Long Chong is also very strategic, and after asking about the topography of Qingcheng Mountain in detail, he decided to let the three brothers Yao Jiangang set up a card in Qingcheng Mountain. The little "said".『 X』You must know that from the mainland to southern Xinjiang, Qingcheng Mountain is a must-pass place, and it is relatively close, if the fee is reasonable, there are many people who do not go far, but through Qingcheng Mountain, and the daily passenger flow will rise sharply. Sure enough, within a few months of setting up the card, it was spread out, the toll of Qingcheng Mountain was only one or two silver, many people were reluctant to go far, they passed by Qingcheng Mountain, and the number of people who came and went every day reached 50,000 people, and Qingcheng Mountain had an income of 50,000 taels of silver every day, which became a good income for the camp in southern Xinjiang. In this way, Long Chong not only did not pay Qingcheng Mountain's military salary, but also made Qingcheng Mountain earn more than 10 million taels of silver every year.

After the three Yao brothers left, Long Chong settled the fourth brother Long Xiao and then took the wind and washed the dust, all the officers above the commander came to congratulate Long Xiao on his arrival, Long Xiao was warmly received, and Long Xiao felt a strong family affection. The two brothers talked all night, Long Chong: "Fourth brother, how have you been in recent years?" I just heard that you won the top prize, why are you still a magistrate? Why don't you become an official in the capital, at least it's a five-grade, you're good, it's still a seven-grade."

Long Xiao: "It's not that the court doesn't keep me, it's that I like my hometown, I think it's more appropriate to work in Shenwu County for a few years, if it's in the capital, there are a lot of inconveniences, it's more comfortable to be a magistrate below, I'm in Shenwu County, these years are good." Long Xiao said a few shops he opened in Shenwu County, and Long Chong agreed: "It's a peaceful year now, basically there is no war, that is, there are some wars in northern Xinjiang, and it's not big, now it's more appropriate to exhibit shops, no money, I'm in southern Xinjiang, the imperial court has a little military spending, if I don't figure out my own way, that military budget is not enough at all."

Long Xiao was stunned: "Second brother, what did you do, are you still in business?" Long Chong smiled: "I won't do business, but I will collect taxes, I have set up pipe cards everywhere in southern Xinjiang, and the fees are not much, as long as it is a military artery, I have set up a toll pipe card, each person is one or two silver, hehe, I have set up a total of 2ooo pipe cards, and the daily income is more than 1ooo million, you think about it, this year, how much do I charge, hehe, 4o billion taels, I am amazing, right?" ”。

Long Xiao said with a smile: "It's still the second brother who is powerful, but I think it's easy to let the court know about it, I think it's better to do it than the eldest brother", Long Chong: "The eldest brother sent me a letter and introduced his practice, but I can't learn it, the eldest brother has a war on his side, you can have an excuse, take the opportunity to build a military city, and ask the court for money, I also want to do this, but there is no excuse." Long Xiao: "There is no excuse, I think there is, beyond the southern Xinjiang is the Southern Barbarian State and the Dali State, the Dali Kingdom is friendly with the Sui Dynasty, I think it's okay, if you take the opportunity to recover the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, wouldn't it be a great achievement, the emperor will not only give you more troops, you can be promoted, you are just a commander now, maybe you will be promoted to marshal."

As soon as Long Xiao said, Long Chong felt an impulse, he had been training the army all the time over the years, and the morale of the army was there, but if it was in a peaceful era for a long time, the army would be lazy, and it would have no combat effectiveness in the long run. Long Chongyou was also a little worried, if he took the opportunity to pacify the Southern Barbarian Kingdom and kill it himself, as long as he could win the war, the imperial court would let himself be permanently stationed in Southern Xinjiang, which was a better thing for himself.

A few days later, after Long Chong waited for Long Xiao to leave, Long Chong explained his idea to the imperial court in detail according to the strategy discussed with Long Xiao, that is, to recover the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, so that the country's territory would expand the area of the three provinces. When the emperor received Long Chong's 8oo mile rush to play, he thought about it, if he completed the subjugation of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom in his lifetime, it would be famous in history. Long Chong's performance made Emperor Yang Jian feel his blood boiling. The emperor summoned the king of the mountain to the palace to discuss the possibility of this matter.

Long Chong is the county master of the king of the mountain, and the king of the backer is naturally towards his son-in-law, seeing that Long Chong proposed to subdue the Southern Barbarian State, he strongly supported it, so he proposed to let Long Chong expand the army by 2oo thousand, allocate 5oo billion taels of silver, and take the Southern Barbarian Kingdom in one fell swoop. At the beginning, the emperor was still a little hesitant, because he was afraid that if Long Chong failed, it would bring extreme instability to southern Xinjiang. At that time, when the emperor succeeded to the throne, he also wanted to subdue the Southern Barbarian State, but the Southern Barbarian State was in a dangerous terrain, the climate was abnormal, and the people were brave and good at fighting, so the emperor gave up the conquest of the Southern Barbarian State, despite this, there were still 1o billion people in the Great Sui Dynasty, and Emperor Yang Jian felt that the population was also quite large, so he wanted to recuperate and recuperate, and no longer fight. Now that the country has been cultivating for decades, the treasury is now full, and 5oo billion taels is not a big number, and the country can still bear it. The emperor took the advice of the king of the backer, issued an edict, promoted Long Chong to the marshal of the southern expedition, led 2oo troops, and conquered the southern barbarian country.

Long Chong received 5oo million taels of silver from the imperial court, and he had enough capital to recruit troops and horses in the three provinces of southern Xinjiang, and soon gathered an army of 2oo thousand, and ordered the governors of the three provinces of southern Xinjiang to collect people's husbands and transport grain and grass, and began the conquest of the Southern Barbarian State, which lasted three years, defeated the army of 3oo thousand in the Southern Barbarian State, recovered the entire Southern Barbarian State, and incorporated the Southern Barbarian State into the territory of the Sui Dynasty. The grain and grass are victorious, and the good news will be changed to the court, and the emperor will be overjoyed, and he will reward Long Chong. The backer prince took the opportunity to ask his son-in-law to compete for merit, and he started to play the emperor, and he could reward Long Chong as the king of Zhennan and guard southern Xinjiang forever.

The emperor is on the rise, naturally he is happy, but it only cost 5oo billion taels to obtain the area of three provinces, and the country's territory has increased by more than 2o parts, and the emperor is even more happy. The original Nanban Kingdom was too big as a province, so it was divided into three provinces, and the three provinces were exempted from taxes for 1o years at the same time. Although the officials of the three provinces were appointed by the imperial court, Long Chong, as the king of Zhennan and the governor of the three provinces, not only controlled the military power, but also controlled the officials of the three southern barbarian provinces, and became a veritable king of Zhennan.

After Long Chong pacified the Southern Barbarians, the most bordered was the Dali State, because the Dali Kingdom had a good relationship with the Central Plains countries for generations, that is, the Sui Dynasty was also a very good relationship, and the emperor wanted to borrow Long Chong to recover the prestige of the Southern Barbarian State, and the Dali Kingdom was subdued, but Long Chong wrote to the emperor, saying that the Dali Kingdom could be used as the southern barrier of the Sui Dynasty. If the Dali Kingdom is collected, it will face the Nanyue Kingdom further south, which will bring great inconvenience to the border guards. The current southern Xinjiang is an expanded territory, but it also brings a problem, that is, the southern Xinjiang borders a small country further south, although there is no cause for concern, but if there is no strong military force to defend it, it will be harassed by them for a long time. Long Chong wrote to the emperor, and the emperor thought so much that he agreed to Long Chong's request.

Now Long Chong guards the three provinces of southern Xinjiang, the army has reached 5oo thousand, as soon as the war is over, the emperor wants to reduce the army, so that Long Chong's military land is reduced to the original 5o thousand, after Long Chong knew, he wrote to the emperor, saying that southern Xinjiang has just been pacified, the situation is unstable, if it is disarmed now, it is not the right time, and so many sergeants are disbanded at once, it will cause social turmoil, if these soldiers all occupy the mountain as the king, the three provinces of Nanban will fall into chaos. When the emperor heard this, he dismissed the idea of disarmament. The emperor took the suggestion of the king of the backer and provided military expenses of 5o billion taels every year to let Long Chong guard the southern frontier.

Long Chong has such a right, it can be said that he is a very powerful minister, except for the emperor and the king of the backers, he is the most powerful person in the Sui Dynasty. Although Long Chong has no right to speak above the court, he is like a country within a country in the three provinces of Nanban. The emperor exempted the three provinces of Nanban from ten years of taxes, that is the national tax, does not mean that the governor of Longchong Yamen does not collect taxes, Longchong formulated the tax rate of the three provinces of Nanban, the uniform is one percent of the tax, there is the governor Yamen to collect, in this way, the Nanban ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］