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Chapter 682

Inside the study of Linshuo Palace.

Pei Ju is reporting to Li Chongjiu the situation after the discussion with Zuo Xianyou.

After Pei Ji finished speaking, Li Chongjiu patted the dragon chair and said with a smile: "You said that Fu Gongyou wanted to overthrow Du Fuwei, and then help us deal with Li Tang. Isn't Fu Gongyou afraid that he will lure wolves into the house? I remember my reputation, but outsiders can't." It's always been bad."

Pei Ju's expression was calm, but Gao Sheng, the inner court official beside him, wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

To be honest, Li Chongjiu's reputation is really not very good. When the army rescued Zheng Guo and drove away the Tang army, Li Chongjiu also attacked Luoyang by the way, making Wang Shichong a victim.For this reason, Li Tang often used this incident to criticize Li Chongjiu, who was ambitious, cunning and unjust.

In the eyes of people except Tang and Zhao, Li Yuan was shameless enough, but not as shameless as Li Chongjiu.
Now that Li Chongjiu's reputation is so bad, Fu Gongyou still dares to cooperate with Zhao Guo, so he really has to think about it.

"Does Fu Gongyou have any conditions?"

"Fu Gongyou only said that if Zhao Guo is willing to support him as the leader of the Jianghuai Army, he is willing to be loyal to Da Zhao and fight against Li Yuan together. I will talk about other conditions later."

Li Chongjiu nodded when he heard this and said: "Alright, then you tell Fu Gongyou that I will help him with this matter. After the matter is completed, I will reward you with the land of a county."

Pei Ju said: "No, Your Majesty."

After Pei Ju left, the newly appointed Minister of Zhongshu, Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, Wen Yanbo, Zhongshu Ling, and Zhongshu's servant, and the six ministers arrived together.

Li Chongjiu first looked at Zhao Heran, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and asked, "How is the dredging of the Yongji Canal going?"

Zhao Heran replied: "Your Majesty, this matter is mostly settled. With the hard work of He Chou and Zhou Bo, the Yongji Canal has been mostly dredged. There was a heavy rain this autumn, and now Yongji Canal is used from Youjing to Luoyang. Large ships of more than [-] shi can pass through the canal, and even if the water is dry this winter, it is estimated that ships of about [-] shi can pass."

Li Chongjiu and Long Yan Dayue smiled and said: "This matter is done very well, what can I reward you, Tuesday."

Wei Zheng said first: "Your Majesty, He, although the two ministers dredged the Yongji Canal on Tuesday, the shelf of the river platform is too big. I have calculated this account, and the daily support is no less than that of providing for the imperial court. Expenditures for [-] government soldiers and horses."

Wei Zheng went on to say: "Right now the river has been dredged, I see if we can reduce the number of personnel."

Li Chongjiu remembered that Wei Zheng was very unhappy with himself because of this matter last time.But this time Li Chongjiu felt that what Wei Zheng said made sense, and immediately said: "It can be streamlined. You can discuss this matter with the Ministry of Industry and Hedao Xingtai to see how many people can be reduced, and draw up a charter for me to see."

"promise."

Wei Zheng had just finished playing, and Lin Dangfeng, Minister of the Household Department, said: "Your Majesty, autumn has passed today, and the autumn harvest has been completed. Except for Shanxi's bad harvest, the rest of Zhao's country is full of harvest. The Hufu proposed to transfer the rice from the Hebei granary outside the Great Wall, and set up a military granary in Huaihuang Town, following the example of the Liyang warehouse and the Luokou warehouse."

Li Chongjiu captured Luoyang, won Wang Shichong's Luokou warehouse, defeated Yu Wenhuaji, and won Liyang warehouse.These two granaries were big granaries back then. Because of the support of Luokou Cang and Liyang Cang, Li Chongjiu did not need to mobilize military rations from counties and counties whether he was using troops against Henan, Shandong, or Hedong.

As long as there is a big war, the two warehouses in Luokou and Liyang will transport grain by boat.The grain ship can be transported to the army immediately along the river.Just because there are two warehouses in Liyang and Luokou, the grain depots in the counties and counties of Henan and Hebei are all self-sufficient, and there is no need to send tribute to the central government. Otherwise, why is Li Chongjiu so confident that he can avoid the three-year grain tax of the counties in Henan in one go? .

This is also different from the past. During the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was a famine in Hebei counties to the point where people competed for food. Now Li Chongjiu has occupied Hebei for ten years, and the country is prosperous and the people are safe. This year is another year of prosperity.And right now, there is a bumper harvest in Hebei, so someone immediately decided on this rice grain.

However, Wang Junkuo suggested to himself that the purpose of transporting Hebei's rich rice grains to Huaihuang Town is quite questionable.

Li Chongjiu asked: "Is there a famine in Huaihuang Town this year?"

"Your Majesty, that is not the case."

"Since that's what you said, then Wang Duhu is using this to throw stones to ask the way, to see if I have the determination to send my troops beyond the Great Wall?"

At this time, Wang Gui said in the foreword: "Your Majesty, Luo Khan in the Turkic area, since the Turkic royal court was moved from Mobei to Monan, its royal court is actually very close to the frontier fortress. If our army came from Huaihuang with Qingqi Sending troops to the town can indeed attack the Turkic royal court with lightning speed. However, in my opinion, Wang Duhu is not planning to surprise the Turks, but to plan ahead. If there is any change in the Turks in the future, I have enough food and grass to send troops to the north. Support, this is also the first move of the armed forces without using food and grass."

Li Chongjiu looked at Lin Dangfeng and asked, "How much military rations can the counties in Hebei transfer?"

Lin Dangfeng said: "At the beginning, I did a rough calculation of 60 hu."

Li Chongjiu said: "How much manpower and material resources are needed to solve 30 Dendrobium?"

Lin Dangfeng calculated for Li Chongjiu, and Li Chongjiu frowned and said, "No, it consumes too much on the road."

Lin Dangfeng said: "Soldiers carry three buckets of food and eat one bucket for themselves. This is helpless. After all, from Youjing to Huaihuang Town. There is no water transportation, and only people use oxen and horses to pull them, so it is inevitable that they will consume too much on the way. .”

Li Chongjiu said: "Since this is the case, first bet 15 dendrobium this year, and then bet another 15 dendrobium next spring."

"No." Lin Dangfeng said immediately.

Just after Lin Dangfeng finished playing here, Gao Xu, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, this year's martial arts test is over, and a total of 320 scholars have been recruited from various counties. Join the Army of the Six Guards."

"Not for now." Li Chongjiu objected.

He hesitated for a while and said: "I have decided to let them train in Youjing for a period of time first, and we can invite outstanding generals in the government army to guide them."

"No, it's not a period of time, but I decided to follow the example of the Imperial College and set up a lecture hall. Whether it is a scholar or an outstanding soldier or general in the army, they can come to the martial arts hall after being recommended. Study After that, they will enter the various armies, and students who graduate from the lecture hall can be promoted first."

"Lecture on Martial Arts Hall? Just like the Imperial Academy, this is simply unheard of, unheard of." All the officials were puzzled.
In fact, Li Chongjiu is also imitating the actions of modern military academies.
It was Wang Anshi who first proposed the concept of a military academy in China, and his idea was to train generals from scholars, but this matter was eventually abandoned halfway after the reform failed.

(End of this chapter)