Wen Yanbo mainly talks about military reduction, not specifically for Han Qi.

But when it comes to reducing troops and redundant troops, Han Qi will inevitably be involved.

Zheng Lang likes to use data to speak, and this atmosphere has also infected most officials, and now the court's words and deeds are becoming more and more "data-based".

Wen Yanbo's performance is very data-based.

Let's talk about the forbidden soldiers first, Taizu first 150,000, then swelled to 190,000, Taizong was 350,000, and won the entire Song Dynasty, that is, from 150,000 to 350,000, these forbidden soldiers took the whole world. Of course, it is impossible to reduce the forbidden army to more than 300,000 now.

Later, in the face of Khitan pressure, the army swelled to 600,000, but that was a number that only included the Xiang army. By the time of Song Zhenzong, the forbidden army had swelled to 430,000, and no matter who won or lost in the battle of Lanyuan, it was this forbidden army that was used. At the beginning of the Lanyuan Alliance, many people settled accounts, thinking that it was worth only giving hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to the Khitan, and the military expenses used up before and after the Battle of Lanyuan reached 70 million. But there is no other thing, since the alliance of Lanyuan, because of the fear of the Khitan, I have to station hundreds of thousands of troops in Hedong, Hebei, how much does it cost this year?

This statement is not true.

In the era of cold weapons, China's threat mainly came from the north. If the Song Dynasty made the right decision, without Zheng Lang, Western Xia would have a seventy percent chance of winning. Taking Western Xia, the more western Uighurs were less of a threat. The garrison will be few. Historically, the Song Dynasty, under the command of Tong Guan, captured the entire Qinghai and even extended its territory to the Uighurs for a time, and the northern forces were always very small. But even if it is to occupy the sixteen states of Youyun, the northern threat still cannot be quelled, wave after wave. For example, if Zheng Langruo led the Song army to defeat the Khitan and capture the sixteen states of Youyun, the Jurchens and the Mongols rose again.

There is only one way to solve the crisis in the north, and that is to develop thermal weapons. Otherwise, there will always be a steady stream of the most powerful military branches of the human cold weapon era in that land.

But Wen Yanbo may not know.

That's why I say that. The main thing is to go for the reduction of troops.

The state spends money to buy security. Why is there no Ann bought, and military spending is still inflating?

It is said that the scholars use a lot of money, but do they spend a lot of money?

But he didn't think about many aspects clearly, so he immediately talked about the Renzong era. At one time, the forbidden army swelled to more than 800,000. This is a very frightening number, raising a forbidden army is a peacetime period, and the average is more than 70 yuan. In the case of war years, the various consumption cannot be calculated at all. Spread to each forbidden army, it can reach a hundred yuan. There are also many van soldiers, village soldiers, native soldiers, archers and strong men, and now there is another Baoding.

After the war, it took more than ten years to lay off 650,000 people.

In the last years, Renzong swelled slightly, and now it has become 740,000 people. Yingzong wanted to cut troops, but Han Qi didn't listen.

There are many insiders about the number of this forbidden army. In history, the army was continuously reduced, and it was close to 700,000 in the hands of Zhao Shu. After Zhao Shu settled the dispute over Puyi. Some of them were cut again, and at one point they reached 650,000. It is precisely because of this article that the history books evaluate him as the king of Zhongcheng. It has little to do with Sima Guang's writing of the general chronicles, whether it is Sima Guang's general knowledge of governance or Su Dongpo's poetry and songs, which are valuable assets in the history of human culture, but they have little direct relationship with the people's livelihood at that time.

However, because of Zheng Lang, Zhao Shu was half a year late, and then he had been arguing and never subsided at all, so Zhao Shu became the darkest king in the history of the Song Dynasty. Of course, there is no mood to cut troops. If there is no layoff, the forbidden army will habitually expand. There are three sources, the first old forbidden soldier reached sixty years and no one persuaded him to retire, and he continued to mess around, the second forbidden army was selected loosely, and military discipline became relaxed, and some forbidden soldiers stuffed some poor children and relatives into it, and it didn't matter, the main thing was that these children were not qualified, some were weak, and some had such and such physical defects. On the other hand, the three-year big competition system initiated by Zheng Lang is continuing, and it is constantly filling the source of new recruits. The third is to eat empty salary, if it is not rectified, it will start from the period of peace, and then the party struggle, to the complete corruption of Song Huizong's politics, the phenomenon of empty salary is becoming more and more serious. At one time, when the Jin people invaded the south, more than 200,000 forbidden troops in the capital ate empty salaries and ate 30,000 people. The Song Dynasty did not care about 600,000 or 800,000 forbidden troops, and a large number of forbidden troops were not in the capital, and most of them took turns to go to the border. Naturally, not many generals were taken away from the barracks, which were seriously empty-paid, and tragedy occurred. There are armies in the capital, quite a few, let's face the battle. The result was not 30,000 men, and they were defeated in the first battle. It's serious now.

The reason Wen Yanbo was not found, and it did not have much direct relationship with Han Qi, at least in the forbidden army, Han Qi did not want to increase.

It is not the forbidden army that has been added, but the lower branches.

Because there were other more cost-effective military branches instead, Han Qi wanted to cut it, but was hurt by Zheng Lang. Zheng Lang's approach has always been very humane, including the reduction of soldiers, those soldiers who were laid off before, in order to properly arrange them, it took more than ten years before and after, but at the end of the Qingli period, the number of cuts with Huang You was slightly larger. The cost of leaving the army is expensive. But this brings a problem to Han Qi, there is no money to arrange for the refund, and if he can't afford to arrange it, it is better not to return.

In fact, to put it simply, a Pu Yi dragged Han Qi back to his feet.

By comparing the two histories, we can analyze the real causes. Guan Jian, who can know these two histories, only knows the history that is happening now, so Wen Yanbo said lukewarmly, the first emperor was ruling, but Qi was not allowed.

The emperor is still good, but it's a pity that the traitorous ministers are in charge, so the country is hard.

This is Han Qi's first crime, which is neither salty nor light. Next is Han Qi's real crime.

Soldiers!

There were only 150,000 people at the time of Taizu, and later there were 180,000. During the reign of Taizong, it grew to 380,000 people. At the time of Zhenzong, it reached 480,000 people. During the Gyeongli War, Renzong once became more than 500,000 people. These two items alone brought the number of troops in Renzong's time to more than 1.3 million, and if you include the Fan soldiers, there are almost 1.4 million people. Therefore, after three or four years of war at the beginning of Qingli, the country's finances deteriorated, and at that time, they did not think that they could use the debt, so they desperately exploited the people, and revolted everywhere. Later, Zheng Lang has been laying off, and once laid off less than 350,000 people. However, because the Western Xia raised troops again, Han Qi did not fight, only defended, but continued to increase the garrisons of Hebei and Shaanxi, and the forbidden army did not dare to increase, so he increased the number of soldiers. More than half a million people.

Actually, it's not right. You can't blame Han Qi entirely.

Shaanxi originally had three white canals. It used to be self-sufficient. However, Han Qi was unlucky, and after the financial deficit, he embezzled all the grain in the warehouse.

If the wind and rain are smooth, there will be no war in the northwest, and it will be safe to pass.

Guan Jian Northwest has a side matter. had to increase the garrison, and Shaanxi has not been good in the past few years, droughts and floods have not stopped, and it is difficult for the people to protect themselves. In addition, more than 100,000 people took a lot of volunteers, which delayed the agricultural work. The people were short of food, and the soldiers.

Now the errand soldiers all cost money, and they can only increase the number of soldiers to solve the transportation crisis.

Wen Yanbo did not analyze the reasons before and after, but only knew that in Han Qi's hands, not only nearly 100,000 forbidden troops were added, but also nearly 200,000 box soldiers.

It must be adjudicated, but how much will the cost of a ruling just be an Antun?

If Zheng Lang cuts according to Zheng Lang's kind of cut, a soldier can reach two or three hundred on average. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are cut down, and the country is waiting for chaos.

Then there are the village soldiers. This piece is more chaotic, and there are village soldiers. There are soldiers, there are volunteers, there are archers, there are strong men, there are the so-called native soldiers in the south, the most effective and most effective is the township soldiers, especially the township soldiers stationed on the border and raising horses, also known as the Baojie army, raising war horses to the northwest, the survival rate of war horses is large, and it can also ensure that the army has a large number of good horses, but the cost is not low, and many soldiers and township soldiers must be raised. But this dollar is saved. In the Central Plains breeding, corruption and bribery, invisibly caused by high breeding costs, there is also corruption and bribery in the northwest, but the survival rate of horses is different, plus this, the actual cost is decreasing, and the army can have some good war horses for combat. For example, in the history of the Jin Ancestral Valley Battle, only a few hundred Xixia people were killed, but this time it has expanded by a few thousand, precisely because there is a powerful cavalry in the hand, which makes the combat effectiveness stronger and faster.

This piece must include the native soldiers in the south, and now Zheng Lang has changed his name, militia.

Renzong agreed, after all, the local soldiers were somewhat contemptuous, from Jinghu South Road to Liangguang, there were more than 40,000 militiamen, but Wen Yanbo did not mention it, because these three roads are developing, the economy is thriving, and now there are more than 2 million households on the three roads, only 40,000 militia and more than 50 battalions of forbidden soldiers, and the pressure is not very great. It is impossible to think that Liangguang will become like Jianghuai. Even if there is no danger of Dali and Jiaozhi, if there is no garrison in the local area, the barbarians will be chaotic.

Among them, the box soldiers are decreasing, and the militia is also useful, but compared with the box soldiers, the use is much less. Because of the development of the forbidden army, it also has the benefit of tuntian. Compared with the actual before and after usage, the two phases are almost the same. But what it has received is the economic support of the Great South, which is getting better and better.

Hence only the North.

At the time of Renzong's maximum, Hebei was strong with 290,000 people, 190,000 volunteers, Hedong with 144,000 strong people, and 77,000 volunteers. Mainly because the Khitan wanted to blackmail and threaten the Song Dynasty. Shaanxi Baojie had a peak of 88,000 people.

After the fighting ceased to work, only a part of it was retained as it was cut.

I can't afford to raise it, that is, I don't raise it, and the agricultural work delayed by 800,000 township soldiers is unimaginable.

By the time of Yingzong, it swelled again, with 130,000 Baojie in Shaanxi, 100,000 soldiers, 150,000 volunteers in Hebei, and 80,000 in Hedong. Among them, it does not include the 160,000 volunteers who were just laid off by Zheng Lang. What the result is, just look at last year's financial statements.

In order to replenish the grain of the north, how much money was spent to transport it from the south. He even brought grain from Lingnan for a time. Perhaps these volunteers directly spent very little, but because of training and mobilization, agriculture has not progressed, one is self-sufficient in grain, and the other is to transfer grain from the south, how serious will the waste be before and after?

Moreover, there are more than 500,000 baoding.

Originally, the Baoding policy was good, there were Baoding in the locality, and some strong forbidden troops could be allocated to supplement, and they could assist the local government in preventing theft and catching thefts. It's a mutually beneficial move. But by the time of peace, Baoding was also destroyed. Large households have entered tax avoidance, and at the same time, the government has used Baoding to do errand labor, with the result that some large households that should not be exempt from tax evade taxes, and those households below the fifth class who really need relief have delayed their production because of hard labor.

The armed forces must not only be reduced, but also reorganized, otherwise the country's economy will be strained and the people will suffer.

It has nothing to do with me.

When the rule of peace, all the power of the Western Mansion was invaded by the Eastern Mansion.

After the book was on, Zhao Ji glanced at Wen Yanbo, and then at Zheng Lang.

In fact, Zheng Lang has also said it before, and he said it more thoroughly than Wen Yanbo. also commented more objectively, it was not that Han Qi wanted this, it was the result of the corruption of the entire government. Han Qi is in dictatorship, local officials are not convinced, and many people do not listen to his transfer. Everyone does their own thing. Not really. Let's get out. We don't want to be this official anymore, and we won't have to leave a stench for eternity. Han Qi seems to be in charge alone, but in fact, it has not been effective for Zheng Lang's current No. 2 Prime Minister's decree.

Of course, if Zheng Lang is not involved in all aspects, he will humbly give in. If you really have a rich and poor population, then you are not as good as Han Qi, and you will even step down immediately.

Han Qi definitely didn't want this result, but this result was produced.

Actually, I haven't blackened my face yet. How much do you want to keep the face of the last gentleman, if you are like Cai Jing, we are villains, and if we smear them to the end, there will be no such serious situation.

It is precisely because of a conscience in my heart that I don't want to be harsh to the people, and if I can't go up or down, just like Ma Ying-jeou, I want to please both sides, but in the end, I can't please both sides. The unification faction was not convinced, and the independence faction was dissatisfied. Very objective evaluation.

After Zheng Lang said it. Let's talk about the second reform.

However, Wen Yanbo proposed that no matter what his intentions are, it is a good thing.

In history, Zhao Ji definitely didn't understand, but now Zhao Ji listens to Zheng Lang every day, and after he used Wang Dan's matter to talk about Wen Yanbo, Zheng Lang went in and said, Your Majesty, it's not right for you to say that. Wang Dan didn't admonish him, the relationship was that Zhenzong's government had fallen at that time, Kou Zhun was unsuccessful, and Wang Dan had a weak personality. Strong advice, in the face of a true sect who can't listen, as well as Ding Wei Wang Qinruo and other powerful ministers, Wang Dan will definitely fail and leave the court. If Wang Dan leaves the court, the country's politics will be even worse. It is precisely because Wang Dan is balanced in the court that although Zhenzong is close to the immortals in his later years, the country still has no major trouble.

Zheng Lang said in a hurry and leaked his mouth. Having said that, Your Majesty, if the ministers were at that time, they would definitely be disappointed, and after trying to persuade and not listening, they would leave the court and go into hiding. With this article alone, Wang Dan is far better than his ministers.

After saying the front words, Zhao Ji stared at Zheng Lang in the back.

Gao Tao choked and coughed behind the screen.

Zheng Lang said, Your Majesty, don't think about the left, the first emperor also wanted to do something, but his health was not good, which affected his ability to govern, and the ministers were worried at that time, and they were helpless.

Zhao Ji will not believe it.

But Zheng Lang taught Zhao Ji these truths, every time he preached, he never talked about the scriptures, there were too many ministers who taught the scriptures, and he didn't need to talk about them, but about these principles of governing the country and employing people to see people.

For example, reform is reform, not revolution.

Revolution is subversive, and Wu Zetian used the word revolution to kill tens of thousands of people, which is not called revolution, at least incomplete. The reforms are different and milder in nature, and they must unite the majority, especially the elites.

Wen Yanbo proposed that the second wave of reform can allow Wen Yanbo to participate, although he is also dissatisfied with Wen Yanbo and Zhao Ji, but he can't use people because he likes and hates them. Wen Yanbo's influence is not trivial, and if he participates, the second wave of reform will be much less difficult.

After listening to Wen Yanbo's speech, Zhao Ji praised: "Gong Wen, what you say is a good word." I think about it, last year, the direct or indirect spending on military spending reached more than 90 million. If you don't remediate, you won't be able to. ”

There was no mention of Han Qi's fault.

But there are joys at the top, and there are votes at the bottom.

Next, Zhao received many impeachment letters.

There are several reasons, the first of all, Han Qi's various practices at the beginning did make many people dissatisfied. Han Qi was demoted from the court, and his dissatisfaction was alleviated. At one time, Zheng Lang initiated the restructuring, and many impure officials thought of Han Qi's benefits.

But there is another reason, Han Qi is in charge of the Shaanxi Fifth Road to pacify the economic envoy, that is, he is in charge of all the military, political and financial powers of the Shaanxi Fifth Road. Shaanxi is mature in development, and some aspects have formed a self-supply cycle, which is not the most terrible, but the terrible thing is the army.

The number of various armies reached 500,000, and if it were not for Zheng Lang's 160,000 volunteers, the number of troops would have reached more than 600,000.

It's a civil servant, and neither can a civil minister.

Think about Zheng Lang's fate in Liangguang, how far away is Liangguang from the capital, and how many people are in the army? It is precisely because he is in charge of all the military, political and financial powers that Yanchen keeps chattering. In the end, Zhao Ji had to give in, and let Zheng Lang lead the military, political and financial power of Jinghu South Road, and only have the right to manage the military, political and financial power of the North Road, and have no direct control right. That's what to do, big development, a hundred-year plan for the country.

Han Qi is at fault for his inaction, why is he in charge of the military, political and financial power of Shaanxi Wulu?

Meritorious, meritorious, this is a good saying, and a bad saying is political speculation, the act of a villain!

The third reason is that some ministers do not want to do a lot of things, and there are not a few such ministers, I am not a capitulation faction, I am not a conciliation faction, I am not a conciliation faction, but the country is at this point, and it is not based on internal governance, why do you make trouble in the West? A simple truth. The weaker you are, the more you are bullied. The more afraid you are, the more things come to the door. But it is this seemingly simple truth, which seems to have been confused together since the Song Dynasty, the simplest example. Jiaozhi was once very peaceful, but that security was the security between the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhu Di. Not only later, but now Zheng Lang has broken his lips, and there are many scholars who continue to want to value peace. Peaceful development!

This part of the people also became dissatisfied with Han Qi's westward expansion.

The fourth reason is that some ministers with conscience and foresight, compared with the middle period of Renzong, the army is chaotic and surprisingly useful, and it is impossible to govern it, and they have put forward some valuable suggestions.

Zheng Lang didn't look at the first three categories, and directly let them be archived, and it was the fourth category that he watched.

But in Shaanxi, Han Qi felt very wronged. What did you do when you came to Shaanxi? Nothing was done. It's just to build two forts, how many troops and money can be used. Why should I go online? And Wen Yanbo, you're too vicious.

This underestimated Liang's madness.

The city was completed, and Zhao gave it the name Gangu City. The Liang Yi brothers and sisters hated their control and made it impossible for the Western Xia forces to spread southward, so they sent thousands of soldiers to quietly come to Gangu City and attack it. Yang Wenguang left after building the city, and it was Zhang Shouyue, the eunuch of Qin Fengdu, who guarded Gangu City.

Because the city defense was not yet in place, Zhang Shou did not keep the covenant but went out of the city to face the battle. The Xia soldiers saw that the Song army was out of the city and fighting, and there were only 500 Song troops. Zhang Shouyue personally stood in front of the formation, beating drums and cheering, the Song army was strong, and the Western Xia army had very few real Xia troops, and most of them were soldiers of various ethnic groups. Like the Western Xia army, in terms of individual combat effectiveness, it is possible that one can be two of the Song army. However, he was defeated by military discipline.

There were not only strong crossbows, but also several artillery pieces, and the ballistas fired in unison, and in just one wave of attacks, dozens of strong chieftains were killed. Seeing the strength of the Song army's weapons, the Western Xia army fled in all directions again. It's a pity that there are fewer Song troops defending the city, and Zhang Shouyue didn't dare to pursue. But in any case, it was another battle to win more with less.

Liang Yi was at a loss, it seems that these fanzi can't be used, it's not that they can't be used, they are not organized, and they don't want to work for the Xixia people, so that's why it's like this. But what if this face is swept away again and again? So he set his eyes on the ginger club in the northwest of the temple. This place originally belonged to the jurisdiction of Huanzhou in the Song Dynasty, and was used to make peace with the Western Xia, and Yuan Hao invaded it before he rebelled. At that time, Zheng Lang only arrived in Hangzhou, and the whole country was reconciled and acquiesced in Yuan Hao's invasion.

When Zheng Lang counterattacked Western Xia, considering that this place was in the north of Douling, it was easy to attack and difficult to defend, and he did not fight for it. It is less than 200 miles away from Xiaoguan, and less than 100 miles if you pull a straight line. However, after Xiao Guan and Zheng Lang repaired it on a large scale, Western Xia did not want to attack, and Li Liangzuo attacked, but also failed. Liang Yi buried is not the idea of Xiao Guan, it is the idea of Huanzhou forever and the village, only one hundred and twenty miles away from Yonghe Village, including the mountain road, if it is a cavalry, you can arrive at Yonghe Village in half a day. Once Yonghe Village is broken, Huanzhou will open a big door.

So in this big search point, the prison army is gathered in its place.

Didn't attack Songzhai, but it had that taste.

However, this time it is sad that there is a kind of Gu in Yuanzhou, not only a kind of Gu, but also another younger general, Chong Yi, Zheng Lang's son-in-law. During the Zhiping period, I don't know who transferred Chongyi to Yuanzhou, Zheng Lang is the prime minister, I can't say that it is my son-in-law, let him come back. still left his daughter and son-in-law in Wonju.

The two brothers discussed, no, we can't always be beaten passively, why can't we fight back? Moreover, the number of self-defense counterattacks in the Song Dynasty was very small, and the Western Xia people would definitely not be able to guard against it, and they were also proficient in the art of war. After discussion, the soldiers and horses of Yuanzhou were gathered and prepared to set off.

Zheng Ping came out of the house, and when she was a child, she spent time in Weizhou, and Zheng Hang couldn't remember it at that time, but Zheng Ping remembered, how her mother did it, and she witnessed it with her own eyes. Therefore she carefully clothed her husband at home, and took out the fine wine of the house, and let his subordinates move in front of the army, and said to the sergeants, "Be careful, you are waiting here for you, and wash the dust for you." ”

Boost everyone's morale, this is a lone attack deep into the enemy's territory, only everyone fights hard, can win, if you don't work hard, not only will you not win, once you fail, your husband's life is also in danger. Then I will say goodbye to all the soldiers one by one.

If she were an ordinary woman, it would be fine. Guan Jian There is still a person standing behind her, and this time she is walking for the soldiers, which really plays an encouraging role. So the Western Xia army was even more miserable. The Chonggu brothers suddenly led the Song army from Huanzhou to Zhejianghui, and the Western Xia army of Zhejianghui was caught off guard and was quickly killed by the Song army and fled for their lives. The fatal thing is that the Song army attacked this time, because the war horses were sufficient, all of them were cavalry, and the brothers were excellent in martial arts, taking the lead in slashing and killing, and after most of the day, the Western Xia people were killed more than 3,000 people, and the entire camp was also burned clean by a fire. Only then did the soldiers go back happily and drink the celebration wine of the little lady of the Zheng family, the daughter-in-law of the general.

Great victory!

The news was placed on Han Qi's desktop, but Han Qi was crying and laughing. The victory is a good thing, Guanjian Yuanzhou is Jingyuan Road, Huanzhou is Huanqing Road, and the brothers not only took the initiative to fight, but also crossed the border. Han Qi said for most of the day: "These three kinds seem to be the same virtue. (To be continued.) )