Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 191 0186 [Splash Li San]

It was a mare that was picked up in vain. Although the appearance was not high, the cornucopia was full of interest.

After being brought into the stable of the post house, the live broadcast immediately started, causing a commotion among the horses nearby.

Zheng Yuanyi asked the postman to boil water, and when Zhu Ming came back, he took out the black tea he brought to brew: "Have you met a villain, sir? The postman said that there are thieves in the nearby village."

Zhu Ming patted her hand: "Don't be afraid, they are all village thieves. Once the leader of the thieves is defeated, they will all be scared away."

"Be careful. Next time you go out, you have to bring a few followers." Zheng Yuanyi was afraid that Ju Ming would be in danger.

After Zhu Ming took two sips of tea, he called the postman over for questioning.

"Even the bandits in the village have horses. Are there many horses here?" Zhu Ming asked.

The postman said: "There are many, to deal with errands."

Zhu Ming asked again: "How is Marfa?"

He was an official after all, the postman didn't dare to tell the truth, he forced a smile and said: "It's very good, the horse breeders can earn money."

How can Zhu Ming believe it?

The next day, it continued eastward, and the official ship went straight to Jiyin without waiting for the magistrate.

The specific location of Jiyin is in the south of Heze, west of Dingtao, and north of Caoxian County in later generations, and it is the prefectural city of Xingrenfu.

Zhu Ming originally planned to go along the Guangji River to visit Liangshanshuibo, then land in Yuncheng, and then go overland to Puzhou.

But the situation that was detected along the way made Zhu Ming decide to land in advance.

In the northern suburbs of Fucheng, there is a horse market, and the scale is quite large.

Zhu Ming changed into ordinary clothes, took Bai Sheng to buy a horse, and inquired about the situation by the way.

In the horse market, there are horse pens surrounded by wood, and each horse pen belongs to an independent stall.

Zhu Ming came to a horse pen, walked around half a circle, and found that there was no brand mark on the horse's buttocks.He couldn't help asking: "Are you an official horse or a private horse?"

"The private horse given by the official," the horse dealer asked with a smile, "Is the guest officer a foreigner? I have gelding horses here. They are hard-working, very docile, and can be handled as they please when they are on the road."

Zhu Ming said: "I came from the south. When I arrived at Jingdong Road, I found that there were horses everywhere, and the price was not too expensive. How did this happen?"

The horse dealer said in a low voice: "The government allows the horse to be raised, and the horse law changes. I don't know when it will change again. Whether it is an official or a horse farmer, they all want to sell the horse as soon as possible."

While Zhu Ming was selecting horses, he was getting some advice from the horse dealer.

At first, there were no horses in Xingren Mansion, but there were horse supervisors in Puzhou and Yunzhou next door.

The horse supervisor in Puzhou moved to Puyang decades ago.

Due to the lax horse administration, the horse prisons everywhere are rotten, and even pastures have been encroached into farmland.So Wang Anshi implemented the horse protection law, allowing wealthy farmers to raise horses.

The implementation of the new law was too hasty, and did not give the common people time to prepare.

In order to pursue political achievements, local officials ordered households to buy horses and raise them within a time limit.

But the Song Dynasty is short of horses, how can there be so many in a while?

So merchants took the opportunity to search for horses, and with the cooperation of the government, the price increased several times, forcing horse farmers to buy them.

Wang Anshi's horse protection method is to leave profit margins for horse farmers.

But in practice, just buying horses at a high price and raising them home will cause heavy losses to the horse farmers.Even if the horses give birth smoothly in the next few years and remain disease-free and disaster-free, there will be no profit for the horse farmers.

How can there be no disease and no disaster?

Coupled with the government's exploitation, the horse farmers are miserable.

After Wang Anshi stepped down, even Zhang Dun, the leader of the reform party, said that the law of protecting horses must be stopped, "If you don't let it go, it will hurt you one day."

As a result, the horse protection law began to be abolished, and the official horse farm was restored.

It is impossible for a racecourse that has been abolished to recover suddenly.Not to mention the lack of horses and horse breeders, it is difficult even to restore the pastures. Local officials took the opportunity to enclose the land of the people, pointing at a large piece of fertile land indiscriminately and calling it pastures.

In the next few decades, the two policies of raising horses by the government and raising horses by the people changed repeatedly with the old and new party struggles.

Every time the horse policy is changed, the common people will be unlucky.

In the Huizong Dynasty alone, in less than ten years, the Ma Zheng on Jingdong Road changed three times, causing a large number of small and medium landlords to go bankrupt! (During Song Jiang's rebellion, it coincided with Shandong's fourth change of horse politics.)
Zhu Ming bought two gelding horses and a carriage, plus the mares picked up in vain, and the four carriages carried people and goods to the north.

He asked the farmers for news along the way, and half a month later, he basically found out the situation here.

The first major harm: water transportation.

Every prefecture and county in Shandong has a grain quota. The common people transport the grain to the government, and the government hires people to transport the grain to the Guangji River, and then transports it to Tokyo in batches for storage or sale.

In every link of water transportation, the government is exploiting the people.

The second worst harm: Ma Zheng.

The horse law is changed every three to four years on average, and the policy has changed again before the horse farmers have paid back their capital. The small and medium landlords are miserable.

Before leaving the jurisdiction of Jiyin County, Zhu Ming's small notebook has already recorded more than ten pages, which are all about the people's various dissatisfaction with the policies.

"Prefect Zhu, in front of you is Gukui Hill, the place where the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants met."

A scholar pointed to the small hill ahead. This was the guide hired by Ju Ming halfway.

In order to investigate people's sentiments, he did not follow a straight line, but detoured around.

Zhu Ming, Bai Sheng, and Deng Chun all carried weapons.

Zheng Yuanyi also married seven servants. Except for the maid, the other two women and four men were all sumo wrestlers.

With so many people walking together, it seemed difficult to provoke, and the thieves along the way did not dare to make a move.

Zhu Ming reined in his horse and looked around, feeling a little excited: "Kuiqiu, the princes of Jiuhe, one of the world. It's time to pay tribute and appreciate the demeanor of Duke Huan of Qi and Guan Zhong back then."

When the chariots and horses came to the entrance of the village, a squire like the old Bai Yuanwai came over with a cane to check the situation.

Zhu Ming took out his official badge and said, "Don't bother me, I'm Zhu Ming, the magistrate of Puzhou, and I'm going from here to take up my post."

The squire became respectful in an instant, bent down and saluted, and said, "This old man is called Li Ji, and when he was young, he also won the Juren. Governor Zhu, please come and rest in the village."

Seeing that the young and strong in the village were holding weapons, Zhu Ming nodded in approval: "It's quite majestic."

Li Ji explained: "There are so many strong people in the countryside, so the old man had to practice village bravery to protect himself. I didn't know that the prefect came, but the village brave gathered spontaneously." After speaking, he turned around and scolded, "They are all scattered, don't disturb the prefect!"

The young and strong in the village quickly dispersed, but one young man did not leave.

This guy was leading a mare, staring at the cornucopia, and suddenly said: "The eunuch's steed is a steed, can you breed it with my family? Whether you are pregnant or not, I will pay for the regular breeding."

Before Zhu Ming could answer, Li Ji began to scold angrily: "How noble is the eunuch's mount, is it worthy of your horse?"

The young man murmured, "They're all beasts, why are you so particular? It's not like I won't give you money."

Seeing him carrying a bow and arrow and leading a horse, Zhu Ming asked, "Can you ride and shoot?"

"Yes." said the young man.

Zhu Ming said: "If you are good at riding and shooting, I will breed the horse under your crotch."

The young man was overjoyed, stepped on his horse suddenly, and rushed out of the village to perform riding moves.Then he took off the bow and arrow, and shot an arrow 50 meters away, hitting a tamarisk tree trunk accurately.

"Good archery!" Deng Chun applauded.

Zhu Ming was delighted to see Lie Xin, and asked, "What's this person's name?"

Li Ji said: "This guy is called Li Bao, he is the nephew of the old family. He is also educated, but he likes to play with guns and clubs."

Li Bao, Kuiqiu...

Zhu Ming suddenly remembered a big battle, and asked, "Is this place Lizhuang?"

Li Ji nodded: "It is indeed Li Zhuang."

Zhu Ming asked, "Does Li Bao have a nickname called Po Li San?"

Li Ji was very angry: "That's the reason why so much stigma has been created. Even the eunuch heard about it when he passed by. It's Li Zhuang's shame!"

Fuck, it's really Li San from Gukuiqiu Lizhuang!

This Li Bao has a special biography in "Song History".

Wan Yanliang went south in a big way. The main force of the Jin army at that time was defeated by Yu Yunwen in Caishiji.

Far away in Shandong, there is another battlefield.

Li Bao led 120 sea-going ships with 3000 militiamen recruited from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.Instead of waiting passively, he went straight to Shandong by sea, and launched an attack on his own initiative, wiping out 600 enemy troops and more than [-] warships.

During the Jingkang period, the Jin army occupied Shandong, and Li Bao first recruited rebels to resist.After the troops were exhausted, they went to seek refuge with Yue Fei.

Due to various constraints, Yue Fei was unable to counterattack for a long time, so Li Bao left with his men.Yue Fei thought they were deserters, so he grabbed Li Bao and beheaded him.

After asking the reason, Yue Fei released him and let Li Baoqian go back to Shandong to fight guerrillas.Due to the repeated failure of the Jinbing event, Li Bao was defeated and took refuge in Han Shizhong.Finally, he became famous in the Shandong naval battle, and was promoted to "the command of the coastal imperial navy capital" due to his achievements.

Zhu Ming never expected that he could not find Yue Fei, but met the commander-in-chief of the Southern Song Dynasty Navy halfway.

It's just that, at this time, Li Bao, not to mention that he has never been on a sea boat, probably has never even touched an inland river warship.

"Teacher Zhu, can I do well in riding and archery?" Li Bao came back from riding his horse.

Zhu Ming asked: "A good man, why should he be a country rascal when he should make contributions to his career?"

Li Bao blushed: "I can't pass the Juren exam."

Serve as a soldier?

That's impossible, and it's degrading to the family, because on Jingdong Road, being a soldier is equivalent to being a robber.

Zhu Ming asked: "Would you like to be my personal follower? If there is a chance, I will recommend you as a general."

Li Bao was still hesitating, Li Ji scolded: "Hurry up and thank Prefect Zhu for his support!"

Li Bao shrugged and dismounted from his horse, bowed and saluted, "Thank you for your guidance and support!"

The more Ju Ming watched it, the more he liked it, and asked, "How old are you this year? Have you ever had a wife?"

Li Bao replied, "I am 19 years old and have not married yet."

"In a few days, come with me to Puzhou," Zhu Ming said with a smile, "today is not in a hurry, first accompany me to pay homage to Kuiqiu."

Li Bao said: "It's just a small slope, what's there to pay tribute to?"

Li Ji was furious: "What small soil slope? That's Kuiqiu, the place where the princes met! My Li family has defended Kuiqiu for generations, how can you insult me ​​like this? If you read history in ordinary times, you can read it like a dog's stomach gone!"

Li Bao scratched his head, not daring to contradict his elders.

(Weakly ask for a guaranteed monthly pass.)
(End of this chapter)