At this point, Li Ke paused, and then faced everyone again and said: "Here, on behalf of the Imperial Family of the Tang Dynasty and the people of the world, I would like to pay the highest respect to each of you, because you are the foundation of the Tang Dynasty!"
After saying that, Li Ke bowed and saluted Li Daozong and others. Li Daozong stood there with an excited expression, but he did not return the salute or stop him, because he knew that Li Ke was not facing him alone, but dozens of people in the Tang Dynasty. Thousands of soldiers.
After Li Ke saluted all the soldiers on all sides, Li Daozong knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "I will guard the border for the Tang Dynasty. Even if I die, I will have no regrets!"
"Even if you die, you will have no regrets!" All the soldiers around him knelt down on one knee in unison and shouted loudly.
The uniform roar spread in all directions, expressing the excitement and passion in the hearts of the soldiers!
Although the family members around Li Daozong did not kneel down, they followed suit and saluted in their own way.
"General Li, please get up." Li Ke stretched out his hand to help Li Daozong up.
A simple welcome ceremony ended, but it represented an unprecedented future.
All the soldiers were led back to their respective posts by their respective captains and captains. Perhaps many soldiers today will consider whether to let their families migrate to the future Qinghai Road. Naturally, Li Ke will not To force.
According to the information Li Ke has in hand, the entire Qinghai Road has an area of cultivated land equivalent to about 30 million acres in the Tang Dynasty.
Although this statistical area of cultivated land comes from the statistical data of Qinghai Province in later generations, the statistical data of later generations is because the national grain logistics and transportation are not a problem. Many sub-level cultivated lands in Qinghai have been converted into cultivated land for other purposes. The simplest one is that of later generations. The urban area of Xining, located in the Huangshui River Basin, occupies more than 7,000 square kilometers.
The location of the urban area of Xining was once good arable land. The urban area of Xining alone was equivalent to more than 14 million acres of arable land in the Tang Dynasty.
At present, the population of Qinghai Road in the next few decades or even hundreds of years will not be able to catch up with the population of later generations, and the more than 30 million acres of land, based on 100 acres of land per household, is enough to distribute to 300,000 households!
You must know that the number of registered households in Datang’s Ministry of Household Affairs is currently less than three million! Although the actual population is much higher than this, it also shows that there is actually no shortage of arable land on Qinghai Road.
The migration of the population is related to the Tang Dynasty's control over the local area, as well as the population ratio.
Although with Li Ke's current methods, the return of Tuyuhun herdsmen is not a problem, it is still very important to increase the population ratio of different ethnic groups, which has an extremely important impact on assimilating the local environment.
Once the people who lived here for their ancestors are completely assimilated, this place will be the territory of the Tang Dynasty in future generations no matter what! The risk of being overrun by nomads is drastically reduced.
Similarly, once Qinghai Road has a sufficient population, it means that it will be easier for the Tang Dynasty to use this place as a springboard to control the Western Regions in the future.
Therefore, Li Ke's ceremony today was not done in vain. It is difficult for ordinary people to migrate in this era, so Li Ke first used these border soldiers as a breakthrough and gave them a large number of welfare benefits, thereby incidentally increasing the population in the surrounding area. .
The soldiers all left, but Li Ke's actions today will plant a seed in their hearts. This seed is very simple, allowing them to understand why they are fighting! Not for the illusory idea of loyalty to the emperor, but to protect their own homeland.
There is no conflict between protecting the family and being loyal to the emperor.
Li Daozong and his family naturally wanted to meet Li Ke again, but this time it was at Li Ke's camp. In addition, there was another thing, they came with Li Daozong's family, and they also An envoy from Li Shimin came to read out the imperial edict.
The content of the imperial edict is very simple. Li Daozong is appointed as the deputy governor of the Xizhou Protectorate. The general positions of Xue Wanche, Xue Wanjun and others remain unchanged. They are military positions, but they are temporarily stationed in the Xizhou Protectorate. All the other 50,000 soldiers are reserved. It was placed under the jurisdiction of the Xizhou Protectorate.
In addition, a chief strategist, Qiao Shiwang, was also dispatched to the Xizhou Protectorate. The third rank was the same as Li Daozong's deputy governor. In addition, Su Dingfang was appointed Sima of the Xizhou Protectorate, ranking fourth grade. Pei Xingjian was appointed as the recorder of the Xizhou Protectorate to join the army, ranking from the sixth rank.
Qiao Shiwang will not be able to take office for about more than a month. Qiao Shiwang is Li Ke's uncle. He is the husband of Princess Luling, Li Ke's aunt. In fact, Qiao Shiwang is not much older than Li Ke. His aunt Not a few years older than him.
After receiving the order, Li Ke met Li Daozong and his family in his tent.
"I have met His Highness King Qin." Li Daozong, his wife, and two concubines were the first to salute Li Ke.
"Mrs. Li, you two are so polite. This Xizhou Chihai City was first built and the living conditions here are difficult. Thank you for your hard work." Li Ke returned the gift to them.
"His Highness the King of Qin is serious. What Your Highness just said, I also feel deeply. It is my honor to accompany my husband to guard the border for the Tang Dynasty. What's more, His Highness, with the dignity of a prince, can still guard the border. How can we talk about the hardships? ." Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Come, I have met His Highness King Qin."
"My ministers Li Jingheng, Li Jingren, and Li Jingyu have met His Highness King Qin." The three men behind him saluted Li Ke at the same time.
"No gift."
"Sister Li Yan, I have met my brother." A fifteen or sixteen year old girl standing behind saluted Li Ke with a calm expression.
Li Ke's eyes were also focused on her. Her appearance was comparable to that of Yang Anning and others. She was extremely beautiful, slim and quite tall. Mainly because of her name, Li Ke was very attracted to her. interested. Their family is distantly related to Li Daozong's family, so there is no problem in calling each other brother, but Li Jingheng and the others regard themselves as ministers, which is actually a bit different.
After all, this was already a private occasion, but Li Yan's introduction instantly brought the relationship between the two parties closer, and it also appealed to Li Ke's liking.
"Sister Li Xin, I've met my brother." Next to him was a girl of about twelve or thirteen years old with the same appearance. She looked at Li Ke curiously and then bowed and introduced herself.
Then one of these two people might be the legendary Princess Wencheng? Li Ke was full of curiosity, but now that Li Shimin had not issued an edict, it was naturally impossible for Li Ke to know who it was.
Historically, Li Shimin granted the title of Princess Wencheng in the 14th year of Zhenguan, and married Songtsen Gampo in the 15th year of Zhenguan. Now it is only the ninth year of Zhenguan, which means there are still six years left. Li Yan seemed to be at least fifteen years old, and six years later she would be twenty-one, which was already very old in the Tang Dynasty.
On the contrary, Li Xin, who will be eighteen or nineteen six years later, is more suitable.
To be honest, Li Ke didn't know which of the two was the real one. In fact, there was a question mark over whether she was Li Daozong's daughter. Princess Wencheng's origin was never recorded in official history, so Li Ke could probably understand.
It's just to stabilize the relationship with Tubo. It's very simple. If it is recorded and spread to Tubo, will the Tubo leader be shameless? I'm here to marry a princess. You call this a princess?
The fact that Princess Wencheng is Li Daozong's daughter is nothing more than the speculation of later generations. The main reason is that Li Daozong personally escorted Princess Wencheng into Tibet. Considering the situation and status at that time in history, it was not Li Daozong's turn anyway, so Everyone speculated that Li Daozong might have another relationship with Princess Wencheng, and then asked Li Daozong to escort her.
