"Out of line, out of line, the Arab Empire invaded Tianzhu and massacred thousands of our merchants in the Tang Dynasty in Tianzhu!"
Soon, newspapers in Chang'an, Luoyang and other big cities reported the news.
The people of the Tang Dynasty have been stable for many years. Although there have been some wars in the past few years, the Tang Dynasty is basically beating others up.
The impact on the common people is not great.
But this time, there are actually thousands of businessmen in Tianzhu. Those who can go to Tianzhu to do business are considered to have some strength. They are basically the chambers of commerce in Chang'an and Luoyang. There are also many families in these two cities. Team.
I couldn't believe it when I heard about it. It wasn't until I went to the Yamen to confirm that I accepted the fact.
For a time, many people in Chang'an and Luoyang hung white flags in front of their courtyards.
And all the people of the Tang Dynasty were also excited.
"What Arab Empire? How dare you hurt our people from the Tang Dynasty? The adults in the court will definitely not let them go!"
"That's for sure! Didn't the newspapers say that we are preparing to send troops to Tianzhu? Didn't you see that there are so many messengers coming in and out recently? They are all going to other camps to mobilize troops."
"We should fight, and fight hard. Even if our Tang Dynasty sends troops, we will not harm civilians easily. I heard that those Arabs are trying to rob those properties, and almost no caravans they encounter are spared."
"Hey, who says it's not the case? I have a nephew who works in Tang's Trading Company. This time, Tang's Trading Company's caravan in Tianzhu had a total of 500 people. Only one of the stewards had his hand cut off and escaped. The others were all killed by Arabs. People were killed.”
Propaganda is the first step in sending troops.
The Tang Dynasty court could not give the people the impression of being militaristic, so it made the whole story clear in the newspapers.
I also want to tell the people that Datang did not take the initiative to cause trouble, but Datang is definitely not afraid of trouble!
And there were actually quite a few surprises in this matter.
"Sir, many students have come outside and have surrounded our county government office."
At the Chang'an County Government Office, the magistrate was writing official documents when he heard a government official coming to report.
"What? Why are you surrounding the county government office?" The county magistrate broke out in cold sweat. Could it be that some unjust, false, and wrongly decided cases occurred under his own rule?
Are these students here to seek justice?
"They all held up flags and said they wanted to
Abandon his writing and join the army and join the expeditionary force! "
The magistrate rolled his eyes at him: "Next time, finish your words in one go. Let's go out and have a look."
As long as there is no unjust, false or wrongful conviction, that's fine.
When the magistrate led people out of the gate of the county government office, they saw that the outside was really densely packed with young people dressed as students.
"Everyone, why is this?" the magistrate asked politely. There might be colleagues or superiors among them in the future.
"The Arabs killed me, a businessman of the Tang Dynasty, so I, a son of the Tang Dynasty, should go into battle and kill the enemy!"
"Go into battle and kill the enemy!"
"Go into battle and kill the enemy!"
The magistrate touched his beard and said with a smile: "Everyone, everyone, please be quiet and listen to me."
"EveryoneEveryone should know that in the past few years, our Datang Army has changed to a conscription system. The equipment of the Datang Army is also changing with each passing day. Ordinary sergeants Once you join the army, you have to train for half a year or even longer. Now that you are gone, you have to start all over again. How will you be able to catch up with the expedition?"
Among these students, some came out of genuine indignation, some just followed the crowd and came as soon as they saw everyone else coming, and some, as the magistrate also understood, just wanted to use this opportunity to gain fame.
Military merit is always the fastest way to promotion, but there are fewer and fewer wars in the Tang Dynasty, and military merit is becoming more and more difficult to earn. An expedition to Tianzhu requires hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops, so this is naturally a good place to earn military merit.
That's why there were so many students in front of my county government office today.
Many students thought that they came to the county government collectively to petition, and if the county magistrate reported the matter to the authorities, the court might open a special channel for them. When the magistrate finished speaking, they realized that what they thought was simple.
Looking at the expressions of the students below, the magistrate knew that what he said was effective, and he quickly continued: "So, I understand everyone's desire to serve the country, but joining the army now is indeed not the best choice."
"However, the imperial court also sent me an official document. This time the army is gathering, there are a lot of various matters, so the imperial court hopes that each magistrate and county will recruit some volunteers under the rule to help the imperial court with publicity, fundraising, etc."
"This will not only contribute to the country, but also increase your qualifications. Are you willing?"
After hearing what the magistrate said, many students' eyes lit up and they raised their hands one after another.
The hand said: "I, I want to sign up."
"Count me in, count me in!"
The county magistrate smiled slightly and asked students who wanted to register to line up in front of the county office, and he immediately arranged for officials to register them.
In his heart, he lamented that Duke Pingguo was really exhausting his plan. He actually thought that many students who arrived in Chang'an might have similar demands, so he made arrangements early.
Tang Ping actually knows that every time the country encounters something like this, the first to come out are the student groups.
Whether you call them passionate or innocent, these are all indisputable facts.
And Tang Ping did arrange a lot of things for them, such as handing out fundraising leaflets on the street.
At first, Li Shimin and the others didn’t understand why Tang Ping wanted to raise funds. After all, the imperial court could raise military funds no matter what, and they were not so stretched that they had to ask for donations. The point where people reach out and pay.
This kind of fundraising has never happened before.
Tang Ping could only explain to them what the people's sense of national honor meant.
Allowing people to donate at this time can reflect the unity and mutual assistance of Datang society and increase everyone's cohesion.
He can truly feel that the people of the Tang Dynasty now love the country of Datang, so they must be given an outlet to vent their emotions at this time.
Let them donate some money and they will feel like they have contributed to the expedition.
What's more, most donations are done as best we can and will not unduly affect people's lives.
As long as the donation is not forced but taken on the initiative, I have never heard of anyone starving themselves to death after donating because they have no money, right?
Li Shimin placed two large boxes directly in front of Zhuque Gate to donate money and materials to the people.
He would even bow in front of the box at dusk every day to the box and Chang'an City to show his gratitude to everyone.
Under such circumstances, the people of Chang'an began to actively donate money and materials, and there was a long queue of people on Zhuque Avenue.
Those who didn't have much cash at home even brought cattle and sheep, saying they were for the Tang army to eat on the road!
But in just one week, residents of Chang'an alone donated more than 100 million Tang Dynasty coins.
Tang Ping summoned businessmen of all sizes in Chang'an and held another meeting.
