After the imperial doctor made Qian Yi retreat satisfied.

Fan Zheng stepped forward again and said: "Qiqi official, Princess Yelu has already sent Artemisia annua seeds, just wait for the success of the trial next year, and the children of the world will be free from the suffering of roundworms!" ”

"Roundworms!"

An extremely disgusting picture couldn't help but appear in Baiguan's mind, and his face twitched.

"Evil Doctor Fan Zheng!"

Sure enough, there is only the wrong name, not the wrong nickname, Fan Zheng is in the solemn and serious vertical arch hall, in front of the officials and the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, is it really appropriate to talk about such a disgusting thing?

Baiguan couldn't help but smile bitterly, so Fan Zheng dared to be so presumptuous, coupled with his reputation as a doctor, otherwise he would have been impeached by the imperial history a long time ago.

Zhao Xu didn't have the psychological quality of a doctor, so he suddenly felt nauseous, and reluctantly agreed: "Fan Aiqing has worked hard!" ”

Everyone thought that Fan Zheng mentioned Artemisia annua to show merit to the doctor, but they didn't think that Fan Zheng didn't accept it when he saw it, but continued: "Qi Qi official family, Artemisia is related to the health of children in the world, and it is difficult to do it with the strength of the doctor, so the minister specially asked the official family for help. ”

"Asking me for help?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and looked at Fan Zheng puzzled.

You must know that Fan Zheng's evil side has never been defeated, and almost nothing can stump him, and now taking the initiative to ask for help can be described as the first time in the world, and Zhao Xu can't help but look forward to it at the moment.

Fan Zheng explained: "The doctor planned to try to grow Artemisia annua in Weizhou on Hedong East Road, and the minister asked the official family and the imperial court to allocate 10,000 acres of wasteland to the doctor as a farm for planting Artemisia. ”

The later generations of Artemisia were successfully planted in Weifang, and Fan Zheng had the experience of later generations, so he naturally would not let the planting of Artemisia annua take a detour.

"10,000 acres of wasteland!"

"Weizhou!"

Zhao Xu and Baiguan couldn't help but be stunned, they didn't expect Fan Zheng's plan to plant Artemisia annua to be so big.

"As far as the old man knows, most of the medicinal materials needed by the traditional Chinese medicine hospital are purchased from Bozhou, why is it that Master Fan has just been transferred out of Bozhou, and Fan Taicheng's Artemisia has been planted in Weizhou, which is too partial!" Lu Dafang laughed.

As we all know, the reason why Fan Chunli was able to be transferred to the prefect of Kaifeng is at least half of Fan Zheng's credit, if it were not for the doctor to drive the Bozhou medicinal materials industry, Fan Chunli may have to work hard for another three years before he has the opportunity to be transferred out of Bozhou, and it is not necessarily the important task of the Kaifeng prefect.

Fan Zheng smiled bitterly: "You adults don't know, Artemisia likes to survive in bitter cold places, and there are strict requirements for soil, climate and precipitation, otherwise it is difficult to survive. ”

"What's so hard about that? The imperial court encourages the cultivation of wasteland! There is a lot of barren land in Weifang, which can be cultivated to grow Artemisia. Zhao Xu waved his hand.

The courtiers did not maintain any objections, if Artemisia can be planted successfully, it will be a blessing for the children of the world, compared to the 10,000 acres of wasteland is nothing at all?

However, Fan Zheng was not satisfied, but said inch by inch: "The land is there, the seeds are already in place, and the doctor still needs the manpower to plant Artemisia!" ”

"How much is needed, just ask!" Zhao Xu waved his hand and said, the most important thing in the Great Song Dynasty is manpower.

"Planting Artemisia annua requires a lot of manpower, not to mention starting from seedlings, planting, picking, and finally making medicines, all of which require labor, at least 3,000 people!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Three thousand!" Baiguan was suddenly shocked, according to the current agricultural scale of the Great Song Dynasty, it is enough to plant 10,000 mu of farmland for about 1,200 people, but it takes as many as 3,000 people to plant 10,000 mu of Artemisia annua.

Zhao Xu's face couldn't help but change, where did he go to Fan Zheng to find more than 3,000 people to plant Artemisia.

"Your Majesty really has these 3,000 people?" Fan Zheng said meaningfully.

"Nonsense, everyone in the court is useful, where can you randomly draw three thousand people to help the doctor plant Artemisia." Lu Dafang reprimanded angrily.

In his opinion, Fan Zhengnai relied on the name of practicing medicine and rubbed his nose and face.

Zhang Dian also frowned, and looked at Fan Zheng dissatisfied.

Fan Zheng looked around and said word by word: "The three thousand people that Weichen said refer to the box soldiers?" ”

"Soldiers!" As soon as Fan Zheng said this, the officials were immediately in an uproar.

Zeng Bu said angrily: "Fan Taicheng, you are too arrogant, soldiers are the foundation of the country, even if they are soldiers, they are also protecting the family and defending the country, but they are not medicine farmers who grow medicine for your family." ”

Other officials have also impeached Fan Zheng. For the first time, the old and new parties united to attack Fan Zheng.

Seeing this, Su Song said: "Don't be impulsive, Fan Taicheng's intention is to need three thousand old and weak soldiers to help the doctor plant Artemisia. ”

"Eliminated soldiers?" Baiguan couldn't help but be stunned.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "At that time, Wang Xianggong promulgated the Law of Reducing Soldiers, rectifying the box soldiers and the forbidden army, stipulating that soldiers must retire after the age of fifty, and at the same time testing soldiers. However, the recruitment system adopted by the Great Song Dynasty, many soldiers had no livelihood after being laid off, so that the soldiers were full of resentment! ”

The biggest drawback of Wang Anshi's reform is that he does not talk about the consequences, and the law of military reduction does improve the quality of soldiers and alleviate the trouble of redundant soldiers in the Song Dynasty, but for the soldiers who have been laid off for a lifetime, they do not have too many skills to make a living, and the court does not have the slightest compensation, which causes the military to complain constantly.

"You're saying that Artemisia Farm can take in the eliminated soldiers?" Zhao Xu was suddenly surprised.

Redundant soldiers are a stubborn disease of the Great Song Dynasty, and if the Artemisia Farm receives 3,000 eliminated soldiers at once, it can relieve a lot of pressure on the imperial court.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "The box soldiers are originally composed of the victims collected by the imperial court, they themselves have a certain amount of agricultural experience, the new law was strong, but the Great Song Dynasty did not have enough land to settle these eliminated box soldiers, and now it needs a lot of manpower to take care of it, and the higher value of Artemisia is the best way to contain and eliminate the box soldiers." ”

The imperial court urgently needed to get rid of the heavy burden of the soldiers, and the cultivation of artemisia required a large number of people, so the court and the doctor hit it off.

"Good! That's a great way to do it! ”

Zhao Xu said with great joy. He originally thought that it was just the Great Song Dynasty obtaining new medicinal materials to protect the children of the world from roundworms, but he didn't expect to be able to solve some of the problems of the Great Song Dynasty's redundant soldiers by the way.

"Redundancy?"

The old and new parties suddenly looked solemn, redundant soldiers were a stubborn disease of the Great Song Dynasty, which gave the emperors of all dynasties a headache.

"It's a pity! An Artemisia Farm only needs 3,000 people! The Great Song Dynasty has 400,000 soldiers, and the efforts of the doctors are just a drop in the bucket! ”

Zhang Dian regretted.

The method of military reduction is an important part of Wang Anshi's reform, which can reduce the burden on the imperial court, but it has been criticized by the military, and the Artemisia Farm can only bear the needs of 3,000 people, which is just a drop in the bucket for nearly 400,000 soldiers.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Qi Qi Guanjia, Artemisia Farm is just a pilot, if the farm model can solve some redundant soldiers. And the establishment of Pingxia City is enough to push the border of the Great Song Dynasty forward for hundreds of miles, so that a large amount of arable land can be freed up, if the imperial court will organize the box soldiers into a production and construction corps! Solve the problem of redundancy one by one. ”

"Production and Construction Corps!"

Since ancient times, the biggest role of soldiers is to fight, and it is the first time that soldiers have been used for large-scale production and construction as a corps.

"What's the solution?" Zhao Xu said excitedly.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "The production and construction corps was born out of the previous dynasty's tuntian system, but it is more perfect than the previous dynasty's tuntian system, it is not only responsible for tuntian, but also responsible for border operations, the Great Song Dynasty is seriously redundant, but in the face of the threat of the Western Xia Liao, but must maintain a huge army, even if it is to dismantle the old and weak, it will cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers, in this case, why not use the old and weak van soldiers, and garrison the border, which not only reduces the pressure on the imperial court, but also solves the problem of redundant troops. ”

"If the imperial court can change the box soldiers into production and construction corps, reclaim the wasteland and farm in the northwest army, and then assist in the fortress, it can not only ensure the front-line grain and grass needs, but also solve the problem of redundant troops in the court. Su Song echoed.

The old and new parties suddenly looked at Fan Zheng and Su Song solemnly, they didn't expect that the doctor and the medical party would plan to solve the problem of redundant troops in the Great Song Dynasty.

Fan Zheng just proposed to use the old and weak soldiers to form an Artemisia Farm, while Su Song immediately proposed to use the model of Artemisia Farm to be extended to the Northwest Front for military reclamation to solve the problem of redundant troops.

"Doctor! Medical Party! ”

Lu Dafang and Zhang Dian glanced at each other, and the close cooperation between the doctors and the medical party put great pressure on the old and new parties.

"Wechen is against!" Yang Wei said stiffly.

"Yang Aiqing, please speak!" Zhao Xu looked at Yang Wei and said.

Yang Wei glanced at Zhao Xu and said: "My Great Song Dynasty has always paid attention to the strategy of strong cadres and weak branches, and the northwest has already gathered heavy troops, and then turned 400,000 soldiers into a construction corps, gathering in the northwest, I am afraid that there will be a big trouble." ”

Suddenly, everyone in the old party nodded their heads, and they were more resistant to the rebellion of the soldiers than the trouble of redundant soldiers.

The reason why the Anshi Rebellion occurred in the Tang Dynasty was because An Lushan had too many troops in his hands, which finally gave An Lushan the strength to rebel, and a great chaos finally made the Tang Dynasty decline.

Seeing this, Su Song shook his head and said, "The former dynasty An Lushan controlled the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. And the people who went to the army reclamation were the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, who were half peasants and half soldiers on weekdays, how could they be compared. ”

"It's about the Great Song Dynasty, and there can't be the slightest negligence." Yang Wei said with a righteous face.

Fan Zheng sneered: "Then Lord Yang has a good way to solve the problem of redundant troops in the imperial court. ”

Yang Wei was stunned for a moment, but he stubbornly said: "This official is just an official, just pointing out the drawbacks of the method of building the corps, and when the Great Song Dynasty defeats the Western Xia, there is no need for so many troops, and the problem of redundant troops will naturally be solved immediately." ”

Fan Zheng retorted: "Lord Yang doesn't even have the courage to let the Xiang soldiers reclaim the northwest, how dare he dare to defeat Western Xia. ”

Yang Wei's idea is just a dead knot, the imperial court implements strong cadres and weak branches, and he is not worried about a large number of troops on the frontier, and the frontier troops are weak, and it is naturally a fool's dream to defeat the Western Xia.

"The minister agrees with Lord Fan's side of the production and construction corps!" Suddenly, Zeng Bu spoke in support.

Lu Dafang couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that the New Party would take the lead in supporting the Medical Party.

Even Zhang Dian glanced at Zeng Bu unexpectedly,

Zeng Bu said that he was in control, and he naturally knew how serious the trouble of the redundant soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty was.

The annual expenditure of 800,000 forbidden troops, plus 400,000 van soldiers, will be an astronomical amount, plus war horses and earth-shattering thunder, which are even more gold-swallowing beasts.

If the box soldiers can be transformed into a production and construction corps, not only will the burden of 400,000 box soldiers be solved, but also the food and grass of the 800,000 forbidden army will be fed, and the pressure on the Privy Council will be greatly reduced.

Zeng Bu said solemnly: "In the opinion of Weichen, the Production and Construction Corps does not need to be responsible for combat, and can continue to use the previous change of tactics, so as to solve the drawbacks of excessive military support in the northwest." ”

Zhao Xu's eyes lit up suddenly.

The biggest drawback of the war method is that the soldiers do not know the generals and the soldiers, which causes the low strength of the Great Song Dynasty, but no one thought that one day, the war method will become a good solution to the problem of redundant soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Changing the law."

Fan Zheng nodded slightly, this method has been running for hundreds of years, although it successfully made the Great Song Dynasty abolish its martial arts, but it also made the Great Song army lose the ability to rebel.

In the Great Song Dynasty, the implementation of the military law was indeed able to strengthen the imperial court's control over the northwest to a greater extent, so that the implementation of the production and construction corps would be smoother.

However, this was not Zeng Bu's purpose, I saw Zeng Bu continue: "The production and construction corps is enough to alleviate the trouble of redundant troops in the Great Song Dynasty, but it cannot improve the combat effectiveness of the Great Song army. ”

"The Art of War!"

Lu Dafang couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately understood Zeng Bu's plan, and was ready to take the opportunity to implement the art of war in the army!

The art of war is Wang Anshi's main measure to change the law to strengthen the army, that is, to change the four-level establishment of the forbidden army to the three-level establishment of generals, departments, and teams, which can effectively alleviate the drawbacks of generals who do not know soldiers and soldiers who do not know generals.

Wang Anshi's biggest criticism of changing the law to strengthen the army is that he has rudely streamlined the army and eliminated the old and weak, and now the production and construction corps proposed by the medical party has just solved the drawbacks of the new law and the method of strengthening the army.

The New Party took advantage of the trend to promote the art of war, which can be described as pushing the boat along the water.

The people of the New Party suddenly came to their senses, and they wrote letters one after another in favor of the Production and Construction Corps, and at the same time implemented the art of war.

All of a sudden, the voices of the DPRK and China prevailed.

Fan Zheng and Su Song couldn't help but glance at each other, and when they discussed the launch of the Production and Construction Corps, they understood that the New Party would not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Sure enough, the New Party took advantage of the trend to introduce the Art of War, which was perfectly combined with the production and construction corps of the Medical Party.

"The Medical Party and the New Party have actually cooperated!"

Lu Dafang's face suddenly became heavy, just now, the new party and the old party were still going all out against the old party, but they did not expect that in the blink of an eye, the situation would change immediately, and the new party and the old party had already joined forces to jointly promote the strategy of strengthening the army. “

"The three parties are powerful!"

When Zhao Xu saw this scene, he couldn't help but think about it.

If there is only the new party and the old party, let alone the law of the production and construction corps, I am afraid that the art of war will have to be turned upside down, and there will be no conclusion for a long time.

With the participation of the medical party, the three-legged establishment has been established, and the three parties express their own opinions, sometimes cooperate with each other, sometimes confront each other, and although there is party contention, there is no longer the previous tense atmosphere, and the reform of the law can be carried out steadily.

"Spread the decree, Weizhou allocated 10,000 acres of barren land to assist Artemisia Farm to try out the strategy of production and construction of the Corps, the Xiang soldiers implemented the law of changing the army, and the law of generals was implemented in the forbidden army, and the Great Song Dynasty got rid of the trouble of redundant soldiers, and the soldiers were strong and strong in the future, and the defeat of Liaoxia was just around the corner." Zhao Xu waved his hand.

"The official family is heroic!"

Above the court, hundreds of officials bowed their heads one after another.

Under the general trend of the court, even the old party could only bow its head and go along with it.

(End of chapter)