Ji Tang

Chapter 598

Starting from the second day, a tightly covered man came to the Chui Gong Hall. Although they had never seen his face, those who knew Xie's true feelings were shocked.

Li Shimin didn't say anything, and those who knew about it tacitly pretended not to know, but many old masters seemed much happier.

Princess Pingyang even went to the palace overnight to stay with Li Yuan and never left.

Li Shimin still handled court affairs as usual, only going to Chui Gong Hall for half an hour after going to court.

No one knew what was going on inside, but the Emperor's cheerful laughter could be heard from time to time, which seemed to indicate that the situation had improved.

Some time ago, Li Shimin issued an edict that the wealth of households across the country should be divided into three grades, which is not very detailed. Each grade should be divided into upper, middle and lower grades, and should be divided into nine grades.

Feeling the emperor's influence on the world, Li Shimin said to Wei Zheng: "The empress of Qi and Zhou Tianyuan both plundered the people and used them to support themselves until the people's strength was exhausted and the country perished. Just like a greedy person eating his own flesh, eating meat How stupid it would be to kill someone for being naked! But how do these two monarchs compare?"

Wei Zheng said: "The empress of Qi has a cowardly character and inconsistent policies; Zhou Tianyuan is arrogant and tyrannical, and the power of rewards and punishments lies in one person. Although they are both kings of subjugation, the empress of Qi is worse."

Li Shimin thought so.

This was Wei Zheng's subtle admonishment to Li Shimin, asking him not to waste too much people's power, not to drain the lake, but to rest and recuperate with the people!
In the end, Li Shimin compared the two conquered kings and told Wei Zheng that now I have great power. If I don't correct it in time, it will be difficult for future kings to do anything.

This matter has already involved the interests of powerful families, but with Li Shimin's current ability to control the government, there are not many people who oppose it.

Because everyone knows very well that opposing at this time will have no result except angering the emperor.

Although Li Shimin was not the founding emperor, he did not need to be the founding emperor. Most of the country was conquered by others.

He conquered the Turks in the north, collected the grasslands and the Tang Dynasty, and established the Anbei Protectorate and the Andong Protectorate; he expedition to the Western Regions, re-established the Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate, and completely conquered the Western Regions.

At this time, there were no strong enemies in the north and northwest of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tibetans on the plateau were very honest and did not dare to act rashly.

Last year, he even asked Datang to marry a princess, but for some unknown reason, the emperor, who was already interested, did not agree at the last moment.

In the end, the Tibetan envoys were furious and threatened that the Tang Dynasty would regret it!

But who is Li Shimin?Who are the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty?

It's okay if the soft words are easy to say, Datang may still owe something, and maybe it will be compensated elsewhere.

But if he dares to threaten him now, he is seeking death.

Therefore, before the Tibetan envoys could return to the plateau, the Tang army stationed in the Xihai area marched towards several tribes on the edge of the plateau.

In less than half a month, they captured three thousand prisoners, more than [-] cattle and sheep, and expanded hundreds of miles of land.

After receiving the news, Tubo Zampu quickly sent people to explain and sent a large amount of treasures, which finally settled the matter.

Through this incident, everyone finally saw each other clearly.

Of course, it is unknown whether there is someone behind this incident.

In the summer, on the eighth day of the fourth month of the leap month, Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, defeated Tuyuhun's army in Kushan and won the battle.Beheaded thousands of people and returned victorious.

Tuyuhun Khan Fuyun set fire to the grasslands to avoid pursuit, and later led his light cavalry to flee into the desert.The generals of the Tang Dynasty believed that "the horses have no food and grass and are very weak. They cannot go deep alone."

But at this time Hou Junji said: "No. In the past, when Duan Zhixuan's army returned to the court, they arrived at Shanzhou, and Tuyuhun soldiers had already arrived at the city gate. Because Tuyuhun was still stronger at that time, everyone still served them. Now after the enemy army was defeated once, , the rats fled and the birds dispersed, the waiting sentries have also evacuated, the monarch and his ministers are separated, father and son can hardly see each other, and capturing them is easier than picking up mustard grass. If you don't take advantage of the victory and pursue it now, you will regret it later."

Li Jing agreed, and then deployed to ensure a successful outcome.

He divided the troops he led into two groups: Li Jing, Xue Wanjun, and Li Daliang were the northern route army, and Hou Junji and Rencheng King Li Daozong were the southern route army.

On the 23rd, Li Jing's general Xue Orphan defeated Tuyuhun at Mantou Mountain, beheaded its famous leader, and obtained a large number of livestock to serve as food for the army.

On the 28th, Li Jing and others defeated Tuyuhun at Niuxindui and won again at Chishuiyuan.

Hou Junji and Rencheng King Li Daozong led the Southern Route Army to march for more than [-] miles in the uninhabited area. There was frost and snow in midsummer. They passed through Poluozhen Valley. There was no water in the area. People ate ice and horses ate snow.

In May, he caught up with Fu Yun in Wuhai, had a fierce battle, won a great victory, and captured his famous leader.Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche defeated King Tianzhu again in Chihai.

After this battle, Murong Fuyun was defeated and fled. Tuyuhun was completely defeated and had to surrender and pay tribute.

At this point, Tuyuhun was unable to recover, and as long as the Tang Dynasty existed, there would be no more troubles.

In mid-May, the governor of Xuanzhou, Ji Song, the Marquis of Haoji, presented the memorial.

It was announced that large-scale iron mines were discovered along the Yangtze River and in Danyang and other counties, and they were promised to be inexhaustible for hundreds of years. This was indeed a blessing to the Tang Dynasty and a blessing to His Majesty!

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this and issued an edict to marry the prince's daughter Yu and Hao Jiehou's eldest son Run. Because they were young, they had to wait until adulthood to get married.

Poor Ji Run didn't know what this edict meant at this time, and he was still fooling around with Li Yu all day long.

"Your Majesty, since such a huge mine has been discovered in Xuanzhou, there is no reason to ignore it. I request your Majesty to order the three provinces to take the lead, with the Ministry of Industry in charge, and the assistance of Ji Song, the governor of Xuanzhou, to fully develop the Xuanzhou iron mine. To supplement the ironware of the Tang Dynasty. insufficient!"

Fang Xuanling stepped forward and begged.

This is what it should be. Others may question Ji Song's memorial.But basically the people who watched him grow up have known for a long time that this is definitely true.

That's all in the past. Most of the Tang Dynasty's ironware was used to supply military supplies. This led to people in many places still using wooden farm tools when farming, which greatly reduced agricultural efficiency.

The current military supplies are basically sufficient, so the development of Xuanzhou iron mine will be mainly for civilian use.

But since ancient times, salt and iron have been important to the country. How can they be easily faked?
No matter how much the emperor believed in Ji Song, plus this would be a huge benefit, no one would be tempted.

Ji Song was able to tell this matter openly because he knew that he would not be able to reap such a huge benefit at all, not even with the royal family and nobles.

Most aristocratic families have their own heirloom industries and generally do not involve the industries of other aristocratic families. This is also an unspoken rule.Otherwise, those who do not follow the rules will definitely be excluded by the rules.

Just like the Changsun family, the family mainly produces iron weapons. In recent years, [-]% of the civilian ironware in the Tang Dynasty was controlled by the Changsun family.Coupled with the fact that he controls a large amount of iron ore, Ji Song's memorial can predict how much impact it will have on the Changsun family.

Li Shimin did not make an immediate decision after hearing this, but said that he had to think about it, which made Changsun Wuji relieved.

As long as there is no decision, then there is still room for negotiation.But looking at several people from aristocratic families involved in the iron ore industry, he smiled bitterly.

The benefits are so great that even his eldest grandson's family can't bear them. It's probably impossible if he doesn't share a certain amount of benefits.
(End of this chapter)