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Zhao Ji widened his eyes and looked at Han Zhongyan. What's going on today? Old Man Han, who had never had a good idea, actually had a new way.

It turns out that Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu did not tell Zhao Ji that the students of the Privy Council Military Academy turned into samurai in front of the palace was a major national event. How should the "Yuxian Pimp" and "Yuxian Real Estate Developer" say? So this was the first time he heard of this idea.

"Han Qing," Zhao Ji asked, "How can we turn those students into my Xuan armored cavalry?"

Yes? How did it change?

Not only Zhao Ji didn't know, but even Zeng Bu, An Tao, and Zhang Feng didn't know. Because Li Shimin's Xuanjia Cavalry was not "changed", but was selected from the children of the rich near Taiyuan. There are not many rich children of the Song Dynasty who can fight on horseback. How could they choose Xuanjia Cavalry?

The only way to cultivate cavalry in the Song Dynasty was to do a good job in horse politics and then appoint generals who were proficient in cavalry to train cavalry... However, the Song Dynasty did not have land to raise good horses. Since ancient times, the territory that produced good horses was almost lost in the chaotic times of the Tang and Five Dynasties. In the hands of the Song Dynasty, only a little territory was left, and it was stolen by the Dangxiang people. Therefore, the formation of horse politics and cavalry in the Song Dynasty has always been very difficult.

"Your Majesty, I think cavalry is not only trained, but also raised. The people of the northern grassland have been raised on horseback since childhood. The art of bowing and horse archery is a normal production method, so it is very easy to form a cavalry. Most of the farmers in our Central Plains do not know archery and horses. After joining the army, they learn how to ride horses, raise horses, train horses, and fight horses. How can they compare with those barbarians who have been riding horses and shooting archery since childhood?"

This is nonsense!

Zhao Ji frowned slightly, and was already a little disappointed. At this moment, Han Zhongyan changed his mind and got to the point.

"But I, Zhongyuan, have always been some families who are good at riding, raising horses, and training horses. Otherwise, Emperor Taizong of Tang would not have summoned 2,000 Xuanjialing elite cavalry at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Even at the beginning of our dynasty, there were some elite cavalrymen. Now, the main reason why the Hebei imperial guards lack cavalry is that the Central Plains have no family who are good at riding, raising horses, and training horses.

So the most urgent task now is to raise thousands of knights' homes that can ride horses, raise horses, and train horses. With knights, horses and cavalry will naturally have them."

What? There is also this kind of operation process? Raise a knight first and then a horse?

Everyone was stunned and stared at Han Zhongyan in a daze. Even the two new party leaders Zeng Bu and An Tao forgot to refute it for a moment.

In fact, Han Zhongyan himself also felt that it was quite a mess. As a former party boss who opposed the "Master Protection Law", he did not believe that private individuals could raise good horses, and doing a good horse politics was the right way.

But the problem is... the people in the Military and Education Department of the Privy Council must have a place to go! Otherwise, the Western Army and the Kaifeng Generals, the new party and the old party, would have a big quarrel on this issue.

In addition, Han Zhongyan also thought of the military power of the Western Army Generals... The military power of the Kaifeng Generals had long disappeared, and they had become capitalists and artists.

However, every family in the Western Army now has private troops. The most powerful thing in the Western Army is these heroes raised by the generals. Now the northwest border is safe. If you don’t think of a way to arrange the heroes of the Western Army’s generals, you might be in chaos in the future!

In order to appease these Western Army masters, the military expenses allocated to the Western Army in the three years of Yuanfu did not reduce much!

Therefore, the method of "for land to exchange military power" proposed by Wu Haogu looks good to Han Zhongyan. Even if he can't raise a cavalry, it would be better to give the backbone soldiers of the Western Army a place to go...

Seeing Zeng Bu and An Tao didn't say anything, Zhao Ji asked: "What Han Qing meant is that the 500 students in the Military and Education Department of the Privy Council are all knights who can ride, raise horses, and train horses?"

"Your Majesty, whether these 500 people are proficient in riding, raising horses and taming horses can be assessed." Han Zhongyan said, "And as far as I know, most of these are utilitarians from the Sixth Route in Shaanxi. They are either local tyrants, soldiers, or generals, who can ride horses and raise horses."

In addition to the Guanzhong Plain, Shaanxi Sixth Road is strictly the junction of the Central Plains farming and the northwest nomadic economy. The population is not large and the land is relatively loose. Moreover, the Western Army, a large customer who needs horses, is here, so there are more families who raise horses.

In addition, there are also people who have no horse-raising families in the Central Plains. Among the customers of Han Zhongyan’s family, there are several specialized in raising horses for the use of the Han family in Xiangzhou.

Zhao Ji nodded slightly, and then turned his attention to Zeng Bu and An Tao. Isn’t it just to listen to different opinions?

An Tao asked: "How much land is needed to resettle a knight? Where does the land come from? Now that the people in the Central Plains are in a state of decline, where is there any spare land? How can these knights be used by the country? How can they ensure their combat power?"

Zeng Bu also said: "Your Majesty, I think what Mr. Han said is too presumptuous and it is not feasible."

"It takes 1,500 acres of land to be relocated for a knight, and the land can be purchased on Hebei East Road, which has a small population and a lot of land. Because of Sanyi Huihe, the population of Hebei East Road has been greatly reduced, there is a lot of wasteland, and the land price is not expensive. There is no problem with relocating 1,000 knights' homes. As for the combat power of the knight, it can be guaranteed through the methods of serving, assessing, granting of vocational fields and deprivation.

1,500 acres of land are hereditary land of the knight, and the income is used to raise horses, entourage soldiers, train children, build some weapons, etc. When serving in the military, you need to bring your own food, horses, entourages and some weapons. Horses, entourages, weapons, and the knight's own martial arts must be included in the assessment.

If they cannot pass the imperial examination and no one in their family can inherit it, they will deprive their ranks of land and grant them to others.

The method of serving a knight can refer to the Tang Dynasty's *** ban, and serve as the guard of His Majesty to facilitate His Majesty's personal assessment and control."

After all, Lao Han was the prime minister. He thought about it all night and improved the method proposed by Wu Haogu.

First of all, the 1,500 acres of land granted to the Knights are "hereditary land", which means it is an inherited industry that cannot be divided and inherited. Someone in the family must serve in the imperial front to maintain this land.

The service in front of the imperial court is actually a kind of political protection umbrella. These people are the imperial guards of Zhao Ji, the directly under the official family. Even if they do not have an official position, they will have certain political privileges and there is no need to worry about the local tyrants in Cangzhou seizing their vocational land.

Secondly, the knights have to be tested... The horses they bring themselves, their equipment and martial arts, must be tested. Who will take the test? Han Zhongyan's method is to let the saint Zhao Ji take the test in person!

Zhao Ji is skilled in archery and horse skills. It would be better if he was his brother or his father! But he had no problem. He could tell whether the horse is good or not and whether the riding and shooting skills are good.

After Han Zhongyan's improvement, the "Samurai Warrior" proposed by Wu Haogu was somewhat similar to the later Dilik fief cavalry (Sipahhi heavy cavalry) of the Ottoman Empire. However, the "Fire" is small in scale and the number of people is not as large as that of the Sipahi heavy cavalry.

"How did it become 1,000?"

Zeng Bu had already heard something was wrong, "There are only 500 students in the Military and Education Department of the Privy Council!"

Han Zhongyan smiled and said, "The world is so big, and it is good at riding horses and raising horses. It should be used by His Majesty. Even in the Western Army, there are many such figures, right?"

Zeng Bu and An Tao's expressions changed slightly when they heard this!

Is this going to start to disintegrate the Western Army?

There are about 50,000 troops in the Western Army, and the core of these 50,000 people is the elite cavalry that can rush on the horse's back.

If he was successively transferred to the Central Plains to be the so-called "immortal warrior", then the backbone of the Western Army would be removed.

How can the Western Army without a backbone bear the heavy responsibility of the Northern Expedition of Yan Yun in the future? Is it rare to rely solely on 5,000 to 10,000 "Imperial Warriors"?

However, Zeng Bu and An Tao could not openly oppose Han Zhongyan's approach, because concentrating the elite troops of the world in Kaifeng was the ancestral system of the Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty," An Tao had already thought of a rebuttal, "These 500 students are generals and the team's talents. Now using them as cavalry is really a secret ball. If Your Majesty has 500 generals and the team's command, tens of thousands of troops can be trained quickly. If there are only 500 elite cavalry, even if they are like the Xuanjia cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, how many barbarians can they defeat?"

It seems to make some sense.

The Holy Lord Zhao Ji was in a little embarrassed. Han Zhongyan's method could probably get an elite cavalry, but he could not form a new army.

"Your Majesty is now preparing to recruit tens of thousands of elite soldiers and train them carefully?" Han Zhongyan asked, "Now that the world is peaceful and there is nothing wrong in the world. What is the use of recruiting elite soldiers?

If you do not recruit elite troops now, these generals will have no place to use their skills. It is better to build a cavalry based on them. Cavalry is difficult to train and infantry are easy to obtain. Anyway, there is a charter for training and generals now, so it will not be too late to practice when you need to use troops in the future.

As for the responsibility of the general, I think it should be left to the martial arts. If the martial arts cannot be completed, then consider whether to rebuild the Military Science Department of the Privy Council.”

This is reasonable, but in fact it is a bureaucratic routine of shirking responsibility. The current problem has been solved, and who can control the future? When martial arts can no longer be played, I don’t know who is on stage?

Zhao Ji had just become a saint and didn't know these tricks, so he made a decision: "Then it depends on Han Qing's words. However, the rules for establishing various regulations for the warriors in front of the temple need to be carefully discussed before deciding."

A hint of joy flashed across Han Zhongyan's face. He, as the prime minister, has been a little frustrated these days. He was suppressed by Zeng Bu and An Tao in everything. This time he finally gained the upper hand and won a very critical game!
Chapter completed!