Chapter Seventy-Eight: The End of the Year
Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year's Eve of the second year of Zhenguan, and the time is about to enter the third year of Zhenguan, from the first year of Zhenguan to the present, in the blink of an eye, Xu Yang has come to the Tang for two years, and now, he rarely goes to that dark basement, silently facing the computer alone, nostalgic for those days.
People will always change, especially after going through more life journeys, they will always understand reality and ideals, compromise and submission, Xu Yang has never thought about going back, it seems that the past days are just an unreal dream, here is the reality.
turned on his mobile phone, and there were all kinds of news that Xu Yang couldn't imagine, but those seemed to be quite far away from him, so far that he couldn't reach them, or even incomprehensible, after all, they were 1,400 years apart.
Datang is becoming less and less like the Tang Dynasty in history, although Xu Yang doesn't know what it looks like in history, but Xu Yang knows that in the original history, it is absolutely impossible for a train to swallow black smoke and run all over the ground.
Countless people of Chang'an spontaneously went to the train station to see such a monster driving, and the rich children of the more good things rode horses to prepare for a race with this train.
When he saw the train moving slowly and the people on the train waving to their relatives and friends excitedly, Xu Yang was even in a trance, if it weren't for these people wearing Tang clothes and talking Tang people's words, he really thought that he had gone back.
The "New Commercial Tax Law", which Li Er had been preparing for more than two months, was also promulgated, and along with it appeared a banknote printed with Li Er's portrait. Although Xu Yang felt that the avatar was drawn to a squint-eyed fool. But in the eyes of the Tang people. These banknotes are extremely precious, because each one has the words one hundred taels of silver written on it.
The Tang Dynasty had never been so respected by foreigners, and the leader of the Uighur tribe even came to Chang'an in person to present the most precious tribute of the tribe to the Heavenly Khan Li Er.
The fall of the Turks made everyone see the essence of the Tang Dynasty clearly, this is not a docile bear, but a violent lion. And now that it has awakened, everyone has to avoid its edge for a while.
Li Er now has no enthusiasm for foreign tribute, in the original history, he liked this kind of barbarian to come to the court, but now, he is more looking forward to iron-blooded conquest.
Xue Yantuo no longer harassed the borders of the Tang Dynasty as in history, but only robbed some caravans on the Silk Road, and Gao Changguo did not have the arrogance of history, and it was also walking on thin ice for the diversion of silk. I'm afraid that Datang will attack it like it treats Tuguhun.
The Tang Dynasty's borders began to expand like never before, and all of Central Asia was under its dominion. And overseas, it is even more in the bag.
Li Er is now becoming more and more arrogant towards those small countries, the invincibility of the Tang army, and the globe given to him by Xu Yang, so that a generation of heroes like him is full of conquest.
The Tibetan mission left, and Li Er finally adopted Xu Yang's Jianyì, and did not promise to marry the princess to Songtsan Gampo, which was also in Xu Yang's arms, because he knew that Li Er did not agree to the first marriage proposal of Tubo in history, and then Songtsan Gampo was angry and wanted to give the Tang Dynasty a little color, so he ordered an army of 200,000 to attack Tuguhun.
After easily driving his regime to Qinghai, it stands to reason that he robbed things and killed people, and returned with a full load, so he could go home, but the Tubo army was going to fight the Dangxiang and Bailan Zhuqiang again. Then he led 200,000 people and broke into Songzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty.
When Han Wei, the governor of Songzhou, saw this battle, he hurriedly asked the Tubo army what they were going to do, but the army outside the city shouted in unison, "Come and welcome the princess." ”
Han Wei couldn't even believe his ears.
At this time, Songtsen Gampo's ambition was also revealed, and he proposed, "If the Tang Dynasty does not marry the princess, he will immediately go to the city." ”
Where did the princess come from in a border city like Songzhou, but Songtsen Gampo didn't intend to be reasonable, he launched a charge, attacked Songzhou City, and defeated the commander Han Wei, causing panic in the cities near the border line of the Tang Dynasty in Tubo......
According to the wheel of history, Songtsen Gampo will definitely do this, because before the official war with the Tang Dynasty, this person also has a fierce eye on the Tang Dynasty, and it can be seen from the words of the history books that only after appreciating the Xiaoyong of the Tang Army, the entire Tubo completely let go of the idea of aggression.
Therefore, Xu Yang is very confident in Tubo's next move, and he is in control.
The surrounding area of Datang has been stabilized, and Goryeo, which has always been the thorn in the East, has not made more wanton movements after sending troops to Silla and being crushed by the Datang City Stewards' team, as if he was quietly licking his wounds in the dark.
For such a small country, Xu Yang did not have the slightest worry, Yuangai Suwen had already left the seeds of fear in his heart from the moment he fled, and it was effortless for Datang's muskets to slaughter them, but now is a rare period of great development in Datang, and he has no energy to take care of these small countries, if it weren't for the fact that a large number of ocean-going navies need to go to sea to occupy the islands, without Xu Yang's mention, Li Er would also send troops to Goryeo as in history.
In addition to Goryeo, among the four northern kingdoms, the only one who is now friendly with the Tang Dynasty is Silla, Xu Yang knows the relationship between Li Er and Queen Silla, and in addition to the fact that Kim Sung-man is also a Silla, so Xu Yang is also full of good feelings for this country, Xu Yang does not mind, and after sending troops to unify the four northern countries in the future, let Silla rule the island country.
Similarly, the Wa State has broken off diplomatic relations with the Tang Dynasty under Xu Yang's instructions, and Li Er doesn't even pay attention to this kind of small country with no one in his eyes, let alone deal with the relationship between the two countries, among which even the letter of severance of diplomatic relations was written by Xu Yang.
Australia is still colonizing, but the number of colonists is pitiful, in fact, in the final analysis, it is because the population of Datang is too small, only Quanzhou, all the population of Lingnan together is only one million, and the population of a Lingnan development is not enough now, let alone colonization.
Therefore, Li Er also adopted Xu Yang's Jianyi, encouraging the population of the Tang Dynasty to have more children, and if they gave birth to more than four children, the government would reward them with fifty yuan.
The reward of 50 yuan is not low, and Xu Yang believes that with the popularization of this policy in two years, Datang will definitely usher in a huge population growth.
The prosperity of commerce in the whole country is not only driven by the pockets of the people, but also the treasury of Li Er, which is full of money, I heard that there are now more than 10 million times, and how much, Xu Yang does not know, but from the speed of more than ten ocean-going ships in the harbor in half a month, Xu Yang believes that the estimate is about the same.
The Byzantine mission also hurried back to recover after hearing that Li Er was unwilling to send troops to help, and for Europe, Xu Yang was now very entangled, just like the feeling of a well-fed person sitting in a cafeteria.
He really wanted the Tang Chengguan Brigade to confront the crescent scimitar, which was known as the most powerful in the Middle Ages, to see if it was the powerful firearms of the Tang Dynasty or the invincible fanatics of the Arabs.
However, the population of the Tang Dynasty is the source of a qiē fetters, although the land of the Tang Dynasty is vast, but the population is too scarce, and without a strong logistical supply, a qiē expedition is meaningless.
Therefore, Xu Yang and Li Er decisively gave up the idea of sending troops to Europe at this time, they are all waiting, waiting for a more powerful Tang Dynasty to appear in front of them and let the world succumb to its feet...... (To be continued......)
ps: Removing the old and welcoming the new~ The next volume is about to open, I hope you have a happy reading! R527