The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 429
As long as he is an emperor, no matter if he is a faint emperor or a wise emperor, he wants to kill the powerful family.

Because these families have been passed down for hundreds of years and have gone through multiple dynasties, they have no sense of identity or loyalty. The only thing they are loyal to is their own family.

For example, a certain family that had surrendered to the World Cultivator occupied all the fields of his hometown in a certain place in Shandong, and turned all his fellow villagers into his own tenant slaves.

Every time a foreign race invades, they are always the first to go up and down the list and ask others to be their masters.

It is precisely because of this ability to adapt to the wind that it can last for dozens of generations and enjoy the treatment like the emperor of the land.

Even the fellow countrymen who have been oppressed and bullied by their family are proud of them.

For the emperor, of course, it is impossible to have any good feelings for such a powerful family.

It's not that Li Er doesn't want to touch them, it's just that the powerful family has great influence and strength.It is not impossible to use force directly, but it will cause great turmoil in Nuo.

With his own cousin as a lesson, Li Er has always been very cautious in this regard.

After all, among the various anti-kings in the late Sui Dynasty, which one did not accept the support of the powerful family?
They are capable of inciting havoc.

Now, Li Er sensed a good opportunity to cheat the powerful family, and he believed that Li Yunze could also see it, so he wanted to cooperate with him.

Li Yunze, who was holding chopsticks, pondered for a while, "The powerful family also wants to build the railway?"

"Ah."

Li Er nodded and nodded, "I've mentioned it many times overtly and secretly, and it's all because of the gold mountains and silver seas you earned on the railway."

"They know shit!"

Li Yunze sneered, but didn't explain much.

The materials he used to repair the railway all come from the modern world, and the background behind it is very complicated, which is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Without the massive materials and various technologies provided by the modern world, relying on Datang's current production capacity, do you want to build a railway with a distance of more than 1000 miles?Go dreaming.

"Everyone wants to do business that makes money." Li Yunze looked at Li Er, and confirmed through his micro-expressions that he didn't want to let a powerful family get a piece of the pie, and immediately said, "It's a very important project to make money, and it has to be done." Jian is."

Sure enough, Li Er's eyes lit up, and he asked with great interest, "Tell me."

"In the known world, who else is barely qualified to be Datang's opponent?"

Facing Li Yunze's question, Li Er thought for a while and said, "Three previous dynasties conquered Goguryeo, with millions of casualties but failed to destroy the country, it can be counted as one."

Li Er's hostility towards Goguryeo has never been extinguished. What his cousin failed to do, he wants to do.

"The Western Turks control hundreds of thousands of strings, deterring the countries in the Western Regions, and they should be destroyed."

Since the Turks of Nuoda were directly divided into two under the cooperation of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and Changsun Sheng, they are still the first-class power in the world while deterring the Western Regions and coercing the Central Plains.

Now that East Turkic has fallen under the iron heel of Datang, Western Turkic is naturally the next target.

Seeing Li Yunze signal him to continue, Li Er frowned and pondered for a moment, then said uncertainly, "Tubo is located on a high mountain, so it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it is one of them?"

No wonder Li Er was puzzled. After more than a hundred years, Tubo, who broke through Chang'an city one after another and captured the Han people up the mountain to become slaves, was far from showing such a powerful strength in this era.

Its real national strength took off after Princess Wencheng married and Li Er, a sand sculpture, gave a full set of gifts.

"That's right."

Li Yunze finally expressed his opinion, "Whether it is Goguryeo or Western Turks, there is nothing to worry about. As long as the Tang cavalry can pass, it will naturally be destroyed. Only here in Tubo, if it does not take precautions, it will definitely be a confidant of the Tang Dynasty in a hundred years. say no
When they get it, they can besiege Chang'an City and let the princes in the city tie up many women and give them to him. "

Li Er's eyes became sharp in an instant.

If Li Er is a real dragon, then Chang'an City is his dragon's nest.

Hearing that someone can threaten his lair, the murderous aura on his body is really frightening.

Li Yunze was not timid, but spoke calmly, "The time, place and people are harmonious, and Tubo occupies an absolute geographical advantage."

"The air on the high mountains is thin. People like me who live in places with dense air all the year round, if they go to the high mountains, most of them will affect their physical condition due to the thin air."

"If it is mild, it needs to rest, and its ability to move will be greatly reduced. If it is serious, it is not impossible to die directly. In this state, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army cannot be displayed at all. On the contrary, the Tubo people who have lived on the mountains all year round have already lost their lives. adapted to this environment,

It can be as powerful as a dragon. "

Li Er, who repeatedly nodded, hurriedly asked, "Is there a way to deal with it?"

"Of course there is a way to deal with it." Li Yunze responded with a smile, "Daozhang Sun is already making preparations."

"Okay." Li Er nodded again and again, and then asked, "You mean, there will be a battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, so the railway should be built first to go under the mountain, as a contingency?"

Looking at the road guards passing by on horseback patrolling the railway outside the window, Li Yunze said with a smile, "They all say that railways can make money, but they are all obsessed with money and want to get in, but they don't know about railway projects. The lines are the most important."

"Like the route from Chang'an City to Luoyang City, it is definitely the most profitable. There are countless people and supplies, and it is a typical way to make money while lying down."

Li Yunze simply took the map and spread it out on the table, his fingers landed on Songzhou and Weizhou all the way west.

"After defeating Tuyuhun, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty came directly to the feet of Tubo. Here in Songzhou and Weizhou, you can go directly to the high mountains of Tubo when you go out of the city. In the future, when we fight against Tubo, these two places must be the most important logistical supplies. center."

Regarding Li Yunze's judgment, Li Er nodded in agreement.

These two places are at the foot of the mountain, and in front of them is the passage up the mountain, which is an absolute battleground for military strategists.

"The construction of the railway leading to these two places is bound to be a loss. But for Datang, it is necessary. Moreover, the construction here is very difficult, and the cost per mile is at least double that of repairing to Lanzhou."

Li Er already understood here that this kind of thing that is beneficial to the imperial court is really the best way to cheat the powerful family.

Li Yunze hadn't finished his sentence, or he simply pointed out the matter directly: "The Daming Palace has been completed, and when the inauguration ceremony is held, His Majesty can take out the two lines from Chang'an City to Lanzhou, and from Chang'an City to Songzhou and Weizhou , giving everyone a chance
Participate in the competition. "

"Of course, this is a competition on the surface. Secretly give the line to Lanzhou to nobles, and the line to Songzhou and Weizhou to aristocratic families." Li Yunze even explained the specific operation clearly, "Let them directly Holding a group to form a consortium to bid, as for how to get inside information
The operation is up to His Majesty. "

Li Er smiled and stroked his beard, his eyes narrowed, "Dashan!"

Hundreds of years of accumulation by a powerful family, that is really old and rich.

But their money would rather hide in the cellar and moldy than use it to support the court, and even because of large-scale hoarding of money, the money supply in the market is insufficient.

Now that he has the opportunity to cheat them, Li Er will naturally not be soft-hearted.

The delighted Li Er went to have dinner, but Li Yunze was staring at Songzhou Weizhou on the map in a daze.

These two places also have stories in the history of Datang.

The so-called Songzhou is actually the ancient city of Songpan.

When Lu Dongzan, the chief minister of Tubo, came to propose marriage, he walked here.

As for Weizhou, the ancient city in the Three Kingdoms period was Jiangwei City, and you can tell who built it just by looking at the name.

In history, after the Tubo people used beauty tricks to attack Victoria, they renamed it Wuyou City, which means that after taking this place, there will be no worries anymore.

And in another thousand years, the name of this place will be Wen Chuan!
The Tubo people attacked Weizhou many times, but it was too easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they failed to conquer it many times.

They thought of many ways, one of which was the beauty trap.

She selected a beauty and came to Weizhou to seduce the city gate officer. After marrying the city gate officer, she gave birth to two sons.

When the two sons grew up 20 years later, they cooperated with the Tubo inside and outside, and opened the city gate at night to let the Tubo people into the city.

After the Tubo people who finally broke through Weizhou slaughtered the city, they conquered Songzhou and Baozhou one after another, and finally approached the city of Chang'an.

The scared Daizong fled in a panic, and the scared civil and military nobles in the city tied countless women with ropes and sent them to X Leqihe, a Tibetan.

This matter is similar to what Zhao Ji and his son did.

They are all beasts!

"Beauty trick?" Li Yunze clenched his fist and slammed it on the map in a muffled voice, "Just wait."

Li Er's hunting meeting on the prairie went very smoothly. All the tribes on the prairie expressed their loyalty to their Tian Khan very sincerely, offering horses, falcons, white cattle and lambs.

Li Er was very satisfied with these gifts.

After the hunt was over, he invited the noble heads of various tribes to accompany him to Chang'an City to attend the completion ceremony of Daming Palace.

Facing Tian Khan's invitation, no tribe would refuse.

This was especially true after Tuyuhun was defeated and their khan performed dances in front of everyone.

Grassland tribes are very practical, and they will follow whoever is strong, without any disagreement.

Of course, if it weakens, it will wipe off the face and put on another face.

Li Er understood this very well, so he took this group of people to Chang'an City to demonstrate the national strength and prosperity of Datang, and let them graze for Datang honestly.

On the return journey, Li Er's special train had more than ten trucks attached to the back, which were loaded with preliminarily processed wool and coal and other minerals.

Shengzhou has become the most prosperous business place in the Northland.

All kinds of goods from the customs were transported here and sold to various tribes on the grassland.

And the prairie tribes also exchanged their cattle and sheep, wool leather, cheese and dried meat, etc., and the degree of development of their commerce and trade made many civil and military heroes who followed them sigh with emotion.

You must know that before the opening of the railway, this place was a remote place.

Shengzhou also found a large coal mine through Li Yunze's relationship. Trains filled with coal go south almost every day, providing sufficient fuel supply for the entire Guanzhong.

Moreover, under Li Yunze's suggestion, the imperial court was even willing to provide coal as fuel to the people at a low price or even free of charge, and then banned the felling of trees.

Because Li Yunze said, if you cut down trees like this without restraint, the big rivers will turn into yellow rivers due to soil erosion!
(End of this chapter)