The autumn harvest is about to come up, but the situation is not very good.

Zheng Lang looked at the memorials from various places and covered his head. The north is fine this year, but there were problems in the south. From the Huaihe River area to Liangzhe, there were many droughts. Although it was not a huge drought, it was still very serious. There were poor harvests in various parts of the Yangtze and Huaihe River areas.

It doesn’t matter, there are many rivers in the Yangtze and Huai Rivers, and what you are afraid of is not drought, but flooding. However, it still has more or less impact.

Zheng Lang felt very miserable. In the first year of his reign, the Yellow River broke its dam, the second year of the peach blossom flood, the Yellow River returned to the Yongji Canal, and in the third year of the releasing area, there were still many flood disasters, and in the fourth year of the Jianghuai drought. As for next year, let alone next year...

These memorials were passed to Wen Yanbo, Gao Ruone and Liu Han.

Most of the ministers impeached Song Xiang in the position of prime minister and had no place to build a Ming Dynasty, which means that the position of the corpse was simple. Song Xiang had a self-knowledge, and compared with Liu Pang Wenfu, his ability to govern was poor. He heard that he had been impeached and asked for retirement. Zhao Zhen was not allowed, so he asked for retirement and was dismissed as the Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Justice Guanwen Hall of Henan Prefecture. He appointed Liu Han, a scholar of Longtu Pavilion, as the chief political affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Wen Yanbo was the prime minister. The latter continued to protect Zheng Lang, at least as Zheng Lang's bulletproof vest.

But as soon as the appointment was made, the minister was in an uproar again and reported that Liu Han did not dare to punish Zhang Yanfang Prison. The imperial concubine Dezhi was then promoted to a leap forward.

Zhang Yanfang was a disciple of Concubine Zhang Guifang. He received a lot of money from a wealthy businessman to forge documents that were granted by the court. He failed and was captured in Kaifeng Prefecture. He spoke to Concubine Zhang Guifang's mother, Mrs. Yueguo. Liu Han said that Zhang Yanfang died and did not dare to implicate Cao.

Zhao Zhen did not ask about the impeachment letter.

Zheng Lang was also silent. Zheng Lang recommended Liu Han to deal with him without any evil. This is very important. Don’t underestimate this coordination achievement. How many major events have happened in the years? The two governments are calm and run rapidly. One is that the two governments are mostly full of talents. The other is that the coordination achievement is, which one is Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo is easy to mess with?

Yu Gong and Concubine Zhang are now favored, and they are at their peak. Several officials are willing to offend Concubine Zhang. If they were themselves, they would also learn from Liu Han. However, Liu Han was a minister who was very good at governing the government. He was evaluated by history books as the one who was promoted to prime minister since the establishment of the Jinshi in the Song Dynasty. He was good at officials, led by Liu Han, and was above Wang Anshi. Because he did not have literature, many future generations did not know that this person's ability to govern the government was far higher than that of Song Dynasty, Gao Ruonne, and even slightly above Wang Yaochen and Fu Bi, which was comparable to Wen Yanbo in middle age. Wen Yanbo in his later years was definitely not as good as Pang Ji, but was slightly inferior to Pang Ji. Is such a talent possible to serve as a political affairs officer?

The two efficient governments covered up many problems in the Song Dynasty. Despite the disasters for years, the country seemed to be moving towards a path of becoming richer and stronger year by year.

Liu Han said: "Xingzhi either turns Jiangdong to the capital to intercept part of the grain. He uses it to help Jianghuai."

"It's not just intercepting, but all of them... I'll send someone to send Tian Kuan to the Secretariat to ask about the income from the northern grain storage of Sansi."

"It's inappropriate to intercept all of them," Gao Ruone hesitated.

"Now that Xia and Liao are in conflict, northwest are safe, Shaanxi has been harvesting for years, and local warehouses are getting richer. Even if there are disasters, Shaanxi will have to save it. What I worry about is the south..."

Zheng Lang refers to Nong Zhigao. Jiaozhi sent troops to fight Nong Zhigao. Nong Zhigao was clever this time, and led his subordinates to move the supplies to the deep mountains and forests, strengthening the walls and clearing the fields. Jiaozhi had no choice but to withdraw his troops. In the war, those who needed wealth, except for a few powerful examples. Without strong wealth, it was difficult to maintain the war for a long time. For example, the Khitan was confined to the Xixia because of national strength, so he had to stop for the time being. The same was true for the Western Xia, the same was true for the Song Dynasty, and Jiaozhi was no exception.

Xiao Gu, the commander of the Transport of Guangdong and Guangxi, sent Yongzhou to instruct Qi Yun to spy on the information. Qi Yun misunderstood. Seeing Jiaozhi beat Nong Zhigao and howled, he thought it was easy to bully, so he sent troops to attack Nong Zhigao. Can this be the same? The entire Lingnan is now commanding the Seventh and Eighth Battalions, or there are some village soldiers. It was not until Nong Zhigao was suppressed that the Song Dynasty was forced to conquer the fifth and first place on Guangnan West Road, and selected 39,800 people. Every winter, he used slack training and practiced three weapons, guns, darts, and cards. After Jiaozhi invaded, Song Shenzong changed to a fourth-class main household with three ranks, one rank was used as the local rank, and exempted them from their ranks in prison. Every winter, he made three ranks in the local ranks, and he was given a rotation in one rank every month. During the teaching and examination, he increased the enthusiasm of local soldiers and gave them a little money and rice.

Don’t talk about Qi Yun. If we gather the commanders of the entire 7th and 8th battalions of the Liangguang Road together to attack Nong Zhigao, we will inevitably fail.

He failed and was captured alive by Nong Zhigao. Qi Yun lost his merits and persuaded Nong Zhigao to follow him. Just as Nong Zhigao was about to kidnap the Song Dynasty on his chariot, the food came. So he sent Qi Yun back with a generous gift, crossed Chen Gong, and communicated directly with Xiao Gu, willing to submit a letter to the court for the year. Xiao Gu believed it and wrote a letter to the court on behalf of Nong Zhigao. When Zheng Lang silently said that Zhao Zhen and several big bosses were thinking. As a result, Zhao Zhen was in Jiaozhi and could not accept the tribute. Zhao Zhen's thoughts were still very vague and did not explain clearly.

From the perspective of time and space, some people think that Nong Zhigao is determined to be a Chinese, maintain the integrity of China's territory, and fight against the Annan invasion, where is it!

This was in the Song Dynasty, and we had to consider the issue from the perspective of the Song Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty's mind, the area believed by the Northern Song Dynasty was not Guangdong and Guangxi, but Jinghu River Basin. It was a very simple truth. Guangdong and Guangxi were too far away and it was useless to get it. It was just a restraint. Therefore, the city only stayed at the traffic points where Han people gathered, and most prefectures and counties did not have decent city walls. In fact, there were very few Han people in Guangdong and Guangxi at that time. Did Nong Zhigao really have the awareness of thinking that Chinese people?

When Zheng Lang thought of this, he wanted to scold him very much, a fucking expert!

Especially at this time, the Song Dynasty had a very weak control ability. Moreover, the father and son of the Nong clan were established for a long time. Nong Zhigao’s so-called inner support was essentially a weak country that was dependent on a powerful country, hoping to use the Northern Song Dynasty to fight against the invasion of Annan. If the Song Dynasty helped Nong Zhigao, it would rise to the point where it was directly evil with Jiaozhi. The Song Dynasty did not want to expand its territory in the south, and even Guangdong and Guangxi were only restrained. Besides, Jiaozhi was worth it? If Nong Zhigao was publicly recognized by the Song Dynasty, it would be suspected of raising a tiger.

In fact, Zhao Zhen's approach was very correct. Even though he forced Nong Zhigao out of his true face, he forced him to do it early. If he admitted that Nong Zhigao, in another ten or eight years, his power would grow. What would the consequences be? Then the great Tiannan Kingdom would really stand in Guangdong and Guangxi.

At this time, Zhao Zhen was only subconscious.

The edict was reached by Xiao Gu. I didn't know whether Xiao Gu had benefited Nong Zhigao. He also wrote to the letter that Nong Zhigao would be a trouble for the south and would like to give him an official to comfort him and make him resist Jiaozhi.

Zhao Zhen asked again, can you guarantee that Jiaozhi will not fight for Nong Zhigao, and Nong Zhigao will not be a foe for the rest of his life?

Xiao Gu replied, "The barbarians will move when they see profits. But if you ask me to guarantee it, it is not what I can do. I think that today's situation in China cannot be in trouble with the barbarians. If you are smart, you should comfort them and yourself. Moreover, your wisdom is high and your talents are strong and powerful, and it is not something that Jiaozhi can fight for and support them. As long as they can fight, the barbarians will attack each other. I will be able to be idle and have nothing to do.

More fucked than experts.

Zhao Zhen asked whether the key to ensure that Nong Zhigao would not invade, otherwise he would be at the risk of going to war with Jiaozhi. What is the point of taking in Nong Zhigao? If you can't guarantee it, isn't it nonsense?

No reporting.

You can slowly make trouble in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Xiao Gu was unwilling to give up and said that Nong Zhigao was offering gifts to serve the elephant and was cooked with gold and silver, so he asked to be attached to him.

After several months of going back and forth, Zhao Zhen finally figured it out and issued an edict. I can ask for it to be attached. Guangyuanzhou was originally affiliated with Jiaozhi. If Nong Zhigao joined his country (referring to Guangyuanzhou, Qiyuanzhou and other regions under the jurisdiction of Annan Kingdom), he would agree.

Hand over your country and return it to the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, while being a minister of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty took great risks for you, he was also a Grand Tutor of Jiaozhi and became the emperor in Guangyuan Prefecture and Qiyuan Prefecture. What is this called being attached?

Do you want to learn from Xixia?

You can learn from Xixia, you have to show your strength. Otherwise, you will give your country a contribution!

Otherwise, if the war begins, who will the Song Dynasty start war for and start war for itself? Or will it start war for the so-called Annan Kingdom?

From beginning to end, Zheng Lang did not speak, all because Zhao Zhen considered it. Zheng Lang felt a lot of emotion. Who said Zhao Zhen was inaction? He also mocked the strategic vision of the Nong father and son, and saw how Zhu Yuanzhang gained power? He slowly became king, accumulated grain, and built walls. He had such a large place, and even did not even be a king. He only had several states of bans, but he actually dared to be an emperor. Who would be willing to help you, the emperor?

"Southern?" Liu Heng didn't believe it. Since his tenure as a senior from Shuzhou, he has been in Tanzhou and other positions. He has been in the south for several years. He knows that many people are very powerful and often go down the mountain to plunder, but is it worthy of the interception of the entire Jiangdong Road in preparation?

"Chongzhi, this time it is different from the barbarians you see. They are emperors. Moreover, our dynasty in Guangdong and Guangxi is very weak, with few troops stationed. Many prefectures and counties have no city walls. Once they are corrupt, the consequences will be much more serious than you think."

Liu Heng dared not speak again.

Guangdong and Guangxi cannot be lost. Not to mention that Guangzhou is a port with a heavy national value and a taxation place. Guangshao and others were also wealthy places in the Song Dynasty. There were many Han people living in it. Moreover, the loss of Guangdong and Guangxi will inevitably harm Jinghu South Road, Jiangnan West Road and Fujian Road. The latter two roads are better. Many areas of Jinghu South Road are still very weak. When the two join forces, the degree of erosion is even more serious. There are Siberian tigers, Northwest Wolves, and Tubo. Tubo is very honest now, but when the Song Dynasty was destroyed, it is inevitable that it will not be moved. The consequences are unimaginable.

He called Tian Kuang to ask.

There is something happening in the Jianghuai River this year, and the harvest in the north is very good, especially in the areas where flood discharge last year, there are also farmland water conservancy laws, which have added more than 20,000 hectares of new arable land. The breaking of the dam and flood discharge have led to the improvement of 50,000 hectares of farmland, which is almost one-tenth of the arable land area of ​​Hebei Road, but there is still unlimited room for growth. Wang Anshi did even more ruthlessly, and the expansion of arable land on Hebei Road alone reached more than 10,000 mu. Therefore, in normal years, the grain was once reduced to a dou of twenty cents.

However, no matter what political achievements are, they cannot cover up the mistakes of party struggles. This is Zheng Lang's evaluation of Wang Anshi in history.

Wen Yanbo served as prime minister, with the support of Concubine Zhang and Zheng Lang, he returned it and asked the court to decree Han Wei, Han Jiang and Wang Anshi to join the office, but the three of them refused at the same time. This matter was beautiful for the whole world.

Zheng Lang didn't say anything and wrote a letter to Wang Anshi in secret. He accumulated a lot and made a lot of effort. However, he must be gentle and kind. He should not be too impatient when doing things. He did a good job in Tan County, but he was a little impatient and did not take the overall situation into consideration, otherwise he would not cause misunderstandings.

Tian Kuang reported the situation one by one, and said, "If God blesses the Song Dynasty, it will allow the Song Dynasty to have good weather for three to five years, even if Tianbaochu and Zhenguan are not as good as that."

Zheng Lang shook his head: "Even if our dynasty is ten times better than Tianbao in the early years, it is not as good as Tianbao. It is rich and strong, but not strong. He Wei is a great country?"

"Here," Tian Kuang said respectfully. He has civil and military talents and is one of the few ministers with relatively tough foreign policy. However, his management skills are slightly inferior to Zhang Fangping and others.

Zheng Lang thought about it again and said, "Let's do it like this."

A series of arrangements have been made.

Since Hebei and Shaanxi have a lot of grain storage, even if there is disaster next year, the impact will not be great. So, half of the tax grain on Jiangnan West Road is intercepted and stored in various prefectures in case of accidents.

Gao Ruoner was furious: "Will it be so serious?"

"In case of accidents," Zheng Lang said lightly.

Not only Nong Zhigao, but also Meishanman and others solved it together. Only when the country had no worries could it be able to manage the Western Xia with all its might. For this day, Zheng Lang planned for a long time and continued: "Even if the sky becomes better, we cannot be optimistic, it has been thirty years."

"What is thirty years?" Wen Yanbo asked. If this sentence is not clearly stated, it is easy for people to have serious misunderstandings.

"Increasing grain output will inevitably increase the population. There will be more people. Taxation will be more, more military sources will be more powerful, but there will be unlimited people and limited land. If this is met, as long as the population increases sharply for thirty years, the country will face serious difficulties. Moreover, the environment in the north is so harsh. The drought and flood are uncertain, and the Yellow River has not been resolved, so we cannot take it lightly."

Several people were in awe again.

Zheng Lang cannot be as selfless as Fan Zhongyan. However, this attitude of devoted himself to the country and working day and night will also be daunting. The verbal is talking nonsense. Only by going deep into the competent departments of the two governments, two systems and three departments can we know how much Zheng Lang has done and how much contribution it has made to the rare great governance in recent years?

Even before Zhang Yaozuo stepped down, he respected Zheng Lang very much. It was not that he respected him, but that the niece in the palace often spoke, and that no one could talk too much, so that he could not fight against Zheng Lang. Sister Zhang listened to Zhao Zhen's praise in the harem, and her ears were calloused. However, the officials outside did not know about this.

Zheng Lang said another thing, and this matter was jointly managed by the Sansi and the Zhongshu, and officials from Lingnan prefectures gathered some of the local doctors to treat miasma in Guizhou for identification. Some local doctors were nonsense, while others were pretending to be evil. These local doctors were sent back to their hometowns. Other local doctors gathered to teach them the techniques of miasma treatment, write books, and send them all to the capital. A batch of funds were allocated to purchase a batch of medicinal materials for miasma treatment. At the same time, coarse salt was prepared in Guangzhou and Guizhou. These salts were not used for food, but for bathing, cooking, and sterilization of soldiers. A batch of mosquito-proof wax grass was purchased.

"Will Nong Zhigao really betray?" Wen Yanbo asked suspiciously.

"Brother Kuanfu, it was not a rebellion, but an invasion. They were the Southern Heaven Kingdom. Once they organized an army to enter our territory, it had nothing to do with strife and rebellion, it was an invasion."

"I will really... invade. Our dynasty has kindness to the Nong family. He doesn't get along with Jiaozhi, so why do he get along with our dynasty?" Wen Yanbo is not used to it.

"Don't use doubts. Your Majesty has already blocked him to death with words. This man just wants to use our dynasty to help him fight against the Yue Li Dynasty, rather than sincerely submitting to our dynasty. How could he hand over the boundaries under his jurisdiction? If he doesn't hand over, he will not be able to get the support of our dynasty. However, our dynasty has few troops in Guangdong and Guangxi, and some officials are not doing well. The country is weak in Lingnan, and officials are unpopular. Do you think he will covet our dynasty in Guangdong and Guangxi, or beat him to the desperate Jiaozhi? As for family enemies, maybe he will have them, but the ambitions that have reached his level, family enemies have long faded. Will Emperor Gaozu of Han surrender to Xiang Yu for his wife and father? This is the same."

There is no doubt about this analysis. When Tian Kuang left Zhongshu, the war machine had actually started.

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen summoned Zheng Lang to the inner palace for inquiries. Zheng Lang told the reason and said, "Your Majesty, if Guangdong and Guangxi lose, the country will be in danger. Even if Nong Zhigao does not come to invade, it will only waste a little money. If it comes to invade, these arrangements will come in handy at that time, and many soldiers will be killed. Lost is small, and gained is large."

No one can tell the future. All arrangements are like gambling. If one can win two, it will be successful. If one can win a hundred, the chances are equal, why not? Zheng Lang said that. Zhao Zhen smiled and summoned the assistant minister to see him. It was not for Nong Zhigao. Even if he would rebel, Zhao Zhen underestimated the seriousness of the situation. Instead, for Fan Xiang's salt administration reform, Bao Zheng returned from Shaanxi and advocated the Fan Xiang salt law. Li Huizhi, the Mokan Department, said that it was inconvenient, so he summoned the assistant minister to discuss.

Tian Kuang said: "Your Majesty, although Li Huizhi is kind-hearted, he does not know the situation of salt removal in Shaanxi. You can take Li Hui to Shaanxi to inspect and negotiate with Fan Xiang to submit clauses to hear it."

In fact, Tian Kuang also agreed with the new salt method, but there were too many people who failed later, and these people were all people with energy, so they indirectly said this method. Don’t object? Go and listen to the opinions of the people in Shaanxi in person.

Just as Li Huizhi was about to accept the order, Zheng Lang sighed: "Where can you finish the eggs when the nest is overturned?"

Everyone wants to gain benefits from the country. In the end, if the country is gone, can these powerful people still exist?

Li Huiyi was stunned.

Zheng Lang shouted: "Li Kansi, Your Majesty asks you to accept the order."

Li Huishi shivered. It was these people who represented the repeated delays of the powerful and powerful, which made Zheng Lang dare not make any major moves for three and a half years. He just introduced a farmland water conservancy law and a bank to lay off some soldiers. He even saw the number of land in the Ministry of Revenue declining again, he did not dare to ask about it.

Zheng Lang felt the extreme of these ministers.

In fact, this is a statement, but Li Huizhi was afraid that after going to Shaanxi, he wrote a new law very well and could continue to be implemented. As a result, the salt law was not abolished two years later.

Zhao Zhen shook his head and smiled bitterly. If you are the prime minister of the current dynasty, you will directly express your opinion, what should you do if you intimidate a small Mokanji?

Then he said another thing.

The people in Dali Temple robbed rice and hurt the main household. The Song Dynasty called for equality, but the actual unequality. When it was once bad, the customer revealed that a piece of bark in the main household was hungry, and often had a serious crime. Therefore, the sentence of death was mostly convicted by the emperor's permission, and the emperor might not be inquired one by one. However, they occasionally browsed carefully and let Zhao Zhen see that the loan was not guilty. But they said to the assistant minister: "It is pity to rob rice when hunger, and it is difficult to forgive the main household if it steals and hurts the main. However, the ignorant people are ultimately because of hunger."

It is reasonable to sentence death, and according to the circumstances, this judgment will be obtained. It is also said: "If the punishment is lenient, the people will be slow and light, and if the people are fierce, the people will be disabled. If the government is lenient and fierce, the upper and lower levels will be free from resentment, then there will be no flood or drought. You should be warned."

If you are not a benevolent master, how could you say this?

Zheng Lang was very moved. In the past few thousand years, such a treasure emperor has been produced. He said, "Your Majesty's words are all true. Not only do you help me to warn me, but all the officials and workers in the world take this words as a warning. It is advisable to report to the world with edicts."

"In recent years, the country's time has improved. Please stay for the palace banquet for you." Zhao Zhen said. It still hasn't improved. The barbarians in the south rebelled, the Western Xia was eyeing him in the west, and the Khitan was trapped in the north. However, the lives of the people have improved, and they are no longer inseparable from food and clothing like in the previous few years.

Zheng Lang made great contributions, and also contributed to Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji and others.

But the big thing happened again. Yanchen continued to bathe the court, first deposed Li She and then deposed the Hanlin Bachelor, and then pointed it at another "treacherous" Wen Yanbo! But this time it was very fun. For Wen Yanbo, the censors slammed each other, and Bao Zheng and Tang Jie were slapping each other to death, and it was dark.!~!
Chapter completed!