"What the hell is going on!" Li Yi, Zhang Qingyun, and Wu Jianbo were sitting in Li Xiang's study.
Li Xiang really doesn't understand what the new emperor wants to do, grant a marriage, and a princess can't be an equal wife!
Then it can only be the first wife. Even if he is not happy, he must let her be the first wife after marrying him, otherwise he will stop following Da Qian and become independent again.
The dowry given by the new emperor was Liangzhou. The five counties of Liangzhou had a population of at least 50 million, which was twice that of Xiliang. Once Liangzhou was taken over, Prime Minister Li would officially enter the Great Qian.
It is no longer an enclave in the northwest.
Liangzhou is very narrow and long, and there are three surrounding states, all of which are rich in cavalry. Most of them are other nomadic peoples. Unlike the prairie, these nomadic people are not as strong as the prairie people, and now they all follow the prairie people honestly. Dry mix.
But that may not be the case in the future. If Liangzhou is in his hands, and when those ethnic groups rebel, Prime Minister Li can take over the surrounding states in an honest and fair manner.
Liangzhou is really a good place!
Li Xiang was not very happy, because in his mind Wu Yating had already given Wu Yating the principal wife, and now the emperor wanted to send someone to be the principal bride?
He, Prime Minister Li, is not like those other princes. At worst, he is just outside the Pass, in places like Liangzhou, and he can conquer them all by himself!
Several people around heard what Li Xiang said and looked at Li Xiang's face. It was clear that the master's petty temper had been violated again.
Zhang Qingyun and Li Yi already knew each other very well, but Wu Jianbo felt something was wrong. Isn't the most important thing a power leader should do is to expand his territory?
In his heart, he wanted Li Xiang to marry the princess. The position of Princess Xiliang should be given to the princess if she wants it!
After marrying the princess, they will be considered relatives with the royal family, and they will also have some connections in Daqian in the future!
However, neither Zhang Qingyun nor Li Yi said anything, and he did not dare to say anything. Who didn't know that the two people whom Li Xiang trusted the most were the two of them.
The administrative power of Xiliang is in the hands of Zhang Qingyun, while the military and political power is in the hands of Li Yi. The appointment and dismissal of officials are done by these two people.
Li Xiang basically didn't care about anything and just patrolled and wandered around with his army every day.
Li Yi said from the side: "My lord, what the new emperor wants is for you to pick up the princess, and then Liangzhou will be the dowry, but there are some vicious dogs on the dowry. If you want to get the dowry, you need to help the new emperor." Kill those vicious dogs!
This matter is your business. If you don’t want the princess, then we won’t want it. Anyway, after chaos breaks out in places like Liangzhou in the south, our army can go directly south and use horse-drawn guns to get her.
Of course, if you accept it, we can send our troops south this winter!"
The document sent by the new emperor stated that from the time Li Xiang agreed to be the governor of Liangzhou, Prime Minister Li would be the governor of Liangzhou. As for those etiquettes, those etiquettes were what Prime Minister Li hated the most.
Zhang Qingyun echoed from the side: "My lord, our current grain reserves in Xiliang are enough for us to send an army of 300,000 to fight fiercely for a year. We can also expand our army. As long as you give an order, our army can march south!" "
Zhang Qingyun no longer has to worry about gold, silver and other things. Li Xiang threw all the gold and silver he got from Yuhua City to Zhang Qingyun.
Zhang Qingyun, who had lived frugally for more than half a year, received gold and silver from Li Xiang, and the northwest administrative department sent two months more salary. He was originally waiting for the Chinese New Year to ask Li Yi for money and give some bonuses to his officials. .
After more than half a year of hard work, everyone in the northwest is very tired, and the fields never stop for a day.
Farming, sericulture, hemp making, and farming again, people in the northwest are tired and happy. In just half a year, they harvest enough food for a family to eat for a year.
You can have all you can eat every day!
However, this is the first year, and the people in Xiliang did not charge for the seeds. The farmers in Xiliang catalyzed the seeds, but they had to pay for them.
Starting from the second year, they will receive a layer of rice as payment. This is what the Xiliang farmers agreed with those farmers!
Because farmers in Xiliang need work and energy to catalyze seeds, and since there is no food tax in the northwest, no one will refuse.
They also tried to cultivate seeds themselves, but without exception, not a single seed was cultivated.
Those people just gave up!
Li Xiang does not need food very much. Now the entire outside the pass is his farmland. The food harvested every year is enough for his troops and civilians to eat, and there is still a lot of excess food that can be stored.
He never stopped recruiting farmers. As long as the grain exceeded the storage capacity he set, he would start recruiting farmers.
Now the number of civilians in Xiliang itself exceeds 600,000, and the number of soldiers is 400,000.
There are three hundred thousand farmers, they are spread outside Xiliang Pass, inside the Pass, in the Dark World, and in the Western World.
The Xiliang headquarters, which has about one million people, only accounts for one-thirtieth of the population in the northwest land, which has almost reached 30 million people.
The important positions and types of work in the northwest are all held by Xiliang people.
In just half a year, the northwest was able to solve the problem of food for nearly 30 million people. The problem of clothing was already solved when the prairie people joined the northwest. So much sheepskin can be used to make a lot of clothes.
The Northwest, which now has no worries, is not afraid of war.
Zhang Qingyun, a person who doesn't like war very much, will also support Li Xiang to go to war.
I heard that the two general managers were supporting Li Xiang's decisive battle, that is, they all supported what Li Xiang wanted to do.
Wu Jianbo wanted to speak, but he didn't dare to. He was just a little dissatisfied with Zhang Qingyun and Li Yi, because they could not guide him on the right path.
But what can he do no matter how dissatisfied he is?
Li Xiang felt a little irritable because he wanted Liangzhou, but he already had a candidate for his wife in mind.
Li Yi and Zhang Qingyun remained silent and could only let the lord choose. The lord's choice was the choice of the Xiliang army, and the choice of the Xiliang army was the choice of the northwest.
The Northwest Yamen under Zhang Qingyun is the kind that is represented!
"You guys go back! Let me think about it myself!" Li Xiang waved his hand, and the three of them bowed to Li Xiang and then left.
Li Yi walked in the front, Zhang Qingyun was a little behind, and Wu Jianbo was at the back.
"Magistrate Wu, you just stopped talking, but what do you want to say?" Li Yi asked.
Zhang Qingyun is no longer the stupid young man he used to be. He is not an old man now, but he can still tell when he looks at some things. After all, he has experienced a lot.
He could also see that Wu Jianbo had been wanting to speak just now, but the master never asked. The master didn't ask, and because of his status, he couldn't speak out.
Of course, if he does not have this level of official status, he can speak freely. At that time, he was the lord's father-in-law, but after taking up the official position, he became the lord's subordinate.
Wu Jianbo organized his speech and said: "Just now, why don't you two gentlemen persuade the prefect?
In the land of Liangzhou, the governor has entered Liangzhou. With the strength of our Xiliang army, it will not be a problem to drive out the three major families in Liangzhou!
If we capture Liangzhou, we can develop to the surrounding areas and secretly control several other surrounding states!"
Li Yi stopped, turned to look at Wu Jianbo and said with a smile: "The lord's decision is the decision of my Xiliang army. Even if the lord's decision is wrong, my Xiliang army will always follow you.
Besides, who said Manager Zhang didn’t persuade me?”
Wu Jianbo looked at Zhang Qingyun, did Zhang Qingyun persuade him?
Li Yi continued: "The lord is warlike, and the lord doesn't like to be plotted against. Even if the gift is very generous, if you really want to persuade the lord to have a child, you can try to find the wife. The only one who can persuade the wife is
lady.
This matter is not only the Lord’s business, but also Madam’s!”
Wu Jianbo said belatedly: "You said, the prefect intends to make Yating his wife?"
Li Yi chuckled lightly: "Who in the entire palace doesn't know the lord's love for his wife? The others are not as loved and protected by the lord as the madam and Mrs. Qian, and the madam gave birth to the eldest son for the lord. How can the others compare with the madam?
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After Li Yi finished speaking, he turned around and left. Zhang Qingyun said goodbye to Wu Jianbo and quickly followed Li Yi. He had many things to discuss with Li Yi.
While Wu Jianbo was thinking about something, he walked back to the outside of his mansion. When a person approached him, he didn't even react.
"Master Wu?" The woman called several times before waking Wu Jianbo up. Wu Jianbo turned around and saw a lotus painted on the front of the woman's clothes. There was a trace of emotion in his eyes, but he hid it well.
"Mr. Wu, in the backyard at midnight!" The woman left after saying that. Wu Jianbo shook his head. He was shocked by the news just now.
Li Xiang wants Yating to be his wife, which means that as long as there are no accidents in the future, Chengqian will be the heir to the family fortune in Xiliang!
As long as he doesn't make any mistakes and Li Xiang acknowledges it, he will get the support of the Xiliang headquarters army. Which force is the strongest in Xiliang? Of course the Xiliang headquarters army?
The Great Wall Legion, the forces outside the Pass, the forces in the northwest, and the grasslands have no resistance at all in front of the Xiliang headquarters.
But now there is a problem before us, that is, after the arrival of the princess, Cheng Qian also has the right to inherit, but the child born to the princess has more rights than Cheng Qian. It will depend on Prime Minister Li's choice then!
What to do?
Wu Jianbo thought for a moment and immediately turned around and returned to the palace. Although he did not like the people from the northwest who went so far as to call Li Xiang the King of Xiliang, and even called the place where Li Xiang lived the Xiliang Palace.
But now, I don’t know why he feels that this title is very good!
"Dad, why are you here?" Wu Yating was a little surprised to see her father. Her mother often went to the palace, and her father rarely came. Most of the time, she went home to see him.
Prime Minister Li did not restrict her and Duo Duo. As long as they followed them with the Xiliang female soldiers and did not go to too dangerous places, Prime Minister Li would not stop them.
Therefore, Wu Tingting and Duo Duo often go home together.
Wu Jianbo looked around. Wu Yating asked the people on the left and right to retreat. The Xiliang female soldiers walked to a position where they could not hear the two people talking, but did not leave their eyes. Their mission was to protect the safety of their wives.
Wu Jianbo lowered his voice: "Daughter, do you know about the marriage granted by the new emperor to the prefect?"
Wu Yating picked up the tea and took a sip: "I know!"
"Then you know that the eunuch will make you the official and make you the main wife!" Wu Jianbo said with a hint of excitement, "After you become the official, Cheng Qian will be the orthodox successor of Xiliang.
So you have to stop it. The prefect is in a dilemma at this time. Manager Li said that only you can influence his decision. My daughter, you have to seize the opportunity, you know!"
Wu Yating's hand holding the cup paused in the air. She really didn't know that Li Xiang wanted to make her the official!
For my father to know this, he must have heard it from Manager Li. Manager Li can be said to be the leader of the entire Xiliang army. Sometimes the king has to listen to her, but most major decisions are made by the king.
In the entire Xiliang, the only one who understands Wang best is probably Mr. Li!
Thinking about it, Wu Yating chuckled and said: "Dad, Liangzhou is very important. Wang often looked at the moon alone. When he came to the outside of the pass, he was alone. Although he has a family and a career now, his closest relatives are still in the imperial capital!"
Wu Jianbo listened and said in a low voice: "Then you know, the princess is coming, and after inheriting Qian..."
"Dad!" Wu Yating interrupted her father directly: "Liangzhou is a good opportunity for the king to enter the Central Plains of Daqian.
King, do you know the consequences of rejecting the new emperor? It could range from losing the useless official position on your head to returning to your previous status as a bandit outside the customs.
There are currently a large number of talents in Xiliang. They have not held any official positions before, and they have not been able to recruit many good talents for half a year. After getting the post of prefect of Jiuyuan County, will there be a large number of talents in the northwest?"
"And the successor!" Wu Yating looked at her father: "Wang, he is only in his twenties now, and he is already a master. In the words of Taoist Qingsong, Wang has the potential to challenge the golden body of the strong, and the first-class strong is already If you live for hundreds of years, you will still have a long life ahead of you!"
Wu Yating finally understood something now, and held her father's hand: "Dad, don't worry! Even if the princess comes to the northwest, my daughter will not be afraid of her, and the king is not a lecherous person!"
"In that case, I will listen to you!" Wu Jianbo said helplessly: "The prefect is probably coming back soon, so I will go back first and take Linlin and Aman back home to accompany your mother in a few days!"
"Well!" Wu Yating stood up and sent her father away.
It wasn't until Wu Jianbo left that Wu Yating sighed. The princess put a lot of pressure on her, but she didn't want Xiliang to lose more. Her life now was already very good.
Soon there was the sound of heavy footsteps, and Wu Yating put on a smile.
In the evening of that day, granaries in various places in Xiliang began to operate. A large amount of grain moved to the dock and was transported from the dock to Tongtianhe City. At the same time, a large number of messengers ran to the north. The Xiliang cavalry, who had returned to rest for several days, packed their things in a very secretive manner.
The civilians in Xiliang didn't feel anything at all. Zhang Qingyun didn't even know about these things. Li Yilai was responsible for all the arrangements. After all, it was the headquarters' money and food that was spent!
Midnight, Wu Mansion
Wu Jianbo was wearing pajamas and holding a book in the backyard pavilion. The bright Yuanshi lamp illuminated the entire pavilion, and a black shadow appeared...
