Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 347 Tubo's Strategy

At the same time, Lu Dongzan braved the wind and snow, all the way back to Luoxie City from Chang'an, and reported the matter to his Zanpu Songtsen Gampo immediately.

Angrily, Songtsan Gampo grabbed the wine glass and wanted to throw it on the ground to vent his anger, but in the end Songtsen Gampo drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, held back his anger, and said:

"The king of Tang would rather marry his daughter to Tuyuhun than me, he really looks down on me, Tubo.

I will definitely let the king of Tang know how powerful I am. Even if we Tubo face Tang, we should not be easily insulted! "

"I would like to lead the way for the king, and I will definitely show the Tang army a good look!" Dazha Dunzu on the side agreed.

At the same time, Valakuza from the Shangyong Department slapped the table and said, "Our Shangyong Department is willing to obey Zanpu's order and show Datang the price of humiliating us Tubo!"

Songtsan Gampo turned his head to look at Chisang Yangdun, and asked, "Are you ready to conquer the Tang Dynasty?"

Chisang Yangdun glanced at Daza Dunzu, and said, "Yangtong has not been fully digested, but if we fight a war with Datang, no matter the victory or defeat, it will help us digest the Yangtong."

"Then fight!" Songtsan Gampo heard Chisang Yangdun's words, and there was a touch of determination in his expression!
"In that case, I will go prepare war supplies!" Chi Shan Yangdun said, "However, we need to avoid spring plowing. Sending troops in August is a good choice!"

"Then where should we fight so that Datang will feel the pain?" Hearing Chishan Yangdun's words, Songtsan Gambo couldn't help asking.

"Attack here first to attract Datang's attention!" Chishan Yangdun took out the map, pointed at Songzhou Pansong on the map, and then Chishan Yangdun pointed to Xihai County Road, "But our ultimate goal is here! "

"Here...the elite Tang army that defeated the Yangtong Jinpeng cavalry last time is here!" Song Tsangan preached.

"So, we must destroy the Tang army here!" Chisang Yangdun said with a determined look.

"If we want to become a great country like Tang Dynasty, we must master the plateau and dominate the Silk Road!

At that time, we will inevitably become as great as the Han people created the Great Han, and even be able to annex the current Datang!
And the starting point of everything is to destroy the elite of Datang in our Tubo land!
Even if we take [-] steps back, only when we have truly defeated the elite of Datang, will Datang face us squarely and let us be Princess Shang! "

It has to be said that Chisang Yangdun, one of the seven sages of Tubo, is one of the few wise men in Tubo who can lay out the layout of Tubo with a global perspective.

This kind of vision is really a very important quality for a wise man. In history, Chisang Yangdun formulated the initial strategy for Tubo, and Tubo has always followed this strategy and devoted itself to cultivating the plateau.

Even if Wang Xuance succeeded in destroying a country by one person, Tubo only cleaned up the troubles behind him, and was not interested in the land of the Indian Peninsula.

It is under this strategic focus that Tubo has become the only snowy empire in history.

Of course, it is also possible that the Tubo people mixed from high-altitude areas to low-altitude areas, resulting in a drunken oxygen reaction.

It's just that Chishan Yangdun discovered this first, so he has always insisted on the strategy of ruling the plateau.

"Chen Dazadunzu, let this Tang army be buried with the Jinpeng cavalry!" Dazadunzu said again.

"Everything is as you hoped!" Songtsan Gampo patted Daza Dunzu on the shoulder and said, "You will be the vanguard in this battle!"

"Xie Zanpu! Daza Dunzu expressed his heartfelt thanks to Songtsen Gampo.

It was precisely because the Tang Dynasty destroyed the last elite of Yangtong that the situation between Yangtong and Tubo suddenly became irretrievable.

And he has already surrendered Tubo, so now he can only vent his resentment on Datang.

If Xue Rengui knew about this kind of behavior, he wouldn't think Dazha Dunzu was stupid.

Xue Rengui would just build another Jingguan next door and ask him to greet his former brother in person.

In any case, with Songtsen Gampo's decision, Chisang Yangdun began to fully coordinate the dispatch of materials.

Although the spring plowing cannot be delayed, especially in the plateau areas, the conditions are worse than those in the plains, so the farming time cannot be delayed.

Of course, Tubo is in full swing to start a fight with Datang, so as to be able to honor the princess.

At this time, after Li Tai returned to Chang'an, he was called to the Tai Chi Hall by Li Shimin immediately after he had not stayed in the Wei Palace for long.

After Li Tai came in to salute, he looked left and right, but he didn't see any other ministers there, which made Li Tai a little curious.

"Don't look!" Li Shimin glanced at Li Taidao, "No one is here except Zhen!"

"Phew!" Li Tai let out a long breath and said, "I thought Aye would summon the courtiers to have a tribunal interrogation against me, and punish me for a crime of corruption and bribery."

"You still know that you are wrong!" Li Shimin glanced at Li Taidao, "Tell me, what does your tax receipt mean? Do you despise me or the court!"

"Aye, how dare I! Which bastard accused me of weaving Luo, and I turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch!" Li Tai shouted decisively for grievances.

Nonsense, even if you really have something interesting, you can't say it!

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Shimin looked at Li Taidao, "Where does the whole Luoyang get so much money, could it be possible to hold a game of Luoshui to have so much income?"

Li Tai looked at Li Shimin as if ready to move, and quickly said to Li Shimin,

"Aye, even though the game of Luoshui made a small amount of money by holding it, it also paid a lot of money.

If you want to do it, anyway, I have no objection, just don't look for me if you lose money when the time comes! "

Li Tai's words are sincere, after all, even if the Olympics or the World Cup are held in modern times, it would be great if they don't lose money.

Of course, this kind of world conference brings more than just economic income, and many derivative benefits are what these world conferences really value.

And what Li Tai valued was precisely these hidden benefits, such as accelerating population inflow.

"Then where did you get the money!" Li Shimin looked at Li Taidao, "The censors saw you back to Chang'an, and I'm afraid they've spent the whole night writing impeachment memorials. If you don't make this matter clear, your year I'm afraid it's going to be hard!"

"I will be afraid of them!" Li Tai was very disdainful, with an attitude of being indomitable.

"Then are you afraid of me!" Li Shimin looked at this brown sugar who had been impeached by the censor since childhood, and couldn't help but sternly said.

"Of course I'm afraid!" Li Tai pouted his lips as if his chest was suddenly pierced by a needle.

"There are mainly two aspects. On the one hand, I have mastered the transaction of Luoyang's charcoal rice, oil, salt, ginger and vinegar tea, and exchanged it through normal transactions. Because there is no commercial tax in my dynasty, part of it is to be handed over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The Shaofu Supervisor.

This is the rule established by Aye when he gave me the chicken farm. I will give a part to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Shaofu Supervisor when I do business. "

"En!" Li Shimin nodded, this is what Li Shimin likes about Li Tai.

Li Tai follows the rules in doing things and does not enjoy them all alone. Whether it is the court's Ministry of Civil Affairs or his own internal funds, he can benefit.

"What about the other part!?" Li Shimin asked again after hearing Li Tai's words.

"The main reason is the opening of the night market and the collection of stamp duty!" Li Tai explained to Li Shimin.

"Stamp tax?" Li Shimin was a bit new to Li Tai's tax law, but immediately Li Shimin looked serious and said,
"You also said that you didn't collect exorbitant taxes. How long have you been in Luoyang? What kind of stamp duty can you get!"

"How should I put it, this tax is not what I want to collect, but if I don't collect it, those businessmen are not at ease!"

Li Tai thought for a while, then explained,

"To put it simply, I have established a platform in Luoyang, which allows all large transactions in the world to be traded on this platform.

In merchant transactions, the price will change greatly over time. For example, the price of wheat harvested in autumn and the price of wheat harvested in summer, the difference between the two is at least [-]% or more.

For ordinary people, the fact that [-]% of the price is only a few pennies is nothing.

But for large transactions, the price difference is at least [-]% or tens of thousands of guan, so how can merchants easily accept it.

That's why I launched this platform as an official guarantee, charging thousands of stamp duty for each transaction to guarantee the establishment of this contract.

At that time, the sale will be carried out according to the price agreed in their contract. If anyone does not give the court face and wants to make the court lose its trust with the people, then he must make compensation for the house raid.

Then, as long as the transaction scale reaches a certain amount, merchants will definitely come to this platform to buy a transaction contract! "

Li Tai said to Li Shimin very seriously. Of course, Li Tai added silently in his mind, and there is also a thousand-one service fee and a thousand-one site maintenance fee. The actual handling fee charged for each transaction is five thousandths.

The other two thousandths, of course, cannot be given to the imperial court, after all, this platform must survive normally.

"Can these three thousandths provide Datang with so much tax?" Li Shimin didn't feel that Li Tai was lying when he heard this, but said to Li Tai, "Then can we build a platform like this in Chang'an?" ?”

In Li Shimin's view, since such a platform can be established in Luoyang, a similar platform can also be established in Chang'an.

I don't ask too much, not to mention that I can get 300 million guan, even if I only get 200 million guan, I will not lose money.

That's not to build Luoyang Palace if you want to build Luoyang Palace, or build Lishan Courtyard if you want to build Lishan Courtyard!
"There are two questions." Li Tai said, "The first one requires me to sit in charge, at least for now.

I need to have my bill as a prop to break the upper limit of the transaction amount, otherwise the transaction will be very troublesome. After all, it is impossible for people to trade with copper coins.

These businesses that cost tens of thousands or even millions of dollars, if you really use Kaiyuan Tongbao, you may not be able to really trade them.

The second is that there is no canal in Chang'an, so materials cannot be effectively operated on the land of China.

In this way, it is impossible to use the entire Huaxia resources for efficient circulation. At least so far, Luoyang is the best choice. "

"In other words, even if you stay in Chang'an, you won't be able to get another similar platform?"

When Li Shimin heard Li Tai's words, he couldn't help squinting his eyes, somewhat dissatisfied with Li Tai's attitude.

"The entire Tang Dynasty can only maintain one similar platform!" Li Tai said seriously,

"Too much is meaningless, and it may even cause loopholes, because the two parties are in different regions, which may cause differences in prices between the two parties. At the same time, whether the bills of exchange between the two parties should be circulated is a problem."

"Well, you understand these things, but I don't!" Li Shimin looked at Li Tai helplessly and said,

"However, you made this thing and paid taxes to the court as soon as possible. You did a very good job!"

"Actually, Aye, I came back to the court this time mainly to ask for money from the court!" Li Tai said, licking his face.

"Are you short of money?" Li Shimin glanced at Li Tai in surprise, his voice suddenly raised: "Are you short of money?!
The paper you wrote casually was used as tax payment, and Fang Xuanling didn't even pick out any problems.

Then you tell me that you, the God of Wealth, came to ask me for money! "

Li Shimin felt that if this news got out, the court would probably laugh at it for a long time, the God of Wealth was short of money!

"Aye, I can neither create wealth nor destroy wealth. I just make the hidden wealth manifest, so I am still short of money!" Li Tai said to Li Shimin very earnestly.

"Stop, I don't understand your wealth theory. You can go to a courtier at random, let alone someone who understands it. Just rely on your ability to write a few words to make up for the tax. I'm afraid that the account will be checked. Come here without a reason!" Li Shimin said seriously.

"Actually, we can still find out!" Li Tai said seriously, adding in his heart, but all the accounts were created by himself.

"Is this the point!" Li Shimin looked at Li Taidao, "The point is what are you going to do, and you actually want to ask me for money!"

"It's this!" Li Tai decisively took out the road construction map of Henan that Wang Zhenru had worked up all night, and said,

"This is the road development map in the Henan area. It has Wang Zhenru's painstaking efforts every night. Please take a look at it!"

"Wang Zhenru? The one next to you who has been helping you build roads?" Li Shimin still has some impressions of Wang Zhenru.

It's just that it was Li Chunfeng who built the road at first, but later Li Chunfeng went to Youzhou, and that was Wang Zhenru.

Speaking of it, it seems that I have left Gao Jifu in Youzhou for a long time, and it is time for him to return to the court.

The importance of Youzhou Tianjin has been increasing year by year. It seems that it is not impossible to promote Li Chunfeng to the position of Youzhou Chief History.

Li Shimin was calculating in his mind, and looked at the copy that Li Tai sent over. It was aimed at Henan Province, 29 prefectures, 120 counties in total, all of which had clear road connections and supporting river dredging projects.

After all, this area suffers from floods all the year round, so roads should be repaired first. To a certain extent, such a plan cannot be wrong.

Li Shimin did not expect that Li Tai would bring him such a gift!
"That... Aye, shouldn't the imperial court set aside this road plan!" Li Tai said slightly flatteringly.

At this moment, Li Shimin really wanted to close this map, as if he hadn't seen it.

Because Li Shimin felt that his Luoyang Palace and his Lishan Courtyard would be pushed back again.

"Tell me, what on earth are you thinking!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth.

Li Shimin, who still has a bottom line, can't say that you have to raise all the money yourself. After all, this is really a livelihood project, and the court has to pay for it.

(End of this chapter)