Chapter 60: The Direction of the Wind
Ashina Wenbo stirred up Li Zhi's sealing Zen.
Li Zhi was so angry that he jumped like thunder, which once again proved that he didn't understand military affairs, and in desperation, he had to call Li Wei and several prime ministers to discuss matters. sat down and was very apprehensive to his son. No matter what hindered part of his imperial power, his military talent was better than his own. But there is also a benefit, because he is an "insider", so when he saw his son coming, his mood calmed down.
"Hong'er, what do you think?"
"It must be stopped, otherwise the momentum will be great, and if a country is really formed, our dynasty will not emphasize martial arts, and it will inevitably pose a serious threat to the people on the border of Hebei and Hedong in the future, but will send many conventional troops, which will cause a heavy burden on the country. However, the troops requisitioned last year were all disbanded, and it took several months to re-recruit them, so the border states and counties were ordered to defend them tightly, so as not to let the Turkic rebellion hurt more people. ”
This is the disadvantage of the government military system, the government soldiers are for the people in their leisure time, and they are soldiers in wartime, and the burden on the state is less, so that the early Tang Dynasty can quickly move from chaos to governance. At that time, there were many advantages, but after a long time, the disadvantages came out. When it wants to use troops, the state cannot immediately send troops.
Li Zhi didn't think of any advantages and disadvantages, it was a decent suggestion, and said: "Yes, Pei Qing, you write."
Pei Yan immediately wrote it out and issued it to the border states and counties.
Li Wei said again: "But father, don't worry. Riots are not good, but they are also opportunities. When our dynasty was first established, the people were less than half of what they are now, their finances were poor, and they did not have all the sharp weapons they have now. However, the soldiers won every battle. There are various reasons, but the lack of actual combat among the soldiers is also an important point. As long as it is extinguished in time, this Turkic riot ...... It's not going to be a big harm yet. But there are some problems to be seen, although harmony is precious. Living in peace, the country has no burden, and there are no casualties among the people and soldiers. However, we want to make peace, but these Huyi think that they are weak and can be bullied, and the more they are cared for, the more they are not cared for, and in turn they are strengthened, which fuels their arrogance and contempt and ambition. The combination of grace and power is the king. There is grace and softness, and there is majesty and strictness. ”
After saying that, several people pondered together.
"I have always been peace-oriented, and it has been soft. Emperor Taizong considered that the country had been in turmoil for a long time, and the people had withered...... Chaos is the rule, rest and recuperate. But we can't make the mistake of thinking that Taizong emphasized literature over military force, and he has always attached great importance to Emperor Taizong. Despite the country's rule, from time to time it opens its borders. It is not for the sake of opening the edge, but also a kind of training for the soldiers. Domestically, this is the root and the stem, but maintaining some expansionist ambitions moderately will help the country. Otherwise, the country will become more and more introverted, and there will inevitably be foreign insults. ”
"Emperor, I think Your Majesty's words are very reasonable, and it is time for reflection. Civil rule is the foundation of the country, but military rule is the guarantee of the state. As early as more than a thousand years ago, the minister saw that the government soldiers had many drawbacks......" Liu Renliang echoed.
"So Hong'er, what do you think?"
Erchen believed that the state should properly select strong soldiers from among some veterans, give them formal salaries, and become a permanent army. These soldiers extend their service time, allowing them to bring in the old and the new, and maintain the combat effectiveness of the army. Besides, there are several powerful armies on the border, which can quickly and maneuver and take the initiative. Even if you don't attack, staying at the border is a threat. "In fact, the Tang Dynasty had already begun to do this, and many of the confined areas had garrisons.
But the scale is not large, and the system is not good, indiscriminately, some poor children are left in the garrison. Not even a single paycheck. But these families, who live in poverty, still count on them to be the main labor force in the family. After staying for a long time, it has become a tired army. There are even some local governments that do not do a good job of not giving them the corresponding land, and they can still collect taxes from their families. Therefore, the morale of the garrison was not high and the combat effectiveness declined, which also led to the contempt of the various departments in the fetter area.
has a foundation, but Li Wei points to the essence. The scale will be larger than it is now, otherwise it will not be able to take the initiative. Second, it is equivalent to a formal conscription system. However, Li Wei also has scruples in his heart, since he has been the emperor for more than a year, he has implemented many major things, not only the credit, but he doesn't care about this. He is the lord of half of the world, and in a few years he will be the lord of the whole world, and there is no need to grab this credit. But every change involves a dispute of interests. Therefore, he did not dare to take too hasty steps, and said slowly: "If we take corresponding measures, such as giving them appropriate time to save their relatives, and the local government will make some subsidies for their families, then it is possible to extend their service time to thirty-five years old, and even some people can extend it to forty years old." However, it is also necessary for the state to have sufficient financial security. ”
"Exactly," Wu Zetian suddenly said from behind the curtain.
At the end of the day, you have to have money.
If there is money, the whole country can build water and water, and it can be carried out immediately. If there is money, this conscription system can be implemented. But that item requires a lot of money, and I don't know how much it will cost to build water and water across the country. None of the officials of the household department dared to calculate.
In order to meet Li Wei's requirements, the conscription system must have at least 100,000 permanent troops. Coupled with the garrisons in various places and a large number of generals, the burden of a year is not a small amount.
"Queen Mother, this is not in a hurry. It is still empty talk to focus on domestic affairs, which is not good at home, and there is no sufficient human and financial support. Erchen is just an idea, when the country has a full, enough money to discuss. The matter of returning the Turks, they got the weapons of the imperial court, and the Hui people also wanted to grow, they echoed in the rear, and the imperial court sent a large army again, and the rebellion was just around the corner. ”
The son said that it was okay, and it would be okay.
If there is a loss, there will be a gain. The situation in the country, for some, is an opportunity.
In recent years, the emergence of some industries and navigation has brought a great impact on the country. Not only taxes, but also large families and businessmen have received more benefits. Originally, there was some capital in hand, and the capital was accumulated, and every family had a lot of wealth in their hands.
Navigation is also in the midst of controversy, gradually growing.
But how many famous families are there in the country, how many big families, how many big landlords and big businessmen are there? The quota was only in the early two hundred, and many people did not participate in the division of this big cake in time. The five surnames and seven families secretly joined forces to force the imperial court to open the sea ban, and many people immediately participated.
There are all kinds of strange reasons, some can be put on the table to talk about it, such as the two bans are short, and we have not yet got the news to end it, which is unfair, such as not only bringing taxes to the imperial court, but also opening up territory for the imperial court, such as the current need for the imperial court, we can also donate some money to support the imperial court. But it's more about messing around.
Some are directly sparse, while others are secretly encouraging officials to read and sparse, and the methods are varied. Especially the five surnames and seven families, well-informed, although it seems that the imperial court uses soldiers, but it is no longer a Zen seal, plus this year's wind and rain...... He also received a large amount of money from the Japanese people, although he took out a large sum of money to ransom the part. But it seems that the Turks are vulnerable and do not need much military spending. The imperial court has not expressed its position, and has missed this opportunity, although His Majesty has made a promise, but he is angry about the wait-and-see this spring, and it will be difficult to have it again in the future.
However, Li Zhi still did not express his position, and all kinds of negligence were not reported.
Li Wei felt a little strange, it was not a few years ago, it was difficult to implement, everyone could not see the benefits, only the disadvantages...... Emphasizing profit over righteousness, relaxing the common people, and dying in the sea for profit. Now that we see the benefits, we have further expanded the scale of the company, not only by tariffs and this "donation", but also by exporting a large number of them, but also by taxing the various workshops. Anyway, the sea was not a country in the Tang Dynasty that was sailing, and the Great Cannibals, Shizi Guoren, merchants from some countries in the South China Sea, and even a small number of Silla people participated in it. Why didn't my father agree, but it was not easy to ask directly if he let go of what he said, so he called Di Renjie.
Di Renjie said: "The minister has been thinking about this issue for the past two days. It was the minister's negligence. ”
"Where's that?"
"Your Majesty, after Emperor Taizong ascended to the throne, why did he slightly suppress the wealthy families in Shandong?"
"It's their high ...... No, at the beginning of the founding of our dynasty, there was very little support from the wealthy families in Shandong, and Gaozu deliberately wooed the country not long after the founding of the country, in order to rule the country smoothly. But when it came to Taizong, the situation changed again. ”
"yes."
Li Wei wiped the sweat from his head, reflecting on some of his immature thoughts in the past few years. It turned out that Li Yuan wanted to get close to the Li family in Longxi, and there was this intention in it.
Di Renjie is not surprised, he thought about it for a long time before he figured out this section, His Majesty is young after all, and it is not easy to think of a ride. He said, "Your Majesty, but what about the Emperor and the Queen Mother?" ”
"Yes......" was cold sweating again, is this consistent with history?
The Taiyuan royal family has a queen and a queen, which is a personal grudge. Including Wang Fangyi, it has nothing to do with the entire family. But the main group that opposed the mother was the emerging aristocracy of Guanlong and Daibei, and the Shandong gate valve was watching, and the Shu clan had nothing to do with it. Therefore, after the mother was in history, she immediately forcibly suppressed the Guanlong nobles and the children of the clan. then wooed the landlords of the Shu nationality, and even showed favor to the wealthy families in Shandong, which won valuable respite for the various gates in Shandong, and laid the cornerstone for Zheng Bantang and Cui Bantang later.
The wind is changing. It turned out to be a west wind, and the horse was about to blow a southeast wind.
I thought about it a lot.
Including the door shade system used by Li Shimin, it can be understood. An emperor is not an emperor who can give orders, and the puppet emperors of history do not know how many, such as the Eastern Jin Dynasty moved south, and the voices of the two families of King Xie were louder than the emperor, even if Wang Dun was wrong, the Wang family still presided over the government.
This requires the support of a group of people, even if it is a stable country, but also the support of a group. If you want them to support you, you have to give back to them. This has nothing to do with the common people, at any time, you can say that the water can light the lamp, the common people are a vulnerable group, it will not change for a thousand years, and it will not change for two thousand years.
The Tang Dynasty would have taken into account the interests of those people. Jiangnan and Jiangzuo gate valves have been weakened. It will not consider some indigenous forces in Lingnan. Then what is left is nothing more than the emerging gate valves of Guanlong and Daibei, the magnates, the Shandong gate valves, and the emerging Shu landlords.
Ninety percent of the officials and soldiers of the imperial court came from these four groups.
After thinking about this verse, Li Wei became dazed and more alert.
For the sake of the country's longevity and for the people, it is the common people who think about it the most. If you don't carefully balance the interests of all parties, so that most of the time, they also benefit, then this moment will become very dangerous.
The father disagreed, not only the father, but also the mother, who was putting pressure on the wealthy families in Shandong, and could not throw himself into it, but also showed favor to them.
And he was stupid, pretending to be high, maintaining the concentration of imperial power, and the country's orders to capture ...... and remove obstacles to the country's future. Said: "Di Qing, your question is an enlightenment. ”
"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter much, according to the ministers, about the Queen Mother, I also figured out this section."
Thinking about it, it is very likely that this is the case, after all, the mother is also an extremely strong person. It is more difficult for her to bow her head, this is a decision made by her mother in advance due to her own pressure. said: "But in this way, it is more difficult, the common people are the mainstream of the country after all, not considering them, only considering the people of the lower classes, the country is more unequal, and the country has no future." I...... How do I do that? "To be continued
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