Chapter 55: It's Time to Use Power for Personal Gain

The cold wind is howling, and the snow is white. In the military camp under the command of the Eastern Turkic Tabuyehu Khan in Wulanban (now in Hongshan District, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia).

The wind swept up the snow and danced wildly, and under the snow that the wind blew up, the dead bodies of the Turks, and the dead bodies of livestock and horses, could be seen everywhere.

In the corner of the camp, a Turkic general stroked the scar on the horse's buttocks with pity, sighed and said: "What do you say that the Tang Dynasty is defenseless in Fengzhou, and now it has been fighting for ten days, with more than 12,000 dead and wounded, and even the head of Fengzhou has not been attacked." ”

Another Turkic general complained: "If this continues to be consumed, even if the people are okay, the cattle and horses will die." ”

The general, who was wounded on his horse, said indignantly: "Jieli, this madman, this is to bring the people of the grassland into the fire pit......

The surrounding Turkic generals sighed one by one.

Just then, a cough sounded behind him.

The generals followed the voice, and saw Ashina Sheer, the Khan of Tabuyehu, coming with an iron face.

The generals were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, and Ashina Sheer walked into his big tent silently without saying a word.

As a commander who has survived a hundred battles, Ashina Sheer knows very well that although it is said that there is strength in numbers, when fighting a war, it is not that the more troops there are, the victory will be guaranteed.

Now, Jieli Khan not only contacted the tribes and states of Goguryeo, Buyeo, Silla, Baekje, Xi, Khitan, Jing, Jin, Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Hui, Gaoche, Dingling, Tiefu, Tiele, Xueyantuo and other tribes and states, and even united Byzantium and Sassanid Empire.

In fact, these more than 100 tribes and countries are full of contradictions. In particular, the Sassanid Empire and the Byzantine Empire, which are located in the western Turkic West, have been fighting each other with the Roman Empire for three or four hundred years since the establishment of the Sassanid Empire. Only the emperors of the Roman Empire were killed by the Sassanid Empire, and the contradictions between them, the two sides have been enemies for generations, and they are definitely not a contract that can be erased.

Unless one side of this battlefield can fall completely, there is no possibility of them shaking hands and making peace.

However, Jieli Khan was so confident that he thought that by mediating in the middle, the two sides could turn the conflict into a jade silk.

Who would dare to make peace in the struggle between nations, especially when it comes to wars that have lasted for hundreds of years?

Especially in the Byzantine Empire, their emperors did not rely only on blood relations and were directly hereditary, but needed the unanimous consent of the Holy See, the Senate and the military before they could be crowned emperors. It can be said that even Hiraclius could not have made this decision easily.

After all, the Byzantine Empire changed emperors when they could not represent the interests of the people. Heraclius, the son of the governor of Africa, stood up at the right time and overthrew the original emperor Phocas, who also became emperor after a coup d'état.

The emperors of the Byzantine Empire were not the same as the emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty, they were nominally the supreme rulers of the country, but they were also controlled by the Senate and the Holy See.

However, Jielihe Khan believed in Heraclius's envoy.

Of course, it was not only the Sassanid Empire and the Byzantine Empire that had a deep blood feud, but in fact Goguryeo and Silla, Buyeo, and Baekje had also fought wars for hundreds of years, and the two sides were on the same footing.

With so many forces and countries, there is no possibility of uniting at all.

However, the stubborn Jieli could no longer listen to any objections.

Just when Ashina She'er was thinking about it, a Tang man appeared in the big tent.

Ashina Sheer immediately put his hand on the hilt of the knife.

But this Tang envoy Zheng Yuanshou smiled faintly and said, "Abu Khan, I'm here to help you!" ”

Ashina Sheer said suspiciously: "Help me? ”

Zheng Yuanshou said with a smile: "Abu Khan, you are the son of Chuluo Khan, don't you want to know how Chuluo Khan died?" ”

It is well known that the Khan died violently.

However, Ashina Sheer understood.

It's not like that at all.

Ashina Gulfershe, who had been the khan for less than two years, died suddenly. However, his father was in very good health, and he was only thirty-seven years old when he died, and as a man, thirty-seven years old is the golden age of a man's life.

Ashina Sheer looked at Zheng Yuanshou and said: "This is our Turkic business, don't worry about you Tang people, the two countries will not kill you, I will not kill you, you go back and tell you to build, I, Ashina She'er said that the descendants of wolves have their own pride and traditions, and it is true that Jieli and I have a grudge against my father, but I will use upright means to regain everything that belongs to me, but I will never join forces with outsiders at this time to deal with my own tribesmen." ”

Zheng Yuanshou patiently persuaded: "With the strength of Jieli Khan, you have no chance of revenge at all!" ”

"That's my business!" Saying this, Ashina Sheer said: "Come on, send the Tang envoy away!" ”

……

The world is big, and the food is the biggest.

Fortunately, Chen Ying was relatively well prepared, and there was a lot of grain transported to Tongwan City. The hundreds of thousands of mouths under Liang Shidu are still difficult for Chen Ying.

When Liang Shidu, the king of grass, could only eat beef jerky as the main food, ordinary people were no different from refugees.

Almost everyone is hungry. It's just that these people eat a lot of food.

When Chen Ying looked at a child, holding a rice bowl that was bigger than his head, and drank two bowls of rice porridge in one go, Chen Ying wondered if he would be strangled to death.

Watching the people gobble up, Chen Ying was finally relieved.

The process of pacifying the battle of Liang Shidu was simple.

However, in order to reduce casualties. Chen Ying's preparation time is not short. If it is counted from the time when Chen Ying returned to Chang'an from the Western Regions, then the preparation time has exceeded a year.

It was a blessing that it ended with such a small casualty.

The wounded Liang soldiers were sent to the field ambulance team for rescue, and the uninjured were escorted out of Tongwan City by Tang Army soldiers, and then placed in various prefectures and counties.

For them, the war is over, and the most important thing is to let go of hatred and start a new life.

The battle to pacify the Liang Kingdom is about to come to an end.

Progress was far smoother than Chen Ying had imagined.

There is no way, the current Liang division has been exhausted, and a unit that can't eat enough, even if the combat effectiveness is high, it must have the strength to fight. What's more, the combat effectiveness of the officers and men of the Tang Army is more than a cut stronger than that of another time and space.

At least, in terms of equipment. The armor rate of Mingguang armor has reached almost 90 percent, and the Lingzhou Dingyuan Army and Hedong Army under Chen Ying are among the strongest armies in the Tang Dynasty.

The most important thing is that now the people of Liang are tired of war, and they all want to live a good life. Liang is not far from Lingzhou, and they can definitely hear and see what kind of life the people of Lingzhou are doing.

In Lingzhou, ordinary people will not worry about the problem of insufficient food at all. Moreover, because they can work in their spare time, they can not only have no worries about food and clothing, but also eat a meal of meat every once in a while.

The time, the place, the people, and all occupy it, and if you don't win, it's called no reason.

More than 37,000 soldiers of the Liang Army in Tongwancheng were almost happily taken prisoner, and according to the instructions of the Tang army, they lined up to leave Tongwancheng and accept resettlement.

Before that, there were many Liang soldiers who came to surrender to the Tang army without knowing their superiors, and then were placed in various counties, or worked on farms, or worked in factories, and lived a small life.

For them, the result couldn't be better.

They were satisfied, but the officials of the Chang'an court complained bitterly.

More than 200,000 people and more than 20 mouths poured in at once, so how could they be accommodated?

Eating is not a problem for the time being, and there are still a lot of food reserves in the warehouse, but you can't keep so many people, right? How should we give them land and arrange for them to work? Headache, really headache!

Knowing that Chen Ying quickly pacified the entire territory of Xiazhou, Yanzhou and Gyeongju, Yang Rong showed indomitable strength and came to find Chen Ying.

There is only one purpose, and that is the resources of Yanzhou.

Yanzhou, in fact, is also a treasure land.

In ancient times. Yanzhou is one of the few places in China where crude oil can be extracted.

There are more than 300 crude oil wells in Yanzhou, which can produce light crude oil. With the application of Chen Ying's local refining technology, these refined crude oils have become excellent lighting oils for the people.

The key is that this kind of fire oil burns brighter than rapeseed oil and Tongdong, and when refining, it can also produce soot, which is the best raw material for making ink.

Here, Chen Ying has just stood on the job bowl.

Yang Rong walked into Chen Ying's tent with a charming smile, this Yang Rong is definitely a goblin, obviously a woman at the level of an aunt in her forties.

However, she seems to be the darling of the heavens, and the years have not left any traces on her face. She is twenty-two years older than Li Daozhen and twenty-one years older than Li Xiuning, but if she stands with Li Xiuning and Li Daozhen and pretends to be sisters, absolutely no one will doubt it.

She stood with Ying Guogong Wushi Tong, saying that they were husband and wife, more like father and daughter. In fact, there is almost no difference in age between Wu Shi Tong and Yang Rong.

Yang Rong's smile was so sweet that it almost stunned Zhou Qing and Guo Luo, and they didn't think to stop them until everyone walked in.

Chen Ying was picking up rice, and when he saw Yang Rong coming in, he was stunned for a moment, his cheeks bulged round, and he asked vaguely, "Big cousin, why are you here?" ”

Yang Rong smiled faintly and said, "You're all going to have a big battle, can I come and take a look?" ”

Saying that, Yang Rong unceremoniously found a place to sit down, and said to Chen Ying sincerely: "Little cousin, congratulations, the great merit is nothing more than the destruction of the country, you will destroy the Liang division in one battle, and the court will inevitably reward you in the future......"

"Big cousin, you are also from the family gate, even if you don't understand politics, you should understand that at this time, the greater my credit, for me personally, not all of them are good things! …… Say, what's the matter with me? ”

didn't bend at all, he was used to using beautiful rhetoric to hold the other party fluttering, and then led the topic to the core without a trace, and then euphemistically put forward his wishes, and finally reached an agreement Yang Rong.

In the face of this little cousin who doesn't play cards according to common sense, there is really no way, she has to be steady and honest, and said: "Actually, it's still that sentence, Yanzhou is very interested......

"And then?" Chen Ying asked rhetorically.

Yang Rong said: "I hope that our Wu clan can win all the mineral mining rights in Xiazhou and Yanzhou!" ”

Since Li Jiancheng ascended the throne, he has implemented lean troops and streamlined administration. However, this is to reduce expenditure, and it cannot solve the problem of insufficient revenue and expenditure of the imperial court fundamentally.

Under Chen Ying's brainwashing, Li Jiancheng finally loosened his attitude.

Preparation of mineral resources, to be precise, privatization of salt and iron.

The salt and iron franchise, for the imperial court, the huge profits are huge. However, this has one of the biggest drawbacks, that is, it limits the scale of production of the salt and iron industry.

For example, the state-run insurance business in later generations originally suffered serious losses every year. Later, the private insurance business was opened up, and the insurance industry quickly became one of the pillar industries in China, with an annual output value of more than 20 trillion yuan.

This is the condition of a market economy, which is regulated by the market.

The main reason for opening up private steel operations is that Datang will need too much steel in the future. At this time, the gallop road from Beiting to Dunhuang has been repaired, and on the gallop road of these two thousand miles, it was originally two thousand miles, even if it was a fast horse, it would take five days to take a trip.

However, if it is a carriage, then it will take at least ten days to half a month, and if it is a heavy load, this time will be extended to half a month or a month.

However, the speed of the gallop with steel tracks laid can reach five days and two thousand miles for heavy-duty transportation, and an average of more than 400 miles per day. If you load lightly, you can run 2,000 miles in three days.

Li Jiancheng and the princes of the Manchu Dynasty both saw the benefits of Chidao.

In the planning, Datang's Chi Road from Chang'an to Luoyang will be completed in April of the second year of Kaiyuan, and the 2,000-mile Chi Road from Chang'an to Lingzhou will also be repaired from the end of the second year of Kaiyuan.

According to the current scale of Datang's steel production, there is still a huge gap in steel.

Li Jiancheng even prepared to take all the 367 prefectures of Datang into Datang's transportation network.

Chen Ying put down his chopsticks and sighed: "Oh, big cousin, why are you here again?" Didn't I tell you, I can't do this kind of thing! ”

"How can you not be the master?" Yang Rong smiled brightly, and her eyes were passing.

Chen Ying didn't dare to raise his head and met Yang Rong's gaze.

Yang Rong took a handkerchief and handed Chen Ying to wipe the rice grains off the corner of her mouth, and while smiling, she pointed at Chen Ying and said, "Are you afraid of using power for personal gain?" ”

Chen Ying nodded.

Of course, this is Chen Ying's excuse.

If Chen Ying signs the mine transfer agreement, the imperial court will definitely endorse it.

It's just that Chen Ying doesn't want to do this.

Yang Rong said: "You don't want to think about it, if we are not aunts and cousins, can I help you?" ”

"You're cheating me, where are you helping me?" Chen Ying said angrily: "Do you help me like this?" ”

"Hey......" Yang Rong sighed and said, "Why don't you understand?" The greater your credit, the more jealous the court is, of course, Your Majesty has a very deep personal friendship with you, and no one will dare to impeach you for a while, but ...... You're at least going to make a mistake, right? Can people be sages and sages? ”

Hearing this, Chen Ying suddenly realized.

The marquis is still defiled with himself.

What about yourself?

Chen Ying's head turned sharply, feeling that it was time to use power for personal gain.