Chapter 0980 Sometimes too much loot is also a worry
The general Axijie mentioned by the soldiers reporting the victory was referring to the chieftain of the Adi tribe.
After he returned to the Tang Dynasty along with Ashina Simo, he was temporarily appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the march in Mobei Road. The commander-in-chief of the march was Ashina Simo.
As for his specific title, it will not be awarded until after the war.
Unlike Ashina Simo, he did not receive a title from the Tang Dynasty in advance, so he had to be conferred a title together with other Turkic chiefs who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, since he had followed Ashina Simo and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he would not be purged because of Ashina Simo's relationship.
But his family still had to be sent to the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Li Yuanji had already guessed the result from the expressions of the soldiers reporting the victory, after listening to the words of the soldiers reporting the victory, there was still a hint of joy in his heart. He nodded and praised: "Okay, okay, Li Aiqing and Zhang Aiqing are really good."
You lived up to my high expectations!”
Jieli was captured, which means that the Turks have officially become a thing of the past.
From then on, the great revenge of the Tang Dynasty for being humiliated by the Turks was avenged.
From then on, the Tang Dynasty no longer worried about Turkic invasions.
From then on, there was only one powerful country left on this land, and that was Datang!
Li Shimin, Li Shiji and others also laughed from the bottom of their hearts.
The frustration of being bullied by the Turks for many years finally dissipated today.
From now on, the sky is vast, the sea is vast, and the Tang Dynasty can leap forward!
From then on, the sky was high and the earth was high, allowing the Tang Dynasty to gallop forward!
From now on, Datang will be the only overlord on this land!
"It is my king's order that during the three-day celebration of the Tang Dynasty, there will be no ban (referring to the curfew). Anyone over sixty years old can receive one liter of wine and five kilograms of meat from the local government.
Any child born this year can receive a sheep from the local government!"
Li Yuanji stood up slowly and announced grandly.
The people in the big tent almost had their eyes popping out for a moment.
It is normal practice for anyone over the age of sixty to go to the local government to receive one liter of wine and five pounds of meat.
This is what they do every time the country celebrates.
Although the reward was a bit more meat and wine this time, since the whole country was celebrating, there was no need to worry about these details.
More importantly, there were not many elderly people over sixty in the Tang Dynasty, so even if the reward was generous, it would not cost much.
But giving each child born this year a sheep would be terrifying.
The Tang Dynasty is now encouraging childbirth, and the rewards are extremely generous. The increase or decrease in the population of various places is more closely related to the performance of officials in various places. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty today, not only the people are scrambling to have children, but officials from various places are also scrambling to have children.
Chasing after the people and urging them to have children.
Things like being unable to afford a wife or not wanting children simply do not exist in the Tang Dynasty today.
For those who cannot afford a wife, the government will give them a handout, or for those who don't want children, petty officials in the yamen, or even officials, will come to do ideological work in person.
There are some who are more stubborn and give Chunfengsan or force them to have children.
It is precisely because of this that many cases of officials violating regulations have occurred in various places, but this also just shows that officials in various places have gone to great lengths for the sake of the population under their control and political achievements.
Under this situation, the population of Datang was growing every day, and the growth was terrifying.
So far this year, the number of newborns reported in various places has reached 4.6 million, and excluding those who will die in infancy, there are still 3 to 4 million.
If each of these newborns were to be rewarded with a sheep, it would be three to four million.
This is a quite huge number, and it is also a luxury that cannot be more luxurious.
Therefore, Li Shimin, Li Shiji and others couldn't accept it for a while, and they couldn't believe it.
After all, a reward of this scale is beyond people's imagination.
"Gudu..."
Chu Suiliang was the first to come to his senses. After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he spoke with difficulty: "Are you...serious?"
Li Yuanji said without hesitation: "Of course, I won't joke about this kind of thing."
Chu Suiliang couldn't restrain the throbbing in his heart and blurted out: "But isn't this too crazy?"
Li Shiji and others also came to their senses at this time and nodded one after another.
Li Shimin even said: "You are just messing around!"
Li Yuanji looked at Chu Suiliang, then at Li Shimin and said, "Are you crazy? Are you kidding? Have you only noticed the gains of Datang in Monan, but not the gains of Datang in Monan?"
Li Shimin, Li Shiji and others were all stunned.
Li Yuanji continued: "Jie Li personally led 200,000 soldiers and horses to conquer Ashina Simo. How many cattle, sheep and horses did he bring?"
Li Shimin opened his mouth, but didn't speak.
Li Shiji couldn't help but have a rough number in his mind. It was precisely because he had a rough number in his mind that his tone became difficult when he spoke.
"I guess... millions..."
In history, whether the Han Dynasty conquered the Xiongnu, the Tang Dynasty conquered the Turks, or the Ming Dynasty conquered the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, the total number of cattle, sheep and horses captured was in the tens of millions.
The Tang Dynasty has now completely defeated and incorporated the Turkic territory ruled by Jieli. It has almost wiped out all the cattle, sheep and horses in the Turkic territory ruled by Jieli. The number of cattle, sheep and horses captured is naturally huge.
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The number of cattle, sheep and horses captured on the final battlefield was naturally in the millions.
Neither Yi Nan nor Huang Tou dared and could not share the spoils of the Tang Dynasty under the noses of Li Jing and Ashina Simo.
As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, Ashina Simo could not share the spoils of war without the consent of the Chinese army general.
Therefore, Datang could get most of the loot.
The number can reach millions at the very least.
"How can we digest such a huge seizure if we don't reward it to the people?"
Li Yuanji nodded and stared at everyone in the big tent and asked.
The tent instantly became silent.
Because the demand for cattle, sheep and horses in Datang has now been saturated, after the previously seized cattle, sheep and horses were divided into profits, the livestock market in Datang has been filled.
With the current population base of the Tang Dynasty, it can no longer absorb more cattle, sheep and horses.
Moving further to the Great Tang Fortress will only significantly lower the price of livestock.
Although lowering the price of livestock is beneficial to the people, it will destroy the livestock market and destroy the livestock market in Datang. Those who make a living by raising livestock will lose all their money.
People whose most precious assets in their homes are their livestock will also become poor.
Therefore, for the sake of the livestock market and the sake of some people, we can no longer send cattle, sheep and horses to the Tang Dynasty.
As for the newly given sheep to the people, if the people want to sell them, the government can collect them at a fair price.
In this way, the livestock market will not be disrupted, and people can be trained to develop the breeding industry.
When the breeding industry develops, people's survival skills will no longer be so single, and their dependence on farming will not be so strong.
The speed of land annexation will slow down, and the speed of digesting the territory on the grassland will also speed up.
Once the breeding industry develops to the point where it can keep pace with the farming industry, then the grassland will become an integral part of the Central Plains, and there will no longer be any need to worry about the rise of grassland people and their march southward to cause harm to the Central Plains.
Therefore, as long as this matter is done properly, not only will it not disrupt the livestock market, but it will also provide another way of survival for the people of the Tang Dynasty.
Although there has always been a breeding industry in the Tang Dynasty, the development of the breeding industry has never been comparable to that of farming.
The meat produced cannot be compared with the grain production.
It can almost be said that one is in the sky and the other is under the ground.
Therefore, there is still a lot of room for development of the breeding industry in Datang.
"We can give it to the Turks who have surrendered to us to raise it..."
Li Shimin said expressionlessly, but he did not mention the gathering place established by the Tang Dynasty in Turks.
Because the cattle, sheep, and horses allocated to the gathering place have been filled up, and there is no way to fill them up any more. If they are filled again, the people in the gathering place will not be able to take care of them.
So I can only think of other ways to digest it.
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin and said: "The Turks who have surrendered to us have always been a minority among the Turks. Some of them will stay and continue to help us in the war, and some will be moved to the Central Plains.
How can they still have so many people helping us raise cattle, sheep, and horses?
Also, we currently only have the territory occupied by Jieli, and there is also the territory occupied by Ashinapil waiting for us to take it.
To the west are the Western Turks and Tuyuhun, which is about to be captured by us.
There are also a large number of cattle, sheep and horses in these places.
Who will raise the extra cattle, sheep and horses in these places then?"
After the Tang Dynasty captured most of the Turks, turned some of them into slaves, and organized some into the army, there were not many people who could help the Tang Dynasty herd horses and sheep.
Therefore, it is not advisable to digest cattle, sheep and horses in this way.
Of course, if the Tang Dynasty did not want to fully occupy the Turks, but occupied the Turks in name only, and was willing to support the Turks to regain their dominance in the Turkic territories, then it could have given all the cattle, sheep and horses to the Turks to raise.
The problem is that Li Yuanji does not want to follow the old path of history, does not want to support the Turkic regime, and does not want to be a Sky Khan with an empty name.
He wanted to occupy the Turks, wanted to completely incorporate the Turks into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and wanted the entire grassland to become an integral part of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, we cannot rely on the Turks to digest cattle, sheep, and horses.
Li Shimin was stunned and speechless for a moment.
The Tang Dynasty still had many enemies to conquer, and these enemies had a large number of cattle, sheep and horses for the Tang Dynasty to capture.
Under such circumstances, it would be impossible to rely on the Turks who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty to support them.
Because, after all, only a very small number of Turks could survive this war and be recognized by the Tang Dynasty.
They cannot raise all the cattle, sheep and horses owned by their entire nation.
So it has to be nourished and digested by the Tang Dynasty.
