In troubled times, people's lives are like mustard, but Li Ye believes that the population in troubled times is an important part of strength.

Later generations of great men said that there is great strength in numbers.

Only with population can there be development potential.

Why can the party members only succumb to the northwest for more than 150 years before they rise to prominence?

The main reason is the lack of population.

Another reason is that the party can survive to the weak Song. Even when Li Yuanhao established Western Xia, there was still a shortage of people, so he made a capturing army to arrest people and strengthen himself.

When Zhao Chongning returned to Chang'an, he lost a lot of weight, and the census work in this era was difficult to compare with the sky, and the inventory of fields was also a huge project, but fortunately, the active cooperation of Li Juchuan in Huazhou and Yuan Jingcheng in Tongzhou allowed him to roughly complete the task.

Huazhou has a population of 90,000 hectares and 5,000 hectares of fields, while Tongzhou has a population of 70,000 and 4,000 hectares. However, the problem of land is still serious.

Without land, there can be no steady increase in population.

In the Huangchao Rebellion, Tonghua and China were the hardest hit areas, and the damage was serious, plus the fields of Chang'an, only less than 30,000 hectares, among which there were a large number of medium fields and inferior fields.

Zhao Chongning also emphasized that these data are not accurate, such as the population of the two states, there must be those that have not been counted, those hidden in the mountains and forests, and those hidden by the powerful clan.

Time is tight, the task is heavy, and the manpower is small, so I can only get an approximate data.

Even in the information society of later generations, the census is a big project.

It is not easy for Zhao Chongning to get back an approximate figure in just two months.

Li Ye was very satisfied and praised him vigorously.

People like Zhao Chongning do not seek wealth or power, but they are extremely useful in praising the emperor.

Now with the addition of Chang'an, Li Ye's population is about 460,000, 20,000 soldiers, 16,000 auxiliary soldiers, and the ratio of soldiers to people is almost 12 to 1, which is equivalent to 12 people raising one soldier.

Considering that Guanzhong is now tired and almost at the limit, if the army is expanded, logistics will not be able to keep up, and development will be seriously affected.

What Li Ye wants is a professional elite soldier, not a rabble that is gathered randomly.

This strength is okay in Guanzhong, but in Kanto and Jiangnan, it is also a third-rate product.

There is a long way to go to revitalize Datang.

As soon as Zhao Chongning finished reporting, the reply from Dunfang and the gold merchant arrived.

Li Sixiao did not unexpectedly decline the appointment of the imperial court, saying that he was old and frail, and his virtue was not enough to take on such a great responsibility, so he asked the imperial court to withdraw his life and use meritocracy.

The rhetoric is quite respectful, after all, it has not torn the skin.

Unexpectedly, Feng Xing attacked and actually responded to the order, saying that three days later, he would rush to Chang'an with five hundred relatives to meet His Majesty.

As soon as he saw the five hundred relatives, Li Ye's face twitched.

In these years, the personal entourage of the vassal is an elite soldier, an absolute elite soldier.

For example, Han Jian's 900 Caizhou soldiers, Gao Xingzhou's 8,000 Shence army was bloodied with one shot.

Of course, subjectively there is a reason why Gao Xingzhou underestimated the enemy, and objectively, Han Jian's 900 Caizhou personal soldiers have good combat effectiveness.

This Feng Xing's attack is really not simple, and now it is Li Ye's turn to take over.

Li Ye had a habit of doing sales in his previous life, and he always had to investigate the customer's information and background in advance.

Now Feng Xingxi is his customer, and he has also read the information. Feng Xing attacked the bottom of the ground to get up, quite brave, climbed to the Junzhou capital school, at that time there was a strong Sun Xi gathered thousands of people to make a rebellion, plotting to attack Junzhou, Feng Xing attacked the ambush in the north of the Han River, pretended to take refuge in Sun Xi, took a small boat to meet Sun Xi, tricked Sun Xi on the boat, and killed it in the north of the Han River, the rest of the people were scattered, since then Feng Xing attacked the heart of the Junzhou army and the people, and the power was in his hands.

Later, Li Maozhen rose in Fengxiang and sent his righteous son Li Jizhen to occupy Jinzhou, Feng Xing decisively sent troops from Junzhou, defeated Li Jizhen's troops in one fell swoop, occupied Jinzhou, and Tang Ting appointed him as the defense envoy of Zhaoxin. After that, the imperial court and Li Maozhen jointly attacked Yang Shouliang, Yang Shouliang was ready to make a detour to Jinzhou Shangzhou and attack Chang'an, Feng Xingxing made a decisive move again and defeated Yang Shouliang, and Tang Ting was promoted to Zhaoxin Festival envoy for his merits.

To sum up, this person is bold and careful, precise in his eyes, and full of courage.

This time it was Li Ye's turn to have a headache, and the cattle rising at the bottom were not fuel-efficient lamps.

Judging from his attack on Yang Shouliang, he has a heart for defending Tang Ting.

But this is only speculation, and people change.

The martial artists at the end of the Tang Dynasty were all daring.

Qin Zongquan occupied a Caizhou, so he dared to call himself the Son of Heaven, attacked from all sides, and hit Zhu Wen trembling.

Li Cunxiao is a Xingzhou, and he dares to turn his face with Li Keyong, if it weren't for the love of father and son, he could continue to fight.

If Feng Xing's old trick is repeated, he will give himself a thief to capture the king first, and then play a game to coerce the princes of the Son of Heaven, it will not look good.

Three days passed quickly. Feng Xing rushed to Chang'an as promised, but did not enter the city, but camped ten miles outside the Mingde Gate, all cavalry.

Zhao Chongning proposed to deceive Feng Xing into Chang'an first, and then say, if he didn't fall for the plan, he could send 3,000 cavalry, go out of Yanxing Gate, go around his back, and capture this person in one fell swoop, and Jinshang Erzhou would be at his fingertips.

This plan is good, but it is too lacking in morality, Feng Xingxing is so easy to deceive? Three thousand cavalry will definitely be able to capture people?

Han Jian's shadow on Li Ye was too big.

Feng Xing is still a courtier of the Tang Dynasty in name, and he has never had any disobedience to the imperial court, so he is so unscrupulous to deal with him, it is too ugly to eat, what do other feudal towns think?

After thinking about it, he decided to go to see Feng Xingxing in person, and only brought two hundred personal guards, all of whom were foot soldiers.

Li Ye didn't dare to be careless, wearing soft armor inside, and at the same time, 2,000 cavalry behind Mingde Gate were on standby.

You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people.

If Feng Xing had any crooked intentions, the two hundred guards could resist the cavalry support.

Zhang Chengye and Zhao Chongning tried their best to dissuade them, saying that now the safety of Datang is all on Li Ye alone, and if there is an accident, Datang is in danger.

Li Ye also knows that when he calls people to come, when they arrive at the door of their homes, they dare not go out, doesn't it make the world laugh?

It will also make Feng Xing look down on Tang Ting.

Two hundred heavily armored guards surrounded Li Ye out of the Mingde Gate.

There is no need to be false with people like Feng Xingxi, and the Son of Heaven honor guard is not used, only a Son of Heaven flag is raised. Less than half an hour after leaving the city, he saw Feng Xing's banner in the distance.

One of his men was burly and majestic, with armor all over his body, and he was also looking at Li Ye's side, and the cavalry behind him did not carry spears and bows and arrows, but only carried a long knife at his waist.

Li Ye did not go over, but stopped in place, waiting for Feng Xing to come to meet him.

Feng Xing's cavalry divided into a group and went around Li Ye's back.

This action made Li Ye's heart tighten, could it be to cut off his retreat? However, this place is only seven or eight miles away from Chang'an City, and the cavalry is coming in an instant, so this move is meaningless.

When this group of cavalry arrived at the back, they did not assemble, but scattered in all directions, and Li Ye suddenly realized that it was a scout.

He was worried that he would capture the thief and capture the king first, why didn't he worry about himself?

For about half an hour, the scouts did not move, and Feng Xingxing came with the cavalry around him.

Getting closer, Feng Xing attacked the saddle and dismounted, and the cavalry behind him dismounted at the same time, kneeling on the ground with Feng Xing, "The last general Zhaoxin Jie Du made Feng Xing attack to meet Your Majesty!" ”