Chapter 126 Fear of the Age of Insufficient Firepower
When the emperor left, Chang'an City seemed to become quiet all of a sudden, and even the evening bell, which sounded solemn in the past, now sounded fluttering, and soft and without any sense of weight.
The treasure wheel is overwhelmed, and he sits alone in the Jade Pass.
Beiling wind and smoke open Wei Que, Nanxuan meteorological town Shangshan.
The carriages and horses of the tomb are hanging in the Yangli, and the city of Beijing is shining in the light.
Temporarily put the dust heart amusement objects, and the bells and drums of the sixth street were returned.
This is a poem "Tiyan Pagoda" by Xu Mei, a famous poet who has not yet been born in the Tang Dynasty, this poem is not top-notch, but it writes the charm of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty to the bones, majestic, majestic, and with a little bit of the vicissitudes and laziness of seeing through the world.
When the emperor is gone, the imperial spirit in this poem will disappear, if Xu Mei comes to this era, when she goes up to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda again, she will definitely not be able to write such a poem.
Because, the whole of Chang'an has now become a huge construction site.
The man who demolishes the wall is demolishing the wall, the man who digs the waterway is digging the waterway, the brick-burner is burning the brick, the stone-digging is the stone-picker, and the wood-cutter is cutting the wood.
Nowadays, the construction of waterways is to facilitate the transportation of these materials, and after the construction of palaces, residences, and commercial areas, these dug waterways are filled with a large amount of construction waste.
Datang has never lacked skilled craftsmen, and these arrangements are not from the hands of Yun Chu, but from the hands of the masters who will be the supervisors.
The reason why there are so many generals is entirely because Yun Chu completely offended the Ministry of Industry.
The Ministry of Industry hopes that Yun Chu will use the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry in this large-scale construction, and Yun Chu also likes the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry very much, after all, these people have a higher level in building cities and palaces.
It's a pity that Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty, didn't wait for Yun Chu to ask how much grain he should give to the Ministry of Industry to use the craftsmen registered in the Ministry of Industry, but Duan Lun preemptively gave Yun Chu a figure - 270,000 yuan.
The 270,000 yuan is not the total cost of the craftsmen, but only the profit sharing money paid to the Ministry of Industry before the start of construction.
After seeing this number, Yun Chu decisively went to find Yan Liben, the master of the Tang Dynasty.
After meeting and not saying anything, Yun Chu showed Yan Liben the 270,000 yuan handwritten document written by Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.
After Yan Liben read it, he crossed out the seventeen words at the back.
Then, the craftsmen who will make it appeared at the construction site designated by Yunchu in time.
After knowing this, Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, jumped to his feet and cursed Yan Liben, but there was nothing he could do about this master craftsman from the third grade.
First of all, I wanted to unite the Shaofu Supervisor and Taichang Temple to suppress Yun Chu, but I found that I don't know when, Hu Yushu, the young eunuch of the Shaofu Prison, didn't know when he and Yun Chu were not intimate.
Just when Duan Lun decided to play the impeachment with Tai Changqing, who stayed in Chang'an to guard the royal ancestral temple, Yun Chu and Yan Liben privately conferred on it.
Tai Changqing Dai Shu was in Pingkangfang with the famous prostitute Seventeen Niang to enjoy the moon on a bright moonlit night, when he was extremely embarrassed to meet Li Hong, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, who came to Pingkangfang in a white dragon fish suit!
Although Li Hong himself hid his face and fled, Taichangqing Dai Shu planned to commit suicide after returning home.
Whether it is the crown prince Li Hong or Taichang Siqing Dai Shu, it is impossible to come to Pingkangfang to have fun with prostitutes on the day of worshipping Emperor Taizong's great-ancestor Emperor Jing Emperor Li Hu.
Just when Dai Shu was about to commit suicide after hugging and crying with his family, Di Renjie, the confidant of the crown prince Li Hong, quietly visited.
I don't know what Di Renjie said to Dai Shu, in short, after Di Renjie left, Dai Shu drank a jar of the strongest anti-poison by himself, and was drunk for three days.
From then on, he stayed in the temple and easily did not leave a step.
At the end of April, the Ministry of Industry received an edict from the emperor, ordering him to relocate the yamen to the imperial city of Luoyang, leaving 4,000 registered craftsmen in Chang'an, which were handed over to the crown prince Li Hong.
At this point, Yun Chu was in Chang'an City, and the last restraining force disappeared quietly.
Although the power of restraint is gone, Chang'an City has ushered in a group of veterans wearing armor and holding long knives.
They patrolled the city of Chang'an day and night, although they had fluttering white hair, and there were a few white-haired old women in the middle, but when this group of people patrolled the city of Chang'an, no one dared to ask.
The emperor left, there was no Jin Wuwei in Chang'an City, only Zuo Wuwei and other six guards were left to defend Chang'an City, even if the soldiers and horses of the six guards were left, only half were left, and the other half followed the emperor to Luoyang.
The 36,000 soldiers who are full of calculations still need to be exchanged with the headquarters in Luoyang once a year.
After Wen Wen heard about this, he deliberately brought wine and food to the city to comfort these veterans or the relics of the veterans.
finally escaped back in embarrassment, panting for breath here in Yunchu, but he didn't know how to explain it.
After a while, he said to Yun Chu: "We demolished the walls of Chang'an City, is this really right?" ”
Yun Chu said: "Absolutely right, without people's hearts, what kind of city can't be defended, once we build the city of Chang'an, everyone happily hides in the wall and lives a drunken life, no one cares about the soldiers outside the city, the people are strong."
In the long run, the government soldiers will be abandoned, and the people will not practice for a long time, and sooner or later they will be abandoned, and they will also be estranged because they are not close to the people in the city, and once the foreign enemy invades, no one is willing to sacrifice their lives to defend Chang'an.
For me, the soldiers outside the city and the people are the impregnable walls of Chang'an City, and they are definitely not the pile of rotten bricks. ”
Gentle and said: "Now that the Tang Dynasty is peaceful, the population is increasing day by day, and there is no farmland near Chang'an for you to raise soldiers, where can you go to distribute eighty acres of mouth land to them?" ”
Yun Chu glanced at Gentleness and felt that this brother who was smart in the past had now become a fool.
Then he spread out the Chang'an planning map on the table, pointed to the grain stacks, medical halls, schools, and bad people's places all over Chang'an, and the fire prevention Wuhou shop: "I don't have 80 acres of mouth field, and I don't have 20 acres of Yongye field, but I have an annual income of more than 80 acres of mouth field, and I also have bonus income worth 20 acres of Yongye field."
The most important thing is that they no longer have to bear the two items of rent and transfer, but only need to bear the one of the conscriptions. ”
Gently frowned and said, "What are you going to do with forty days of conscription?" ”
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "It's two months of conscription, these two months, they must participate in the training of government soldiers, just like outside the city, bring their own armor, weapons, bow horses, carry knives in battle, and do their own work to make a living in their spare time." ”
"Are you going to replace the mouth with a fixed errand, Yongye Tian?"
Yun Chu spread his hands and said: "On weekdays, they work in the grain inns, inns, pharmacies, and infirmaries opened by the government, and they can also maintain law and order in Chang'an as bad people and martial marquis. ”
Gently sighed and said: "It should be feasible, but what are you going to do with the group of white-haired veterans on the city wall, as well as the family rolls of the dead veterans, I saw it, the large group of people above, the most inferior is also a dignified baron, and finally tell you, Liang Jianfang, who is missing a leg, is also inside, and the crowd counts him as the most fierce in scolding me, and he also smashed me with the wine gourd I sent."
Ying Gong is not here, but Su Dingfang is here, it seems that he is the leader, you say, what is the reason why a veteran like him does not follow His Majesty to Luoyang and stays in Chang'an to cause chaos for us? ”
Yun Chu sighed and said: "Why else, these people have all experienced the Weishui Alliance, when Emperor Taizong and Jieli Khan were forced to kill the White Horse by the Weishui Alliance, which allowed Chang'an to escape."
I used to discuss the Weishui Alliance with Lao Liang, and Lao Liang said that when Emperor Taizong took the initiative to go to the center of the bridge to meet with Jieli Khan, he was determined to die.
Once Jieli Khan did not agree to withdraw his troops, Emperor Taizong planned to take Wei Chi and Qin Qiong to raid Jieli Khan, preparing to force the Turks to withdraw after capturing this guy.
Later, Jieli Khan accepted the gift from Emperor Taizong, and after the harsh conditions were met, he retreated, which allowed Chang'an to escape. ”
Gentle and surprised: "That's not what Emperor Taizong's living note says. ”
Yun Chu pursed his lips and said: "Use your brain to think about it, what kind of person is Emperor Taizong, but if the troops in his hands can fight against the 160,000 army brought by Jieli Khan, do you think he will bear the shame of the Weishui Alliance?"
Just allowing Jieli Khan to take away the captured people could make Emperor Taizong fight to the death with Jieli Khan.
The problem is that at that time, Emperor Taizong didn't even have the capital to fight to the death with Jieli Khan, so he had no choice but to think of negotiating in person, and then find an opportunity to seize Jieli Khan to bargain.
Emperor Taizong is determined to die, think about Lao Su, Lao Liang and what kind of mentality these generals were like at that time.
Now, the Chang'an city wall that we regard them as a model has been demolished in all directions, and the wind is everywhere, where can they still sleep?
It is better to carry a knife and guard the city wall, in case the enemy comes, it is better to die in battle than to be ruined by the enemy."
Sighed softly and said: "In the end, they fought down this country, and it is also appropriate to cherish some, you can find a way, I have no choice, I feel guilty when I demolish the city wall, and I have nothing to say to them." ”
Yun Chu said with a smile: "Then let these veterans see what the real city wall is." ”
After that, he took off the armor and stomach from the armor shelf and hung it, inserted a horizontal sword, put a bow and arrow on his back, hung a short crossbow on his waist, picked up the one-zhang long horse lance on the shelf, and took a horn from the wall and hung it around his neck, and ordered the handyman to put on the jujube red horse, jumped on the jujube red horse, and went straight to the city wall.