Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 894 Big crises are always formed by the concentration of multiple malpractices

Chapter No.16 Great crises are always formed by the concentration of multiple factors

Taiji Palace, Xiande Hall Li Jiancheng dragged Zhaojun Wang Li Xiaogong to the table.

Li Xiaogong was polite, seeing Li Jiancheng's sincere attitude, he had to sit down with Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Xiaogong and said: "King Zhao Jun, move to Hejian County King, this is to return what my father owes to you. Since I am in charge, I must pay you justice."

Li Xiaogong looked at Li Jiancheng and nodded with a smile.

In the Tang Dynasty, Zhaojun was Zhaozhou, which had jurisdiction over eight counties including Pingji, Luancheng, Yuanshi, Yingtao, Zanhuang, Baixiang, Lincheng and Zhaoqing.However, Hejian County has twelve counties under its jurisdiction. No matter the population or the territory under its jurisdiction, Zhao County is far inferior to Hejian County.

Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said: "This time, I originally wanted to swap your fiefdom with Uncle Huai'an, but I was afraid that Uncle Huai'an would go to father's place to make trouble, so I made a compromise. I will come down. You will always bring the soldiers, but right now, I have other things to send you."

Li Xiaogong waved his hands and said: "I don't know anything except leading soldiers. Being an official in the court, I must make a joke!"

Li Jiancheng said solemnly: "Don't be afraid, what I mean is that you will be the secretary of Honglu Temple, and you will also be in charge of General Zuo Xiaowei, and take over the Jingzhao military power in Zheng Rentai's hands."

Li Xiaogong was startled.

Li Jiancheng pondered: "I plan to disarm, what's your attitude towards this?"

Li Xiaogong smiled and said: "Actually, this minister is about to talk about this matter. Soldiers are more expensive than elite soldiers. Li Yaoshi thinks that the current army of the Tang Dynasty is not too small, but too much."

Li Jiancheng responded little by little: "Oh?"

"Three days ago, General Chen organized the 20th army to train urgently. Your Majesty must have heard about it!" Li Xiaogong said with a wry smile: "In Tang Dynasty, there are too many troops that cannot be fought, and the troops that can fight tough battles can be pulled out. , too few. If you want to train troops, you have to train like the Anxi Army, Dingyuan Army, and the Four Guards of the East Palace. If you want to defeat the Turks, the army must be able to run and fight. An unbeatable army is like the current Twelve Guards , there are nearly 5 troops on the surface, but the number of soldiers capable of fighting does not exceed [-]."

Li Jiancheng nodded repeatedly and said, "Very good! Very good! Right now, I need your help.

Li Xiaogong got up and bowed: "They are all my brothers, your majesty is welcome, just give orders!"

Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "It's not humane to do so, I can only wrong you!"

Li Xiaogong is not stupid, he guessed Li Jiancheng's intentions from the reaction of Li Jiancheng, a kind man.

Li Jiancheng wanted to disarm, but the resistance was not the Twelve Guards.Because Chen Ying once practiced martial arts in Longshou Mountain and pulled out all the twelve guards. As a result, all twelve arrived in a full day. As a result, there were still more than [-] people who did not reach Longshouyuan until dark.

Chen Yingji decided to abolish all the more than [-] stragglers in the Twelve Guards.

Li Xiaogong knew that Li Jiancheng exchanged King Hejian for King Zhaojun, and the purpose was to compensate him.Li Xiaogong said with a faint smile: "I will write a letter to Your Majesty when I go back, requesting that half of the palace guards be abolished, and suggest that half of the soldiers in the world should be abolished, weed out the old and the weak, and select the elite."

Li Jiancheng was overjoyed when he heard the words, but at the same time he was relieved.

……

Land, an eternal topic.Over the years, countless disputes and bloodshed, countless reforms and revolutions, countless wars that have grown from scratch, and countless dynasties that have gone from prosperity to decline have all revolved around this almost eternal topic.Before the rise of industrial civilization, land was almost the only basic resource in human society, the fundamental dependence of the continuation of human civilization, and the chief culprit for thousands of years of people killing each other.

From a hunting society to an agricultural society, it marks the first step for human beings to enter a civilized society from a primitive society.Because of the land, human beings began to carry out a stricter division of labor; because of the land, human beings began to carry out a more comprehensive institutional regulation; because of the land, the ethnic groups declined day by day, and because of the land, the country began to emerge.

No matter what views historians hold, no matter whether modern society divides the evolution stages of human civilization scientifically or objectively, no matter whether they are Eastern or Western historians, they all affirm without any objection that before the emergence of industrial civilization, Any so-called recorded history of human political civilization is a history of land distribution and redistribution. For thousands of years, land has been the only driving force behind the development and progress of human civilization.

Every change of era is marked by land; every change of dynasty has land as its content.

The core of the feudal system established in the Western Zhou Dynasty was the hierarchical distribution of land ownership from top to bottom.In the whole world, is it the land of the king? All the land in the world belongs to the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is the biggest landlord in the world.

This is the ultimate landowner. Generally speaking, anything that is too absolute is often the least affordable.Therefore, the emperor actually owns very little land, only a little around the capital.Most of the other lands were distributed by the emperor to his family members, ministers and nobles in the form of "enfeoffment".

These family members, these ministers, and these nobles who were entrusted by the emperor are called Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, and Nan.And these imperial relatives, ministers and nobles who accepted the entrustment of the emperor are now called "vassals" by us.

Under the feudal lords, there are scholar-bureaucrats who are enfeoffed, and they are also scholars.At the beginning, scholars were all the servants of the princes, and they were also proper proletarians.The ideal of the scholars is to redistribute the land in the world, using a more reasonable model and a more scientific system, so that the limited land can protect the interests of more people.

Thus, Shang Yang's "twenty-class military merit title system came into being.

Regardless of the [-]th-class military nobility system in the Han Dynasty, the Cao Wei garrison system during the Three Kingdoms period, and the current military system in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, they are actually variants of military nobility based on Shang Yang's [-] military merits.

Whoever can allocate land more rationally and scientifically is what the people want.

The leaders of the peasant uprising who chanted "equalizing the land" for countless times will never understand that averaging is not always reasonable. Only when they get the land will they risk their lives to create a bright red country for the leaders.

Because the Qin Dynasty could not guarantee that the military master could grant the land, the army of millions of tigers and wolves let Liu Bang's soldiers enter without bloodshed.It was also because there was no land in the Tang Dynasty to reward the soldiers, so the Anshi Rebellion, the Huangchao Rebellion, and the vassals and towns were separated.

Chen Ying is very clear about any dynasty.If the historical problems left over from the founding of the country cannot be properly resolved, then future generations will never be able to solve them.

The most intuitive problem Datang faces is that Guanzhong is too small and the land is limited.There are less than 4000 million mu of land in the area, and even relying on the grain production of later generations, it can only support more than [-] million people.However, the land in Guanzhong is only half in the hands of the aristocratic family, and the rest of the land, except for the self-cultivated farmers, does not have much land that can be used by the soldiers.

Maintaining a standing army of 20 in the Guanzhong area like Datang requires at least half of the land in Guanzhong to reward.

What Chen Ying can do now is to reduce the population concentration in Datang Guanzhong, otherwise this thunder will explode sooner or later.

Therefore, Chen should take advantage of the food shortage to properly suggest that Li Jiancheng move people outside the customs.

Whether it is abolishing the government soldiers or migrating the population, they are actually treating the symptoms, not the root cause.To solve this problem, the easiest way is to move the capital.Move the capital to Luoyang or Yecheng, even Bianliang is better than Chang'an.

In an era without railways and highways, just the transportation of food and living supplies would exhaust Datang.

When Chen Ying returned to Chenjiabao, Xu Jingzong was waiting for Chen Ying with the dossier.

Xu Jingzong handed the thick dossier to Chen Ying, and said with a smile on his face: "My lord, the matter has been settled. We have lent grain merchants a total of 150 million guan, and all their pledges are here!"

Chen Ying glanced hastily, and found that the pledge above had been severely suppressed.

Chen Ying laughed and said, "Should they be drinking and partying now?"

Xu Jingzong nodded.

Chen Ying's heart was still very heavy.

Xu Jingzong was very puzzled and said: "My lord, with our plan, we can definitely buy the bottom and pass the grain merchants. The price of grain will drop sharply. Why are you so worried?"

"I don't know when the drought in Guanzhong will be relieved!" Chen Ying sighed and said, "No matter how high the price is, we must not let the capital run out of food; Transfer to areas along the river where it is easy to get food, and relieve the pressure on food supply in Gyeonggi..."

Having said that, Chen Ying fixed his eyes on the direction from Tongguan to Hangu Pass.

The severe drought in Guanzhong made the Wei River unnavigable.The more than [-] miles from Luoyang to Chang'an all need to be transported by land, which is too expensive.

Chen Ying looked at Xu Jingzong and said, "Jingzong, go down and have a rest!"

After Xu Jingzong left, Chen Ying lay on the soft couch with a tired face.

Time, Datang is most short of time now.

Seeing that autumn is coming, once autumn comes, Datang will not only face irreconcilable internal conflicts, but also bear the military pressure from the Turks.

When it comes to war, Chen Ying is really not afraid.But the point is that the border between Datang and East Turkic is too long, and there are loopholes everywhere.

Just when Chen Ying was about to fall asleep in a daze, suddenly a pair of tender hands pressed on Chen Ying's swollen forehead and began to massage gently.

Chen Ying felt very comfortable, almost moaning.

At this moment, a voice sounded from behind Chen Ying.

"Actually, to solve the food crisis in Guanzhong, apart from the three strategies mentioned by Fang Xuanling, there is no other better way to solve the food shortage in Gyeonggi..."

Chen Ying was shocked when he heard this voice.

Sure enough, Chen Ying got up and turned around, looking at the terrified eldest grandson Wugou, who appeared in the study at some point.

Chen Ying shouted coldly: "What did you say?"

Ai Ai, the eldest grandson Wugou, said: "Time is really tight. The grain storage in Gyeonggi may only last until the middle of next month. We have to fight for it every hour. If it takes a day, I don't know how many people in Gyeonggi will starve to death. During the current drought in Guanzhong, my concubine I think that we should immediately organize people to dredge the eight rivers, widen the river, and improve the navigation conditions from the eastern capital Luoyang to Gyeonggi... In addition, we must immediately build large granaries in Luokou and Liyang to store grain. The grain and grass brought in by water are stored in Luokou. The grain and grass in Jinhai Fang are stored in the Liyang Warehouse. Anyway, the Luokou Warehouse is only [-] miles away from Chang’an, so it’s much easier to change boats or carts to Chang’an by land…”

Hearing Changsun Wugou's words, Chen Ying was secretly surprised.

He didn't expect his eldest grandson Wugou to have such a level of insight.No wonder Li Shimin was extremely wise when his eldest grandson Wugou was alive, but after his untimely death, Li Shimin began to fall out again.Perhaps half of Li Shimin's credit is due to Zhangsun Wugou's masterpiece.

"That's it!" Chen Ying knew that this was not a memorial to solve the problem. He had to meet Li Jiancheng, stop other affairs of the entire court, and concentrate all the resources that could be mobilized to widen the Weihe River and build post roads for transporting grain. The three things of building a large grain storage warehouse will come up.

Of course, there are political risks in making such a decision. Similarly, to do big things, you must have the courage to make decisions. Chen Ying was able to rise to the top at a young age, and naturally it was not for nothing.

Chen Ying pondered for a moment, then said: "Okay, I'll make a memorial!"

The food shortage in Gyeonggi is not only a shortage of 15 shi or 300 shi of grain, but a shortage of millions of shi of grain.Gyeonggi is responsible for solving the food problem of the nearly [-] army of the Twelve Guards and more than [-] war horses. To maintain such a large army, more than [-] million stone grains are needed for one year's military food plus transportation loss.

300 million grains need 30 carts, 60 mules and horses, and 30 coachmen to transport. Such huge carts are lined up in a long line, and walking on the post road will form a long line of about five or six thousand miles.Based on an inland water tank boat with a capacity of 300 shi, [-] boats and [-] to [-] boatmen will be needed for [-] million grains, and perhaps hundreds of thousands of pullers will be needed to line up the waterway. There is also a long queue nearly a thousand miles long.

A major crisis is always formed when multiple factors erupt together.

……

In Prince Qi's Mansion in Chang'an City, Li Yuanji walked to the backyard with a dark face.Seeing Li Yuanji's unkind expression, Xie Shufang leaned over and asked boldly, "His Royal Highness, what happened?"

Li Yuanji's face was as gloomy as water, and he said angrily: "The Prince of Zhao Jun, Li Xiaogong, submitted his petition in the morning, requesting to abolish his palace guards, and suggested that half of the soldiers in the world should be abolished, the old and the weak should be eliminated, and the elite should be selected."

Xie Shufang scolded loudly: "This Prince Zhao, has he lost his mind?"

Li Yuanji scolded: "What does Li Xiaogong know? Your Majesty was confused, and he also followed suit!"

At this moment, Yu Wenhuaji smiled and said, "Isn't this better?"

Li Yuanji was startled, and suddenly realized.

Immediately, Li Yuanji looked at Yu Wenhua and said, "Have you found out about the food?"

Yu Wenhuaji nodded and said: "I've figured it out, this batch of grain is the grain collected by Tongli Bank last year, a total of 100 million shi!"

Li Yuanji exclaimed, "A million stones? So much?"

Yu Wenhuaji said with a faint smile: "Is one million shi a lot? Even if there are two million shi of grain, it can't fill the stomachs of the people in Guanzhong!"

Li Yuanji frowned and said, "We'll eat all of this batch of food, I'm afraid it's not easy!"

It's not like Li Yuanji doesn't know how to settle accounts. Now the price of grain is close to 100 yuan per bucket of rice, and 90 million shi of grain needs almost [-] guan.

Yu Wenhuaji sighed and said, "It's not easy, but it's not impossible. Now we have borrowed 150 million yuan from Tongli Bank, so we can take the food!"

In fact, every time the grain is released.The Guanzhong Grain Merchants Group can get only about one-third of it in their hands. If this trend is followed, Guanzhong will have to transport at least 200 million shi of grain in order to run out of money! "

(End of this chapter)