After Zheng Lang took office, the three departments received two strange donations. The first donation was in the eighth year of Qingli, with more than 3,100 taels of gold and 20,000 taels of silver. The second donation was the Jianghuai drought in the third year of Huangyou, with 1,700 taels of gold and 24,000 taels of silver.

The donor sent gold and silver to the Sansi in three cars, and left without leaving his name. Then the court looked for this person and couldn't find it.

A very strange thing, Zhao Zhen often praised this person and repeatedly expressed his desire to summon this person to the palace, but he didn't know which person it was. It was not a small number, and it was equivalent to more than 4800 taels of gold and more than 4400 taels of silver, which was equivalent to more than 130,000 taels of money.

In fact, these two sums were donated by Zheng Lang. The Zheng family was definitely not a famous top wealthy family in the Song Dynasty, but Zheng Lang's salary was getting higher and higher, which was secondary. The scale of the family's industry was growing, Zheng Lang's power, and his connection with the Fan family, Chai Keming worked hard to manage, and the industry income gradually exceeded Zheng Lang's huge salary. Zheng Lang's life was not as hard as Fan Zhongyan. The two also helped many people, but Zheng Lang's salary was always higher than Fan Zhongyan, and Fan Zhongyan had no industrial income, so the annual income of the Zheng family exceeded five to seven times that of Fan Zhongyan. Therefore, after Fan Zhongyan managed thousands of acres of land for his tribe in Hangzhou, the Zheng family generated a large amount of surplus every year.

Zheng Lang went to the south, and his actual position was not low. He served as a real strategic supporter of more than two routes to appease the expedition. This was rarely treated in the history of the Song Dynasty. But others did not know that Zheng Lang was wronged, otherwise how could he go to Lingnan.

The relatives Cui Xian found were dissatisfied and finally broke the matter open, meaning that Zheng Lang was worthy of the court. Even if he received a lot of salary, he would donate it to the court one after another. Why did he demote Zheng Lang to the large-scale and small-scale killing scene in Lingnan?

Zhao Zhen was very surprised when he heard this. At this time, Zheng Lang and Di Qing did not leave the capital, so he summoned Zheng Lang to the palace to ask. Zheng Lang was not easy to answer, so I opened my golden finger, but I agreed that the river in Chanzhou was broken, and I felt guilty and uneasy, so I replied: "Disasters are endless, I know that it is the destruction of water and soil. But I feel very guilty, and I have no son, why do I pity money and silk?"

This sentence is very important.

Why did Zheng Lang hold this strange official position with power for a while and not many ministers opposed it? There are many reasons: one is trust in Zheng Langdecao. The second is that it is indeed necessary, and the third is that there is no child. Having a son and two adopted sons will eventually be divided into relatives. Or they have two daughters over the years. What reason does Zheng Lang have to have serious ambitions? Who is the person who is located? Daughter and adopted son?

Moreover, the two brothers were sympathetic, and Zhao Zhen sighed after hearing this. Although his three sons died early and saw the smell of their son, Zheng Lang still has only two daughters. He is even worse than himself.

This incident shocked a lot.

Sima Chimo was embezzled hundreds of thousands of yuan by several uncles, and Fan Zhongyan saved the tribe's tribe, which was said to be a good story. But one was a tribe's tribe and the other was an uncle, and he had some private names. Zheng Lang was different, so he handed them all over to the country.

However, Zheng Lang was very angry about this and returned home and asked Cui Xian: "Is it what you mean?"

Cui Xian shook her head.

But Zheng Lang looked at Cui Xian's expression and had confirmed in his heart that Zheng Lang was sometimes speechless for this wife. Good, good. A virtuous assistant has secretly come up with many ideas in the past few years, but similar to Xia Shu, he is a bit selfish and good at the art of deceitful power. After leaving the court, his wife was worried that she would be excluded by the ministers. She went there and never returned. Only then did she release this inside information and invite her name to her, so that Zhao Zhen would not forget her.

But I can't blame him, but I can't blame him. For example, when I went to the south, Cui Xian only allowed Yue'er to go with me, and no other wives and concubines were taken with me. Jiang Xing'er and Si'er were reluctant to leave, so Cui Xian said, "Why did Wang Jian ask Qin Shihuang for a reward?"

Those who are close to Zhu are red, while those who are close to Mo are black. Under the influence of Zheng Lang, several wives and concubines in the family like to study, including Sier and Huan'er and Girls' Generation, and they also look at each other with admiration. This is a very famous history. Qin Shihuang destroyed Chu and asked Wang Jian how many soldiers and horses needed. Wang Jian replied that it needed 600,000 people. Li Xin asked Li Xin and said that Li Xin was 200,000 people, so Qin Shihuang used Li Xin and eventually failed. Qin Shihuang was furious and asked Wang Jian out of the mountain many times. Wang Jian finally made a trip. Before leaving, he asked Qin Shihuang for more fertile land and houses. After the army left, he sent envoys to ask for fertile land five times. People questioned him, and Wang Jian said something, "The King of Qin was rude and distrustful. Now he has devoted all his troops across the country to me. I can only ask more land and houses as a foundation for my descendants to stabilize my family, and thus dispel the suspicion of the King of Qin.

Qin Shihuang could not compare with Zhao Zhen, and could not overly vilify Qin Shihuang. At least famous generals and ministers such as Li Si were among the Qin Shihuang generation and were not killed, but their tolerance for ministers was still far less than that of Zhao Zhen. Even Song Shenzong was far less than that of Zhao Zhen. One side wanted Wang Anshi to reform, while the other side was worried that Wang Anshi was too powerful, so they deliberately used conservatives to break down the regime and restrain Wang Anshi. Otherwise, how could there be a party dispute? Zheng Lang at least had no children at the moment, and there was a lack of worry.

But you must not ignore it.

For example, among the four major military governors, Zhao Gou valued the most. Zhao Gou had three murderous intents. Yue Fei was too involved in the prince's case, which made Zhao Gou unhappy. When revoking the military power of the four major military governors, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun cooperated tacitly, but Yue Fei refused to follow. There was a third thing. Yue Fei said, why worry, our family was in Hangzhou together as hostages of the court. This was a hidden rule and could not be made public. Yue Fei stabbed this matter and stabbed a hornet's nest. It was unreasonable. The soldiers in front were working hard for the Song Dynasty, but they used their family as hostages. How dark the court was? It can't be said! Therefore, Zhao Gou wanted to use Zhang Jun to take action at first, but finally chose Yue Fei.

If the court went south, if he adopted his own strategy, he would hand over all the military, political and financial powers of the six routes to himself one after another to act in a cheap way. The Jinghu route is not afraid, there is Lingnan below, close to the capital, and there is no need to worry about Kuizhou Road and Zizhou Road. Mainly, Guangdong and Guangxi, not only handing over all the military, political and financial powers to him, but also military powers. Di Qing's 5,000 troops were only pioneers. He would not steal Di Qing's contributions to the Kunlun Pass, but after the battle of Kunlun Pass, he would also preside over a series of battles. So he sent out two more troops, one from land to Jiangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road, not for war, but to open up the two routes connected to the south. The two routes were connected,

Prospering the economy at the southern end of the two routes also lays the foundation for the next step of developing Lingnan and Linghua Road. But eventually they will enter Lingnan. There are also a route starting from the Grand Canal, along the coastal route, and along the monsoon to land in Qinzhou. There are 20,000 troops in the two routes, which is more than 30,000 soldiers and horses prepared by Zheng Lang in the early stage. The remaining more than 10,000 people remain unmoved for the time being, which is the reserve team for pacifying Kuizhou Road and Meishanman. But there is a considerable number, plus the original army, his prestige in the military. It is Zhao Zhen’s trust. Some civil officials still have random thoughts, so their wives, daughters, adopted sons, and mothers stay in the capital together, and they act as hostages to make these ministers feel at ease!

It cannot be said publicly, but Cui Xian pointed out Wang Jian, and several concubines all knew about this history and understood it.

Therefore, Yue'er was only here to serve. Cui Xian also had another intention. Zheng Lang had no children for a long time, and Yue'er was the youngest and healthy. It depends on whether he could "concentrate" and leave a descendant for the Zheng family. This has almost become Cui Xian's biggest heart disease.

What else can Zheng Lang say about his wife's scruples?

Zheng Lang didn't say anything. This trip was the south, far from the south of later generations. Just like Taipingzhou, he went to Wuhu in later generations. It was a beautiful Jiangcheng, but when he first came out of Taipingzhou, he was all Huddler. When it came to summer, it was wet, hot and stuffy. As Bai Juyi wrote, the terrain was low-lying and the difficulty of humid and heat. It was probably even more terrifying that he had not gone to Guangdong and Guangxi. Moreover, he would not stay in one place and had to look around in this journey. He might have traveled all the important places in Lingnan. Even Yue'er didn't want to take her, for fear that she would have to work hard.

As for whether to hostages or not, Zheng Lang didn't think much about it. Cui Xian was worried that it made sense, but Zhao Zhen should be able to protect himself. As long as he grasped his position, he would suffer a lot in the south. The ministers would not object too much.

Yue'er was practicing riding a horse, and Di Qing went first.

Before leaving, he came to Zheng's mansion and Di Qing asked, "Mr. Zheng, what should I do if I go to the south?"

It must be asked clearly that Di Qing became the first coach in history, but now he has become Zheng Lang. Zheng Lang replied: "In military terms, you can act at a disadvantage. Just remember one sentence, be sure to quickly annihilate the main force of Nong Zhigao. The remaining troops or other rebels who are ready to move will wait for me to go to Yongzhou and discuss it."

"What if there is a general who doesn't obey my command?"

Di Qing's question was very meaningful. Zheng Lang was speechless. It seemed that Chen Shu would definitely die. The reason was very simple. Li Ji liked to kill his son-in-law when he went to war, and Qi Jiguang killed his son. All of them were for military discipline. Not killing people was not enough to establish his authority. Especially the military disciplines of the southern army were dispersed. After hesitating for a while, Zheng Lang said: "There is no mercy to kill."

I hope Yu Jing won’t be confused again.

But Zheng Lang added: "Di Qing, do you remember what I said when I was pacifying Zhang Hai?"

"I still remember."

Zheng Lang looked at his expression. Although he remembered that Di Qing had a lifetime of great achievements at this time. If it were after the Kunlun Pass, his spirit would be higher. He might not be able to listen to his persuasion. However, he still persuaded: "Di Qing, the first person who values ​​you the most is Fan Yong, followed by Fan Zhongyan and Yin Zhu, and then me. Yin Zhu and Fan Yong died, Fan Zhongyan was wandering in Hangzhou, and I was also in the south..."

The following words are not said, you are a military man, and the more you are, the more you are, the more you are, the more you are, the only ones who can protect you, are I and Fan Zhongyan. Although Pang Ji also appreciates you, your relationship is a little distant. Fan Zhongyan’s political career is over, but fortunately, Zheng Lang advised him and did not let Fan Zhongyan drift everywhere, otherwise Fan Zhongyan would have passed away this year. He is still alive, but it is said that Fan Zhongyan has been in poor health in Hangzhou and has written many letters to retire, but Zhao Zhen is not allowed. Once I go to the south, if you return to the court, no one will protect you.

Di Qing frowned, obviously very dissatisfied.

Zheng Lang did not persuade him anymore, and he would slowly persuade him in the south in the future. Anyway, he planned to detain Di Qing in the south as his helper. If the south is flat, he would think of other ways. He should not let Di Qing serve as the Privy Councilor when he was in charge of the army, otherwise the fate would still be very miserable.

Di Qing had reached his goal, and Zheng Lang allowed him to act cheaply and to use military law to enforce military discipline. He had the confidence to fight this battle.

The next day, Zhao Zhen held a banquet at the Chuigong Hall to entertain Di Qing and said to the ministers: "Lang and Qingsu are famous, and the thieves must be afraid of their coming. They must be ordered by the left and right, and they must be trusted. Even if they eat and drink, they should be prevented from suddenly stealing their hair."

That is, since Di Qing and Zheng Lang left, the left and right guards must use their close friends to protect them from being assassinated by Nong Zhigao.

After Di Qing left, Zhao Zhen issued another edict, saying that anyone who avoids thieves in the mountains and forests should be ordered to resume his business. He took advantage of the thief's power to be a thief, but he did not commit murder, or was forced by the thief to escape from the thief's army, and he would release his crimes without prosecution. The states and counties were harsh on the people, and they stabbed the people in the face as soldiers, and ordered them to take their own words for themselves. A very kind edict said that those who were killed by others and pretended to be the head of the thief would be sent to verify, and those who were killed in unjustly would give money to the family. Those whose family was burned and robbed were exempted from the households. Those who had a servant would still be lenient and fake, and help them repair their rooms. Any city walls that had been burned and destroyed, if there was no city at the beginning and the walls were not solid, they would be built. Those who were decaying and incomplete, and those who were not able to use the armor would be repaired.

The latter was also the reason for the great defeat of the Song Dynasty at the beginning. Although there were excellent officials like Kong Zongdan in Lingnan, they were still a minority. The entire Lingnan officialdom was dark, with corruption and bribery, and people everywhere. Including weapons, there were also many greed. Most of the weapons and armor were unavailable, so the war came and they were defeated at once.

Although Zhao Zhen was angry after hearing this, he tolerated it. This is the manifestation of a rational person. He can only manage it slowly. It is impossible to make the Lingnan officialdom clear. There is no Qingming in the Central Plains officialdom. How to make the Lingnan officialdom clear? It can only be seen whether Zheng Lang can make the situation better after going south.

After issuing the edict, Zhao Zhen suddenly smiled. He made such a move. Although Di Qing was a warrior, Zheng Lang was not a warrior. Zheng Lang followed him and did not need his own instructions, and there would be no major problems. But Zhao Zhen was wrong to think this way. In history, Di Qing and Gui Renfu fought against Yongzhou, killed less than 10,000 rebels, and others were pacified one after another. However, he was slandered and killed hundreds of thousands of people. Zheng Lang held a carrot in one hand and a butcher knife in the other hand. He would not kill hundreds of thousands of people, but he was prepared to kill at least tens of thousands of people, otherwise Lingnan would not be at peace!

Not only that, two killer gods were sent, one was Guo Kui, and the second was the ugly Yang Wenguang. After the Lingnan incident, Yang Qi, the general of the Yang family, participated in the war, and was a civil official, but was defeated on a small scale. Then Yang Qi was timid and retreated to Shaozhou. Yang Wenguang only went south as an inconspicuous general, but was uglied and defeated the general. Now different, Yang Wenguang and his wife both followed the army, but were important deputy generals.

Then he brought three other killing gods, Zhong Yan, Zhang Ke, Zhao Xun, and left with Zheng Lang. It is enough to deal with Nong Zhigao, Di Qing, so don’t use too many slaughter knives.

This industry is also more prepared, from drugs to drugs to ward off mosquitoes, to various information and maps, they are equipped one by one. The five thousand rogues are far better than the rogues led by Di Qing in history. They will turn into five thousand rogues and appear in Kunlun Pass!

Then 20,000 people walked separately, Zhao Xun, who went south from the water route with a large amount of supplies, and Zhang Ke and Zong Yan. Only one hundred guards were left behind, all of whom were Jurchen cavalry. These Jurchens respected Zheng Lang very much, so they regarded them as their most caring confidants to protect Zheng Lang's safety. Zheng Lang was so amused that he was actually worried about the Jurchens, as well as the enemy Liewu Gu tribe, which was later Mongolians.

A large amount of supplies went south, and Zheng Lang was about to leave.

Zhao Zhen sent a letter again, but not in Chuigong Hall, but in another place, Qionglin Garden.

Compared with the magnificent Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was a little petty. From tombs to royal gardens, there were magnificent Qujiang Pond in Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, to Shangyang Palace and Xiyuan in Luoyang, and even opened with half a county area. The scale of the Song Dynasty's gardens was much smaller. There were more private gardens than the Tang Dynasty, with Kaifeng first, followed by Luoyang, Suzhou, Huzhou, and then to Hangzhou. After being enlightened by Zheng Lang, Hangzhou was richest in the world, and gradually the latter became the top. However, the royal gardens were very small, with four major gardens. Yujin Garden built in the Later Zhou Dynasty was transformed into a zoo by the Song Dynasty, and some rare monsters such as elephants, peacocks, and Sibuxiang were raised. Zhao Tingmei's private house was transformed into a banquet.

The Jinshi Institute was invited, and then he thought that the garden was small, so the Jinshi Institute was changed to Qionglin Garden. There were many flowers here, and flowers bloomed all year round, and it was named Yichun Garden. Zhao Kuangyin built Qionglin Garden again, and later became the Jinshi Institute. When the super-ranked officials were outside the office, the emperor personally gave him farewell to him. In order to pacify the Southern Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong sent 30,000 troops to dig the Jinming Lake, and taught the navy to play here. After the Southern Tang Dynasty was pacified, he successively built some buildings, becoming the fourth royal garden of the Song Dynasty. In short, the scale was not very large. However, Cai Jing later seized Song Huizong's extravagance and overhauled two gorgeous gardens, one was Yanfu Palace and the other was Genyue.

Zheng Lang was given a different treatment from Di Qing, so Zhao Zhen personally gave Zheng Lang off in Qionglinyuan.

Pang Ji led the ministers to arrive first, walked over and said solemnly: "Xingzhi, the southern party is very difficult. You have great benefits for the country. You cannot use your courage to advance lightly. You must take good care of your own safety."

From the bottom of my heart, the reason why I was able to be the Minister of Power of the Two Governments was the result of Zheng Lang's repeated recommendations.

"Mental, thank you," Zheng Lang said lightly, and he was amused. Don't think that the prime ministers of the two governments are a throne. You have been very careful over the years, but in fact many ministers are no longer convinced. Pang Ji is in the prime ministers of the two governments again, and there are more ministers who are not convinced. Pang Ji is not as good as himself, and with all kinds of small measures, many people are dissatisfied. That is not a throne, but a volcano that is about to erupt. Wait for eruption and sprays you into space in one go.

Sometimes when thinking about the strange officialdom of the Song Dynasty, Zheng Lang was ridiculous and crying.

After the ministers finished their remarks, Zhao Zhen appeared.

But he brought three women out, one was Empress Cao, who could also appear, which was respect. The queen was the mother of the country and there was no need to avoid it in many occasions. There was also a woman, Concubine Zhang. I saw it before, but Zheng Lang was not really close to me. The first time I saw it, including Pang Ji and other officials glanced at it with their eyes. It was very charming and petite. However, Zheng Lang sighed in his heart. I don’t know if it was born or later, in order to attract Zhao Zhen to eat, Concubine Zhang became slim and petite, but she was too petite and thin, and her appearance could almost make a gust of wind blow away. No wonder she didn’t live long. Zheng Lang was not easy to persuade him. Could he come forward and say, Sister Zhang, do you want to gain weight?

Many things can be seen, but I don’t know how to prevent it from continuing to develop! This is the helpless place.

This is the first time that Concubine Zhang appears in public. There is no other meaning. It is just that Zhao Zhen values ​​Zheng Lang. It doesn’t count when he goes out for a farewell, but let the queen and her favorite woman come out for a farewell!

The third woman is Zhao Niannu.

For a few years, Zhao Niannu did not look for Zheng Lang alone. After all, he grew older and was not very sensible a few years ago and knew how to avoid taboos. Zheng Lang was kind to Zhao Niannu, so Zhao Zhen also asked his eldest daughter to come out to see Zheng Lang off. With this scene, all the ministers were envious. Going to Lingnan must have endured hardships, but it was worth it.

Zhao Niannu stood up first and walked to Zheng Lang with a bright look. In fact, Zheng Lang felt a little scared when he saw this little sister. Zhao Niannu took out a peace talisman from his sleeve and said, "Mr. Zheng, this was woven by me, and I also asked the abbot of Xiangguo Temple to consecrate you to travel south. I wish you peace and safety when you travel south."

When she said this, her eyes clearly showed reluctance and a layer of charm.

Zheng Lang thought that when she grew up, she would be fine, but Zheng Lang was wrong. Since she was a child, Zhao Niannu had heard people in the palace talking about Zheng Lang and developed a hazy feeling. Later, he learned that the relationship between the two was like a thousand mountains and rivers, and it was impossible to stay together, so he did not look for Zheng Lang again. But in fact, Zheng Lang was in the position of prime minister, and all kinds of things were still spreading into the palace. After several years of great governance, Zhao Niannu's impression of Zheng Lang seemed to be like several ancient sages.

Zhao Niannu also has some Oedipus complex. Li Wei is definitely not a nouveau riche, but a rich second generation, but he squandered his money to marry Zhao Niannu, which instead played a counterproductive role. Zhao Zhen is so simple, why is a small prince consort so extravagant? Zheng Lang is not as "stingy" as Zhao Zhen, but his life is not luxurious, which makes Zhao Niannu like him. Zheng Lang is only moderate in appearance, but his demeanor is calm, and no one can match him. He has a gentle personality, which is very similar to Zhao Zhen, which makes Zhao Niannu like him even more. Li Wei is destined to be a tragic ghost. The little girl repeatedly compared Zhao Zhen with Zheng Lang. No matter how good Li Wei is, how can he compare with these two people? The more he compares, the less he looks at him!

Zheng Lang had no choice but to bow and said, "Thank you for your love from the princess."

He wanted to take the Ping An Talisman, but Zhao Niannu did something that made him even more afraid of worrying. He actually hung the Ping An Talisman on his neck with his own hands and murmured: "Mr. Zheng, you must be safe."

The whispering sound was filled with endless affection, and the fragrance of virginity blew over my face, and Zheng Lang shivered.

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