"Zhang Qing's ......"

"I don't know." Wang Ju replied briskly.

Zhang Kai will fight this year, which was told to Zhao Ji in advance, but there are really not many people who know about this matter, and Zhang Kai is allowed to report to the court when he does it. The main reason why I did this was because I was afraid that someone in the court would oppose it.

Unlike Wang Ju, those who will only do it the year after tomorrow have plenty of time to recuperate. But now in a hurry, there will be no fewer ministers who oppose it.

And it's not Wang Ju, but Zhang Ji, don't talk about Zhang Ji's military exploits in the south, can the south be compared with Western Xia? Actually, Zhao Ji is also a little worried, but if this battle is fought, Zhao Ji will be very happy. Can't the entire Great Song Dynasty use Wang Ju alone to use soldiers like a god, isn't that disgusting.

This mentality is the same as asking Tianzhu about the specialties just now, the imperial court on the sea is powerless, but this trade can't be controlled by some maritime merchants who are not controlled by the imperial court, so he was very happy after hearing that the southern road was repaired by the seed master.

Even Wang Ju thought about it, thinking it was related to the Buddha.

In fact, Wang Ju already knew when to start, that is, three months later, Zhang Qi was already starting to plan every step of the details. However, the law does not pass on to the second ear, and in order to avoid trouble, Wang Ju did not tell the truth.

"I heard that the price of Helan Yan has risen?"

This is Wang Ju's killing.

Helan inkstone became famous in the Qing Dynasty, and there were also people in Western Xia who used Helan inkstone, because it was not very famous, and it was rarely sold to the Song Dynasty.

When Wang Ju was in Huachi County, he had been thinking hard about taking Western Xia at the lowest cost and comparing the strengths and weaknesses of the two sides. The longest thing about the Song Dynasty was the economy. The shortest point of Western Xia was also the economy. But I thought about it. But there was no good way, and finally I thought of Helan Yan.

The idea at that time may or may not work. Therefore, while secretly purchasing a large number of Helan stones, and then processing them into Helan inkstones for sale, using their profits to stock Helan stones. Craftsmen hired a lot, and some people began to use Helan stone to process various handicrafts, but whether it is handicrafts or Helan inkstone. At that time, the price was very low, and it was not as high as the price of the Yishui inkstone traded by Liao. In the future, Wang Ju's industrial income is more and more, of course, the expenditure is getting bigger and bigger, it can be said that without these industries, there would be no political achievements and military merits, half of which was almost smashed out with money.

So this is also what some scholars disdain, one is the military minister, and the other is utilitarian...... Anyway, there's really nothing to say.

Especially after the second knowledge of Gyeongju. In those years, a large number of Helan stones were acquired, resulting in fewer and fewer Helan stones in Helan Mountain. Prices are gradually rising. rose to a certain point, and finally attracted the attention of the Liang family, because she was exhausted, the economy of Western Xia has been very embarrassing, especially after the Xia War, in order to mine Helan stone in exchange for the money of the Song Dynasty, almost five or six thousand people were mobilized to hang on the Helan stone cliff and mine Helan stone all day long.

In fact, Helan stone resources are relatively rich, but the problem is that the mining technology is extremely backward now, including the Song Dynasty, although the promotion of gunpowder, the mineral output is just like that, and it is the Western Xia, and it is mostly on the cliffs of Helan Mountain.

Therefore, there are fewer and fewer Helan stone resources on the surface of the mountains and the earth, and Han Yun went to the northwest last autumn to inquire about the current Helan stone production in Western Xia through some means. Knowing that production was rapidly decreasing, Wang Ju asked Han Yun to do another thing.

Using the more than a dozen four treasure shops of the study room that he had secretly opened, he released some rumors and quickly raised the price of Helan inkstone by three or four times, although it was not as good as the price of Duan inkstone, but it was almost similar to the famous inkstones such as red silk inkstone and Hui inkstone. Starting from these dozen shops, other shops saw the opportunity, and quickly hoarded Juqi, raising its price, don't ask the reason, businessmen like to do this thing the most, and foreigners also have a very bad habit, that is, people come crazy, so the nuclear accident on the side of the Japanese country, obviously on the other side of the sea, the Chinese people began to grab bags of salt on the sea side.

That's the first step in the critical phase.

If other businessmen don't climb on this upward trend, it will be a bit of a problem.

The price went up, and it rose higher and higher, and in the second step, that is, Han Yun used the transaction to meet the businessman he met in Western Xia. After so many years, the relationship between the two sides is not bad.

After the price of Helan Yan was raised, Han Yun went to the border and met with these merchants.

Then Han Yun said Wang Ju, if the Song Dynasty let Wang Ju come to Shaanxi, Western Xia may be in danger, what will you do then?

Looking at their expressions again, if they think it is possible, they will immediately win them over and give them some promises, such as the Song Dynasty will give them some official positions in the future, and at the same time a large number of rewards, etc., to turn them against them.

If you don't sympathize and don't persuade you, if you agree, you will instruct them to do the next thing, Helan Yan in the Song Dynasty is rising wildly, it is hoarding, and there may not be many people willing to buy it, so the border price has not risen much. However, the price of Helan inkstone in the Song Dynasty did rise, so they let out a rumor in Western Xia, secretly instigating some powerful people in Western Xia to hoard Helan stone, which could not be sold to the Song people at the current price, and its price will be higher and higher in the future. In fact, it is only the Helan stone on the border, and it has risen nearly tenfold over the years.

As long as these magnates start hoarding Helan stones, then the Helan stones exported to the Song Dynasty will immediately decrease, and the transaction price will really rise rapidly, and the higher it rises, the more people will hoard. And in this process, Han Yun sent people from time to time to buy a small amount of Helan stone at a super high price, no matter how much, but someone offered this price! In the end, it may not ask what the quality of the inkstone is, and it will rise to a sky-high price.

As for the reasoning, consider the Dutch 16th-century tulip incident.

Then when the time comes, Wang Ju asked Han Yun to transport the Helan stones hoarded in Zhenrong City to Western Xia in exchange for some costs, and maybe he can still make a profit.

Of course, you have to pay attention to the rhythm.

Once the Western Xia magnates used the money and silk together to hoard Helan stones, and killed them fatally, it was Wang Ju who released the massive Helan stones he hoarded into the market at an ultra-low price, squeezing all the bubbles at once.

At that time, Western Xia ......

But now Han Yun has just bribed three Western Xia merchants and let them let out the news, whether there are any powerful people hoarding Juqi. Wang Ju didn't know either. But Han Yun did not return. If you get wind over there. Han Yun will be responsible for sending people from this year onwards to constantly raise the price of Helan stone on the border.

Zhao Ji asked, in addition to the dozen or so mansions, Wang Ju also said: "Your Majesty, even now, it cannot be said to be successful, if there are many powerful people in Western Xia who really start hoarding Helan Stone, with the pitiful economy of Western Xia." It can destroy the Western Xia economy at once. But without much hoarding by the powerful, it cannot be successful. And it also depends on how Zhang Qianfu's battle is, if he can defeat the Tangut people, the price of Xixia will inevitably be expensive, at that time, no matter what commercial goods I am looking for, they will be sold at a high price over there, but no matter what commercial goods over there, they will be relatively seriously depreciated. At this time, only Helan Shi is outstanding, so the minister's long-term plan can succeed. ”

"So it's so troublesome."

"I want to leverage the economy of a country, even though it is a poor country. It's certainly not easy. This is Western Xia, if it is such a huge economy as our dynasty. There is nothing the minister can do. ”

Therefore, both aspects have begun to work, but it has not yet reached the time when the dagger is exhausted.

"How sure is Zhang Qing of victory?"

"Your Majesty, aside from miscellaneous studies, in military affairs, the minister is really inferior to Zhang Qianfu." Wang Ju replied calmly, this is also honest, if it weren't for the messy knowledge and big fingers, even if Wang Ju is now, he is still inferior to the current Zhang Qi.

"At that time, it was ...... Xia," Zhao Ji regretted with a face.

"Your Majesty, if you don't mention whether you need to use Zhang Qianfu in Vaxia, even if you use it, Your Majesty doesn't give him enough trust and support, and he is in charge of the five-way army, and the time is so urgent, he will still fail miserably. Hugh said that Zhang Qianfu, replaced by Li Jinglai, may not be able to win, can only say that there will be no such heavy losses. ”

Zhao Ji's eyes flashed with more regret and sorrow.

"Your Majesty, you are not afraid of defeat, but you are afraid that you will not know where you will be defeated after defeat. Tang Taizong was such an eloquent and strategic, two expeditions to Goryeo, but still in vain, and then the Tang Dynasty learned from the mistakes of the first two expeditions, sent troops by land and water, and finally won Goryeo. Rest assured, the minister will not be able to recover Yanyun for His Majesty, but he will definitely be able to destroy Western Xia for His Majesty. However, the minister said more, and the minister heard that His Majesty was eating wine in the palace again. ”

"Huh?"

"The minister is His Majesty's minister, His Majesty is the lord, the minister is the auxiliary, without Your Majesty, the minister is just a rootless duckweed."

What does Wang Ju mean by this, that is, you continue to drink despite your physical illness, in case you have three long and two short, when the time comes, your son will be the new king, and your mother will be the queen mother, with your mother's urine, will you still trust me to use the army in Xixia? You are finished yourself, and the Song Dynasty will not want to recover Western Xia.

But this sentence is not easy to say, so he said a more subtle word, and expressed his loyalty. Because this year is the eighth year of Yuanfeng, in fact, Zhao Ji has had a stroke and is paralyzed in bed since last autumn because of eating and drinking, and his rights have been transferred to Gao Tao at the same time.

Sima Guanglai came to the spirit and presented the "Zizhi Tongjian", the main volume has a total of 294 volumes, which is the version that later generations often see. In fact, in addition to the original, there are also 30 volumes of the "Catalogue", which are used for searching, and there are also 30 volumes of "Examination of Differences", which are indicated to excerpt those historical materials and novels and biographies.

In fact, this book has been repaired a long time ago, in addition to it, Sima Guang and his disciples also repaired two volumes of "Calendar Year", eighty volumes of "General Calendar", and twenty volumes of "Ji Gulu". Among them, Ji Gulu is of the greatest significance, which is quite similar to the later "Five Thousand Years Up and Down", that is, a simplified version of the historical facts from antiquity to Song Yingzong.

Because of this, at the end of last year, Zhao Ji issued an edict to use Sima Guang and Lu Gong's works as teachers, and God knows if it was Zhao Ji's edict. It is estimated that Zhao Ji had a problem even speaking at that time. Sima Guang took the throne, and Zhao Ji died this spring.

Zhao Ji is safe and sound now, Sima Guang still maintains the urine sex in history, Tongjian has been repaired a long time ago, but he is not dedicating, and he is repairing other books.

This has nothing to do with Wang Ju.

And he doesn't remember this history clearly, but the more he gets to this time, the more worried he becomes, so when he sees Zhao Ji from time to time, he asks the eunuch next to Zhao Ji, who dares to hide it?

"Wang Qing, I just ate some sweet turbid wine (sweet rice wine)."

"Sweet turbid wine is not good, so let's do it, after the minister goes back, let someone make a utensil for His Majesty, usually His Majesty can use it to squeeze water juice, drink more, it will be of great help to Your Majesty's dragon body."

"That's so tense."

"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and besides, it is the dragon body of His Majesty, how can the minister not be nervous."

"Alright. All right. I don't eat alcohol in the future. However, since the road has been repaired, what about the barbarians on both sides of the road? ”

"Your Majesty, are you worried about the safety of the caravan, it doesn't matter, this is thousands of miles away, and the terrain is complicated, only large caravans dare to come to trade. They all have the ability to protect themselves, but they really can't operate west of the Kaijiang River. ”

"Wang Qing. Didn't you say that the more backward a civilization is, the easier it is to conquer? ”

"Your Majesty, do you really want to do this?"

"Tell me the real reason."

"Your Majesty, if you don't hesitate to do the same as the ministers do to Jiaozhi, then it is still feasible to conquer the west of the Kaijiang River. Then, regardless of the opposition of the major households, the really destitute people in the south of Bashu will be moved there, so that the west of the Kaijiang River can really be occupied by the Song Dynasty. ”

This area, which is nominally under the control of Dali, is not small. Starting from the opening of the river and going all the way to the Naga Mountain. That is, the Naga Mountains, or the Naga Hills, the Naga Mountains are written on the chapter of the Seed Master Dao, which is the same anyway, and it is almost the size of half a Fujian Road.

It may be that a large number of Han-Burmese mixed-race people lived in this area later, and even a large number of Han areas appeared, but that was for later generations. Although the Dali dialect is different from the Central Plains, it still mostly belongs to the Chinese family, and that area is the Burmese branch of the Burmese language family, and the customs are even more different, so from the bloodline, it has nothing to do with the Han people.

Therefore, Wang Ju will not have any sympathy for the people in this area.

But it's impossible.

If you want to use the bloody means of the other side, although the terrain is more complicated, it must be more complicated than the other side, although the other side is operated, but it is all operated from the seashore, and now it goes directly to the inner belly of the interior, and it may be the most terrifying area in the south, but it can still be dealt with.

However, under the nose of the Song Dynasty, there was no slaughter of the people of Yongzhou like Jiaozhi, that is, Jiaozhi, Wang Ju also used the expulsion of the natives on the other side of the sea, and did not openly use the army to exterminate the clan, if it was like the other side, would this group of Wenchen of the Song Dynasty agree?

And if you want to migrate the people, you can only migrate the people south of the Yangtze River, and further north, even if the people of Bashu can withstand the scorching heat, and south of the Yangtze River in Bashu, the management of the Song Dynasty is very difficult, where can we talk about the abject tenant farmers in the hands of the major main households? Many areas are not called tenant farmers, but tribesmen, slaves, which are the private property of these powerful people!

Also, even if you want to operate, you have to wait for Wang Ju's general Xixia to settle down, but can Zhao Ji continue to live at that time?

Maybe, but even if he is alive, Wang Ju will also leave the Song Dynasty. So who's in charge of it? Don't talk about Zhang Qi, Zhang Qi doesn't work, because it not only involves the military, but also immigrants, and the resettlement of immigrants, especially the environment in that area, without Wang Ju's guidance, even if the people are migrated, it is also a mess.

Zhao Ji will also understand, really don't know anything about the situation on the other side?

Hence the silence.

Wang Ju was about to retreat, and suddenly thought that it was better to take this opportunity to talk about things together.

He also said, "Your Majesty, is the Grand Canal of any help to our dynasty?" ”

Needless to say?

"Not to mention that it will help our dynasty now, even if it will still help a thousand years later, but what happened to Emperor Yang of Sui? But if he takes the money and silk from Yangzhou in a dragon boat and distributes it to the servants, and then relaxes the three-year period a little, what will be the result? ”

"...... do you mean?"

"I still remember when the first emperor, the minister and His Majesty discussed the matter of Shaanxi righteousness, in fact, whether it is righteousness or Baoding, if it is implemented properly, it does have a certain significance, such as after the implementation of the armor protection law, all kinds of thieves have dropped significantly, and the imperial court has more or less obtained some soldiers. But why is it that there are so many opposing voices underneath, whether it is Bao Ding or Yi Yong? Regardless of whether the people were willing or not, they forcibly trained Latin, and the head of the sect took advantage of the training to extort and extort money, and the court did not have any funding, and forced the volunteers to buy their own weapons. How many people are willing to do it? ”

"Wang Qing, when you come back, you will mention this matter, tell me how to solve it?"

"First of all, since you are training, you will train seriously, and the imperial court will purchase standard weapons for you."

"That's going to cost a lot of money."

"Not necessarily in complete sets of weapons, such as knives and bows, usually put in the county treasury, after all, they are standard weapons, not civilian weapons, not easy to circulate among the people, but when it comes to winter training, let the head of the sect take it out of the county treasury and give Baoding and Yiyong training in turn."

Cold weapons are also evolving, and the ancient Ge almost disappeared in the Song Dynasty and was rarely used. Lance of the Tang Dynasty. There are fewer people who use it. The other is the sword. The Tangut people followed the straight sword of Tubo and developed it into the Xia sword. It was still the main weapon, but the Song Dynasty mostly used the sword as an ornament.

Now the main weapons of the Song Dynasty are bows and crossbows and various war knives, followed by spears and shields, and then all kinds of throwing spears, axes, Laos, as well as hook and sickle spears developed by combining Laos and guns, and the rest of the hammers or Liao bones, maces, whips, ropes and other weapons are also rare.

It turned out that the configuration of the Song army was relatively simple, the bow was the bow, and the knife was the knife. A gun is a gun.

But Wang Ju has made improvements one after another, and the crossbowman will also wear a knife at his waist, and he will also train the knife during training, otherwise the enemy will rush to the front, will he continue to release arrows? Or a knife and axe hand, while equipped with a small rattan shield in his hand, killing the enemy with one hand and defending with the other.

Now it is gradually being promoted throughout the army.

Therefore, if you want to equip yourself, it will cost a lot of money. Now Wang Ju has taken a compromise approach, and there is no need for a complete set. As long as you make sure that everyone has a standard weapon in their hands during training.

If finances allow, equip some more armor. Let these volunteers and Baoding take turns to wear armor and train, but this is targeted, and only those who are skilled in martial arts can enjoy this kind of treatment.

Then once you are in the forbidden army, after a period of training, you will soon become a qualified warrior. But in this way, it can also save a lot of money.

"That's right......" Zhao Ji muttered. You must know how many Baoding and Yiyong are in the Song Dynasty now, but the money is still to come.

"As for the weapons that the government or the head of the sect ordered Baoding and Yiyong to forcibly equip in the past, they can no longer be used, if the imperial court does not subsidize it, now one person is subsidized with two yuan, and at the same time, all those who are righteous and Baoding are exempted from half of the tax. In this way, instead of feeling bitter, the people will participate enthusiastically. The reason is the same as the exemption law of Jiefu Gong, it is not easy for households above the third class to go on a business trip, so pay for the exemption of the business, and now this initiative, because there will be many poor people who will automatically participate, and those who have words in winter will not have to force Latin anymore, and then order the heads of the sect not to extort Yiyong and Baoding, otherwise the court will severely punish them, especially the military law, which shall not exceed fifty lashes. So can the people still complain? ”

It is equivalent to truly becoming a militia.

There are also drawbacks, but the drawbacks are much smaller.

"Fifty flogs?"

"Your Majesty, why can the sect leader succeed in blackmailing? It is because of the military law, some Baoding is brave and lazy, and the implementation of military law cannot be said to be inappropriate, but if there are no restrictions, there are many drawbacks, such as the execution of military rods at every turn, not even rods, but heavy military sticks, under such military law, if the head of the sect is blackmailed, who dares not to obey? ”

"No wonder ......"

"Your Majesty, it can't be said that the Jiefu Gong Reform Law is not good at anything, at least it solves the country's most difficult financial problems. At that time, Jiefu Gong implemented the armor protection law, firstly, to further reduce the forbidden soldiers, save military expenses, and secondly, to prevent theft. But now that the finances are getting more and more abundant, it is time to re-regulate them. ”

"And what about the Horse Protection." As soon as Wang Ju came back, he said that he wanted to correct the armor protection method and the horse protection law, so Zhao Ji asked again.

"Your Majesty, the so-called horse protection law can provide a large number of war horses, which is simply impossible. War horses are war horses, pack horses are pack horses, let the people raise, usually do not let them run, but carry the weight to work, can it play a role on the battlefield? And there is also knowledge in the use of war horses, such as a horse, it is best not to let it gallop more than thirty miles in one go, not more than two hundred miles a day, otherwise it will hurt the war horse. But when they are usually raised, they can't be kept galloping, and they have to gallop or gallop more than ten miles every day, so that when they get to the battlefield, they can keep the horses at a certain speed. This is just running, as well as the usual feed, as well as the management of the horse shed, the cleaning and care of the war horses, etc., all have a certain degree of attention. ”

Zhao Ji was stupid when he heard it: "Why didn't Qing say it before?" ”

"The minister is a civil minister, not a horse official, and these learnings are gradually explored after the large-scale breeding of horses on the other side."

"It seems that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty also raise horses, right?"

"At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers were self-prepared horses, and at the beginning, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and they broke the Hulu many times and got a large number of good horses. However, only a few decades later, the Tang Dynasty had to give money to let the soldiers buy their own horses. Maybe the soldiers themselves have horses, but even if they have horses, most of those horses can't go to the battlefield. Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, there are now many horse protectors in Hebei, who have been forcibly ordered by the imperial court to buy horses, to see if the horses they raise now can go to the battlefield? ”

"And ...... the Horse Protector?"

"Among the various changes of Jiefu Gong, the worst is the City Change Law, followed by the Baoma Law. But there are pros and cons to everything. There are disadvantages and advantages. If you remove the dross side, then the other side must have its meaning. If we want to make the law a good law, we must also make some transfers, one for civilian use and the other for military use. In fact, the previous dynasties did not prohibit the people from raising horses, why horses have not been bred in the Central Plains, one is that the horse's reproductive ability is very low, and the other is that the people castrate (castrate) the male horse together. The third is that the people abuse horsepower, such as letting horses eat heavy goods or plough all day long, so the life span of horses is not long. As a result, the number of horses in the Central Plains has not been high, and no matter how good the horses are, they cannot be regarded as war horses. If it can't be used as a war horse, the price will not be high, and the people will not cherish it too much. ”

"Therefore, at the peak of the Tang Dynasty, the owners of war horses came from a few large pastures in the northwest, rather than horses from the hands of the people. But horses play a big role, whether in farming or transporting. Far better than manpower. Therefore, the minister believes that the imperial court has to issue an edict. If the people have a female horse and a foal, after half a year old, it will be reported to the government, and the government will reward the people with ten pieces of money, and two times for breeding male horses. ”

"This ......" Zhao Ji was a little stunned.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, there will be more and more horses in my court in the future, which is beneficial to the country and the people, and it is actually returned to the people."

"And what about the military?"

"Your Majesty, the military is also divided into two steps, first issue an edict, and subsidize ten yuan per household for the former horse protection households."

Zhao Ji was extremely surprised.

"When the minister was in Huachi, the first emperor issued an edict to give thirty pieces of money to buy war horses, and the actual value of a war horse was fifty times, and the first-class war horses reached more than one hundred. Jiefu Gong implemented the horse protection law, and the government gave horses, or gave more than 20 yuan, and the people bought horses, but because the people were not properly raised, or died or weak, the government asked the people to compensate. As a result, the number of horses did not increase, which only increased the people's worries, so it was changed to a pastoral system. ”

Then there was a strange scene, the court in the northwest to give money, according to the size of the horse to give 32 to 16 respectively, the year before last the imperial court and the edict, send the northern horse to transfer the horse to support the cavalry, on the horse to 30 guan, in the horse to give 25, off the horse to 20, but last year Lu Gongya played, the road to protect the horse is extremely difficult to buy, the people both compete for the market, the price is also expensive, to the person is not less than 100 guan. There is another thing, Yang Song was forbidden to get a horse in the northwest, and he planned to sell it to raise money for the road, so that Han Tongyuan (Han Jin) could buy it for thirty guan, but Han Tongyuan found that this horse could not be ridden, and he suffered from scabies, so he asked his subordinates to return it to Yang Shiban, but in fact, Han Tongyuan didn't know, thirty guan could only buy such a horse! ”

"Why is this strange phenomenon occurring, the court ordered the people to herd horses or protect horses, if the people really let them use, it doesn't matter, but the court from time to time to take back the horses, or forcibly buy the horses at a low price, the horse owners in order not to let the government hold them accountable, had to buy horses back to deal with the government. The more the number of horses that the imperial court took back or bought at a high price and a low price, the higher the market price of the horses, and this is why even the price of Khitan horses reached 100 yuan. ”

This is easy to check, just ask Han Jin, or find out Lu Gongya's recital from the archive.

Zhao Ji's face became ugly.

"Therefore, the horse protection law must be significantly adjusted, one is to subsidize the previous horse households with ten yuan per household, although it cannot recover their losses, it will play a role in calming people's hearts. The stability of the people of the whole country and the stability and peace of the rear are the biggest backing of Vaxia. The second is that the imperial court can no longer forcibly let the people buy horses and protect horses, but the second horse among the generals, but it cannot be a sick horse and be handed over to the horse household to raise. After the death of the horse, the horse owner can no longer be asked to compensate dozens of yuan, but according to the age of the horse before handing over the horse, five to ten yuan will be compensated. In fact, it is tantamount to collecting horse rent from horse households in disguise, and the people can afford this horse rent at the same time, and with this compensation, the people will cherish it, prolong the life of the horse, and supplement it with subsidies for the foal, then it will be conducive to the increase in the number of horses. ”

"As for those half-year-old foals, they are not completely subsidized to the people, but have the right to buy horses from the people when the court has the right to show the merits of their horses, and if the inferior ones continue to be handed over to the people for breeding, but the compensation after death shall not exceed twelve yuan. The superior one, brought back by the imperial court, can be raised as a war horse. But in doing so, it will motivate the people to take the initiative to breed horses. ”

"What about a ranch?"

"The pasture is simpler, there is Weiyuan, there is Xihe, Hezhou is too close to Huangzhou, there will be just in case, but Xizhou can be a good pasture. And compared with the people of the Central Plains, the people of Xizhou also know how to take care of war horses. The imperial court only needs to pay some salaries and formulate some rules for rewards and punishments. Besides, how long will the Western Xia region wait? ”

However, even if Western Xia takes it, it still needs war horses and cavalry, because there is a more powerful northern enemy.

Zhao Ji's heart was moved, and he said, "What about the military?" ”

"Military and civilian horses come together, and the second horses mentioned by the minister not only refer to the current official horses, but also to the future horses, the secondary horses of each horse supervisor, as well as the Tubo horses, Yunnan horses, Tengchong horses, a few horses from the Western Regions and Khitan private horses purchased from various places. If the war horses are not enough, the minister can let the other side buy good horses from the Jurchens or from the other side, although the price of horses in the imperial court is low, but it can probably allow them to maintain their capital and not lose money. If there is a horse, it will also be selected and given to the people to raise. However, this time it was not a horse household, because it was equivalent to renting horses to the people, and the rent was not too high, so the Baoding and the brave were given priority, and they would also ride horses in the process of breeding, and if they were able to be skilled in equestrianism, the court could choose to be a cavalryman, and at the same time reward the horse to his family free of charge, and no compensation should be used after death. ”

"Will it hinder the finances?"

"How could it not? For this finance, the minister has been restless day and night for more than a year, but fortunately, although the expenditure is expensive, it is mostly a one-time expenditure, and the weapon can be used for many years, as for buying a horse, there is no minister's policy, and the court also has to buy a horse, at most, it will pay some foal fees in the future, but this cost is believed not to be too much, if it is really much, it is a good thing. ”

In fact, the so-called horse protection law has long been changed beyond recognition.

"Your Majesty, whether it is righteous and brave, or Baoma, the people of Shaanxi have suffered the most, I believe that the issuance of these two edicts will have a positive impact on the people of Shaanxi, so how much role will they play in the war? This battle is really important! And Zhang Zhifu may have to use troops against Western Xia. (To be continued.) )