Chapter 952: The Attraction of Being a Soldier Declines
Li Shimin originally wanted to make some trouble for Li Xiang, after all, Li Xiang is becoming more and more undisciplined now, if it continues to develop like this in the future, maybe he and Tang Gaozu Li Yuan are not much different.
But Li Shimin is also an emperor who wants to be famous, if the ministers do not accuse him of his mistakes in ordinary times, he also asks the ministers to do so, and now Li Xiang is doing a good job, and he can expand the territory and influence of the Tang Dynasty, if he stops Li Xiang now, once he makes a mistake in the future, he doesn't know how to write it in the history books.
So Li Shimin simply doesn't care about this matter, anyway, if Li Xiang wins, it will also be the result of our overall leadership, and this stinky boy himself will not have so much ability, but if something goes wrong, then blame him all the time, anyway, if there is merit, let's divide it equally, and it will all be yours.
In addition to supporting a large amount of grain, Li Shimin also organized a large number of people to go to Sichuan to help build roads, after the first few wars, Li Shimin can be regarded as seeing that the quality of the road directly affects the outcome of the war.
Except for the first war against Tuyuhun, almost all other wars involved transportation problems, and there were still many people in the imperial court who opposed it at that time, they thought that Li Xiang spent money on building roads, which was purely a waste of the imperial court's money, and the finances of the imperial court were not broad, and you still threw so much money on the land, which was simply disregarding the country.
But now these people are silent, even the people who once accused Li Xiang back then, they also apologized to Li Xiang in public, and even some people in various places came up, when the road was built, in addition to the convenience of fighting, their contacts were also much more convenient than before, all kinds of materials could start to exchange, and the economy of various places was also thriving.
So when Xiao Yu proposed to build roads in Sichuan, Li Shimin immediately agreed, mobilized more than 17,000 criminals from all over the country, and asked them to build roads in Sichuan.
This can be said to give Xiao Yu a lot of power, as long as the road in Sichuan can be repaired, the rest of the things will not be taken care of by the imperial court, now it is to ask for money to give money to people, but if Nanzhao's war fails, then all people will have to follow the bad luck, Xiao Yu naturally understands this truth.
Many people think that Li Xiang is too adventurous, including Xiao Yu, if he is allowed to choose, he would rather put down the matter of Nanzhao first, and then go to the capital to receive credit, this time it is not a joke, so many people have not solved the four major toasts for so many years, let's solve these four thorns, this can be said to be immeasurable.
If you go back to Chang'an, people up and down will be rewarded, but I didn't expect Li Xiang to have that kung fu, he actually adjusted the war of Nanzhao again, and the waves of unsettled waves rose again and again, which is a challenge for anyone, so you can also take the credit for the front first, and then do the rest of the work.
It's a pity that Li Xiang doesn't have this kung fu, he is a person who does practical things, it is impossible to stop his pace a lot because of these merits, and the children of the Xiao family who follow Xiao Yu also have merit, they don't understand Li Xiang's approach, and now they can only follow Li Xiang to the black, who let the court treat the children of the Xiao family as Li Xiang's subordinates?
Everything is already ready here in Sichuan, and it is just a matter of sending a recital from Nanzhao, so everyone is looking forward to it these days, to see what Qian Ping can make that side look like, according to the mentality they are preparing now, that is, the more chaotic the better, it is best not to find even a rule, then we can have more people in the past.
For these Tusi troops, they have also seen the strength of Datang in recent times, and now there is such an opportunity for them to join Datang, many people feel that this is an opportunity from God, and life after going down the mountain is much better than the original in the mountain, at least there is no need to eat those wild fruits and bark.
In the past, when there was not enough food in the mountains, many people had to rely on this thing to satisfy their hunger, not that every household had enough mountain delicacies, so many people would still starve to death, now as long as they enter the army of the Tang Dynasty, according to the Tang Dynasty court, a person is a soldier, and almost the whole family eats and drinks without worry, of course, you can't live a rich life, but you will definitely not starve your whole family.
This may not be very attractive to some people in Chang'an City, because of the rise of the entire Tang economy, being a soldier is no longer a good way out, but for the army of these Tusi masters, they have never heard of this treatment, a person being a soldier can make the whole family have enough to eat, there is no such thing in all dynasties, and even many soldiers have to bring their own dry food.
Now such good things are right in front of their eyes, so they have to keep showing it.
In the past, there was no chance, but now the opportunity is in front of them, according to the rumors circulating within the army, as long as they can pass the battle of Nanzhao, they don't need to do how good they are, they just need to be able to control the country, then from that moment on, they are the real Tang army, not only can they get the same salary as the Tang army, but their families also have all kinds of care.
Now because it has just been reorganized, they can only take the salary of the reserve army, that is, 70% of the regular Tang soldiers, but even such a family of four is enough to eat, and they still eat real rice, not that kind of multigrain noodles.
In addition, they have seen the power of the Tang army, although they have not used that kind of weapon, but these Tang troops are helping on the side, just rely on those weak troops in the south, if they let them clean us up, then simply find a piece of tofu and kill it.
In the past, it was not that there had been no war with the army in the south, those people were like soft-footed shrimp one by one, at most they were bullying the less, if the armies on both sides were about the same, there were almost no victories, and as long as we were serious, the Nanzhao State would always send envoys, and would never really fight with us, weaker than the Han people in the north.