Chapter 281: Redundant Soldiers (I)

In March, the weather melts, the jasper by the pool is made into a tree high, ten thousand hanging down the green silk, the spring water melts, the curved bridge takes a photo, the scenery is pleasant, but Yang Daguan is a little sleepy, lazily lying under the shade of the willows, and his face is covered with a book of "Book of Songs".

In Yinyin's lawn, Qing Niang was wearing a double bun and dark green trousers, and she was playing Keju with Thirteen Niang.

She swings her body lightly, the ball flies up and down between her feet, the body rotates and dances lightly from time to time, graceful and colorful, this way of bowing does not need the goal, it is called 'white play'; the so-called foot head 100,000 kicks, hundreds of thousands of ways, white play is mainly to see whose ball control skills are good, the action is novel, in addition to the hands, head, shoulders, chest, back, knees, legs, feet are used.

"Sister Qing'er catches the ball!"

Qing Niang was full of fragrant sweat, picked on her toes, and passed the ball to Thirteen Niang lightly, Thirteen Niang raised her knees lightly, lifted the ball, and the ball flew over her head and fell behind, she didn't have to turn back, the root of her foot was picked back, and the ball flew back to the front of her again, causing Qing Niang to cheer.

Thirteen Niang has a slender and slender figure, kicking the ball is like dancing, her soft waist is bent and straight, and she is full of beauty when she kicks; Wei Jing on the side was dazzled, and suddenly quipped: "Thirteen Niang, it's a pity that you played so well!" But your family Langjun has a spring dream......"

But no, the warbler on the lawn and the swallow language didn't seem to have any effect on Yang Daguan, and he slept soundly.

Suddenly, the ball flew towards him, "Smack! Coincidentally, it hit him in the face and knocked down the "Book of Songs" that he was covering it.

"Who? Who did this to you? Who did it? Do you know that people are dreaming of ......"

"Official, what are you dreaming about?" Thirteen Niang's charming face appeared in front of Yang Daguan at the right time, she tilted her neck, her long eyelashes flashed, and she was waiting for his answer with a smile.

Yang Daguan subconsciously sniffed, it was so fragrant! But now I don't care if it's fragrant or not!

He quickly coughed lightly twice, and replied with a straight face: "It's a lady, this one!" It is said that Jiang Yan dreamed of the immortal pen when he dreamed of the immortal, and then wrote countless masterpieces, and this dream for the husband has the same effect! ”

"Yes! Are you sure that you are dreaming of heavenly books, not heavenly immortals? Thirteen Niang still tilted her head and smiled weirdly.

"Lady! What my husband dreamed of was really a book from heaven, and I swear that if there is half a lie, I will ......"

"What about the officials?" Thirteen Niang insisted on breaking the casserole and asking to the end.

"I'll become a monk!" Yang Daguan blurted out, there is a small threat in this, and I hope Thirteen Niang is afraid.

"Oh, is the official planning to go to Mochou Nunnery to become a monk?" Thirteen Niang's smile is no longer enough to describe weird, in short, it can make people's hearts tremble.

Yang Daguan really wants to slap himself, what is it hard to say, why do you want to bring it home? O iniquity!

"Off topic! Off topic! Lady, where did we talk about it just now, by the way, when it comes to the book of heaven. ”

"What did the official see in the Book of Heaven?"

"Uh, well, I'm flipping it open, and before I can get a glimpse, I'm woken up by this ball."

"Oh, that's a concubine, by the way, did you smash the official? Do you want to make a promise to be a concubine? ”

"Uh......" Yang Daguan quietly looked at Wei Jing's ghost girl, only to see her blushing face and grinning, this girl will naturally appear on her cheeks when she laughs; It is said that a woman with a pear nest when she laughs usually carries a dragon cunt, one of the twelve famous weapons, which is characterized by the narrow jade gate and the narrow and constricted crotch passage...... Oh, my God! Yang Daguan almost gave himself a big slap again, Li Yi's guy used to learn these things, for some reason, suddenly came to his mind, Thirteen Niang still tilted his head and waited for him to answer!

Yang Daguan hurriedly looked away, shook his head and replied with a straight face: "What did the lady say, you and I are husband and wife, what else does the lady say to promise each other, this is too outside, too outside!" It's so out-of-the-box! ”

"Oh, the concubine understands, if Wei Jing's girl promises to each other, the official will not be outside, right?"

For a long time, Yang Daguan felt that his wife was a fairy, and now, he finally saw her true face, which is clearly a thousand-year-old fox demon; He hugged his stomach and shouted: "Oh, my stomach hurts, it hurts me to death, Qingniang, help Brother Yang go back to the room to rest." ”

Thirteen Niang grinned, grabbed one of his arms, twisted her mouth twice, and immediately changed to a worried expression and said: "Official, all concubines are not in good health, I'm afraid they hurt the official's internal organs just now, how can this be good?" ”

If someone had just arrived, they must have been blinded by Thirteen Niang's realistic expression, Qing Niang giggled on the side: "Brother Yang, it was the head that the ball hit just now, not the stomach ......."

"Yes, yes, it's a headache, ouch, it hurts me!" Yang Daguan rolled his eyes and suddenly fainted.

didn't wait for him to 'faint' for long, and he felt Thirteen Niang's slender jade hands groping around his waist, I endure! I endure! I'll bear with it!

But Thirteen Niang didn't twist it immediately, but picked fat and thin on his waist, this piece is not easy to twist, uh, this piece is not good, well, just this piece, it will be counted!

Yang Daguan's head was jumping suddenly, and his face was like an earthworm with black lines, and he collapsed before he could support Thirteen Niang! With a scream, he flew away.

Empress Shaosheng rewarded Yang Yi with a lot of money and silk in the name of Yang Yi's meritorious negotiation with the Liao State. Everyone knows that this is Empress Shaosheng appeasing Yang Yi, hoping that he will get better as soon as possible and return to the court on an errand.

In the Great Song Dynasty, this kind of thing often happened, and Emperor Shenzong even went to the Prime Minister's Office to appease Wang Anshi. In the first year of Shaosheng, Zhezong also went to Zhangdun's house to appease the humiliated Zhangdun.

Of course, generally only important ministers of the imperial court will enjoy this kind of treatment; Empress Shaosheng's grand reward was enough to make a gesture, and Yang Yi was not easy to handle anymore, so he honestly went to court.

Walking into the renovated Jinluan Hall again, it feels much more pleasing to the eye, except for Fan Chunren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the old party ministers who jumped out a while ago have all been purged, and Fan Chunren has also written twice, asking for release, but for some reason, Empress Shao Sheng dialed back his recital twice.

After each purification, it is the time when you are most united and the other party is weakest, and at the same time, in order to divert the negative effects of this purification, it is most appropriate to propose some kind of major policy at this time.

When he came back from Waqiaoguan, Yang Yi and Qin Zigui discussed the problem of governing the river, but it takes money to control the river, and it takes a lot of money, so we have to solve the problem of money first.

To put it bluntly, financial management is nothing more than the four words of open source and throttling, and now that the 'source' of the Great Song Dynasty has been almost opened, then we can only find a way to throttle.

Yang Yi held on to the wat board and stood in the train, his face was expressionless, like an old monk in his mind, as if his 'illness' was not completely cured.

At this time, the imperial envoy Luo Cheng walked to the center of the main hall first, shook his body, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Empress Shaosheng, according to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Households, there are currently 19.96 million households in the Great Song Dynasty and 44.91 million mouths. The total number of forbidden troops and the box army was 1.02 million. It is equivalent to forty people, and one soldier must be raised.

Last year, the imperial court earned 128,620,000 yuan, and the military expenditure was as high as 80 million yuan.

As the saying goes, the soldiers are not expensive, when Taizu founded the country, the Great Song Dynasty forbidden army and the Xiang army were only more than 300,000, and by the Yingzong Dynasty had increased to 1.1 million, Xining was reduced to 500,000, and Yuan Youjian abolished the armor protection law, plus the Western Xia was committed every year, and had to recruit again, and restored a million redundant soldiers.

With more than 300,000 troops, Taizu was able to sweep the **, Weijia Sea. And now the Great Song Dynasty has an army of one million, but it has repeatedly fallen into the predicament of being passively beaten. It can be seen that the soldiers are not expensive, and this is true. ”

The problem of three redundancy has always been the main problem that plagued the Great Song Dynasty, among which redundant soldiers are the most serious problem, since the Renzong Dynasty, the military expenditure of the Great Song Dynasty over the years has exceeded 60 million guan, accounting for six to seven percent of the fiscal revenue.

The imperial court has tried to disarm many times, and Wang Anshi has succeeded. Later, it was abolished by Sima Guang.

No one expected that Luo Cheng would throw out this topic again today, and start with the biggest stubborn disease of the Great Song Dynasty, although he did not directly say that he wanted to disarm, but since he listed so many actual data, the meaning was already obvious, and there was a buzzing discussion in the Jinluan Palace.

Su Song quietly looked back at Yang Yi, and saw that he was still drooping his eyes, as if he hadn't heard what Luo Cheng said, Su Song felt relieved at the same time, but secretly worried; Others didn't know, but Su Song knew what Luo Cheng proposed, and he was definitely inseparable from Yang Yi. But it's good that he can arrange for a pawn to come out and test the water first.

Cai Jing is the head of the household, and the problem of three redundancies is directly related to his money bag, so he is duty-bound to go out and play: "Your Majesty, Empress Shaosheng, the problem of redundant troops is imminent, if it is not solved, no matter how much the imperial court revenue is, it will be difficult to continue. As the imperial envoy Luo said, the soldiers are not expensive, and in the eyes of the ministers, it is enough for the Great Song Dynasty to retain 500,000 troops! ”

After Cai Jing finished speaking, the palace was in an uproar, if according to Cai Jing's words, only 500,000 troops were retained, then 500,000 troops would be cut, how to cut them? Can you cut it? It's almost an impossible task.

Empress Shaosheng behind the bead curtain quietly glanced at Yang Yi in the train, and when she saw that he had nothing to do with herself, her eyebrows frowned unconsciously, and she asked Zhao Yi in a harmonious voice: "What is the holy will of the official family?" ”

Zhao seemed to reply very simply: "But it is up to Niangniang and the ministers to decide." ”

Empress Shao Sheng nodded and said loudly: "The reduction of redundant troops is a matter of great importance, and negligence must not be overlooked, if the ministers have any suggestions, they may wish to put them directly in the court, so that they can discuss a safe policy." Which minister will speak first? ”

(To be continued)