In the Privy Council, a group of generals and officers crowded into Zeng Ziwen's office, with obvious joy on their faces!
"What a great victory. This is a great victory in the past two years, comparable to last year's Battle of Huguang!" A colonel said with joy on his face: "In the battle of Jianping, the puppet Ming thief army lost all its 100,000 elite troops in the south of the Yangtze River.
, As a result, they will not be able to resist the continued advancement of our army, and I am afraid that within a few days, news will come that our army has captured Jinling City!"
"Yes, after capturing Jinling, the army can continue to march eastward to Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang and other places, and capture all the prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River. With the money and food in the south of the Yangtze River, our army can definitely expand by more than 100,000 troops.
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"Not only can we capture Jiangnan, but if you look at the map, after the victory in Jianping, the main force of the army was not lost, and Mr. Li also said in the victory report that he was ready to send troops to Hangzhou, Zhejiang. In this way, the first
The second army can cut off the retreat route of the puppet Ming Yu Dayou's troops. Later, they can cooperate with the third army to surround and annihilate the puppet Ming Yu Dayou's troops. In this way, no second army can be found in the entire south of the Yangtze River.
The thieves are resisting our army!"
"Our Tang Dynasty's eternal hegemony, after the battle of Jianping, is as stable as Mount Tai!"
Listening to the discussions of his colleagues and subordinates, Zeng Ziwen also suppressed the excitement in his heart and said immediately: "Everyone, please be patient. I will enter the palace immediately to report the victory to Your Majesty!"
"Yes, such important good news must be reported to His Majesty as soon as possible. Mr. Zeng, please go quickly!"
Zeng Ziwen nodded slightly, then took Li Chunjing's good news and went out, then went straight to the Zhaoqing Palace not far away.
The Privy Council was not far from the palace. Zeng Ziwen quickly entered the palace and asked for an audience.
And soon I saw Li Xuan in Li Xuan’s office!
"Your Majesty, what a great victory, what a great victory in Jianping. In the battle of Jianping, our Second Army of the Tang Dynasty gathered its main force to fight against the 100,000 main force of the Puppet Ming King under his banner, and annihilated them all!"
However, what makes Zeng Ziwen a little strange is that His Majesty's reaction was a bit dull. He did not show an overly surprised expression, but just said with a smile: "Really? Bring the battle report, let me take a look!"
Zeng Ziwen immediately sent the good news to him, and Li Xuan took it and read it carefully.
After looking at it, Li Xuancai's face changed slightly, but his expression remained calm, and he immediately said: "Okay, this time the Second Army did a good job. Since this battle has been won, then there is no need to worry about the next battle in Jiangnan.
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"With such a great victory, the rewards for the meritorious soldiers must be timely without delay, and the pensions for the disabled soldiers must be done as soon as possible. Our Tang Dynasty can have today's foundation only by the brave fighting of these soldiers, I can't treat them badly.
them!"
Then, Li Xuan discussed with Zeng Ziwen about the follow-up war in Jiangnan and the rewards. Zeng Ziwen left half an hour later, and after Zeng Ziwen left, he kept smiling.
Li Xuan finally laughed wildly!
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"From now on, who will dare to say that I am a bandit leader and that I will destroy all nine of his tribes?"
Fortunately, the sound insulation in the office is good enough. Otherwise, if the secretaries in the office outside the office hear Li Xuan laughing wildly in the office, they may cause unnecessary trouble.
The victory in the Jianping Battle brought to the Tang Dynasty not only the annihilation of 100,000 enemy troops, but also not just Jiangnan, but the entire world.
After Wang Yiqi's troops were destroyed, there was no large-scale Ming army in the entire Jiangnan area that could stop the advance of the Second Army and the Third Army. This was unexpected, and the entire Jiangnan area would be wiped out in a short period of time.
came under the control of the Tang Dynasty.
The most important thing is that this time the Jiangnan battle will be won or lost in one battle. The two sides did not engage in a long-term tug of war. Although the impact on the people's livelihood in Jiangnan is inevitable, it has been reduced to the minimum level. And this
This means that after the Tang Dynasty took over these areas, it could use the money, food and population of these places to provide support for the subsequent wars of the Tang Dynasty without any effort.
When the entire Jiangnan is under his own control, Li Xuan can use Jiangnan to expand his army by tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, and gain a greater advantage in the subsequent war with the Ming army.
These chain reactions bring huge strategic advantages!
With the Battle of Jianping, unifying China is no longer a dream, but something that can truly be realized.
Once China is unified, he will be the emperor worthy of the name.
When the time comes, who can stop him from establishing the Three Palaces and Sixth Academy?
Who can stop him from holding a talent show all over the world and bringing all the most beautiful women into his harem?
Who can stop him from sending a large army to conquer Europe and plundering oceanic horses to enrich his harem?
No!
The future was so tempting that Li Xuan was excited for a long time before he could calm down his restless heart at that moment. Then he issued an oral order to hold a court meeting tomorrow to announce the victory to all officials. At the same time, he ordered the Ministry of Rites to report to the Department of Reporting,
He immediately started writing an article to officially publish the news of the Jianping victory in the next issue of the Tang Dynasty newspaper, announcing to the whole world Li Xuan's illustrious martial arts!
Of course, before the imperial meeting tomorrow, Li Xuan held an imperial meeting in the afternoon and summoned the ministers on duty in the imperial study room to meet him.
The great victory of Jianping will definitely bring about a lot of affairs in the aftermath. The army will give rewards and officials will be dispatched to the land south of the Yangtze River to establish rule.
And these are urgent matters that cannot be delayed.
This meeting was also different from the many previous meetings where there were many disputes. This time, the meeting went very smoothly. The cabinet even proposed to the Army to temporarily increase military expenditures by 500,000 taels for military expenditures in the south of the Yangtze River.
During the expenditure, Liu Bagou and others from the cabinet just remained silent for a while, and then readily agreed.
The reason why they agreed so readily was not because the cabinet still had money. In fact, the cabinet was now a pauper. It was because they knew that the army had marched into Jiangnan, so they were still afraid of running out of money?
It is estimated that by inspecting the private properties of the pseudo-Ming royal family, dukes, princes and other nobles as well as officials, a large amount of floating wealth will be obtained, not to mention that the entire Jiangnan is a typical example of hiding wealth among the people.
When the officials from the tax department arrived in Jiangnan and the members of the tax inspection team began to collect taxes, not to mention thousands of taels of silver were easily collected.
The tax department can collect one to two million taels of silver in poor provinces such as Fujian. In Jiangnan, if you don't collect more than 10 million taels of tax revenue a year, you would be embarrassed to say that you are a professional tax collector.
of!
Seeing that they could harvest a lot of financial revenue from Jiangnan, Liu Bagou and the others easily agreed to the military's request for an increase in temporary war expenses.
Isn't it just 500,000 taels? You can just ransack any house.
What's more, they already provide military expenses of more than 10 million taels a year, so giving them another 500,000 taels is simply trivial.
If the Ming army knew about this, they would probably be jealous. Wang Yiqi was reorganizing the military affairs and training the Jiangnan New Army this autumn to guard against the rebels. He begged hard, and the Ming court gave him two million taels.
It was just silver, and after the traditional dissolution, what was finally obtained was only about one million taels of silver.
However, for the Tang Army, the temporary increase in military expenditure just for one battle was five hundred thousand taels of silver, and this figure cannot be discounted.
The Tang Dynasty did not have such a fine tradition. If anyone dared to embezzle military expenditures, Li Xuan would not have to do it himself. Generals such as Hao Bainian and Li Chunjing would dare to directly use artillery to blast the official who dared to embezzle military expenditures.
Yeah, that's a more powerful shooting than shooting and beheading!
After all, the core pillar of the Tang Dynasty is not the cabinet and other officials, but the army. The purpose of the current existence of the cabinet ministries is actually to support the army in war.
After the meeting, the civil and military officials went back with happy faces. Everyone was happy at this meeting. The military received temporary war expenses, and the reward has also entered a formal process.
On the other hand, the cabinet received the prosperous land of Jiangnan. After the cabinet members returned, they immediately held a cabinet meeting. At the meeting, Liu Bagou emphasized the need to establish rule in the Jiangnan region as soon as possible and began to
Seize homes and collect taxes.
Let the officials of the Ministry of Taxation be bold and free to do it, and follow the pace of the military. The military will start collecting taxes the next time it fights.
In short, the cabinet doesn't care how the military fights in the future, and they can't control it. There is only one thing they care about most, and that is taxation!
The next day, the great court meeting was held, and all the officials congratulated Li Xuan for his wise and wise martial arts!
Ninety-nine percent of the victory in the Jianping War was attributed to Li Xuan's wisdom and greatness, and the remaining 0.10% was due to the hard work of hundreds of officials and generals.
At the court meeting, the flattering team headed by Wang Wenhua was in full swing. Dozens of people took turns quoting scriptures, which made Li Xuan feel a little embarrassed.
Although I also know that I am very awesome, you don’t have to say it in front of the officials. This is not good!
Well, Li Xuan has begun to expand!
After the court meeting, Li Xuan returned to the harem. At this time, most of the concubines in the harem also received news of the good news. Congratulations continued wherever Li Xuan went.
Li Xuan was in a good mood and simply took a day off. After all, he had won the battle. Why did I still work so hard? Reviewing memorials every day was also very tiring!
Li Xuan, who was on vacation, did not watch the dance of the palace dance troupe alone as usual, but accompanied Queen Mother Bai, Dong Yunyun, and Princess Huichen to have a family dinner.
Then she played with Princess Weier and her children, making Princess Weier giggle. Her two younger brothers who were crawling around on the ground would raise their heads from time to time and look at their house with curious eyes.