Chapter 407: Checks and Balances
The tense atmosphere eased, Li Su asked some other government affairs, basically all small things, Li Su let Shangguanyi, Changsun Wuji and others handle it by themselves, and explained that they did their best to improve the government affairs system, move closer to the government affairs system in Yizhou, and actively cooperate with the construction of Luo Anguo's engineering team in Chang'an, as well as the opening of private capital.
After going down to the court, Li Su returned to the Ganlu Palace, and as soon as he sat down, the eunuch informed Cheng Huailiang to ask to see him.
In the court, Li Su's goal had been achieved, and he didn't want to scare the Cheng family anymore, so he let Cheng Huailiang in.
"Your Highness!" Cheng Huailiang came in and saluted Li Su.
"Sit down." Li Su pointed to the chair on the side, Cheng Huailiang hesitated, but still didn't dare to sit on it.
Li Su glanced at Cheng Huailiang, Cheng Huailiang has indeed matured a lot over the years, the beard on his face is around his lips, his temper is no longer as reckless as before, and he is a lot more cautious in speaking and doing things, presumably this is a habit developed by Li Shimin's side.
Cheng Huailiang said: "Your Highness, I came to explain to Your Highness, my father didn't deliberately get along with those generals and His Highness. Cheng Biting Jin also stood up and came out in the court, which scared him a lot, how to say that the Cheng family and the royal family are also married, he is still the princess of Qinghe, Cheng Biting Jin is making trouble like this, it is simply slapping Li Su's face.
Li Su understood Cheng Huailiang's intention, he smiled freely, if he didn't have a little tolerance, he would be like a subordinate in command? He said: "I understand what the generals mean, they are not rebelling, they are just used to staying in the army, I am afraid that they will kick them away, Lu Guogong's temper is upright, naturally he wants to stand up, speaking of which, you Cheng Huailiang am probably also a little uncomfortable." ”
Hehe smiled, Cheng Huailiang said: "To be honest, Your Highness, we are all worried that you will disband the old army. Where can we go then? ”
"I'm also embarrassed, but the reform of the army is necessary, and now the compulsory army and recruitment system are beneficial to you and Datang." Li Su patted Cheng Huailiang on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry about anything, you still study hard at the Military Academy, and when you return from your studies, I will arrange a position for you in the army." ”
Cheng Huailiang was a little moved, as if he saw the former Li Su again, which made him feel very kind. He said, "Yes, Your Highness, I will not live up to His Highness's expectations." ”
Li Su nodded and said, "That's good, when Xiao Rui and Lu Boyan return to Chang'an, Qin Huaiyu and I will find you to drink together." ”
"Yes, Your Highness." Cheng Huailiang smiled.
and Cheng Huailiang reminisced, and Li Su let Cheng Huailiang leave. When leaving, Cheng Huailiang was in a good mood, Li Su seemed to be far away in the past, but now he has regained the feeling of drinking and farting before.
looked at the back of Cheng Huailiang leaving. Li Su fell into deep thought, it is not a good thing for a ruler to have his subordinates huddled, which is why these veterans are so presumptuous today, and Li Su did not deal with them. Only when his subordinates compete with each other can he fight left and right and beat all these people to death with a stick. There is no balance in the Yizhou army that can balance Xue Rengui, and the reason why Li Su threw Li Hui into the expeditionary force is also to have some meaning to balance Zhu Youzhi and Qin Huaiyu, for an emperor, nothing can be absolutely believed, although Li Su doesn't like this feeling, it's not that he doesn't distrust these subordinates, but under rational thinking, he must do this, and the reason why emperors are all lonely and widowed is also here.
After discussing the battle against Tubo, Xue Rengui quickly dispatched troops, and according to Li Su's request, Xue Rengui specially organized a convoy to lead these veterans to observe the operation against Tubo.
Now the Yizhou army has basically achieved mechanization, and the speed of mobilizing troops to the grassland of Tuyuhun is very fast, but in a short time, 50,000 people have completed the assembly on the grassland of Tuyuhun.
"That's what you eat?" As a visiting group, Li Ji and these veterans asked questions along the way, and they all wanted to quickly master this knowledge so that they could lead the new army.
Li Ji was holding a can in his hand, and there were compressed biscuits, bread and other foods in the box, which were all military rations, and trucks were responsible for transporting these foods along the way, Xue Rengui respected these famous generals very much, and said: "This is canned food, there are many types, there are canned fruits in it, and there are also canned meat, these things are very convenient to transport, and there is no need to cook on the fire, you can eat them directly, when fighting, the soldiers will carry some on their backs, which is enough to maintain a march for three or four days, which can greatly reduce the pressure on supplies." ”
Cheng Biting Jin was surprised, picked up a can, and opened it with a knife in the appearance of a scholar soldier, this is a canned peach, Cheng Biting Jin didn't use a spoon, he directly dug it out with his hands and put it in his mouth and chewed it, suddenly opened his eyes wide, and shouted: "Well, it's delicious, you can taste it too." ”
Li Daozong, Xue Wanche, these veterans all took out canned food from the box when they heard this, and after eating, they all praised each other, and then, Xue Rengui led them to eat other things, which made these veterans sigh, where did the soldiers get such treatment when they were fighting, it was good to have a bowl of rice and a bowl of vegetable soup.
The army was stationed in the grassland, Xue Rengui sent scouts to explore the terrain and the deployment of Tuyuhun's army, and these Murong Shun, who rushed to hear the news, also came with a large number of cattle and sheep, and now Tuyuhun belongs to Li Su, and Li Su still let Murong Shun manage this place, basically Tuyuhun has become an autonomous region, and their economic source mainly depends on the sale of livestock, because they serve as the largest breeding base in Yizhou.
Xue Rengui and Murong Shun are also old friends, and they took Murong Shun to meet with the generals, this attack on Tubo also needs Tuyuhun people who are familiar with the terrain to lead the way, and Murong Shun has long been looking forward to this day, because Tubo is not eliminated, Tuyuhun is still facing a threat from the plateau.
The battle of Tubo kicked off, but Li Su received Li Ran's Somali report at this time, and now the affairs of Somalia are managed by the Ji Qì people, Li Su basically doesn't ask, Li Su knows that he is not as good as them in terms of management, unless it is a war matter, Li Su generally does not intervene, after all, the foundation has been laid.
Li Ran's report said that at the beginning, because of the large amount of crude oil sold in Somalia, the international oil price plummeted, but he did not reduce production but increased production, with their low cost to grab market share, and the result was also very smooth, they successfully forced some poor countries to bankrupt oil companies, market share has ranked behind Saudi Arabia, becoming the world's second largest oil exporter.
After the victory of the price war, Saudi Arabia invited Somalia to join the oil exporting organization, and international oil prices began to rise steadily.
Li Su listened to the report and nodded frequently, this is what he was waiting for, in the future, there is no need to use the cannon of the Australian base to fight mosquitoes, what bicycles, cars and other things can be produced, it is completely possible to import from international imports to Datang to improve the life here, and the trade zone of Ryukyu is finally not a one-sided sale of things, you can purchase some things that Yizhou cannot produce at this stage.
At the same time, according to Li Ran, country Z has recently frequently broken out breakthroughs in military technology, which makes the people of country M very nervous, because of this, the military pressure on Somalia has suddenly decreased a lot, because in the eyes of people of country M, Somalia is now just a fat businessman who can't protect himself, and when the fat is enough, he can kill without worry, and this is of course good for Somalia, at least it can develop steadily for a few years.
After ending the call, Li Su called Tong Nian and asked the Ministry of Commerce to notify the businessmen to go to the trade zone to purchase Luo Anguo's goods, so that a trade cycle was formed, and Datang could fully enjoy the goods from modern times, which was naturally very beneficial to quickly improve the quality of life of Datang.
In addition to the trade cycle, Li Su is ready to start improving the welfare system of Datang, which of course is still based on Yizhou, after all, ten years of development has improved the knowledge level of the people of Yizhou a lot, and it is easy to accept some new things. (To be continued......)