A bloody rebellion broke out on the northern prairie.
Calling it a rebellion is actually a bit too much. In fact, it was just a fight between several tribes.
It's just that Tian Khan had already issued an order prohibiting fighting between tribes. This was to prevent them from annexing each other and annexing another monster.
They disobeyed the order of Tian Khan, and naturally they were in rebellion.
Speaking of the reason, it is actually very simple, just to compete for pasture.
Although the prairie is large, there are not many places with truly rich water and grass. Every such place is a place where various tribes will fight for it, even at the expense of warriors and blood.
After the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks, they divided pastures for each of the surrendered tribes and strictly ordered them not to fight with each other.
In the past few years, we have followed it well, but now it is different.
With the rapid development of the wool textile industry, the demand for wool has also skyrocketed by orders of magnitude.
The prices offered by wool buyers are increasing year by year. These goods are enough for nobles from various tribes to buy exquisite white sugar, green salt, silk silk, glass products, iron pots and carriages, spiced teas, and spirits in Shengzhou.
Medicines and other high-quality goods.
What is even more exaggerated is that a large shop called Zehua Trading Co., Ltd. is said to be building houses for Tian Khan and can provide customized services to noble people.
Build them beautiful houses that can withstand the cold wind, have glass, and have tiled bathrooms with water and ceramic ware!
After the pastures were designated, the previous migration of living in pursuit of water and grass was forced to stop, and it also provided prerequisites for the tribal nobles to change from living in tents to living in houses.
Near Shengzhou, nobles from several tribes at the foot of Yin Mountain were the first to try and move into palace-like houses.
There are wool carpets and wooden floors on the floor, wallpapers with beautiful patterns on the walls, silk curtains hanging on the transparent glass windows, soft quilts and large beds, and washing and running water that I have never thought of.
The system waits and waits.
The most important thing is that the house is equipped with a stove with a long chimney extending out of the window, burning briquettes bought from Shengzhou, which is simply an artifact in the cold winter!
Of course, none of this comes in vain, and requires huge financial support.
If you have money, you can live a life like a fairy. If you don't have money, you can just watch from the sidelines.
However, the cattle, sheep and horses that used to be the most valuable in the hands of tribes are now gradually falling in price. The real value is wool.
Li Yunze continued to provide Shire horses and Don horses. With the great attention and attention of the Tang Dynasty, after many years of development, adult horses began to be sold on a large scale.
Compared with the Mongolian horses that weighed only a few hundred kilograms and could not run even if they wore some armor, these tall horses were what the Tang Dynasty wanted.
Needless to say, cattle and sheep, Li Yunze also continues to provide breeders, and his supply capacity has been greatly improved after years of raising them.
After all, because of the existence of the Lijiazhuang ranch, the law banning cattle slaughter here in Guanzhong has almost become a dead letter.
The only exception is wool.
Because sheep eat grass, they turn over the grass roots and eat all the seeds, which causes huge damage to the pasture environment.
At Li Yunze's suggestion, Li Er ordered various localities to strictly limit the number of sheep raised, and at the same time began centralized breeding, by cutting alfalfa and feeding bean cakes.
This is not included in the grasslands.
The price of wool continued to soar, and tribal leaders who were in urgent need of large amounts of money went to Shengzhou to buy various exquisite goods for enjoyment, and began to raise Merino sheep crazily.
However, the supply capacity of the pasture is limited. At the beginning, the number of cattle and horses is reduced. When the tribe has almost only sheep left, if it wants to expand the scale, it will have to grab the pasture from other tribes.
Faced with the huge profits brought by wool, the ban of Tian Khan was forgotten by the red-eyed nobles.
When the news was transmitted to Chang'an City via telegram from Shengzhou City, Li Er, who was dining with Empress Changsun, burst out laughing on the spot and even slapped his own thigh repeatedly.
Empress Changsun never gets involved in political affairs, so naturally she won't ask, "Why is Your Majesty laughing?"
She just watched with a smile on her face. Looking at Li Er who was laughing, he immediately threw down his chopsticks, got up and walked outside.
When Li Er hurriedly left the palace, Queen Changsun arranged for the maids to put away all the unfinished dishes, while she frowned and went to find Li Chengqian.
In the past few days, Li Chengqian, who had been under tremendous psychological pressure due to the change of the title of the first official to the first wife, had often caused trouble for Empress Changsun.
But it was precisely because of Li Chengqian's almost unbearable performance that it strengthened Li Er's determination.
As a mother and a wife, Empress Changsun was in a dilemma and could only try her best to find a solution.
She must make Li Chengqian understand that as long as he can cheer himself up and as long as her eldest grandson Queen is still alive, even if it is a secret heirloom, your name must be written on it!
Li Er came to Lijiazhuang at full speed.
Li Yunze was having lunch alone when he saw Li Er come in and invite him to sit down together.
"What good thing has happened to your Majesty?"
Li Yunze, who was gnawing on the chicken drumsticks, was very curious to see Li Er's face full of joy.
"Your plan has worked." Li Er happily picked up the jug and poured himself wine. "There are tribes in the Northland grassland who are fighting over the pasture."
"Oh." After hearing this, Li Yunze suddenly realized, "We can reduce the number of girls."
For the Central Plains dynasty, which has occupied almost all the sacred lands in East Asia, harassment from the northern grasslands has always been a threat.
Li Er, who became Tian Khan, could not really think that he was the boss of the grassland tribe and was always thinking about how to solve the threat in the north.
Historically, he adopted a strategy of integration, integrating through absorption.
It was indeed effective in the short term, but the Anshi Rebellion broke out in just a century.
Although there are many reasons for the Anshi Rebellion, the fact that the Tang army was filled with a large number of foreign races, just like the Roman Empire back then, was indeed a very important reason.
In this world, Li Er accepted Li Yunze's suggestion and adopted the strategy of reducing the number of soldiers.
The so-called reduction means setting a population limit for each tribe. If it exceeds, all tribes must be eliminated, thus curbing the growth of their strength at the root.
It's just that an excuse is needed to promote the reduction policy. After all, Li Er is the Khan of Heaven and needs face. It's not like directly slaughtering wild boar skins with swords and guns. Of course, more importantly, the tribes are not cattle and sheep, and of course they will not
Stretching out one's neck and letting Datang reduce the number of people requires
Need opportunities.
Now that tribes are competing for pasture for wool, this excuse and opportunity has come.
"That's right." Li Er, who narrowed his eyes, said with satisfaction, "I plan to teach you how to disobey. If you violate the holy order, the only way is to reduce your number."
"It is indeed a good opportunity." Li Yunze nodded repeatedly, "It's just that we shouldn't do it now."
"Oh." Li Er raised his eyebrows, "Speak more clearly."
"This is an opportunity. Not only should we not reduce the numbers of these tribes now, but we should encourage them to merge and spread the war across the prairie."
Li Er's experience is so rich. After thinking about it for a while, he understood: "What you mean is to give up the step-by-step plan as promised before, and simply make the matter bigger, let all the grassland ministries become a mess, and then reduce the number of people."
Keep it going.”
"right."
Li Yunze put down the chicken legs and wiped his hands, "Let them fight, or even secretly encourage them. Whoever wins will be able to occupy more and better pastures. After all the tribes in the capital have formed a blood feud and lost the power to resist the Tang Dynasty.
, the strategy of increasing the number and reducing the number of Ding will allow them to
From now on I can only be a sheepherder."
Looking at Li Yunze, Li Er praised, "You have the talent of a prime minister."
These words successfully made Li Yunze laugh. He had been an emperor. Although he had little experience at the beginning and had done many embarrassing things, he gradually got better later on.
Satisfied, Li Er decided to arrange manpower after returning to add fuel to the fire to the tribes on the grassland, and let them kill each other in order to compete for pasture to raise sheep.
In Li Er's opinion, this is an excellent plan to completely eliminate the threat from the Northland.
He drank as soon as he picked up the wine, and ate as soon as he picked up the vegetables. Li Er even leisurely talked to Li Yunze about poetry and music.
Seeing Li Er in front of him proudly showing a poem to him, Li Yunze still nodded in admiration.
When it comes to writing poetry, Li Yunze can become a porter and recite three hundred Tang poems in front of Li Er.
But these are at best what he memorized by rote when he was in school. His real ability cannot be said to be absent, but it is definitely not as good as Li Er.
He has passed the stage of relying on poetry to gain a sense of superiority and attention.
I can't say how good Li Er's poems are, but it's his ability to write them.
On the contrary, Li Yunze was educated in an examination-oriented manner. He could memorize poems but could not compose poems. He could only memorize by rote but had no creativity at all.
Li Er, who had gained a sense of superiority with Li Yunze, was in a better mood.
Even after dinner, he was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he wandered around Lijiazhuang leisurely.
Li Er was in a good mood until he saw the gift Li Yunze was preparing to give to Li Ji.
".This is"
Looking at the photo of Li Jirong in front of him, who was almost ten feet tall, Li Er's voice was a little dry.
In the photo, Li Ji is wearing a helmet and armor, and is fully clothed.
The armor is bright, the leather boots are shiny, and the sword is in his hand, looking proudly ahead.
That look and demeanor are truly lifelike, just like a real person.
"This was blackmailed by Li Gong." Li Yunze became angry when he mentioned this matter. Li Ji threatened him to give an explanation by seeing through his plan to deceive the Guandong family.
Li Yunze, who didn't want to cause any trouble, simply ordered a military uniform photo of him in such a large size in the modern world.
Looking at Li Er who was looking blankly at the photo in military uniform, Li Yunze said thoughtfully, "Your Majesty also wants it?"
After coming back to his senses, Li Er raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed, "This painting is magnificent, and the exquisiteness of the painting is every detail. Even Yan Qing has never done anything like this."
This is not a painting. Of course Yan Liben's hands cannot compare with the camera's pixels.
But these are not important. Li Yunze immediately said, "What do I mean? If your Majesty wants to take a photo, it's just a trivial matter of a few thousand yuan."