Chapter 146 The disease in the world! (Here it comes!)

Zhang Hengsha had been at peace for a few days, but the wedding leave was only a few days. As soon as the wedding leave was over, he went to work immediately.

When Zhao Zhen saw Zhang Heng, he smiled and said, "We just got married. You can rest for a few more days. There's no need to come here in such a hurry."

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "There is no good rest. Let other colleagues work more, which will make me feel uneasy after all."

Zhao Zhen smiled and nodded: "That's right. It's not good to cause trouble to others after all. Oh, that's right. I didn't give you any gifts when you got married. I wrote a letter for you. You can take it.

Bar."

Zhang Heng said in surprise: "This feeling is good."

Zhang Heng took it over and opened it and looked at it. It was also written with auspicious words that resembled a happy marriage. Zhao Zhen's handwriting was much prettier than Zhang Heng's. At a glance, it was clear that the skill was quite profound. Zhang Heng was very satisfied: This is what he can do

A family heirloom.

Zhao Zhen could see that Zhang Heng liked him, and he felt proud of himself, and then said: "Ju Zheng, how long have you been working as a layman?"

Zhang Heng counted his fingers and said, "I returned to Beijing at the end of May, and now it is the beginning of October. I have been working as a daily servant for about four or five months."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen said thoughtfully: "Oh, it has been quite a while. You are already newly married. The ancients said that when you start a family and start a business, it is not good to do this all the time. I will give you another job."

Zhang Heng's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Don't you want to give me another problem?

But since the emperor has said so, what can he say? He can only say: "Everything is arranged by His Majesty."

Zhao Zhen laughed: "Okay, you are a good boy, okay, let me communicate with others first."

This day is no different from any other day. Zhao Zhen meets with ministers to discuss and deal with major world affairs. There is nothing unusual about major world affairs. They are just disasters, refugees revolting, and soldiers revolting.

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There isn't much good news, but the bad news doesn't seem to be taken seriously by the emperor's courtiers. They seem to be dealing with disasters, bandits, refugees, uprisings, etc., but they always seem to be following the procedure.

In Zhang Heng's view, these chaos were signs of the country's subjugation, but in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, they seemed to be sparse and ordinary, and they mostly dealt with them in several ways.

When faced with a famine, Zhao Zhen would order to allocate tens of thousands of shi of grain, then allocate several thousand guan of money for relief, and then recruit some of the victims into the Xiang army, which would be regarded as disaster relief.

When faced with an uprising, Zhao Zhen's first approach was to send Zhao'an, the leader of the rebellion, to a minor official, while the rest of the refugees were incorporated into the Xiang army to eat food.

As for the soldiers who caused the rebellion, the first reaction was to recruit them first. If they really couldn't be recruited, they would send troops to exterminate them.

And these rebellious soldiers and refugees seemed to be here for the purpose of recruiting peace, so if there was a rebellion, it would usually be put down as soon as Zhao Zhen's Emperor's Letter arrived.

This actually solved Zhang Heng's doubts that he had been having for many years - why the Song Dynasty had so many peasant uprisings and soldiers revolting, which was the most in history, but the Song Dynasty did not collapse because of this. This is the reason.

The method of recruitment is easy to use, but every time one is recruited, each time one refugee is admitted, in Zhang Heng’s case it is [Adopt ten thousand refugees, well, hundreds of thousands of them come in a year] [Adopt ten thousand refugees]

People, hundreds of thousands more went in]...

Zhang Heng always shook his head in his mind while recording: With this method of handling, even if the Song Dynasty earned tens of millions more yuan every year, it would not be enough to fill these bottomless pits.

This explains why the Song Dynasty was obviously very rich, but it was poor every year. This was because for every 10,000 additional troops, a lot more money had to be invested every year, and it increased every year. In the past few years, it was really

All the taxes were swallowed up.

The burden is getting bigger and bigger, so big that even the imperial court can't breathe.

And Zhao Zhen looked like he was lying flat now.

There is no way, Qingli's New Deal seems to have no effect. Zhao Zhen's tone is that he is done with it, and he has no heart to do it. From now on, he can only go on like this, wait until the dragon ascends to heaven, and then carry this burden

Just give it to the next person.

In fact, Zhao Zhen really did this. The Qingli New Deal failed, and Zhao Zhen never bothered with anything else in his life.

The Jiayou New Deal did some things in a piecemeal manner, but once someone objected, it immediately fell back on its side and earned the reputation of the Jiayou New Deal.

But the so-called Jiayou New Deal does not do much. It mainly introduces some legal provisions and other things that are also beneficial to the people. It allows people to buy and sell tea products freely, reduces and exempts some excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, eliminates extravagance and waste during festivals and saves fiscal expenditures. It also rectifies water transportation.

, to prevent officials from using their power for personal gain and improve efficiency.

These are just minor corrections that are inconsequential, and actually have little effect on the overall situation of the world.

The people were already in dire straits, but above the court there was stagnant water. This was the state of affairs after the Qingli New Deal.

In fact, after Jia Changchao became prime minister, the government was about to enter a stable period. From this time until Zhao Zhen ascended to heaven, politics would enter a stable period. Although there were party conflicts, party conflicts and other crises during this period, but in the

Under Zhao Zhen's handling, the conflicts within the imperial court were eliminated to the greatest extent, and he could even directly remove the prime minister in order to eliminate the disputes.

Under this kind of treatment, it is actually not suitable for reform at all, because once it is reformed, it may turn into a fight between cronies. Once this happens, Zhao Zhen will immediately stop it.

What Zhang Heng saw now was this kind of court.

In order to maintain stability, Zhao Zhen could recruit refugees to join the Xiang army, and he could also continuously award civil and military officials, such as Jinshi who passed the imperial examination, martial arts men who passed the military exam, and of course more officials' children from Yinbu, who all joined the bureaucracy.

The growing number of officials is constantly increasing the financial pressure!

In Zhang Heng's view, Zhao Zhen's later reputation as Renzong was precisely because of his policies during this period. These policies were tolerant, gentle, and widely praised by officials. However!... This is overdrafting the potential of the empire.

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It can almost be said that Zhao Zhen used such generosity to push the Song Empire into a hopeless situation.

Zhang Heng watched with cold eyes and wrote down his thoughts in his notes.

Zeng Gongliang was right, the job of Julang was indeed of great benefit to him, but unlike what Zeng Gongliang thought, this benefit was that it gave him a deep understanding of where the disease of the Song Dynasty was!

In Zhang Heng's view, there were only two diseased areas in the Song Dynasty. One was the civil service group of the Song Dynasty, and the other was the official family of the Song Dynasty!
Chapter completed!