Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 311 No Opponent

With the development and growth of the Datang Military Academy, almost all the lieutenants of the Zhechong Mansion in the Datang have the study experience of the Military Academy and can be regarded as students of the Military Academy.

Some young generals are also beginning to emerge.

Some of the students or teachings that were excavated from the Twelve Guards and various places before also showed their extraordinaryness one after another.

Among them, Su Dingfang, the head of the cavalry department, is the most obvious.

When the news of Gaochang Kingdom destroying the Silk Road came from the Western Regions in the 13th year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian recommended Su Dingfang to Li Shimin to lead the army to destroy Gaochang Kingdom.

This can be regarded as indirectly saving Hou Junji's life.

Otherwise, when he went to Gaochang country, he would definitely make mistakes when he turned back, and eventually he would go nowhere.

Now that Su Dingfang leads the team, the situation is naturally completely different.

After so many years of accumulation, Datang's ordnance technology has naturally been greatly improved.

With only [-] troops, Su Dingfang not only wiped out the Gaochang Kingdom, but also swept all the countries around him into the dust of history.

Because Datang promoted the planting of corn brought back from America in Longyou Road, the population here has increased significantly compared to before.

The direct consequence is that the area actually controlled by Datang is about to touch the territory of the Western Regions.

Taking advantage of Su Dingfang's opportunity to destroy the Gaochang Kingdom, Datang did not set up the Anxi Protectorate as it did in history.

Instead, a Xinjiang Road was established directly in the Western Regions.

And immediately started the construction of the cement road from Liangzhou to Xinjiang Road.

As for the main force of road construction, it is naturally the captives captured by Su Dingfang.

There are a lot of people and a lot of strength, and tens of thousands of people start together. Even if the road construction is relatively difficult, the speed is amazing.

"General, the Marquis of Zhenbei asked us to cut off all the tentacles of the Tubo Kingdom extending to the Western Regions. I think we should take this opportunity to let the army go around the Tubo Kingdom to see if we can get rid of the huge threat in the eyes of the people behind it." Went out."

Xi Junmai looked at the map and made a suggestion to Su Dingfang.

As the most outstanding student trained in Datang Military Academy, although Xi Junmai is young, he is already a guerrilla general in the vanguard battalion of the fifth rank.

This was the position that Qin Xiedao had done at the beginning.

It is conceivable how much he is trusted by Qin Xiedao and Li Chengqian.

"The Tubo country is located on a plateau. There are a group of people in the military academy who specialize in plateau warfare, and they have also formed a 5000-strong plateau combat regiment in Fucheng City. If we want to deal with the Tubo people, we had better take most of them The soldiers were replaced with members of the Plateau Combat Regiment."

Su Dingfang was not dazzled by the victory.

Now that he is ordered to guard the Xinjiang Road, he has no chance to go back in a short time.

But if Xi Junmai is only allowed to lead the team to bully some Tubo countries, the feasibility still exists.

"I will write a letter to the dean about Feige's passing on the letter later, and see if I can persuade him to agree to our operation with the plateau combat group.

Judging from a small amount of contact, the enemy of the Tubo Kingdom did pose some threats to Datang.

It is difficult for us to attack, but they can easily rush down.

This place is tasteless to eat, it is a pity to discard it, it is very embarrassing. "

Xi Junmai's own martial arts are very good, and he has cultivated them in the military academy, so his vision now is naturally not bad.

"Well, let me write this letter, you collect relevant information first, and be ready to dispatch at any time!"

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Looking around, there is no opponent.

When Datang almost wiped out all the foreign countries in the surrounding area, he was already the well-deserved king of this continent.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when Wenzhi and martial arts reached their peak, Li Shimin also carried out many reforms in the court.

Whether it was the abolition of the hereditary system of governors, the introduction of three-year compulsory education, or the major reforms of the imperial examinations, all of them were completed in the past few years.

Although there will be some pains in the initial stage of the reform, when the results of the reform begin to appear, the situation is completely different.

Due to the large number of doctors trained by the Red Star Academy School of Medicine, the number of medical centers in Datang has also increased significantly.

Under the guidance of Qin Xiedao, magic medicines such as vaccinia and penicillin were successively released, which greatly alleviated the problems of child mortality and low life expectancy.

This made Datang's population already exceed 5000 million.

This year Li Shimin issued an imperial decree to all Taoists, led by the School of Mathematical Sciences of Red Star Academy, to be responsible for the first census of Datang.

Although the accuracy of this census is definitely not comparable to that of later generations, it is the first time that the imperial court has relatively accurate knowledge of how many people there are in the Tang Dynasty, what the population structure is like, and what the composition of the nation is.

What is the population distribution of each state and county?

For all these reasons, the significance of this census cannot be described in simple words.

At first, the ministers who thought that the census was a waste of money and people all shut their mouths after facing all kinds of exports.

"Xie Dao, Gao Ming has been focusing on the Military Academy these years, and now it's time for him to get more in touch with government affairs.

Do you have any good suggestions? "

Li Shimin is now very satisfied with Li Chengqian's performance.

Although his love for Li Tai has not diminished at all, he has never thought of setting up another prince in his heart.

"The position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials may be more appropriate. Of course, if Your Majesty thinks that the Ministry of Officials is too sensitive, Minister of the Ministry of Households is also acceptable.

For a country, the management of officials and the management of finances are very important. As long as you are familiar with these two departments, then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be able to handle the government affairs with ease in the future. "

Qin Xiedao didn't beat around the bush, but directly put forward his own suggestion.

It is indeed time for Li Chengqian to stand up in court.

As Li Shimin gets older, if this matter is not put on the agenda, it will have an impact on the future.

"Focus on people and money, your point of view is very reasonable. Then let Gao Ming go to the official department first, and then go to the household department to experience it after working for two years, and then learn to handle government affairs with me."

Li Shimin made a decision without too much entanglement.

Li Chengqian, who has no slope and has not lost his confidence, is the best candidate for the crown prince at this time.

And he has been in the position of prince for more than ten years.

Although Li Chengqian seldom interfered in government affairs, there were many officials' children in the military academy itself.

Through this level of relationship, Li Chengqian has actually received the support of most of the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, as long as Li Chengqian doesn't try to force the palace to rebel, no matter what he does, he can get the support of court officials.

(End of this chapter)