In history, Li Shimin once sent troops from Luoyang to conquer Goguryeo in February of the 19th year of Zhenguan, but this attack on Goguryeo was not very smooth, although he laid down a lot of Goguryeo's land, and also eliminated a lot of Goguryeo troops, but he failed to destroy Goguryeo before the winter came, and Liaodong in winter had no way to fight, so he had to return to the court.

It can be said that this is the only time that Li Shimin ascended the throne as the emperor, but he failed to achieve the strategic goal, which made Li Shimin ashamed of his life, and under the annoyance and anger, he began to use asymmetric warfare against Goguryeo in the second year.

As a result, after a few years of tossing, Goguryeo also begged the Tang Dynasty for mercy again and again, and even the prince was sent to Chang'an to ask the Tang Dynasty for guilt, but Li Shimin ignored it, relying on the strong national strength of the Tang Dynasty to bully the small country, and as a result, the people of Goguryeo were bored, and later Li Zhi also inherited his father's policy, and after grinding for a few years, he destroyed the dying Goguryeo, which shows the depth of Li Shimin's resentment against Goguryeo.

Thinking of what Li Shimin did in history, and hearing that he now feels that the way of "asymmetric warfare" is a little unjust, Li Xiu will naturally feel a little funny, and it seems that Li Shimin, like ordinary people, will only learn some lessons after suffering hardships.

"Your Majesty, the minister is very supportive of this asymmetrical war proposed by the concubine, with his own strengths, attack the other's shortcomings, so as to achieve the maximum effect at the minimum cost, this is also the essence of the art of war, and the territory of Goguryeo is mountainous, and there are strong cities in dangerous places, and it is not easier to attack than the Turks, so if you can consume the strength of Goguryeo with a small force, it will be easier to achieve a fatal blow when the other party is exhausted, so please think twice!" The eldest grandson Wuji also stood up at this time and clearly stated his attitude.

The eldest grandson Wuji originally had concerns about attacking Goguryeo, but he couldn't think of a way to persuade Li Shimin for a while, and now this asymmetric war proposed by Li Xiu is also a war, but it is only a small force of troops to harass, and it will take several years to be effective, and when Goguryeo's strength is weakened, it will be more certain to attack again.

"The war is only about the result, not the process, Your Majesty is going to get the country immediately, and you must know this better than the minister!" Li Xiu also took advantage of the situation to persuade at this time, he believed that Li Shimin would not care about benevolence and righteousness, but after becoming an emperor, he sometimes had to worry about his reputation as an emperor.

Seeing that the opinions of the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Xiu were so unified, this made Li Shimin feel a little helpless, although he was more inclined to send troops directly, and even personally commanded the army to go out, after all, he had not led troops for nearly ten years since he became emperor, but even his two most confidant ministers did not cause his thoughts, let alone other ministers.

Thinking of the above, Li Shimin could only nod and said: "Okay, since you all think that this asymmetrical war method is feasible, then I will summon Li Jing and the others tomorrow to discuss it and let them formulate a detailed plan as soon as possible!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Xiu and eldest grandson Wuji saw that Li Shimin had finally given up his original idea, and they were all relieved at the moment, if Li Shimin directly sent troops to Goguryeo, with the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty, it might be possible to destroy Goguryeo, but the risk of doing so was too great, the Tang Dynasty had just begun to develop steadily, and it was really not worth taking such a big risk to attack a small country.

"By the way, the bank will be officially open tomorrow, is there anything else to do besides letting me put the inventory into the bank?" Li Shimin asked again at this time, in fact, when he was at the court meeting before, he found that Li Xiu didn't seem to have something to say, so he asked again at this time.

"This ...... Your Majesty, the minister still has an idea, but it may embarrass His Majesty. Li Xiu hesitated for a moment before speaking, he had this idea for a long time, but he had never told anyone.

"Oh? What thoughts can make it difficult for me? Li Shimin couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard this.

"This ...... That's the case, the minister hopes that Your Majesty can hand over the matter of distributing the money to the hundred officials to our bank! Li Xiu hesitated again at this time before speaking.

"How can your bank issue money to hundreds of officials?" When Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji heard Li Xiu's words, they almost asked in unison, and their faces were also full of incredible expressions, as if it was a very incredible thing for the bank to issue a stipend.

Perhaps in later generations, whether it was an official or a private person, the salary was almost directly to the card, because their salary only included money, but in ancient times, the official's salary was very complicated, copper money was only a small part of it, most of them were cloth, grain and other physical objects, in addition to all kinds of messy daily necessities.

For example, take the prime minister of the head of the hundred officials as an example, the prime minister has 400 stones of rice every year, 9 hectares of vocational fields, and nine plates of regular food every day, the so-called food materials, in fact, include fine rice, japonica rice, noodles, wine, mutton, sauce, vinegar, etc., and even various vegetables, and there are rewards of gold and silverware, miscellaneous colors every year, and five sets of clothes worn on various occasions are ordered every year.

It is precisely because almost all of the Tang officials' salaries are in kind, so in the hearts of Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji, the fortunes have nothing to do with the bank, and Li Xiu's proposal to have the bank distribute the officials' salaries is naturally a little unturnable for a while.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that my Tang Dynasty officials' Yulu is too messy, although the Yulu is comprehensive, and almost all the items needed in the official's life are distributed, but these things can actually be converted into copper coins, so the minister thinks that instead of issuing physical goods, it is better to convert them all into copper coins, and then distribute them by the bank, so that the imperial court can also save the trouble of procurement!" Li Xiu said very solemnly at this time.

It is from these people that Li Xiu learned how much manpower and material resources the household department has invested in the distribution of the money, because the distribution is in kind, and it is natural to purchase and transport, fortunately, most of these people are annual money, that is, they receive it once a year, but there are also miscellaneous items received every month.

"Convert all the money into copper coins?" Li Shimin couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard Li Xiu's suggestion, and then showed a contemplative expression, after all, since the Xia Shang Zhou period, officials and nobles have been issued in kind, and officials are also accustomed to receiving in kind, but now rashly changing the money into copper coins may make many people unacceptable for a while.

"Your Majesty, the minister remembers that when the minister received the Yulu last year, he asked his subordinates to prepare seven or eight carriages to pull, and there were too many officials who went to receive the Yulu that day, and it took a long time to get in line. Li Xiu spoke again at this time.

In fact, Li Xiu has said very politely, most of the officials are issued once a year, and every year when it comes to the day of the payment, the household is like a war, although everyone has it, but sometimes there is a long queue, and the temper naturally becomes irritable, so every year when receiving the money, there will almost be some conflicts and contradictions, such as last year, because the materials prepared by the household department were insufficient, the officials behind did not receive it, and as a result, many angry people sued the household department to the court, and there were too many people involved in this matter. In the end, Li Shimin could only try to mediate as much as possible.

In addition, there are miscellaneous items issued every month, which are also a large part, because the miscellaneous items are issued for a short period of time and must be collected within three days, but there are many officials in Chang'an, and as a result, a bunch of people are crowded in the household department, which will cause the road to be congested every time, so Jin Wuwei has to send more people to the household department every time to maintain law and order and ease traffic.

It is precisely because of the fact that there are so many drawbacks in the distribution of officials' salaries, and the banks also need to increase some credit, after all, even the officials' salaries are collected from the banks, which can naturally reassure more businessmen, so Li Xiu made this request to Li Shimin, of course, it is not easy to make Li Shimin nod, after all, the power of tradition is also very powerful, even if there are many benefits to converting physical objects into copper coins, it is impossible for everyone to oppose them, so if it is really implemented, there must be a lot of resistance.

I saw that after Li Shimin heard Li Xiu's words, he frowned again and thought about it for a long time, and then turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Wuji next to him and said, "Wuji, what do you think?" ”

"This ......" Eldest Sun Wuji couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw Li Shimin asking himself, because this matter concerns all officials, and if one is not done well, it is likely to offend all officials, and I am afraid that even he will feel unbearable at that time, so he is also very cautious about this matter.

"Your Majesty, converting the physical object into copper money does save the imperial court a lot of trouble, but it also makes sense for Yulu to distribute physical goods, because in the past, when the war was raging, all kinds of prices soared, and copper coins may not be able to buy all kinds of materials, in order to protect the lives of officials, so Yulu only includes various materials such as clothing, food, housing and transportation, of course, I Datang is now in the country and the people, but I don't have to worry about these, but the officials have been accustomed to physical objects, so the minister feels that this matter also needs to be carefully considered!" The eldest grandson Wuji was also very slippery, and even gave an ambiguous answer, saying so much is equivalent to saying it in vain.

Seeing that even the eldest Sun Wuji didn't dare to support him anymore, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly, but fortunately, he had already known that there was a lot of resistance to this matter, so he had already thought of a way to deal with it.