Chapter 172: The Claim for Tuyuhun
"Let's all get down to business, this time the imperial court has given us all the power, when negotiating with Tuyuhun, we have to think about all the conditions, we will never fight an uncertain battle, and we can't let Tuyuhun take advantage, although they were not destroyed this time, but the border area must also be safe for a few years."
When General Qin Qiong said this, the others all sat down seriously, after all, this was related to the situation in the border area, and everyone who was still happy just now began to talk about it at this moment.
The most important thing is the construction of the new city, although the geographical location of Liangzhou City is dangerous, but it is too far away from the core area of Tuyuhunna, and our army cannot be stationed on the grassland, if it is stationed on the grassland, we may be bulldozed by them at any time, so there must be a city.
Although the current treasury of the imperial court is empty, but Li Shimin's holy decree has arrived, even if it is to smash the pot and sell iron, it is necessary to build a new city, according to the plan of the officials of the Ministry of Industry and Yamen, the construction of the new city is divided into three years, and the first year will need about 1.1 million yuan, we will definitely not be able to take out this money, we must let the people of Tuyuhun pay for it.
The second is about the problem of business, Tuyuhun controls the trade between the three countries, and has made a lot of money over the years, but it has suffered the two countries at both ends, and we don't care about their relationship with Tubo, but the Datang side is not allowed to collect heavy taxes, and all Datang goods should be exempt from taxes.
In the past, our officials also negotiated with them countless times, but because the two countries were equal relations at that time, Tuyuhun's officials directly refused, people can have an income of one million yuan every year, why should they cut this part by themselves, and now Tuyuhun is defeated, which is just a great opportunity.
The third is naturally the problem of land cutting, the original border between the two countries is fifty miles outside Liangzhou, but because the people of the Tang Dynasty are unwilling to go out of the city, so Tuyuhun will expand the border line to Liangzhou City, this time to expand the border line to more than 300 miles outside Liangzhou City, more than 100 miles more than the original said, so that it also leaves a hundred miles of strategic depth for the new city.
The fourth is the issue of reparations, after the end of the war, all countries have a huge financial hole, and the victorious country must find the defeated country to compensate for this hole, if the defeated country is unwilling, then we can only continue to fight, in short, this money cannot be made by ourselves.
After discussing these major issues, Li Xiang also raised another question, if we can take the hundreds of miles of grassland outside Liangzhou City, we must set up a management organization, if we nominally own this place, they will soon eat it back.
After all, Tuyuhun is a herding people, they live on this grassland, on the other hand, we are a farming nation, the common people can go to the grassland to do business, but they will never settle their homes here, our soldiers risked their lives to get back the land, if it is not managed, it is very likely to be lost in a few years, we are also sorry for those soldiers who died in battle.
"It's easy for you to say, can you look at the grassland outside every day? Our people don't go out to graze at all, and even if there are a few, they don't need such a large grassland. ”
Li Zhi has been holding back for a long time, from the beginning to the present, no one has asked his opinion, he can only stay where he is honestly, and now after hearing Li Xiang's words, he finally found an opportunity to brush his existence.
Although Li Zhi's words were not listened to, everyone present nodded, how the fifty miles of grassland outside the city was lost before, everyone knew it, it was because our people didn't go out of the city much, and the people of Tuyuhun were still tentative at first, but later found that they were grazing on this land and no one cared about it, and over time it became their own grassland.
"Humble has a bold idea......"
Li Xiang knows very well that this old management method must be changed, if we continue to use the previous way, no matter how much grassland we take back at the negotiation table, it will eventually be taken back by the Tuyuhun people, so Li Xiang has already thought of a way, that is, to support Zaterk.
When Li Xiang said this, the expressions on everyone's faces were very exciting, some people felt that Zaterk was not worth believing, some people felt that Li Xiang was a little whimsical, in short, few people agreed.
When Li Xiang brought Zatelk here, they thought that Li Xiang just needed some news on the grassland, but in fact, Li Xiang had already thought about it, in addition to needing news on the grassland, he also had to support an agent to do it, this guy had already fallen out with his father because of the prince's problem, and he had extreme resentment towards Tuyuhun's high-level officials, let's let him be a management official outside Liangzhou City, and fight with his father, not only to keep our territory, but also to prevent Tuyuhun from being idle.
"Isn't that a bit too risky? You must know that after all, he is a Tuyuhun person, and if he is not of my race, his heart will be different, isn't this what you said? ”
Cheng Yanjin said with some concern, there are also many feudal dynasties in history with Hu people, but what is the final result? Those Hu people have betrayed the Central Plains Dynasty one after another, and if we do this now, it is very likely that we will raise tigers.
"General Cheng is right, but there is a comprehensive plan below, he only controls civilian officials, all the armed forces are in our hands, this vast grassland, we must be equipped with exclusive troops."
Li Xiang's words are very understandable to everyone, after all, this grassland has been taken back, if you don't garrison the local army, then this grassland will easily become Tuguhun Tuguhun, but at the moment the imperial court is short of finances, if there is such an extra garrison money, then I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to make ends meet.
"You know our finances, how many troops are to be stationed outside? If it's three or five thousand, I'm afraid it's not much use, but if it's twenty or thirty thousand, how much will it cost this year? ”
Qin Qiong said with some worry, he didn't want the land he wanted to come back to Tuyuhun again, but the current situation of the imperial court was here, and there was a shortage of money everywhere, although we were on the front line here, the emperor was not ready to spend too much money here, and General Qin Qiong knew this idea very clearly.
Li Zhi's sneer came again......