On February 15th, Su Dingfang and his party escorted Zhihusi Li and a group of important prisoners they captured from Suni's various tribes back to Aries City.
The same was true for Li Jing, Ashina Simo and others. Only the Xue brothers were left behind in the central part of Suni's lost army.
On the same day, Mrs. Xiao also arrived at Aries City in a unique carriage, and brought Li Yuan's handwriting, as well as oral messages from Chen Shuda, Ren Gui, Ling Jing and others that were not convenient to mention in the documents.
In the Chinese army's tent, after the banquet for Su Dingfang, Li Jing, Ashina Simo and others, only four people were left.
One is Xiao, one is Li Shimin, one is Chu Suiliang, and the other is Li Yuanji.
After Chu Suiliang noticed the subtle atmosphere in the tent, he found an excuse and left the Chinese army's tent. Only Xiao, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji were left in the Chinese army's tent.
Xiao Shiqian sat at the top of the table on the left hand side. After handing over Li Yuan's handwritten letter with a smile, she picked up the scented tea placed on the table in front of her and tasted the tea elegantly.
Li Shimin sat steadily on the right hand side of the table, looking at Li Yuanji with a playful look, as if he wanted to see a good show.
Li Yuanji was sitting on the main seat. After quickly reading through Li Yuan's handwriting, he raised his eyes and looked at Mrs. Xiao and said, "Father, do you want me to go back?"
Mrs. Xiao put down the tea cup and said with a smile: "Your father said that he is getting older and his energy has become less and less these days. He can no longer help you with government affairs, so I hope you will go back."
Li Yuanji raised the handwriting in his hand and said: "Tell me something I don't know!"
What Xiao said was mentioned in Li Yuan's handwriting, so Xiao was just talking nonsense.
When Mrs. Xiao heard this, the smile on her face did not change and she said: "Then let me tell you about Chen Zhongshu, Ren Shizhong, the message Ling Shangshu asked me to bring you?"
The Ling Shangshu in Xiao's mouth refers to Ling Jing.
At the court meeting at the beginning of the year, the former Zhongshu Provincial Secretary Xiao Yu formally proposed to Li Yuan to beg for bones. Li Yuan agreed after completing the process of three requests and three resignations. Chen Shuda, as the most senior among the three prime ministers, naturally
He succeeded Xiao Yu and became Zhongshu Ling, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Ren Gui succeeded Chen Shuda and became the second prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Ling Jing succeeded Ren Gui and became the third prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.
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When Ling Jing took over Ren Gui's position, he caused quite a stir. Many people coveted this position, and they all tried to compete with Ling Jing. In the end, Ling Jing won the title of Minister with his superhuman background.
position.
The background of Ling Jing Superman is self-evident.
When Li Yuanji found out about this, Ling Jing had already taken the position of minister, so he didn't say anything.
After all, Ling Jing is still his person no matter what. Even if he is not qualified enough, he has already taken that position and he cannot pull him down.
Li Yuanji looked at Mrs. Xiao and said, "Oh, what messages did they bring me?"
Li Yuanji seemed curious, but he had already guessed what Chen Shuda, Ren Gui, Ling Jing and others would say. They were just like Li Yuan, urging him to return to Chang'an City to take charge of the overall situation.
But he was determined not to take that position. He was determined to capture the Western Turks while they were in civil strife. How could he go back so easily?
You know, after he led Li Jing, Li Shiji, Su Dingfang and others to take down the entire Turks, his popularity in the Tang Dynasty had already surpassed that of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.
After all, in the eyes of most people in the Tang Dynasty, no matter how powerful they are inside the home, they are just like that, but outside the home, even if they have small achievements, they will be praised by thousands of people.
But now he was not only aggressive outside the nest, he also destroyed the enemy outside the nest that posed the greatest threat to the Tang Dynasty, and turned the enemy's territory into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
The sense of pride and arrogance in the hearts of Tang people has been aroused.
So now within the Tang Dynasty, not only Li Yuan wanted him to be emperor, but also the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, and even the vast majority of the people in the Tang Dynasty.
Under such circumstances, if he returns to Chang'an, even if he does not want to be the emperor, Li Yuan, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, and the people of the world will put on him the uniform that symbolizes the local identity.
And except for Li Yuan, everyone will kneel on the ground and ask him to take the position. When the time comes, he will not even have room to refuse.
Even if he took off his official uniform and refused to admit that he was the emperor, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would help him come up with a reasonable explanation, and the people of the world would believe the explanation given by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty without hesitation.
For example, the Manchu Civil and Military Association said that he was following the example of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty, scrimping on food and clothing, and investing all the money he saved in relieving people's suffering.
At that time, even if he has eighteen mouths, he will not be able to speak to the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty.
And the people will be very enthusiastic to enshrine him on the altar to ensure that his throne will be immortal in his hands.
After all, the emperor no longer even wears his uniform, he is saving money to improve people's livelihood and save the people from disaster.
This kind of emperor may not be born even in five hundred years. When encountering such an emperor, the people are still not allowed to favor him to heaven?
So he couldn't go back no matter what. Once he went back, he wouldn't be able to help himself.
Many times, many things are like this. It doesn’t mean you can refuse if you don’t want to. When everyone wants you to do something, there are only three choices you can make, either do it or go
Either die or flee thousands of miles away.
And what he is doing now is to escape thousands of miles away.
As for doing it or dying, he didn't want to choose, so the only option he could choose was this one.
When Mrs. Xiao heard this, she smiled openly and said: "Chen Zhongshu said that there are many things in the court that need you to decide. If you don't come forward, many decrees will not be implemented at all.
Ren Shizhong said that the promotion of rice has now reached a critical moment, and you need to go back and take charge of the overall situation. If you can supervise the perfect implementation of the promotion of rice, the national power of the Tang Dynasty will more than double.
As for Ling Shangshu, he also wants you to go back.
He said that this war in the Tang Dynasty consumed a lot of people's and material resources, and the material resources can be ignored for the time being, but the consumption of people's power has affected the people's livelihood of the Tang Dynasty. Places such as Guanzhong and Hanzhong, due to the frequent draws, have no
How many young men and women are taking care of the mulberry fields, but all that can be seen in the fields are the old, the weak, women and children.
If things go on like this, the mulberry production in Guanzhong and Hanzhong areas may be reduced, and some old and weak people who have been looking forward to the return of their children for a long time may also feel resentful."
When Mrs. Xiao said that material resources could be put aside for the time being, she paused obviously, and her smile became less natural.
Think about it, with the same war in the south and the north, and the same large-scale construction in the country, her husband Yang Guang spent less and less money, and the materials were used less and less. The common people were squeezed and miserable.
But in Datang, instead of spending less and less money, it actually spent more and more money.
The Tang Dynasty fought a war to conquer the Turks and spent millions of money and food. However, the Tang Dynasty's treasury, Li Yuan's inner treasury, and the private treasury of Prince Yong's Mansion not only did not become empty, but became more substantial.
Even the money in the national treasury can no longer be piled up, and the three provinces are discussing opening another national treasury in other places.
Li Yuan's inner treasury and the private treasury of Prince Yong's Mansion were also filled. Now Li Yuan's summer resort, Jiudao Palace of Prince Yong's Mansion, and various farms have become places where all kinds of goods are piled.
Part of this money came from the seizures of the Tang Dynasty, part of it came from the border markets of the Tang Dynasty, as well as water and sea transportation, and part of it came from wealthy families.
Let’s not mention the first two for now, because whether they can make money has been verified before the Tang Dynasty conquered the Turks.
The latter is beyond the understanding of many people. Most of the newly emerging families and many poor people never expected that the wealthy families who have always been in the position of superiors can be so rich.
During the Tang Dynasty's conquest of the Turks, the battles among the wealthy families not only did not stop, but also became more intense.
In their constant battles, some people continued to violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty, some people were constantly exposed to scandals, some people were constantly exposed to have rebellion intentions, and some people were constantly being framed.
During this process, the Tang Dynasty court always adhered to the attitude of investigating and punishing anyone who had problems in accordance with the law. It investigated and dealt with nearly six top wealthy families, more than ten wealthy families, hundreds of wealthy families, and countless others.
The wealthy households of Qing Dynasty.
A total of nearly one million hidden houses, more than 20 million acres of farmland, countless amounts of money, 6,757 sets of armor, and more than 10,000 dead soldiers were confiscated.
What concept?
It is equivalent to nearly a quarter of the total population of the Tang Dynasty, equivalent to one-third of the Daodao's land in Guan Nei, armor that can behead more than 1,300 times, and kill the dead soldiers of three tribes fifty times.
During the investigation, almost all the top aristocratic families preserved their family status through compromises in different ways. However, the family status was lied about. Nine out of more than ten wealthy families chose to rise up and resist, and killed officials and rebelled. In the end, they all
They were conquered and destroyed by Li Xiuning and Chai Shao.
Among the hundreds of wealthy families, more than half chose to split up their families, separate the officials' children, and then hand over nearly 60% of their family property.
As for the countless wealthy households, there were quite a few grass-headed kings among them, but they were all suppressed by the local princes in cooperation with the general manager's yamen.
Most of the remaining top aristocratic families, wealthy aristocratic families, and large aristocratic families chose to hand over Yinhu, and stood on the same line with Datang to deal with other wealthy aristocratic families, and large aristocratic families.
Xiao Yu chose to beg for bones at the beginning of the year, firstly because he was older, and secondly because he had made certain compromises on behalf of the Lanling Xiao family.
Because the Lanling Xiao family lost to the Taiyuan Wang family group headed by Wang Gui when they competed for shipping elements.
In terms of being an official and in terms of the blessings left by his ancestors, Wang Gui is slightly inferior to Xiao Yu, but in terms of running the family business and standing in the team, Wang Gui really stands proudly at the top of everyone this time.