The Eighth Prince suffered a heavy loss from Liu Zhiliang in the Tianbo Yang Mansion, but the affairs of the Liao Kingdom still had to be dealt with. None of the generals of the Song Dynasty were really rivals of the generals of the Liao Kingdom. The current emperor Zhao Heng had just succeeded to the throne and appointed
Likeng was the prime minister, and he was considered a capable minister. He was diligent in political affairs. He divided the Song Dynasty into fifteen roads, and envoys from each road took turns to come to Beijing to report on their duties, and exempted the tax arrears from the five generations. But with the battle-hardened Tai
Unlike his ancestors and Taizong, Zhao Heng, who had lived in a deep palace since childhood, had a cowardly character and lacked the determination and courage to pioneer and innovate. In his opinion, adhering to Huang Lao's inaction thought that Taizong admired in his later years and continuing to maintain the established situation was the best choice.
After the Song and Liao Dynasties signed the Chanyuan Alliance, Zhenzong did nothing politically. Instead, he devoted himself to the affairs of worship, whitewashed peace, built palaces and temples, wasted people and money, and made the "internal and external troubles" of the Song Dynasty increasingly serious.
The Eighth Prince came to the court early the next day. In the morning, the Eighth Prince told Emperor Zhenzong about what happened in the Yang family. At this time, the court suddenly became chaotic. Wang Qinruo and Ding Wei shouted, saying that this was going to happen.
Rebellion? He clearly doesn't take the court seriously, and Wang Qinruo is also the deputy prime minister now. How could such a scholar take a little person who just stood up in his eyes?
Wang Qinruo, whose courtesy name was Dingguo, was a member of the Linjiang Army. His father, Wang Zhonghua, accompanied his grandfather Wang Yu to serve as an official in Ezhou. When the water in the Yangtze River surged, he moved to the Yellow Crane Tower. People in Hanyang saw that there seemed to be light on the Yellow Crane Tower.
Later that year, Wang Qinruo was born. Wang Qinruo lost his father in his early years, and Wang Yu loved him very much.
When Taizong conquered Taiyuan, Wang Qinruo was only eighteen years old. He wrote "Ping Jin Fu Lun" and presented it to Taizong's camp. Wang Yu was appointed as a judge in Haozhou. When he was about to die, he told his family: "I have been an official for more than fifty years and I am very cautious about the use of punishment."
, so that many people can survive. In the future, there will be someone who will greatly rejuvenate my family, probably my grandson!"
Wang Qinruo was selected as Jinshi Jiake, appointed as Bozhou Defense Promotion Officer, promoted to Secretary Provincial Secretary Lang, Supervisor of Luzhou Taxation. He was promoted to Taichang Cheng, and was appointed as the third magistrate of the Ministry of Justice. At that time, Wu Bingu was appointed as the magistrate of Duzhi, and he once commented that
"The people all over the world have defaulted on their taxes. From the Five Dynasties to the present, they have never stopped pressing for payment. The people are suffering from hunger and cannot bear it. I want to report to the emperor to reduce or reduce it." Wang Qinruo ordered the officials to check and verify the amount one night and report to the emperor the next day.
Zhenzong was shocked and said: "The late emperor didn't know?" Wang Qinruo said slowly: "Of course the late emperor knew, probably he left it to the emperor to win over the people." That day, he ordered the reduction of more than 10 million in taxes owed by the people and the release of more than 3,000 prisoners.
People. Zhenzong paid more attention to Wang Qinruo, summoned him to take an exam at the Academy of Bachelor's Degrees, taught him the right principles, knew how to make imperial edicts, and called him a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
The bandit king Jun of Shu had just been pacified, and Wang Qinruo was appointed as the pacifier of Xichuan. Wherever he went, he questioned the prisoners and reduced their sentences in order from death to the following. Most of the things he listed were beneficial to the country and suitable for the time. Wang Qinruo returned to the court and was appointed Zuojian.
As a senior official, he was involved in political affairs. Due to the kindness of the suburban priest, he was appointed to Shizhong.
In the early years of Jingde, the Khitan invaded, and Zhenzong personally conquered Chanyuan. Wang Qinruo requested to go northward, and served as minister of the Ministry of Industry, and participated in political affairs to judge Tianxiong's army. He was promoted to the Hebei Transportation Department. Zhenzong personally hosted a banquet to send him there.
There was a quasi-discord. When he returned to the court, he repeatedly expressed his willingness to be relieved and participate in political affairs. He was relieved of his duties as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Bachelor of the Zizheng Palace.
Soon after, he judged Shangdu Province and compiled "Cefu Yuangui". There were praises and praises. Wang Qinruo wrote his name at the top of the memorial to express gratitude to the emperor. When there were mistakes and accusations, Wang Qinruo warned the scribes to ask him.
It is only said that it was done by people below Yang Yi, and most of what he did was like this. In the middle of the year, he was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of War, was promoted to a bachelor, and notified the Department of Banking and Finance, and also served as a subordinate.
At first, Wang Qinruo was dismissed from office, and Zhenzong favored him by setting up the position of bachelor of Zizhengdian for him, and Kou Zhun set his rank below the bachelor of Hanlin. Wang Qinruo complained to Zhenzong, and Zhenzong added the word "da" to him as a bachelor.
His position was above that of Cheng Zhi. Wang Qinruo also informed the privy council affairs as Shangshu Zuocheng and compiled the history of the country.
At this time, the Eighth Prince said to Emperor Zhao Heng, "Guan family, I think we should send people to Cangzhou to have a look first. From Cangzhou to the Tianjing New City that Liu Zhiliang mentioned, Liu Zhiliang was talking about
It's not true. Besides, we don't want to take things seriously. It's better to send people to Zhengzhou to find Yang Liulang and make plans. They said they have a way to deal with the Khitan cavalry, so is seeing it believing? In this case, I will go there myself.
Once I go there, the imperial court will send someone to go with me, and I will go back to Yang’s house to call Mrs. She over, so that we can handle it much easier."
Emperor Zhenzong, Zhao Heng, who had lived in a deep palace since childhood, had a weak character and lacked the determination and courage to pioneer and innovate. In his opinion, adhering to Huang Lao's inaction thought that Taizong admired in his later years and continuing to maintain the established situation was the best choice. This is
It seemed right to think about it, so Wang Qinruo and Kou Zhun went to Tianjing New City with the Eighth Prince. By the way, they asked the old lady to go with them, and sent Jiao Zan to Zhengzhou to find Yang Liulang and return to Bianjing.
The real idea of the Eighth Prince was not to create a new enemy for the Song Dynasty. Zhenzong ascended the throne, was granted the title of Taibao, General of Zuowei, and was granted the title of Duke of Cao. Next year, he would serve as Ping Haijun's military governor and worship Tong Zhongshu's disciple Ping Zhangshi.
, he was granted the title of Grand Tutor of the Examination School, and was granted the title of Prince of Guangling County. He was granted the title of Taishan, changed to Zhaowu, made the military commander of Ande Army, and promoted to the title of Rongwang; he was offered sacrifices to Fenyin, and was granted the title of Imperial Minister, and was granted the title of Prince of Zhenjing, Wuxin, and was granted the title of Grand Commander of the Examination School;
The Taiqing Palace in the ancestral hall, plus the order of Zhongshu. The maidservants set fire to Yanzhen, seized the Wuxin Festival, surrendered to King Duan, and left to live in the former prince-in-law, Captain Shi Baoji. Every time he saw the emperor, he felt sorry for himself, and the emperor pityed him.
Lianzhi. Xunjia Zhenhai, Anhua Army Jiedushi, granted the title of King Peng, and entered Taibao. Renzong was the prince and added Taifu. Li Henghai Yongqing Baoping Dingguojiedu, the governor of Shaanzhou, changed to the king of Tong, and the king of Jing.
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After going to court, Kou Zhun came to the Eighth Prince's official residence and said to the Eighth Prince, "Your Majesty, if you still have something to say to me this morning, I could see it early and tell me." The Eighth Prince was still thinking about it at this time.
Liu Zhiliang's words yesterday made me angry, but the Eighth Prince was really thinking about the Song Dynasty court, and he could endure such great grievances. At this time, there happened to be someone to talk to, and the Eighth Prince poured out yesterday's story
What Liu Zhiliang said in the Tianbo Yang Mansion was repeated to Kou Zhun. The Eighth Prince said, "The court still made a mistake regarding the Yang family, but what they didn't expect was that Lin Qing'er ran away from home and became a monk in the mountains.
.Yang Qilang’s incident has broken Lin Qing’er’s heart. Now people’s request is to kill the nine Pan family members and leave no chickens or dogs behind. If it is true as Liu Zhiliang said, then the Pan family may be responsible for the demise of the Song Dynasty.
beginning."
Kou Zhun said, "Let's take a look first. But if their salt processing and casting skills are so good, it shows that these people are not simple. Also, if they built a new city without anyone's help in just two years,
It shows that this group of people has the talent to change the world. We will think of a way with the officials after we come back. Tomorrow I will go to Tianbo Yang Mansion with you to ask Mrs. She to go to Cangzhou with us."
Yang Peng was excited there when Zha Yunke, the boss of Yuan Xingxing, came up and said, "What a big deal, City Lord!" Yang Peng said with a smile, "Master Zha bought two sets of wine sets, and he can also make a lot of money.
Right!" Zha Yunke said: "The hard-earned money I spent on these two sets of glass is really thin compared with the profit of the city lord! They say that there are eight major merchants in Bianjing. I think it should have been changed to nine major merchants!
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Yang Peng knew that Cha Yunke was in the sea business and made a lot of profits in a year. The profit from selling two sets of glass wine sets was not a big deal for him. Thinking of sea ships, Yang Peng asked casually: "
Mr. Cha made a lot of money by going to sea. Did Mr. Cha build his own ship?"
When Zha Yunke saw Yang Peng asking about it, he thought for a while and said, "To be honest with the city lord, I hired a shipbuilder to build my ship myself. When the city lord asked this, did he also want to do this sea business?" In the Song Dynasty, the sea ban was lifted, but
There is no limit on the number of ships that can sail to the sea. Only merchants who have received a "shipping guide" from the Municipal Shipping Department can set out from Fujian Yuegang to sail to the sea. There are only more than a hundred copies of this ship's guide every year, and they are all collected by some of the most connected businessmen.
There are many maritime traders who want to go to sea but do not have connections with shipping companies, so they can only smuggle.
However, the smuggling ship is officially regarded as a pirate and cannot be operated without local connections. Cha Yunke is the nephew of Bing Bei Dao, and Bing Bei Dao is in charge of coastal defense matters off the coast of Dengzhou. This is why Cha Yun Ke
I can safely sail from Dengzhou to the sea. Yang Peng only cares about Tianjing New City. It is currently impossible to do this kind of business. Yang Peng also asked casually.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "If I want to build a ship in the future, I will ask Mr. Zha to introduce a shipbuilder!" Zha Yunke looked at Yang Peng, smiled arrogantly, and said carelessly: "It is easy for the city lord to build a ship, if you can
You can't go to the sea, for that matter. Things on the sea are not that easy. However, if the city lord wants to build a ship, just come to me."
After making a lot of money from the glass business, Yang Peng set up a medical examination tent in Tianjing New City again to recruit troops. This time, Yang Peng wanted to recruit another five thousand recruits. Yang Peng understood that having soldiers is the most important thing in these troubled times. There are
If you have powerful soldiers and horses, the governor, the general, and even the prime minister will respect you. Although killing all the Khitans cannot be included in the bag and will have to be divided among other high-ranking military officers, it is still possible to gradually get promoted with military exploits. Besides, I still have a lot to do here.
Facing two countries, one is the Liao Kingdom and the other is the Song Dynasty. Fortunately, the Liao Kingdom can say that the Song Dynasty is its biggest enemy, because the people today still recognize the emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Although Zhang Xiang and Zhao Jinxi do not agree with Yang Peng's ideas now, they feel that he is using money to build a strong army, which is too wasteful. But these people don't know that as a manager, Yang Peng has a population of tens of thousands in the new city.
Think more, making money is not too difficult, and losing money is not a stupid thing. As long as he has more and more soldiers, as long as he slowly improves his status between the two countries, Yang Peng will have it.
With real strength, you can protect your own industry and make more money.
And speaking of it, Tianjing is a dangerous place, and the Khitans often come in and plunder. Once the city is captured by the Khitans, there is often a bloodbath. Tianjing is located on the east side of Yingzhou, so it is naturally not a safe place. Since then
From the perspective of security, Yang Peng must also quickly train more powerful soldiers and horses. Yang Peng's soldiers and horses are well treated, and the first batch of 2,000 soldiers have already gone to a well-off society. This is something that residents dozens of miles around know.
As soon as the second batch of recruitment notices went out, tens of thousands of people flocked to Tianjing New City to apply. They hoped to join the team that selected Yang Peng and become soldiers with three to two months' salary and three meals of meat.
The physical examination and interviews were carried out step by step. In the first year of Xianping, Yang Peng recruited five thousand soldiers before the year had passed. The new five thousand soldiers formed a new regiment, called the Polu regiment, and the regiment leader was Yang Peng's number one
Duan Zhixian, who was rescued for the first time, served as the officer. Yang Peng selected outstanding officers and soldiers from the Selection Corps to serve as officers in the Polu Corps, and established the organizational framework.
Fang Laosan is a new soldier of the Polu Regiment. He is originally a civilian from Fangjia Village in the west of Cangzhou. A few days ago, I heard from someone who was a scholar in the village that a notice was posted in the town, saying that Tianjing New City
Recruiting soldiers. Soldiers in Tianjing New City, what a coveted job it is. I once heard a well-informed person in the village say: The soldiers in Tianjing New City are provided with three full meals a day, and the meals include meat and vegetables.
Three taels of silver a month. This is a good thing that you can't find even with a lantern!
Although the soldiers of Tianjing New City went out to fight, they were victorious every time, and no one was heard of being wounded or killed in battle. Fang Laosan's third sister is already married, and has an eldest brother and a younger brother at home. The family only has 33 acres of dry land. Why?
It seems that they can't even afford three men to start a family. Fang Laosan is desperate to find a way out! When he heard the news about recruitment in Tianjing New City, Fang Laosan immediately came to apply with a dozen young people in the village, and finally went through a physical examination and interview.
In the end, only Fang Laosan was hired.
He has been in good health since he was a child, has no night blindness, and is honest, which meets the requirements of Tianjing New City soldiers. When the news of Fang Laosan's recruitment spread, the entire Fangjia Village came to Fang Laosan's house to congratulate him. Fang Laosan's father was happy.
I simply borrowed three taels of silver and set up two tables of running water mats in front of my house and invited the whole village to eat.
The whole village came to eat the flowing water feast happily, and the atmosphere was as if Fang Laosan had won a scholarship. Fang Laosan's father told Fang Laosan rudely that Fang Laosan would have to pay back the three taels of silver for the flowing water mat in the future.
——That is, they knew that Fang Laosan would have money to repay the debt in the future, so others lent the three taels of silver to the Fang family.
Two days later, Fang Laosan's father borrowed another four taels of silver from the village and made a set of decent new cotton-padded clothes for each member of the family of five. He said that Fang Laosan would have to repay the money in the future. Now the Fang family
People all over the world regard Fang Laosan as a rich man. After all, he only has three taels of money a month! If he were more frugal these days, his monthly expenses for food, clothing, housing and transportation would only cost seven or eight taels of silver. Three taels of silver could support a family of four. Fang
The third child is a single man, and he has food and lodging in the military camp. How can he spend three taels of silver?
Fang Laosan could only agree to these debts with a smile - he was recruited as a recruit by Tianjing New City and encountered such a great thing. It was really unreasonable not to spend some money to make his family happy. He was half happy at home.
In August, Fang Laosan said goodbye to his family and reported to Tianjing New City as required.
He was assigned to the first squad of the third platoon of the third company of the first battalion of the Polu Regiment. On the day of the report, the company commander gave him a wooden waist badge with his name engraved on it. After getting the waist badge, Fang Laosan followed the squad leader there.
The luggage was put away in the military camp. Fang Laosan's squad leader was called Jiang Chong, a very strong veteran. Jiang Chong didn't speak to Fang Laosan along the way, and he looked down upon Fang Laosan, a new recruit.
The military camp was built in the south of the city. It is a large dormitory. Each class has a room with four bunk beds. There is a public bathhouse and toilet for every five dormitories. The bathhouse is equipped with free toilets.
Soap and hot water, squad leader Jiang Chong arrived at the barracks and told Fang Laosan that the recruits should take a bath in the bathhouse immediately after entering the barracks. From now on, they should take a bath every three days in the winter and every day in the spring, autumn and summer.
Fang Laosan quickly found an empty bed to put down his luggage. He took the wooden basin with his hair to the bathhouse and took a bath with the magic soap that he had never used before. He took a very comfortable hot bath. Then in the evening, Fang Laosan and the other six
The recruits followed the squad leader into the canteen of the Polu Regiment. The soldiers' canteen was very large, divided into ten, from the first canteen to the tenth canteen. The squad leader Jiang Chong looked down upon these country bumpkins like Fang Laosan who had never seen the world.
, he didn’t say a word when he led the recruits to the cafeteria, and only gave a few instructions when they arrived at the seventh cafeteria.
Following the instructions of the squad leader, Fang Laosan showed his wooden waist tag at the window of the No. 7 cafeteria, and the cook handed out dinner to Fang Laosan: a three-ounce piece of pork belly, a large spoonful of boiled Chinese cabbage,
There is also a filling white rice. The meat is red and white pork belly, and the rice is white rice without any bran.
Except for the Chinese New Year, this was the first time that Fang Laosan had a meal with meat and vegetables. He devoured it as if he had never eaten such a delicious meal. After finishing a bowl of rice, Fang Laosan went to the window again.
After receiving a bowl, I ate until my stomach was bulging before I gave up.
After eating a full meal, Fang Laosan felt comfortable all over. The other soldiers also had a hard life, and they howled and ate rice and meat dishes one by one. Squad leader Jiang Chong only ate most of the bowl of rice and sat there watching the hard work.
The recruits had a look of contempt on their faces. After dinner, when they returned to the dormitory, Jiang Chong didn't say a word. He just told the recruits to go to bed at midnight, saying that anyone who didn't sleep and bombed the camp would be punished by beheading!
This sentence scared the recruits so much that they lay in bed and dared not speak out. Early the next morning, the recruits had a breakfast of eggs, pickles and porridge in the cafeteria, and were led to the training ground outside the city by the squad leader. Jiang Chong stood there
In front of the team, I took a look at the new recruits who looked like country bumpkins.
"You are all new recruits and don't understand anything! But you will understand soon!" "Do you know how long it took me to become this squad leader?" "I don't know!" The recruits shook their heads, and Jiang Chong said loudly.
: "It took me a year and four months! In this year and four months, I practiced target shooting 480 times, and hit the target every time at a distance of 130 steps! I participated in two battles! Killed
I killed eight thieves, three of them were the thieves’ leaders! That’s why I am today, your squad leader!”
Hearing Jiang Chong's achievements, the recruits looked at Jiang Chong differently, with a bit of admiration. He killed eight thieves. What a powerful person he was. Jiang Chong left in front of the seven recruits.
After a few steps, he said loudly: "There are food and meat here, and a high monthly salary. How is this life?" Jiang Chong asked and answered himself: "This life is good! But can it be better?
"Jiang Chong said loudly: "It can be better!"
"As long as you train hard, start shooting hard after the recruit period, and perform normally when participating in battles. In two or three years, each of you will be a squad leader, and you will be able to lead seven soldiers like me! Get four
Two monthly payments!" "Now I took a loan from the city lord and bought my own two-story villa! I have my own house! I'm not bragging, the matchmaker who came to propose marriage to me has crossed the threshold of my house! I chose
My wife is spoiled for choice!"
"As long as you obey the command, you can do what I do." Hearing Jiang Chong's encouraging remarks, the seven recruits felt that their future was bright. As long as they obeyed the command, good days seemed to be waving to them. The recruits
He stood up straight with his chest raised. Several recruits came from very poor backgrounds. When they heard the bright future described by Jiang Chong, their faces flushed with excitement.
Jiang Chong looked at the new recruits, changed the topic, and said: "However, if someone disobeys orders, has no discipline, deserts during training, or makes mistakes during battle, then military law will serve him!" "Not only that, but also obey the confidentiality regulations!
The performance of the weapons you use in the Polu Regiment cannot be leaked, even if officials of the Song Dynasty ask you. You cannot do it in front of other civilians during target practice! You cannot discuss the situation during your battle with people other than soldiers! Do this.
Keep it a secret!"
The recruits looked at Jiang Chong firmly, expressing their determination to abide by the regulations with their eyes. Violating the regulations? Such a good day! Even if you force them with a knife, they will not violate the regulations! Jiang Chong saw the excitement of the recruits and smiled.
He smiled and said lightly: "The first day of physical training, a twenty-mile cross-country run, everyone will follow me!"
After he was busy recruiting new soldiers, Yang Peng had free time and began to develop new industries. What Yang Peng wanted to buy this time was reading glasses. Because the master's eyes were not very good, he was a little short-sighted, which was mainly related to the fact that the master often ate vegetables.
From Yang Peng's point of view, it would be a big deal for Yang Peng if the master had some problems.
With colorless and transparent glass, making glasses is a matter of course. Not many people studied in the Song Dynasty these days, and there were not many myopia eyes. It is estimated that few pairs of myopia glasses could be sold, but there were many presbyopias. Presbyopia is caused by the eyes
The ciliary muscle relaxes and the lens becomes flat, causing the image of the object to be behind the retina, so the object cannot be seen clearly. Reading glasses are actually convex lenses that use their light-gathering function to move the image of the object forward onto the retina.
To put it simply, as long as the round glass is processed into a convex lens with a suitable focal length and installed in a wooden frame, it becomes a pair of reading glasses. The Song Dynasty advocated ethics and filial piety, and officials and leaders of big families were all old people.
These old people controlled most of the wealth of the Song Dynasty, but they were basically presbyopic. People with presbyopic glasses could not see clearly memorials, documents, letters and famous posts. This problem troubled the old people of the Song Dynasty, and Yang Peng wanted to
Help them solve this problem.
As long as you spend some money, you can restore your visual ability and read documents clearly again. This must be a good deal for many old people. To make a glass convex lens, you can use a molding machine to mold the slurry glass, but it is made like this
The glass lenses are still very rough and need to be polished, which requires specialized talents.
Yang Peng thought for a while and decided to find some jade craftsmen to polish and polish glass lenses. The hardness of glass is basically the same as that of jade. Generally speaking, glass is harder than soft jade such as Hetian jade and softer than jade such as jade, so it can polish jade.
Craftsmen can handle glass lenses.
Yang Peng took Zhao Jinxi to a well-decorated jade shop in Cangzhou City, and asked the owner of the jade shop about the craftsman who handled the jade. When the boss saw Yang Peng walking into the shop wearing a red official uniform, he saluted and served him very attentively. He heard that Yang Peng
When Peng wanted to hire a jade craftsman, he did not hide his secrets. He directly told Yang Peng that jade was produced in Yutian County, Hengzhou, saying that there were jade craftsmen gathering there and he could find a jade craftsman.
Yang Peng immediately took Zhao Jinxi and a few soldiers to Yutian County. He spent a day riding horseback to Yutian County. When he arrived in Yutian County, he inquired and found an alley selling jade. He found that there were dozens of jade processing and jade processing companies in the alley.
The salesman, Yang Peng, heard that those jade shops were all front shops and back factories, and the jade craftsmen were processing jade in the yard behind the shops.
Yang Peng chose a jade shop with the most luxurious decoration and walked in. When the owner of the jade shop saw a fourth-grade military attache walking in with a few followers, he hurriedly greeted him, saluted, and said nervously: "Master, are you here?"
What's the matter?" Zhao Jinxi said loudly: "My master wants to hire some jade craftsmen who can polish jade. Do you have any here?" The shop owner was stunned when he heard this, and said in panic: "Master, the small shop polishes jade.
We have just enough manpower for the jade craftsmen. We don’t have any extra ones, so I’m afraid the officials won’t be able to hire them!”
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.