Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 182 Meet Li Ji

The army led by Li Ji arrived in Mayi City only one day later than Niu Jinda, but as the governor of Bingzhou, he was in charge of all the important military and political affairs in Bingzhou, at least he had to control the four counties and one city of Shuozhou, which was the gateway to Bingzhou , after the busy military assignments, he remembered to meet Sun Xiangfu.

After some salutations, Li Ji spoke first, "I heard that Zhengming is quite good at growing hair, what do you think of the land of Shuozhou?"

In fact, Sun Xiangfu and Li Ji had nothing to do with each other. Seeing that he did not regard himself as an outsider when he opened his mouth, he replied, "The surrounding forces are not balanced, and there is no possibility of growth in Shuozhou."

Li Ji frowned when he heard the words, but he understood what Sun Xiangfu meant. Shuozhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides, but one side is connected to the grassland. This side of the grassland is connected to the Huihe tribe in the west and the Xueyantuo tribe in the north. The distance is less than five hundred miles. From the analysis of the location of the land in later generations, it is probably next to Baotou in Inner Mongolia, and not far from Hohhot.

The Huihe tribe and the Xue Yantuo tribe have developed rapidly in the past two years, especially the Xue Yantuo tribe. Now the number of young people who control strings has reached nearly [-]. The Huihe tribe is slightly weaker, and there are also about [-] to [-] young adults. As their power grows stronger, they The ambitions of the leaders have also begun to swell. Of course, at present they just want to eliminate the Turks and become the overlord of the grassland.

"Your Majesty wants to unite Huihe, and the two factions of Xue Yantuo will jointly destroy the Turks. Therefore, before the Turks are destroyed, these two factions should not harbor hostility towards our Tang Dynasty." Li Ji said that Sun Xiangfu's current identity should not be known. the news said.

"Then that is to say, we only have one or two years to run Shuozhou." Sun Xiangfu raised his eyebrows and said, if there is really a year or two of peace, then, under his leadership, Shuozhou should Also initially developed.

"Why, do you think our Tang Dynasty can destroy the Turks in a year or two?" Li Ji smiled, but looked at Sun Xiangfu with your ignorant eyes.

The grassland tribes are different from the dynasties in the Central Plains. Wherever the fields and houses of the people in the Central Plains are, their roots are there. If they leave the fields and houses, they will starve to death.The prairie tribe is a nation that can go away at will. It is possible to defeat them, but it is very difficult to destroy them. The strong Han has been more than four hundred years old, but has it ever completely wiped out the Xiongnu?Just chasing around on the grassland will take many years to decide the winner.

"If Huihe and Xueyantuo are united, it will not be difficult to destroy the Turks within a year or two. However, I am afraid that Huihe and Xueyantuo will become the new Turks."

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's argument, Li Ji's eyes became serious, and he said, "You don't agree with His Majesty's strategy of jointly defeating the enemy, but is there a better strategy for defeating the enemy?"

"Uh, I don't have this at the moment. I just think that the more forces there are on the grassland now, the more stable our Tang Dynasty's position will be. Why don't we let them kill each other, and let's just focus on developing our own internal affairs and improving our national strength? Years later, with a stable interior and the strength to normalize expeditions, wouldn't it be better to eradicate them one by one?"

"The normalized strength of the expedition?"

"Uh, it's the economic strength to be able to support one or even multiple professional combat troops for a long time." Sun Xiangfu accidentally made another word about the funeral, and quickly explained.

"how can that be?"

Li Ji just imagined for a while, and felt that what Sun Xiangfu said was an impossible problem. The productivity of the ancients was low, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty came from farmers. Only in this way can the country’s production be barely guaranteed. In many cases, the emperor or the separatist forces will choose to postpone the war because they want the soldiers to stay at home and take care of the farming. Well, everyone will have nothing to eat, nothing to eat, but the problem is bigger than losing the battle.

Sun Xiangfu smiled and shook his head when he heard the words, "It's possible. My family has only [-] guards. You have seen their combat effectiveness. When they were in my family, they didn't need to farm at all. , you only need to concentrate on honing your enemy-killing skills, and I can also provide them with big fish and meat every day, and create the best equipment for them to wear. When there are many people like me in Datang, it will be fine gone."

"If everyone can understand the same hair growth technique as you, do you think you can still make money?" Seeing that Sun Xiangfu's words were outrageous, Li Ji couldn't help retorting.

"I don't need everyone! One of me can support 300 people, ten of me is 3000 people, and at most one hundred of me can support a professional elite army of 3 people. I believe Datang is better than me. There are more than a hundred rich people!" Sun Xiangfu told Li Ji to count with his fingers like teaching elementary school students.

"But those people don't want to use money to support the sergeants!" Li Ji retorted again.

"Then find a way to get them to pay for the army!"

"any solution?"

"Of course it's a benefit. It's like Ma Zhou's previous suggestion that the Tang Dynasty should send troops to protect the safety of the Hu merchants in the Western Regions. As soon as the military expenses were paid by the Hu merchants in the Western Regions, the court didn't spend the money, and they also trained a team with far-reaching military strength. An experienced army?"

"Uh, such a good thing will happen every year." Li Ji was a bit tasteful, and seemed to regret that he had never competed with Li Jing.

"There are no conditions, let's create conditions!" Sun Xiangfu spread his hands in the shackles.

Li Ji frowned when he heard this, stared at Sun Xiangfu and said, "How to create?"

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "That depends on how big your heart is."

"What do you say when you're older? What about when you're young?"

"If it's big, if you go out one or two thousand miles, there will be people who are willing to spend money to support the tens of thousands of troops of the imperial court. army."

"Mark the land? How do you do it? We don't have much land in Tang Dynasty, if you rezon the land, you will get less. Your Majesty will not do such a thing."

"Whoever said that the land of the Tang Dynasty was allocated, of course it was the land of the Turkic people."

"Turkic land? Grassland? Who would want such land?"

"Some people will want it, and even rush to get it, as long as these lands can bring them benefits." Sun Xiangfu said sternly.

Li Ji was caught off guard by his unhurried appearance, and said, "If you keep telling the truth, I will report to His Majesty what you did in Shuozhou."

"Uh, Caomin didn't do anything in Shuozhou!" Sun Xiangfu touched his nose guiltily and said.

Li Ji sneered and said, "Hehe, do you want me to remind you that you gave Niu Jinda the land registration booklet?"

"Uh, there is such a thing. Isn't this a rainy day, to help the court sell the land of the Turkic people?"

"It's a good word to prepare for a rainy day. You should tell me how the imperial court could sell the land of the Turkic people to those rich people." Li Ji pointed to the core of the problem.

(End of this chapter)