At the end of the first month, the situation in Beijing became more and more stable, and the shogunate finally stopped hiding the process of military preparations.

In the west of Chang'an City, the camp originally used to contain troublesome guests has now been converted into a military camp. Half of the tens of thousands of troops under the command of King Yong were gathered here. As the affairs of the shogunate gradually got on track, King Yong also personally sat in the camp to deal with all kinds of military affairs.

"Now Chang'an's army is more than 65,000 cavalry, if you need to levy the military government in the province, you can gather 96,000 armored soldiers within a month......"

Hearing Yao Yuanchong's report, Li Tong realized that he had now become the commander of the 100,000 army, and he couldn't help but feel a little vanity in his heart.

However, although this figure sounds impressive at first glance, if you analyze it carefully, it reveals even more that the military strength of the Kannai is now greatly regressed.

This literally nearly 100,000 troops, of which 50,000 are the troops he originally brought into Chang'an to quell the rebellion from the Guannei Dao march, plus the thousands of regiments that have been reorganized recently, it can really be regarded as the original government soldiers in the Guannei Dao, only more than 30,000 people.

In its heyday, the army was as high as 600,000, and the Okichong Prefecture set up by the Kannai Province alone accounted for nearly half. Even if it is discounted, the number of soldiers in the Guannai government should be at least more than 200,000 people.

However, up to now, the remaining government soldiers in Guanzhong are only in their early 30,000s, and they are only the content of the newspapers of the prefectures, and it is still unknown how much water there is.

"Divide the prefectures of Qi, Sui, Jing, and Long to recruit troops, and the rest will be in their hometowns."

At present, the overall strategic situation is still mainly passive defense, in other words, it is not under one's control how big the scale of the war will develop in the future. In order to ensure that he can have sufficient contingency forces, Li Tong can only rely on these remaining government soldiers for the time being.

"This time there were 30,000 troops, but the shogunate needed to gather 50,000 troops. It will be used with the army in the early stage, and it must be in place before February in the later stage! ”

While speaking, Li Tong looked at Li Yuanyuan, who had just rushed to Chang'an with supplies from Hedong, nodded to him and said, "The shogunate has abundant grain reserves, which is more than enough for the army and the people. At present, the shortage is mainly due to various types of equipment, but the situation in Chang'an has been stabilized, as long as the people's power is used well, it is not difficult to raise funds. ”

"If you take orders from your humble position, you must concentrate on deployment and don't miss the military!"

After hearing this, Li Yuan hurriedly nodded and said, as the head of the Guannai Dao march, he was the first person under the shogunate, and he had been specializing in logistics materials in Hedong before, and now he has arrived in Chang'an, and he also needs to specialize in this.

Li Tong is still relatively relieved about Li Yuan's ability, after all, he is a person who has served as prime minister. Now that the overall framework of Chang'an has been built, and there is the Social Supervision Bureau, which is an official office for Baiye Xingshe, which can directly allocate production and materials, although the details still need to be added, but it is difficult to think about Li Yuanyuan, a person who once sat in the political hall.

Tang Xianxue, who was also at the table, couldn't help but speak: "The situation in Chang'an is newly settled, and it still needs to be strong, only His Royal Highness is in charge of Chang'an, and the inside and outside can be orderly." This time I went to Long, it is better to be replaced by a lowly position......"

Li Tong shook his head with a smile after hearing this: "The thieves are making trouble this time, and there is no one in the Tang family who deceived me, so they should be attacked head-on." As for Chang'an, the rules and regulations are promulgated, and the rules are set, and those who violate the law will only be punished by the canon, and the evil will be controlled by killing. ”

Of course, he also understands that the current situation in Chang'an is only preliminary, and only he can suppress the backlash from all sides. Once he leaves Chang'an, some people will inevitably be ready to move again.

And this time on the march, the main clear combat target was only the Turkic men and horses who were still raging in Yuanzhou, and as for Longyou and Anxi, they were only on defense, and they should not rashly launch an invitation to fight. Therefore, the current border situation is not worth giving up Chang'an to stabilize and go to the front line to supervise the war.

What's more, Li Tong also knows that he is not a famous general, even if he is on the front line, it is nothing more than to boost the morale of the army a little, and it is difficult to reverse the current offensive and defensive situation, which is not of great significance.

However, war has always been the result of a comprehensive game, and being weak for a while does not mean being weak for a lifetime. His great-grandfather Li Shimin was also forced to sign the alliance under the city, but within a few years, the Turkic Jieli Khan entered the court to apologize.

The main purpose of his expedition was not the current war, but to allow the shogunate to gain a broader strategic space. It is true that Chang'an is the essence of the Guannai, but Chang'an is not the only one in the entire Guannai.

At the end of last year, he led his army westward, and his activities were mainly concentrated in Chang'an. Although the Kannai prefectures also sent envoys to meet and obey the orders of the shogunate, this connection was still very shallow after all, and it was based on the power given to the shogunate by the imperial court.

In the future, if relations between the shogunate and the imperial court were to deteriorate, these states would not necessarily be so respectful and obedient to the shogunate.

At present, the focus of the Shendu Imperial Court is still on the matter of the emperor's heir, and there is no energy to look west for the time being, and Li Tong still has some time to strengthen his control over these states. When the major affairs of the imperial court were completed and he began to face up to the problems in the Guannei, Li Tong really didn't dare to leave Chang'an casually.

If the states could not work together to obey the orders of the shogunate at that time, Chang'an alone, no matter how well it operated, how could it compete with the power of the Shendu Imperial Court?

Therefore, on this march, the real combat goal is still secondary, and Li Tong's main purpose is to inspect the political situation in various states. If a state official clearly shows resistance to him, consider replacing him outright.

Although at the moment he does not have the power to directly appoint the assassin and the governors, he can make a small report, my ally Li Zhaode is not a vegetarian. What's more, if the court can't handle it to his satisfaction, he can refuse to express his position on the matter of his fourth uncle's performance, and I can still call my third uncle!

Of course, although Li Tong himself considered complicated matters, he still had a very correct attitude towards this march. Before sending troops, in order to boost morale, he first rewarded the military exploits of the previous Chang'an Rebellion.

The imperial court gave him a lot of false names, but the actual supply of money and food was completely non-existent. So this time, when Li Tong was preparing to award the specifications, he simply put aside the fixed set of regulations of the imperial court and followed his own rules.

Chang'an's current rebellion has greater political significance, but when it comes to the actual process and results of the battle, it can be said that the soldiers were bloodless, and there were almost no military achievements.

According to the previous urine nature of the imperial court, such a battle was at most a few ranks, and the actual Huili was almost non-existent. This is also one of the reasons why the Shendu Imperial Court does not support money and food at all, otherwise no matter how difficult the imperial court is, it will definitely squeeze out some money and food to reward the army, otherwise the army will really become a general's private song.

At present, the shogunate is much more generous than the court of the gods, so it is also a great use of money, and the reward is more than 300,000 yuan of money and more than 200,000 horses of silk, which are equally distributed among each soldier, and each person receives 10 yuan.

Ten taels is 10,000 yuan, according to the price of Chang'an grain, 25 yuan, 250 yuan, and about 40 yuan. In fact, due to the turmoil and lack of governance in Chang'an, the price of grain itself is on the high side. In these areas of Hedong, where transportation is developed, 10,000 yuan can often buy 50 or 60 taels of grain.

In the Tang Dynasty, except for the high-quality fertile fields around Gyeonggi, the average annual harvest of general farmland should be around one hundred. Therefore, this reward is equivalent to the annual harvest of fifty or sixty acres of farmland.

The Daibei Provincial Army was requisitioned around September last year, and until the beginning of this year, almost every soldier who was killed received such a share of rewards, although it was not rich, but it could also ensure that the family did not suffer from hunger and had less worries.

After all, although the march was hard for several months, there was no major battle. Even if you concentrate on serving the fields in the township, not to mention whether there is so much land, cultivating fifty or sixty acres of farmland alone is by no means an easy task.

Moreover, these veterans of Daibei Province have received preferential treatment, and they are generally rewarded with two or three taels of reward money compared to the newly recruited soldiers in Guanzhong, so naturally the masses are satisfied and the morale of the army is stable.

When issuing these rewards, Li Tong also asked for a coincidence, mainly based on money and silk. After receiving the money, everyone can send it back to the township, so that the family can buy grain in the township, so that the shogunate can avoid the pressure of storing grain.

The sergeants received the money, deducting a part of the money that needs to be sent back to the township to ensure their livelihood, and they can also spend in Chang'an City, buy some products that are not available in the township, and send them back to the countryside.

When it comes to self-interest, people always make calculations. Chang'an is a majestic capital, even if the new economy is chaotic and slightly depressed, but the types of goods sold in the city are far from comparable to other places. It is much more cost-effective to buy some goods in Chang'an, whether you keep them for your own use or sell them by your family, than to send money back directly.

Therefore, after the reward was purchased, the sergeants' shopping enthusiasm was also high. The shogunate did not discourage them, and deliberately set aside a few days before sending out their troops, and gave them some holidays in turn to let them go to the market to spend.

As a result, most of these bounties remained in the Chang'an market. As for the goods purchased by the sergeants, such as all kinds of spices, ready-to-wear clothes and utensils, etc., they are not scarce commercial goods, and they will not cause too much burden to the market.

After all, the purchasing power of the local people in Chang'an has declined, and there is not much demand for goods other than basic life. The sergeants took turns to enter the market, but it filled the gap in the market, and it was also a spontaneous allocation of goods by the people.

The goods purchased by the sergeants were transported and delivered to their respective villages by the Baoli Agency. Li Tong plans to expand the flying money business of Baoli Xingshe to Hedong, which is also an opportunity.

At present, the flying money is mainly concentrated in the settlement between the government and merchants, and between merchants and merchants, and the circulation is prohibited by the people. The minimum denomination is still above 100 denominations, and ordinary people do not usually have the opportunity to use such a large denomination.

Therefore, flying money is still a kind of bill, not a universal currency, and Li Tong does not plan to continue to decentralize in the future. In ancient times, such production conditions and material bases did not have the conditions for issuing credit money.

The living conditions of small people are already fragile and almost unable to resist the pressure of financial products, and the indiscriminate use of flying money will not only hurt their lives, but also a big harm to the operating system of flying money itself.

As for businessmen and wealthy households, they have a stronger ability to resist pressure, and they are mostly involved in large transactions, so they need more convenient settlement methods.

What's more, who dares to run on it, that is, to question Lao Tzu's ability to govern and find a way to clean up!