Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 737 Five Years
When Li Shimin received Sun Xiangfu's detailed report on pacifying Tubo in Suiye City, he was almost out of wow.

Set up a reward system to promote the rapid Sinicization of the local people, which is what he can think of. With him to straighten out all the things in Tubo, it will be much easier for Li Ji after he passes. He only needs to train his troops with peace of mind and strengthen his army. Just local infrastructure.

In July, the kings of the three kingdoms of Oguz, Jansa, and Bolu arrived in Suiye City and formally applied to Datang to be merged into Datang as a whole.

After Li Shimin sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to conduct a pretentious assessment, in August, he officially announced that the territory of the three kingdoms was the inherent territory of the Tang Dynasty, and all the people under it were included in the household registration of the Tang Dynasty. The roads also began to be built, and the garrison quickly took over the city defense.

The land of these three kingdoms is not small, as large as the three provinces of the Central Plains in the later generations. After being merged, the population of Datang was increased by nearly 400 million, and the territory of Datang extended westward to the coast of the Caspian Sea and southward. , it borders Tianzhu in an all-round way. So far, in addition to the Byzantine Empire, Datang has already bordered on the three major empires of Dashi, Persia, and Tianzhu, each with a border line of more than a thousand miles.

This action caused the entire Western world to look at Datang.

Some people are worried about it, while others are happy about it.

Those who are worried about it are naturally the few big empires. They are worried that the Great Tang will eventually affect their rule, and those who are happy are naturally those small kingdoms that still exist in this area.

Because, the conditions given by the Tang Dynasty to the kingdoms that surrendered and merged are too generous. Roads, cities, and houses, that is, they are built as soon as they are built. All taxes were also exempted back then, and the kings of the three kingdoms were granted titles of dukes. A number of high-ranking officials in the country were also awarded titles, and some of them were even appointed as real positions.

However, no matter whether they are happy people or sad people, they dare not express any disagreement with Datang's decision. They can only accept any decision made by Datang now, and they have set such strict rules. There are strict surrender conditions, and there are still kingdoms that strive to meet the standards and choose to surrender and merge. What can you do?
Of course, in the entire Eurasian continent, there are also those who have the strength to challenge Datang. The Byzantine Empire and the Dashi Empire are no weaker than Datang in terms of the number of troops and population base.

It's a pity that Dashi is like a dog of Datang, staring at the Byzantine Empire to bite, and at the same time constantly weakening the strength of Persia. After leaving the Mediterranean coast, it formally borders the Byzantine Empire directly. There is no buffer between the two empires, and the war is about to inevitably begin.

This war must be a protracted war of attrition. When the old empire confronted the nomads, it was the same as the confrontation between the Central Plains dynasty and the northern Huns and Turks in the past.

Datang's established strategy is not to participate in their struggles, and even to intensify their pace of foreign conquest by continuously buying slaves from big cannibals.

Although the biggest battlefield is between Dashi and Byzantium, the consequences of the war are constantly reflected in the two great empires of Persia and Tianzhu. next target after that.

Sun Xiangfu, who is in charge of farming and production, doesn't need to worry about these strategic matters. He just needs to take his wife and children to play and farm in the Tang Dynasty with ease.

In five years, after he came down from the Tubo Plateau, he stayed on various state roads in the Central Plains for two to three months, or half a year. After that, he went ashore from Liaodong, went to Xue Yantuo, presided over the funeral of Yi Nan, divided Xue Yantuo's territory into prefectures and counties, and established a relatively complete management system.

The agricultural production of the entire Tang Dynasty, under his continuous planning and transformation, has reached a new level. Intensive farming has covered almost all the state roads in the Central Plains. Even the minority areas on the four sides have also entered the era of semi-intensive farming.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival of the 16th year of Zhenguan, Yu Shinan passed away. Sun Xiangfu, who was in Xue Yantuo Xuanfu, received this letter in Ulaanbaatar, as if he was relieved, and started to go to Chang'an.

This old man lived four years longer than in history. In this period, those who can live to 85 years old are definitely considered to be the renrui. Even the mourning posts are all red, because it is a happy funeral.

And the reason why he feels relieved is because he knows that the old man has lived a very hard life. Five years ago, when he went out, he had to be carried away by two people. He only insisted on teaching in Jiangling Academy for a year. After reading the book, I went back to Chang'an and stayed in bed to recuperate.

In the past two years, it is estimated that the consciousness is sometimes sober, relying on wild ginseng to breathe, eating and drinking, and relying on people to feed liquid food. Lazard, if there is, it will flow out by itself, just like the critically ill patients in later generations. To live is to suffer.

Li Shimin also returned to Chang'an at the beginning of the year, because Li Yuan was dying too. In fact, in the past few years, news of the death of ministers in Chang'an has often spread.

Zhang Gongjin, Wen Yanbo, Du Ruhui, Liu Zhenghui, Chai Shao, etc. all died one after another, and Qin Qiong, who often had to rely on blood transfusions to maintain his life in Shanyang, was almost at the end of his life.

When Sun Xiangfu passed by Shanyang, Qin Qiong could no longer speak. He just kept looking at his son Qin Huaidao who had been with Sun Xiangfu for five years.

Sun Simiao was next to the hospital bed, and handed a note to Sun Xiangfu. This was what Qin Qiong said indistinctly after the blood transfusion a few days ago, and was recorded by the medical staff.

It said 'I'm tired, if Zheng Ming and Huai Dao come, let them take me back to Chang'an. '

Seeing this note, Sun Xiangfu's tears rolled down from his eyes. The invincible general who once galloped on the battlefield finally decided to give up his life.

This was his last wish, and while his eyes could still see and had a chance to realize it, Sun Xiangfu decided to fulfill him.

"Is the actual situation allowed?" Sun Xiangfu wiped away his tears, put away the note, and asked Sun Simiao.

Sun Simiao replied, "The liquid food made of wild ginseng soup is fed on time. If there are no major bumps, it will be fine for a while. However, even if we make it to Chang'an, I'm afraid it will be a very sad month."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu was silent, five days had passed since the Mid-Autumn Festival, that is to say, even if the situation was good, Qin Qiong could last about ten days at most.

There are many places to see in Chang'an, and time is urgent. Sun Xiangfu left Qin Huaidao in the ward to help Qin Qiong dress, and immediately began to arrange for a car with wide rubber tires to come. The medical staff who took care of Qin Qiong also brought them with them.

Qin Qiong still had hearing, knowing that she was being carried into the carriage and was going back to Chang'an, a flash of excitement flashed in her eyes.

Along the way, the windows of the carriage were all open. Lying on the comfortable bed in the car, Qin Qiong could see the scenery along the way. After two or three rounds of renovations, Mayi City had many eaves higher than the city walls.

Taiyuan City, Li Tang's prosperous land, has also taken on a new look. The flat fields and neat houses along the way are all the scenery Qin Qiong likes to see.

Since the car can't bump, you have to rest at night, so the journey is relatively slow, and it takes six or seven days to enter Guanzhong.

Here, Qin Qiong saw a lot of exquisite buildings with tiles inlaid on the outer walls. Now, these houses are just ordinary dwellings. Moreover, the closer to Chang'an, the more such buildings, and the Lantian County outside the city. They are neatly arranged in rows, and they are obviously villages and towns, but it makes people feel like they are in a bustling city, and they are not beautiful.

Sun Xiangfu was afraid that he would be bored, so he kept telling him about what happened in Datang these years. Three years ago, the first steam ship started to be tested in the water. Every few months, it will be re-launched, and it will be driven back for renovation. In the continuous renovation and renovation, it is becoming more and more advanced.

This year, the shipyard's first mass-produced steam-powered ship was finally launched. At the same time, the steam-powered vehicle has also entered the trial stage. As for the steam generator, it has already started various application tests a year ago. The simplest lighting function , has been used in the imperial palace, of course, it is only the main palace of Daming Palace.

For the time being, it cannot be popularized, and the operating cost is still a bit high. With the current output, it is impossible to spread things like rubber copper wires everywhere.

And each research group is also conducting the next step of research. With electricity, many things driven by electricity have design requirements. Each research group is also divided into groups. At present, there are at least hundreds of groups in Weinan. , in the research of hundreds of different projects, even the design of the rails and trains, the theoretical test has been completed, and the actual construction stage has entered. Perhaps, after a few years, it will not be too difficult to make rapid progress.

Of course, the most talked about is political issues. The plans of the Khazar Khanate and the Ancient Kingdom of Oz for the Byzantine Empire operated by Li Chengqian have basically succeeded. Three years of two-line warfare have made the Byzantine Empire even more difficult. The money owed to Datang is also increasing, and he is about to embark on the path of the Persian Sasanian Dynasty.

That was a dynasty that had mortgaged all of its royal city to Datang, and had actually existed in name only.

In at most one or two years, together with his equally weak Tianzhu Dynasty, the overall integration into the Tang Dynasty is the only path they can choose.

At that time, the entire Eurasian continent will form a situation of the top three, and in the next five years, Li Shimin is confident that there will be only one empire in the entire Eurasian continent, and that is the Tang Empire.

"Yi Gong, the city of Chang'an has arrived. Your Majesty and the crown prince have come out of the city to pick us up. Speaking of which, I committed suicide and Wang Haoqi has not returned to Chang'an for ten years! I really don't know what it has become now."

After Sun Xiangfu finished speaking, he made eye contact with Qin Huaidao, and then, one left and one right, he lifted Qin Qiong, who weighed less than a hundred catties, onto the wheelchair, and together with the wheelchair, lifted him off the carriage.

The city of Chang'an was still majestic and tall. The bright autumn sun shone on the red glazed tiles of the city tower, reflecting half of the sky in red. Qin Qiong saw Li Shimin who was looking at him with sad eyes and walking quickly.

He is still as strong and burly as before, but there are a few more silver strands in his hair. Unfortunately, he can no longer accompany him, or even salute or greet him. Now, he can only look at Li Shimin holding his hand in a daze. hands, tearfully speaking words that he could no longer hear clearly.

Inexplicably, he really wanted to go up to the city tower, and wanted to see what Chang'an City looked like now. From the eyes he kept looking at the city wall, Sun Xiangfu understood what he meant, and he and Qin Huaidao pushed him to transport the defensive artillery carts to the city. When the bright sun in the sky turned into the setting sun, he opened his mouth with a smile on his face, as if uttering a word.

It was the word "good" in a weak breath. Perhaps it was this breath that consumed all the strength in his body. After he finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)