Under the rule of the Lanzhou Governor's Office, 100,000 soldiers and civilians were put into spring ploughing and production, and its scale and momentum were also terrifying. One of the most obvious characteristics of a military town like Lanzhou is that there are more men than women, and there are quite a lot of young and strong men, and the ratio of men and women is seriously imbalanced.

To truly realize the long-term plan, stabilizing the morale of the military is the most important task. Soldiers are also people, and they are men. They are under pressure several times more than ordinary people, and they have been training and working for a long time with high loads, and they are miserable. There is nowhere to relieve the pressure, and there is no way to relieve the fatigue. In the long run, it is a big hidden danger.

In recent days, Qin Mubai has heard of several "camp howling" incidents in the military camp. It's not big, but it's scary.

The so-called "camp roar" means that the sergeants slept until midnight, and suddenly someone screamed in their sleep. As a result, the fear and pressure that many people suppressed in their hearts were detonated, and then turned into fights and madness!

These people are all under the suppression of various factors such as long-term strict military regulations, facing death threats, missing relatives, etc., and their spirits are always crumbling and on the verge of collapse.

The camp was a disaster for the army. If it's serious, it can lead to the total collapse of the army!

Although the scope of the camp roar this time was very narrow and it quickly calmed down, this attracted the attention of Qin Shubao and Qin Mubai and other commanders!

The congregation will gather together to discuss a solution to the "camp roar". In fact, the Tang Army has always had a special way to relieve pressure on sergeants, that is, military prostitutes.

Although the Tang Army's military law is strict, and it is expressly forbidden for sergeants to engage in prostitution, many times, this is also a helpless thing - figuratively speaking, the current Lanzhou army. Therefore, many of the generals who have been commanding the army all the year round have tacit knowledge of each other, and they will not strictly investigate the sergeants and prostitutes as long as they do not go too far. Therefore, in the history of the Tang War, there was no shortage of expeditionary forces hiding prostitutes in their baggage and taking them away with the army.

But this method obviously doesn't work in Lanzhou at the moment - the ratio of men and women here has almost reached the point of ten to one, and nine out of ten are women from good families, is it difficult to let these sergeants rob the people's daughters?

The generals made a mistake together!

In the end, Qin Mubai came up with a way: please play the imperial court and allow the families of Lanzhou soldiers to move with the army, provided that it is voluntary! After coming to Lanzhou, the Governor's Office and the army were responsible for providing basic means of living such as houses, farmland, and livestock, paying appropriate tax reductions and exemptions, and giving subsidies as appropriate!

As soon as this case came out, including Qin Shubao, they unanimously agreed!

Combined with the Tuntian method, this is really a long-term national policy!

The relocation of the sergeant's family will greatly reduce the homesickness of the sergeant (of course, it is more important to have a woman). At the same time, this can increase the population of Lanzhou.

In times like these, population is an important guarantee of productivity.

However, this was a huge test for the emperor and the imperial court!

As far as the emperor is concerned, the families of the 50,000 soldiers in Lanzhou who want to move there are conservatively estimated to be at least more than 100,000. In this way, the soldiers take Lanzhou as their home, and their families move with the army - isn't that a country of its own? It's still a mobile kingdom!

Not to mention the imperial court. The families of 50,000 people are scattered in different places, and how easy is it to move them in a unified manner? This is an incomparably huge project, not to mention the loss of money and food, and the exhaustion of manpower and material resources may not be able to do this well in a short period of time.

This plan, Qin Mubai had not discussed with Li Shimin at first, and it was a strategy that was conceived according to local conditions. Although it is extremely difficult to implement, the biggest question is whether the emperor will allow it - in other words, how much trust does the emperor have in the Qin family's father and son?

This time, the Xue family brothers also stood on the same side as the Qin family's father and son, because they were also men, and they also missed their relatives and wives and concubines at home.

The congregation gathered for urgent deliberation day and night, and after three days and three nights, a complete plan was finally presented. Then everyone decided, don't put pressure on Qin Mubai alone-everyone jointly signed a letter, in the name of Lanzhou's long-term plan, asking the emperor to "move the people into Lanzhou"!

As soon as this piece was handed to Chang'an, Li Shimin thought about it again and again and took out the matter for public discussion. As a result, the entire imperial court was in a bang!

This is truly unprecedented. A border military town, asking for relocation to move in. Historically, there have only been those who want soldiers, food, and money, and I have never heard of "asking for the people"!

The court was divided into two distinct factions, and the opposition was led by the court's important ministers Zai Fu, Sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others, who strongly opposed it. The reason for the opposition of the eldest grandson Wuji is very simple, there has always been only the move to move people to the interior to expand the national strength, and the land of Lanzhou Biansai is at most used to settle the population of Turkic people, and it is absolutely impossible to move the good people of the Tang Dynasty (that is, laborers and fertile women) to the border fortress. This is tantamount to injuring one's own internal organs and strengthening the external trunk. Moreover, if this case is opened, it will greatly breed the ambition of the border generals. The power of the governor of the border town is already very large, and he governs the army on the horse and governs the people on the horse, and the military power is grasped by wealth. Now let him expand the population under his rule, and in the long run, it will not be able to become a country of its own, which is a major hidden danger!

The reason for the opposition of some people led by Fang Xuanling is simpler - this move will cost the people and money, and the country's financial reserves will be empty. Before the war began, there was endless internal friction, and this battle was lost!

There are very few people who support this move, and there are few people with weight, so it is hardly worth mentioning.

The court discussed this matter for many days, and the opposition's advantage was overwhelming.

According to general custom, Li Shimin can make a decision. However, he did not make a decision for a long time, but repeatedly took out the matter and asked the ministers to "discuss it".

After discussing again and again, the result was the same, and the voices of opposition came and went, and Li Shimin just did not make a final decision.

The ministers began to speculate: The emperor deliberately did this, did he intend to support Lanzhou to do this?

In the face of such a major event, Li Shimin also had to think twice. Even if he is the emperor, if he can't come up with a strong statement to suppress the mouths of the people, such a national strategy will not be implemented.

In the evening of that day, Li Shimin came out of the microsuit and went to Li Jing's mansion. The two are still the same as usual, playing against each other.

After playing two games of chess, Li Shimin was defeated and lost, and he was not shy at all.

"Your Majesty has something on your mind?" Li Jing asked.

Li Shimin smiled bitterly, and told Li Jing about "moving people into Lan".

After listening to this, Li Jing smiled: "Since most of the courtiers are against it, it proves that this move is indeed quite ridiculous." His Majesty doesn't approve the performance, so what doubts do you have to worry about? ”

"Hey!" Li Shimin let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile: "Pharmacist, don't even you understand my intentions?" ”

Li Jing smiled slightly: "Could it be that Your Majesty also has this idea in his heart?" ”

Li Shimin nodded with deep eyebrows, and said: "The auxiliary machine (eldest grandson Wuji) and others oppose this case, they are standing on my position, thinking about me and my descendants, he is not wrong; Xuan Ling and others opposed this case from the standpoint of the court and the people, and they were not wrong. I have no words to move them, so I am distressed. ”

Li Jing nodded and smiled slightly: "Then Your Majesty, what position are you standing on, thinking about this matter?" ”

"History and Nation." Li Shimin's eyes narrowed, and his essence was revealed.

Hearing some words, Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and then nodded suddenly: "Your Majesty is wise!" For the long-term consideration of our people, moving people into Lan is really a good policy! Consolidate Lanzhou, based on this, the territory of China will begin to expand from this place, and the civilization of our people will spread from the ground. Your Majesty is ambitious and far-sighted, and the old minister admires it! ”

Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "What's the use of admiration? Now in this court, even the two prime ministers of my right-hand man are raising their voices against it. Wei Zheng was recuperating at home and did not go to court for several days. But I have heard that the eldest grandson Wuji, who is usually at odds with him, has deigned to visit him and invite him out of the mountain, and will work together to persuade me to abolish this plan. What can I do? ”

Li Jing was silent for a long time, nodded thoughtfully, and smiled.

"Why is Brother Jing laughing?" Li Shimin asked.

"In this way, Your Majesty thinks that the old face of the old minister is still worth a little money, so please allow the old minister to go to the court tomorrow to discuss matters!" Li Jing said.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he was immediately overjoyed: "I, I can't ask for it!" ”

"I'm afraid it's not enough for Lao Chen alone." Li Jing said, "At least, two more people are needed. ”

"Which two?" Li Shimin asked.

"The secretary of the military department, Li Tao, and His Royal Highness the Prince." Li Jing said.

Li Shimin frowned: "Li Tao is still reasonable." Cheng Qian...... What use do you want him? ”

Li Jing smiled: "Please think twice, Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin twisted his brows: "I'll think twice - come, continue to play chess!" ”

A few days later, in the early dynasty, Li Jing, the prince of Weiguo, who had left the court for a long time and did not care about military politics, appeared in the court. Because of his leg inconvenience, the emperor allowed him to go to court with a cane. But Li Jing didn't take his purple wooden staff specially given by the emperor and walked into the court on foot.

At the same time, Li Tao, who was stationed outside, was also urgently recalled to the court to discuss politics together.

But Li Jing didn't see it, the crown prince Li Chengqian. Instead, Li Tai, the king of Wei, appeared in the court!

At this moment, Li Jing already knew everything in his heart - East Palace, I'm afraid it's going to be replaced!

Today, the court will discuss the matter of "moving people into Lan" again.

The eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others are still strongly opposed. Wei Zheng was almost blind in both eyes, but he also objected to the oral recital.

Li Jing came forward. He started from a long-term plan to state the interests and disadvantages, and strongly advocated supporting the move of relocating people to Lan!

Originally, when it came to power, Li Jing was almost white; The eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling, the two major chiefs and assistants of the dynasty, Li Jing has no strength to compete with them. But in terms of fame, qualifications, especially in the army, and the ability to grasp major military affairs, Li Jing is unmatched!

He usually speaks little and rarely participates in political affairs, and he never deliberately shows himself, and what he says - loudly!

Li Tao is a very smart person, although he is stationed outside the army and does not know much about the matter of "moving people into Lan". But since the emperor deliberately recalled him, it was obvious that he was asking him to give a "reasonable" opinion.

So, he came up with his own opinions very reasonably, expressed his agreement with Li Jing's statement, agreed to move the people into Lanzhou, strengthen Lanzhou, and use this as a basis for ambitious plans!

Now it's all right. The former and current commanders, who represent the highest authority of the army, have all stood up to express their support for the relocation of the people to Lan. The eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling, the ministers who have the right to speak in the government, even if they have thousands of classics and thousands of reasons in their stomachs, they can't say the word "military power"!

The Tang Dynasty is martial and attaches great importance to military merits. Soldiers have always been true to their word when discussing politics. Because they often represent the highest interests of the army and the direction of military development of the entire country!

Li Shimin was the emperor and the most senior "statesman"; But in his bones, he is also a soldier, an emperor who immediately seized the world. It is not the same as the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, who are literati with deep-rooted Confucianism!

This time, his concepts and ideas, and military strategists like Li Jing and Li Tao, have reached a united front!

……

This round of morning court discussion did not stop until after noon. In the end, the major national policy of "moving people into Lan" was actually approved!

As Li Shimin said, this time, from the standpoint of history and the nation, he violated his imperial skills and made such a gambling decision that was close to "tragic"!

Although they still hold an opposing attitude, the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling, the important ministers of the court, can only fulfill their duties and do their best to implement the decisions that the emperor has made.

It's going to be a huge, huge project. More than 100,000 military dependents want to enter Lanzhou, but it is more than 100 times more difficult than requisitioning 100,000 troops to go to Lanzhou!

This huge project began to be carried out after the pilgrimage meeting on this day......

A few days later, the Lanzhou Governor's Office received a holy decree - the imperial court approved Lanzhou's move of "moving people into Lanzhou" and was about to be implemented! And designated the "person in charge" of Lanzhou who is responsible for the implementation and deployment of this national policy, that is-Qin Mubai!

At this moment, whether it was the Xue family brothers or Qin Shubao, even Qin Mubai himself was a little bit unconvinced that this was the truth!

Originally, they didn't have much hope, because the possibility of approval was almost infinitely close to Ling. The generals jointly signed the letter, and they were even ready to be scolded. Unexpectedly, waiting for this shocking and surprising result!

"San Lang, after Tuntian, it is the relocation of the people into the Lan ......" Qin Shubao said to his son, "Which one of these browns is a major matter related to the national line!" Can you handle it? ”

"Writing history – someone has to do something like that." Qin Mubai smiled slightly, "Why can't it be me?" It's not so much about bearing it, it's more like it's - enjoyment! ”