Chapter 348 On the Road (IV)

Zheng Lang seems to understand, but... can it work?

The 24-year-old Deputy Privy Councilor, who is a 24-year-old example, has the opportunity to become prime minister at the age of 30 and cannot make another exception.

Zheng Lang didn't want to be the chief of Shaanxi. Does he have the qualifications and abilities?

I don’t want to be a man. Nowadays, there are too many powerful people in Shaanxi. Han Qi, Pang Ji, and Fan Zhongyan are more difficult than the other. Who can I convince myself to obey my orders?

He sighed, "To be honest, only Cao Cong."

When Haoshuichuan was defeated, the people of Xixia captured the people and returned to Tiandu Mountain. Cao Cong sent cavalry to set up an ambush to wait for them. The bandits abandoned the people and led them away. They also lured Tubo as a horn and sent merchants in Xizhou to contact the prince of Shazhou Town. The envoy sent a letter to say, "I am a nephew of Tang, and the emperor is actually my uncle. Since Xiang defeated Ganliang, he was separated from the Han Dynasty. Now he is willing to lead the leader to attack the bandits for the court."

With ability, military achievements, strategy and long-term vision, I actually saw Shazhou.

Although he is a military general, he is a famous general family and a father-in-law. He is the most suitable candidate for being able to attack the ministers of Fuxi.

However, although Zheng Lang spoke out the legal system of his ancestors, he knew it was impossible.

Zhao Zhen shook his head on the dragon throne.

Zheng Lang laughed and said, "Don't take it seriously, you guys continue to say, I'm young and ignorant."

More than a dozen big guys were ridiculous.

However, considering the military service capabilities, there are really no good candidates. If you don’t believe it, letting Lu Yijian and Zhang Dexiang go is also unqualified.

Lu Yijian closed his eyes and said, "It's better to let Song Xiang go to Shaanxi."

Conspiracy, **naked conspiracy.

Zheng Lang shook his head in his heart. In fact, regarding the ability of officials and at least his contributions to the position, Lu Yijian of Zhao Zhen's dynasty should be the first.

However, moral integrity is a problem.

Song Xiang said that Fan Zhongyan should be criticized. Lu Yijian thought it was inappropriate, and Du Yan and Zheng Lang also spoke fairly and did not kill him. Later, when he was punished by Fan Zhongyan, Song Xiang once again blamed Fan Zhongyan for not communicating with Yuan Hao. Lu Yijian said that the ministers had no diplomacy, so how dare Xiwen do this?

Everyone else shook their heads, Lu Yijian, you have changed too much.

I don’t know whether Lu Yijian is indeed for the country or to show his broad mind.

Zheng Lang stayed in Xifu for more than ten days. The more he was, the more he felt that the pool of water was too deep. However, he also realized that unless he was absolutely unsuccessful, he would never speak or even review the memorials of Xifu.

Because of other matters, Song Xiang and Lu Yijian also had some conflicts. However, Zhao Zhen saw that Song Xiang was loyal and kind, and Lu Yijian was very afraid. It happened that he had borrowed Fan Zhongyan's affairs and ran Song Xiang several times.

Yan Shu is old and is qualified to say that I do not have military service capabilities and will not go to Shaanxi. Song Xiang cannot say that, and his face is red again by Lu Yijian.

Zhao Zhen solved the problem for the Song Dynasty and said, "Song Xiang didn't know about military affairs."

But Zheng Lang knew that it would not take long before, with Lu Yijian's skills, Song Xiang would be excluded from the Gong of the East Palace by Lu Yijian, and he would use his friends to squeeze Song Xiang's friend Zheng Jian to Hangzhou.

This clique came a bit unfairly, you should know that Zheng Jian is Fan Zhongyan's relative.

Now that Chen Zhizhong has arrived in Hangzhou, he doesn't know where Zheng Jian will squeeze. However, Zheng Lang doesn't want Zheng Jian to go to Hangzhou. This person is quite capable and will do it. However, he is close to the heroes and uses severe punishments, and the people are full of grievances. Going to Hangzhou may not be a good thing, so it's better to let Zhang Guan go to Hangzhou.

Zhang Guan can't do it, Song Xiang can't do it, Yan Shu can't do it, who can?

There was a silence in the imperial study room.

Zhao Zhen looked at Zheng Lang again, and Zheng Lang shook his head. Except for Cao Cong, no one else was suitable. He either did not understand military affairs or did not have the qualifications to bomb the ministers.

Zheng Lang may also go to the northwest soon. He is a big boss, but he will not be the chief official.

This matter has been delayed.

When Zheng Lang returned to the inn, a dozen big men suddenly came. These big men were a little strange. The oldest was nearly fifty years old, and the younger one was only in his twenties. The two leaders were even more strange. The rest were dressed as warriors, but only these two were dressed as scholars.

"You are…?"

"We were sent by Wang Deyong," said a scholar.

Xu Xu's future intention explanation is that his name is Liu Xuanrui, a Confucian scholar in Qingzhou. He has a fierce personality and has won the imperial examination. He has not won the imperial examination. Since Yuanhao invaded, he has deeply felt the shame of the country and decided to abandon his pen and join the army.

Another scholar was Chang Deming, a native of Shu. Like Zhang Fangping, he liked to read military books.

The two of them were studying in the capital and hit it off. It happened that Liu's father was under Wang Deyong's disciple in the past, so he defected to Wang Deyong.

Wang Deyong was speechless. Nowadays, there are so many noble literati, and there are people who abandoned literature and followed the martial arts? Moreover, he is now cautious, avoiding the fear of making mistakes, so he lets the civil servants pull their hair, and in the inland area, there is no room for them to play.

Therefore, the children of the subordinates were treated warmly and then sighed for a long time.

He is a military general. He is in trouble but cannot go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. How can he not be uncomfortable?

However, this is the legal system of the Song Dynasty. The generals made contributions, promoted, and rewarded them. When they reached a certain level, they began to retire and did not let you really touch the military power, in order to prevent the autocracy of the generals from happening.

It happened to be heard that Zheng Lang came to the capital, and Wang De still had this point of mind. It was impossible for Zheng Lang to be the deputy envoy of the Privy Council in the capital and to go to the northwest. So they were asked to come. The two were scholars, but they also had military talents, and they were the talents that the northwest needed the most.

Then more than a dozen humble guests were sent.

These servants were originally all the Aizhans under Wang Deyong. Some of them came from the Western Xia territory such as Lingzhou. Later, after they were invaded into the Western Xia territory, they did not return. They were very familiar with the terrain and character customs of the Western Xia territory.

Wang Deyi picked them and sent them to Zheng Lang.

The two families are related, and their children are all unhappy. Zheng Lang made contributions and would take care of the Cui family and take care of the Cui family, and he would take care of the family after his death. These old soldiers followed him for many years, and if there were no accidents, they would die in obscurity in the end. It would be better to let them go to the battlefield to become famous.

These old soldiers, coupled with Wang De's prestige in the northwest and some connections, will also be of great help to Zheng Lang.

Zheng Lang was stunned and finally said silently: "Thank you, Prince, and Prince."

Stayed.

How capable you have, you can only see it after you reach the northwest and then use it. But these people are undoubtedly a living map of the northwest. OK, Wang Deyong helped him this time.

Of course, it was Zheng Lang, and the others Wang Deyong dared not do this too much. If it was done properly, it would be unlucky.

Zheng Lang could keep them, but not, and took them directly to the military camp and stayed with the Jurchens.

The layman couldn't understand it, including Zheng Lang, and only thought these Jurchens were strong. In the eyes of Wang De, he immediately saw the difference. An old soldier named Wang Yong said in a deep voice: "What a fierce soldier."

This person is a Dangxiang native. He followed Wang De and used his surname to Wang. He secretly compared the Dangxiang native with this group of people and finally concluded.

Zhao Bao came over and asked, "Mr. Zheng, will we become officials of the Song Dynasty in the future?"

The Song Dynasty was not standardized and could speak, but it could express its meaning.

Zheng Lang smiled. He used to put them in Japan but didn't know the sky and earth, but also placed them on an isolated island in Hangzhou. After a long time in the capital, he finally knew the prosperity of the Song Dynasty. But this prosperity required money and silk to enjoy. If they wanted money, they had no ability to do business, so they had to be promoted.

He said, "Yes, as long as you make meritorious service, not only can you be promoted, but I can also send someone to bring your family to my court to enjoy this wealth."

"Okay." Zhao Bao waved his thick elbow and conveyed Zheng Lang's words. More than 700 people were thunderous.

But Zheng Lang knew that these people were powerful cannon fodder, and only a few could survive. Once they arrived in the capital, as military officers, if they were in the mood of greed for pleasure, they would not be brave Jurchen warriors, or even worse than the Western Army.

It is equivalent to disposable utensils that will lose their effect after use. If you want to use them for a longer period of time, you must not let them get involved in the atmosphere of greed for pleasure and keep them in the north barbaric and fierce. So after coming to the capital, Zheng Lang kept locking them in the military camp for training. He would not let them stay in the capital for a long time, and they would also want to leave.

It doesn't matter.

To Liu Xuanrui, Chang Mingde and Wang Yong said: "You live with them for the time being, practice often, do a preheating, and then I will take you to the northwest."

"Here."

Time passed quickly, and the leader of Shaanxi had not made a decision yet, but Zheng Lang knew that once he made a decision, he would leave the capital. So he made another memorial about the fields in the west.

The military fields of the Song Dynasty were strictly divided into several types.

Military farms are mostly located in Hebei, and even rice is introduced to the north to plant. The harvest is not high, less than one stone per mu, but it is beneficial to water storage and restrict military horses. The military significance is greater than economic significance. Therefore, it gradually declined. As the Khitan was not hostile, these military farms gradually changed from the state's direct management method to the tenant method of farming.

For example, Zhong Shiheng's land was reclaimed in Qingjian City. He reclaimed the land, hired poor households to cultivate, and then paid class rent. This kind of land was positive at the beginning, but it was covered with the shadow of profit from the beginning. Once he wanted to make money from it, everything changed its nature and gradually became overwhelmed by the farming. In the northwest, there were not many people who made a living by farming, but some of them became profit-making. Some generals would take advantage of the pressure of the army to occupy the private arable land. Later, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi wrote letters to stop. Don't have the income from these lands, so as to avoid the conflict of ethnic discord, causing tension in the border and confrontation with the court.

There are also archers fields. Archers do not pay salaries, but they are very dangerous during wars. Sometimes they are transferred from their homes for military tasks and harm their families. So they are allowed to farm, subsidize their families, and support their families.

He also selected fertile land north of the Huai River and set up horse herding prisons as horse farms, but was mostly occupied by powerful people.

Zheng Lang is talking about Yingtian.

It would rather the country give more money to the northwest than let the land be harshly stripped of tenants.

It cannot be made the root of conflict between the people and the court. As long as there are no drawbacks, the benefits will be immediately revealed. The grain comes from the northwest itself and is transported from the south of the Yangtze River. The freight is just a sky-high price. A dou of rice is shipped to Yanzhou, and the freight and loss may reach 300 to 400 cents, which is seven to eight times the price of rice itself!

Talk to Yan Shu.

Yan Shu was a little surprised. He had never thought about the consequences before. He thought for a while and said, "Okay, I immediately ordered the land camping class in Shaanxi to rent no more than one bucket per mu, and not to invade the land of the people."

Zheng Lang still frowned.

"Isn't this okay?"

"Grandpa Yan, even if he orders, no one will follow them. I'd better ask Your Majesty to issue an edict. The edict is more effective than the orders of the Xifu. And, forget it, let's not talk about it."

"What?"

Zheng Lang just didn't answer.

What he thought more was that camping land was just part of the solution. What if the entire Qiang people and the foreign people in Shaanxi were all cultivated?

When they were taught their skills and gave them horses and cattle, the court could invest in buying back a batch of war horses from Tubo and other tribes. The bad and inferior horses among the generals were rewarded to meritorious archers and foreign households loyal to the court, but they were not allowed to slaughter them, but used them to cultivate land and expand farming production.

As long as the village soldiers are supplemented, the court will send troops, but it is not as heavy as before. As long as the arable land is expanded, the grain gap in Shaanxi will not be too large. The damage of the specialty is reduced, and there is no need to eat some moldy rice and Chengu given by unscrupulous merchants.

But once the edict is issued, there will be many tricks. Some generals are brave and will regard good horses as bad horses and sell them to foreign households, which will delay the war.

It is better to have less than more things.

The edict was issued, but the Shaanxi commander had not decided yet.
To be continued...