The news of Li Jing's revolt reached the capital, and everyone in the court was calm.
People who have experienced the wars in the late Sui Dynasty have higher tolerance thresholds.
An army of more than 100,000 people... To put it bluntly, even if the entire army was annihilated, it would not cause the courtiers to panic. At most, they would only have a moment of silence for the abbot.
The definition of failure in this season is obviously different from that in peacetime. As long as the enemy has not reached Chang'an City, most people will feel that there is nothing to fear and there is still a chance for a comeback.
Emperor Li Po was one of the best. After hearing the news, he just counted the time silently. Well, maybe he will hear the good news next spring.
Li Jing should have known that late autumn and early winter were the best times for Tang troops to land on the island and gain a foothold.
If Li Po were to lead the army himself, he would first send 10,000 to 20,000 people to the island to fight, creating a foothold for the subsequent army.
Wait until next spring to fully launch the army.
After all, once more than 100,000 people marched into Japan in late autumn, there would be great logistical pressure, and the winter on the island would not be easy to endure.
If Ashina Dawen was not attacking Goguryeo, it would be most appropriate to start the attack on Japan next spring.
Compared with Li Jing leading his army to attack Japan, Li Po was more interested in the war in Liaodong.
He wanted to see what methods Ashina Yang Huan would use to clean up the situation. If the tricks were too old-fashioned, he would be very disappointed.
In the history of the Central Plains, no matter which dynasty it was in, the elimination of vassal vassals has always been a big drama.
Especially in the pre-Han Dynasty, there were many vassal states in the world, which seemed to be more lively than during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The drama of eliminating vassal states lasted almost from the establishment of the Han Dynasty to the end of the Han Dynasty.
In fact, from the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the former Sui Dynasty, the shadow of the feudal system never left.
When Li Po came here, he seemed to be a little bit extinct, because he had no brothers at all, but he now has a son, so no one knows whether the previous story will repeat itself in the future.
Even Li Po himself had not thought about how to arrange things for his sons when they grew up. He could only comfort himself with the fact that his sons were still young.
But this couldn't stop him from watching other people's excitement. He just wanted to see what methods his aunt would use to deprive Turli Khan Ashina Duowen of his power.
But in his opinion, according to the temper of the Turks, even if Ashina Yang Huan takes the lead in this matter, the conspiracy and tricks will not be very detailed...
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In fact, starting in March this year, the war in Liaodong began again.
Yu Wenxin only received two reports. One was that Ashina Duowen had begun to lead his army to attack Liaodong City again, and the second letter was that Ashina Duowen was still attacking Liaodong City.
Needless to say, the Turks' performance in the siege was useless. As long as the Goguryeo people did not open the city gates themselves, they would probably be able to fight.
Moreover, Ashina Duowen could not attack the city with all his strength. He had to guard against the Tang army stationed in Youzhou heading north to cut off his retreat, and he also had to guard against the reaction of the Turkic royal court.
It can be said that Ashina Duowen took advantage of the alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Turkic royal court to lead his army out of Liaodong, which was obviously an act of ignorance.
Now he is in a dilemma in Liaodong.
Of course, this does not rule out the possibility of using tactics such as siege and reinforcements...
If you can't go there and take a look in person, you won't know what the specific situation is.
People will have many ideas. Due to their living environment, Turkic people tend to have simple thinking, but their IQs should be considered normal, right?
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The eighth day of the seventh lunar month in the fifth year of Emperor Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty is a day worth remembering.
He Chou, the Duke of Pi State, wrote that the He family's artifacts he had written were finally completed, and were sent directly to Li Po by his attendant Feng Deyi and handed over to the emperor for inspection.
The whole book is divided into six volumes, totaling 42 volumes.
The content involves knowledge of arithmetic, khanyu, architecture, carving, weaving and dyeing and other crafts and technologies, agricultural tool manufacturing, etc. The most important thing is actually He Chou's old profession, all aspects of construction engineering.
This is He Chou's writing, but it also embodies the efforts and knowledge of many predecessors and present people.
He Chou was in charge of the government in the former Sui Dynasty and served as minister of Taichang Temple. What he described in his works is actually a summary of the advanced craftsmanship in the former Sui Dynasty and even in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Especially in various construction aspects, because the former Sui Dynasty launched various major projects one after another, the experience and progress it gained in various construction categories were beyond the reach of the previous dynasties.
As the saying goes, although the former Sui Dynasty died, the legacy it left behind is still shining brightly.
Especially the period in the early Tang Dynasty was even more precious, and it was not easy to inherit this legacy completely.
Due to the limitations of the times, it was difficult for Li Yuan and his son to do this, but Li Po was constantly pursuing clues and harvesting the most precious thing left over from the former Sui Dynasty, knowledge...
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This time, Li Po did not find it annoying. Instead, he showed great patience and read He Chou's masterpiece volume by volume.
He also asked people to take the Essential Art of Qi Min written by Jia Sixie and make a certain comparison with He Chou's writings.
During this period, he summoned officials from Taichang Temple, Shaofu, and the Ministry of Industry several times for discussion and discussion, which seemed to be much more thoughtful than when he formulated the Tang Code and revised the Sui History.
He didn't mean to make a gesture, but as the saying goes, what goes up is what goes down. His actions did arouse some people's enthusiasm for writing.
At this time, it is time for He's artifacts to be published all over the world.
The function of this kind of writing is to pass on knowledge and prevent productivity from deteriorating. Every war in the Central Plains will cause the loss of knowledge.
Especially when the barbarians took over the Central Plains, they caused particularly serious damage to productivity. It was good for social development to stagnate, but many times it ended in regression.
It is even more terrifying when people who have read books think that serving the Hu people is a matter of course, and they will come up with many ideas to help the Hu people consolidate their rule.
Deceiving the people and preventing social progress are normal operations.
To act as a tool for the tiger, nothing more than that...
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In June, Dou Shilun, the craftsman supervisor, led the craftsman supervisors and others to verify the engraving and printing technology.
During this time, they not only made more sophisticated engravings, but also printed a thousand-character text using the engravings.
The Thousand-Character Essay was ordered by Emperor Wu of the Southern Liang Dynasty to be compiled by Zhou Xingsi. The four-character rhyme is fluent, the sentences are fluent, concise and vivid.
Because of this deliberate decision, there are no repeated Chinese characters in it. It is said that Zhou Xingsi selected a thousand characters from Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Pavilion Preface" to write it. It can be said that it is unique and ingenious.
After it was spread, it gradually became a must-read article for nobles to enlighten their children. It is almost equivalent to an enlightenment book for children. Li Yuan, for example, was poisoned by the Thousand-Character Essay and was beaten many times.
In the words of Dou Shilun, there is no better template than the Thousand-Character Essay.
Li Po took the small carvings and admired them. He was very satisfied. This is the spirit of craftsmanship. The carvings are pieces of art, and what is condensed on them is part of civilization.
It is so small and fragile, but it exudes endless brilliance, illuminating the direction of civilization.
This is undoubtedly one of the epoch-making inventions in this world, and there is no doubt about its greatness.
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The next task of the craftsman supervisor was to replace the woodblock printing with the more practical and cheaper movable type printing.
This requires the efforts of the craftsmen and supervisory officials. Like many things, Li Po just provided an idea.
Mainly in the selection of materials, and also...well, Li Po is not sure about this either.
Regardless of the fact that woodblock printing and movable type printing have many shortcomings, they have great advantages in terms of materials.
The other is that there are only a very small number of scholars today, and even fewer can publish books. If only a few or more than a dozen books are printed a year, it will not be able to demonstrate the efficiency and cost advantages of movable type printing.
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Therefore, there is no need to rush this matter. It will probably take another ten or twenty years until various academies or the world's literary circles have developed greatly. By then, the technology of movable type printing will probably have already matured.
In fact, the emergence of movable type printing has long been traced. For example, the seals used by literati today are similar to the movable type printing, right?
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After reading He Chou's masterpiece, Li Po filled up his knowledge base.
For him, it actually had little effect. The advanced technology that came later was completely incomparable to the skills of the current generation. It was like two worlds.
But as an emperor, this book has given him a lot.
This gave him a better understanding of the current technological processes. When issuing government orders in the future, he would have a clearer understanding and be able to act within his capabilities.
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In the Manlu Hall, Li Po closed the last page of He's artifacts.
And now the time has come to September, Chang'an has entered the late autumn and early winter season. He spent two months carefully reading He Chou's masterpiece.
He Chou, the contemporary master of architecture, spent nearly ten years completing this work with the strong support of Li Po.
As the saying goes, hard work pays off, and this is destined to be a great work, enough to leave a profound mark in the long history.
Although this work was not written by Li Po, he still feels proud of it.
Because without his appearance, there would be no He artifact.
He did not rush for quick success and let people like He Chou lead people to make siege equipment, build cities, bridges, etc., but used extraordinary patience to carefully maintain it for nearly ten years, and it finally bore fruit today.
The emergence of He's artifacts will also have a profound impact.
At least in the field of architecture, with He's artifacts as support and guidance, the Tang Dynasty will not lack skilled craftsmen in the future, and will drive the inheritance and transformation of productivity.
He has every reason to be proud of this, because he has contributed to the entire civilization...
He didn't really care what people would say later. He only cared that in the next ten or twenty years, under his governance, there might be a scene that was prosperous and different from other dynasties...