Chapter 86 Eve (3)

Under the search of a large number of scouts, Wang Fangyi finally circled two candidates, one is called Ashina Xuanpu and the other is called Ashina Kehe. He asked his subordinates to invite these two people, and Li Wei talked to them, and he didn't say what he wanted to invite them, and talked seemingly casually. Some questions were inadvertently raised for discussion.

In fact, it is a final inspection. One is to look at their talents, it is not possible to do without talents, like Ashinazhen, the court used him as a khan, which did not play a good role, but played a serious counterproductive role. It depends on their attitude towards the Tang Dynasty and their attitude towards the Turgish. The attitude towards the Tang Dynasty must have a heart of fear, and the attitude towards the Turks must have a heart of self-reliance.

The previous one is easy to do, take a look, listen to it, and don't want them to be Genghis Khan, it's just the same. The latter one has contradictions and conflicts, both self-reliance and loyalty to the Tang Dynasty. Li Wei had no way to solve this conflict, so he had to take one step at a time.

After talking for a while, Li Wei chose the latter, his words were sincere and humble, and his attitude towards the common people was also compassionate.

After deciding on the candidate, Li Wei asked Hu Seluo and Tang Xiujing to start cutting the Tuqi Shi, cutting the Che Nose Shi and some other small parts from the Tu Cai Shi, and using Hu Sero's mouth to confer Ashina Kehe as the Ye Hu of the Che Nose Shi Department. He also made a book, chose a territory on the shore of Yibo Sea, set up Chebi Shizhou, and let Ashina Kehe be the assassin.

The people of the Tuqishi tribe dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and almost all the nobles in the clan let the Tang Dynasty arrest them, how to resist. In addition to anger, there is also worry, afraid that the Tang Army will exterminate them like the people who swallow the face. This incident also had a great impact on other ministries.

Only then did Li Wei gather the chiefs of the various ministries, mainly the Wulu Division.

He also called Wu Zhile, and did not talk about immigration at first, but talked about taxation: "There are endless rebellions in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and our dynasty has to send troops and collect some taxes, which is also caused by yourself." Of course, the bad conduct of some officials in our DPRK is also one thing. Today, I would like to make the tax clear, and every year seven families will pay a good horse, or the equivalent of cattle and sheep grain, gold and silver. The four towns of Yuxiaoye, Qiuzi, Khotan, and Shule are nearby. ”

In the hearts of the Tang Dynasty, some people regarded the land of bondage as the territory of the Tang Dynasty, while some people regarded them as foreign countries and foreign countries, and it was best to throw them away, but Li Wei did not have these two views in his heart. The understanding of the place of bondage is like the imperial robe on his body, he is the emperor, but only a small half of the emperor. That is to say, it is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and only a small half of the edge. I don't agree with this policy either.

For example, the Hezhong region is said to be the territory of the Tang Dynasty, if you don't come to manage it, is it a joke? This is the case in both the Western Regions and the Desert, the imperial court has spent countless costs and died many strong men, and in the end it may not really become the land of the Tang Dynasty. In this way, it is better to use force to brutally overthrow everything like the Great Cannibal, and whether it will continue for a long time in the future, at least for the time being, it can bring a lot of benefits and tribute to the country and the people.

It is not that it has to be integrated, but at least like the later one country, two systems, the imperial court has great jurisdictional advantages, a certain amount of taxation, and the cultural language is to take the cultural language of the Tang Dynasty as the mainstream, moving closer to centralized power. Each fiefdom may retain certain rights, but cannot retain military power.

The fetters system promoted by the Tang Dynasty has been "deeply rooted in the hearts of the people", and Li Wei has no way to change it. Unless there is a whole clan riot like ***, it will be completely overthrown and restarted. So Li Wei had to make some fine-tuning and strengthen management.

Immigration is the first step, and taxation is the second step.

The simpler the tax, the better, and the beef leg tax implemented by the Gar father and son in Tibet was moved. When the Tibetans occupied the Western Regions, this tax was also implemented, but it was replaced by four households and one horse, and the four households and one horse were not heavy, but in fact, in the end, there were more than one household and one horse, and then later, even the pants were taken off and brought to the city of Luo.

The price of a horse in the Central Plains is very high, but in the Western Regions, the value of a good horse in a district is only about fifteen. Inferior horses may be less than ten. Nor could they be expected to take out all the best horses of the tribe, so they divided it evenly, and each household paid only two less taxes.

But there are a lot of people.

Li Wei estimated that from Suzhou to the west, from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains to Jinshan, there may be more than 4 million people of all ethnic groups, 700,000 to 800,000 households, only from Anxi to Xiaye, if the whole clan mobilizes to help, it can support 400,000 troops (when the Turgish were strong later, they occupied two-thirds of the territory in this area, and won 300,000 troops). The imperial court has not made specific statistics, and the composition is complicated, and once the tax is levied, it will be reduced by half. But just like that, if you can collect more than 400,000 households, there will be nearly 800,000 or so taxes. With this tax, it is enough to maintain the entire military operation of the Western Regions, and a large number of immigrants will ensure the supply of soldiers and food and grass, and the harm of the Western Regions will be reduced by half.

But there was some hesitation in everyone's eyes.

Li Wei knew what they were thinking, and said: "This will become a rule, and in the future, no matter if any general appointed by the imperial court comes over, no other name will be allowed to increase taxes, including the adoption of supplies, and they must be purchased from the ministries with money and silk at the market price." Either when there is a military operation against a foreign enemy, the ministries must undertake military service. With the exception of these two articles, officials are not allowed to harass ministries under any pretext. ”

"That's good." Several chiefs replied loudly together.

The Tang Dynasty has been vague about this before, some officials are not good, and some are special circumstances, like Du Huaibao, maybe he wants to be corrupt, maybe it is true that the Tang Dynasty has increased the army, and it is impossible to make ends meet, so it has increased the collection of various ministries, so it has caused Ashina to be thin and reversed, and many tribes have responded.

Li Wei enacted a tax law, which became a law and made it transparent, which would reduce the burden on various ministries.

But it won't be like that, the ministries will find ways to evade taxes in the future, and the officials will also find ways to give birth to other famous places to fill their own pockets. It can only be said that something is better than nothing, and it will reduce the discord by half.

After agreeing to this matter, Li Weicai asked: "I have always been very incomprehensible, the imperial court treats you well, and the policy is only fettered, not like the Tubo people and the big cannibals, but why do you have to rebel from time to time?" ”

"Your Majesty, we don't."

"Then why has there been so many *** incidents in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains over the years, and some people even did not hesitate to collude with the Tubo people to invade?"

"That's not us."

Waiting for their words, Li Wei continued: "Since you don't want to betray the Tang Dynasty, why do you oppose immigration? Don't you know that the real role of emigration is to recruit a group of troops at any time and place to deal with rebellions and foreign enemies, and at the same time to have an adequate supply of food and grass? Can't you see that I chose the location of my migration in Broken Leaf because the Hezhong and Tocharian regions are threatened by the Great Eclipse, and I will focus on defending the safety of Hezhong and Tocharo in the future? ”

Deliberately confused, the final intention of the immigrants was to squeeze the space of the Turkic people. I don't know how many victims the Black Tooth Changzhi can get, but if he can get 200,000, after fertility and continuous migration, it is possible that in a few decades, the Western Regions will be able to reach 500,000, or even 1 million. In a hundred years, it may reach more than a million, two million. The land of the four wars, half ploughing and half pasture, can ensure a strong army, in that case, the Western Regions can really be regarded as the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, dealing with the Great Cannibal and defending Tocharian and the safety of the river is also one of the tasks, but it is not the biggest focus.

But can that person guess what Li Wei thinks in his heart?

The patriarch of the Huluwu clan opened his mouth wide and said, "I see. ”

"That's not the case, do you think that if you small tribes want to rebel, it is worth me to come in person, and bring twenty or thirty thousand horses over?"

This is **naked contempt, but thinking about the previous results, and then looking at the results of others, one by one cannot be refuted.

But after fighting the big cannibal, several people still came to their senses and said, "Your Majesty, let's participate too." ”

"If you don't participate, I'm going to forcibly pull you up. Moreover, Dashi has looted a lot of wealth in Persia, and it can also be used to develop the Western Regions, making the Western Regions more prosperous and becoming the most beautiful scenery in my Tang Dynasty. ”

"Yes, yes." It's more spiritual.

Li Wei then looked at Wu Zhile and said, "Wu Zhile, although you have made some mistakes, I will give you a chance to correct it." Don't play any tricks in the future, there are many people in this world who are smarter than you. It just so happened that all of you had come, and in two days' time, the envoys from all over the world would come, and we would discuss together. When the discussion is over, return with your family and men. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty," said Uzile, overjoyed, and bowed down. Although nearly one-third of the clansmen were cut off, it was better than sending them to Chang'an for the elderly.

Soon Shattered Leaf City was lively.

Even if the king does not come, it is also the uncle, brother and prince of the king, and the old queen mother who is in power in Anguo has personally rushed from Anguo in a chariot.

They were all weighty people, plus the various guards, and thousands of people came. Even some small tribes that have never come from the history books, such as the little chicken country with only *** hundred people in the south of Dong'an Kingdom, the king also came to visit Broken Leaves in person. In a small country with a big egg like this, there is a fart use, and it is purely for fun.

With so many people coming, not only did the emperor of the Tang Dynasty come to the Western Regions, but also this emperor released a promise that he might assist them in sending troops to eat.

The month of January had expired, and almost none of the major nations had been moved, and even Khoramazi, north of the city of Moufu, had quietly sent a prince to come and pay a respect.

Summoning the distinguished figures of various countries, Li Wei waited for them to finish the meeting, and then said: "I have two questions that I haven't figured out, please advise." First of all, we are thousands of miles away from Datang, why do we want to help you in the river countries? You don't have to say that you paid tribute, in less than ten years, Anguo alone paid taxes to the Great Food and looted wealth may reach 20 million dilem. With such a huge wealth, even if you pay tribute for a thousand years, it will not exceed 10 million dilem. Besides, when you paid tribute, did I give a grand reward? Besides, why don't you understand such a simple truth? The river area is long and thin, making it difficult to defend. There has been internal chaos in the Great Eclipse over the years, and Persia has not digested it. Once the interior is stable, Persia digests it. The next step must be Hezhong, first Anguo, then Kangguo, then Cao, Shiguo. If you want to escape, why can't you all work together? Don't talk about our Tang Dynasty, without your tribute, it will not have any impact on our Tang Dynasty. However, the big cannibals are good at fighting in the tropics, and after crossing the Tianshan Mountains, they will definitely be defeated. Even if they swallow your entire river, they will not endanger a piece of territory in the Tang Dynasty. Why did our Tang Dynasty have to lead a group of uncoordinated armies against one of the most powerful countries in the world, regardless of the terrain that was not good? Please give me a reason to send troops. ”

After saying that, Yang Chang left.

One by one, the kings and princes looked at each other.

After waiting for most of the day, Li Wei did not come back, and he also came to his senses, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty wanted something from them, and began to talk nonsense. After arguing for a day, Li Wei reappeared the next day.

The envoys of various countries immediately said that some would pay money, some would take the initiative to pay taxes, some would pay grain, and so on.

After listening to them, Li Wei spoke.

The first is to remove what kind of king and what queen mother you are together, you are all kings, and what do you have to do with our Tang Dynasty. This article was easy to agree to, and it was canonized by the Tang Dynasty very early. So the establishment of the Tang Dynasty more than ten years ago was restored again.

The second is to let their children enter Chang'an to study, and teach them the etiquette, culture, language, and writing of the Tang Dynasty, but not all cats and dogs can be stuffed into Chang'an, and these learned princes must become the heirs of the future ministries once they return to China. But Li Wei said emphatically: "It is for me to teach your heir how to be a good emperor in the future." ”

It is of two natures with hostages, in fact, it is to train the pro-Tang leaders of various countries in the future.

They all surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, what can they do if they don't pro-Tang? There was no objection either.

The third is grain, and the current difficulties must be passed, and goods will be exchanged for grain at an equivalent price with them. This is not a condition, a large number of goods will be transported from the inland of the Tang Dynasty, even if the countries in the river cannot digest it, they can also be transported to Byzantium, or sold as a large food. The Great Food occupied Persia, and there was no barrier to the trade routes, but the status of the merchants was relatively low, but there were still many merchants who continued to enter Khorasan to do business with Sestan. This condition is a little later, but Li Wei doesn't know how many people will be moved over, and if there is not enough food, he will ask for support from various countries. But not too much. The time is only one year, and once the river is cultivated, it will be self-sufficient next year, and there will be no need for further support from the river area.

"May I ask Your Majesty, how much food will be missing?" The king of Shi Guo asked.

If the business is developed, all will settle accounts. If the Tang Dynasty moved over a million people, it would not be able to bear it with the Hezhong region alone.

"It won't be too much, I don't know the specifics now, it may not be bad, it may be worse. But there is an upper limit, if there is a gap of 100,000 people's rations, I will make a book and continue to transfer materials from the Central Plains to exchange them with you at the same price. ”

A fortune was obtained from the pharyngeal surface, but it was rewarded. Otherwise, the soldiers will have no motivation to fight. Either food or livestock, food is not enough to sustain the consumption of tens of thousands of soldiers, let alone immigrants. There are also livestock, which are left for the migrants to graze themselves, and they cannot be moved. Even later, through war, or purchase, he continued to buy a batch of livestock and handed them over to the people to raise.

However, the Great Eclipse did not invade the river for a few years, so that a batch of grain was stored in the river, but it solved Li Wei's urgent need. The exchange method, the cost is very low, such as porcelain, and the loss of transportation to the river is also very large, but the price is not calculated in the Tang Dynasty porcelain, but in the price of the river area. Therefore, instead of loss, the difference in price will make up for the loss of grain transported from the river to Broken Leaf City.

Everyone continued to think about it in their hearts. Since the exchange, that can't be counted. At most, the rations of 100,000 people were evenly distributed among the whole river, and the burden was not heavy, so he agreed again.

The fourth is religion.

In this regard, everyone was suddenly, including Wang Fangyi. They all underestimated the power of religion, and Li Wei couldn't say it clearly, but he just said strongly, Zoroastrianism is a god inherited from your ancestors, and you have forgotten this, and turned to believe in the god of the Great Cannibal, how do you make me believe that you have the courage to resolutely resist the Great Eclipse. Li Wei does not reject Islam, but Li Wei is very repulsive to big food.

This one was also promised.

The kings of all countries also rejected Islam, and all of them, including the kings of other countries, believed in Zoroastrianism. The one who was willing to believe in the religion of another country was too strong, so he did not dare to take the initiative to stop the cannibal mission, which led to some people in the country being misled and converting to Islam.

Since the Tang Dynasty had a strong and supportive attitude, why was it still boring for him, not to read the "Tongsi Ancient Scriptures", not to worship Ahura. Mazda, and read the Bitter Orchid.

The fifth is the integration of the army.

In the Hanzhong region, the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers alone is not weak. Individuals are a dragon, but they can be organized into an army, and if they lack training, their combat effectiveness will become very sad. Without the invasion of the Great Cannibals, Li Wei would like them to appear in their current situation and rule easily. However, with the invasion of the Great Cannibals, it is necessary to increase their combat effectiveness. And the number of soldiers in various countries is very small, and to resist the invasion of the Great Eclipse, all countries and ministries have to join forces, which makes the combat effectiveness even lower, so often tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of troops can be defeated by thousands of soldiers of the Great Eclipse. The more defeated he became, the less confident he became, and in the end he could only surrender to the Great Food in order to seek peace.

The more they surrender, the worse the outcome. The large amount of taxes paid every year nourished the logistics supply of the big cannibals and strengthened their strength. This has to be done step by step, and the first step is to train and reorganize their army. Therefore, the river was divided into nine parts: Kang, An, Shi, Cao, Mi, He, Shi, Huoxun and Bahan, and took the opportunity of farming to reorganize all the soldiers in the river, so that Li Jinxing and Xue Ne, Guo Beifeng, Jiang Sijin, Liu Deyan, and Luo Wu led 5,000 Tang troops into the river and stationed in various countries.

Coaching, training, and teaching some tactics. Mainly in Anguo, Li Jinxing personally led 2,000 Tang troops to enter Peiken City.

This is what the countries in the river want to see the most, and they agreed to come down without thinking about it.

The sixth is to ask the countries to explain how many elite soldiers they can have, and they must not want the old, weak, sick and disabled, and they must also train these elite soldiers, and in the event of an attack on Khorasan and Sestan, these troops must be dispatched. But Li Wei said again: "If you don't attack, you will be yourself, once you attack, I will unite with Tocharian and Turkic, and even mobilize Byzantium from the west to launch a general attack on Dashi." Lift the Persian kingdom back on its feet, and make them your strongest first line of defence. ”

If I don't talk about it later, I will agree. The big cannibals are eyeing each other, either the big eaters are alive, or they are dying in the river, and they are inseparable. Besides, if the emperor of the Tang Dynasty started a war, the Tang Dynasty would inevitably drag him into the water, could it be that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who heard that he was very capable, could not sit back and watch himself lead the army to fail?

Everyone thought about it in their minds, and each country said how many soldiers they could draw out to go to the battlefield. The number is considerable, after all, the area is also a lot, and the environment is not as bad as in later generations, so the population density is not low, and with the population, there are soldiers. As a result, all countries drew up their family foundations, and almost reached 90,000 soldiers. But if the war starts, it is impossible to take it all, and it is good to be able to take half of it. And this amount, don't take it seriously, it can be used as 20,000 troops, Li Wei couldn't stop laughing.

"Then please go back, everybody."

"None?" The king of rice asked suspiciously.

Yesterday, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty dropped a whining sentence and left, is it just this condition? But except for letting them support a batch of grain, the others are almost not a condition, and they are changed to an official position in the Tang Dynasty, which is false, and no one cares. Let the children enter Chang'an to study, it seems to be a hostage, but it is also necessary, and it is also for them to cultivate *** people. What kind of condition is this?

"What more do you want to give? If so, once Persia is established and besieged by the Great Cannibals, you must provide strong support in the rear, and do not do the foolish things that saw Persia perish as before. ”

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, we are willing to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty forever." After the king of rice finished speaking, he immediately bowed down. Compared to the brutality of the Great Cannibal, the Tang Dynasty was too good.

"No need, let's all go back, time is precious, when the time comes, if you say that the war will start, after all, I can't stay too long in the Western Regions."

"Whoa."

One by one, they left happily.

But Li Wei doesn't want to exploit, he won't think that there is too much money, and once the counterattack starts, Dashi's enterprising and unsatisfied spirit will start a counterattack. It may be ten years, maybe twenty years, maybe one hundred years. This bit of family foundation in the river is far from enough. Everyone was done, and it became easier for the Tang Dynasty to expand westward, and it became easier to rule. It is very likely that he will not be able to enjoy it in his hands, and this is the foundation left for his children and grandchildren. Including the layout in Europe, that is more long-term.

Soon the envoys of various countries left, accompanied by Li Jinxing's 5,000 Tang troops.

But it's not over yet, Li Wei has to wait for the arrival of Ninishi and Ashina Nini, and what news Zhang Renyuan can bring back, the intelligence of the various scouts, he still doesn't know about Khorasan, and if he doesn't understand, he can't start a war rashly. And there are also immigrants, which must also be arranged before the war. But the clouds of war are getting thicker.