Man Tanghong

Chapter 1028
On February [-]th, Su Dingfang and his party escorted Zhi Shisi Li and a group of important prisoners they captured from Suni's various tribes back to Aries City.

The same was true for Li Jing, Ashina Simo and others. Only the Xue brothers were left behind in the central part of Suni's lost army.

On the same day, Mrs. Xiao also arrived in Aries City in a unique carriage, and brought Li Yuan's handwriting, as well as oral messages from Chen Shuda, Ren Gui, Ling Jing and others that were not convenient to mention in the documents.

In the Chinese army tent, after the banquet for Su Dingfang, Li Jing, Ashina Simo and others, only four people were left.

One is Xiao, one is Li Shimin, one is Chu Suiliang, and the other is Li Yuanji.

After Chu Suiliang noticed the subtle atmosphere in the tent, he found an excuse and left the Chinese army's tent. Only Xiao, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji were left in the Chinese army's tent.

Xiao Shiqian sat at the top seat on the left, and after handing out Li Yuan's handwriting with a smile, he picked up the scented tea placed on the table in front of him and tasted it gracefully.

Li Shimin sat firmly on the right side of the table, looking at Li Yuanji with a playful look, as if he wanted to see a good show.

Li Yuanji sat on the main seat. After quickly reading Li Yuan's handwriting, he raised his eyes and looked at Mrs. Xiao and said, "Father, do you want me to go back?"

Mrs. Xiao put down the tea cup and said with a smile: "Your father said that he is old and has become less energetic in recent days. He can no longer help you with government affairs, so I hope you will go back."

Li Yuanji raised the handwriting in his hand and said: "Tell me something I don't know!"

What Xiao said was mentioned in Li Yuan's handwriting, so Xiao was just talking nonsense.

When Mrs. Xiao heard this, the smile on her face did not change and she said, "Then let me tell you about the message that Chen Zhongshu, Ren Shizhong, and Ling Shangshu asked me to bring you?"

The Ling Shangshu in Xiao's mouth refers to Ling Jing.

At the court meeting at the beginning of the year, the former Zhongshu Provincial Secretary Xiao Yu formally proposed to Li Yuan to beg for bones. Li Yuan agreed after completing the process of three requests and three resignations. Chen Shuda, as the most senior among the three prime ministers, naturally He succeeded Xiao Yu and became Zhongshu Ling, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Ren Gui succeeded Chen Shuda and became the second prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Ling Jing succeeded Ren Gui and became the third prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. .

When Ling Jing took over Ren Gui's position, he caused quite a stir. Many people coveted this position, and they all tried to compete with Ling Jing. In the end, Ling Jing won the title of Minister with his superhuman background. position.

It’s self-evident what Ling Jing Superman’s background is.

When Li Yuanji found out about this, Ling Jing had already taken the position of Shangshu Ling, so he didn't say anything.

After all, no matter how Ling Jing is, he is still his person. Even if he is not qualified enough, he has already taken the position, so it is not easy for him to pull him down.

Li Yuanji looked at Mrs. Xiao and said, "Oh, what messages did they bring me?"

Li Yuanji seemed curious, but he had already guessed what Chen Shuda, Ren Gui, Ling Jing and others would say. They were just trying to persuade him to return to Chang'an City to take charge of the overall situation, just like Li Yuan.

But he was determined not to take that position. He was determined to capture the Western Turks while they were in civil strife. How could he easily go back?

You know, after he led Li Jing, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang and others to take down the entire Turkic, his limelight in Datang has overshadowed Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

After all, in the eyes of most people in the Tang Dynasty, no matter how powerful you are inside your home, you are just like that, but if you are great outside your home, even if you have a small achievement, you will be praised by thousands of people.

And now he was not only aggressive outside the nest, but also destroyed the enemy outside the nest that posed the greatest threat to the Tang Dynasty, and turned the enemy's territory into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The sense of pride and arrogance in Tang people's hearts has been aroused.

So now within the Tang Dynasty, not only Li Yuan wanted him to be emperor, but also the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, and even the vast majority of the people in the Tang Dynasty.

In this case, if he returns to Chang'an, even if he does not want to be the emperor, Li Yuan, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and the people of the world will put on him the uniform that symbolizes the local identity.

And except for Li Yuan, everyone will kneel on the ground and ask him to take the position. When the time comes, he will not even have room to refuse.

Even if he took off his clothes and refused to admit that he was the emperor, the civil and military officers of the Manchu Dynasty would help him come up with a reasonable explanation, and the people in the world would believe the explanation given by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty without hesitation.

For example, the Manchu Civil and Military Association said that he was following the example of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty, scrimping on food and clothing, and investing all the money he saved into relieving people's suffering.

At that time, even if he has eighteen mouths, he will not be able to speak to the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty.

The people will be very enthusiastic to enshrine him on the altar to ensure that his throne will be immortal in his hands.

After all, the emperor no longer even wears his uniform, he is saving money to improve people's livelihood and save the people from disaster.This kind of emperor may not be born even in 500 years. When encountering such an emperor, the people are still not allowed to favor him to heaven?
So he couldn't go back no matter what. Once he went back, he couldn't help himself.

Many times, many things are like this. It doesn’t mean you can refuse if you don’t want to. When everyone wants you to do something, there are only three choices you can make, either do it or go. Death, or fleeing thousands of miles away.

And what he is doing now is to escape thousands of miles away.

As for doing it or dying, he didn't want to choose, so the only option he could choose was this one.

When Mrs. Xiao heard this, she smiled openly and said: "Chen Zhongshu said that there are many things in the court that need you to decide. If you don't come forward, many decrees will not be implemented at all.

Ren Shizhong said that the promotion of rice has now reached a critical moment, and you need to go back and take charge of the overall situation.If you can supervise the perfect implementation of rice promotion, Datang's national power will more than double.

As for Ling Shangshu, he also wants you to go back.

He said that the war in the Tang Dynasty consumed a lot of people's and material resources, and the material resources can be ignored for the time being, but the consumption of people's power has already affected the people's livelihood of the Tang Dynasty. For example, in places like Guanzhong and Hanzhong, due to the frequent draws, there are no How many young people are taking care of the mulberry trees, but the only ones seen in the fields are the old, the weak, women and children.

If things go on like this, the mulberry production in Guanzhong and Hanzhong areas may decrease, and some old and weak people who have been looking forward to the return of their children for a long time may also feel resentful. "

When Mrs. Xiao said that material resources could be put aside for the time being, she paused obviously, and her smile became less natural.

Thinking about it, it is also the same as the South and North Wars, and the same large-scale construction in the country. Her husband Yang Guang spends less and less money, and uses less and less supplies. The common people are squeezed and miserable.

But as for Datang, instead of spending less and less money, it actually spent more and more.

The Tang Dynasty fought a war against the Turks and spent millions of money and food. However, the Tang Dynasty's treasury, Li Yuan's inner treasury, and the private treasury of Prince Yong's Mansion not only did not become empty, but became more substantial.

Even the money in the national treasury can no longer be piled up, and the three provinces are discussing opening another national treasury in other places.

Li Yuan's inner treasury and the private treasury of Prince Yong's Mansion were also filled. Now Li Yuan's summer resort, Jiudao Palace of Prince Yong's Mansion, and various farms have become places where all kinds of goods are piled.

Part of this money came from the seizures of the Tang Dynasty, part of it came from the border markets of the Tang Dynasty, as well as water and sea transportation, and part of it came from wealthy families.

Let’s not mention the first two for now, because whether they can make money has been verified before the Tang Dynasty conquered the Turks.

The latter is more beyond the cognition of many people. Most of the families that have just emerged, as well as many poor people, never imagined that the wealthy families that have always been in the position of masters are so rich.

During the Tang Dynasty's conquest of the Turks, the battles among the wealthy families not only did not stop, but became more intense.

In their constant battles, some people continued to violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty, some people were constantly exposed to scandals, some people were constantly exposed to have rebellion intentions, and some people were constantly being framed.

During this process, the Tang Dynasty court always adhered to the attitude of investigating and punishing anyone who had problems in accordance with the law. It investigated and dealt with nearly six top wealthy families, more than ten wealthy families, hundreds of wealthy families, and countless others. Qing rich households.

A total of nearly 100 million hidden households, more than 2000 million acres of farmland, countless amounts of money, 750 pieces of armor, and more than 1 dead soldiers were confiscated.

What concept?
It is equivalent to nearly a quarter of the total population of the Tang Dynasty, equivalent to one-third of the land in Guandao, armor that can behead more than 300 times, and soldiers of three tribes who can be slaughtered fifty times.

During the investigation, almost all the top aristocratic families preserved their status through compromise in different ways, but their status was a lie. Among the more than ten wealthy families, nine chose to rise up and rebel, killing officials and rebelling. They were conquered and destroyed by Li Xiuning and Chai Shao.

Among the hundreds of wealthy families, more than half chose to split up their families, separate the officials' children, and then hand over nearly [-]% of their family property.

As for the countless rich households, there were quite a few grass-headed kings among them, but they were all suppressed by the local princes in cooperation with the general manager's yamen.

Most of the remaining top aristocratic families, wealthy aristocratic families, and large aristocratic families chose to hand over their hidden households and stood on the same line with Datang to deal with other wealthy aristocratic families and large aristocratic families.

Xiao Yu chose to beg for bones at the beginning of the year, firstly because he was older, and secondly because he had made certain compromises on behalf of the Lanling Xiao family.

Because they lost to the Taiyuan Wang Group headed by Wang Gui when the Lanling Xiao Clan was fighting for sea transporters.

In terms of being an official and the blessings left by his ancestors, Wang Gui is slightly inferior to Xiao Yu, but in terms of running the family business and standing in the team, Wang Gui really stands proudly at the top of everyone this time.

(End of this chapter)