Chapter 1859 Combination of military and civilians!
When it comes to the sea, generally speaking, there is no such thing as a battle. War at sea is usually expressed as "battle". However, this time Datang's action against the pirates was not small in scale.
The morale of the Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty was not generally high, especially since this was still the early period of the Tang Dynasty, when Li Er was in power.
The Fubing system during this period was still in a healthy state, and could even be considered at its peak, and the focus of the Fubing system was...the integration of military and civilians.
Because this is done well, both the army and the people inside and outside the empire are full of spirit and pride.
It is simply not a problem to exterminate the pirates.
Of course, maritime merchants were unwilling to take risks and braved the long and violent sea route, countless storms, and the plunder of pirates to open up new territories in America. This had nothing to do with general issues of morals and martial ethics.
The customs and culture of ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty were open and enthusiastic, and they did not hide their emotions. This was the cuteness of ordinary people. However, because of their special experiences, this group of maritime merchants had repeatedly fought for wealth and honor in the sea, so this group of merchants became accustomed to it.
temperament……
Compared with ordinary people, martial virtue is actually more abundant.
He is also more cunning and tries his best to avoid risks that can be avoided.
The psychology and philosophy in this may be said to be mysterious, but it may be said to be simple, but it is actually simple. To put it bluntly, the maritime merchants and the Tang Dynasty court had a cooperative relationship.
Although these guys are indeed subjects of the Tang Dynasty on the surface, this is not the case in fact, because the Tang Dynasty cannot actually kill these guys. Of course, the Tang Dynasty can't do it to ordinary people either, but ordinary people are
Those who are not aware of this have a very simple fear and distance mentality towards the court and "officials". As the saying goes, "the people do not fight against the officials" - this is one aspect.
On the other hand, because the Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty was extremely beautiful and therefore very popular among the people, there was a kind of trust in it under the aforementioned fear. This naturally has a lot to do with the existence of the Imperial Army. However,
Maritime merchants are different, although the opportunity for these guys to make money was created by the Tang Dynasty sending the Forbidden Army to open up the sea with swords and guns.
Although the Tang Dynasty opened up the initial shipping routes, maritime merchants were generally relatively literate. It is natural to wonder whether the later maritime merchants owed something to the previous maritime merchants? After all, the routes to the south of the Tang Dynasty were not uniform.
It was so easy to travel from the beginning because countless predecessors made the journey. And the answer to this question for maritime merchants is of course no - the reason why you go on the route first is because you also want to make money, and you also have your own purpose, and it is not intentional.
Help me, I have nothing to owe you.
Since the relationship between maritime merchants and the "rules of the rivers and lakes" outside of national laws and family rules are like this, it is conceivable that these maritime merchants were grateful to the Tang Dynasty court, let alone
Absolutely nothing, basically better than nothing.
While this mentality exists, maritime merchants, after all, are different from the merchants in the past who were basically speculators. These guys have extremely close ties with China's current industrial field.
On the one hand, Li Er hopes that since these guys have saved so much money and have the conditions, they can go out and open up territories for me - which just happens to leave the ecological niche to other young people, so that the empire can have a steady stream of fresh blood, but
On the other hand, no matter how great Li Er's reputation is, he cannot force this kind of thing forward with his own will.
Unless social conflicts have become so acute that he has to take action, Li Er will also have to consider forcibly mobilizing these maritime merchants to go to America.
Not to mention whether these maritime merchants will listen to the imperial court and go to America to open up frontiers. Even if these guys go... your imperial court is forcing us like this, then as long as everyone is a little more evil-minded and causes more destruction for you, your majesty will be the most optimistic.
The academicians will be finished if they can't build any industry. Then countless craftsmen will suddenly lose their source of food and clothing, and the entire Tang Dynasty will immediately be in chaos!
What's wrong with your emperor? What can you do to me? Even though these craftsmen and sailors on the shore are making a lot of money now, once the industry dies in large numbers, these guys are just landless farmers, but they are often very powerful. After all, their income
High nutrition is naturally good.
When the time comes, your Majesty the Emperor will have a severe headache?
And then again, even if the Tang Dynasty forcibly recruited these merchants to follow the Forbidden Army to open borders in America, even if these guys did not dare to resist, going out to open borders was a big project that required a lot of preparations - as long as people fish, they will always follow.
You can play the tricks of "the industry here still needs to be dealt with" and "that boat still needs to be repaired" and you're done.
As long as you start playing like this and make excuses, even though you, Lao Li, are the invincible emperor of the universe, you can't even think of doing anything to me. Anyway.
Judging from the historical conclusion, merchants and pirates in the Age of Discovery were extremely powerful beings with this kind of mentality, even completely superior to various kingdoms in the past, such as real countries protected by regular armies.
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Spain, for example, often launched campaigns in the early stages of its maritime expansion and completed high-level battles no less than those of Huo Qubing. The cost was often minimal but the benefits were huge. Such situations occurred.
In history, it is often a sign that the times are about to change. What the court needs to do is to pave the way for these guys to achieve united front and balance of forces, and then go all out to open up borders and export the combat power of these emerging elites to avoid
Involution. And now.
Although Li Sheng had not yet explicitly reminded Li Er, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, and Du Ruhui.
In short, Li Er and the people around him are all top elites. Although they are all elites adapted to the era of Li Er's generation and have insufficient grasp of the new situation in front of the empire, in any case, these people may have a great influence on the empire.
The problems we are facing, as well as the source of the problem... we can still grasp it.
Although it is not easy to study clearly what the specific issue is and what kind of relationship the emerging elites have and should have with the old empire, but Li Er and others are definitely aware that these maritime merchants...
Don't take it lightly!
Naturally, it cannot force these guys to obey the will of the imperial court and force them to take risks and go to sea. But now there are two major hot spots of the times: Rome and America, and the imperial court has to find a way.
After going back and forth, you can imagine how anxious Li Er was during the nearly one year he spent!
But there is no way, Li Er can only wait! The other party actually started to play the next three routes to collect information, which is really impossible to handle.
Therefore, King Luo Bin felt that the result of the battle was very dull, even boring, but when it was sent to Chang'an and Li Er received it, he immediately became excited.