Therefore, if you want to get all the equipment, it will cost a lot of money. Now Wang Ju has adopted a compromise method, which does not require a complete set. Just ensure that everyone has a standard weapon in their hands during training.

If the finance allows, some armor will be equipped so that these brave men and Baoding will take turns to wear armor for training, but this is targeted. Only those brave men and Baoding who are skilled in martial arts can enjoy this kind of treatment.

Then once you are charged into the imperial guards, after a period of training, you will soon become a qualified soldier. But in this way, you can save a lot of money.

"That's it..." Zhao Xu murmured. You should know how many guards and righteous men in the Song Dynasty are now, but the money is still there.

"As for the weapons that the government or instructor ordered Baoding and Yigong to forcefully equipped by Yigong, they could not be used anymore. If the court did not have a subsidy, one person would now subsidize two stale money. At the same time, all Yigong and Baoding would be exempted from half a tax. In this way, the people would not feel resentment, but would actively participate. The principle is the same as the law of Jiefu's exemption from service. It is not easy for households above the third grade to go to the service, so pay for the service. Now this move. Because many poor people will automatically participate, if there are any tricks in the winter, the court will no longer have to force Latin, and order the teachers not to blackmail Yigong and Baoding, otherwise the court will not be punished severely, especially the military law. It must not exceed fifty beats. Then can the people still complain? "

It means that it truly becomes a militia.

There are also disadvantages, but the disadvantages are much smaller.

"Fifty whip?"

"Your Majesty, why can the coach succeed in extortion? It is because of military law. Some guards are lazy and can't be said to be inappropriate in enforcing military law. However, without restrictions, there are many disadvantages. For example, the execution of military rods is always carried out, not even a stick, but a heavy military rod. Under such military law, if the coach blackmails, who dares not to obey?"

"No wonder..."

"Your Majesty, you can't say that the reform of Mr. Jiefu was not good at anything, and at least solved the most difficult financial problems of the country. At that time, Mr. Jiefu implemented the Baojia Law, one to further reduce the number of soldiers and save military expenses, and the other to prevent theft. But now the finances are getting more and more abundant, and it is time to re-regulate."

"Then what about the horse protection method?" Wang Ju came back and said that he wanted to correct the Baojia method and the horse protection method, so Zhao Xu asked again.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the so-called horse protection method can provide a large number of war horses, which is impossible. War horses are war horses, and pack horses are pack horses. They are raised by the people. They do not allow them to run, but work on the battlefield. Can they play a role when using war horses? There is also knowledge about using war horses. For example, a horse is best not to let it gallop for more than 30 miles in one breath, and do not exceed two hundred miles a day, otherwise it will hurt the war horses. However, when raising them, they cannot be kept from galloping. They must gallop or more than ten miles a day. Then when they arrive on the battlefield, they can maintain a certain speed. This is just running, and there are some requirements for daily feed, management of horse sheds, cleaning and care of war horses, etc.."

Zhao Xu was stunned when he heard this: "Why didn't you say it before?"

"Minist is a civil servant, not a horse official. These knowledge are also gradually explored after raising horses on the other side on a large scale."

"The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty also seem to raise horses, right?"

"In the early Tang Dynasty, the soldiers of the palace prepared their own horses. At the beginning, the land was vast and sparsely populated. They defeated the barbarians many times and obtained a large number of good horses. However, after only a few decades, the Tang Dynasty had to give money to the soldiers of the palace to buy horses. Maybe the soldiers of the palace had horses themselves, but even if they had horses, most of the horses could not go to the battlefield. Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, there are many horse protectors in Hebei now, and the court has forced them to buy horses. Let's see if the horses they raise now can go to the battlefield?"

"Then the horse-protection method..."

"Among all the reforms of Mr. Jiefu, the worst is the market law, and the second is the horse protection law. However, everything has advantages and disadvantages, and there must be advantages. If one side of the dross side is removed, then the other side must have meaning. If you want to make the horse protection law a good law, you must also make some mobilization, one for civilian purposes and two for military purposes. In fact, in previous dynasties, people did not prohibit people from raising horses. Why did horses not reproduce in the Central Plains? First, horse breeding ability is very low, second, people cast a horse together (castration), and third, people abuse horse power. For example, let horses eat heavy goods or farm all day long, so the lifespan of horses is not long. This has led to the fact that the number of horses in the Central Plains has always been low, and no matter how good the horses are in their hands, they cannot be regarded as war horses. They cannot be regarded as war horses, and the price is not high. People will not cherish them too much."

"So when the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, the origin of the war horse owners was a few large ranches in the northwest, rather than horses from the hands of the people. However, the role of horses is extraordinary. Whether it is farming or transportation, it is far better than manpower. Therefore, the court believes that the imperial court issued an edict that if the people have a female horse and a foal, they will report to the government after half a year, and the government will reward the people with ten stagnant coins. The male horse will be rewarded with two stagnant coins."

"This..." Zhao Xu was a little disappointed.

"Your Majesty, if this happens, there will be more and more horses in our dynasty in the future. This will benefit the country and the people, but in fact it will be attributed to the people."

"What about military use?"

"Your Majesty, military use is also divided into two steps. First, I issued an edict to subsidize ten jin of money for the previous horse-protected households."

Zhao Xu was extremely surprised.

"When I was in Huachi, the late emperor issued an edict to buy war horses for thirty stakes. In fact, a war horse is worth fifty stakes, and the top war horses are more than one hundred stakes. Mr. Jiefu implemented the horse protection law, and the government gave horses or more than twenty stakes. The people bought horses. However, because the people were not properly raised, they were dead or weak, the government asked the people to compensate. As a result, the horses did not increase, and the people were worried, and thus they changed it to the herdsmanship system."

"Then a strange scene appeared. The court gave money in the northwest, and gave 32 to 16 guans according to the size of the horse. The court issued an imperial edict to issue northern horse households to transfer horses to support cavalry, 30 guans to 35 guans to 20 guans to 20 guans to hang horses, but last year Lu Gongya reported that the horse protection road was extremely difficult to buy. The people competed for the market, and the price was also high, and the ones were less than 100 guans. Another thing was that Yang Song, the attendant, got one horse in the northwest, planned to sell it to raise the travel expenses, and asked the Han Tong Hospital (Han Zhen) to buy it for 30 guans. As a result, the Han Tong Hospital found that the horse could not be rode and suffered from scabies, so he asked the servants to return it to Yang Tong. In fact, the Han Tong Hospital did not know that the 30 guan could only buy such a horse!"

"Why did this strange phenomenon occur? The court ordered the people to shed horses or protect horses. If they were really allowed to use them, it didn't matter. However, the court occasionally took back the horse protection from time to time, or forced the horses to buy civilian horses at low prices. In order not to let the government hold the government accountable, the horse protection households had to buy horses back to deal with the government. The more horses were bought in high or low prices, the higher the market price of the horses, and this was a strange thing that even the price of the Khitan horses reached 100%."

If you are easy to check, just ask Han Zhen, or find out Lu Gongya’s memorial from the archive.

Zhao Xu's face became ugly.

"The horse protection law must be adjusted significantly. First, subsidize ten jin of money for each previous horse household. Although their losses cannot be recovered, it will play a role in soothing people's hearts. The nationwide peace and stability in the rear are the biggest backing for the Xia Dynasty. Second, the court can no longer force the people to buy horses and protect horses, but the second horse among the generals, but it cannot be sick horses and handed over to the horse households for breeding. After the horse dies, the horse households can no longer compensate dozens of jin of money, but will compensate five to ten jin of money according to the age of the horse before handing over the horse. In fact, it is equivalent to collecting horse rent from the horse households in disguise. The people can bear the horse rent at the same time. With this compensation, the people will cherish it, extend the lifespan of the horse, and supplement with subsidies to the horse, which will help increase the number of horses."

"As for those half-year-old foals, they are not fully subsidized to the people, but are entitled to the court when buying horses from the people and then showing the advantages and disadvantages of their horses. If the inferior continues to be given to the people for breeding, the compensation amount after death shall not exceed twelve stagnant of money. The superior ones, brought back by the court, can be raised as war horses. However, doing so will inspire the people to take the initiative to breed the horses."

“How is the ranch?”

"The pasture is simpler. There is Weiyuan and Xihe. Hezhou is too close to Huangzhou. There will be some things, but Xizhou can be an excellent pasture. Moreover, compared with the people of the Central Plains, the foreigners of Xizhou also know how to take care of war horses. The court only needs to pay some salary and formulate some reward and punishment regulations. Besides, how long will it take for the area of ​​Xixia?"

However, even if Xixia took it down, it still needed war horses and cavalry, because there was a more powerful enemy from the north.

Zhao Xu was moved and said, "What about military use?"

"Military and civilian use are together. The secondary horses I mentioned not only refer to the current official horses, but also to the future horses, the secondary horses of various horses, as well as the Tubo horses, Dian horses, Tengchong horses, a few Western horses and Khitan private horses purchased from various places. If the war horses are not enough, I can let the other side get from the Jurchens or buy good horses from the other side. Although the price of horses in the court is relatively low, they can probably keep their capital and not lose money. If there is a secondary horse, they will also choose it and give it to the people for breeding. However, this time it is not a horse household, because it is equivalent to renting horses to the people, and the rent is not too high. Therefore, with Baoding and the righteous, they will also ride horses in the process of raising them. If the horse is sophisticated, the court can choose as a cavalry and reward the horse free of charge to its family members. Do not use compensation after death."

"Will it hinder the finances?"

"How can I not? For this finance, I have been unable to rest day and night for more than a year, but fortunately, although the expenses are expensive, it is mostly a one-time expenditure, and weapons can be used for many years. As for buying horses, there is no plan for me, and the court will also buy horses. At most, I will pay some horse fees in the future, but I believe this fee will not be too much. If it is too much, it would be a good thing."

In fact, the so-called horse protection method has long been changed to nothing.
Chapter completed!