Chapter 752: Equestrian Competition
Yu Dayou was said with tears in his eyes, what an ice-hearted and courageous Tang man, facing difficulties, brave and fearless, he was so moved, the old general wiped his tears. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"My lord, if you are useful to the end, you will never give up! By the way, what can you do, my lord? ”
Tang Yi opened his mouth, patted his chest and said, "Brother Yu, don't worry, as long as you want to, you will always have an idea." ”
Why does it sound a little cowardly?
Yu Dayou still wanted to ask questions, but Tang Yi made a whistle, rode a stupid child, and went home with a smoke.
Next, for ten days in a row, Tang Yi did not come forward, but Ma Dong stayed in the orchard and took care of all the horses.
Yu Dayou's old face was pale, "Virtuous nephew, didn't you say that these horses are useless?" What do they do? ”
Ma Dong's facial features shrank together, and he said bitterly: "Uncle is right, if you have four legs, you are better than a two-legged person, Lord Tang said, steamed bread scum is also steamed bread!" ”
"Hmph, don't mention that Lord Tang!" Yu Dayou said angrily: "It seems that he is resourceful and omnipotent, it seems that this Ma Zheng is going to be put aside." ”
"How so?" Ma Dong jumped up in fright, Tang Yi was the one who cared about the war horse the most, if he gave up, who else could he count on!
"I don't believe Lord Tang will give up easily!" Ma Donghu said with a tiger face.
"The old man doesn't believe it either!" Yu Dayou sighed: "But, I just heard that the palace sent someone to summon Lord Tang back to Beijing, saying that it was His Majesty's intention, Lord Tang has lived in Tianjin for almost a year, has written three books, Tuntian has succeeded, and his reputation has been greatly boosted, so why stay here and suffer?" ”
Yes, Ma Dong has also followed Tang Yi for a while, knowing that this adult is not a real saint, and ran to Xuanfu, with a confidante by his side, counting on him to live in poverty and happiness all the time?
Ma Dong naturally didn't believe it, but that Tang Yi was full of human touch and was very comfortable to get along with, but now Ma Dong was looking forward to Tang Yi becoming a selfless sage, only in this way could Ma Zheng have hope.
The old and the young, looking at each other, when they had no idea, there was a loud cry in the distance, Tang Yi took the donkey, and the donkey was still sitting on the back, and he was shouting loudly, "Drive, drive!" ”
Yu Dayou was shocked, hurriedly got up, and greeted him, and Ma Dong also locked tightly.
"My lord, why do you want to come here, it should be the last general to send your lord."
Tang Yi frowned, "What to send?" Where is Brother Yu going to send me? ”
"Of course it's the capital." Ma Dong blurted out.
Yu Dayou was full of sighs, and barely squeezed out a smile, "My lord, my talent is world-famous, it is the luck of the world for you to enter the court, and the last general also has a backer, so he is naturally happy." ”
Tang Yi looked at the two of them and said one thing on his lips, but his face was clearly insincere.
"Brother Yu, you better find another backer."
Yu Dayou was stunned for a moment and looked at Tang Yi puzzled.
"I'm not even a dirt bag, and I still have to count on you to take care of it!" Tang Yi said, sitting on the bluestone.
Yu Dayou's brain turned, and he suddenly exclaimed, "My lord, aren't you going back to the capital?" ”
"Hehe, I said that I want to raise 100,000 war horses, you and I are talking empty words!" Tang Yi didn't have a good airway.
Yu Dayou smiled awkwardly, and said repeatedly: "The last general will not dare, the last general will not dare." Forcefully excitedly said: "My lord, dare to ask for advice, do you have a clever plan?" ”
"What a clever plan!" Tang Yi looked at Ma Dong and said helplessly: "It's still you kid, wake me up, some things can't be opportunistic." ”
Ma Dong blushed, lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.
"Alas, these ten days, I meditated, raising horses costs too much, I want to rely on the silver of the imperial court, invest a lot, I can't see the results for thirty or fifty years, from the siege of Baideng in the early Han Dynasty to the counterattack of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, during which it has also experienced decades." Tang Yi sighed: "We didn't have to wait that long, so we have to come up with a faster way!" ”
What's faster?
Very simply, it is to raise horses for all people, and use the power of the people to make horse breeding a matter for everyone. Tang Yi is not talking nonsense, he has really put in a lot of effort.
In the Han and Tang dynasties, in order to maintain a strong cavalry, they tried their best, such as the royal garden of the Han Dynasty - Shanglin Garden, which spanned five counties and was 300 miles longitudinal and horizontal, how big is the area? Every year, the emperor hunted here, and the mighty Imperial Forest Army was born in it.
As for the Tang Dynasty, polo flourished, the royal magnates, and the border generals all competed to raise polo teams, and they were athletes in peacetime, but on the battlefield, they were the best soldiers, and war and entertainment were skillfully combined.
When I arrived in the Song Dynasty, it was miserable, there was no war horse, I could only kick the ball with my feet, and I made a juju, it was really helpless, helpless! Tang Yi dared to say that when the emperor of the Song Dynasty admired Keju, he must have had a bitter stomach......
Can the Ming Dynasty follow the example of the Han and Tang dynasties? Tang Yi felt that it would not work, first of all, the Ming Dynasty emperor did not have such a big garden, and he didn't expect them to gallop and hunt. What about the royal clans? One by one, they were all kept in captivity, they were full of food, sleep, and food, and their biggest ability was to give birth to children and let them raise war horses, which was absolutely impossible.
Besides, even if someone dares to raise them, the officials will impeach them, with bad intentions, and repeatedly rebel.
If the royal family can't count on it, it can only count on others.
Raising horses is a matter of spending a lot of money, the key is that the financial resources are abundant, Tang Yi first thought of the family in the southeast, over the years, they have made a lot of money, rather than letting them waste money on Yangzhou thin horses, it is better to encourage them to raise war horses, it is meaningful.
Listening to Tang Yi's story, Yu Dayou's dying heart came alive again.
"The adult's idea is really clever, but raising horses is very hard and the cost is huge, and the sons and daughters in the southeast are afraid that they are not willing to do it."
"If you don't want to be guided, they may not like Qinglou when they are born?" Tang Yi said with a smile: "The key is to make them think that raising horses is a noble thing, a thing that is free from low-level interests, and something that can achieve soul sublimation......"
Tang Yi said hard, but these two were like wooden roosters, stupid and didn't know why. Tang Yi had no choice but to stop beating around the bush.
"That's right, I'm going to hold a grand horse race, inviting knights from all over the world to gather at a small station to compete with horses, and the winner will have a big prize, so as to promote equestrianism, encourage businessmen and wealthy people, breed war horses, earn money and earn face in peacetime competitions, requisition in wartime, and mobilize the front line. And the cavalry horse farm can also rent and sell war horses to earn a lot of silver, which is used to breed more war horses, now you understand! ”
Tang Yi put his thoughts and ideas out, Yu Dayou took a breath, "My lord, it's really a good strategy, but those who have the money to buy horses and raise horses, basically they are still big families in the southeast, Yanwu Xiuwen has been cultivating for so many years, what they like is poetry and songs, what they love is blowing and singing, light singing and dancing, horse riding competitions, they may not like it for a while!" ”
"Wrong! What if they don't like it? I have my own way of forcing them to like it. Tang Yi is full of confidence, and the popular things are not all packaged.
Just like ballet, opera, the so-called high arts, how many can be understood? Isn't there still a large group of vassal and elegant people who are willing to pay money, even if they don't understand, they have to pretend to understand and be very intoxicated!
As long as horse racing becomes an art, it becomes fashionable, and having an excellent war horse is a symbol of fashion, a display of status and financial resources. The racecourse is also a place for high society to socialize, and it can be used to meet characters of various identities......
Tang Yi dared to say that as long as the publicity is in place, the whole people may not be able to raise horses, and there is definitely hope for the average family to get a few horses.
From the technical work of raising horses, it has become manipulating public opinion and creating topics.
Immediately entered Tang Yi's specialty, all the cells and pores of his body expanded, his thoughts flew up, and he soon came up with a brilliant idea.
In order to make horse racing high-end and respected, Tang Yi spent ten days working out a complete operation strategy.
Tang Yi pondered for a long time and sent Jiajing a note.
In the middle of the recital, Tang Yi first politely rejected Jiajing's proposal to summon him back to Beijing, and then told Jiajing that he was exploring ways to raise horses, and he had already made some achievements.
Tang Yi also proposed to Jiajing that when it was autumn and winter, the Mongols would go south to fight the grass valley at this time, and the Ming should strengthen their precautions, and show their strength to deter the ambition of the people and surrender without a fight. Tang Yi proposed that the Mongolian tribes should be invited to Tianjin to hold a horse race at the small station, and the Ming army would send the most powerful riders to compete with the Mongolian cavalry and show the heroic style of the Ming Dynasty.
Not all the tribes of the grassland are my confidants, such as the barbarian department in Liaodong, such as the Duoyan Sanwei who is close to the Ming Dynasty, and the Moxi Mongolian Weilat department, if they see the powerful power of the Ming Dynasty and know that there is no future for following the Ming Dynasty, they will naturally turn their hearts to the Ming Dynasty and turn against them.
When the time comes, drive the tiger and devour the wolf, divide and disintegrate, and each one is broken. Tidy up the grasslands, it's not a problem......
Tang Yi painted a wonderful picture for Jiajing, so that Jiajing forgot the original purpose of sending people to Tianjin to make a decree. If you can really give an unforgettable lesson to the old enemy for decades and break the myth that the Mongols are unparalleled in riding and shooting, Jiajing will definitely be able to laugh to death.
The body is getting older day by day, and Jiajing is more and more eager to win, otherwise after his death, he will see the ancestors of the past dynasties, and he will have no capital to brag.
It's just that there is only one question at the moment, with the knights of the Ming Dynasty, can they really win in battle?
If you don't fight me, but are bullied by others, wouldn't it be disgraceful? After thinking about it, Jiajing couldn't make up his mind, and with an order, Sun Ling, the Shaoqing of Yuanma Temple, came to the small station.
"Brother Wen and brother came the same way, the younger brother has lost his welcome, atone for his sins!"
Sun Ling was in a hurry, and without waiting for his ass to sit on the chair, he said: "Brother Xing, we are all our own brothers, in a word, are you sure?" ”
"Not yet." Tang Yi replied honestly.
Sun Ling thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "It's an ambush, so you can be sure of it in a few days?" ”
"Brother Wen He, as long as I dare to come, I will let him lose face."
"What if he doesn't come?" Sun Ling asked.
"Cowardly before fighting, is he still worthy of calling himself the eagle of the grassland?" Tang Yi scoffed. (To be continued.) )