When he left Zoucheng, Lao Bao's gray hair seemed to have turned white. In the Song Dynasty today, there are not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters. The local government is weak and incompetent. As a result, people like Ma Da and Zhang Qing only need one.
When things don't go your way, you will take desperate risks, not only harming your own life, but also harming countless people.
"Bao Gong, after I return to Beijing this time, I will ask Your Majesty to set up a rapid response army. The first requirement of this army is to be strong, and then it must be short and capable. The number does not need to be large, a thousand people are enough. At the beginning of the rebellion in the Song Dynasty,
The scale is not large, and a powerful army of a thousand people will eradicate the root of the disaster wherever it occurs. In this way, Mr. Bao no longer has to worry about these small things."
Yun Zheng still couldn't bear to torment such a famous minister through the ages. Before leaving, he still expressed his plan. If he wanted to build a very large army, this was naturally not allowed. Now he only organized a small army.
The army, Xiang Ming and the imperial court would still agree, and with the losses caused by those rebellions, the extravagance of an army of a thousand men was nothing.
"I know that Marquis Yun and Marshal Di have a big plan, but I don't want to ask what this big plan is. In one year, I will retire and return to my hometown. Out of sight is pure. I just ask Marquis Yun to think more about the people of the world.
, Don’t do things that bring disaster to the world for the sake of temporary fame. In everything you do, you must live within your means, and don’t be greedy for success.”
Yun Zheng nodded in agreement, bid farewell to Bao Zheng, and walked all the way to the west. To the west was the prosperous Bianliang City.
There is not much water vapor on the ground in spring. Seeing that the seedlings that have grown to half a foot long in the field are on the verge of death, the people in ragged clothes are carrying buckets and doing useless work in the field. A bucket of water is poured into the field.
Disappeared without a trace in an instant...
"The red sun is scorching like fire, the seedlings in the fields are half-scorched, the farmer's heart is like boiling water, the princes and princes are shaking their fans..." A song came from the fields, and I don't know who composed this song. Yun Zheng immediately went to the fields.
However, one can feel the extremely angry and resentful atmosphere.
For hundreds of years, the Song Dynasty has relied on the people's wealth to raise scholars. The scholar-bureaucrats were extravagant and lustful, and the lower class people were miserable. If this continues, it is not surprising that there will be a large-scale uprising like Zhong Xiang Yang Yao.
The Song Dynasty did not prohibit the annexation of land, so the land in the hands of the scholar-officials was getting more and more, while the land in the hands of the common people was getting less and less. After the scholar-officials retired, the local gentry did not have to pay taxes. In this way,
Taxes have to fall on farmers who own their own land. Farming has become an unprofitable livelihood. Therefore, the field taxes received every year are constantly decreasing. If this continues, those farmers who have lost their land will have no choice but to work in the city.
Become a slave, or rebel.
People's greed is endless. The more they get, the more they want to get. Sooner or later, the greed of scholar-bureaucrats will make them die without a burial place. Born from greed and then died of greed, Yun Zheng seemed to see bright red magma running underground.
, Bentu, sooner or later these magma will burst out from the ground one day and burn the world to ashes.
Now is the last chance for the Song Dynasty. Once Zhao Zhen dies, the Song Dynasty is likely to enter the era of Wang Anshi. After this stubborn reformer drained away the last vestige of vitality in the Song Dynasty, a splendid dynasty began.
Into the endless darkness.
Yunzheng had long discovered that he did not seem to have much influence on the Song Dynasty. The success of the Southern Expedition only slightly delayed the process of history. Under the action of strong inertia, the giant car of history had two iron-like wheels.
It still rolled over unstoppably.
Within half a month of his leaving Beijing, Wang Anshi was transferred to the position of deputy envoy to the third department, Zhang Fangping was appointed envoy to the third department, and Wen Yanbo was appointed deputy envoy to the privy council. This is almost the same as the experience in history.
Zhao Zhen invited Wang Anshi to go fishing together, but Wang Anshi still ate the fish food as described in the history books...
Some people say he is fake and not crazy...
Others say he is too focused...
Some say he has lice crawling in his beard...
Some people say that he has the style of celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties...
The phrase "the people do not add taxes but the country uses enough" still has endless appeal to Zhao Zhen. He believed that Suizhou's success could be replicated, so he invited this person to help the fragile finances of the Song Dynasty...
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Yun Zheng didn't believe that Zhao Zhen didn't know that the maladministration of the Song Dynasty was due to redundant officials and redundant troops. He should have known it. Because of his lack of personal talent, he didn't know where to start, so he had to pin his hopes on Wang Anshi's two words of "water without a source".
In words, he is like an ostrich who thinks that as long as he buries his head in the sand, he can't see the crisis outside.
When passing by the Yellow River, an iron cable bridge was being built there. On both sides of the river stood eight huge iron oxen. The iron oxen were mounted on a solid stone embankment. They were five feet high and more than ten feet long. There was an iron shaft on the belly of the ox.
Giant iron chains are tied to it, four on the east side of the river and four on the west side. There are four giant iron pillars standing on the river bank on each side. An iron ox is tied to each iron pillar. Except for the shape of a barbarian who does not drive the cattle,
It is very similar to the Kaiyuan Tieniu outside Puzhou City.
In the early Tang Dynasty, Hedong was the capital, and Puzhou was the hub connecting Chang'an and Hedong. In the sixth year of Kaiyuan, Puzhou was established as the central capital, as famous as the western capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang. In the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, in order to strengthen the control of the Tang Dynasty,
In order to control the Hedong area in the rear and the entire northern region, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Zhang Shuo, Minister of the Ministry of War, to take charge of the matter. He changed the wooden piles into iron oxen and Yi Zhi cables into iron chains. He sparse the spaces between the ships and devoted all his national power to carry out a large-scale construction of Pujin Bridge.
The reconstruction was recorded in "Tongdian", "Tang Huiyao" and "Puzhou Prefecture Chronicles". Until the Song Dynasty, Puludu was still one of the most important ports in the Song Dynasty.
Yun Zheng got off his horse, walked to the iron ox covered in red silk, patted the huge iron ox and asked the clerk with a smile: "How much does each cow weigh?"
The junior official didn't know who Yun Zheng was, but he could see that Yun Zheng came from the group of soldiers. He didn't dare to neglect him and quickly said: "Each iron bull weighs 60,000 kilograms. Only in this way can we pull it."
Lift eight iron ropes on the river."
"Who is the superior in charge of this place now?"
"The general is Zeng Gongliang!"
Yun Zheng smiled and nodded, then left Tieniu and watched hundreds of craftsmen twisting the thick winch with their bare arms. A thick iron chain slowly rose from the bottom of the river, and finally left the water and hung on two opposite sides.
on the iron bull.
Yunzheng only looked at it for a while and then left the river embankment. This was the most important thing in the Song Dynasty this year, connecting the east and west of the river!
Before they entered Tokyo City, officials from the Ministry of Justice came out to greet them and took Ma Da and Zhang Qing away from Han Niu. Yun Zheng, who was empty-handed, led his men into Tokyo City. It seemed that the emperor would not help Yun Zheng.
In order to reward these warriors, Lu Qingqing still needs to take action.
After seeing the scene of decline along the way, Yun Zheng was really not in a good mood to deal with Wen Yanbo, who came to scold him for missing his return date. He waited stupidly for Wen Yanbo to announce the decision, and Yun Zheng became very rude.
I rushed into Yun's house without wanting to say another word.
Lu Qingqing, who was standing at the door to welcome her husband home, sighed and followed her husband home. At the same time, she ordered the housekeeper to close the door tightly and not see any guests.
"The red sun is scorching like fire, the seedlings in the fields are half-scorched, the farmers' hearts are like boiling water, the princes and princes are shaking their fans..." Yun Zheng was lying on a chair, shaking his cattail fan, and imitating the farmers' singing tunes.
It will be May in ten days, and the city of Tokyo has become hot and dry. After the beginning of spring, it rained, and the entire city of Tokyo was covered with a layer of dust.
"Is this a new ditty my husband has learned? It's just that we shouldn't sing it in our family. We are the princes, princes and grandsons in our family." Ge Qiuyan, whose belly was already bulging, came to her husband whom she hadn't seen for many days and smiled coquettishly.
Yun Zheng glanced at her, touched her belly with his hand and asked, "Are you still suffering from morning sickness now?"
"I stopped vomiting a long time ago. I ate a whole cage of steamed buns this morning, all of which were meat." Seeing that her husband cared about her, Ge Qiuyan immediately compared the size of the steamed buns with her hands and covered her mouth with a sneer.
"It's good if you can eat, it's good if you can eat. Only in this way can you give birth to strong children. I'm in a bad mood. The people I saw along the way are not in good condition. Today's drought has taken shape. If you can store more food at home, it will be better."
Stock up some, don't buy grain from Tokyo, ask the Liang family to transport grain from Shuzhong, the reason why the court is in a hurry to build the pontoon bridge is to facilitate the transportation of grain."
Lu Qingqing arranged the door for the house. As soon as he walked in, he heard her husband's words and lamented: "You don't know, the price of food in Tokyo has increased by 30%. If it continues to rise like this, those small households will not be able to survive."
Have a good time.
I have already made some preparations. The Liang family has promised to transport a thousand tons of grain to the family this time, but it must wait until after the summer grain harvest. Now is the time when there is no harvest, and it is difficult to raise grain."
Yun Zheng put down the cattail leaf fan, patted his forehead and said: "How come nothing goes smoothly? Both Hedong and Hexi are suffering from drought. The disaster in Nanjing was bad last year. I'm afraid it will be difficult to rely on Jiangnan. This disaster has
Fa, your husband's southern expedition was in vain."
"Your hunting was not going well? You didn't even bring back a rabbit. Don't be upset if you can't catch the prey. Our family's food will not be reduced. I see that you are a little sleepy. Why don't you go to the house and take a nap?"
Yun Zheng shook his head, declined his wife's kindness, and took the cattail leaf fan directly to the wooden house in the back garden. If he guessed correctly, Di Qing was already waiting for him there.
"Being beaten by Shuang? Haven't you already captured the likes of Ma Da and Zhang Qing? Why are you still not happy? Could it be that Kong Zong is willing to contribute? The general environment does not allow him to make any choice."
Di Qing might be hungry. Whenever Yun Zheng saw him, he would have a case of food in front of him. He took a roast leg of lamb from Di Qing's case, took a bite and said, "Kong Zong is willing to forget it's nothing. I
I am worried about the west and north, Hedong, and Hexi. This year's severe drought is a foregone conclusion. I am worried that the disasters in Xixia and Liao will be more serious. I am afraid that by autumn at the latest, Xixia and Liao, who have nothing to eat, may be sent out empty-handed.
, came to the Song Dynasty to look for food." (To be continued)