Chapter 93: My Royal Highness comes to Moutuogang in person
Chapter 93: My Royal Highness comes to Moutuogang in person
Zhao Ji ordered that he should accompany Jian on this trip, use the guard of honor of "Xiao Jia Lu Bu", and be escorted by 600 imperial city officials (soldiers), and go to Tokyo, more than 20 miles northwest of the outer city of Bianliang (Kaifeng).
Moutuogang.
Zhao Ji's chariot is pulled by six pure white horses, and each one is a "white horse decorated with golden restraints."
According to the provisions of the etiquette system: the emperor drives six, the princes drive five, the ministers drive four, the officials drive three, the scholars drive two, and the common people drive one.
When "the emperor drives six", the two horses in the middle of the carriage are called "Fu", the two horses next to them are called "骖", and the two outermost horses are called "騑".
In addition, a cart drawn by four horses is called a "si", a cart drawn by three horses is called a "骖", and a cart drawn by two horses is called a "parallel".
Zhao Ji lamented that the Song Dynasty was still very wealthy now, otherwise it would not have been able to raise six white horses to pull the emperor's carriage.
Moreover, through the residual memories left by the original owner, Zhao Ji found that there are still three purebred white horses in the imperial city.
The current economic strength of the Northern Song Dynasty is much stronger than that of the early Han Dynasty (in terms of culture and economy, it is also much stronger than that of the Liao and Jin Dynasties).
It is recorded in the history books that in the early Han Dynasty, when the economy was in decline, the emperor could not even find several horses pulling carriages of the same color when traveling! Moreover, when the officials of the early Han Dynasty went to court, there were no carriages to ride in, so they could only ride slowly.
Ox cart.
Zhao Ji looked at the spacious space inside the carriage, where you could sit and lie down. There was a royal desk and a complete set of pens, inks, paper and inkstones, so you could review memorials and write and draw. Of course, it was basically impossible for Zhao Ji's original owner to review memorials.
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The interior of this chariot is extremely luxurious...
Zhao Ji feels that the original owner of this body really knows how to enjoy it. This Yujia can be said to be the best luxury car in the world today.
Compared with the Lamborghinis, Bentleys and other luxury cars I saw online before traveling through time travel, compared with this chariot pulled by six purebred white horses, those world-class luxury cars can only be regarded as the younger brothers of younger brothers... p>
If it weren't for Zhao Ji's rich historical knowledge, he really wouldn't have understood how precious the white horse with no hair on it used by the emperor was.
Zhao Ji knows that the 'white' horses that are common in modern society can actually only be said to be gray-white horses.
In ancient times, the emperor rode a white horse, which was only one in ten thousand. Its color was as white as snow. In fact, it was the result of the genetic mutation of this kind of horse, which caused albinism.
Even if two albino stallions and mares are mated, it is not necessarily possible to produce a purebred white horse.
Therefore, the white horse is extremely precious.
An hour later...
Zhao Ji was protected by the Imperial City Secretary and accompanied by officials such as Yu Hechang, the chief envoy of Moutuogang Mu Institute, Gong Hongbo, deputy Mu envoy, etc.
He stood on a high hill in Moutuogang, looking at the Royal Horse Farm of the Northern Song Dynasty with a radius of more than thirty miles...
At this time, the autumn wind was blowing, and the land that was originally rich in water and grass was already turning yellow.
The five thousand imperial troops stationed in Moutuogang also lined up in front of their respective camps early and took their positions, preparing to welcome the inspection of Zhao Guan's family.
Moutuogang is not only the royal horse breeding place, but also the royal spring outing place.
The remaining memory of the original owner in Zhao Ji's mind is that when the original owner Zhao Ji was still a young King Duan, he practiced horse riding and archery in Moutuogang for a long time.
More than 20 years ago, Duan Wang Zhao Ji was not only outstanding in literary talent, good at calligraphy and painting, but also had superb riding and shooting skills!
Zhao Ji asked Yu Hechang, the leader of the pastoral center in Moutuogang:
"It's late autumn now. Do you have all the fodder for the winter?"
Yu Hechang knelt down and said: "When I return to the official house, I have prepared part of it, and the rest are still being prepared."
Zhao Ji looked unhappy.
The director of the pastoral office asked Yu Hechang to play back, which made Zhao Ji very dissatisfied.
Today's war horses are as important as the armored tanks of World War II!
What the hell are you saying that you have only prepared part of the fodder that will be fed to the horses after winter, and the rest are still being prepared?
Although Zhao Ji has not officially paraded horses yet, before he was protected by his personal officers and climbed the high hill, he passed through several camps in the Moutuogang Pastoral Station.
Some military horses are so thin that they are not as fat as donkeys.
Zhao Ji also vaguely felt in his heart that in the Northern Song Dynasty today, under the power of the fatuous emperor who "does not commit suicide", the original owner of his body, the dynasty was filled with treacherous ministers and corrupt officials were everywhere.
It is estimated that the corruption in the late Northern Song Dynasty has already spread into Moutuogang, the royal pastoral residence.
Zhao Ji Yujia personally visited Moutuogang, the horse farm closest to the capital, in order to personally and truthfully grasp the number of military horses and whether they could be used in combat.
Of course, he also has to deal with corrupt officials and ******* here.
Zhao Ji glared at Yu Hechang, the pastoral envoy of Moutuogang who had just replied, and ignored him.
Yu Hechang knelt down on the ground in a cold sweat. Zhao Guanjia did not let him lie down, so he could only continue to kneel in fear.
Zhao Ji then asked Gong Hongbo, deputy envoy to Xiangmu Institute, and said: "Deputy envoy Gong, what are you specifically responsible for here in Moutuogang?"
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