Man Tanghong

Chapter 794 There is a threshold for learning
The news was sent back by someone sent by Su Dingfang. Li Yuanji was astonished after hearing the news.

Liang Shidu's behavior is no longer looking for death, but rushing to die.

As far as Liang Guo's size is concerned, there is no way to compare it with other Turks.

A Turkic move is enough to cause a huge shock in Liang Guo.

So Liang Shidu specially chose a period when the Turkic people were dormant to attack the Turkic people. It seemed that he had chosen a good time, but in fact he was going to die.

Turkic people are human beings, not blind bears or the like, and they don't really dig a hole to bury themselves in, and sleep well all winter.

People are active and can display their due combat effectiveness.

As far as Liang Guo's soldiers and horses are concerned, once they make a real move, they are not enough to give them teeth.

"Master Liang, is this crazy?"

After listening to the news from Su Dingfang, Li Gang uttered a torture from the soul.

Although Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong, Qu Tutong, Qin Qiong and others sitting on both sides of the Taiji Hall did not speak, their thoughts were similar to Li Gang.

Liang Shidu's current behavior is like Fu Gongyou's rebellion against Tang Dynasty in Dongnan Road.

It seems very heroic and ambitious, but the strength of the two sides is really too different.

Once the two sides start a war, one side may not necessarily use force, and the other side may fall.

"Master Liang is not a fool, he should have something to rely on for doing so, right?"

After hesitating for a while, Wang Gui spoke slowly.

After thinking for a while, Li Shentong nodded and said, "Judging from Liang Shidu's current actions, this is the only explanation."

Speaking of this, Li Shentong looked up at the others and said, "But besides me, Datang, who can give Liang Shidu this courage?"

If it is said that Liang Shidu's attack on the Turks was ordered by the Tang Dynasty and supported by the Tang Dynasty, that would be reasonable.

After all, with the support of Datang, a behemoth that can compete with Turks, Liang Shi can completely attack Turks, and fight a war of attrition with Turks, exhausting Turks to death.

The Turks are going to destroy Liang Shidu, and they have their own backs in the Tang Dynasty.

But now Datang is not supporting Liang Shidu behind his back, everyone is still hostile, and even Datang is waiting to take advantage from the middle when Liang Shidu and Turkic are both in danger.

So Liang Shi all ran to attack the Turks, which is a bit incomprehensible.

Qu Tutong pondered and said, "Could it be the Western Turks?"

It is impossible to say that the West Turks have no grievances because the East Turks have poached so many corners from the West Turks.

If there is a chance to cheat the Eastern Turks, or cut a piece of meat from the Eastern Turks, then the Western Turks will definitely participate actively.

And the Western Turkic is also the only one of all the forces known to the vast majority of people in the Tang Dynasty that can rival the Great Tang and the Eastern Turkic.

In the absence of Tang Dynasty, the only huge force that can support Liang Shidu to fight the East Turks is the West Turks.

"It's possible, but it doesn't rule out that Master Liang is putting all his eggs in one basket."

Xiao Yu gave his own opinion.

Immediately attracted Li Shentong's ridicule, "An all-or-nothing? Master Liang regards his Liang country as important, how could he be all-or-nothing."

Li Shentong's words immediately attracted the support of Qu Tutong, Qin Qiong and others.

After all, Mr. Liang is a guy who cares about his own foundation. If he had the courage to put all his eggs in one basket, he would not make false claims to the Turkic people in Shuofang City. Central Plains.

After all, when Datang pacified other anti-kings, he had a lot of opportunities to enter the Central Plains.

Whether it was when Liu Wuzhou was in chaos and merged the state, or when Datang was fighting with Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, it was an opportunity for him.

If he had the courage to put all his eggs in one basket, he would have taken advantage of these opportunities to grow stronger.

But he didn't, so he is still in a corner until now, living on the breath of Turks.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to go shopping with the Turkic people desperately, and it is impossible to get out of the control of the Turkic people.

Xiao Yu did not insist on his own point of view, but after Li Shentong and other military officials finished speaking, he asked back: "Then according to what you guys think, the reason why Liang Shidu took the initiative to attack the Turks must be because of Do you have the support of the Western Turks?"

Li Shentong rolled his eyes and said, "Whether Master Liang has the support of the Western Turks still needs to be verified, it's not up to us."

Qin Qiong and the others nodded.

Xiao Yu still wanted to ask questions, but she didn't continue to speak when the words came to her lips.

He didn't want to make things difficult for others, he wanted to oppose Li Shentong, he was simply throwing bricks to attract jade because he wasn't sure whether Master Liang had the support of the Western Turkic people.

Seeing that Li Gang and others believed that Master Liang had the support of the Western Turks, Li Yuanji said, "Then let someone check to see if Master Liang has had any communication with the Western Turks in the past few days." .”

Li Shentong nodded and said: "By the way, let the people in Liangzhou keep an eye on them to see if the Western Turks made any moves when Liang Shidu attacked the Turks.

If the Western Turks also send troops, it means that Liang Shidu really has the support of the Western Turks. "

Li Yuanji nodded his head and said: "I will explain this matter. However, regardless of whether Master Liang has the support of the Western Turks or not, we cannot just sit idly by and ignore him when he attacks the Turks."

Li Shentong and others nodded together.

Datang has already dispatched soldiers and horses to take advantage of it.

Now that Mr. Liang has made a foolish move, it is good news for Datang to help out whether there is a follow-up.

If Datang operated properly, he might be able to take down Shuofang City without bloodshed.

After Li Shentong and the others nodded, Chen Shuda questioned, "Your Highness means to take advantage of this opportunity to send troops early?"

Li Yuanji didn't hide it either, nodded and said: "I do have this idea..."

Master Liang started to go crazy, if Datang didn't take the opportunity to go out to reap benefits, it would be a waste of money.

Even if Master Liang got the support of the Western Turks, and reached an agreement with the Western Turks to attack the Eastern Turks together with the Western Turks, it would not affect Datang to take advantage of the opportunity.

After all, there is still an East Turkic between the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty.

The only place where the Western Turks bordered the Tang Dynasty was Liangzhou.

As long as Datang defends Liangzhou well, Liang Guoquan of Liang Shidu will be picked up.

As the new master of Liang Shidu, the Western Turks also have no temper with Datang.

Therefore, this advantage can be obtained, and this advantage can be picked up.

Chen Shuda frowned and said, "I'm afraid that Liang Shidu had discussed with Turkic and deliberately lured us into the bait..."

This is true, and we have to guard against it.

Li Yuanji nodded his head and said: "Then let Su Dingfang find out, and wait until Liang Shidu really fights with Turk before doing it?"

Li Shentong and others nodded and said, "It should be so."

That's how it was settled.

After sending away Li Shentong and others, Li Yuanji immediately sent someone to deliver an order to Su Dingfang, and at the same time secretly sent a secret letter to Su Dingfang.

The content of the secret letter is about Liang Luoren, the cousin of Liang Shidu.

This is someone who can see the general trend clearly and knows what it means to be a hero who knows current affairs.

Not as crazy as Master Liang.

In history, when Tang Dynasty conquered Liang State, it was he who slaughtered Liang Shidu and surrendered the whole city.

If he can continue to repeat his feats in history, it will be easier for Datang to take advantage of Liang Guo this time.

If you're lucky, you might be able to wipe out Liang Guo and completely turn Liang Guo into a domain of the Tang Dynasty.

The specifics depend on how Su Dingfang operates. Anyway, he has pointed out what can be pointed out, and the rest is to wait quietly.

After all, this kind of war involving three parties, or even four parties, will not end so soon.

Of course, it's not that slow.

After all, the military system of this era, as well as the logistics of this era, cannot support the army to fight outside for seven or eight years.

This is also the reason why most wars in this era end within a year or a half, or within two or three years.

Therefore, this battle will take as short as half a year and as long as one or two years to have results.

Li Yuanji had already handed over this matter to Su Dingfang to preside over it, and he trusted Su Dingfang, so naturally he had no reason to keep watching.

After handing over the war against Liang Guo to Su Dingfang, Li Yuanji focused on the two major issues of promoting Mengxue and Xinglu.

As for other matters such as water transportation, sea transportation, rice promotion, bridge and road repairs, etc., they cannot be completed in a short while, and they have to be honed over time.

The promotion of Xinglu has been going on in secret, and it is a good thing that is paid by the court and benefits the country and the people, so there is no obstacle.

After all, after Li Yuanji adopted the method proposed by Xu Jingzong, Xu Jingzong started to open Xinglu on the basis of retaining and improving the original medical office. After realizing certain benefits, people in some places where Xinglu has been opened have also experienced the benefits brought by Xinglu. Everyone is praising Xinglu, so no one will hinder the development of Xinglu.

Not only that, after the Xinghu was promoted, the business and income of medicine merchants and herb collectors from all over the country also increased, and they naturally praised the court for opening the Xinghu.

Under such circumstances, anyone who disagreed with the promotion of Xinglu, or had any dissatisfaction, would be wiped out by them.

So the promotion of Xinglu could not have been smoother.

The only downside is that it costs money.

In just a few months, more than 100 million yuan was burned.

This money was nothing in the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, but in today's Tang Dynasty, it is a huge sum of money.

You know, Datang allocated only 30 guan for repairing bridges and repairing roads.

In comparison, the promotion of elementary school is much less.

Except for the few elementary schools opened by Li Yuan in the city of Chang’an, and the inner treasury paid a little money, the rest of the elementary schools started by Zhang Liang, Zhang Pinggao, Xu Shixu, etc., whether it was the court or the inner treasury, did not pay a penny. The flowers are all funded by them personally.

However, there are many troubles that do not cost money.

Almost all Wu Xun who set up elementary schools had conflicts with the local wealthy families.

Either there was a conflict in the fight for a famous teacher, or there was a conflict in the teaching of knowledge.

Someone asked, how can there be conflicts when teaching knowledge?
Then you have to have a good understanding of Datang's intellectual property rights.

In Datang, there is a lot of knowledge that is not handed down by the rich and powerful families. Many students who have studied in the local area and have achieved success have more or less visited the door for advice.

After they become ignorant teachers, they will subconsciously preach other people's knowledge, and then something goes wrong.

When the wealthy family refused to agree, they started making troubles and looking for trouble.

For example, when a young gentleman in Langya was teaching the boys how to write, he subconsciously taught the boys Wang's brushwork. When Wang knew about it, he refused to agree and made a fuss.

When the incident was reported to the imperial court, it was still making trouble.

Some people may think that there are many people who copied Wang's calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty, why didn't Wang find other people to make trouble?
This is a question of class.

In Datang, people with family status who learn other people's knowledge will be greatly tolerated, and people without family status who learn other people's knowledge will be beaten and killed in the name of stealing.

It seems that all kinds of knowledge that can be printed, preached, and learned at will actually have thresholds.

To cross this kind of threshold, there are only two ways, either you are a person in the threshold, or you have to ask for a lot of money, and promise not to spread it.

And these two points, there is nothing that the poor people can satisfy.

This is also a way for the aristocratic family to control their knowledge and keep themselves in the position of a wise man.

(End of this chapter)