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Chapter 182 Killing Heart

The Xiang army's military farming was a huge project. Wang Jinghui's initial idea was to secretly block Wang Anshi's reforms, blocking the new laws and regulations proposed by Wang Anshi and his subordinates' three-sector Regulations elites at home, transferring the policy center of the Song Dynasty in the past year, gradually removing the sharpness of the new laws, thereby reducing the harm of quick success and instant benefits; half of them had the idea of ​​military farming in their minds to divert the Xiang army, which not only reduced the huge military expenditures of the Song Dynasty, but also developed production, reducing the supply intensity of its border guards to prevent the Xixia.

Now it seems that Wang Jinghui's two major wishes for the military farming army have been initially realized. The reformists led by Wang Anshi have focused their attention on the military farming. The new laws and regulations written some time ago have been temporarily put on hold, which made Wang Jinghui feel relieved. However, what makes him even happier is that Lu Huiqing, an important member of Wang Anshi's reform, had to go home to worry because of his father's death.

Wang Jinghui has never seen him with his own eyes, but history lists him as the number one treacherous minister in the reform sect, which is enough to make Wang Jinghui pay attention to him. At the same time, Lu Huiqing is also a master of power and scheming like Wang Li. Wang Jinghui is the most afraid of such a person. However, now because of Ding You, Lu Huiqing has to stay away from the court for three years, which makes Wang Jinghui happy. Lu Huiqing's departure may not necessarily cause any harm to the reform sect, but such a person is extremely unfavorable to the political atmosphere. Just imagine that there is a person who always thinks about how to plot against his opponents behind his back all day long. It is really not a wonderful thing. Sima Guang's demotion in history was also done by Lu Huiqing. His ability to leave the court was considered a great enemy for Wang Jinghui.

Although Lu Huiqing left, Wang Jinghui really had no good feelings for this person, especially in history, this guy was a real power seeker. After Lu Huiqing got the power, the entire Lu family followed the crowd and dogs. Several younger brothers bought land and accepted bribes, and in the end even his teacher Wang Anshi plotted against him.

"It's really hard to reassure me of such a person. The most wonderful way is to kill him once and for all!" Wang Jinghui thought of Lu Jingqing's "glorious history" and he couldn't help but feel murderous. Such people pose too great a threat to him, and there are indeed a group of people in the reformists who should "handle" them as soon as possible. Deng Wan, Cai Que and others are really garbage among the garbage, and of course there are also the famous treacherous ministers - Cai Jing. Although these people have public opinions in later generations and have been nailed to the pillar of shame in history, they are very prosperous in this era.

At this time, Wang Jinghui's heart was roused: This was the first time he had a murderous intention toward the enemy after he came to the Song Dynasty. Although the other party was a person who deserved to be damned no matter how he looked at him, he had never had a murderous intention toward others. Even when he faced Wang Li, he showed mercy because the other party was a talented man. Although he also had no good intentions and controlled his life in his own hands, he wanted to kill Wang Li without coming up.

Although Wang Jinghui liked the political tradition of "not killing scholars and officials" in the Song Dynasty, many corrupt officials and treacherous officials were also protected, which was also a very depressing thing for him. Not to mention that he took a big turn to deal with several corrupt officials under his command when he was in Chuzhou, if they were in normal times, they would be punished and would not be hurt at all. On the contrary, in history, due to the cooperation between Lu Jingqing and others, Su Shi almost sent to the guillotine in the "Wutai Poetry Case", which made him feel very uneasy.

"Using a pistol? It's too much noise! ​​And there is really martial arts in this era. Although it is not as mysterious as Jin Yong's writings, it is easy to find him." Wang Jinghui was the first to deny his idea of ​​using a pistol to personally take action.

"It seems that only medical skills are used!" Every person who studies medicine will always know some means that are not told by outsiders to kill people. The more advanced people know, the more hidden it is. Wang Jinghui also understands these, especially after reading the vast medical books of the Medical Bookstore, he understands it even more. Because there are some fragments in the middle that describe poisons, and he wants to kill people without blood. He is confident that he knows much more than the most famous traditional Chinese medicine doctors in the contemporary era. Although he didn't take it seriously at the beginning, it's not too late to think about it now.

Wang Jinghui is a doctor, in the time and space of his original life. His family and ancestors have been living Bodhisattvas who have been curing diseases and saving lives for generations. He did not expect that he would use the medical skills in his hands to kill in this time and space. Although he killed corrupt officials and treacherous officials, he always felt a little awkward. After all, this way of killing was very passive. So far, Emperor Zhao Xu still obeyed him and there was no need to kill him. This was also a chance for Lu Huiqing and others. If they dared to be like in history, then they would be polite.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang arranged the Xiang army's military farming. Although Wang Anshi had a great impact on Wang Jinghui's policy of raising the Xiang army farming at this time, it was a very good idea to think about it. Wang Jinghui came up with practical methods and was also very moved by himself. In addition, although Wang Jinghui was behind the scenes, he was led by himself in front of others. Wang Anshi could see the results of the military farming waved to him, and no one could resist such temptation. This was also a matter of increasing reputation to the reformists, so he was naturally happy to cooperate.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang both had a common language on military farming. Wang Jinghui formulated a very detailed military farming plan, and there was no gap in funds. Emperor Zhao Xu was moved by Wang Jinghui's argument in the northwest military painting. In order to defeat the Western Xia and demonstrate his martial arts, he would also make every effort to promote this matter.

Now there is a rare time when the senior officials of the Song Dynasty work together. People from all camps are working hard to maximize their own interests, so things are progressing very quickly. The first batch of 20,000 xiang troops were transformed from the Yongxing Army's xiang troops on the spot. Now the land has been measured, and each xiang army can be allocated 100 acres of land, a ox, seeds, and farm tools, etc., which are all responsible for the coordinated supply of the imperial court.

It may scare people if a xiang army can get 100 acres of land, but the xiang army is not an ordinary army. Its motivation when it was formed was a kind of charity shelter. When a disaster occurred, the court would select people from the victims to enter the xiang army, basically maintaining one quota for each xiang army. Each xiang army's annual salary is 35 to 45 xiang. Although it is far less than the income of the xiang army of more than 50 xiang, it is barely enough to support the family to have a meal.

Of course, the Xiang army also has a reserve role in this era, and the selection of the imperial guards was carried out on the basis of the Xiang army. The Xiang army did not have no combat effectiveness at all, but was divided into two types of Xiang army. One was the ordinary Xiang army, with poor equipment and poor training; the other was the school-eyed Xiang army, whose equipment was far better than that of the ordinary Xiang army, and they could receive good training, but their treatment level was slightly inferior to that of the imperial guards, but their combat effectiveness could not be ignored. The main purpose of replenishing new blood was to select from the school-eyed Xiang army.

Due to the special nature of the Xiang army, it is destined that one hundred acres of land in a Xiang army means that this hundred acres are supported by a family. The animal power of a cattle can match eight or nine laborers, so it should not be a problem for this family to cultivate 100 acres of land. The so-called 10,000 Xiang army migrates at least three or four times the population to the northwest. At this time, due to the years of war and sparse population in the northwest, hundreds of thousands of people are not too many. This is also the immigration envisioned by Wang Jinghui. After all, no one wants to come here during normal periods of immigration, and people must be there to develop the economy and have labor as the foundation. The benefits of the Xiang army's military farming are seen here, even the development of the military farming economy is achieved in one step.

However, it is precisely because the Xiang army's military farming is not simply a supply of one person, but a Xiang army corresponding to a family of four or five people, so the coordination of the military farming is particularly important. Fortunately, the Xiang army that was built in the first year was mainly directly transformed by the local Xiang army. Otherwise, you can imagine what kind of disaster it would bring to the barren northwest. The most direct harm is that it will cause a shortage of food supply in the northwest, which is very fatal.

Now Wang Anshi and Sima Guang are trying to improve the details of the Xiangjun military farming. The most important rules were set by Wang Jinghui, and they were recognized by the emperor and the two of them. The rest was for them to add coordination. This was also a chore. Fortunately, these two people were doing a good job. If Wang Jinghui had probably not been able to play such a big project.

Due to the road built by Western Xia prisoners from Yan'an Prefecture to Luoyang, the traffic problems in the northwest have been greatly improved. This has led to the mobilization of Xiangjun from other places to enter the northwest military farm and merchants to transport the agricultural products from the military farm back to create great convenience. This has also directly improved the center of the Song Dynasty's imperial court through this avenue to facilitate supply of the Northwest Front, and also strengthened the connection between the northwest and the Song Dynasty.

When building this avenue in the past, the court officials were not enthusiastic about it. I was not because of the prisoners of war used when building this avenue. In the words of the prince-consort, it was: "It is useless to use it. As long as you are responsible for feeding them, the court should use 30,000 people for two years of food to exchange for a avenue, which is cheap!" Now Wang Anshi and Sima Guang deeply realized the importance of such a road to the northwest. If it were two years ago, even if the court wanted to build this road, they would not be able to provide so much money. At that time, the prince-consort advocated not to return the prisoners to build the road, but now it seems that it is the best way, which is indeed extremely beneficial to the Song Dynasty.

It was Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and others who experienced the convenience of this road indirectly affected the opinions of many visionary officials. When it comes to the issue of Xixia urging and returning prisoners, they all began to turn their fingers. Although they were still cooked ducks in their mouths - they were stubborn, but there was a fundamental change in their position, and Wang Jinghui was also secretly laughing in his heart.

In the Song Dynasty, in order to make up for the lack of horses in military combating enemy cavalry, they paid great attention to planting trees on the frontier to reduce the opponent's cavalry offensive. This was a great reflection of the borders bordering the Liao Kingdom in Hebei, which had relatively dense forests and strictly prohibited local residents from cutting down. In terms of natural vegetation, Wang Jinghui, who came from later generations, naturally attached great importance to it. He mentioned the issue of tree planting in the military field charter very seriously, requiring soldiers from farmland to cut down hillside trees, and to plant no less than ten elm trees or other tree species on their military field land each year. After all, the natural conditions in the northwest are relatively harsh, and the current years are in a high-risk period. The reason for vigorously advocating the planting of elm trees is not only due to environmental vegetation, but also because of elm trees - Piao Astronomy.

In addition to accompanying his wife and daughter who was less than half a year old at home, Wang Jinghui even planned the reform of the Song Dynasty in his study, because the military farming of the Xiang army would not distract Wang Anshi from his energy for a long time. And the longer the time, the more the power of Liang Yi buried his brothers and sisters in Xixia would gradually gain the upper hand, and the internal strife within Xixia would gradually be eliminated.

In countries like Xixia, which were still in barbaric semi-slavery, they did not get rid of the characteristics of nomadic peoples, and they had to gather troops to fight more easily than the Song Dynasty. As long as there was no serious internal strife, their military strength was still very fast to recover. After all, in the era of cold weapons where cavalry combat was the king, nomadic people had a great advantage in military affairs, especially the lack of horses in the Song Dynasty, which had a great advantage. It would not exceed three years, and the northwest of the Song Dynasty would be covered with clouds again. The Song Dynasty not only had the most advanced weapons, but also had an effective military system to realize Wang Jinghui's commitment to Emperor Zhao Xu to purge the Western Xia in the seventh year.

Wang Jinghui had to think of the framework of the reform of the Song Dynasty in advance, which was also used to block the second line of defense in the new law. Its function was not only to lead Wang Anshi's nose, but also to realize the dream of a strong army in the Song Dynasty. The latter was extremely critical, especially to strengthen the military power of the Song Dynasty in the northwest, because Wang Jinghui swept the logistics of Xixia and promised to give merchants the interests of the merchants. The Xiang army's military farming was under the nose of the Xixia people. He didn't want to work hard for a long time to make wedding dresses for the Dangxiang people, and there was only one solution. Only by speaking with swords and swords, the winner could continue to develop in this world where the strong prey on the weak!

Wang Jinghui had to rely on allies for the reform of the military system. Guo Kui, now the chief of staff of the Military Staff Headquarters of the Song Dynasty, was his best ally. Guo Kui served as the Xuanfu envoy in the Fourth Road in Shaanxi, and he made great contributions to killing Xia Zhuliangzuo. He also had a very good relationship with Lu Shi in the northwest generals in the mainland. The most important thing is that Guo Kui not only had a strong relationship with Wang Jinghui, but also knew the existing military system of the Song Dynasty, which was useful for Wang Jinghui to be a counselor.

In fact, although Wang Jinghui has read a lot of books about the Song Dynasty in the original time and space, and has lived in this time and space for many years, he can't blame him for even those officers of the Song Dynasty who are not clear about the east, south, west and north of the Song Dynasty. This is not a fault. Whether it is civil officials or military officers, the official system of the Song Dynasty is too chaotic, making it like a pot of porridge. If it is not a military person, don't say that the organization and composition of the army are clearly explained, even those official positions can fool you. (At least, after reading many books, I am still very dizzy about the official positions of the Song Dynasty!)

Fortunately, Guo Kui is there. This guy is talking to Wang Jinghui's then emperor Zhao Shu and a group of ministers at a critical moment a few years ago, and gave him a hand in the dilemma, so that he would not be forced to leave his military post. Guo Kui is still obsessed with helping him. Moreover, Guo Kui's military success is inseparable from the formula of the powerful gunpowder presented by Wang Jinghui and the contribution of concentrated improvement of the crossbow. Therefore, the relationship between the two has always been very good. As soon as Guo Kui received the invitation from Wang Jinghui, he immediately rushed to help.
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