If the Tang Dynasty did not rob it, the people of Tianzhu would not be able to keep the gold. In another eight hundred years, they would be robbed by the Sun Never Sets and the Chou Kingdom.
Therefore, it is better for Datang to rob it for them than to rob it for themselves.
Anyway, the final outcome of those gold is to be robbed. For the Tang people, it is better to be overpowered by the Tang Dynasty than to be robbed by the Sun Never Sets and Chou Country.
"this is for you……"
Li Yuanji was picking through the gold mountain and picked out a gold knife inlaid with precious stones and handed it to Yin Kaishan.
Turks, and even most grassland people, have the same habit as the Japanese, that is, they like to use weapons to show their status.
The Turks' golden swords can only be used by the Turks' khans and chiefs. Their heirs often receive similar rewards and can use them. As for others, it cannot be said that they are not qualified to use them, but even if they are
Once you have it, most of them can't keep it.
Therefore, the golden knives seized from the Turks were either old belongings of the Turkic Khans or inherited by the Turkic chiefs.
Therefore, the historical value retained by the golden sword is sometimes greater than the golden sword itself.
"This is... the golden sword of the great chief of the Puye tribe?"
Yin Kaishan got the golden sword, and after thanking him, he was a little surprised.
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there any inscription on it?"
Why didn't he see it?
There is nothing in the light.
Yin Kaishan hurriedly explained: "This was captured by Li Junxian. He also showed off to me, saying that there was a wolf head swallowing the mouth on the knife edge, so I recognized it as soon as I saw the wolf head swallowing the mouth."
Li Yuanji suddenly realized: "That's right, I'll reward you."
With that said, he picked up the golden bow and some gold ornaments and walked outside the tent.
When I arrived at the entrance of the tent, I showed it to the soldiers guarding the tent. They reported the matter to the army commander truthfully, and then went to the next tent.
After walking around six tents and grabbing some things, Li Yuanji had a certain understanding of the trophies captured by Datang.
This understanding is that if it is released completely in one breath, Datang will not be able to digest it.
Just like the cattle, sheep and horses that the Tang Dynasty seized from the Turks, the quantity was too huge. With the current population base of the Tang Dynasty, it would be impossible to produce goods with the same value as these gold, silver and jewelry in a short period of time.
Once these gold, silver and jewelry are allowed to flow into the market, prices in Datang will rise a lot.
The Tang Dynasty has just regained its vitality, and the population has not yet completely recovered, so at this time, prices should not fluctuate too much.
Therefore, these gold and silver jewelry could only be transported to the Tang Dynasty's treasury and temporarily hoarded.
Rewards to soldiers, as well as rewards to meritorious generals, should be mainly in kind.
Such as fields, servants, pasture, cattle and horses, etc.
Perhaps a grand horse racing meeting can be organized to arouse the interest of all the nobles in the Tang Dynasty in raising horses and make them want to build horse farms on the grassland.
As long as they are willing to build a horse racing farm, they will send a large number of servants to take care of it.
In that case, it would also be beneficial to the Tang Dynasty's digestion of the Turks and their rule over the Turks.
If we take the opportunity to sell cattle, sheep and horses to them, it will not only solve the current problem of too many cattle, sheep and horses, which cannot be digested within the Tang Dynasty, but also convert cattle, sheep and horses into money and enrich the national treasury.
"Dangdangdang..."
Li Yuanji was thinking about something and took Yin Kaishan back to the Chinese army's tent. As soon as he arrived outside the tent, he heard various jingling sounds coming from inside. From the sound, he could tell that it was someone knocking wine.
Someone was knocking on the altar, and someone seemed to be knocking on other things.
The sounds produced by these things are gathered together into one piece, which is "The Song of King Lanling Entering the Battle".
The "King of Qin Breaking the Formation Music" unique to Li Shimin has been released. After Li Shimin defeated Liu Wuzhou, he created this song by filling in new lyrics with old music.
After Li Shimin defeated Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, Li Yuan ordered all the musicians in the court to play together.
Historically, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he choreographed this song and created corresponding palace dances.
So now this song only has music, no dance.
The reason why everyone in the Chinese army's tent played "The Song of King Lanling Entering the Battle Formation" together but not the "Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Battle Formation" was presumably for two purposes.
One is to avoid suspicion, and the other is because "The Music of King Qin Breaking the Formation" has music but no dancing, so they can't enjoy it to their fullest.
After all, when the nobles of the Tang Dynasty celebrated, they would not only enjoy singing and dancing, but also sing and dance in person.
So with music and no dancing, they couldn't enjoy themselves to the fullest.
Li Yuanji stepped into the Chinese army's tent to the tune of "The Song of King Lanling Entering the Battle". As soon as he entered the tent, he saw a group of demons dancing wildly.
A group of big men with big muscles and round waists were shaking their heads and tails together. The scene was really eye-catching and could make people unable to bear to look at it.
When some people are so excited that they can't control themselves, they pour wine on themselves or take off their clothes, which is even more irritating to the eyes.
Li Shimin got along like a fish in water and could even sing a few lines when he got up.
Li Yuanji couldn't accept it at all. After giving Li Shiji a golden bow and stuffing other gold ornaments to other generals, he decisively left the tent.
Giving gold bows to Li Shiji and gold ornaments to other generals are considered rewards for them, not rewards.
This is what every superior person will do after inspecting their own gold, silver and jewelry.
There are three reasons for doing this.
One is to thank others for their hard work.
The second is to avoid making others jealous.
The third is to tell others that we can be rich together.
The first two points are actually not that important, the most important is the third point.
No one in a position of power will be willing to help you wholeheartedly if you cannot share wealth and wealth.
A smart leader cannot simply think that everyone will follow you loyally.
Only people with simple minds like Yu Wenbao and people with no choice like Zhao Chengyong would show their loyalty even when there is no way to share wealth.
Talented and smart people like Li Shiji, Su Dingfang, etc. would never be fooled by those lakes of feudal dogma.
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Sharing wealth and honor is the common pursuit of all of them.
"Why are you here?"
After leaving the Chinese army tent again, Li Yuanji couldn't help but ask when he saw Yin Kaishan still following him.
Logically speaking, Yin Kaishan should be leading the troops under Li Shenfu to clean up the remnants of the Turks.
In the past, it was not easy to ask this question when we were having a banquet in the Chinese army tent. Otherwise, people would think that you dislike him and chase him away, which would easily lead to misunderstandings.
When you go to inspect the seized gold and silver jewelry, it's not easy to ask. People will think that you are on guard against him, and they will think that you are worried that he is coveting your gold and silver jewelry.
Now that the banquet has reached its final stage and there is no inspection of the seized gold, silver and jewelry, I can finally ask.
Yin Kaishan hurriedly straightened his back and said sternly: "Something happened to Suni's lost tribe. Not long ago, Ashina Sher of Suni's lost tribe left Suni's lost tribe with about 100,000 troops.
, and headed west along Monan.
Our manager felt that there might be something wrong here, so we specially sent a minister to report it to you."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and said: "Are you saying that Ashina Sheer of Suni's lost tribe escaped with his people and went west along Monan?"
Yin Kaishan nodded solemnly.
Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "Then it seems that my second brother and I are right in guessing that Suni Shi may be dead, and there is also civil strife in Suni Shi's tribe."
Yin Kaishan said in shock: "You mean Sunishi is dead?"
Li Yuanji nodded and said: "How else can you explain that Ashina Sheer fled Sunishi's tribe with 100,000 troops while Sunishi was still alive?"
That's 100,000 people and horses, not 100,000 cattle and sheep.
It is also a very important force in Suni's lost tribe.
If Sunish was alive, how could he allow Ashina Sher to do this?
After all, the Tang Dynasty now only has one order left before it invades Suni Shi's troops. If Suni Shi is still alive, he will definitely shrink his troops and recruit all the forces that can be attracted to resist the Tang Dynasty together, instead of allowing internal incidents to occur.
Split.
So Sunishi must be dead.
Only in this case can Ashina Sheer leave with one hundred thousand troops in a majestic manner.
After all, Sunishi could control Ashinasheer, but Sunishi's son could not.
His son was not good in all aspects, not even as good as Jieli's son Yugu, so he could not deter a tiger and wolf like Ashina Sheer.
"If you think about it this way, it's really possible that Suni Shi was dead. But in this case, shouldn't Ashina Sheer try his best to keep Suni Shi's troops from being in chaos? Why did he take his troops to escape from Suni Shi's troops?
,Flee to the west?”
Yin Kaishan nodded and couldn't help but question.
The Turks are about to be destroyed, and unity is what they need to do most. At this time, internal fighting and division will only benefit the Tang Dynasty.
Ashnapil, the son of Ashina Sher and Sunish, should understand this truth no matter how stupid he is.
Li Yuanji shook his head and said: "I don't know what's going on. I have sent Xue Shou to find out. We will know when Xue Shou understands clearly."
Yin Kaishan asked: "Then what should we do now? Ashina Sheer took so many people and fled to the west, most likely to defect to Tong Yehu.
Once he gains a foothold under Tong Yehu with these troops and gets Tong Yehu's support, he may come back at any time with these 100,000 troops and the people Tong Yehu gave him."
Li Yuanji thought for a moment and shook his head: "This possibility is not high..."
Tong Yehu is not far from death now, and it is impossible for him to provoke Datang at this time.
Moreover, if Ashina Sheer really turns to the Western Turks, there is a high chance that he will conflict with Yi Nan and Huang Tou.
With Yi Nan and Huang Tou restrained, it would be difficult for him to do anything he wanted to do.
After all, to him, Yi Nan and Huang Tou were traitors, the traitors who caused the Turks to split and were conquered by the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that Yi Nan and Huang Tou had a certain understanding of the situation that the Turks were facing now.
Responsible, so it is impossible for him to forgive Yi Nan and Huang Tou.
Similarly, for Yi Nan and Huang Tou, he is the betrayed. When the betrayer faces the betrayed, he will feel guilty and afraid of the other party's revenge. When all these are added up, they are the ones in power.
What the person can think of is not how to compensate the other party and obtain the other party's forgiveness, but how to eradicate the other party.
This is the thinking of those in power. After discovering something that makes them feel guilty and will be retaliated against, they will not think about making amends or getting forgiveness, but will only think about completely eradicating the other party. In this way, guilt will
and revenge will completely cease to exist, and they can continue to be the ones in power with peace of mind.
Therefore, he, Yi Nan, and Huang Tou were destined not to pee in the same pot. With Yi Nan and Huang Tou around, he would never be able to counterattack with the help of the Western Turks' strength.