These are all words in Zheng Lang's mind for a long time.

It’s not very profound. On the contrary, it’s a bit untimely to say it on such an occasion. But after saying it, everyone was quiet.

After the capital meeting was dispersed, Zheng Lang went home.

I had to go home because there was still a wedding at home to be hosted.

Since Zheng Ping got married, her two adopted sons had two marriages under the leadership of Cui Xian. Zhao Zhen had not passed away at that time, and although Zheng Lang was in Yunzhou, his influence was extraordinary. However, Cui Xian was very rational and did not look for any famous family.

Zheng Ru and Zheng Yan have a weakness. They are not Zheng Lang's biological son. The adopted son is actually the biological son in this era. There is a difference, otherwise Zhao Shu would not have been so troubled. With Zheng Lang's status, he could have reached two wealthy families. However, Cui Xiansi was worried that something bad would happen in the future. Besides, the qualifications of the two adopted sons were not very good, so Zheng Lang did not dare to let them participate in the imperial examination.

After thinking hard for a long time, he took the initiative to lower the conditions. He was a middle-aged official family, but his family conditions were good. This is very important. If the material conditions were not good, should the other party agree or refuse? Secondly, it doesn’t matter if his family background is a little inferior. The woman himself cannot be too bad. Regardless of appearance or character, it is best not to be too far from Zhengzhou. After searching, he found two families in Caizhou and Jingji, one was the youngest daughter of Li Dao, the second daughter of Zhao Bing, the magistrate of Ruicheng.

They are considered middle-aged people, but the two women are beautiful and elegant and virtuous. Cui Xian sent someone to visit the door and then sent a matchmaker to propose marriage. The two families would definitely not refuse. The marriage was booked. But with a series of stories, Sanniang first passed away, and Siniang and Wuniang later.

For the sake of the country, love can be seized, but this Dingyou period still exists. At least during the Dingyou period, there can be no festive stories. Then the marriage was delayed, and this delay was almost six years. The children of both sides were older. Wu Niang's Dingyou period was over, and the Li and Zhao families sent people to urge them.

So many things happened this year. It is still not a good time to hold a big wedding, but the woman cannot wait any longer. Therefore, Cui Xian agreed to host the two marriages at the end of the twelfth lunar month, so that Zheng Lang could use his power to walk on a back door that was not a back door, and let Li and Zhao go to Beijing to reconcile their positions. By the way, parents of both parties were there and the two marriages were grandly held.

Zheng Lang returned home and asked.

Cui Xian replied in detail. Then she complained: "Official, when will you end?"

"It's almost done. It's time for Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow."

"You may not be able to relax before the Dragon Boat Festival next year."

"That would be easier, but it would be much better than now. Besides, the public opinion outside forces me to stop. Otherwise, if I continue to change, it will be a big mistake."

"That's right, if you have a big country, what kind of strength do you have to support it?"

The people in the house were busy preparing for the betrothal gifts, and Zheng Lang, Cui Xian and Xing'er were talking in pieces. Cui Xian said again: "The Zhao family next door is going to Hangzhou. The house wants to be sold. Once the two children get married, they have to learn to live a life of **. Should they buy it?"

"This, so, ask the market price of nearby houses, and you can buy it. It must be higher than the market price, it can only be higher or not lower."

"Why?" Si'er said.

"Si'er, think about the house Zhang Fangping bought."

"Officials, why? I don't understand why the older the official, even if you buy something, it's more expensive than others." Huan'er said.

"Huan'er, is Renzong the emperor?"

"yes."

"Is it a good emperor?"

"yes."

"Then why did he live so hard as the emperor?"

"It's different. People all admit that he is a good emperor, but look at how many people say you are a good husband now?"

"That's what Renzong said when he died. When Renzong was alive, how did those verbal officials say Renzong in person?"

Huan'er was speechless, Cui Xian said: "Don't talk about Huan'er anymore, our family is not short of this money."

Cui Xian said again: "Or I will ask tomorrow. If the agreement is made, I will open up the two houses so that the guests will come. The home will be small and crowded."

"OK."

While talking, the guest outside reported that Sima Guang was asking for a meeting. Zheng Lang said, "Let him come in."

Sima Guang came to the living room and said to Zheng Lang: "Mr. Zheng, I was wrong."

Zheng Lang just sighed. The last one I said in the city today was to deliberately target him, but he did not criticize him by name. At this time, Zheng Lang did not explain, because he had explained it long ago. He said it before, and he said it the year before, and it was mentioned this dispute between the north and the south. The Song Dynasty established itself on the basis of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, most of the founding fathers were in the north and the most powerful, and they were vested interests. The south was Qian Yue, the Southern Tang, the Southern Han, and the Jingchu. It was then unified, and its status was definitely not as good as that of Heshuo.

Jingluo. Once reformed, the most touched were the powerful and powerful in the north. Therefore, in terms of reform ideas, the scholars and officials in the north were relatively conservative. Sima Guang said that the southerners were cunning, whether they were smart or smart, or because of their geographical conditions, after the founding of the country, the south was not only more economically than the north, but gradually the cultural education was also more advanced than the north. Xiang Liangzhe and Fujian each time the imperial examinations were enrolled in a large number of scholars. The southeast had a vague trend of coming from behind in all aspects. This was the result of the creation of the body.

If you want to use the imperial examination to select scholars, the better the economic conditions in the south, the more developed the education will be, and the more scholars will be hired, unless you do not recognize this system. Undoubtedly, the rise of the south made many old nobles in Heshuo feel disappointed. Zheng Lang's view of this is very objective, and it may not be as good as the southerners or as bad as the people in the south. The nobles of Heshuo of the Song Dynasty successfully blocked Wang Anshi's reform. Of course, the result was that the Jin Dynasty went south and the Yuan and Meng went south. The entire Central Plains were like boiling water. There was no superiority in front of these tyrants. Similarly, the inappropriate guidance was that the powerful and nobles in the south led wolves into the house, the real Japanese pirates and fake Japanese pirates made the people in the southeast live in poverty, bit by bit, and finally became a prisoner of the Qing Dynasty. They were prisoners, and they wanted to be slaves, but they didn't accept them.

In this regard, Zheng Lang can also be regarded as a vested interest and a northerner, but he still agrees with Wang Anshi's opinion.

But this is a big net, which cannot be seen or touched, but it does exist. Zheng Lang touched it very tactfully and tried to guide it, but he dared not force it. This is one of the differences between Zheng Lang and Wang Anshi.

These two gaps are major differences between the north and the south.

If you don’t lift it up, it’s okay. Once it is opened up, the scholars and officials from the north and the south will form a group, and the party struggle will inevitably begin. Once a party struggle occurs, don’t do anything. Be prepared to move your family south. You can continue to survive in the south. If you don’t move south, you will definitely become a slave to the country.

Unexpectedly, Sima Guang actually revealed this hidden danger.

This disappointed Zheng Lang.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have attacked this matter specifically at the Metropolitan Conference.

Sima Guang was in a disadvantaged manner. He also said: "Mr. Zheng, Jiefu used people based on his likes and dislikes. Although the rich man was sick many times, he was the mainstay of the court. Besides, the rich man was in the court, which was also beneficial to Zheng Gong. Why did Jiefu do this?"

"He uses people with his likes and dislikes, and you can speak with his likes and dislikes?"

"This, this."

"Your tolerance is great. I don't know how many times I have said it, why are you still so narrow-minded?"

"Officials are not sages. Who can do nothing wrong? Don't scare Junshi." Cui Xian said on the side.

"Yes, yes, or the eldest lady said it well."

"Junshi, it's not me who said you. The officials are busy every day, and you and Jiefu see it. But why can't you save your worries for the officials? You and the officials are not a family, but they are a family. They all want to be good for the country, so why can't you sit down? Close the door and negotiate carefully, and look at it now, and you are not afraid of people laughing."

“Yes, yes.”

"Xian'er, don't interrupt me. Junshi, not only Jiefu, but you are the ones. Zhang Fangping's 27th day of the dying period is over. He is logically going back to the court. Why do you and Jiefu jointly oppose it?"

This is what Zhang Fangping was suffering. As a moderate member, he did not like Wang Anshi's impetuousness, nor did he like Sima Guang's conservatism. For example, Zheng Lang didn't care about it. He was originally the country's number one political affairs officer. After a long and worried, he could only wander to Caizhou.

"Mr. Zheng, I don't object very much, but where will Mr. Zhang go back to the court? Is it the Secretariat or the Western Prefecture? It seems that there is no empty space. When he arrives at the Secretariat, Jie Fu is afraid he will be dissatisfied."

"Let me think about it."

"Mr. Zheng, how is the fiscal revenue this year?" Sima Guang asked curiously.

"fine."

“Where’s the best place?”

“Slightly increased.”

"Mr. Zheng, let's talk."

"The wine business in Fangchangkeng Mine can be sold, and you can earn about five million."

"Not many," Sima Guang was a little disappointed. If it were a year, it would be a lot. Considering the different natures of each shop, some were auctioned for five years, and some were as long as ten years. In this way, it was not a lot.

"What do you know? Only half of it has been processed, and half has not been processed. And this is the profit. Let me talk about the other side. These winery pits in the shops have accumulated, and they were originally able to lose between 600,000 and 800,000 a year."

No further talk.

The auctions are all improperly managed wine shops. Unless the wine shops in more than 20 counties in Hedong Road will be profitable in the future, but the auction price will be sky-high. The deficit is not too large, and the key is to save labor costs. Further vacancies some official positions, although they may not be laid off one by one, in the long run, if the population increases, the official positions will inevitably increase. It is impossible to imagine that there are only 15,000 officials during the Qingli period. But at least it is necessary to ensure that there will not be so many missing positions that need alternatives, which is equivalent to invisibly limiting the expansion of officials. The government affairs are concise, and the minor officials are laid off to reduce the exemption of service and allow the people to pay lightly. A large number of labor and service are also laid off. The imperial court's pit mines will not be levied, and the private ones can get some commercial tax.

Its significance is quite significant.

Zheng Lang said again: "The second is Ping An Supervision, which can increase the income by about 670,000 yuan, including other supervisions, which can increase by nearly 2 million yuan in total. The method of equal export brings many troubles, but the cost saved for the court is close to more than 2 million yuan. Or two taxes, which increases by nearly one million yuan. Tea alum cancels the deliberation method and includes commercial taxes and two taxes, which is roughly the same. Now it is the military expenses saved, but in the two battles, even if the military expenses are saved, it is still not enough."

"Where is the commercial tax?" Sima Guang asked strangely. Although he thought that some of Zheng Lang's strategies were too radical, the situation was gradually improving. In addition, there was a lot of commercial tax that could be imposed on the auction of the mall, and it was estimated that income would also increase. Why didn't Zheng Lang mention it?

"Even you oppose me, I dare to let the officials below implement the commercial tax law seriously? The above is relaxed, and the following is even looser, including the reporting system, almost all become empty texts. If this continues, the commercial tax will not increase but decrease next year, this problem will be a headache for me. Or Junshi, you will convince them for me."

"Mr. Zheng, this is not my leader," Sima Guang said embarrassedly.

After taking a sip of tea, he said, "If there were no Northwest War, the economy of the court would be very impressive this year."

"Jun Shi. You are misinterpreting again. Even if our dynasty wants to seek peace and peace, the Liang family thinks that our dynasty can be bullied. First, increase money to buy peace, what will the Khitan react? Second, due to the Liang family's forced, a large number of soldiers in the northwest had to station them and had to station them on the front line. How serious would the waste be? Huang Youshi. Wen Yanbo made great achievements at that time, including Liu Han and other husbands. They can be called conscientious work. Once, the state's expenses were reduced to 15 million. Don't count on it now." Zheng Lang sighed.

In fact, this reform is not as conservative as Wang Anshi said. The scope of reform is far beyond that of Wang Anshi's reform in history, from three redundant to the merger of hidden fields, to the selection of officials and soldiers. To the system itself, as well as the substantial weight loss, and in addition to the reforms that Zheng Lang implemented during the Zhao Zhen Dynasty, regardless of scale or intensity, the Xining reforms in history. Why is Wang Anshi dissatisfied? There are two ideas. Wang Anshi still valued money, Zheng Lang valued the corrections, Wang Anshi was dissatisfied with the greed of the powerful, and Zheng Lang was still humble to the greatest extent even though Zheng Lang was dissatisfied.

There are two things that cannot be solved. The first is that the number of officials and officials in charge increases. This will take at least ten years. If the number of officials grows old or dies, the court carefully controls the spread of the number of officials. This current drawback can be truly alleviated. However, because of the increase in population, it is still impossible to restore to the Zhao Zhen Dynasty. The second is that Shaanxi has to station a large number of troops or stationed on the front line. Therefore, a lot of money has been saved in other aspects due to reform, and state expenditures are still impossible to shrink to less than 110 million.

"If there was no one who was owed, that would be great." Sima Guang also sighed.

Although I am not very satisfied, I can understand it. For more than two years, the teacher has been very anxious and forced. If there is no such burden, why mobilize the troops in such a way? It is just mobilizing the troops. If there is no such burden, how much money will be surplus this year? Is it surplus achieved in the case of two medium-sized battles in the northwest?

But he was wrong again, and Zheng Lang wanted this burden.

He was not afraid of burdens, but took it from the people and used it for the people. Later, he heard that the court wanted to repay interest and gave priority to the share contract. The powerful lent to lend money to the court shyly. Originally, they were second- and third- and fourth-class households without power and power, and those who forced their borrowing money would either impose taxes on the four- and fifth-class households with overdrafts.

It is a benevolent government, otherwise the court would not repay it, and these people had no choice but to swallow their anger. The Ming Dynasty did it.

If you give interest and repay it, it doesn’t matter.

It is precisely because of this huge burden that we can work hard to eliminate many of the country’s shortcomings one by one. Without the burden, we still want to launch various reforms?

"Junshi, Jiefu wanted to learn with me back then, so I would like to give him a condition to go to Shanzhou to invite you. Now I will also give you a condition and bring a sentence to Jiefu, and I said that my order was to force the order. Your Majesty cut off the rewards and supplies of concubines, princesses and ministers at the end of the year. You asked Jiefu to submit a book. In the past two years, three reforms have been made, and the officials have worked very hard. If you work so hard, you have to slap rewards. The officials are a little uneasy. I suggest that Your Majesty can implement it slowly."

"Mr. Zheng, one cuts down and the other doesn't cut, but it's a lot of money."

"Give it a compromise."

"Okay, I'll go and persuade you, but I'm afraid that Jie Fu will not listen. Moreover, with Jie Fu's personality, he will definitely not listen." Sima Guang looked embarrassed.

Cui Xian said: "Junshi, look at you. You were in Taipingzhou and Hangzhou decades ago. You had such a tacit understanding. You were all promising, but you were about to become enemies."

"Madam, it's cold, or I'll go to the Wang family after dinner."

Zheng Lang shook his head and called a servant to invite Wang Anshi.
To be continued...