Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 275 Du Chuke Arrives

Time passed, and soon it was June. Originally, he only wanted to capture the Hehuang Valley, and then hand over Qinghai to the surrendered Murong Fushun. At this time, Li Jing was able to lead the army back to Chang'an.

But it's a pity, because Li Tai wants to completely bring Shanzhou and Xihai County under the control of Datang, then Li Jing has to lead the army to clean up one after another the cottages and strongholds formed by the rout of the army or the Tuyuhun nationalists .

There is no way, it is just a matter of simply looting Tuyuhun, and occupying Tuyuhun's elite land and bringing it under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

Even if Li Jing showed Li Tai stunned by his hundred-line basic skills and the deployment of the large army, cleaning up the cottages would ultimately require sweeping up hills one by one, and pulling out strongholds would require pulling out one by one.

Therefore, Li Jing estimated that he wanted to completely clean up the large area of ​​Shanzhou, and he was afraid that it would be delayed until October.

To be honest, facing Li Jing's Versailles-style modesty, Li Tai didn't know what to answer.

However, the only thing I can do is to do logistics work for Li Jing. Li Jing will arrange food and other things by himself, and Li Tai doesn't need to do anything. After all, as a commander, food is the safest thing in his hands.

But Li Tai's consideration for the army is to supplement all kinds of meat, clean all kinds of clothes, and even prepare brothels for the soldiers.

As long as these government soldiers convert their seizures into food stamps, they can enjoy them with the food stamps.

And what this brought about was to raise the fighting will of these government soldiers, which was first discovered by Li Jing.

After all, he was already in his 60s, and leading troops to fight Tuyuhun this time was almost the final battle of his life.

Li Jing was able to do everything by himself, so he noticed the positive performance of the soldiers.

This is why Li Tai built a fairly orderly logistics system based on the people of Shanzhou itself.

To put it simply, what these soldiers seized on the battlefield can be converted into consumable food coupons in the fastest time, and as long as Li Jing arranges a rest, these soldiers can consume these food coupons, which is enough to motivate the soldiers .

After all, the soldiers lived a life of licking blood, so unless they were the kind of people who cared about their families, they would choose to save part of the food coupons and prepare to take them home.

But more government soldiers, in the end, are adhering to the temperament of being drunk now and spending a lot of money without hesitation.

After all, when fighting on the battlefield, life is exchanged for money. If you have money in your hands, you will spend it as soon as possible, and enjoy it.

As for running out of money, it is not a big deal for many government soldiers, because their families have sub-portable fields and Yongye fields, and at most they will be farmers again when they go back. Although they are not rich, they can survive after all.

This kind of person is probably the modern type who go to work in the city, and all the money they earn is used for local consumption, and they have no intention of saving it to buy a house.

After working for ten years, I still can't take root in a big city. Instead, I spend a lot of money, so I can only go back to my hometown and live by renting out houses.

After all, in the early Tang Dynasty, soldiers who could prepare their own equipment to participate in the war were considered middle class.

As for where they seized Tuyuhun and even robbed the local bandits, of course they spent it.

This has nothing to do with Li Tai, Li Tai only provided products, and they were the ones who actually bought these products.

Of course, Li Tai just wanted to retain their wealth for local development.

But Li Tai's clear channel is quite fair to these soldiers.

Because after fighting this war, few of these soldiers themselves can say clearly how much money they got.

After all, they are just government soldiers. Even if they are the middle class of this era, most of them are illiterate.

Originally, even if they got the wealth, they could only go to some unscrupulous pawnshops to sell it, and then exchange for the supplies they needed.

But as Li Tai gradually perfects the food stamp system, they can get a relatively fair price and extremely considerate service.

The most important thing is that it is difficult to quantify the military exploits obtained. After all, when the official position reaches a certain level, it is not possible to continue to be promoted by simply killing people. Every effort is not in vain, they can be transformed into thoughtful food stamps!
This is also the case, with the continuous positive feedback, the fighting enthusiasm of the soldiers is still quite high.

Even if it was to exterminate horse bandits or mountain bandits, because most of them were formed by the defeated soldiers of the kingdom of Tuyuhun, not the kind of pure bitter people, so they were more or less captured.

Even if they are really poor, as long as these people are not dead, Li Tai will accept them if they are sent as captives.

Almost everyone was priced at five kilograms of grain, but the captives were all traded directly with Li Tai by the regiment-level units in the army, instead of one or two people capturing a local prisoner and coming over, so Li Tai would not take them.

Because the price is really not high, that is, when you clean up horse bandits or bandits, you can catch them easily.

It would not be cost-effective to directly kill the good and take the credit. After all, although Li Jing is politically on the fence, he is not lenient in running the army.

And Li Tai started this mission not purely for manpower, but because he wanted to meet the regiment-level leaders in the army.

In the military system of the Tang Dynasty, like Li Tai, Zhechong Xiaowei managed a mansion, and the mansion was a regiment, which generally managed 300 people.

However, the regiment is not called the head of the regiment, but the school lieutenant or brigade commander, which can be regarded as a relatively basic officer.

Next, there is the team leader who manages 50 people, and there is no such thing as a centurion.

Therefore, it is really difficult for Li Tai to remember all the team members, but for Li Tai to get acquainted with the captain or brigade commander who manages 300 people, Li Tai feels that he can still do it with hard work.

He didn't need to pay anything, as long as he gave them the respect they deserved and said a few more words of encouragement. Li Tai saw their excitement, and it was obvious that these people were still willing to fight for Datang.

And if they send them over for the second time, I will warmly call their names to talk about family affairs, imagine a bright future, and even invite them to eat a roasted whole lamb and drink some barley if the time is right. liquor.

All in all, Li Tai just went with the flow and chatted with these regiment-level basic officers.

Although they were enthusiastic, they didn't win over them, so Li Daozong and Hou Junji just looked at them casually when they saw it, and didn't care much.

After all, even if they want to rebel, they still have to find generals like them, and what's the use of just looking for these low-level officials.

Could it be that just because you, the King of Yan, encouraged them a few words and ate and drank with them a few times, they would not be able to get along with you.

Li Jing, on the other hand, looked at Li Tai's actions with a hint of meaning, but didn't say much, and just did what he should do.

After all, I am over 60 years old, and I have reached the age of retirement, so there is really no need to participate in it.

In practice, the level of King Yan's management is quite good. It not only solved the problem of food and clothing for the soldiers, but also stabilized Shanzhou completely with the autumn harvest.

And more importantly, he can use money and food to keep the morale of soldiers fighting abroad high for a long time, so that they can't wait to continue fighting immediately after consumption.

Of course, Li Tai also admired Li Jing quite a lot. After all, in Li Tai's view, these tasks he should do as a logistics personnel are to let the soldiers of the government do not need anything other than fighting. think.

But the basis for me to be able to do all this is Li Jing's ability to win every battle. Without this basis, even if I want to do this, but the people below complain, it may cause unnecessary problems instead.

But in any case, the cooperation between Li Tai and Li Jing brought Shanzhou into China's rule at an unimaginable speed.

The most notable point is that Du Chuke traveled nearly a thousand miles from Chang'an to Shancheng, and it took only one month.

Li Tai couldn't help being stunned watching Du Chuke's arrival, and Du Chuke also sent the imperial decree of Chang'an's convenience.

The main reason is that the imperial court agreed to Li Tai's plan, but split the occupied Tuyuhun land. First of all, the Hehuang Valley is still the same as Shanzhou, but the Qinghai area was established as Xihai County and under the jurisdiction of Shanzhou.

The governor of Shanzhou was Du Chuke, and he took over the policies arranged by Li Tai. Anyway, this was not the first time this happened.

The imperial court believed that Du Chuke could do this well. As for Wang Xuance, he was the magistrate of Xihai County and still carried out the "Seed Project".

"It seems that the imperial court dislikes your official position. You are too small. Even with my recommendation, you still can't get into Shanzhou, don't drive!"

Li Tai looked at Wang Xuance, but looked at Wang Xuance with a little emotion.

"The current situation couldn't be better!" Wang Xuance shook his head at Li Tai and said, "Please trust Yan Wang, Xuance will not let you down."

To be honest, in Wang Xuance's opinion, the current situation is really good.

At least it's much better than working with Xu Jingzong when I was in Longyou. At that time, I was forced to lose my job on the first day of work. Is there anyone more unlucky than myself these days?
In contrast, Du Chuke was on his head at this time, his own Du Chuke!
Li Tai didn't say much, but turned his attention to Du Chuke, and asked,

"What happened in the court? Didn't you go to Luoyang to be a Luoyang order? Why did you get sent here?"

"Because of King Yan's plan to develop Tuyuhun, Duke Wei recommended me to the imperial court!" Du Chuke said with a wry smile.
"I just arrived in Luoyang, and the stool was not even warmed up, so I was sent here by a transfer order.

As far as I know, I'm afraid you may not come as often as you do.

But I guess, let me come here, more just to make a transition for Xuance.

When Xuan Ce has the qualifications to gain a foothold in Xihai, I will be transferred back to Luoyang, and then I will be able to sit on the Luoyang order! "

For some people, the governor of Yizhou can be regarded as the pinnacle of life, but for a rich family like Du Chuke in Chang'an, especially a wealthy family with a right servant in the officialdom, the governor of Yizhou is just a gilded position That's all.

In fact, this kind of thing is not only ancient, but also very common in modern times.

Even though Huaxia pays attention to "the prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce general must be sent to the army." But some people's official position is the state department at the beginning, and some people's lifelong goal is the state department.

In the end, there is a gap between people.

And Du Chuke didn't refuse the order, because Li Tai proposed this matter. In Du Chuke's view, doing the work here well and making Li Tai's plan succeed is the best way for him, the King of Yan's party. Should do something.

...Maybe Li Tai's men, like Du Chuke, are working so wholeheartedly for Li Tai's succession...

"You can take care of Xuan Ce, so I can rest assured!" Li Tai nodded and sighed to Du Chuke, "I'm afraid you will have to work hard for a few years!"

"Doing your best for the country and being loyal to the king should not be hard work, and it is the way of a sage to educate the local people to join us in China!"

Du Chuke didn't care about Li Taidao, but Du Chuke said with a serious expression when he said this,

"However, I passed by Chang'an, and I heard that the Supreme Emperor was dying of wind disease, and it might be this month!"

"What?" Li Tai was stunned when he heard Du Chuke's words, but his expression quickly calmed down, and he said,
"I see, this matter is subject to the court's news, you don't need to say more!"

"No!" The two present heard Li Tai's words and saluted Li Tai. They looked at each other and stepped back.

"Is Li Yuan's time up?" Li Tai didn't feel too sad when he heard the news, but rather sighed.

Because after Li Shimin's victory in Xuanwu Gate, Li Tai hadn't seen Li Yuan a few times since he could remember.

In addition, I went to open the mansion in the second year of Zhenguan, and I didn't have much contact with Li Yuan, so I wasn't sad when Li Yuan passed away.

But if I remember correctly, not long after Li Yuan, the Supreme Emperor, passed away, his mother, the eldest grandson, Empress, became seriously ill and passed away the next year.

To be honest, for Li Tai, although he has been running outside all the time, his relationship with Empress Changsun is still very close.

Every month or on the first or fifteenth day of the new year, he would always go to the palace to meet Empress Changsun. In his heart, Li Tai really didn't want anything to happen to Empress Changsun.

But Empress Changsun didn't die of a sudden illness, but the death of her biological mother Mrs. Zhao Guotai and the death of the overlord Li Yuan, coupled with the recurrence of gas disease, which made it hard to get back, which made Li Tai completely helpless.

Because Li Tai didn't study medicine, not to mention that he didn't know how to use Chinese medicine methods to treat Qi diseases, even if it was Western medicine methods, he didn't know at all!
"It looks like we're going back soon!" Li Tai took a deep breath, waiting for the obituary from Chang'an.

After all, Li Yuan was the Supreme Emperor, not a commoner who would be buried immediately after the first seven days.

Basically, it is necessary to preserve the body, all the royal children go to worship, and finally choose a good day for burial, and I will be called back if I think about it!

(End of this chapter)