A group of chariots and horses came from afar, and the hooves of the four-wheeled carriage surrounded by two green satin carriages were heard. The first carriage was ridden by Wen Tianxiang and the monk of the Nine Lights, although it was to do a great cause destined to go down in history, but Wen Tianxiang was still a light car, and a qiē guard of honor was completely free.

The carriage behind is that of the great monk Yongxin of Shaolin Temple, even if the monk is not the protagonist, the pomp is huge. In addition to the thirty-six stick monks carrying iron rods to follow on foot, all of them walked with a hot sweat, there are also monks and nuns who came to see off on Putuo Mountain, chanting scriptures while walking, as if praying for the great monk of Yongxin - the great monk is going to do a great cause this time, it is said that he wants to let Buddhism go to the new world, and he will reinvigorate Buddhism in Tianzhu. If these two things are accomplished, the great monk's merit will be great! At least the bodhisattva position. The monks and nuns on Putuo Mountain are not related to the great monk Lala of Yongxin now, and they still want to climb the great Bodhisattva of Yongxin in the future?

These thirty-six stick monks, plus a large number of monks and nuns chanting scriptures behind, walking on the road of Shen's family, are really eye-catching!

The team arrived at the wharf, a pergola had been erected on the wharf, and the ironclad guards were set up, and the willow leaf ironclad was shining in the cold light under the sun, although it was a hot weather, but Chen Dexing's soldiers and guards were all standing tall and standing in two rows. Everyone carried a crossbow and arrowhead, a scimitar on his belt, and a round shield in his left hand. Wen Tianxiang glanced at them, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitch a few times.

This is the elite soldier who defeated the Mongols! Can Mr. Gu Xin's group training in Jiangxi really stop them?

The carriage suddenly shook and came to a steady stop. Wen Tianxiang and Monk Jiudeng stepped into the car before and after, and saw that Chen Dexing had already taken Chen Huaiqing, Mo Yingniang, and a few others wearing blue and red battle jackets (the blue battle jacket is the navy. The officers of the Red Jacket are the Army, and they have already stepped out of the pergola to meet them.

"Brother Wenshan. Master of Nine Lights, Master of Yongxin. But I'm waiting for you! Chen Dexing walked a few steps quickly to meet him, hugged his fist, and said with a smile.

"Colt." Wen Tianxiang was still the dashing appearance, wearing his official uniform Zhou Zhou Zhengzheng, and arched his hand towards Chen Dexing. Because Chen Dexing has been dismissed as an official, there is only one lieutenant left, and Wen Tianxiang is now unwilling to call Chen Dexing a brother, so he calls him "a concubine".

"Poor monks see King Ming."

The two monks bowed and worshiped in a proper manner. Chen Dexing also nodded and smiled at them, and then looked at the stick monks and the monks and nuns who came to see them off. smiled faintly and said, "Are you two going to Mingzhou to preach the Dharma?" ”

"The little monk has this thought, but this trip is just to broaden his horizons." The Nine Lights Monk replied one by one.

Monk Yongxin said with a smile: "Mingzhou is naturally the territory of Tiandaoism, the little monk doesn't dare to think about it, the little monk only wants to go to Tianzhu to preach the Dharma." He paused for a moment, and then said, "The little monk also received the decree of the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty, and wanted to go to see Tianzhu's arithmetic." ”

It turns out that this Yongxin monk is also on a diplomatic mission!

"Empress Dowager Yang still knows that there is a Delhi calculation?" Chen Dexing asked with a smile.

The Sultan was the Sultan, and the Delhi Sultanate, who ruled North India at this time, was the Celestial Sect. The Mongols of the Delhi Sultanate were also enemies, and they also defeated the invading Mongols at one time (there is also a saying that India is too hot. The Mongols couldn't stand it).

"Of course I know," the monk said with a smile, "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the Empress Dowager have always been attentive to the enemies of Mongolia, and Tianzhu is considered a strong enemy of Mongolia." ”

"Hmm. I will also send an envoy to Tianzhu, but not to the east, but directly to the West. Chen Dexing nodded. It also mentioned Beiming's plan to prepare to contact Tianzhu.

Although Chen Dexing already had the Eight Banners that could compete with the Mongol cavalry, he also had powerful artillery and heavy infantry. However, his military superiority was only in the Liaodong Peninsula, and perhaps in the Liaoxi Corridor and the mountains. When it came to the vast steppe, his heavy infantry was too poorly mobile. And the number of Eight Banners is too small.

Therefore, for Chen Dexing, it is easy to grab some territory from the Mongols, but it is difficult to destroy the Great Mongolia! Therefore, it was necessary to liaise with the enemies of the Mongols and establish a grand anti-Mongol alliance.

"Wenshan, Great Song Dynasty...... It won't form an alliance with Mongolia, will it? Chen Dexing asked Wen Tianxiang in a low voice.

Wen Tianxiang's face was like iron, and he said in a cold tone: "If you want to go outside, you must first settle inside!" If there are no rebellious ministers and thieves inside, the Great Song Dynasty will naturally not make peace with the barbarians! ”

Chen Dexing didn't get angry, but just smiled and said: "If it weren't for a certain and Li Pu, the Great Song Dynasty would really not make peace with the barbarians, and would only be destroyed by the barbarians!" ”

Wen Tianxiang snorted and didn't say anything.

The nine-lamp monk on the side smiled and said: "Huaxia has its own heavenly blessing, when has the incense been cut off for thousands of years, it is the five nonsense Hua, and in the end, isn't the situation pulled back by the Han people?" ”

I don't know who the monk is helping with this? Wen Tianxiang glanced at him unhappily, then looked at the springboard stretched down from the Mingzhou, straightened his countenance, and took the lead to walk up. Just as he was approaching the deck, Wen Tianxiang suddenly chanted a poem in an almost sad tone.

"The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return once he is gone!"

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Yidu, Chang'an Palace. In the Zichen Palace, there was a sound of military boots kicking, tapping, stomping, and clanging waist knives. In the entire hall, there were Tang Army generals wearing red jackets and buns tied with a leather crown on their heads. These warriors of the Red Jacket Army system are not as calm as the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty Sanya Army, one voice has competed over the other, and they talk and laugh loudly and marticially.

The Red Jacket Army was not like the Song Army, which had always been trained by literati, and the officers at the top were inevitably tainted with the spirit of books. The Red Jacket Army rose at the bottom, and its roots were the peasant rebel army at the end of the Jin Dynasty, although it had been in Yidu for more than 30 years, but most of the generals above were rude and martial artists. In addition, these martial artists are also happy in their hearts, can their voices not be high?

Their lord Li Pu is now the emperor of the Tang Dynasty! Although the Red Jacket Army has always played the sign of the Mongols, all the generals of the Red Jacket Army know that their lord has the ambition to restore the Central Plains! The restoration of the Central Plains was also the original intention of the Red Jacket Army, a peasant rebel army. They were initially opposed to the Jurchens, who slaughtered most of the Jurchens in Shandong, and figured out that Guò defected to the Song Dynasty to achieve the ultimate ideal of driving out the Tartars and then becoming a great official himself.

But the result was that the civil officials of the Song Dynasty wanted to come to the imperial army with literature, and they also took advantage of the fact that Li Quan was beaten by the Mongols in Shandong and wanted to kill Yang Miaozhen in Chuzhou! As a result, a group of civil officials in the Great Song Dynasty were the opponents of the master who destroyed the sect, and they were beaten to the point of bleeding. When Li Quan got out of the way and returned to Chuzhou, which had been occupied by Yang Miaozhen, he once wanted to attach to the Song Dynasty. However, the Great Song Dynasty has long regarded Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen as traitors. With the famous general Zhao Kui Duhuai, the two sides fought a big battle, and in the end Li Quan was defeated and died, and Yang Miaozhen protected Li Pu and fled to Yidu. However, the Mongols were busy fighting with the Jurchens and couldn't take care of Shandong for the time being, so they let Li Pu, who was still half an old son at the time (Li Pu was about the same age as Jia Yidao), inherit Li Quan's official position. This is the thirty years that the Red Jacket Army ruled Shandong.

However, these red jacket troops from old farmers in Shandong were more ambitious than the emperors and scholars of the Southern Song Dynasty. Zhao Yun and Zhao Kui's biggest ambition is to resist Mongolia according to the Guanhe. But Li Pu dared to think of the land of Yan Zhao!

And now, it seems that the restoration of the Central Plains is no longer imagined, but will soon be realized!

The dream of many years is about to come true, and it is not realized by hugging the thin legs of the Zhao family, but by restoring Li Tang and Li Pu himself as the emperor! This kind of good things are added together, can it not make the voices of these martial artists louder and louder?

Li Pu's son, the crown prince Li Yanjian, the king of Zhao Li Yanguo (Wang Wentong's grandson, Li Cuixian's half-brother), and the king of Chu Li Yanbang all sat on the sidelines and did not join the discussion, but just looked at the generals in the field with a smile. Especially looking at the three generals of the Red Jacket Army, Li Xiong, the general of the left military guard, the general of the right military guard, Marshal Li, and the general Tian Shidu, the general of the leading guard. These three officials are all the official names of the original Tang Dynasty when the government military system was implemented.

Li Pu is under the banner of the restoration of the Tang Dynasty, and the military system implemented is of course the government military system - in the past nearly a year, Li Pu has not carried out large-scale military operations, and one of the important reasons is that he is engaged in this government military system and the Juntian system!

The government soldier system and the Juntian system are actually linked, and only with Juntian can there be government soldiers. Because the government soldiers are unpaid soldiers, and they also have to provide their own equipment (military supplies, clothing, light weapons, pack horses). Without the state granting enough land, the peasants simply could not afford such expenses - in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the standard for granting land was for middle-aged men and Ding men over the age of eighteen, each of whom received 80 acres of land and 20 acres of Yongye field, a total of 100 acres! In addition, the old man and the disabled are given 40 acres of land, and the widow and concubine are given 30 acres of land. That is to say, a family of three dings can theoretically be granted at least 300 acres of land (women are not allowed to be granted land if their husbands do not die).

With the income of 300 acres of land to support a government soldier, the burden is not too heavy. Therefore, the government soldiers were able to flourish in the Sui and Tang dynasties, especially in the early Tang Dynasty, and became the main force of the Tang Dynasty to sweep the Quartet, because of Juntian. The main reason why Juntian can be implemented is that there are fewer people and more land. The reason why it collapsed later was because people multiplied, land was concentrated, the country had no land to grant, and naturally there were no government soldiers.

However, the problem of more people and less land does not exist for the Eastern Tang Dynasty, which has just opened. In the half of Henan Province, which was directly controlled by the Eastern Tang Dynasty, the population was no more than three million. Among them, Ding men, middle-aged men, old men, disabled men, and widows who meet the criteria for granting land account for half at most, and 100 million mu of land is enough to cope.

Therefore, Li Pu was able to rebuild the government military system according to the standards of the early years of the Tang Dynasty on the territory under his own control within a year! This also gave Li Pu and Kublai Khan the confidence to compete! (To be continued......)