Yoon Soo said: "It's too cruel."

Zheng Lang was very cute when he heard this and said, "Brother Shi Lu, why did you say this? It is not cruel, but the will of the people. The king is a foolish lord, and the court is full of evil spirits. What should we do as the people?"

"The turbid water flows upstream, jumps over the haze and sings in clear cry."

"Confucius and Mencius also agreed with Brother Lu's saying, "It is called killing one's body to achieve benevolence, and sacrificing one's body to seek righteousness. The Master said that only by age can we know that pine and cypress are carved later. The more difficult it is, we can see a person's true nature. But there is another saying, believing in learning, observing the good way of death, not entering the dangerous country, and not living in the chaos, and seeing the world, if there is a way, you will see it, if there is no way, you will be hidden, if there is no way, you will be humiliated, if there is no way, you will be humiliated, if there is no way, you will be shameful, if there is no way, you will be rich and noble, you will be shameful. If you encounter a world without way, killing one's body to seek benevolence is certainly courageous, but it will never be beautiful and will not play any role, and will add a bad reputation to the monarch. Therefore, the Master believes that being without way is a kind of wisdom to do Law. Now the monarch is more benevolent and the country is booming. With the ability of Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, he can also use other methods to rise to power without taking the imperial examination. However, for the sake of glory and wealth, he defected to the bandits, not only instigated the bandits to invade our dynasty, kill the people of our dynasty, and endangered our country. This is not only the father of Zi Shi, but also the father of the thief. Yin is wisdom, but the rebellion is a thief. Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao are not only evil, but also thief, which is called disloyal, and great rebellion. Today's fate is considered lucky. The country does not like to violate the law, otherwise it would not be an exaggeration to cut tens of thousands of knives on his charges."

If you are not patriotism, you cannot treason. Even if you treason, you cannot seduce the enemy country to invade your motherland. Can such a traitor make him die a good death?

This is a great righteousness, and Yin Zhu couldn't say anything. Suddenly, he thought of something. Fan of the past satirized Zheng Lang as Wang Mang, and the great troubles of the Song Dynasty in the future, which was really a funny comment.

The three of them walked into the Zheng family.

Cui Xian was always very polite to Han Qi, asking Xing'er to serve tea and cook to prepare the dishes by herself.

Some people are less confused, and Cui Xian is just this mentality.

Han Qi didn't know, and felt comfortable coming to Zheng Lang's house. The whole family respected him very much and was very proud. He held the tea and asked, "Xingzhi, I listened to your joint defense strategy, which is very good. I wonder if it can be promoted on Qinfeng Road?"

"Brother Zhigui, the joint defense strategy is divided into two. The former unites the people. The whole people are soldiers. As the people in the border areas, this is what they should do. It does not have to fight. With preparation, the enemy dares not invade. This is the best strategy for defeating the troops without fighting. The second is to block the road. I don't agree with Qin Feng Road. It is an idea that developed from the backward policy of levying taxes in the Tang Dynasty with the number of 1000s, so it is a retreat. You can compare the income of our dynasty and the Tang Dynasty to see which kind of policy is advanced. Tubo is just a precaution. In the present few decades, it will not be the enemy country of our Song Dynasty. Qin Feng does not need to block the road, making it impossible for business travel, and it will be inconvenient for the people. Reduce tax income."

Han Qi pondered for a while.

Many times, he also admires some of Zheng Lang's wonderful ideas.

Of course, it has occupied a height of one thousand years. When you turn to the Song Dynasty, at least at this height, no one can match Zheng Lang.

Suddenly the guest came in and reported: "Ye Zhuanyun asked for a visit."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Qingchen had already walked in on his own.

He asked breathlessly: "Xingzhi, why did the horses be sold at that price?"

After asking, I met Han Qi and Yin Zhu.

Yin Zhu asked strangely: "What price? What is the sale of horses."

A large number of war horses were seized in this battle. After a total of 40,000 horses were allocated, Zheng Lang, the remaining war horses, were pushed to Guanzhong. According to the quality, four to eight coins were sold to the people. Before the Sanbaiqu was released, they were stolen by the people.

Ye Qingchen couldn't stop him. He heard that Zheng Lang was returning to Weizhou and rushed over to ask what was going on.

"Brother Daoqing came for this matter, and Brother Zhigui and Brother Shi Lu were here. Let's talk about this horse together."

"horse?"

"It is it, its share of the imperial expenditure is not large, but not small. Every year the country purchases war horses, it costs at least one million yuan. Brother Daoqing, you have also been a Sansi envoy for a period of time, and you know this account expenditure more than me."

"That's why I asked you why."

When I bought a horse, I spent more than twenty or thirty or thirty or stakes, and I escorted all the way, materials were lost, maintenance and supervision, and transported to the designated place of the court, and the price of a horse would rise to fifty or 60 or stakes. So the country bought ten thousand horses every year, spending one million yuan of money. But before it was finished, Zheng Lang said: "In order to raise these horses, many good lands were occupied as pastoral supervisors. The fodder, miscellaneous grains, horses died, and the cost of guarding horses and officials' yamen was enough?"

That's the big one.

"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? Twenty thousand, ten thousand, or five thousand?"

It is even more ironic. It costs two or three million guan a year. How much money can the country spend in ten years? How much money does the country spend in thirty years? But this result was so Zheng Lang continued to say: "It's not bad. The court also wants to have some horses to increase the combat effectiveness and maneuverability of the army. But except for some places in the northwest, other areas are not suitable for raising horses. After planting citrus across the Huaihe River, can they still produce sweet oranges? After several battles in the northwest, some horses can be obtained by luck. Starting from Fulin Road, along the border areas, they can grazed 100,000 war horses, which is equal to the number of war horses that our dynasty has. Grazing in the northwest, the speed and endurance of the war horses will not decrease.

Why do you have to move to the Central Plains to plant citrus? Grazing in the northwest can ensure that several powerful cavalry are trained at all times. The northwest originally had to station troops, and the cost of horse feed is only increased. Grazing in the Central Plains, isn’t horse feed not needed? There are many excellent pastures in the northwest itself, which reduces the area of ​​pastoral supervision and reduces national expenditures. This is also a small recklessness, which is equivalent to saving more than one million yuan in spending for the country every year. There are a lot of horses, but several powerful cavalry have been added. What is horse raising used for? Prepare to train a cavalry to fight, guard the country, Daoqing, is this the ultimate goal of the country spending a lot of money to raise horses?"

“Not only that.”

"I know that the country spends money to buy horses to comfort the Fanzi and the Barbarians. Why do they have to use this method? If there is no horse, using this method to comfort the horses while purchasing horses is also a helpless act. But if you have a horse, you can continue to do it, which is a kind of good face. In fact, it is a sign of weakness in your heart. It is better to waste this money to reward them with some supplies a year, or send some special people to guide them to farm and let them live a better life. Fortunately, if you don't understand, these Fanzi, the Barbarians really think that their horses are worth the price. The imperial court wasted a lot of money every year to subsidize, but they didn't appreciate it. Why bother?"

Ye Qingchen was speechless.

In fact, although the Song Dynasty was good for preferential treatment, it lacked the aura of a turtle. The more you went back, these barbarians hated it very much.

We cannot listen to the analysis of the Bricks. We say that peasants and ethnic minority uprisings, and based on the politics of the Song Dynasty Renzong to Zhezong, we must revolt and overthrow this country. In all countries in China for 5,000 years, there are more reasons for overthrow in any era.

It is precisely because they are not good at treating them well that they have repeatedly rebelled and caused trouble, especially Meishanman and Nong Zhigao.

Zheng Lang said again: "We must use both kindness and power to them. Daoqing, you are also a good minister. You know how these pensions are transformed into blood-sucking. These borers have developed the habit of sucking blood. They suck the blood of this dynasty bit by bit, not the blood of the king, but the blood of the hard-working people in the Central Plains. The money given to them is not transformed, but is reclaimed from the people in the Central Plains! Why do the people in the country and the people now continue to let them suck blood?"

You have to think about the problem from a different perspective.

Han Qi's eyes were brighter because he saw another new problem.

Only by trying to do something but having a vision can you show the real problem. You can give advice. You cannot talk nonsense.

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

But I knew that this was my husband who was acting smart again. He dragged Han Qi into the water. The voice of a person's suggestion was not loud, and several serious people had to give advice at the same time before their opinions could be adopted by the court, especially these controversial matters.

"What are horses used for? Putting aside the war factors, they are used to pull goods. The three fields in Shaanxi are soon formed, and the land reclamation will increase by 50,000 hectares. These arable land cannot be cultivated by the clumsy method of pulling plows by humans. Only these military farms require at least 50,000 large livestock. Guanzhong cargo transportation requires more livestock. There are also a large area that lacks livestock. It is only one in Shaanxi, with at least 200,000 horses, which are civilian horses, not war horses. Moreover, there are northern territory such as Henan, Hebei and Hedong. How many civilian horses are missing in the country?"

"But the price of horses was raised by the court and remained high. A family had 50 acres of land, which was considered a fourth-class household. The average yield of two stones per mu was half, and half paid taxes, seeds and fertilizers, and the remaining half was only fifty stones of wheat and millet. The family had to eat, drink, wear and live in. How much money could it be accumulated? The price of horses was so high, who would be willing to use horses? This battle was an opportunity. Not only this battle, but also the market?"

"Shiyi?"

Han Qi smiled strangely.

This is exactly where Zheng Lang is so smart. On both ends of the felt-headed rat, Zheng Lang changed his mind and increased the price of goods. A piece of silk made him raise the price of goods to almost five cents of money. The freight rate for these thick silks from the Central Plains is not high. The reason is very simple. The grain is heavy and the damage is huge. A truck of five stones requires two cents of money. But how many pieces of silk can a truck of silk be? A piece of silk consumes at most one hundred cents of money or two hundred cents of money. What is it compared to the price of silk? Even Han Qi was jealous and wanted his family to do business, which was too profitable.

The Xixia green salt was rejected by the Song Dynasty. If some preferential means were used to force the Xixia people to exchange livestock, including the shortage of horses, donkeys, mules, oxes, and camels in the Song Dynasty. It turned out that a good horse was more than 20 stakes, but now it has shrunk and turned into barter, with only four or five stakes of silk, and five or six stakes of silk. A bad horse may only cost three or four stakes of shit. What is handed over to the people is taken from the people and used for the people. If you cannot make this bad money, then the horse can only be sold at this price.

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

Han Qi explained it once, and Ye Qingchen was speechless again.

Not only Han Qi thought about so much, first of all, food. As the population increases, we have to find ways to increase grain output. Livestock must be used instead of manpower arable land.

In fact, in the long run, there are many disasters and difficulties in the future. In the end, it is better to introduce some miscellaneous grains, potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes, so that the northern crisis can be truly resolved. If it is too far away, the Pacific currents can be used. With the equator as the center, the northern and southern currents are just the opposite, which can make ships sail back and forth. But when going east, the islands are small and few and lack supply points, and they can only wait for the further development of sea ship technology. I believe that the development of ship technology in overseas mines will be very leap, and I will wait for it in my lifetime.

Another question Zheng Lang hesitated. It is not that rice cannot be grown in the north. Japan introduced rice from China and has cultivated cold-resistant rice varieties. It was the Liaodong rice varieties that were reintroduced from Japan nine hundred years later that the Beidahuang gradually turned into Beidakura.

But now it is a Khitan...

Environmental problems, the deterioration of water and soil in the north is inseparable from excessive nomadicity. It is not that farming is good, and farming will increase the population. The destruction of water may not be as destructive as nomadic destructive power, but the population increases, and the northwest is cold in winter. People have to cut down wood to make charcoal in winter, and for this reason, there have been conflicts with the Tubo people. This is the main environmental damage and may be solved. Cotton is gradually becoming popular. For example, almost all soldiers have a cotton coat and a quilt in the future. If they develop some coal mines, the demand for charcoal will gradually decrease. Farming has become a protection of the environment, and they think a little far away.

There are other benefits at present, and large-scale farming is conducive to assimilating the Fan Qiang.

As the number of horses increases, the people also have to ride them to stock them in the slack farming period. Most of them are children. Even so, riding is impossible to grow up with nomadic teenagers who grew up on the prairie since childhood. However, after practicing, they can easily organize a powerful cavalry. If they are not as good as riding, they can make up for it with weapons and discipline.

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

Yin Zhu sighed: "According to actions and knowledge, the greater the disadvantages."

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

"This is a good idea," Han Qi said. Ye Qingchen was in a daze and did not answer.

"Since it is a good plan, Brother Zhigui, Brother Daoqing, Brother Shi Lu, how can we submit a letter together?"

"This is a clear idea, I, I..." Han Qi became shy and stammered. He grabbed too much credit from Zheng Lang, and Mr. Han was embarrassed to snatch it up again.

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