Wentang

Chapter 347 God's Punishment
In Kaiyuan 3323 (625), on September [-]nd of the first year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks fought decisively on the banks of the Weishui River. At that time, the heavenly lightning struck the Turkic army and killed five thousand Turkic elites. Jieli frightened and asked for peace.

On September [-]rd, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty signed an alliance with Turkic Khan Jieli to kill a white horse by the Weishui River, and the Turks withdrew.

A disaster caused by Luo Yi's rebellion was eliminated.

"Six thousand war horses, ten thousand cattle, and one hundred thousand sheep are the Turks' apology. At the same time, Xieli also requested to open three bargaining places with the border gate for trading."

"The sage gave back [-] bolts of Turkic silk and satin, [-] catties of liquor, [-] pieces of glassware, [-] bottles of dew, [-] soaps, and [-] iron pots..."

Li Daoyan looked at the document in his hand, read it to Yue Shan, and after reading it, he said displeasedly: "The saint's reward is too generous, fifty pieces of glassware are priceless, and the dew is also very valuable."

"Give and take first, and the things given to them are bait. When the Turkic people taste the benefits of these things, they will naturally buy them at a high price, and then they can earn back whatever money they have." Yue Shan explained.

"It turns out that the sage's foresight is beyond my guess." Li Daoyan said in shame.

"Heh... who dares to speculate on the thoughts of a saint." Yue Shan smiled lightly.

"Yue Hou, do you think the punishment of heaven is real?" Li Daoyan suddenly lowered his voice and asked.

"Do you want to die?" Yue Shan glanced at him and asked.

"Uh...my fault, I shouldn't have asked this question. But I'm so curious, I finally met someone who knows the truth, I inevitably want to ask a few more questions, please forgive me." Li Daoyan said with a sneer.

"Hehe..." Yue Shan just smiled and didn't speak.

Li Daoyan was not the only one who was scratching his head for the punishment of heaven on the banks of the Weishui River. The thunder from the sky struck the enemy to death. Similar things only happened in the Han Dynasty hundreds of years ago.

The great magician Liu Xiu, the son of the plane, summoned meteor fire rain to destroy Wang Mang's hundreds of thousands of troops.

Now, Datang has also happened. Anyone who is not curious must be lying.

And the follow-up impact brought by this divine thunder is very great, to the extent that Yue Shan can't believe it.

The Turkic army was shocked by the loud noise, and Jieli had to sign the covenant quickly, without even daring to mention the conditions, almost as long as Datang agreed to whatever he said.

Even when Datang asked for Luo Yi's tens of thousands of rebels, Jieli didn't even hesitate, and agreed directly, and handed it over to Datang that night.

Afterwards, the Turkic people fled the Tang Dynasty like dogs that lost their homes, for fear that they would never be able to leave if they took a slow step.

The point is that Li Shimin privately received gifts and letters from Yi Nan and others on the night when the thunder fell from the sky.

This thunder of the sunny sky is rightfully called the punishment of heaven by the people of the world, and it punishes the unrighteous Turkic people.

This is external, and the internal impact is greater.

What does it mean that the thunder from the sky is aimed at the Turkic people?It shows that Datang is blessed by God and is a regime recognized by God.The imperial power of the Li family was as stable as Mount Tai overnight.

Now anyone who dares to rebel does not need to be suppressed by the court, and the people around him will take the initiative to kill him.Those who are half-hearted, those who have evil intentions, and those... are all honest.Many princes with real power who were rewarded at the beginning of the founding of the country expressed their willingness to surrender their military power.

The aristocratic family who looked down on Li and Tang's royal family became more honest, at least no one dared to talk about blood, and no one said that Li Shimin's position was not right.

Yue Shan naturally knew the truth about the divine thunder, which was a big explosion caused by black powder.

Li Shimin dug a tunnel in advance and buried a large amount of black gunpowder at the site of the battle, and detonated it after the Turkic people came here according to the designation.

For those who have never seen gunpowder, this is thunder from heaven, it is punishment from heaven.

Yue Shan, who knew the truth, had to admire Li Shimin's methods.

In the absence of muskets and artillery, the deterrent effect of black powder is far greater than the actual lethality. Obviously Li Shimin is also very aware of this.

He didn't rush to take out the black powder, but stayed at the critical moment and used it to create a divine punishment, maximizing the deterrent significance of the black powder.

This divine punishment deterred not only the external enemies, but also the internal ones.

Li Shimin's method opened Yue Shan's eyes, but at the same time he felt inferior. He only used the power of gunpowder to frighten the enemy, and never thought of creating divine punishment or anything.

After the Turks withdrew, Li Shimin's prestige was unparalleled for a while, and the power of the Tang Dynasty fell into his hands completely. Since no one could shake him, he also seized the opportunity to implement several policies that had been opposed by his officials before.

Of course, these have little to do with Yue Shan, there are only a few things that really have to do with him.

First, Baiqi Division was officially expanded into Qianqi Division, and all members of the original Baiqi Division were promoted to become officers.Su Dingfang was granted the title of uncle of Linqing County by the Jin Dynasty, and Liu Rengui was the male of Tongyi County.

It was Xi Junmai who really reached the sky in one step, beheading the rebel king Luo Yi with his own hands and making him the Marquis of Luyang County.Completed from white body to county marquis overnight, the whole country was shocked.

Then the morale of the whole army was high, and the soldiers asked to fight one after another, intending to follow suit to earn a title for the founding of the country for their descendants.That's the power of role models.

Yue Shan himself was awarded a large amount of property for his meritorious service in training Baiqisi.

The second thing is the reform of military academies.Originally, the military academy was just a private school for the children of Yuan Cong's forbidden army, but now it has become a national military academy directly under the emperor's jurisdiction.

Starting with the imperial army, generals at all levels go to the military academy for further study in turn, and some soldiers who have performed well and have military industry will also come here for further study, waiting for further promotion.

Originally, everyone thought that the military academy had too much power, but when they saw the list of leaders, they immediately fell silent.

Principal Li Shimin, Jijiu Li Daozong, Dean Yueshan.

Of course, the latter two are foils, the key is a name.The emperor himself serves as the headmaster, who dares to say that the military academy has great power?
The third thing is that Dezhou was cancelled, and Dizhou was rebuilt on this basis.Originally, there were only six counties in Dezhou. After changing to Dizhou, three counties were added, making it nine counties.

Unfortunately, these nine counties are all well-known poverty-stricken counties in the country.Obviously Li Shimin is suspected of dumping the blame on Yue Shan.

The rest of the matter had nothing to do with Yue Shan, so he applied to return to Dizhou after finishing his own affairs.

Li Shimin did not stop him, and asked Li Daoyan to take a boat with him to Dizhou.

In addition to Li Daoyan's soldiers, there were also a large number of supplies and craftsmen accompanying him.

It is mainly shipbuilding materials and boat workers. These things were actually approved by the emperor when Yueshan went to Dezhou for the first time.

It's just a pity that his salt administration hadn't produced any results at that time, and the people under him deliberately delayed it and never allocated it to him.

When the salt government succeeded and these people wanted to allocate money, the Turkic people called, so that it was delayed until today.

Having said that, before departure, Yueshan also took advantage of the issue to make a big fuss in the court, and some people from the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War were unlucky and dismissed.

With this example, I believe no one would dare to seize his supplies at will in the future.

After chatting with Li Daoyan for a while, Yue Shan felt bored, so he got up and said, "Let's go, let's visit the master shipbuilder."

(End of this chapter)