Li Shimin looked at the recital sent by Li Chao, and was very satisfied.
Li Chao is getting more and more powerful.
The Xi and Khitan tribes have actually been subjugated by him, these are the two big tribes that control two or three hundred thousand, and after the two tribes surrendered, the Turks broke another arm.
Recovering Monan, there is no problem now.
"The grass edict, the edict crowned Ahui Suzhi as the king of Raole County, and the edict Dahe Duluo as the king of Songmo County.
The Xi realm is the Raole area, and the Khitan realm is the pine desert area.
The realm of the five departments of Xi is each a county.
The realm of the eight Khitan tribes, each of which is a county.
The chiefs of the Xi and Khitan tribes served as the chief guards of the county. ” Li Shimin was very concerned about the attachment of Xi and Khitan.
Although the strength of Xi and Khitan is far inferior to that of the Turks and Goguryeo, because they are right between Xi and Goguryeo, and the strength itself is not bad, Li Shimin also made a bloody investment this time.
Now the Tang Dynasty is only the emperor's brother and son can be crowned king, and the rest are not allowed to be crowned kings, but this time Li Shimin named Su Zhi and Lu Luo as the kings of the county.
For the land of the two tribes, it is directly divided into fetter districts, divided into districts and counties, and these chiefs are still appointed to serve as taishou and other positions.
Li Chao reported that he would lead the Shenji army to attack Monan, and at the same time summoned 30,000 soldiers from each of the two divisions to accompany the expedition, and transferred the lieutenant Chi Gong and Li Ji to cooperate.
Li Shimin is also very satisfied with this arrangement.
Li Chao is doing things more and more steadily. 80,000 troops were sent to conquer the valley of Monan, and the two generals of Wei Chi Gong and Li Ji cooperated, which was foolproof.
But in fact, Li Chao really used only 20,000 soldiers, which made Li Shimin feel a lot easier.
If we really want to mobilize a 180,000 Tang army to fight the valley, it will cost a lot of grain and grass.
Li Chao did not wait for the consent of the imperial court before sending troops again.
He wrote the recitals while sending troops.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with this.
Li Chao is not an ordinary assassin history, nor is he an ordinary Xuanfu envoy, Li Chao is a festival envoy.
He specially granted Yanyun Jiedu, who had the right to deal with things very cheaply, to control Yanyun Kyushu.
For the subjugation of Xi and Khitan, and the conquest of the Turkic Desert Southern Desire Valley to set up these things, Li Chao does have the right to cut first and then play.
Without going through the Zhongshu Sect, without going through the Privy Council, or even with the emperor's consent, Li Chao could go to war directly.
Li Chao mentioned in the chapter that the imperial court was requested to prepare for the relocation of the people to Liaoxi, and at the same time select officials to go.
In his recital, he explained that officials must be sent to Liaoxi as soon as possible, because it is impossible to rely on those local people alone.
Li Shimin picked up a red pen and wrote a word on it, and then asked people to transfer it to the prime minister under the Zhongshu Sect and the prince who supervised the country.
Western liaoning.
I have eaten wine and feasts, and I have talked about buying and selling.
Early the next morning, Li Chao summoned his generals and invited Su Zhi and Duluo to hold a military meeting together.
"In order to facilitate unified command, we have to reorganize the three soldiers and horses together."
Hearing the reorganization, Su Zhi and Luo both looked solemn.
They were a little worried that Li Chao was going to take their military power.
Although these soldiers are all their clan soldiers, or even belong to the tribal alliance soldiers, they do not necessarily have full command authority.
"Don't worry, everyone, each soldier is still under its own command, but we have to reorganize it, which is conducive to unified command."
Li Chao proposed that 10,000 people should be used as an army, and three troops and horses should be organized into eight armies.
The Tang army of 20,000 people is naturally the Chinese army.
Xi and Khitan each have three armies, two armies are the front army, two armies are the rear army, and the other two armies are divided into left and right armies.
Li Chao is the commander of the whole army and the chief general of the Chinese army.
"Please ask General Su Zhi to be the commander of the former army, and General Duluo to be the commander of the rear army" When the two heard this arrangement, they did not object, and got up to take the order.
"Please ask the eldest princess of Pingyang to be the commander of the left army, and ask General Wei to be the commander of the right army" There are two armies on the left and right, each with only one army, but these two armies are a Xi army and a Khitan army, and now Li Chao wants to let two Tang generals come out as the main generals.
"What, isn't it appropriate?"
asked Li Chao with a smile.
Suzhi and Luro looked at each other, then at the chiefs of their own clan, and finally nodded.
Anyway, Li Chao just let them be the main generals, and the soldiers below are still led by their own people.
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Then we talked about some contact information and so on, and finally it was settled.
Finally, we talked about the route of the march.
Originally, the most convenient route was to enter the customs, from the Hebei Plain, through Pingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou, and then go to Monan.
However, in the end, Li Chao chose another road, a more difficult road, from the territory of the Xi people in the north of Yanshan, and then went west to the valley of desire in the north of Yinshan to set up a nest.
Desire Valley is stationed at this time in the north of Zhangbei in the later generations, here is not far from the intersection of Yin Mountain and Yan Mountain, Zhangjiakou is in the south, and Taihang Mountain is still in the south, whether it is into the east of the river or into the north of the river, this is a very good road.
"Why do you want to go far and far, give up the easy and difficult, and go north" After the meeting, Wei Yunqi asked Li Chao.
"Go to the south to gather the people, and if we go to the north, won't we be able to find out the terrain of the mountains and rivers of the Xi people and their details, besides, such a large army crossing the border can also deter the Xi people, by the way, the supply of this march can also be borne by them."
Li Chao replied with a smile.
Dad came over to Li Chao with an excited face.
"I just signed a big deal with the chiefs of the Xi and Khitan tribes."
Li Chao hasn't seen his dad so excited for a long time, and his dad has never been so concerned about money, in his concept, money doesn't need too much, just enough.
In this regard, Cui Yingying is different, Thirteen Niang is eager to have as many as possible.
"How big a deal did you sign?"
"I signed an order with the chiefs of the five Xi tribes and the eight Khitan tribes, and at the end of this year, each of the thirteen tribes will provide us with 10,000 cattle and horses and 100,000 sheep."
Dad really didn't care too much about money before, but this year he came to the fiefdom and watched the fiefdom start from scratch, building a castle in only half a year, and now he is suggesting tunzhuang, reclaiming wasteland, etc., all of which have risen from the ground, but the cost is also huge.
The castle alone, the investment in the front and back is a huge number.
After spending so much money, just relying on the future territory to collect taxes, it is really not known that the Year of the Monkey will be able to recover the cost.
Therefore, Daddy is now more concerned about money.
Thirteen parts, one 10,000 cattle and horses, and 100,000 sheep, that adds up to 100,000 cattle and horses and one million sheep a year.
That's a big deal.
For the Xi and Qi clans, 100,000 cows, horses and millions of sheep is not a big deal.
The cattle and sheep of those chiefs are described in terms of valleys, not hundreds or thousands of them at home, but a few valleys.
But whether it can be digested or not is also a question.
For others, so many cattle, sheep and horses must be difficult to digest, but for the Li family, this is nothing.
With the channels of the Li family, these cattle and sheep must have been digested.
Nowadays, land is being granted everywhere, the frontier is reclaimed and developed, and the development of industry in the Central Plains has greatly increased the demand for animal power in terms of transportation.
On the other hand, cows can also be eaten.
Some of the old cattle bought from outside the Saiwai can also be directly slaughtered and canned meat for sale in the Central Plains, and even directly transported back to the prime ministers of various cities and towns in the Central Plains for sale.
As long as it is not a cultivated cattle of the right age, as long as it obtains the approval of the imperial court, then the imperial court is no longer completely forbidden to slaughter cattle.
After all, with the stability of society, the demand for meat has increased greatly, not to mention those nobles who eat, ordinary landlords and merchants, and even some yeoman farmers can occasionally eat some.
And sheep is better sold, Datang people prefer to eat sheep, although mutton is more expensive than pork, but there are some conditions to eat mutton.
The annual demand is quite large, and now that the living standards of the people are generally improving, the demand for mutton is even greater.
"If they can supply these livestock stably, then the territory will be able to make a lot of money a year just from this sale."
Slaughtering and processing, fur processing, these are very profitable.
"Now we have to start recruiting people from the Central Plains, and we have to start building workshops and recruiting workers for slaughterhouses, canneries, tanneries, and woollen mills."
Dad said with some concern, "But people are not easy to recruit." ” Now the imperial court is opening up everywhere, plus those real territories, whether it is the imperial court or the lords, they are all there to rob people, and offer all kinds of good conditions for immigrants to grant land, as long as you are willing to go, give the settlement fee and the road fee, give the field and land, borrow seeds and cultivation tools, etc., the conditions are very good.
Wherever you go, you can get a piece of land of your own, and in this case, it is difficult to hire workers.
At most, the people in the territory are willing to come over to work for a short time when they are slack, and it is difficult to recruit long-term workers.
"Recruit child laborers, female workers, and apprentices."
Li Chao can't think of any good way, and now there is a shortage of labor.
"Otherwise, I'll ask the Marquis of Vietnam to buy some slaves for us on the South China Sea side, anyway, the imperial court now encourages the purchase of slaves from Fanbang."
Daddy didn't think it was cost-effective to use slaves, so he spent a lot of money to buy them, and he had to pay them every month, and if the slaves had money to redeem their freedom, they couldn't stop them.
Li Chao smiled, "Dad, you don't have to worry about that.
Now it is difficult to hire workers everywhere, and if we want to start these businesses, we can only rely on recruiting workers from the territory and relying on those people to work on a short-term basis.
There are only a few thousand people in the territory now, and it is not enough for all of them to work. ” "Although it costs money to buy slaves, our family has a large stake in the Nanhai Company, so it is cheaper for us to buy slaves from there.
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Moreover, the imperial court did stipulate that slaves could redeem their freedom, but they had to save enough money, not in a day or two, or even in a year or two.
If you don't eat or drink, you will have to go for at least ten years. ” Ten years, even if you really save money, give them freedom, a slave for ten years, it's worth it.
After they redeem their freedom, the workshop can still hire them as workers, just raise their wages.
When these slaves are free, they can't really be completely free, freedom also needs money, and what is freedom without money. was said by Li Chao, and my father felt that it was really reasonable.
"Can you buy so many slaves, is the court allowed it, and is the discipline good?"
"Don't worry, only our slaves are registered, then it's fine.
As for management, there is no need to worry, the slave sellers will provide a group of managers, and we only need to pay a little management fee. ” "Okay, then you can arrange it."
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