Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 724

With 12 of Shelong's subordinates equipped with the standard Tang army and the Annan army who has received standard Tang army combat training, Sun Xiangfu is not worried at all that Lu Dongzan will cause trouble, let alone the Gar family, he is just a relatively primitive Even if it is a group with a very long history and a level of civilization that is not inferior to the Central Plains family, Sun Xiangfu is confident that it will be divided and disintegrated within a few years.

He is known as the existence of a family killer. Even a big family with five surnames and seven families in the Central Plains collapsed and disintegrated under his various means, and reformed into family businesses that could be easily controlled by the court, let alone a family business. Most of the people's hearts go to the Gar family in Datang.

Of course, there are some things that Sun Xiangfu and Shelong can’t really talk about. If he did, he wouldn’t understand too much. He just told him, “The Ge’er tribe plays a very important role in Tubo, controlling nearly [-]% of the entire Tubo. Population, they come out, it is to give a clear signal to other clans and tribes in Tubo, and they will play a leading role.

Therefore, there will definitely be more Tubo clans and tribes imitating him in the future, taking the same path, and even if there are a large number of people who come down, you don’t have to worry about it. You will accept all the orders. Population is productivity. When they all come down Well, that place in Tubo no longer has any potential for war. At that time, it's time for me, the Tang Dynasty, to really take control of the Tubo plateau. "

Hearing this, Shelong smiled honestly, "Hehe, anyway, I listen to you. Our territory is so big now, even if all the Tubo people come down, it's nothing at all."

Since the large-scale development of the land of Yunnan, Shelong has the feeling that Li Tai's manpower is not enough. The transformation of the deep mountains and old forests here is huge, and he is under a lot of pressure.

"Most Tubo people are not good at farming. When they come down, they will not help the grain production in the south and middle of the country. Moreover, with their general level of civilization, it will be difficult for them to do business for a while. Datang merchants can easily make them lose their money, so at the very beginning, you can only let them sell their physical strength and do simple physical work..."

On the other hand, while Sun Xiangfu was constantly explaining to Shelong how to resettle the population of the Gar clan, in Suiye City, Li Shimin had already received Songtsan Gampo.

Songtsan Gampo, who has just turned 20 years old, is naturally three points weaker in front of the majestic Li Shimin and the officials of the Tang Dynasty, even though he is wearing silk cloth produced in central Sichuan. The clothes, but the bloated and loose robes did not add any image points to him. The courtiers of the Tang Dynasty in the hall were all dressed in slim and straight clothes, and they were much more energetic than he looked.

After some salutes, Li Shimin bestowed a seat on Songtsan Gampo. Ever since the Daming Palace was built, the Tang Dynasty never stood up to speak, whether it was in the court hall or in the usual office meetings of various departments. I am used to discussing matters.

"Songtsan Gampo, do you know the specific conditions for foreign countries to surrender to our Tang Dynasty and request to be incorporated?" Fang Xuanling asked Songtsan Gampo first after Li Shimin's eyes signaled.

Shangshu shot from left to right, and Fang Xuanling was more cunning, so he accompanied him. Wen Yanbo was in poor health and stayed in Chang'an to assist the government. It is the specific management of the opening and enrollment of the Military Academy.

Therefore, the representative of the military is Hou Junji. When Fang Xuanling spoke, he had put on a calm expression, as if Songtsan Gampo said something he didn't know, and he would lose his temper in minutes It's the same as raising troops to destroy Tubo.

Going all the way from the barracks of each group army to Li Shimin's office hall in the central government, Songtsen Gambo had already seen the strength of Datang's troops in Anxi Daduhufu and the strength of the sergeant's equipment.

His Chinese level is not weak. After hearing Fang Xuanling's question and taking a look at the aura put on by the military generals such as Hou Junji, he answered, "I naturally Yes know.

However, I think we can discuss it in detail. After all, the actual situation is that anyone outside the Tibetan Plateau is not suitable for living on our Tibetan Plateau.

And the territory of my Tubo Plateau is as large as the two state roads of the Tang Dynasty, with a population of more than one million, and it is divided into many different clans and tribes. The clan leaders cannot accept the unified governance of the government like the Han people.

Therefore, I think that we should continue to maintain autonomy in Tibet, just like the Xueyantuo Khanate. "

"Hehe, I'm afraid you don't know how many merchants have come to your Tibetan plateau to do business in the past few years in my Tang Dynasty, and they have already figured out the way to survive on the plateau.

In addition, let me tell you another piece of news, Yinan Khan has already made a statement. After his death, the Xueyantuo Khanate was revoked. His two sons have accepted the canonization of the imperial court and became officials in local prefectures and counties. The reason why he has not died until now is because the medical officers of the Tang Dynasty tried their best to heal him, otherwise, at the sports meeting last year, the Xue Yantuo Khanate would have ceased to exist. "Hou Junji smiled contemptuously.

Before summoning him, Li Shimin and several important officials had expected that Songtsan Gampo must still have some beautiful fantasies, and Hou Junji was the one who represented the military and shattered his fantasies.

Of course, if Songtsan Gampo was not capable, he would not have taken the risk to meet Li Shimin in person, so Hou Junji's words only made him slightly stunned.
Soon, he organized his language again and said, "Occasionally, some merchants can go to the plateau, that is only a rare phenomenon, and with the prosperity of your Tang Dynasty today, a barren land like our Tubo Plateau is basically impossible for you There is no value at all.

It's as if you have set conditions for many foreign countries to submit to you, just to keep them out and not to make them a burden to you.

But my Tubo is different, because our position is too important.

With the current territory of your Tang Dynasty, as long as we only need to hold our current position, there will be basically no worries about foreign aggression.

But if I, Tubo, do not submit to you, it may affect the safety of the three state roads and a large county in your Tang Dynasty. As far as I know, the troops you have deployed around our Tubo in these four places should exceed 20 Ten thousand!

Based on the salaries of your soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, the 20 troops, people eat horses, consume almost ten million yuan a year, which is more than five times the annual output of our Tubo.

If, Your Majesty the Emperor, you can agree to my proposal to maintain autonomy and give me a little support, you can save all the money. "

Songtsan Gampo's book is really not for nothing. At least he has a good brain. He has basically figured out all aspects of himself and Datang. On average, it is about three to four per person per month, 20 people, more than 70 per month, and more than 800 million per year.

This is only the cash salary paid to them, excluding their usual food, office consumption, clothing, equipment replacement, and the feeding and replacement of war horses that are almost equivalent to the number of troops.

That is to say, the frontier troops of the Tang Dynasty all have military settlements, and most of them can solve problems such as food and horse raising by themselves. Otherwise, let alone 1000 million guan, 2000 million guan may not be enough, because the military training intensity of Datang is very high. All of them are equipped with fine steel equipment, which is expensive. Each cavalry has at least three horses, and even the infantry has reached the level of one horse per person. All their expenses in the barracks are paid by the army. You can wait until you return to your hometown, or receive it together when you leave the army.

The reason why the army is equipped with so many horses is of course to ensure their mobility in combat.

There is no shortage of horses in the current Tang Dynasty. There are five large horse farms in Dingxiang Road, Ningchuan Road, Liaodong, Xueyantuo, and West Yunnan Grasslands. The number of horses produced every year is as high as hundreds of thousands. Not to mention the army, even the people , more than [-]% of the families with horses, because, after having a horseshoe, the service life of a horse is as long as several decades, which is longer than the average life expectancy of people in this period, and Datang basically does not kill horses to eat Meat.

Therefore, when Songtsan Gampo talked about money, some people were not happy about it. The eldest Sun Chong, who had been promoted to the deputy governor of Anxi, said, "We have a Nong Guogong in the Tang Dynasty, named Sun Zhengming. I believe you should know that he usually They all keep in correspondence with me, and once said something in the letter, which I totally agree with, that sentence is 'If you have money, you can do whatever you want.'

so!You must not talk about money with our Datang, because it will scare you to death.

Do you know how much we spent on the cement road from here to Guanzhong this year?
5000 million guan.

According to your calculation, the money can be used to maintain the current defense strength of your Tubo Plateau for as long as 15 years.

This is just one of the projects that my Tang Dynasty is working on. As a whole, the money my Datang spends every year can maintain this kind of military expenditure for at least 30 to [-] years. Since you know our expenditures for supporting soldiers, you must, and should You know, what I said is not false at all. "

All right!For a big empire that doesn't care about such economic losses at all, Songtsen Gampo's rhetoric just now seems very unconvincing.

However, he feels that no matter how rich a country is, it shouldn't be so wasteful.

So he said, "It's better to save it than to waste it in vain. In addition, the Tubo plateau is indeed not suitable for Han people to live in. For you, it is not even a chicken rib."

Changsun Chong laughed again, "Could it be that you thought that since you Tubo surrendered to my Tang Dynasty, these troops would be abolished by my Tang Dynasty?
Let me tell you, this is impossible. With or without Tubo, these sergeants will not be abolished in Tang Dynasty. They will just change to a different place and continue training, just like the current Anxi Dadu Protectorate. The group army, together with the Anxi Four Guards that guard the borders on a daily basis, has a total strength of more than 50. My Tang Dynasty has no wars here at all. Do we need to put so many troops here?
No need.

However, we have never considered disarmament, but we are thinking about increasing troops, training more sergeants with strong combat effectiveness, and improving our national defense strength in Datang.

In addition, what you said just now is finally right, that is, you Tubo, to my Tang Dynasty, are not even considered tasteless. Your Tubo Plateau is good, so, three years ago, our Crown Prince, His Royal Highness, only asked you to regard our Tang Dynasty as the suzerain state in name, and did not intend to actually have anything to do with your internal affairs. It was you who took the initiative to come here to seek His Majesty help support.

In fact, there are many easy ways for us to take down your Tibetans. We only need to issue a decree prohibiting trade, and your internal chaos will be chaotic. There is no need for me to use force at all.

So, you have to surrender, you can, follow the standard we set earlier, if you don’t accept it, you just go back and forth, talk to me about a place where the annual output is less than 200 million, I feel ashamed You still have to have a face-to-face interview with His Majesty, who gave you the confidence? "

The Dingxiang Textile Industry, which is held under Changsun Chong's name, can easily do business with countries in the Western Regions, which can cost millions of guan, which is higher than the total income of Tubo in a year. His irony of Songtsen Gampo can be seen It wasn't because of his deliberate bluffing, but because he really looked down on Tubo's output. The imperial court ruled here, and for a long time in the future, I'm afraid it will be a waste of money. This will be the case in later generations.

Hearing his words, Li Shimin naturally suppressed a smile in his heart. However, according to the previously agreed negotiation strategy, he should continue to pretend to be cold and indifferent. At this time, Fang Xuanling felt that the firewood had already been added. It's time to light the fire, so he winked at Wang Deyong who was accompanying him.

Then he said, "Your Majesty, it's time for the Firearms Battalion to test new weapons. Do you want to go see it now, or continue discussing here?"

"Tubo's affairs should be handled according to the system. I, the Tang Dynasty, can't change the order day and night for a Tubo, and break the trust of the world. Let's set up a firearms shooting range! You can also come with me to have a look."

After all, Li Shimin got up and left without even looking at Songtsen Gampo, and several ministers who were present also followed him to the outside of the hall. If we leave the venue, we will definitely not be able to talk about it today.

So, he also got up, followed the flow of people out, all the way out of the hall, followed, and then he followed to the firearms testing ground tens of meters away from the meeting hall. Then, he followed up to the camp unimpeded. This is a military equipment testing ground, so don't look at it for nothing.

But when he followed in, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Chong and the others who were walking in front of him twitched their mouths and quickly hid their smiles.

(End of this chapter)