The door of the Chongzheng Hall slowly closed, blocking the cold wind howling outside the hall.

Because it was winter, the windows of the main hall were all closed, and tampons were also nailed to the wooden frames of the windows to increase the sealing. Without sunlight, the entire hall was lit by candles, and twenty red candles from the Jiehe Shang Market were lit to illuminate the entire hall.

The ministers all stood in two shifts, and several elderly ministers gave them seats. It's approaching the New Year, and it should be jubilant as usual. But today, the ministers in the hall were all frowning, looking at Wu Haogu who was standing next to Zhao Ji's imperial case.

Chongzheng Hall discusses politics, as usual, there is no position for military envoys!

But Wu Haogu still squeezed in! It's not going to become routine, is it?

"Wu Qing," Zhao Ji nodded Wu Haogu's name one by one, "Let's talk about the idea of the Military Machinery Division on sorting out the elite cavalry of the Western Army." ”

What the?

The faces of the ministers present suddenly turned ugly. It's not that he opposes the consolidation of the Western Army, but that Wu Haogu seems to have bypassed the two governments and the Yintai General Administration, and directly reported the proposal to the Son of Heaven for the precedent of reorganizing the army.

The Military Machinery Division of the Metropolitan Army is theoretically the Son of Heaven's minister, and of course has the right to play the curtain. But the curtain should not bypass the two mansions!

If this is a convention, and in the future, when it comes to major military affairs, it will be discussed by the Military Machinery Department and the emperor, and then discussed and then brought to the Chongzheng Palace for discussion, then won't part of the power of the two governments be hollowed out?

"Your Majesty!" Su Zhe immediately got up from his seat and said, "The court has its own laws for deliberations. If there is a decision in the Military Machinery Division, it should be played through the General Administration Division. ”

Zhao Ji smiled when he heard this, "The Military Aircraft Department of the Metropolitan Region has not built a white name, but I discussed the Northwest Military Aircraft with Wu Qing yesterday, and I occasionally felt it." ”

Su Zhe sighed in his heart: Although it is better to release the Military Machinery Division than to let Wu Haogu directly be the prime minister. But this yamen is too unruly, and everything he does is bad for the court law. And he also bewitched the Son of Heaven with his achievements, which is really hateful!

Hate is hateful, but there is nothing to say.

Because the establishment of the Military Machinery Department of the capital is a decision between the two governments. It's been less than a year now, so you can't just pump your mouth so quickly, right?

Wu Haogu's gaze swept through the main hall, and found a lot of fiery eyes, and there was a sigh in his heart.

I'm also a Confucian, why is he so unpopular? Forget it, when you take care of the things in the northwest, let's go back to your own boundary river...... It's still comfortable to stay on your own turf!

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu put away his thoughts and said: "In all the battles since the establishment of the Yasukuni Northwest in the third year of the war, armored cavalry has been the key to decisive victory and the essence of the three armies. It can be seen that the mounted cavalry is the essence of the army and the pillar of the country. In the Western Army, there are many knights, proficient in martial arts, and there are countless armored horsemen who can act as armored riders. If one of them can be selected one by one, granted the land of Shuofang and Lingzhou, and made as a knight in front of the emperor, the essence of the Western Army can be owned by the country. ”

Insidious!

Cunning!

Vile......

A bunch of derogatory terms immediately came to the minds of the important ministers in the palace. However, no one can deny that the method of Wu Da's traitorous ministers is feasible.

Don't look at the Western Army, which claims to be 200,000 people, as if there are many elites. In fact, the real essence is two parts, one is the cavalry of the Western Army; The second is the archer - not the archer who draws the bow and shoots the arrow, but the edge archer who has received 200 acres of land.

The cavalry of the Western Army was the army in the Song Army that could really fight on horseback before the rise of the imperial knights. The number of soldiers was about 5,000, maybe a little more - considering that the Western army could mobilize troops and archers to accompany the army, it is difficult to say the number of soldiers.

However, there will not be too many elite cavalry, including light cavalry, and the top sky is more than 10,000. Considering the existence of fathers, sons, and brothers, it is about enough for more than 10,000 people to arrange seven or eight thousand knights' manors.

The land in the northwest can be given a little more leniently, a knight can give 2,000 acres of dry land, and 5,000 knights will be 10 million acres.

There is so much land in Shuofang Road and Lingzhou, and there is also a large amount of official land in Shaanxi Sixth Road, and it is not difficult to allocate 10 million mu.

After the Western Army lost 5,000 elite cavalry, its strength was greatly damaged, and it was a dream to resist the transfer and reorganization of the imperial court.

Once the Western Army collapsed, the weaker Eastern Army would be even more unable to stop the Xinfu soldiers from replacing them.

Wu Haogu then said: "And this expedition to the west of the Hexi Army has also given the knights of the Western Army the opportunity to make contributions. At present, the Hexi Army, the Great Education Regiment, and the Lingzhou Army can make up about 5,000 armored cavalry, and the Western Army can produce another 5,000 armored cavalry, which will have a total of 10,000 armored cavalry. Not only do you not have to worry about anything in the battle of the Western Expedition, but even Yanyun will have the capital for the Northern Expedition in the coming days. ”

In the eyes of Wu Haogu's military staff Zhao Zhongge, Murong Parrot, Ma Kuo and others, the infantry of the Western Army did not have much value, and they could be completely replaced by cheap government soldiers. But the value of the cavalry of the Western Army is very high, and at least 5,000 knights' homes can be reorganized.

It is not difficult for Wu Haogu to produce a considerable number of knights in Hebei. Add the two together, and 10,000 knight families have ...... If there is a Song and Jin war in the future, the Great Song side will be able to pull out tens of thousands of elite cavalry!

Zhao Ji smiled and asked the ministers present: "What do you think?" If everyone thinks it is feasible, then I will let Wu Haogu be the chief military aircraft of the Sixth Route of Shaanxi in the name of the military envoy of the capital, and be responsible for the reorganization of the knights of the Western Army. ”

What the? Wu Haogu is finally going out of Beijing? That's a great thing!

At the same time, the ministers present had a sense of brightness. Wu Haogu can finally disappear from Kaifeng Mansion!

Although the status of the military aircraft is still there, it is impossible for him to meddle in the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion in Shaanxi, and the person who presides over the affairs of the Military Aircraft Division of Kaifeng Prefecture should be Zhang Shuye, who is the same as the military aircraft of Tongzhidu.

This Uncle Zhang is a civil official after all!

And once Wu Haogu leaves the Son of Heaven, there will be a way to deal with him and his positivist school.

……

While Wu Haogu was preparing to leave Beijing for a layout that could change the fate of the Great Song Dynasty, the notorious colonist Ji Yi was busy preparing for the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet at the Nanxin Island Commercial Market, which had just begun construction.

Monks Hu Yanqing and Yuan Jue had already arrived at Nanxin Island, and brought countless booty with them—including 250,000 taels of gold, 11 large Arabesque galleys, 100,000 stone of rice, 100,000 horses of cotton cloth, 100,000 catties of various spices, 3,000 slaves, 5,000 pieces of fine wood, and a lot of other good things.

Because there were too many loot, Ji Yi had to convene the shareholders of Nanxin Island Commercial Market and several chief officials of the Nanyang Inspection Department for many days to discuss how to divide it.

Because it is a trophy, the big head must be a warrior. Especially in Said. The soldiers who fought the Wan Ge Su even received a reward of 100,000 taels of gold, which was really an unprecedented reward!

And the other soldiers who had not participated in the hard battle also had a share, and the least of them also got 1 tael of gold.

The remaining property and slaves were used as the share capital of the Nanxin Island Chamber of Commerce for the construction of the commercial market.

Just when the soldiers on the island and the accompanying merchants were busy preparing for the New Year, the construction of Nanxin Island had already begun.

According to the plan, there will be two areas on Nanxin Island, where the commercial city and the inspection department are stationed.

The commercial market will be placed on the bank of the Hairong River, and wharves, shops, warehouses, dwellings and agricultural land (used to grow vegetables, melons and fruits) will be built along the river. In addition, a fortress will be built at the entrance to the Hairong River, and a wooden wall will be built behind the side of the market (facing the Hairong River).

The headquarters of the Inspection Division is located in Longyamen Port, which includes two forts - one on Nanxin Island and one on Longya Island, and two docks - which are distributed on Nanxin Island and Longya Island like the forts.

In just one month, the construction of Nanxin Island has begun to take shape. On the side of Longyamen Port, the outline of the fort and the pier is already in place. On the banks of the Hairong River, many temporary wharves and temporary shantytowns have been erected. Many of the sailors who had been a little impatient on the ship had now moved to the shantytowns for the time being.

According to Ji Yi's request, the Nanxin Island Commercial and Municipal Office was built on the side of the Hairong River, and a peninsula terrain formed by the bifurcation of the Hairong River was selected for construction. Because both sides are facing water, it is particularly clean and refreshing. Now this government office has half of its appearance, and there are some temporary wooden sheds next to it, and the servants are shuttling back and forth, which seems to be very busy, and it seems that there are now distinguished guests.

Today's visit is the Great Minister's Leather Socks of the Three Buddhas, and he is here to discuss with Ji Yi on behalf of the Three Buddhas King Tuo Bi Luo to discuss the matter of the "Great Buddhist Alliance." After discovering that he was not only unable to drive away the Song people who occupied Puluozhong Island, but also had to rely on them to maintain the cause of blocking and collecting fees in the Srivijaya Kingdom, Tuobila finally figured it out.

Since you can't fight away, then let's unite, they are all disciples of the Buddha, and they are better than the Brahmanical kingdoms of Chola, Java and Chenla, right?

In addition, there is another matter that has to be discussed with Ji Yi, the envoy of the Celestial Empire, that is, the port city of Aceh in the northwest of the Three Buddhas Kingdom is now occupied by the remnants of the Pu family and a group of Heavenly Sect merchants! It's the territory of Sriwijaya and an important port facing the Indian Ocean, so you can't just lose it.

However, the Srivijaya State did not have the strength to recover Aceh, and the only one who could do this was the Song army stationed on Puluozhong Island.

In the lobby of the government office, which had not yet been renovated, Ji Yi listened to the request of leather stockings with a smile, then folded his hands and said with a smile: "Minister, this envoy understands." However, our dynasty is a country of etiquette, and the Buddha also talked about compassion, even if you encounter a wicked person, you can't kill it casually. Why don't you do this, after the New Year's Festival, the envoy will send a messenger to Aceh, asking the Heavenly Sect of Aceh to submit to the Three Buddhas, what do you think? ”

What the!? After listening to Ji Yi's words, the leather stockings were almost angry, what are these words? Now you have to be merciful, you have to salute first and then soldier, why didn't you say these words when you extorted gold to occupy Puluozhong Island before?

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