"Light car." Li Gang glanced at Wang Xiu lightly, and said: "The first move initiated by Hangzhou is not small!" ”

"It's just a matter of applying what you've learned." Wang Xiu is quite proud, municipal and infrastructure construction, is the academic in the economy, the development of the city has business, to develop the city must pay attention to infrastructure construction, the meaning of the other party's words, he intentionally or unintentionally filtered out, does not mean that the children of the Wang family form an academic force!

The gentleman is not a party struggle in the former Tang Dynasty, let alone a collusion between parties and personal interests, but a loose group of pan-bureaucrats, businessmen, scientific and technological personnel, and other groups and leaders who have common aspirations, and belong to the kind of alliance that advances and retreats together.

He does not deny that the cities of this era, whether it is drainage or transportation, are incomparable, but they also need to add some service factors, the public transport system is one of them, convenient and fast good governance, even the scholars do not hesitate to praise.

Since the prime minister can take a bath in the fragrant bathhouse with the common people, take Hangzhou to watch the tide as an example, the ministers go to watch the tide, and there is no five steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, everyone stands together, each looks at their own tide, why can't they be in the same car?

Li Gang also agreed, although Wang Xiu needs to be guarded against, but his academic theories are still good, and most of them are measures to govern the country through the state, and those scholars from the academy are radical in thought, but there is no shortage of capable people with lofty ideals, which are a hundred times stronger than those who are cuoda.

However, this is also what he is worried about, as the power of the academy continues to grow, it continues to enter the imperial court, and it continues to infiltrate all industries in the family and country, which indirectly contributes to Wang Xiu's power, they are all people who are influenced by the idea of more equality, almost all of them advocate a dualistic system, and some even propose a constitution, which cannot but be worrying.

Constitutionalism is proposed by the righteous theory of the mind, which is a step further than the dualist system, and the monarch is completely a symbol of the family and country in addition to the jade seal, and this group of people can really think about it. He was able to accept the dualism and saw that the restrictions on the power of the monarch were conducive to the rule of the literati group, but he did not want to completely empty the Son of Heaven.

Before it was time to talk about it, he forcibly suppressed his thoughts and said calmly: "The truth is that the establishment of water supply in the army, but I think that there are already special medical officers who can test the water source of the march, and there is no need to set up a special yamen. ”

"No, my lord misunderstood, drinking water is completely different from using water, the scale of water supply in the army is not large, each battalion is equipped with about ten people, boiling water and bathing and changing clothes regularly. In normal times, we still have five days off, not to mention the soldiers who are fighting. Wang Xiu patiently explained, and said: "The soldiers are very hard to conquer, even if they return victorious, the soldiers are all like beggars, dressed in rags, lice and mosquitoes, ancient and modern wars, often due to plague and return in vain, and most of the officials die of plague in the army." ”

"Look at the official pond of the guard water army, the army is quite huge, this is the benefit of water in the army, since it is successful, why not promote it?"

Li Gang nodded, and did not agree with what Wang Xiu said, nor did he refute it, there must be epidemics in every war, and the number of people killed by disease is far higher than that of those killed in war, and no one can refute the fact.

"There was no large-scale epidemic in the extermination of the rebels, but it also caused many deaths, and more than 60,000 people are just a bright number, and adults should also understand. Even among the 60,000 people, there were only more than 40,000 who were actually killed in the war, thanks to the improvement of logistics and baggage, the deployment of medical officers to the battalion, and the preparation of decoction and medicine. If the officials can be washed after the war and put on clean clothes, they can not only quickly recover their energy, but also avoid the spread of dirty diseases and reduce the number of non-war events. ”

"Yes, it is necessary." Li Gang had nothing to say but to admit it.

"Fighting a war, solving the problems of food, women, bathing, so that they can get the most comfortable treatment, and when they come back, they can wash and have a good wash, change into clean clothes, eat meat and rest well, and have women with them, this is more important than anything else. Although it is inconsistent with morality, it is a reality that no one can avoid. ”

Li Gang couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, Wang Xiu's words were really frank, making people have nothing to say, without women, I am afraid that the army will riot.

In other words, in the past, the army was dispatched and mobilized 100,000 people, and there was indeed this number, but the family members who followed accounted for six or seven percent, that is to say, the team of 100,000 people, only more than 30,000 officials, and the rest were family members.

The new military system stipulates that soldiers no longer carry their families with them when they go out to war, and the families of various departments stay in the rear city, which requires the restoration of the female music of the former dynasty to accompany the army.

"He went on a northern expedition, and the forbidden army maintained a strong morale, the ability to defeat the strong enemy, the shame of Jingkang, and the means to maintain morale could not be maintained for a long time by virtue of the righteousness of the family and the country, and money could not be maintained for a long time, but should be to care for the soldiers and ensure that they were fed, clothed and comfortable as much as possible. Fortunately, the war in the northwest has exposed many shortcomings, and it can be remedied with peace of mind, which is the biggest benefit of this war. ”

When it came to the Northern Expedition, Li Gang's spirit was obviously lifted, and he said: "As long as you manage horse politics well, within ten years, the imperial court will be able to form an army of 200,000 horses." ”

"Xili has been rampant for a hundred years, but with the mountain swords, iron harriers, and strong crossbows, all of them gallop with Liangzhou horses, and the captives of Tiefutu are not Liangzhou horses, since they are back in the hands of the imperial court, it is impossible to achieve it in one fell swoop, 200,000 is a bit laborious, and 100,000 fine horses are enough to dominate the world." Wang Xiu squinted his eyes and smiled quite sarcastically, he did not intend to do his best to develop the Ma Army destructively.

200,000 horse army, what are you kidding, even if the Great Song Dynasty can afford it, there is no need, and it is not a grassland barbarian, why do you want so many horse troops! The progress of the Great Song Dynasty was changing with each passing day, and the forbidden army was destined to become a technical army, and the Ma army was only a transition, and would eventually be reduced to an auxiliary army.

Besides, to maintain 200,000 horse troops, it will take more than a million official horses, plus private grazing horses, the existing more and more harsh water and grassland, must be overwhelmed, and eventually gradually degenerate into sandy land, he also thinks of limited use, large-scale closure of grassland, restoration of the northwest environment, how can he do that thing of killing chickens and taking eggs.

What the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army wanted to develop was the chariot as the core, the infantry cavalry with the combination of cold and hot weapons as the main force, and the development of tube-type firearms.

Li Gang was obviously in a good mood, and smiled happily: "I've waited for a long time, I might as well wait!" By the time I have 100,000 fine riders swallowing mountains and rivers. ”

"However, it is also necessary to stabilize the dìng in Hexi, and the captives obviously have a good calculation, with the support of Wurahai City, stick to Suzhou and Guazhou, and wait for the opportunity to seize Shazhou. Well, once they seize Shazhou, the front will be more solid, and they will inevitably increase the subjugation of the beggars and Kereh. Wang Xiu came slowly.