"It's not clear yet, but a flying army is about ten times the combat power of the imperial guards, but the cost of supply and maintenance is definitely lower than that of the ten imperial guards. As for how much it is, it depends on the training effect."

Zhao Huan was very sure of the combat effectiveness of the flying army. After all, the template he was referring to was the most powerful army on this land.

A hard work, tight food, has created countless brilliant military templates.

"Thirty thousand flying troops are equivalent to 300,000 imperial guards. In addition, the 70,000 Jiesheng troops in the north, the 100,000 Yongding troops, the Qin Feng army of about 30,000, and the Yongxing army of the Yang family in Guanzhong. It is equivalent to 550,000 imperial guards, which is indeed very difficult to raise." Li Gang nodded and said.

Zhao Huan walked down from the imperial front and shouted loudly, "Zhao Duzhi, carry a big table for me."

"I have calculated in detail that the total number of imperial guards before was about 700,000. The consumption of these 700,000 imperial guards has always accounted for 60% to 80% of the national treasury expenditure in the Song Dynasty." Zhao Huan said, taking out a booklet, which was his calculation.

Li Gang suddenly pointed to the numbers in the booklet and asked, "What is this?"

"I learned... it is the number of people I learned to learn about. They are good at calculating accounts. I have learned their calculating." Zhao Huan wiped his sweat. The Song Dynasty had a good understanding of calculation and achieved great success, but this simplified version of the number was also a driving progress for the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Huan once exchanged Liu Yi for "Tongwen Jingzhi" and it was considered an ambush in advance. Unexpectedly, Li Gang suddenly asked.

"I have seen everyone in Liu and I have always wanted to ask. Since I am studying the calculation of the people of Leiye, I will go and check it out another day. There are too many accounts in Jishen. There are hundreds of doctoral students in the calculation field, and I have been busy for more than a month to calculate the accounts of the Song Dynasty." Li Gang nodded.

"The Song Dynasty could not afford 250,000 border troops and 30,000 flying troops, and 100,000 elite troops." Zhao Huan said sadly.

The Song Dynasty plate is actually very good. If Zhao Gou had not had the possibility of rebellion in the south, he would have tightened his belt and raised the 30,000 flying troops and 100,000 elite troops.

But the bad thing is that the big tax revenue investors in Jiangnan are now unstable.

Li Gang knew it and said, "Officials, I have a word."

"The border defense of the Song Dynasty is tense. The border troops, Yongding Army, Jiesheng Army, Qin Feng Army, and Yongxing Army must be guaranteed. However, the imperial guards directly under the court also need to guarantee it. It is better to do this. These 30,000 flying troops will be trained to temporarily guard Bianjing."

Zhao Huan nodded. Now it was three to one, and they all agreed to raise the flying army, not the elite.

"Then, raise another 50,000 elite troops and place them outside the city of Bianjing." Li Gang said suddenly.

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"The finances of the Song Dynasty cannot bear it. I know." Zhao Huan shook his head and said. He had calculated it clearly. With the finances of the Song Dynasty, he could not afford to support so many troops.

Li Gang bowed and said, "In fact, the official and commercial tax reform have been carried out very thoroughly. Commercial tax has changed from 100 to 100 to 100."

"Officials, as long as the commercial tax reform is reorganized, they will be sold out. Even if they are not counted in Jiangnan, the treasury of the Song Dynasty this year is much higher than usual."

Zhao Huan's eyes lit up! Yes, how could he forget about the issue of commercial tax reform?

The commercial tax in the north is not high, and it is more than 30 million guan, and more than 30 million guan has been contributed by two Sichuan and two Huaihe places.

However, at least 90% of the commercial tax was taken away by the officials, squire, landlords, and gangs.

Eliminate the middlemen and make the difference by yourself!

This year's tax figures are definitely better than usual.

Not to mention that it is more than ten times, as far as the Northland routes are concerned, there are millions of profits, so you can still look forward to it.

However, Zhao Huan quickly thought of another point of the problem, that is, food.

"I can't support the army if I have money and no food." Zhao Huan thought of his first understanding, which was to put money and food at a critical position.

"If you have money, you will have food. If there is too much food in the south of the Yangtze River and you can't eat it, you will naturally have to find a way to sell it to the north." Li Gang said.

Zhao Huan's tone suddenly dropped and he asked, "What if Zhao Gou sold the grain to the Jin people? What about the Cui family? Is it possible to take advantage of the opportunity to transport grain to Pingzhou to transport grain to the Jin people."

As soon as Zhao Huan finished speaking, the whole court was silent, the kind of quiet that could be heard even if a needle fell off.

Zhang Shuye felt his blood surging, his face became redder and redder. He suddenly shouted, "Officials! I am willing to lead 20,000 troops to Lin'an! Find Zhao Gou! Tear him up and smash him into pieces!"

Zhao Huan turned his head and asked, "What if Zhao Gou ran? What if he ran to the sea? He carried the boat to float on the Yangtze River, floated into the sea, or even floated to Ryukyu?"

Zhang Shuye's hands were shaking, and finally turned into a sigh.

Zhao Huan was aimless, and Zhao Gou was not not not floating on the sea. In the normal historical line, he was searched by Wanyan Zongbi and almost caught.

If Yue Fei hadn't recovered Jiankang and rebuilt the Yangtze River defense, would there be another thing in the Southern Song Dynasty?

The hall was silent again. Some people rebelled, but the officials were unwilling to mobilize the border troops to suppress the rebellion because the border was not stable.

Zhong Shizhong led 30,000 Qin Feng's army to serve the king, but in fact he had exposed the Longyou Protectorate's Palace to the mouth of Tubo. If the Western Army had not been complete in the military fort system, perhaps the three counties of Qingtang would have been named Tubo now.

Who can I adjust? No one can adjust.

Li Gang took a deep breath and said, "Officials, I think, are we overestimating the combat effectiveness of King Kang's men? I am not underestimating the enemy. I just feel that they may not be able to take down Bian Jing. Give them 400,000 people, and I have the confidence to defend Bian Jing."

"The combat power of the imperial guards is really useless. The landlords and private soldiers may not be strong there."

Zhao Huan then remembered that Li Gang had the errand of the Four Walls Guardians hanging on him and did not step down.

"Have you ever taken it seriously?" Zhao Huan stared at Li Gang and said seriously.

"I am willing to issue a military order. Zhao Gou will never be able to take Bian Jing! The millions of soldiers and civilians in Bian Jing are united, and one Zhao Gou is nothing! The last battle of Kaifeng, the people of Bian Jing have shown their bravery."

"The officials abolished the laws of their ancestors and did not exile the people of Bianjing. The grateful people of Bianjing will never disappoint the officials."

"The people of Bianjing are willing to be honest." Li Gang replied equally serious.

Zhao Huan nodded, there was some reason.

The vast ocean of people's war!

Zhao Huan looked at the system's prompts and finally understood what a war like a vast ocean is.

"If Zhao Gou leads his troops to attack Bian Jing, then Li Taizai will depend on you. I don't plan to run away. If the city is broken, I will be killed by him. I won't blame you."

"Faced with Zhao Gou, I will never take a step back."

Nowadays, Bianjing is well-connected and has developed canal transportation. It is a well-deserved cultural center, military center and economic center.

If he loses Bianjing, then wherever he runs, the result will be the same.

If Zhao Gou comes, he will activate what Li Gang said about the people's hearts.

If Zhao Gou doesn't come, then wash your neck and wait for me to chop it off!

"I decided to train the flying army!" Zhao Huan said loudly.

Zhao Ying moved a big table into Wende Hall. There were several palace maids and eunuchs carrying stools and holding plates and saying, "Come on!"

"Official family, the old minister has learned a new dish called eggplant today. It has been prepared. All the officials in the court came hungry. Now that it was time for dinner, the old minister is good at making the meals of the officials." Zhao Ying said with a smile, asking several eunuchs and palace maids to arrange the meals.

Zhao Huan's face was full of dark lines. He asked Zhao Ying to move the table to put the map and study together how to mobilize troops and generals.

How did Zhao Ying understand it as a treat to dinner?

However, the matter was almost over. Zhao Huan touched his stomach and said, "Come on, go to the table."

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Chapter completed!