"Riding alone?"

Hearing the second content thrown by the king of Chu, the ministers immediately looked at each other, and as a result, all the ministers showed puzzled looks, even Gongsun Yan was no exception.

Then, when the ministers saw that no one came forward, everyone immediately had a glimmer of understanding in their hearts.

It seems that the king of Chu himself is not sure about the matter of riding alone, so he did not deliberately find someone to speak.

Just as the ministers were thinking, Taifu Yin Douyou took the lead in making a move.

I saw him walk to the middle of the hall with a heavy face, bow to the king of Chu and say, "King, the minister thinks that it is not feasible to form a single horse. Not only because of the great disadvantages of riding alone, but also because riding alone is not compatible with my Chu country. ”

"As we all know, my Chu country has never been a country with many horses, in the past, my Chu country did not build a large number of chariots, just because there were no horses, and now I still face the same problem when I ride alone."

"As for buying a horse? Not to mention that horses have always been a specialty of the northern countries, let's just say that I am a Taifu ······"

Saying that, Dou You sighed and said: "King, now the minister has used all the money in the Chu State to buy wheat from all over the world, if you want to buy horses, Taifu has no money!" ”

Xiong Huai was silent when he heard this, and he had expected that there would be ministers who would speak out against it.

The cavalry is now in the embryonic state, and the tactical equipment is also in the exploration stage, and the advantages and disadvantages are equally obvious, and it is normal for some people to oppose it.

After Zhao Ju saw Dou You's words, he found that the King of Chu was expressionless, and he neither opposed nor supported, so he said: "King, at present, the center of gravity of my Chu State is on the Yue Kingdom, and a large number of single horses are not only time-consuming and laborious, but also after spending countless money and grain, it is useless to cut down Yue. ”

"Therefore, the minister thinks that the issue of forming a single cavalry can wait for the end of the war before making a decision."

After Zhao Ju spoke, the ministers spoke one after another, and the result was surprisingly unanimous, all of them persuaded the king of Chu to dispel this idea.

Xiong Huai was silent for a long time before he spoke: "What Zhongqing said is extremely true, it is indeed inappropriate to form a single rider now. ”

The ministers were all relieved when they heard this.

After a pause, Xiong Huai smiled and said to the ministers: "Although it is inappropriate to form a single horse now, in order to prepare for the future when the widow plans to form a single horse, the widow has decided to follow the example of Qi and carry out a single horse racing activity in the territory of Chu State. ”

"Horse racing?"

The ministers were all stunned.

This...

Just now, the king of Chu said that he was going to form a single horse, it should not be an excuse that he was worried that the ministers would oppose the king of Chu to carry out horse racing!

Could it be that the king of Chu is really idle in the country, and plans to introduce horse racing, an entertainment activity that is popular among the upper echelons of the Qi country, from the Qi country?

Horse racing is not just about horse racing, but also about gambling, and there is also the kind of gambling that costs a lot of money. One of the most famous is Tian Ji horse racing, the time when Sun Bin became famous in Qi State, Tian Ji won a thousand gold from King Qi Wei in one go.

Of course, Qi's economy has always been very developed, and the entertainment industry is also very developed, and Qi's entertainment activities are not only horse racing. From the state-owned Qinglou that started with pipes in the Spring and Autumn Period, to the current popular flute, drumming, beating, piano, cockfighting, dogs, Liubo, and juju, the spare time life can be described as rich and colorful.

On the other hand, the people of Qi State, whose spare time life is so colorful, are compared with the people of Qin State who can only fight and farm, that is, two worlds.

Thinking about it, Jing Li wanted to speak and stopped, wanting to open his mouth to dissuade, but he was worried that refusing the King of Chu's request again would cause the King of Chu to be dissatisfied. So his mind immediately turned around, thinking about how to dispel the idea of King Chu in a roundabout way.

Jing Li had concerns, but Zhao Yu, who was a veteran of the two dynasties, did not have the slightest concern, and said bluntly: "King, could it be that the king stayed in Mrs. Qi's palace the day before yesterday, and Mrs. Qi slandered the king. ”

Hearing that the King of Chu proposed horse racing, Zhaoyu's first reaction was that Mrs. Qi had slandered.

Xiong Huai almost choked on saliva when he heard this.

The widow brought this matter to you so seriously, how could it have anything to do with Mrs. Qi?

Also, where the widow stays overnight, even if you know, you shouldn't mention it on such an occasion!

Xiong Huai said with a solemn face: "Sikong, the widow specially summoned the important secretary to discuss state affairs, how could it be because of the words of the lady?" ”

Zhaoyu looked at Xiong Huai Zhengse and said, "King, is it really not because of what Madame said?" ”

Xiong Huai nodded solemnly: "No! ”

Seeing this, Zhao Yu nodded, and then knelt down again.

After Zhaoyu's interruption, Chen Zhen was silent again and said, "The king, the minister knows something about horse racing. In the beginning, horse racing was popular not only in Qi but also in other countries. This was to train the Masters of each country, to select the best soldiers to ride the chariots, or to train the Scouts on a single horse. ”

"Although the horse racing activity in Qi has departed from its original purpose and transformed into a large-scale gambling event in which the whole country of Qi participates. However, the purpose of training soldiers of the Qi State has also been achieved, and as far as the ministers know, most of the cavalry soldiers of the Qi State came out of here. ”

Xiong Huai bowed slightly when he heard this, Chen Zhen is a native of Qi and knows the situation of Qi very well.

"But..." Chen Zhen continued: "Your Majesty, the purpose of horse racing is to train soldiers during the truce, but in today's world, all countries are fighting wars all year round, and they are training soldiers every year. ”

"And the situation of the Qi State, most of the people who drive the chariot are veterans who have been trained in the army all the year round, and the elite single horsemen are only about a thousand people, and most of them are the sons of nobles, who are often used to follow the King of Qi to visit countries or receive envoys from various countries, and the number is too small to be embarrassed at all."

"If the king follows the example of the Qi State, the minister is worried that the people of the Chu State will want to get closer to the Qi State, and the people are usually scattered, and they will be timid to protect themselves when it comes to war. Therefore, please think twice. ”

Xiong Huai's face stiffened.

It's a circuitous curve.

However, what Chen Zhen said is also reasonable, horse racing and military training are indeed not feasible.

You don't see that in the past, all countries had to hold field hunts, but now field hunts are rarely held in various countries.

It's all because now that there is a big war every year, there is no need to use field hunting to train soldiers.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai nodded and said, "What Chen Qing said is very true, it is indeed not feasible to use horse racing to train soldiers. ”

When the ministers saw Xiong Huai loosen their mouths, they all opened their mouths and praised: "The king is wise! ”

Xiong Huai smiled slightly when he heard this: "However, it seems that the widow has never said that he uses horse racing to train solo riding, right?" ”

"Ugh!"

The ministers were stunned for a moment, and thought about it for a while, it seems that the King of Chu did not say that he used horse racing to train soldiers just now!

Then, Xiong Huai explained: "The widow also knows that there is no money in Chu now, and in order to hoard grain, all the money in Taifu is used to buy wheat and rice from various countries. In addition, the widow has already borrowed money from the noble feudal lord in the country once, and the money has not been repaid yet, so the widow does not plan to borrow money. ”

"And the premise of forming a single horse is that there must be a horse first, and the state of Chu itself does not produce horses, and the state of Chu does not have a large horse farm to raise horses. Therefore, the widow planned to hide the horse in the nobleman's house. ”

"For this reason, the widow intends to announce to the feudal lords and nobles in various places that they will hold a single-horse race in order to show the bravery of the Chu State when they worship their ancestors every year."

"Each feudal monarch must send ten people and ten horses to participate in the competition, in order to encourage the feudal monarch to participate actively, the widow will select the winner of the first class, two second, and three third."

"Among them, the first class is exempted from the worship of the current year, the second class is exempted from 50% of the current year, and the third class is reduced by 30%."

"If any of the feudal nobles can't even make up ten people and ten horses, Hugh blames the widow for being ruthless, the first time he reprimands, the second time he increases one percent of the offerings, three times in a row, then he will cut the lord and reduce the land."

Xiong Huai finished speaking in one breath, looked at the ministers and asked, "Do you think this strategy is feasible?" ”