"There is no greater disaster than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy will cost us our treasure."
At the beginning, Lu Yijian quoted Laozi's Tao Te Ching, "If you lose my treasure, even if you underestimate the enemy, you will often lose your advantage."
"I heard that soldiers have no constant shape, and water has no constant power. Between battlefields, their changes can be said to be instantaneous and ever-changing!"
"Although I am a civil servant, I also know that we should not underestimate the enemy because the three armies are a mass. The war has not started yet, so why can we say that we will win?"
"Is there any battle in this world that has a 100% chance of winning?"
"In addition, the Youyan states have built up the sky and the earth to divide the land of Han and Han. The Khitans occupy the land of Youyun. Sincerely, one man will guard the pass, and ten thousand people will not be able to advance!"
"If you advance, you can control the strings, and you can reach the Central Plains. If you retreat, you can control the four seas, and you can look at the Central Plains."
"Therefore, I believe that this battle should be guarded at the pass to avoid open battles."
"Secondly, Xiazhou Li family must also be on guard."
"The two sides are fighting. Although our army is large, the border is long and the troops are divided and garrisoned. How can we say that there is a large number of people (power in numbers)?"
"Therefore, I believe that the most urgent task is to increase the number of troops. Send the Imperial Guard to the center of the capital and assign them to both sides. Heavy troops should be sent to the Hebei Road."
"The northwest region is a little later. If there are not enough soldiers, we may summon familiar households along the northwest border to form vassal troops to fight against the Li family of Xiazhou."
"good!"
After listening to Lu Yijian's speech, Li Jie nodded slowly.
"Lu Qing's words are also the best policy."
"Xiazhou Li's ambition is something that must be guarded against."
With that said, Li Jie looked at Cao Wei again.
"Vice-Sir Cao, how many vassal troops can be used in the land of Huanqing?"
Cao Wei has been managing the northwest for decades, and he is very clear about the situation in the northwest, and he is also an advocate of winning over the Tibetan tribes.
Therefore, he is almost familiar with the Tube forces around Huanqing.
As soon as he finished speaking, he replied directly.
"In the surrounding area of Huanqing, there are about 19,000 mature households and more than 100,000 adults. If two adults are deployed from each household, there will be about 40,000 soldiers that can fight."
Forty thousand people?
Hearing this number, Li Jie shook his head directly.
"too much."
"Half is enough."
The Li family of Xiazhou is very much like the people of later generations, who have a strong desire to be strong. They will kowtow to the strong and strike hard at the weak.
In the battle last year, Xiazhou Li's muscles and bones were already injured, and the scars have not healed yet, and are probably still in pain.
Therefore, Li Jie concluded that most of the Li family in Xiazhou would work but not contribute.
Of course, the premise is that Song Dynasty does not reveal any obvious flaws.
If a flaw is revealed, Xiazhou Li, the hound of the Liao Kingdom, will definitely take a bite out of him.
"During the Jingde period, the late emperor issued an edict that when a Tibetan tribe came out, people would be given two hectares of land, and those who brought war horses would be given three hectares of land."
"That's how it is now."
"In addition, if you kill one enemy, ten acres will be added. If you kill ten enemies, in addition to the land, you will also receive a reward of ten thousand (ten guan)."
Under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. Since Li Jie chose to recruit vassal soldiers to fight, of course he would not hold back.
Compared to victory, a small reward is nothing to worry about.
Off stage.
Upon hearing such a generous reward, all the ministers present could not help but be shocked, especially Zu Shiheng, the envoy of the Third Division of Quan, who was so shocked that his face turned bitter.
Money, money.
During the war, money was flowing like water. Where could he get so much money?
Fortunately, Li Jie added another sentence.
"The rewards for the vassal soldiers are all paid from internal funds."
As soon as these words came out, Zu Shiheng breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it is funded by the internal treasury.
Otherwise, he will have no choice but to resign.
It’s okay if the Third Secretary doesn’t do this!
On the other side, Cao Wei wanted to say that there was no need for such a generous reward, but after thinking about it, he vaguely understood the official's thoughts.
Officials spend thousands of dollars to buy horse bones!
Why did those Tibetan tribes choose to join the Song Dynasty?
After all, isn’t it just to eat enough?
Living as a nomad, there are too many uncertainties. Sometimes, a blizzard is enough to cause a small tribe to disappear silently.
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After taking refuge in the Song Dynasty, this was not the case. Most of the Tibetan tribes around Huanqing are now semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural.
The women, children, old and young stayed in the settlements to farm, while the young and middle-aged people lived in pursuit of water and grass, grazing and hunting.
In winter, most young adults return to their settlements.
Firstly, to avoid disasters such as wind and snow, and secondly, for the continuation of the tribe, humans must be created, otherwise wouldn’t the roots be cut off?
The third is to replenish supplies while choosing to sell cattle, horses and other items.
Make money, don’t be shabby!
As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After experiencing the joy of farming, it will be difficult for these Tibetan tribes to return to the grassland.
Unless the Song Dynasty bullies them too much.
Having experienced the joy of farming, the tribes now also understand the importance of land.
Although there is a lot of wasteland in the northwest region, these lands are not reclaimed by the tribes if they want. Without registration, private land reclamation will be punished.
Of course, there must be people who open up wasteland privately, but there are definitely not many.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Ding Wei once again led the ministers to shout "Your Majesty is wise".
Can it not be holy?
When the late emperor was in power, most of the time he only asked for money from the three treasurers to replenish the internal treasury. But now the officials take the initiative to allocate funds from the internal treasury.
If this is not holy, how can it be holy?
Anyway, it's free to say nice things, so you can't go wrong by bragging about your official status.
It is best to let the officials get lost in the flattery. In this way, the officials may often use their private interests to compensate for the public affairs in the future.
At this point, both civil and military ministers are united as never before.
However, they thought differently.
In Li Jie's eyes, there is no distinction between public and private treasury.
The money in the inner treasury is his, the money in the third treasurer is also his, including the local treasury, everything is his.
However, after all, there really isn't much money in the internal treasury right now.
Counting all kinds of fragrant medicines, rare treasures, silks, rice grains, silver coins and other items, the balance of the inner treasury is only about 20 million guan.
This number may seem like a lot, but there are also many places to spend money.
I have to find a way to get some money and supplement it.
Thinking of this, Li Jie looked at the ministers in the palace and his eyes became more kind.
What he saw was not people, but green leeks.
Cut off the rich to get money quickly.
And these scholar-bureaucrats are undoubtedly rich people and high-quality leeks.
Li Jie cut off their money to replenish the national supply without any burden.
What should I use to cut them?
Wine?
perfume?
Solid colored glass?
Patent medicine?
In a flash, no less than a hundred corresponding formulas appeared in Li Jie's mind.
well.
Sometimes, too many choices can be an annoyance.
Li Jie has so many ways to steal money from scholar-bureaucrats in a reasonable and legal way, which is really a trouble for happiness.
At this moment, the officials in the audience were still immersed in the official happiness.
They have no idea that the officials they love and respect in their hearts are thinking of how to 'steal money' from them.
Moreover, Li Jie could have snatched them directly, but he had to give them an extra batch of luxury goods.
Really cried to death.
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ps: The drama version of The Three-Body Problem is now on air. I watched the first four episodes and they are great. Highly recommend.
