In this way, Gao Jun has some understanding of the reason for the lack of stagecoaches.

In Pingcheng County, they were coming across a family with three horses and two sick horses, and the owner was not enthusiastic about healing.

The owner of the horse said that it would cost money to feed them, and two horses were sick after sending food to the front army, but the veterinarian was scarce, and it was more expensive to treat it, and he did not dare to kill it, so it was easy to die.

This is a symptom, and if it is not corrected as soon as possible, I am afraid that in the near future, the source of stagecoaches will be worrying.

While walking back, Gao Jun thought about it, but didn't find that Mrs. Cui didn't talk much, and only Liu Yuru and Fan Ying were laughing in the car.

After nightfall, Liu Yuru told him in detail about the Lu family, and the master was reinstated in Qianzhou, and the Lu family had gone to Qianzhou with him and the other two wives. And the incident of Yahuan falling into the valley did not happen until they came out.

Then, it is not that Ban Wenzhi has found out about the master, but he is afraid that the prestige of the Gao Mansion has concealed it, or Yahuan is not dead and has not been reported.

This time out of Beijing, Gao Jun's goal has been achieved, and it took so long to run out to hide from Yahuan. At this time, the matter of Liaodong's military needs had been resolved, and as soon as he heard Liu Yuru say it, he was a little anxious to go back.

Speaking to the two princes, even King Jiangxia said that he could also return to Beijing to resume his life, and thank Gao Jun for letting him be idle. So the group returned to Beijing in a mighty way.

As soon as they left Liaozhou City, they met Ma Xun who rushed over on the way. He rode a tall horse, led two retinues of the military department, dressed in the uniform of Ling Shi, and was full of spirit.

As soon as he saw the returning military department Shangshu and his party, Ma Xun's heart burst out for a while, but he remembered Lord Chu's words about Gao Jun's leniency, and his confidence was puffed up again.

He didn't come down to salute, he actually sat on the horse, arched his hand at Gao Jun very loudly, and said loudly, "Lord Gao, the horse department has ordered Shi Ma Xun to have a courtesy here!" As he spoke, he also looked around the prince, the prince and others.

King Jiangxia and the others who accompanied him were a little puzzled, how could such a small commander of the military department dare to meet the boss of the military department in such a way.

Last night, Liu Yuru also mentioned Ma Xun to Gao Jun, and told him everything that his mother Cui had mentioned to her and Ma Xun's behavior when he was in Qianzhou.

Gao Jun was a little upset when he saw him in Chang'an Jinguangmen, but because he followed Master Chu, Gao Jun was quite polite in his attitude.

But today is different, the Qianzhou widow Lu has an inextricable connection with him, and once wanted to squeeze into the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War as Mrs. Shangshu, and now she has gone to the Qianzhou Thorn Mansion to be the side room of the master.

Thinking of what Lu Shi said to himself and Mrs. Cui by Zi Qianyu with the handle of the Yahuan jumping, Gao Jun's heart was as disgusting as swallowing maggots.

At this time, looking at Ma Xun is like looking at a maggot. Recalling Mrs. Cui's silence these days, a fire suddenly burst into Gao Jun's chest.

The two of them were far away, and they couldn't reach him with a whip, Gao Jun shouted, "Muddy tent! When I saw the prince and the prince, I didn't even understand the etiquette, who agreed to you coming to the horse department?! ”

Ma Xun was stunned for a moment, and then thought of today's formation, as if he was far from Wang Da writing a black letter and slandering accusation.

Then he replied with courage, "Master Gao, the military department is not the Ministry of Etiquette, we will meet immediately, the most important and clean, why are you such a mother-in-law!" The humble position was recommended to the military department by Lord Chu, and if the tall man can't look at it, he will return by himself! ”

Gao Jun was stunned when he heard this, this Ma Xun didn't recognize Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and at this time, Lord Tang was right away, and he actually scolded the Ministry of Rites in public!

Gao Jun glanced at Ju Guogong Tang Jian.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was so angry that his face turned blue, but on one side was Lord Gao and on the other side was Lord Chu, and he was not sure whether he should have a seizure or not.

Xin said, this kid surnamed Ma went to the military department, it seems that Gao Jun definitely didn't know.

But what my brother did before was not quite right, so I came all the way from Chang'an to wipe the mud. Today, the people under your tall man's hands are so contemptuous of my big ceremony in public, I want to see how you do it.

Gao Jun had already seen the change in Tang Jian's expression, and he didn't expect Tang Jian to endure this breath. And it seems that he will also be in his own army.

It's hard to do! The first time this guy Ma Xun came to the military department, he gave himself such a problem.

I had the intention to ask him to give him a few whips, but Tang Jiqing and Cheng Chuli were also from the military department, and these two people had been neglecting their orders for a month, and they didn't do anything to them except toss their father and brother.

Now that a horse is guilty again, beating him so hard that it seems that he looks at people's dishes, and there is some meaning of beating Chu Suiliang, and he can't get out of this breath if he doesn't beat him. Just like that, Gao Jun sat on the horse and hesitated for a moment.

Ma Xun seems to have finally touched the vein of the military department from Lord Chu's words - I see! The more you mess with him, the more reluctant this tall man becomes.

This is very different from his Lao Tzu, he Lao Tzu is smiling at you in front of you in Qianzhou, and he may turn his face with you behind his back, and he is very ruthless.

Gao Jun said with a smile, "The person who can be favored and recommended by Master Chu can't be wrong." But Lord Chu will not be so disrespectful to the Ministry of Rites, Lord Ma, how dare you be so disrespectful to the Ministry of Rites in front of Lord Tang, the Book of Rites? ”

Fan Ying said in the car, "Senior brother, he dared to risk Uncle Chu's name and boldly provoke the contradiction between the military department and the Ministry of Rites, I think Uncle Chu will not be happy when he finds out." ”

Liu Yuru said, "That is, the Ministry of Rites should be above the Ministry of War, he doesn't know up and down like this, I'm afraid that if you stay in the Ministry of War for a long time, he will get you into trouble." Jun, why don't you go back, let Fan Ying go to Uncle Chu to talk about Master Ma's style, and return him to Uncle Chu - choose another high position for him! ”

Gao Jun nodded slightly, thinking that what the two ladies said was reasonable.

But Ma Xun couldn't stand it for a long time, how did he know that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was in front of him?! He couldn't sit still on his horse, peeking at the other three.

One is wearing the costume of the county king, of course, it is the prince of Jiangxia Li.

The other fifty-year-old himself didn't recognize him, but he was so happy that his beard was puffed up, and he looked lively, and he definitely hadn't just been ridiculed.

Then the other person who is older and has a blue face must be Lord Shangshu Tang of the Ministry of Rites.

Especially in the carriage behind Gao Jun, his two ladies are taking eye medicine with a word from you and me, which is even more uncomfortable. If this Mrs. Fan really came to her Uncle Chu to sue herself, then would Lord Chu believe in herself, or would she believe Mrs. Fan?

It is a great kindness for Lord Chu to be able to recommend himself once, and it is estimated that it is also because of his resume in Qianzhou, it will be convenient to speak between Gao and Chu in the future.

But if someone in Gao Jun's Mansion personally said something bad about him, Lord Chu would never take care of himself like the two princes.

Thinking like this, Ma Xun's face sweated down, and the backer behind him was not his father or brother.

Gao Jun just smiled, nodding slightly while listening to the words in the car, and seemed to have adopted Mrs. Fan's words.

Ma Xun knew that he could no longer carry it, the opportunity was fleeting, as long as Gao Jun opened his mouth, it would be too late!

Master Ma rolled the saddle and dismounted, stood under the horse and bowed a few times to Gao Jun, not knowing what to say. Gao Jun shouted in a deep voice, "Master Ma, you kneel!" ”

Ma Xun fell to his knees with a "bang", and Gao Jun said impatiently, "Why are you kneeling to me?" What you offended was the Ministry of Rites but knelt down for me, did you ask me to speak soft words to Lord Tang on your behalf? Besides, Gao likes to have stiffer knees, and if he is wrong, he will be wrong, and he will carry it by himself if he is wrong! ”

Ma Xun hurriedly turned to Tang Jian, knocked on the ground two or three times, and said, "Lord Tang, it's not good to be a villain, I didn't know that Lord Tang was here, so I slipped out disrespectful words as soon as I said it." You adults don't care about the villain, spare the villain this time! ”

Tang Jian's complexion improved slightly, and it seemed that Gao Jun was very good at being a person.

He waved his hand, trying to get Ma Xun up and uncover the article. But Liu Yuru in the car said again, "Jun, don't spare him!" He thought that Uncle Tang was not present, so he talked nonsense about the rights and wrongs of the Great Rites Department, and he didn't even understand the rules of 'salute first and then soldier'. In the future, when you are not here, will you have to talk nonsense about dulicitous nonsense again! ”

Fan Ying also said in the car, "Such a guy who talks about people and ghosts, in short, I must tell Uncle Chu, don't arrange for him to be a big deal in the military department!" ”

If you really want to be returned, then you will never have a bright future!

Ma Xun was eager with tears in his eyes, and turned to kneel down to Lord Gao, "My lord, it's the villain talking nonsense!" It's not intentional, but I've been mixing at the bottom for a long time, and I don't know the rules! If you spare the villain this time, you won't dare next time!! ”

Gao Jun sighed and said, "This official has always liked people with some backbone, and I still have some taste when I first heard you speak, how can I get more and more mother-in-law and mother-in-law!" On the contrary, it is not as good as the inside of the car - the nail is a nail, and the rivet is rivet. ”

He instructed the two entourages who came with Ma Xun, "The Ministry of Rites is respectful, how can Lord Tang care about him!" But I'm different! The two of you, one of you will give Master Ma three times in the slap to make a punishment, and then this article will be turned over! ”

The two young entourages were the lowest level of the Ma Ministry's yamen, how could they dare to disobey the meaning of the military department's Shangshu, and jumped off the horse when they heard the order, and one of them went up to give Ma Daren three slaps. The other person went up again, and "snapped" three more times from the same face of Ma Xun.

Look at the blood flowing from the corners of Ma Xun's mouth, and his face is asymmetrical.

Gao Jun shook his head and said, "I didn't say that you have to hit one side of the face, don't you know how to change directions?" ”

A palm Gu replied, "Master Gao said that he would do his best to fight, of course, but from that side, I was not easy to use, and I couldn't use my strength." ”

"Reasonable! You help the horse to make the history of the horse, and we will go back to Chang'an together. ”

Halfway through, these people didn't walk fast, Gao Jun was on the horse during the day, and when he stayed at night, he asked Liu Yuru to ghostwrite and draft a chapter for His Majesty the Emperor. Sometimes it was still early, and Mrs. Cui and Fan Ying occasionally interjected a sentence or two.

Gao Jun said in the recital: horse husbandry is a necessary condition for ensuring strong military strength, and it is closely related to the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty. As far as the present situation is concerned, the war between our DPRK and the DPRK is mainly with the Yidi, and it is the most likely to fight against these nomads who are good at riding and shooting, and the battlefield is vast, and the long-distance attack is inseparable from the powerful cavalry.

In terms of the management of war horses, Datang already has complete laws, such as the allocation of middle and higher pastoral officials, the division of pastures, and the punishment of the responsibility for the death of horses.

However, in order to further improve it, the selection of pastoral officers is the top priority, and in the first step, Gao Jun suggested that it should be strict from the pastoral captains and group heads.

The specific method is that if there are vacancies in the existing shepherds and shepherds, they should be preferentially selected by the sons and nephews of loose officials below the eighth grade.

This is not to look down on the children and nephews of ordinary people, the extra test is just mathematics, most of the children of ordinary families are lacking in this area, but in the herd management, grass, calculation, accounting, and the total number are inseparable from this, and it is too late to learn.

In short, the purpose is to ensure that the low-level pastoral officers can be replenished in a timely manner, and all the lower-level pastoral officers who have passed the examination and are selected must start from ordinary herdsmen before taking office, and the links of shoveling horse manure, caolet, and mixing are indispensable.

Gao Jun also mentioned the pavilion post horse. At present, the amount of stagecoaches used in the country is huge, and the current government-run pastures alone cannot ensure the source of stagecoaches, and they still have to be requisitioned from the horses raised by the people.

However, there are two disadvantages at present, which makes private households less enthusiastic about raising horses. The first is to raise more, levy more taxes and pay more, and the second is that the horse is sick and the burden of treatment is too heavy.

Gao Jun suggested that private households with less than three horses should not be used as a reference basis for fixed households, and the tax for more than three horses to less than ten horses would be increased by one point, and the tax for more than ten horses would be increased by three points, but horses could be leased to horseless households to undertake Yao labor.

In the future, all postal services, regardless of whether there are horses or horses, as long as there are Dingkou, will have to bear it.

Mrs. Cui said that if the three horses are not considered as a fixed household, ordinary farmers can be encouraged to raise horses, and they can do what they can. But isn't the tax a little less than ten horses?

Gao Jun asked the reason, and Mrs. Cui said, "I'm afraid that Jin Lian will settle the account and open a racecourse on a piece of land!" And in order to rent, there will be no less. ”

Several people laughed, and finally tentatively "increased the tax by five points".

In addition, after Ma Zheng was transferred to the Ministry of War, four veterinarians, 600 veterinarians, and 100 students from the former Taifu Temple were also included in the Ministry of War.

Gao Jun means that the military department does not need so much, except for the four medical doctors, the number of veterinarians is the same as that of the AMTD Bureau, only sixty people are left, and the rest are transferred to various states.

The veterinarians assigned to the states are classified as the sixth rank of the outrunner, which is the same as the rank of the veterinarians who remain in the military department.

This is the same level as the medicine gardener of the Imperial Medical Department, which is very common in Chang'an, where the official eunuch is like hair, but in a remote small county, this is considered a "big official", and it is expected that there will not be much resistance.

Every state and county has added a veterinary institution, and there is a sick horse workshop. Those who have post horses in the road and are sick and unable to move forward should stay in the sick horse workshops in the neighboring states and counties at any time to raise and treat, and the cost of millet, grass and medicine will be paid by the government.

Gao Jun proposed: encourage the private sector to ride horses, and the "ban on industry and commerce not riding horses" should be abolished. Privately raised horses can be ridden by everyone, which can not only facilitate travel but also improve the overall skill level of civilian riding, which is conducive to improving the combat effectiveness of government soldiers and even the whole people.

And women's horseback riding should be promoted, which can not only change the customs, but also broaden the use of private horses, why not?

Liu Yuru whispered to Cui's family, "Mother, he is carrying private goods for his sister again." ”[.]