Zheng Lang didn't care much about Wang Ze, a charlatan, what was worth terrifying? However, the national hero in later generations was a little trouble, but only a little trouble. The most troublesome ones were the Meishan Man and the Kuizhou local tyrants. He was taking the most critical step in the Privy Council.

Scavenge troops!

But at the beginning of the layoffs, the number of troops was increased.

If you want to give it, give it first, what the Master said.

When he came to the secret service camp, he asked Wang Yong that there should be a major change in Xixia soon. However, he was not sure about the postponement of the Battle of Hequ. He also liked that if everything continued to develop according to the historical trend, his efforts would be of no use.

Therefore, Wang Song stayed in the northwest and did not come back.

Wang Yong came out.

After Wang Song left, the training of the special agent camp was a little relaxed. After all, Wang Yong was not as evil as Wang Song.

Zheng Lang asked: "Are you good candidates?"

"I'm sure if I'm going to choose a person, I don't know if it's okay?" Wang Yong replied timidly. He didn't understand the south either, including Di Qing and his party, sent two soldiers familiar with the south to guide him. But the familiar ones were only the mature barbarian areas, and even the soldiers of the court were not close to each other.

"Leave them to me."

After Zheng Lang finished speaking, he took the hundred people away, but did not directly stuff them to the south. Instead, he asked the Fan family to use various relationships to work as partners in various merchant shops, learn to manage their basic business, and observe their beauty. At least one month later, in February, they could be released. Then, in the name of small vendors, sneak into various parts of the south.

The news soon made Zhao Zhen learn that he came to the Privy Council in confusion and asked: "Zheng Qing, are you planning to send a hundred spies into the south?"

"yes."

"Is it a hundred people?"

"yes."

"Why more than going to Xixia?"

“The southern region is even larger, so I have to do so.”

"But the south..."

Zheng Lang understood Zhao Zhen’s doubts.

The national conditions of the Song Dynasty were quite similar to those of later generations. They became softer and softer. The more ambitious the more families they were, they ignored the background of Nong Zhigao. Who killed them, even smeared Di Qing into a lackey. It exaggerated that Di Qing led 500,000 people to destroy Nong Zhigao. Did the Song Dynasty have this huge logistical ability to send 500,000 people from the capital to Lingnan? In fact, this is the independence. Seeing that the country is getting softer and softer, I feel that there is a chance to take advantage of it. I dream of restoring the Southern Heaven Kingdom, deliberately turning black and white, and some people who don’t know the truth and like to overthrow it for their own responsibility to fuel the fire. Zheng Lang doesn’t care much about the grudges of later generations.

He only focused on the Song Dynasty.

The root cause is the brothers of Zhao Kuangyin. Their family is a family of small officials. Seeing that the Five Dynasties replaced the country, their family of small officials was in danger of their lives at any time. Therefore, they hated this situation where military generals control the government and do whatever they want. Including opening the border, if they want to open the border, they must station troops. Once the military generals are stationed, they will be prone to power.

So Zhao Kuangyin waved the golden axe to the Dadu River, and I don’t want it anymore. He asked the court for no benefit. On the contrary, he dragged the court and the people of the Central Plains. This is inevitable. With the backward production conditions of the Song Dynasty, even if Zheng Lang now seized Xiangxi and Yunnan and Guizhou, it was not for the benefit of the court, but for the court to increase trouble. The second was to not give military generals the opportunity to specialize in troops.

This is the core idea.

So what policies did the Song Dynasty use to manage these tribes?

One is economy, the other is enthronement.

This economy does not mean exploiting them, and giving them money in different ways. Spend money to buy peace.

The specific method is to trade the field and tea horses. Not all tea leaves are used to exchange horses. Later generations often say that the Song Dynasty had few horses and had to change horses from the south. This is the saying that the southern horses did not understand. What is the effect of changing back to the southern horses? They are not cold-resistant. They run fast, have no explosive power, and the horses are thin and small, and lack the impact force. Can such a horse go to the battlefield to fight against Khitan horses and Xixia horses?

On the contrary, because Ma Gui tea was used, the court not only paid tea, but also silk and copper coins, but the Rong people received all the money and sold them as tools. However, the lack of money within the Song Dynasty caused a shortage of money, which seriously affected economic development.

In fact, Zheng Lang is very disgusted with this policy.

It’s not that the horse is exchanged for the horse. The escort along the way and the future breeding will waste more money. It’s better not to have this false reputation and just give them some money and tea. Anyway, it’s time to buy peace, so why do you need to have a false reputation and make yourself more harm?

Of course, it is not absolute. The war horses in high-altitude areas exchanged from the Tubo people are still useful, but what are the benefits of horses in other areas?

But what Zheng Lang did was only slightly reduced and did not dare to cut it off. In history, the Southern Song Dynasty and Song Dynasty once interrupted the tea-horse trade. The Qingtang and Qiang of Lizhou forced and threatened the Song Dynasty to resume tea-horse trade, gathered people to disturb the border, and forced the Song Dynasty to trade with each other with force. The same was true for the Western Xia Dynasty. Regardless of the victory or defeat, the people resisted it and said that there was no tea and the clothes were expensive. Even if Yuan Hao defeated, he still sought peace. The tea-horse trade invented by the Song Dynasty was regarded as the best strategy to control the Western Fans and control the northern captives in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it was actually the long-term plan of our three borders of Qin and Long.

Zheng Lang thought about it for several years but couldn't figure out the real stakes.

The second method is to give direct rewards. Why worry about the edge? It is because you can’t eat enough and don’t wear warmly. If you can eat enough and wear warmly, why do these barbarians have to risk starting a war?

In fact, whether it is a tea or a reward, it is all about spending money to buy peace.

Zheng Lang believed that these barbarian uprisings were not just a legitimate uprising, but this was because the court was worthy of them. The reason for rebellion was that they were dissatisfied with their desires and saw that the military strength of the Song Dynasty in the south was weak, and the ambitions and ambitions arose.

The second is the enthronement system.

Not only did they enthrone, but they also gave them a high degree of autonomy and allowed them to do whatever they wanted on their respective territory.

The court also sent officials, who were only nominal representatives, but the main leaders of the country were the major barbarians and the cave lords.

At least before Nong Zhigao, the Song Dynasty saw the effect. Although it was a little more boring and spent a lot of money, the south had been peaceful. The Song Dynasty could also pull out its energy to defend against the north and the west.

Against this backdrop, Zhao Zhen did not want the south to be in trouble.

Even if Zheng Lang calls Xiangjiang and Tanzhou as fairy halls in heaven, Zhao Zhen is not very interested.

Therefore, Zheng Lang immediately replied: "Your Majesty, you are prepared for any trouble. There are only one hundred secret spies. The court does not spend much money and money. You should raise one more husband."

Zhao Zhen shook his head and smiled, and did not ask any more. After walking a few steps, he asked another question: "Why don't you send a spy to the Khitan?"

Others don’t know, but Zhao Zhen knows Zheng Lang’s ambitions. That’s why it’s strange that there are 100 spies in the south. Xixia is only 36 spies, and there is no one in Khitan.

Zheng Lang replied: "Your Majesty, the Khitan is different from the south, and it is different from the Xixia. Our dynasty does not send secret spies into the Xixia. There are also secret spies in the Xixia infiltrated our dynasty. Even if it is leaked, the Xixia is beyond blame and will not reopen the borders. The South is even more different. Just look at them and understand their situation, terrain, and climate. Do not do any other malicious actions. It is not easy to leak. Even if it is leaked, it is our dynasty's territory. Isn't it right? Although the Khitan sent secret spies, it is not large in scale and did not pay much attention to it. However, now the secret camp is directly under the leadership of Your Majesty. Once it is leaked, it will inevitably cause strong dissatisfaction among the Khitan. Besides, the world's situation is to pacify the Western Xia, which is also very far away. Before the Western Xia is pacified, why both thieves turn hatred into jade and join forces to fight against our dynasty. Therefore, I deliberately do not disturb them."

"Yes," Zhao Zhen said weakly. In fact, even Xixia gradually didn't want to deal with it. Just like that, peace in the world is so good.

Zheng Lang got off the bill, and Zhang Fangping came to the door again and asked, "That competition will continue to be held this year?"

This was something that Zheng Lang had submitted before Wang Ze's uprising. Zhao Zhen was pleased to allow him to cut off troops. Zhao Zhen was still not interested in the layoffs, and his finances gradually improved, and he was not interested in them. However, Zhao Zhen still liked the strong soldiers. Especially, it increased to more than 600,000 Baoding. Zhao Zhen also wanted to see the performance of these Baoding people.

Zheng Lang nodded.

"Xingzhi, do you know the finances this year? Wang Ze rebelled and after pacifying, he would spend a lot of money to appease the people, reward soldiers and pay the sacrificed soldiers and officials. His Majesty held another high ceremony in the southern suburbs. This year the disaster cost a lot of money. Where does the Sansi have so much money?"

"How much does Sansi have to pay?" Zheng Lang suddenly became interested.

"There are not many. If the internal storage is not thick, if there is a disaster next year, it will definitely bottom out."

"Don't worry next year. It's really not possible. I'll sell the shares of Ping An Supervision Commission again." Zheng Lang put his chin on his cheek and said. There is still something next year. He said: "It's better to have short pain than long pain. If you don't have a big comparison, you can't lay off troops. The number of troops is huge, but your combat effectiveness is very low, and the national finance cannot keep up..."

The main reason was that Zheng Lang thought that he would not stay in the Privy Council for a long time and would not arrange these things. Could it be that after entering the Secretariat, he would forcibly interfere in the affairs of the Xifu?

"Or, Xingzhi, please ask me how much money is in the warehouse?"

"I am the prime minister of the Western Prefecture, why are you easy to ask?" Zheng Lang replied. This is the hardship of the Song Dynasty system, and said: "Your Majesty does not like to make money. Once there is money in the warehouse, most of them like to use it quickly on the people or soldiers. Even if there is one, there will not be a lot."

"How did this money be used?" Although Zhang Fangping had two memorials in succession, he still couldn't figure it out.

Zheng Lang smiled. If he didn't work hard, the Song Dynasty would go even worse. Zhao Xu reached its peak when he ascended the throne. That was an exception. If the normal year was like that, the Song Dynasty would collapse. That year, one emperor died and the reward for the ascending the throne, these two expenses were two amazing numbers. In addition, mixed affairs were piled up, so the country's annual expenses were twice the income. The expenditure reached 240 million guan, which means that a common person would share more than 1,000 yuan. This was in the Song Dynasty, not in the later generations with advanced technology, how could it be?

After laughing, he said again: "Brother An Dao, there is another plan."

"What plan?"

"I once made a rough estimate that if the various disadvantages of salt tea wine and alum are corrected, salt can bring at least 40 million guan of salt to the country, tea can reach more than 10 million guan, wine can reach 30 million guan, alum can reach 2 million guan. Nowadays, salt is only 8 million guan, wine is less than 15 million guan, tea leaves are only 400,000 guan, and alum is only hundreds of thousands guan. The difference is nearly 60 million guan. If it can be found out, the national treasury will be abundant in two years."

Zhang Fangping spewed out a mouthful of tea and said, "Xingzhi, you think I'm dead early."

"What's the best way?"

"Is there any open source move like Ping Anjian? It's really not possible. It's okay to have a few more like a sugar workshop?" Zhang Fangping thought about this good thing every day.

Zheng Lang was also speechless. However, the best thing for the three officials of the Song Dynasty was Wang Yaochen and Wang Gongchen. When Wang Yaochen was Wang Yaochen, the three officials were very difficult and the country stopped fighting. A series of corrections were barely maintained, with a slight surplus. This was the political achievement. Wang Gongchen was better, and the weather was good for several years. So Zhang Fangping was given a good foundation. By the time Zhang Fangping, he started to suffer again. The main reason was that his foundation was still weak. If he was thick, Zhang Fangping would not be so anxious.

Xu Xu said: "Didn't you see me doing it?"

"do what?"

"After the competition, I will join forces with several people to jointly propose to sack some weak soldiers. The exemption law releases some second-, third- and fourth-class households, and the business is more prosperous. The longer term is the south, which is very far away. But there is one, but it will not be very far away. Cotton."

"cotton?"

"The Fan family and dozens of merchants work together to cultivate seeds of various crops to improve and evolve. Cotton does not require as much water as rice, and the yield is high. It is more suitable for planting in the north than in the south. Once large-scale planting is planted, it will also increase people's income and national taxation."

"But what to do with food?"

"Looking south, there is a future..." Zheng Lang replied. This is helpless. The grain output in the north is too low, and the yield per mu is less than two stones. The polder in the south is close to five stones or even more than. If it passes Lingnan, it can even reach six or seven stones in three seasons. If you want grain in the north, it is unlikely that it is Beidazhuang in Liaodong. The other is several crops on the other side of the Pacific Ocean in the far east. With this barley, wheat, sorghum, no matter how much you squeeze, you can't squeeze out any space.

A mixed grains allowed the Qing Dynasty to feed 400 million people. If this population appeared in the Song, Tang and Han dynasties, it would be a huge disaster. People can eat people everywhere. Another thing is that new technology allows him to apply theory to practice. Without this ability, the knowledge he imparts may be close to the scientific theories in the mid-19th century. In some aspects, it will exceed that. Once the new technology develops, don’t say 400 million people, or 1800 million people, there is no problem. This is his random thoughts. Whether there are 400 million people on the entire earth at this time is still a huge question mark.

He also said: "Brother An Dao, I am already considering it and planning, so don't worry. But you have to take it slowly. If you are anxious, you can't eat hot tofu. You can't hurry, just like salt, tea, wine, alum. Don't see its disadvantages? Why don't you dare to mention it?"

"Yes." Zhang Fangping sighed. But in his heart, he respected Zheng Lang very much, and his cautious attitude was particularly admired. And he had never seen anyone with this cautious attitude.

Beizhou was fighting fiercely, Zheng Lang was as peaceful as Mount Tai. Zhao Zhen sometimes read the newspaper and then looked at Zheng Lang's attitude. It didn't matter, but he was actually at ease in the palace. The memorials of Wang Xin and Wang Kai arrived at the Privy Council.

Zheng Lang is not afraid of Jia Changchao, he has the capital to confront him.

The two kings were so scared that they spoke implicitly and implicitly. They did not say that Jia Changchao was incompetent in command, but only said that they should not encourage soldiers and civilians to kill people indiscriminately. What is this? People in the city are treason, they have no responsibility, recruit peace, and rewards. Most of the people outside the city are innocent, but they were killed as thieves. The two of them didn't understand and asked Zheng Lang what was going on.

In fact, Zheng Lang was not interested in Beizhou at this time.

It was not that he was insensitive or that he was specifically dealing with Jia Changchao, which made Jia Changchao look embarrassed, but that he was the religious people in Beizhou City. Even if Jia Changchao was not indiscriminate command and Wang Xin broke the system and served as the head coach, it was still difficult to win Beizhou City.

The fanaticism of religious believers is the most powerful weapon in the world. It just so happens that Beizhou is a major area in Hebei. There are many warehouses in the city, and there are food, money, and weapons. The king distributed a batch of religious fanaticism, coupled with the distribution of these materials and silk, and the morale reached its highest point.

Therefore, Ming Hao went to Hebei in history but failed. Wen Yanbo succeeded as soon as he left. There was a tactical application. Another important reason was this morale. After a long struggle, if Wang fought, he was really reincarnated by Maitreya Buddha. If he gave Buddhism, he would be invulnerable to swords and guns, and his morale would be higher. The key is that he was a charlatan, not a Buddha. It would be better for a soldier to die in battle. He went to heaven to be an arhat. If he was not killed in battle, it would not matter if he was slightly injured. If he was seriously injured, it would also hurt, shout, scream, and moan. The Buddha's myth would gradually become suspicious in the shouts. Once the morale fell, nothing was...

The king's mistake was at the beginning of the uprising. If he did not take advantage of the situation to expand, the north would not perish, but would seriously induce him to be disabled.

The memorials of the two kings made Zheng Lang feel embarrassed. After thinking about it, he presented the memorial to Zhao Zhen. Gao Ruonai said: "Heshuo was accumulated by the heavy army of the imperial court. Today, the Shibeizhou will not be conquered. Later generations will rush to imitate them. They will start chaos many times, and even the Liao people laughed at it."

Zhao Zhen looked at Zheng Lang.
To be continued...