The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

"The reward of the Son of Heaven, how can this official have such blessings. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info is known by the official, and a big charge of disrespect is indispensable.

The leader should take care of himself, and there is no need to worry about his own officials.

Please be careful, the first time you smoke it is a little choking, and it is good to get used to it after a few times. ”

Lin Hu shook his hand with a wry smile on his face, and deliberately stared at the smoking gun in his hand with envious eyes, infinitely fascinated.

Smoking together, what are you kidding, can you get this thing on it?

Not to mention Qin Du's stern warning, looking at what he did, he would rather spend a lot of energy and financial resources for this thing, and he knew that this thing called Fushou Paste was really more terrible than any poison.

Listening to Qin Du, the reason is that if it is poison, only one person will live and die, and it will not affect others.

But Fushou paste is different, one family smokes and destroys another. One people suck and the other destroys. If a country eats it, it destroys a country.

Naren Chaoketu smiled smugly, don't look at him and coaxing, in the end, the official body is not free! So he was no longer reluctant, and he swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog by himself.

Soon, one or two coughs were heard from time to time between the different courtyards of the Xuanfu Town Post Station, accompanied by a faint smoke wafting up.

Such a trivial matter, of course, is more suitable for Lin Hu and Liu San to do.

Moreover, Qin Haoming planned to keep these tribal leaders for half a month, and he must let them bring back the good habit of smoking Fushou paste every day back to the Mongolian grassland.

And Qin Haoming, as the governor of several provinces in the Ming Dynasty, is neither convenient nor needy to do it himself.

It's just that he doesn't have a moment to spare.

Although he was destined to be a passer-by in Xuanfu Town, he rarely inquired about many civil affairs, and only focused his work on military equipment.

But after all, many affairs have to be agreed or signed by him, etc., which makes him tired of it, but he is helpless.

He did have a few recruits in the staff secretary's office, but at the beginning, I didn't know what his heart was, and he didn't worry about reuse.

"It's not proper, it's not proper, not only will Wan'er's reputation be ruined, but even you can't bear the relationship.

Come over for dinner tomorrow, and it will be convenient after the marriage. ”

Qin Haoming was whimsical, and even proposed to let his fiancée Qi Wanru help take charge of the official seal and be responsible for stamping. Qi Gang shook his head and was stunned to refuse.

In his opinion, Qin Haoming's move is undoubtedly deviant and ridiculous.

"Well, the governor didn't say it."

Simple things are complicated, and moral traditions are deeply ingrained and insurmountable in this age.

Qin Haoming could only sigh helplessly, and went to the outside of Xuanfu City with Zhang Songrong to choose a ranch for raising horses.

The goods seized in the horse market this time, except for the cattle and horses left by the government, were all handed over to the Ming merchants for sale.

Among them, cattle are distributed to subordinate counties and districts for farmland cultivation. Most of the farmland is barren this time, and a large number of cattle are needed to cultivate the land and sow agricultural materials.

Among the more than 15,000 horses, in addition to the more than 3,000 horses, there were still 12,000 high-grade war horses.

"Horses must be raised in a cold place in order to raise horses well.

In addition, horses can not be raised one by one, but must be raised in long mountains and valleys, with beautiful grass, sweet springs, and open land, so that they can be raised in groups, and can be used for cavalry to go out of the fortress for long-distance pursuit. ”

Zhang Songrong used both hands and feet to lead Qin Haoming to climb the high mountain north of Xuanfu Town. Suddenly, a long and narrow valley appeared in front of everyone.

"The horse breeding place of the Dare Qing Xuanfu has long been in your heart, and it is just for a while."

Qin Haoming sighed with his palms, glad that he had found the right person. With such excellent cavalry instructors, the formation of a large-scale invincible cavalry is not an empty phrase.

And he, as long as he guarantees logistics.

"Since ancient times, there have been countries in the world, and horse politics has been the priority. Therefore, if you ask the king, you must count the horses.

In the early days of Taizu's accession to the throne, he ordered his servants and ministers to cultivate their duties and not to neglect their work.

Therefore, when the capital was set in Jinling, he ordered Yingtian, Taiping, Zhenjiang, Luzhou, Fengyang, Yangzhou six prefectures, Chu, and the people of Erzhou to graze horses.

However, all of the above areas are agricultural areas in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with narrow pasture land and no professional herdsmen, and the number of them is far from sufficient to meet military needs. ”

Although Zhang Songrong did not express his opinion on Daming Ma Zheng, he could hear that he was still quite dissatisfied.

Qin Haoming shook his head, understanding that he was already polite, or he didn't dare to talk about the Ming national policy.

After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he believed that horses were important strategic materials, and the number of horses determined the size of the national strength.

It should be said that this judgment is very reasonable.

In the era of cold weapons, war horses are not only the guarantee for charging into battle and defeating the enemy, but also the main strategic projection tool for post stations and logistics.

It is directly related to the victory or defeat of the war, so it has attracted much attention.

More than 30 years after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the stock of horses in the country was only more than 23,700, and the number was so rare that it was unimaginable.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a hurry to increase the number of war horses, so he introduced the Ming Dynasty Horse Administration.

The Imperial Horse Supervisor was formed, and at the same time, it was fed by the government and the people.

Therefore, starting from Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, it has become an important obligation for the people to raise horses just like paying taxes.

There are also different ways of raising them, for example, if the government gives you a mare, you have to hand over a pony next year.

If the mare doesn't die, you'll have to give birth to cubs every year. But who can guarantee that the mare will become pregnant every year and must give birth?

But the government doesn't care about it, if you can't pay it, you have to compensate. This is equivalent to the government's deposit with you, and the interest on the drought and flood guarantee income is charged every year.

For another example, the government fosters a good horse in your home, and if you have a poor pool, the original price will be compensated.

But who can guarantee that horses will not have a headache, brain fever, birth, old age, sickness and death? But the Ming government doesn't care about that, the horses are more expensive than your ancestors, and you will bear the consequences.

At the same time, there is basically no return for the common people to raise horses, and horses are very expensive, often twenty or thirty taels or even fifty or sixty taels, which is equivalent to the annual income of ordinary middle-class families.

Later, in order to reduce the burden of the people, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted a rotation policy, and the family could not afford to raise it, so the neighbors got together and raised a horse in a dozen households.

It is good to be willing, Lao Zhu is considerate of the people, so that you can have money to contribute, make strong contributions, work together, and learn from each other's strengths.

But the villagers are not as kind as Lao Zhu imagined, and in practice, whoever has more brothers and more power does not have to contribute money and efforts.

Whoever is poor in the family will work more for orphans and widows, which will increase the burden on the poor.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, it intensified and became one of the reasons why many people rebelled.

"Governor Qin, although there is a Wuling Valley grassland for the time being, this place is too narrow, and if the number of horses increases, I am afraid it will be difficult to accommodate it."

Zhang Songrong took precautions and said to Qin Haoming.

"Is there a court ranch nearby?"

He didn't know the exact location of the ranch, so he had to ask a professional.

"A few times, but all of them were in the hands of the Imperial Horse Warden. The father-in-law Gao who is still in office is the pen of the imperial horse supervisor, I am afraid it will not be easy. ”

Zhang Songrong frowned and said worriedly.

It should be said that there is no shortage of pasture forage fields in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the northern grassland of Shunyi County, which covers an area of more than 2,600 hectares, and the Anzhou grassland, which covers an area of 128 hectares, are all there.

But the problem is that it's all in the hands of the Imperial Horse Warden.

The duties of the Imperial Horse Warden are to guard the barns and collect and distribute forage.

Each field has a member of the eunuch in charge, one or twenty eunuchs on the field, and dozens to more than 100 eunuchs in the field.

In addition, there are also forage farms of different sizes in elephant horses, cattle and sheep houses on the dam.

From the second year of Xuande, the forage for horses, cattle and sheep was distributed in Shandong, Henan, and Beizhili households.

The royal horse supervisor posted the field, and the eunuch who signed the book sat on the field to supervise the receipt.

The amount of forage collected in each barn is determined according to the number of animals in the house, and generally speaking, each animal is given an average of about 10 stone of wheat and beans and 200 to 300 bundles of grass per year.

But the Tianxiong Army started with Lu Xiangsheng, including the current Qin Haoming, and it seems that the relationship with Gao Qiqian is not good, which is what Zhang Songrong is worried about.

You must know that the power of the Imperial Horse Supervisor is very great, second only to the manager supervisor, known as the second supervisor.

Not to mention anything else, just Gao Qiqian himself, the saint is quite strong, this time he was defeated and fled, and the Son of Heaven did not ask about the crime, I heard that it was just a reprimand.

"This governor will find a way to deal with this matter, and General Zhang only needs to be responsible for training!"

No matter how difficult it is, it must be borne down, this is Qin Haoming's style.

Besides, he is also quite interested in high diving.