"Outside, outside, the Arab Empire invaded Tianzhu and slaughtered thousands of merchants in my Tang Dynasty in Tianzhu!"

Soon, newspapers in Chang'an, Luoyang and other big cities reported the news.

The Datang people have been stable for many years, although there have been some wars in the past few years, but it is basically the Datang that is beating people.

For the people, the impact is not great.

But this time, there are thousands of businessmen who have had an accident in Tianzhu, and those who can go to Tianzhu to do business are considered to have some strength, basically the chambers of commerce in Chang'an and Luoyang, and there are also many families in these caravans.

After hearing about it, I couldn't believe it, and I didn't accept this fact until I went to the yamen to confirm it.

For a time, many people in Chang'an and Luoyang hung white flags in front of their courtyards.

And all the people of Datang are also excited.

"What Arab Empire? Those who dare to hurt our Datang people, the adults in the court will definitely not let them go! ”

"That's for sure! Didn't the newspapers all say that they were going to prepare to send troops to Tianzhu, you haven't seen so many heralds coming in and out recently, and they are all going to other large battalions to transfer troops. ”

"It should be fought, beaten hard, even if our Datang sends troops, it will not easily hurt civilians, I heard that those Arabs in order to rob those goods, the caravan they encountered was almost not spared."

"Well, who's to say it isn't? I have a nephew who is in the Tang Firm, and this time the caravan of the Tang Firm in Tianzhu, a full 500 people, was cut off and escaped, and the others were all killed by the Arabs. ”

Propaganda is the first step in sending troops.

The Tang Dynasty couldn't give the people the feeling of being reckless, so they made it clear in the newspaper what happened.

I also want to tell the people that it is not Datang who takes the initiative to cause trouble, but Datang is definitely not afraid of things!

And there were a lot of accidents in this matter.

"My lord, there are a lot of students outside, and our county government is surrounded."

Chang'an County Ya, the magistrate was writing an official document, and he heard a report from a bureaucrat.

"What? What is the county government doing? The cold sweat of the magistrate flowed out, could it be that there was some unjust, false and wrongful case under his own rule?

Are these students here to seek justice?

"They all held up their flags and said they wanted to

Abandon the pen and join the expeditionary force! ”

The magistrate glanced at him: "Next time I speak, I'll finish the words at one time, let's go, let's go out and have a look." ”

As long as there are no unjust, false and wrongful cases.

The magistrate took people out of the gate of the county government, and saw that the outside was really densely packed with young people dressed as students.

"Guys, why is that?" The magistrate asked quite politely, maybe there will be his own colleagues or bosses in the future.

"The Arabs killed my Tang Dynasty merchants, and my Tang Erlang should go into battle to kill the enemy!"

"Go into battle and kill the enemy!"

"Go into battle and kill the enemy!"

Zhixian touched his beard and said with a smile: "Everyone, everyone, please be quiet and listen to me." ”

"Everyone should also know that in the past few years, our Datang Army has changed to a conscription system, and the equipment of the Datang Army is also changing with each passing day, ordinary sergeants have to train for half a year or even longer when they enter the army, you have to start all over again now, how can you catch up with the expedition?"

Among these students, some are really out of righteous indignation, some are just following the crowd and come when they see everyone coming, and some of them, the magistrate also understands, just want to take this opportunity to make a name for themselves.

Military merit is always the fastest way to be promoted, but Datang is now fighting fewer and fewer wars, and military merit is becoming more and more difficult to earn.

That's why there are so many students piled up in front of my county government today.

There were many students who thought that they would collectively come to the county government to petition, and as soon as the magistrate reported the matter to the top, the imperial court might open a special channel for them, and when the magistrate finished speaking, he knew that he was thinking simply.

The magistrate looked at the expressions of the students below, and knew that what he said had worked, and hurriedly said: "So, I understand everyone's desire to serve the country, but it is indeed not the best choice to join the army now." ”

"However, the imperial court also sent me an official document, this time the army is assembled, and there are a lot of various affairs, so the imperial court hopes that each county will recruit some volunteers under its rule to help the imperial court do some propaganda, fundraising, and so on."

"This can not only contribute to the country, but also increase some of your qualifications, are you willing?"

After hearing what Zhixian said this, many students were dazzled and raised one after another

The hand said, "I, I want to sign up." ”

"Count me in, count me in!"

The magistrate smiled slightly, and told the students who wanted to sign up to line up in front of the county office, and he immediately arranged for the officials to register them.

In his heart, he sighed that Pingguo Gong was really a last resort, and he had already calculated that many students in Chang'an might have similar demands, so he made arrangements early.

In fact, Tang Ping knows that every time the country encounters this kind of thing, the first thing to come out is the student group.

Whether you say that they are hot-blooded or simple, this is an indisputable fact.

And Tang Ping did arrange a lot of things for them, such as distributing leaflets on the street to raise donations.

At first, Li Shimin didn't understand why Tang Ping wanted to raise donations, after all, the imperial court sent troops, how could this military budget be made, and it was not stretched to the point of reaching out to the people to pay money.

This kind of fundraising has never happened before.

Tang Ping could only explain to them what the people's sense of national honor was.

At this time, asking the people to donate can reflect the unity and mutual assistance of Datang society and increase everyone's cohesion.

He can really feel that the current people of Datang love the country of Datang very much, so at this time, he must give them an emotional outlet.

Let them donate some money, and they will feel that they have contributed to the expedition.

What's more, most of the donations are done on their best and will not affect the lives of the people too much.

As long as you don't force donations but take the initiative to donate, you haven't heard of anyone who has no money to starve to death after donating, right?

Li Shimin directly put two large boxes in front of the Suzaku Gate to donate money and materials to the people.

He even bowed to the box and Chang'an City in front of the box every evening at dusk to show his gratitude to everyone.

Under such circumstances, the people of Chang'an began to enthusiastically donate money and materials, and a long queue of people was discharged on Suzaku Avenue.

Those who don't have much cash at home, and some even came with cattle and sheep, saying that they were for the Tang Army to eat on the road!

However, in just one week, Chang'an residents alone donated more than 100 million Datang coins.

Tang Ping convened businessmen of all sizes in Chang'an and held another meeting.