Datang Library

Chapter 55 The war is about to start, how to defend against the enemy's money?

Just when everyone was congratulating Li Jing on having a good nephew, His Royal Highness Li Er, the crown prince, walked out from the back hall. Seeing everyone talking and laughing at Yan Yan, his face was puzzled. Only after asking others did he know that Bai Fan Li Jing's relatives also congratulated, and said that when Li Jing served the wine, he would definitely invite him!
Walking to the middle of the people who were chatting and laughing, His Royal Highness Li Er's expression became serious. All the ministers knew that something important was going on at a glance, so they stopped playing and waited for the prince's order seriously!
"Everyone, the war is coming! A few days ago, Daoist Yuan calculated that after the autumn, there will be military disasters in the north of the Tang Dynasty! I sent people to investigate quickly, and the result was only yesterday. The Turkic Jieli Khan is preparing his troops to go south. Looted!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

What?None of the civil and military officials expected such a thing to happen?
Du Ruhui said, "Could it be that the Turks knew about the changes in my Tang Dynasty and deliberately took advantage of it?"

Li Shimin didn't speak, just nodded slightly, obviously he thought so too!Xieli is a talented Khan who knows how to choose the right time to make a move. If it were him, he would do it at this time!

"Isn't it the Turks? Your Highness and I have [-] troops, and Lao Cheng will kill them all!" Cheng Yaojing yelled.

"Why do you need [-] yuan? Give me Lao Hei [-] yuan, and your Highness will definitely bring Xieli's head!" Yu Chigong who was on the side also shouted.

Li Jing scolded, "Two idiots, if the Turks are so easy to fight, how could it be your turn to do it, and my Tang Dynasty will destroy the country soon? How can he be allowed to come to my north every year to fight the autumn wind?"

Facing the number one military figure other than Li Shimin, Datang Erhei didn't dare to talk back at all, and sat back in embarrassment one by one.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Pharmacist, I'm afraid this time the matter is even more serious! This time the Turkic buckle is not the same as in the past. According to reports from Tanmalai, the Turkic Khan is planning to raise 20 troops to invade our Tang Dynasty. I came from Datang's foundation!"

20?
All civil and military officials exclaimed in unison, what is the concept of 20?
The current military system of the Tang Dynasty still follows the former Sui Dynasty. It uses the Fubing system. There are twelve guards in the country, namely the left and right guards, the left and right Xiao guards, the left and right martial guards, the left and right guards, the left and right leading guards, and the left and right Jinwu guards. One army has one general and two generals, and each army has as many as [-] troops and as few as [-] troops, and it is still full!

The Fubing system is actually responsible for farming during busy farming hours and training during slack farming hours. In case of war, the whole country conscripts troops. Although the total number of troops is hundreds of thousands, they are fully staffed during wartime. Not many, besides, the Tang Dynasty has a vast area, so it would take a lot of troops to organize defenses on the four sides of the border. This time, the Northern Anti-Turks, in fact, the number of troops that the Tang Dynasty can dispatch is as high as 10!This is still a situation where we must pay close attention to the confiscation.

An army of 20 against 20?First of all, the number of people is inferior, and secondly, the arms are inferior. The Turks are tiger and wolf divisions who grew up on [-] horses. It is not bad to be able to draw [-] cavalry out of the [-] in the Tang Dynasty!
The infantry faced with the cavalry, they are naturally at a disadvantage and are restrained, and they suffer in terms of strength and types of troops. Those present are all veterans who have experienced battles, or civil servants and advisers who have rolled over from the flames of war. Knowing it well, everyone seemed worried for a while!
They can understand, but some people are a little baffled, just 20 soldiers?Since Datang was able to take precautions, eat them!

This person is Bai Fan. Although he is smart and quick-witted, after all, he didn't have enough understanding of military affairs after arriving in Tang Dynasty, and he knew that the northern Turks would come to invade, and he fantasized about overthrowing his opponent at that time. What a sum!

So I only heard a crisp voice, which caught the attention of civil and military officials, "Your Highness, isn't it just 20 barbarians! We have so many people in the Tang Dynasty, the most important thing we need is military strength. Now that we already know what the other party wants. Come to invade, and bring more people to arrest them all, won’t it be enough?”

Li Jing has black hair, he praised his nephew just now for his cleverness, but he didn't expect him to be a newborn calf, he is simply a rookie, with such childish words, why did His Royal Highness let him come to discuss matters?
With a slap on Bai Fan's head, Li Jing reprimanded Bai Fan. In fact, he was helping him out of the siege. He patiently explained the current situation to him.

Li Shimin didn't care about Bai Fan's mistakes, but he was a little happy. There were times when this kid didn't know, it seemed that he wasn't so evil, he was just a mortal!

"Everyone, it's not just a disadvantage of insufficient troops. Yesterday, in order to prepare for the war, I specially sent someone to count the treasury, and finally came to a very bad result. The treasury has no food and money. Fifty thousand guan! Therefore, whether it is military strength or logistics, it is not enough to support our war!"

what?
What is worse?This is called adding insult to injury!

Bai Fan is speechless, a Tang treasury, only [-] guan?This style of painting is wrong!When he bribed himself back then, the Prince Qin's Mansion alone took out [-] guan!Why is such a huge country running out of money now?
How did he know that Princess Changsun was trying to plot against Yuan Tiangang back then, and the Prince Qin's mansion didn't have much money. It was just an imaginary number to pay out ten thousand guan to pray for blessings. Only when he was forced to do so, he responded ruthlessly, which is already half of the savings of Prince Qin's Mansion!
But spending on Yuan Tiangang is worth it for no other reason, it is because Yuan Tiangang is the leader of the Taoist school, and he holds the order of the Taoist sect in the world. With his support, the Taoist sect in the world is the help of King Qin. This power is enough to fight against the five surnames and seven schools today , then even if the King of Qin raises troops to take over the position in the future, there is a way to help control the world's public opinion, which no amount of money can buy!Therefore, if Bai Fan was really eaten to death by the talented Changsun, no matter how he counted, he would not lose money!

"No, Your Highness, at that time you gave Laojun Guanla [-] easily! Why is the treasury only [-] now? Where did the money go?"

Fang Xuanling looked at the innocent Bai Fan and said with a smile, "At the beginning, almost half of the family property of King Qin's mansion was spent on you. Do you think that King Qin is as rich as a mountain? You are a mere child, if it is not because of your senior brother, Old Master Yuan, who has great magical powers. , you can have a reputation of fifteen thousand?"

Bai Fan retorted, "But, isn't my [-] guan used to build a mansion? It costs [-] guan to build any house, but the national treasury can even build a palace. What's the situation? "

Everyone laughed, and Du Ruhui said, "You don't know yet, kid? That house of yours is called a mansion? In our eyes, it's just a farmyard, and you still need [-] guan? It doesn't cost you a hundred guan. The house is requisitioned by the cheapest civilian labor, the craftsmen are approved by the supervisor, and the materials are obtained locally, and there are mountains nearby, so where will the money be spent?

You don't think I'll really build you a million-dollar mansion, do you? "

Well, that's not right, so I still have [-] guan left?Where did it go?Could it be buried under my house?Bai Fan stared at Fang Xuanling, wanting him to give an explanation!
Fang Xuanling blushed. It was really wrong to hide this matter from Bai Fan. He said embarrassingly, "You boy, would this old man be greedy for your money? The princess said before that Bai Fan is too young and has no one to manage the house , I am afraid that such a huge amount of assets will be lost, she has temporarily kept it for you, and now the money is in the Qin Palace!"

I……

Old man Fang, you tricked me...

Bai Fan felt great hatred in his heart!Are you sure you're not fooling me, a child?Didn't you just buy Yuan Tiangang for five thousand guan?Has something to do with me?After [-] rounds, I returned to Prince Qin's mansion. I don't know if there is still a small amount of money left, so I can't even imagine it...

After understanding everything, Bai Fan was a little annoyed, as if he had been tricked by a group of conspirators!
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