Zheng Lang wrote a story that was not sent to the Secretariat, but to the newspaper.

The Zhao Zhen Dynasty gathered many celebrities, each with its own ruling characteristics. Zheng Lang also had one characteristic. He said less and did more, and said more and rarely wrote memorials. Whether in the Secretariat or in the local area, he could not see Zheng Lang writing a few memorials throughout the year. Unless his strategy exceeded his jurisdiction or was prone to controversy, he would explain his doubts.

The newspaper was still a newspaper. Zheng Lang wanted to expand the scale, but he was afraid of trouble and did not make any noise. Because literati wrote many articles, the week-to-monitor was changed to a five-day magazine, and the circulation was quite high. At most, the circulation of one page was nearly 100,000 copies, and the few were 20,000 copies were small. Even Zhao Zhen attached great importance to the newspaper and regarded it as the throat of the imperial public opinion. Occasionally, he wrote a few articles in newspapers to express his meaning. However, due to transportation factors, the influence was still in major important towns. When he arrived in the south, there were very few newspapers transported there. Hengzhou only had dozens of copies, either Guangzhou and Guizhou, and Dian Daily bought them back to read them. However, in the north and southeast, the influence of newspapers increased day by day.

The story written by Zheng Lang was not a memorial, but was aroused by the reflection of the people across the country, so it was sent to the newspaper.

The first sentence is: All under the world is the king's land, and the shores of the earth are the king's ministers.

Then write about the backward situation in the south.

When it comes to Cheng Kan's trip to Sichuan, it was right for Cheng Kan to go to Sichuan. Wang Quanbin did some tricks when he destroyed Later Shu, so the court always wanted to make up for it. In recent years, Sichuan was indeed a hardworking people in Sichuan. It has been a place of wealth since ancient times, and it was related to the careful management of the court. What the court did was right. Sichuan was not as good as the southeast, and there was no good transportation. It transported materials to the capital. The freight was too high and not worth it. But whether it was worth it or not, Sichuan was the land of the Song Dynasty and had to be carefully managed. But isn't the south a territory?

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, we have attached importance to internal governance, and the national technology has been leap forward, and the people have improved, but what about the vast areas from the Xiang River to the west? It is not better. On the contrary, it is even more backward. In some places, it is not even as good as the Tang Dynasty, and it has returned to the Han Dynasty, and even the ancient times of the Spring and Autumn Period. Why? The court did not want to cause trouble, so that the major barbarian chiefs could manage themselves, and even spend money to buy peace. Is it done well? No. In order to make money on their own, the barbarian chiefs imprisoned the people and fooled the people, which caused the current backward situation. The ancestors used jade axes to draw the Dadu River, but did not want to manage the southwest, which refers to Dali and Jiaozhi. One is that the ancestors (referring to Zhao Kuangyin) did not want to drive the border too much and hurt the people, and the other is that the ancestors had limited resources at that time. It does not mean that even Jinghu South Road, Kuizhou Road and Lingnan were not businessmen. Similarly, as the people of the Song Dynasty, how could they bear to see their lives like this?

In ancient times, it was a matter of the current situation and backward production. The Tang Dynasty was still the case, but there were backward things such as slaves and servants in the Tang Dynasty. Did the Song Dynasty have it? We can no longer hold on to ancient ideas and exiled bad officials to Lingnan, making the Lingnan officialdom dark. In fact, the court has never cared about the south and did not want to regain the people here. It can be implemented because these corrupt officials and the pressure on people's lives is still heavy. Do the people in the south have to be inferior to others in this royal land?

Finally, I wrote about one thing, the dispute between the north and the south.

Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty lived a decay and a group of ministers vassed him. After seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin said, "The Northern Minister is simple, the Southern Minister is cunning, and Kou Zhun also said similar things. In fact, this is true. Xie An and others in the Eastern Jin Dynasty can be described as cunning. There are countless famous ministers from the south who came from the south, all of them are cunning ministers. Since the Song Dynasty is in a mess, can we continue to hold this statement and make the southern people and ministers feel inferior? How to govern it without tolerance and how to take it without giving it? On the one hand, we laugh at the southern people's sly, and on the other hand, we also collect the largest taxes of the court from Jianghuai and Zhejiang, which is not understood!

This article rewrites the idea of ​​asking the court not to be prejudiced against the south, including Lingnan. The actual significance is far more than that. Later, during the party struggle, the minister led by Sima Guang pointed at Wang Anshi and denounced him, "You are a faction in the south, cunning and frivolous, and unwilling to accept it." This is what Taizu said! In the end, the Shuo Party, Luo Party, New Party and Shu Party formed.

It is wrong to draw conclusions to these regional party struggles in advance.

But this article is not mainly arguing, but another thing is to argue. Can we continue to regard Lingnan as a territory that is not in charge, and continue to exile bad officials to Lingnan, and to make the people?

Although Zheng Lang's article was published in the newspaper, it caused a great sensation.

The court also received a piece of news that was not reported in the palace, that is, the northwest. Most of the Beizhubu surrendered to the Western Xia, and the Khitan was afraid of it and sent officials to suppress it. However, the Xixia secretly helped the army, and the fighting was difficult to distinguish. When the late winter came, the Khitan withdrew its troops. Xixia and Beizhubu did not do well. They had been living in the shadow of the Khitan for many years, focusing on self-protection, and did not dare to have too many extravagant hopes. Otherwise, the Khitan would be more pressured. It was this fear that made the Khitans take a breath. After several months of conquest, some of the Beizhubu tribes surrendered to the Khitan again. However, the matter of Beizhubu was not resolved. The Xixia people were "attached from the law" and some fought. This battle was conservatively estimated that there would be no result in less than two or three years. The Khitan was definitely the winner, but it would be a miserable victory. For the Song Dynasty, the monarch and ministers breathed a sigh of relief.

What did the Song Dynasty pay?

Some scouts from the special agent camps, some money and silk, were not enough for Zheng Lang to build one-third of the roads in Hunan. It was just the previous plan. Once the Meishan Man was pacified, the cost would be higher, and there would be more roads to be built!

And Zheng Lang laid a good foundation for the Song Dynasty. Although he left the court, his influence still existed in the court.

After reading Zheng Lang's story, Zhao Zhen and Pang Ji were both a little anxious. Perhaps Zheng Lang was right. He could no longer treat Lingnan as the same as Lingnan before. But where would the officials who made mistakes be exiled? Furthermore, who would be willing to go to Lingnan to become an official?

The answer was in Zheng Lang's mind, and he did not say it. It would take several years to say it.

Zheng Lang continued to stay in Hengzhou, and there were many miscellaneous things. In fact, Zheng Lang didn’t have much thought of inquiries. It was important for the future of Jinghu South Road, or for a certain farmer to have a mountain field or a few fruit trees? But it was already very important for others to be in Hengzhou.

During the Ming Dynasty, Hai Rui went to Nanjing. All the wealthy officials hid the exquisite silk and wore simple clothes. They were afraid of you. Boss Hai, you are a powerful man carrying a coffin to advise. We can't afford to mess with you.

Zheng Lang's effect is similar, even more powerful than Hai Rui. After all, Hai Rui is not as powerful as Zheng Lang. He is not as popular as Zheng Lang and has no reputation as Zheng Lang favored by the emperor and the people of the world. Ouyang Xiu is so awesome, and he is afraid of Zheng Lang. I won't recruit you. I know! Besides, these small officials on the South Road of Jinghu. As several officials were dealt with one after another, all the officials suddenly became good people. New Year's Day approached, they went to the countryside to visit the people, ask about their well-being, and they were short of money. Don't worry, we asked Mr. Zheng for help, if we were not wearing clothes, we also asked Mr. Zheng. We were very smart. It's okay to ask for supplies, so we must not be fished for the people.

In a few areas, people in some areas became a habit of being stripped of by officials. Suddenly, they saw the officials' faces blooming with flowers. They were all inexplicably breeze, and then they were flattered and at a loss.

When officials such as Li Suzhi shook their heads speechless when they heard about these things, they didn't know what to say.

This is the deterrent effect.

But Zheng Lang won't be in Hengzhou for too long, and there was a very bad news coming.

Yu Jing offered another more confused plan. Di Qing led his army very close to Pennsylvania. He wanted to seize the merits, but he didn't dare to force the war. Even if he gave him power, he didn't have the courage and did not understand military affairs. But there was a way. Who was Nong Zhigao most afraid of? It was not the Song Dynasty, but Jiaozhi. The people of Jiaozhi killed his father and many relatives, and did not dare to say a word. Can we ask Li Dezheng to lead his army to join forces to fight Nong Zhigao together?

I think when Li Dezheng's army comes, Nong Zhigao will be wiped out. Then he will not do anything with Di Qing. He will do whatever he wants. He will send an envoy to Annan to pay 20,000 yuan in cash, and prepare the food and grass needed by the army near Yongzhou, and promise to reward 30,000 yuan after the matter is completed.

Moreover, he also had a set of rhetoric. Jiaozhi was originally planning to pay tribute this year, but his subordinate Nong Zhigao rebelled and the road was not clear. He had repeatedly transferred Wenke to fight against the thieves, but the court had not reported it for a long time. Seeing that his offer was sincere, even if he could not destroy the thief party, he could still make him separate from his heart.

Is there such a thing? Yes, the rebel Nong Zhigao had a headache for the Song Dynasty and Li Dezheng. He also wanted to annihilate Nong Zhigao and led his troops to test the reality of the Song Dynasty in Lingnan. But Zhao Zhen was not a fool. Zhao Zhen could see clearly some of the small actions Li Dezheng did in the south, but because there was Khitan in the north and Xixia in the west, the Song Dynasty had no energy to turn to the south. But the situation is different now, the Khitan and Xixia fighting fiercely. The Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers looked at the information sent by the secret camp every day, just like reading a wonderful serial novel. After reading the above, they wanted to read the following. The Song Dynasty also had the energy to divide part of the center of gravity and turn to the south. Therefore, Li Dezheng sent a horse to bear the 20,000 Jiaozhi soldiers from Li Zongdao to help the king's army fight against the thieves. He was very kind, but Zhao Zhen did not agree.

Therefore, Yu Jing further persuaded that Jiaozhi was kind-hearted and there was no need to worry too much about them. They just wanted to manage the south and had no malice towards our dynasty. It was advisable to listen to his troops. If he stopped his good intentions, once he became angry, he would secretly help Nong Zhigao. Just like the Western Xia secretly sent troops to help North Bu, the difficulty of annihilation of Nong Zhigao increased. After receiving the request from Yu Jing's envoy, Li Dezheng was overjoyed. Okay, okay, I changed my words. I will send 50,000 troops to help Song destroy Nong Zhigao.

Di Qing was very angry about Yu Jing's small moves. He was a warrior and said only one reason. Li Dezheng claimed that he would send 50,000 infantry soldiers and 1,000 cavalry to help. It may not be true. With the national strength of Jiaozhi, how much money is needed to use 50,000 soldiers and horses? Moreover, fake soldiers outside to eliminate internal enemies is not my profit. A man of wisdom and ruthlessness cannot be punished. He is a barbarian soldier. The barbarians are greedy for righteousness, so they start chaos. How can they control it? Either the number of soldiers and horses is fake, and they use greed to rob the money and silk of the Song Dynasty. Or it is true. The problem is very, very big, and it seems that a large number of soldiers and horses have gathered in Pennsylvania.

All are miscellaneous soldiers, and even Nong Zhigao could not deal with them. He brought his troops here, only 5,000 people, and 10,000 troops on the sea. Before he arrived, Zheng Lang brought 10,000 people, but he had to leave 8,000 people on Jinghu South Road, and only 2,000 troops entered Lingnan. This 12,000 troops had only been overseas, and was more adaptable to the humid and hot weather in the south than the northern soldiers. The combat effectiveness of the fight against various counterfeit barbarians was not strong. The soldiers in Pennsylvania were not as good as Nong Zhigao, and his 17,000 troops were not as good as Jiaozhi's 50,000 troops. Once he entered the Song realm with great stubbornness, what would it be like?

Di Qing was so angry, and Zheng Lang was so angry.

I wrote a memorial, and only one story was told in it. A hunter was good at imitating the sound of a group of beasts with the sound of flutes. When he met a jackal who was unable to compete on the road, he climbed onto a tree, and then used the sound of a flute to imitate the sound of a wolf, which caused a wolf to drive away the jackal, continued to trap on the tree, and attracted tigers... Of course, all the enemies were driven away one after another. But the enemies left behind became stronger and stronger, and the final outcome could be imagined.

This is the most painful lesson in the history of the Song Dynasty. It is to attract Jin and destroy Liao, and to destroy Mongolia and Jin. It is done as it wishes, but what is the final result!

Then he wrote a letter to scold Yu Jing. The king regarded himself as being honest and honest. He once spitted on the emperor's cheek because of his advice. Why did he compete with a warrior for merit?

What strategy is purely a bad intention. I will reveal Yu Jing's slightest gaze directly.

But Zheng Lang also made Yu Jing scared. After all, Di Qing was the second commander at this time. He was afraid that Yu Jing would create something again, so he ordered the three armies to obey Di Qing's command. Without Di Qing's order, no one could mobilize the army or point fingers.

I wrote another letter to Li Dezheng, saying that this is our affairs, so don’t bother. As for the 20,000 yuan brought by Yu Jing, Zheng Lang felt a little painful. How much money should be invested in the development of the south? But he just thought it was embezzled by officials.

As Hengzhou affairs were arranged in a hurry, despite Yue'er's coming, he led two thousand troops to go south again.

Gradually, he arrived in Guiyang. A dark-faced man stopped them and said he wanted to see Zheng Lang.

The soldiers dare not stop them. People often come to complain about their grievances, and Zheng Lang also receives them one by one, which has become a routine. In fact, Zheng Lang himself does not have much energy to manage the grievances of the people. The simple truth is whether to pick up watermelons or sesame seeds?

Sometimes I was helpless and started from the waterway. Of course, my subordinates didn’t know that Zheng Lang had this idea.

Zheng Lang came to the front and saw the big man. He suddenly turned over and dismounted, helped him up, and said, "Thank you for your hard work in Qi Lin."

Seeing Zheng Lang's action, Sima Guang's eyes lit up, and he thought of something. The secret service battalion was established for a long time, and all the scouts dispersed. When it was established at the beginning, it was not eye-catching. He thought that he had trained an army, and in the end some court officials knew the truth. He could no longer see the soldiers of this battalion and became one of the highest secrets in the court. After all, many things cannot be exposed.

This big man is probably one of the spies in the secret service camp.

The man stood up, took out a stack of documents from his arms respectfully, and said, "This is the information brought by his subordinates."

Zheng Lang nodded, with a look of praise in his eyes. The secret service camp has made great contributions, but it has also sacrificed heavily. More than 20 soldiers have been sacrificed for various reasons. Even though he is alive, he has suffered countless hardships everywhere and said gently: "Qi Lin, follow me to Guiyang City and rest."

Then he opened the document and Sima Guang glanced at him curiously, but after seeing the three words, his face changed drastically.

Su Maozhou!

The Song Dynasty was called Su Maozhou, and the Jiaozhi people were actually called Suzhou and Maozhou, which were two states. At the junction of Qinzhou and Yongzhou, the south side of each resident state (the Vietnam side of the border between Gaoping and Lang Son), it was under the jurisdiction of Jiaozhi at this time, but like Qiyuanzhou and Guangyuanzhou, they were all disputes. It is hard to say that it was Jiaozhi or the Song Dynasty.

Most ministers may be very unfamiliar with these three words, but Sima Guang has a good memory and is very familiar with its history. After Li Huan escaped the Song Dynasty by chance, he believed that the Song Dynasty was weak and could be bullied. In fact, the Song Dynasty was trapped by Li Jiqian and Khitan. At that time, the situation was indeed powerless to distract the south. He could not use less troops to eliminate Jiaozhi, and it was worth it. So Li Huan blocked the mountains and seas, repeatedly harmed the enemy and lost the etiquette of the vassal ministers. He once led a hundred warships to Ruhong Town, plundering the people and property. Then Su Maozhou barbarians attacked Luzhou (northeast of Langshan, Vietnam on the border). Zhao Kuangyi was unable to do so in the south and used Funing to the south.

Ce did not ask for any offense. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, the people of Jiaozhi, the leader Huang Qingji, came to join the court with hundreds of people. Some officials were determined to open up the border and wanted to take the opportunity to recover Jiaozhi. Emperor Zhenzong of Song disagreed and sent these Vietnamese back again. The Li and Li in Vietnam changed their dynasties. Huang Qingji, Huang Xiuman and more than a thousand people rushed to Lianzhou again because they did not follow the destiny and killed the new clan. Ling Ce, the governor of Guangzhou, wrote a letter saying that two thousand people were matched with Jiaozhi, and Qingji and others were pioneers. Emperor Zhenzong continued to oppose it. It was wrong to just be gentle, but this opposition was correct. If you want to eliminate Jiaozhi, what did the two thousand people do? People still think it is not enough to eat when they are snacks.

In the Renzong era, Chen Gongyong, a Vietnamese county resident, and 600 people were attached. Li Dezheng publicly sent more than a thousand soldiers into the country to arrest him. Zhao Zhen still insisted on the Huairou policy and sent them back. He only issued an edict to warn Li Dezheng not to kill Chen Gongyong and others. At this time, Zheng Lang had gradually entered the center and knew that he had no control. The domestic affairs were too bad to be distracted. It was not until Li Dezheng sent troops to capture the city (Southern Yue, Li Yue only owned the North Vietnam territory in the Jiaozhou area of ​​the Tang Dynasty, but Champa had always surrendered to China before, so ancient China also regarded Champa as one of its core vassal states). It happened that Du Qi was the transshipment envoy in the south, so he ordered Du Qi to travel to the sixteen fortresses since the Tang Dynasty and sent troops to guard it to prevent Jiaozhi from suddenly invading.

At that time, officials from Yongzhou lured Wei Shaosi in Su Maozhou. More than 3,000 Wei Shaoqin lived in the mainland. The people had already fled to the Song Dynasty. Li Dezheng asked for temptation, but Zhao Zhen still ordered all the people to return it, but ordered Li Dezheng to restrain the border households and not to invade each other.

So after seeing these four words, Sima Guang's face was faded.

It is right to quell the rebellion of Nong Zhigao. Even if you take the opportunity to enter Guangyuanzhou and Qiyuanzhou, you can do it, but if you have the idea of ​​Su Maozhou, it may cause a huge chaos. He said worriedly: "Mr. Zheng, Su Maozhou is not allowed."

Zheng Lang looked into the distance and murmured: "I know it's not possible, but sometimes I can't tolerate it anymore."

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