October 18, the Tang Dynasty.

According to the imperfect "Tang Huidian", the Tang Dynasty will be divided into three types: the Inner Dynasty, the Chang Dynasty, and the Great Dynasty.

The Inner Dynasty is irregular and irregular, and the people who participate in the Inner Dynasty generally only have the political affairs hall, the military division's pavilion, the chief and deputy governors of the three prefectures of the Imperial Historical Tower, and the officials specially designated by the Tang Dynasty, also known as the Imperial Front Dynasty Meeting. In the inner court, it was generally the civil and military rulers and the Tang Dynasty that discussed military and political affairs and issued drafts.

However, due to the early establishment of the Tang Kingdom, there was a lot of shortage of officials in the three governments, so it is not important at present.

It is often held on March 69, and officials above the fifth grade of Lin'an participate. In the Chang Dynasty, officials generally performed in front of the court, discussing major political drafts that were difficult for the Tang King to decide, and directly announcing the king's order.

The Great Dynasty is held on the first and eighteenth days of each month, with the participation of officials above the seventh rank in Beijing, and the Tang King and Queen listen to the government. The great dynasty generally directly promulgated the edict, accepted the congratulations of the ministers, and did not discuss political affairs.

But today's Tang Dynasty has to discuss political affairs.

Why?

Because the officials of the Tang State are now very streamlined, many positions are vacant, even if it is a great dynasty, only about 200 people in Lin'an City are eligible to participate, which is actually equivalent to the Chang Dynasty.

"Knock-knock-"

The bell of the Phoenix Mountain Palace rang, and the civil and military officials of the Tang State rode to the palace city against the morning glow.

At this time, there was no one in the sedan chair of the Tang State officials. As for Tang King Li Luo and Queen Cui Xiuning, they also travel in a carriage, who dares to sit in a sedan chair?

Since the mansion that Wen Tianxiang and Lin Biju and others were given was outside the palace, they were also the first to arrive.

Wen Tianxiang is the captain of the East Pavilion of the Military Division, and Lin Biju is the prime minister of the Political Affairs Hall, both of them are Zhengyi Pinzai, so they wear a seven-beam crown and a purple robe and jade belt.

The officials rushed into the heavily guarded palace, untied the Tang sword and Han sword at the palace gate, and then drove straight to the De Palace.

It's pitiful. Because the palace of the Zhao and Song dynasties was too damaged by Meng Yuan, Li Luo was unwilling to build a new palace, and even the great dynasty could only be held in the side hall of the Guide Palace.

The imperial guards, wearing purple armor and carrying purple sheathed Tang knives at their waists, were already standing inside and outside the Guide Hall with a guard of honor.

On the square outside the hall, seven Ding stoves lit cigarettes, making the atmosphere in the square more solemn.

After the three-way bell, more than 200 Beijing officials above the seventh grade all arrived, and according to the size of the official position, the left and the right were lined up.

"The king has arrived!"

With the singing and cheering of a guard, Li Luo and Cui Xiuning, who were dressed in regular clothes, came by car and sat together on the temporary case set up at the gate of the Guide Palace.

Li Luo was in the middle, Cui Xiuning was on the side, and both of them were sitting on the futon. According to the Tang etiquette system, sitting is a courtesy, and sitting on a chair is a frivolous move.

"Your Ministers meet the King, Queen! Hail to the Golden Peace! "All the people bowed down together, bowed twice, and bowed again.

"Flat!" Li Luo had a faint smile on his face, and Cui Xiuning had a demure face.

In general, the characteristics of the Tang Dynasty are simple but not ugly, neither complicated, but also pay attention to everything.

"Today's dynasty, the widow has something to discuss with the court. Presumably, Zhongqing also has important things to play. Li Luo waved his hand after speaking, "Don't stand." Come, give a seat! ”

A team of guards moved the futons one by one, and the so-called seat was actually sitting on the futon.

There are no eunuchs in the palace, and many things in the foreign court are actually done by the guards. Li Luo currently has 666 guards in place, and in addition to being in charge of the palace guards, such a person also has to do miscellaneous work.

The guards were adapted from Li Luo and Cui Xiuning's personal guards. So there are dozens of female guards such as Shi Sango.

After the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs sat down, Zheng Sixiao, the Heavenly Master of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, first stood up, raised the ivory wat card and said:

"King Qilu. Today, the Dao palaces in Lin'an, Jiangning, Qingyuan, and Hongdu have been completed, which can be described as fast. It's just that there is a huge shortage of Taoist officials. The minister thinks that Taoist officials should be transferred from the Taoist palaces and Taoist temples in Dongzhou (Haidong)? ”

After Li Luo restored the southeast, while helping the people and displaced people, he used them and the prisoners of war to build water conservancy facilities, roads, bridges, warehouses, and palaces on various avenues.

Due to the abundance of manpower, the Dao Palaces in the four places were completed in a few months.

Li Luo nodded and said: "Dao Palace, it is related to the Tang Dynasty and Ming Taoism, this is a major matter of the country." Quasi-Zheng Qing played, transferred Taoist officials at all levels from Dongzhou, even if it was a small Taoist official of the Township Taoist Society, as long as he was qualified, he could also come to Jiangnan Taoist Temple to be the temple chief. ”

"The Taoist officials at all levels in the Zhongwu Divine Palace are served by injured and retired samurai."

According to the system, the Taoist officials of Chungmu Jingu must have samurai. Li Luo's arrangement of the injured and retired samurai to serve as the Taoist officials of the newly built Zhongwu Shrine can also be regarded as a kind of care.

The Tang State Taoist officials followed the way of heaven, humanity, and ministers, and did not prohibit marriage like monks and nuns. Because the marriage of a man and a woman is humane and heavenly in itself.

After Li Luo's words were finished, the newly appointed secretary Lang wrote: "October 18, the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty, the Great Dynasty. Wang Zhun Zheng Sixiao played, and the Taoist was in Dongzhou. ”

After Zheng Sixiao retreated, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites came out cautiously on Wednesday and said: "The king of Qi, although the Tang Dynasty is now a start-up, the gift of the royal court cannot be abolished." When the ministers heard that there were no eunuchs in the palace, they were afraid that the world would laugh. The minister heard that in this Lin'an city, there are still many eunuchs in the Song Palace, who have no food and clothing, are poor, lack food and clothing, and die like wild dogs. ”

"If the king chooses the edict, one can enrich the court, and the other can also be gracious, the best of both worlds."

It turned out that after the fall of the Song Dynasty, the thousands of eunuchs in the Lin'an Palace suddenly had nowhere to go and were reduced to the lowest level in the city. Many eunuchs have not survived these years, and there are not many left.

Another official also came out and said: "Your Majesty, what Zhou Shilang said is true. In this palace, there can be no eunuchs after all. Although there are many maids in the palace, there are no eunuchs to work, and many things are beyond their reach. Besides, there have been eunuchs in the palace since ancient times, and I don't need it in the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that it will be criticized by future generations. ”

Li Luo nodded: "Quasi-play." The Ministry of Rites, together with the Yin of Lin'an Mansion and the Police Sergeant Hall, selected the eunuchs of the Song Palace. As long as there are no bad deeds, they can enter the palace. ”

Lin Bi cited the column and said: "King Qiqi, now the population and acres of land in the four states have been surveyed. The number of places was summarized and reported after a detailed investigation by the village office, and many hidden households, begging households, and displaced people who had fled over the years were searched, and there was no deviation. ”

"Zhejiang has a population of more than 11.13 million; Yangzhou has more than 4.6 million mouths (southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui); Ganzhou (Jiangxi) more than 13.24 million; more than 4.08 million in Minzhou; Dongzhou is more than 1.11 million. The population of China's four states in Datang has a total population of 34 million. ”

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning both smiled, 34 million ah, close to half of the population of the Southern Song Dynasty. During the period when the Southern Song Dynasty had the largest registered population, it was only more than 80 million. Of course, the Southern Song Dynasty did not count the population other than the Han Chinese. And the census of the Tang State this time is not only Han Chinese.

When the Minister of Culture and Military Affairs heard the latest figures reported by Lin Biju, they were also excited.

However, Lin Biju continued: "The four prefectures have a total of more than 1034.77 million mu of paddy fields and more than 1047.21 trillion mu of dry land......

This figure already accounts for one-third of the total cultivated area of the Southern Song Dynasty.

"It's just that although the water conservancy and irrigation projects have been repaired and improved, there is an urgent shortage of cattle among the people. In recent years, the number of displaced cattle has been greatly reduced, and the people have slaughtered the cattle in desperation, and the Yuan army frequently requisitioned the cattle to serve, resulting in a significant decrease in the number of cattle. ”

"Today, there are only 170,000 heads of folk cattle, which is less than one percent of the Song Dynasty! The people plough the land, the men pull the women to push, and the family goes into battle together, but it can't be worth a cow. ”

Lin Biju said this, his face was full of worry, "Datang wants to resume farming, and the most important thing now is to cultivate cattle." Without a large number of cultivated cattle to replenish, it is absolutely impossible to have a bumper harvest next summer and autumn. ”

Li Luo also frowned, food is the most important resource besides population. Whether there will be a bumper harvest tomorrow determines whether the Tang Kingdom can expand its territory.

But where did he go to get so many ploughing cattle?

Cui Xiuning said: "The salt and horse trade in Liaodong has all been changed to the salt cattle trade, is it okay?" ”

Lin Biju smiled bitterly and said, "Queen Qiyu, this gap is too big. How many cattle can Liaodong come in a year? The minister has calculated that at least 500,000 heads are needed to meet the needs of comprehensive recultivation. ”

The monarch and the ministers discussed for a long time, and it was difficult to solve the problem of ploughing cattle in the short term, so Li Luo had no choice but to announce the dissolution of the dynasty and discuss it later.

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"Ploughing cattle is a big deal, and it needs to be grasped. But the jade seal of the country is also a big deal, and there are many dreams at night, so we must act quickly. ”

When Li Luo and Cui Xiuning returned to the harem, they directly talked about the jade seal of the country.

"The question is, who to send? Who should be sent for such an important matter? Cui Xiuning said, "If you want to prepare for a war and deal with the counterattack of the Yuan army, you will definitely not be able to leave." Why don't I go myself? ”

"You're going? No way! Li Luo refused without thinking about it, "The jade seal of the country is very important, but in my eyes, it is not as important as you, you can't take the risk yourself!" ”

The two were discussing who to do, when someone suddenly asked to see them.

Li Mian from the General Affairs Office of the Special Investigation Bureau rushed over to report an important news.

"King, teacher, Yunnan military situation! Timur has also invaded Bagan, the capital of Burma, and killed more than 1,000 officials of the king of Bagan, and the city of Bagan was slaughtered by the Yuan army! Bagan is dead! Li Mian took out a document.

Myanmar is dead?

Li Luo and Cui Xiuning glanced at each other, although they were not surprised, they were somewhat emotional.

The Burmese Bagan Dynasty insisted on resisting for a year, but it still perished.

In this year, Burma dragged down the heavy army group of Yexian Timur, and it was impossible for more than 100,000 elite Yuan troops to go north to attack the southeast.

Objectively, it was also Myanmar's insistence on resistance that won more space for the anti-Yuan forces.

The most elite soldiers and horses of the Southern Yuan Army were the army of the King of Yunnan. Whether it is Zhang Hongfan, or Wan Zhedu, the soldiers and horses of Kudu Timur do not have as many cavalry as the king of Yunnan.

According to intelligence, the king of Yunnan had 1670,000 troops attacking Burma, including more than 70,000 cavalry.

This is not counting, unlike Zhang Hongfan and the other three people's army, which is dominated by traitor troops, there are very few traitor troops in the army of the king of Yunnan, no more than 50,000 people, most of them are Mongolian color soldiers, southwest barbarian soldiers, and even golden-toothed soldiers.

These soldiers and horses themselves are relatively barbaric, and they make a living by robbing the spoils of war, and they have tasted a lot of sweetness with the Yuan army over the years, and their will to fight is not comparable to that of the traitor army.

Li Mian continued to report: "First of all, Timur recruited barbarian soldiers from various villages in Bagan and robbed the granaries, elephants, horses, and slaves of Bagan. When they return north, they will definitely not lack food and grass, and may add tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers. ”

Li Luo nodded, "It's normal." Timur also destroyed Bagan first, and the momentum was great, and many wealthy families in Bagan would join them. However, if Timur wants to conquer the two rivers and lakes in the north, it will take at least a month. ”

Li Mian said: "Based on the intelligence of all parties, the ministers estimate that there will be a big war in two months. The Sichuan Yuan army may attack Xiao Yin, and the main Yuan army of Timur will attack the Tang Dynasty through Huguang, and the Tusi soldiers and horses of the Tian family, Huang Jiacen, and the Song Dynasty may attack Guangdong. ”

Cui Xiuning asked: "What about the movements of the Dali Army, the Annan Army, and the Tubo Army?" ”

Li Mian replied: "There is no important information in the direction of Dali, and the Duan father and son are definitely going to send troops, but whether they will attack Liang or Tang has not yet been determined." The Annan Yuan army will join forces with Timur, but there is no news from the Tibetan side, and our people will not be long after they go to Tibet. ”

"The Tubo army will definitely attack Liang first." Li Luo judged, "The Duan clan and the father and son will not let the Tubo army detour to Dali. When the Tubo army came east, Huguang could not be bypassed, and Xiao Liang bore the brunt. ”

After Li Mian retreated, Li Luo took out the map and looked at it with Cui Xiuning for a long time, and discussed it with his ears and temples.

“…… The enemy armies of all races of all parties combined, with a minimum of 500,000 and a maximum of 700,000, the median value of 60 is calculated. Cui Xiuning wrote a number, "What about our soldiers and horses?" There were 400,000 veterans and recruits in the Tang Kingdom, 300,000 in Xiao Liang and 150,000 in Zhao Song. Combined, 850,000. ”

Li Luo shook his head and pointed at the map with his finger, "We have a lot of troops. The Tang army was 400,000, and recruits accounted for most of them. The training of recruits in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is less than half a year, and the training of recruits in Fujian is the shortest, less than two months. The ones who can really fight are still hundreds of thousands of veterans. ”

"Let's talk about Xiao Liang, who claims to be 300,000, but there are only more than 50,000 veterans, and the rest are all recently recruited recruits, and the training has been less than two months. Zhao Song's situation is similar. ”

On the other hand, in the Yuan army, in addition to a large number of Mongolian cavalry, the other soldiers and horses are also veterans, and the ethnic composition is very mixed, and the soldiers are even more barbaric. Moreover, the Yuan army had a lot of cavalry this time, adding up to more than 100,000 cavalry alone. The Tang army now has only 30,000 cavalry, the Liang army has only a few thousand, and the Song army has no organized cavalry. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "What I'm most worried about is not here, but gunpowder!" Our gunpowder was greatly affected by nitrate, and we could not find a large nitrate hole in half a month, so firearms in the next big war could only be of a small help. ”

"What about that nitrate-turned-spy? Didn't you say he was good at finding nitrate holes? Would he rather die than surrender? When Li Luo heard that the gunpowder was not enough, he immediately felt bad.

The gunpowder is not enough, and even if he can win the battle with cold weapons alone, his veteran soldiers are estimated to be dead.

Now the most serious thing is not to plough cattle, the priority is gunpowder, or rather, nitrate!

ps: Today's drip, that's all it takes, the symptoms are very serious... In the opposition of his family, he insisted on updating thousands of words...

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