Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 323 Peace in the world in ten years

The first appearance of gunpowder was like a miracle.

On the way to charge, the general was still confused.

"What just happened?"

"Why is the south gate gone like this?"

"A flat land and a thunderstorm? Or an earth dragon turning over?"

"Why does Your Majesty act like he knew in advance?"

"Is it the divine thunder summoned by His Majesty?"

"What if this thunder falls in the army?"

The soldiers were even more frightened. When they approached the south gate, they saw that there were no tiles left, human body parts scattered everywhere, and dark red blood. You can imagine the tragedy at that time.

Those soldiers of the school team adapted by Wei Bojun, after being frightened, were full of joy, looking left and right, and seeing incredible in each other's eyes.

They were still dissatisfied in their hearts, but they were forced to submit due to the military power of the imperial court.

But now, after seeing the emperor's magical methods, he still dares to have second thoughts. If the thunder from the sky fell on Wei Bo's army, there would be no reason for their existence.

Now they are the official army, the army under the emperor, and the thunder will only be used on the heads of disobedient people.

kill!

The armies were advancing towards their respective goals, and there were city gates, barracks, governor's offices and treasury everywhere.

In half an hour, Jizhou was at peace. During the whole process, they did not even encounter any resistance. The more than [-] Jizhou troops put down their weapons and armor.

Li Huaixian was escorted to the emperor like a dead dog.

"Your Majesty, Li Huaixian, bows to your Majesty, long live your Majesty..."

"Why stop the heavenly army?"

"I really don't know that Your Majesty is here in person!"

"What nonsense!"

With an expressionless face, Li Ye ordered his left and right officials to push Li Huaixian to the military gate and behead him, and arrest all his family members and imprison him.

A notice was posted in the city of Jizhou, stating that Li Huaixian resisted the heavenly army and did not respect the imperial edict, so he should be punished according to the law. His Majesty the Emperor governed the world with benevolence and filial piety, and only punished the first culprits, leaving the rest alone.

There are also three chapters in the law of the civil agreement, rape and looters will be killed, murderers will be beheaded, stealers and looters will be killed, and those who disobey the prohibition will be killed without mercy.

The soldiers of the imperial army knew that His Majesty the Emperor hated looting, and their treatment was not low. Military discipline was always very good, and the troops entering the city did not harm the people.

The people of Jizhou quickly calmed down, and all the counties under its jurisdiction surrendered one after another.

His Majesty the Emperor wrote another handwritten letter, reprimanding Wang Rong, the military commander of the Chengde Army, for allowing his subordinate Li Huaixian to rebel. Li Huaixian dared to send troops to seize the food and fodder of the imperial army, and wanted to cut off the imperial food supply. What did Li Huaixian intend to do?

Anyway, the mouth is on the emperor's mouth, so he can say whatever he wants.

Regardless of right or wrong, let’s scare Wang Rong first.

Now, the imperial court's fists are relatively big, and there are artifacts like Zhentian Lei. It is the time when the autumn wind sweeps away the fallen leaves.

The emperor did not stop in Jizhou, so he ordered Zhang Guihou to lead two troops to guard Jizhou and repair the city wall. He ordered Zhang Guiba to lead eight thousand Jizhou soldiers to surrender. All the Jizhou soldiers were brought out of the city and followed the army to Zhenzhou, where the Chengde Army was established.The families of these fallen soldiers are all in Jizhou. Staying in Jizhou will only cause chaos. If they are taken out, they will be fettered by their family members. Li Ye expects that there will be no trouble.

It was reported that Li Kuangwei was leading his army to Shenzhou. The entire army did not enter the prefectures and counties, but looted along the way. The marching direction was also Zhenzhou.

"Fun, fun!"

On the dragon chariot, His Majesty the Emperor looked at the map. On it, the armies of all parties were intertwined. A bright red arrow pointed from Yingzhou in Lulong Town to Shenzhou in Chengde Town.

Guo Chongtao said: "Your Majesty, you can order the Yiwu Army Jiedushi Wang Chucun, and Li Kuang of Youzhou to mobilize troops to guard various passes to prevent Li Kuangwei from going north. You can catch turtles in the Chengde Urn and capture Li Kuangwei."

Li Ye shook his head. Just as Zhu Zhen said, Li Kuangwei had been treated as a dog by His Majesty the Emperor. He chased after the dog and wiped out all the towns in Hebei.

"I have ordered Zhao Kuangning to lead 2 Jingxiang troops to the north, and ordered Zuo Huwei's army to hand over Tongguan to Zuo Yulin's Zhang Yi command. Zuo Huwei's army marched eastward, and ordered Zhaoyi's army to settle down and receive 2 troops. There is also Wu Zhan, the Youlong military force stationed in Luzhou, rushing to Zhaozhou with [-] horses!"

Guo Chongtao thought for a moment, and His Majesty the Emperor mobilized four more armies, the Jingxiang Army, the Zhaoyi Army, the Zuohuwei Army, and the Youlongwu Army. The four armies all had 2 troops. This added 30 new troops to Hebei. On the land, the imperial court has nearly [-] troops.

call!
"Your Majesty wants to complete his achievements in one battle!"

"How do you feel?"

"The imperial court will definitely be able to pacify Hebei in one fell swoop, but what I'm worried about is whether the food and grass can keep up!"

Li Ye smiled. He must know more and more secret information than Guo Chongtao.

Bianliang can support a million troops, which is no joke. Jiangnan and Huainan have recovered rapidly in the past two years. Coupled with the development of Zhancheng rice, many places in Jiangxi and Lingnan can grow three-crop rice, and Jiangnan two-crop rice. It's not a problem, but in Huainan, one season of rice and one season of wheat can also grow two seasons.

An important aspect of the imperial evaluation of local officials was to reclaim wasteland and build canals for irrigation and water conservancy. The Jingxiang land on Shannan West Road increasingly became the new granary of the Tang Dynasty.

Datang, as long as you don’t mess yourself up, the recovery of production is called a super speed, and a summer harvest. Huainan, Jiangnan, and Lingnan alone can collect more than 2000 million shi of grain and more than [-] million guan of money, plus Liangchuan, Jiangnan and Lingnan. Hanzhong, Henan, Guanzhong, Hezhong and Zhaoyi received taxes, as well as comprador income from liquor and salt in various places. The annual taxes exceeded [-] million yuan.

Compared with the time when the Two Taxes Law was first implemented during Dezong's reign, the annual tax collection was only 500 million yuan. This was the highest tax collection recorded in the Tang Dynasty since the founding of the country.

Economically speaking, the Tang Dynasty at this time was far ahead of any other period in history.

Not to mention the emperor's internal funds, under the auspices of Zhang Chengye, the Tang Weaving Bureau and Huitong Tianxia's ticket numbers have been opened to all states and counties in the Tang Dynasty.

With millions of bolts of cotton cloth woven by hundreds of thousands of looms, as well as remittance of imperial taxes, the emperor's internal funds reached an unprecedented level of more than four million guan. For money.

With the improvement of productivity, people's taxes are light and they have more money on hand. The demand for textiles is unprecedentedly strong.

In Zhang Chengye's letter to the emperor, he said worriedly: "If one day, the money in your majesty's internal funds exceeds the national treasury, what should we do at that time?"

How to do?
Pay!

Education, scientific research, building roads and bridges are all major areas of spending.

At this time, nothing is more cost-effective than spending money on the military.

"I want to recruit 30 troops in Gyeonggi Province and Longyou in Hexi Province, [-] troops in Hezhong and Shaanxi and Guozhou, [-] troops in Jiangnan Province, [-] troops in Hanzhong and Sichuan, and a total of [-] troops nationwide."

"..."

"Can I support 30 horses with my internal funds?"

call!
Guo Chongtao's breathing suddenly became rapid. Unknowingly, the imperial court turned out to be so towering, like a mountain.

"Ten years to bring peace to the world, ten years..."

(End of this chapter)