Man Tanghong

Chapter 778 Why can't we be this since ancient times?
"May I ask Your Highness, if Ren Gui is promoting rice in Yuezhou, can the ministers also participate?"

After Chen Shuda's expression softened, he stood up and asked.

Li Gang, Pei Ju and the others were stunned for a moment, and Qiqi looked at Li Yuanji.

The reason why Chen Shuda asked this question was not because he wanted to take credit from Ren Gui, nor because he had ulterior motives.

Instead, she was simply worried about Ren Gui, fearing that after taking a lot of money and food, Ren Gui would make a mess of things and waste the money and food for nothing.

After all, although Ren Gui has both civil and military skills, he can manage the army when he is on a horse, and can be a herdsman when he is off a horse, but when it comes to herdsmen, he is still inferior to Chen Shuda and others.

This line is not only reflected in status, but also in ability, qualifications, and vision.

After all, Ren Gui's biggest herdsman official was a frontier official, while Chen Shuda and others had been ministers for many years.

Chen Shuda and others have experienced more, made decisions, and participated in more things than Ren Gui, and they are also bigger than Ren Gui.

In terms of seeking a city, they may not be as good as Ren Gui.

But when it comes to seeking the country, Ren Gui has to carry shoes for them.

So when Ren Gui was in charge of a decree that could affect half of the Tang Dynasty, they proposed to help Ren Gui check it out, and it was also for Ren Gui's good.

Li Yuanji knew the meaning of Chen Shuda's question, and he didn't mind asking Chen Shuda and others to help Ren Gui check it out. However, he didn't rush to agree, but asked instead: "If I let you participate, what are you going to do?"

Chen Shuda was stunned for a moment, without even thinking about it, he broke his mouth and said: "The minister will send people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Jiang Zuojian, and Sinong Temple to leave immediately and rush to Yuezhou to see if there is any suitable place for building a city in Yuezhou.

If not, I will ask Ren Gui to choose another place.

If there is, the minister will ask the person who will be the prison to help the governor of Yuezhou choose a site and help the governor of Yuezhou build the city.At the same time, let the people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs calculate the needs for building the city, and distribute money and food as needed. "

Chen Shuda said this, but didn't go any further.

Xiao Yu went on to say: "I will send people from the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai to supervise the construction of the city by the Governor of Yuezhou, and make sure that he spends all the money and food for real purposes instead of filling his own pockets."

Pei Ju followed up and said: "The minister will order the governor of Yuezhou and the Sima of Yuezhou to use their merits to pay off the corvee and reduce the money and grain needed for building the city. At the same time, they will order the surrounding counties of Yuezhou to conquer corvee and help Yuezhou build the city."

What Pei Ju said about expropriating corvee was not random expropriation.

Instead, according to the law, the people in the counties and counties near Yuezhou are required to serve the corvee that must be served every year.

This will not cause a waste of time and money.

There will be no abuse of corvee.

Li Gang arched his hands slightly and said: "The minister will send a letter to the governor of Yuezhou, asking him to include the captured water bandits and grass bandits in the common register, and let them atone for their crimes with merit.

In addition, the minister will order all the places south of the river to ask the governors to lead the county soldiers, government servants, and village braves to suppress the bandits as soon as possible.

And the captured water bandits and grass bandits were sent to Yuezhou to build a city. "

As for those water bandits and grass bandits who were incorporated into the common household and how to deal with them after the city was built, Li Gang didn't say anything.

But he didn't say that everyone in the Tai Chi Hall also knew.

For this kind of water bandits and grass bandits who like to make trouble and make waves, generals have always liked to include them in the army and use them as cannon fodder.

Civil officials like to use them to death.

Send them wherever they are needed.

If they are still alive after Yuezhou City is built, then let them build another city until they die.

For these people, people in the ruling and opposition parties have no mercy.

After all, it was justifiable for them to cause chaos in troubled times, but now that the world has settled down, the imperial court has repeatedly ordered them to return to their villages and become ordinary people again.

But if they just don't listen and want to make trouble, then the court doesn't need to be polite.

The opportunity has been given to them, and more than once.

From Li Yuan's ascension to the present, there have been relevant decrees conveyed almost every year.

This has been communicated for several years, if you still don't listen, then don't blame the court for being cruel.

After Li Yuanji carefully listened to what Pei Ju and the others said, he was filled with emotion again.

Although there is nothing new in the words of Pei Ju and others, they are indeed thoughtful.

Moreover, according to the implementation of what Pei Ju and others said, the required expenses will be greatly reduced.

The reduced expenses can be used to do other things that benefit the country and the people.

If there is some success in eradicating water bandits and grass bandits, maybe they can reach a balance of income and expenditure.

However, this kind of thing can be thought about, and it is impossible to realize it.

After all, it is impossible for soldiers, horses and government servants from all over the south of the river to suppress bandits and return empty-handed.

After they seized the stolen money, they distributed it layer by layer, and there would not be too much left to the court, and it was impossible to achieve a balance of payments.

Although sending people to watch and let them hand over everything they seized can prevent this from happening.

However, this is not necessary.

Because if you want the soldiers, horses and corvees from all over the south of the river to work hard to suppress the bandits, you must feed them, otherwise they will not be able to work hard for you.

You must know that some places in the south of the river with no information are still using the reign names of the former Sui and Qianliang. How much do you expect them to know about Datang, and how much do you expect them to be loyal to Datang?
So money is the most motivating factor for them.

As long as they see that it is profitable, without your supervision, they can actively plow the south of the river, dig out all the water bandits and grass bandits, and in the process, they will spread the word of Tang Dynasty That's good, let those people who don't know the dynasty change, or know the dynasty change but don't understand the Tang Dynasty, really understand the Tang Dynasty.

After all, they ate at Datang's food and took advantage of Datang. If they didn't say good things about Datang, they would feel sorry for themselves.

People in this era are still very conscientious. If they eat someone's food, they will never blame anyone else.

For a full meal, or even for a stability, there are many people who sacrifice their lives for others.

"You have good ideas, so let's do what you want."

Li Yuanji said to Pei Ju and others with a smile.

Hearing this, Pei Ju and the others relaxed completely, with smiles on their faces, they all bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness..."

Li Yuanji nodded, instead of talking to Pei Ju and the others, he looked at Li Shentong and the others.

Before Li Shentong and the others could speak, Li Yuanji took the lead and said, "I will leave it to Uncle Wang and my cousin to deploy the soldiers and horses in the south of the river to cooperate with the assassins and county magistrates in the south of the river to suppress bandits.

I hope that Uncle Wang and my cousin can completely eradicate those moths lurking in my Tang confidant, and give back to the people of my Tang Dynasty a bright future. "

The tone of these words is very high.

Li Shentong gritted his teeth when he heard it.

That's not what he wanted.

But he said something wrong just now, which caused Li Yuanji to suffer a lot of blood, and now he is no longer qualified to express any objection, so he can only express his dissatisfaction with a grinning expression.

Li Yuanji didn't care, but looked at Qu Tutong, Shi Wanbao, Li Jing and the others and continued: "As for the conquest of the Turks and Tuyuhun, you don't have to rush to invite Ying.

I am going to wait until the granaries in Luoyang are filled and the Dingkou of my Tang Dynasty has recovered to 300 million households before marching against the Turks and Tuyuhun.

At that time, I will divide my troops into two groups at the same time, attacking Turks and Tuyuhun respectively. "

It is a bit too wasteful to let Qu Tutong, Shi Wanbao, Li Jing, Xie Shufang and other generals of the Tang Dynasty fight the Turks.

In history, Li Jing, Chai Shao, Hou Junji, Wang Junkuo and others went to Turkic for a while, and then completely rubbed Turkic on the ground.

When Luoyang's granary was filled and Datang's Dingkou recovered to 300 million households, Datang was fully capable of attacking Turks and Tuyuhun at the same time.

The Turks are now even worse than in history, because the Turks have experienced a battle of Qingyang that has never been seen in history, so it will be easier for the Tang Dynasty to conquer the Turks.

Although Tuyuhun is a dancer, but Tuyuhun's strength is very mediocre, even Liangzhou can't do anything about it, so how can he win the Tang Dynasty's army.

Therefore, it is not risky to attack Turks and Tuyuhun at the same time.

The most important thing is to give Qu Tutong, Shi Wanbao and other veterans who are about to bid farewell to the battlefield a chance to shine, otherwise they will really give themselves up when they see young people galloping and conquering cities outside the territory dead.

They had fought all their lives, most of it in the Civil War.

Now that they have finally survived to the point where they can expand the territory of the Central Plains, if they are not allowed to contribute, they will really be depressed.

Therefore, Tuyuhun is a battlefield prepared for veterans.

"Why wait until Dingkou in the Tang Dynasty has recovered to 300 million households before going to war with the Turks and Tuyuhun? Isn't it possible now?"

Shi Wanbao was the first to call out.

After weighing his physical condition and feeling that he could still fight, Qu Tutong also followed suit: "Brother Shi is right, my Tang Dynasty can fight Turks and Tuyuhun now, and we veterans can also fight Immediately, the sword will behead the chieftain for my Tang Dynasty."

The reason why Shi Wanbao and Qu Tutong were in a hurry was not that they were very belligerent, and they wished to rush to Turkic or Tuyuhun right now to fight against Turkic people and Tuyuhun people.

Rather, they felt that the conditions for going to war with the Turks and Tuyuhun after Dingkou in the Tang Dynasty recovered to 300 million households were too harsh.

You know, Dingkou in Datang has only recovered to 190 million households, which is still 300 million households short of 110 million households.

Calculated based on the base of five people in a household, that is, a population of 550 million.

With Datang's current population base and reproductive conditions, how long will it take to give birth to these 550 million people?
If it takes ten or eight years, neither Shi Wanbao nor Qu Tutong can afford to wait.

That's why they object.

Li Yuanji explained patiently: "We have to grow our Dingkou, so that we can go further and expand our territory. Only in this way can we occupy the places we have conquered.

If we rush to mobilize our troops now and take down Turks and Tuyuhun at a huge cost, there will not be enough Dingkou to fill these places.

Then it won't be long before Turkic and Tuyuhun will revive.

We, or our descendants, have to fight them again.

You say, what are we planning? "

Shi Wanbao and Qu Tutong were speechless after being asked this question.

On the contrary, Li Gang said thoughtfully: "After conquering the Turkic and Tuyuhun, Your Highness plans to include their territory into my Tang territory?"

Li Yuanji nodded without hesitation.

Although Datang's current traffic conditions and communication conditions make the territory too large to take care of, but this does not affect Datang's ability to eat more and occupy more during this period.

If you can't take care of it, then seal it up.

Just like enfeoffing princes in Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, enfeoff the dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty and let them take root in various places.

Whether they choose ethnic integration or their own birth, as long as they gain a firm foothold in various places and become vassal states.

In the future, the traffic and communication conditions will catch up, and people in the future will be able to expand the country of the Central Plains several times if the feat of King Qin's sweep of Liuhe is repeated.

Even if such a feat cannot be accomplished, it is still possible to rely on the enfeoffment model to achieve a never-setting sun.

After all, Daying has already accomplished this feat, and Datang only needs to copy homework on the basis of the times.

At worst, you can copy Genghis Khan's homework. When the Turkic people went to the West to make troubles, it would be good to follow behind and hammer the Westerners.

Anyway, with the Turkic people opening the way ahead, it would be easier for Tang troops to enter the West than the Mongolian Yuan.

After all, in the food chain of this time period, the Turks stood at the top of all Westerners, and Datang stood at the top of the Turks.

Datang can do anything according to his will.

"But since ancient times, the emperors of all dynasties have focused on support..."

Li Gang hesitated to speak.

Li Yuanji stood up slowly, and said without hesitation: "Why should we imitate them, why can't we become this since ancient times?"

Li Gang seemed to have been struck by lightning for a moment, and his eyes widened in shock.

Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui and others also raised their heads one after another, with expressions of shock on their faces.

Li Shentong patted the table excitedly.

"Uplifting! This is really uplifting! Why can't we be this since ancient times?! We are this since ancient times!"

Li Shentong yelled loudly.

Li Xiaogong, Qu Tutong, Shi Wanbao, Li Jing and others all had flashes of light in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)