The best idlers of the Tang Dynasty

"Nephew said that the earth is round, and hundreds of millions of people live on a ball? This~~~~~~ This is shocking!" The middle-aged man stared at Du Rui with wide eyes, trembling road.

At this time of year, the theory of round heaven and earth has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Now that Du Rui is drunk, he speaks freely and reveals the theory of round earth that was only verified by Westerners hundreds of years later. It is indeed too astonishing. .

"Is there any evidence?"

Du Rui took a sip of the wine, and suddenly realized that he was a bit Meng Lang just now, sobered up, and said, "This is just my nephew's guess, uncle, just imagine, the east of my Great Tang territory reaches the sea, With a glance, you can see the end."

The middle-aged man was completely attracted by Du Rui's strange theory, and shook his head blankly.

Du Rui continued: "So my nephew guesses that since there is no end in sight, it proves that the land is not flat, but has a curvature, and the reason why the sea water can go round and round is also because of this curvature, so my nephew Then I boldly guessed, this arc has been extending in one direction, and if they are connected together, isn’t it just a ball?”

Hearing the words, the middle-aged man thought about it carefully, and said: "There is some truth, but it's all my nephew's conjecture!"

Du Rui smiled and said: "So my nephew has always been thinking, if I can build a strong sea boat and sail in one direction, maybe I can return to the original point!"

The middle-aged man said in surprise: "Isn't this really the opposite?"

"Exactly, and my nephew guessed that this land should not be a part of China, there should be another continent on the other side of the sea. If you go to sea from Liaodong, won't you be able to reach the country of Wa?"

The middle-aged man was fascinated when he heard this, and said: "If my nephew's conjecture is true, and if we can find a new continent, then the territory of my Great Tang will expand several times."

Du Rui thought in his heart: If we can really find the continents of Australia and America, the territory of Datang will not be expanded several times, but more than ten times.

"Nephew! But I don't know how to get a sea boat!?"

Du Rui heard the words, thought for a moment and said: "Although my nephew has studied the knowledge of saints, he also has a lot of research on the study of things. Maybe one day in the future, my nephew can really build that kind of sea-going ship, it is still unknown!"

In fact, if it is really necessary to build the kind of sea-going ship that Zheng He sailed to the west, it would not be a difficult task for Du Rui, but the world is not peaceful now, if he builds that kind of ship rashly, the population of the Central Plains may be even smaller up.

When the middle-aged man heard the words, he couldn't help feeling sorry for a while, but soon he was relieved, and said: "I hope my nephew can really succeed, and it is not impossible for my nephew to be a marquis by then!"

Hearing this, Du Rui's heart surged with arrogance, and he stood up and said, "When a man is born in the world, he should hold a three-foot sword and make an indelible contribution. How can he covet his wife and son?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, he couldn't help admiring him, and said, "Nephew really has great ambitions! You have to get fame right away. Now that the Turks have repeatedly violated the border court, is your nephew worried that he won't have the chance to make meritorious deeds?"

Du Rui didn't answer, and struck with the chopsticks, singing: "I am angry. Leaning on the railing, it is raining lightly. Looking up, I look up to the sky and scream, with a strong heart. Thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of roads, clouds and moons." Don't wait for nothing, the boy's head is white, empty and sad! Weiqiao's shame is still not snowed; Be from scratch, clean up the old mountains and rivers, overturned Que!"

Listening to "Man Jianghong", the middle-aged people couldn't stop their blood boiling, Ma Xuanliang outside the door was even more excited, his eyes were red, and he looked like he could raise his sword and mount his horse right now, and fight the Turks to the death.

"Zhi Zhi hunger for Hulu meat, and laughed and talked about drinking Turkic blood!" The middle-aged man pondered, and suddenly drank three cups, and said loudly, "Happy! Happy! What an indomitable and great husband!"

Du Rui's blood boiled with alcohol at this time, and he shouted loudly: "A man should be like Huo Hushi, Ban Dingyuan, seal the wolf as a servant, and let Shi Yanran, Fang is not pretending to be a man, what's the point of being a mere Turk? .”

Hearing this, the middle-aged man was startled and said, "What do you mean, my nephew? You are too young to see the Turks as insignificant. However, although there has been no major war between the imperial court and the Turks this year, the Turks are still making troubles. Today we need food and grass, and tomorrow we need cloth. , although the imperial court intends to avenge their shame, it's a pity that they can't wait!"

Du Rui didn't notice it and said: "Although what uncle said is true, it is also too biased. My Tang Dynasty is rich all over the world. In terms of population, the Turks are less than eleven of my own. Although there are no crowds in my dynasty, there are crowds of people, shoulder to shoulder, sweating like rain, hand in hand. Although there are still tens of millions of people, and in terms of wealth, the Turks are not enough for me. The only thing the Turks rely on is the longbow of the cavalry. It is not difficult to defeat him!"

When the middle-aged man heard the words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought: Is it true that this young man cannot be resurrected.

"What is the magic method of my nephew?"

Du Rui also let go at this time, and said freely: "If you want to wipe out the Turks, one of them is the horse government. The Turks were born on horseback since they were young, and lived by water. Conquests during wartime, in contrast to our dynasty, those who enjoy farming and galloping horses do not survive. Only by reopening the horse administration can they catch up with the Turkic people and send a person who understands horses to the Longxi Grassland to select good breeds. , nurture them wholeheartedly, and then participate in domestic horse racing and polo, and encourage the people to ride horses and practice horses."

The middle-aged man also thought of this level, and asked impatiently: "What about the second!?"

"The second is the military system!"

Du Rui's words were earth-shattering and shocked everyone inside and outside the house.

At present, the Tang Dynasty implements the Fubing system. Of course, the Fubing is not the only type of arms. The imperial guards also guard the palace and station at the North Gate.For expedition and garrison, there were soldiers recruited called "recruitment" but actually "recruitment". Later, there were united soldiers and soldiers who defended Honshu.In expeditions and defenses, the number of soldiers recruited often exceeds that of Fubing, but Fubing had strong combat effectiveness in the early Tang Dynasty and was the backbone of the army.

The Fubing system in the Tang Dynasty was effectively implemented in the early days of Taizong and Gaozong's reign, but it was gradually destroyed from the late Gaozong period to Empress Wu, and was finally abolished in the reign of Xuanzong.Reasons for the destruction: frequent fighting, extended defense lines, heavy military service.Originally, there was a certain period of rest in the defense, but later they were often forced to stay in the garrison for a long time without returning, which caused the people to avoid service and the soldiers to flee.The low status of the government soldiers.In the early Tang Dynasty, inheriting the legacy of the previous generation, they respected the guards more. However, when Empress Wu came, the guards of Fanshang were often borrowed by noble bureaucrats as private servants, which caused the society to be ashamed of serving as government soldiers.

Especially after Gaozong, land annexation became more and more serious.The targets of Fubing conscription were mainly peasants who equalized the land. With the destruction of the system of equalizing land, the system of Fubing conscription lost the economic conditions on which it could be implemented.In this way, in the early days of Xuanzong's reign, the number of government soldiers fleeing and dispersing increased day by day, resulting in a shortage of guards in Fanshang, making it even more difficult to mobilize for defense.

Du Rui, who came from a later generation, naturally knows the pros and cons of the government soldiers, and ignored the surprise of the middle-aged man surnamed Qin, and continued: "Although the current government soldiers still have combat effectiveness and are easy to recruit, they can provide my Tang with a steady stream of resources. Soldiers, but there are also disadvantages."

The middle-aged man's complexion was not healed at this time, and he said: "Tell me, what is the other side?"

Du Rui didn't care, and pointed out all the arguments from the later history research. The middle-aged man listened, his face became more gloomy, as if he was worried.

Suddenly looking up at Du Rui, he said: "Nephew can see the other side of the military system, and he has a solution if he thinks about it! Please speak up!"

Du Rui nodded and said: "That's natural, you can change the government military system to a conscription system~~~~~~~"

Next, Du Rui introduced China's conscript system in detail (in order to avoid people saying that I made up the word count, I won't list it here, and those who are interested can check it online). Hearing the beauty, I couldn't help clapping my hands again and again.

"Okay! Okay! If it is true, as my nephew said, when this conscription system is implemented, the military strength of our Tang Dynasty has not been reduced, but has been greatly increased. This is the talk of seeking the country!"

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, when he went to see Du Rui again, he found that Du Rui had already fallen asleep, so he couldn't help laughing, and ordered: "Ma Xuanliang! Send someone to send Du Rui home!"

When Du Rui woke up, it was too early to wake up, and when he opened his eyes, he felt a splitting headache. Baochai was lying on his clothes next to the bed, presumably after serving him all night, Du Rui couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he saw her.

Just thinking about getting up, he suddenly got a jolt, thinking of the identity of the middle-aged man who had a drink with him just now, he couldn't help saying in surprise: "So it's him!"

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