The Song Dynasty looked at each other coldly and said a fair word: "Your Majesty, Wang Ze's demon rebellion, I think it has nothing to do with the Privy Council."

The person who is not holding the responsibility accountable is Lao Qi's son, Zhang Deyi, the governor of Beizhou.

What does the Privy Council have to do with it? Since Zheng Lang took over the Privy Council, it has been calm and cannot be said to be the best period of the Privy Council in the history of the Song Dynasty, but compared with the chaotic Eastern Palace, it is unknown how good it is. Xia Shu's attack is wrong.

If we compare this way, the army will blame the Western Prefecture whenever there is something wrong with it, and the local government will blame the Eastern Prefecture when there is something wrong with it. Who dares to serve as prime minister?

Zhao Zhen looked at the few people.

It is very unfavorable for Xia Xu now. If you want to distinguish, Gao Ruonne will wait for Xia Xu to distinguish. It is best to start arguing and everyone will finish it together. Gao Ruonne strictly speaking, he is not a gentleman. This person has kindness and revenge, and has stubborn personality. In addition, Chen Zhizhong and Xia Xu are incompatible, and Song Xiang and Xia Xu cannot get along, so he established four enemies in a row. He was a little dissatisfied with Xia Xu and did not say anything. Pang Ji spoke, Xia Xu was kind to him, and Xia Xu jumped into the pit and had to pull him out to repay Xia Xu and repay Xia Xu.

There are other thoughts, and the desire to repay kindness is somewhat, and said, "Your Majesty, although the words are wrong, it is also the desire to serve the country with sincerity. I think it is not the Privy Council or Xia Qian, but Jia Chang Dynasty. Before the evil people were discovered, no one noticed it. Moreover, there are many folk religions, and only Buddhism is divided into several sects. Moreover, the demon sect is not the time to argue about who is responsible. First, I issue an edict to not let Jia Chang Dynasty Wang Xin perform indiscriminate killing and stabbing, so as not to harm innocent people."

Is it interesting to be quarrels?

Zhao Zhen said first: "Accurate."

The actual siege of Xia Shu was quietly resolved.

Several people looked at Zheng Lang's expression. Zheng Lang lowered his eyes and said nothing, just as if what happened had nothing to do with him.

Zhao Zhen wrote a draft edict, visiting Beizhou to join the military and civilians. He often caused killings to seek merit and reward. He ordered Jia Changchao, Wang Xin and others to strictly restrain him. Those who violated the military law were engaged in the work. He asked the eunuch to give it to Zeng Gongliang and send the eunuch to Hebei.

Pang Ji also said: "I think the thieves in Beizhou are not very powerful, but they are just a few camps of chaotic soldiers, and some bewitched people are not enough to worry about it. However, Changchao did not understand military affairs, so the generals and soldiers did not obtain the law, so the bandits lived in Beizhou and could not be destroyed. The court should replace the thieves to suppress the bandits as soon as possible."

Zhao Zhen asked: "Pang Qing, who do you think is suitable?"

"Minghao."

Zheng Lang then raised his eyes and looked at Pang Ji.

Ming Hao was once the Shaanxi Transportation Commissioner, famous for building castles and training the Jingbian Army at that time, and then went to Bingzhou to governor. After arriving in Bingzhou, he saw scattered soldiers and brave men on the streets, holding prostitutes for fun. It was not a good idea. However, the prostitute industry in the Song Dynasty was very developed and did not prohibit military prostitutes. On the contrary, he believed that these soldiers had been away from home for a long time and had sex without solving them. Mutinies would arise, and prostitutes would be encouraged to come to the military camp and comfort these soldiers. They would definitely not be able to see the heads of the journey, and soldiers could not afford to spend. These prostitutes were very mediocre and had good looks, but they were all in the same level of generals and officers. They had nothing to do with ordinary soldiers.

Bingzhou was originally a big city, with more military prostitutes. Minghao saw that this was not possible. Bingzhou was not Tokyo Bianliang, but an important city in the north. Once Bingzhou was lost, the entire Hedong would be in danger. What kind of combat effectiveness does such a loose military discipline have?

But this was the system of the Song Dynasty, and he had no choice. Not only did he have no choice, but Zheng Lang had no choice. Li Guang's move was recorded in history, why didn't he make merits? It's not that Li Guang's martial arts skills were not strong, but he was not strict in his military skills and used his courage to show off his abilities, so he often could win and defeat him. It was not that Yue Fei did not love soldiers, but his military was quite strict, so the Yue family army became one of the five most powerful branches in Chinese history. Zheng Lang was also strict in his military affairs, but he had no choice but to govern this military prostitute. So one hundred guards went to the Khitan and stayed for a long time and visited prostitutes. He had no choice but to let the Khitan buy nine subordinates, and the nine were still carefully selected guards.

It happened that there was a dispute in Bingzhou City because of being accustomed to prostitutes. Some people were jealous and killed a soldier and several prostitutes with weaker combat power. Some people complained, and Minghao only said one sentence: "Where did he come to the army?"

Why did you prostitutes come to our army? This is the saying that most of the military prostitutes dispersed. They didn't want to betray them. They came to the military camp because they were not good-looking and could not compete for those young and beautiful girls. There was also a turtle man at home and a children who had to wait for their support. They were not here to fight for their own hard work. Most of them had dispersed.

As soon as the military prostitute left, and he trained his army quite strictly, the soldiers in Bingzhou were completely renewed. It was fake that Yang Kaikai trained his army, and Ming Hao was the real trainer. Therefore, he was promoted to Kaifeng Prefecture.

Is a good candidate?

However, Ming Hao and Pang Ji were in the northwest for a long time and had a close relationship. I recommended Ming Hao to go, because Pang Ji was selfish.

But Zheng Lang only took a look and closed his eyes again.

His expression made everyone very puzzled. Could it be that Zheng Lang thought it was easy to destroy the king? Of course, before the critical moment, the country could not use a prime minister of the Western Prefecture to suppress the thief, what would it be?

Zhao Zhen issued a second edict, asking Minghao to go to suppress the thieves as the Hebei scale pacifier.

The most wonderful thing is Xia Shu. In addition to the beginning of saying that the Privy Council had a dereliction of duty, no matter what Gao Ruonai, or Song Xiang and Pang Ji said, he did not speak from beginning to end. It was not until the two edicts were issued that he said: "Your Majesty, in order to treat the soldiers, the people and officials, our dynasty will reward the world when we hold a grand ceremony in the southern suburbs. It was originally once a few years, but later it was once every three years. It was only an ordinary four sergeant with twenty sergeant with twenty sergeant with twenty sergeant with Gongsheng Shenyong and other soldiers, fifteen sergeant with Xiongwuxiashun and other soldiers, thirteen sergeant with Guangde Qingshu and other soldiers

The soldiers such as the Soldiers of Guangjie were eight guan, the Soldiers of Guangrui were seven guan, the Soldiers of Shenwu, the Soldiers of Pojie were six guan, the other bans and soldiers, the village soldiers, Changwu, and the rewards ranged from five guan to hundreds of cents. The amount was huge, and the rewards were not equal. The soldiers were not necessarily very happy. The most were happy, and the few complained. Moreover, the number of soldiers was at most, and the treasury was half of the expenses, and the military treasury was empty. The tuitions of the ten families of the central people were only rewarded by one soldier. However, Your Majesty’s sacrifices in the southern suburbs were even more secret. Please think about it after all."

Not to mention that the Nanjiao Festival is not good, it is taken from the people and used for the people. A Nanjiao Festival is not only aimed at soldiers, but also the people and officials. Xia Shu’s personality has the courage to say cancellation. However, the national treasury is empty, mainly the three departments. The second is the East Prefecture.

Therefore, Xia Shun said the number of times it should be reduced.

"Absolutely, please disperse me."

After going to the Western Prefecture, Gao Ruonai asked Pang Ji dissatisfiedly: "Your reputation is everywhere, why are you favoring your own personal gains because of your business?"

Xia Shu is good to you, but you can't ignore the country and mix with him.

Pang Ji sighed and said, "Brother Minzhi, the most urgent task is to suppress the rebellion. Whose fault is the quarrel, and what is the point? Could it be that because of your words, Your Majesty demoted Changchao and Xia Shu to Lingnan?"

He was demoted to the local government as a magistrate. After a while, the emperor wanted to use it, who could stop him?

Gao and Na's voice are stuttering.

He turned his head to look at Zheng Lang again.

What did Zheng Lang say? The key is Zhao Zhen’s idea. He was care about his old love, so he took care of Jia Changchao and Xia Shu. He was either preparing to assign himself as prime minister to create a small constraint in the court, or simply treat him as a kind of investigation. Zheng Lang didn’t think clearly, so why bother to interrupt.

Zheng Lang's enemy was not Xia Shu. Xia Shu just wanted to fight for the Prime Minister. Once He Tan and other ministers returned to the court, they would impeach one after another. Xia Shu lost the hope of becoming the Prime Minister and there was no need to be his own enemy.

His biggest enemy is Jia Changchao, not Xia Shu.

He whispered: "Brother Minzhi, get ready."

The war has not ended, and the need to dispatch troops and distribute supplies is mostly a matter within the duties of the Xifu.

However, Wang Yiyong asked in a low voice: "Xingzhi, can Minghao go here be successful?"

"Brother Ji, you also know that I have not shared Minghao and I don't know how capable he is, how dare I make an assertion easily? However, Your Majesty's intention is to ask Minghao to be the North-level Pacifier to be responsible for the suppression of the bandits with Jia Changchao. I personally think it is inappropriate. Jia Changchao is not just like Ouyang Xiu said, but he was only a Jinshi. This person did not do well in the imperial examination, but he had a deep understanding of classics and was beyond the reach of ordinary people. However, he was not good at government affairs and military affairs. As long as Jia Changchao was in Daming Mansion, the suppression of bandits will not be so easy this time."

Then he glanced at Pang Ji, and I acquiesced to help Xia Su, and did not use Gao Ruone's impeachment to incite the flames and smear Xia Su, but you also understand.

This is the temple.

Several prime ministers stopped talking and began to deal with government affairs.

Under the leadership of Zheng Lang, the matters related to the bandit suppression will be arranged in a short while.

At the following price, Zheng Lang returned home.

Sanniang took Cui Xian and the others to prepare New Year's goods, talking and laughing. Seeing Zheng Lang coming back, Cui Xian greeted him and asked in a low voice: "Official, what about the thief in Beizhou?"

"Some troublesome," said Zheng Lang.

It was not what Pang Ji thought, don’t explain Hao, don’t say that Jia Changchao was restraining him, and there was also Gao Jilong who knew half or not. Even Di Qing went to wipe him out without any restraint, and it would take some effort.

As soon as he spoke, Zhang Fangping came to visit again.

Because of the conflict with Wu Yu, people still say that he turned to Jia Changchao, which made him very depressed.

Sitting down, Zhang Fangping said, "Your student is amazing."

"That student?"

"Wang Anshi."

"He," Zheng Lang smiled. Among the students, the one who valued the most was Wang Anshi and Sima Guang. He had just received a letter from Wang Anshi. The letter said two things, one was to report the process of the food. He was just a small county magistrate, but he vaguely felt that if the handling was not done well, Zheng Lang would have some minor trouble in the court.

Hangzhou clearly marked the price and high prices to collect grain, which was even more sensational than in history. Countless merchants transported grain from various parts of Jiangnan to Hangzhou. However, the rice prices in Hangzhou and Shanxian were half different, and then transferred them to Shanxian. Even maritime merchants transported grain to Shanxian. As for merchants, they went for profit and did not sell grain of 3,000 min per stone, so why did they sell grain of 1,500 min per stone?

Wang Anshi warmly welcomed him. When the grain arrived in Shan County, it gradually became more and more abundant and could not be placed on the ship all the time. Wang Anshi took the initiative to build many granaries for them, collecting their benefits, so that they could put the grain in the granary for free.

The grain merchants were all moved to tears, and they almost gave the banner. After the grain entered the warehouse, Wang Anshi was afraid of being upset, so he simply handed over the granary to the merchants. You hired someone to take care of the granary yourself, and I wouldn't interfere. How great it would be.

The food is accumulating more and more, and the merchants are not in a hurry. It is still early, and there will be a spring famine next year.

At this time, news suddenly came from Shan County that the rice price in Hangzhou was only 1,500 cigarettes per stone, and transporting it for half of the cost. Why buy local grain 3,000 cigarettes per stone? Those who can transport grain were big grain merchants from all over the country, and there were also big local households. But their grain had already been almost done, and there were more small and medium-sized merchants, and even some hawkers. They rode their boats together and drove to Hangzhou to transfer the grain. Even if they didn't have to be too much, they would have a considerable profit for selling it for 2,000 cigars.

The merchants felt something was wrong and joined forces to ask Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi replied: "I allow you to sell grain at a high price. This is sold to the people, but I have no right to use the county treasury to buy grain. Besides, how much money can the county treasury have?"

But Wang Anshi took advantage of others, so he used some money to buy a batch of high-priced grain and used this grain to hire poor people to overhaul water conservancy. As a result, not only the poor people were poor, but even the people of third and fourth households participated. After all, it was more than 2,000 yuan per stone of grain, saving a little bit. As a result, the entire Shan County labor force was working.

Some merchants felt something was wrong. They were anxious, not from one place, and the tacit alliance collapsed and they rushed to sell at low prices. The psychology of the Chinese people is probably the psychology of all human beings. Seeing that the price is rising, they are afraid that it will continue to rise and rush to buy. Once the price drops, they hope that it will fall again, and fewer people will buy it. They started to squeeze toothpaste. After a day, there were almost no fewer stones of grain sold in the entire Shan County. What was so fatal, the grain transported from overseas alone reached more than 300,000 stones, and most of it was transferred to Shan County. Don’t talk about spring famine. If this continues, there will be a major disaster for the whole year and the grain will not be sold.

The price of grain quickly fell to 1,500 people, which was comparable to Hangzhou. For the wealthy Yuezhou, Mingzhou, Hangzhou, Xiuzhou, Suzhou, and Huzhou, this price can even be barely accepted by the fifth-class households. But how can people be satisfied? Including Hangzhou's grain sales also fell slowly. If it fell from the beginning, so much grain would not have flowed in. Now that the grain is transported, wouldn't it be a life to fall?

Then the officials of the two Zhejiang provinces joined forces to control the number of ships, especially for the incoming and outgoing ships in Cao'ejiang. Small boats were allowed to pass, and large ships were strictly inspected. They dared not let the ships enter, but they deliberately delayed their entry speed. In addition, there was a shortage of labor in Shan County, and some grain merchants wanted to transfer the grain back. One was short of labor and the other was short of ship transportation. They were helpless and could transport them away, but the freight fee would be very high. At this time, Wang Anshi secretly found some local wealthy families and negotiated with them.

Some time ago, you sold grain at a sky-high price of 3,000 ciders per stone, and made a lot of money. But it is impossible for Jiangnan to encounter such floods every year. When the harvest is coming next year, there will be only 300 ciders of grain at a bumper harvest. Now it is time for you to repay.

With both soft and hard force, the grain was directly dropped to 1,000 ci. The grain price in Shan County reached 1,000 ci. There were more small and medium-sized merchants in Hangzhou, and in turn moved the grain from Shan County to Hangzhou. When the grain merchants in Hangzhou saw that it was wrong, they didn’t need you to move it. We should do it ourselves and just drop the price.

After several twists and turns, the rice price in Shan County dropped to 700 cents, and it would not work if it was not lost. Especially those maritime merchants, they were not interested in grain, and the money they earned was only secondary products, so they had to get rid of it early. The grain price in Hangzhou also dropped to 900 cents. It was still falling. Even the grain in Runzhou and other places continued to drop to 1,000 cents.

It is still the beginning. After the New Year, the price of grain may drop by one or two hundred people. Unlike history, because the imperial court lacked grain reserves, even if it was more than one thousand people per stone, it continued to ask Jiangnan to ship grain to Shaanxi, which reduced the effect of this trick. However, now the imperial depots have some reserved grains, and the price of rice in Jiangnan is so high, so there is no expectation for Jiangnan food. In other words, after the New Year, the disasters in Jiangnan will be completely solved. Even if there are high-priced grains in some areas, as long as the officials are organized properly, they can be controlled within 1,000 yuan.

This is what Zhang Fangping said.

Wang Anshi made great contributions this time.

But it was not only this matter that made Zheng Lang happy, but also another thing. Wang Anshi raised a question to Zheng Lang in his letter. He often had letters with Sima Guang, and Wang Anshi said that the traitor of merchants was the biggest culprit of harming the country and the people. In this way, the price of grain would rather the people starve to death than refuse to sell grain. There was also the specialty of tea, salt, wine and alum, which made the merchants mess up. They believed that these should be handed over to the state. Sima Guang replied that he opposed it, believing that one harm would have benefit. If there was no commercial tax and the court's redundant expenses were not found in previous dynasties, then the country would not be a country. If it was handed over to the state for business, the officials would be even more serious.

Both of them have a bit one-sided understanding, but the most gratifying thing is that they often communicate with letters. As long as these two people do not become enemies, the Song Dynasty will not have the most serious division in the future. Zheng Lang seriously wrote a reply to the two.

He said he was a student, but his actual age was not much different, so Zheng Lang always regarded them as friends.

"Wang Anshi will be a strange creature in the Song Dynasty in the future," said Zhang Fangping.

Zheng Lang laughed again, saying that it was indeed difficult for the Song Dynasty to have a person with Wang Anshi. However, Zheng Lang was very funny when he thought of Zhang Fangping's hatred for Wang Anshi in history. But now Zhang Fangping is very grateful to Wang Anshi. The food matters are also related to the three departments. Wang Anshi shared many responsibilities for Zhang Fangping.

He said: "Brother An Dao, I will send someone to review the Guocang."

“Why?”

"The greater the heavens, the greater the courage of these officials. Just take advantage of the opportunity of the censors to check the warehouse, you will check the grain warehouse. There is little resistance and shock these minor officials." Zheng Lang said. Food is still critical. There will be disasters next year, or a major disaster. The country must have food in its hands so that there will be no chaos at that time. The reason cannot be said, but it will be another statement.

"Xingzhi, should we transfer him to the Sansi?"

Zheng Lang was surprised. Zhang Fangping said Wang Anshi, it turned out that he was trying to attack Wang Anshi?

It is not impossible. When the Jiangnan incident comes, it will be enough to enter the Sansi with this merit. But Zheng Lang thought for a while and said, "No need, let him search the local area for a few more years."

“Why?”

"Brother Andao, local surveying is very important. How many years have I been surveying it in local surveying?"

Zhang Fangping did not agree very much, but did not object. Even if Wang Anshi was transferred to the Sansi, the court was frequently transferred, and he might not have been in the Sansi at that time. The two chatted for a long time before Zhang Fangping left the Zheng family.

But the country's sight is still focused on Bayern State.

Beizhou was fighting fiercely, and the Khitan envoy arrived in the capital. As before, the Khitan mother sent Anfu army to stay in the queen Yelu Shou, the Western Hemen envoy Zheng Quanjie, and the Liao Xingzong sent Yelu Fang, the left Qianniu Guard General, and the right counselor, Han Jiong, to celebrate Zhengdan.

The emperor of Liao Kingdom was still good. His mother made him miserable and still obeyed filial piety. Xiao Nojin was sick and immediately went to visit him. Dongyue led his ministers to worship his mother. But Xiao Nojin was even more strange. No matter what Liao Xingzong did, he wanted Yelu Chongyuan to usurp the country of Liao Xingzong and his son.

Zhao Zhen held a banquet to entertain the Liao envoy, and the Liao Kingdom was defeated by the Xixia people, and his heart was very weak. The Song Dynasty rebelled constantly, and Zhao Zhen was also guilty. He was sympathetic and respected each other very much. After the fourth envoy sat down, Han Jiong suddenly said to Zheng Lang: "Mr. Zheng, Your Highness, King Liang, misses Mr. Zheng very much, and wrote a private message to me to bring it to you."

Zheng Lang knew all four envoys. Not only were they, except for the rising stars, he knew all the important officials of the Khitan, but Zheng Lang's face changed slightly, and letters were also OK. Why did he say it on this occasion?

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