These prostitutes looked very beautiful, and some soldiers bravely replied: "Beautiful."

Maybe the prime minister will be happy and can reward them to himself.

He thought about good things, but Zheng Lang was not angry. Mencius said it well, wealth and honor cannot be lustful, poverty and humbleness cannot be moved, and power and force cannot be betrayed. This is called a real man. But how many people can do it? I am afraid that if he is embarrassed by food and clothing, he will be forced to do something small.

He also said, "I went to Khitan and brought a hundred guards with me. Only ninety-one people actually came back. The nine people rebelled. They were still by my side at that time. I have repeatedly said that it would take them home for only more than a year, and nine people were not allowed to return. I always feel restless."

None of the twenty people are fools. On the contrary, they are all shrewd and capable people, and they can almost be called the elites selected from the 300,000 soldiers. Can they be foolish? When they heard this, several people's faces changed color.

"Why do I keep you here and let you patrol the palace and live in my house? I see many noble people every day, cultivate your demeanor, and let you enter the Imperial Academy. If you study a little, it is to cultivate your knowledge. This is to let you do an important thing. So it is not only training, but also assessment. This assessment is not a whip or torture, but an assessment of eroticism. Everyone has a heart of beauty. I don't blame you. I can love it, but not overly nostalgic. Xie Chun, Hua Shenyan, Shui Sanwa, Tao Jianming..." A total of fourteen people were ordered, and they asked them to leave the list, saying, "You pack your luggage, I will teach you a book tomorrow. I will not be too wronged. They will all arrange for you to serve as the first-class military position."

It was after this secret elimination that all fourteen people were not selected.

Zheng Lang was still paying attention to their expressions. They were actually good talents. Moreover, the trend of visiting prostitutes in this society is prevalent. There are tens of thousands of prostitutes in the capital alone. If there is no complaint, they can also serve as heavy-handed persons and serve as commanders of various battalions. If there is any complaint, they can only be a small boss.

After sweeping, he dared not have any resentment, but several people looked dissatisfied. Zheng Lang did not explain much that these people were ordinary soldiers, at most they were voluntary soldiers. He only took the lead and suffered for a while. The court gave him a position of wealth and he was granted his military position, which was worthy of them.

Only six people were left.

He called them alone into the room and gave them meticulously for more than an hour.

These six people will carry out one of the most important tasks, pretending to be traitors who are greedy for wealth in the Song Dynasty. They will defect to Xixia and try every means to show themselves, approaching Mozang Epang. It is even more dangerous than the tasks performed by Wang Yong and Wang Song at the time.

But they did not let them go immediately, but each person gave them three hundred taels of silver, let them go home, reunite with their families for several days, and then came to the capital to gather. Three hundred taels of silver is an additional reward, and their monthly salary and salary are paid to their families on time.

The facts are also to let them go home to explain their funeral. The sacrifice rate will reach more than half. The family must be arranged so as not to have the intention of taking care of themselves.

Lu Xianggao's second memorial soon arrived in the capital.

Wang Anshi gave Lu Xianggao a vivid education class. At first, Lu Xianggao didn't know that he had done a good job, so he arrested a corrupt official for the court, and gave the people a single disaster. The memorial and account books were sent to the capital. The officials of Yuezhou arrived after hearing the news. Strictly speaking, Lu Xianggao's approach was also wrong. You are the prefect of Hangzhou, so why did you go to our Yuezhou to arrest people?

When Lu Xianggao told the story, the officials in Yuezhou did not dare to say anything. Wang Anshi intended to buy rice in a high-profile manner, not only Hangzhou. It is possible that all rice merchants in Jiangning heard about this and transported rice to Shanzhou in order to make a fortune. Of course, local officials in Yuezhou knew about it. But Wang Anshi was a student of Zheng Lang, and they dared not speak out.

Lu Xiangliang's approach exceeded his authority, and he was also in vain. It was getting late and everyone rested. The next day, Lu Xianggao took to the streets. The streets of Shan County were very lively, and they were still like the past year. There were all kinds of people who performed their skills, and there were applause from time to time.

Lu Xianggao was suspicious. Other places, including the streets of Hangzhou, were hungry everywhere. Why did Yan County continue to be prosperous? Without thinking clearly, he also walked over to see. When the people saw him, they scattered like they saw the plague god.

Lu Xianggao said in confusion: "Dear fellow villagers, I am the prefect of Hangzhou. I come to the local area to inspect the disaster. Don't be shocked and lie."

The people ignored him and all scattered. Even the performers snorted a few words in anger and packed their luggage. I stopped selling my skills and avoided you.

Lu Xianggao scratched his head, no, I am not afraid of the powerful and powerful. I am not afraid of the powerful. I should hear the praises of the people wherever I pass. How did this happen? I went back very depressedly and was about to interrogate Wang Anshi, but when I arrived at the county government office, a large group of ordinary people knelt down and pleaded for Wang Anshi. Lu Xianggao was speechless and scolded these people for being ungrateful. An old man said, "I dare to ask the magistrate, in this year of disaster, the prefectures and counties on both sides of the Qiantang River are not depressed, but look at our Shan County, with sufficient rice and food, and the streets are full of flowers, and no one starved to death. Whose credit is this?"

He just finished speaking and agreed.

We cannot let Lu Xianggao bring Wang Anshi to the prison, otherwise, like other places, the common people will be in trouble soon.

Lu Xianggao was speechless. It was not until this time that he vaguely saw that the problem was not what he thought. After most of the day, he said seriously: "Everyone, I will investigate it carefully and give you an explanation."

He publicly tried Wang Anshi with officials in Yuezhou, and first asked: "Wang Anshi, why did you raise the price of rice?"

"Magistrate Lu, if he executes the imperial order and does not release the rice price, and the grain merchant is willing to sell grain, Shan County will starve many people to death like other counties."

There was a burst of cheers outside, especially those rice merchants. We had worked hard to transport the food. Could it be that we could transport the food back? How much money would we waste after going?

Lu Xianggao glanced at the common people and asked again: "Can ordinary people afford such a high rice price?"

Wang Anshi was confident, and Lu Xianggao was not a capable official, but he was not a mediocre official. He could see the changes in Yan County. As long as he noticed this change, he would be at peace. He replied calmly: "The south of Jiangnan has always been rich, not only a land of fish and rice, but also a very developed business. Ordinary families have a small savings. In the first year of disaster, all people need is food. Although the rice price is higher, the people can save a little frugality and last for a year or two. I can also provide relief to those poor families to let them survive this difficulty."

As he said that, he asked the Lord Bo to present the rescue list to Lu Xianggao.

I remembered every bill very clearly, and Lu Xianggao's tone was even slower, and asked: "Where did the money for the rescue come from?"

"It's the money given by merchants," said Wang Anshi. He did not say that he was forced to blackmail or greedy, but said that he was giving away.

Lu Xianggao finally realized that he had made a big mistake. He was so angry that he was amused and asked dissatisfied: "Why didn't you say it yesterday?"

"Yesterday the prefect was very aggressive, so where did you give me a chance to speak?" Wang Anshi replied with a deep impression. He could not explain yesterday. If Lord Lu was angry, he would let the yamen runners slap him.

Lu Xianggao was even more ridiculous and said half a day later: "Let me go."

The word "Release" came out, and the people outside were cheering.

Lu Xianggao felt even more uncomfortable. What was so bad was that he had not figured out the matter and wrote a memorial to the court. Therefore, he held a banquet and invited Wang Anshi to the banquet, so he had to let him say good things to him. Moreover, the practice of Yan County also made him think deeply. Although the food price was expensive in the past, the people could still buy rice, and their lives were a little harder. They would not starve to death. These profiteers! Lu Xianggao was also very angry.

I asked Wang Anshi what to do.

There was another fierce man behind Wang Anshi. His teacher Zheng Lang came back, afraid of a ball. So he offered a bolder plan. Shan County continued to maintain a 3,000-ciete meter per stone, but asked Lu Xianggao to cooperate and asked him to issue an order to allow merchants to sell grain in Hangzhou at a 1,500-ciete meter per stone. Even if it is 1,500-ciete meter, grain merchants also had huge returns. In the past, the cost was only 3,000-ciete meter per stone, and the cost was lost. It was only 500-ciete meter per harvest.

There is a high-priced grain in Shan County in front, and a larger Hangzhou market behind. Grain chambers in the south are frantically transporting grain to Hangzhou. Don’t have too much. In two or three months, grain from Hangzhou to Shan County will accumulate like mountains. But at this high price, people will not stock up on grain. Then the more grain accumulates, and there is no need to adjust, the grain prices will fall day by day. Or the two sides cooperate and a sharp drop will fall, and the grain prices can drop to 1,000 yuan.

This price is no longer harmful. Even in the bumper years, the grain prices in the north will fluctuate between more than 600 and 1,000 papers. The entire grain crisis in Liangzhe will be resolved, and even if the grain prices in Liangzhe will fall, other places will also drop the grain prices.

Lu Xianggao was stunned when he heard this, almost Liuharazi asked in surprise: "So you have the idea?"

"Yes, otherwise even three thousand people would not be able to afford it."

"Then why don't you say it in court?"

"Can you say it? Once the news is leaked, can the plan be successful?"

Lu Xianggao couldn't answer again.

However, he was not as brave as Wang Anshi. After returning to Hangzhou, he discussed with his subordinate officials, and then wrote a memorial to report the matter again and request permission from the court.

Zhao Zhen read the memorial and shook his head: "It's not a proper way."

Zheng Lang followed up with a sentence: "It's unconventional. In the past, only merchants tried every means to earn the interests of the country. In order to deal with the court, they even starved to death and refused to sell food together. Now they are trying to earn these merchants, which is a bit too much."

The answer to the ancient quarrel, Da Song and others shook their heads. Zhao Zhen was also laughing and said, "It's accurate."

Businessmen can cheat the court, why can't the court cheat merchants?

With an edict, the grain merchants in Jiangnan began to go crazy. For a moment, the Grand Canal was filled with grain transport ships, and they rushed to Hangzhou together. However, Hangzhou was not the ultimate goal, but to Shan County. It was better to arrive in Hangzhou, but to Shan County, it was a death sentence.

And it was not lively enough, and another new force emerged.

At that time, several merchants accidentally brought grain to Mizhou to sell and earned some money. This was the only way to come back when they were emptied. Zheng Lang was in the Secretariat, deliberately commending and exempting taxes. This formed a system. Some merchants brought grain back from time to time. The profit was not high, and the price was low. People would rather raise livestock than sell it. The normal price reached more than 200 yuan before they were willing to sell it. They would not deliberately bring grain back for the difference of two or three hundred yuan. It was based on the weight of the ship. If the ship was empty, they would make a small amount of money. However, this invisibly stimulated some left-behind people to plant.

There are extensive and thin-harvest planting, but fortunately, there is no need to pay taxes, and it is a homeless place, and there are three ripe seasons. There are a lot of food accumulated over the years. Zheng Lang did not just prepare for the famine, but used it to suppress domestic grain prices, so he stimulated merchants and let the merchants stimulate left-behind people to plant them.

Grain prices were in a slow state of rising in the Song Dynasty. It was not that farmers benefited, but some fifth-class households paid rent and taxes. The remaining grain was only enough for the living, and the fourth-class households also did not have much surplus grain to sell. The profits were merchants and wealthy families.

With the intentional rush of both sides, the price of grain in the Song Dynasty only rose but not fell. However, the production of a large amount of grain on the other side will offset this momentum. In recent years, I brought back a lot of grain, but not much. Until three thousand documents came out...

Everyone went crazy. The profit of 200 cigarettes is not attractive. The cost of sea ships is high. There are risks at sea. Most of them transport valuable goods. However, the sea ships that can go out to sea are very large. The smallest ones are 400 tons, and the largest ones can reach 1,000 tons. It turns into stones, which are 10,000 stone ships and 20,000 stone ships. One stone can earn 500 meters, which is also considerable. It just happened that the northwest wind in September was blowing, which was a good time to move south. But this time it was different. It was deliberately purchasing grain with the people in those strongholds, and even because the ship gradually became

As more and more people went south to get in touch with the idea of ​​people. They put the food on the boat, and regardless of the wind, they rowed desperately with large oars to drive the boat back to Hangzhou. The opportunity, once they missed it, the opportunity would not come again. As a result, by the end of the year, more than 300,000 stones of grain came from overseas. Compared with the food required in the south, more than 300,000 stones of grain was not enough for the people in Hangzhou to eat for several months. However, the food accumulated more and more, more than 300,000 stones of grain came, which was fatal.

No one expected this grain.

Zheng Lang handed Zhao Zhen thirty-six rosters.

The six people at the top were written with the word "Top Secret", which was the household registration and file of the thirty spies, and they were all handed over to Zhao Zhen. This means that from then on, even officials from the Privy Council could only contact these spies and did not know the family background of these spies, so as not to disclose it.

Zhao Zhen opened the roster and focused on the top six:

Zhou Yuan, 29 years old, is from the capital of Kaifeng. His family is in the same state, and his parents are there. He has a brother, a wife, and two sons.

Feng Gao, 27 years old, is from Shangpo Village, Yangwu. His family is in the same state, and his parents are there. He has a brother, a wife, a son and a daughter.

Wei Yang, 28 years old, from Weizhuang, Dongming, with family conditions, his father is there, he has two brothers, one wife, one son and one daughter.

Lu Yi, 26 years old, is from Liuhe Village, Weicheng. His family is in the same state, and his parents are there, and he has a brother, a wife, and a son.

Zhao Shanjin, 29 years old, was from Wuzhaikou Village. His family was in the same state, and his parents were there. He had a brother, a wife, two sons and one daughter.

Wei Zhifang, 26 years old, was from Weijiazhuang, Weishi. His family was in the same state, and his parents were there. He had a brother, a wife, a son and two daughters.

This is also the method Zheng Lang used to punish the betrayal of nine guards. If he had parents, wives and children at home, he would have concerns, so that he would save him from having one bachelor, one person would have enough to eat, and the whole family would have enough. If the other party used beauty to tempt the other party, he would easily turn against him. At the same time, there were brothers, and if something happened to him, his parents and children would have been cared for. In addition, the court treated him well, and he would have no worries. Then he would definitely try his best to make great contributions, return to his hometown, and glorify his ancestors.

But Zhao Zhen stared at the list and said hesitantly: "Where are six families?"

"Your Majesty, for the sake of the greater self, I have to sacrifice myself, and I may not necessarily sacrifice myself."

When others say this, they may be able to say things that are not related to themselves and are not afraid of speaking, but Zheng Lang is qualified to say that when he went to the Khitan, he was also alive and died, but he did not retreat or hesitate at all. Zhao Zhen carefully sealed the file and released it out of the secret pavilion. He said, "Zhang Kang is about to arrive in the capital."

The Ren Suo where he went to was Shouzhou, why didn't you say a word? Zhao Zhen was puzzled and thought for a long time, but didn't understand Zheng Lang's thoughts, so he couldn't help asking. (To be continued)!~!

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