Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 324 The Samurai Xun Visits

Chapter 25 Samurai Xun visits
Outside the political affairs hall in the imperial city of Tang Dynasty, a group of imperial warriors stood straddling with swords in hand, their eyes fixed on each other, majestic and majestic.In the political affairs hall, the chief officials of the three provinces, Shangshu Zuopushe Pei Ji, Shangshu Youpushe, Menxia Shengnayan Chen Shuda, and Zhongshu servant Xiao Yu are arguing in the political affairs hall so that they blow their beards and stare, their faces are red, and they can't talk.

The Sui Dynasty set up five provinces: Shangshu, Menxia, ​​Internal History, Secretary, and Internal Servant. The Secretary’s Province was similar to the later Guange, and the Internal Servant Department was a special eunuch organization. The three provinces of Shangshu, Menxia, ​​and Internal History were in charge of the central government.The three provinces check each other and are jointly responsible to the emperor.Among them, the decision-maker is the senior official of the internal history, called the internal history order; the reviewer is the senior official of the sect, called Nayan;

After the death of Dou Wei, the order of internal history, after the discussion between Pei Ji and Li Yuan, the Ministry of Internal History was renamed Zhongshu Province, and Xiao Yu and Xiao Shiwen were the first Zhongshu Minister in the Tang Dynasty.

The first thing Xiao Yu did when he took office was to prepare for Li Shimin's expedition.According to the system, the Minister of Ministers is responsible for daily government affairs, the Ministry of Zhongshu makes decisions, and the Ministry of Education is responsible for review.

Since the order of ministers was given to Li Shimin, the left naked clothes in the Tang Dynasty became

The policy formulated by Xiao Yu is to ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to prepare 150 million shi of grain, 50 shi of fodder, and 20 pieces of cloth. The Ministry of Industry needs to produce 500 million crossbow arrows and 300 million arrows. , plus [-] handles of horizontal knives and [-] sets of armor.

Chen Shuda was impatient at the time, it wasn't that Datang couldn't afford so much money, food and equipment.Last year and this year, in Guanzhong Dafeng, the tax revenue alone amounted to more than 160 million shi, and Bashu and Hexi could release 40 million shi and [-] shi to enter the customs after three months.There is food, but unfortunately it is too difficult to transport so much food.

In this day and age, when ordinary transport capacity is limited, the two-wheeled carriage is a great two-jack day.However, the Tang Dynasty could mobilize no more than 150 two-wheeled carriages at most. If two-wheeled carriages were used for transportation, only [-] million shi of grain would require as many as [-] horse-drawn carriages, which is too big a gap.Even if [-] horse-drawn carriages were transported non-stop day and night, one horse-drawn carriage could only transport more than [-] times in a year, and there was still a gap of two-thirds.

Not to mention the need to transport materials such as forage, armor, weapons, spears, and fire oil. For Datang's poor transportation capacity, it is simply wishful thinking.

The transportation capacity of the Tang Dynasty improved by leaps and bounds, mainly because after four years of Zhenguan, Li Jing attacked the Yinshan Mountains at night, defeated the Eastern Turks, and obtained millions of cattle and horses. At that time, the Tang Dynasty court was able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of chariots and horses.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Shiwen stood up, poured a cup of tea for Chen Shuda and Pei Ji each, put the first cup on the table in front of Pei Ji, and the back in front of Uncle Chen, and said, "Wang Shichong's rise as a military lord is definitely not a cup of tea. Lang gained a false reputation, and his Jianghuai soldiers under his command defeated Liu Yuanjin, Zhu Xie, Meng Rang and other rebels successively. Even Li Mi, who defeated Yu Wenhua and his tens of thousands of elite Xiaoguo troops, was defeated by him. King Qin sent troops to challenge Wang Shichong, An army of [-] cavalry can't be less. The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first. ?”

Chen Shuda was also speechless, he didn't understand what Xiao Yu could understand.If he didn't even understand this, Li Yuan wouldn't let him replace Liu Wenjing as Nayan and the prime minister.However, knowing it is one thing, but being able to do it is another.Chen Shuda said slowly: "Then how to solve the transportation problem? The Bashu Mountains are high and the roads are far away. Even if they are recruited, it will take too long and delay the major event of the Eastern Expedition. However, there are only more than 67 households in Guanzhong. How much is left? I'm afraid there will be less than 5 people, and 5 people may not be able to complete the task of transporting luggage..."

Pei Ji raised his eyelids, if Hedong hadn't been ravaged by Liu Wuzhou, and the country was full of mourning, he could have recruited 80 people from Hedong and [-] million shi of grain to complete this transportation task easily.It's just a pity that crying is heard almost everywhere in Hedong, and new graves are built in every village. Where can we find manpower?

At this moment, an internal servant entered the political affairs hall and saluted Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda respectfully: "Pei Xiang, Xiao Xiang, Chen Xiang, and Your Majesty are calling to see you in the Palace of Manna."

Pei Ji moved forward calmly, flicking his sleeves.The big sleeve seemed to have accidentally touched the servant's lowered hand, but the servant obviously felt his hand sink. As a walker in the palace, he had already understood Pei Ji's way of dealing with people. Two or more.

Even if it is silver, it is still ten pennies.He worked in the palace for three full years.

The servant smiled all over his face and said, "What does Prime Minister Pei want to know?"

In front of Li Yuan, Pei Jineng's holy family was undiminished.It is absolutely impossible to say that he is Jane in the heart of the emperor. The key is that Pei Ji has close contacts with the palace, so he can know in advance whether Li Yuan is in a good mood or what Li Yuan is thinking about.If you want to talk about Xi Yi's intentions and try to figure out the Sacred Heart, Pei Ji is definitely unique in Datang.

Pei Ji lowered his voice and asked: "Your Majesty called me, why?"

The servant smiled and said, "So that Prime Minister Pei would know, the maidservant vaguely heard His Royal Highness King Qin mentioned the Eastern Expedition and transportation."

When Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu heard this, they felt even more depressed.The two of them are both newcomers to the prime minister, and their foundation is not stable. If they can't even handle this major event, I'm afraid they won't be able to convince the public. You must know that there are many ministers of civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty who want to be the real prime minister.

Hearing this, Pei Ji motioned for the servant to lead the way.

Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu followed closely behind, but their hearts were uneasy, which formed a sharp contrast with Pei Ji, who was full of confidence and calm.

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It is undeniable that Li Daozhen sent the money very timely.At least it can meet Chen Ying's current expenses. It is the first time for Chen Ying to organize such a project, and he will naturally follow the habits of later generations.

Cost accounting must be done very carefully.Of course, Li Shimin didn't see that he really wanted to build a Wubao when he came to the construction site, but Chen Ying was still very careful.Everything focused on preparations such as repairing ditches and firing bricks and tiles. After all, winter in Guanzhong came very early, and it was due to snow in a month or two at most.At that time, there was no way to carry out outdoor projects.

On this day, Chen Ying and Ge Tong modified the mechanical parts of the convertible, especially the lubrication of the bearings, so as to reduce friction and improve efficiency, just when Chen Ying and Ge Tong were too busy.Hearing Chen Jinyong's report, a distinguished guest came to the door.

Chen Ying knew that it was very impolite for her hands to be dirty and disheveled to meet guests.After taking a bath and changing into new clothes, Lan'er got up when she heard that a distinguished guest was coming, dressed neatly, and came to the main courtyard to serve her.

Chen Ying put on a new dress, but two carriages slowly drove into Chen Ying's small courtyard.A thin man, wearing a purple uniform, a black soft-footed toe, black official boots, and a goldfish belt hanging around his waist.

Chen Ying can be sure that he has never seen this person before. He can wear a purple belt and gold, and he is definitely a member of the third rank or above in the Tang Dynasty.Just as Chen Ying was secretly guessing who was coming, the thin man cupped his hands and saluted, "General Chen is well, Shi Yi took the liberty to disturb you."

(End of this chapter)