The Khitan envoy did not come, and the Battle of Aganhe did not begin.

Fan Zhongyan asked the Privy Council and Xuanhui Court to send hundreds of empty names to each person, and to fill in the urgent letters to persuade the rewards and surrender to the foreign tribes.

That is, the Privy Council and Xuanhui Court gave 100 blank blanks to Huanqing Road. Fan Zhongyan recruited the British tribes on Huanqing Road. As long as these rebellious and disobedient British tribes in the territory surrendered to the court, they used these blanks to give entrusted books and gave them the orders and granted some small officials in the shortest time.

It was an official of the Song Dynasty. If he rebelled, he would have great justice to be punished.

In the past, the imperial court treated these foreign tribes more well, granting some small officials and rewarding some money during festivals. The money was not much. The cost of a small official was at most ten bans, and a tribe was often settled.

However, the time is too slow, and it often takes several months to get news. These people either surrender or rebel, and do not use the heat to strike the iron. After a few months, they don’t know what will happen. For example, he saw the benefits of the market. Otherwise, if he rebels again, what can the court do?

Under the leadership of Zheng Lang, whether Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan or Pang Ji, he was more cautious about ethnic issues. It is hard to say that the border achievements were civil officials, not military strategists. It was too difficult to achieve such beautiful achievements as Zhang Kang, Gao Jixuan and Zhang Ji, but Yuan Hao was far from being able to control the people in one area.

Then Han Qi wrote to the court and made a request.

Anyway, the cost is not much, and it is not a real court official. It costs a lot to give one person a year, but it doesn't give it, and they usually give some rewards to comfort their hearts. Some foreign tribes, such as the mother's family of Mu Rong, the Mu tribe's wife, and the people of the Mu tribe, killed and looted people. The court only compromised and did not dare to enter the village to arrest people.

But the Mu family left the monarch and ministers speechless in the court. After this woman followed Yang Wenguang to Shaanxi, she killed 19 enemy enemies with her, and Yang Wenguang himself killed only 12 enemy enemies. As a result, many legends appeared among the people, and a laughable and hilarious drama appeared in the capital city's tile.

Influenced by Zheng Lang, the zaju began to be long-form. Some vashe bosses took out money and hired poor literati to write zaju to attract customers. Their artistic achievements still could not keep up with the Yuan opera, but enriched the cultural and spiritual life of the people of the Song Dynasty.

This drama is very long. It says that Yang Wenguang went to Murong Village to meet the young lady of the Murong family on his mother's order. Yang Wenguang was arrogant and Mu made a request to compete with the three-way match, shoot arrows immediately, and listen to whoever wins. As a result, Yang Wenguang lost all three battles. Then he knelt on the washboard to admit his mistake.

Somehow, it was reported to Huanqing that Yang Wenguang assisted his wife to the Murong clan to celebrate New Year's Day. After seeing this zaju drama of Sibuxiang, she was furious and her wife spoke kindly to comfort her. Only then did Yang Wenguang relieve her anger. However, because of Yang Wenguang's relationship, the Murong clan is now in a honeymoon relationship with the Song Dynasty.

It is just one of the complex things in the northwest. The big event that caused a sensation in the world began.

Imperial Examination!

The talented Hanlin scholar Nie Guanqing was a tribute judge, Hanlin scholar Wang Gongchen, Su Shen, and Wu Chong. Tianzhang Pavilion waited for Gao Ruonne and the power of the tribute judge.

But the most eye-catching ones are Zheng Lang’s two students.

The victory in the northwest pushed Zheng Lang's fame to the peak. Zheng Lang's approach to rejecting Duke Qin was very wise and made great contributions. He was in his twenties and was jealous of Duke Qin.

So let’s see how Zheng Lang’s two students performed.

In response to this, Zheng Lang wrote a letter and said only one sentence, his heart was calm and he was naturally cool.

You should have a good attitude, be calm and don’t think about anything else. Some students are very talented, but once they arrive at the exam room, they cannot perform well, and Fu Bi is like this.

Wang Anshi was not worried. He had a big heart, but Yan Rong was worried about.

However, Yan Rong should be better than other students. He has seen many worlds with him, and as Chen Zhizhong's son-in-law, his horizons will be higher than other students.

February is time to release the charts, and students come to the list to view the list.

Looking up from the last place, when it reached the 98th place, Yan Rong's name appeared.

Wang Anshi couldn't help but beat Yan Rong, and Wang Anshi was also a little worried about this junior brother. He was very quiet and gentle, but his talent was not the kind of person who was so sharp. The teacher went to the northwest again and could not guide him. Yan Rong could only learn by himself for more than a year. Wang Anshi didn't say anything in his heart before the imperial examination, but he was still a little worried.

Keep reading.

He is looking at the list, and many people are looking at him.

Yan Rong was very happy, and the other students disagreed. They were only ranked 98th. As Zheng Lang's student, it was not a good one, so what to be happy about...

But they don’t understand that they are not ranked high, but in recent years, once they become officials, how many students can catch up with his ability to govern the government?

A beautiful little maid squeezed over and said with a gaze: "Congratulations to Xiaolang."

It was Chen Zhizhong's maid who was the daughter of Chen Zhizhong. Chen Zhizhong went to Hangzhou and did a good job. He was transferred back as the bachelor of the Zizheng Palace in Henan Prefecture.

It was also the tragic part of the Song Dynasty system. After only a few months of being in trouble, how can we tell whether it was good or bad?

Just as the results were released, Chen Zhizhong went to Luoyang, and the family was still in the capital.

Once Yan Rong went to high school, the two families would discuss the marriage.

After the maid said that, she happily squeezed out of the crowd and reported the good news to her lady sitting in the sedan chair.

The two little sisters sat in the sedan chair and smiled, and the list continued to roll upwards, but Wang Anshi never appeared.

But Yan Rong and Wang Anshi were very calm. Yan Rong ranked 98 in high school, how could Wang Anshi fail the exam?

It was not until the third place that Wang Anshi's name appeared.

But after saving the yuan, there was another uproar, Luzhou Yang Qian.

The one who was in an uproar was not Yang Qian, but his brother Yang Cha, his brother was in the palace of Tanhua, and his brother also studied in the Yuan Dynasty. Could it be that the Song Dynasty would have another pair of Song Dynasty?

There is another person who is also eye-catching. Han Jiang is the sixth in high school. No one thought deeply, but Zhao Zhen summoned all four people to the palace. First, he asked Han Jiang, who participated in the tribute as a county magistrate. Zhao Zhen asked about the affairs in Hangzhou.

Han Jiang said everything he knew.

Although his greed once made Zhao Zhen speechless, he was very satisfied with Han Jiang's promise.

I also need to ask, especially what safety supervision brings to the local area.

The court was already selling 50% of the shares of Ping Anjian, and it was not really worthy of its value. I would also ask about it.

He turned his head to look at Wang Anshi and asked, "What do you think of Northwest Military Affairs?"

The question was a bit tricky, and Zheng Lang was on Jingyuan Road. As a student, he was not very easy to answer. Wang Anshi was not nervous and replied slowly: "Although the northwest is a great victory, it will not last long."

“Why?”

"Your Majesty. It's financial."

"What Zheng Qing said to you?"

"No, the bachelor's occasionally writes letters to me, mostly about academic matters. The bachelor's degree in Northwest Affairs mentioned it a little. With the bachelor's idea, if the Xia bandits are disintegrated, it must be consumed for a long time, but his tone is very pessimistic. I thought of finance, Your Majesty is respectful and frugal, smart and wise. I am in charge of politics, and I sleep all night long, without any slackness for a day, and I can watch and play the good things. Be kind to the people and love things in the world, which is the blessing of the people in our dynasty, but it is also your Majesty's weakness. Yuan Hao can ignore the lives and deaths of the people in the country, but Your Majesty cannot ignore the people in the country."

Zhao Zhen blushed a little, and most of them could be regarded as worthy of praise. Then he felt a little sad. The battle lasted very long. Why did Yang Kai’s nonsense indirectly acquiesce to Yang Kai’s nonsense? It was precisely considering finance.

During the Han and Tang dynasties, the battle ended for several months.

Even so, Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty were defeated and demoted Wu, which still brought many problems to the Han and Tang Dynasty.

But in the Song Dynasty, although it was richer than the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Han and Tang Dynasties often used 300,000 troops in the entire Shaanxi like this, and it would take three, four, five years.

If it weren't for the two great victories that covered up hundreds of ugly things, even Zhao Zhen would have been gradually discouraged.

He couldn't help but ask: "How to solve the problem of finance?"

"Reduce money and increase revenue," Wang Anshi replied calmly.

Zhao Zhen said silently. Zheng Lang, Kaiyuan, has done it well. Zhao Zhen is very grateful for this. He immediately sold the Qi shares and found that the financial department of Xiusanbaiqu was established. A safety supervision can directly and indirectly increase the income of the court by nearly 10 million yuan in a year.

If there were no such tens of millions of yuan, Zhao Zhen would have a cold war when he thought about it.

Zheng Lang didn't dare to say much about the reduction, but Zhao Zhen also understood that it was easier said than done, especially at this time, domestic stability, officials, reform systems, and layoffs. That's all possible?

Movement will cause a lot of noise.

Wang Anshi said again: "And talents."

“Talent?”

"Your Majesty is a talent. Before the imperial examination, China had only two ways to employ people. One was to recommend talented people, and the other was to recommend good people. After the Tang Dynasty, although talented people were recommended, they were gradually ignored and replaced by imperial examinations. The family and martial arts still exist. Our dynasty used the Tang Dynasty to use the Tang Dynasty examples, and the imperial examinations were gaining weight. Confucianism's great powers encompass everything, and to study things to lead knowledge, and to manage the family and govern the country. However, after the Han Dynasty, Confucianism focused on interpreting the meaning of the words and sentences, but ignored the way to investigate things to lead knowledge. Even if there was a rule of the country, it was empty and empty, and even if there was a knowledge, it was just a person and oneself."

"It's right, keep talking," Zhao Zhen nodded.

Why did Zheng Lang see distant minerals, gunpowder, sugar, and various strange techniques when he looked at Confucianism?

"When a scholar distinguishes Buddhism, he recommends the Diamond Sutra very much, because the Diamond Sutra has its own words, and all sages are different by the law of inaction. This is a spirit of tolerance and absorption. Although all schools of thought are abolished and Confucianism is needed, the strengths of each school and sect may also be absorbed. For example, prison officials can absorb the meaning from the Legalists. Generals can absorb the way of peace from the military strategists. All the ministers can absorb some of the management techniques from the merchants to use them for Qi. Officials in charge of local governments can absorb the agriculture from the farmers and teach them

The art of harvesting grain for the people. The etiquette of the people can absorb astronomy from the Yin and Yang families to adapt to the celestial phenomena and make suggestions. The envoys who send to the enemy country can absorb the art of tongue and distinguish the tongue from the vertical and horizontal families to gain the big ones. Furthermore, the country also uses officials and uses officials for the service. It is not right. Even if there are skilled craftsmen, big merchants, and talented people, they will never be able to devote themselves to the court. One of them can be selected to make up for the missing and pick up the remains of each department, which is also the meaning of selecting talents and acquiring good people in ancient times."

Simply put, you can use the imperial examination to select students, but you cannot use the imperial examination to select students. Select some capable people from the people to enter the officialdom, look at their strengths, and then take the position of the department to help Shangguan make the best decisions.

Wang Anshi's thoughts gradually matured, and his explanations about this part of talents also showed the shadow of his later introduction to Zhao Zhen's Wanyan Book.

It is not very mature yet, but it is more practical than the famous quote, which is also a subtle influence of Zheng Lang.

It is impossible to defeat the Western Xia like the Han and Tang Dynasties.

He could only adopt Zheng Lang's slow consumption strategy to waste the people of Xixia alive.

But this consumes the country and needs sufficient finance.

If the country would have an extra 30 million yuan a year, it would be fine if it would take ten or twenty years with the people of Xixia. It would not take twenty years. As long as it took ten years, Xixia would be dragged down alive.

But the Song Dynasty continued to spend ten or twenty years?

How can the country have sufficient finance? Wang Anshi said that it will increase revenue and reduce talents.

This is basic.

One policy and two policies were made, and one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand guan was not enough for Zheng Lang to put a pile of gunpowder in Shimenchuan.

Zhao Zhen said nothing again for a long time. It obviously affected Zhao Zhen's mood and said, "You guys go back and take the palace exam."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," four men came out in a row.

So the attendant of Tianzhang Pavilion Lin Yu said that he was in trouble.

Lin Yu was very proficient in Yi. Zhao Zhen once issued an edict to ask him to compile the "Zhouyi Tianrenhui Yuanji", which wrote that the year, month and day of the emperor ascended the throne, and he should use the hexagram to predict good and bad luck, and he also said that the Qian hexagram must be straight before he can ascend the throne.

When it comes out, Jia Changchao immediately said that what he said is absurd.

How could the emperor become the emperor? It was the old emperor who died, either usurped the throne or overthrew the old dynasty to ascend the throne. That was not a fire-burning thing? It was to successfully inherit the throne as the prince of the East Palace. In addition to Zhao Zhendu, there were also many princes around the prince who were eyeing him. He could also wait slowly for the year, month and day, and then he had to divine the Qian hexagram before he could ascend the throne. That would have to wait for five or ten years? Such a country must have major problems.

He started to divine the divination for Zhao Zhen again, and said, "The emperor ascended the throne. The hexagram is direct and requires it. The image says that the gentleman is happy with food and banquets. I hope that Your Majesty will have frequent banquets and enjoy the best beauty of water and land."
To be continued...