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Chapter 60 Wind Direction

.Asina Wenbo made Li Zhi's Fengshan dirty.

Li Zhi was furious, which once again proved that he did not understand military affairs. In desperation, he had to call Li Wei and several prime ministers to discuss matters. He sat down and was very tempting to his son. No matter it restricted part of his imperial power, his military ability was better than himself. But there was also an advantage. Because he was an "insider", he calmed down when he saw his son coming.

"Honger, what do you think?"

"It must be destroyed, otherwise the situation will be great and a country will be formed. Our country will not focus on martial arts. In the future, it will inevitably pose a serious threat to the people on the border within Hedong Pass in Hebei. Instead, it will dispatch many conventional troops, which will cause a heavy burden to the country. However, the troops recruited last year were disbanded and re-conscripted for several months, so we first ordered the border prefectures and counties to defend strictly and not let the Turkic riots harm more people."

This is the disadvantage of the government military system. When the government military is idle, it serves the people and when the war is war, the country has less burden, which allows the early Tang Dynasty to quickly move from chaos to rule. At that time, there were many advantages, but over time, the disadvantages emerged. When they wanted to use troops, the country could not immediately send out the army.

Li Zhi didn't think of any advantages and disadvantages, but was a normal suggestion and said, "Yes, Pei Qing, you wrote a mistake.

Pei Yan immediately wrote down the mistake and issued it to all the states and counties on the border.

Li Wei said again: "But Father, don't worry. The riot is not good, but it is also an opportunity. When our dynasty was first established, the people were less than half of the current ones, the finances were crude, and there were no sharp weapons now. However, the soldiers won every battle. There are various reasons, but the lack of actual combat is also an important point. As long as the soldiers are extinguished in time, this Turkic riot... will not become a major harm. But we must see some problems. Although peace is the most important. When living together peacefully, the country has no burden, and the people have no casualties. However, when we want to be harmonious, these Hu Yi think that weakness can be bullied. The more we pay attention to them, the more we pay attention to them, they will strengthen them, and encourage their arrogance and ambition. The use of both kindness and power is the king. Being kind and power is soft, and the more powerful we should be."

After saying that, the few people pondered together.

"Our dynasty has always been in harmony, but it is already weak. Emperor Taizong considered that the country was in war for a long time and the people withered... The chaos was governed and rested. But we cannot mistakenly believe that Taizong valued culture and neglected military affairs, and always attached great importance to the military. Although the country was governed from time to time, it was not for the purpose of opening the border, but also a training for soldiers. Mainly focusing on the country, this is the root and the work, but moderately maintaining some expansion ambitions will help the country. Otherwise, the country will become more and more restrained and foreign aggression will inevitably occur."

"Taihuang, I think your Majesty's words are very reasonable. It is time to reflect. Civil governance is the foundation of the country, but military governance is the guarantee of the country. As early as a thousand years ago, I saw that there were many disadvantages of the military soldiers in the palace..." Liu Rengui agreed.

"So Honger, what are your thoughts?"

"The son-in-law believes that the country should appropriately select strong soldiers from some veterans, give them official salaries, and become permanent troops. These soldiers extend their service time, so that they can lead the new with the old and maintain the combat effectiveness of the army. Besides, with several powerful troops on the border, they can quickly and maneuver to take the initiative. Even if they don't attack, staying on the border is a threat." In fact, the Tang Dynasty has already begun to do this, and many garrisons have garrisons in many banished areas.

But the scale is not large and the system is not good. Indiscriminately, some poor children were kept to the army. They didn't even have a salary. But these families lived in poverty and still had to rely on them to be the main labor force in their families. After staying for a long time, they became exhausted. Some local governments even did a very poor job, and they could not give them corresponding land, and they could still collect taxes from their families. Therefore, the morale of the garrison was not strong and their combat effectiveness decreased, which also led to the contempt of the various departments in the restricted areas.

With the foundation, Li Wei pointed directly at the essence. The scale would be larger than now, otherwise he would not be able to take the initiative. The second is that it is the formal recruitment system. However, Li Wei also had concerns. In the past year as emperor, he has implemented many major events, not only credit, but also doesn't care about it. He is the lord of half the world, and in a few years he will be the lord of the whole world, and there is no need to take this credit. But every change involves disputes of interest. So he did not dare to take too fast, and said slowly: "If you take corresponding measures, such as giving them appropriate time to visit relatives, and the local government will provide some subsidies to their families, it may extend their service time to thirty-five years old, or even some people can extend it to 40 years old. However, it also requires sufficient financial guarantee from the country."

"That's right" Wu Zetian suddenly said from behind the curtain.

After all, you have to be rich.

If you have money, you can start the construction of water robbery nationwide and then you can do it immediately. If you have money, this recruitment system can be implemented. But that item requires a lot of money. If you have money, you still don’t know how much it will cost to build water robbery nationwide. Officials from the Ministry of Revenue dare not calculate.

To meet Li Wei's requirements, at least one hundred thousand permanent troops must be set up. In addition, the garrisons in various places and a large number of generals, the burden of a year is not a small number.

"My mother, don't worry about this first. It's better to put domestic affairs first. The country is not good and there is no sufficient manpower and financial support. It's empty talk. The son ministers are just an idea. When the country has sufficient money and money to discuss it again. The Turkic matters were given weapons from the court, and the Uighurs also wanted to grow stronger. They responded in the rear, and the court dispatched a large army again, and it was just around the corner to quell the rebellion."

My son said it was okay, it would be fine.

If there are damaged interests, there must be gains. The situation in the country is an opportunity for some people.

The emergence of some industries and navigation in recent years has brought great influence on the country. Not only taxation, but also major households and businessmen have gained more benefits. Originally, there was some capital in hand. As the capital accumulated, each household has a lot of wealth in hand.

Navigation is also growing stronger amid controversy.

But how many famous families in the country are there, how many wealthy families, how many landlords and merchants are there? The quota was only 200 years old, and many people did not participate in the dividing of this big cake in time. The five families of the surnames and seven families secretly joined forces to force the court to open the maritime ban, and many people immediately participated.

There are all kinds of reasons. Some can get the table and say it. For example, the two bans are released for a short time, and we ended before we got the news. It is unfair. For example, not only did we bring taxes to the court, but we are also opening up territory for the court. For example, the court now needs fees, and we can also donate some money to support the court. But more are messing around.

Some were directly misunderstood, while others secretly encouraged officials to read misunderstood, with different techniques. Especially the five surnames and seven families, they were well-informed. Although they seemed to be using military forces in the court, they would not be fame anymore. In addition, this year's weather was good... They also received a large amount of money from the Japanese. Although they took out a large sum of money to redeem the troops, they seemed to be vulnerable and could not use much military expenditure. The court has not expressed their opinions and missed this opportunity. Although His Majesty made a promise, they were angry about the wait-and-seeness this spring, and it would be difficult to have it again in the future.

However, Li Zhi still did not express his opinion and did not report any comments.

Li Wei felt a little strange. It was not difficult when it was implemented a few years ago. Everyone could not see the benefits, but only the disadvantages... They value profit over righteousness, relax the people, and die for the sake of profit. Now they see the benefits, and further expand the scale of the drought is not only tariffs and this "donation fee", but also a large amount of exports, but also led to the taxation of various workshops. Anyway, the sea was not a country in the Tang Dynasty, and the great cannibalism, the masters, merchants from some countries in the South China Sea, and even a small number of Silla people participated. Why did my father disagreed? But it was difficult to ask directly what he said, so he called Di Renjie.

Di Renjie said: "I have been thinking about this problem these two days. It's because I have neglected it."

"Why did this come from?"

"Your Majesty, after Emperor Taizong ascended the Dragon Boat, why did he put some pressure on the wealthy families in Shandong?"

"It was them who were tall... No, it was when our dynasty was founded, and there were very few wealthy families in Shandong. Not long after Emperor Gaozu confronted the country, he deliberately tried to win over it, for the sake of the stable rule of the country. But by the time of Emperor Taizong, the situation changed again."

"yes."

Li Wei wiped his head sweat to reflect on some of his immature thoughts in the past few years. It turned out that Li Yuan wanted to get along with the Li family in Longxi, and there was also this purpose in it.

Di Renjie was not surprised. He thought for a long time before he figured out this festival. His Majesty was finally young, so it was not easy to think about it. He also said, "Your Majesty, but what about the Emperor and the Queen Mother?"

"Yes..." Is it cold sweat again? Is this consistent with history?

The Wang family in Taiyuan had a queen of Wang, which was a personal grudge. It had nothing to do with Wang Fangyi. However, the main group opposed to his mother was the emerging aristocrats in Guanlong and Daibei. The Shandong clans were watching, and the common people had nothing to do with them. So after the history was established, my mother immediately forcibly suppressed the nobles and the descendants of Guanlong clans. Then she wooed the common people and even showed kindness to the wealthy families in Shandong, which won valuable rest time for the major clans in Shandong and laid the foundation for the later Zheng Bantang and Cui Bantang.

The wind direction is changing. It turns out that it is the west wind, and the horse is about to blow the southeast wind.

This thought made me think a lot more.

It can be understood, including the family system used by Li Shimin. An emperor can not issue orders by becoming an emperor. There are countless puppet emperors in history. For example, when moving south from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xie and Wang families had a greater voice than the emperor. Even if Wang Dun was not good, the Wang family would still preside over the government.

This requires support from a group of people, even if the country is established smoothly, it requires support from a group. If you want their support, you must give back to their interests. This has nothing to do with the people. At any time, you can say that water can light the lamp. The common people are all vulnerable groups. They will not change for a thousand years, and will not change for two thousand years.

The Tang Dynasty would consider the interests of those people. The Jiangnan and Jiangzuo family members had been weakened, and they would not consider some of the indigenous forces in Lingnan. Then what remained were nothing more than the emerging aristocratic family members in Guanlong and Daibei, powerful families, Shandong family members, and emerging commoners.

Ninety percent of the officials and soldiers of the court came from these four groups.

After thinking through this section, Li Wei became confused and became even more alert.

For the long run of the country and for the people, the most thought is the common people. As the changes continue, they are getting deeper and deeper. If I had not carefully taken into account the interests of all parties and benefited them in most cases, then I would have become very dangerous at this moment.

My father disagreed, not only his father, but also his mother. He was putting pressure on the wealthy families in Shandong and could not turn to him, but also showed goodwill to them.

But I was foolish, acted as a noble person, maintained the concentration of imperial power, and the country's orders... and cleared the future obstacles of the country. I said: "Di Qing, your question is enlightenment."

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter much. According to my opinion, the Queen Mother has also figured out this festival."
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