October 18th, the Tang Dynasty.

According to the imperfect "Tang Dynasty Collection", the Tang Dynasty's dynasty is divided into three types: Inner dynasty, Constant dynasty and Great dynasty.

The inner court is irregular and irregular, and the only participants in the inner court are the Zhengshi Hall, the Military Secretary Pavilion, the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Censorate, and the officials specially designated by the King of Tang, also known as the Imperial Court. The inner court usually discusses military and political affairs with the King of Tang and issues drafts.

However, due to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were many shortages of officials in the three prefectures, so it is not important at the moment.

The Chang Dynasty was held at 369, and officials above the fifth rank of Lin'an participated. The Chang Dynasty usually reported the matter in court, discussing the draft major policies that the King of Tang could not make decisions, and directly announced the king's order.

The dynasty is held on the first and eighteenth day of each month, with officials above the seventh rank in the capital participating, and the King of Tang and the Queen of the Imperial Gate obeying the government. The dynasty usually directly issue major edicts and accept congratulations from the ministers, and does not discuss political affairs.

But today's Tang Dynasty has to discuss political affairs.

Why?

Because the officials of the Tang State are now very streamlined, many positions are vacant. Even for the Great Dynasty, there are only about 200 people in Lin'an City who are qualified to participate, which is actually equivalent to the Chang Dynasty.

"Dong-Dong-Dong-"

The bell of the Phoenix Mountain Palace rang, and the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty rode their horses to the palace city with the morning glow.

At this time, no one was sitting in a sedan chair. Just King Li Luo of Tang and Queen Cui Xiuning of the United States were riding in a carriage when traveling. Who dared to ride in a sedan chair?

Since the mansions given by Wen Tianxiang and Lin Biju and others were outside the palace, they arrived first.

Wen Tianxiang is the Grand Marshal of the Eastern Pavilion of the Military Affairs Pavilion, and Lin Biju is the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Pavilion. Both of them are first-rank magistrates, so they wear seven-liang crowns and purple robe and jade belts.

The officials entered the heavily guarded palace one after another, untied the Tang sword and Han sword at the entrance of the palace, and then drove straight to Guide Hall.

It's pitiful. Because the Zhao Song Palace was too damaged by the Mongolian Yuan, Li Luo was unwilling to build a new palace, even the dynasty could only be held in the side hall of Guide Hall.

The imperial guards wearing purple armor and purple sheathed Tang swords were already standing inside and outside the Guide Hall with ceremonial guards.

In the square outside the hall, cigarettes were burning in seven cauldrons, making the atmosphere in the square even more solemn.

After the three bells, all the more than 200 Beijing officials above the seventh rank arrived, and according to the size of the official position, the civil and military were arranged.

"The king is here!"

As a guard sang and shouted, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning, dressed in regular clothes, came in a car and sat together on a temporary case set up at the gate of Guide Hall.

Li Luo was in the middle and Cui Xiuning was on the side. Both of them were sitting on the futon. According to the Tang Dynasty etiquette system, sitting was a ritual, and sitting on a chair was a frivolous act.

"I am paying homage to the king, queen! All the blessings of Jin'an!" Everyone bowed together, bowed twice, and bowed again.

"Flat!" Li Luo had a faint smile on his face, while Cui Xiuning had a quiet face.

Overall, the characteristics of the Tang Dynasty's dynasty are simple but not terrible, neither complex, and all the things that should be paid attention to.

"Today, I have something to ask Zhong Qing to discuss. I believe that all the ministers have important matters to report." After saying that, Li Luo waved his hand, "Don't stand. Come and give him a seat!"

A team of guards brought cushions one by one. The so-called gift of seats is actually sitting on the cushions.

There are no eunuchs in the palace, and many things are done by the outside court. In fact, the guards do it. Li Luo has currently set up 666 guard posts. Such a few people are not only responsible for the imperial guards in the palace, but also have to do odd jobs.

The guards were adapted from the personal guards of Li Luo and Cui Xiuning. So there are dozens of female guards including Shi Shanhu.

After the civil and military ministers sat down, Zheng Sixiao, the Tianshifu Master, stood up first and raised the ivory plaque to play:

"Qizhu. Now, the Taoist palaces in Lin'an, Jiangning, Qingyuan and Hongdu have been completed, which is very fast. However, the gap between Taoist officials is very large. I think whether Taoist officials should be drawn from the Taoist palaces and Taoist temples in Dongzhou (Haidong)?"

After Li Luo restored the southeast, he helped the refugees in the people and used labor instead of relief, using them and prisoners of war to build water conservancy facilities, roads, bridges, warehouses, and various road palaces in various places.

Due to the abundant manpower, the Taoist palaces in four places were completed in a few months.

Li Luo nodded and said, "The Tao Palace is related to the Taoist rituals of the Tang Dynasty, and this is a major event for the country. As Zheng Qing reported, Taoist officials at all levels were transferred from Dongzhou. Even if they were small Taoist officials from the township middle Taoist club, as long as they were qualified, they could come to Jiangnan Taoist Temple as the head of the temple."

"The Taoist officials at all levels in the Zhongwu God Palace will be held by injured and retired warriors."

According to the system, the Taoist officials of the Zhongwu Shrine Palace must be served by warriors. Li Luo arranged the injured and retired samurai to serve as Taoist officials of the newly built Zhongwu Shrine Palace, which is also a kind of care.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty followed the way of heaven, humanity, and ministeriality, and prohibited marriages like not surrendering monks and nuns. Because marriage between men and women is itself humanity and also the way of heaven.

After Li Luo finished speaking, the newly appointed secretary Lang wrote: "On October 18, 4th year of the Tang Dynasty, the dynasty was reported by Wang Zhun Zheng Sixiao, and the officials were transferred to Dongzhou."

After Zheng Sixiao retired, the Minister of Rites, Zhou Sanshen, made a commentary: "I heard from the King, although the Tang Dynasty is now inaugurated, the court ceremony in the royal family cannot be abolished. I heard that there are no eunuchs in the royal palace as a servant, so I am afraid that it will be laughed at by the world. I heard that there are still many eunuchs in the Song Dynasty in Lin'an City, who have no food and clothing, and are poor and have no food and clothing, and die like wild dogs."

"If the king issued an edict to choose it, it could enrich the court and give kindness to him, and it would be the best of both worlds."

It turned out that after the fall of the Song Dynasty, thousands of eunuchs in Lin'an Palace suddenly lost their place and became the lowest level in the city. Many eunuchs have not survived these years, and now there are not many left.

Another official also came out and said, "The King, what Mr. Zhou said is not bad. In the end, there are no eunuchs in the palace. Although there are many maids in the palace, they do not have eunuchs to do their work, and many things are not enough. Besides, since ancient times, there have been eunuchs in the palace, and I don't need them in the Tang Dynasty, so I may be criticized by future generations in the world."

Li Luo nodded: "Authorized report. The Ministry of Rites, together with the Lin'an Prefecture Prefecture, and the Police Officer's Hall, selected eunuchs from the Song Palace. As long as there are no bad records, they can enter the palace."

Lin Bi quoted a commentary: "Report to the king, the population and land of the four prefectures have now been completed. The number of places is summarized and reported by rural offices. Many hidden households who have escaped for years have been searched for and vagrants, and there are no deviations in the information."

"Zhezhou has a population of more than 11.13 million; Yangzhou has an population of more than 4.6 million (southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui); Ganzhou (Jiangxi) has a population of more than 13.24 million; Minzhou has a population of more than 4.08 million; Dongzhou has a population of more than 1.11 million. The population of our four prefectures in the Tang Dynasty has a total population of 34 million."

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning both smiled, 34 million, nearly half of the population of the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty had the largest number of registered populations, and it was only more than 80 million. Of course, the Southern Song Dynasty did not count the population outside the Han people. This time the Tang Dynasty census was not only Han people.

When the civil and military ministers heard the latest figures reported by Lin Biju, they were also excited.

But Lin Biju continued, "There are more than 100 million mu of paddy fields in the four states and more than 100 million mu of dry land..."

This number has accounted for one-third of the total arable land area of ​​the Southern Song Dynasty.

"However, although the water conservancy irrigation project has been repaired and improved, the people are in urgent need of plowing oxen. In recent years, refugees have risen everywhere, and the people have no choice but to slaughter plowing oxen. In addition, the Yuan army frequently recruited plowing oxen to serve, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of plowing oxen."

"Now, there are only 170,000 oxen plowing people in total, less than 100,000! People plow the land, men pull women, and a family of several people joining the battle together, which is not as good as a cow."

Lin Biju said this and looked worried, "The Tang Dynasty wants to resume farming, and the most important thing now is plowing oxen. Without a large amount of plowing oxen to supplement it, it is impossible to have a good harvest next summer and autumn."

Li Luo also frowned. Food is the most important resource besides population. Whether the harvest will be good tomorrow determines whether the Tang Kingdom can expand its territory.

But where did he go to get so many oxen?

Cui Xiuning said: "Is it okay to change the salt horse trade in Liaodong to salt cattle trade?"

Lin Biju smiled bitterly and said, "Queen, this gap is too big. How many cattle can I get in Liaodong in a year? I have calculated that at least 500,000 heads are needed to meet the needs of full resumption of farming."

After the monarch and ministers were talking for a long time, it was difficult to solve the problem of plowing oxen in the short term. Li Luo had to announce the dispersion of the court and discuss it later.

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"Plowing oxen is a big deal, we must catch it. But the imperial seal is also a big deal, and there are many dreams in the night, so we must act quickly."

When Li Luo and Cui Xiuning returned to the harem, they directly talked about the imperial seal.

"The question is, who should I send? Who should I send such an important matter?" Cui Xiuning said, "If you want to prepare for war and deal with the counterattack of the Yuan army, you will definitely not be able to leave. Why don't I go in person?"

"You go? No!" Li Luo refused without thinking, "The imperial seal is very important, but in my eyes, you are not as important as you, you cannot take risks in person!"

The two were discussing the candidates for action, but suddenly someone asked for a meeting.

Li Mian from the General Affairs Office of the Special Inspection Bureau rushed over to report an important news.

"King, teacher, military information in Yunnan! Yesen Timur has attacked the capital of Myanmar, Bagan, and killed more than 1,000 King of Bagan officials. Bagan was massacred by the Yuan army! Bagan has been killed!" Li Mian took out a document.

Myanmar is dead?

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning looked at each other, although it was not surprising, they were somewhat emotional.

The Bagan dynasty in Myanmar insisted on resisting for a year, but the country was destroyed.

During this year, Myanmar dragged down Yesen Timur's heavy army group, and forced more than 100,000 elite Yuan troops to go north to attack the southeast.

Objectively, it was also Myanmar's insistence on resisting that has gained more room for anti-Yuan forces.

The most elite troops of the Southern Yuan army were the army of the King of Yunnan. Whether it was Zhang Hongfan, Wanzhedu, or Timur of Hudu, there were not as many cavalry as the King of Yunnan.

According to information, the King of Yunnan attacked Myanmar with 160,000 to 170,000, of which more than 70,000 cavalry were over.

This is not counting. Unlike the army mainly composed of traitors and the three others including Zhang Hongfan, there are very few traitors in the army of the King of Yunnan, which will not exceed 50,000, most of them are Mongolian seductive eye soldiers, southwestern barbarians, and even golden-toothed soldiers.

These soldiers and horses themselves are relatively barbaric and make a living by robbing spoils. Over the years, they have tasted a lot of sweetness with the Yuan army. The fighting will is not comparable to that of the traitor army.

Li Mian continued to report: "Yesen Timur recruited barbarians from various villages in the Bagan Kingdom and robbed the granaries, elephants, horses, and slaves of the Bagan Kingdom. When they returned north, they would definitely not lack food and grass, and they might add tens of thousands of barbarians."

Li Luo nodded, "It's very normal. Yesen Timur destroyed Bagan and his momentum was greatly boosted. Many fence-leading families in Bagan would submit. However, it would take at least one month for Yesen Timur to conquer the two rivers and lakes."

Li Mian said: "Comprehensive information from all parties, I expect that there will be a big battle within two months. The Sichuan Yuan army may attack Xiao Yin, Yesen Timur's main Yuan army will attack the Tang Dynasty through Huguang, and the chieftains of the Tian family Huang family Cen family may attack Guangdong and destroy Song."

Cui Xiuning asked: "What about the movements of the Dali Army, the Annan Army, and the Tubo Army?"

Li Mian replied: "There is no important information in the direction of Dali. The Duan family and his son must have sent troops, but it is not yet confirmed whether they will attack Liang or Tang. The Annan Yuan army will join forces with Yesen Timur. There is no news from the Tubo side yet, and our people will not be able to go to Tubo for long."

"The Tubo army will definitely attack Liang first." Li Luo judged, "Dun and his father and son will not allow the Tubo army to detour Dali. The Tubo army came from the east, and Huguang could not avoid it, and Xiao Liang was the first to be affected."

After Li Mian stepped down, Li Luo took out the map and looked at Cui Xiuning for a long time, discussing with each other.

"...The total number of enemy troops from all sides and tribes is at least 500,000, and the maximum is at least 700,000. Take the intermediate value of 60." Cui Xiuning wrote a number, "Where are our soldiers? The veterans of the Tang Kingdom have 400,000, new recruits, Xiao Liang now has 300,000, and Zhao Song has 150,000. Total, 850,000."

Li Luo shook his head and pointed the map with his finger, "We have a lot of troops. The Tang army has 400,000, and the newly recruits account for most of them. The training of new recruits in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is less than half a year, while the training of new recruits in Fujian is the shortest, less than two months. The real ones can fight are more than 100,000 veterans."

"Let's talk about Xiao Liang, he is known as 300,000, but there are only more than 50,000 veterans. The rest are recruited recently and have trained for less than two months. Zhao Song's situation is similar."

"In contrast, except for a large number of Mongolian Seme cavalry, the other soldiers were also veterans, with a very diverse clan component and more barbaric soldiers. Moreover, the Yuan army has many cavalry this time, and the total number is more than 100,000 cavalry alone. The Tang army now has only 30,000 cavalry, the Liang army has only a few thousand cavalry, and the Song army has no established cavalry."

Cui Xiuning said: "What I worry most is not here, but gunpowder! Our gunpowder is greatly affected by the nitride. We will not find the big nitride hole within half a month. Next time the firearm will only help you."

"Where is that spy who was born into a nitrous worker? Didn't you say he was good at finding nitrous holes? Could it be that he would rather die than surrender?" Li Luo immediately became in a mess when he heard that there was not enough gunpowder.

There is not enough gunpowder, and even if he can win by relying on cold weapons, his veterans will probably die.

The most serious thing now is not the plowing ox, the most urgent thing is gunpowder, or salt!
Chapter completed!