After listening to Li Chengqian's narration, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others beside him couldn't help but look shocked.
"Xuanba really said that?"
"When I returned to my father, I carefully memorized the whole journey. These were the exact words of Uncle Jin Wang, and not a single word was left behind!"
Li Chengqian said firmly.
After listening, Li Shimin nodded slowly and looked at Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others aside.
"What do you, dear friends, think of Xuanba's suggestion?"
"Reply to Your Majesty, I agree!"
Fang Xuanling slightly cupped his hands and said: "It's just that Wei Chen feels that there should be a restriction on those aristocratic families.
The Tang Dynasty is the country of all Tang people. Their families can leave, but their respective family properties still need to stay in the Tang Dynasty.
In addition, too many literati cannot be taken away. Moreover, officials from aristocratic families currently serving as officials in the court are not allowed to serve unless they are old!"
"Your Majesty, I also think this method can be tried!"
On the side, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui and others also nodded.
"good!"
Li Shimin nodded lightly.
The emperor of the Tang Dynasty and all the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty had the same opinions.
The next thing happened smoothly.
First, discuss how many troops should be formed, and then how much the lease fee should be.
Finally, Li Jing, Hou Junji, Cheng Zhijie and other generals were announced to the palace.
We discussed it all afternoon.
Only then did we come up with a rough result.
"Deploy six thousand soldiers from the Twelve Guards to form the Thunder Army! Two thousand soldiers from the Bomb Battalion, two thousand soldiers from the Arrow Battalion, and two thousand soldiers from the Musket Battalion! However, this army has no title to the outside world. There is only one guard against the Thunder.
The name of the team!”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Haha, your Majesty, don't worry, with such a small number of soldiers, I can assemble them all alone!"
"Old thief Cheng, each guard has five hundred men, don't have any illusions!"
"snort!"
Li Shimin couldn't help but glared at Cheng Zhijie, Hou Junji and other generals, and said again: "Every time a soldier is borrowed, they are not only responsible for providing these soldiers with food and baggage. If they attack the lower cities, according to the size of those cities and the acres of land, it will take ten more
Replacement of their acres in Datang."
In addition, each soldier also needs to share some of the property captured in the city. All the steel in the city belongs to the imperial court.
Also, for every city captured, these aristocratic families need to provide Datang with one million kilograms of steel, plus a ton of iron ore!..."
"Your Majesty is wise!"
After hearing this, all the civil and military ministers bowed their hands and saluted with joy on their faces.
Although the cost of borrowing troops sounds like a lot, compared with the income from capturing a city, it is completely a drop in the bucket.
Moreover, any aristocratic family that dares to go out to attack the vassal city is a family with tens of thousands of acres of land, mines, and countless shops, and they will not care about such small money at all.
Soon, news spread throughout Chang'an within one day that His Majesty wanted to lend troops to the aristocratic family to help them attack the vassal city.
In five days, it spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.
All the aristocratic families began to boil again.
Your Majesty, your conscience finally showed up.
Some of the vassal envoys who were still in Chang'an City had panic on their faces.
Originally, they had heard that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty actually gave the Tang aristocratic families help to attack the cities of these small countries with the help of weapons and weapons.
Although they never found evidence, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, and Silla all suffered disasters.
Who would have thought that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who was revered as the Khan of Heaven by all nations, would actually want to form an army to specifically help those Tang aristocratic families and attack small countries like them.
If this matter were true, wouldn't these vassal states be directly destroyed?
Therefore, these envoys from the vassal state actively inquired about this matter and quickly dispatched their confidants to deliver the news to the country.
However, what these vassal envoys did not expect was that the important officials of the Tang Dynasty who had a good relationship with them in the past seemed to be a different person this time. No matter how expensive the gifts they gave, those dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty,
They all said nothing.
If the question was asked in a hurry, they would even be kicked out.
at the same time.
Under the expectant eyes of all the nobles and major families in Chang'an City, a new army selection process quietly began among the Twelve Guards Army.
For each guard, five hundred soldiers were selected.
Among them, at least 200 of these 500 soldiers can read 100 characters.
There are also a hundred soldiers, all of whom must be able to do arithmetic.
…
Half a month later.
In a deep mountain forty miles away from Chang'an City, deafening sounds were heard from time to time.
Then, there was smoke and dust.
The small hills were razed to the ground.
A few soldiers pushed a bunch of small iron lumps into the boulders that were as tall as a person.
Then, pull out several long fuses, lead them a few feet away, and then light those fuses.
With the sound of "ss" one after another.
After a few breaths.
Under the boulder, flames shot into the sky, and the boulder immediately fell into pieces, filling the air with smoke and dust.
Next, there is a mine with exposed iron ore.
A group of soldiers studied around for a long time, and then ran forward to dig holes or dig holes around the empty mountain.
Then, draw out the leads one by one.
Also use flint to light the fuse, after a few breaths.
A more intense and dull roar sounded.
The whole mine was shaking.
Wait until the smoke clears.
There were several fist-wide cracks in the mine.
In the middle of the mine, a large hole several feet wide was also blasted.
"hiss……"
Seeing such a scene, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others who were hiding in the distance couldn't help but take a cold breath, with shock and regret on their faces.
At the same time, my whole body was trembling, I was extremely excited, and my blood was boiling.
"I didn't expect that the power of these bombs and gunpowder would be so terrifying!"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, there is still one round left!"
On the side, Li Xuan chuckled.
Soon, the Thunder Army soldiers who were busy around the iron mines, under the command of their respective captains, began to drill holes and dig holes in the mines, and bury some gunpowder and bombs.
After a cup of tea.
Everyone retreated thirty feet away from the mine.
There was a dull roar again.
The entire mine seemed to be jumping out of the ground.
After a while, the whole mine became quiet.
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others also looked shocked.
"Is this the earth dragon's transformation?"
"Your Majesty, this is a mine turnaround!"
Li Xuan chuckled again, pointed to the mine where the smoke had begun to dissipate, and said: "Your Majesty, please see, this is the true use of gunpowder and bombs!"
"The real purpose of gunpowder and bombs?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but followed Li Xuan's fingers and looked over curiously.
At first glance, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others didn't see much.
But soon, the eyes of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others could not help but slowly widen, and their whole bodies were trembling.
After a long while, he pointed at the mine with disbelief and asked in a trembling voice: "Xuanba, the entire mine was blown loose?"
The iron ore mine that was just like a single boulder was filled with cracks and began to fall apart into small pieces of boulders.
At the same time, more than a dozen huge cracks appeared in the entire mine, as if they were struck by a giant axe, spreading from the ground to the depths, which were bottomless.