As soon as Zheng Lang spoke, news came from Lingnan that at first, the court punished the city of Lingnan without preparation, ordered the city walls to be repaired, or the damaged city walls were rebuilt. Nong Zhigao's army went to Guangzhou, and the officials in Guizhou were worried and afraid, so they built the city. It was a good thing, but the people responded at first. Although Guizhou was dominated by barbarians and there were almost few Han people, most of the people were killed where the soldiers pointed. Of course, most of the people were killed, and all the people hated Nong Zhigao even more.

However, the governors of Guizhou did not take advantage of the people's psychology. On the contrary, they ignored the lives and deaths of the people, fearing that Nong Zhigao's army would return and supervise the work day and night, which actually caused the people to die of exhaustion due to hard work. The court used Zhu Shoulong to point out the criminal prison on Guangnan West Road. After learning about it, he sent the governors to the prison and wrote a memorial to report the matter, asking the court to issue an edict to strictly order all prefectures and counties not to repair the city walls and harm the people...

If it weren't for Zheng Lang, this matter would be big or small, and Nong Zhigao had not yet calmed down, so this is the main thing.

Because Zheng Lang made a long speech and even recited Mei Zhi's Wu Miasma theory, proving the cruelty and greed of Lingnan officials, the court was furious after receiving the imperial edict and severely punished the relevant officials. He also set up one member of the transfer judges from Guangnan East, West Road, Hunan and Jiangxi to supervise illegal employment in various prefectures and counties.

Then Zheng Lang had a small conflict with the Censorate.

Bao Ke and his family set out from Yingzhou, and wanted to cross the north of Lingbei to Nanxiongzhou. The governor Xiao Bo stayed at him and summoned Wang Han to Xiongzhou to discuss matters. Wang Han was trapped in Guangzhou and could not come. The censor Li Dui impeached Wang Han to avoid the thief. In fact, Wang Han first went to Chaozhou to discuss salt affairs. When Wang Han heard that Nong Zhigao surrounded Guangzhou, he immediately led his troops into the city to guard the city. The reason why the city did not fall was Wang Han was quite powerful. However, the news was blocked and the court did not know the inside story, so he issued an edict to demote Wang Han to Jianxinzhou wine, and he was demoted to six or seven levels.

Zheng Lang strongly advised him to report that the wars are everywhere in Lingnan are now. The news is unclear. There may be other misunderstandings, and it is not too late to make a judgment when the matter is revealed. Li Dui was dissatisfied and wrote a letter saying that Zheng Lang tolerate and raise traitors, and such cowardly ministers are not allowed to cover up.

Anyway, it's time.

If he stayed there, the ministers of Zheng Lang and Quanlu had been in the two prefectures for almost five years. The ministers could not tolerate it. If they did not leave the ministers, more and more officials would cause trouble in the future. Fortunately, Guangshu sent scouts to the secret camp to provide the court with a second way to report the news beyond officials. The court learned that Wang Han's contributions were made, and the derogatory order was not issued.

But it's not easy to deal with another person.

Jiang Qi was defeated and angry, so he led the remaining troops into Guangzhou City. Before the officials bowed, Jiang Qi scolded Zhong Jian: "The king left his troops to defend himself, but the former did not retreat in time. As a result, most of the people died because they entered the city and trampled on him. Or they were killed by the thieves. Later, the thieves retreated and did not attack, and they also led their troops to kill civilians for their blessings, which could be killed."

Zhong Jian said angrily: "Why is there a Tuanjian envoy who wants to kill the attendant?"

You are not qualified to kill me.

Jiang Xie said: "When the swords of the princes are in my hands, why not attendants!"

The left and right advised him many times and stopped him. Then Yang Qi issued an edict, ordering the prefectures and counties to burn grain storage. There was no way. Although Lingnan was vast and sparsely populated, the Central Plains could not get the power, and the grain produced was intercepted by the prefectures and counties. Wherever Nong Zhigao's army went, they could obtain grain storage from the prefectures and counties in the Song Dynasty to feed the soldiers, so the rebels rose more and more. Once all the food was burned, Nong Zhigao had tens of thousands of people, and they had countless food and grass for just one day of food and drink. If they could not get the support, some of the people who were attached would automatically disperse to kill the thieves. Chiang Kai-shek burned the grain storage and recruited some soldiers from the city of Guangzhou, followed Nong Zhigao to the Taiping Field on the west side of Hezhou, and were attacked and killed.

He is very brave and underestimated.

This is also the highest Song Dynasty official who sacrificed his life.

There were too many people who died, including officers and soldiers, and the people. They didn't care about Jiang Xie alone. The key was Zhong Jian's responsibilities. Jiang Xie rebuked him and did not wrongly accuse Zhong Jian. This was an official who did not love the people very much, but he had the merit of defending the city. In the end, the decree was to be exiled to Zhong Jian's official position, and Wei Guan made great contributions to defend Guangzhou, and Wei Guan replaced him. This is also a case. It can be imitated by Wang Quanbin's entry into Shu. He made merits, but he harmed the people, and he would not reward him and punish him. He put the lives and deaths of the people above military achievements.

The other person is even more difficult to handle. The flood in Fuzhou, and the commanders of Guangrui and Zhenwu of Yanzhou were both citizens of Fuzhou. After hearing this, he asked Wang Xing, the deputy chief officer, to return to his hometown to observe the life and death of his relatives. Wang Xing was not allowed, and the soldiers of the two battalions fled and returned. After returning to Fuzhou, his relatives were placed in other places to build water conservancy through labor-for-relief. These soldiers did not dare to ask the government about whereabouts of their families, and they gathered to be thieves, and the people of the state were afraid. The governor Xue Xiang sent a marriage to him and said, "It is a common practice for him to save his parents and wives, but he did not let you return. Wu Shuai did not know the reason. Listen to my words, and quickly take over the dead bodies of your relatives. If your family is still in the world, I will count them in the book and tell you, and you will be punished for your crime of repaying them without listening to me. If you don't listen to me, you will be fine."

All the soldiers came in, bowed to the courtyard and cried and thanked him, and the territory was at peace.

When the court heard this, he wanted to commend him, but another news came, saying that it was the flood in Fuzhou and that Xue Xiang could not acropolis in time, which caused the water to flood many military and civilian houses and many people to die. Although they were repaired properly afterwards, they also had the merits of appeaseing deserters, and they also had the same faults. Zhao Zhen didn't know how to deal with it, so he asked Zheng Lang, and Zheng Lang also smiled bitterly and said, "Let's get rid of the two."

Bad news is still coming.

Nong Zhigao did not return to Yongzhou immediately, but took a detour to Zhaozhou. There were some large caves on the mountain outside Zhaozhou City. When he heard that the thieves arrived, the local man was unwilling to surrender the thieves and hid inside. Nong Zhigao ordered the entrance of the cave to be blocked with dry firewood, then burn the dry firewood, and roasted all the people inside into dried meat. The governor Liu Yingchen abandoned the city and fled. However, the commander of Guangxi Wang Zhenglun and the entourage officer Wang Chengzheng from the east end were served. Xu Shouyi served in three squads, and he employed Wenhai to fight with the thieves. They were outnumbered and were all killed. Because Wang Chengzheng was an eunuch, Nong Zhigao wanted to get him, so he persuaded him to surrender, but he still scolded the thieves. He was scolded by a eunuch. Nong Zhigao was unhappy and poured the rolling soup on him, which made the skin bloom and the flesh bloom. It was terrible. He was never surrendered and was poured to death by the rolling soup.

The whole Lingnan was in bleakness, with only one small highlight.

After Su Jian was seized from power, he served as a gutter. When he learned that the thief was about to retreat, he divided his troops to block his return path. He laid the chamu wood and huge rocks for more than 40 miles. When the thief arrived, the chamu wood and huge rocks were on the high ground. The thief could not pass, so he had to go around dozens of miles, cross the river, cross the river from Qingyuan County Road, and then return west from Hezhou. The road was rugged, and Su Jian harassed many people, and injured a lot. He also obtained many materials discarded by the thief.

...

Autumn is coming.

Compared with the major disasters in previous years, this year is slightly better, but the situation is still not ideal. Local minor disasters have occurred in many places, especially the north. The water flowing north to the Yellow River can also be seen from the terrain that the breaking point is in Chanzhou and other places, with less to the north than the mountainous areas in the east and lower terrain. It has become the mainstream of the Yellow River entering the sea.

However, compared with water conservancy in Hebei, rivers and water conservancy in the east are a child. How can something happen if a child lets take something weighing 100 kilograms? A large amount of river water goes north, which brings serious consequences. First, it brings away a lot of mud and sand. The sea water is originally quite shallow at the sea, so the coastline continues to extend forward, which is also annoying. It extends too fast. The river water does not break through the main river channel, and the river water flows slowly. The river water goes north, and the mud and sand settle, and many lakes are lifted up and gradually disappear. Until today, Zheng Lang understood why the large number of lakes and green Great Wall built by Yang Liulang did not achieve success when the Jin people went south. If this continues, many lakes in Hebei will disappear. How can they achieve success?

The river water goes north and enters the sea slowly. It turns out that there is no injection of Yellow River water, so there is no big problem. However, after the Yellow River water is injected, the water levels of branches such as Zhending Prefecture and Dingzhou will be lifted and will not be discharged. Once the flood season comes, many floods will occur in Zhending Prefecture and Dingzhou.

This is still the case this year.

Zheng Lang did not make a sound, just like Lingnan, and he did not feel any pain in his heart. He asked the ministers to agree to spend more than 40 to 50 million yuan of wealth, or even more money, and would not agree to the Yellow River water conservancy move.

But it's not a solution.

For the whole country, due to the rapid increase in population, the most important thing is grain. The fragile environment in the north can no longer accommodate so many people. Not to mention that there are no miscellaneous grains, even if there are miscellaneous grains, if you are crowded in the north like now, even if you invest 100 million yuan to build the Yellow River, there will still be problems with the Yellow River.

Still the south!

The south is still far away, and the north cannot help but care.

Zheng Lang came to Xiaowai again and looked at Xiaowai's crops.

Mainly in the silt field area.

I first looked at cotton. People put food and clothing as the most important thing. Wearing is equally important. It turns out that northern people are very poor in winter. There are no big problems with good conditions. There are kapok, fur robes, and felts. However, the yield of kapok is small and it is too expensive. Poor families cannot afford it. They use broken silk heads to stuff them into kudzu or hemp clothes. Silk may be very smooth, but it is far from keeping warm. So when the Great Cold comes, many people froze to death. After the popularity of cotton, they promote it quickly under their own guidance, but the amount is too large. Cotton is still very expensive. Ordinary people are reluctant to wear it. They often share a cotton coat and quilt.

This is why Zheng Lang tried to grow cotton in the north.

The method of cotton planting is correct and is the most advanced method of transferring single-plant nutrition bowls. However, compared with his later impression, there are fewer and small cotton bolts, which is very unsatisfactory. I have asked relevant farmers many times that if they are not mixed with silk, they cannot weave exquisite cloth at all. Even if they are weaved, they will be pulled open because of the short fibers. But the people praised its softness and thermal insulation properties.

Zheng Lang felt a little confused.

In his memory, Zhu Yuanzhang forced cotton to promote nationwide, and Songjiang was richest in the world because of weaving and growing cotton. Could it be that silk was also mixed with silk? Or was it because of the promotion of hundreds of years, and the cotton seeds were improved? If this problem is not solved, Zheng Lang would be resentful, and the price! A piece of raw silk is worth a hundred cents in the place of origin, and the good ones can reach more than one crore. Making a robe requires at least a hundred cents of its original materials, plus the manual cost, which will be close to two hundred cents. For ordinary people, it is still a heavy burden. If the people do not have to worry about the cost of clothes, they must at least reduce its value to less than one quarter. Then when the New Year comes, every household will be willing to wear clothes. What cannot be solved by silk, and the yield is low, which is destined to be expensive. Ma and Ge Taici can only start with cotton.

Sitting on the ridge of the field and looking at the cotton, Zheng Lang was dazed.

An old farmer came over and asked with courage: "Mr. Zheng, are you going to the south?"

"Maybe I'll go," Zheng Lang replied casually.

"Zheng Gong, the south is suffering. Stay there. We can't bear to leave," said the old farmer.

Looking at the current farmers from Zheng Lang's perspective, he is obviously very dissatisfied. But for these farmers, the lives they have lived in these past few years are like dreams.

"Old man, the hardships in the past few years were the hardships of the Northwest War. If the battle was not fought, the emperor would be kind and the country would be better," said Zheng Lang. The farmers had simple ideas of farmers, and they were the people of the capital. But they could not attribute the great governance in recent years to themselves. Zhao Zhen expressed his feelings many times. But Zhao Zhen could make this country clear? It was the literati. Once the people attributed their achievements to themselves, what did the country raise so many literati? Thinking of this, the problem was big, and the literati must attack him. Can Zhao Zhen protect him?

Thinking of this, Zheng Lang was so amused and crying.

I had a few words with the old farmer and asked his family about the harvest. They used their hands to pick the silt. It was not very ideal. Although the embankment method was used to create a large area of ​​silt fields, it was only one year of renovation. The depth of the silt was insufficient, with only a dozen centimeters deep in the depth and a few centimeters shallow. After a few years of farming, it would inevitably be restored. But I saw that the land was favorable. In addition, the flood discharge brought some losses. So the fields were protected tightly. All the people protected the fields, who dared to force the dike?

I looked at the distance again, and there was a large area of ​​sorghum in the distance, and when the sorghum was mature.

However, the people still adopted the original rough farming style, and they attached importance to livestock for several years. The number of large livestock in all parts of the country has increased. However, there is still a lack, especially in the north, where sorghum prices are used. People are reluctant to invest.

I wandered around, saw some good things, and some bad things.

I came to the Secretariat again and observed the reports from various places. It should be much better than in history, because the recruitment of troops from Jiangnan West Road has brought great burdens to the people. I issued several edicts in history to provide pensions and tax exemption strategies for the people from Jiangnan West Road.

Zheng Lang controlled the grain in advance to prevent it from being distributed to Jiangnan West Road. At least in terms of grain, Jiangnan West Road will not have to worry about supply this year.

Continue to handle memorials from various places, and are actually preparing for leaving.

The south continued to be corrupt. When Yang Ting went to Guangnan, he asked to delete the marching constraints and rewards and punishments of Kangding. Zhao Zhen deliberately issued an edict, and the people of Guangxi were stolen. The people of the two Guangxi hoped that the official army would arrive, so they appointed him to control the situation to suppress the bandits. When the opportunity was changed, there was no need to cover the middle. Now that the armored soldiers were gathered, they could not overcome the situation and exterminated them for a while, so they asked to issue orders and set up prosecutors. How could they make a quick plan? If the bandits go down to the sea, plunder the Qiongguan and the sea brigades, and the garrison soldiers were insufficient, and if there was no preparation, the bandits would take advantage of the rapid plan. If the sea route could be cut off, the sun and the moon would be flooded quickly.

You go to suppress the bandits, so you can't be delayed.

In fact, Zhao Zhen had not said anything, and he had to stabilize Lingnan as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Dali in the west and Annan in the south saw the decay of the Song Dynasty in Guangdong and Guangxi, and took the opportunity to join forces with Nong Zhigao, the situation in Lingnan would be even worse.

Yang Qi did not talk much, but he could do more. When he came to Shaozhou, he happened to meet Nong Zhigao retreating to Yongzhou and defeat Zhang Zhong. Yang Qi collected the troops of Guangdong and Guangxi, followed them all the way, and burned food and grass from all over the country. It was right, but it was not right. Although this burning caused Nong Zhigao to lack supply, the country suffered countless losses after one fire.

After the battle, the result of this battle can be imagined. Nong Zhigao did not have much ability, and Yang Qi was even weaker. The number of Song troops against the miscellaneous army was not as familiar with the local climate, and they were not as familiar with the local climate. In particular, the various miscellaneous army that came from Jiangnan West fought against the local indigenous people in Lingnan. How could they defeat it?

After defeat in one battle, Yang Ting was timid and weak.

The court could not wait for Yang Ting to fabricate various reasons and then change his position as a candidate.

Zheng Lang asked to go with Di Qing, but Zhao Zhen was still reluctant to leave and was not in line with the rules. A native rebelled and actually mobilized two prime ministers of the country, one of which was too embarrassing. The ministers also dissuaded him, Zheng Lang, it would be better for you to go. The Censorate did not say anything. It was the duty of the Yanchen minister to impeach the Prime Minister, but it was unreasonable to not bring Zheng Lang to Lingnan. Moreover, Zheng Lang had a few years of prime ministers, how many ministers would there be vassals? Although Zheng Lang asked to go to Lingnan, if these ministers were considered to be the responsibility of the Yanchen minister, even if he was the Yanchen minister, there would be trouble.

So Zhao Zhen chose the other two candidates, who seemed good.

A deputy, eunuch Shi Quanbin, once sent incense coins on behalf of Zhao Zhen in the South China Sea. He was secretly ordered to investigate the civil and civil customs of the prefectures and counties he passed by. After entering the match, Zhao Zhen thought he was loyal to him and made achievements in the northwest. The facts were really brave, and he personally led the army to fight in Lingnan. But his command ability...

Another one is Sun Mian.

When Sun Mian came to the meeting, Zhao Zhen asked about Qinzhou. Sun Mian said, "Although I am old, Qinzhou is not enough to worry about the holy concerns. The country's worries should be considered by Lingnan as a worry. When I see the thief's power, the government will be defeated every day."

As soon as he spoke, the news that Zhang Zhong and Jiang He died in battle spread to the capital.

There were only two ministers in the court who could have this foresight, one was Zheng Lang, but the Prime Minister was inconvenient to go there. The other was Liang Mian.

Zhao Zhen summoned the prime ministers of the two prefectures and said, "The Southern Affairs is as good as Mian."

Ask Pang Ji if he could let Sun Mian travel south?

Maybe Pang Ji hopes that Zheng Lang will go south the most, so Pang Ji has the most chance to replace Zheng Lang’s position as Prime Minister, but it cannot be said that it is too obvious. Pang Ji suppressed the ** in his heart and replied: "Yes."

Summon Sun and allowed Sun and acted cheaply.

This was a great progress of the Zhao Zhen Dynasty, and it would no longer be formed like Emperor Zhenzong of Song.

It is also obvious that the regression was that although Emperor Zhenzong of Song liked to set up formations, he often used military generals as commanders. By the Zhao Zhen Dynasty, the literati became more and more lawless, deprived the rights of military generals, forming the practice of civil officials leading the army. How many civil officials could actually fight a good battle? Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi were good, but they could carefully analyze their military capabilities, that's it.

Sun Mian was still calm and said, "Your Majesty, the southern army company was defeated by the bandits, and the soldiers were shocked by it. You should not use it again. Please send the Northern cavalry to the court, and select another twenty subordinates. The arsenal is 5,000. I can pacify the south for Your Majesty, otherwise I will still be worried when I go."

Liang Shi said: "Don't Zhang Huang."

Isn’t it just a small barbarian riot? As for the use of five thousand northern elite cavalry in the imperial court?

It was not Liang Shi who was doing something bad, but the many ministers in the court were still not awake and did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

Sun Mian said: "I was not prepared the day before yesterday, so I have come here. I am referring to the opportunity to destroy the thieves. We can't be lucky enough to be careless."

But under the despised by the court, Cang Zhong asked him to travel and only sent him 700 soldiers.

Sun Mian was worried that the bandits would travel north of the ridge, so he ordered Jiangxi, Hunan and Jiangxi to say that the troops would arrive, and the states and counties would repair camps and prepare for Yan rewards.

So some people in the court discussed their strategies and made the thieves suspicious and dared not invade the north.

Zheng Lang felt funny. No one knew how civil officials were in charge of military affairs! He might not be very good at military affairs, and he was much better than these civil officials. Does Nong Zhigao have this ability and strategic vision? If so, why invade Lingbei? If so, why not attack Guangzhou and Guizhou, the strongest city defense in Lingnan, and take down other prefectures and counties in Lingnan, isolate Guangzhou and Guizhou, drive away Han officials, appoint barbarian officials, and treat barbarians well, instead of burning, killing and looting all the way, causing many barbarians to be killed. Then Nong Zhigao can get the hearts and support of many barbarians and recruit troops again. Then Nong Zhigao is infinitely close to his dream. In short, he is just a robber, and at most he is a little ambitious compared to other robbers. No wonder he is defeated by Jiaozhi.

In fact, Sun Mian's move did not work at all. On the contrary, he allowed the prefectures and counties in Jiangxi, Hunan to repair camps and reward them with more Yans, which brought serious harassment to the people.

Xu Xu told Zhao Zhen about the reason and said, "Your Majesty, Sun Mian's move is destined to have his military capabilities, and he will not be able to achieve success in this trip."

I have to go!

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