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Chapter 356: Disappointed


The fourth is sent and asked for a reward Li Shimin soon knew that the emperor wanted to make him the crown prince, and Yang Wen was the one who inspected the school and heard that sentence in Ganludian himself.

After leaving the palace, he immediately asked someone to send a sealed letter to Li Shimin.

The content is exactly what happened in the Temple of Manna.

After hearing the news, Li Shimin's face turned red with excitement, and he was as excited as if he was drunk.

The short nine words "I want to change Shimin to the crown prince" made Li Shimin want to cry excitedly.

But when he heard that the prime ministers Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, and Feng Deyi all immediately spoke out against the emperor's plan, so that the emperor retracted this idea and stopped mentioning it, his face couldn't help but turn blue and gritted his teeth.

Shangshu left and right servants, servants, and Zhongshu orders, and none of the four prime ministers supported him as the crown prince.

Even Zhongshu Ling Feng Deyi, who has always had a good relationship with Li Shimin, did not stand on his side.

Feng Deyi is usually the closest to him, but he didn't expect to say a word for him this time.

Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu also had a good relationship with him, but they were opposed.

Even several other Shangshu, Qing, etc., are also on the side of the prince.

Yang Gongren actually didn't speak for Li Shimin today, although he secretly supported Li Shimin, but today's scene was almost a one-sided opposition, and it was useless for him to stand up or not.

"Your Highness, don't be discouraged, since Your Majesty has some intentions, then there is hope for this matter."

Li Shimin sighed, "But this is not the first time Your Majesty said that he wanted to make me the prince, before I sent my troops to Xue Ju, His Majesty once said that he would treat me triumphantly and make me the prince."

Later, I went to conquer Liu Wuzhou, and before I went on the expedition, His Majesty also said that he would make me the crown prince, and before I commanded the army to fight Wang Shichong Dou Jiande, His Majesty said it again.

This time, it's actually the fourth."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin's eyes were a little hot.

The first time the Emperor said that, he really believed it.

Later, he beat Xue Ju, and the shallow water plateau was defeated, and although the snow was ashamed to destroy the Western Qin, the emperor no longer mentioned the matter of appointing him as the crown prince after returning.

Li Shimin felt that it was because of his defeat, so he was embarrassed to mention it again.

Later, he went to fight Liu Wuzhou, and the emperor re-mentioned the matter of making him the crown prince, he believed it again, and then fought very hard, defeated Liu Wuzhou in a battle, and recaptured Hedong, the place where the Tang Dynasty started.

But after the triumph, the emperor still stopped mentioning him as the crown prince.

When the emperor later asked him to beat Wang Shichong and then mention him as the crown prince, Li Shimin didn't believe it anymore.

Later, he laid down Luoyang and began to secretly arrange in Luoyang, recruit talents, and recruit heroes, but in fact, he didn't believe that the emperor would make him the crown prince.

But when he heard the emperor say again today that he would make him the crown prince, Li Shimin was still very excited.

The first three times Guy actually said it to him privately by the emperor, but this time, the emperor did not say it to him, but to the ministers.

Li Shimin originally thought that over the years, he had made countless contributions to the Tang Dynasty's southern and northern wars, and the ministers of the DPRK and China should all see it.

I am better than I built, that should be obvious to all.

It's just that he didn't expect that after the emperor said that sentence, it would attract the opposition of all the prime ministers, and most of Shangshu and Jiuqing were also opposed.

The heart is cold, the heart is congested There is no greater mourning than death Li Shimin couldn't help but think of Zhang Chao's bold words that night in Longxi City.

If he wants to rely on the court to fight for the crown and win the crown in a dignified manner, he has no chance of winning.

At first, he didn't believe it, but now he does.

Zhang San, his eyes are really poisonous.

There are few people who are willing to support themselves.

They all knew that he was better than the crown prince, but because the prince was born a few years before him, he would never have the opportunity to get involved in the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Again and again, again and again, but in exchange for such a result.

Li Shimin was really chilled and angry.

At this moment, a cracking voice came from the bottom of his heart.

For a long time, the last shackles that bound Li Shimin were opened Taozhou City.

Zhang Chao is worried about his rich booty.

More than 20,000 captives of the Ministry of Yeli, as well as tens of thousands of horses, tens of thousands of cattle, and two or three hundred thousand sheep.

That's pretty much the entire Black Meytier and all of their possessions.

For a nomadic tribe, horses are their mounts, cattle and sheep are their property, they drink cow and sheep milk, and eat beef and mutton.

There were tents to live in, and there were not even very many cars.

When they moved, they packed all the tents on the backs of the oxen.

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A herdsman family may have two or three horses, a dozen or twenty cows, and two or three hundred sheep.

But now, they even brought their horses, cattle, sheep and tents, all of which became Zhang Chao's trophies.

The spoils of war were so abundant that the people in charge of registering and making the records in the army were tired to death, and it was not easy to count the results.

Fortunately, Zhang Chao promoted abacus in the army, otherwise, it would not be easy.

An important issue now in front of Zhang Chao is how to distribute such a large number of prisoners and property.

Originally, Zhang Chao planned to make profits and make the captives become slaves of Taozhou officials, cultivate fields for the public party, cultivate vocational fields, and even build roads and cities.

Most of the cattle, sheep, horses, etc., shall also be returned to the father.

However, this idea was opposed by most of the Taozhou civil and military.

Especially the generals and colonels of the military government.

Their reasons are very good, because according to tradition, according to tradition, although the seizures in the army must be returned to the public, they must be rewarded to the soldiers in the end.

The government soldiers originally provided their own equipment, and they had no food and salary in peacetime, and they even had to bring their own dry food and pack horses to fight in battle.

Therefore, the tradition is that every time there is a battle, the capture will be distributed to the soldiers.

This is what the soldiers deserve.

The spoils of war are also a major source of income for the government soldiers.

Although Zhang Chao was an assassin, a governor, or an envoy, he could not deprive the soldiers of the power they already had.

This call from the government soldiers, Zhang Chao finally considered it seriously.

He decided not to go against tradition.

The spoils of war returned to the soldiers, but he also had his own plan for specific breakdowns.

Zhang Chao proposed that forty percent of the booty should be taken out first, and twenty percent should be used for the development of various military governments, and the money after the spoils were disposed of and sold would be used to build military offices, dungeon forts, and the operating expenses of military governments in peacetime.

The rest is stored in case you don't need it.

The other 20 per cent is dedicated to a pension fund.

After each war, the dead and wounded soldiers can get a bereavement allowance from them, and even if the soldiers die in the war, they can also ensure that their wives and children can be taken care of.

Of the remaining sixty percent, Zhang Chao will also take out one percent to establish a special fund to purchase grain as a strategic reserve grain.

"The last fifty percent of the trophies will be given to the soldiers" When Zhang Chao finally left half of the loot for the soldiers, the generals and colonels present finally looked better.

However, Zhang Chao also has his own plan for the distribution of this half of the loot.

This part of the money is divided into two parts, and one part is used to reward the meritorious soldiers according to the size of the military merits.

Meritorious service includes collective performance merit, as well as individual combat merit, and for each meritorious achievement, there is a corresponding reward.

The remaining half will be given to each soldier who participates in the battle.

Depending on the level of office, the rewards received are also different. ” The spoils of war are divided, but not according to the head, but according to the merits and contributions, and according to the military positions.

In short, even if it is scored, it is also a fair score.

It is not fair to divide the head equally.

Zhang Chao's division was unanimously agreed by everyone.

It is normal for those who have the ability to share more, those who have great merit more, and those who have great officials more.

If an ordinary soldier is divided as much as a general, it is abnormal.

Once the principles of distribution are laid out, all that remains is how to break them down.

"Cattle, horses, sheep, prisoners of war, weapons, armor, etc., are all converted into money and divided."

"We first calculate the value of all the booty in a unified manner, convert them into a uniform unit of copper coins, and then calculate the value of the booty that each soldier can get according to our distribution principle.

Then, we give them a credit and they can participate in our auction" "Auction" Xu Jingzong and Ma Zhou were all surprised.

Zhang Chao nodded, the loot this time is more special, prisoners of war, slaves, cattle, horses, sheep, tents, weapons, armor, etc., it is not easy to divide directly.

Therefore, Zhang Chao came up with a way to convert the loot into money first, and then convert the booty received by the soldiers into money, and finally exchange it for credits.

Then the yamen organized a big auction, an auction attended by the government soldiers.

At the auction, there will be slaves, cattle, horses, sheep, furs, tents, gold and silver, and other loot for auction, and all the soldiers can bid.

As long as they want to shoot something, their credits can pay for it.

If there is a shortfall, as long as they can pay to make up for it, it is fine.

Through the auction, the soldiers could choose what they liked, whether they wanted slaves, war horses, cattle and sheep, gold, silver or fur.

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Zhang Chao also planned to hold another trading meeting after the internal auction was over, and then allow the Fanhan merchants to enter the market and trade freely with the soldiers.

If the soldiers are willing to sell what they have photographed to the merchants, they are perfectly fine.

More than 20,000 prisoners of war, more than 10,000 war horses, tens of thousands of cattle, and hundreds of thousands of sheep.

Half of these belong to nearly 10,000 government soldiers in Taozhou, and the more than 5,000 young men who assisted in the battle this time can also be rewarded with money and food, but they have no chance to share the spoils.

It is conservatively estimated that a government soldier can get a slave, a horse or two cows, a dozen or twenty sheep, a dozen or so furs, etc.

It would be a very rich trophy, and of course, if there is a meritorious person, he will get more.

For example, the Modao team, the armored cavalry, and the Taozhou tooth soldiers, they are the most outstanding in the battle, and they will definitely be able to score more "What do you want?"

On the Taozhou school grounds, a group of government soldiers squatted and chatted together.

"I, ah, I want a few slaves, preferably a family, so that my land can be cultivated with help."

"What's so good about slaves, these people don't obey discipline.

I want cows, for a herd of cows.

I don't plan to reclaim all the land, and I can't reclaim it, I plan to raise cattle, fence off my family's hundreds of acres of land, and raise cattle and sheep.

The slaughterhouse, woolen mills, and tanneries in Jiangxin City will also be opened, and there will definitely be no loss in raising cattle at that time."

Another said, "I plan to shoot a war horse, two more oxen ploughing the land, and two mules by the way, so that I won't have to worry about fighting in the future."

I don't need the rest of the points, but I'll order a good horizontal knife and a good infantry bow, and some more good arrows.

With these guys, you can earn more military merits next time you go to the battlefield." 3400 votes, plus one more chapter, offset with this chapter plus more, and still owes 11 chapters t1706231537: