Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 50 The War Will Begin
To be honest, Li Tai was already very satisfied that Peacock was able to get [-] to [-] grades of linen.

Li Tai really couldn't get this kind of thing if he had to do it, only a big shop like Zheng's could make so many at once.

As the first piece of clothing for these common people, Li Tai didn't plan to let them wear it for a lifetime, or even three months was enough.

What I need is to let them earn money to buy a new dress in three months and replace the old one.

After all, what Li Tai wanted was for the currency to be circulated in the hands of the common people, not for the common people to hold on to the coins, wishing to bring them into the grave.

To put it simply, apart from this episode, Li Tai's transformation of refugees into civilians is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Although there were a lot of people coming from the entire Guanzhong region, Gaoling formed its own security system. These coming people were quickly digested in an orderly manner, and on the contrary became the driving force for Gaoling's development.

In the eyes of those who don't understand, Li Tai seems to spread money in a hurry, like a boy who spreads money to drive people to act with money.

But Li Tai knew that as long as the court could still afford the food, then his tricks could continue.

First of all, in this era, food itself is a kind of currency, and secondly, it seems that I have been spending money, but in fact, what I have taken out is only materials.

As for things like money, it seems that things are being consumed, but as long as there is no large amount of money flowing out of Gaoling, then everything is within controllable range.

So Li Tai dressed them in shabby clothes, hoping that they would take the initiative to buy new clothes. The purpose was to let the money flow in Gaoling, and the basic necessities of life were the foundation of the people.

And when Li Tai's Weiwen lasted until July, a heavy rain finally came.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as the rain poured down, and so did Li Tai.

Although it is not yet the winter wheat sowing season, in the past few months, I can try to grow beans to nourish the land.

When winter wheat is sown in winter, next year's harvest will be even better.

Of course, if the drought persists for a longer period of time, and there is not enough time left for myself, there will be no time to grow beans.

You must know that it is best to plant a batch of beans to fertilize the soil in the newly reclaimed fields, otherwise the reclaimed fields cannot be said to have no crops, but if they can return the money, it will be regarded as a face from God.

Due to the drought in Gaoling, the whole rhythm is mainly based on work, and Li Tai uses work in lieu of relief to keep these people alive.

But with the rain coming, farming is the first priority.

Don't let Gaoling's commercial trade flourish because Li Tai established a port through labor relief, or dredged a part of the river.

But Li Tai knew that business in the feudal era was just a grassroots without roots, and it was not worth excessive investment.

Because this era is really not the era of capital, but the era of land, because the productivity is not enough!
It is undeniable that commerce plays a huge role in the whole society, but the social productivity in the feudal era determined the upper limit of the population out of production.

I encourage business, not to mention being suppressed by the court, and more importantly, my basic market will be shaken.

Therefore, until the productivity has not developed to a certain level, Li Tai has no intention of encouraging business.

Because the premise of the emergence of capitalism is that there must be enough out-of-production population to enter the secondary industry.

As the drought eased at this moment, Li Tai immediately began to encourage the people to go to plow the fields.

As for the work on the docks or other places, it has also begun to decline consciously, just to transfer some people to agriculture.

Li Tai knows the potential of the working class, but before the productivity reaches a certain level, no matter how great the potential of the working class is, it is just potential.

It's like when the prehistoric gods were enshrined, the west kept calling the west to prosper. If there hadn't been a great catastrophe, Zhunti would probably have to shout for the rest of his life.

And just when Li Tai was handling these matters in a mess, it was also in August, and Li Shimin sent someone to summon Li Tai to come to Tai Chi Hall.

Hmm, as Li Shimin has successfully gained power over the years, especially after pulling out the old ministers left behind by Li Yuan one by one, Li Shimin finally no longer needs to stay in his East Palace this year, but moves to Tai Chi The palace handles government affairs.

Faced with Li Shimin's summons, Li Tai naturally did not dare to delay at all, and immediately went to the palace in a bullock cart.

Guided by the servant, Li Tai came to Li Shimin and saluted, "I met Aye, Aye is safe."

"Let's live!" Li Shimin looked at Li Taidao, "This drought has been done very well, especially the memorials submitted, which are clearly written and well-founded. The most important thing is to use more numbers and less rhetoric. Let people understand at a glance, who wrote it?"

"Prince Yue's mansion is called Ma Zhou!" Li Tai recommended to Li Shimin, "This man is quick to see things, very cautious, and his talent is rare in this world!"

"Looks proud!" Li Shimin said with a smile,

"Although the drought was severe this time, your Gaoling absorbed the victims and maintained the stability of the entire Guanzhong.

The court officials who assisted in dealing with the disaster were given a first-class title, and they did not have a single meritorious service in the court, and they would wait until they became officials in the future.

But this Ma Zhou..."

"What's wrong with Ma Zhou?" Li Tai was a little confused and even a little nervous when he heard Li Shimin's words.

Don't look at Ma Zhou as if he is not responsible for anything, but in fact, Li Tai is quite comfortable with Ma Zhou.

After all, Ma Zhou can do the specific content by making plans by himself. If it were someone else, Li Tai really couldn't find such an excellent person who could control the overall situation.

After all, Li Tai is still too young now, and it is unrealistic to be in charge of the government.

Many plans require a person like Ma Zhou who can adjust the situation to carry out his own policies.

"Keming recommended Ma Zhou, thinking that he would be overqualified under your command as a prince of Yue,
Xuanling also wrote a letter to praise Ma Zhou, and I originally planned to transfer him away directly.

But considering that you still need his help, I will transfer Ma Zhou to the center after your three-year term in Gaoling expires.

So don't reward him for now. " Li Shimin said to Li Tai calmly.

Li Tai replied with a smile: "It's really the honor of King Bin, he is a talented prime minister, and it's really a grievance to follow me.

King Bin put all his heart and soul into this disaster relief. He has always liked good wine, and asked his father to reward him with some fine wine in the palace as a reward. "

To be honest, Li Tai was both delighted and surprised that Ma Zhou could get Li Shimin's favor, but when he thought about it, it was a matter of course.

After all, Ma Zhou is actually the same as himself, what he lacks is only a platform to display his talents.

Regardless of whether it is controlling locusts, solving winter disasters, or even this drought, although he has made a plan, the person who actually implements this plan is Ma Zhou.

Therefore, his ability to work naturally entered Li Shimin's eyes.

Li Tai is not the kind of psychopath who can't tolerate the people under him being stronger than him.

Li Tai even wished that there would be talents around him who would be favored by Li Shimin, so that they could occupy a place in the court.

It's very simple, because after doing this, it will naturally form a word of mouth in the officialdom.

Whether it's the abundance of talented people around him, or covering the sky with his own hands, anyway, for those who don't know the inside story, using the King of Yue as a springboard is a shortcut to the end.

Only in this way, the talents in my hands will not be out of gear, and there will be no involution.

Of course, doing this is very dangerous even for the prince, because if you are not careful, you will be charged with forming a party for personal gain.

But Li Tai has confidence in Li Shimin, not to mention whether he formed a party for personal gain, as a good father who can forgive the prince who really rebelled, which is rare in history.

To be honest, Li Tai really didn't believe that Li Shimin couldn't tolerate him just because he formed a party for personal gain.

Just when Li Shimin was about to boast about Li Tai, he saw a muscular general walk in after notifying the Minister of War.

Li Jing saluted Li Shimin and said, "The sage delivered it urgently on behalf of Zhang Gongjin, the governor of the state, within three hundred miles."

"There is no need to salute." Li Shimin said with a serious expression, "But something happened in Turkic, what happened in Daizhou!"

When Li Jing heard Li Shimin's question, he couldn't help but glance at Li Tai.

Although Li Jing knew Li Tai, this matter was really not a trivial matter. Even though Li Tai was a first-rank prince, he was just a child after all.

I was worried that if Li Tai leaked the secret unintentionally, there would be chaos all over the city. After all, this might be related to the war with the Turks.

"Aye, I'm going back to Gaoling first!" Li Tai saluted Li Shimin respectfully.

"Yeah!" Li Shimin was very satisfied with Li Tai's eyesight, and said to Li Tai, "Continue to be your county magistrate, get a good evaluation, and then set an example for all county magistrates in the world!"

"No!" Li Tai replied decisively, and then withdrew, while Li Tai walked thoughtfully:
"Daizhou is the closest to the Turks, and Li Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War, will personally deliver this memorial. It seems that the crusade against the Turks is about to begin.

I am afraid that everyone in the court, even Aye himself, will think that this is a protracted war.

But he didn't expect that Li Jing would directly wipe out the East Turks. "

To be honest, is Turkic bad?Not bad!

At least in the sixth century, which can be said to be the era of the Turks, they wrestled with the Sasanian Dynasty in the west, went south to destroy the White Huns who ruled the roost, and received offerings from the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi in the east. It can be said that there is no limit.

Even due to internal strife, it split into East and West Turks, but in terms of actual strength, it still has the power to suppress surrounding areas.

For example, the Eastern Turks can still suppress northern China. Not to mention, you must know that the northern princes who competed for the world in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were basically supported by the Turks.

They seem to be the agents behind the princes during the Republic of China. For East Turks, a China that is constantly in chaos will always be enslaved by him.

However, the Turkic Khan was full of great talents and great strategies. Under his leadership, the Khitan and Shiwei in the east, Tuyuhun and Gaochang in the west all surrendered to the East Turks. The Rong and Di are so strong that they have never been seen in ancient times" to an unprecedented degree of strength.

Just when Shibi Khan wanted to take advantage of the chaos of the Sui and Tang Dynasties to take a share of the pie and reproduce the scene of the chaos, he suddenly died!

It was his death that gave the Central Plains a precious window period, at least allowing Li Shimin to wipe out all the enemies in the north one by one and rebuild the northern defense line. When the Turks wanted to go south, they couldn't take advantage of it.

It can be said that without Li Shimin, no one knows whether the Tang Dynasty can be unified after the Sui Dynasty.

After all, if the northern princes cannot be solved in a short time, it will not be so easy to solve it when the Turks recover.

This is a bit like the great man who took advantage of the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in Germany and decisively launched three major battles to wipe out the main force of the national army.

Sometimes the window period given by the International to China is only such a short period of time. If you miss it, you may have to wait for hundreds of years.

"However, what can I do in this war? A cautious person like Li Jing probably won't give me any chance!"

Li Tai narrowed his eyes slightly, and began to reckon in his heart how he should get a share of the pie.

No matter how you say it, Li Tai felt that he could harvest the herbs he had planted when he went back. Taking advantage of these few months to dry them, he could also use them when the war came.

As Li Tai left, Li Jing handed the memorial to the servant, who then sent it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin looked at this memorial, looked at the memorial to the army written by Zhang Gongjin, and read it softly at the reason:

"Jeli Khan is extravagant and brutal, punishing loyal and good people, and getting close to traitors, this is one of them;

Xue Yantuo and other tribes have defected, the second is;
Tuli, Tuoshe, and Yugushe all offended Jieli and felt ashamed, this is the third;

The northern part of the Great Wall has experienced frost and drought, and there is a shortage of food. The fourth is;
Jieli is alienated from his tribe, entrusting heavy responsibilities to foreign tribes, the Hu people are capricious, and once the Tang army arrives, there will inevitably be internal chaos, and this is the fifth;

The Han people went to the north to avoid chaos in the early years, and there were a lot of people at this time. Recently, they gathered armed forces and occupied dangerous places. When the army went out, they naturally responded internally. "

"Pharmacist, today's matter is very important, we need to call Xuanling, Keming, Chengfan...and other important officials from the three provinces and six ministries to discuss together.

You just wait here, I am ordering people to recruit all of them here, we are going to discuss and come up with a result today. "

Li Shimin said to Li Jing seriously.

"I obey the order!" Li Jing replied respectfully to Li Shimin, standing upright even more.

To be honest, there are really very few generals in this world who belong to the chaotic camp.

That is the kind of person who is happy as long as he can kill, and excited when he can fight. It doesn't matter why he fights, as long as he can fight.

Normal generals pay attention to the soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must be observed.

To put it simply, to what extent do you want to fight a war, what goals you want to achieve, when to close when you see a good result, when to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and even if you fail, under what circumstances should you bow your head and admit defeat, instead of dying if you can't afford to lose support.

What I am most afraid of is falling into the quagmire of war. If I want to get out, I can't get out. If I want to win, I won't be able to win.

And Li Shimin must have some hesitation in his heart about whether he should fight with the Turks.

After all, the situation in Datang has been plagued by disasters year after year. This foundation is too weak. Normally, this battle should not be fought.

But if both sides are strong and strong, and the Turkic cavalry superiority really exerts its advantage, how many Tang generals can stand firm under the counterattack of the Turkic cavalry!
So facing the memorial that Zhang Gongjin gave himself, even Li Shimin became a bit hesitant at this moment.

(End of this chapter)