Li Xian replied carefully: "Your Majesty occasionally has minor illnesses, so he is relatively healthy. (Literature Museum)"

Of course, he didn't know what Zheng Lang was thinking.

After Zhao Xu's death in history, a series of stories happened. Cai Que wanted to support Zhao Xu's younger brother, King Zhao Hao, and Cai Que had the idea of ​​Cai Que. No matter how Emperor Taizong of Song got to power, the Song Dynasty also had the tradition of brothers passing on his brothers. A royal brother with mature thoughts and bodies ascended the throne and the country could immediately transition smoothly. As a result, he was opposed by Wang Gui and Zhang Dun. The worst thing was that Gao Taotao suddenly turned against him. As a result, Zhao Xu ascended the throne. Then Sima Guang recalled and overthrew the reform and then overthrew it.

But the story did not end. Gao Taotao adopted a suppressive education for Zhao Xu, and also added fuel to the fire of the corrupt scholar Cheng Xiaozi. Zhao Xu lived in the dark when he was a teenager and felt depressed. In addition, he lacked exercise and had little immunity. As a result, he suffered from tuberculosis, that is, tuberculosis. But at the beginning, this disease was not an incurable disease. Gao Taotao was afraid that the condition would be exposed and affected the stability of the Song Dynasty, or any other thoughts, so he concealed Zhao Xu's condition and even refused to allow the doctor to treat it.

It can also be seen from the portraits of emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty in history that the image of Song Zhezong is like an opium devil.

Gao Taotao died, and Song Zhezong took power, but because of his low physical fitness, he had no son. In order to reform, Zhang Dun used Sima Guang and others to slander Gao Taotao. Xiang was shocked when he heard this. If Gao Taotao had slandered her, she could not save her status. So he found Song Zhezong's mother, Concubine Zhu, who pleaded with mercy, but the matter was not achieved. Song Zhezong was unable to speak when he was critically ill, so Xiang lies in front of Song Zhezong, saying that Zhao Xu gave the throne to Zhao Ji, that is, Song Huizong. In fact, Song Zhezong also had a younger brother named Zhao Si. It was according to the tradition of the Song Dynasty that it could not be passed on to Zhao Ji no matter how it was passed on.

Why did Xiang do this? The word "right".

Concubine Zhu was originally a noble son. If she had another son as the king, she would shake her position as the queen mother.

He once discussed with someone in his previous life. It is hard to say, what if Zhao seems to be worse than Zhao Ji. Zheng Lang disagreed in his previous life. It is nothing more, the strange political system of the Song Dynasty! In this system, it is difficult to do good things and reform, but it is not easy to do bad things. It is just that Emperor Zhenzong of Song became stupid in his later years. The Northern Song Dynasty was still developing. It can be said that Zhao Ji was the best among the best.

The various things in between are rights and capabilities.

The story of three women is worse than that of the other. Liu E is also very powerful, but under her management, she gave her a good foundation to her adopted son.

Gao Taotao did not let the Song Dynasty collapse, but he was extremely selfish and even believed in the instigation of his parents' family, completely discrediting his son's achievements.

As for Xiang, it was a sinister poisonous snake, leaving nothing besides harming the country and the people.

But Zheng Lang is not very worried about this.

Under his intentional care, Cao Gao made good returns to the three families. Although they let them disclose a large amount of hidden fields, the three companies were so rich that they could not bear the instigation of these three families. Without the instigation of these three families, the women in the palace had never been evil about reform.

Gao Taotao often listened through the screen when he taught Zhao Xu. Occasionally, he would ask questions and would be somewhat influenced. Moreover, the contradictions aroused by his reform pace gradually resolved later. Of course, the powerful and powerful would still be insatiable. This was not only the Song Dynasty and Khitans, but the Khitans could not send troops to Xixia for hundreds of thousands of people. In other words, Zhao Xu died. The contradictions caused by the reform were not as serious as in history. Even if Gao Tao adopted some conservative approaches, he would not be as extreme as in history.

But Zheng Lang still hopes that Zhao Xu will live for at least ten years.

Then power can be handed over safely. Zhao Xu does not have that kind of depressing environment and may not have tuberculosis. Even if he has it, he can be treated in time and will not be as serious as in history. He will even leave behind princes and grandchildren. As long as he is not a top-notch guy like Zhao Ji, the Northern Song Dynasty will not perish so quickly.

Also, technology is improving, and perhaps more powerful weapons will be developed in the future. Even as long as Zhao Xu is safe, he will gradually repay his debts and become healthier and he will be able to tentatively launch an attack on Youyun. There is no need to seduce the Jurchens, the possibility of the Jin people going south will be reduced infinitely.

Li Xian said this, but he couldn't listen to it.

Zheng Lang looked at the pretty boy beside him again.

Only Zhao Xu and the imperial doctors around him knew what was going on.

It would probably not be dangerous, otherwise Zhao Xu would not be allowed to come to the northwest. Otherwise, when something happened to Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu would not have time to ride a thousand miles to the capital.

Moreover, it is unlikely that there will be no defeat to defeat Xia, no defeat to Yongle City, the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe, and the civil and military achievements will almost reach the peak of the Song Dynasty at the same time. Zhao Xu was undoubtedly cheerful.

When he first ascended the throne, he took almost all his affairs. It was not in history that Wang Anshi presided over the reform, but he ignored Zhao Xu's role. Zhao Xu actually participated in secretly, and his internal and external difficulties seriously delayed his health.

However, there are few activities in the palace and there are n beautiful girls. It is difficult to live long. Emperor Gaozong of Song has lived longevity, but several people know that he has been practicing since childhood and his martial arts are better than ordinary generals. Longevity is the foundation laid by Zhao Gou when he was a teenager.

Or later Qianlong, his longevity was also the result of his love for activities.

Therefore, Zhao Xu is not very physically healthy now, often gets sick, and is a little worried. In addition, he has less and less affairs in the northwest, and Zhao Xu is getting older and older, so he makes this move?

Because he is far away from the northwest and deliberately stays away from the center of power, Zheng Lang cannot get useful information and cannot figure it out.

After thinking about it, I first let Li Xian and Zhao Xu sit down and have tea, and then write a memorial.

First, writing about Zhao Xu doing this violates the system.

In fact, Zheng Lang was very welcome to this approach. If these princes walked out of the palace and took a look, they could see the sufferings of the people, or would be exploited by powerful ministers in the future, but even if the princes were in the deep palace, the powerful ministers would not participate in the battle for the throne?

But it does violate the system and must be written.

Secondly, it is said that the sixth prince can be taught in his body, but it is only in the northwest. Once the northwest is in trouble and he retires, he must look like he retires and stays away from politics. Zhao Xu must also bring it back to the palace.

Finally, I will say another thing.

Zheng Lang was cruel to greening, and the imperial court directly allocated nearly 70 million yuan. He was not an environmentalist, but was forced to do so. China's terrain was blocked by plateaus in the west. Before the era of science and technology came, this land formed China's natural guarantee, so that it would not be affected by Central Asia and European civilization. As for the south, it was not a danger at all, including the current Jiaozhi. The biggest threat was still in the north, so the north was the center of China's focus in the next two or three hundred years.

However, due to the harsh soil and soil, many severe droughts and floods, the Yellow River broke its dam, which damaged this fundamental again and again.

If greening keeps up, disasters will be reduced, and the economic and grain production in the north will be all kept up. The north will be stable and the whole country will be stable. Therefore, there are river engineering and greening. Each area for grazing and farming is prohibited.

Now, large areas of green have appeared in many areas including Shaanxi, Hehuang and Xixia, and the results have also been seen. The amount of silt in many tributaries of the Yellow River is gradually decreasing. Especially in Xixia.

However, this stable life will surely surge in the population of Xixia region in the future. With more people, in order to live, deforestation will be necessary.

This is the future crisis in the western region.

There are even greater crises across the country.

This spring, the Ministry of Households counted the number of households. Including Hehuang and Xixia areas, the number of households nationwide reached more than 24.7 million. In other words, the number of households in the Song Dynasty increased by 500,000 to 700,000 yuan each year.

At this rate, twenty years later, the number of households in the country will reach between 35 million and 40 million. At that time, with this large area of ​​the Song Dynasty, even if there are miscellaneous grains, there will be trouble. But at that time, due to miscellaneous grains, the emergence of seeds has been cultivated for so many years. Although the grain yield has not surged, the yield per mu increased by nearly half a stone. That is, this crisis was not obvious at that time, at most, the phenomenon of taking over tenants became more and more serious, and tenants and poor households were more and more.

But in another fifty years.

At that time, the number of households was likely to reach 60 million. Once this number of households was reached, there would be no threat from foreign enemies, and the biggest crisis of the Song Dynasty would come.

I remember that in spring, many literati wrote poems and chanted poems. In ancient times, the increase in population was an important manifestation of a country's internal governance. But they did not know that this terrible crisis was coming quietly.

There is another crisis, that is, the increase in the number of children of the royal family. In order to prevent the kings from chasing the country, the Song Dynasty policy was to keep children of the royal family in the capital. Because of the increase in the number, it began to move to Yingtian Mansion. But the increase rate is becoming more and more terrifying. This year is two thousand, twenty years later, four thousand, and eight thousand in forty years later.

At that time, the money in the warehouse will not be used for urgent use by the state, and it will not even be enough to support the children of the royal family!

So Zheng Lang proposed the last prison, Zhenyuan prison.

This is a combination of Southern Development and Fanhou Plan.

First, the islands of the South China Sea without obvious regimes were divided and auctioned.

First, give management rights, and second, give the island lords the title of Earl.

Several small islands were packed together, and the large islands were divided into several or dozens of areas. The money obtained from this auction was not misappropriated by the court, but was used to suppress the indigenous forces on each island.

This is the beginning, and then it will be an enlarged version of the Fanhou Plan.

It is impossible to rely on indigenous people. We must immigrate from the Central Plains, immigrate to each island owner, and let them take their poor households to Nanyang. Then we will pay a certain amount of money to the court every year, so that the court can raise the stationed officers and soldiers. In this process, the court will make a little profit, but not too much.

The business income of the owners of the island, including the cultivation of mining livestock, was all attributed to them after paying taxes from the court. However, various restrictions were imposed and protection of immigrants in the Central Plains.

After the Central Plains immigrants passed, they enjoyed the protection of the laws of the Song Dynasty. Although they were equal to the enlarged tenants of the island owners, their treatment could not be lower than in the country. Secondly, the leases for the Central Plains immigrants, and the taxes paid to the island owners should not be higher than those stipulated by the Song Dynasty court. In fact, this would be a very low tax. The court stipulates that the tax paid by the people is not high, and the higher is the miscellaneous taxes of officials in various states and counties. There is also the election system.

In the past, new villages will appear in immigrants, and a certain number of immigrants will allow them to elect a representative themselves. If the island owner has a government position, these representatives will represent the voices and demands of the immigrants, and will discuss and reject matters with the island owner, and even put forward some government affairs proposals.

In the future, the court will assist the island masters in suppressing the rebellion, but if the immigrants resist because of the tyranny of the island master, the court will not cooperate with the island master to suppress it, and may even disqualify the island master.

If these measures are implemented, they will protect the past happiness of immigrants to the greatest extent.

But the island owners also have the benefits of the island owners. One is that they will get an Earl Void, and the other is that they can squeeze the benefits of the local indigenous people to the greatest extent. Zheng Lang would not say this, and they would understand it. If the pressure is tight, the indigenous people will resist. Even if the court comes forward, the interests of the island owners will be harmed. If the pressure is loose, the indigenous people will be stable, but the interests will not be too much. All island owners will choose freely.

In fact, Zheng Lang had no good feelings for the indigenous people in Nanyang. Later generations raised their butcher knives to the Chinese again and again. What is there to be sympathetic to them?

And the advantage lies in the area. There are too many uninhabited lands in Southeast Asia. The area is large, so it means paying taxes from the court. Because of the large area of ​​the island owner, the profits are not expensive.

Also, the children of various royal families were asked to enfeoff the island owners and arranged to go to Nanyang. Even if they were dragon sons and grandsons, they would not harm the Central Plains dynasty, and then the surge in the number of royal children would not become a disadvantage of the Song Dynasty. On the contrary, with these royal children as a link, the relationship between the Nanyang and the Central Plains dynasty would be closer.

But there were many difficulties in the past, one was the hot weather, the second was malaria, and the third was ship technology.

The development of the south has reduced people's fear of the hot weather in the south.

If the cinchona tree is widely transferred, it will take at least twenty years to reach the end of the year. However, it will further reduce the harm of malaria.

In recent years, ship technology has made considerable progress, the rate of accidents at sea has gradually decreased, and people have gradually explored some sea weather patterns, although they are inaccurate. In addition, the establishment of a large number of settlements and small ports has further reduced the possibility of ship obsolete.

Because of mining, settlements, and supply points, some soldiers and people began to appear on the islands, and now a few officials and some soldiers and servants are established, which is not abrupt.

Over the years, I have become more clear about the situation of the islands in Nanyang. Many islands have mature supply points, lighthouses, and ports. I have language communication skills with some local indigenous people and keep up with them.

In the future, weapons will become more and more advanced, which will ensure the advantages of the Central Plains people.

Many fruits have been introduced, sugarcane planting technology has been improved, and rubber refining technology has been explored, which will increase the appeal of the south to various powerful people.

At the beginning, the island owners would not go to the island, and all they sent were the managers of their families, including the children of the royal family. But one thing is that it doesn’t matter if the island owner stays in the Central Plains, but because they stay in the Central Plains, they dare not do anything. The children of the royal family stayed in several capitals, and with the dividends of the island owner, the country did not need to bear the expenses. Moreover, over time, Nanyang is no longer afraid of the way, and they received a large amount of dividends. It is estimated that the literati and officials would force them to Nanyang by then.

In fact, Zheng Lang of this magistrate did not expect to make much profit for the court, and the profits would be made by the owners of various wealthy islands. Therefore, Zheng Lang repeatedly said that there would be another magistrate in the future, which would make more profits than the bank magistrate. Zheng Lang also did not expect these islands to be classified as China's territory in the future. It is not possible that they will make independence one hundred or two hundred years later. But it will play several important roles.

Reduce the pressure of a surge in population, from the South Ocean islands to the other side of the ocean, even if the Song Dynasty has increased now, their area is 17 or 18 times that of the Song Dynasty. Then it can accommodate more than 400 million households. How many years will it take to surge to 400 million households?

With population diversion, the phenomenon of annexation and tenant acquisition in various places automatically declined. The most obvious example is Fujian Road after development in the south. People in the front rushed to Lingnan, while the main households in the back reduced their rents to keep tenants. The domestic conflicts also weakened.

The development of Nanyang will increase the trade circle and further stimulate the development of the country's industry and commerce. In any case, the Central Plains will still be the foundation of Nanyang within these two hundred years.

And if the future world pattern changes, it will not be expected that they will be together with the Central Plains and will be grouped like Jews. They are actually very pessimistic about Zheng Lang, but they are still radiating the same bloodline. At least they can support each other. After all, there are very few people like Li Moumou.

At the same time, this enlarged version of the Fanhou system is actually close to the democratic parliamentary system. This is also to explore a new path in the future.

Whether it is the island owner or the children of the royal family, they are rich, powerful, royal family, and relatives of the royal family, they will not have strong opposition, and they will immigrate with the people and will not put much pressure on the court.

At the beginning, the distribution of the islands was very close to the Song Dynasty. This was a resource, which made the powerful and powerful people more nervous and enthusiastic.

But the difficulty lies in some old-fashioned scholars. After all, open countries like the Tang Dynasty prohibited the people from moving to foreign countries. So many people moved overseas, what would these scholars and officials think?

Zheng Lang said this idea to Zhao Xu very early. Perhaps the powerful and nobles were very happy, with earls, wealth, and desire for land. Although they were overseas, there were millions and tens of millions of arable land in a circle. How much arable land was there in the hands of the five surnames and seven families of the Tang Dynasty?

But as the emperor himself, he must be a little hesitant.

However, the population has soared to this point, and the momentum of tenure acquisition and merger in various places has risen again. What about now, ten years later and twenty years later?

It is time to implement this supervision.

The memorial was written and sent to the capital, then looked at Li Xian and Zhao Xu, and called out guards, instructing them to find four doctors with excellent medical skills from various prefectures on Lingxia Road to serve Zhao Xu.
To be continued...