Became a prodigy in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 230 Ways to Control Military Power

Soon, everyone came to the printing factory again.

Seeing their arrival, the workers did not run over to salute them or anything.Still busy with the work in hand.

But Li Shimin and all the ministers stared wide-eyed.

I saw those workers holding a piece of paper and laying it on the plane of the arranged words.Use a cylinder to roll on it, pick up the paper, and there are neat words on it.

Then brush the ink again and repeat the previous action.

According to this speed, it is estimated that thousands of sheets can be printed a day, right?
At this speed, there is no one else.

Li Shimin asked curiously: "Xiao Chuli, do they all print the same?"

Cheng Chuli shook his head and said, "No, each of them prints different content. Each prints one page, and when the time comes, it will be bound and a book will come out."

"According to this speed, there is no problem for a group of them to print thousands of books a day."

A day... thousands of copies?

My God, in this way, is Datang still short of books?

Li Shimin was shocked.

Changsun Wuji and other ministers were also shocked.

"Okay, okay, in this way, there will be no shortage of scholars in Tang Dynasty. Hahahaha..."

Li Shimin said happily.

Seeing Li Shimin so happy, Cheng Chuli didn't want to hit him at first.

However, as a loyal minister, there are some words that cannot be hidden.

"Your Majesty, you are overthinking. According to the current situation of Tang Dynasty, no matter how many books there are, it is impossible for too many scholars to come out."

Forehead?
Li Er was choked by Cheng Chuli's words, Wei Zheng and other ministers also looked at Cheng Chuli very puzzled, wondering what he meant?
Could it be that scholars are not linked to books?
Cheng Chuli explained: "Actually, according to the current situation of Datang, what is missing is not books, but teachers."

"Without a teacher, the current books don't even have a punctuation mark. A person who has never read a book, can he understand it with a book? Can he be self-taught?"

"Of course, he can ask other people, but will other people understand? If you can't punctuate a sentence, you can explain several completely different meanings in one sentence. Are you sure, can you become a scholar?"

"This……"

Everyone was speechless.

This is really a big problem.

For a long time, they have entered into a misunderstanding, thinking that if there are books, there will be scholars.

But in fact, is this really the case?
In fact, that definitely won't work.Without a teacher, if you hold a book alone, you will never learn it in your life.

Even a person who can read and hold a book for the first time will not understand what the book says without a teacher.

Because, there is no punctuation.

Even great Confucians like them, with a new book in hand, have to take it back and study it carefully.

As a result, even if you spend a lot of time researching this book thoroughly.It is also impossible to fully understand the meaning of the book.Many places are misinterpreted.

Just because, there is no punctuation.

Without punctuation marks, even reading such an easy-to-understand article as an online novel, it would still look muddled.

Li Shimin looked at Cheng Chuli with piercing eyes, and asked, "Xiao Chuli, do you have a solution to this problem?"

Cheng Chuli nodded and said, "Yes, and I'm working on it."

"What do you mean?"

Li Shimin asked.

Cheng Chuli suddenly changed the subject and said, "By the way, Your Majesty, there is something I want to report to you in advance."

"whats the matter?"

Cheng Chuli said: "Your Majesty, I'm short of manpower here! I have an idea, which is to transfer all the relatives of the [-]-strong army in Chengjia Village to my Wannian Co., Ltd."

"I transferred them here for two purposes. First, I am short of manpower to work, and I need them to work here. Second, I want to open a school, and their children can study in our school."

"Opening a school? This is a good thing! But do you have so many teachers?" Li Shimin asked.

Cheng Chuli said: "Of course there is. My disciples and the brothers and brothers here in Chengjia Village can all be teachers."

These people have already read books, and it is very easy to learn modern knowledge.

They have been studying here for half a year.Just give them a period of professional training.There is nothing wrong with being a teacher to those kids.

Big deal, just get them a set of textbooks when the time comes.

Li Shimin is so smart, he understood when Cheng Chuli said that.

In this way, the problem that they said before that there is no teacher is solved.

Li Shimin heard Cheng Chuli's words, and immediately said happily: "Okay, I support you in this matter. It must be done, and the school must be opened."

Cheng Chuli said: "Your Majesty, don't agree so quickly. There is a question that I must explain to you in advance, lest you see it and misunderstand me."

Li Shimin was taken aback, and asked, "What's the problem?"

What could be wrong with such a good thing?
Cheng Chuli changed the subject again, and asked back: "Your Majesty, let me ask you. Do you know how to control the military power steadily?"

"what?"

Are you changing the subject so quickly?
When Cheng Chuli said this, not only Li Shimin, but even the ministers standing beside him were shocked.

Cheng Chuli's words were too sensitive.

Li Shimin froze for a moment, then laughed.

"Xiao Chuli, you don't want to tell me, do you understand?"

Cheng Chuli said without hesitation: "Of course I understand."

"His..."

"You really understand? Are you kidding me?"

Li Shimin found that communicating with Cheng Chuli today became more and more confused, and he didn't know what he wanted to express.

Cheng Chuli nodded and said, "I really understand."

Li Shimin looked around, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Xiao Chuli, what the hell are you doing? Now, is it time to talk about this?"

Cheng Chuli lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, I am also very helpless! This has come to this point, what do you want me to do? I will transfer all the families of the ten thousand troops here. Man. Your Majesty. Are you not afraid?"

"His..."

Li Shimin immediately gasped.

"You guys watch here first. Xiao Chuli, find a place to have a cup of tea with me."

Li Shimin finally realized the difficulty of this matter.

Cheng Chuli brought all the family members of the [-]-strong army to Chengjia Village.Then he will become their great benefactor, and the ten thousand troops will not completely listen to him in the future!
To put it bluntly, even if Cheng Chuli led them to rebel, these people would not hesitate, right?
There was no way, rather than saying that Cheng Chuli was kind to them by calling their family here, it would be better to say that their family members also became Cheng Chuli's hostages.

The lives of your family are in the hands of Cheng Chuli, who dare not listen to him?

With this wave of operations alone, Cheng Chuli's claim that he can firmly control the military power is really not bragging.

Cheng Chuli nodded and said, "Okay! It's noon now, let's go to the restaurant! Senior brother, lead the way with your three juniors."

Cheng Chuli's four disciples were overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly walked ahead.

Li Shimin immediately had a black line all over his head, and really wanted to say, I told you such a thing, is it really okay for you to bring them?

But then again.These four are Cheng Chuli's disciples.

Even if Cheng Chuli doesn't take them with him now, Cheng Chuli will teach them in the future.

What else can Li Shimin say?Is he going to tell Cheng Chuli that he can't give these things to them?
Li Shimin is really tangled!
This is the trick to mastering military power!

What if his sons rebel in the future?
Suddenly, Li Shimin was relieved again.

These four guys, who wants to be the emperor, still need to rebel?
Now he is begging others to take over, but no one will take over, okay?

That being the case, why did people rebel against his father?Unless they have a hobby of killing their fathers.

Soon, a group of six people came to the restaurant and took their seats.

Cheng Chuli went straight to the point and said: "Your Majesty, I just said it. If I transfer all the relatives of this ten thousand army to me, this ten thousand army can basically be said to be my people in the future. Your Majesty, are you really not afraid?" ?”

Li Shimin said: "Don't talk nonsense, tell me quickly, how to operate?"

Li Shimin really wasn't worried that Cheng Chuli would rebel.Let's not say that this kid has no such thoughts at all.

Even if there is, it will be very difficult for him to bring these 1 people to rebel.

No way, this is the gap in identity.

If it was Li Chengqian or any of Li Ke's princes, it would be possible to rebel with an army of [-] people who were completely under his command.

As long as he brings this [-] troops to kill Li Shimin, he will be able to rise to the top position logically.

But Cheng Chuli couldn't do it, he wasn't from the royal family.If you want to rebel, you must wipe out all the Tang troops in the world.

Cheng Chuli laughed and said, "Isn't this a very simple matter? As long as the emperor registers the household registration of all soldiers, and arranges the family members to Chang'an or other designated places. If you give enough good treatment, then these soldiers will Will be loyal to Datang."

That's right, as long as Li Shimin has the courage to do this, then anyone who wants to rebel against Li Shimin in the future will be impossible.

Because those soldiers won't listen to you at all.Even if you are a reputable general, that is impossible.

There is no way, the soldier's family is in Li Shimin's hands!

Why are they soldiers?Isn't it just to make yourself and your family live better?

Once you rebel with the general, everything will be gone.Who would be so stupid?

After hearing Cheng Chuli's words, Li Shimin began to meditate there.

Cheng Chuli was right.Now Li Shimin is rich, as long as he has the courage to do this, even those aristocratic families will not be able to encourage those soldiers to rebel.

Cheng Chuli continued: "One more thing, the future generals only have the right to train and command wars. They cannot be given the right to pay them."

"In this way, the soldiers will all know that you are the emperor. Their allegiance will only be to you, the emperor, and definitely not to those generals."

When Li Shimin heard this, his heart became even more surging.

That's right, he has been worrying about the problems of those aristocratic families.

But in fact, the soldiers and horses under the assassins of those aristocratic families are also from Datang in name.

As long as he operates according to Cheng Chuli's method, who will listen to them as family in the future?
In this way, those assassins only have command power.

Li Shimin suddenly realized that he was very stupid. Every time he paid the military salary, he directly handed over the military salary to those generals and governors.Let them distribute it, let them win over the hearts of those soldiers.

The most important thing is that they don't even talk about whether they will send it to the soldiers!

This has a dire consequence.

That is, the military pay was paid to the soldiers, and the soldiers would only say good things about those generals.I would never say that he is a good emperor.

Once those soldiers couldn't get their pay, they would say that the emperor didn't give them a call.The only thing they will hold grudges against is the emperor.

The consequences of this are too serious.

Cheng Chuli continued: "Another very important point is to improve the social status of the soldiers. Once the soldiers die in battle, they must be named martyrs and their families must be given a certain settling allowance. Then, these soldiers will become gangsters. A wolf who dares to fight and fight."

"After these points have been achieved, the possibility of the aristocratic family wanting to rebel is almost zero. This is a way to get rid of the fire once and for all."

Li Ke and the others looked at their teacher dumbfounded.

Our little teacher is really not a cover, he even understands military things.

Cheng Chuli really wanted to say, what do you look at, this will be understood by later generations, even junior high school students.

And Li Shimin really felt very lucky, fortunately, this kid Cheng Chuli didn't have the intention of becoming an emperor.

Otherwise, with this kid's ability, an army will be pulled up to overthrow Li Shimin.It's really not impossible.

Li Shimin humbly asked: "There are so many people, where does the money come from?"

That's right, now that Li Shimin is forming troops one after another, Datang's troops now exceed one million.

There are 100 million troops, and their relatives have at least a few million. How much will it cost to arrange several million people?
Cheng Chuli gave him a contemptuous look and said: "Your Majesty, they are a huge productive force. To put it nicely, you can arrange a job for them. To put it bluntly, you can use them to make money. Why do you keep them for nothing? "

"For example, my factory here. It can be established in any city in Datang. Wouldn't it be enough to arrange them to work?"

"Soldiers are responsible for fighting, and their families are responsible for making money. At home, you tell them that the harder you work and the more food and goods you produce, the better the army will win. The better they behave, the better they are for the relatives in the army. The better it will be, the faster the promotion will be."

"In the army, you tell them. The more heroic they fight and the more they give, the better it will be for their families. Anyway, it's something like this!"

"As a result, both parties are closely related. Can they not work hard? Can they not fight desperately? At that time, it will be difficult for Datang not to prosper. Your Majesty, don't you think so?"

Li Shimin's eyes suddenly brightened, like Mao Sai suddenly opened.

It's not that Li Shimin is stupid, but it's impossible for people of this age to have such advanced ideas.

Li Chengqian and Li Ke are also very excited, as long as their teacher's plan can be carried out.

Then, Datang will be stable in the future.

Although they know that it is very difficult to implement such a policy.

Yes, the officials of those aristocratic families are not stupid.It is impossible for Li Shimin's policy to be implemented smoothly.

But as long as the method is known, it is only a matter of time to implement it.

Cheng Chuli continued: "Your Majesty, please don't get excited. In fact, these are just tricks. Your Majesty is very wise and mighty. It may not be difficult to do these points. But have you ever thought about it, Your Majesty? No matter how good you are, when you What about you in a hundred years?"

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment.Puzzled, he asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Cheng Chuli explained: "I mean, what will happen to the Tang Dynasty in the future? For example, if the fourth junior brother becomes the emperor, can he still be as wise and powerful as you? Can he still carry out these policies smoothly?"

(End of this chapter)