If, if carefully analyzed, these are good news, proving that since the tempering of the Qingli War, the combat effectiveness of the Song and Xia army was almost reversed. If a head-on conflict occurred, under equal conditions, the Song Dynasty was far better than the Western Xia. Even when the troops were insufficient, it could accomplish the miracle of winning with less and more many times.

But just if.

When scholars and officials look at problems, they often use one eye to listen to problems and one ear to listen to them.

Zheng Lang repeatedly instilled that the doctrine of the mean, three parts, and the middle. The Master said that repaying grievances with straightness is not to repay grievances with kindness. Don’t talk about repaying grievances with kindness. As the highest level of the pyramid and the highest level of moral gentlemen, how many people can repay grievances with kindness? Therefore, the country should govern the people with virtue and governance, and it should also assist criminal law. Governing the country with etiquette requires ritual as a helper. Promoting virtue with benevolence as the main focus, and promoting morality requires righteousness to be a polite. Using kindness to foreign countries and people with power, and vigilance is also necessary. Using both kindness and power is the kingly way. [] Please search Piaotian, novels are better and faster!

The more you are afraid of death, the more someone bullies you, the more you are afraid of things, the more things often come to you.

If you want peace, you must take action at a moderate time. The foreigners will not be despised, but will not be despised. The border peace will bring you all the nations to pay tribute. The Song Dynasty spent money to buy peace and could never buy the prosperous scene of the Han and Tang dynasties. Don’t talk about the Western Xia, even if Jiaozhi only came to pay tribute occasionally, or they would later seek benefits. If they didn’t ask for benefits, they would not come. Let’s see how many times did Dali come? How many times did Tubo come? "Please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!

After Zheng Lang repeatedly explained, there are very few scholars and officials who say that harmony is the most important thing.

However, under the policy of restraint, it has penetrated into their bones and spleens.

I won’t say that I am just being in a state of peace, but I talk about the country. There are so many disadvantages of the country, and the finances will be even this year, or even savings, but not lay off troops. A layoff will still be a big black hole. If there is another protracted war like the Qingli region at this time, how can the country be so good?

Only then did Han Qi understand why Zheng Lang fled to Tanzhou as if he was defeated by Jiaozhi.

Han Qi was a little discouraged when he heard Wen Yanbo’s memorial and the impeachment from many officials. He submitted a resignation.

But a very interesting scene was not handed over to the West Mansion, but to the East Mansion.

Zheng Xingzhi, no matter what I did in Shaanxi right now? In fact, what I did is just building a small fort, why bother? Why don’t you say justice?

Zheng Lang looked at the memorial and smiled hoarsely.

The human mind is grinding, and Han Qi's turtle spirit is cultivated by regular political struggles. At this time, he is still very far-sighted in military affairs. If he does not change, he will be completely devastated in this aspect. Finally, he created a seven Khitan ritual before his death, which disgusting Wang Anshi.

With this memorial, I came to the capital hall and circulated it to everyone.

At the same time, he said: "Gangu City has nothing to do with Han Qi. Long before Han Qi went to Shaanxi, Ma Zhongfu, the governor of Qinzhou, saw people from Xixia who repeatedly crossed the border to Qinzhou to plunder. So he submitted a petition to repair Gangu City. After Han Qi went west, he went on a field investigation and thought it was OK, so he wrote to the court, not to speak out for the word of Yue. I not only agreed to Han Qi to repair Gangu City, but also agreed to Han Qi build another fort at another concise location (where, Zheng Lang was afraid that Xixia would learn about the information, so he did not mention it). At that time, there were also officials in the list. Why? We cannot let Xixia take its power to the next level. Now it spreads. Besides, even if our dynasty is introverted and does not invade the Xia territory, Zhenzong only silently observes that the Western Xia occupied Tiandu Mountain in Lingzhou. From Xiaoguan and Tiandu Mountain to the south, they are not the borders of the Western Xia. Even if the Qingli peace agreement was held, the Western Xia only reached the west side of Lanzhou, North Huizhou, with Agan City as the boundary. Although the large tracts of land west of Nanhuizhou and East Lanzhou and Qinzhou are the territory of the foreign people, they are actually the place where our dynasty is located. They did not negotiate peace with Xixia, and these boundaries were still the land of our dynasty. In a great sense, they were still the land of our dynasty. What's wrong with building one or two small forts on the land of our dynasty?”

After a pause, he said, "This is a deficit in the country, so I don't do it. Otherwise, I will use the Year Given as a threat to force Xixia to retreat north of Agan City. I will look silent for the time being, but I cannot sit idly by and watch them continue to develop southward. Otherwise, as written in Han Qi's book, the consequences will be unimaginable. As for Han Qi himself, he must not mention his merits and demerits. No matter what, the two dynasties have made the country's stable transition, and there are some contributions. If there is a problem, I am afraid that we will not think of a way. Let the wolf take away a sheep, and there are still hundreds of sheep, so we must make up for it immediately. Besides, if we continue to discuss it, it will not be beautiful to the reputation of the late emperor."

Zhao Xu murmured: "Tolerance."

He understood how cruel the political struggle was. He also saw Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu’s rush tone before his father died.

Everyone knows the conflict between Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and Zheng Lang.

However, amid the rumor of overthrow of Korean public opinion, Zheng Lang calmly took the responsibility, which was not easy.

The literati and officials' discussions temporarily calmed down.

However, it's useless.

So for one thing, earthquake!

In July, the capital earthquake. After a few days, the earthquake was not only again, but the weather was very strange today. The house was shaking, and the people ran to the streets together, but there was a storm outside, and there was no place to stand. They had to hide back to the house again with fear. In the evening, the rainstorm stopped and the moon came out, and the people breathed a sigh of relief. At least they could stand on the street. It was very unsafe to stay in the house at this time. The weather was hot, so the people carried the bamboo beds one by one and went out to sleep outside. Including Yu Street, life was at stake. Regardless of the rules, the middle of Yu Street was full of people who came out to avoid disasters.

After the rain, the sky was clear and the moon was pleasant, but everyone was not interested. Looking at the ground together, the slight earthquake was a little better. If it was a little bigger, it might shake the house down. Some people were diligent and timid, and moved their homes to the streets. The capital was in chaos. Suddenly, the sky became dark. The moon was swallowed by the celestial dog, and the lunar eclipse!

The re-shaking, the bitter wind and rain, and the moon eclipse, three things are twisted together.

The next day, there was no earthquake, and the people went home together, but they just threw piles of rubbish on the street.

The astronomical officer made a statement that the original "Ming Tian Calendar" in the Song Dynasty had a mistake and the calendar must be recreated. The wisdom of ancient people should not be underestimated. There is no way to predict when it was windy and rainy, but some astronomy achievements were amazing. Later generations completely Europeanized, and even the calendar was a Western calendar. In fact, Shen Kuo created the "Twelve Qi Calendar" a thousand years ago, with the beginning of spring as the beginning of the year, with thirty days of grandeur and thirty days of stinginess. The standard is no less than that of the Western Calendar. However, it is more scientific in terms of seasons.

Including many lunar eclipses, solar eclipses. Astronomers can often predict tenths of **.

This time, it was not calculated in advance, but the calendar error and needed to be corrected.

Zhao Xu immediately approved the order.

It has nothing to do with the calendar or with earthquakes. It is the impact of earthquakes.

Knowing that the Kaifeng Prefecture, Mr. Lu, wrote a memorial indifferently: Since the past, a king encountered disasters, he was afraid of blessings, or simply falsely slandered the disasters. The superiors treated the subordinates with sincerity, and the subordinates thought of sincerity to respond to it. The superiors and the subordinates had all sincerity and change and did not disappear. Only the kings and men would listen to the evil deeds of the only ones, but did not follow the predecessors of the words they had before, so they would not be disturbed by evil sayings. Yan Yuan asked about being a country, and Confucius used it as a warning to stay away from flatterers. The flatterers were afraid of being incompatible with the king, so their power would be easy to be close; the upright people were afraid of not being in line with their meaning, so their power would be easy to be distracted. Only those who were first polite to the king and did not have the right things and were not governed in the world.

If you have a lunar eclipse and earthquake, you have to write a letter, no matter what you say. Your Majesty, you must keep it steady yourself.

All kinds of memorials will come soon.

In the final stage of Zheng Lang's reform, he made a lot of concessions and concessions. However, it was impossible to give up all of them, as it would inevitably lose its deterrence. Some of the contract shares were sent to the bank for auction, and they would not be able to make trouble again. Some of the fines were sent to the national treasury. Once they entered the bottomless pit of the national treasury, they would be quickly spent and could not be taken back.

It is definitely not to make money. If it is to make money, if all the deeds are sold and fined, the court can earn at least more than 50 million yuan in income. However, Zheng Lang decisively returned most of the money and the deeds one by one. However, on the other hand, if he did not do this, Zheng Lang would immediately be like Wang Anshi, and the people in the world would oppose it.

The court was so difficult, but it was still not moved. Most of the powerful men were impressed. These were the powerful men who returned and the powerful men who had not met. However, a very small number of powerful men had lost their shares, and the cultivated land was divided by the fourth-class and below households, fined and imprisoned.

Will these people hate them? Some literati were dismissed or demoted after this trouble. Even if they retained their official positions, some literati hated them.

It's still reform, not revolution.

Revolution is the overthrow of another class.

Including Wu Zetian's so-called revolution, it cannot be called a revolution. In real construction, only one revolution can be considered a real revolution. It was not successful because the powerful and powerful people produced by the founding of the country were still them after the revolution subsided.

It is Wu Zetian's pseudo-revolution, from officials to powerful people to generals, how many people did she kill?

This reform can only be said to be a fierce reform. Zheng Lang acted very well and took it in time. But it was not possible to let Zheng Lang do it alone, so it was clear that the quota of officials in various prefectures and counties and supervisors was clearly defined. In order to maintain the official position, the magistrates looked for the fault of the lower-level officials, the Beijing officials looked for the fault of local officials, and the lower-level officials reported the magistrates' fault. Within eight months, almost every official's old foundation was revealed one after another. There was a good thing, because of this trouble, many officials developed hatred. This was not afraid. The officialdom was the darkest place, and they were afraid of being in a group. However, after this serious injury, it is estimated that everyone would not be able to form a two faction within twenty years.

Although some officials have retained their official positions, their old foundation has been saved. If there were no such restructuring, how could the old foundation be opened?

No matter how Zheng Lang lets him go in the end, there are also many people who hate him.

An earthquake has come, a lunar eclipse has come, and an opportunity has come.

Zhao Xu summoned Zheng Lang into the inner palace in the name of the lecturer, paced around, and said, "Great and glad."

"Luck, luck." Zheng Lang also stroked his chest.

Fortunately, the reform was over in time. How did some officials and powerful people make a fuss about this matter? It took more than two months. The reform took eight months. Why didn’t there be any signs of heaven happen? Instead, there were signs of heaven two months later?

Did God take a nap in those eight months?

No matter how he made a piece, he did it very hard. And Zheng Lang said wisely, stop and digest. Because the reform has brought about a commotion, we can stabilize it first before we can start the second step of reform. Otherwise, the second step of reform will be even more chaotic at this time.

Zheng Lang also felt lucky.

Fortunately, the history of Zhao Xu is mostly nonsense. He dares to stuff all kinds of monsters and incredible rumors into historical materials. However, he did not make any comments on the weather, and the earthquake was recorded accurately. If it was sooner or later, the consequences would be unimaginable.

One king and one minister, one young and one old, were afraid of it, and almost clapped to celebrate.

Gao Taotao covered his mouth behind the curtain and laughed secretly.

Zheng Lang was teaching, and she was listening. Zhao Xu was only twenty years old. After all, he was restricted by age and it sounded very difficult. Gao Taotao was not. She could absorb most of her in. Zheng Lang went to the palace to serve the lecture. He never preached the meaning of the scriptures. There were too many people who preached the things, whether Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang, or Zheng Lang’s advice now. Wen Yanbo also had the qualifications to serve the lectures. There were also lower levels, such as Sima Guang, Lu Gongzhu, Fan Chunren and others, who were mostly preaching the scriptures.

It is really beneficial. The meaning of preaching is an excuse. It is about governing the country. Many people teach, but Zhao Xu failed to absorb it all, and could not absorb it all. He was still frizzy, but he was growing slowly without realizing it.

Gao Taotao was not interested in the meaning of the scriptures. What he was interested in was Zheng Lang’s lecture, which was about how to govern the country, employ people, and cultivate oneself. If Zhao Xu continued to grow up, Zheng Lang would at least half of the contributions in the middle.

At least Gao Taotao is growing significantly.

Still not as good as Zhao Zhen and Liu E, it is not a matter of wisdom, but experience. Liu E came to Beijing from Sichuan to work with Liu Mei. She did not expect that it was difficult to survive in the capital and had to show up in public to make a living. Tokyo was mixed with fish and dragons, so it was not easy to gain a foothold. This was the first time she was developed. If she had not been sold to Emperor Zhenzong of Song, if there were no such things later, she could only be considered a smart version of Concubine Zhang. She also drove Song Taizong out of the royal palace and stayed in Zhang Qi's house for more than ten years. It was rare that she did not give up. Instead, she used the hard work and perseverance of more than ten years to make herself not only wise but also versatile. Gao Taotao has never experienced this hard and perseverance.

Zhao Zhen was the same. When he was a teenager, Kou Zhun was thrown out, almost his life was in full swing. Later, Liu E was suppressed for more than ten years, and Zhao Xu did not have this difficult time to polish. It was almost like the two of them getting to power.

Zheng Lang did not expect them to reach the heights of Liu E and Zhao Zhen, and to reach more than half of them. If the mother and son work together, the country will be blessed.

Gao Taotao is growing up and often comes to serve and talk. He knows Zheng Lang better. He also feels scared after understanding it.

These people are the best, rare and rare, and fame and fortune are very tempting to them.

Not all the masters can afford such people, just like Huan Wen, who caught lice while talking to Huan Wen while catching lice. Huan Wen began to ignore it, but the more he heard it, he became more and more surprised and said, "Follow me, I promise to use you." Seeing that Huan Wen had no ambition to manage Guan Luo, Wang Lu left with his hand. What is the fortune and wealth? What is the Wang Xie Huan Gu, Wang, Wang Nanwang, Jiangnan. If you want to use these people well, you must not only give sincerity, but also want the master to have something to attract him.

Just like your husband, it is probably not easy to use this minister.

I guessed it right. If I lived in the era of Zhao Ji and Zhao Gou, there were two choices. One was to go to Jiangnan immediately, and the other was to rebel. It would never be possible to think that Zheng Langxiang would fight like this now.

At least now this minister treats his son as much as his uncle.

She asked behind the curtain: "Duke Zheng, is humanity related to the way of heaven?"

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I wrote some principles about geology and astronomy in the study of things. Earthquakes are the product of the movement of the earth, and lunar eclipses are the product of the orbits of the earth and the sun and the moon. Of course, it may not be correct, and it needs to be verified. However, the way of heaven is so vast, how can I understand it thoroughly with my wisdom? What I wrote is just a drop in the ocean, no, it is not even a drop in it, it can only be regarded as a grain of dust." Zheng Lang said. You have to be humble, otherwise this strong empress dowager will be afraid. He also said: "The way of heaven is too far, and the way of earth is difficult to understand. Humanity is just a small thing in the world, or It slightly affects the realm, but with its current ability, it is absolutely impossible to affect the way of heaven. Even without humans, the way of heaven can still operate. Therefore, Lao Tzu said that heaven and earth regard all things as straw dogs. For example, when Emperor Gaozong of Tang was in great governance, disasters were constant, so where was the way of heaven? For example, when Emperor Renzong was in great governance, disasters were more disasters, and disasters were in great troubles, so what was the way of heaven? However, when disasters occurred, as a monarch and minister, we should be a warning. The empress dowager was the wise empress dowager, and Your Majesty was the wise His Majesty. If there were unworthy descendants and unlimited power, if there were no heaven's constraints and would do whatever he wanted, the ancestors would often be defeated for hundreds of years."

"Duke Zheng, the Lord of the Central Government, God still needs to be respected."

"That is, even if the way of heaven is ruthless, the way of heaven will not care about the way of humanity, but the way of humanity must follow the way of heaven. If you try to defeat it even if you want to overcome it, you will often overestimate yourself and lose yourself."

"How do the Westerners deal with it?"

"You can't be too soft, not too hard, just moderate. If they continue to invade our court, our court can also attack occasionally. If you continue to attack, you will defend and cut off your annual gifts and trade with each other. If you are peace and friendship, our court will also regard peace as the most important thing. But it is difficult. I talked with Fu Bi not long ago about the Western affairs. Although Liang was a Han woman, he betrayed his husband and killed his husband, did not stick to his wife's family's true nature, and was cruel and treacherous. He was cruel and did not let Yuan Hao go a long way. I am afraid that our court will not be able to rest in the future.

It's heart. But it's okay. As long as our dynasty can relieve this, with the Liang character, the eldest mother will be strong, and the Western Xia will have serious differences. This big trouble is about to be cured. If there is no such disaster, the one-year military expenditure of the Western garrison can save 20 million yuan. Even if we do not lay off troops and transport food and grass to Hedong, Hebei, it will save more than half of the savings than transporting it to the border areas of Shaanxi. At that time, we will concentrate on dealing with the Khitan. The Khitan will no longer be the harm of our dynasty."

"The Lord and the Mother are strong? Ten years later?"

"It may not be ten years, but it is only ten years. At that time, I was in my sixties and could still help His Majesty. If it were Xixiaping and after a few years of rectification, the West would be at its age seventy. I said I would persuade me to retreat at the age of seventy. At that time, I would have wished me to retire and retire."

For the first time, Zheng Lang expressed his plan.

"The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun..." Zhao Xu asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty, you can't be anxious, things must be done step by step. Don't say that our dynasty is not as powerful as the Tang Dynasty. Even if the Tang Dynasty is too weak and the military will be dismissed, there will be no good ending in the end. I am against being in a state of vain and being dismissed, and I am also against being dismissed by slaughter. Remember."

Zhao Xu had some disappointment in his eyes.

Zheng Lang was also a little disappointed. Helplessly, war was not a joke, especially in the Song Dynasty, where the cost of using troops was extremely high. If you could overcome several difficulties in the past ten years, it would be the ultimate. How could you swallow the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun? Unless you reform the entire Song Dynasty system and restore the measures to value military personnel in the Han and Tang dynasties, it would take more than ten years of hardship to sharpen a group of elite soldiers. But is it possible in the environment where the Song Dynasty values ​​culture over military affairs?

If this system is continued, the war will be very hard. Even if the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are captured, the Khitan will start a repeated tug-of-war, unless the Jurchens rise early. That is impossible. Without Wanyan Aguda, without this lion, it will be just a group of headless scattered wolves, which will not threaten the Khitan's rule at all. Moreover, Zheng Lang does not want the Jurchens to rise, which will be more difficult than the Khitans.

After saying something for a long time, Zheng Lang left the inner palace.

There are more and more impeachment calls.
To be continued...