In the courtyard, set up a charcoal stove, warm a pot of wine, and grill a few small skewers.
After chatting with Wu Huaiyu for a long time, the emperor suddenly became enlightened. After feeling comfortable, he felt hungry.
Although it was the middle of the night, Wu Huaiyu couldn't help it. The Duke's Mansion of Jin State, with more than 200 acres of land, still had a lot of food in reserve. Two chickens were caught and killed in the chicken coop, and one sheep was slaughtered.
, and then pick some fresh vegetables from the garden behind,
Get some more potatoes, peel and slice the sweet potatoes,
Heat some more vermicelli,
Li Shimin was already able to skillfully flip the roast on the stove and sprinkle cumin, green salt, and fennel very skillfully.
However, Wu Huaiyu had to personally take care of the three treasures of sheep, eggs, whip and waist.
Fang Xuanling and Ma Zhou started fighting.
Eunuch Zhang Ananda was chopping potatoes. Although the sword master was carrying a kitchen knife, he could still cut the pieces with smooth motions and even bursts of light.
"Xuanling, Huaiyu is right. Now is not the time to talk to them about benevolence, justice and morality. The 100,000 Turkic prisoners sent back from the Northern Expedition were directly sold by Taifu Temple. The money they sold was just right.
Used to replenish the national treasury and distribute rewards to soldiers,"
Wen Daya indeed proposed to the emperor that the imperial treasury should provide money to redeem the Turkic captives who had been enslaved by Li Jingwu, Huaiyu and others as soldiers and soldiers, and also return some livestock, etc., and move them to Hebei and other places, and allocate land to them.
Land, teach farming and etiquette, and inspire and educate them.
If Li Shimin might have been a little hesitant before, now he no longer takes it seriously.
With that money, whether it is to reward the soldiers for their military exploits, or to provide compensation for casualties, or to use it to reward Turkic leaders such as Tuli, Yu Sheshe, Simo, Zhi lost Si Li, Sha Bo Luo, or
It's used to buy horses and weapons, isn't it delicious?
If it's not good enough to use it as capital for Chang Pingcang, it would be a good idea to buy more grain reserves while the grain price is low.
No matter what benevolence, justice and morality, strength is still respected in the end.
If Li Jing, Wu Huaiyu and the others had not succeeded in the first battle and captured Jieli alive, no matter how well the Tang Dynasty treated the Turks, they would not be as respectful as they are now.
The fresh and tender corn collected in the greenhouse is boiled in a pot with fresh milk, cooked row by row and skewered with skewers, peeled and boiled with some oil and grilled on the fire, sprinkled with various small seasonings, and soon the delicious grilled corn skewers are ready.
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Eunuch Zhang likes to eat this the most, he thinks it is tender and sweet. He does not participate in the discussion of military and state affairs at all.
The monarch and his ministers had a half-day of leisure eating skewers and drinking wine.
late at night,
Li Shimin wiped his mouth and said, "Okay, it's getting late, I'm full, and I have a plan for the Turks. It's a worthwhile trip. I'm back."
Wu Huaiyu sent it,
At the door, Li Shimin took Wu Huaiyu's hand and said, "I will forgive you for beating Hou Junji, and blame him for his rudeness."
"You can resume your official duties tomorrow."
"Your Majesty, you can't. Such childishness will damage the prestige of your Majesty and the court, and I will not dare to obey the order."
Li Shimin frowned, "Don't always shrink back and be afraid. You and I are still young. It's time for monarchs and ministers to work together to create a great cause."
Being stared directly at by the emperor, Wu Huaiyu could only say, "Your Majesty is ambitious and I understand, but the time is not ripe yet. Your Majesty is in a hurry, so you have to take your time."
"Ten thousand years is too long. I can't wait to seize the day." Li Shimin said bluntly,
"Your Majesty, after three years of farming, you have more than one year's savings; after nine years of farming, you have three years' savings."
"Eating for the remaining three years, entering the industry is called Deng, ascending again is called Ping, eating for the remaining six years, ascending for the third time is called Taiping, twenty-seven years, and eating for the remaining nine years, and then the virtues will be improved, and the rituals and music will be completed."
Wu Huaiyu's words made Li Shimin silent. Fang Xuanling, Ma Zhou, Zhang Ananda also stood there silently.
What Wu Huaiyu said is the truth. Without war and famine, even if there were three consecutive years of good harvests, one could only save food for one year.
Having good harvests for nine consecutive years and saving food for three years is called climbing.
Two climbs, that is, eighteen years of good harvests and six years of savings, can we call it even.
Three harvests, that is, nine years of grain storage, can be called a good harvest and peace.
But these days, it's not that easy to have good harvests year after year. There are constant minor disasters, and there may even be plagues, floods, droughts, and famines.
Last year there was a severe drought in Guandong, and there was famine in dozens of states, forcing people to go out to beg for food.
Although there was a big harvest in Guan Nei last year and this year, it can't even be considered as one harvest after one harvest. Three harvests in a row means one harvest, three harvests and one harvest, two harvests and one level, and three harvests will lead to peace. No matter how good the weather is, it will still be peaceful.
I want everything to go smoothly for twenty-seven years.
"There will be good harvests and peace, and I am not in a hurry. That's why I have to implement the two taxes immediately. Only when the government's finances are enriched can we do great things."
"Your Majesty, although the Tang Dynasty has been in its thirteenth year since its founding, it is still in dire straits and is in dire straits.
The common people's families have no surplus food, and the imperial treasury also has little savings. Your Majesty has to do big things and reform the tax system. These are the country's basic major policies. One move affects the whole body, and the impact is too great. If the imperial court does not have enough reserves, it will be too big.
It's dangerous,
I dare not say that we must have a good harvest and a peaceful harvest before we can start the reform, but we must at least have a three-year reserve of surplus grain."
"The Tang Dynasty now dominates the world and is rising. However, there are Eastern Rong and Xidi, Southern Barbarians and Northern Barbarians, and there are many foreign enemies. The people have not yet completely come out of the turmoil of the Sui Dynasty. There is no need to worry. The people finally survived in a few days.
Ansheng’s birthday, most people haven’t had enough to eat yet.
If we want to make big changes now, it will easily lead to chaos."
A house has been in disrepair for a long time. If you don’t have enough materials, you can only repair it first. You can’t just tear down the beams and tiles as soon as you get started. It is easy to dismantle. If you don’t have the materials and manpower to replace and repair it in time, then this dilapidated house will be ruined.
If it cannot be protected, it will collapse if it encounters some wind and rain.
Fang Xuanling also took the opportunity to persuade the emperor that now that the major concern of the Eastern Turks had been solved and northern Xinjiang was temporarily safe, he should recuperate first and the people's livelihood issues should be put first.
Ma Zhou also immediately put forward three suggestions. The first was to reduce taxes. For example, if the land granted to the common people was insufficient, their rents should also be reduced accordingly.
The second is to reduce financial expenditures. The palace, officials, and the army are the main parts of financial expenditures.
Thirdly, the aristocrats and powerful families were encouraged to cultivate wasteland and farmland in the border areas, and businessmen were also encouraged to transport grain to the border areas.
Among them, in terms of saving money, the most important thing is to fight as few wars as possible. Although the soldiers of the government do not need military pay in normal times, once they are gathered to fight, the money is like running water.
The imperial court prepared for three years, and the six-pronged Northern Expedition. Li Jing, Wu Huaiyu and the others performed exceptionally and quickly defeated the Khan Court and captured Jie Li in a very short time. However, the military expenditure was still terrifying. If it weren't for Wu Huaiyu and the others, they had captured so many prisoners and livestock for the imperial court.
By the time this battle is over, the imperial treasury will be empty.
Why did the emperor finally agree with Wu Huaiyu's suggestion? It was based on reality. If Wen Daya said that, it would not be enough for Li Shimin to sell Tai Chi Palace.
According to Wu Huaiyu's plan, if the 100,000 prisoners and those livestock are sold, the remaining gap in military expenditures can be solved immediately, and even a small profit can be made in total. And the soldiers of the government received so many slaves, cattle and sheep this time
, there will be rewards for meritorious service and official positions later, which will be very satisfying. Whoever I fight next time will definitely still be fighting for the top.
In the past, the imperial court fought more than eighty wars with the Turks. In every battle, money was thrown into it, like a bottomless pit. It raised money and grain in various ways, asking ministers to donate, borrowing from rich households, and apportioning money to the common people.
What a way.
This time Wu Huaiyu and others made money during their Northern Expedition.
From the court to the soldiers, everyone made money.
Whoever lost, it was the Turks who lost. Not only were more than 30,000 people killed by the formation, but more than 300,000 men, women, and children were also made captives and slaves, and their accounts of tens of thousands were lost.
But Wu Huaiyu felt that we had to do it this way. No matter how famous we were as teachers or how loud our slogans were, war must be a business and we could not lose money.
Otherwise it will be unsustainable.
You must find a way to not only win, but also make money.
In order to achieve these two goals, the rest is not so important. You can put aside benevolence, justice and morality and just talk about it, but you can't lie to yourself.
It is necessary to have an inner saint and an outer king.
Wen Yanbo was captured on the battlefield and grazed sheep outside the Great Wall for more than a year. It was said that the herdsmen on the grassland were very kind to him. Even the young herders worshiped him as his teacher and studied with him. The herdsmen were all very good.
Respect this high official from the Central Plains and say that he is knowledgeable and so on.
But these same herdsmen were the same Turkic soldiers who plundered the entire Hedong before and after the Taigu Battle, and then wiped out the entire Tang army of more than 70,000 people in Taigu.
When they went south to plunder, they were savage and ferocious,
Returning to the grassland, he became a loving father in the eyes of his children and a reliable husband to women. He could even be a disciple of Wen Daya.
Every aspect is real.
If you want the Turks to become submissive, you must suppress them with enough force.
"If I promise you to suspend the implementation of the Two Taxes Law, will you be willing to return to the DPRK and resume your post as Prime Minister?"
"Your Majesty, you are not joking. You cannot change your order overnight. I have indeed made a mistake. It is right to be dismissed from office. How can I return to the court and reinstate it immediately?"
"Then you still want to be at home with your wife and children every day and be happy?" Li Shimin glared at him.
"I can praise your majesty's staff at any time." Wu Huaiyu quickly expressed his loyalty.
Li Shimin was a little helpless, "You are just a scoundrel."
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The next day,
The emperor issued an order to conquer the Turks and all the tribes surrendered. Specifically, six governor's offices of Bei'an, Beikai, Beifu, Beining, Beiping and Beiting were established in Monan.
Among the six governor's offices, the Bei'an governor's office was established in Tuli's hometown in the southeastern part of the desert. Li Shibobi, the prince of Beiping County, was the governor of Bei'an.
To the north of Daqing Mountain in the Yinshan Mountains, the governor's office of Beifu was set up. An Guogong was appointed governor of Beifu.
In the area south of Daqing Mountain, the Governor's Mansion of Beikai was established, with Li Simo, Prince of Huaihua County, as the Governor of Beikai.
To the east of Langshan Mountain and to the north of Yinshan Mountain in Hetao, the Peiping Governor's Mansion was set up, with Li Momo, the king of Huai'an County, as the governor.
To the west of Langshan and to the north of Hexi, the Beining Governor's Mansion was set up, with Shi Suni, the king of Huaide County, as the governor.
The Beiting Governor's Mansion was set up from the north of Gaochang to Jinshan, with Bi Guogong Li Sheer as the governor.
In the original place of Hetao, Fengzhou and Shengzhou were re-established, and the Fengzhou Governor's Office was established. Kang Guogong Shi Danai was appointed as the Governor of Fengzhou.
The seven newly established governor-general prefectures were all headed by Turkic princes, but Fengzhou, the governor-general of Shi Danai, would be under the actual control of the imperial court, while the remaining six were Jisi prefectures.
Although the edict to confer a surname on She'er in Beiting and become the governor has been issued, in fact this person has not yet been conferred.
Immediately afterwards, another edict was issued.
The emperor ordered the Sogdian Hu tribes in the Turkic tribes to be unified and moved to Shuofang, Henan, and established six Sogdian Hu tribe prefectures: Liuhu, Lu, Li, Han, Sai, Yi, and Qi. The imperial court appointed Han officials as governors.
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The boundaries of the six states are to the south of the Yellow River in Fengzhou, to the west of Lingzhou, to the north of Yanxia, on the Ordos Plateau, and are surrounded on all sides by the imperial court's Fengsheng Lingyanxia.
The Turkic tribes, especially Jieli, Tuli, and the Sogdian Hus in the old tribe of Yugushe, will first move to Liuhu Prefecture. The other tribes will also ask to be moved there one after another, and some Sogdian Hus will be moved there.
Western Liaoning and even Bashu and other places.
Divide and conquer the Turks and Sogdians, or even completely separate them.
Beikai, Beifu, Bei'an, Beiping, Beiting, and Beining are the six governor's mansions, plus the six Sogdian Hu prefectures,
Most of the Turkic tribes, such as Ashide, Sunong, Zhishi, Beishi, Yushe, Yishi, Guanbayan, Shili, Ashina, and Chuozhou, were all divided into left and right divisions, each with one prefecture, and the rest
For small tribes, two tribes may be combined into one state, or three or five tribes may be combined into one state.
Each of the six Turkic governor's offices has six prefectures, totaling thirty-six Jisi prefectures.
In addition to the six Sogdian Hu states, they were also ruled by Jisu.
Other Turkic and Sogdian people who moved into the interior no longer established separate states and counties, but were divided into small tribes into villages, which were managed by counties and townships and organized into households.
The dispute over the five dispositions of the prime ministers ended, and the Emperor's Sacred Heart became dictatorial.
However, soon the prime ministers also knew that the emperor went to the Duke of Jin's residence incognito incognito the night before and chatted until late at night.
"Your Majesty in White."
A new nickname was given away, and even if Wu Huaiyu dismissed all official positions, his influence was still not inferior to that of the purple-robed ministers of the Political Hall.
However, although Wu Huaiyu was actually dismissed from office, he did not seize the title. He was still promoted to the State of Shangzhu and became the Duke of Jin. He still wore the purple robe and jade belt as before.
On the day after the edict was read out, the emperor specially sent someone to reward Wu Huaiyu with a yellow and silver belt.
On this day, the emperor rewarded several gold and silver belts, including one for Wu Huaiyu, one for Fang Xuanling, and one for Ma Zhou. Then the late Du Ruhui and the Du family also received a gold and silver belt.
The emperor even specially asked an envoy to tell the Du Gou brothers that he had heard that ghosts and gods were afraid of gold and silver. He specially made a piece of gold and silver to bring to Du Jiji so that he would not be bullied by ghosts and gods after tying it in the underworld.
Yellow silver is actually a naturally occurring silver-gold alloy. It is relatively rare. It is equivalent to natural gold containing two to three percent silver. It is relatively rare. It is also said to have the effect of warding off evil spirits and exorcising ghosts.
a few days later,
Empress Changsun and Li Sanniang, the head of Yonggong County, Wuhuaiyu's concubine, both gave birth to a daughter. The emperor still remembered the agreement he made with Du Ruhui,
At that time, an edict was issued to confer the title Princess of Chengyang County on this daughter, and marry her to Du Ruhui's second son, Du He. Du He was also given the title of Duke of Xiangyang County.
Du Chuke, Du Ruhui's younger brother, was promoted to the governor of Puzhou. Du Chuke lived in seclusion in Songshan Mountain after the Tang Dynasty captured Luoyang. It was not until Du Ruhui's death that he accepted Li Shimin's conscription and paid homage to Shizhong. Now he is directly conferred the title of Governor of Puzhou.
Puzhou governor.
Immediately afterwards, Du Ruhui's eldest son, Du Gou, Duke of Lai State, was also appointed as the governor of Laizhou by the fifth-rank Shang Shefeng.
When both the government and the public were moved by the emperor's deep love for Du Ruhui, another thing happened suddenly. Empress Changsun and the emperor recognized Li Qing's daughter as their goddaughter. The emperor also granted this goddaughter the title of Wu Wu Niang Qiong Ying as Jiang Ning.
