In fact, it was the common idea of Zhao Ji and Wang Anshi to let Wang Ju return to Beijing to serve as the secretary of the regulations to inspect the detailed text.

This official position is a bit vague, Wang Juneng can hold it, Xiao Su can hold it, but even Sima Guang will hold it, and he will not be wronged, an official position with great flexibility.

Wang Ju has some ingenuity, which is exactly what the law needs most. Wang Ju can be used as an important think tank to make the change more perfect.

The third is the grinding survey, no matter what, where is Wang Ju's age.

Zhao Ji bumped into each other, and Wang Ju also had it, which had nothing to do with being a person in two lives, but a relatively short time to enter the power circle. For example, Wang Ju has made many arrangements and arrangements, and some of them have a long-term vision that others dare not imagine. However, the difference is that Wang Anshi is playing chess, and Wang Ju can only play idle chess, which is helpless, and now he is not qualified to play chess.

But there are some problems, such as sucrose, and finally with the help of the inner storehouse.

Another example is the awkward position right now.

So Zhao Ji can't say that it's wrong to think about it.

After staying in the Ordinance Department for a few years, he was sent to a large state to serve as the governor for a few years, and then returned to the capital, then he could enter the two systems of officials, and if he stayed in the two systems of officials for a few more years, he would have the qualifications to enter the government.

Then there is Wang Anshi in the front, Wang Ju in the back, and the two kings protect the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty will be prosperous.

Dare to love him, he thinks wonderfully.

In fact, Wang Ju also interrupted his dream just now, not to mention changing the law, it is to collect money. However, in the face of this accumulation, this accumulation of wealth is not excessive, and the problem lies in how to collect wealth more reasonably and collect wealth with the least public grievances.

So Zhao Ji didn't expect Wang Ju to react like this at all.

Wang Anshi is very arrogant, in fact, Wang Ju is also arrogant, for example, he is just a child, facing himself and his parents, talking eloquently, this is arrogance, about talented people are like this, such as Zhang Liang, such as Zhuge Liang, Wang Meng, Wei Zheng, Song Jing.

This action has not been done since he met Wang Ju.

"Let's talk about it again," Zhao Ji didn't think clearly, first helped Wang Ju up, then changed the topic, and said: "Some time ago, Zhang Ruoshui, the deputy governor of the capital, and Li Ping, the envoy of the Xishang Pavilion, offered a divine arm bow, which had a very long range. I'm about to invite you into the palace to watch. ”

"Divine Arm Bow?" Wang Ju's heart was pounding, its fame was too great, and Wang Ju had been waiting for a long time.

"Imitated from the Western Xia crossbow, I gave it the name of the Divine Arm Bow."

In the Song Dynasty, it was a crossbow, which was a crossbow that was stepped on with the foot and pulled apart by the foot and arm together. However, the Western Xia crossbow was different, very similar to the Song bow.

Zhao Ji did not mention the Xixia people here, but when he mentioned the crossbow, Wang Ju knew in his heart, maybe the time was different, after all, after his own promotion, the border situation was different. But no matter how he pushed it, that Li Ding came, which was what he was most worried about, and said, "Your Majesty, can you let the minister take a look." ”

"I'm going to show you." Zhao said.

He just felt very powerful, and how powerful it was, he had to let people who knew how to evaluate it.

This know-how does not refer to people who can pull away, or who are strong in martial arts, but who are proficient in military affairs.

Among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, except for Wang Ju, he really didn't know who had this qualification.

He whispered to the eunuch beside him.

Divine arm bow, Wang Ju was a little excited in his heart, he was the best news he heard when he came to the capital.

After a while, a few guards brought a bow, it should be a crossbow, and the bow can also be a crossbow, why, it is no longer the kind of crossbow of the Song Dynasty before, the style has changed a lot, and it is very close to the bow, so Zhao Ji named it the Divine Arm Bow. In fact, strictly speaking, it is still a crossbow, which is the product of the combination of technologies such as the Song Dynasty's crossbow and compound bow on the basis of the Western Xia crossbow.

The guard put down the Divine Arm Bow, and Wang Ju walked over to watch.

This thing has caused a lot of controversy in later generations, what is it?

First of all, the material of the bow and string, Wang Ju saw the shadow of the composite bow at a glance, without high-strength materials, it is impossible to have such a strong shooting power.

In fact, many armor in the Song Dynasty are really good, but the technology has come up, but most of them are substandard products when making zuò......

Secondly, its angle of fire may be low, as its bolts are shorter than the previous ones, and this angle must be drastically reduced.

Its bolts are short, only six or seven inches, but the designers are very clever, so the bolts are thinner, compressing the cross-section, reducing the resistance when fired, but in order to increase their penetration, even the shaft is almost made of metal.

However, it was difficult to coordinate such a thin arrow with the strings, so the vertical tail feathers were designed.

Compared with the longbow, its bow length is also limited, but about one meter, the requirements for the arm tire must also be strict, so it is stacked with multiple layers of mountain mulberry wood, and then glued with cow tendons layer by layer, but the biggest mystery is the lever winding, here is the principle of the Song Dynasty crossbow, trampling with the thighs, holding the arm ring, and pulling the string to the full. There are some other details of the facilities.

Therefore, there is this thing in Wang Ju's hands: with the body of the tired (mountain mulberry wood), the sandalwood is the bow, the iron is the kick gun head, the copper is the horse's face and teeth, the hemp is the string, the crossbow body is three feet long and two inches, the two are nine inches long and two points, the two flashes are each one foot one inch and seven minutes long, the length is four inches, the length is four feet five inches and eight minutes, and the string length is two feet five inches.

But it can't be underestimated, although it seems exquisite, in this exquisite crossbow and exquisite crossbow arrow, it concentrates the peak of material science and crossbow arrow technology in this era, and is full of technical principles.

It's just that the ancients only knew what it was, but didn't know why it was, and didn't have the ability to explain it clearly.

As for what was included, Wang Ju didn't see it at all.

"Your Majesty, let the minister give it a try."

"Okay."

The two walked out of the hall, Wang Ju tried his strength first, and this bow was the first time he had pulled it. It doesn't matter, he has practiced bows and arrows for several years, and he rarely touches crossbows, but he is no stranger to both Song crossbows and Xixia crossbows.

Wang Juju shouted, and at once the crossbow was full, and then as soon as he let go of his hand, the crossbow bolt quickly flew out.

This is a test arrow, there is a passage in front, and the palace maid and eunuch have also driven it away, and after it was released, Wang Ju measured it with steps, and it was indeed about three hundred steps. This proves that the three hundred and forty steps are true.

It's just that he didn't expect the famous Divine Arm Bow to be this miniature version of the style.

However, they are small, but they have a lot of strength, and they have a longer range than a crossbow.

There is no need to test anything for lethality, with this rate of fire and range, can the lethality be small?

Zhao Ji was speechless and said: "Qing is really a good arm strength. ”

Although it has been tested, most of the soldiers can't pull it away, and even fewer people can pull it full. Zhao Hao suddenly thought of Cheng Hao to complain, Wang Ju has this arm strength, press Cheng Hao, can Cheng Hao still move?

"Your Majesty has exaggerated the award, what about Zhang Ruoshui and Li Ping?"

"In the Bow Yard."

"Can you let the ministers see them?"

"Qing ......"

"Your Majesty, it can still be transformed."

"Can it still be transformed?" Zhao asked in surprise.

"It's powerful, but it's too demanding."

"Qing Yan is extremely true, I let the guards test the fire, less than two or three people in ten can pull it up, and less than one person can be full like Qing. Even Wang Zhaoming was dissatisfied. ”

"This," Wang Ju didn't know what to say.

As soon as the two big eunuchs were taken to the inner palace, they understood when they saw Wang Ju and the divine arm bow on the ground. The two of them first saw each other, Wang Ju was lying on the bow of the divine arm and watching, he was speechless, the actual sample was placed here, and he gradually saw many principles. And now he is no stranger to cold weapons.

But why can't you think of it, and then wait for Li Ding?

Wang Ju stood up and said, "Zhang Duzhi, is this what you came up with?" ”

Just now on the road, Xiao Huangmen had already told Zhang Ruoshui about Wang Ju's glorious deeds in the Ordinance Division, that was Ruoda's imperial history, and he was held down by Wang Ju to pour tea, he was just a eunuch, what qualifications did he have?

Zhang Ruoshui said honestly: "This is the small man Li Hong's partial crossbow, and then our family and craftsmen transformed the strong bow on the basis of the partial crossbow. ”

In fact, the Divine Arm Bow is the Divine Arm Crossbow, but Zhao Ji doesn't know very well, he gave his life as a bow, who dares to say that it is not a bow?

"What about Li Hong?"

"Our family gave him a hundred taels of silver."

"Where is he from?"

"It seems to be someone from Shaanxi."

"I'm tired of Zhang Duzhi, and then I'll bring this Li Hong."

"He's just a small minor."

"Zhang Duzhi, you have a lot of credit for the appearance of this bow," Wang Ju said honestly. Later generations were angry, saying that Li Ding brought a divine arm bow, where is there a god arm bow in Western Xia. But without the real partial crossbow technology brought by Li Ding, no matter how smart Zhang Ruoshui is, he can't invent the Divine Arm Bow. In fact, after the Divine Arm Bow came out, it has always become a big disaster for Western Xia, but Western Xia has not been able to catch its technology. The truth is the same as gunpowder, with gunpowder, there are gradually advanced thermal weapons, but it cannot be said that these thermal weapons were invented by the Chinese. That's why Wang Ju said below: "But this partial crossbow technique has also played some roles." ”

"Wang Jianshen is right, if it weren't for it, our family wouldn't have been inspired."

"But what you get is the real crossbow technique, do you know what I mean?"

"Wang Jian...... We understand," Zhang Ruoshui suddenly woke up.

The Song Dynasty had the technology of the Song Dynasty, and the Western Xia also had the technology of the Western Xia, such as the Western Xia crossbow, which is this partial crossbow, such as cold forging armor, such as the Xia State Sword.

On the battlefield, the Song Dynasty obtained a lot of Western Xia armor, but how it was made, the Song Dynasty has not figured it out.

This Li Hong knows the crossbow technology, so he may not be from Shaanxi, but from the Western Xia, and he is an important figure in the manufacture of these armor in the Western Xia, so he can also bring some other technologies, and then use this technology to combine with the technology of the Song Dynasty, maybe he can make more sharp weapons.

Zhang Ruoshui and Wang Ping went out of the palace to find this Li Hong, or Li Ding.

"Qing ......" The same reason, why can't he think of it, Zhang Ruoshui can't think of it, Wang Ju thought of it as soon as he saw this bow? Zhao Ji was also speechless.

Wang Judao: "Whether the Great Song Dynasty can carry forward the glory and sweep away the previous decadent situation, the armor is also crucial." Your Majesty, it's better to put an ordnance supervisor. ”

Speaking of this, he had an idea and said, "It's better to let the minister know about this ordnance supervisor again." ”

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the production of weapons was under the control of the workshop envoy, and later it was assigned to the case department of the Third Division of Salt and Iron. Until the Qingli War, stimulated by the Western Xia people, the Ordnance Department was placed, and Yang Kai, Yao Zhongsun, Li Yonghe, Cao Cong and other civil and military ministers and relatives were jointly in charge, and there were officials and eunuchs such as Lin Wei, the deputy envoy of salt and iron, the official Kai of the salt and iron judgment, and Cen Shousu, the deputy governor of the interior. However, this was a provisional institution, which was later outlawed.

But it has changed back and forth, and it is all a department under the Ministry of Cases.

However, this department should not be underestimated, the number of people is indispensable, there are bow and crossbow building and arrow yards, Guangbei siege work, military weapons station, horse chopping knife bureau, Wanquan command, gunpowder and other institutions, only the bow and arrow yard has more than 10,000 craftsmen!

In addition, there were various local courts, but those courts were jointly managed by local officials and cases, and the authority was not clear anyway, which was a major feature of the Song Dynasty.

Then there was the storage of weapons, which in turn was under the control of the Inner Treasury.

Why are there these shoddy armors? It is the result of this unclear confusion of institutions and competencies.

In addition, the major sub-departments, although they belong to the case, but what the case does is only a leader, and most of the subordinate departments are eunuchs and the children of powerful people.

If it is really a eunuch, it is a little better, the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty can be said to be the best group of eunuchs in the calendar of all dynasties, some understand water conservancy, some understand military, and some understand management, just like the inner treasury, why it has been profitable, of course, it is its particularity, and part of it is the good reason why the eunuchs who have been in charge of the inner treasury for many years.

However, now there are a large number of powerful children mixed in, and they are indiscriminately filling in it, and they are corrupted all at once.

Therefore, Wang Juti yì gathered these institutes together and placed them separately, regardless of which department they belonged to, but from production to storage, they were concentrated in one ministry and department, and the local ones did not care for the time being, only those in the capital.

After concentrating on a department, Wang Ju went to observe carefully, first look at the treatment of craftsmen, first of all, let the craftsman's family have food and clothing, and even the family can't support their families, how can they have the heart to build armor for the country? Then look at the amount of work, the task of the craftsman cannot exceed their ability. For example, if you can hit a knife a day, and you have to build two of them, how can you qualify after the knife is played?

This is given by the imperial court, but what is given must be requested. After Wang Ju observed, he moderately improved the treatment of low-level craftsmen, reduced the workload, and then issued an edict to chisel on the armor, not only writing the name of the craftsman, but also writing the name of the supervising official, the date of production, which link is wrong, and the official or craftsman must be pursued according to law. and then to the custody, the custodian acceptance, the unqualified person has the right not to accept it, but if it is accepted, it is the fault of the custodian official.

This may increase some of the expenses of the imperial court, but the number of unqualified armor will be greatly reduced.

Zhao Ji listened to Wang Ju's speech, and twisted his eyebrows to think.

"Your Majesty, why change the law, change the law is not only to collect money."

Wang Ju directly linked the change with the accumulation of wealth, which made Zhao Ji laugh.

"Your Majesty, its ultimate goal is to enrich the people and strengthen the country, Your Majesty is so to change the law, you can't sacrifice the original to seek the end, the end is to collect wealth, the power of the country is the foundation, the armor is fine, and it is also the foundation of the country."

"But in the past, most of the people who were in charge of the production of weapons were internal servants......"

"Qingli Shizhi Armament Division, Yang Kai is a privy minister, Yao Zhongsun is the third secretary and Longtu Pavilion direct bachelor, Cao Cong is the deputy commander of the Ma Army, Li Yonghe is the uncle of the country and the former deputy commander of the palace, and any one of them is far better than the minister."

Zhao Ji heard it, anyway, Wang Ju was determined to find a way to withdraw from the Ordinance Division.

"Your Majesty, besides, the minister is also good at it, take a look at the Taoxi sword, and later the tiger cannon, thunder thistle, and new armor, and it is this sharp weapon, the minister can also be transformed better immediately. The minister is known to be the best candidate. ”

"Let me think about it. Wang Ju, you are the first of the Great Song Dynasty courtiers, you insulted the imperial history, not only did you not think it was a crime, but in turn asked me to do it. ”

"Your Majesty, it's actually a good thing, even some ministers of the river workers think it's a rough man's work, and besides, it's weapon production, and they think it's a lowly craftsman's work. In addition, in the past, most of them were concurrently serving as internal servants, and if His Majesty let the ministers know the military weapons supervisor, it can also be regarded as a punishment for the ministers. ”

"Still inappropriate......"

"Your Majesty is working hard and determined to change the law, but the minister is in the capital, he will also listen and watch, and as a bystander, the bystander is clear, if it is a vague and unclear place, he will still call the minister to inquire at any time, and the minister will know everything. What difference does it make if you are not in the Ordinance Division? ”

"Then the Seedlings Method ......"

"Your Majesty, once the Qingmiao Law is implemented, it will be a policy to collect the people, but now it has not been implemented, and the ministers are not very clear. After the execution, the minister will let the servants in the family hear about it, and when the time comes, he will write to His Majesty. ”

Zhao Ji was silent, he couldn't say that Wang Ju was ignorant of what he said, whether it was good or not, it had to be implemented to know, and now he was all thinking about it.

"I'm not a ...... for the people"

"Your Majesty, it's expedient, it's not okay if you don't collect it, but it doesn't matter, it's better not for the poor people." Wang Judao. If it is really a matter of being strong, it is better, but the reason why the actual opponents oppose it is to collect it on Haoqiang. But morality doesn't lose much. However, Wang Anshi went crazy, and the poor households also did the same, which made the opponents occupy morality.

"You can't use it!" Zhao Ji was annoyed.

Just collect it, but also be dignified, and say it directly, wouldn't it be more turbulent.

Then let's not mention it, Wang Ju said again: "The minister will say one more thing, Hebei is broken again, but the wind and rain on the Xixia side are smooth, so I have to prepare, and Wang Shao's side will not delay for a long time." Also, the effect of the strategy offered by the minister before must also be verified. ”

This is a supplementary explanation of Wang Ju's three strategies when he was in school the year before last.

However, this addition brought pressure to Zhao Ji.

Sidging is the beginning, this has not changed, and there are enough low-yield and lean land by the Yellow River in Kaifeng to implement siltation, which is enough to arrange a large number of forbidden soldiers to come and plant. The geographical location is good, they are all by the Yellow River, that is, the north of Kaifeng, but the biggest problem of the Song Dynasty in Kaifeng is the Central Plains, there is no danger to defend, and it is the nomads in the north who are guarded.

But what does it matter if the Jin people really go south? This is the same as Zhao Ji not allowing Wang Ju to mention the accumulation of wealth again, cover his ears and steal the bell, and deceive himself.

At least it can make everyone feel at ease, and that's what you want.

On the other hand, if it is not changed, the Jin people will go south, and the forbidden soldiers will all be in the capital, what use can it be? The same!

Wang Ju then added that the income of the forbidden soldiers has increased by a small part over the years, but the increase is far from keeping up with the rise in prices, so each forbidden soldier moves outside the city and increases his salary by 500 per month.

The first is to increase the income of forbidden soldiers, and the second is to encourage forbidden soldiers to leave the city.

After leaving the city, they will be resettled, and they will not be given much arable land, because the forbidden soldiers spend most of their time in rotation, and even if they are given, most of them will be rented to ordinary people. But it will be divided into a little bit, so that the wife and family of the forbidden soldier can plant mulberry and hemp.

If there is some work, such as the third division is going to deal in cotton products, but these quilts need to be processed in the north, then they can be "outsourced" to the families of the forbidden soldiers, so as to increase their income again.

After the family is carefree, the morale of the forbidden soldiers will surely increase. Then the second step of the reduction can be carried out, but in the process of reduction, it is increased, and the border army is widely selected among the two Guangtu soldiers in Hebei Hedong Bow and Arrow and Jingnan Kuixia, and finally the combat army is kept at 450,000 forbidden soldiers and 300,000 border troops. Gan is still strong, but in that case, all sides from the south to the north have some mobile troops, and the unforeseen situation will be controlled internally at the first time, and the overall combat effectiveness of the entire Song army will also increase significantly.

The box soldiers have not been mentioned, and the exemption law has not yet come out, if it is paired with the exemption law, the box soldiers can also be greatly reduced.

In fact, Wang Ju's second wave of military cuts is very different from what Xiao Su thought, it is not mainly to reduce redundant troops, but to strengthen the army and strengthen the country's strength.

Some savings may be made, but only to a limited extent. If you don't reduce the number of soldiers, you can even say that it is flat.

There is also the elimination of officials, which is too difficult, such as the reduction of grace, which has been a long time, but the minister takes it out from time to time to talk about things. Theoretically, if it is done well, it can save more than 10 million yuan a year. But if it goes on like this, God knows if it will be twenty or thirty years from now.

It's good to save floating fees, but the children of the clan are increasing rapidly, and no matter how you save, it will gradually increase in the future.

That is to say, throttling, almost to the limit.

There is no way, it is still on the so-called "open source".

This is what Wang Ju said, what changes will occur after the expenditure of the forbidden army is reduced and the income increases, Zheng Baiqu Baojie Army will be the best proof. But if you have morale, you have to train, and you have to have armor.

And Shaanxi may not be calm in the future, and soon these Baojie troops will come in handy and prove it with actual combat.

Wang Ju continued: "Therefore, the minister implores His Majesty to draw out some money and silk on Shaanxi Road first, not to ask for armor first, but to equip the weapon, by the way, and this divine arm bow." ”

Speaking of this, a scene appeared in front of Wang Ju's eyes, dozens of battalions of Baojie troops with a divine arm bow for each person, and the lethality was ...... R1152