Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Horse Idiot
Facing Luo Shixin's questioning, Pingyang smiled and said a person's name: "Hu Sizheng!" ”
"What? Hu Sizheng ......" Luo Shixin frowned and thought hard, thinking for a long time that he couldn't remember that there was such a number one person in history, and couldn't help but say: "What ability does he have?" Is it a government talent? ”
Seeing that Pingyang shook his head, he said again: "That is proficient in strategy? ”
"Brave and good at fighting?"
"Good at leading troops?"
Luo Shixin asked several questions with a face, but he still shook his head for a while, and couldn't help but say: "This is a clear man who can't be a martial artist, that talent?" ”
Pingyang glanced at him and said, "He is a horse groom, good at raising horses and taming horses." ”
Luo Shixin said: "Aren't all horsemen good at this hand? He didn't mean to underestimate the grooms, but since there were more horses, he hired some horse trainers to be responsible for feeding and taking care of the horses, and he really didn't lack grooms.
Pingyang Zhengrong said: "Lang Jun doesn't ask, Maxima often has, but Bole doesn't often have?" ”
Luo Shixin was moved and said: "Could it be that this Husi is a Bole." ”
"Not really!" Pingyang was slightly embarrassed, and said a little brightly: "The real Bole is his master's name is Zhang Wansui." ”
"I'll go!" Luo Shixin couldn't help but exclaim, "This name is domineering, and with Shi Wansui, he is not afraid of breaking his life and killing his head?" He was preconceived, and it was reckless to cheer "Long live" before the Song Dynasty, and there was no sin. The King of Qin saw Lin Xiangru Fengbi, Feng Tan burned Meng Weijun's bonds, and all of them received the voice of "Long live" left and right. This is a word of praise, eulogy, and blessing.
Before the Song Dynasty, it was not uncommon to take the name Banzai. For example: Liu Wansui, the son of Emperor Zhang of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Long live Han of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Long live Li, the general of Emperor Wen of the Western Jin Dynasty, and Long live Xie, the governor of Zizhou during the time of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. Long live Yan Zhenqing's subordinate Diao during the Anshi Rebellion...... In addition to Shi Wanzai and the current Zhang Banzai.
It wasn't until the Song Dynasty that long live really became an honorific language. is like the sad Kou Zhun, as Song Taizu's confidant, Song Taizu once said to him cordially, "I have Kou Zhun, just like Li Shimin got Wei Zheng." As a result, one day, there was a nerve on the road, and he saw Kou Zhun shouting "Long live" to him. Kou Zhun, Wei Zheng, was directly demoted from the deputy envoy of the Privy Council to the prefect of Qingzhou.
It can be seen before the Song Dynasty. Long live is not an inviolable word, much less for the emperor.
Pingyang smiled bitterly, she didn't expect Luo Shixin to react like this. I get along a lot, and I also know that sometimes my amazing Lang Jun will be stupid, so he doesn't care, but just says: "Lang Jun may not know." This Zhang Wansui still had some prestige in his early years. Ma Yi Taishou Wang Rengong died at his hands. He is a general under Liu Wuzhou. Later, my second brother was taken prisoner. The second brother discovered his ability and respected him in every way, even calling him Tang Bole. ”
"Tang Bole!"
Luo Shi's confidence moved, and he vaguely remembered something, he remembered that when he was reading the historical notes, he had read an article, the content of which he didn't remember anymore, but it was roughly a bit of an image. It seems to say that the success of Ma Zheng in the Tang Dynasty is due to Li Shimin's discernment and knowledge of Bole, and he will be a general of a hundred defeated troops. The general trend is reused, and the great cause of Datang is powerful.
"Could it be this Long Live Zhang?"
He muttered to himself.
Luo Shixin's impression is not wrong!
Zhang Wansui is not outstanding in martial arts, and he will not have a little military strategy, but he can raise horses, and he is a horse among horses.
According to the New Tang Dynasty Book. Soldiers" contains: in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, 2,000 Turkic horses, 3,000 Sui horses, that is to say, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were only about 5,000 war horses, but Li Shimin was overwhelmed, after Zhang Wansui was in charge of horse administration, the country's horses grew rapidly, and when Li Jing conquered the Turks in the third year of Zhenguan, the quality of the Tang Dynasty's war horses was not inferior to the Turkic war horses, Zhang Wansui's Longxi Horse Ranch not only provided more than 100,000 good horses for the Tang army, but also more than 100,000 horses remained in the horse farm pen. At the peak of Zhang Wansui's control of the Tang Dynasty's horse administration, the Tang Dynasty war horses once jumped to more than 706,000. That's a terrible amount. As an agrarian nation, with war horses that do not belong to the grassland people, only the Tang Dynasty has done this, so the history books record: Since the Qin and Han dynasties, Tang horses have been the most prosperous!
It is also with these 76,000 war horses. The Tang Dynasty was able to conquer the capital of the largest territory in Chinese history (although it did not last for many years).
You must know that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty almost exhausted the huge capital left by Wenjing in order to fight the Xiongnu and raise war horses, and it took many years to raise more than 300,000 war horses for Wei Qing and Huo Quai. However, in just ten years, Zhang Wanzai still made nearly 300,000 war horses for the Tang Dynasty on the economic basis of maintaining the rule of Zhenguan. This ability is truly remarkable.
Now, of course, that's all for later.
"The title of second brother is true...... Since Zhang Wansui took over the horse administration of our Tang Dynasty and managed the Longyou Horse Farm, the war horses of our Tang Army have a source of supply. Every year, there is a part of the military horses. Pingyang understands the inside story and respects Zhang Wanzai.
Luo Shixin had a little impression of Zhang Wansui, and he had no doubts about Pingyang's words, but he was curious: "Since Zhang Wansui is so important, why did his apprentice come to me?" Wouldn't it be better to help him master? What happened between them? ”
Pingyang praised: "Lang Jun's insight is extraordinary. It is also true, this Hu Si is Zhang Wansui's most outstanding apprentice, Zhang Wansui was seriously ill again, and thought that he would die, and also said that Hu Si could inherit his mantle, but not long ago, the master and apprentice had a conflict. Zhang Wansui has always advocated that the bloodline of the war horse is the first, and the more noble the bloodline, the more outstanding the plain zhì of the war horse. Therefore, the second brother's favorite eight horses, seven of which he begged to breed. ”
Luo Shixin nodded in agreement: "I think it should be the same!" My red horse is a descendant of sweat and blood horses, and all indices are far superior to other war horses, especially after communicating with my heart, it is my weapon to defeat the enemy. ”
"Not bad! This view is almost universally recognized, but Hu Sizheng himself has put forward another view. He said that the bloodline theory is true, but the real war horse should be based on training, and it should not be full of blood. Good bloodline horses are hard to come by, and war horses should focus on training. Pingyang said with a bitter face: "Hu Sizheng's mention made Zhang Wansui furious, and the master and apprentice quarreled about it. Zhang Wansui felt that Hu Si was following a crooked path, but Hu Sizheng thought that his master was old-fashioned and inflexible. The two became more and more quarrelsome, and finally even alarmed their father and second brother. Zhang Wansui was furious and expelled Dehus from the door wall. The second brother felt that Hu Si was a talent, and he was reluctant to let go, so he asked me to bring him to you to use. The second brother said that many of Lang Jun's novel ideas are similar to Hu Sizheng, and they should be compatible. I think it, no matter who is right or wrong between Zhang Wansui and Hu Sizheng, Hu Sizheng has the ability. Lang Jun now has more than 20,000 war horses under his command, and it is good to have a skilled groom like Hu Sizheng, at least there is no need to worry about their domestication, and ensure that they can be strong and consistent at all times and go to the battlefield. ”
"Makes sense!" Luo Shixin bowed his head and said: "When you say this, I really seem to lack a decent groom. Let's go, we'll meet this Hu Sizheng together. ”
Pingyang said with a smile: "I made my own decision, let Hu Si wait in the governor's mansion, and let the maid entertain him carefully." You can't blame me, do you? ”
"How so?" Luo Shixin squinted his eyes and said, "You are the Governor's wife!" Of course there is this right. ”
The two returned to Gyeongju together.
When he came to the Governor's Mansion, Luo Shixin first asked Hu Sizheng where he was.
The guard replied with a strange expression, "The guests can't stay any longer, and they are clamoring to go to the stables." The princess told us to be hospitable, so we had to take him to the stables. It's been two hours, and he's been in the stable as if talking to the horses. ”
Luo Shixin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and many events proved that such an idiot is either a madman or a strange person.
When he came to the stable, Luo Shixin saw a stocky and ordinary young man, brushing a horse with a comb, and the dark horse seemed to enjoy the man's brushing, and his head was raised in cooperation.
There were also two maidservants waiting on the side, and when they saw Luo Shixin and Pingyang coming, they called a few times.
The young man, however, was deaf and deaf, and still carefully brushed the horse's hair.
The maidservant anxiously tried to step forward to pull him, but Luo Shixin shook his head to stop him.
Pingyang said: "He is Hu Sizheng, this person loves horses and is obsessed, when taking care of horses, he takes care of them wholeheartedly, does not pull him, and almost can't hear it." ”
Luo Shixin smiled and said: "A person can focus on this, isn't it his strength?" ”
After waiting for the tea, Hu Si was looking at his masterpiece with satisfaction, nodded, put the horse comb away, and then noticed Luo Shixin and Pingyang's cunzài, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Caomin has seen Her Royal Highness the princess and the general...... "He originally had an official position, but because he fell out with the master, he gave up his official position in anger.
Although he has never met Luo Shixin, the only one who can stand side by side with Pingyang is Luo Shixin, the famous general of the Tang Dynasty.
He worshipped, but his eyes fell on the red horse sitting on Luo Shixin, without blinking, and he was extremely fascinated.
"What do you think of me, a red horse?" Luo Shixin asked with a smile.
Hu Si pondered for a long time, and said: "The explosive power of this horse of the Great General is extremely strong, and there is nothing special about it compared to the bloodline of this horse, it can only be said to be very ordinary. ”
Luo Shixin was a little moved, the BMW that Yi Nan gave him has been fighting with him for many years, because of him, he is extremely famous, and there are many famous Soma teachers who have accompanied him to evaluate.
However, most of those so-called evaluations are what "the rabbit and the fox get these four things, the bird and the fish get these four things, and the rest are not the same", and there is "want to get the head and shoulders of the rabbit, want to get the fox's Zhou grass and its ears, want to get the bird's eyes and neck, and want to get the fin and spine of the fish" is messy anyway, what is said is an excerpt from Bole's "Soma Sutra", which seems to be very level, but it is rare for Hu Si to say so concisely. (To be continued......)
PS: The second chapter is also 3,000 words, and there will be another chapter in ten minutes, the same 3,000 words!