Chapter 818 Situation

Needless to say, everyone knows its weight and status, and it can be the world's capital.

The reason why Shuzhong is so important to the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan is because of grain, the country of abundance, itself is a big granary, and in today's situation, Shuzhong's status is even more important.

Whether Li Xiaogong will descend like Qu Tutong, no one can say.

The Li family in Longxi is in Chang'an, which is a relatively solid bargaining chip, of course, most of the great husbands who want to achieve great things will not take these into account.

A brother is like a sibling, and a wife is like a garment, and if the siblings are broken, what is the value of the garment?

But even if Li Xiaogong doesn't care about it, what about his subordinates?

If Li Shimin goes to Shuzhong, there will be countless variables, you must know that Chai Shao, Liu Hongji and others are all henchmen of King Qin......

Therefore, it is completely different from Qu Tutong, there are many variables in Shuzhong, Li Po still decided to repair a letter to Li Xiaogong, come to salute first and then soldier, not only himself, there are so many people in the Li family in Longxi, write a few more letters to persuade him, maybe Li Xiaogong is a person who values feelings.

If all means are useless, then we can only use soldiers, and then this year's food will be very tight, and I am afraid that we will have to live a hard life again.

He and his courtiers are nothing, will those Kansai people follow him for a while...... It is estimated that it is enough, these people are used to seeing the wind and the rudder, and the trick of pulling ladders over the wall, as soon as they see that you are having a bad time, they can sell you for money by turning around.

Fortunately, the soldiers in Qinzhou gathered, and they could go south to Shuzhong at any time, which saved a lot of effort, and the climate in Shuzhong was warm and moist, and soldiers could also be used in winter.

At this time, Li Po will no longer care about any grain and grass, weather and other things, nor will he think that Kansai is still unstable, so he has to wait first, he and his subordinates almost unanimously believe that entering Shu should be fast, and Li Xiaogong or anyone else should not be given the opportunity to occupy Shuzhong.

In other words, once the news of Chang'an was lost, Li Yuan's father and son died one after another, and Qu Tutong's surrender to the enemy once it was transmitted to Shuzhong, it would definitely cause chaos.

Once someone has a firm foothold in Shu, like Liu Xuande, no matter what kind of failure he experiences, as long as he retracts his head, there will still be a lot of opportunities, which is called real trouble.

The military has entered a period of rapid expansion, and every military victory can be reflected in governance, which can cover up many deficiencies and defects.

And the great victory in the northwest also added a few points of brilliance to Li Po's claim to be the emperor.

At the same time, some words are spreading in the community, and the nursery rhymes in Chang'an City have been mentioned again, and the stories about the dreams of gods and men have also been passed on to the mouths of officials and ordinary people.

Many people actually understand that this is the king of Han preparing for the emperor, but what makes them a little puzzled is that these news sound a bit plausible, if the country name is still Tang, hehe, Li Yuan knows underground, should he be angry, or should he be happy?

People are a little confused, but they still wait and see, everyone is actually waiting for the birth of the new emperor, what the emperor can do, the king of Han is a little awkward to do, this is a very real problem.

But what is certain is that a grand ceremony is about to be held, and it seems that the whole of Chang'an is preparing for it.

Li Po was even busier, and he had to urge Su Ji to sort out the household registration, land and other documents in Kansai as soon as possible, and then send people from the household department to the county to continue to review, because of the war, there must have been inaccuracies in the previous records.

For example, when Li Shimin fled west, he recruited a lot of people, and what is particularly hateful is that it was the spring plowing season, which obviously delayed the spring plowing of several counties, and it was a sure thing that the large-scale poor harvest in Kansai this year was a sure thing.

There is also the matter of sending the Tang soldiers back to the countryside and slimming down the army, in the discussion between Li Po and his subordinates, the last standing army in the entire Kansai should be 30,000 to 50,000 people.

The rest are government soldiers, and in the previous war, I originally planned to recruit the government soldiers of Jindi to fight together, but the battle progressed too fast, and there was no reserve army at all, so there is no doubt that Jindi is a good year this year.

And what is gratifying is that Hedong, Shangdang and other places have also begun to pay taxes, and the entire Jindi has entered a period of rapid recovery, which can undoubtedly greatly alleviate the pressure of food shortage in Kansai.

And the head of the household gave even better news, the population of Kansai has remained at a high level, which is great news at the moment of the great population decline.

This is due to the fact that Kansai has not experienced several wars, and people from all over the country have fled to Kansai, for example, Guanxi Xiaoguo, who went to Jiangdu with Yang Guang back then, has fled back many people after Yang Guang's death.

There is also the fact that during the war between Li Mi and Wang Shichong in Luoyang, many nobles and common people fled west to Li Yuan's rule, just like when they crossed to the south, people always like to move to a safer place.

Over the years, under the governance of Li Po, the land of Jin has gradually prospered, and the people of Hebei and Henan have one more choice to flee, but unfortunately, there are not many people there.

Kansai is a good place, at least at this time of year, as evidenced by the fact that the population of Chang'an City has increased dramatically to more than 400,000.

The work of counting household registers and land will continue until the entire Kansai region is completely stabilized......

Su Kang was so busy that he didn't have time to call friends, but the list of recommended officials was still getting longer and longer, there was no way, he needed manpower too much.

In addition, the thing he proposed to exchange the land for the food of the nobles began to be done, and the effect was not bad, which seemed to have become a channel for the nobles of Chang'an to lose their sincerity.

In order to show favor to the new master, the nobles can be said to rack their brains, even if the family is hesitant, they will not miss any good opportunities.

Because the King of Han is likely to be their master for a long time in the future, and it is very likely that he will be the master of the whole world.

When Li Po gave the Kansai people more patience instead of yelling like Yang Guang and saying that I don't like you, then the attitude of the Kansai people is actually not difficult to guess.

The reason why many people are still waiting is not that they don't want to work for the Han king, but because the nature of the nobles, they want to get more benefits, but they don't want to lose the benefits they got before.

At the same time, they are still carefully observing the Han King's every move, looking for the Han King's preferences and the rules of governance, which are actually how to prepare for a new master's better service.

In other words, the hesitation and wait-and-see of the nobles was not to remember the old master, or even to show their loyalty, but to fear loss, but to want more.

The greed and prudence of the nobles can be seen here, of course, if Li Po is a tyrant like Wang Shichong, I think the performance of the Guanxi clan should be much better than that of the Luoyang Gate Valve.

Who knows, as it stands, the Kansai people are not as strong as they think.

Some families successively took out some grain to enrich the Chang'an warehouse, and the standard of exchanging grain for land was set quickly, but the nobles didn't really care about this.

Kansai has always been short of food, Li Yuan never spoke, for fear of arousing the dissatisfaction of the nobles, Li Po opened his mouth, and replaced it with land, also for fear that the Kansai people would make trouble.

It's just that Li Po's army is in full swing, and the pockets of the Kansai people will be looser, but far-sighted people understand that this can only be an expedient measure, and the nobles will never give everything they have, and you can't copy their family background.

In fact, the abundance or emptiness of the granary is secondary, there must be enough grain circulation in the market is the key to solving the problem, the grain in the treasury is for emergency use, so the more effective way is to let the big landlords sell grain, and this requires the government to make a certain security guarantee.

It's a benign interaction, not one party asking the other to do it, as long as there is the necessary order, in fact, this relationship of trust can be maintained.

Basically similar to what Li Po did in Jindi, if order is restored as soon as possible, the grain will naturally be gradually filled, and with the land conditions of Kansai and the number of people in an advantageous position, there is great potential to be tapped.

In any case, the weather of the new dynasty is being established, and Li Po is also moving towards a new peak step by step, and as the weather gradually cools down, the atmosphere in Chang'an, Xijing, has gradually changed.

In fact, the people in Chang'an City can't say what it feels like, seven or eight years ago, Li Yuan helped Yang Yu to be the emperor, and sacrificed heaven and earth, and within two years, Li Yuan himself ascended the throne by Zen, and sacrificed again.

It's only been a few years, and Li Po is going to be the emperor again, and he has to come again, so often to make offerings to God, I don't know if God is happy or angry.

It's just that no matter what God says, the people are a little numb, and after years of war, the people have long lost their interest in joining in the fun, and they just want to be safe, and it's best not to have anything happen.

Compared with the common people, the nobles are also not concerned about the great gifts themselves, they are concerned about power, wealth, the rise and fall of the family, and the future of their descendants.

As long as the King of Han can give them these things, then let alone sacrifice heaven and earth, even if you want to learn from Yang Guang to go to the Tianshan Mountains, everyone can sacrifice their lives to accompany you on another trip.

Taiji Hall side hall.

Wen Yanbo, Xiao Yu, He Chou, Changsun Shunde, Cen Wenwen, Wang Ze, Pei Shiqing and others sat on both sides, each representing three provinces and six departments, and the old and new courtiers gathered in one place.

Basically, in the future, these people will be the core figures of Li Po's administration, and they are also a group of people at the top of the pyramid.

Xiao Yu is recommended by Wen Yanbo, He Chou, and the eldest grandson Shunde, it can be seen that he can do it, he was born in the Xiao family of Lanling, and is the half-brother of Queen Xiao, it is said that he is very grateful to Li Po for taking in Queen Xiao, who knows, anyway, the three of them have to recommend it together, according to the rules, this person still has to be used.