When Wei Zheng, who was already over half a hundred years old, sent an envoy to the Ming court at the end of his life.

Sun Moon Mountain was busy with many post-war matters.

Ihara Feng commanded the captives to clean up the urn city.

Ihara was busy with many chores in the valley.

Puccira was in charge of collecting the remains of the fallen warriors on the battlefield and burying them on Yongshan Mountain.

This time, Li Chengqian did not organize everyone to attend the funeral, but only ordered the young army and the children in the school to be present, and the rest of the people organized themselves.

At this time, Li Chengqian was discussing with Li Qinjian in the tent where to go in the workshop.

"No, the workshop still has to be separated, ordnance is ordnance, civilian is civilian, mixed like now, nondescript will affect efficiency."

Li Chengqian said as he knocked on the table, "Sometimes it's more than more. ”

Li Qinjian said: "But if the workshop is divided into two, the efficiency of the workshop will be greatly reduced, not to mention supporting a big war, but it is not enough to restore everyone to the level of equipment before the war."

I learned that before the war, the brothers of the resentful army had thirty arrows and seventy crossbow arrows.

And with the addition of the Wandering People's Army and Wan Qipu, not counting the people who are in Qibi, we ourselves have more than 2,100 soldiers.

According to the level of equipment before the war, at least 65,000 arrows and 150,000 crossbow arrows were needed, not counting other swords, guns, swords, halberds. ”

After speaking, Li Qinjian sighed and said, "Not to mention the follow-up reserves, even if it is restored to the level before the war, it can't be done now." In the event of another great war like this, our soldiers will not be able to shoot arrows, even if they do not miss a beat. ”

At the end of the day, this is the disadvantage of developing too fast.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said: "I know the problem, but if there is a problem, let us find a way to solve it, not make a mistake."

Civilian and military must be separated, and no matter how much resistance there is, it must be done.

You only see that after the workshop is separated, it may affect the production of ordnance, but have you thought about it, what does Sun Moon Mountain look like today? It's like a big family, everyone eats in the same cauldron.

Although it seems that there is no need to worry about food and clothing now, and everyone is happy, there will inevitably be problems after a long time.

We can't stick to Sun Moon Mountain forever, and we can't just stick to these people forever.

Not to mention the Far Away, let's just talk about the Tiele Division, when tens of thousands of people in their tribe arrive, will we continue in this way?

It's impossible, the reason why everyone ate a big pot of rice in the first place was that there was no better way, and everyone had to work together to tide over the difficulties.

But after getting through this difficulty, there will always be people who have other thoughts, they will think, why should the value we create be exploited by others? They will think about how they can earn a few more and leave them to their children in the future.

They may even wonder how they can live a better life.

Because capable people will always stand out, which is inevitable.

As the old saying goes, it is not unreasonable to share hardships and hardships.

After all, the so-called Datong world is just an idealized luxury.

If we want to make the healthy and long-term development of our Ming Dynasty, we still have a lot to do.

Of course, you don't have to listen to me say this and think that everyone is like this, this is human nature, it is the same everywhere, there is nothing to blame. ”

There are some things that Li Chengqian actually didn't say, such as after a long time and there are many people, some people will always find that even if they don't work, they won't be hungry, which will breed some people's lazy personalities.

Li Qinjian listened for a long time, but in fact, he didn't understand anything, and he heard it in a fog: "Then what are we going to do?" ”

"We're actually at the best of now." Li Chengqian said, "You go and call Yi Yuanfeng, Pu Xiruo and Yi Yuanxi, and by the way, call Wang Xuance and Qi Bi He Li, and take advantage of today to solve this matter." ”

Not long after, everyone gathered in Li Chengqian's tent.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Chengqian said: "I called everyone here today because I have a few things to be informed.

1. From 15 days onwards, the previous canteen system will be abolished, and each household will be able to cook by itself, and the trade system will be liberalized, and trade exchanges will be allowed to exchange what they have.

2. Regularize the armed forces, pay food and salaries on time, and reorganize the existing armed forces.

3. Set up Changming grain shop, Changming cloth shop, Changming carriage and horse shop, Changming grocery store and many other shops to meet daily life.

Fourth, the rationalization of taxation, all walks of life need to pay a certain amount of taxes to maintain the expenses of the royal court.

5. Legalization of the royal court, and the establishment of officials at all levels and the establishment of a salary.

If there is anything missing, everyone can express their opinions and fill in the gaps. ”

Li Chengqian had thought about all these things a long time ago.

Sun Moon Mountain must change, now is undoubtedly the best time, after all, they have just climbed out of the ghost gate, and they don't have so much thought, they really have to wait until the Ming Dynasty becomes bigger, and the contradictions accumulate before making changes, it will be very passive.

"I understand what Your Highness said." Yi Yuanxi said, "But now that everyone almost can't open the pot at home, doesn't the cancellation of the canteen system force everyone to a dead end?" ”

For this article, they are extremely incomprehensible, they did not interrupt Li Chengqian's words before, it is already the result of their extreme restraint, and after Li Chengqian finished speaking, Yi Yuanxi immediately mentioned it.

Others also looked at Li Chengqian and wanted to hear what Li Chengqian had to say.

"It's just a rough arrangement, I haven't talked about the details yet." Li Chengqian said, "Our people of the Ming Dynasty are all hardworking and brave, don't believe you go out to see for yourself, is there an idler in the valley now?" Since they have paid for their labor, they naturally have to pay for it.

Of course, the standard of wages is still to be discussed, but it is certainly enough for everyone to support their families, and there is even a surplus.

You have to believe that the people of our Ming court are hardworking and brave, and they can live a better life after getting rid of the collective canteen.

Having been relying on collective canteens, when will they be able to live a better life? ”

Hearing Li Chengqian say this, everyone nodded, it would be good to have an arrangement.

Moreover, they also think that their people are hardworking and brave, and Li Chengqian's words just happened to speak to their hearts.

Next, everyone started a serious discussion on each article.

In fact, the crowd was in favor of such a change.

Don't forget, there are people with vested interests here.

Just like Article 5, the legitimization of the royal court and the establishment of officials at all levels and their salaries, aren't these officials at all levels?

Of course, none of these things can be formulated overnight, and it will take time to grind slowly.

After Li Chengqian exchanged and discussed his ideas with everyone, he left with Yi Yuanfeng and Qi Bi He Li.

He still has to reorganize his army today.

No way, now the army is in chaos.

There are the exile army, the people who are thousands of Qianpu, and the 5,000 personal soldiers of Qibi He Li, plus the pro-entourage army and the resentful army, there are not many people, but there are really a lot of sources.

"Do you have any thoughts on your 5,000 soldiers?" On the way, Li Chengqian asked Qi Bi what he wanted.

Qi Bi He Li arched his hand and said: "Everything is up to His Highness." ”

He is like this, as long as he votes sincerely, he will follow him to the death.

And, in his opinion, this one is really powerful!

At the same age, Li Chengqian dumped him eighteen streets......

"I think so, the warriors of the Tiele Department are originally a whole, so there is no need to break them up, just let the warriors of the Tiele Department build their own army, what do you think?" Li Chengqian said.

He Li was stunned when he heard this, he was actually ready to break up his own soldiers.

After all, their 5,000 soldiers and horses are stronger than the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and it is inevitable that Li Chengqian will be on guard, but who knows, Li Chengqian actually let them form an army of their own, which will surprise him.

The strength in his hands can subvert the Ming Dynasty at any time!

Is it confidence, or does it really trust us people?

Seeing that Qi Bi He Li was stunned, Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Don't suspect that you don't need to use people, besides, since the Tiele Department has been subordinated to this king, it is the people of this king, before the people have done anything to be sorry for this king, why should this king doubt his own people?"

Moreover, this king is convinced that the warriors of the Tiele tribe are all loyal people, and if one day the Tiele tribe really abandons the king, then it will only be regarded as the king's unknown person, but it is also his own fault. ”

As he spoke, Li Chengqian chuckled.

He Li hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness can rest assured, as long as the last general is still alive, the Tiele Department will always be His Highness's pawn!" Swear to follow His Highness to the death and expand the territory for His Highness! ”

He was really a little excited, the feeling of being trusted, was really comfortable.

Moreover, they were somewhat similar to the Turks, worshipping true heroes, and he believed in this. (To explain here, many people think that the Tiele tribe is Turkic, but I checked a lot of information and said that they are not Turkic, just take a look, don't be entangled, please let go.) ）

This is also the reason why, in the original history, he would follow Li Shimin to the death.

Li Chengqian is very satisfied, this is the result he wants.

As long as Qi Bi He Li does not betray him, the Tiele Department is not dead in his own hands.

When he came to the outside of the city, Li Chengqian had already notified all the troops to assemble outside the city, and all of them were here at this time, except for the wounded soldiers.

Outside the city, Li Chengqian actually didn't waste too much time.

The first is to announce the new Western Expeditionary Army, with Qi Bi He Li as the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, and the entire Western Expedition Army is also composed of Qi Bi He Li's personal soldiers, in fact, except for the change of name, there is no difference.

The second is to integrate all the soldiers except the personal army into the resentment army, and the commander is still Ihara Feng.

However, it was reassigned to the four battalions of the resentment army, and four battalions of staff were added, namely Zhao Yan, Yi Yuanzhen, Plooboqi and Wan Qipu.

Each of the four battalions added four centurions, dozens of chiefs, and Wu commanders, and this Li Chengqian was left to care, and the staff general of the fourth battalion reported to Yi Yuanfeng, and they arranged it themselves.

Li Chengqian only made one request, that is, to be promoted for merit.

In short, today is a day of great joy for the resentful army!

After dealing with the affairs of the barracks, Li Chengqian returned to the city and looked at the prisoners who were busy.

Seeing these people, Li Chengqian had a headache.

Kill it, right? It's a pity......

After all, in this year, manpower is productivity.

But let's raise it, food is also in short supply!

He wasn't worried about food before, but there was no news from the Tiele Ministry.

But now, he has to worry about food again.

Not to mention what happened after the arrival of the follow-up troops of the Tiele Ministry, now that there are more than 10,000 mouths to eat in the entire Sun Moon Mountain every day, how long can he last with that little food?

Although Jingyang is an upper county, after the county experienced a famine, the population was less than 10,000, so the grain transported from Jingyang City was limited after all.

This is not counting the Tiele tribesmen who are rushing to the Sun Moon Mountain, and when they arrive, the food gap will be even greater.

Of course, there is a saying called drowsiness to send a pillow.

No, just when Li Chengqian was worried about this matter, a piece of news came from Taoyuan.

Wei Zheng is here!

And it is on behalf of the Tang Dynasty to envoy the Ming Dynasty!

It was very formal, and Li Chengqian was stunned when he heard the news.

But after thinking about it, Li Chengqian understood that this was indeed Wei Zheng's good intentions.

The kindness of others cannot be disappointed, so Li Chengqian immediately sent Qi Bi He Li to lead the whole army of the Western Army to meet Wei Zheng outside the Sun Moon Mountain.

He also wanted to go to the land of the Tang Dynasty to welcome Wei Zheng, but Chishuiyuan was still Murong Shun's territory, and he didn't dare to take such a big risk.

The reason for this is not humane to outsiders.

As for why you don't take that glacier, let's not say that the glacier has not thawed now, even if it doesn't, Wei Zheng is officially sending the Ming Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, how can he be smuggling?

Do you want Datang's face anymore?

Moreover, in order to make an envoy, Datang greeted Murong Shun in advance.

When Murong Shun received Datang's letter, his nose was crooked.

Don't bring such a bully!

Your Tang prince built his own royal court on my territory, are you recognizing his legitimacy?

Have you asked me?

Of course, in the end, Murong Shun still pinched his nose and confessed.

The previous defeat of the 7,000-strong army by Li Chengqian's 2,000 soldiers and horses made him have to re-examine the current situation, and in a short period of time, he did not intend to attack Li Chengqian.

Moreover, this defeat is actually nothing of a loss for him, he has lost some manpower at best, and Dayan Mang's Jie Bo has even been captured alive!

Now deal with Sun Moon Mountain, what's the matter? Rescue Dayan Mang?

He eats too much to do that!

Standing in his position, I can't wait for Dayan Mang's Jiebo to die early!

"The court of the Ming Dynasty, what is the power of Qibi, welcome the Duke of Wei." Outside Sun Moon Mountain, when Qi Qi He Li saw Wei Zheng's team, he immediately said.

In order to prevent him from recognizing the wrong person, Li Chengqian also sent Liu San.

When Wei Zheng heard this, he stepped out of the carriage and said, "Khan is polite. ”

"The last general is no longer a khan now, Duke Wei should not torture the last general." Qi Bi He Li hurriedly said.

Now that he has chosen to follow Li Chengqian, this stance must be corrected.

Wei Zheng was slightly stunned, he was so quick to succumb to Li Chengqian?

Soon, everyone came to Sun Moon Mountain.

Outside the city gate, Li Chengqian also went out of the city to greet him from a distance.

He wanted to go out of the city for thirty miles to meet him, but he had dried up to the source of Chishui for thirty miles out of the city......

"Foreign Minister Wei Zheng participates in His Highness." Seeing Li Chengqian, Wei Zheng hurriedly saluted and said, "Let His Highness go out of the city to greet him, Wei Zheng is ashamed." ”

Li Chengqian hurriedly helped Wei Zheng and said, "Duke Wei laughed......

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "In the past, the old man also said that His Royal Highness will return to the west in the future, and I will welcome him when he goes thirty miles west." However, the world is unpredictable, but in a few months, it was the old man who came over first. ”

"Things in the world, isn't that what happens, no one knows what will happen tomorrow." Li Chengqian smiled, "Please." Saying that, Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to invite Wei Zheng into the city, "The conditions of Sun Moon Mountain are poor, and they are not as good as Chang'an, and I hope that Duke Wei will forgive me." ”

Wei Zheng wisped his beard and said, "Your Highness, please, although you are in a wild place, you can't waste your courtesy." ”

Li Chengqian was not polite, and the two chatted all the way back to the valley.

Along the way, Wei Zheng was actually looking at every grass and tree, brick and tile in Sun Moon Mountain, and even looking at everyone he met.

To his great surprise, everyone he met greeted Li Chengqian very cordially.

It stands to reason that this is normal, but Wei Zheng is keenly aware of the problem.

Of course, he didn't ask Li Chengqian these questions, he still has a lot of time here, and he has time to understand them by himself.

Because there is no palace or anything in the Ming Dynasty now, Li Chengqian's account has become the royal palace's tent.

Events such as the reception of envoys should naturally be placed in the king's tent.

After returning to Li Chengqian's tent, almost all the heads and brains of the Ming Dynasty were there.

The table had also been removed, leaving only a few chairs on either side.

Li Chengqian sat in the first place, and Wei Zheng went through the entire process of envoys at a glance, and officially handed over a letter of state written by the Tang Emperor to Li Chengqian.

Not to mention, this scene made Li Chengqian look at it.

After taking the national letter and looking at it twice, he wanted to throw it aside, but there were many people present at this time, so he had to endure and read Li Er's national letter.

Without him, the so-called national letter is actually Li Eryi's resentment, and the content can be imagined.

After the whole process is completed, it is time for the banquet to be entertained.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, when only Qibi He Li, Wang Xuance, and these people who knew Li Chengqian's identity were left in the tent, Li Chengqian asked: "I don't know what happened when Duke Wei came from thousands of miles away this time." ”

"Actually, the old man should do what he should do, and he can do it." Wei Zheng sighed.

Li Chengqian nodded, he understood this.

Face it squarely, that's what Wei Zheng wants to do.

Li Chengqian understands, Li Er also understands, and most court officials understand.

Don't underestimate these two words, these two words are more expensive than a thousand gold for today's Ming Dynasty!

Li Chengqian stood up, arched his hand, and said, "There is Lao Weigong worried." ”

Wei Zheng was very satisfied with Li Chengqian's reaction.

Even if Li Chengqian is now a small overlord, his behavior has not changed much from the past, and he has not looked like no one in his eyes after gaining power.

Of course, this is just the beginning, and soon, he will see Li Chengqian's shameless obscenity.

"The old minister deserves it." Wei Zheng said, "But this time, Your Majesty and Niangniang have another explanation. ”

Li Chengqian was puzzled: "What is the explanation?" ”

"Your Highness has now been crowned, and it's time to think about marriage." Wei Zheng said, "Your Majesty and Niangniang intend to marry Your Highness, I don't know what Your Highness thinks?" ”

To tell the truth, he was afraid that Li Chengqian would take a woman of different races as a concubine!

If the eldest son has foreign blood, is this still a Han dynasty?

Hearing this, Li Chengqian was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it, he figured out the reason, and was overjoyed at the moment, and hurriedly said: "The marriage event is the words of the matchmaker of the parents, and this king naturally agrees." ”

Hearing Li Chengqian say this, Wei Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, this is good, he thought, it is really the prince of my Tang Dynasty, that is, he is knowledgeable, just when he was about to speak, Li Chengqian said again, "But this king is now the king of the Ming Dynasty, where does the marriage talk start?" ”

Wei Zheng was stunned!

Didn't you just say that your parents ordered the matchmaker?

Is this a hexagram?

At that moment, he was thinking about how to persuade Li Chengqian in his heart, and before he could think of a set of rhetoric, Li Chengqian said earnestly: "Duke Wei, this is not a marriage, this is a kiss!" ”

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Wei Zheng almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood!

How do you say that?

Oh, my God!

Does Datang need to make peace with your Ming court?

"Since it is a kiss, the dowry is indispensable." Li Chengqian continued, "In this way, this king will make a list for the Duke of Wei, and the Duke of Wei will forward it to His Majesty for the king.

There is still a difference between the dowry of the princess and the side concubine, of course, the king thinks that in order to save trouble, it is good for the princess and the side concubine to come together, well, it doesn't matter if there are more side concubines, as long as the dowry is in place.

By the way, there are still many young talents in the Ming Dynasty, such as Fang Lao Er and Cheng Lao Er, they can all be kissed, and we can still talk about the specific dowry.

If the amount is large, it is not impossible to give some discounts in moderation. ”

Wei Zheng was dumbfounded.

What kind of operation is this?

And the relatives will endure it, the key is that you still plan to come in batches?

"Your Highness, this ......" Wei Zheng was a little speechless.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Duke Wei doesn't have to care, the current strength of the Ming Dynasty is not good, and it is normal to rely on his relatives to maintain some relationships." If you don't believe it, ask our general, this king and the Tiele Department are also in harmony, and the Tiele Department married a girl to the king, and it is not a side concubine, a dowry, it is the entire Tiele Department.

General, did you say no? ”

Qi Bi He Li is in a circle, when did the Tiele Department marry a girl for you? But when I heard Li Chengqian say this at this time, I immediately understood that Li Chengqian was knocking on the bamboo pole of the Tang Dynasty!

It's fucking ruthless!

It is estimated that their king dares to knock on the bamboo pole of Datang like this.

But after thinking about it again, I was a bargain, and the Tiele Department married a girl to Li Chengqian, which is also a good thing, even if it is not a side concubine, but when Li Chengqian ascends the throne in the future, if there is a son and a half daughter, he must have a name, he immediately nodded and said: "Yes, I have never been a stingy person in the Tiele Department, and this dowry is not not rich." ”

Wang Xuance on the side lowered his head, and he really didn't have the face to look up to see people.

Isn't he clear about the situation in the Tiele Ministry?

I have to say that my Highness is really ruthless.

This is completely selling yourself and exchanging supplies!

What kind of dowry, isn't it just material!

However, from this point of view, everyone still admires Li Chengqian very much, at least people are really willing to sacrifice themselves to obtain greater benefits for the Ming Dynasty, just from this point of view, Li Chengqian is indeed a qualified king.

This also gave them hope to follow Li Chengqian.

During this time, for the material problems of the Ming Dynasty, everyone racked their brains, there was no way, and their lack of materials was the original sin.

If they could really help the Ming court through this difficult time by relying on their relatives, then they would be much easier.