After several great battles, there were countless cattle, sheep, food and grass. Wang Shao brought not many troops, only more than 10,000 people. At least for a few months, there was no need for the rear to provide supply. Wang Shao stopped for a while and built Kangle Village, Dangchuan Fort, Kenuo City, and Xiangzi City. He first protected the road safety in the rear to avoid robbery. He also built Jiehe Fort in the north of Beiguan Fort, one was to prevent the Xixia people from invading Xizhou from Donggu Road, and the other was to point out from the north to Hezhou.

He also sent troops to cross the Tao River and sweep the south of the mountain. At the same time, he sent general Wang Junwan to suddenly move south from ancient Weicheng, and light cavalry attacked the Mozong City in the northeast of Minzhou (Tiechengzi, Tiecheng Castle, in Minxian).

Mu Zheng returned to Hezhou without his determination, but he was not in a hurry. The Song army had few troops. From Beijiehebao to Nanmozong City, they were all using troops, and their troops were even more scattered. Moreover, the space he left was still huge at this time, enough to calmly launch a guerrilla war with the Song army.

As for the head-on conflict, Mu Zheng never thought about it. Even there was a small road in Jiehe Fort and went straight to Hezhou. There were not many soldiers in the Song army who built the fort, so he did not dare to send people to attack and block it. But the problem arose. It was precisely because Jiehe Fort had this path. Seeing that the Song army repaired Jiehe Fort, Wang Shao ordered Jing Sili to lead a light cavalry to pounce on Baicheng (west side of Hezhou), which not only blocked the connection between Hezhou and Huangzhou, but also truly formed an encirclement of Hezhou.

Mu Zhengsha was brave enough to see the Song army occupying Tabai City, and he was helpless.

But Wang Shao didn't move again, and he had a bolder plan in his mind.

The news reached the capital and the ministers congratulated each other.

一度君臣都以为王韶战死了.香子城被数万吐蕃军队围困,粮道被切,不知道从哪儿传出来的风声,说是王韶在河州全军覆没.负责后勤的官员蔡延庆急切之下,派守在甘谷堡的张守约留千兵守甘谷通渭二堡,以三千人救援王韶.张守约说道.仅留守千人驻防二堡.二堡必不能守.且王韶以精兵万人尚为贼所扼.臣率三千人前往必恐败事.若不顾二堡,想臣前往,至少让臣率五千人前去.

After the war, Cai Ting and Wang Anshi had a dispute over Zhang Shouyou. Cai Ting thought that Zhang Shouyou was cowardly, so he found reasons to stay and avoid things when he saw the thief and was punished. Wang Anshi had a plea. If Wang Shao had more than 10,000 elite troops were wiped out, Zhang Shou would be defeated if he had to join forces with three thousand troops.

Zhao Xu was wondering, there was no big defeat, where did the news of the big defeat come from, so he doubted Gao Zunyu. However, after the news came out, Zhao Xu died heroically for Tian Qiong and felt very sad. This was what Zheng Lang was most worried about, that there would be no one who could die in the war.

The victory came, and the whole country was joking, and Zheng Lang was icing with joy. He announced the financial statements of last year in advance. In the fifth year of Xining, Xixia was a little calm, but Xixia cheated out more than 200,000 yuan. It was worth nearly 400,000 yuan, which made Zhao Xu very unhappy.

However, the two battles were not expensive. Zhang Dun managed the barbarians in the Xia District and had almost no soldiers. Seeing the imperial army coming, the chiefs surrendered. Wang Shao used very few troops. When he pacified Wusheng Army City, he used less than 10,000 troops. The Xiangzi City Campaign used only 10,000 troops, and the casualties were not serious. Many grain logistics were obtained from the Yingtian City of Qinfeng Road. He even provided some money and grain to build roads. The main cost was to build roads and water conservancy, including the Xiazhou Manchus. It improved the lives of the people, and after several roads were built, it was possible to connect soldiers within ten days since Jiangling Prefecture.

If the power is put into any place in Xiazhou, the road will be built, and the scent of civilization will blow into this backward mountainous area. As long as the court manages carefully, the people of this land will gradually become naturalized and Chineseized, and the court will lose one worry. Of course, there is also taxation, which will cost you once you manage, and taxes will have to be levied, but only one autumn tax is levied, no summer tax, and the tax is levied in half to show preferential treatment. In short, these taxes can only be exempted from the maintenance of management and garrison costs, and the court still cannot obtain any profit. It will not seek any profit, but only peace here, so it is Amitabha.

However, the court actually spent a lot of money. The military expenditure of the two pieces of land was not much, and the cost of construction was as high as 10 million yuan, including military expenditure, reaching more than 14 million yuan. However, this was within the acceptable range of the court.

The other biggest expense is the reserve of grain. Although it paid 5 million stones of grain in the later period and recovered the cost of two million yuan, it spent 15 million yuan in the early period. It embezzled 20 million yuan as principal. If Zheng Lang had not secretly prepared gold and silver in advance, the principal cost would have increased by four or five million yuan. This made the expenditure last year still high, reaching 179 million yuan.

At this point, almost all the ministers were speechless.

He said he opposed Zheng Lang's defeat. Once the finances were made public, the country would not be in debt and could not live a life.

But last year's income was also considerable, reaching more than 196 million.

Mainly the increase in the bank's income and the increase in the two taxes.

This year may not be so optimistic.

First of all, there was a serious locust plague in Hebei, and the disaster area issued an edict to exempt them from two taxes. This exemption reduced a lot of income. But this year has not ended.

This is a matter of neglecting, and allocating more than 4 million from the taxation this spring to repay the debts of Jinghu North Road. The debts can be repaid sooner or later, but the longer the delay, the lighter the interest, it is also a heavy burden for the country. Jinghu North Road is preferred, first, the less burden here is, and second, it is to cooperate with Zhang Dun's work of Pingman. Next is Jingdong Road, but before repaying the huge debts of Jingdong Road, Zheng Lang planned to allocate seven to eight million yuan to buy a large amount of wheat when the summer harvest came.

This amount is much higher than last year.

But wheat is very cheap because of the backward hulling technology. Whether it is wheat or millet, there are many brans. Zheng Langcai was not used to eating various pasta when he came to the Song Dynasty. However, rice was different. Although the hulling technology was backward, it was relatively easy to remove rice hulls. Therefore, the price of rice has always remained high, but the price of wheat and millet was very cheap, and it was easy to cause a misunderstanding that the food in the Han and Tang Dynasties was cheap. A bucket of grain in the Tang Dynasty was only five cents when the food was low, and only twenty or thirty cents when it was high. If it rose to a few hundred cents, it would be hungry all over the world. This is wrong. The price of grain in the Tang Dynasty refers to the price of millet, and the price of rice is also very expensive.

However, when the disaster comes, even the bark, grass roots, Guanyin soil is eaten, so what is the bran? Whether it is millet or wheat, it has nothing to do with taste. But the quantity. The more quantity, the better. This must be prepared in the summer harvest. Otherwise, when it comes to the autumn harvest, those unscrupulous merchants will inevitably see some signs. On the contrary, the more grain the imperial court reserves, the less unscrupulous merchants dare to move. When the autumn harvest comes, they can prepare a batch of grain. This is to welcome the disaster next year in the fullest state!

And it is possible that Zheng Lang will also go to Hehuang next year!

The examination begins.

On the eve of the palace examination, Zheng Lang deliberately went home. There were many people in the family. The two daughters came back, and it was normal to go back to their parents' home to take a look, but they didn't just go back to their parents' home to take a look, but to see how the palace examination of the two younger brothers took a few children back to the capital.

崔娴为此笑骂郑朗,郑家果然人丁不旺,看看两个孩子一个嫁到种家,一个嫁到王家,马上人丁兴旺.另外就是赵念奴与李贵,赵念奴这些年很少回宫,尽管赵顼对苗贵妃与赵念奴不薄.李贵时常来郑家跟随郑朗后面学习.李贵现在不知道自己真正身份,不过有可能是血缘的关系.有可能是郑家上下对他十分亲热,加上两家挨在一起,跑得勤快.

The provincial examination came, with Zeng Buquan's tribute examination, Lu Huiqing, Deng Wan, and Deng Runfu's tribute examination. Last year, Zheng Ru and Zheng Yan participated in the lock-up examination and obtained the qualification for the enrollment of the son, and Li Gui also obtained the qualification for the enrollment of the son in the Imperial Academy. So he participated in this year's provincial examination.

Everyone was very curious about this.

Not many people know about Li Gui's identity, but they know that he has been studying with Zheng Lang and his two adopted sons, and everyone is not sure what exactly it is. Zeng Bu was transferred by Zheng Lang, but Zheng Lang would not ask Zeng Bu what test questions he had, but he took a small gap.

This year's imperial examination will definitely not be like in history. The new meaning of the Three Classics interpreted by Wang Anshi, Lu Huiqing and Wang Rong is a must-read textbook and basis for students. This is Wang Anshi's most misunderstanding. Since ancient times, as a minister, he has been granted the title of saint after his death. For example, after Zheng Lang's death, he was granted the title of sub-saint for his achievements, and he can be granted any king, but can he succeed in his lifetime? So how could the emperor regard himself? This behavior undoubtedly puts Wang Anshi in the situation where the first saints of the dynasty, Lu Huiqing and Wang Rong are sub-saints.

Originally, the world was in a raging situation, and another dismissal case occurred. Wang Anshi had mistakenly thought about the target, but he thought it was taught by Gao Taotao, and it was already full of crisis. Another person who took the new meaning as a scientific test model. How would the scholars in the world think? When the drought is coming, can they not step down?

There is no such thing now. Although Zheng Lang has practiced Confucianism for hundreds of thousands of words, Zheng Lang is only writing and will not use the power of the court to force it to promote it. However, Zheng Lang can still get into the empty door and say something to his two adopted sons and sons in a vague way: "There are many people who like radicalism, and their speeches are radical, and they will be happy."

Enough.

As a result, the provincial examination list was lowered, with 480 Jinshis, Zheng Ru ranked 246th, and Zheng Yan ranked 379th, and the ranking was not very good. Moreover, after Zheng Lang's suggestion, the number of places in the palace examination gradually decreased year by year. It is very rare to participate in the palace examination with this ranking. However, the qualifications of the two were not very good, and it was not easy to be able to pass the provincial examination. On the other hand, Li Gui was really not simple, he was ninth in high school. This may be the highest ranking for the provincial examination for the children of foreign relatives in the Northern Song Dynasty.

On the eve of the palace examination, Zheng Lang gathered three more children.

If you want to go through the back door, Zheng Lang can get the test questions, so that's not great.

郑朗也不屑之.

But it is very important to teach some test skills. Just like some children who like to drill difficult questions during exams, it is wrong. In a limited time, they must first answer easy questions, get the points you should get, and then drill hard questions to make the grades better. The same is true for the imperial examination now. Unless it is an official's test subject, it is just a strategy, which has nothing to do with time, and it depends on the ideas expressed in the strategy. Also, it is to draw drafts, and you cannot draw randomly on the test paper, think about it on the draft, and then copy it on the test paper, so the theme is expressed clearly and the test paper is also clear. Although there are officials who copy it, the test paper does not necessarily require the writing to be very beautiful, but it must be neat. Otherwise, if the minor official is angry, a little tampering will affect the scores. etc.

And mentality.

The most common thing parents do before the exam is encouragement, but it is also wrong. Often, the result of encouragement is to increase pressure. On the contrary, it cannot increase pressure, but to relax pressure and maintain a normal mind. Therefore, many scholars are really good at learning, and Zheng Lang has seen a lot. For example, Fu Bi, can he say that his knowledge is not good? There are also Ding brothers, but they fail many times. However, some students have poor grades in their daily lives, but they can make a big splash during the subject exam. In addition to touching the test questions correctly, it is this mentality problem.

Zheng Lang first talked about two adopted sons. You want to pass the palace exam. That is unlikely. He heard the two daughters-in-law frowned. However, Zheng Lang changed his voice and said, but it doesn't matter. You have passed the provincial exam. In the future, I can give you a clear and generous help. Work hard. It's better to get the exam. If you can get the exam well, you won't get the exam well. If you don't get the provincial exam, I already feel faced.

Cui Xian and Xing'er were so angry that they twisted Zheng Lang's arm.

In fact, it's loose pressure.

Zheng Lang then looked at Li Gui and said that you are even better, but you have passed the top scorer in the exam. What can you do as a relative of the foreigner? Therefore, don’t think too much during the palace examination.

Zhao Niannu was also rolling his eyes.

Li Gui suddenly said, "Mr. Zheng, if I can do well in the exam, can I ask you to do something for me?"

Li Gui didn't know his true identity, but for so many years, he has been with both a father and a teacher, and he vaguely regarded Zheng Lang as his father in his heart. He was not too restrictive.

"What's up?"

“郑公,我想在殿试后迎娶狄咏家的娘子.”李贵说完,飞快地跑到郑苹与郑航身后,怕母亲揍他.

"No," Choi Xian shouted first.

His daughter has married the Zong family, and Zheng Lang's only biological son has welcomed the daughter of a military general again. This family is no longer apart from the military general. Moreover, Zheng Lang and Di Qing are brothers, and Di Yong's daughter is one generation later than Li Guize, and her generation is not in line with her generation. Although generation is not important, the previous one is very important.

Zheng Lang was slightly lost.

Di Qing was handsome and famous all over the world. His children were all beautiful. The most famous one was Di Qing's son Di Yong. Zhao Xu's sister was about to get married, and Song Yingzong looked for his daughter's son-in-law, but they were not satisfied. Finally, Yingzong asked his daughter what kind of person he was looking for. His daughter pointed at Di Yong and said, "You are really a human being." In other words, in terms of skin beauty, Di Yong's appearance is not a big deal. He is very popular in the capital. However, this little princess cannot do what she wants. It's not because of Di Yong's identity. The Song Dynasty's son-in-law was nothing great, but Di Yong had already got married and had children. Could it be that the dignified princess went to the Di family to be a concubine? Zheng Lang couldn't do it either.

Therefore, this little princess can only be sad.

At that time, he was just a guard in the palace, and he actually caused the princess to fall in love with her. It can be seen that she was so handsome that Zheng Lang knew her, at least in terms of appearance, even Di Qing. Another thing was that the daughter born by Di Yong's concubine was so beautiful that she was almost selected as the queen in the capital because she was too beautiful. However, she was rejected by Gao Taotao. It was not that the Di family was not affiliated with her family, but that the Song Dynasty chose the queen from the family, at least the Di family was not weaker than the Xiang family. It was because there were too many mothers in this girl, and Di Yong's concubine was her mother.

According to tradition, Di Yong's true wife is also her mother. Of course, Di is not the rumored Princess Qinghe, or even the county horses can't even think of taking a concubine. However, because she was born in a illegitimate family, she had no good status at home, and Di Yong gave this daughter to her elder brother Di Zi as her daughter, that is, Mrs. Di Zi became her mother again, and she was a illegitimate daughter. It was too chaotic. As a relative of the family, the family suffered endless disasters. Gao Taotao ignored his son's secret love and did not choose Miss Di to the palace.

Zheng Lang hasn't seen Di Yong's true wife's daughter once, but I think it's definitely not bad.

At this time, he was still very young, only fourteen or fifteen years old, and Zheng Lang didn't know the specific one.

I don’t know how my son saw it and had a crush on it.

Zhao Niannu chased Li Gui and beat him, and Li Gui hid and took a chance behind his two sisters.

Zheng Lang thought for a while and said, "If you do well in the exam, I will agree."

"Official."

“郑公.”

Several women looked at Zheng Lang in surprise.

Zheng Lang said slowly: "Li Gui is the grandson of Renzong. The charity association has many good names, and I... Although my surname is Li, it is impossible to say that it is not afraid of fear. The Di family gradually declined, and he was also a military general, and he was still a small military general who could not control much military power. Although he married the daughter of the Di family and restricted Li Gui's future, it is precisely because of this that the lack of fear is enough to ensure his safety. The real thing is the safety."

Sima Guang often gave advice for Zheng Lang. Zheng Lang would not become black-hearted, but was somewhat affected and immediately saw the interests.

Li Gui jumped up, pulled Zheng Lang's elbow, and said, "I knew Mr. Zheng was the best for me."

Zheng Lang felt a little bitter, I am your father, I am not good to you, so who can treat you well?

The whole family was laughing and making fun of Li Gui during the meal, so the atmosphere was very relaxed on the eve of the palace examination.

The palace examination begins.

The Imperial Museum of the Royal Museum of the Song Dynasty was admitted to a total of Jinshi, and passed the Ming Dynasty, with the same origin, and 487 classmates.

The number of officials was cut and the number of imperial examinations was also very low.

The top scholar is Yu Zhong.

But the next list is quite surprising. It was not Zheng Ru and Zheng Yan. They did well in the exam, and although they were almost at the end, they both obtained the same Jinshi. Although this one was not as talented as the Jinshi, they were not talented enough for the two children. It was probably difficult to win the Jinshi in their lifetime. It was another person, Li Gui. He actually passed the fifth place in the exam. There were several old ministers who still had feelings for Zhao Zhen, such as Fu Bi. When he heard the singing title, a few tears appeared in his old eyes and murmured: "There is a descendant of Renzong."

Zheng Lang looked at Zhao Xu suspiciously. It was not too difficult for Li Gui to become a Jinshi, but was Zhao Xu doing this ranking?

All three of them in the family made the list, and the whole family smiled happily.

Then the Zheng family asked Li Gui to the Di family for marriage, and the Di family agreed. But they could not get married immediately because there were three little aunts who had not married. First, the princess of Lu married and married Qian Jingzhen of the Qian family. She also taught this little girl Zheng Lang very harshly. She was a famous Changshou princess and Princess Ping'an in the Song Dynasty. Maybe because her mother Zhou was relatively philanthropist, she did not teach well. When the Jin people went south, they heard that she was the daughter of Renzong, and they were released immediately. Jian of the Southern Song Dynasty

Li, the Qian family has many industries in Hangzhou, so the Qian family donated their property to the court for military expenses many times. Zhao Gou also respects the Qian family and the Princess of Lu. However, the princess of Lu are unsatisfied and said to him that although I am almost hungry and embarrassed, I dare not ask for anything, but because of my old age, I have to look at the clear light and die. Even though I die, I am poor and hungry. God knows how poor her family is. Therefore, the emperor, you have to give me some more rewards.

But Zhao Gou actually agreed. Every time he gave her son Qian Chen an additional title, he always said to the foreign ministers: "This is an exception, others should not think about it (they are the governor of Shanghai and Sichuan, and they still ordered that Qili not be supported by the law)"

In the end, Qian Chen's title was changed to Qin Yanqian's defensive envoy, Ningwu Luzhou Second Army Observation Liuhou Chengxuan Jiedu and other envoys, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Prosecutor Shao Shi, Rong Guogong, and was awarded the title of Tai Shi, and Duke Yu of Han.

These official positions are something Zheng Lang may not be able to ask for even if he wants to ask for them now.

The old lady was still unable to satisfy her. She was in her eighties and still went to the palace with a cane to ask for rewards for her son, forcing Zhao Gou to call her ancestor, and her ancestor, it's time to be content, so let me go.

Now that the power of the Qian family is added, Xiao Lu State will definitely be worry-free in his life. On the day of marriage, Zhao Niannu held his father's card and cried loudly. Gao Taotao and Zhao Xu sighed and their identities with Zheng Lang cannot be exposed. Zhao Niannu actually lived a very hard life with those who have been with their children over the years. There are also two little princesses who have not been able to get married because they are not in their prime, but the husbands they are looking for are not bad. Princess Yongshou is Cao Shi from the Cao family, and Princess Baoshou is Guo Xianqing from the Guo family. The power of the Guo family cannot be underestimated. The three princesses chose either the general or the descendants of the three powerful families.

This has nothing to do with being a prisoner. The three major families will not be short of money. As long as the Song Dynasty does not fall for a day, the three major families will not be filial to their children, and the money will only increase. Therefore, when Zheng Lang spoke, he said to Gao Taotao behind the screen: "Thank you, the Queen Mother."

Gao Taotao is thoughtful.
To be continued...