Man Tanghong

Chapter 882 Prepare for Battle!

"Then when are you going to start?"

Li Xiaogong couldn't wait to ask, the excitement on his face was undisguised, like a militant.

Well, he's a militant...

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "No matter what, we have to wait until the next year, right?"

Now it's winter, Jie Li and Suni Shi have stopped fighting, and the grassland has entered a new round of hibernation. The mountains are blocked by heavy snow, the wind breaks the roads, and the grassland is bleak and not suitable for fighting at all.

Even if the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty brought enough clothes for the winter, they would be too cold to draw their bows or shoot arrows when they went to the grasslands, so they had to wait until the beginning of spring anyway.

Li Xiaogong rubbed his hands eagerly and said: "Then should we get ready now?"

Li Yuanji laughed and said, "How do you want to prepare?"

Li Xiaogong said without hesitation: "Of course it is to call all civil and military officials together to discuss the strategy against the enemy and the supply of food and grass."

Li Yuanji laughed and said: "The civil servants discuss how to supply food and grass, and the military officials discuss how to fight against the enemy?"

Li Xiaogong was stunned for a moment, and said as a matter of course: "That's natural!"

Although there is no distinction between civil and military in the Tang Dynasty, those who understand literary affairs more or less understand some martial arts, and those who understand martial arts more or less understand some literary affairs.

But if there is a war, when discussing the strategy of marching and the strategy against the enemy, the civil servants will basically stand aside. beat up.

Even if he was beaten to death, no one complained about his injustice.

The military officials will only think that he deserves to die, and the civil servants will only think that he deserves what he deserved.

However, on the issue of food and grass, as well as some issues related to war negotiations, civil servants have the right to speak, and sometimes can play a decisive role, but military officials do not have to shy away from it, and can guide them according to their own opinions. Give pointers, but civil servants may not necessarily listen.

But if during the war, there are various problems due to the decisions made by the civil servants, then the military officials have the right to hold the civil servants accountable.

This is a manifestation of establishing a country with military force, and the status of warriors is higher than that of literati.

It is incomparable in the Song Dynasty and even in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

"Then do you think civil servants will cooperate with us?"

Li Yuanji asked again with a smile.

Li Xiaogong was taken aback for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "Why didn't you cooperate?"

Li Yuanji smiled without saying a word.

Although the current Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, and Ren Gui are not as picky or stingy as before, they still have opinions when they encounter things that cost a lot of money.

In particular, this large expenditure is still spent on war.

They have determined that the money in the treasury and the grain in the granaries in various places are used to develop Datang, and they have even planned how to spend that money and grain in a certain way to strengthen a certain aspect of Datang national strength.

Now they are asked to take a large part of the middle to fight, and it will be a long-term war. It would be a ghost if they could readily agree.

It's just that the purpose of doing this is also for the good of Datang, and they are now "charging" with full momentum.

It's not easy for Li Yuanji to suppress the enthusiasm they finally mobilized, so if they want to deduct money from them, they can't come forward in person. They can only let Li Xiaogong stir up public opinion, mobilize the enthusiasm of the military officials, and force them to pay. .

"You mean, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda and Ren Gui might not cooperate?"

Seeing Li Yuanji smiling without speaking, Li Xiaogong immediately guessed the key point.

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "It's not possible, but certain..."

Li Xiaogong raised his brows, rolled his eyes and said: "You want me to lead my colleagues to make trouble and force them to pay?"

Li Yuanji gave Li Xiaogong a childish look.

Li Xiaogong instantly wanted to scold her!

If he hadn't scolded Dou's family that he would be eaten alive by his descendants, he would definitely greet the eighteen generations of Dou's ancestors in his heart.

"Why do you do all the good people and I do all the bad people?"

Li Xiaogong asked with deep resentment.

Li Yuanji laughed and said, "Do you want to see me be a bad guy?"

Li Xiaogong opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Li Yuanji is now the person in charge of Datang and the person in power of Datang. He is a good person, even if he is one thing on the surface, but another thing behind the scenes, it is a good thing for everyone.

Because this kind of Li Yuanji will not put too much pressure on everyone, and everyone does not have to worry about and live carefully all day long.

If Li Yuanji was a bad guy, it would be a disaster for everyone.

A person in power who has an unstable temper, is dictatorial, and yells at disobedient courtiers at every turn, will bring pressure to everyone, and will make everyone live their lives carefully and carefully.

Such a day is something that no one wants to see.

The former is like Emperor Wen of the former Sui Dynasty, and the latter is like Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty. It is clear at a glance which emperor lived the most comfortable life.

Of course, for speculators, treacherous officials, powerful officials, and flatterers, the latter may be better.

The premise is that the person in power must be a fatuous person, so that they can see the needles and rise quickly.

The problem is that Li Yuanji is not a stupid person, even with the current living conditions of Datang, he cannot become a stupid person.

Because there are so many outstanding people in Datang who can and can do things now, no matter how stupid Li Yuanji is, the people under his hands can pull him back.

Even if there is no way to help him become a sage who has been sung throughout the ages, it can still make him a not-so-bad person in power.

This is the advantage of having a lot of people. It is difficult to be a foolish king.

You jump into the abyss alone, and hundreds of people on the shore pull you, how can you jump down?

Since Li Yuan conquered Chang'an City and proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an City, he has never left Chang'an City, opened up borders, or expanded the territory. However, instead of weakening because of this, the Tang Dynasty has become stronger and stronger. .

This is the credit brought by the heroes of Datang.

It can be said that if you have enough outstanding people under your hands, even if you do nothing but eat, drink and have fun every day, they will push you to the top.

"I know the answer just by looking at you. You don't want to see me become a bad person. I guess the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty also don't want to see me become a bad person.

That being the case, if you don't do this bad guy, who will do it? "

Li Yuanji stared at Li Xiaogong with a bright smile and asked.

There was something in Li Xiaogong's heart that he didn't know whether to say it or not.

"Can't you let the prince or the uncles be this bad guy?"

Li Xiaogong asked depressedly.

Li Yuanji continued to laugh and said, "Then you have to give up the initiative in the border market, water transportation and sea transportation. Are you willing to do this?"

Li Xiaogong became even more depressed, he shut his mouth and didn't want to say a word.

It is impossible for him to give up the initiative in the border market, water transport, and sea transport.

It is by virtue of his control over the border market, water transport, and sea transport that he has obtained huge benefits from the border market, water transport, and sea transport. In addition to making a fortune from these three businesses every year, he also Great benefits can be reaped from others involved in these three businesses.

Asking him to give up this initiative would be tantamount to asking him to give up a source of wealth that would make him extremely wealthy. How could he be willing?

In addition, with the initiative of these three businesses, he can be praised by everyone except those in power. Wherever he goes, he will be a master, the kind who stands on everyone's head and is respected by everyone. Feeling, he is very addicted, and he has no way to let go of this feeling.

So he will never give up the initiative in these three businesses.

Suddenly, he suddenly realized that Li Yuanji entrusted him with the management of these three businesses at the beginning, which seemed to have given him a great source of income, but it also seemed to bind him to this source of income. This way of making money has been carefully controlled by him.

However, he has already fallen into this financial source and cannot extricate himself, even if he sees through that Li Yuanji can use this financial channel to manipulate him at will, he doesn't want to get out.

Seeing that Li Xiaogong stopped talking, Li Yuanji smiled knowingly, and didn't care what Li Xiaogong was thinking, and ordered with a faint smile: "How to conquer the Turks is up to Li Jing, Li Shiji, Xie Shufang, Qin Qiong, Xue Wanshu, Li Junxian, Hou Junji, Zhang Liang and the others go discuss it.

How to persuade Xiao Yu and the others to come up with money and food will be left to you, Daozong, Daoli, Uncle Deliang and others. "

Although Li Junxian is good-looking and attracts people wherever he goes, he is very low-key and doesn't like to show off. Ever since Li Shimin was demoted to a commoner and banned, he rarely showed his face in front of people.

Now that they want to conquer Turks and train troops in Turks, they can just take him out and use them.

As for Hou Junji, his current title is still a marquis, but he has the appearance of a prince, and he is very self-motivated. More importantly, he has defeated the Turks, the Western Turks, and Gaochang and other small countries in the Western Regions. Therefore, he is indispensable for the conquest of the Turks.

And Zhang Liang had made a little effort against the Zheng family in Xingyang before, proving his loyalty. Now that he has the opportunity to make contributions, he is naturally indispensable.

The rest of Li Jing, Li Shiji, Xie Shufang and others were the ones who were originally scheduled to conquer the Turks. Now that they are going to conquer the Turks, they will naturally be pulled out, so there is nothing to say.

"Why is it not counting on me to discuss how to conquer the Turks? Li Jing was just a young general under my tent in the past, and Li Shiji is still in the Turks now, and the Qin and Qiong people are all abolished. Whether he can go to the battlefield is still unknown.

As for Li Junxian and Zhang Liang, they are all saved by Erlang, can you rest assured? "

When Li Xiaogong heard that he was not included in the discussion on how to conquer the Turks, he became a little anxious and began to speak indiscriminately.

Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Li Xiaogong and said, "I can add you, but the question is do you dare to go?"

Li Xiaogong raised his neck and shouted: "You won't kill me for no reason, why didn't I dare to go?"

Li Yuanji said with a chuckle: "Now the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is still my father!"

Li Xiaogong withered all of a sudden.

Li Yuanji would not kill him because of his great achievements, but Li Yuan would.

He didn't dare to challenge Li Yuan's bottom line.

More importantly, Li Yuan has no bottom line in this matter.

But anyone who feels threatened, unsafe, or will shake the foundation of the Li family's successor to rule the Tang Dynasty will be merciless.

(End of this chapter)