Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 898 Chang'an is not a place for you to run wild
Chapter 20 Chang'an is not a place for you to run wild
Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Absolutely not!"

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying suspiciously.

According to the original plan, Li Jiancheng detained Zhisili in the tea room in Menxia Province, and then ordered Feng Deyi to quarrel with Wei Zheng in the middle of the night.

The content is already prepared.

Feng Deyi slapped Wei Zheng on the table, stared and shouted: "Absolutely not! One action uses state funds, nearly one-third of the annual income. Don't say I don't have the power, even if I do, I can't do such a prodigal thing." Do it! Now, the world is stable and the people are still unable to make ends meet. Such a huge amount is enough to relieve the famine in twelve states and counties. I am responsible to Your Majesty!"

Wei Zheng would retort: ​​"The Prime Minister is responsible to His Majesty, so isn't Wei Zheng responsible to His Majesty? Nowadays, nearly 50 troops of kings from all over the world gather in Jingzhao, where people eat horses and chew, so why don't they spend money? On the way to Bingzhou Army alone, the daily cost of corn was as high as 20 jin, and fodder was as high as [-] dan. People's livelihood and economy are of course important, but how can the military in front of us be ignored? Such a large battlefield, such a fierce enemy, if the court If you don't do your best, how can you destroy this court food in one fell swoop?"

Feng Deyi yelled again: "Your Majesty wants to destroy this court food, but he didn't say anything, so that the common people in the world will not be able to survive. Although there are many kings and horses in various places, how can there be any one who does not bring food and fodder to supply it? This is your declaration. It's too much!"

When you lose your mind and hear that there are 50 troops in Guanzhong, you will definitely be scared out of your wits.

In this case, play the full set.

Then, let Li Xiaogong, the general manager of Hedong, come to tell the 20 troops of Hedong Army that they need food and grass supplies, and hope that Feng Deyi will handle it immediately.

Then, generals like Qin Qiong, Li Daoxuan, Li Shiji, Xue Wanche, Feng Li, Wei Wenzhong, Luo Shixin and others came to beg for food and grass.

The Guanzhong army was prepared, and Datang had already prepared for it.

In the end, they sent someone to pretend to be the envoy of the little Tuli Khan to visit Feng Deyi: "My little Khan wants to apologize to His Majesty, my Khan will never be an enemy of His Majesty (don't blame the old Cheng Tu) To save trouble, this strategy is actually the strategy used by Li Shimin in history to intimidate Jieli Khan and sign the Weishui alliance).

However, Chen Ying is not Wei Zheng. He thinks about issues in a different way and from a different perspective. Now Li Jiancheng is planning to confer titles on the clan kings, abolishing the internal political reforms that occurred at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty when officials overlapped and officials were mediocre.

From a long-term perspective, this is very important to Datang.After all, Li Yuan proclaimed 35 clan kings (including eleven posthumous titles) plus his 22 sons who were crowned kings.The Li Tang court has a total of 57 vassal kings, and if you count the Duke of the Kingdom, there will be more.

Who made the Li family have a great career and a large population?

Now history has undergone fundamental changes. Without Xuanwumen, without Prince Li Jiancheng and Qi Wang Li Yuanji, Lujiang King Li Yuan, etc. were killed and expelled from the country, then there would be more kings in the Li and Tang courts than in history. , Children beget grandchildren, grandchildren beget sons, sons beget grandchildren, sons and grandsons, endless life, Li Tang's clan and noble relatives will only increase, and of course the burden on the court will also become heavier and heavier.

One day it will overwhelm the Tang court.

When Li Jiancheng was about to reduce the army, he was resisted by the military. However, because the military generals had the support of Chen Ying and Li Xiaogong, including Li Jing, Li Shiji and other bigwigs, even if the middle and senior generals refused to accept it, no one dared to take the lead in making troubles. He was afraid that he would be punished under the pretext of abolishing King Qin's treason case.

However, as long as the officials and the clan's ranks are reduced, they will definitely cause trouble. No matter how capable Fang Xuanling is, this situation cannot be resolved.

Under such circumstances, the only way is to make Li Jiancheng's prestige unmatched, and make great contributions to the common people in the world. As long as Chen Ying can use his plan to take advantage of the opportunity when the Turks are preparing to attack the Tang Dynasty, and wipe out the Eastern Turks in one fell swoop, as long as Li Jiancheng can stay in power To destroy the Eastern Turks, no matter how he reforms, since there are voices of opposition, he will definitely not be able to brew a new fission.

After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered Mobei twice during his reign, and his achievements lasted through the ages. In his later years, even though there was a scourge of witches and Gu, Jiang Chong and Su Wen's chaos in politics, they were still as stable as Mount Tai.

Li Jiancheng still trusted Chen Ying very much. Although Chen Ying raised objections and Li Jiancheng didn't understand the reason, Li Jiancheng still followed Chen Ying's words and said, "In Chen Qing's opinion, where should we lock him up?"

Chen Ying bowed and said: "I think that the transformed people, who refuse to obey the king, should be locked up. When will they learn the rules and when will they be released!"

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "That's fine too!"

Li Jiancheng knew about Chen Yingjun's confinement room, and in that dark environment, even a tough guy could go crazy.

Li Jiancheng said: "That's fine!"

The two imperial guards walked towards the outside of the hall with persistent loss of thought.

All the ministers also dispersed one after another, until only Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and Chen Ying were left in the hall.

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying and said, "Chen Ying...you for..."

Li Jiancheng originally wanted to ask Chen Ying why he changed his opinion privately, but when the words came to his lips, Li Jiancheng didn't say it, but sighed: "But tell me your reason?"

Chen Ying looked at Wei Zheng and said, "I remember, before His Majesty ascended the throne, Wei Xuancheng advised His Majesty not to move the three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five prisons!"

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "Not bad!"

Chen Ying laughed and said, "Your Majesty must understand what Wei Xuancheng means!"

Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "Xuan Cheng is worried, my foothold is not stable..."

Chen Ying asked, "Does Your Majesty think the time is right now?"

Li Jiancheng hesitated for a moment and said, "I didn't intend to sort out the three provinces..."

Chen Ying said with a smile: "If Your Majesty wants to streamline the army and simplify the administration, the three provinces must be sorted out. Xiao Yu, Feng Lun, Chen Shuda, Yu Wenhuaji, and Pei Ji should all be dismissed!"

Li Jiancheng said hesitantly, "Is this not good?"

Chen Ying didn't persuade Li Jiancheng any more, he had to give Li Jiancheng time to think.

The six prime ministers appointed by Li Yuan can be said to have fairly balanced the forces of all parties. Xiao Yu represents the old forces of Yang Sui, Pei Ji represents the Hedong family, Chen Shuda represents the Jiangzuo family, Yang Gongren represents the Henan family, Yuwen Shi and Ze Ze Represents closing the door valve.

The key is that these people have long been famous all over the world, and their disciples and old officials are all over the government and the public. If Li Jiancheng wants to reduce the number of officials, no matter what, the number of officials should be reduced to their disciples and old officials. How can they cooperate with Li Jiancheng?
You know, how many officials can be righteous and kill their relatives?
Li Jiancheng looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "Xuanling, do you have a plan to reduce the number of officials this time?"

Wei Zheng took out a memorial and said: "This is organized by the Ministry of Officials, a strategy for reducing officials."

Li Jiancheng didn't open it, but looked at Wei Zheng and asked, "Ministry of officials, how many officials are you planning to eliminate this time?"

Wei Zhengdao: "In Chang'an City, there are currently [-] officials in total. The Ministry of Officials plans to reduce the number to [-], that is, to streamline the number of officials to [-]."

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "No, the number of cuts is too small. All the [-] officials who can be cut down will be cut down, leaving only the most necessary ones, and the rest will be cut down."

Wei Zheng roared angrily: "Absurd, if you act recklessly, don't you want to cause a big mess?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Chang'an City, three provinces and six ministries, Yushitai, nine temples and twelve guards, the number of officials has doubled compared to that of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. What's more, there are not many government affairs at present, and ten people do one person. Things abound."

Wei Zheng was a little anxious, and said anxiously: "According to what you said, is it enough to cut down to 380 people?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "It won't be that few, but five or six hundred people is enough."

Wei Zheng was so angry that he was stunned for a long time before he said weakly: "You know, if this strategy of elimination is implemented, what will happen to Chang'an City? What will happen to the families of the world? If there is a mess, who will be responsible?

Chen Yingfang closed his eyes and rested his mind as if he didn't hear the argument between the two.

Wei Zheng said anxiously: "Your Majesty, tell me, Fang Xuanling's strategy..."

Li Jiancheng interrupted Wei Zheng's words and said, "Xuanling, you will be in charge, and the right servant of Shangshu will shoot."

Fang Xuanling was stunned.

Li Jiancheng said: "I have already understood what Chen Ying meant, the Turkic battle must be fought!"

Li Jiancheng is not an indiscriminate person. Chen Ying wants to fight the Turks now, but it is definitely not for himself. The meritorious service that Chen Ying is supposed to make has already been done. Only by destroying the Turks can Li Jiancheng use his military exploits to suppress everyone in the court. dissenting voices.

Only with the prestige of defeating the Eastern Turks can Li Jiancheng stand up.

Only by defeating the Eastern Turks can Li Jiancheng let go of Shiwei and create a prosperous Tang Dynasty with his own hands.

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When Bu Lugen entered Chang'an City, he had quietly left the ranks of the East Turkic Mission.Another Lite man joined the mission team, and there were quite a few of them. Anyway, in the eyes of Datang people, all the Lite people looked alike.

Because many Lite merchants can be seen in Chang'an, Bu Lugen, who has the appearance of Lite people, has an excellent disguise.

Bu Lugen had already memorized the [-] squares of Chang'an City in detail, and knew every street and alley in his mind.

Because when Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty established the Sui Dynasty, because Yihu had ruled the Central Plains for almost 300 years, Yang Jian went against the sky and established the first Han Chinese-dominated regime in the Northern Dynasty. He was very worried that he would be like the one more than 200 years ago. Like Ran Min, Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty, he was besieged by Xianbei, Turkic, Huihe, Tubo, Xi, Khitan and other tribes.

As the saying goes, a good tiger can't stand a wolf, and two fists can't beat four hands. Yang Jian also worried that he would repeat Ran Min's mistakes, so he built Daxing City (also known as Chang'an City)
As the capital of the Sui Dynasty, Daxing City is actually different from the capitals of previous dynasties. It adopts [-] straight-through streets in each direction, and divides Daxing City into [-] squares.Every workshop can be regarded as a small city.

If you look down from the sky, (or if you look carefully at the map of Chang'an Fang City, you will find out), Daxing City is actually a small square surrounded by a square. In this way, the straight roads and streets can be dispatched in time. offense and defense.In fact, Chang'an City is a military fortress built by Yang Jian.

The tall walls of the square city can be equipped with barricades, saber carts, archery towers, and enemy towers, and can fight back against the enemy everywhere. Even in today's hot weapon wars, if you don't use heavy weapons and directly bombard them, you want to fully occupy them. Daxing City must pay the price in blood.

A Lite businessman saw Bu Lugen excitedly approaching Bu Lugen and gave him a warm hug.

Lite businessman said enthusiastically: "My dear brother, when you come to Chang'an City, you must repay Chang'an's fine wine..."

Bu Lugen was very surprised. He received the news that Chang'an was in short supply of food, the most important raw material for wine making. How could Chang'an city be open to supply wine?

Bu Lugen asked suspiciously: "Didn't Chang'an hear that there was a shortage of food?"

Lite businessman waved his hand and said: "That's a very distant thing, come on my brother, let's drink!"

As he spoke, he took the ox horn cup and poured a whole glass of distilled wine into Bulugen.

Bu Lugen looked at the clear distilled wine. He had heard of this kind of wine before, but there were very few Turks. This kind of wine was no longer wine, but a panacea. As long as you were injured, you could smear it with wine and heal quickly. .

Seeing the Lite businessman gulp down liquor like water, Bu Lugen couldn't help feeling a little distressed. After all, this glass of wine could heal several injured Turkic warriors.

Bu Lugen took a sip, enjoying the pleasure of the alcohol stimulating his nerves, and asked cautiously: "This wine is very popular in Shiguo, can I buy some to take away?"

The Lite businessman laughed loudly and said, "How many pack teams did you bring over here!"

"One hundred packs!" Bu Lugen asked cautiously, "I'm going to buy all the wine!"

Lite businessman stretched out a finger in front of Bu Lugen and shook it gently.

Bu Lugen felt a little disappointed: "No way!"

Li Te merchant smiled and said: "No, it's too little, how much wine can be carried by a hundred packs? I advise you to buy some four-wheeled carriages, that one can carry four thousand catties, if you have enough gold, you can buy a A hundred carriages!"

For this Lite businessman, Bu Lugen did not believe everything, he had to trust his ears and eyes.

A table of gourmet food was quickly wiped out by Bu Lugen's fast eating.

Bu Lugen was about to pay the bill, but he saw the Lite businessman holding a piece of colorful paper and handing it to the clerk. The clerk returned the change and gave the Lite businessman seven or eight hundred copper coins.

Lu Gen was surprised that this table of wine and food only cost more than 100 yuan.

After Bu Lugen bid farewell to Lite merchant, he walked aimlessly along the market. He bought a lot of things, including sugar figurines, puppets, and mustard cakes, and even bought a bag of cloth.

In the end, Bu Lugen came to a conclusion that the food in Chang'an City was already very sufficient, otherwise a pound of Hubing would cost two yuan and a piece, and after walking around a dozen Hubing, the most expensive one would only cost three Wen At that time, Bu Lugen had to believe that there was absolutely no shortage of food in Chang'an City.

When Bu Lugen was holding the lamp, he seemed to walk aimlessly to Yicui Tower.

He directly ignored the enchanting figure and seductive dance of the Kucha musician and the Persian dancer, and slowly walked into the private room near the window on the third floor.

Gently knock on the door, three long and two short, three short and two long.

Finally Yajian opened from the inside. The famous and charming dancer waved to him.

Bu Lugen looked at the whole body huddled in the black cloak, and said directly: "The news is wrong, there is no shortage of food in Guanzhong, you dare to deceive our great Khan, you will pay for your stupidity..."

Before the word "price" came out, a gleaming horizontal knife was pressed against his neck.

"You'd better put away your airs as a national teacher, this is not Turkic, this is Chang'an, not a place for you to run wild!"

The man in black turned around, and it was none other than Yu Wenhuaji.

Yu Wenhuaji looked at Bu Lugen, and said slowly: "Don't force me to kill you!"

(End of this chapter)