"Good news, good news, good news of the Tongtian River, the Northwest Provincial Army has entered the source of the Yangtze River of the Tongtian River."

On the Zhuque Street in Chang'an, a Qianniu guard held the victory in his arms, and galloped quickly on the gallop road, shouting loudly at the same time.

The people on the streets on both sides, the merchants in the restaurants, and the soldiers on patrol all heard the sound of the victory, and there was an uproar.

In a very short period of time, the sound of celebration spread throughout Chang'an.

The sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums suddenly resounded in all directions, and there were cheers.

Since a month ago, the news of Dafeichuan came, the people of Chang'an have celebrated once, and now it is the second time.

The people of Chang'an, dressed in auspicious clothes, walked on the street, all with their heads held high, and they were in high spirits.

The people of other countries in the city were full of envy in their eyes, and their expressions became more and more respectful.

……

In the Hanyuan Palace, Li Zhigao sat on the imperial couch, leaning forward slightly, looking excited.

The bead curtain at the back is gently swinging, and the queen of heaven is relaxed.

The prince was dressed in a python robe and looked solemn.

Countless ministers stood under them, standing respectfully.

From the Tongtian River, day and night, running to the Qianniuwei of Chang'an, the wind and dust ran into the main hall, and then knelt down in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "Li Lang, the captain of the Qianniuwei Colonel, was ordered to play Jie, and Wang Xiaojie, the forward of the Northwest Dao, arrived on the north bank of the Tongtian River on the 10th day of September in the second year of Yifeng.

The head of the march of the Northwest Road, the prince of Pengcheng County, Liu Xianli, Gu Ben Zhuangbao, long live my emperor, long live! ”

"Flat." Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction and said: "Passing the decree, the captain Li Lang will be promoted to two levels, and he will be appointed as the general of Zuo Qianniu Weilang, and Wang Xiaojie will be promoted to one level and will be appointed as the general of Zuo Wei." ”

"Whoa!" Zhao Renben immediately stepped forward and surrendered his name.

Zhongshu ordered Hao Chujun to step forward and arch his hand: "The great victory in the northwest, the whole world celebrates, and the ministers wish Your Majesty prosperity and prosperity, longevity and happiness, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!" ”

"I wish Your Majesty prosperity and prosperity, longevity and happiness, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!" The ministers congratulated at the same time, looking excited.

"Everyone loves to be flat." Li Zhi raised his head slightly and said: "Spread the decree, let the king of Nanchang live in Baihai, and worship the gods of mountains and rivers through the Tianhe River." ”

"Whoa!" Zong Zhengqing Pei Guangxiao stepped forward to answer the order.

"Decree, three days later, the minister and the prince will go to Zhaoling to offer the tomb and worship the ancestors, and five days later, I will sacrifice heaven and earth in the southern and northern suburbs."

"Whoa!" Taichang Siqing, Guanglu Heiqing, Shaofu Supervisor, Inner Attendant, and all officials arched forward at the same time.

Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction.

This time it hit directly to the north bank of the Tongtian River, and compared with when Zhenguan was in Zhenguan, Li Jing hit Baihai, and he had to go further.

In this battle in the northwest, the territory was far away, and Li Zhi finally completely surpassed his father Li Shimin.

Li Zhi took a deep breath, looked at the ministers in the palace, and said in a deep voice: "Although this war has lasted for two years, all the secretaries know that the DPRK and China have been preparing since the defeat of Dafeichuan, and it has taken several years to have today's achievements.

From today onwards, the officials will count the meritorious ministers over the years, and the group will reward them when the Zhengdan Dynasty will meet. ”

"Commandment." Dou Xuande, the secretary of the ministry, stepped forward and gave his hand and solemnly received the order.

The Empress Wu behind Li Zhi, the prince on his side, and Liu Renliang, Hao Chujun and others on the side couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although it is a good thing for the army to win, there is also a big trouble to deal with.

That is the reward of the armies.

From Li Jingxuan, the Zhongshu Ling who did not participate in the war, to Liu Xianli, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, who presided over the war, as well as Xue Rengui, Li Jinxing, Wang Xiaojie, Heizhi Changzhi, Li Duozuo, and even Li Xuan, tens of thousands of people from top to bottom should be rewarded, even specific to each soldier.

The amount of money required to do so is definitely not a small number.

Especially now, Datang has been in drought for two consecutive years, and there are still many years of war, and it is not easy to support the victory of the war until now, where can you expect them to immediately come up with a large amount of money to reward.

Even if it is to do all the power of the government and the opposition and reward the officers and soldiers, then next year, will it be over.

……

Before, Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, Military Department, Household Department, and Officials Department discussed and discussed, and only then did they reluctantly come up with a more appropriate reward plan.

Those who can be awarded the title of official reward, try to be awarded the title of official reward, as for money, these people need to think about the imperial court, a little wait.

Although these people were far less than the eleven remaining officers and soldiers, the money they gave them was almost equal to that of the remaining soldiers.

As for those soldiers who are not enough to be crowned officials, the money in them is indispensable.

What should be sent must be posted.

However, if a person is willing to give up his money, the court can also reward officials at its discretion.

This is a disguised use of money to buy officials.

As for those who can't even cover the official money, I'm afraid that together, there is not much, and they are directly rewarded.

These means are tantamount to turning the money that needs to be taken out now into the official income in the future, which will be distributed for a long time.

However, although the trouble at hand has been solved now, there is still a lot of trouble to solve in the future.

Where did these official positions come from to place meritorious heroes and good generals, and how to solve such redundant officials that have accumulated over a long period of time.

Shangshu Province gave a strategy, and the newly designated Panzhou, Changzhou, and the newly taken counties such as Maduo and Chengduo could all be placed in officials.

As for the redundancy in the future, when the time comes, the DPRK will send an iron-faced and selfless imperial history out.

This person is first of all Di Renjie.

In this way, at least the problem has been solved gradually, but fundamentally, it still depends on how the newly incorporated places should be governed.

……

Li Zhi retracted his expression, then looked at the ministers and said, "Now that the vanguard has arrived at Tongtianhe, does Shangshu Province have any suggestions for the governance of the land?" ”

"Your Majesty." Liu Renliang stepped forward slowly and arched his hand: "Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of War have agreed that there are three strategies. ”

"Speak!"

"First, imitating the old things, Lima Prefecture, Dazhou, Quzhou, Weizhou, Fengzhou, Yanzhou, Yuanzhou, Yizhou, Shengzhou and other fetters, with Songzhou and Changzhou as the governor's mansion, and they are under the jurisdiction of distant distance." Liu Renliang solemnly bowed his hand.

"No." Li Zhi thought for a moment, waved his hand and said: "Songzhou, Changzhou is too far away, if there is something, the whip is out of reach." After the defeat of Dafeichuan, the centrifugation of the states was a precedent. ”

"Yes!" Liu Renliang once again arched his hand and said: "Based on Maduo, Chengduo, Lima Prefecture, Duhufu, Zhangda Prefecture, Quzhou, Weizhou, Fengzhou and other detention prefectures, send officials to serve and strengthen management;

With Songzhou as the capital governor's office, Panzhou directly under the central government, Zhangyan Prefecture, Yuanzhou, Yizhou, Shengzhou and other prefectures, officials were dispatched to serve and management was strengthened. ”

This strategy not only strengthens management, but also installs so many former officials.

Looks like it's perfect.

Li Zhi nodded and asked directly, "Who is the protector?" ”

"Xue Rengui, the Governor of Daizhou." Liu Renliang bowed seriously.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate." Hao Chujun stood up and arched his hand: "Mazhou from the north bank of the Tongtian River to Wuhai, thousands of miles before and after, located on the plateau, with many snow peaks, vast and sparsely populated, not abundant products, difficult to transport grain and grass, and even the officers and soldiers are difficult to stay for a long time. ”

Hao Chujun said a word, and Li Zhi's face immediately became gloomy.

The Tongtian River is too far away, and the Tang Dynasty can not have many troops to garrison, and it has to fight back against Tubo and Qinling, and the grain and grass need to be dispatched from Chang'an, which is extremely costly.

The key is that Mazhou, Dazhou, Quzhou, Laozhou, Fengzhou, Yanzhou, Yuanzhou, Yizhou, and Shengzhou are all fetters and have no special production, even if they resist the counterattack of Tubo, it is also very expensive to send troops to garrison for a long time.

If you had gritted your teeth before, it would have passed, but now, Datang has been in drought for many years, and the support for the front line has also reached the last moment.

"So, you're going to withdraw your troops, right?" Li Zhi looked at Hao Chujun with a gloomy face.

Hao Chujun arched his hand and said: "The right guard, the left and right Xiao guards, the right leading guards, the left guards, and the right guards, all need to be withdrawn." ”

"Who's in charge of the front?" Li Zhi asked directly.

"Wang Xiaojie, the general of the left guard, Li Xuan, the general of the right guard."

Li Zhi took a deep breath and said, "If Hao Xiang has anything to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

"Whoa!" Hao Chujun gave up his hand again and said: "Jiannan Road, with Songzhou as the governor's office, Panzhou directly under the central government, Zhangyan Prefecture, Yuanzhou, Yizhou, Shengzhou and other prefectures, sent pacification envoys to serve in Changshi to strengthen management;

Northwest Province, with the name of the state, Maduo into Changzhou, with Changzhou as the lower capital of the governor's office, called the state directly under the central government, Zhangda Prefecture, Quzhou, Laozhou, Fengzhou and other prefectures, sent to pacify the envoy Changshi to serve, strengthen management. ”

"I don't think it's appropriate." Liu Renliang immediately stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the king of Nanchang is only twenty, too young, and the power is too heavy to serve as the governor. ”

Under the governor, from the three products.

The history of Changzhou thorns, is on the fourth product.

"Then Xue Rengui will be the governor of Changzhou, and the king of Nanchang will be the governor of Changzhou." Hao Chujun immediately spoke.

Li Zhi suddenly smiled, waved his hand, and said, "This is the third strategy of the two Aiqing. ”

"Yes!" Liu Renliang and Hao Chujun gave up at the same time.

Even now, they have not developed the same attitude.

Liu Renliang is more inclined to the second strategy, and Hao Chujun is more inclined to the third strategy, and the core contention lies in the transportation of grain and grass on the front line.

In the weilong, there must be 5,000 left guards to guard, but after the 5,000 left guards, where is the support of Changzhou, is the key point of debate.

If Maduo is included in Changzhou, then Changzhou can reach Baihai directly.

In this way, Li Xuan had to take over the responsibility of transporting grain and grass and send the grain and grass directly to Bayankala Pass.

Even the Changzhou state soldiers can be stationed directly in Maduo.

Support is close.

If Mazhou is the capital, then Mazhou will have to transport grain directly from Dafeichuan to Tongtian River, thousands of miles away.

Even from Wuhai, there are 600 miles.

Support is far away.

The former is reasonable, but the problem is that Li Xuan is too young, and he has already grasped the real power at the age of twenty, and his position is too heavy.

Li Zhi's eyes lowered slightly, turned to look at Liu Renliang, and asked: "Zuo Xiang, with the ability of the king of Nanchang, can he govern the states?" ”

Age is not important, the key is ability.

This is the attitude of the emperor.

Liu Renliang arched his hand and said seriously: "The minister thinks that there is no obstacle to governing Changzhou, but the ministers think that there is still a lack of military merits in the state. ”

"Hao Xiang." Li Zhi turned to look at Hao Chujun.

Hao Chujun arched his hand and said: "This matter, why don't Your Majesty ask the king of Nanchang, the minister thinks, this matter of people's hearts, the king of Nanchang is no stranger to it, especially in Changzhou, in a year, tens of thousands of Tuyuhun tribes have been sincerely appeased, as for the party clans, the king of Nanchang should have a strategy." ”

Li Zhi nodded slightly, and said: "In this way, Songzhou will unify Panzhou, Yanzhou, Yuanzhou, Yizhou, and Shengzhou, and send pacification envoys to serve as Changshi; At the end of the year, the king of Nanchang will take all the party leaders back to Beijing and get along with each other along the way. ”

"Whoa!" Hao Chujun and Liu Renliang gave up at the same time.

"The other is the matter of withdrawing the army and offering prisoners, and the order Zhongshu ordered Li Jingxuan to train troops in Dafeichuan, and at the same time transferred grain and grass, coordinated the gradual withdrawal of the army, and on December 23, the army sacrificed Taimiao." Li Zhi waved his hand directly, his expression solemn.

The ministers suddenly bowed their hands: "Zhaozhao has Tang, and heaven is full of all countries!" Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live. ”

(End of chapter)