Zhang Yang was the last one to walk to the leading guard and arrived at the gate of the camp. Cen Wenwen was talking to the guard in front of the camp.
After he got off his horse, soldiers immediately came to help him lead the horse. Seeing the other party's attentive smile, Zhang Yang smiled back.
After some explanations and after someone went back to report, Li Daliang came to greet him personally.
"You three, please come in." Cen Wenwen and Chu Suiliang saluted together and walked into the army. Zhang Yang followed suit step by step.
Looking at the camp here, there are still some differences between the army and the last time. At least there are no idle soldiers sitting on the ground in groups chatting.
The ground is also much cleaner. Cen Wenwen looked around: "May I ask the general, where was the money given by the court used?" Li Daliang walked along,
"I bought some cooking utensils and invited a few wives."
"May I ask, General, where is your wife?" Li Daliang pointed to the other side of the camp,
"Master is teaching them how to read and write for an hour every morning." Zhang Yang looked up and saw that three or five masters were giving lectures to the soldiers in batches.
Cen Wenwen frowned and looked at the situation in front of him. The master he invited was indeed giving a lecture, but the soldiers listening were all drowsy, and some even fell asleep on the ground on the spot.
Chu Suiliang looked equally bad and turned to look at Zhang Yang behind him. The money was given by Shangshu. To say that Master is teaching is really teaching.
How you teach it is another matter. If it is just a show, the money will be wasted.
If something goes against expectations, not only will money be wasted, but it may also make the army's situation in the DPRK even worse in the future.
People's livelihood is necessary, and strengthening the army cannot be relaxed. Zhang Yang coughed,
"General, in the future we will set up a test to test the results of teaching. How about letting Brother Wen do this?" Chu Suiliang nodded and said: "The cost of the imperial court is very tight, and every penny spent must produce results. "Cen Wenwen nodded,
"From now on, we can arrange for teachers in the army to teach in government schools." Li Daliang quickly stepped forward and shouted: "What do they look like! Give me some energy, I will lose my face to you!" Zhang Yang added Said: "You can assign an assignment every day and let the soldiers do questions or study articles."
"Yes!" Li Daliang shouted when he heard this: "Listen to me. Every time you finish the class in the future, you will write your homework for me! If anyone can't write well..." He paused after listening to the general's words. , Zhang Yang added: "If you don't write well, you will be punished by cleaning up the house, using the stables and toilets in the army, washing clothes and corporal punishment!" Li Daliang nodded when he heard this, and said loudly: "Listen up! Anyone who can't write well will be punished by the army." Wash the stables and toilets! Wash the clothes, and let me wield the sword for a day at the school grounds."
"..." After saying that, Li Daliang asked again: "Is there any more?"
"..." Zhang Yang looked back at Chu Suiliang and Cen Wenwen,
"What do you two think of this?" Teaching must also produce results. It has always been a headache for the military personnel in the Military Guard's Office to be illiterate and unable to read.
His Majesty has said more than once that all the killers in the army are illiterate and very miserable. In everyone's opinion, as long as everyone in the Wei Mansion has the strength and courage to rush into battle, it will be fine.
In fact, this is not the case. All famous generals are well-read people. If the army is full of illiterate people, it will only produce reckless men, not real generals.
Marching and fighting requires not only being proficient in geographical terrain, but also understanding climate change. The amount of knowledge required is definitely no less than that of ordinary literati.
Once the war begins, we must consider the right time and place. Understand the local climate at that time and use the terrain to increase your chances of winning a battle.
As the saying goes, one soldier is raging, and a general is raging in a nest. What a team of soldiers and horses looks like has a lot to do with the general leading the team.
At this moment, the soldiers were all sitting upright, listening attentively to the Master's explanation. Cen Wenwen nodded.
"This is a good climate, and we must maintain it in the future. We will send people to test the school's results every other month." Li Daliang nodded heavily,
"That's natural." The leading guard was very large, no smaller than the elite left and right guards in the army. Li Daliang led the three people to explain the military expenses and where the money was used.
Arriving at the barracks, Zhang Yang looked at the mess here.
"General, where are you cleaning up as promised?" Li Daliang raised his eyes and said,
"Isn't it quite clean outside?" Zhang Yang added: "The barracks must also be cleaned up. If they are kept messy, it will give people a very decadent feeling."
"That makes sense." Li Daliang waved to the soldiers on the side and ordered: "When they come back from the lecture, let me clean this place. I will treat any unclean place under military law."
"Here." The barracks was filled with a strange smell, and Zhang Yang came out holding his nose. Chu Suiliang said again: "Let's see again in an hour. Can it be cleaned up within an hour?" The soldier replied: "It must be cleaned up." Several people left the barracks, and Li Daliang also invited several doctors to help the army. Many soldiers, especially veterans who have been on the battlefield several times, have some old injuries or stubborn diseases that have developed over time.
Cen Wenwen and Chu Suiliang were walking in front, pointing at some of the furnishings and arrangements in the camp. Zhang Yang followed behind and said: "General, when the soldiers can read the articles familiarly, we must also teach them some essentials in the art of war, as well as some knowledge about emergency first aid. In addition to regular classes, physical fitness and combat skills training Don't leave it behind." Li Daliang was a little confused about Zhang Yang's instructions.
"It takes a lot of effort to let those gangs of people know how to kill people. We can't let them know everything." Zhang Yang nodded with his hands in his hands.
"Although it's a bit harsh, even if you're not good at what you've learned... you should at least understand something."
"I will arrange it."
"What has His Royal Highness, King of Shu, been doing recently?"
"The King of Shu himself has a force of thirty soldiers and horses. He has been taken out for training at the moment and will not come back until noon."
"So that's it." Chu Suiliang and Cen Wenwen inspected the army, recorded the situation here and future arrangements, and then rode back to Chang'an City.
I was in a hurry when I arrived, but I could go slower when I returned to the city. Zhang Yang let the horse follow him slowly, took out the buns he brought from home and ate them one bite at a time, treating it as lunch.
"Shilang Zhang, let's just drink together when we get back to Chang'an City. Why eat dry food?"
"Brother Chu, the Qianniu Guards will not go to the next official. They have to go back to Shangshu Province." Cen Wenwen said with a smile: "Now that Zhang Shilang is a member of the imperial court, it is best for Brother Chu not to embarrass him." ." Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Brother Wenwen is right, I'll take the first step." When they arrived in front of Chang'an City, the soldier saw the horse coming back, and said again: "I will give this war horse to Zhang Shilang." Zhang Yang made a move. Holding the reins and calming the horse,
"This is a war horse in your army, how can I want it?"
"General Yuchi said that this war horse has a fierce temper and is difficult to control. Now that Zhang Shilang can tame him, it is better to take him away. There is no one in the army who can use it." The horse also bumped his arm with its head, as if still asking for help. To appease Zhang Yang, he said, "Then please take it to Lishan Mountain."
"Here." He entered the city, rejected Cen Wenwen and Chu Suiliang's invitation to have a drink, and walked back to Zhuque Gate alone.
Came to Shangshu Province again, where a group of children were eating. Zhang Yang walked quickly into the main hall, where there were several documents on the table.
While Li Lizhi was eating, she put down her bowl and quickly explained: "Brother-in-law has already made arrangements." Zhang Yang sat down and picked up the memorial and read it,
"you eat first."
"Yes." Li Lizhi sat down obediently and continued to eat. After most of the memorials arrive at the Menxia Province, they will be sorted and divided into six ministries. Each ministry will hand over the memorials to the Zhongshu Province respectively, or directly present them to His Majesty. After the majority of the six ministries have approved the memorials, they will be handed over to the Zhongshu Province.
Memorials on money expenses were also handed over to the Minister of Finance. Zhang Yang looked through the memorial carefully. This memorial was sent from the Hexi Corridor and was also written by Di Zhisun.
In addition to the construction of the Hexi Corridor, we are also preparing to plant poplar trees to green the Hexi Corridor and build sand prevention forests in the coming year.
A civil strife broke out in Tubo last month because Songtsan Gampo was building the Potala Palace, and the construction of the Hexi Corridor also required Tibetan idle labor, and participation in the construction of the Hexi Corridor was paid.
This is better than building the Potala Palace for Songtsen Gampo, which not only had no money but was also exhausting. The work in the Hexi Corridor is better.
Comparing the two sides, many people prefer to go to Hexi. However, this matter was stopped by Songtsen Gampo. He was a man of great strategy. He must have understood the purpose of the construction of Jiayuguan.
Building the Hexi Corridor from the Central Plains is like putting a knife on the necks of the Western Regions and Tibet. Once the construction of the Hexi Corridor is completed, the Central Plains will truly control this important area. In the future, it will be easier for the Tang Dynasty to send troops to the Western Regions or Tibet, but it will be more difficult for Tubo to attack the Tang Dynasty.
Regarding the control of the labor force, Songtsen Gampo had conflicts with many tribes. Fortunately, he was comforted by the older generation of Tubo people.
After all, Songtsen Gampo was still Tubo's Zampu. Although he suffered a defeat, he was still Tubo's orthodoxy.
Zhang Yang took out another bun from his arms and continued to read the memorial. After several rounds of lobbying, Songtsen Gampo still sent 5,000 manpower to the Hexi Corridor to build the Hexi Corridor.
Judging from Dickson's memorial, the actual labor force in the Hexi Corridor was more than 5,000 and more than 10,000.
Most come spontaneously. It can also be seen that after last year's lobbying, the Tubo people have a higher degree of recognition of the Central Plains, allowing Central Plains books and Central Plains culture to enter Tubo, and cultivating a group of people who firmly admire the Central Plains.
This weakened Songtsen Gampo's control over Tibet. From an economic point of view, this is a very cost-effective deal. If you use the minimum price to exchange for the support of the Tubo people, and then provide you with tangible benefits, naturally some people will never tire of it.
This was the first and most economical step for the Tang Dynasty to regain Tubo. After the clan members with the nine surnames of Zhaowu were captured, Anyanyan finally sold grain to Guanzhong honestly. In one month, he sold a thousand shi of grain to many nobles in the Western Regions.
This person has many merchants from the Western Regions in his hands and many trading channels, which are what the DPRK needs.
Taking into account the forceful buying and selling behavior of Gaochang soldiers and horses in the Western Turks, Yehu Khan of the Western Regions lost the supplier of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and could only buy grain from Gaochang, purchasing five thousand shi at a time.
On the contrary, under the mutual market in the Hexi Corridor, the sale of grain is not very popular. It is only some old grain. If it is not urgently needed, it will not be purchased too much.
Di Zhisun wanted to use these old grains to make wine. Wine was best sold in the Western Regions, so he wrote a memorial that required approval from the central government.
Changsun Wuji and the others had already told the court that they would brew wine for sale in Guanzhong. Once the sold wine returned to Guanzhong, it would affect the price of wine and food in Guanzhong.
Zhang Yang wrote a dumping strategy,
"Your Highness Prince Jin, please send this memorial to your father."
"Here." Li Zhi came in a hurry, took the memorial and left. Looking at several other memorials, most of them are memorials for various ministries that need money.
While waiting for the next supply of supplies delivered by Xue Yantuo, and waiting for the situation of the Uighurs' battle, it started to rain again, and the rain brought ice particles down.
Zhang Yang and a group of children sat in front of the official residence and looked at the rainy scene. At a glance from tallest to shortest, there were ten children sitting neatly in a row. It was a bit overwhelming when I thought that my brother-in-law had to make plans for so many children.
Gao Yang stood up and was about to run into the rain. Zhang Yang said solemnly: "Princess Gao Yang, you will get sick if you are exposed to the rain. If you are sick, you will not be able to eat delicious food, and your mouth will be tasteless and uncomfortable." After hearing what his brother-in-law said, Gao Yang sat back obediently. .
Li Lizhi smiled when she saw this. Gao Yang was the most naughty among the children. He usually dared to refute his father's words, but she was honest in front of her brother-in-law.
Just because the brother-in-law has a high status in the hearts of the younger brothers and sisters, no one dares to disobey him because the brother-in-law can cook a lot of delicious food and play with the younger brothers and sisters.
"Brother-in-law, will the little bear get sick?" Dongyang sat on the stone steps and looked at the rain scene in front of him.
Zhang Yang whispered: "Its body is very strong, its immunity is also very strong, and it can withstand cold. Even if we all catch a cold and get sick, it will not get sick." The children also grew up watching the little bear. They have different feelings towards this bear. It is not an animal, but a rare playmate for children.
Although the bear didn't like the children, it was considered a one-sided favorite of the children. It rained for two hours and finally stopped.
The heavy clouds in the sky finally dispersed, and some sunlight shone through the gaps in the clouds. You could even see the sunlight forming a columnar shape, extending in another direction.
Zhang Yang stretched his waist and stood up again.
"Go home, remember to clean up and close the door."
"Here..." A group of children agreed in unison, with a long ending. When I walked out of Shangshu Province, I happened to meet Duke Zheng.
"Mr. Zheng, long time no see." Zhang Yang said with cupped hands.
"The New Year is approaching. Even if you still have unfinished business, you have to wait until next year to get busy. After you finish what you are doing, you can take a break."
"That's right." Wei Zheng took out another memorial and said,
"This is the memorial sent by Luoyang. It was Sun Fujia who sent someone to impeach you." Zhang Yang took the memorial and said in confusion: "I have never had any grievances with Sun Shaoqing, why did he impeach me?"
"He said that Lishan's braised pork is sold cheaply in Chang'an City, but the price in Luoyang has increased several times, affecting people's livelihood." Zhang Yang felt a toothache as he read the memorial.
"What does it have to do with him if the price of my braised pork increases?"
