The establishment of the army began.

Zheng Lang said it was easy, but it was very difficult to achieve it. For example, all the soldiers in Hedong Township, Hebei must be deployed on the northwest battlefield, which is not enough. They have to select some strong men and archers. How many should be the number of baoding in the southern region and what treatment should be given.

In fact, this is a policy that benefits the people. Whether it is a hundred thousand or 120 thousand, they are not the main force. They are more responsible for logistics supply and feel the atmosphere on the battlefield. Of course, they are responsible for logistics and have more combat effectiveness than civilians and have stricter disciplines. Sooner or later, they will actually go to the battlefield, even if they are treated as reserve teams. However, with more than 100,000 labor, the people of Shaanxi will be less effective at that time. However, the court will have to spend a lot of money.

For example, the Song army now exists in the form of command commanders of each regiment. If Zheng Lang’s plan is based on Zheng Lang’s plan, the upper army must have at least eight regiments or even ten regiments. The central army must have at least four regiments, and the lower army must have at least two regiments. It is used for about 300,000 imperial guards. As long as it is organized into the military system, it means that it will go to the northwest battlefield in the future and select those regiments to command.

Also, not all of the forty generals were in Shaanxi, some were trained in the Jingji area, and some were trained in Hebei and Hedong. They were not as troublesome as the military restructuring that time, but there were also many affairs. Wang Gui, the four big bosses in the Western Prefecture, was a good deal for both government affairs and military affairs.

But Zheng Lang didn't dare to underestimate him. Whether in history or now, for so many years, Wang Gui is as safe as Mount Tai. Is this a simple trick? It's better now, especially in history, those who can survive are all human beings.

Mr. Wang has the skills, so don’t count on his ability to do things. Zeng Gongliang’s son Zeng Xiaokuan is also a so-called man. Zhang Fangping is a little better at military affairs, but Zhang Dun is the only one who can help.

Zheng Lang had to enter Xifu again and took up a position as a member of the Privy Council, assisting Xifu in completing these troops successfully.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, seeds and seedlings of various crops were delivered to the capital by fast horses, and the fastest special feet were delivered, which was also worth it.

When I was not a writer in my previous life, I believed that the plants introduced by China from the Americas were nothing more than sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, and peppers. After I was a writer, I found that this idea was wrong. Until I traveled through time, China caused almost nearly a thousand kinds of food, fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants from the Americas, including pineapples, sunflowers, sweet potatoes, chayotes, etc. in later generations. There are also peanuts. In fact, there are peanuts in China. But that kind of peanut cannot be eaten.

Zheng Lang knew not many or placed them on the hard drive, only eighty. Except for Zheng Lang's six major plants, this fleet found fifty ones, and the rest were not found. Indeed, this was too difficult. The area of ​​the two Americas was more than ten times that of the Song Dynasty today, and there were many powerful indigenous people on it. Europeans conquered the indigenous people, one was close to each other, two were large, and the third was that the weapons were more developed at that time. For the current Song Dynasty, a fleet reached the other side in a difficult and tortuous manner, and even two thousand people were insufficient. It was definitely impossible to conquer these indigenous people. Even because of the indigenous people, they could not bring back effective news. They could only judge based on their description that their level of civilization was equivalent to the level at the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period.

In this case, it is good to find fifty-one plants. But something happened on the way home, and some plants died halfway through. Only forty-two species remained. However, these soldiers found more than thirty-two species, which were not included in Zheng Lang's record, and finally brought back twenty-two species.

Most of the sixty-four types of plants are only suitable for cultivation in the tropical areas of Lingnan, which is a helpless thing. Some of them are suitable for cultivation in the south of the Yangtze River and are handed over to more than a dozen prefecture officials to send people to take care of them. The rest can be suitable for cultivation in the north and brought to the capital together.

After next autumn, another fleet came back safely, and there were many people coming back, with more than 1,400 people, and more than 20 plants were added one after another. The next year, another fleet returned, but it was rather miserable, with only more than 600 people remaining, and seven plants were added. Five years later, the remaining two fleets were reported that a fleet encountered a severe storm on the way, and almost all the ships sank. Only a few people drifted to an unknown reef and took several years to build it.

When some small boats arrived in Oceania, there were only more than twenty people left. There was also a fleet of ships in conflict with a powerful indigenous tribe in the Gulf of Mexico. They were finally defeated. The ships were burned by these indigenous people as demons. Then they went through a lot of hardships before returning. Their fate was also very miserable, with only more than one hundred people coming back. Although they lived up to their mission and brought back some plants, they were officially popularized all over the country in the Song Dynasty, and the plants they brought back lost their meaning.

This industry has achieved great results, which further broadened the thinking horizons of the Song people. It also has the experience brought by the five fleets. In order to sail to the other side after the development of technology in the future, it laid a solid foundation. But this industry is really tragic.

But in Zheng Lang's mind, although two of the five fleets were almost wiped out, half of the other three were barely back, but the result was much better than he imagined.

In fact, what Zheng Lang attaches most importance to is potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, rubber trees, cinchona trees, and fine cotton. Of course, every plant brought back has its meaning, such as watermelon, which creates many industries for the Song Dynasty and feeds many farmers in a year. Even a gorgeous flower can create thousands of money or even hundreds of thousands of flowers for the Song Dynasty a year. This is the real open source.

Most Zheng Lang knew, but only knew, but did not know the method of planting and carrying it. He could only listen to the soldiers' oral statements and sent a dedicated person to take care of it. The focus was on the first six plants.

Busy New Year's Day is coming.

Zhao Xu took a banquet for the ministers in the palace and took a seat one after another under the eunuch's guidance.

Zheng Lang was not at the front, and there were some old princes. Who made Zhao Shu have more brothers? Even officials, including Han Jiang, Wu Chong, Wang Gui and Zhang Fangping from the East Mansion in front of Zheng Lang. This cannot be taken seriously. No matter which old prince or the prime minister, they dare not be good at playing a big shot in front of Zheng Lang. Just like Liu Zhisan's demotion, he was crowded from all directions and made things difficult. Not to mention doing things, it is difficult to do anything. If there is no miracle, Liu Zhi and the other three will never be able to do anything again.

The old party against reform is still strong, but after so many years, the national situation is so great that Zheng Lang should not have too many believers. Even many scholars and officials from the north have not easily changed their old ideas and ideas, and the rising stars have many believers in the Zheng family. Moreover, the three surveys and two sponsorships have led to a large number of outstanding officials standing out. Zheng Lang is willing to see this situation, but at the same time it forces him to retire.

Zheng Lang doesn't care much about where he sits, so he sits down calmly.

The two father-in-law walked out and praised them. Then Zhao Xu walked out.

The ministers congratulated each other.

Zhao Xu waved his hand and said, "Sit down for all the families of you."

Han Jiang toasted Zhao Xu on behalf of the ministers. Zhao Xu raised the wine cup and said, "Enjoy the whole world."

Yi suppressed his neck and drank the wine.

Suddenly he looked at everyone, looked behind, walked down from the dragon throne, came to Zheng Lang, respectfully gave a disciple's gift, and said, "Duke Zheng. I have thanked you here for your hard work in the past few years."

"Your Majesty, I dare not."

Zheng Lang and Zhao Xu had a teacher-student relationship, and they could teach Zhao Xu that there were many ministers in the classics and poems. On such occasions, the emperor publicly held the students' salutes and toasted him, how much respect did he respect him?

Seeing this scene, some people were happy. Zheng Lang was the pillar of the country, the emperor was the axis of the country, and the monarch and ministers were in harmony. The country was peaceful. If the monarch and ministers were jealous of each other, the country would be uneasy. But some people felt a little taste in their hearts, and only a few bigwigs who knew the truth frowned. Some felt regretful in their hearts, and some were looking forward to it.

The banquet dispersed, and firecrackers were heard outside.

Zheng Lang walked out of the palace. Since returning to the northwest, he either returned to Zhengzhou Dingyou, and stayed in the capital for the rest of his time. The changes outside can only be seen from newspapers or other people's mouths. However, the changes in the capital can still be seen. Compared with his youth, the capital has a larger population, and even the outskirts of the outer city have extended for several miles. The houses in the city are also changing with each passing day, and many mansions are more and more luxurious. Due to the increase in iron production and the emergence of cement, some wealthy Buddhist believers spent more than a year to build an 18-story pagoda at Xiangguo Temple.

It is more than ninety meters tall, not as high as the Mingtang of Wu Zetian in history, but more than thirty meters taller than the Kaifeng Iron Tower. It attracts countless tourists every day. A poet exaggeratedly wrote a poem, leaning over to look at the floating clouds, and reaching out to catch the stars and moon. The big businessman in the capital also used a lot of money to build a six-story building, named Tongtian Tower, but Kaifeng Prefecture officials came to him. In the Song Dynasty, there was no concern about height issues, but you, a merchant, have the qualifications to name Tongtian Tower? Do you want to rebel? This businessman was so scared that he changed it to Baoyun Tower again. This matter became a joke.

However, these changes made Tokyo the most prosperous place in the world. The Song Dynasty took Hehuang cleanly and Dali was scared and sent envoys to Beijing. Seeing these tall buildings and the prosperity of the capital, several envoys were stunned on the spot.

Zheng Lang was not too careless. Is a building worth tens of meters high considered high?

Although he didn't care much about it, Zheng Lang felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw these changes.

Back home, a guest came.

Fan Chunren rushed back to the capital from the northwest in a simple manner.

After obtaining Hehuang, the Song Dynasty divided the west of Ningguan, including Ruzha Valley, and Kangu into the jurisdiction of Lanzhou, and the west was divided into the jurisdiction of ancient Weizhou, and established Gongzhou. Qinzhou was also divided into the jurisdiction of ancient Weizhou, and established Gongzhou. Qinzhou was also divided into the original plan to abolish Qinfeng Road, add Qinzhou and Hehuang area to Lanzhou, and reported to the Chengtang system to establish Longyou Road, which made Zheng Lang reject it. It was inevitable to draw a new road, otherwise the westernmost Lijing City was more than 2,000 miles away from Chang'an, which was inconvenient to govern, but it could not be combined into Longyou, otherwise it would expose the Song Dynasty's ambition to manage Sha Ganliang. The people of Xixia were not afraid of it, but they were afraid of what the Khitan would think. Therefore, it was only named Hehuang Road, which was governed by Lan, Qin, Gong, He, Min, Tao, Xi, Jie, Cheng, Kuo, Huang eleven Prefectures and Jishi, and Xining, with a population of more than 1.2 million households. Although Hehuang Road was named, the commercial center was in Qinzhou, and the political center was in Lanzhou.

After Zheng Lang left the northwest, he was appointed as the commander of Lanzhou and the governor of Hehuang Road. His military affairs were not director of Fan Chunren. He had been fighting in recent years, but with the assistance of several generals on Hehuang Road, no major problems arose. The reason why Fan Chunren was led was mainly to appease him. It was difficult to occupy it, and it was even more difficult to govern. However, whether Wang Shao or Zhang Shi was not as good as Fan Chunren. In recent years, Fan Chunren has done a good job, and the Tubo people like to call him Xiao Fan Laozi. The Fan family, from Fan Zhongyan to Fan Chunyou and then to Fan Chunren, was loved by the people of the northwest, and it became a beautiful story in the world.

But Zhang Feng exchanged him back a few years ago. In recent years, Zhang Feng's position has been constantly being transferred, and has been to the northwest. He has been staying in Hebei and served as an official in the capital for a period of time. In the Lanzhou victory, Zheng Lang was the nominal number one commander. Although the people of Xixia gradually paid attention to Zhang Feng, they did not really understand Zhang Feng's skills. Therefore, it seemed that it was a very normal personnel transfer.

Fan Chunren was transferred back to the capital and served as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. Zhao Xu asked who could be the prime minister. Zheng Lang only recommended four people, and then Zhao Xu issued an order to let Zhang Shangying be the deputy envoy of the Third Division and Zhao Tingzhi be the envoy of the Shipping Department of the Southeast Sixth Route. The weight of Fan Chunren, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was different from the weight of other deputy envoys of the Western Prefecture. But no one else knew.

When he first arrived in the capital, he happened to be on New Year's Day and could not hand over the handover. Zheng Lang and Fan Zhongyan had a deep friendship. He was Zheng Lang's student, so he came to Zheng's house to pay New Year's greetings.

The master and apprentice talked for a while. Zhao Niannu brought Li Gui, the little lady of the Di family, and two children to pay New Year's greetings.

Zheng Lang's two adopted sons had ordinary qualifications, and they followed Zheng Lang for a long time. After seeing the world and winning the Jinshi, he served as an official for a while and did not make great achievements. However, there were no major mistakes. It was difficult to get promoted, but he could also be a peaceful scholar-official.

Li Gui was very talented. He passed the Jinshi at the age of seventeen and had a relatively high ranking. Zhao Xu loved the house and the Wuwu, and then gave him an official position. However, after Li Gui went down, he learned from Zheng Lang and made drastic governance. He was loved by the people and also received some complaints. After hearing this, Zhao Niannu called him back to the capital with the help of the wedding to return to Beijing.

Zheng Lang said that people have limited energy. As a monarch, if he loves piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and articles too much, he can become the last lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the tyrant monarch will ruin the country. However, as a family member or a relative of the outside world, he must love piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or play with birds and dogs, or pick up girls and prostitutes. As long as he does not do evil, these things are the responsibilities of the family members and relatives! Otherwise, how can he keep a captive?

It’s not that he can’t be an official. Wang Yiyong and Cao Guojiu both served as prime ministers of the Western Palace, but that prime minister should not be serious. He has a reputation but no power. If he wants power, he will be ruined.

If Li Gui is Li Wei, it would be better. The key to Li Gui is Zheng Lang. Li Gui has half of the royal blood flowing. If he wants to achieve something, what would the emperor think?

Li Gui returned to the capital, and at this time he became older. Zhao Niannu told the truth. Li Gui was stunned and locked himself in a small room and meditated for a day before he finally realized it. But in the second year, he shyly recognized this cow's biological son. But since then, Li Gui has been staying in the capital, and his time was boring. So as Shi Heng studied the study of matter, he ran to the military equipment and was fucked. Now he is actually a deputy envoy of the Military Equipment Department. This is just a job, and there is no taboo.

However, the truth of this matter cannot be made public yet.

During the New Year, the family first pays homage to the Miao family and then comes to the Zheng family to pay New Year's greetings. However, Li Gui returned to Beijing, which has a benefit. In recent years, the two sons-in-law of the Zheng family and two adopted sons have held various official positions in other places. Yue'er is fifty-two years old, and Li Gui's family has brought some popularity to the Zheng family.

Li Gui's family often ran to the Zheng family, but when faced with Zheng Lang's personality, no one doubted it. It was strange.

Later, more and more people greeted New Year's greetings. Zhao Niannu wanted to avoid suspicion and had to bring her beautiful daughter-in-law to the back room to talk to Cui Xian. In fact, the most beautiful person in the Di family was not Li Gui's wife, but Di Yong's daughter who was fostered by Di Zheng's family, but she is still very young now.

The New Year passed without realizing it, but the lively atmosphere became stronger day by day.

The most lively festival now is not New Year's Day, but Lantern Festival.

The Song Dynasty was so happy, but there were big problems in the Xixia area.

The emergence of banks did indeed solve many financial difficulties for Xixia for a while, and even increased pressure on the border defense of the Song Dynasty.

But it is bitter first and then sweet, and then it is bitter.

Seeing the effect, coupled with the intentional disregard of the Song Dynasty, the more Jiaozi of the Western Xia was printed, and the more information it was more than 50 million Jiaozi, the actual possibility was more than 50 million.

After receiving the order, the scout lurking in the Western Xia quickly exchanged Jiaozi and then quickly sent the gold, silver and copper coins to the country.

With the arrival of Lantern Festival, banks in Xixia almost didn’t save 20 yuan in cash. When the bank was established, Liang was still very careful. Although the number of Jiaozi exceeded the amount of currency, the proportion was not too terrifying, so he established some credibility. Later, more Jiaozi printed more, Liang was still very careful and did not make any big mistakes. But at that time, there were some currency exchanges in the bank. If there was no money to be taken out, what credibility could it have?

Moreover, after the Song Dynasty scout exchanged Jiaozi, he quickly released the news, and there was no time for Xixia to remedy it.

The Lantern Festival is approaching, and the economic collapse of the Western Xia is also coming.
Chapter completed!