"Xuan, Hong Ling is sending an envoy to the palace urgently!"
"Xuan, Hong Ling is sending an envoy to the palace urgently!"
"Xuan, Hong Ling is sending an envoy to the palace urgently!"
"........................"
As the words were passed, outside the besieged Suzaku Gate, the three couriers arranged their armors, tied up the urgent documents tightly, looked at each other, and shouted loudly!
"Drive! Eight Hundred Miles to the West, urgent documents, passers-by should give way!"
"Good news! A great victory in the Western Region! The Duke of the State of Xi, Ji Song, the General of the Western Conquest, defeated the Great Shi Army of more than 300,000 men!"
"Great victory, great victory in the Western Region..."
Following the shouts, the guards in the palace couldn't help shouting loudly, palace gate, outer palace, Taiji Gate...Taiji Hall...
"Wonderful victory, ten thousand victory!"
"The Tang Dynasty is victorious!"
"The Tang Dynasty is victorious!"
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Li Shimin suddenly stood up at this time and said loudly: "My general's victory has arrived. Come on, let's go out and have a look!"
After saying that, he ignored the stunned ministers and went directly to the royal road outside the hall, followed closely by the ministers. I saw below the royal road, as soon as the three cavalry arrived, they were supported by many soldiers and ran up quickly.
Plop~
The three of them knelt down on one knee, and one of them shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, what a great victory!"
"In the autumn of the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Ji Song, the Duke of Tang Dynasty and the general who conquered the west, suddenly went north to Suiye City to fight with Selde, the governor of the west, east of Henglus. In just one day, more than 200,000 troops collapsed. The general took advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat Seld. Later, Seld disappeared among the rebellious army. There were not even one ten of his more than 200,000 troops left..."
"Having won, the general ordered General Gao Kan to take Hengluos City within three days, otherwise he would die. The next day, Longmen Marquis Xue Li, Yingchuan Marquis Wang Xuance and other generals divided their forces to attack. From then on, the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu... Destroyed!"
"Five days later, the general learned the news, and Dashi hoarded a large amount of grain in Mulu City to make it an important place for food and grass. Yu led his army to attack Mulu City. In three days, the city was defeated and nearly a million stones of grain were obtained... ....”
"Hiss~"
Not to mention others, even Li Shimin, Chang Sun Wuji, Yu Chigong and others all took a deep breath. I just thought that this kid was holding back his big move, but he didn't expect such earth-shattering news?
Millions of stones of food? This damn guy has made back all the food and grass lost in the Western Region War at once. From then on, the Western Region no longer needs the support of the court!
But the messenger's words continued. Although they knew they had won, the specific situation of the battle was a blind man's guess.
"In November of the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Persia, Tochar, Huoxun, Khorasan, Sistan, Sind and other countries heard that the food army was defeated by the Tang Dynasty, and they united to march westward to the important town of food. Lat City. At that time, Su Lie, the great general of the Tang Dynasty, led thousands of troops here and was worshiped as the commander-in-chief by all the countries. There were also Xuance, the Queen of Longmen, Ji Xiancheng, the Marquis of Qishan, and Ji Ze, the second son of Duke Xi, who borrowed troops from the Kingdom of Magadha for three years. Ten thousand arrived in Herat. As hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Herat, the commander of the Caliphate, the commander of the Emperor's bodyguard, went out to fight at night."
"...It's a pity that although the coalition forces are brave, the food army is extraordinary. It only took less than half a day to persuade them to surrender and collapse. But just when the army collapsed, Longmen Hou Wang Xuance and Qishan Hou Ji Xiancheng led thousands The Yu Zhanxiang Legion suddenly charged into the enemy's army. The enemy's army meant it was a natural disaster and would collapse!"
"In the twelfth lunar month of the 23rd year of Zhenguan, the general commanded all the troops on the left and right sides of the food army at Ximen Pass. From time to time, the food envoys came to ask for peace, but the general refused and retreated!"
"Three days later, Dashi came again to ask for surrender. The general thought about it again and again, and agreed!"
"The great general at that time said: Our Tang Dynasty's expedition of thousands of miles wasted a lot of money. This war was all caused by greed and greed. Although the Tang Dynasty won, it did not want to destroy it. However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be avoided. .”
"The general said..."
At this time, the messenger swallowed and said as if in a dream: "The general said that the Tang Dynasty spent a lot of money on the expedition, and Dashi should compensate... tens of millions of gold coins."
"Boom~"
Everyone was shocked. The courtiers at this time were not ordinary people who didn't know what was going on. They had seen the cannibal's gold coins and even had them in their homes. Two hundred thousand gold coins? How much gold is this?
"Xie Lian!"
"I'm here!"
"You are in charge of the Tang Dynasty's finances. Do you know how much tens of millions of gold coins are worth?"
Xie Lian wiped the sweat from his forehead and was really shocked by his son-in-law. Ten million dinars in gold coins? This fucking robbery is not so fast!
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the tens of millions of gold coins should be said to be the dinar gold coins issued by the Eastern Roman Empire. Calculated according to the measurement unit of the Tang Dynasty, it is approximately worth... more than 200,000... ....."
"Only two hundred thousand silver?"
Li Shimin was full of disappointment, but also a lot of surprises, otherwise his Wanmin Palace would not have to worry about money and could be built better!
The corner of Xie Lian's mouth twitched, and he lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, what I am talking about is gold, and the unit is kilograms..."
Plop~
Some of the courtiers who had originally looked disdainful fainted immediately after hearing this number, and Li Shimin was also dizzy. If Chen Shou hadn't been holding him up with trembling legs, he might have fallen to the ground!
Oh my God, two hundred thousand...catties of gold?
How much is this? Do you want me to do the math?
But after all the calculations, he felt that the money would not be enough to build three or five more Wanmin Palaces!
It's not impossible to see Chang'an City again. Damn, this damn Dashi is so damn rich!
"Did you calculate correctly?" Li Shimin asked hesitantly in the end. He couldn't be careless about this matter. If it was because of a wrong calculation, it would be a big joke.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will guarantee you with my head. I can't make a mistake!"
Phew~
Feeling relieved now, he put aside the trembling Chen Shou and said with disdain: "Look at your little potential? Isn't it just two hundred thousand...jin of gold? As for that? Get out of here!"
Chen Shou "............"
Baiguan: ".........."
If everyone hadn't yelled at him because he was the emperor, who the hell almost fainted just now? Do you despise us now? You are the emperor and you are amazing?
Well, they are indeed amazing!
Li Shimin calmed down and looked at the three messengers. He had no time to listen to them claiming credit now. Instead, he asked directly: "Dashi agrees?"
"They just disagreed?"
The messenger who had just been submissive said with an unruly look on his face: "The general said that if he doesn't agree, he will attack his hometown, which is called Bada."
"Baghdad!" Xie Lian reminded.
"Yes, yes, that's Baghdad. Mom, the name is really weird!"
"Anyway, we've reached this point. If we don't agree, let alone their more than 300,000 troops, they won't even have the money to go home, and they will starve to death on the way. Those soldiers who destroyed the country by them will not let this go. Chance!"
"And I also heard that there is a so-called Roman Empire in the West..."
"It's Constantine II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire!"
"Yes, that's the name!"
The messenger looked at Xie Lian in surprise and said with envy: "Your brain is so easy to use, I can't remember it!"
Xie Lian: ".........."
Thank you so much!
"I heard that there is going to be chaos in the west again, and these more than 300,000 troops are already Dashi's last military force. The general said that if they can't go back, it will only be a matter of time before Dashi destroys the country."
"But this will only make the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire easier. Can we do such a stupid thing?"
"Okay, where's the battle report?"
Li Shimin really couldn't listen anymore. If he didn't interrupt, he would have been talking until tomorrow.
He grabbed the battle report, looked at the dumbfounded messenger for the last time, and said softly in his heart: "Here comes someone!"
"The slave is here!"
"Hurry and send someone to settle them down. If they believe in their merits, they will be rewarded for their brave cavalry, ten acres of fertile land and hundreds of coins!"
"promise!"
The three of them were overjoyed when they heard this, and quickly knelt down on one knee and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"
After the three people left, Li Shimin finally opened the battle report. When he saw it clearly stated that he had received tens of millions of gold coins as compensation from Dashi, he still shook his body.
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
Chen Shou quickly stepped forward to support the emperor.
"No problem!"
As he continued to read, the expression on his face also changed, until he saw Ji Song threatening food and grass and escorting the big cannibal back to his country, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Even so, Dashi should not be subjugated at this time, otherwise......
Thinking of the Eastern Roman Empire that had been established for hundreds of years, and Constantine II who already had the image of a wise king at a young age. Once Dashi's 300,000 troops were unable to return, Dashi would not be able to last long given the power of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Datang was too far away from Dashi, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. It simply did not have the ability to manage Dashi itself. But there is the Eastern Roman Empire. Once it takes over the power of Dashi, the Eastern Roman Empire will become a rival that is as powerful as the Tang Dynasty or even more powerful.
Therefore, the existence of the Great Eclipse can contain the Eastern Roman Empire and Western forces to a certain extent. It's very good now, although it is weak, he was beaten to the point of paralysis by the Tang Dynasty, and half of the country was recaptured by the Restoration Army. But its foundation is still there. If the Eastern Roman Empire wants to win the big food, it may break a good tooth!
In addition, the battle report also mentioned the plan for the occupied area, allowing Xu Jingzong to temporarily station in Mulu City to take over the people of Tang Dynasty to settle down. But when you see the conditions offered to attract people...
"You bastard, you're such a loser!"
"A thousand acres of land? And pastures? Does this damn thing attract the common people or the feudal nobles?"
Li Shimin completely lost his composure. You must know that Ji Song is a dignified Duke of the Tang Dynasty. He has outstanding achievements. He only has about 1,000 households and 3,000 acres of land. Yet he dares to promise to give him 1,000 acres of land as long as he settles down. ? No tax for another ten years?
"Asshole, absolutely bastard!"
The more Li Shimin thought about it, the angrier he became, and he threw the battle report out! Then he sat angrily on the chair brought by Chen Shou, but his chest was rising and falling, obviously he was very angry!
Changsun Wuji was close and stepped forward to pick up the battle report. He couldn't help but nod when he saw how Ji Song dealt with the surrendered food army. Now this is the best way, otherwise wouldn't it be possible to kill them all?
Although this is pleasant, it is short-term. It would be better now, let them go back and fight to the death with the newly restored countries such as Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire in the west, and the province will be noisy all day long!
When he saw the words "receiving the full amount of tens of millions of gold coins", the corner of his mouth twitched. It looked so prominent that it was almost a round bigger than the words next to it, and I almost laughed in anger!
Just show off your merit, but is that all? Who dares to take credit for your achievements, Ji Song?
However, when he saw the conditions that attracted people to settle down, he almost yelled, "Don't you feel sorry for his mother-in-law?" Is this to attract the common people? None of the feudal nobles are so generous.
After reading it, he silently passed it to Yu Chigong, Xie Lian and others behind him. When they saw the news behind them, they also took a deep breath. This... is too cruel!
"Let's talk about it. This guy is simply lawless. By now, Xu Jingzong has probably started to recruit people to settle down. In my estimation, many soldiers can't help but move!"
Changsun Wuji stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this strategy is certainly inappropriate, but have you ever considered that there is no place too far away from Chang'an. It will take at least half a year to go back and forth. This is still non-stop without any delay. Otherwise, I’m afraid it will take more than half a year!”
"To be honest, the conditions are very attractive, but I did it because I was worried that the people would not go. As for the soldiers..."
"After this battle, the Tang Dynasty does not need so many soldiers at all. If they are willing, it is actually a good choice to settle in Mulu City. On the one hand, it can enrich the frontier, and on the other hand, it can stabilize the local rule, just follow the story of Beiting and Anxi !”
Yuchi Gong also stepped forward at this time and said: "Your Majesty, although Duke Tan has exceeded the rules, he has good intentions. I heard that the terrain there is flat and there are many rivers. It is a rare food producing area in the Western Regions. If it is possible, I would like to Can you give me a quota? Anyway, my family doesn’t have enough land now, so it would be good to leave a way for my descendants!"
"Your Majesty, this strategy seems absurd, but is it also a helpless move? The land of Xinna is vast and sparsely populated. According to what the letter said, the Duke of Ning intends to expel most of the foreign people to the west. In this way, the population will be reduced. Even less. At this time, attracting people to settle down is the only way to stabilize the current situation. As for not collecting taxes for ten years..."
Xie Lian smiled and said: "As Zhao Guogong said, that place is too far away from the Tang Dynasty. Even if there is tax revenue and so on, it is probably not worth the loss. In addition, there are millions of grains there, even if there is no tax collection for ten years, it will be enough." Self-sufficient.”
"In addition, I also ask Your Majesty to give me a favor and leave me some land in Mulu City, so that I can make a living for my descendants!"
As soon as Xie Lian said this, all the ministers reacted. Almost everyone came forward to ask His Majesty for a favor. Some are even more shameless. They say they have many sons and are about to break their heads fighting for family property. I beg Your Majesty, for the sake of Lao Xi’s service for so many years, please give me a few more pieces of land so that my children and grandchildren can have a place to live...
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Li Shimin's head suddenly got big, and he called the prince and said: "You are the prince of the prison country, so I will leave this matter to you, but remember, you can treat the elders badly no matter what!"
"Okay, I'm tired, so I'll leave first. You can continue the discussion!"
Li Chengqian: "......"
Ministers: "......"
Father and son, thank you!
Li Chengqian said to the crowd with a dark face: "Everyone, please go back and think about it carefully. After all, we are far apart. Think carefully before you tell the story and withdraw from the court!"
Seeing the prince fleeing in embarrassment, everyone smiled meaningfully. Separate the family? hehe! Since the Ji family split, not only has it not weakened, but its influence has grown day by day, many families have also begun to slowly relax their attitude towards the split.
Don't think about it for the direct lineage, but the collateral lines and the children who have already been out of the fifth server will be separated as soon as they reach an age. This will not only reduce the burden on the family, but also allow them to take root in various parts of the Tang Dynasty and continue to contribute to the family!
