July of the first year of Jianzhong Jingguo is a day of parting.

First, on the ninth day of the seventh month, the "Four Gentlemen" of the old party in the Taiwan Censorate system, Ren Boyu, Chen Guan, Chen Shixi and Chen Cisheng, left Beijing the same day. Based on the idea of ​​punishing the past and preventing the future and curing the illness and saving people, the saint of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, did not beat the four treacherous ministers to death, but sent them a prefect to the emperor.

Among them, Ren Boyu was the governor of Leizhou, Chen Guan was the governor of Qinzhou, Chen Shixi was the governor of Yongzhou, and Chen Ci was the governor of Lianzhou. They all went to Lingnan, where the emperor was far away... it was a little far away, but the safety was relatively guaranteed.

On July 15th, Chen You, the right clerk, who also belonged to the old party camp, and Jiang Gongwang, the left clerk, also left Kaifeng Prefecture and went south. Chen You were the magistrate of Chuzhou, and Jiang Gongwang was the magistrate of Huaiyang Army.

At this point, the important figures of the old party in the censorship system have been basically wiped out! In the party struggle, they are already at a comprehensive disadvantage.

After many people from the old party left Beijing, on July 17, they finally defeated the "terrible plague" and recovered their health. Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi also packed their luggage and left the west of Beijing.

Ji Yi's official position still acts in the business of the Baojia Military Office of Jingzhao Prefecture, which seems to be a very cold assignment, but considering that the government military system is being trialled, this is an official position that is easy to achieve political achievements.

Zhang Yuan also went west and became the Zhifushi County affairs under Yan'an Prefecture. He had to accompany the towering Baota Mountain and the rolling Yan River. However, the magistrate of the Yan'an Prefecture's head county was not an unpopular in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was easy to establish a civil service for military merits. Zhang Yuan could actually know about the affairs of Fushi County, which also surprised the ministers in the court who were not optimistic about the Zhang family.

At noon on July 17, even he didn't know whether he was a political enemy, Wu Haogu, who held a banquet on the fourth floor of the Gonghe Building in the west of Kaifeng Prefecture, to practice it for the two who went west.

Unlike the light chariots that Wu Haowen went to Xi, Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi took a brigade of men on the road. On the official road not far from the Gonghe Building, there were a long list of chariots and horses, and many guards with straight swords and bows and arrows. These guards, coachmen, grooms and even servants followed, and there were also wine and meat in the Gonghe Building, and they were all in the temporary sheds built by the roadside.

It seems that Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi have done a lot of preparations for taking office during the days of "repairing". At least they are not alone, but they have brought enough customers and thugs...

Upstairs of the Republic, Wu Haogu, wearing green military officer uniforms, looked at the two Song civil officials wearing soft hats and casual clothes, and looked elegant and elegant. He smiled and said with a smile: "Brother Dunben, Brother Yizhi, it turns out that both of them are doing things for Empress Liu. If you offend me before, I hope you don't want to be surprised."

Wu Haogu said politely, but he had a stick with a thorn. Wu Haogu was a military officer, and he was lucky enough to be close. It would be nothing to do something for the Empress. But Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi were noble civil officials. How could they say they were doing things for the Empress? Doesn’t this mean that they and Wu Haogu are already treacherous people who face shoulders?

Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi must be uncomfortable when they heard this, but they could not deny it in front of Wu Haogu.

Because Wu Haogu got the words of Empress Liu today, he held a banquet for Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi to practice it on the Republic Building.

Of course, Wu Haogu is not a member of Empress Liu. He has always been Zhao Ji's confidant. His contact with Empress Liu is also the meaning of the official Zhao Ji.

Zhang Yuan, Ji Yi and Empress Liu had a relationship with each other, and Wu Haogu had already reported to Zhao Ji. Of course, Empress Liu wanted to be the queen mother, not Zhao Ji's queen, so it was nothing wrong to have relationships with some ministers, just don't go too far.

For Zhang Yuan and Ji Yi, it would be nothing wrong to let Zhao Ji know that they had embraced Queen Liu... Now that Zhao Ji is pampering his sister-in-law, who is as good as his mother, he will naturally take care of them.

Ji Yi laughed: "I used to be the master of my own, what's there to say? Now we are a family, and we should work together to do things for the government. Speaking of which, I'm going west this time, isn't I going to fight for your brother? I was only nineteen years old and I was ordered to try the government soldiers. The government really values ​​your brothers!"

Zhang Yuan squinted his eyes, with a faint smile on his face, but he smiled without saying a word, which looked a little bit like smiling at the world.

He actually knew his situation very well. Because of the existence of the will, Zhao Ji would not particularly like the Zhang family. In Zhao Ji's dynasty, the children of the Zhang family simply asked for a step-by-step promotion, which would be safe and stable, and would be good to keep the Zhang family in Pucheng.

If you want to regain your glory, you may have to wait until the new king comes to power in the future. Considering the age of the official family, Zhang Yuan does not expect to survive that day.

However, his niece Ji Yi may have one day to join the second government...

"Brother Dun Ben," Wu Haogu called Zhang Yuan's name, "but are you very good at trying to implement the military service in the palace?"

Zhang Yuan smiled: "People say that you, Wu Dalang, are good at observing people's hearts, but I didn't believe it, but today I asked you to see through it.

Well, let me tell you. Did Brother Chongdao read Sima Guang’s article “Submit a Memorial to Pray for Baojia”?”

"I haven't read it." Wu Haogu shook his head.

"Where are you remembering me?"

Ji Yi smiled and said, "Is Sima Guang not a member of Yuanyou Party? What can his memorial do you think?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's very insightful! I don't believe you have never read this memorial, so I will recite a paragraph for Wu Ke to save it."

"Then I will recite a passage," Ji Yi smiled and said, "The soldiers came from the people. Although the ancient methods are said to be ancient, there were only three soldiers and 72 infantrymen in ancient times. There were many idle people. They worked as farmers at three times and were martial arts at one time. They might as well farm. Since the two Simas and above, they have selected wise men and officials to do it, so there is no risk of fishing. Therefore, the soldiers will be harmonious and will be successful if they move..."

"How is it?" Zhang Yuan asked with a smile, "Is Sima Guang right?"

Sima Guang, who was famous for his ability to smash the jars, had a bad reputation in later generations because he opposed Wang Anshi's reforms. He also put forward the absurd remark that "the wealth and goods produced by heaven and earth are only one fixed number, and it is not among the people, but in the public." This became the object of fun by later generations.

However, Sima Guang just didn't understand the economy, but he still knew very well about the "military system" and the increasingly corrupt administration. So although he couldn't think of any reform moves, he was still very insightful when he started, and he was all on the point.

Especially this memorial on the "Baojia Law" has hit the nail on the head.

"Yes!" Wu Haogu nodded, "Mr. Weishui (Sima Guang) said so much... The key to the fact that the troops are sent to the people is that they cannot delay agriculture and sericulture, and the recruitment cannot be excessive; the second is that there must be a wise man and a doctor to serve as officers. In Haogu's view, the latter one is more important, but unfortunately there are no such wise man and doctor now!"

Of course, there is another key, which is to equalize the fields and limit the fields, so that more farmers can be able to serve in the military.

Zhang Yuan also smiled: "Now all wise men and doctors are studying and taking the imperial examinations. Who will take charge of the government and soldiers and baojia?"

Ji Yi also smiled and said, "Yes, the current situation of the official household is basically not within the Baojia. Only poor households or bullies will be charged in the Baojia. The bully acts as the official, the chief, and the promoted small-minister will be charged in the Baojia."

Speaking of this, Ji Yi looked at Wu Haogu leisurely, and then said: "So in the local area, they either use the power of protecting the official position to exploit and exploit the official position, or rely on the power of protecting the official position to be domineering horizontally!"

Wu Haogu snorted in his heart, why didn’t Baozheng take Baoding and others to be chivalrous and righteous?

Ji Yi paused and said, "As for how to engage in the military, Sima Guang's memorial also said: I thought that all Baojia envoys were abolished and returned to the farm, summoned officials to return to the court, and counted the county households, and each fifty households had one archer. According to the method of archery on the edge, he also said two hectares of land in the households, and all of them were exempted from tax service."

The method seems very simple! It is to disband the Baojia first, then 50 households will draw one strong man, give the tax exemption amount of 200 acres of land, and exempt the tax service of his own to support him in the army.

In other words, a county with 10,000 households can withdraw at least 200 soldiers. Whether it can be fought is another matter. At least there are people. Now, the number of households in the Song Dynasty has nearly 20 million, and 50 households can withdraw 400,000 people. In addition, 80 million mu of land is exempted from taxes... It is not impossible for the Song Dynasty, which has as many as 1.2 billion mu (the tax increases may only be half) of arable land.

In fact, the finances of the Song Dynasty were mainly supported by industrial and commercial taxes, while fiscal expenditures were mainly used to support soldiers. If 400,000 yuan of government soldiers who were not paid could be replaced with 400,000 yuan of high-paid "disguised imperial guards", it would be cost-effective even if all the land tax was exempted.

As for the combat effectiveness of these 400,000 soldiers, they will definitely not be worse than the 400,000 "disguised soldiers" and will collapse at a touch. How bad is it?

Of course, this kind of military soldiers who have no land and privileges cannot replace military recruitment. They are just a stubborn person in the war to serve as cannon fodder. A few elite military recruitment and military officer groups are always indispensable.

Wu Haogu thought: As long as Sima Guang's method is implemented, the government military system can still be successful... After all, there is the "Baojia Law" that is even more hated, and the government military system may be a good policy.

And the future official fortune of his brother will probably be greatly successful due to the success of the trial of the military system in the palace.

At that time, brothers will work together and their own path to loyal ministers will definitely be more open-minded.

Wu Haogu, who thought he was a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, did not know at this time that due to the various things that happened these days, many upright gentlemen in the court have already had more and more misunderstandings about his great loyalty.
Chapter completed!