Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"Please punish this madman severely!"

All the officials in the dynasty were well-read in history books and considered themselves to be gentlemen. Their faces turned red with shame and they angrily rebuked Pang Jizu.

Pang Jizu was startled when he saw the anger among the officials, his face changed drastically, and he was speechless and speechless to explain.

Fan Zheng's head was full of black lines, so he had to go up to Pang Jizu's rescue and said: "My lords, you have misunderstood. Artificial insemination is not like this, but........."

After Fan Zheng explained the process and advantages of artificial insemination of stallions to the court officials in detail.

All the officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief and looked flattering. However, in the Chui Gong Hall, they openly talked about artificial insemination of stallions and mares, which was really indecent.

"This is an evil recipe!"

Zhao Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, Pang Jizu is simply better than his master, even more evil and despicable than Fan Zheng's evil recipe.

All the officials in the court nodded in agreement. What's wrong with doctors? They keep coming up with evil prescriptions, and each prescription is more evil than the last!

"Although this method is evil! But the effect is immediate. It can save the breeding of a large number of stallions, and at the same time, it can spread the fine horses widely. In less than ten years, the horse administration will surely flourish." Pang Jizu promised.

All the officials in the court pondered one after another. The Song Dynasty was located in the Central Plains and there was no grassland. Raising horses had a natural disadvantage. If they wanted to close the gap in horse administration, they might have to use this evil method.

Zhao Xu looked around at the ministers, who all nodded silently, acquiescing to the veterinarian's evil method of raising horses.

"Declaration: Appoint veterinarian Pang Jizu as the judge of the Group Animal Husbandry Department, responsible for the reproduction of war horses in the world." Zhao Xu gave the order directly.

The judge of Qunmu Division is a sixth-grade official, and Pang Jizu is a royal doctor. Being able to directly hold this important position shows how urgent Zhao Xu is to restore Ma Zheng.

"Thank you, officials."

Pang Jizu said ecstatically.

He specializes in the veterinary lineage and has been secretly laughed at by many people. Now that his fortune has turned around, he has joined Ma Zheng and been directly promoted to a sixth-rank official, which will definitely make those who laughed at him regret it.

The officials also breathed a sigh of relief, finally solving Ma Zheng's personal problem.

However, Fan Zheng once again said shockingly:

"Please forgive me for my arrogance! Even if the Song Dynasty had the evil method of artificial insemination, it would still be difficult for Ma Zheng to prosper."

In an instant, Chui Gong Hall was in an uproar.

Da Song finally got the evil recipe for raising horses, and when he was about to show off his skills, Fan Zheng suddenly poured cold water on him.

Zhao Xu frowned and said, "Why did Fan Aiqing say this?"

"Because of the pastoral supervision system!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

Zhao Xu suddenly frowned and looked at the officials.

"At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, there was no shortage of war horses. After the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty had 200,000 war horses. Now the Song Dynasty only has nearly half of the war horses. In addition, horses have been purchased from Tubo and other places in recent years. Why? Such a gap?" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.

All the officials in the court suddenly looked embarrassed, no one else! Just because raising horses is too expensive, the price of training a war horse in the Song Dynasty was at least about one hundred guan, while the price of buying a Qingtang war horse was only about 500,000 guan. This is why many officials in the Manchu Dynasty were unwilling to raise them. Horse reason.

"During the reign of Zhenzong! Prime Minister Xiang Minzhong said that the country's horses were twice as many as those of the previous dynasty, and he was spending a lot of money on millet. He ordered them to be sold at a price of 13 years and above with military horses."

"Raozhou Ranch has 562 stallions and mares, but only 315 remain in the past few years. Seven out of 20 foals are mature."

"There are thousands of horses in Zhenjiang Ranch, but only twenty foals have been born in more than ten years. It is almost abandoned."

"The court stipulates that horse officials must be transferred out after serving for three years. If this is the case, who will care about raising horses?"

Fan Zheng enumerated the shortcomings of the previous pastoral supervisors in the court. Everyone in the old party looked extremely embarrassed, and everyone in the new party suddenly rejoiced in others' misfortune.

On the contrary, Fan Zheng did not let the new party go and said bluntly:

"During the Shenzong period, the imperial court implemented reforms to protect horses, and even abolished eight pastoral supervisors."

"The implementation of the Horse Protection Law has increased the burden on horse owners, and the horse owners have complained, and the number of war horses has suffered heavy losses."

The New Party officials suddenly looked embarrassed.

"The root cause of the poor horse administration in the Song Dynasty was not horses but people. This was a man-made disaster."

Fan Zheng was not polite and spoke directly to the officials of the New Party and the Old Party.

The political power of the Song Dynasty was not prosperous, and both the new party and the old party were shouldering the responsibility.

The official government spent a lot of money to raise horses with little effect. Everyone opposed the horse protection law, and the horses suffered heavy losses.

Zhang Dun said with a displeased expression, "So Lord Fan has a good idea for raising horses."

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "That's right! If the Song Dynasty wanted Ma Zheng to prosper, besides artificial insemination, there was another way, and that was to lure him with benefits!"

"Luring with benefits?" Zhang Dun frowned.

"Since the imperial court is willing to spend money to buy horses from Tubo Qingtang, or even horses from Dali, why is it unwilling to buy horses from the private sector?" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.

Lu Dafang sneered and said: "The people have no horses at all! And they don't want to raise horses, so how can they buy horses?"

"People are reluctant to raise horses because raising horses is unprofitable. The cost of raising a horse in the Song Dynasty is more than one hundred guan. If the court announces that one hundred guan will buy a qualified war horse, Fan can guarantee it, let alone two hundred guan." One hundred thousand, even three hundred thousand war horses, everything you need." Fan Zheng sneered.

"No! War horses are the foundation of the Song Dynasty. How can they be entrusted to the people." Lu Dafang objected flatly.

Horse politics is not just a matter of money. Once all the horses are purchased by the Song Dynasty, how will so many officials related to horse politics be arranged? Not to mention that the interests involved in horse politics are unknown. The old party is naturally unwilling to give up. .

Zhang Dun frowned and said, "I also object. The imperial court is already financially tight, so there is no money left to spend on war horses."

Suddenly, officials from the old and new parties opposed it.

Fan Zheng continued: "In this case, then we should operate both government and private operations. The imperial court specializes in high-quality large-scale ranches, and transfers all small-scale ranches that suffer losses and waste a lot of money to private operations. A certain number of qualified war horses need to be handed over every year. The excess Good horses are bought and sold by themselves.”

Zhang Dun thought. Small pastures were useless to the imperial court. If they could be handed over to private companies in exchange for a steady stream of war horses, it would be a win-win situation.

"At the same time, private horse breeding is encouraged. Once the evil recipe for artificial insemination is discovered, the quality of the horses will be greatly improved. The young horses produced by the ranch will be branded with irons and sold to the people at a low price. They will be raised and recycled in the future at a high price. Let alone a horse. The high price is 100 guan, which is 60 guan per horse. As long as horse owners can make a profit, they will naturally be enthusiastic about raising horses."

"With the three strategies of government, private and horse owners running in parallel, and using mutual incentives and supplementing the veterinary line, the horse administration of the Song Dynasty will surely prosper." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"My dear friends, what do you think of this strategy?" Zhao Xu looked around the court and asked.

Baiguan thought about it for a while and finally nodded.

"You can give it a try!"

Lu Dafang nodded solemnly and said,

Originally, the imperial court was not concerned about private horse breeding, but now that artificial insemination is available, the reproduction of war horses is guaranteed. This strategy can not only ensure the status of official ranches, but also reduce the burden on the imperial court. Naturally, it has the best of both worlds.

Zhang Dun nodded helplessly. This strategy was indeed better than the horse-preserving method. It would not arouse public resentment and ensure sufficient war horses. The only drawback was that buying horses among the people would cost a lot of money.