Donkey, this time you went on the expedition, but the palace finally won it from Lao Qi.

Lao Qi didn't tell Bengong Ming, but the queen did. Lao Qi thinks that you have no military merits, you can't serve as a general, and naturally you can't be the commander of this Shenji battalion.

This expedition, the palace has won you a chance, if you can make military achievements, this palace is also good to ask the seventh to give you a promotion. ”

In the Anhua Eldest Princess's Mansion, the eldest princess of Anhua is putting on armor for Zhang Lian, the horse who is about to go on the expedition, and telling her some things.

Although the Chinese New Year is approaching, the imperial court still issued an edict a year ago.

With Cui Anqian as the envoy and the general manager of Pingnan, he was responsible for commanding the Zuo Longwu Army, Zuo Wuwei, the Zhennan Governor's Mansion, the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate and the Sichuan Provincial Army to be responsible for the battle of Nanzhao.

The reason why it is Cui Anqian is because Li Ye does not have too many available people on his hands.

Liu Kui, Li Hong and others can stand alone, but one is in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and the other is in the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate.

Ge Congzhou is a general, and he is also in the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, which is not suitable.

Liu Qi himself was not fit to be responsible for directing such operations.

Others, Xiang Wang Yanzhang, Yang Shihou, Liu Jun, Qin Yi'an, Zhong Wei and others, are either too shallow in their qualifications, or have such and such problems.

Wang Jian has this ability, but because of his large-scale expansion of his cronies' troops, Li Ye doesn't believe him very much.

Originally, the Zhennan Governor's Office was responsible for the war in Nanzhao, which was understandable, but Li Ye finally sent Cui Anqian.

In this operation, Li Ye can be regarded as a big hand.

In addition to Zuo Longwu Army and Zuo Wuwei, there were 5,000 infantry and 3,000 Shenji battalions reinforced by Sichuan Dao.

Under the Zhennan Governor's Mansion, the Jianchang Governor's Mansion has 7,000 soldiers and horses, the Huichuan Governor's Mansion has 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the Zhennan Governor's Mansion has 8,000 troops directly under the Governor's Mansion.

That's actually more than 80,000 people here.

Of course, not all of them will be dispatched, Zuo Wuwei will be stationed in Chengdu, but it will not be dispatched at the beginning, and the Zhennan Governor's Mansion will also leave a part of the army.

Of the 80,000 people, 50,000 people were dispatched.

and on the south side, each of the three pipes drew a thousand men; Lingnan Dongdao dispatched 3,000 soldiers and horses; In addition, the Protectorate of Annam will also send 15,000 men to participate in the war.

The army from Annam's side was 21,000 men.

This is equivalent to about 70,000 people on this expedition.

The scale of 70,000 people is not small, the standing army of Nanzhao is 30,000 people, and there were a lot of losses in the previous civil strife, and Duan Baolong took away part of the army.

Although Zheng Maisi took power, he made up for the shortage of the army and expanded the army to 40,000 people, but the overall strength was still weakened a lot.

70,000 against 40,000, plus there is Zuo Wuwei waiting in Chengdu, if Cui Anqian can't solve Nanzhao, then his military career can be declared over.

Now that the Cui family is withering in the imperial court, if his pillar falls, the Cui family will not know if he wants to return to the imperial court.

Zhang Lian led the three Shenji battalions, one Shenji Gun and two musketeers.

The reason why there is no Shence General Cannon is because it is inconvenient to carry, and the road from Chengdu to the Zhennan Governor's Mansion is not easy to walk.

In addition, the Zuo Longwu Army carried the Tiance cannon, so there was no need to bring the Shence General cannon.

"Don't worry, princess, if this battle is not successful, it will be benevolent." Zhang Lian said in high spirits.

"Don't!"

The eldest princess of Anhua hurriedly covered the horse's mouth, "Don't say those words, just come back alive." ”

"Rest assured, princess. After I left, the princess also took care of her body in Beijing, waiting for my triumphant return. Zhang Lian reminded.

For this expedition, Li Ye attached great importance to it, so he personally sent it outside the city.

The scale of the army led by Cui Anqian is not large, just the Shenji battalion of the three capitals, plus some personal entourage, less than 4,000 people, because the army is in Chengdu Mansion or Zhennan Governor's Mansion.

However, in the crowd of farewells, there were people with a lot of thoughts.

That's Rumbling.

But he knew that his nephew was not at ease, and he was waiting to cross the river and tear down the bridge at any time.

However, he learned through Li Yu that the Tang people had dispatched an army of 100,000, and if his nephew really came to Hu, what would be the result?

"Father, why are you so sad? Tang Jun went to help Nanzhao, shouldn't we be happy? Shun Huaqing saw her father with a sad face, and was a little puzzled.

"No, it's just a pity that I can't personally lead the army to quell the rebellion." Long Tengqiang smiled, who knows the sorrow in his heart?

"I didn't expect my father to have such ambitions, and when the rebellion is put down, my father can ask His Majesty to lead the troops, right?"

Shun Huaqing thought that things were still too simple, but Long Teng didn't explain, after all, there was no need for her to know about these things.

Cui Anqian is responsible for the attack on Nanzhao, and how to fight is his business.

As the emperor, Li Ye also has his own things to be busy with.

At this time, when he saw Li Yu, the head of the household, Li Ye's head was big.

It's not because I see Li Mi's head is big, but because I see the letter that Li Mi handed over.

This is nothing else, it is equivalent to a final summary of the population statistics, on which there are the number of household registrations and the number of people in each province.

Demographics are not counted every year, but every two years.

The last time it happened in the ninth year of Qianning, it will be the twelfth year of Qianning immediately, and the population of the 11th year up to Qianning has been counted.

The top three provinces in terms of population, Sichuan Province and Shannan West Road still rank first and second, and the combined population of the two provinces has exceeded 10 million.

The result of the household statistics is 8.39 million households, with a total of 47.24 million people.

That's a lot of households, right?

It's quite a lot, but the total population is not large, and it's not evenly distributed.

Sichuan Province and Shannan West Province, which ranked first and second, accounted for a quarter of the population, while Henan Province and Qilu Province, which were supposed to be densely populated in later generations, had not yet recovered due to the war.

The third is Huainan, and the fourth is Zhejiang Province, which has not been established for a long time.

Therefore, the current population of Datang is mainly located in the southwest and southeast regions.

The reason for Li Ye's big head is that the population is too small.

If his ambitions are to be satisfied, a sufficient population, especially young adults, is indispensable.

"Two Aiqing, is there anything you can do to increase the population? This population increase is always tepid, and I can't even see it. Li Ye almost didn't grab his hair, "Or is it like the Han Dynasty, where women don't marry when they reach the age of 15 and don't pay poll tax?" ”

Thinking of the Han Dynasty's method of increasing the population, Li Ye was also a little moved, but it was a little unfair to women. Of course, Li Ye is not interested in advocating women's rights in this era, and in terms of all dynasties, the status of women in the Tang Dynasty is the highest.

"Your Majesty, this method is also feasible, but is 15 years old too young? I thought I could raise it to 16 years old. Li Mi doesn't think there's anything wrong with this, after all, there is a precedent.

"What about the other way? Is there any other way? Li Ye asked.

"At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was a precedent for widows to remarry, if you want to increase the population, you can also try this.

A time is stipulated that a woman must marry within half a year after she is widowed, otherwise a poll tax will also be levied. Li Mi also got into the eyes of money.

"Since this is mentioned, how about shortening the time for the woman's mourning to one year?" Li Ye thought of something.

"Your Majesty, this is not allowed." Li Mi hurriedly persuaded.

Shortening it to one year means that the mourning period is the same for both men and women, and the group of people in the Ministry of Rites will definitely disagree.

"Let the Ministry of Rites figure out a way to do this, and it has to be shortened anyway. By the way, Li Zhen, you remember, and then take the time to talk about weddings and funerals.

I read the "Household Marriage Law" a few days ago, who made it up? What good and low cannot marry, and Shishu cannot marry, they all have to be changed. Li Ye reminded emphatically.

"Your Majesty, is this appropriate?"

Li Zhen didn't feel anything, but Li Yu was a little worried.

"How is it not appropriate?"

"Your Majesty, the family has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even if the "Household Marriage Law" is changed, I am afraid it will not have much effect." Li Mi replied.

"It doesn't matter, I just think the law is a little unreasonable, and it's their business that those people value the right people, but the law has to be changed.

There is also a distinction between household registration levels, which must also be changed. ”

"Your Majesty, revising the law is a big deal, and this is the New Year soon?" Li Mi hesitated.

"The cabinet will put this matter on the agenda first, and we will talk about it after the next year, but the law should be repaired." After Li Ye read through those laws, he found too many unreasonablenesses.

Although not all of them had to be changed according to his wishes, the matter of changing the law had to be put on the agenda.

"Your Majesty, the minister has another suggestion to increase the population, but I don't know if it is in line with His Majesty's intentions, and this suggestion is somewhat unacceptable." Li Zhen said suddenly.

"What a suggestion, tell me about it!"

Li Ye's interest came suddenly.