Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 206 Production and Construction Corps
After the imperial physician made Qian Yi resign with satisfaction.

Fan Zheng stepped forward again and said, "Report to the officials, Princess Yelu has already sent the wormwood seeds, just wait for the successful trial planting next year, and the children of the world will be free from the suffering of the worms!"

"roundworms!"

An extremely disgusting picture appeared in Baiguan's mind, and his face twitched.

"Fan Zheng, the evil doctor!"

Sure enough, there were only wrong names, no wrong nicknames. Fan Zheng was in the solemn and solemn Chuigong Palace, in front of the officials and all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Is it really appropriate to talk about such disgusting things?

Baiguan couldn't help but smile wryly, only Fan Zheng dared to be so presumptuous, and he used the name of practicing medicine, otherwise he would have been impeached by the imperial censor long ago.

Zhao Xu didn't have the mental quality of a doctor, so he felt sick all of a sudden, and said helplessly, "Fan Aiqing has worked hard!"

Everyone thought that Fan Zheng mentioned Ascariasis in order to show merit to doctors, but they didn't expect Fan Zheng to accept it without seeing it, but continued: "To the officials, Ascariasis is related to the health of children in the world and cannot be tolerated." It is very difficult to do it with the strength of doctors, so I asked the officials for help."

"Ask me for help?" Zhao Xu couldn't help raising his brows, and looked at Fan Zheng puzzled.

You must know that Fan Zheng's evil side has never been defeated, and there is almost nothing that can be difficult for him. It can be said that asking for help now is the first time in the world, and Zhao Xu can't help but look forward to it.

Fan Zheng explained: "The doctor plans to try to grow wormwood in Weizhou on Hedong Road, and I request the government and the court to allocate [-] mu of wasteland to the doctor's family as a wormwood farm."

The Artemisia wormwood of later generations was successfully planted in Weifang. With the experience of later generations, Fan Zheng naturally would not let the planting of Artemisia wormwood take another detour.

"Ten thousand acres of wasteland!"

"Weizhou!"

Zhao Xu and Baiguan couldn't help being taken aback, they didn't expect Fan Zheng's plan to grow Artemisia wormwood to be so big.

"As far as I know, most of the medicinal materials needed by the traditional Chinese medicine hospital are purchased from Bozhou. How come Mr. Fan just transferred from Bozhou, and Fan Taicheng's wormwood was planted in Weizhou instead. This is too biased!" 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 the credit of Fan Zheng. If it weren't for the doctors who drove the medicinal material industry in Bozhou, Fan Chunli would probably have to work hard for another three years before he had the opportunity to be transferred from Bozhou, and he might not be the prefect of Kaifeng important task.

Fan Zheng smiled wryly and said: "My lords don't know something. Artemisia spp. likes to live in bitter cold places. It has strict requirements on soil, climate and precipitation, otherwise it will be difficult to survive. Doctors have chosen many places, and finally think that Weizhou is the most suitable place. .”

"What's so difficult about this? The imperial court encourages wasteland reclamation! Weifang happens to have a lot of barren land, which can be reclaimed to grow Artemisia spp." Zhao Xu waved his hand.

The courtiers did not hold any objections. If the wormwood can be successfully planted, it would be a blessing to the children of the world. Compared with it, ten thousand mu of wasteland is nothing at all?
However, Fan Zheng was not satisfied, instead he pushed forward and said: "With the land, the seeds are already in place, and the doctors still need people to plant Ascaria wormwood!"

"Just tell me how much you need!" Zhao Xu waved his hand, the most important thing that Song Dynasty lacks is manpower.

"Cultivating Artemisia wormwood requires a lot of manpower to open up wasteland, not to mention starting from seedling breeding, planting, picking, and finally making medicine. It requires at least 3000 people!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"3000 people!" Baiguan was shocked. According to the current agricultural scale of the Song Dynasty, about 200 people are needed to plant 3000 mu of farmland, but it takes as many as [-] people to plant [-] mu of Artemisia ascaris.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but change his face. Where did he go to find more than 3000 people for Fan Zheng to plant Artemisia annua.

"Your Majesty really has these 3000 people?" Fan Zheng said meaningfully.

"Nonsense, everyone in the imperial court is useful, how can we randomly select 3000 people to help doctors plant ascariasis." Lu Dafang scolded angrily.

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

Zhang Dun also frowned, looking at Fan Zheng dissatisfied.

Fan Zheng looked around and paused word by word: "The 3000 people that Weichen mentioned are the soldiers?"

"Xiang Bing!" As soon as Fan Zheng said this, all the officials were in an uproar.

Zeng Bu said angrily, "Fan Taicheng, you are too arrogant. Soldiers are the foundation of the country. Even the soldiers are also defending the country. They are not farmers who grow medicine for your family."

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

Seeing this, Su Song came out and said: "Everyone, don't be impulsive. Fan Taicheng's intention is that we need three thousand old and weak soldiers who have been eliminated to help doctors grow Ascariasis."

"Eliminated box soldiers?" Baiguan couldn't help being stunned.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Back then, Wang Xianggong promulgated the Disarmament Law to rectify Xiangbing and the Forbidden Army, stipulating that soldiers must retire after the age of 50, and at the same time test soldiers. However, the recruitment system adopted by the Song Dynasty, many soldiers have no livelihood after being laid off, so that the soldiers are full of resentment!"

The biggest disadvantage of Wang Anshi's reform is that he does not pay attention to the consequences. The disarmament law did improve the quality of the soldiers and alleviate the danger of redundant soldiers in the Song Dynasty. The imperial court did not offer any compensation, which caused the military to complain constantly.

"You mean, the Ascaris farm can receive eliminated soldiers?" Zhao Xu was suddenly pleasantly surprised.

Redundant soldiers were a persistent disease of the Great Song Dynasty. If the Roundwood Farm received three thousand eliminated soldiers at once, it would relieve a lot of pressure on the court.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Xiangbing was originally composed of disaster victims recruited by the imperial court. They themselves have some experience in farming. At the beginning, the new law strengthened the army, but the Song Dynasty did not have enough land to house these eliminated Xiangbing. Now a lot of manpower is needed to take care of them. , and the high-value Artemisia annua is the best way to house and eliminate soldiers.”

The imperial court urgently needs to get rid of the heavy burden of the soldiers, and the cultivation of Ascariasis requires a lot of manpower. The court and the doctors hit it off.

"Okay! This method is wonderful!"

Zhao Xulong said happily.He originally thought that it was just that the Song Dynasty had obtained new medicinal materials to protect the children of the world from the harm of roundworms, but he did not expect to be able to solve some of the problems of the Song Dynasty's redundant soldiers by the way.

"Redundant soldiers?"

The faces of the old and the new parties suddenly looked solemn. Redundant soldiers were a chronic disease of the Song Dynasty, which caused headaches for the emperors of all dynasties.

"It's a pity! A roundworm farm only needs 3000 people! There are 40 soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and the efforts of the doctors are just a drop in the bucket!"

Zhang Dun regretted.

The disarmament law is an important part of Wang Anshi's reform, which can reduce the burden on the court, but it has been criticized by the military. The Ascaris farm can only bear the needs of 3000 people, which is just a drop in the bucket for nearly 40 soldiers.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "To the officials, the Artemisia wormwood farm is just a pilot project. If the farm model can solve some of the redundant troops. The establishment of Pingxia City is enough to advance the Song Dynasty for hundreds of miles. Come on, a lot of arable land can be freed up, if the imperial court organizes Xiangbing into a production and construction corps! Solve the problem of redundant troops one by one."

"Production and Construction Corps!"

All the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned. Since ancient times, the greatest role of soldiers is to fight, and it is the first time that soldiers have been used as a corps for large-scale production and construction.

"What's the solution to this strategy?" Zhao Xu asked with his heart pounding.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "The Production and Construction Corps was born out of the farming system of the previous dynasty, but it is more perfect than the farming system of the previous dynasty. It is not only responsible for farming, but also responsible for fighting on the frontier. The Song Dynasty is seriously overstaffed, but it faces the threat of Xixia and Liao. However, it is necessary to maintain a large army. Even if the old and weak are abolished, it will cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers. In this case, why not use the old and weak soldiers to guard the border, which can not only reduce the pressure on the court, but also solve the problem of redundant soldiers. .”

"If the imperial court can change the Xiangbing into a production and construction corps, reclaim wasteland and farm in the Northwest Army, and then assist in the bastion, it can not only ensure the food and grass needs of the front line, but also solve the problem of redundant troops in the court. In case of war, the imperial court can urgently Requisitioning soldiers from the fields to defend Xixia can be said to kill three birds with one stone." Su Song echoed.

The old and new parties looked at Fan Zheng and Su Song solemnly. They did not expect that the doctors and the medical party would plan to solve the problem of redundant troops in the Song Dynasty.

Fan Zheng just proposed to use the weeding out old and weak soldiers to set up a wormwood farm, while Su Song immediately proposed to use the model of the wormwood farm to spread to the northwest front for military reclamation to solve the problem of redundant soldiers.

"Doctors! Doctors!"

Lu Dafang and Zhang Dun looked at each other. The close cooperation between doctors and medical parties put a lot of pressure on the old and new parties.

"Wei Chen objects!" Yang Wei bit the bullet and said.

"Please tell me, Yang Aiqing!" Zhao Xu looked at Yang Wei and said.

Yang Wei glanced at Zhao Xu and said, "My Great Song has always paid attention to the strategy of strong stems and weak branches. The Northwest has already gathered a large number of troops. If we turn 40 Xiang soldiers into a construction corps and gather them in the Northwest, there may be serious disasters."

Immediately, everyone in the old party nodded. Compared with the trouble of redundant soldiers, they were more resistant to soldiers' rebellion.

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

Seeing this, Su Song shook his head and said, "Anlu Mountain in the previous dynasty controlled the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. But those who went to the military reclamation were Xiang soldiers from the Great Song Dynasty. They are usually half farmers and half soldiers. How can they be compared?"

"It's about the Great Song Dynasty, there can be no negligence." Yang Wei said with a righteous face.

Fan Zheng sneered and said, "Then Master Yang has a good plan to solve the problem of redundant soldiers in the imperial court."

Yang Wei froze for a moment, but bit the bullet and said: "I'm just a speech officer, just pointing out the disadvantages of your method of building a corps. When the Song Dynasty defeats Xixia, there will be no need for so many troops. Naturally, there will be a problem with redundant troops." untie."

Fan Zheng retorted: "Your Excellency Yang doesn't even have the guts to let Xiang soldiers colonize the northwest, how dare you speak boldly to defeat Xixia."

Yang Wei's idea is just a deadlock. The imperial court implements strong stems and weak branches, and is worried about placing a large number of troops on the frontier, and the frontier troops are weak. Naturally, it is foolish to want to defeat Xixia.

"My minister agrees with Mr. Fan's proposal for the production and construction of the Corps!" Suddenly Zeng Bu spoke in support.

Lu Dafang couldn't help being taken aback, he didn't expect that the New Party would be the first to support the Medical Party.

Even Zhang Dun glanced at Zeng Bu unexpectedly,
Zeng Bu had a hard time to say, he was in control of the Privy Council, so he naturally knew how serious the danger of redundant soldiers in the Song Dynasty was.

The annual expenditure of 80 forbidden troops, plus 40 side soldiers, will be an astronomical figure, and with the addition of war horses and Zhentianlei, they are all gold-swallowing beasts.

If the Xiangbing can be transformed into a production and construction corps, it will not only solve the burden of 40 Xiangbing, but also feed back the food and grass of 80 imperial troops, and the pressure on the Privy Council will be greatly reduced.

Zeng Bu said solemnly: "In my humble opinion, the Production and Construction Corps does not need to be responsible for combat, and can continue to use the previous more defensive methods. This way, the problem of overly heavy troops in the northwest can be solved."

Zhao Xu's eyes lit up immediately.

The biggest disadvantage of the more garrison law is that the soldiers do not know the generals and do not know the soldiers, which led to the low military strength of the Song Dynasty, but no one thought that one day, the more garrison law would become a good solution to the problem of the Song Dynasty's redundant soldiers.

"More law enforcement."

Fan Zheng nodded slightly. This method has been used by Da Song for hundreds of years. Although it successfully made Da Song abolish his martial arts, it also made Da Song's army lose the ability to rebel.

The implementation of the more garrison law in the Great Song Dynasty can indeed strengthen the imperial court's control over the northwest to a greater extent. In this way, the implementation of the Production and Construction Corps will be smoother.

However, this is not Zeng Bu's purpose. Zeng Bu continued: "The Production and Construction Corps is enough to alleviate the problem of redundant troops in the Song Dynasty, but it cannot improve the combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty army. I implore the generals to implement the art of war in the army to revitalize the army. My Song army is mighty, resisting Liaoxia."

"General Art of War!"

Lu Dafang couldn't help being startled, and immediately understood Zeng Bu's plan, and was going to take the opportunity to implement the general's art of war in the army!
The Art of War is the main measure of Wang Anshi's reform to strengthen the army. It is to change the four-level organization of the imperial army's box, army, battalion, and capital to the three-level organization of general, department, and team. disadvantages.

The biggest criticism of Wang Anshi's reform method of strengthening the army is the brutal downsizing of the army and weeding out the old and the weak. Now the Production and Construction Corps proposed by the Medical Party just solves the drawbacks of the new law of strengthening the army.

The new party took advantage of the trend to promote the art of war, which can be said to be a smooth sailing.

Everyone in the new party suddenly realized that they wrote letters in favor of the production and construction corps, and at the same time promoted the art of war.

For a while, voices of approval from the DPRK and China became the mainstream.

Fan Zheng and Su Song couldn't help but glance at each other. When they discussed launching the Production and Construction Corps, they knew 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 and launched a perfect combination of the art of war and the production and construction corps of the medical party.

"The Medical Party and the New Party actually cooperate!"

Lu Dafang's face suddenly became heavy. Just now, the new party and the old party were still fighting against the old party with all their strength, but he didn't expect that the situation would change suddenly, and the new party and the old party would unite to promote the strategy of strengthening the army. "

"Three parties work hard!"

Seeing this scene, Zhao Xu couldn't help thinking.

If there were only new and old parties, not to mention the law of production and construction of the Corps, even the law of war would have to be fought over and over again, and there was no conclusion for a long time.

With the addition of the Medical Party, a tripartite confrontation has been established. The three parties express their views, sometimes cooperate with each other, and sometimes confront each other. Although there are party disputes, there is no atmosphere of tension before.

"Decree, Weizhou allocated [-] mu of barren land to assist Ascariasis farms to try out the strategy of production and construction of corps. Xia Ji can wait." Zhao Xu waved his hand.

"Officials are heroic!"

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

Under the general situation of the court, even the old party can only bow its head and echo.

(End of this chapter)