When Li Chao woke up, it was not yet dawn.
There are still some embers in the brazier, and the dried cow dung added before going to bed is very patient, and these sun-dried cow dung do not burn as much as they imagined, only the smell of hay.
Li Xiuning beside him was still curled up beside him, watching her sleep peacefully, Li Chao gently took away her hand holding his arm, lifted the quilt, got out of bed, turned around and covered her again, and tucked the quilt.
After getting out of bed, I added a few pieces of dried cow dung to the charcoal basin before going out.
Outside the tent, the snow is vast. took out a piece of crystal sunglasses and put them on, Li Chao walked on the snow, his boots stepped on the thick white snow, making a non-squeaky sound.
"Xiangguo is early."
"Teacher, early."
Su Lie and Cheng Chumo, as well as Wang Xuance and a few students, were all practicing guns in the snow.
Although it was cold, their heads were steaming hot.
"You guys got up early."
Li Chao took off his fur coat and began to warm up.
"Teacher, this place is too desolate, it's a place where birds don't.
The three-hundred-mile fief was very good before I came, but now it seems that it is really not very good.
Although it is only separated from Fengzhou by a mountain, Fengzhou is plugged into the south of the Yangtze River, but here, it is a desert. ” "It can't be said to be a desert, it's actually quite good here."
Li Chao first took a horse step and practiced boxing.
In fact, it was the first time he had come to his fiefdom, and he had only learned about it on a map before, and he knew some general information about it.
But when I actually got here, I had a deeper impression of it.
To be honest, after crossing Yinshan Mountain and seeing the scene here for the first time, Li Chao was indeed a little disappointed.
It's better at the foot of the Yin Mountain, there are some river valleys, and there is land suitable for farming, but the further north you go, the more desolate it becomes, grasslands, and even desert Gobi.
There is also no population here, and the war has made it a no-man's land.
The place where Li Chao is now camped is in the mountain pass leading to Fengzhou, Shannan.
Here, it is the location of the Zhongshou City on Li Chao's plan map.
In Li Chao's plan, the Zhongshou Surrender City will be the most important base in his territory, and it will be the center of the territory.
The city of Zhongshou was built here, integrating fortresses and trading stations, and the surrounding areas were fortresses, military stations, commercial towns, cantonment points and pastures.
"It's naïve and cold here, much colder than Fengzhou.
As soon as I crossed the mountain, it was much more windy, so I put on my sweater and pants.
Shangguan Yi said.
"This place can really grow food" Gao Kan is also a little skeptical, this place is not as good as Shuofang, let alone the Hetao area, and even Daibei is not as good.
Shannan and Shanbei, that's really a huge difference, the wind here is stronger, the weather is colder, and it's dry and cold.
"If you have water and land, you can grow food."
Li Chao punched, and his body had already begun to warm up.
Li Chao has no doubt about growing grain here, in the future generations, grain can still be grown in the south here, let alone now.
The situation here today is much better than in later generations, and the mountains are full of dense trees, and there are many towering trees.
There are many rivers and valleys, and there are even quite a few lakes.
Although the weather is cold and dry, one season a year can still be guaranteed, but you can't grow crops like rice, but you can't grow wheat, or millet and sorghum.
Of course, in fact, even if you don't grow grain here, it's not too much of a problem, with your back to the Hetao, are you still afraid that there is no food to eat, and the imperial court will vigorously develop the Hetao area, and the Fengzhou Plain in the back of the loop is stuffed with granaries.
Li Chao's fiefdom will not have too many people in a short period of time, and there is no problem at all in buying and transporting grain from here.
It was imperative that the first castle be built here.
With the castle, there is a foothold, and there is a foundation for development.
Although he negotiated peace with the Turks, Li Chao was not at ease with the Turks.
They are outside the Yin Mountain, and there is no hindrance, and the Turks can come at any time.
Even if it is not a large-scale attack, it is inevitable if a small group raids and loots.
"Right in this position, this will be the city of the middle surrender."
There are too many things to do to build your own castle, recruit your own people, build your own people, build a merchant town bazaar, and a tunzhuang ranch, and there is still nothing left here.
But Li Chao believes that in a few years, this place will be able to prosper.
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This location, backed by a mountain pass leading to the Toyosu Plain, is a major transportation artery, and if you build a castle here, you will definitely be able to develop.
Of course, such a location is also a military location, and it is also the most dangerous place in the event of a war.
"What kind of castle does the teacher plan to build?"
asked Su Lie.
What kind of castle to build Li Chao had a lot of ideas in his heart, this is his own castle, which is even more exciting than building his own new cave on Ba Shang.
He thought about various plans in his heart, but considering the reality, he finally decided not to make any super perfect plan as soon as he came, which was unrealistic.
"Build a stronghold first, it doesn't need to be too big, but it can station our guards, and then build on it, and then slowly build it."
Li Chao didn't know how many people Li Shimin would set for the princes to plan the guard, but it would definitely not be too big.
Xiangyang.
Yuliang Zhou, Ziwei Palace.
Li Shimin was listening to the report of the eldest grandson Wuji, mainly about the process before and after the peace with the Turks, as well as his previous report on his work in Shuofang.
"Your Majesty, the incompetence of the ministers has led to the destruction of the court's plan, let Tong Ye protect the grassland, and the ministers will ask for guilt."
Li Shimin waved his hand, "You are indeed a little impulsive, and you didn't ask me and the court before sending the troops, but I know that you are also dedicated to the public, and the situation ahead is changeable, and you just didn't expect that the Eastern Turk tribes would actually surrender to the Protector of the Lord." ” Although this incident, the eldest grandson Wuji has an unshirkable responsibility, but in the end the court was only a false alarm, and in the end it was the Turks who suffered a big loss, and now the court and the Turks have reached a peace, with Yinshan as the boundary, which even reached the ten-year strategic goal of the court ahead of schedule, which made Li Shimin very pleased.
"Tong Ye Hu unified the Turkic steppe, but we don't have to worry too much, this time the Turks and 100,000 troops were annihilated, which was also a heavy blow to the Turks, besides, there are Tiele people in the north, and there are Goguryeo people in the east, and Tong Ye Hu may not be able to control the east safely."
The Tang Dynasty accidentally suffered a loss, allowing Tong Yehu to take advantage of the situation, but the Tang army did not suffer much loss.
Li Shimin believes that there is no need to worry too much.
The Turks need time to digest the eastern steppes, and they also need time to conquer the Tiele people in the north, and it will certainly be difficult for them to make any big moves in a few years.
Datang can just use the time of the past few years to step up preparations, and in a few years, it will be good to fight again.
At that time, even if the Turks did not go south, the Tang Dynasty would have to go north.
"Wuji, Li Chao's please seal the princes' chapter, have you seen it" Li Shimin asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has already seen it in detail."
"Oh, what do you think?"
"Minister's opposition" The eldest grandson Wuji expressed his attitude without hesitation.
Li Shimin was a little surprised, he pinched his chin and frowned, "Tell me your reasons." ” "Your Majesty, when you proposed the history of the World Seal Assassination, the minister objected.
Now Li Chao is advocating the division of feuds again, and the ministers are even more opposed.
Since the end of the Warring States dispute in Qin, the county system has been implemented and centralized power has been implemented.
But now Li Chao wants to divide the feudal system in turn, no matter how good he says about the state and county system, this is all weakening the power of the central government. ” Li Shimin groaned.
"I have also thought about it for a long time, Li Chao's proposal is still based on the state and county system directly under the central government, and the feudal counties of the princes and the barbarian confinement areas are only supplemented.
Take out those places that are beyond the reach of the imperial court and give them to the heroes, this is also the Ping Dynasty court. ” "But has Your Majesty ever thought that this would be the source of turmoil.
Those wealthy families already have deep roots and strong strength, and if they are given more fiefdoms, they will not be even more powerful.
If it was better at the beginning of the founding of the country, after a long time, these frontier princes may be in great trouble and become a trend of separation, and then there will even be the danger of being anti-guest-oriented. ” "I am thinking about the long term, I agree with some of Li Chao's words, since the Qin and Han dynasties, the frontier of our Central Plains Dynasty has been decreasing, and no matter how difficult it is to open up, the root cause is still lack of progress.
Instead of always guarding against and suppressing the powerful families, it is better to encourage them to open up on the frontier and give them some benefits appropriately, which is also to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty and the civilization of the Han family. ” When the eldest grandson Wuji saw the emperor's words, he knew that his brother-in-law already had an idea.
He has followed Li Shimin for many years and knows his character well.
Although sometimes the emperor likes to ask his courtiers for their opinions, in fact, he is very assertive, and if he makes a decision, even if he listens to the opinions of others, he may not be able to listen to them.
Unless you can really come up with a very strong reason.
But the eldest grandson Wuji really can't come up with any strong reasons to refute it now, Li Chao's letter, he read it several times, read it sentence by sentence, and always wanted to find out something, but in fact, Li Chao's point of view is very right, especially it seems to be very far-sighted.
The eldest grandson Wuji objected, mainly because he felt that Li Chao's reasons seemed to be very right, but he always felt that it was not a good thing to divide the seal, maybe it looked good at the moment, but if it really developed, it would definitely change.
No matter how good the system is, it will change, and he recognized this.
However, this could not be a reason for the emperor to discourage support for Li Chao's plan.
"Wuji, you and the prime ministers of Fang Du, let's sum it up together and see if we can come up with a rule of sub-feudalism as soon as possible, what kind of meritorious deeds can be actually feuded territory, how many merits can be feuded and how many lands, the feudal princes at all levels, how many guards and forces can be had, etc., I want to see it as soon as possible."
The eldest grandson Wuji sighed in his heart, knowing that this matter had been decided, neither he nor Fang Xuanling Du Ruhui estimated that they would be able to change the emperor's mind. t1706231537: