Ji Tang

Time passed slowly, and the empire changed to a new emperor. Except for some changes in officials in the court, it did not have much impact. Li Chengqian did not change his reign name, but planned to use his own reign title next year.

Therefore, it is still the twenty-sixth year of Zhenguan.

Since Li Chengqian ascended the throne, Ji Song has gone to court every day, but rarely speaks. He is either napping in the main hall or looking at an official who is watching someone serve food from time to time.

Everyone who is targeted by him feels uncomfortable, but the most indispensable thing in this world is people who are not afraid of death. They think that the emperor has changed, and they think that once the emperor and the courtiers have achieved little, they start to act like monsters everywhere, for fear of others. As if I don’t know.

However, after dealing with a certain relative who was said to be a concubine of the new emperor, there were far fewer monsters. What is even more confusing is the attitude of the new emperor, who seems to be dissatisfied with Ji Song. Anyone who participates in this The empress of the Duke of Tien, who was in a wheelchair, was either exiled or dismissed from office without exception.

Soon, everyone became honest. Some people respected and feared Ji Song, some hated him to the core, and some even wished they could replace him. But just when everyone thought that this important minister who was deeply trusted in the Emperor's dynasty was finally going to launch his political ambitions, they discovered that he was missing!

That's right, after a few months, after Li Chengqian thoroughly planned and controlled the court, Ji Song rarely went to court. Except when necessary, he would not even go to the Tai Chi Hall.

Some people couldn't stand Ji Song's arrogant style and asked His Majesty to punish him severely, but in the end they ignored it.

While the original departments of the book, the Kodong Department, the Honorable Department, as well as many officials and generals in the military were thinking about what this man would do next, a piece of news came that surprised everyone!

Duke Tan wants to continue to complete the unfinished business of the Supreme Emperor: disarmament!

Within half a month, Ji Song kept interviewing many generals in Beijing in the Wuying Pavilion. Whether they were the Duke of the State or the General of the Sixteenth Guards, the first thing he did after returning to the military camp was to clean up the worms in the army and eliminate the old, weak, and elite. Choose soldiers.

The old and weak have divided the land. They can stay in Guanzhong, but they can't allocate much land. There is no way to make Guanzhong overcrowded now.

Or go to the newly developed land of the imperial court, give each person a thousand acres of land, and not collect taxes for ten years!

Now, anyone who is a little ambitious will not hesitate to choose a new land. In Guanzhong, they can get a few dozen acres of land at most, but they may not be able to get it. But it's different outside. The general said that as long as you go there, except for the thousand acres of land, you will hand over half of the land you develop yourself, and the rest will be yours, and it is also limited to ten years.

Everything went crazy now. Even many soldiers who had not been laid off came to their coach and asked to be discharged. Oh my god, how many people can refuse such a good thing?

There are even rumors that Yizhou, a fiefdom conferred by the imperial court to the general, is also included in this compensation, which makes people uneasy. Who is the general? Who in Quan Chang'an doesn't know that it is the God of Wealth descending to earth!

Does Taibai Academy know? It took decades to build, and the money spent was said to be tens of millions, but most of the money was obtained by the general selling iron.

Xuanzhou, under the rule of the general for five years, has now become one of the most wealthy places in the entire Tang Dynasty, as famous as Chang'an and Luoyang. Yizhou is the fiefdom of the general. With the general here, why are you afraid that you won’t be able to make any money?

And it is said that the sea is full of gold and silver. Whoever goes to sea will be filled with wealth.

In Wuying Pavilion, Ji Song smiled as he listened to the people below him talking about the recent rumors. Yes, these are all rumors he released. They say they are rumors, but they are also true, right?

Thousands of acres of fields are real, located in the Hanoi Protectorate of the Western Regions, the Liaodong Protectorate, the Andong Protectorate of Annan, and so on. There are large tracts of undeveloped land in Datang waiting for their owners. Who dares to say that it is a rumor?

Instead of living in the Central Plains just for food and clothing, it is better to go out and have a try. Although it will be a little bitter at first, it will only get better and better. The Tang Dynasty was so coercive at home and abroad at this time, who dared to lift the tiger's beard at this time?

Unless you don’t want to live anymore!

Overseas, the territories of thousands of powerful families are eagerly waiting for these elite soldiers and generals to join. As long as they are willing to go to overseas private territories, they will not only be divided into fields, but also wives. What? Have a wife? That's a big deal? Isn’t it good to have more concubines?

If Li Shimin hadn't been worried about the expansion of overseas territories and ordered that except for themselves and their vassals, other registered people were not allowed to go overseas. Otherwise, no one knows how many people have gone overseas now!

But this time, Ji Song had already discussed countermeasures with Li Shimin and Li Chengqian. It was impossible to consume hundreds of thousands of army officers and soldiers in a short time.

Even if it is done, the time and energy spent will make the court exhausted. It is better to send some people overseas to consolidate the fragile protection of those territories.

After all, a place doesn’t just need to be captured, it has to be held to be considered yours. After all, the tax revenue from overseas territories to the imperial court is quite a lot every year, accounting for more than 10% of the imperial court’s total tax revenue. This is still more than 10% of the imperial court’s total tax revenue every year. Ten percent rate increase!

Once these people go overseas, the protection and production efficiency of the overseas territories will inevitably be further enhanced, which is a good thing for both the court and the territory.

Nowadays, the big families are relying on their many hidden populations and huge influence to open up lands overseas, and they are already in trouble. If they are not curbed, who knows whether they will breed a circle of hungry wolves?

Of course, the soldiers of the court said they didn't care about the fighting power of those people. It was just like that anyway. It wasn't that the soldiers were arrogant, it was because the court gave them too much.

Not to mention weapons and armor, they are all forged from light steel, and the weapons are top-notch in the world. Every time I fight with those barbarians, I feel a little embarrassed, they are simply too bullying.

Whose weapon breaks before they can kill anyone? What's even more outrageous is that even if you cut it on your body, you can't even break through the defense? How to fight this?

Many times when I encounter such a situation, I just throw it away. Wherever you like it, that's it anyway. Do you have the ability to capture me? Maybe it’s a good thing!

Ji Song once asked people to count that there are now more than 3,000 overseas territories, and the smallest one has a territory of ten miles in radius. The combined population is about three million people.

Among them, the five surnames and Qiwang are the most prominent. Each family's territory is no less than a few hundred miles around. Among them, the Pei family is the smallest, with a radius of only more than a hundred miles. But this is what they deserve. Who allows them to become monsters by themselves? Well, If you collude with foreign enemies to invade the Tang Dynasty, you are seeking death. It is a good thing if you are not exterminated.

The Zheng family is the largest, occupying all the big islands with a radius of 700 miles. Last year, the second son of Zheng Qian, the head of the Zheng family, was canonized as an earl by the court. I heard that preparations for the uncle's kingdom have already begun (end of chapter)