The officials of the Secretariat smiled knowingly.

For these five fleets, it caused a series of political turmoil. In the first year of his return to the northwest, Zheng Lang was safe and had great victory. He used a lot of money and silk. Not only did he use one of the private goods prepared by Wang Shao on Qinfeng Road, pre-war materials, grass and weapons, rewards and pensions after the war, and resettlement, the imperial court allocated more than 30 million yuan in advance and afterwards, Zhao Xu allocated more than 10 million yuan from the warehouse. In addition, disaster relief, Zhao Xu also used one of the private goods prepared by several years.

This doesn't matter. Zhao Kuangyin set up an inner warehouse to divide the imperial power and leave a little finance for the royal family to avoid being underestimated by powerful officials. However, it is mainly used for disaster relief or military purposes, among which military uses occupy a large part. When will the inner warehouse be used without using it? Could it be that the money from the inner warehouse is used to reward the scholars and officials like Zhao Zhen?

It was impossible in the Zhao Xu dynasty. Zhao Zhen and Zhao Xu were also stingy. However, Zhao Xu’s money was used to restore the glory of the Han family and put it in military terms. The treatment of sages and doctors included. Otherwise, the sages and doctors would not hate Zhao Xu and gave him a posthumous title of god. What is a god? A psychopath!

At the same time, the charity association donated more than 8 million yuan in advance and afterwards, and was put on the front line.

Coupled with other invisible expenses, the cost is as high as 70 million yuan, almost comparable to the Battle of Chanyuan. However, although the Battle of Chanyuan lasted for a short time, how much damage did it cause and how many troops were used? This proves that the cost of military use is increasing. Of course, the country has been safeguarded for a long time, and rising prices are an important factor. Understandably, it has brought about a serious financial crisis.

If you are not afraid of the year of bumper grains, the drought will continue this year, not as serious as the seventh year of Xi'an. However, the drought in Jingdong and other areas has not ended and lasted until after autumn. Not only the north, but even the Wuyue region in the south is threatened by drought.

Zheng Lang thought of something. According to records in the history of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yan quickly transferred Zhao Yan to the Southeast to preside over the disaster relief matter. In the second year, the severe drought in Wu and Yue ended and the plague began to spread. Fortunately, Zhao Yan took care of it, and no major incident happened. That's it, and many people died.

Even when Zhao Yan was transferred back to the capital for his merits, Zheng Lang personally welcomed him to the city gate and gave him a heavy gift. Under this background, anyone who took over the Secretariat would have a headache. So no one dared to cause trouble for Zheng Lang.

In the ninth year of Xining, the country gradually restored its peace and people began to look for trouble.

At the beginning of the seventh year, five fleets, ten thousand soldiers, and other personnel were sent, with a total of more than 10,000 people. They went to the other side of the ocean.

But before that, the court allocated a lot of money to the families of these soldiers and sailors. Even in the past two years, the court still allocated some money to comfort them. In fact, to put it bluntly, this is money to buy life. However, there was no news for more than two years, and some families began to cause trouble.

Therefore, Liu Zhi, Liang Tao and Wu Yansou jointly wrote a letter to impeach Zheng Lang. He said that Zheng Lang was hasty and used more than two million yuan in money and silk based on the words of a seafarer who did not know his origin, which made more than 10,000 people unclear their lives and deaths. In particular, Liu Zhi gave an example. The Song Dynasty did not allow Zheng He to voyage to the West like the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, the maritime trade of the Song Dynasty also reached some countries in East Africa. The difference was that one was an official organization and a spontaneous private trade.

If, as Zheng Lang said, the distance between the two sides was not much different. In the past, the merchants of the Song Dynasty went to East Africa for a year and a half, but it actually didn't take so long. Half of the time was spent stopping in various ports and waiting for the monsoon. This waiting was not in vain, and it was also trading during the waiting process. Since the court encouraged the dock to develop advanced ship technology, Zheng Lang also took out some information for their reference. If the time was seized, the monsoon would be seized again, and the fastest could achieve a round trip in a year. Liu Zhi would not say that he would only come back in almost a year. But after more than two years, there was no news, and it is estimated that all these people are in danger.

Most officials did not have much opposition to Liu Zhi's words.

The source of information Zheng Lang obtained is indeed unknown. At most, Zheng Lang is kind-hearted and wants to get more crop seeds to make the country richer and stronger. The second thing is that if there is a little mistake, it will be dangerous. For example, the distance is large, and the ship is large. Although there is a lot of fresh water and other materials on the ship, if the distance is shorter than Zheng Lang said, it is best. If it is longer than Zheng Lang said, and as Zheng Lang said, there are not many islands along the way to supplement the supply. After eating fresh water, it is impossible to come and go on the ocean, so you can only wait for death, let alone the hurricanes and waves on the sea threatened.

Zheng Lang knew it in his heart, not that fast.

If the technology is not good, the route you draw may not be accurate. There are many typhoons on the sea. Even if there is a compass, it is not a satellite navigation map. When a strong wind blows, you don’t know how far away the route will deviate. If there is no island reference at this time, what role will the compass play?

Just go west to the other side, and know where it is, and you can see clearly on the map, but when you stand in the field, you will see mountains, rivers, forests, and plains. If you look around in a daze, you can tell where you are? Not to mention going ashore to find various crops.

This process will be very long and depends on luck.

The fact is that when the fleet returned, it lost its direction. With the help of the monsoon, it was fast. Later, a sailor found out that something was wrong and turned eagerly, causing the fleet to go north and arrive in Java, and actually bypassed Oceania. The people and the ship returned, but could not bring them back to the chart.

But at that time, Zheng Lang did not explain and submitted his resignation, asking the court to release him to Yizhou.

Zheng Lang has traveled almost all of so many places across the country, but he has not gone to Sichuan.

Seeing the resignation, Zhao Xu was in tragic. Zheng Lang often taught him, at least Zhao Xu was more mature than in history. This request for release was not to travel all over the country, but to avoid suspicion. In fact, more than 10,000 people were missing. What is it compared to Zheng Lang's achievements? Besides, it was said at the beginning that this trip was more likely to be a good fortune and a blessing to succeed, but we must also be prepared to be wiped out without success.

This is the act of Zheng Lang serving as prime minister for many years and making great contributions, and fearing that he will be too great to shock the Lord.

So Zhao Xu called Zheng Lang to the inner palace and said, "Duke Zheng, you are too careful. I am not a narrow-minded person."

Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, I am not worried about Your Majesty. Your Majesty is the Holy Lord, but the ministers may not be all wise ministers. I request to let go, not because I am worried about Your Majesty’s thoughts, but because I protect myself. If there is a mistake in the country's affairs, I will go there for a year or two. Your Majesty can transfer me back to the capital."

Zhao Xu was not sure, but Zheng Lang was determined, so Zhao Xu had to demote Zheng Lang to the position of governor in the name of being rash.

Then Zheng Lang found Wang Anshi again and said, "How many years have you and I been in charge of the government?"

Not to mention the position of prime minister, but to the government affairs, the master and apprentice have never served as prime minister No. 1 in recent years. However, although Zeng Gongliang, Fu Bi, and Wang Gui, they served as prime minister No. 1, the real government affairs were handled by Zheng and Wang.

Wang Anshi was a little confused.

Zheng Lang said again: "Jie Fu. You and I have been in charge of the government for many years. More and more people are jealous and more oppose them. In the end, not only to people but also to things, which is not conducive to national reform."

Wang Anshi also heard some rumors. Zheng Lang made it so clear, can he still not understand? Zheng Lang was going to Yizhou, and there was Wang Anshi in the court. But the emperor wanted to protect Zheng Lang, so Wang Anshi could only go down. It happened that Wang Anshi's son Wang Rong died, and Wang Anshi was a little discouraged. So he asked for release and transferred to Jiangning to serve as the prefect.

This is not without Wang Anshi. Zheng Lang is in the capital, and Wang Anshi goes down and Zheng Lang leaves the capital. You can also bring Wang Anshi up. The family law of the Song Dynasty was the ancestors of the Song Dynasty, but it alleviated complaints and ensured that the reform continued to be implemented.

However, with Zheng Lang's recommendation, Sima Guang was appointed as prime minister.

It’s not because Zheng Lang is optimistic about Sima Guang, but Zheng Lang is becoming more and more worried about Sima Guang over the years.

A Zizhi Tongjian is a history book with beautiful writing, but it is actually a history of power struggle. If an official can take a good look at Zizhi Tongjian more than a dozen times and get the true taste, then congratulations, you will go further and further in your career and become more and more sinister.

Sima Guang has made great progress in power and strategy in recent years. During the reform process, as a student of Zheng Lang, he has not raised much opposition, but he has been silent. This has already made Zheng Lang feel that he is mǎnyì. Now, as a student of Zheng Lang, there will be no disputes among the reformists, but in secret, Sima Guang has had close contacts with conservatives such as Liu Zhi. Sima Guang will not object to Sima Guang as the throne, and the conservatives will not object.

In fact, Sima Guang was far inferior to Wang Anshi in terms of administration. Zheng Lang was worried that Sima Guang would be nostalgic for power and position in his heart. Sima Guang would not be in the position of the minister, but he would not be in the position for a long time. At the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, he would go to the northwest again. When the northwest was settled, he would retire. If he did not retreat at that time, it would be difficult to ensure that his descendants would not end like Huo Guang and Zhang Juzheng's descendants.

He was in charge of his own business, and Sima Guang was not as good as Wang Anshi, but he was actually deeply loved by the conservative and reform factions. Will he use his power and strategy again to gain the position of prime minister? Once Sima Guang had this idea in his mind, his efforts would be wasted.

So Sima Guang was pushed to the position in advance.

Pang Ji said, if you are good at being a prime minister, if you do not act or use the court’s money, silk, official titles and titles to win people’s hearts, you will be favored by the literati, but the country’s government will be corrupt. If you act, you will be hated by many literati. This is what made the prime minister of the Song Dynasty embarrassed.

Fu Bi Wen Yanbo has a better reputation, but the national government is in ruins.

As the prime minister, Sima Guang will also face these three choices. One is inaction. If he does not do it, he will gradually despise Wang Gui and Zhao Xu. This consequence will be terrible. Zhao Shu's thoughts have evolved for a thousand years. He just wants to justify his own child Laozi, but he can't avoid a hurdle. Without Zhao Zhen, how could his throne come to the royal family? It is said that there should be too many children of the royal family. When will he become the son of a beggar mother ascend the throne?

Zhao Xu did a better job in this regard. He treated Zhao Zhen’s descendants well, but he could not object to his father. Without Zhao Shu, it would not be his turn to be the king. Therefore, no matter what happened behind the Wang Anshi’s dismount and Zheng Xia’s case, Zhao Xu was not easy to deal with. Therefore, he treated Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Zeng Gongliang and Wang Gui all the time. If he opposed these four great heroes, Zhao Shu could not justify his reputation. Just relying on his merits and qualifications to establish a support, these people could stay in the position of prime minister. What did Sima Guang have?

Or to win people's hearts, there are two ways to win people's hearts. The first is to use official titles and money to win people's hearts. However, the general environment is that Zhao Xu changed Zhao Zhen's approach and controlled the salaries and rewards of officials very strictly. Zheng Lang did not agree with this, because some scholars and officials would hate it as long as they did not flood them. Secondly, the control over the number of officials was also very strict. Zheng Lang and Zhao Xu's idea was consistent, and since the beginning of the reform, they had been cutting down the number of officials. Sima Guang still couldn't work.

Either the reform is overturned. At this time, Sima Guang dares to do this, which may be favored by the conservatives, which may anger all moderates and radicals, and even bear the reputation of being a rebel. With Sima Guang's conscience, he will definitely not choose the path of the first three.

Therefore, there can only be a path below, once you act, you will offend many people. Or half act and half act and half are mostly Sima Guang's choice. However, Zheng Lang is still in the Secretariat, and Sima Guang's idea is also difficult.

Already at the peak of power, the road is rugged and has many constraints, Sima Guang's desire for power will not be as heavy as in history, and no matter how it evolves, there will be no historical stories. Sima Guang does not take the lead. Yuanyou will not become a party, and the Song Dynasty will not enter a fork in the road and lose its direction.

Zhao Xu didn't know the inside story, so he was a little hesitant. At least in terms of financial management, he did not see how much Sima Guang has. Zheng Lang said: "Because my ancestors said that the Southern people were cunning and could not be used more, even Fan Zhongyan traced the root of the roots and said that he was a northerner, but in fact, the ancestors said it was a bit hasty. Recently, they corrected this mistake and reused many southerners, and the northerners were dissatisfied. Therefore, I recommended Sima Guang as the prime minister for this balance."

Zhao Xu then agreed.

After Sima Guang became the prime minister, he indeed promoted some northerners. Whether southerners or northerners, they were equal in Zheng Lang's mind. They used them if they had the ability, and those who were incompetent or had ulterior motives. Whether in the north or south, Zheng Lang did not like it.

It doesn't matter, as long as Sima Guang does not destroy the overall situation. It is harmless.

However, this made some ministers feel that Wang Anshi and Zheng Lang were demoted. Although Sima Guang was not a loyal supporter of reform, Sima Guang was mostly the emperor's dissatisfaction in his heart. So they believed that the country's finances improved, Zheng Lang's role gradually decreased, and the contribution was great, and the emperor wanted to suppress Zheng Lang. Therefore, these people continued to beat the dogs in the water.

Liu Zhi and Wang Yansou wrote letters in succession to impeach Zheng Lang. It was easy to cause trouble. They counted more than a dozen charges of Zheng Lang at the court meeting.

After hearing that they had finished reading the memorial, Zheng Lang shouted: "Noisy! He is weak on the outside and cruel on the inside. What qualifications are there to be a scholar-official!"

This sentence came out of Zheng Lang's mouth, which was very meaningful. In recent years, Zheng Lang's attitude was very gentle, and even made major mistakes. He summoned all the important officials in the Ministry of Education to discuss and persuade them, and encouraged them to criticize and put forward opinions on his mistakes in government affairs without closing his eyes and making mistakes in his government affairs. Because of this practice, it won the hearts of many scholars and officials and cushioned the contradictions brought about by the reform.

This important sentence is now very angry, but it actually means that Liu and Wang are not even qualified to be scholars and officials.

Most people also think that Liu and Wang were too over-the-top. Even if 10,000 people are missing, Zheng Lang also mentioned the interests at the beginning. Now some of the family members are causing trouble. One prime minister was demoted to Jiangning, the other prime minister was demoted to the auxiliary prime minister, and two meritorious prime ministers were demoted to severely demoted, which was enough. Liu and Wang and Wang were too cruel.

The fact is that Zheng Lang is ready to beat King Liu.

He also had a thick history of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty's general Liu Wang was so popular, but what's the truth? It's not at all. Wang Anshi was authoritarian, stubborn, arrogant, and arrogant. Although he was to quickly implement the reform, his actions undoubtedly angered many people, and even regarded his new studies as an imperial examination issue. This clearly placed himself in the position of a sub-saint, which became the fuse of party struggles. Sima Guang pushed down and then, not asking whether he was right or wrong, was even a selfish way.

But these two people are only right to the matter, not the others. Even though Li Ding suppressed Su Dongpo, Wang Anshi and Su Dongpo still had letters.

However, it was Liu Zhi, Wang Yansou, Liang Tao, and Sima Guang student Liu Anshi who launched the Yuanfeng list, shifting from the counter-incidence to the counter-incidence of others. Political slander and frame-incidence began with them, including the death of Cai Que.

Liu and Wang didn't know that the crisis was coming, and after hearing Zheng Lang's rude words at the court meeting, they were very shocked. Liang Tao immediately impeached Zheng Lang for losing the court ceremony and should deal with it heavily. Zhao Xu did not say a word and announced his resignation. The edict was issued, and Liu, Wang and Liang were all demoted, and then demoted again.

But the turmoil has not ended.

The next year, Zheng Lang and Qi Niang died of illness and returned home to worry. Liu Liang and Wang usually had a tacit relationship with Sima Guang, and their relationship with Wang Gui and Wu Chong was not too bad. Under Sima Guang's operation, the three of them appeared quietly in the court again.

Zhang Dun was dissatisfied and handed a note.

Zhao Xu was furious and demoted the three people again, becoming three ordinary supervisors in various states. Wang Gui became the Privy Councilor, and from the Prime Minister of the East Prefecture to the Prime Minister of the West Prefecture, which was equivalent to a heavy demotion. Sima Guang demoted the sentence of the Western Prefecture Luoyang. Han Jiang became the Prime Minister of the East Prefecture, and only Wu Chong's position was not changed.

Sima Guang understood that this was the emperor's compensation for the teacher, but he deliberately visited the Zheng family on the way to Luoyang. He said: "Mr. Zheng, you used to use political hostility to constrain the court in order to prevent future generations from expelling powerful ministers. Liu Zhi, Liang Tao and Wang Yansou were all honest and dared to speak out, and the court suppressed it too much."

I was dissatisfied.

Zheng Lang sighed lightly and said, "Jun Shi, this was the case before. At that time, I was only in my early fifties and could have a long time to control the political situation. Now I am 60 years old and I am not as energetic as before. And in a few years, I will leave the court and go to the northwest. The three of them are deeply attracted by the ministers in the north. It would be fine if they were as upright and bright as Lu Gongzhu and others, but they were not. They did not dare to speak out, but dare to attack and accusation of personal attacks and slander. I am afraid that after leaving the court, the three of them will take power and affect the future of the country. I know you have a good relationship with them, and I do not object to this. Never bring personal affairs to official business. I have taught you some principles of being a person and doing things before, among which the distinction between public and private is the top priority. Jun Shi, think about it twice."

Cui Xian smiled at the side and said, "Jun Shi, if you talk about personal relationships, who can have a deep personal relationship with officials?"

The personal relationship she mentioned was not personal relationship, but kindness, including Sima Guang's success in his career, from the Deputy Privy Councilor to the Privy Councilor to the Pingzhang incident. They were all highly recommended by Zheng Lang, not to mention the relationship between master and apprentice. In fact, Sima Guang had some selfish thoughts when he brought the three people to the throne. Cui Xian was not easy to say.

Sima Guang sighed, left Zhengjiazhuang, went to Luoyang to take up his post, and began to devote himself to the cultivation of Zizhi Tongjian.

Then Zhang Fangping was transferred from the Three Divisions to the Chief Political Affairs Officer, Zhao Yan was transferred from the Chief Political Affairs Officer to the Privy Councilor, and Wang Anshi went to Beijing to serve as the Third Division. Because the bank was preparing to expand its shares, the country also needed a minister who was good at managing finances. Later, Zhao Yan and Wang Anshi had a conflict and asked to retire because of their old age and illness. The court appointed Zhang Fangping as the Privy Councilor and Lu Gongbi as the Chief Political Affairs Officer.

It was these five fleets that involved so many changes in big bosses.

Zheng Lang was worried for a year, and the court seized the relationship and was transferred back to the capital. Zheng Lang refused the position of prime minister and still served as the chief political officer.

However, these five fleets have always become a political stain on Zheng Lang.

Zheng Lang said that spring was coming, and everyone thought Zheng Lang was happy to wipe out the stain. In fact, it was not. Xining had a severe drought, and the weather was abnormal for many years. This was the result of the arrival of the Little Glacier. But this Little Glacier was not as serious as the end of the Ming Dynasty. As long as these miscellaneous grain seeds appeared, it would make up for the bad results brought by the future weather.

Zheng Lang has always talked about peace for two hundred years.

It is difficult for two hundred years. In two hundred years, at least six to ten monarchs are replaced, and it is impossible to guarantee that all monarchs are wise monarchs. However, under the pseudo-democratic system of the Song Dynasty, even if the mean lord of Song Zhenzong was the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty would not be corrupted. In fact, it was a person like Song Huizong. Without foreign enemies invading, the Song Dynasty would not perish. As long as the Song Dynasty did not perish for two hundred years, science could evolve to the level of the early 19th century, and various thermal weapons would appear one after another. Even if people like Genghis Khan appeared, they would not harm China, and the world pattern would also change.

But it is very difficult. What if a lord who is worse than Zhao Ji appears? Also, the rise of the Little Binghe and the Jurchens in the future is the first difficulty in whether the Song Dynasty can exist.

A single grain can overcome this difficult situation.

Moreover, the significance it brings is even more unimaginable as long as the court takes legitimate measures to popularize and promote it.

Zheng Lang continued to look at the memorial. Although the fleet returned, the losses were heavy. After getting ashore, there were many conflicts with the natives in the Americas. This was helpless because Zheng Lang asked for too many crops and had to search for them on a large scale. He could not speak, and there would inevitably be conflicts. During the round trip, some ships were lost, and only more than 900 people came back. Some crop seeds and seedlings were either dead or lost. However, six essential plants, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, rubber trees, cinchona trees, and fine cotton, were brought back.

There are also some fruits, vegetables and flowers, including chili, peanuts, sweet potatoes, beans, cashew nuts, etc.

Among them, when rubber trees want to make profits, they are very slow, and only bring back more than 4,000 seedlings. Most of them are lost on the road. Some seedlings will die if they are carried on. In addition, the growth period and popularization period will take at least two hundred years to make popular promotion. However, this is not urgent. If you want to make profits of rubber, it will take a hundred years to technically be a cinchona tree. This is something you will need to use soon, and you will definitely not be able to wait for popularization.

What surprised Zheng Lang was that he also brought back things and tobacco. These soldiers went to the other side and saw the natives smoking tobacco. They tried one by one. Half of them became addicted to smoking, so they brought this crop back.

Tobacco made Zheng Lang feel embarrassed and headache.

With this memorial in hand, Yudutang Parliament.

The East Palace is Han Jiang, Wu Chong, Zheng Lang, Lu Gongbi, Lu Dafang, and the West Palace is Wang Gui, Zhang Fangping, Zhang Dun, Zeng Xiaokuan, and Wang Anshi.

Zheng Lang handed the memorial to Zhao Xu. After reading it, Zhao Xu handed it to several big bosses in the West Mansion. The big bosses in the East Mansion knew everything, so there was no need to read it again. Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, it is advisable to issue an edict to let the fast horses bring these crops to the capital."

Zhao Xu nodded.

Zheng Lang attached great importance to this matter, and the court spent a lot of money, causing many storms, and Zhao Xu also attached great importance to it. Zheng Lang also said: "At the same time, when the envoy was sent to celebrate the New Year's Day of the Khitan, he also informed this matter. If our dynasty was successfully cultivated, he would bring some seeds in the next year or the next year to support the Khitan cultivation."

It took a long time to bring these crops back, and as long as there is no ghost in your heart, they are very happy. However, Zheng Lang's words made everyone stunned. (To be continued. Mobile phone users please read it.)
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