Li Si took his brother-in-law Yun Luan to attend a banquet at Princess Taiping's Mansion in Chang'an.
When she left, she didn't forget to take her two furry poisonous dragons with her.
After Yun Chu had eaten, he didn't want to tangle with Yu Xiurong. This woman was very clingy for some reason. She was getting tired of being on her husband's body all day long, and she didn't feel hot at all.
Yun Chu suggested that Yu Xiurong go play mahjong with Cui, Cui Yao, and Chunyu. Unexpectedly, this sentence made Yu Xiurong angry. After kicking Yun Chu, he went out angrily.
Yun Chu changed to a comfortable posture and sat in a large chair, rethinking the role and significance of artillery and muskets in the political life of the Tang Dynasty.
The emperor liked artillery very much.
It may have something to do with the earth-shattering scene during the artillery launch. Of course, the emperor still didn't know that in order to increase the visibility of the artillery bombardment, Yunchu buried a lot of heavy fire oil at the impact point.
Not only did it explode into a large area, but it was also blazing into the sky. It looked like a scene from hell.
The emperor didn't like the musket. Not only did it shoot too slowly, but it always broke down. In the emperor's opinion, it couldn't keep up with better archers. Therefore, Li Zhi felt that this thing was similar to a fire stick and was not very willing to continue.
Put money in it.
A special decree was given to Yun Chu, requesting to speed up the research on artillery, solve the ammunition failure rate, and reduce the weight of the artillery as much as possible... As for the muskets, not a single word in the more than 200 words of the decree mentioned muskets.
Yun Chu defended himself and told the emperor about the importance of muskets. The emperor pretended not to hear, thinking that this might be Yun Chu's new method of asking him for money.
Later, Wen Wen felt that this was good. If a cannon could attract the attention of the emperor, prince, and queen, it would be very beneficial to the economic development that Chang'an wanted to make a secret.
Di Renjie also believes that it is necessary to speed up the research progress of artillery and create a scene as soon as possible where one cannon can destroy ten miles...
Nowadays, whether it is Yun Chu, Wen Wen who has entered Luantai as the second in command, or Di Renjie, who is the minister of Dali Temple in Luoyang, it can be said that they are in high positions of power.
The most important thing people in high positions do on a daily basis is to weigh the pros and cons and determine which things are necessary to protect the fundamentals, which ones can be discarded, and which ones are placed in the middle to be used as chips for exchange of interests.
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To everyone's expectation, both Yun Chu, Wen Wen, and Di Renjie regarded the artillery as a bargaining chip in exchange for benefits.
On the contrary, they also classified the muskets into the basic market as a permanent asset of their group.
The Tang army was too powerful.
With artillery, the Tang army was the best in the world.
Without artillery, the Tang army was still the strongest in the world.
Strengthening the military construction was rarely mentioned in the Tang Dynasty's court. Although it was not as if swords and guns were sent to Kuma and Nanshan, it can be seen from the speed of depreciation of military merit.
In the ninth year of Emperor Taizong's reign, those who fought with Aohu and beheaded him at the first level would be rewarded with three guans of money and two bolts of cloth when they returned home.
Now, in the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ministry of War reported their merits. There were more than 6,700 soldiers above the tenth level of the Zahu head under the account. After the rewards were distributed to the Ministry of Husbandry, they were forcefully pushed back by the Ministry of Husbandry.
, they believed that this was the border lairs killing good people and taking credit for their merits.
Among them, one of the most powerful reasons for rejection is that what is the point of seeing only beheadings but not seizures?
Someone from the Ministry of War asked Yun Chu, the general of the town army, to speak for the border troops. Yun Chu naturally favored the border troops and believed that as long as the soldiers made gains, the Ministry of Household Affairs should distribute rewards in full. Not only should they not be deducted, but they should be increased.
Reward, in this way, the border troops can focus on guarding the border for the Tang Dynasty.
As a result, Yun Chu's suggestion was criticized by many officials as soon as it arrived in Luoyang. Countless officials and local officials wrote letters impeaching Yun Chu as a "soldier thief", saying that the Tang Dynasty's border troops were now like tigers and wolves.
There was obviously no disobedience on the frontier. The most outrageous thing those idiots did was to exchange their cattle, sheep or game for some goods with the Tang people. They often became traitors because they couldn't agree on the price.
Then he was identified as a thief by the border troops... and then sent troops to destroy him, and finally won military honors.
A group of officials at the Yushitai were also worried that Yun Chu would slander the emperor, so they specially collected two large boxes of ironclad evidence and sent them to Yun Chu. A swarthy official at Feng Pavilion, whether Yun Chu wanted to or not,
Listen, open the document and recite it...even if you are dragged out by the handyman from Wannian County, you will recite it at the top of your lungs. It can be said that every word is filled with blood and tears.
Yun Chu didn't need to look at the evidence to know that what they said was true.
Li Zhi has truly fulfilled Taizong's promise in his early years - all barbarians in the four wilds will be killed if they dare to wield a military stick!
The civil servants in the imperial court had already divided the large tribes into small tribes in the form of favor orders. They planned to wait another ten years before dividing the small tribes into villages, which would eventually become the natural resources of the Tang Dynasty.
civil.
This is their plan, which is to boil the frog in warm water and make each tribe disappear in the long river of history without any bloodshed. The method is correct and correct, it is the way of the Holy King.
The army won't do it...
Because his interests lie outside the territory.
When the army returns home, they will return to the farmers themselves. Only outside the territory and not subject to the laws of the Tang Dynasty can they do whatever they want in groups, killing like hunting animals and robbing like cutting grass.
In Dongyi, Western Regions, Southern Xinjiang, and Northern Barbarians, people there saw the Tang army as if they were seeing fierce ghosts.
There was peace and prosperity within the Tang Dynasty, but outside the Tang Dynasty, it was a hell on earth.
An army without artillery and muskets would almost look like a devil. If they were equipped with artillery and muskets, there would be nothing they would not dare to do.
Therefore, today's Datang army is not in a hurry to improve its combat effectiveness, but should strengthen management to see if it is possible to transform the man-eating beast of the Datang army into a real soldier.
However, at present, there is not much hope. The purpose of the Tang Dynasty army when it was established was not to protect the country. They fought for their own interests, for their own future, for their wives and children, and for their horses.
The feudal lords fought, and the rest cannot be discussed.
For now, even the most powerful Chang'an soldiers have no concept of the people in their hearts. They only fight for Chang'an and to protect their own happy life.
This job is definitely not something that Yun Chu can do alone. It may take several generations, or it may never be corrected.
Reform will only happen when the country's strength is declining. Today's Tang Dynasty is like the scorching sun scorching the world. Any talk of military reform at this time is purely courting death.
In this case, artillery and muskets can become Yunchu's tools for political struggle.
Yunchu didn't know whether Datang's current situation was a good thing or a bad thing.
Burning oil with burning fire and wearing brocade clothes with flowers are not enough to describe the Tang Dynasty today.
In Yunchu's opinion, the prosperity of Chang'an and Luoyang was even worse than that of Chang'an and Luoyang in later generations.
Materials, wealth, and talents from all over the world have gathered in these two cities, which has long made this time and space inconsistent with the times.
Two paved cities with a population of one million are brilliant in the dark night sky.
The city that never sleeps refers to these two cities.
Yunchu's brainstorming lasted for two full hours.
It wasn't until Yun Jin arrived that he opened his eyes tiredly.
"Did people die in the Louguantai debate?"
Yun Jin put new tea on her father's plate and said with a smile, "It's almost over."
"Can we tell the winner?"
Yun Jin shook his head and said: "They have no intention of deciding the winner. If the child can kill Li Chunfeng, the Louguantai Conference will be a peaceful conference, a victorious conference, and a fruitful grand conference. By then, the Buddhist and Taoist families will
We will work together to build the faith of the people of Tang Dynasty."
Yunchu took a sip of tea and said, "So, the exorcism of heretics is about to begin?"
Yun Jin shook his head and said: "Taoism has thirty-three heavens, four great emperors, thirty-six heavens, and seventy-two earth demons. Buddhism has many altar-opening Bodhisattvas and five hundred Arhats. Individual believers are different, so don't just
Monotheistic religions and the rest can be accepted."
Yunchu sighed and said, "Has Naha made them think about religious war in the Buddhist country in the Western Region?"
Yun Jin smiled and said: "There are only so many believers in the country, and it can no longer meet the requirements of Buddhism and Taoism for the number of believers. At this moment, apart from war, I can't think of any other way to make these people
The two doors will continue to be brilliant."
Yun Chu frowned and said, "Neither Master Xuanzang nor Sun Shenxian are greedy for profit."
Yun Jin said: "Master Xuanzang has ascended to the altar, and everyone respects him. Immortal Sun has also jumped out of the Three Realms and is no longer in the Five Elements. All worldly affairs have nothing to do with these two gods."
Yun Chu frowned and said: "If you think about it this way, the only power Li Chunfeng can rely on is those external teachers?"
Yun Jin smiled and said: "I heard that Li Chunfeng derived "Tui Bei Tu". It is said that through this picture album, you can get a glimpse of the future divine machine, so he founded the divine machine door in turn.
Nowadays, there are many people who worship under Shenji’s sect, and among them, there are many people from outside the region.”
Yun Chu smiled and said: "Isn't the "Tui Bei Tu" he co-authored with Yuan Tiangang already judged to be of little use?"
Yun Jin smiled and said: "Aye, the first and second drafts you mentioned, the fifth draft is popular now, and a lot of content has been added to the fifth draft, such as Tubo going to the west, Liaodong integrating into the Tang Dynasty, etc. event……"
Yun Chu sneered and said: "What kind of prophecy is this? As long as you keep adding 90% of major events to it, there is such a thing in the Tang Dynasty, not only in the Tang Dynasty, but also in the history books of all dynasties.
I was willing to think that Li Chunfeng would become a strict scientist, but I didn't expect that he would still return to the path of a magic stick."
Yun Jin shook his head and said: "It should be involuntarily. There are still many people in their group. Even if Li Chunfeng doesn't want to do this, those people won't allow him to give up."
Yun Chu stretched himself and said indifferently: "In the vibrant spring, not only crops grow crazily, but also wild flowers, weeds and bad poisonous weeds."
Yun Jin secretly looked at his father's face and said softly: "How about cutting off the poisonous weeds first?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "There's no need. Even poisonous weeds are things that grew up on the fertile soil of the Tang Dynasty. They are kept for the people of the Tang Dynasty. Tell Li Chunfeng not to hide when you see me next time. I don't want to kill him." he.
I am old and have a lot of tolerance and magnanimity."