Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"Orihiko stay."

After everyone went out, they thought in their hearts that the Zhao family might be going to attack the military and government next.

Zhe Yanzhi stayed in Wende Hall, Zhao Ning asked: "Do you know why I called you back?"

"The guilty minister doesn't know."

"I heard that you bought a batch of bloody BMWs for Wang Xie, the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture, in the northwest?"

"That's true."

"How did you get it?"

"Zhang Xianggong asked his ministers to contact the Northwest Uyghurs in Huangzhou to find a horse market. It happened that some Uyghurs came from Gaochang to trade tea and horses in Huangzhou. I bought more than a dozen horses, each of which Not bad."

"I don't know where Wangzhi's mansion found out. They sent people to say that Yan'an mansion is in urgent need of war horses. They bought ten horses at a high price from me."

Uyghurs?

And is he a Gaochang Uyghur?

Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, the Silk Road on the road was blocked, and the Western Regions almost lost contact with the Central Plains.

The debate between Hua and Yi in the Han Dynasty became more and more serious. In the late Tang Dynasty, people gradually narrowed their horizons from the outside.

It can be seen from the poems that the all-encompassing majesty of the early and prosperous Tang Dynasties is gone forever, replaced by the expression of personal mood in poems.

Especially in the Song Dynasty, the great affairs of the Song people were not in the frontier, but in the boudoir.

Even Ouyang Xiu's words for the prime minister of the dynasty are actually: "Tear the flowers without saying a word, and fly across the swing in a mess of red."

The Western Regions were too unfamiliar to Da Song.

"Is there any way you can buy more horses?"

"Both Tubo and Uyghur are in urgent need of tea. If the imperial court can give more tea, the Northwest can buy horses."

"How much can you buy?"

"Two thousand horses can be bought every year."

Can only buy two thousand horses?

This amount is definitely unacceptable to Zhao Ning, and he continued to ask: "Is there a way to buy more?"

Zhe Yanzhi said: "Originally, the barbarians in Monan would also transport some horses to Longyou to sell, but I found out the news a few months ago that the whole line of war horses in Monan has been tightened, and the number of traded horses has decreased significantly. If the imperial court wants to buy horses, I can send them out." Make a trip to Gaochang Uighur, then you can know what to expect."

The barbarians in Monan shrink their war horses and head south?

Zhao Ning began to search for the historical events of this period in his mind.

Four years of Jingkang?

He pondered for a while before suddenly remembering.

It's Yelu Dashi!

This year, Yelu Dashi convened eighteen tribes in Monan to fight against the Kingdom of Jin, and the location was in Ketun City.

Ketun City is the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain in the northwest of Urad Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia.

During the Tang Dynasty, the administrative office of Anbei Duhufu was there.

This is undoubtedly good news for Zhao Ning.

Now the Mongolian tribes in Mobei are in conflict with the Kingdom of Jin, and Yelu Dashi is stirring up the situation in Monan.

"If we can establish trade with the Uighurs in Xichang, how many war horses can we increase in a year?"

"The minister is also not sure. If the imperial court can increase the supply of tea, the horse merchants in Tubo and Uighur should be able to increase the quantity."

"Then I will give you a task. The number of war horses imported every year is set at [-], is that okay?"

Chapter 319 Raising sheep at the Royal Racecourse? (Second more)

Orihiko said: "If sufficient tea can be guaranteed, I think it is feasible."

"Okay, I will ask someone to arrange a new official position for you. The country is seriously short of horses. I hope you can help me tide over the difficulties."

"The minister will fulfill his mission!"

In fact, at the same time as the introduction of war horses, the Song Dynasty also had to raise horses in its own territory.

There are also some horse farms in the Song Dynasty. Although they are not big, they can all be used.

For example, Moutuogang, the royal horse farm in Kaifeng Prefecture.

There used to be [-] war horses there. When the Jin army went south for the first time in the first year of Jingkang, Guo Yaoshi told Wanyan Zongwang that there were horses there.

Wanyan Zongwang then sent someone to bring all the horses from Moutuogang.

However, the Central Plains horses are definitely not as high-quality as the Northwest horses, which is determined by the climate and environment.

The best quality horses are found in the Hexi Corridor in the northwest, especially in Zhangye, where there is the largest horse farm in the eastern mainland.

As far as Zhao Ning is concerned, the lack of horses is like the lack of water for travelers in the desert.

If you can buy a large number of Northwest war horses, equip them with heavy cavalry, and form a large-scale heavy cavalry army, commanded by a commander with Yue Fei's ability, it will no longer be a city defense battle.

At that time, the Song army could truly carry out large-scale field battles, pursuit, and annihilation.

And the urgent need for war horses is self-evident.

The war between Song and Jin has ceased, but the war between Song and Xia may break out at any time.

If you want to destroy gold, you must first destroy Xia.

It is impossible to completely destroy Xixia without war horses.

After all, the entire Hexi Corridor is in the hands of Xixia.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Ning made some preparations and was going to Moutuogang with Zhang Jun, Zhang Shuye and Zhe Yanzhi.

Just when he was about to leave, Zhao Ning received the latest report from Hu Quan of Qingyuan Mansion.

Qingyuan Mansion has implemented a large-scale implementation of banknote delivery, and the current effect is stable, and more than [-] guan have been exchanged.

This is also great news for Zhao Ning.

If Qingyuan Mansion's new policy of handing in banknotes can serve as a demonstration, then the difficulty of implementing it on a large scale on the northern line will be greatly reduced.

That being the case, what are you waiting for?

Start printing money!

The currency war is imminent, printing money on a large scale, and promoting banknote delivery.

Moreover, the payment of banknotes cooperates with the new agricultural policy to reduce taxation costs and win-win for all parties.

Moutuogang is the royal ranch of the Song Dynasty, more than [-] miles northwest of Tokyo City.

In the morning, Zhao Ning led the people all the way to Moutuogang.

Hearing that the emperor had arrived, the horse officials from Moutuogang came one after another.

"Little minister Li Zhu sees His Majesty, long live."

"It's all free."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

In the early winter just after autumn, the surrounding plains and woods are still colorful, some green, light yellow, golden yellow, red, fiery red.

All kinds of colors are presented under the blue sky in early winter like oil paintings.

"Li Zhu, how many horses are there in Moutuogang now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are now [-] horses in Moutuogang."

Zhao Ning didn't say much.

More than 2000 horses are not bad, after all, the rest of the horses have been deployed in the army.

The cheating of Ma Zheng in the Song Dynasty is well-known in history.

Next, Ma Guan took Zhao Ning and others to inspect the horses.

Zhao Ning suddenly said, "Mr. Uncle Ye, what is the target of the guard brigade's horse deployment?"

"Currently, there are 13 horses in the Imperial Guard Brigade, and each cavalry has two horses. However, some of the horses are over [-] years old and will be retired in four years. The number of such horses is about [-]. .”

"There are also five thousand war horses that are around ten years old."

"According to the goal, there is an urgent need to replenish more than [-] war horses next year."

"Deyuan."

Zhang Jun said, "The minister is here."

"How many war horses do the Shaanxi Imperial Army need?"

"Wu Lin's department is equipped with [-] cavalry, and Liu Kai's department is equipped with [-] cavalry."

"enough?"

"From a long-term point of view, the total number of war horses required for the various roads in Shaanxi must be at least [-]. If it is a long-distance raid, it is best to equip each person with three horses."

"How long does it take for one hundred thousand horses?"

"If there are [-] horses within five years, that's fine."

The hearts of the people around him sank, [-] horses within five years!

Zhang Jun!How dare you fucking say it!

Seeing Zhang Jun's calm expression, the horse officials trembled in their hearts.

"Zheqing."

"The minister is here."

"How about Zhang Xianggong's goal?"

"Chen... I can only do my best."

Zhao Ning said again: "Deyuan, why do you think Da Song is short of horses all of a sudden?"

Zhang Jun said bluntly: "The shortage of horses in the Great Song Dynasty began after the Chanyuan Alliance. , the horse administration withered, and the number of horses dropped sharply.”

What he said was true.

According to the "Song History" records: At that time (the period of Zhenzong), there were more than 38 horses in the inner and outer workshops, prisons, and all the troops, and 66 [-] horsemen in the military school.Every year, there are [-] square meters of grass in the capital, [-] stones of bran, and more than [-] catties and stones of salt, oil, medicine, and sugar.

After the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance, after the two largest empires in the east reached an agreement of brotherhood, peace became the main theme.

In the Renzong Dynasty, horses were no longer raised.

The fortifications of ponds and ponds in Hebei to guard against the Khitan people stopped.

During the Renzong period, Dongping Supervisor, Shanzhen Supervisor, and Luoyang Supervisor were successively abolished.

In the reign of Shenzong, the horse administration was completely finished, with an annual output of more than 1000 horses.

There are fewer horses, but the cost is huge.

"Song History" contains: The twelve prisons in the north and the north of Henan, from the second to the fifth year of Xining, sent out 640 horses every year, and 260 horses were available for the cavalry, and the rest was only enough for postal delivery.As for the miscellaneous expenses of the two supervisors, herdsmen, and the rent of the land they occupy, they are worth 53 yuan.

With just a few horses, the annual land rent will be 10,000+ Guan.

Later, they simply set up a tea horse department and started trading from the border.

That is, war horses were imported from the Liao Kingdom and the Northwest.

How expensive are imported horses?

"Song History" contains: until it goes out of the boundary, counting its straightness, each horse should not be less than five or sixty thousand.

Each horse is about fifty or sixty guan.

If you want 60 horses, it is [-] million guan.

The problem is that most of the people who buy are old, weak, sick and disabled.

Later, Wang Anshi's "horse protection method" had little effect. Coupled with the rapid population increase in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, the pastures that used to need horses in the interior have become fertile fields.

This is the reason for the embarrassing situation now.

"In my opinion, the number of horses raised by the imperial court alone is not enough to support the imperial court's needs. Private horse breeding should also be opened up, and we should stop playing with private horses for the imperial court. Wang Jinggong's new law has proved to be unfeasible. .”