Yoon-so said, "It's too cruel. ”

Zheng Lang was very cute when he heard it, and said, "Brother Shilu, why do you say this? It's not cruelty, it's the desire of the people. The monarch is the faint lord, and the court is dancing wildly, what should I do as a citizen? ”

"The turbid water goes upstream, jumps into the haze and sings a clear cry."

Kong Meng also agreed with Brother Shilu's statement, which is called killing oneself to become benevolent and sacrificing one's life for righteousness. The master said, the age of the pine and cypress is also known. The more difficult the time, the more you can see a person's true colors. But there is also a saying, believe in studiousness, keep the good way of death, do not enter the dangerous state, do not live in the chaotic state, see the way in the world, hide if there is no way, the state has the way, the poor and cheap, shame, the state has no way, the rich and noble, and the shame. If you encounter a world of no way, killing yourself for benevolence is certainly brave, but it is not beautiful in the end, it has no effect, and it will add a notoriety to the monarch. Therefore, the master believed that if there is no way, it is a wise practice. Now that the monarch is benevolent, the country is thriving, and with the ability of Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, he can also use other methods to ascend to the throne without taking the imperial examination. However, for the sake of glory and wealth, he defected to the thieves, and not only that, but he instigated the thieves to invade our dynasty, kill the people of our dynasty, and endanger the society of our dynasty. This is not only with the son of the father, but also with the help of the hand of the thief, and the father together. Hidden is wisdom, but on the contrary, a thief is a rebel, Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao are not only evil, but also thieves, disloyalty, and great rebellion. Today's fate can be regarded as lucky. The state does not like to violently enforce the law, otherwise it would not be an exaggeration to cut tens of thousands of knives for his crimes. ”

If you are not patriotic, you cannot commit treason, and even if you are treason, you cannot seduce the enemy country to invade your own motherland. Can this kind of Han Jian, still make him die well?

This is righteousness, and Yoon-so can't keep silent. Suddenly thought of one thing, Xi Fan sarcastically said that Zheng Lang was Wang Mang, and the future Song Dynasty was a big disaster, which was really a funny comment.

The three of them walked into Zheng's house.

Cui Xian has always been very polite to Han Qi, let Xing'er serve tea, and cook the dishes herself.

Some people are less confused, and Cui Xian's politeness is exactly this mentality.

Han Qi didn't know, he felt that it was very comfortable to come to Zheng Lang's house, and he respected him very much, and he had a lot of face, holding the tea, and asked: "Xingzhi, I listened to your joint defense strategy, which is very good." I wonder if it can be promoted in Qinfeng Road? ”

"Brother Zhigui, the joint defense strategy is divided into two, the former unites the people, and all the people are soldiers, as the people of the border area, this is what should be done. It is not necessary to fight, and if you are prepared, the enemy will not dare to invade, which is the best strategy for a soldier who surrenders without a fight. The second is to block the road, Qin Fenglu wants to promote it, I don't approve of it. It was developed from the backward policy of the Tang Dynasty that taxed by the number of dings, so it was closed to the self. It's a kind of regression, you can compare the income of our dynasty with the Tang Dynasty to see which kind of policy is advanced. Tubo is just a precaution, and in the next few decades, it will not be the enemy country of my Great Song Dynasty. There is no need for Qin Feng to block the road, so that business travel is not possible, it is inconvenient for the people, and tax revenue is reduced. ”

Han Qi pondered for a while.

Many times, he also admired some of Zheng Lang's whimsical ideas.

Of course, after occupying the height of a thousand years, and then turning his head to look at the Song Dynasty, at least at this height, no one can compare with Zheng Lang.

Suddenly, the doorman came in and reported: "Ye Zhuan envoy asks to see." ”

Before the words fell, Ye Qingchen had already walked in by himself.

Panting and asking, "Xingzhi, why are you selling horses at that price?" ”

After asking, I greeted Han Qi and Yin Su.

Yoon Su asked strangely: "What price, what kind of horses." ”

After capturing a large number of war horses in this battle, and distributing a total of 40,000 horses, Zheng Lang pushed all the remaining war horses to Guanzhong, and sold them to the common people for four to eight dollars according to the good and bad. Before Sanbaiqu came out, it was coaxed by the common people.

Ye Qingchen couldn't stop him, and when he heard that Zheng Lang was returning to Weizhou, he hurried over and asked what was going on.

"Brother Daoqing is here for this matter, and it just so happens that Brother Zhigui and Brother Shilu are also here, let's talk about this horse together."

"Horses?"

"That's it, its share of the imperial court's expenditure is not large, but it is not small. Every year, the country buys war horses, and it costs at least one million yuan, Brother Daoqing, you have also been a third envoy for a period of time, and you know this account expenditure better than me. ”

"That's why I asked you why."

When a horse is bought, it costs more than 20 or 30 times, escorted all the way, the material is lost, the maintenance is guarded, and it is transported to the place designated by the imperial court, and the price of a horse will rise to more than 50 or 60 times. Therefore, every year the state buys 10,000 horses and spends a million yuan of wealth. But after that, Zheng Lang said again: "In order to raise these horses, they occupy a lot of good land as a pastoral supervisor, and the forage, miscellaneous grains, horse death, and the cost of taking care of the horses and officials every year are enough, is one million guan enough?" ”

It's the big head.

"Daoqing, but the imperial court spends so much money every year, when the war comes, how many war horses can be used on the battlefield? 20,000, 10,000, or 5,000? ”

It's even more ironic, if you spend two or three million yuan a year, how much money can you spend in ten years, and how much money does the country spend in 30 years? But I waited for this result. Therefore, Zheng Lang continued: "It's not bad, the imperial court also wants to have some horses to increase the combat effectiveness and mobility speed of the army. But except for some places in the northwest, other areas are not suitable for horse breeding. Citrus planted after the Huai River can still produce sweet oranges? The northwest number of wars luckily got some horses, starting from the Fulin Road, along the border areas, can graze 100,000 horses, and the original number of war horses owned by our dynasty is equal, grazing in the northwest, the speed and endurance quality of the horses will not decline, why do you have to migrate to the Central Plains to breed citrus? Grazing in the northwest can ensure that several powerful cavalry are trained at all times, and the northwest is supposed to garrison troops, which only increases the cost of horse feed, and grazing in the Central Plains, does not need horse material? There are many excellent pastures in the northwest itself, and reducing the area of pastoral supervisors and reducing state expenditures is also a small redundancy, which is equivalent to saving more than one million dollars of expenditure for the country every year. There were a large number of horses, but several strong cavalry armies were added to them. What are horses used for? Preparing to train a cavalry army to fight, defend the country, Daoqing, is this the ultimate goal of the country to spend a lot of money to raise horses? ”

"And that's not all."

"I know that the state spends money to buy horses, and it is also to comfort the people, barbarians, why do you have to use this means? There are no horses, and it is also a helpless move to use this means to appease while buying horses. But having a horse and continuing to do it is itself a good face, but it is actually a manifestation of weakness in the heart. It is more practical to waste this money than to directly reward them with some materials for a year, or send some special people to guide them in farming, so that they can live a better life. It's okay to understand, but I don't understand, these fanzi, barbarians really think that their horses are worth this price, and the imperial court wastes a lot of money every year to subsidize, but they don't appreciate it, why bother? ”

Ye Qingchen was speechless.

In fact, although the Song Dynasty was good, it lacked the spirit of Wang Ba, and the further back it went, these barbarians hated it very much.

We can't listen to the analysis of the brick family, saying that the peasants and ethnic minorities revolted, and from the politics of the Song Dynasty to the Zhezong Dynasty, they all had to revolt to overthrow this country, and all countries in China for 5,000 years have more reasons for overthrow in any era.

It is precisely because they don't know how to treat them well, and they have repeatedly rebelled and caused trouble, especially Meishanman and Nong Zhigao.

Zheng Lang said again: "They must be used with grace and power. Daoqing, you are also a good minister, do you know how these pensions came about? These moths have developed the habit of sucking blood, sucking the blood and nutrition of this dynasty bit by bit, not the blood of the king, but the blood of the industrious people of the Central Plains. The money given to them was not conjured, but was collected from the common people of the Central Plains! Why do the people of the country continue to suck their blood now that they are struggling to make a living? ”

You have to think differently.

Han Qi's eyes lit up because he saw a new problem.

If you want to make a difference, but you have the vision to see where the real problem is, you can give advice, and you can't talk nonsense.

Cui Xian looked at Han Qi and shook her head in her heart.

But knowing that this was her husband playing tricks again, he dragged Han Qi into the water. If a person's proposal is not loud, several influential people must be admonished at the same time, and the opinion can be adopted by the court, especially these controversial matters.

"What are horses used for? War factors aside, it was used to plough the land and haul goods. Immediately, the Sanbai Canal in Shaanxi Province will be completed, and several roads will be in Tuntian, and the cultivated land will increase by 50,000 hectares, and these cultivated fields can no longer be cultivated by the clumsy method of pulling plows by people. Only these tuntian fields need at least 50,000 large livestock, Guanzhong needs more livestock for freight, and there are vast areas lacking livestock arable land, and Shaanxi alone lacks at least 200,000 horses. Moreover, there are northern territories such as Henan, Hebei, and Hedong. How many civilian horses are missing in the country? ”

But the price of horses was coaxed up by the imperial court and remained high. A family has 50 acres of land, which is considered a fourth-class household, with an average yield of two stones per mu, half of which pays taxes, seeds, fertilizer, and the remaining half, only 50 stones of wheat and millet. The price of horses is so high, who is willing to use horses? This battle is an opportunity. Not only this battle, but also the market? ”

"Shiyi?"

Han Qi laughed strangely.

This is where Zheng Lang excels. At both ends of the blind felt, Zheng Lang changed his mind and raised the price of goods. A piece of silk made him rise to almost five dollars. The freight of these coarse silk from the Central Plains is not high, the reason is very simple, the grain is bulky, the damage is huge, a car of five stones, it must cost money and two dollars, but how many horses can a car of silk be? The loss of a horse silk is at most a hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, compared to the price of silk, what is it? Even Han Qi saw that his eyes were hot, and he wanted his family to do business, which was too profitable.

If some preferential means were used, the Tangut people were forced to exchange livestock, including horses, donkeys, mules, cattle, and camels, which were in short supply in the Song Dynasty. Originally, a good horse was more than 20 times, but now it has shrunk and become barter, only the price of four or five pieces of silk, and the cost of five or six times. Bad horses may only cost three or four times. What is given to the common people, taken from the people, and used for the people, can't make this black money, then the horse can only be sold at this price.

Ye Qingchen didn't understand and asked, "Zhigui, what are you laughing at?" ”

Han Qi explained, but Ye Qingchen was speechless.

It's not just what Han Qi thinks, first of all, grain, the population is increasing, we have to find a way to increase grain production, and we must replace manpower with livestock.

In fact, thinking in the long run, the north will have many disasters and difficulties in the future, and in the end, it is better to introduce some miscellaneous grains, potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes, in order to truly resolve the crisis in the north. Too far away, the Pacific Current can be exploited, with the equator as the center, and the North-South Current, on the contrary, can make ships sail back and forth. But to the east, the islands are small and few, and there is a lack of supply points, so we can only wait for the further development of seagoing ship technology before we can make up our minds. I believe that the development of overseas mines and the development of ship technology will be very leaping, and we will wait for it in our lifetime.

Another question, Zheng Lang hesitated, rice, the north is not unable to grow rice. Rice was introduced from China and hardy rice varieties were already cultivated. It was 900 years later that the rice varieties of Liaodong were reintroduced from the Wa Kingdom, so that the Great Northern Wilderness gradually became the Great Northern Warehouse.

However, now it is the Khitans...... Environmental problems, the deterioration of water and soil in the north, are inseparable from excessive nomadism. It's not that farming is good, farming increases the population. The destruction of water may not be as destructive as that of nomadism, but the population has increased, and the northwest is cold in winter, and the people have to cut wood to make charcoal in winter, and there have been conflicts with the Tibetan people for this reason. This is the main environmental damage, it may be solved, cotton is gradually popular, for example, this year almost all soldiers have a cotton coat, and there will be quilts in the future, and then develop some coal mines, the demand for charcoal will gradually decrease. Farming, on the contrary, has become the protection of the environment, and it is a bit far to think.

There are other benefits at the moment, a large amount of cultivation, which is conducive to the assimilation of the Qiang.

The number of horses increased, and the people also had to ride it to graze during the slack of farming, and whoever would graze it was mostly children, and even so, it was impossible to ride as well as the nomadic boys who grew up on the steppe since childhood, but with practice, it was easy to organize a strong cavalry army. Riding is not good, and can be compensated for with weapons and discipline.

After Han Qi finished speaking, Zheng Lang explained, the miscellaneous grains on the other side of the continent did not say, nor did the environment say, but said the front and the back.

Yin Su sighed: "According to Xingzhi's words, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages." ”

"Brother Daoqing, Brother Zhigui, what do you think?"

"That's a good idea," Han Qi said. Ye Qingchen was in a trance and did not answer.

"Since it's a good policy, Brother Zhigui, Brother Daoqing, Brother Shilu, how about we present the book together?"

"This is the idea, I, I ......" Han Qi actually became shy and shyly supported him. snatched too much credit from Zheng Lang, and Mr. Han was embarrassed to grab it again.