Great Song

"There are only one sewer ditch, and there are more than three thousand thieves hiding?" In the Chuigong Palace, Zhao Xu was also shocked when he saw the report.

This is at the feet of the serious emperor, I didn't expect there to be such a big den of thieves!Are there no sewers under the Miyagi?If you let it go, I'm afraid even he won't be able to sleep well.

"There are only more than [-] people who committed serious crimes, and the rest are idlers. They migrated to Tokyo and couldn't make a living, so they fell into a ditch." Dali Temple Judgment Temple immediately said.

The capital has a large population, and there are many people who have left their homes and have no wealth.These refugees are collectively referred to as "floating guests", and as long as they can settle in Tokyo for a year, they can apply for household registration.It's just that living in the capital is not easy, and not everyone can live comfortably.There are not a few people who accidentally lose their livelihood, make mistakes, and fall into ditch.On the contrary, there are not many serious crimes such as murder, robbery, adultery, and trafficking.

Zhao Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "Those women and children, have they all found their families?"

"Most of them are backlogged cases, and they have already returned home. There are also some who can't find their families, and they are all placed in sales homes. In this campaign, no one was killed or injured, which is really the benevolence of the officials." The eyes of the judge of Dali Temple revealed Admiration, sincere compliments.

In a place like Ghost Fan Tower, in order to escape for their lives, desperadoes are likely to use women and children in their hands as shields.In this campaign, no women or children were killed or injured, only more than 100 were frightened and slightly injured. This is really a remarkable achievement.For this one event alone, there will be countless people in Tokyo City who will appreciate the kindness of the official family.

When Zhao Xu heard this, a smile appeared on his face: "Thanks to Liu Qing for making the arrangements."

The general standing beside him immediately clasped his hands and said, "It's all thanks to the emperor's planning and the magical weapons made by the priest Ling Xiao that this miraculous effect can be achieved."

In this campaign, it was Liu Changzuo, the right servant who led the training team.His father died in the battle of Dingchuan, and he became a member of the Imperial Army because of his meritorious service.It's just that his background is not obvious, and his promotion has not been fast. Thanks to the appreciation of today's emperor, he got this job.

He is proficient in the art of war and has the magic shooting technique of piercing Yang with a hundred steps. When Liu Changzuo saw the thunder and smoke bombs in his palm, he was astonished as a heavenly man.It only took half a month to practice a set of usable formations.A group of six, two holding mines, two holding crossbows, and two holding knives, form a small formation.Taking into account both pathfinding and enemy defense, the arrangements are very thorough, and it is possible to achieve such an amazing result.

Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction: "The sewer ditch is a hidden danger after all, you have to practice hard, and after a while, take people to clean it up, and you must train a strong army!"

Liu Changzuo bowed to accept the order.As a general, he certainly knew that what the emperor said was just an excuse.No matter how many thieves there are in a sewer ditch, how much effort can it take?This spacious ditch is actually just a place for training soldiers.And what really needs to be conquered is probably not those fortified cities.

Whether it was Palm Thunder or the force he brought out, they were all prepared for the siege battle after all.Either the city of Xixia, or the city of Liao.Of course, Liu Changzuo is more willing to attack Xixia, so as to avenge his father who died in the battle!

Seeing that Liu Changzuo understood what he meant, Zhao Xu also nodded in satisfaction.After all the courtiers retreated, he tapped his fingers on the table and fell into deep thought.

The palm mine is indeed a sharp weapon, but its price is so high that it cannot be equipped by the entire army.He could only order Liu Changzuo to build an army on his own to study this way.I only hope that when we capture the city in the future, we can make great achievements.Although Su Song is a capable minister, he has improved the method of iron smelting in the past six months and saved the loss of soldiers and armor, which has really saved the court a lot of money and food.But making guns still requires countless amounts of copper and iron.If we continue to prepare for war, even if we find the Copper Mountain, it will not be able to make up for the deficit in the national treasury.

If you want to regain Yanyun and flatten Xixia, it is absolutely not enough to just increase the commercial tax and open a few border shipping companies.In addition to lack of money, corrupt armaments, gluttony and empty pay, soldiers who don't know generals, and generals who don't know soldiers, are also serious troubles.If you want to enrich the country and strengthen the army, you must change the ancestral system and implement reforms.

It's just that the movement is too big.Han Qi is shrewd and capable, he handles things safely, and he can also come up with some clever strategies to fill the treasury for him.But after all, he is an old minister.The Qingli reform back then was mostly an expedient measure, and if it couldn't be implemented all at once, it would be abolished within a few years.Not to mention that decades have passed, and the ambition has probably disappeared long ago.

If you want to reform, only one Han Qi is not enough.He also needs some other helpers to help him get rid of the long-standing abuses and rectify the administration of officials.His eyes couldn't help falling on the screen in front of him, looking at the name circled heavily on it.Zhao Xu clenched his fists and secretly made up his mind.

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The story of clearing up the ghost fan tower and rescuing the abducted women and children spread throughout Tokyo in an instant.This saved more than 1000 people in one breath. I am afraid that only the case of saving 2000 people in Guangnan during the Renzong Dynasty can be compared.Today's son has just ascended the throne, and he can implement such a benevolent government. Naturally, he is also a good emperor comparable to Renzong!

And this time is different, because they are all serious crimes, and the sufferer is there, Dali Temple did not commute the sentence as appropriate, and they are all real sentences.In previous years, only a few hundred thieves were killed in a year, but this time more than 200 bandits were executed in one breath!Some of the heinous ones even adopted the method of abandoning the market to let the people watch their punishment.Every time a person is killed, many people cheer.Those who searched hard for several years and finally found the baby also knelt in front of the palace gate to thank the emperor for his kindness.

Such a big commotion attracted many speakers from Vachery to start telling stories.As for the people of Tokyo City, what they love most is the legend of Zhenjun Lei Ting's destruction of the Ghost Fan Tower.

"...but said that when the True Monarch Thunder raised his right hand, a golden divine thunder floated in his palm. The mysterious cloak flew up, and the thunder shook, and he shouted: 'Where is the thief running?!'"

The people in the venue were fascinated by what they heard, but there was a businessman who had just arrived in the capital, and couldn't help asking the people around him: "Is the one who wiped out the Ghost Fan Tower really the Thunder King?"

He was interrupted by someone reckless, but that person was not annoyed, and said excitedly: "Of course it is true! Back then when the ghost fan building was suppressed, hundreds of households in my street heard thunder coming from the ground. It’s coming. Some people saw a dozen or so charred men being carried out of the ditch! What wasn’t struck by lightning?!”

The merchant was stunned: "It's so powerful! True Monarch Lei Ting has Guan Yu, and I'm going to go to worship..."

The man burst out laughing: "Zhenjun and his old man's Baoying Temple does not accept incense, but only sells life-saving elixir and lightning rods. If you want to burn incense, but you have found the wrong one, you might as well set up a memorial tablet at home and worship it from time to time. But The ugly words are in the front, Zhenjun hates evil like a hatred, and hates the younger generation the most. If you do not do things right, but still make offerings, you may be struck by lightning."

The merchant hissed softly: "This is too mysterious, isn't it possible that someone has been struck by lightning?"

"That's true!" the man said mysteriously, "a grandson invited a lightning rod home and offered it in the incense hall. I never thought that it would rain a few days later, and the incense hall would be struck by lightning and destroyed. Half of it! That old man surnamed Sun oppresses servants, is rich and unkind, and wants to avoid disaster with a magic needle, True Monarch Thunder will not let him go!"

"What a True Monarch!" The businessman didn't dare to bring up the matter of offering incense, he only thought that he should not make trouble in Tokyo, and let the Thundering True Monarch stare at him.How can such a god-man be coaxed by a few joss sticks...

However, True Monarch Lei Ting, whom everyone admires, is not in Baoying Temple at this moment.

"Brother Shen, why is this microscope a bit blurry?" With one eye squinted, Zhen Qiong leaned in front of a tall lens tube, looking very hard.

"This microscope is designed to adjust the distance of the lens according to the observed objects. Just turn the knob on the right hand." Shen Kuo explained.

Zhen Qiong suddenly realized, twisted carefully, and immediately said happily: "I can see clearly!"

Seeing how happy Zhen Qiong was watching, Mi Fu couldn't sit still, and turned around the table, constantly begging: "Brother Zhen! Should I take a look? Let me take a look!"

Seeing his eagerness, Shen Kuo couldn't help persuading him, "Brother Yuanzhang, it's better not to look at the mirror. You Xijie, look at the microscope, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

He made a mirror, and found a lot of objects to observe. There were dense vesicles in the plants that looked like honeycombs, a layer of fluff grew on the legs of flies, and strange things in the water.If Mi Fu saw it, he might not be able to eat, and would never go out again.

"Why can't you bear it?" Mi Fu was not reconciled.He had long suspected that there were strange insects in the water, and Zhen Qiong was lying to him.Now that I finally have a microscope, how can I not take a look?

Zhen Qiong was annoyed by his shouting, so he chuckled: "Let you see! Don't blame me for a while."

Stepping aside, no matter how Mi Fu tossed about the mirror, Zhen Qiong turned to Shen Kuo and said, "The structure of this microscope seems to be quite different from that of a telescope."

"It's different." Shen Kuo beamed with joy when he said this, "There are many components in it, which were pointed out by Brother Rong Zi, and this is the way to develop the idea. This mirror group should also be used on the sky-viewing mirror. .I’m still making maps these days, and I already have some clues!”

Unexpectedly, after asking for a microscope, Shen Kuo had some clues about the sky mirror.Zhen Qiong immediately said happily: "That's a good feeling! When the sky-viewing mirror is made, you can watch the lunar eclipse and solar eclipse!"

"I'm afraid a solar eclipse will be impossible." Shen Kuo shook his head immediately, "Even if you wear your sunglasses, you can't look directly at the sun for a long time. But if you encounter a lunar eclipse, you should be able to see it clearly! I don't know the shadow on the moon. What is it? But thinking about it, it probably won’t be the scene of the Heavenly Palace.”

He has calculated the distance between the moon and the ground. If there is a heavenly palace, he may not be able to see clearly.

Just as he was talking, there was a "vomit" sound from the side.Mi Fu's face was ashen, and he looked up from the microscope.

"Sit down quickly!" Seeing his appearance, Shen Kuo knew that he was stimulated, and quickly pulled him to sit down.Mi Fu was dazed for a while, then suddenly jumped up: "Sumi mustard seeds! This is Xumi mustard seeds!"

The Buddha said that Mount Sumeru can be contained in a mustard seed, and that there is a great one in a very small one. Isn't this the truth? !There is nothing to be afraid of, it is Buddhism!

Zhen Qiong rolled her eyes, not wanting to care about this guy.Shen Kuo on the side laughed: "This statement is also true. I don't know what makes all things, and how they end up."

This kind of question has puzzled the Good Fortune School for countless generations.Zhen Qiong also sighed: "If the microscope is made bigger, it will be able to find out one day."

The three fell into philosophical thinking.It was Shen Kuo who came back to his senses first: "By the way, there seems to be news from Qianshan Mountain, saying that a mine has been found. I don't know if it is true or not?"

Zhen Qiong suddenly regained her spirits: "Ah! Is it possible to allocate funds again?"

He is going to march towards the Water Fire School and the Herbal School, how can he do it without money!