Chapter six hundred and sixty nine spring breeze
The protagonist is becoming more and more like a Dedolf, but what should I do? There is a small ambiguous relationship with the Dedolf, and so many people are disgusted. Dedolf is just a Dedolf. This is even more accustomed to yesterday.
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Tian Yu stared at Zheng Lang and said, "Mr. Zheng, are you happy?"
"Yes, yes, Mr. Zheng is also a person like them," Zheng Su flattered.
Zheng Lang blushed with a rare face and said, "No, no, I'm still far from it."
He is better than most officials in his job, but he will never be able to live a hard life like Zhuge Liang and Fan Zhongyan. However, in Tian Yu and Zhou Qing and Yuan Tao's hearts, Zheng Lang also reached such a height. Zheng Lang's wisdom, duty, and moral integrity, no matter which height, is daunting.
This sentence finally led to Fan Zhongyan's past life.
Originally, Fan Zhongyan had been working in the two places of Suzhou and Hangzhou, or Jiangdong, and the climate of Jiangdong and Zhejiang was slightly helpful to his health. What he said this evening came to the capital, and Zhao Zhen was first a slander. Who would be the king? If he had such a minister under his command, he would be moved. As for all his ministers, he felt even more uncomfortable, but he would not be able to deny it. If he went to Lingnan, would he dare to inspect the prefectures and counties in Lingnan when the miasma in spring and summer? Moreover, there were various deeds coming one after another. Don’t talk about this, if you change your position, can you give up the glory and wealth of the capital and take the initiative to ask for a deeper place in the south? Do you dare to go to the Khitan alone with the determination to die? It’s really impossible.
Zhao Zhen issued an order, asking Fan Zhongyan to be sentenced to Nanjing as the fair seal of Lu State. He was promoted to another title. However, Fan Zhongyan went to the north, and the cold winter was so cold that he could not stand it. He died of illness next year.
However, although he died in the end, he was better than in history before his death. He was the reign of his life, rather than the miserable death halfway through Xuzhou.
There is another function. After this sentence was passed, no verbal dared to say a word about what Zheng Lang had done in the south. It cannot be said anymore. People have reached the point of being a parent, an official, and a minister. They have a clear conscience. What qualifications do they have to be verbose?
The most funny thing is one thing. Dingyuan magistrate is very harsh and complains, so some gentry gathered the people and stopped the magistrate Shui and asked: "Shui magistrate, are you happy as a human being? Are you happy as a parent official? Are you happy as a minister?"
This incident was a joke in the entire Song Dynasty. After Zhao Zhen heard this, he laughed and dismissed the magistrate and replaced it with a new magistrate to take office.
This sentence finally became the moral standard for officials and scholars of the Song Dynasty, together with Fan Zhongyan, who was worried about the world before they were worried about the world, and became the moral standard of the officials and scholars of the Song Dynasty. At this point, Zheng Lang truly became the two giants in the hearts of a gentleman with Fan Zhongyan.
But then something happened. Zheng Langdecao's evaluation was not as good as Fan Zhongyan, but his evaluation of his achievements was far better than Fan Zhongyan. But that would take a long time.
Another incident happened. After hearing Zheng Lang's words, a girl growing up in the palace laughed foolishly and finally made a great courage. Zhao Zhen was so amused that he was so angry that he jumped three feet away. Later, Zhao Xu applauded and Zheng Lang's reputation was seriously damaged.
In short, this sentence has had a profound impact.
No one knows the thoughts from Zheng Lang's heart, so he naturally said them. Zheng Lang himself did not think about what effect he would have after saying this. He just expressed his evaluation of several emperors, counselors and moral gentlemen. After saying this, it would be over.
He asked again: "Where are some people?"
"They want to take a bath in the river." Zheng Su said.
Not all Jurchens can swim, but the water resources in the Northeast are also very developed, especially those Jurchens bought from the edge of the coastal areas of Liaodong. There are many rivers, and many people can swim. Only some people are afraid of the water. Therefore, there are rumors in later generations that Jurchen cavalry go up and down the river, like covering the plains, each of which can compete with tigers and leopards, and each is even more powerful than tigers and leopards. There is no need to mention wolf, it is a side dish, and can even ride a horse on a tree. But that is impossible.
Zheng Lang said: "Go and call them back."
"Here."
After a while, dozens of foreign soldiers, along with some Song Dynasty soldiers swimming in the river, were gathered by Zheng Lang and summoned other soldiers. Zheng Lang said: "The development and maturity of Xunzhou City is not much harm from malaria, the weather is not too hot, and there are not many mosquitoes. But from now on, if you go down to the river to swim, you must go through my permission."
It's definitely not a joke.
If you want to be safe in the south, you must maintain strict living habits and live in a camp similar to a stilt house. You often bathe with salt water and boil clothes with salt water. You are prohibited from producing any lice. You are also prohibited from eating raw water from anywhere. Mosquito nets must be used from March. Mosquitoes must not be bitten to the maximum extent. If conditions permit, lime must be sprinkled under the camp and you cannot walk barefoot. Swimming is also a dangerous thing. Although some living water is very clean, God knows whether there are mosquito larvae and other bad water bugs below. Once you get infected with some diseases, it is impossible to treat with the current medical conditions.
Miasma may not be as terrifying as the legendary ones. Most of the so-called Gu are fake, but various diseases can be truly fatal factors.
The next day, the inspection began.
Tian Yu and Yuan Tao returned, each of them had their own affairs.
Bao Ke stayed to continue to investigate the case. These two major cases were so great that they could not be clear in less than a month or two.
Cooperating with Bao Ke, Zheng Lang stayed hundreds of soldiers together, obeyed Bao Ke's command and mobilized, and only brought one hundred roman cavalry and Zhou Zhuo on the road. However, one hundred northwest horses were sent to Guangzhou with Zheng Lang's mounts, and the climate was better than inland and the miasma was good. If necessary, they could be transported from the ship to various places at any time, so they were kept there. More than one hundred southern horses were transferred from Guangnan East Road as mounts or pack horses, but the horses had not been sent yet, so they were walking first.
The sun still rises, but from this day onwards, it starts to be different from usual. Spring in Guangdong and Guangxi also truly arrives from this day...
Zheng Lang ended the meeting and wanted to enter Xunzhou City. The officials in Xunzhou were worried and did not know how to receive them. According to the previous rules, when a senior official like Zheng Lang came, he would at least have to clean the road, and then drink, eat, eat, and have good drinks, and have good romances and dances to entertain him. Should I do this? After discussing one by one, I decided that it would be better not to do this.
So there was no Qing Dao. Seeing Zheng Lang with one hundred vanguards, the people in the Tiancheng City were not only talking about the feat of the League. The local people agreed with what Zheng Lang said at the League. The barbarians wanted to get close to the living circle of the Han people. However, they were rejected and looked down upon. The Han people were also afraid of the barbarians. The court did not want to be too much, but did not care about it. There was a serious gap between the two sides. It would be best if everyone was a family. When talking, they were talking about it, and more were Zheng Lang's previous deeds and the courage of the one hundred vanguards in the battle of the Qiandao. Many soldiers were killed and injured, and the one hundred vanguards were unscathed, brave army.
I heard that Zheng Lang entered the city, and all the people on both sides of the street rushed over to watch, consciously leaving a road in the middle, with the crowded sides. A group of Xunzhou officials were sweating profusely after seeing this situation, and then looked at Zheng Lang's face carefully.
Seeing that Zheng Lang was not displeased, he breathed a little relieved. He held a "simple" hospitality in a restaurant. It was not too extravagant, but it was a little more abundant than the usual banquet. Then he looked at Zheng Lang again. He was the prime minister and had huge property in his family. Will he be disgusted with this "vulgar" banquet?
Overestimating Zheng Lang.
I want Zheng Lang to live a drunken and dream-loving life like Xiao Song. Zheng Lang can't do it. If Zheng Lang lives a ascetic life like Fan Zhongyan, it would be better to kill him.
Even if Zheng Lang's requirements for the officials below were not so strict. As long as they did not do too much, Zheng Lang always turned a blind eye. If he did it well, Zheng Lang would immediately give praise, give them confidence and courage. Zheng Lang would mostly let the officials who "turn to justice" go. This is also the reason why he served as prime minister and the east and west governments were efficient, and his subordinates were happy to be used by him. This is exactly the opposite of the various practices of the Qingli New Deal. A few of the gentlemen are strict with themselves and strict with others, and most of them are lenient with themselves and strict with others. Not to mention Ouyang Xiu, Song and Yu Jing, etc., even Fu Bi has this problem. He lives a life of luxury and food, but requires his subordinates to live a hard life like Fan Zhongyan. Will the various officials be full of people?
Zheng Lang's habit in Zhongshu was also brought to Guangdong and Guangxi.
Of course, he hoped to see one or two officials like Hai Rui who dared to entertain him with vegetables, tofu and dried radish. Although he didn't like to eat this kind of food, he didn't mind reusing this bold official. Unfortunately, Zheng Lang stayed in Guangdong and Guangxi for a long time and did not meet a similar official.
Zheng Lang was also satisfied with the hospitality like Xunzhou. After it was spread, a standard was also formed. All prefectures and counties used similar hospitality to entertain Zheng Lang, and they realized that what Zheng Lang was most disgusted with was activities such as Qingdao to worry about the people. Finally, a very common standard was formed, which reversed the atmosphere in the officialdom in Guangdong and Guangxi and maintained for a long time.
After a meal, Zheng Lang went down to check out the living conditions and business situation of the people in the city.
In the evening, Zheng Lang was about to end the inspection. A woman suddenly rushed out with her child in her arms and knelt in front of Zheng Lang. This is the disadvantage of not being clear about the road and it is easy for the people to approach.
"you……"
"Mr. Zheng, you are a good official. Please let my official position go."
"What did your official family do, what's the name?"
"My official is called Lan Feng."
"Dong people?"
"No, Han people."
Zheng Lang suddenly remembered that this time, many of the masterminds behind the scenes were found through the arrested prisoners, but the trial was still ongoing. Some people did not participate directly, but they could not get rid of the responsibility if they contributed money and efforts later. There were even a few powerful men in Zhangzhou and Tingzhou who were afraid that after the successful implementation of the new salt administration in Qianzhou, Fujian Road also implemented this salt administration and joined one after another. Some people in Xunzhou joined, one of them was called Lan Feng.
The woman said again: "My family has father-in-law, mother-in-law, and a few children. Mr. Zheng, you are a good official. If you let my official position go, you will never dare to do it again."
Zheng Lang laughed and asked, "Madam, if you let your official family go, follow the Qiandao, what would those families think? Over the years, the number of soldiers killed officers and soldiers and robbed good women, and thousands of families were harmed. What would their families think? If I hadn't made me meticulous arrangements, I, with two large-scale comforters and hundreds of soldiers, would have become unjust souls under the knife. That's it. More than 70 soldiers died in battle and more than 100 soldiers were injured. What would they think?"
The woman just cried while holding the child.
Zheng Lang said again: "But don't worry, the officials involved will not be spared easily. But only the person responsible for the relevant cases will be investigated. The officials who are not involved will not be involved, and the families, wives, children, and children. This is also the system of the court. Your Majesty is magnanimous, go back."
If Zheng Lang had his first career as a professional, he would have been short of money and money. He would take the opportunity to confiscate his family and destroy his clans, but today, Zheng Lang's personality has actually become more and more gentle. He is not greedy for that amount of money, so that other powerful people can feel sympathy.
The next sentence has not been said, you have a family and a career, but you are not old. When your husband dies, you can find another one.
The woman cried for a while before leaving.
Many local wealthy owners were glad to see this scene, but fortunately they did not participate. Not to mention anything else, just the 60 million yuan of money was spent, and foreign merchants benefited, and they were local tyrants, and the husband's ability was about to be successful, so they benefited even more. Which piece of money is not profitable? Why do you have to go against the wind and be stupid?
But it scared the officials of Xunzhou. Xunzhou seemed to be vast in size, but in fact it could only control less than one-third of the territory in Longchuan and Xingning River, the southeast corner and the entire northwest. Or nominal control, in fact, the barbarians in the deep mountains could not even be restrained. They just wanted them not to cause trouble. The terrain was complicated, and these people were brave. Zheng Lang only led one hundred horses. Now even the horses were sent back to Guangzhou. If someone had bad intentions, could he afford it? Besides, in this industry, the prime minister talked and laughed with his officials, and it seemed not bad. If he wanted to follow his plan, the officials of every state and every county had a thick political achievement. Therefore, he ordered all the yamen runners overnight to immediately rushed to various intersections and conduct strict investigations. Without worrying about the people, he interrogated every suspicious pedestrian to serve as a warning.
However, the next day, another incident came that scared them.
After Zheng Lang left the city, he rushed directly to the northwest and went to a large barbarian tribe.
It was not as serious as they thought. The tribal chief participated in the Xunzhou League and was very attentive to Zheng Lang. Seeing Zheng Lang bringing his subordinates to his village, the clan leader was even more overjoyed and led more than 200 households in the village to welcome him.
I wanted to have a hug from afar, but when I thought of Zheng Lang's identity, I stopped.
Zheng Lang smiled and took the initiative to bring a bear hug, which made him even more happy. He killed pigs and chickens that day, and was entertained warmly, and asked the girls in the clan to perform singing and dancing.
At the end of a grand evening party, Zheng Lang set up a tent outside the village to rest without harassing the villagers. Just a group of people, he asked all the surrounding villages to praise each other. When he set off the next day, countless villages walked down from their respective mountains and saw Zheng Lang off.
It can also be said to be a means, but it is a means. Zheng Lang used his heart. Then he rushed to Changle and Xingning counties. By the way, he looked at the Dayou Lead Field, the Shikeng Lead Field, the Yeming Silver Field, and the Luo Yi Tin Field. This is also the strangest place.
Now the mining technology is backward, and the first one cannot be refined well. Apart from particularly good rich ores, only two or three of the minerals can be extracted, which is mostly wasteful. As for the accompanying ore, fewer can be extracted. Therefore, Zheng Lang clearly knows that many minerals in China are located, and it is far clearer than the distribution of overseas minerals. The country lacks metal minerals such as gold, silver, copper and iron, but it is not mentioned. If it is not opened, it will not be wasted underground, and waste will inevitably be serious once it is opened.
The second is mineral search technology. In fact, there are mineral deposits everywhere, ranging from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, from the Xinjiang Desert, and from the cold to the northern desert. However, the mineral search technology is very backward now, and only open-pit or shallow or deep ore can be explored are powerless. Even if you find it, it is a little deeper, or for various reasons, the veins are broken or fewer, and some simple explorations are ineffective, and you will give up immediately. Therefore, these mines make future generations feel embarrassed.
Unless it is only one point, Zheng Lang insists that there is a 100 million tons of mine here, and at least 20 million tons can be opened. You only have one million tons. It’s still early, so continue to look for it. Then invest a lot of manpower and material resources to find the next veins and continue to mine.
What’s strange is not this, but the distribution of the veins found, which are 90% distributed in remote areas. The restricted areas such as Jinghu South Road and Guangdong and Guangxi account for almost half of the gold, silver, copper, iron, lead and tin ore of the Song Dynasty. Do these mine seekers, like themselves, want to keep the main mine and mine in the future, and only look for veins in remote areas?
The output is not high. Most of the silver mines in the country are floating in the range of more than 60 to 80. Occasionally, new mines are found, and many mines cannot be found and abandoned. The total tax was during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, reaching nearly 900,000 taels. By the Huangyou period, it dropped to more than 200,000 taels. Part of the factor was due to the serious taxation. Zhao Zhen was relaxed in the administration, and the officials below were bold and smuggled away. But it was not all factors. For example, gold output and copper output have been steadily increasing, especially copper. The copper output in the south was more than 10,000 kilograms, while the copper output in the north was only about 10,000 kilograms. The difference was one thousand times. There was another factor in the decline in taxation. No new mines were found, and the old mines were either broken or only some remaining ore were left with low output. In fact, most of the mines still had mines, but they were not found.
Zheng Lang looked at it.
Not very good. In the early Song Dynasty, the class service system was implemented, which was a disguised labor service system, that is, the order was issued that the entrusted households must complete the production scheduled every year, and the remaining ones were allocated by themselves. Of course, officials could not freely allocate many "remaining" entrusted households, so the number of entrusted households was set to the maximum extent. Therefore, the household management often failed to complete the tasks, and even had to go bankrupt and flee. If you encounter Cheng Yaojin, a Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties (Cheng Yaojin was a fictional. The real Cheng Zhijie had a good family background and could not be a private salt dealer and was in prison), I had nothing left. Come on, you corrupt officials. What can you do to me!
In response to this situation, Xue Kui and Liang Shi made adjustments in his own jurisdiction, and the employment system was replaced by the course system. If it were not for Zheng Lang, Bao Zheng would be in charge of the three corpses. He then reported to replace the course system with the employment system. In order to cooperate with Bao Zheng, Zhao Zhen issued an edict to transfer the Shaanxi Transportation Envoy. Tongzhou Tiezhi summoned people to buy it since now, giving private Tiezhi more freedom and convenience. However, the employment system still had many disadvantages. So when Wang Anshi reformed, the 28-cent system was established. The court released minerals and the people prepared their own materials to cook them. The court collected two cents for the minerals they obtained, and the remaining eight cents were sold by the remaining eight cents. The establishment of this system increased the enthusiasm of the pit households, and the output of various metal minerals was almost nine times compared with the time of Emperor Taizong of Song.
Zheng Lang also adopted this progressive regulation when he was in the Secretariat. His steps did not take too much, not 28 points, but 37 points. The court got three, not two, and the household got seven, not eight. It has been implemented in some areas.
Xunzhou mines are still in the same class system as before.
The situation is really bad. It is especially the stone pit lead farm. The class is 50,000 kilograms. The actual total output of the households is less than 47,000 kilograms. The households are in debt every year. Some households go bankrupt and flee as refugees, and the production is reduced. The mining officials dare not report it for political achievements, so they put pressure on the remaining households, and the output is even lower, with an annual output less than 40,000 kilograms.
When the man heard Zheng Lang coming, the man went down to mine. There were only some women left on the mine, holding children one by one, holding wild vegetables and steamed buns in his hands, and tears flowed downwards.
Zheng Lang's little otaku's heart was soft and his eyes were a little wet.
The mine official stood by and did not dare to make a sound.
Zheng Lang was silent for a long time and said, "Everyone, don't cry, listen to an order. From now on, Guangdong and Guangxi will implement the 37 system."
"What is the Three Seven System?"
Zheng Lang explained it and said: "And a certain order for Guangzhou Bank to issue twenty coins as capital to all the cheating households within two months, without any interest within three years. Then the officials of each prefecture and county will issue ten stones of loans to all the cheating households, and repay them in one year, without any interest."
In fact, it is also very troublesome to implement.
Why did the tuition system fail? It is mainly because of the greed of miners, which increases the cost of mine control and implements the 37 system. The responsibilities of the miner are only responsible for checking the total amount of mine mined and refined by the miners, and have no other rights. The income of the miner will inevitably decrease, which will damage all miners' income.
Therefore, Wang Anshi's 28-point system was a meaningful system, but it was opposed and hated by more people.
Zheng Lang implemented the 37 system in Guangdong and Guangxi, and would also be rejected by these mine officials.
However, with the remnant power of the bloody battle of Chengqiandao, it can be carried out smoothly.
"Really, really?" asked an elderly woman with skinny skinny skinny.
"I am the highest official in Guangdong and Guangxi. Can I lie and deceive you? Don't believe it, look," Zheng Lang immediately ordered the guards to bring pens, ink, paper and inkstone, write down this order, and then asked the guards to go back and issue to all the mines in Guangdong and Guangxi.
He leaned on the stone and wrote a memorial to explain the matter. What is the reason? The snare worked hard to mine the country for a year, but after a year, he had no gains, but instead owed a lot of debts to the country. Why?
This is the golden age of God! No, it is the bad iron era!
Zhou Heng stood by and smiled bitterly. The Golden Age of God is the name under your governance. If you say that you don’t suck someone else’s face, you’re sucking your own face. However, from this aspect, you can also see the prime minister’s side of the people. After hearing the news, all the miners came out of the mine and cheered and thanked each one.
Zheng Lang bowed seriously and said, "It is not Your Majesty's fault that I have been the Prime Minister for four and a half years, but I have allowed you to live such a difficult life. Your Majesty is unparalleled and I hope you can live a good life and delegate power to govern the country. The reason for this is my fault. Now what I have done is to make up for the loss, so where can I accept your gratitude?"
Along the way, touching deeds came one by one, and the people of many prefectures and counties were eagerly looking forward to it. The Taixue newspaper wrote a passage like this to promote the brilliance of His Majesty, and to take advantage of the royal brilliance of the prosperous times. Wherever you pass, all things will be revived and the spring breeze is pleasant... (To be continued...)
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