This meeting did not attract people's attention, but it was another incident of Zheng Lang that attracted many people to look sideways.

Reductions begin.

The old man was laid off, and he began to lay off employees without receiving the permission of the imperial court, this is the battlefield, let a group of old men fight, what kind of system will it become?

But he wrote a memora, not only the old, but also the infirm and the disabled, and not only the lightly injured soldiers, but also laid off. Soldiers are strictly forbidden to self-harm.

This piece of music soon arrived in the capital, and Zhao Zhen and the ministers smiled bitterly after seeing it. Especially in the last one, Zheng Lang repeatedly reminded that if the imperial court decreed that the wounded would be reduced and not punished, many soldiers would use weapons to cripple themselves in order to evade military service, in order to ask the court to allow them to go home.

It sounds very funny, indicating that in order to recruit soldiers, the officials below have done many bad things, including forcibly arresting Ding, which has violated the so-called ancestral law.

When he was deliberating, Wang Yaochen also played, and this recital was very long.

The first thing coincides with Zheng Lang's progression.

It is said that the border of the four roads is more than 2,000 miles long, with more than 200,000 soldiers, 68,000 Yanyan Road, 50,000 Huanqing Road, 70,000 Jingyuan Road, and 27,000 Qinfeng Road. It seems to be very powerful, but if you detain the tired and crippled and do not let the fighters fight, only 100,000 people can barely fight against it.

Don't look at the increase in troops, but this increase may not play a good role.

But neither Zheng Lang nor Zheng Lang talked about the burden of the people.

Not to mention it, I also know the burden it brings to the people, and I am not as radical as Zheng Lang said, and carry out disarmament. He also talked about the four interests, the first is Jingyuan.

Receiving Tiandu Mountain, close to the thief's den, you can go out of the army, if you ride fast, the dusk will come. To the east of Weizhou, it reaches Jingpi directly, and there is no obstruction. The pearl and the Tibetan tribes in Yuanzhou have many traces of their backs, although the court appeases them, the thieves often come out to help. This road is the most urgent.

Makes sense.

After several prime ministers saw Wang Yaochen's recital, they watched Zheng Lang's recital again.

According to Zheng Lang and Wang Yaochen, these sources of soldiers in the army not only do not work, but will have a negative impact. Due to the terrain of Jingyuan Road, a large army must be sent to defend it, so he can only acquiesce to Zheng Lang's second suggestion. The border army recruited a group of soldiers as a permanent force, which was formally established, and the weaker archers continued to be trained as militia and used in case of emergency.

The latter have agreed, mainly the former.

Wang Yaochen also said this problem, there are more than 14,000 familiar households on Jingyuan Road, and Cao Wei is a powerful order, and they are often used to quell the rebellion against Xiqiang. Its reserve is slack, and the guards are only appeased, and they develop arrogance. Since Yuan Hao's rebellion, the Zhenrong army and the Weizhou Mountains have all been invaded, and the familiar households near the border have also been killed. The custom of the Tibetan people, the heaviest reward competition, provokes provocation and anger, can be reused. Send men to recruit those whose chiefs are willing to be useful, and the names and numbers of the horses. When it reaches 1,000 people, one of them will be given the name of patrol inspection, so that they will leave the country, ruin the household, and the wealth obtained will not be reviewed by the officials, and the head and the injured will be rewarded in kind, and they will still be supplemented and increased according to the name of their own clan.

Those who surrendered to the Song Dynasty were familiar households, and those who did not submit to the Song Dynasty were subsistence households, and they were used to destroy the unstable factors in Jingyuan.

All the looted materials belonged to these acquaintances, and they did not have to hand them over to the imperial court, not only did they receive these materials and booty, but also those who killed and wounded the enemy were rewarded. The meritorious and the head of the big household will give him an official, an official, or a professional official, and give him money.

Zhao Zhen looked at the twists and turns of these two champions, crying and laughing, why did they go to the northwest and the two champions became so "brutal"?

After discussing for most of the day, he first agreed to Wang Yaochen's recital.

Zheng Lang also discussed the twist and turn, some ministers did not agree very much, although Wang Yaochen's proposal was brutal, but it did not touch the system, if Zheng Lang was to reduce the army, he could use it as appropriate. However, the formal establishment of the army was different from Wang Yaochen's twists and turns.

Wang Yaochen's performance is just a re-revision of Zheng Lang's original revision of the archers in the capital, not the official army of the country. Zheng Lang has changed again, and he has touched the bottom limit of the country.

But Zheng Lang can't be blamed, it wasn't Zheng Lang who did it, all the generals incorporated archers into the army, and the court didn't approve it, which was equivalent to a formal army.

Several bigwigs laughed and laughed, and finally discussed, and issued an edict to agree to Zheng Lang's policy, but the reduction of troops is limited to the seriously injured and the elderly, and the weak and lightly injured are not allowed to lay off, otherwise this line is difficult to distinguish and will cause many drawbacks. All roads were allowed to join the army, but the number was limited. The rated number of Jingyuan was 10,000 soldiers, 20,000 archers, and each familiar household took the initiative to assist the imperial court in controlling the army. The other three roads have also made some quantitative restrictions, Jingyuan Road is the most, followed by Yanyun Road, Huanqing Road again, and finally Qinfeng Road.

But he also said that the archers and familiar households had their own troops, and after the war, they had to listen to the arrangements of the imperial court and gradually reduce their troops and disband.

It has made the four people on the front line very happy.

With this edict, you can be free to build a Tibetan army, and these Tibetan households have more horses, and more than half of them can be used to build a cavalry. It undoubtedly increases the strength ahead.

However, this order increased the pressure on the rear even more.

Although some of the troops were cut, they were limited to veterans of the upper ages, as well as those who were seriously disabled, and the number in the army was not large, such as Jingyuan Road, Zheng Lang did some tricks and feet, and some people who were not seriously disabled, as well as those who were seriously injured in the early stage of weak soldiers, were cut one by one, and only more than 7,000 people were laid off. The quality of the army has improved, but the number has increased. In particular, the cost of supporting a cavalry is more than three times that of an infantryman.

There were also expenditures for revised archers, which put serious financial pressure on the rear.

Therefore, after receiving the edict from the imperial court, Zheng Lang made drastic disarmament, and at the same time ordered Shi Congguang to purchase goods in Chang'an City, transport them to Weizhou, and trade with Fanhu.

There is an old breed that takes the lead, and Zheng Lang does not play the imperial court.

However, someone wrote a small report, and Ge Huaimin played a play, saying that Zheng Lang did not do his job, did not care about the military affairs on the front line, and joined hands with the Tibetan people to collect money and disturb the morale of the army.

Without his recitals, there was a lot of noise in the court.

For such a large-scale transaction, as soon as the goods were sent to Weizhou, the capital heard the news.

But Zheng Lang appeased the blind felt, and no one objected, and awarded the blind felt as the training envoy of the Chengzhou regiment. This position came from the Tang Dynasty, second only to the Jiedu envoy, and was in charge of the military and political affairs of a state. In the Song Dynasty and Jiedu, all of them became vacant positions, and their positions were on the same level as Zhizhou.

Because it involves blind felt, things are more complicated, Zhao Zhen was noisy by the ministers and had a headache, some people think that after observation, Zheng Lang likes to toss, and it is inevitable to go to Weizhou to toss, see what the effect is, and then make a judgment. Some people objected, thinking that Ge Huaimin was right. Some people are smart and want to change, acquiesce to deals, but they want to reduce the scale and can't do business officially. Zhao Zhen had no choice but to send Qin to Weizhou to check out.

……

Zheng Lang is receiving blind felt in Weizhou City.

The court would be noisy, he had expected it a long time ago.

But it doesn't matter, seeing Shili, and then there is an upcoming medium-sized victory, all ministers will automatically shut their mouths.

After seeing Zheng Lang, a bear hugged and said enthusiastically: "I've seen Zheng Gong." ”

I'm not afraid this time.

It is also to make an appearance in front of the leaders of the tribes, and take a look, I am so intimate with the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, and my face will be there.

Zheng Lang didn't let him get off the stage, and kindly returned a bear hug.

Then he warmly welcomed these people into the city, and ordered his subordinates to kill sheep and prepare wine for hospitality.

Sitting down, Blind Felt said, "I wonder when Gong Zheng will be able to go to Niche Valley City to have a look?" When the time comes, I will definitely prepare a grand ceremony to entertain Zheng Gong. ”

Shi Congguang, who had just arrived from Weizhou City, glared.

Zheng Lang didn't think much about it, the Tubo people would also make some small conspiracies, but most of them were Tibetan people, and their surnames were heroic, and they would say whatever they wanted. The same is true for the Qiang people, who are as cunning and shameless as Yuan Hao, and are definitely the order among the Qiang people.

said, "I must go." ”

"Thank you Zheng Gong," the blind felt was overjoyed.

Zheng Lang's voice changed and said, "Don't worry, and listen to me, I will go and arrange some things before I can go." Also, I also have something to say to you, you came in person, because you value the market, I can understand the mood, but have you ever thought about the feelings of the summer thief? ”

"Party members?" Blind felt's face darkened.

There is no danger to defend on the Jingyuan Road, and the territory of the blind felt is also intertwined with the Xixia people.

Five years ago, Yuan Hao operated Hexi, took Lanzhou, went up along the Agan River, went east through Yangzhai and Mapo, and stationed on the bank of the Wachuan River under the Horsebit Mountain. Because there are many soldiers and horses, the castle is small, and it is difficult to accommodate, so a new city was built nearby, called Xinying, and also called Wachuan City. Later, troops were stationed to cut off the passage between Tibet and the Song people in the south of the mountain. Two years later, he sent people to build a city on the bank of the Agan River, sent troops to guard it, and blocked the road to Lintao. This is the earliest city of Agan.

Because of the tacit relationship between the blind felt and Yuan Hao, the two cities did not pose much harm to the blind felt. At this time, there were very few garrisons in the two cities, and Agancheng was a small village, and it was not until Yuan Hao heard that the blind felt defected to the Song Dynasty that Agancheng was officially expanded.

That's what kills.

Yuan Hao did not attack, even if Yuan Hao was difficult to station hundreds of people in the two cities, would he dare to take the initiative to attack the Western Xia army?

Once the city of Agan was completed, it was only seventy miles away from the castle of the Shrine Valley. The road is mountainous, and if it is the Song army, it will take more than a day to arrive, and it can also be prepared for defense. But Yuan Hao's men were all cavalry, and even though there were many mountain roads, they arrived in two or three hours.

The Yuzhong region, where the blind felt is located, will be completely exposed to the attack of Yuan Hao's army.

Zheng Lang said again: "You can't be high-profile, it's better to go to Yuan Hao and show him his difficulties." At least make him think that you won't really fall towards me. ”

"That's not good, Zheng Gong treats me with sincerity, how can I treat Zheng Gong with both hearts?"

I don't know if he said the truth or a lie, Zheng Lang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I believe in you, this is a temporary delay." And listen to me, while you are writing, you are using the wealth obtained from trading to expand your armaments and wars. The two places are a little far away, Yuan Hao sent troops to attack Jingyuan, and it is difficult for you to rescue. Yuan Hao sent troops to attack you, and my dynasty is mostly soldiers, and the rescue speed is even slower. So you have to have an armed force in your own hands. ”

"Zheng Gong ......" fell on the ground and wept silently.

"You get up first," Zheng Lang helped him up and said, "Since you are my courtier, it is my duty to think about you, so you don't need to be moved." Alas, it's a pity that I came late, otherwise I would have prevented the Tangut people from building Agan Village on the Agan River. Now that you can't fight, you can't defend it, and this small village will become the biggest obstacle to your Niche Valley City. So drag it out first, while preparing the army, and at the same time I will write to the court to support you with a batch of weapons, and on the other hand, you must also keep a low profile. often comes to Weizhou, Yuan Hao was even more disgusted after hearing about it. In the future, you can't come to Weizhou City again, in the name of a merchant, let your subordinates trade in Weizhou and appease Yuan Hao's emotions. After Yuan Hao can't pose a threat to you, I will not only go to your Shrine Valley City as a guest, but maybe I will also write a letter to let Your Majesty edict you enter Beijing, and let Your Majesty and the people of the capital see the demeanor of you and your subordinate soldiers. ”

When it comes to this, it is natural to be happy.

Then Shaanxi submitted another memorabilia to Xia Zhu, Fan Zhongyan and Zheng Lang to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to approve the rebuilding of the Sanbai Canal.

The regular forbidden army of the imperial court reached more than 200,000 in the four routes, not including the Yongxing army. Some of them are from Shaanxi, and most of them are transferred from Henan and other places.

At this time, the people were short of oil and had a large amount of food, especially the soldiers, and one person consumed seven stones of grain a year. Coupled with the horses and greater losses, the burden of food alone put serious financial pressure on the imperial court.

If the Sanbai Canal is completed, it will add 30,000 hectares of cultivated land.

Xia Zhu sent someone to come to see it, and Zheng Lang and Fan Zhongyan came to check it out in person. The northwest is not like the south of the Yangtze River, one acre of land can produce four stones and five stones, the weather is cold, often more than one season, and more rough farming, the better is to hand over to the people to cultivate in the future, not like the army's tuntian, but the yield of one acre of land will not exceed two stones.

However, with 30,000 hectares of cultivated land, a year's harvest has increased Shaanxi's grain by nearly 5 million stones.

There will be losses in transportation to various parts of Shaanxi, but compared with the losses transported from Jiangnan, it will be a world of difference. After the loss is discarded, there will still be a shortage of food, which may meet the needs of most of the army's food. Although a lot of money will be spent, once the grain harvest comes up, the funds for repairing the water conservancy will be recovered within three years.

Both Xia Zhu and Fan Zhongyan kept a clear head, the northwest would fight a protracted war, and even if peace was negotiated in the future, unless the Western Xia was destroyed, a large number of troops would be stationed.

The fold was presented to the capital, and Zhao Zhenjunchen also recognized it.

Then Ye Qingchen was so anxious that he was about to cry, and said: "Your Majesty, the third envoy has so much money to support the rebuilding of the Sanbai Canal?" ”

Although the intentions are good, where does the money come from?

Zheng Lang knew that this matter would drag on for a long time before it could be decided, and he didn't pay attention to the idea of the imperial court, so he started to work on the fields again, and Wang Shao did it ruthlessly, and nearly 10,000 hectares of cultivated fields were cultivated in the rear of Weizhou and Qinzhou. The reason for this is that the people make a living by herding and hunting, there is a large amount of wasteland, and the water system here is developed, and there are many fertile river valleys and plains.

Jingyuan Road is not bad, and Jingzhou, Yuanzhou and Weizhou also have a large number of fertile river valleys. There are also some river basins and Pingchuan in the Liandeshun army and the Zhenrong army.

The Zhenrong Army and the Deshun Army Zheng Lang did not dare to move, and it was not Tuntian, but they took the initiative to send food to the Xixia people.

At the time of the harvest, tens of thousands of Western Xia troops came over, cutting sorghum wheat while attacking, who could stop it? Not only did they extend their victory, but they also brought food and drink with them. Including the northeast corner of Yuanzhou City and the north of Weizhou City, Zheng Lang took the initiative to give up, but chose Jingzhou and the southeast of Yuanzhou and the south of Weizhou.

For the sake of the tribes in Anxian's territory, a part of Pingchuan was left for them to graze, and the archers' fields were absolutely not moved, and the area of the tuntian in Sanzhou was counted, reaching a total of 4,000 hectares.

This is the first statistic.

It will be ploughed with horses and cattle after autumn, and after a winter of frosting, it will not be planted until the beginning of spring next year.

In order to confuse the enemy, Zheng Lang deliberately made this matter a huge one.

After hearing this, the ministers of the DPRK and China frowned again.

It seems that the intentions are good, the market is to make money, and Sanbaiqu and Tuntian are to increase the grain harvest. If these two things are done well, it will reduce the financial difficulties of the imperial court.

But no one can guess the consequences of these two events.

I can only wait for Li Zhengyuan, a messenger sent by the imperial court, to bring back a reply.

But no one thought that Jingyuan Road was planning a big battle.

Zheng Lang, Lao Chong, and Di Qing are all waiting, waiting for news from Fuzhou!

Wang Yong and the others brought back a second piece of information, Western Xia had already gone to Fulin and requisitioned many troops, but how many troops there were, and whether Yuan Hao personally led the army to set off, was by no means something that Wang Yong could inquire. Both of these can have a serious impact on future battle plans.

Even if Yuan Hao did not personally send troops, even if he sent most of the troops, the plan that was about to be launched would be canceled immediately.

According to speculation, if you want to attack the Zhejia army, Yuan Hao must personally lead the army.

However, it is not enough to speculate, we can only wait for the news from Fuzhou and Linzhou, and then make decisions and changes.

The weather flickered, slid towards August, and gradually cooled down.

Dayan went south, and the sound of the Qiang flute became high-pitched and desolate.