, saying that he came down to see the river."

"Ming Gong wants to rule the river," the two men jumped up happily. The court has money to rule the river, Wang Ju just came down to take a look. But the two guys and Lin Laosan don't know what they know, especially those two guys like to listen to stories, can they believe what they say?

"Where did you see that?"

More than a dozen men are in a hurry.

While they were talking, the four of them had already entered the Daimyo's Mansion.

A few people first found an inn to live in, and then came to a restaurant and ordered a few dishes to prepare for dinner.

At this time, Wang Ju heard a gentleman next door say, "It seems that the official family is harsh." ”

This is not surprising, the Song Dynasty was very free of speech, including Zhao Zhen was cuckolded, and it was also widely circulated by the people.

However, Wang Ju pricked up his ears strangely, it is not a few years later, and the change has not yet begun. That is, the damage of the river crossing in the square is at most the income of those officials, and it has nothing to do with ordinary squires. On the contrary, those who have the ability to operate are the ones who benefit.

Another gentleman was equally puzzled and asked, "Why?" ”

"I heard that the official family issued an edict, from now on, the prime minister and the empress dowager can only be favored by four people, the ruling (the governor and the privy deputy envoy) and the three divisions and three young men of the East Palace can only be favored by three people, and the remaining important ministers can only be favored by two or one person. Before the first emperor's period expired, he treated the minister so harshly. ”

"Isn't it a good thing that this brother is redundant in the country, and the number of officials is being reduced?" Wang Ju turned his head and asked.

"Little brother, what do you know? How much does it cost to raise an official? This is the benevolence of the officials. What about so many children of the clan, I heard that the inner treasury has been spent, and how many officials do you have to support in one province? ”

What else can you say? Wang Ju laughed and said, "No, I heard that several generations of officials are very economical. ”

"No matter how economical the official is, it is better than us."

"But it seems that many scholars and doctors are far more extravagant than officials."

"Little brother, who are you? In nonsense. ”

Who is talking nonsense in the end? Wang Ju was silent. Turn your head to eat.

"Dalang. Why don't you ask them their names? ”

"Second eldest son, you don't understand." Wang Judao. No wonder Wang Anshi wants to use the Imperial City Division in the future, which is also forced.

But can grasping it block the mouths of all beings in the world? Guan Jian and these people don't know the truth, they only listen to the nonsense of the people above, and they also follow the nonsense. Catching is not a solution.

But it seems that the little emperor has made a move on this Enyin, the so-called Shuo, including the Daimyo Mansion area, how many powerful people must be here?

He ate while eating. While thinking. There are many changes to Wang Anshi, but Wang Ju doesn't approve of it, or use an evaluation, that is, when it is broken, it is constantly broken. For example, the more officials are cut, the more they are cut, why do they dare not do it from the root. For example, cutting troops and coming up with a armor protection law. disturbed the people, spent money. It didn't work, it only increased the complaints.

But Wang Ju won't say it. And I plan not to say it all the time, Wang Anshi wants to be a Sang Hong sheep, and he doesn't mind being Huo Guang!

And the time is just right, what can I do at my age? But after Xining changes the law, he can do things by himself, even if he enters the two mansions, I believe that no one will speak. This is the choice that Wang Ju has thought about for a long time and made for himself!

However, this grace could not be destroyed, so after returning to the inn, he wrote a letter and handed it to the eldest son, saying: "You go to the capital immediately, give this letter to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and let her pass it on to the official family." ”

"And what do you do?"

"Don't worry, I'll be safe without you, besides, who knows where I am? Is someone stalking me? ”

Tracking is not good, they ride horses, walk and watch the flowers, not every Yellow River to see, then a year can not be seen, but pick a few important places, observe, and then ride a horse to the next place, even Wang Ju himself does not know where the next place is, how to track?

"This is a big deal, no less than governing the river." Wang Ju said again. It is really more important than governing the river, and it is planned that the Song Dynasty will spend 120 million a year, more than 70 million will be used to raise soldiers, and more than 30 million will be used to raise officials. The expenditure of repairing the temple and cultivating the sect is the expenditure of the inner treasury, which has nothing to do with the national treasury, and then there are education, water conservancy, roads, castles, or other livelihood expenses, but this most critical expense is not even 10 million. If the officials are eliminated, they can save another 10 million a year, and if there are fewer officials, they will become more efficient.

This is also a prelude to the change, and if it fails, then the change will also face greater difficulties. At least the Song Dynasty now needs Wang Anlao's money......

The second eldest son had no choice but to agree.

"After the letter is delivered to the Lord of the Grand Duke, you will return to Cangzhou to join me." Wang Ju said. Although it is a horse to see the flowers, but must be taken seriously, so this way to see the north flow, but also to see the Zhanghe River, Hutuo River, Yuhe, and then look at the east flow, after seeing the east flow, and then look at Cangzhou Tangluo, that is, the lakes and swamps of Cangtang, the current Hebei and the later Hebei are two kinds, the rivers are dense, the lakes are staggered, if it is not for the cold weather, the rich water area makes people think of the south of the Yangtze River.

After reading it, I have to go to see Jishui, the old road of the Yellow River, and Liangshanluo. Then after going back, the Lantern Festival has passed, and Zhao Ji is not good to keep it, after all, Zheng Baiqu has to start construction.

The second eldest son immediately rode back to the capital.

When he came to Zhao Niannu's house, he thought to himself, Da Lang is not very good.

knocked on the door, and the concubine knew him and let him in.

The second eldest son respectfully handed over Wang Ju's letter and said, "Your Highness, this is a secret piece written by Da Lang to the official family. ”

"Who does your eldest man think of this princess? Messenger? ”

The second eldest son couldn't tell whether it was a joke or an angry remark, so he didn't dare to answer.

"What is he doing?"

"Look at the Yellow River for the official's family."

"This Yellow River has made my father miserable." Zhao Niannu said.

"Da Lang said the opposite, saying that it is the mother river, without the Yellow River, there would be no civilization of this nation, but we have overacquired it and destroyed it."

"Over-acquisition?"

Da Lang and Hou Zhixian also said similar things, Hou Zhi County wants to expand the irrigation area of Zhengbai Canal, Da Lang said that it is enough, want to expand, the whole Guanzhong is not a river in Jingshui, as well as Weishui and Chang'an Zhushui, can develop water conservancy. However, human beings have infinite demands, but the earth has a finite bearing. Zheng Baiqu should be content with this scale. ”

"It's a novel language, and it's no wonder he writes novel books."

"This is wisdom."

Zhao Niannu looked at the letter in his hand again.

"Da Lang said that it is more important than governing the river." The second eldest son added. (To be continued......)