After the imperial doctor made Qian Yi retire with satisfaction.
Fan Zheng stepped forward again and said: "To inform the official family, Princess Yelu has sent roundworm seeds. As long as the trial planting is successful next year, children all over the world will be free from the suffering of roundworms!"
"roundworms!"
An extremely disgusting picture appeared in Baiguan's mind, and his face twitched.
"Evil doctor Fan Zheng!"
Sure enough, there was only a wrong name, not a wrong nickname. Is it really appropriate for Fan Zheng to talk about such disgusting things in the solemn and solemn Chuigong Palace in front of the officials and all the officials of the court?
All the officials couldn't help but smile bitterly, because Fan Zheng dared to be so presumptuous, and besides, he was using the reputation of practicing medicine, otherwise he would have been impeached by the censor.
Zhao Xu didn't have the mental quality of a doctor. He suddenly felt sick and helplessly echoed: "Thank you for your hard work, Fan Aiqing!"
Everyone thought that Fan Zheng mentioned Artemisia wormwood to show his merit to the doctors, but they did not expect that Fan Zheng did not accept it as soon as it was good, but continued: "Let me tell the officials, Artemisia wormwood is related to the health of children all over the world." It is difficult to do it with the strength of the doctors, so I specifically asked the officials for help."
"Ask me for help?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but raise his brows and looked at Fan Zheng in confusion.
You must know that Fan Zheng's evil side has never been defeated, and almost nothing can stump him. Taking the initiative to ask for help now can be said to be the first time in the world, and Zhao Xu can't help but look forward to it.
Fan Zheng explained: "The doctors plan to try to plant Artemisia in Weizhou on Hedong East Road. I request the government and the court to allocate 10,000 acres of wasteland to the doctors as an Artemisia planting farm."
Later generations of artemisia were successfully planted in Weifang. Fan Zheng had the experience of later generations, and naturally he would not let the artemisia plantation take any more detours.
"Ten thousand acres of wasteland!"
"Weizhou!"
Zhao Xu and Baiguan couldn't help but be stunned. They didn't expect Fan Zheng's plan to plant artemisia was so big.
"As far as I know, most of the medicinal materials needed by traditional Chinese medicine hospitals are purchased from Bozhou. How come Master Fan has just been transferred from Bozhou, and Fan Taicheng's roundworms are planted in Weizhou instead. This is too biased!" Lu Dafang said with a smile. .
As we all know, the reason why Fan Chunli was able to be transferred to the post of Kaifeng Prefect is at least half of Fan Zheng's credit. If it weren't for the doctors to drive the medicinal materials industry in Bozhou, Fan Chunli would have had to struggle for another three years before he had the opportunity to be transferred from Bozhou, and he might not be the Kaifeng Prefect. heavy responsibility.
Fan Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "You adults don't know. Artemisia asparagus likes to survive in bitter cold places. It has strict requirements for soil, climate and precipitation, otherwise it will be difficult to survive. Doctors selected many locations and finally decided that Weizhou is the most suitable .”
"What's so difficult about this? The imperial court encourages land reclamation! Weifang happens to have a lot of barren land that can be reclaimed to plant artemisia." Zhao Xu said with a big wave of his hand.
The courtiers did not hold any objections. If the artemisia could be successfully planted, it would be good news for children all over the world. In comparison, ten thousand acres of wasteland would be nothing?
However, Fan Zheng was not satisfied. Instead, he pushed further and said: "We have the land and the seeds are in place, but the doctors still need the manpower to plant Artemisia wormwood!"
"Just tell me how much you need!" Zhao Xu said with a wave of his hand. The most important thing in the Song Dynasty was manpower.
"Planting Artemisia wormwood requires clearing land and requires a lot of manpower, not to mention that starting from seedling raising, to planting, to picking, and finally to making medicine requires labor, at least 3,000 people are needed!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.
"Three thousand people!" The officials were suddenly shocked. According to the existing agricultural scale of the Song Dynasty, only about one or two hundred people could be used to plant 10,000 acres of farmland, but it took as many as 3,000 people to plant 10,000 acres of artemisia.
Zhao Xu couldn't help but change his expression. Where could he find more than 3,000 people for Fan Zheng to plant artemisia?
"Does your Majesty really have these three thousand people?" Fan Zheng said meaningfully.
"Nonsense, everyone in the imperial court has a use. How can we randomly select 3,000 people to help doctors plant artemisia?" Lu Dafang angrily rebuked.
In his opinion, Fan Zhengnai was using his reputation as a doctor to rub his nose into his face.
Zhang Dun also frowned and looked at Fan Zheng dissatisfied.
Fan Zheng looked around and said word by word: "Did the three thousand people mentioned by Wei Chen refer to the side soldiers?"
"Soldiers!" As soon as Fan Zheng said this, all the officials were in an uproar.
Zeng Bu showed his anger and said: "Fan Taicheng, you are too arrogant. Soldiers are the foundation of the country. Even the soldiers are protecting the family and the country. They are not the farmers who grow medicine for your doctors."
Other officials also impeached Fan Zheng. For the first time, the old and new parties united to attack Fan Zheng.
Seeing this, Su Song came out and said: "Don't be impulsive, everyone. Fan Taicheng's intention is that he needs three thousand old and weak soldiers who have been eliminated to help the doctors plant artemisia."
"Eliminate the soldiers?" Baiguan couldn't help but asked in shock.
Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Back then, Prime Minister Wang promulgated the Disarmament Law to rectify the Xiang Army and the Forbidden Army. It stipulated that soldiers must retire after the age of fifty. At the same time, soldiers were tested. Those who failed the Forbidden Army were changed to Xiang Army, and those who failed the Xiang Army were changed to civilians. . However, due to the recruitment system adopted by the Song Dynasty, many soldiers had no livelihood after being laid off, which made the soldiers extremely resentful!"
The biggest drawback of Wang Anshi's reform was that it did not pay attention to the consequences. The disarmament law did improve the quality of soldiers and alleviated the problem of redundant soldiers in the Song Dynasty. However, the soldiers who were demobilized did not have much ability to make a living during their military life. In addition, The court did not offer any compensation, which caused constant complaints from the military.
"You mean, the Artemisia Farm can accept the eliminated soldiers?" Zhao Xu suddenly said in surprise.
Redundant soldiers were a chronic problem of the Song Dynasty. If the Artemisia Farm suddenly accepted three thousand eliminated soldiers, it would relieve a lot of pressure on the court.
Fan Zheng said solemnly: "The Xiang soldiers are originally composed of disaster victims gathered by the imperial court. They themselves have certain farming experience. When the new law strengthened the army, the Song Dynasty did not have enough land to house these eliminated Xiang soldiers. Now they need a lot of manpower to take care of them." , and the higher value of Ascaris is the best way to contain the eliminated soldiers."
The imperial court urgently needed to get rid of the heavy burden of soldiers, and planting artemisia required a large number of manpower. The imperial court and the doctors hit it off.
"Okay! This method is wonderful!"
Zhao Xu Longyan said happily. He originally thought that it was just the Song Dynasty that had obtained new medicinal materials to protect the children of the world from the harm of roundworms, but he did not expect that it could also solve some of the problems of the Song Dynasty's redundant soldiers.
"Redundant troops?"
The old and new parties suddenly looked solemn. Redundant troops were a stubborn problem of the Song Dynasty, which caused headaches for emperors of all dynasties.
"What a pity! A roundworm farm only requires 3,000 people! The Song Dynasty had a total of 400,000 soldiers, and the efforts of the doctors were only a drop in the bucket!"
Zhang Dun said regretfully.
The Disarmament Law was an important part of Wang Anshi's reform. It could reduce the burden on the court, but it was criticized by the military. The Artemisia Farm could only support the needs of 3,000 people, which was just a drop in the bucket for the nearly 400,000 soldiers.
Fan Zheng solemnly said: "I would like to inform the officials that the Artemisia Farm is just a pilot project. If the farm model can solve some of the redundant soldiers, the establishment of Pingxia City will be enough to advance the Song Dynasty's border for hundreds of miles. Such a move Come, a large amount of arable land can be freed up. If the imperial court organizes the soldiers into a production and construction corps! The problem of redundant soldiers will be solved one by one."
"Production and Construction Corps!"
All the officials in the court were stunned. Since ancient times, the greatest role of soldiers has been fighting, but this is the first time that soldiers have been used as a corps for large-scale production and construction.
"What's the solution to this strategy?" Zhao Xu asked with his heart pounding.
Fan Zheng solemnly said: "The Production and Construction Corps was born out of the farming system of the previous dynasty, but it was more complete than the farming system of the previous dynasty. It was not only responsible for farming, but also for border defense operations. The Song Dynasty had a serious redundancy of troops, but it faced the threat of the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms. , but must maintain a large army. Even if the old and weak are eliminated, it will cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers. In this case, why not make use of the old and weak soldiers and station troops to guard the borders, which can not only reduce the pressure on the court, but also solve the problem of redundant troops. .”
"If the imperial court can change the side troops into production and construction corps, reclaim wasteland and cultivate fields in the northwest army, and then assist the bastion, it can not only ensure the food and grass needs of the front line, but also solve the problem of redundant troops in the court. Once there is a war, the imperial court can urgently Recruiting troops to defend Xixia can be said to kill three birds with one stone." Su Song agreed.
The old and new parties immediately looked at Fan Zheng and Su Song solemnly. They did not expect that the doctors and the medical party actually planned to solve the problem of redundant soldiers in the Song Dynasty.
Fan Zheng had just proposed to use the old and weak soldiers to form an Artemisia Farm, and Su Song immediately proposed to use the Artemisia Farm model and extend it to the northwest front for military reclamation to solve the problem of redundant soldiers.
"Medical family! Medical party!"
Lu Dafang and Zhang Dun looked at each other. The close cooperation between the medical family and the medical party put great pressure on the old and new parties.
"Wei Chen objects!" Yang Wei said bravely.
"Yang Aiqing, please speak!" Zhao Xu looked at Yang Weidao.
Yang Wei glanced at Zhao Xu and said: "We in the Song Dynasty have always emphasized the strategy of strong branches and weak branches. We have already gathered heavy troops in the northwest. We will turn the 400,000 side soldiers into construction corps and gather them in the northwest. There is a risk of serious trouble."
Suddenly everyone in the old party nodded. They were more resistant to the soldiers' rebellion than the danger of redundant troops.
The reason why the Anshi Rebellion occurred in the Tang Dynasty was because An Lushan had too many troops, which eventually gave An Lushan the strength to rebel. A great chaos eventually led to the decline of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Su Song shook his head when he saw this and said: "In the previous dynasty, An Lushan controlled the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. But those who went to the military reclamation were the soldiers of the Song Dynasty. They were half farmers and half soldiers on weekdays. How can they be compared."
"This is a matter of great concern to the Song Dynasty. There cannot be any negligence." Yang Wei said with an upright look.
Fan Zheng sneered and said: "Then Master Yang has a good strategy to solve the problem of redundant troops in the imperial court."
Yang Wei hesitated for a moment, but then said bravely: "I am just an official, and I just point out the shortcomings of the method of building corps. When the Song Dynasty defeats Xixia, there will be no need for so many troops, and the problem of redundant troops will naturally be established." untie."
Fan Zheng retorted: "Master Yang doesn't even have the guts to let Xiang soldiers colonize the northwest, so how can he dare to defeat Xixia with such bold words?"
Yang Wei's idea is just a dead end. The imperial court implements the policy of strong branches and weak branches, and is worried about placing a large number of troops on the border. However, the border troops are weak, and it is naturally a fool's errand to defeat Xixia.
"I agree with Master Fan's plan for the production and construction of a corps!" Suddenly Zeng Bu spoke up in support.
Lu Dafang couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that the New Party would take the lead in supporting the Medical Party.
Even Zhang Dun glanced at Zeng Bu in surprise,
Zeng Bu was in trouble. He controlled the Privy Council and naturally knew how serious the problem of redundant soldiers in the Song Dynasty was.
The annual expenditure of 800,000 forbidden troops and 400,000 side soldiers will be an astronomical figure. In addition, the war horses and Zhentian Lei are even more gold-eating beasts.
If the Xiang soldiers can be transformed into a production and construction corps, it will not only relieve the burden of 400,000 Xiang soldiers, but also provide food and grass for 800,000 imperial troops, and the pressure on the Privy Council will be greatly reduced.
Zeng Bu solemnly said: "In my humble opinion, the Production and Construction Corps does not need to be responsible for combat operations and can continue to use the previous garrison method. This will solve the problem of excessive troop support in the northwest."
Zhao Xu's eyes suddenly lit up.
The biggest drawback of the garrisoning method was that the soldiers did not know the generals and the soldiers, which caused the Song Dynasty to have low military strength. However, no one thought that one day, the garrisoning method would become a good solution to the problem of redundant soldiers in the Song Dynasty.
"More defensive measures."
Fan Zheng nodded slightly. This method had been used in the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years. Although it succeeded in making the Song Dynasty abolish its martial arts, it also made the Song Dynasty army lose the ability to rebel.
The implementation of the garrison method in the Xiangbing of the Song Dynasty can indeed strengthen the court's control over the northwest to a greater extent. In this way, the implementation of the Production and Construction Corps will be smoother.
However, this was not Zeng Bu's purpose. Zeng Bu continued: "The production and construction corps is enough to alleviate the problem of redundant soldiers in the Song Dynasty, but it cannot improve the combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty army. We sincerely request to promote the art of generals in the army to invigorate the army." I will strengthen the military power of the Song Dynasty and resist the Liao and Xia Dynasties."
"The Art of War!"
Lu Dafang couldn't help but be shocked. He immediately understood Zeng Bu's plan and was ready to take the opportunity to implement the art of generals in the army!
The Art of War is Wang Anshi's main measure in reforming the law and strengthening the army. It is to change the four-level organization of the Forbidden Army, namely Xiang, Jun, Ying, and Du, into a three-level organization of generals, departments, and teams. This can effectively alleviate the problem of generals who do not know the soldiers and soldiers who do not know the generals. disadvantages.
The biggest criticism of Wang Anshi's method of reforming the law and strengthening the army is that it brutally streamlines the army and eliminates the old and weak. Now the production and construction corps proposed by the medical party can exactly solve the shortcomings of the new method of strengthening the army.
The New Party took advantage of the trend to promote the art of war, which can be said to be a smooth move.
Everyone in the New Party suddenly understood and wrote letters in favor of the Production and Construction Corps, and at the same time promoted the Art of War.
Suddenly, voices of approval from the DPRK and China dominated the mainstream.
Fan Zheng and Su Song couldn't help but look at each other. When they discussed launching the Production and Construction Corps, they knew that the new party would not let go of this golden opportunity.
Sure enough, the new party took advantage of the situation and launched the Art of War, which perfectly integrated the production and construction corps of the medical party.
“The Medical Party and the New Party actually cooperated!”
Lu Dafang's face suddenly became heavy. Just now, the new party and the old party were still fighting against the old party with all their strength. However, he did not expect that the situation would change in the blink of an eye. The new party and the old party had already united to jointly promote the strategy of strengthening the army. "
"The three parties are working hard!"
Zhao Xu couldn't help but think deeply when he saw this scene.
If there were only the new party and the old party, not to mention the production and construction corps method, even the military method would probably be turned upside down, and there would be no conclusion for a long time.
With the addition of the Medical Party, the three-legged alliance has been established. Each of the three parties expresses their own opinions and sometimes cooperates and sometimes confronts each other. Although there are party disputes, there is no longer the tense atmosphere before, and the reform can be carried out stably.
"The decree was passed that Weizhou allocates 10,000 acres of wasteland to assist the Artemisia Farm in the trial production and construction of corps strategies. The Xiang soldiers implemented the garrison method, and the Forbidden Army implemented the general method. The Song Dynasty got rid of the problem of redundant troops. In the future, the soldiers and horses were strong and they defeated the Liao Dynasty. Summer is coming soon." Zhao Xu said with a big wave of his hand.
"The official is heroic!"
Above the court, all the officials bowed their heads one after another.
Under the general trend of the court, even the old party could only bow its head and agree.
(End of chapter)
