Ji Yi must have understood what to do, of course she was inciting the party struggle!

If Zhang Dun wants to be liberated, he cannot make the court harmonious. What about the founding of the Central Government? If Zeng Bu, An Tao, Li Qingchen, and Zhao Tingzhi of the New Party do not fight with Han Zhongyan and Fan Chunli will be in chaos, and they will not be able to criticize Zhang Dun's party together?

Zhang Dun is not a good person. When he was on stage, he suppressed the new party bosses who had different political views from him. Of course, Zhang Dun was not as cruel as the old party, and he kicked them out to be the governor who was disliked.

But this grudge is not small, so Zhang Dun cannot get the protection of those people now, which is very dangerous.

Only when the old and new parties are bitten together can those big figures of the new party work hard to protect Zhang Dun from being criticized and becoming more and more foul, and eventually affect him.

The Military and Education Department, which is about to be abolished, is undoubtedly the best place to set fire.

Because the affairs of the Military and Education Department are not over yet!

On the 20th day of the first lunar month, Chongzheng Hall.

The "demolition" of Dutingyi has just come to an end but it is only a conclusion. When Lu Jia asks about the fact that he has to take the stage, he has to continue the battle! The matter of establishing the imperial horse in front of the palace has been put on the stage again.

When discussing this matter a year ago, I just set a general direction, but now it is time to make detailed rules.

The details were formulated by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel... It is not wrong, this matter is not under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. Before the Yuanfeng restructuring, the Privy Council had great power and could manage military officers and military ranks. However, now the military officers are in the Right Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, and military ranks are in the Ministry of War. The power of the Privy Council has been greatly weakened!

However, in terms of major military policies, the affairs of the Privy Council and the affairs of the Tongzhi Privy Council still have a great say.

On the 20th day of the first lunar month, Zeng Bu, An Tao, Zhang Feng and others all opposed the expansion of the scale of the imperial horse in front of the hall.

Because in their opinion, the biggest function of the imperial horse in front of the hall is to "suck blood" from the Western Army, absorbing a group of capable young officers into the imperial horse in front of the hall, and transforming them into the imperial horse in front of the hall with a manor.

Although this move can establish an elite cavalry directly belonging to the government in a short period of time, it will cause the Western Army to decline in combat effectiveness.

If the Western Army was destroyed by the old party, then the Song Dynasty would have no reliable force to attack Yan Yun in the future.

Even if there are thousands or even ten thousand elite light and heavy cavalrymen, it is impossible to rely on them to sweep Yan Yun.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the number of people in front of the palace should not exceed 500, because the land required to resettle a knight in the palace is too much, which requires 1,500 mu, and 750,000 mu for 500 people! If the population continues to grow today, the land is becoming increasingly scarce, and taking out 750,000 mu is already the limit."

Zeng Bu’s reason was that there was no land! A knight wants 1,500 mu of land, 500 companies means 750,000 mu, and 1,000 companies means 1.5 million mu. If 3,000 knights are to be relocated, the area will cover as much as 4.5 million mu... This is really amazing!

An Tao, the official of the Privy Council, also made a suggestion: "When the Han and Tang dynasties expanded their cavalry, they put horse politics first. Only by doing horse politics well can there be enough war horses available. I have never heard of a strong cavalry who raises knights and squeezing the land of horse politics to raise knights, it would be really a waste of the roots and the end."

Zeng Shi also said: "Now the land for herds prisons is insufficient, with less than 10 million acres, less than one-third of the peak, and the horses shepherded are only tens of thousands, making it difficult to supply military supplies. Without horses to ride, where can elite cavalry come from? Therefore, if your Majesty wants to build a large number of cavalry, he still needs to spend his energy to do a good job in horse politics, and there is no shortcut to follow."

Han Zhongyan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the herdsman's prison raised more than 153,000 horses in the second year of Xining, which is far better than today."

"Why are there so few now?" Zhao Ji asked.

"It's all caused by the "Master Protection Law"." Han Zhongyan replied.

"The Horse Protection Law is not a big mistake," Zeng Bu immediately refuted, "Although there are few official horses now, the number of horses among the people has increased greatly. It is all the contributions of the Horse Protection Law and the Household Horse Law."

"Since the people can raise horses, it should not be a problem to let the Cangzhou Knights' House raise war horses by themselves?" Han Zhongyan said. "Although the herdsmen's prison raises tens of thousands of horses, how many first-class war horses are produced in a year? It is not much more than what you buy from Jiehe Market, and the consumption is very amazing."

Han Zhongyan’s meaning is probably that it is better to buy a horse than to raise a horse?

In fact, the criticism of the herds raising horses did not start with Wang Anshi. Many officials had wanted to reduce horse raising to save expenses. Xiang Minzhong, the grandfather of the Empress Dowager Xiang, once suggested that Emperor Zhenzong of Song reduce the cost of raising horses, not only selling old horses over 13 years old, but also selling some strong horses.

An Tao said: "Your Majesty, the herds have not raised many horses, and the war horses are too small. It is because people cannot be used in their own way. If you can choose a capable official to raise horses, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

He still believed in the official business as always, so he did not agree with Wang Anshi's "Master Protection Law" and advocated the good horse politics.

Zhao Ji asked: "Who is the capable official who can raise horses?"

Who knows?

An Tao couldn't answer it either. Now most of the officials in the Song Dynasty couldn't even ride horses well, and they wanted to raise horses well. Moreover, An Tao himself didn't know how to raise horses. He was a citizen of Kaifeng Prefecture and had never raised any animals except humans.

"Your Majesty can issue an edict to seek talent." Zhang Shi was more interested and saved the siege for An Tao.

"The imperial edict can be issued," Zhao Ji frowned, "but how do I know if the officials who recommended themselves are good at raising horses?"

Zhao Ji can ride horses and gossip, but he doesn't know how to raise horses.

"The Empress Dowager's younger brother, Zhang Dejun, was once the chief supervisor of the group herds, and was rewarded for several recessions." Fan Chunli stood up and said, "It is better to let him know the chief supervisor of the group herds and be responsible for selecting officials who are good at raising horses."

The queen of Zhangde Army was the rank of Xiang Zonghui. The brother of Empress Dowager Xiang was considered to have "a small talent" and there was no big talent because he did not pass the Jinshi exam! How could he have a big talent?

But I had a little bit of a little kid: he raised a horse well and could catch thieves. When he was a local official in Caizhou, he caught a "spite" of Song Jiang! He caught him and caught him all. In addition, he was also well managed. He once used labor-for-relief, and took advantage of a famine to renovate the official treasury in Caizhou.

Zhao Ji knew about Xiang Zong’s return and nodded, “You can let Xiang Zong go back to take charge of the group herds prison.”

The second prime minister Zeng Bu frowned when he heard this. The group herder's prison was one of the five prisons of the Nine Temples, second only to the three provinces and six ministries and the Privy Council. It was originally controlled by officials of the new party, but now it falls into the hands of Xiang Zonghui of the old party.

"Your Majesty, can the number of people in front of the palace be limited to less than 500?" Zeng Bu asked.

Zhao Ji glanced at Han Zhongyan, and Han Zhongyan said, "You can buy land in Beicangzhou, Shi Guozhong and the second member of the funeral, Ji Wu Haogu, who is in charge of land in Beicangzhou. As much as the land you buy, you can place as many knights in front of the palace."

Zeng Bu asked: "Gong-gong Han, what is the land price for purchasing land in Cangzhou?"

Han Zhongyan said: "How about not more than one and a half per acre?"

The land price of one and a half acres is definitely not cheap in Cangzhou, but buying 750,000-1.5 million mu at a time will inevitably increase the land price, so this price is not high.

Zhao Ji nodded, "Just handle it at this price, and first allocate 1 million yuan to the Cangzhou Prefecture Office."

After saying that, he looked at Zeng Bu.

Zeng Bu knew that Zhao Ji was still a little inclined to the old party, so he had to answer: "I have no objection."

Because the group of herds prison was abandoned and the number of knights in front of the hall was not clearly limited, Zeng Bu returned to the prime minister's mansion in a depressed mood. He sat in his study for a while. When he was about to process the official documents he brought home, Zeng Yu's voice came from outside the door.

"Dad, Ji Yizhi is visiting."

"who?"

"Ji Yizhi, the grandson-in-law of Mr. Zhang."

"No..." Zeng Bu had no good impression of Ji Yi.

"Dad, let's see you." Zeng Yu pushed the door and walked in, bowing to his father, "He said he could go to Cangzhou for his father and not allow Wu Haogu to buy enough land to accommodate the knights in front of the hall."

Zeng Yu didn't know the result of the discussion in the court today, but he still knew that there were many disputes between the old and new parties due to the Bushido issue in front of the temple.

"Is that true?" Zeng Bu thought for a while, "Call him in."

...

When Ji Yi visited the residence of Zixiang Zengbu, Wu Haogu was also taken to Han Zhongyan's mansion by his brother Wu Haowen.

Han Zhongyan was in a bad mood. When he saw that the Wu Haogu brothers arrived, he enthusiastically asked them to eat together.

At the dining table, Han Zhongyan quickly allocated 1 million yuan to purchase land to resettle the knights in front of the hall, informing Wu Haogu.

"1 million tills?" Wu Haowen was startled by his father-in-law's words, "Is the court too generous this time?"

"It's a bit too much," Han Zhongyan said with a smile, "but it's worth it to buy the warriors in the Western Army."

It turned out that Han Zhongyan's plan was to use money and land to poach the elites in the Western Army. Due to the entry of Empress Dowager Xiaoliang into the North, the relationship between Song and Xia was unprecedentedly eased. The value of the existence of the Western Army had been greatly reduced.

So... According to the family rules of the ancestors of the Song Dynasty, it is time to destroy the Great Wall by itself!

However, the Northern Song Dynasty court was quite kind, and he could not kill donkeys, but would only turn "donkeys" into rich second generation.

So Han Zhongyan didn't care about the knights in front of the palace. He just wanted to poach all the thousands of people who could fight the most in the Western Army...even if it cost tens of millions!

Wu Haowen didn't understand, and he frowned and said, "But without the elite of the Western Army, how can the officials wipe out Yan Yun in the future?"

"It's enough to have a few thousand elite cavalry," Wu Haogu said to his younger brother, "There is no need for 100,000 and 200,000 Western Army."

In history, did Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan beat up the 150,000 army commanded by Tong Guan in just a few thousand people? This shows that the role of the 150,000 army is not much stronger than that of the elite cavalry of tens of thousands of thousands.
Chapter completed!