July of the first year of the founding of Yasukuni was a day of parting.

First of all, on the ninth day of July, the "four gentlemen" of the old party in the Taiwan system, Ren Boyu, Chen Qiang, Chen Shixi, and Chen Cisheng, left Beijing and went south on the same day. In line with the idea of punishing the former and saving the future, Zhao Ji, the sage of the Great Song Dynasty, did not beat the four traitorous ministers to death with a stick, but sent them a Zhizhou by themselves.

Among them, Ren Boyu knows the affairs of Lei Prefecture, Chen Qian knows the affairs of Qinzhou, Chen Shixi knows the affairs of Yongzhou, and Chen Cisheng knows the affairs of Lianzhou. All of them went to Lingnan, where the emperor was far away...... It's a little farther away, but the safety is still relatively guaranteed.

On 15 July, Chen You, the right secretary of the old party camp, and Jiang Gongwang, the left secretary, also left Kaifeng Mansion and went south, of which Chen Youtong was sentenced to Chuzhou, and Jiang Gongwang knew the Huaiyang army.

At this point, the important figures of the old party in the Taiwan admonition system have basically been swept away! In the partisan struggle, it is already at an all-round disadvantage.

After many people from the old party left Beijing, on July 17, Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi, who had finally defeated the "terrible plague" and regained their health, also packed up and left Beijing.

Ji Yi's official is still engaged in the official affairs of the Jingzhao Mansion Baojia Mansion Military Division - it seems to be a rather cold assignment, but considering that the government military system is currently being trialed, this is an official position that is easy to make political achievements.

Zhang Yuan also went west, and became the county affairs of Zhifu Shi under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture, and he was going to be accompanied by the towering Pagoda Mountain and the rolling river. However, the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture was not an unpopular county in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was a civilian position that was easy to establish military merits. Zhang Yuan was able to know about the affairs of the county, which also surprised the ministers who were not optimistic about the Zhang family.

At noon on July 17, Wu Haogu, who even didn't know whether Tong Zhangyuan and Ji Yi were political enemies, held a banquet at the observation deck on the fourth floor of the Republic Building in the west of Kaifeng Mansion to practice for the two who went west.

Unlike the light car Jian Cong when Wu Hao Wenxi wenxi, Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi took a large group of people on the road immediately. On the official road not far from the Republic Building, a long line of carriages and horses were parked, as well as many guards with straight swords, bows and arrows. These guards, coachmen, grooms, and even the servants who followed, and there was also wine and meat in the republican building, and they all ate and drank in the temporary sheds set up by the roadside.

It seems that Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi have made a lot of preparations for their appointments in the days of "recuperation". At least not alone, but with enough doorman thugs......

Upstairs in the Republic, Wu Haogu, who was dressed in a green military attache uniform, looked at the two Song civil officials wearing soft hats and casual clothes, and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Dunben, Brother Yizhi, it turns out that the two of them are doing things for Liu Niangniang, if there is any offense before going down, I hope the two of you will not be surprised." ”

Wu Haogu's words were polite, but he was holding a stick with thorns. Wu Haogu is a military attaché, and he is fortunate to be close, so it's nothing to do something for Niangniang. But Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi are noble civil officials, how can they be said to be doing things for their mothers outside the Donghua Gate? Doesn't this mean that they and Wu Haogu are already shoulder to shoulder traitors?

When Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi heard this, they must have felt uncomfortable, but they couldn't deny it in front of Wu Haogu.

Because Wu Haogu got Liu Niangniang's words today, he set up a banquet for Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi on the Republic Building.

Of course, Wu Haogu is not Liu Niangniang's person, he has always been Zhao Ji's confidant, and the contact with Queen Liu is also the meaning of the official Zhao Ji.

Zhang Yuan, Ji Yi and Liu Niangniang have dealings, Wu Haogu has already reported to Zhao Ji - of course, Queen Liu is going to be the queen mother, not Zhao Ji's queen, so there is nothing wrong with some courtiers, as long as you don't go too far.

As for Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi, there is nothing wrong with letting Zhao Ji know that they are in love with Queen Liu...... Now that Zhao Ji is doting on him, his mother-in-law, he will naturally take care of them.

Ji Yi laughed: "Each was his master before, what is there to say?" Now that we are a family, we should work together to do things for the official family. Speaking of which, when I went west this time, didn't I do it for your brother? At the age of nineteen, he had the right to know the affairs of a county, and he was also ordered to try out the government soldiers, and the official family really values your brother! ”

Zhang Yuan squinted his eyes, with a faint smile on his face, but he smiled and did not speak, looking a little bit at the meaning of smiling at the world.

He is actually very aware of his family's situation, because of the existence of the edict, Zhao Ji will not be particularly fond of the Zhang family. In Zhao Ji's dynasty, the children of the Zhang family just asked for a step-by-step promotion, and it would be good to be able to be safe and stable, and to keep the lintel of the Zhang family in Pucheng.

If you want to regain your glory, I'm afraid you will have to wait until the new monarch comes to power in the future. Considering the age of the official family, Zhang Yuan didn't expect to survive until that day.

However, his niece and son-in-law Ji Yi may have a day to recommend the second mansion......

"Brother Dunben," Wu Haogu called Zhang Yuan's name, "but you have a high opinion about the trial of the government soldiers?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "People say that you Wu Dalang is good at observing people's hearts, I didn't believe it, but today I told you to see through it."

Well, I might as well tell you. Brother Chongdao, have you ever read Sima Guang's article "Shangshu Begging and Defending the Armor"? ”

"I've never read it." Wu Haogu shook his head.

"What about you?"

Ji Yi smiled: "Isn't Sima Guang a member of the Yuanyou Party?" What insight can he have? ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's very insightful!" Remember, I don't believe you haven't read this article, and memorize a paragraph for the martial artist to listen to. ”

"Then I'll recite a paragraph," Ji Yi smiled, and opened his mouth to say: "Soldiers go out of the people, although the ancient law is cloudy, but the ancients only have three armor soldiers and seventy-two foot soldiers from eight hundred families, and there are many idle people. Since the two Sima and above, all of them have chosen the wise man and doctor for it, and there is no danger of encroaching on fishing, so the pawn is in harmony, and the movement is meritorious......"

"How?" Zhang Yuan smiled and asked, "Is what Sima Guang said right?" ”

Sima Guang, who was famous for being good at smashing cylinders in later generations, had a bad reputation in later generations because of his opposition to Wang Anshi's reforms. Moreover, he also put forward the absurd remark that "there is only one fixed number of all kinds of wealth and goods born in heaven and earth, and if it is not in the people, it is in the public house", which has become the object of ridicule by later generations.

However, Sima Guang just doesn't understand the economy, but he still understands the "militia system" and the increasingly corrupt government of officials. So although he couldn't think of any tricks to change the law, he was still very insightful when he sprayed it, and he sprayed it all on the idea.

In particular, this article spraying the "Armor Protection Law" is completely to the point.

"Yes!" Wu Haogu nodded, "What Mr. Shushui (Sima Guang) said is very true...... The key to sending soldiers out of the civilian population is, first, not to delay agriculture and mulberry, and not to overdo conscription; The second is to have wise men and doctors as officers. In the eyes of Hao Gu, the latter is more important, but unfortunately there is no such Magi Doctor now! ”

Of course, there is also a key point, which is to limit the amount of land so that more farmers can have the ability to serve in the military.

Zhang Yuan also smiled: "Today's wise men and doctors have all studied and taken the imperial examination, who will go to the government to manage the soldiers and protect the armor?" ”

Ji Yi also smiled: "Yes, the current home of the official household situation is basically not in the Baojia, only the poor people or the bullies of one side will be charged into the Baojia, the bullies act as the Baozheng and the chief, and the Shengdou Xiaomin is the Baoding." ”

Speaking of this, Ji Yi glanced at Wu Haogu leisurely, and then said: "Therefore, in the local area, it is either Baozheng and long-term exploitation and squeezing Baoding, or Baozheng and relying on the power of Baoding to be domineering horizontally!" ”

Wu Haogu snorted in his heart, why didn't Bao Zheng take the Bao Ding to do chivalrous righteousness?

Ji Yi paused, and said: "As for how to engage in government soldiers, Sima Guang also said in this recital, that is: the ministers foolishly thought that they would return to the peasants after the removal of the armor, summon the officials to return to the court, measure the county household registration, and place one archer for every fifty households, slightly according to the bow and arrow technique on the edge of the edge, Xu Yin Bentoda two acres, and exempt them from tax service. ”

It seems simple! That is, the Baojia was first disbanded, and then fifty households drew a strong man, gave a tax-free quota of 200 acres of land, and exempted himself from tax service, so as to support his army.

That is to say, a county of 10,000 households can draw at least 200 government soldiers, whether it can be fought is another matter, at least the number of people is there. Now there are nearly 20 million households in the Great Song Dynasty, and 50 households can also pull out 400,000 people, plus 80 million mu of land tax exemption...... For the Great Song Dynasty, which had as much as 1.2 billion mu of arable land (which may only be half of the tax increase), it was not impossible to afford.

In fact, the Song Dynasty's finances were mainly supported by industrial and commercial taxes, while fiscal expenditures were mainly used to raise soldiers. If 400,000 unpaid government soldiers can be used to replace the 400,000 high-paid "camouflage forbidden army", even if all the land taxes are exempted, it is cost-effective.

As for the combat effectiveness of these 400,000 government soldiers, it will definitely not be worse than the 400,000 "camouflage soldiers" - the sky is about to collapse at the touch of a button, how bad can it be?

Of course, this kind of government soldiers who do not have land grants and privileges cannot replace military recruitment, they are the existence of miscellaneous soldiers in the war and cannon fodder. A small number of elite recruits and officer groups are always essential.

Wu Hao Gu Xin said: As long as Sima Guang's method is implemented, the government military system can still be successful...... After all, now that there is the more hated "Baojia Law" in front, the government military system may be a good governance.

And the official fortune of his brother in the future will probably be greatly prosperous because of the success of the trial of the government military system.

When the time comes, the brothers will work together, and the road of their own loyal ministers will definitely be more open.

Wu Haogu, who thought he was a loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty, did not know at this time that due to all kinds of things that had happened these days, there were now more and more misunderstandings among the upright gentlemen in the court about his great loyalty.

At the same time that Wu Haogu was bidding farewell to Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi, in the city of Kaifeng Mansion, there were two groups of upright gentlemen quietly discussing how to eradicate Wu Haogu, a traitor villain who was good at confusing the king!