Li Bu was still very reserved just now, but the more he spoke, the more courage he gained, and his tone became more relaxed: "Isn't it because he has become the emperor? He is worried that Bi Sishen will lead troops from the mountain pass in the middle of the Snowy Mountains to crusade because of his betrayal.
, was also afraid that the Great Food Kingdom would come back and enter the mountain pass in the future, which would shatter his dream of becoming an emperor, so he mobilized 100,000 slaves to build two walls in the mountain pass, one called Pixiu Pass and the other called Taohu Pass. These two walls did not govern each other.
, are guarded by his trusted generals, and even if there is a traitor at the first pass, the second pass will still be able to hold on to this important traffic route."
"Repair the city wall and build two more?" Good guy, Li Siye said to the expert in his heart. If the Hindu Kush Mountains are the barrier of the South Asian subcontinent, then the Khyber Pass is the throat of the South Asian subcontinent. The importance of this place is similar to that of Tongguan.
To Guanzhong, Shanhaiguan is to the Central Plains. He is going to completely seal off India and create his own dynasty for generations.
Li Bu did not pay attention to the expression on Li Siye's face and continued: "After Zhao Congfang built two city walls, he officially ascended the throne as emperor in Qunu City. His country was named Brahman and he called himself the Great Brahman Empire. Because he wanted to conform to the teachings of Brahmanism.
, that’s why it was called that. The year was auspicious, and he claimed to be the Holy Ming Emperor descended from heaven. I’m afraid he also reached an agreement with the Brahmin monks. After he ascended the throne, he continued to recognize the special status of Brahmin, which was only a little lower than the fifth caste, the Golden Crown caste.
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"Later, Dashi attacked the Zhaowu Hezhong area, and Bi Sishen, the military governor of Zhaowu, was defeated. Zhao Congfang took the opportunity to send people to assist these defeated troops into Pixiu Pass. Later, many Sogdians entered Pixiu Pass, and they all became Zhao Congfang's soldiers. Shortly afterwards,
Within a short period of time, he formed an army of 180,000 people to maintain his rule. Dashi also tried to attack India through the snow mountain pass several times, but faced the seven-foot-high Pixiu Pass, they could not even climb the city wall, and suffered many casualties.
Tens of thousands of people had no choice but to retreat. When I sneaked out of India, Zhao Congfang had already begun to attack the south and prepare to unify the entire India."
Wei Boyu leaned forward and crossed his hands and said: "Master, what should we do with this Zhao Congfang? If this continues, I'm afraid he will get bigger and bigger."
Li Siye stretched out his hand and rubbed his knees and said: "India is far to the west of Tubo and south of Congling. I can't control it now, and I don't want to control it. If he wants to be emperor, let him be. I can hardly cope with the chaos in the Central Plains.
Already."
He has thought about Zhao Congfang's matter for a long time, and it is indeed much more difficult than Yang Zhilie and Zhou Yi. In addition, the South Asian subcontinent is far away. At his current age, whether he can set foot in such a distant place in his life is a question.
Just when Wei Boyu fell silent and stopped talking, the soldiers came in, knelt on the ground and crossed their hands and said: "The news came from Chang'an that Shi Siming attacked Shangdang from Huguan Wuerhuo, but was repulsed by General Li Chongbao and Hedong.
Jiedushi Deng Jingshan also went south from Taiyuan to attack Shangdang.
Li Siye closed his eyes and remained silent. There were many factors that needed to be verified. He could not make a judgment here. Only when he returned to Chang'an could he be free to deal with them.
At the end of February of the second year of Yuanshuo, Li Siye led the imperial army to leave Beiting. Before departure, he emptied the entire treasure treasury in Tingzhou City and loaded more than 4,000 carts. The livestock alone consumed nearly 10,000 horses. Excluding gold,
There are also large quantities of silk and sandalwood, spices, and hoards of pepper.
When Li Siye served as Jiedushi in Hexi, he built a very developed post road system, which made the transfer of property relatively easy. Feihuqi escorted him day and night, and it took only one and a half months to escort him to the Huaqing Palace in Lishan. Originally, in order to provide
The emperor built sandalwood baths and built some warehouses at the foot of the mountain. He only relied on Lishan's unique city defense system and expanded the treasury to provide military expenses for his army.
After the wealth arrived first, Li Siye also returned to Chang'an.
In the past few months since he left Chang'an, the court had accumulated many affairs, which his son Li Xu could not make the decision on. The most important issue was the loss of population in Guanzhong. Chang'an was breached twice, leaving people living in the Guanzhong Plain
The people felt that this place was not safe, and many people fled to Hanzhong and Nanyang.
He began to organize the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong to conduct population censuses, and distributed Yongye fields across the board. He distributed the properties abandoned by the fleeing wealthy families to the people who stayed in Guanzhong without land. He began to implement flexible new tax laws and abolished the completely abandoned fields.
The new two-tax law was implemented. However, this two-tax law is not completely identical to the two-tax law during the Dezong period. It is more detailed and fair than the former.
In order to prevent local officials from colluding with local large households to avoid taxes, the Two Tax Law mainly levied land property tax and industrial tax in addition to the small household tax. In terms of collection, land is recognized but not people, and property is recognized but not people.
The specific implementation method is to collect taxes during the planting and harvesting seasons of each year. The output of the fields will be taxed to whomever the output falls into, including various real estates and shops. This is to prevent land annexation and official interference.
Secondary exploitation of poor people.
At the same time, in order to solve the population problem in the Guanzhong area, he also implemented the farming system in some areas and organized the troops stationed in Guanzhong to carry out farming to solve the food supply of the army.
Li Siye still has more ways to implement classes, but before the old order has completely collapsed and the new order has not been completely established, he cannot make too drastic reforms, which may easily cause a backlash.
The second major backlog of events in the DPRK is the threat posed by Shi Siming and Deng Jingshan to the Shangdang. The two sides have a tacit understanding of an attempt to attack Shangdang Lingchuan County and Hu from Gongcheng County in Weizhou through Baijing, one of the Eight Trails in Taihang.
Guan County, due to the dangerous terrain of Baijing County, was blocked by Li Chongbao with two thousand troops at Huguan Wuerhuo, unable to advance even an inch. Another one went south from Taiyuan through Taigu, trying to attack Wuxiang County, and Li Chongbao and Li Chongbao were at Wuxiang County.
They fought several times and were beaten back.
Li Siye concluded that an agreement had been reached between the two people, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence. But Shangdang was very important to him. It was not only related to the safety of Puzhou, Jiangzhou and the Yellow River ferry, but also a strategic node. In the future, he could only pass
The Shangdang completely occupied Hedong and relied on the geographical advantages of the Qin and Jin Dynasties to suppress the Central Plains. In addition, Hedong will account for half of the Youyun Sixteen Prefectures geographically in the future. Only by going north to Taiyuan and occupying Yunzhong can it threaten Shi Siming's hometown Youzhou.
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Li Chongbao was attacked by the Shangdang on both sides, but he never sent himself a letter to complain and ask for help. He knew that this was the stubbornness of a face-saving young man. It was not a good thing to only report good news but not bad news.
As soon as he returned to Chang'an, he immediately sent Tian Zhen and Cui Qianyou to lead 20,000 troops to Shangdang to support his adopted son.
Of course, this is just a passive measure. How to transform passivity into initiative requires the operation of both political and military means. Isn't there a saying that says, "You have to be tough with both hands?"
At Mao o'clock the next day, Li Siye walked into the Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace wearing court clothes, a sword on his waist and high boots, followed by many courtiers.
Seeing his figure, the body of the emperor sitting on his throne trembled involuntarily. In a sense, the man in front of him was his father-killing enemy. If he hadn't forced his father to be the puppet emperor, he wouldn't have been able to do so.
He committed suicide. He refused to let go of his body after his death, and even used him as a puppet to stage a farce of his ascension to the throne.
It's just that he is completely alone now. The imperial army guarding the palace is commanded by Li Siye's confidants and his own son. Even the eunuchs around him are arranged by him personally. Every word and every move is really under his control.