Chapter 617: Heading to Dengzhou Warring States Period

"Get moving... Move it... Why is it so hard to get you to do something... Hurry up... If you continue like this, I don't think I'll even want to plant sweet potatoes next year...! ”

In the Wude Palace, Li Zhan sat on the rocking chair and urged his younger brothers and sisters.

And in the field, the princes and princesses desperately carried water and watered, and no one dared to slack off, because just the day before yesterday, the eldest grandson queen came to the Wude Palace, and Li Tai saw that his mother came to the Wude Palace, and thought that his mother was here to help him.

But who knows that after Empress Changsun came, not only did she not help Li Tai, but on the contrary, Empress Changsun expressed her unwavering support for her eldest son, and said that if anyone dared to disobey her eldest son, it would be tantamount to disobeying herself.

Yes, the queen is not as authoritative as the emperor, but in this harem, the queen's words are true, especially the royal daughters, among which Gao Yang is the representative, and indeed Gao Yang has Li Shimin's favor.

But Gao Yang is not spoiled by Empress Changsun, in this harem, Empress Changsun says nothing, so Empress Changsun lets go, Li Zhan is someone who can't be provoked.

It is also because of this that now these princes and princesses are all obedient.

"Big brother... I really can't... Can you give me a break...? ”

The person who asked was Li Tai, in the past few days, Li Tai has finally bowed his head, of course, he can't do it if he doesn't bow his head, Li Zhan's power is too big, not only Li Shimin supports it, but even the eldest grandson queen also supports it, so Li Tai must bow his head.

Li Tai's body is very fat, which shows that his physical fitness is not as good as that of the young prince, and he has to rest for a while after doing it, looking at Li Tai's request, Li Zhan shouted to Tanaka: "Hey... Li Ke, Li Tai is going to rest again, should he rest or not? ”

As soon as Li Zhan shouted like this, Li Ke in front of him also immediately responded: "Big brother... Let Li Tai rest, I'll do his work...! ”

"Oh...!" Li Zhan laughed, then looked at Li Tai and said, "You can rest, your work Li Ke has done... Hurry up and sit down and watch your fourth brother help you...! ”

That smile, I don't know why Li Tai always feels so harsh, at this time, he feels that his rest seems to be so sinful, and when Li Tai looks back and sees Li Ke doing the work of himself and him, the two of them, the feeling is really mixed.

At this time, Li Su shouted: "Big brother... Fifth brother's work, I'll do it...! ”

"Yo... That's good... However, if you want to work for your fifth brother, you still have to ask your fourth brother... If he agrees, I don't care, I said it, I just need to plant sweet potatoes, if you can finish it, it's all rest, and it doesn't matter if Li Ke does it alone. ”

After Li Zhan finished speaking, Li Ke shouted here: "I don't need to, I can do it alone!" After speaking, Li Ke smiled and said to his younger brother Li Su: "Thank you, Xiaoshu, but you just need to be your own, you are still young...!" ”

After saying this, Li You on the side stood up and said: "I'm not young, fourth brother, let me share a little, the fifth brother is bulky, and I, as a younger brother, should share a little." ”

Saying that, Li You snatched Li Ke's flat shoulder to carry water.

"Sixth...!" Li Ke was slightly stunned in his heart.

Li Tai's eyes were slightly red, and he stubbornly held back his tears, and then jumped off the field, without looking back and said to Li Zhan: "Big brother, I don't have to rest, I can come by myself...!" ”

Li Zhan smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth at this time: "That's good... Do it yourself...! ”

Looking at Li Tai's unhesitating appearance, Li Zhan was very comforted in his heart, how to say it, blood is thicker than water, they are still brothers after all, half-brothers but they are still brothers.

"I'm coming... I'm coming...! ”

Li Zhan had originally said that Li Chengqian did not need to come over to continue farming, because Li Chengqian wanted to go to the court, and he also needed to deal with some official affairs of the court.

It's just that what Li Zhan didn't expect was that Li Chengqian still used all his time to come here to help even though he knew that he would be very tired, even if his hands and feet were worn out, Li Zhan asked him why he was doing this one day.

At this time, Li Chengqian looked at Li Zhan and said, "Because I want to learn from the eldest brother... Want to be someone like Big Brother... Love your brother, love your sister, and protect Datang. ”

Li Zhan nodded, finally, for the first time, Li Zhan was much more satisfied with Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian, who was outside the Wude Palace, ran into the field, and took Gao Yang's flat shoulder, Gao Yang's mouth looked at Li Chengqian with some grievances, Li Chengqian touched Gao Yang's little head, and then said to his younger brothers and sisters: "You can slow down, I'll pick up more water." ”

The younger brother and sister all looked at Li Chengqian gratefully.

This kind of brother-sister relationship is really, really good, Li Zhan smiled at the corner of his mouth, because he knew that everything he did was right.

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"Childe... Son... Oh no, no...! ”

Just when the Wude Hall was in full swing, Li Yi rushed in, two sentences, followed by shouting that it was not good, Li Zhan knew that something must be wrong, because Li Yi would only call his son when he was panicked, this was his instinctive reaction.

Li Zhan's brows furrowed slightly, and he looked at Li Yi who ran over and asked, "What's wrong, so panicked." ”

"Childe... Something big is wrong... Someone is coming to Wajima...! ”

After Li Yi finished speaking, Li Zhan was also surprised: "What... Someone from Wajima? ”

Half an hour later, Li Zhan quickly returned to Dunhuafang, as for the Wude Palace, Li Zhan handed it over to Li Chengqian and Li Ke, and Li Zhan believed that the two would help him take care of it.

After returning to Dunhuafang, Li Zhan saw Uncle Zuo, and then under the leadership of Uncle Zuo, he came to Li Cheng's house and met Li Cheng's good brother Zhang Yaozu.

"Are you Zhang Yaozu?" After meeting, Li Zhan looked at Zhang Yaozu in front of him and asked.

"Are you Li Zhan?" Zhang Yaozu also looked at Li Zhan and asked.

"Bold... Dare to call His Highness by name...! Shadow Lao frowned slightly.

"Ahh I'm sorry! Zhang Yaozu bowed slightly and said, "Zhang Yaozu, a people of fantasy, visited His Royal Highness the King of Qin. ”

"Excuse me... Let's talk about Li Cheng's situation now! Li Zhan unceremoniously sat down on a chair in the room, while Uncle Zuo hurriedly served Li Zhan to sit down.

Zhang Yaozu, who followed on the side, hurriedly said: "Now Lao Li's situation is not very good, he is trapped in the city where I came, according to our estimates, the small city can last for three months."

However, it could only hold out for three months, and after three months, the food and grass were cut off, and it was necessary to surrender.

At that time, Xing'an was going to be married to the Monobe clan by her biological mother. ”

"But according to what you said, Jing'an has my flesh and blood, doesn't it matter?" Li Zhan was a little surprised.

"Not only does it not matter, on the contrary, if the people of Wadao find out that Li Jing'an's flesh and blood are the blood of the prince of the Tang Dynasty, it may also cause the Wajima Shinobu to snatch Jing'an crazy."

"Clams...!" Zhang Yaozu's words made Li Zhan a little incomprehensible, this is also the master of the green hat belt.

"Your Highness doesn't understand the culture of Wajima, the Wajima people know the inferiority of their own race, so they will try their best to reconcile their own race, you are the highest nobleman in the Tang Dynasty, of course your blood and blood are the best, and the Wajima people will be desperate for their next generation."

After Zhang Yaozu finished speaking, Li Zhan sighed slightly and said, "Why did the mother and daughter suddenly turn against each other?" ”

"It's Tachibana Satomi's greed, and it's also forced by the environment at the time, although it's helpless, but it's not a reason, of course, it's pointless to say these things at this time, I just want to know if you want to save your own wife?" Zhang Yaozu looked at Li Zhan with some earnestness.

Li Zhan said 'um' and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense... That's my wife, but tell me, how much time do I have to prepare? ”

"This...!" Zhang Yaozu was slightly stunned.

That night, Li Zhan returned to the palace and had a deep conversation with Li Shimin in the Ganlu Hall for one night, at first Li Shimin was resolutely opposed to Li Zhan going to sea to go to Wadao, because Li Shimin knew that the risk at sea was too great.

Even if there is a Zhenguan boat, the danger is very great, and Li Shimin does not want his eldest son to be in danger.

But Li Zhan told Li Shimin that Li Jing'an was his wife, and now he was pregnant with his own child, Li Zhan had no reason not to go, if he ignored his wife and children because of danger, Li Zhan was nothing.

In addition, Li Zhan told Li Shimin that there were a large number of gold and silver mines in Wadao, and the monetary system of the Tang Dynasty was really poor.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, it quickly introduced its own coinage policy. In July of the fourth year of Wude (621), "the waste of five baht money is Kaiyuan Tongbao money, the diameter is eight points, the weight is two baht and four threads, the accumulation of ten Wen weighs one tael, and one thousand Wen weighs six catties and four taels."

A thousand Wen is consistent money, consistent money is six catties and four taels, it is too heavy, people will carry a blanket when shopping, which contains money, because the copper money is too heavy, so you can't pick it up.

In order to meet the consumption of copper coins, the early Tang Dynasty also set up a special coinage institution in the center - the coinage supervisor, which set up ten furnaces to keep coinage.

Later, it was really not good, there was always a shortage of money, and the tradition of using silk as currency during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was copied, and the monetary system of "money and silk at the same time" was implemented.... Money is copper money, silk is the general term of silk fabrics, including brocade, embroidery, silk, Luo, silk, silk, silk, Qi, silk, etc., in fact, it is a kind of physical currency and metal currency at the same time.

But this monetary system is still chaotic, the Tang Dynasty lacks gold and silver, if the Tang Dynasty has gold and silver, Li Zhan can launch gold and silver coins, and then use the decimal system, a gold coin is equal to a thousand copper coins, and a silver coin is equal to a hundred copper coins.

In this way, the obstacles to the circulation of copper coins can be greatly reduced, and the monetary system of "money and silk at the same time" can be abolished... It will improve a country's monetary system.

Of course, even if it is a mountain of gold and silver, Li Shimin is not willing to exchange it for his son, but Li Zhan said that he would save his wife and children, so that Li Shimin had to let go, not only Li Shimin, but even the eldest grandson queen also came forward to express his understanding of his son, and encouraged Li Zhan to go to sea to save his wife and children.

Because that's what a man has to do.

Li Dafu and Yue Niang were reluctant, Yang Qiaoer, Ouyang Duoduo's tears, Feng Ming and Lu Xiaodi's discomfort... In the end, Li Zhan still went to Dengzhou, and Li Zhan wanted to leave Datang by boat in Dengzhou and go to Wadao.

The people who followed Li Zhan to Wadao were the entire Tiger Ben Army, a total of 6,000 people, and some people will ask if 6,000 people is too little.

In fact, what I want to tell you here is that there are really not many people in Wajima, just take the most glorious Warring States period in Wajima, there are two Warring States periods in the world, one is the Spring and Autumn Warring States period in which the princes of China have fought for hegemony for thousands of years, and the other is the Wajima Warring States where the Daimyo of Wajima fought with each other, although they are all called Warring States, but the gap between the two is really too big, resulting in the comparison of the Wajima Warring States in China, just like the arms fighting between villages, there is no shock and domineering brought by the name of the Warring States at all.

The main reason is that scholars who study the history of Wajima think that the name of China's Warring States sounds very domineering, so they also named their own country's history during the war.

The size of the Wajima Sengoku was very small, the number of people involved was very small, the number of troops and the population of Japan at that time were very small, and there was no scale of confrontation between countries at all, just like netizens said, the Sengoku of Wajima was a battle between villages, and the head of one village led a few subordinates to fight with another village, becoming the position of pursuing the county magistrate. This is not a disparagement, this is the feeling of the Wajima Warring States in front of the Warring States of China.

Some of the most famous battles of the Wajima Warring States period, such as the Battle of Tsubakusama, were fought with fewer strikes and more battles, in which Oda Nobunaga's army was about 5,000 men, Imagawa Yoshimoto's army was between 25,000 and 45,000, and Oda Nobunaga's surprise army was about 2,000 men.

The Battle of Nagashino, a full-scale conflict between the Takeda forces and the Oda forces, should be noted that this battle Takeda Katsuyori did not bring all the belongings of the Takeda army, but only a part of them. In this battle, Takeda Katsuyori had a total of 15,000 troops, Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu's combined forces totaled about 38,000 people, and it is said that the combined forces of Oritoku had a total of 72,000 people.

The Komakiyama Nagaku-Hand War was a battle between Hideyoshi Hashiba (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) and Tokugawa Ieyasu for the political legacy left by Oda Nobunaga. By the time of the war, Hideyoshi Hashiba (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) had already seized a considerable part of Oda Nobunaga's legacy, and this time Hideyoshi's army was almost more than 100,000 men, while Tokugawa Ieyasu also had an army of about 30,000 men.

It should be noted here that the Warring States period of Wajima was already 1467-1600 or 1615... At this time, the population of Wajima was about 14 million, and the current Wajima period was in 636 AD, a difference of several hundred years.

Zhang Yaozu told Li Zhan that at this time, there were about 3 million people in Wajima, and there were three forces in Wajima at this time, which were the Japanese Empress Tachibana Satomi, the union of the Monobe clan and the Soga clan, and the other was the former empress's concubine named Nakamaro.

The combined strength of these three families is about 70,000 people, and Li Zhan's 6,000 tiger army is not only enough, but with the equipment of Li Zhan's tiger army, it is more than enough for these three families to come together.

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