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- Li Xian replied cautiously: "Your Majesty occasionally has minor ailments and is relatively healthy. (Literature Museum)"
Of course, he didn¡¯t know what Zheng Lang was thinking.
In history, a series of stories happened after Zhao Xu died. Cai Que wanted to support Zhao Xu's younger brother, King Zhao Hao of Wu. Cai Que had Cai Que's ideas. No matter how Song Taizong came to power, the Song Dynasty also had the tradition of brother to brother. If a mature brother of the emperor in mind and body ascends the throne, the country will immediately be stable. transition. 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 him and overturned the reforms again and again.
But the story is not over yet. Gao Taotao adopted a repressive education for Zhao Xu, and Cheng Xiaofuzi, a rotten scholar, added fuel to the fire. Zhao Xu lived in darkness when he was a teenager and was in a low mood. Coupled with a lack of exercise, his body did not have much immunity. As a result, Suffering from tuberculosis, also known as tuberculosis. But at the beginning, this disease was not incurable. Gao Taotao was afraid that the disease would be exposed and affect the stability of the Song Dynasty, or had other ideas, so he actually concealed Zhao Xu's condition and even refused to allow doctors to treat him.
It can also be seen from the portraits of various emperors in the Northern Song Dynasty that Song Zhezong's image is like an opium devil.
After Gao Taotao's death, Zhezong of Song Dynasty took over the government personally, but due to his low physical fitness, he had no children. Originally, in order to reform, Zhang Dun followed Sima Guang and others' example of smearing Song Shenzong and smeared Gao Taotao. Xiang was shocked when she heard this. If Gao Taotao was smeared like this, her position could not be saved, so she found Song Zhezong's His mother, Concubine Zhu, begged for mercy, but to no avail. When Song Zhezong was critically ill and unable to speak, Xiang told a huge lie in front of Song Zhezong, saying that Zhao Xu's last words were to hand over the throne to Zhao Ji, who was Song Huizong. In fact, Song Zhezong also had a younger brother named Zhao Si. Even according to the tradition of the Song Dynasty, it was impossible to pass it on to Zhao Ji.
Why did Xiang do this? The word "right".
?? Concubine Zhu originally valued her children. If she has another son as king, her position as queen mother will be shaken.
In his previous life, he had an argument with someone. It¡¯s hard to say. What if Zhao Si is worse than Zhao Ji? In his previous life, Zheng Lang disagreed. Without him, it was the weird political system of the Song Dynasty! In this system, it is difficult to do good things and reform, but it is also not easy to do bad things. It was because Song Zhenzong became so mediocre in his later years. The Northern Song Dynasty was still developing. It can be said that Zhao Ji was the best among the best for being able to defeat the Song Dynasty like that.
The first thing in between is rights, and the second is ability.
The story of three women, one is not as good as the other. Liu E also has a strong sense of power, but under her management. He gave his adopted son a good foundation.
In the hands of Gao Taotao, the Song Dynasty did not collapse, but he was extremely selfish and even listened to his parents' instigation, completely discrediting his son's achievements.
As for Xiang, he is an insidious poisonous snake. He has left nothing but harm to the country and the people.
But Zheng Lang is not very worried about this.
Under his own intentional care. Cao Gao made good profits to the three companies. Although he allowed them to disclose a large amount of hidden land, the supervisory and shareholding contracts made the three companies very rich. Without the instigation of these three families, the women in the palace had never been hostile to the reform.
Gao Taotao often listened through a screen when he was teaching Zhao Xu. Occasionally, I will ask questions, and I will be somewhat enlightened. Moreover, the conflicts aroused by his own reform pace gradually resolved later. Of course, the powerful will still be greedy, and this is not just the Song Dynasty. The Khitan also had it, and those three million and a half million people made it impossible for the Khitan to send troops to Xixia. In other words, Zhao Xu is dead. The contradictions caused by the reform are not as serious as in history. Even if Gao Tao adopts some conservative methods, he will not be as radical as he did in history.
But Zheng Lang still hopes that Zhao Xu will live, at least ten years.
" Then the power can be transferred safely. Zhao Xu does not have that kind of repressive environment, so he may not get tuberculosis. Even if he does, he can be treated in time, and it will not be as serious as in history. There will even be princes and grandsons left. As long as a top guy like Zhao Ji didn't come to power, the Northern Song Dynasty would not have perished so quickly.
??Also, science and technology are advancing, and more powerful weapons may be developed in the future. Even as long as Zhao Xu is safe, the debt is gradually repaid, and the national finances are getting healthier, we can tentatively launch an attack on Youyun. There is no need to seduce the Jurchens, so the possibility of the Jin going south is infinitely reduced.
Li Xian said this, but you can't listen to it like this.
Zheng Lang looked at the handsome young man next to him again.
Only Zhao Xu and a few imperial doctors around him knew what was going on with Zhao Xu's body.
It is probably not dangerous, otherwise Zhao Xu cannot be allowed to come to the northwest. Otherwise, if something happens to Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu will not be able to make it in time even if he rides a thousand-mile horse to the capital.
??????????????? And it¡¯s also unlikely. There is no defeat in the Xia Dynasty, and there is no defeat in Yongle City. The country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the civil and military skills have reached the peak of the Song Dynasty almost at the same time. Zhao Xu is undoubtedly in a cheerful mood.
Just now heWhen I was born, I took over almost all the affairs. Not only in history, but in history, it is said that Wang Anshi presided over the reform, but they all ignored Zhao Xu's role. Zhao Xu actually participated secretly, and suffered internal and external difficulties, which seriously delayed his health.
However, there are few activities in the palace and there are n beautiful girls. It is very difficult to live a long life. Song Gaozong has lived a long life, but a few people know that he has been training since childhood, and his martial arts skills are better than ordinary generals. Longevity was the key to Zhao Gou's youth. The foundation laid.
Or later Qianlong, his longevity was also the result of his love of activities.
Therefore, Zhao Xu¡¯s physical condition is not very good now, he often gets sick, and he is a little worried. In addition, his affairs in the northwest are getting less and less, and Zhao Xu is getting older at nine years old, so that¡¯s why he made this move?
Because he was far in the northwest and deliberately far away from the center of power, Zheng Lang couldn't get any useful information and couldn't figure it out.
After much deliberation, I first asked Li Xian and Zhao Xu to sit down and drink tea, and then write the memorial.
First, it is written that Zhao Xu did this and violated the system.
In fact, Zheng Lang welcomes this approach. Let these crown princes go out of the palace to take a look. They can see the suffering of the people, or they may be taken advantage of by powerful ministers in the future. But even if the crown princes are in the palace, the powerful ministers will not Participate in the heir apparent?
But it does violate the system and must be written down.
Secondly, it is said that the Sixth Prince can be taught in the body, but only in the northwest. Once something happens in the Northwest and he becomes an official, he must look like he is an official and stay away from politics. Zhao Xu must also be brought back to the palace.
Finally, let¡¯s talk about another thing.
Zheng Lang was ruthless about greening, and the direct allocation from the court alone reached nearly 70 million yuan. He is not an environmentalist, but he has no choice but to do so. The western part of China's terrain is blocked by plateaus. Before the advent of the scientific and technological era, this kind of land formed a natural guarantee for China, preventing it from being affected by the civilizations of Central Asia and Europe. As for the south, it is not a threat at all, including the current Jiaozhi. The biggest threat is still in the north, so the north will be China's focus in the next two to three hundred years.
However, due to poor water and soil, repeated droughts and floods, and the Yellow River bursting its banks, this foundation has been damaged time and time again.
If the greening follows up. Disasters will be reduced, and the northern economy and food production will all keep up. The north will be stable, and the whole country will be stable. That¡¯s why there are river works and greening. Areas where grazing and farming are prohibited.
Now, large tracts of green appear in many areas including Shaanxi, Hehuang and Xixia, and the results have been seen. The amount of sediment in many Yellow River tributaries is gradually decreasing. Especially Xixia.
But with this kind of stable life, the population in the Xixia region will also surge in the future. With more people, in order to survive, they will have to deforestation.
This is the future crisis of the western region.
There are greater crises across the country.
This spring, the Ministry of Household Affairs will collect statistics on the number of households. Including Hehuang and Xixia regions, the number of households nationwide reached more than 24.7 million. That is to say, the number of households in the Song Dynasty increased at a rate of 500,000 to 700,000 every year.
At this rate, in 20 years, the number of households in the country will reach between 35 million and 40 million. At that time. With such a large area as the Song Dynasty, even if there were miscellaneous grains, there would be trouble. But at that time, due to the emergence of miscellaneous grains, so many years of seed cultivation were required. Although grain output did not surge, the output per mu increased by nearly half a stone. That is to say, this crisis was not yet obvious at that time. At most, the phenomenon of tenant grabbing was becoming more and more serious, and there were more and more tenant farmers and poor households.
"But what about another fifty years?"
By then the number of households is likely to reach 60 million. Once this number of households is reached, there will be no threat from foreign enemies, and the biggest crisis of the Song Dynasty will come.
I remember that when the number of households came out in the spring, many literati wrote poems and praised it. In ancient times, population increase was an important manifestation of a country's internal governance. But they didn't know that this terrible crisis was coming quietly.
There is another crisis, which is the increase in the number of clan children. In order to prevent the kings from causing chaos in the country, the policy of the Song Dynasty was to confine the clan's children in the capital. As the number increased, they began to move to Yingtian Mansion. But the rate of increase is getting more and more terrifying. This year it will be two thousand, twenty years from now it will be four thousand, and forty years from now it will be eight thousand.
By then, the money in the inner treasury will no longer be used for urgent needs of the country. It will not even be enough to support the children of the clan!
So Zheng Lang proposed the last prison, Zhenyuan Prison.
This is a combination of southern development and climate planning.
First, the islands in Southeast Asia without obvious political kingdoms were divided and auctioned.
The first is to give management rights, and the second is to give each island owner a virtual title of earl.
Scattered small islands are packed together, and large islands are divided into several or dozens of areas. The money from this auction will not be misappropriated by the court, but will be used to suppress the indigenous forces on the islands.
This is the beginning, and later it will be an enlarged version of the Fanhou Plan.
It cannot be run by indigenous people. It is necessary to immigrate from the Central Plains. Give each island owner an immigration amount and let them take the poor households to Nanyang. Then a certain amount of money and silk were paid to the court every year so that the court could support the officers and soldiers stationed there. In this process, the court will make a little money, but not too much.
The business income of each island owner, including the cultivation of mining livestock, all belong to themselves after paying the court taxes. However, various restrictions and protections were made for immigrants from the Central Plains.
After immigrants from the Central Plains came over, they enjoyed the protection of Song Dynasty laws. Although they were equal to larger versions of tenants of the island owners, their treatment could not be lower than at home. Secondly, for the lease of immigrants from the Central Plains, the tax paid to the island owners cannot be higher than the Song Dynasty court stipulated. In fact, this will be a very low tax. The court stipulated that the tax paid by the people is not high, and the higher tax is higher in the states. County officials on miscellaneous taxes. There is also the electoral system.
In the past, new villages will appear after immigration. A certain number of immigrants will allow them to elect a representative. If the island owner has a government, these representatives will represent the voices and demands of the immigrants, discuss and veto with the island owner, and even propose some government affairs. proposal.
In the future, the imperial court will assist the island owners in suppressing the rebellion. However, if the immigrants resist due to the tyranny of the island owners, the imperial court will not cooperate with the island owners in suppressing them, and may even cancel the island owners' qualifications.
¡°If these measures are implemented, the past happiness of immigrants will be protected to the greatest extent.
But the island owner also has benefits from the island owner. Firstly, they will get a virtual earl, and secondly, they can extract maximum benefits from the local indigenous people. Zheng Lang won't say this, everyone just understands it. If you press hard enough, the natives will resist. Even if the imperial court intervenes, the interests of the island owners will be harmed. If the pressure is loose, the indigenous people will be stable, but the benefits will not be much. Let each island owner choose freely.
¡°In fact, Zheng Lang didn¡¯t have a good impression of the indigenous people in Nanyang. In later generations, they raised their butcher¡¯s knives against the Chinese again and again. What is there to sympathize with?
And the advantage lies in the area. There are too many ownerless lands in Nanyang. The large area means paying the court taxes. Because of the vast area, each island owner can earn a lot of money.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT Even if they are the sons and grandsons of the dragon and go to Nanyang, they will not cause harm to the Central Plains Dynasty. Then the increase in the number of clan children will not become a drawback to the Song Dynasty. On the contrary, with these clan descendants as the link, the relationship between Nanyang and the Central Plains dynasty will be closer.
But there were many difficulties in the past. One was the hot weather. The second is malaria, and the third is ship technology.
The development of the south has reduced people¡¯s fear of the hot weather in the south.
It will take at least twenty years for cinchona trees to be widely transplanted. But further reduce the harm of malaria.
Ship technology has made considerable progress in recent years, the accident rate at sea has gradually decreased, and people have gradually explored some maritime weather patterns, although they are not accurate. Coupled with the establishment of a large number of settlements and small ports, the possibility of shipwrecks was further reduced.
Because of mining. Along with settlements and supply points, some soldiers and people began to appear on each island. It is not abrupt to set up a few officials and some soldiers to serve.
Over the years, we have become clearer about the situation on the islands in Southeast Asia. Many islands have mature supply points, lighthouses, and ports. We have language communication capabilities with some local indigenous people, and we have basically caught up.
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, sugar cane cultivation technology has improved, and rubber refining technology is being explored, which will increase the attractiveness of the South to various powerful people.
At the beginning, the island owners would not go to the island. They would only send family stewards, including clan members. But there is one thing. It doesn't matter if the island owners stay in the Central Plains. On the contrary, because they stay in the Central Plains, they dare not do anything. The clan children stayed in several capital cities. With the dividends from the island owner, there was no need for the state to bear the expenses. Moreover, as time passed, Nanyang was no longer a fearful journey, and they received a large amount of dividends. It is estimated that the scholar-bureaucrats will also force them to do so. Rush to Nanyang.
In fact, Zheng Lang did not expect this prison to make much profit for the imperial court. The profits would be made by the wealthy island owners. Therefore, Zheng Lang repeatedly said that there would be another prison in the future, which would be more profitable than the bank supervisor. Zheng Lang also did not expect that these islands would be classified as China's territory, it is not certain that one or two hundred years from now there will be independence. But it will serve several important functions.
To reduce the pressure of population explosion, from the Nanyang Islands to the other side of the ocean, even if the area of ??the Song Dynasty has increased now, their area is still 17 or 18 times the area of ??the Song Dynasty. Then it can accommodate more than 400 million households. How many years will it take to increase the number of households to 400 million?
With the population diversion, phenomena such as mergers and acquisitions of tenants in various places will automatically decline. The most obvious example is the welfare of people after the development of the south.Build roads. The people in the front flocked to Lingnan, and the owners in the back lowered their rents to retain tenant farmers. Domestic conflicts also weakened.
The development of Nanyang will expand the business circle and further stimulate the development of the country's industry and commerce. In any case, within the next two hundred years, the Central Plains will still be the foundation of Nanyang.
And if the world pattern changes in the future, we don¡¯t expect them to come together with the Central Plains and form a group like the Jews. Zheng Lang is actually very pessimistic about this, but he still has the same blood, so he can at least support him. After all, there are very few people like Li Moumou.
At the same time, this enlarged version of the climate system is actually close to a democratic parliamentary system. This is also to explore a new path in the future.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Out of the rich, powerful, clan, and relatives, they will benefit and the opposition will not be very strong. Moreover, they will bring the people to immigrate, which will not put much pressure on the court.
At the beginning, the islands were allocated to areas very close to the Song Dynasty. This was a resource, so it made the dignitaries more nervous and enthusiastic.
But the difficulty lies with some old-fashioned scholar-bureaucrats. After all, in an open country like the Tang Dynasty, people were prohibited from flowing to foreign countries. With so many people moving overseas, what would these scholar-bureaucrats think?
Zheng Lang told Zhao Xu this idea very early on. Maybe the dignitaries are very happy to have a count. There is wealth and a desire for land. Even though it is overseas, there are millions and tens of millions of acres of cultivated land in a circle. How much cultivated land did the five surnames and seven families of the Tang Dynasty have?
But as the emperor himself, there must be some hesitation in his heart.
However, the population has skyrocketed to this point, and the momentum of land grabbing and annexation in various places has resumed. This is now, what about ten or twenty years from now?
It¡¯s time to implement this supervision.
??Write the memorial. He sent them to the capital, then looked at Li Xian and Zhao Xu, called the guards, and ordered them to find four doctors with superb medical skills from the various prefectures on Lingxia Road to serve Zhao Xu.
Li Xian doesn¡¯t know Zhao Xu¡¯s physical condition in the future. Thinking that Zheng Lang was showing respect to the royal family, he said in a sharp voice: "Mr. Zheng is indeed cautious in his actions."
"It's bitterly cold in the northwest, so you have to be careful." Zheng Lang said lightly.
The actual cause of tuberculosis is mainly a dark and humid environment, which is conducive to the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Kaifeng's well-developed water system has led to prosperous commerce, but the overall environment is humid. If the living area of ??Gao Taotao is not clear to Zhao Xu, it will increase the possibility of tuberculosis. There is also your own immunity. This has nothing to do with the high and cold weather in the northwest.
But Zheng Lang was still extremely cautious.
Then Zheng Lang often took Zhao Xu around to check on the public sentiment.
Learn from the experience of governing the people. At the same time, exercising more can make the body healthier.
For Zhao Xu, the latter is more important than the former.
Zheng Lang's memorial arrived in the capital and caused an uproar. But what Zheng Lang said was true. The increase in population shows that the Song Dynasty has indeed had good governance over the years, but the rate of increase is terrible, and the number of clan members has increased sharply. It has become a shortcoming of the Song Dynasty.
Amid the commotion, Zhao Xu issued an order. I chose some nearby islands to test.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????A lot of scornful Confucianists vehemently opposed it, but the rich and powerful all welcomed it. Even many clan members are lobbying everywhere. They never imagined that they could stay in the capital for the time being, but in the future they would be rich and powerful, and the scholar-bureaucrats would still let them stay in the capital?
In the previous test, countless people squeezed their heads and wanted to get the qualification of this island owner. This incident even alarmed some powerful people in Hehuang and Xixia.
Hearing this, Zheng Lang breathed a sigh of relief. This was his last wish.
As for regaining the Sixteen Youyun Provinces, given his age, it is impossible to wait. As long as he waits, he might already be in his eighties by then. Zheng Lang wants to live to his eighties or nineties, but is it possible?
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Another spring has arrived.
The snow in the distance has not yet melted. Zheng Lang came to Fengzhou to inspect. He was about to do something big.
Suddenly, an iron cavalry came quickly. When it got close, the soldier dismounted and handed a piece of information to Zheng Lang.
Li Xian and Zhao Xu looked curiously at the edge.
There is one thing written on the information.
Before Zheng Lang left the northwest, it was because the foundation of the Song Dynasty's rule was not solid. Most of the tribes hostile to the Song Dynasty were suppressed. But there are. In addition, there are some people who are loyal to the Xixia royal family.
After so many years, there are still many former Xixia nobles and ministers who often go to the Xingqing Palace to pay homage to Li Bingchang.
Seeing that the rule of the Song Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger?Some of them were anxious. These people have secretly joined forces one after another. The intelligence did not say what they wanted to do, but the movements of these people are getting louder and louder.
Seeing Zhao Xu watching, Zheng Lang simply handed the information to Zhao Xu and asked, "Sixth Prince, what are they going to do?"
"Rebellion."
"But now the people's will is in favor of the imperial court. They don't have an army or much tribal support, so what ability do they have to rebel?"
Zhao Xu thought for a while and said: "Is it Khitan?"
"It's true. The Khitan extorted three million yuan from me and got a lot of wealth. In recent years, miscellaneous grains have become more and more popular, and I finally lost my temper." Zheng Lang said with a slight smile. This little Zhao Xu has good qualifications and is very good. He is as smart as Li Gui when he was young. The more this happens, the more cautious Zheng Lang becomes towards Zhao Xu.
"Then we need to inform His Majesty." Li Xian said.
"I will definitely report it to Your Majesty, but it doesn't matter in Hebei and Hedong. The people in Hebei and Hedong are loyal to the court. Therefore, the Khitan took action and concentrated its forces westward to cooperate with these people inside and outside." Zheng Lang paused and then said: "But they came well!"
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