Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Song Yuanhan's face was full of embarrassment, Defang smiled and said, "Hehehe, uncle, people are not sages and sages, let alone you, you have changed a lot in the past few months, how about it, the lonely king just received the emperor's order , If you want to supervise the expansion of Jumasi and the cavalry, you follow the lonely king, just go out for a walk, and learn how to handle affairs."

Upon hearing this, Song Yuanhan hurriedly said, "Really? Can I follow the prince to do business?"

Defang nodded, "Well, this time is the emperor's order, you can't cause trouble for the lonely king, otherwise, the lonely king will definitely punish you severely, and then don't blame the lonely king for not thinking of family affection."

"Yes, yes, I will listen to the prince, and I will never cause trouble for you." Song Yuanhan bowed

"Let's go, it's time for lunch, come with uncle."

"Thank you, my lord!" Song Yuanhan followed Defang to the hall and took a seat. After eating, Defang summoned Tian Cheng, the guard, and said, "Chenger, the lonely king has been ordered to supervise the evaluation of horses these few days, so you follow the uncle. Take charge of his guard."

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates respectfully obey my lord's order," Tian Cheng said.

Song Yuanhan looked at Tian Cheng, "My lord, he...he won't because of the past."

Defang shook his hand, "Oh, uncle, why did you say that? Cheng'er is the adopted son of the lonely king. He is generous and loyal. He will never neglect his duties because of the trivial things in the past." Defang looked at Tian Cheng and said, "Uncle, You have to know that Cheng'er's father is the savior of the lonely king, he only has Cheng'er as his only son, so don't bully him."

"Yes, my lord, I dare not," Song Yuanhan said

Tian Cheng stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely protect my uncle."

"Well, okay, by the way, uncle, starting from today, the lonely king will arrange some things for you to do, and if you do well, the lonely king will also ask the court for credit for you, but you have to restrain yourself on weekdays, and you must never go to the brothel again." Casino, do you hear me clearly?"

"Yes, thank you, my lord, I won't go to a brothel or gambling house."

"Okay, Cheng'er, you go to choose four more soldiers. My uncle is going to be with the lonely king this time, and let them wait for his orders."

"Yes, my lord, this subordinate will do it now." Tian Cheng withdrew

Defang looked at Song Yuanhan, "Uncle, His Majesty is going to set up a horse appraisal department this time. I think my uncle was also a good horse man before, so he will definitely help the lonely king. Then the lonely king will tell you what to do."

"Yes, I will definitely do it."

"Hehehe, thank you, Uncle." Defang laughed.

On the second day, Defang and Nan Gongwen drew up the implementation steps, personnel arrangements and horse selection criteria for the establishment of the Horse Evaluation Department, so that the Ministry of War issued an imperial order, and the Northwest states established the Horse Evaluation Department on the day when the military orders arrived, and the personnel took office immediately.

[Historical Records: The Horse Estimation Department in Beijing was founded in the first year of Xianping. It is in charge of the horses bought by the state capitals and sent to Beijing. Etc. For example, the horses sent directly by the Fan tribe to the capital will be divided into three classes from 35 to 23 guan, and those who can offer horses from ordinary families will be divided into three classes from 75 to 27 guan.After all the horses are inspected and recorded, they will be divided into good, poor, and middle grades, and sent to the left and right Qiji courtyards for pastoral care. The horses fall back.The Song army was short of horses. In order to ensure the quality of the horses, the imperial court also stipulated that the border states sent officials to escort the horses of the Fan tribes to the Horse Estimation Department for inspection of thinness, and they would be held accountable. 】

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