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

Chapter 299 Solving the Trouble of the Xiangbing Soldiers
"What, the doctor is applying for soldiers to form a sugar cane farm?"

When Fan Zheng's memorial appeared in the court, all officials in the court were once again in an uproar.

"The doctors are too arrogant. Although the Xiang soldiers are not as good as the Imperial Army, they are soldiers of the Song Dynasty after all. Are the doctors going to treat the Xiang soldiers as private soldiers?" Zeng Bu said angrily.

The reason why the ascariasis farm applied by the doctor was able to pass was because ascariasis was rampant in the Song Dynasty. In order to save the people, the ascariasis was cultivated as soon as possible, which allowed Xiang Bing to help.

Thirty thousand Xiang soldiers went to the Hehuang Valley to form a construction corps. They were to farm fields to support the frontline soldiers, and to deter the situation in Qingtang. They were all serving the country.

But why did Fan Zheng demand the establishment of a sugarcane farm? Can sugarcane still be owned by the state?

Zhao Xu frowned and couldn't help but look at Fan Zheng. If Fan Zheng didn't give a reasonable explanation, he might not be able to save Fan Zheng.

Fan Zheng looked around at the ministers and said calmly: "The reason why doctors need to set up a sugar cane farm is that they need a lot of sugar. The success of pagoda sugar has certainly found a good way to treat roundworms, but it also proves that good medicine does not have to be bitter."

"Good medicine doesn't have to be bitter!"

All the officials frowned. Since ancient times, it has been a famous saying that good medicine tastes bitter and good for the disease. This time, pagoda candy is very popular among children, and they have heard of it. Not many, doctors only need to go to the private sector to buy.

The reason why doctors spend so much time building sugar cane farms is nothing more than looking at the low labor force of the soldiers and wanting to save costs. How can such obvious acts of false publicity and selfishness be tolerated by the scholar-bureaucrats who think they are righteous.

"My minister impeached Fan Zheng for using the public to benefit his own interests, and the Ascariasis farm had already taken advantage of the doctors, but I didn't expect it to be able to take advantage of it.

The New Party and the Old Party also reprimanded Fan Zheng.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "It is true that the doctors took advantage of the establishment of the sugar cane farm, but the doctors are dedicated to serving the country."

"For the heart of the country?"

All the officials in the Manchu Dynasty immediately scoffed.

Fan Zheng explained: "Both mugwort and sugarcane are cash crops. The income per acre is high and requires a lot of manpower. It only takes a small amount of space to feed enough soldiers, and all the icing sugar produced, Doctors accept all the orders, and there is no need to worry about sales, which is enough to save the court a lot of expenses."

Zhao Xu's heart skipped a beat. This time the Song Dynasty fought two battles in Xixia and Qingtang, and the military expenditure was quite a lot. If it can save the military expenditure of a group of soldiers, that would be great.

"The soldiers are the soldiers of the country, how can they serve the doctor's personal gain?" Zeng Bu said angrily.

All the officials agreed. Although they knew that Xiang soldiers wasted a lot of money and stretched their combat power, they were a lot of parasites, but they couldn't stand seeing Xiang soldiers seeking benefits for the doctors.

Fan Zheng waved his hand and said: "The doctor and the soldiers are not affiliated but cooperative. The doctor is not in charge of managing the sugarcane farm. All the doctor needs is the final icing. The doctor can even pay a sum of money in advance to prepare the sugarcane farm. Just pay the bills with icing sugar instead!"

"I think this method is feasible! This method does not require money from the court, and it can solve the problem of redundant soldiers. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone." Fan Chun, the servant of the household department, took the lead in supporting Fan Zhengdao.

His move was not to protect Fan Zheng, but because of the political tensions in the Song Dynasty. If the cost of the troops could be reduced, the pressure on the Ministry of Revenue would be relieved.

"No money from the court!"

All the court officials couldn't help being envious and jealous. The court's finances were tight, and it was extremely difficult to apply for funds for many parts. However, Fan Zheng, who was backed by a doctor, was rich and powerful, so he didn't need to worry about money at all.

Lu Dafang thought for a moment and asked, "I wonder how many soldiers Fan Taicheng needs."

The purpose of the old party has always been to reduce expenditures. Since Fan Zheng's establishment of a sugar cane farm can save a lot of military expenditures, they are naturally happy to see the results.

The whole New Party is silent. The New Party pursues open source. Sugarcane farms can save military expenditures, and planting sugarcane can also open source. They have no way to object.

Fan Zheng looked around and said loudly: "Fan needs [-] soldiers!"

"Another thirty thousand soldiers?"

All the officials were in an uproar when they heard the words. The first batch of construction corps sent to the Hehuang Valley by the imperial court was only [-] soldiers, and the doctors needed [-] soldiers to build a sugarcane farm.

Fan Chun couldn't help being overjoyed.

At the beginning, the Ascaris wormwood farm only used 40 soldiers, which caused a sensation in the government and the public. Now Qingtang has gone to Qingtang to form a construction corps with [-] soldiers, and the doctors need another [-] soldiers. In a short period of time, there were as many as [-] less.

That is to say, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will reduce the expenditure of [-] soldiers at once. This is great news for the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

This time, even Su Song took a surprise look at Fan Zheng. According to the discussion between Fan Zheng and the medical party, only [-] soldiers were needed to set up a sugarcane farm to meet the needs of doctors.

"Fan Zheng directly tripled the number of soldiers in the chamber, could it be to bargain with the court!" Su Song guessed, but did not say anything clearly at the moment.

"No! Thirty thousand soldiers are too many!" Sure enough, Zeng Bu directly denied it.

The large number of Xiang soldiers setting up farms and setting up construction corps will certainly save a lot of military expenses, which makes the court, which has always advocated the use of civility and military force, full of concerns.

On the contrary, to Su Dun's surprise, Fan Zheng did not haggle, but directly said: "If it is only the icing sugar that doctors need, only [-] soldiers will be needed to plant sugar cane! The remaining [-] soldiers will plant sugarcane." The icing sugar produced from sugar cane is used by military commanders."

"Ordnance Superintendent?"

Everyone couldn't help frowning, and then they remembered that Fan Zheng not only had the position of Imperial Physician, but also had the position of Military Weapons Supervisor.

"What does the weapons supervisor need sugar for?" Zeng Bu frowned and asked, how could the weapons supervisor use sugar, and the amount used was even more than that of a doctor.

Fan Zheng was silent for a moment and said: "This is the secret technique of the Military Weapons Supervisor. It is of great importance. Please forgive me for not being able to say it clearly in the court, and can only report it to the officials and the three ministers in private."

Upon hearing this, Zeng Bu was furious and said, "As a privy envoy, don't you have the right to know?"

Fan Zheng said calmly: "Master Zeng is the Privy Councilor, but the Military Weapons Supervisor is under the Ministry of War. The two are not under the same authority. Moreover, the fewer people who know about this secret, the better. Please forgive me, Master Zeng!"

All the officials were in an uproar. No one thought that Fan Zheng would be so stubborn. In the name of the secret weapon surveillance technique, it would be fine not to let them know. Even the Privy Councilor Zeng Bu was deflated in front of him.

Fan Zheng snorted in his heart. Zeng Bu was the privy envoy and the de facto military boss. Logically speaking, there was no need to hide the weapons inspector's secret skills from him. However, Fan Zheng investigated and learned that the reason why he was hated by Wang Shen in the first place was because Zeng Bu was doing evil things secretly, and Fan Zheng took the opportunity to lose Zeng Bu's face.

Hearing this, Zeng Bu sneered and said, "I hope the secret skills of weapons monitoring you mentioned are true."

Fan Zhengyi said without fear: "Lord Zeng, don't worry, when the secret technique of weapons inspection is completed, it will definitely be handed over to the Privy Council for verification."

Zeng Bu snorted coldly, turned around and left immediately, and all the officials in the court also left one after another. Only Zhao Xu and the three ministers of the court were left in Chui Gong Hall.

"Fan Taicheng, you can speak clearly about the secret technique of military surveillance. If this is just an excuse for you to seek personal gain for doctors, don't blame me for impeaching you for deceiving the emperor." Zhang Dun threatened.

He and Zeng Bu are both members of the new party, and Fan Zhengzhong made Zeng Bu unable to step down, which naturally made him very unhappy.

At this moment, Zhao Xu and others also looked at it one after another.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "The Thunderbolt is the Song's trump card, and its main ingredients are gunpowder and iron cans. However, these two technologies are not secret in the hands of Liaoxia. If there is no accident, Liaoxia already has its own. Thunderbolt."

Zhao Xu's heart suddenly sank, because Fan Zheng was not an alarmist. Liaoxia's iron smelting industry was developed, and there were a large number of Han people in its territory, so the gunpowder formula was not a secret.

"If Da Song stays on his laurels, Da Song will be harmed by the shocking thunder. For this reason, the Military Weapons Supervisor is researching the more powerful thunder. After the craftsmen improved the formula, they found that if the thunder is added with icing sugar, the power of the thunder will be doubled. !” Fan Zheng said proudly.

One nitrate, two sulphur, three charcoal, add some sugar, Da Yiwan, this is a classic saying of later generations. Now that Fan Zheng has used Xiang soldiers to build a sugarcane farm, he will naturally increase the power of gunpowder for Da Song.

(End of this chapter)