Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 381

After eating, I planned to go to the study to write a letter to Zhao Long, but I had to read the manuscripts and letters on the desk first.

The Anbei Army is now in a state of war, and Su Dingfang has a separate report on all major and minor battles to Sun Xiangfu, the superior officer. After reading the entire detailed report, he has a more specific understanding of the situation in the Northeast.

Don't look at Li Shimin's announcements are all good news. In fact, Su Dingfang fought terribly in the Kaiyuan area, but the people who died were all light and strong from the Sibu, not the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. The generals in the court didn't think there was any loss. .

However, Sun Xiangfu felt that it would not work if the fight continued like this. If too many young and strong men died, they would inevitably complain about Datang's lack of effort. Therefore, after the Anbei Army transported the Goguryeo prisoners , but also to participate in the war, after training for so long, it is time to see blood and contribute to the country.

So Sun Xiangfu sent a military order to Abu Tusi, ordering him to lead the [-] light cavalry of the right guard army, take a group of medical staff from Shanyang Medical College, medicine, grain and grass, goods and other materials to Kaiyuan, and reward four At the same time, strengthen Kaiyuan's defense force, change the equipment of the four coalition forces as soon as possible, reduce the differences between the various ministries and the Anbei Army, organize them to train with the Anbei Army in their spare time, etc.

Anyway, next year, Li Shimin will still transfer [-] Anbei Army to the Northeast, and the Anbei Army does not need to gather for training like the Sixteen Guards, or go out after finishing farming. They are trained all year round. It only needs a small number of people to stay and farm, and the food in the army station is enough for them to eat.

After dealing with Su Dingfang's affairs, Sun Xiangfu looked at Chu Suiliang's report again. He first reported the results of the Shanyang Army Competition and some aftermath work after the competition.

The Anbei Army at home won No.1 in many individual events, but the overall number of medals is only No.3. The one with the most overall medals is Li Shimin's Xuanjia Army. After all, their overall quality is relatively strong, and they all have served for many years. veteran.

Followed by Qin Qiong's left guard, they have more targeted training, and they have won a lot in the team competition.

From this game, we can see the disadvantages of the Anbei Army, which has a large number of Hu people. Except for a few fierce generals, there are no outstanding generals. Sergeants who joined the army, or Han soldiers with some special experience, will be more capable in some aspects.

These are trivial matters. Sun Xiangfu roughly scanned the list of some slightly more prominent talents in the Anbei Army, and then issued an order to add officials and transfer these people, and it was over.

But there is another thing that Chu Suiliang did not rush to report to Sun Xiangfu, he made his own decision, that is, he assigned Xi Junmaibu, who was supposed to guard Shanyang, to the aristocratic family, and helped them move to Shangqi City. According to the regulations, Chu Suiliang is not considered to have exceeded his authority. After all, he is the governor of Shanyang and has the right to mobilize the troops specially allocated by Sun Xiangfu to Shanyang. mobilize.

It's just that Chu Suiliang didn't take this opportunity to reap some benefits, but instead took advantage of those aristocratic families for nothing.

Moreover, minus the 5000 troops that Xu Jingzong brought to Tai'an City, then there are only more than 1 defenders in Shanyang City, and the Ulan City that is about to be built will also need to send thousands of troops. Shanyang City can't send troops at all. For such a big city, the defense of more than 1 defenders is already very weak. As the pillar of the Northland, the safety of Shanyang is very important, so Sun Xiangfu should give Li Shimin's last draft for conscription.

The young and strong herdsmen in the north are naturally good at riding and fighting. With the current population base, they can get a dozen or 20 cavalry at any time. For the sake of future stability in the Northeast, Sun Xiangfu directly asked Li Shimin to levy an additional [-]. At that time, It can be used as a standing force for the Anton Governor's Mansion, and Li Shimin probably would not disagree.

After dealing with official business, there were more private matters. Sun Deshou wrote to Sun Xiangfu, telling Sun Xiangfu about the growth of blueberries. Moreover, they also found some dead oak trees as substrates, and tried to grow Hericium erinaceus in their residence. .

The oak saplings in the nursery are also well protected. No matter how heavy the snow is in Shanyang, there will be no problems. It’s just that those aristocratic families have been a little annoyed recently. They always want to get ideas for the nursery, and they also pay a lot of money. , Sun Deshou and the nongmen's children refused when they approached the farmers' children to buy cauliflower planting technology.

After reading this letter, Sun Xiangfu could only lament that Sun Deshou and the others were too honest. Although he promised that the cauliflower would only be handed over to the Wang family for planting, the other children of the Nongmen did not promise!If you have a lot of money, why not accept it, and let the other families rob the Wang family of their wealth.

Then there was a letter from my brother-in-law Yu Fang, who said that all the prisoners in Shanyang Labor Camp could graduate, and after a few months of ideological education, they would no longer want to return to their original family. He also asked Sun Xiangfu , Can you find him some more difficult work?

After reading this letter, Sun Xiangfu plans to transfer him to the edge of the desert to plant trees for a period of time next year, but he can't trust people so easily. Now those aristocratic families are busy relocating and need a lot of manpower to help organize them. These family soldiers are going back first, but they will not directly ask Sun Xiangfu for it, and use some tactful means to fool Yu Fang. He didn't even think about it. It's hard for real ideological education to go deep into their bones without a few years.

He also saw the letter Tang Fengyi wrote to him. He felt that it was not worthwhile to export farm tools from Shanyang to Shangqi, and he wanted to allocate one-third of the staff in Shanyang's wood workshop and iron workshop to those in Shangqi. Go to build a new workshop and produce directly there. If possible, I would like to open more Shanyang factories there, but I need a start-up capital, and I may need a loan from Shanyang Bank.

Zhou Chun directly reported to Sun Xiangfu a group of investment in real estate in four newly built counties, the amount of funds needed, of course the investment is not small, and a lot of loans are needed.

And Zhang Xingcheng, Yuwen Festival, also reported to Sun Xiangfu the start-up capital budget for the construction of Shangqi City and Ulan City, both of which are in the millions. In this way, Sun Xiangfu's personal money in Shanyang is almost as much as All of them were invested, and the public accounts of Anbei Daduhufu might owe millions of dollars in huge debts, but Shanyang's bank, like Chang'an's bank, sounded the red alarm for loans.

After giving instructions and replies to all the official documents and letters, it was midnight again. Hongmei and Chuntao came to invite Sun Xiangfu to bed. Sun Xiangfu felt that his body had been hollowed out. I'm sleeping in the study room, and tomorrow I'm going to give the two children full moon wine!It's not good if you are too poor, but it makes Hongmei and Chuntao laugh for a while.

Being able to sleep before midnight is a blessing. Li Shimin is not as happy as Sun Xiangfu. He has to review and listen to a huge amount of information every day, especially when the country is at a critical moment of reform and foreign war.

"Your Majesty, the five surnames and seven families have some complaints about not being able to enter the center of power this time."

"What did they say in private?"

"They said that your majesty's random reforms will cause big troubles. There is never a lack of good policies to govern the people. What is lacking is the means to make the people obey..."

Hearing this, Li Shimin wanted to laugh, but the aristocratic family still thought that only they could make the people obedient!As everyone knows, although the people with no cultural knowledge are ignorant, they also know who treats them well. Now the way the court manages the people has changed from setting rules for them and exploiting them to helping them produce and live better. How can the people disobey? No wonder.

"Do they have any specific plans?"

"Not currently, but all the resources of their families are speeding up to go outside the pass. They seem to be more fanatical about the lonely land outside than Dudu Sun imagined."

"They are choosing to escape, thinking that if they are far away from my emperor, I will not be able to control them. Forget it, I will deal with them after they help me develop those border areas. What is the party's ministries and Tuyuhun? What's going on, I need to find out as soon as possible, mobilize all the people from Longyou, and go deep into their territory to investigate, I not only want to know the terrain, population, and living customs of their territory, but also need an appropriate opportunity to intervene."

"Weichen will do it immediately."

"Okay, that's all for today! It's time for the empress to urge me to bed again."

This card in Li Shimin's hand is too good, and the people's will is what he wants. If he is not too aggressive, with Datang's current economic strength and military strength, it is more than enough to defend.

Therefore, the aristocratic family members may not have realized it at first, but now they have all realized that exchanging fields to border areas outside the customs is a means for them to preserve their strength and avoid conflicts with Li Shimin.

After saving their strength, they can launch similar incidents like this time at the gate of the city at any time to cause trouble for Li Shimin. Therefore, if you want less trouble in the country, you'd better not trouble them and reach a tacit agreement, everyone All safe and sound.

In history, Li Shimin reached a certain level of tacit understanding with the aristocratic family after he became stronger, and there was no large-scale bloodshed. Now, this period has come a few years earlier.

"Your Majesty, the Zhengming Mansion sent whale meat today, and the Imperial Dining Room made fish meat soup. You can eat some before you rest! By the way, his mansion will serve the two children with full moon wine tomorrow. What gift?"

"I'm busy with everything, but I haven't thought about it, you just make up your mind." Li Shimin smelled the whale meat soup, which was very fragrant, and took it to eat and drink.

"The concubine thinks that no matter how many rewards there are, it is better to come to his house in person. Tomorrow is the fifteenth day, is your majesty free?"

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun have been married for many years, so don't know too much about her, just look at her eyes, and you can tell that there must be something going on here.

"Why, is there any money-based business that the Sun Mansion can do?"

"But I can't hide it from your majesty. Didn't my brother tell your majesty yesterday that he wants to implement an open policy like Shanyang in Chang'an? There are some places where the concubines want to cooperate with the Sun family."

When Empress Changsun mentioned this, it reminded Li Shimin of the time when he lived in Shanyang. Over there, he could go for a stroll on the street at any time to relax. Baihua wine, or milk wine, is also quite comfortable.

At the same time, he also thought of Changsun Wuji's note about demolishing part of the walls in Chang'an City, gradually lifting the curfew, and implementing an open management policy.

This method is feasible, but how to really invigorate the market so that the common people, the government, and even the royal family can all benefit, you have to ask Sun Xiangfu how to operate it.

"Forget it, I will accompany my concubine to the Sun's Mansion tomorrow, but you can talk to his wife about business matters, and what I want to talk to him about is political affairs."

Ordinarily, the income of the harem's inner government is quite a lot this year, but why is Empress Changsun so concerned about money!Because she invested all the money, and also borrowed a lot of money from the bank. It would cost a lot of money to invest in a large factory in Weinan. Both private and supreme leather goods will build larger factories in Weinan, plus the glass factory that Sun Xiangfu gave to Sun Deshou to marry the princess before, and the food factory and fruit canning factory that he started under his suggestion. Down, at least several million hits are needed.

But right now, winter is coming again, and Li Shimin, who is used to giving out things to the people and collecting people's hearts at this time, is going to start throwing money out again. Therefore, the harem is short of money again, so he has to find a way to make up for it!

(End of this chapter)