Chapter 83: Getting ready to go to Moutuogang for horse riding
Chapter 83
Zhao Ji ordered: "I have been told orally that Zhao Gou, King of Kang, will be the imperial envoy, and Yushi Cao Fu will be the deputy imperial envoy. He will lead a hundred imperial city officials (soldiers) to inspect the east and west workshops and the crossbow and arrow making institute.
, immediately rectify the identified deficiencies, resume weapons and armament manufacturing, and ensure excellence."
The young Zhao Gou was delighted, kowtowed and thanked him, and said: "My son, I have accepted the decree and will definitely live up to my father's expectations..."
When King Yun Zhao Kai saw that his ninth brother had suddenly gained the favor and responsibility of his father, although he stopped talking, he was not happy in his heart.
Zhao Ji sent his entourage to ride fast horses to the Yushitai to convey the order to the newly appointed Yushi Cao Fu. After receiving the order, he rushed directly to [Dongshoufang], where he met with Kang Wang Zhaogou at Dongshoufang, and then jointly inspected
East and West Workshops and Bow and Crossbow Making Institute...
Zhao Ji thinks this arrangement is more appropriate, although the young Zhao Gou is commendable for his courage and dares to take on heavy responsibilities;
However, Zhao Gou is still a little young and has no official experience at all;
And arrange for a mature and prudent, fifty-one-year-old new censor Cao Fu, who was a Jinshi during the Yuanfu period but was not promoted because he was too upright. He even dared to admonish the emperor when he visited a brothel.
Zhao Ji believes that the combination of Zhao Gou and Cao Fu will definitely play a complementary role. The inspection of the east and west workshops and the crossbow and arrow making institute will definitely be able to verify the shortcomings and rectify them as soon as possible, resume the large-scale manufacturing of weapons and armaments, and
Ensure excellence.
After the young Zhao Gou received the decree, he bid farewell to his father and his brother, King Yun Zhao Kai, and led hundreds of accompanying officers (soldiers) from the Imperial City Division to rush to Dongshoufang...
Zhao Kai, the King of Yun who was left in the arsenal and was preparing to investigate the responsibility for the lack of armaments in the arsenal, appealed again:
"Father, please pay attention to the dragon body. Get up early and drive back to the palace. Don't overwork yourself.
To track down the shortage of armaments in the imperial army, I have a son and minister to do the hard work for my father, and I will do my best to complete this task."
"Kaier is kind and filial, young and promising." Zhao Ji did not forget to praise Zhao Kai. After all, everyone loves to hear words of encouragement and praise. Proper encouragement and praise are also crucial for the growth of young people.
After Zhao Ji thought for a while, he said: "I will drive back to the palace right now."
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Zhao Ji left more than a hundred officers (soldiers) with the third prince, King Yun, Zhao Kai. He took the remaining officers and soldiers and drove back to the palace.
In fact, Zhao Ji originally planned to lead the remaining officers and soldiers directly to Moutuogang, the largest grazing place in the northwest of the outer city of Kaifeng.
After all, before Zhao Ji traveled through time and came here, when he was studying the history of the Northern Song Dynasty in a university in modern society, he knew that in the Northern Song Dynasty, there was the largest horse breeding farm Moutuogang in Bianliang, Kaifeng, Tokyo, where tens of thousands of horses were raised for the army. Zhao Ji knew that Jiang Xiufu, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote a long poem "Motuogang Yue Ma",
Zhao Ji can still remember a few of them:
Herding horses are scattered near the mountain, reading and watching the high autumn.
Tuogang is like a sand garden, and Duifu leads to Chuanzhou
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The army is selected with lightness, and the imperial guard is gentle.
The hairy thing has a thousand names, and all the beauty belongs to Hualiu.
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When Zhao Ji was preparing to write his graduation thesis in the history department of the university, he also consulted "Three Dynasties and the Northern League".
The book records that in November of the first year of Jingkang (AD 1126), when the Jin people besieged Kaifeng City in Tokyo, "the Capital Water Supervisor decided to flood Moutuogang."
Guan Motuogang. Motuogang (also known as 'Motuogang') was the place where the Jin people went to camp. The terrain was low and humid, and since it was filled with water, the Jin people occupied all the land in Gaofu for their camp"... In other words, when the Jin Army saw the monstrous water rushing towards the Jin camp in Moutuogang, the Jin Army was not stupid at all, so they immediately went to camp on higher ground...
Therefore, Zhao Ji really wanted to see the famous Moutuogang, and he must go, but he had to go back to the palace first and wait until the important matters were settled before going...
Going to Moutuogang is not a trip, but a horse review to see how many military horses our Song Dynasty has that can go into battle?
Needless to say, the importance of military horses to ancient cold weapon warfare.
Whether it was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who tried every means to obtain the bloody horses from the Western Regions, or Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizong built many large-scale horse breeding facilities across the country to raise and train military horses;
So much so that when Zhao Ji, the biological father of the original owner of this body, Song Shenzong, paid great attention to the breeding and maintenance of military horses.
However, even now, Zhao Ji does not know that in the late Northern Song Dynasty, his original owner was an emperor who ignored government affairs and did not do business, with treacherous officials in power and corrupt officials.
So, how many military horses are left in Moutuogang, a ranching place, and what is the quality of the military horses?
And why didn’t Zhao Ji just go to Moutuogang to watch horses?
Of course, he felt that there were other things to do first than horse racing.
For one thing, now that I have returned to the city, I should be able to arrive at the execution ground before three quarters to noon and watch the demon Dao Lin Lingsu being questioned and beheaded in public.
Of course, there shouldn't be much to see when the demon Dao Lin Lingsu was killed by Wen.
Killing someone is nothing more than a nod to the ground!
The most important thing is that before leaving the gate of Gen Yue, Zhao Ji told the officials that after visiting Gen Yue, they could go to see the Demon Dao Lin Ling Su Wen Shou, and then they could see the performance of the officials.
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Let me verify my decision and let the ministers watch the demon being beheaded. Can it serve as a warning to the monkeys?
Secondly, Zhao Ji made an appointment with Cai Jing’s eldest son, the scholar Cai You, and they had something important to discuss...
This matter is very important.
Zhao Ji wanted to see if he could use Cai You, who had turned against Cai Jing, to bring down Cai Jing, who once had power but was still a student and full of party members and seemingly unshakable?
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[ps: Thank you for the reward for this book because I am so embarrassed to speak. There is a character limit for nicknames. First come first, 1 o'clock.]