Li Er actually forgot that what Bai Fan said about getting richer the more he fights, and it is limited to wars, not limited to recovering land and collecting people after the war, if the Tang Dynasty is just plundering the surrounding countries with the attitude of a victor, leaving their imperial court governance mess, it is indeed a war to make money, and the more you fight, the richer you become.

But the reality is that Datang even took the land and took it all according to the order, this is a landlord forcibly snatching a poor family, not for exploitation, but to feed this group of people, so down, can the country not be poor?

"Millions? Isn't that enough?

We only need 50,000 troops, when we faced the Eastern Turks and Jieli to the south, we fought a rich battle with 300,000 guan, and now it is a million guan, isn't it easy to capture? Wei Chigong exclaimed.

Everyone covered their faces together, this thing doesn't seem to have learned arithmetic, don't you know that this time is different from the past.

Bai Fan said in his heart, your math is taught by a physical education teacher, in order to avoid Wei Chigong's embarrassment, Bai Fan relieved the siege and said: "Brother Hei, what you said is the old yellow calendar."

What weapons did we equip back then? Basically, they only care about food, and they don't need to use their clothes and human lives to make a war.

Not now, fighting a war is very expensive, and the soldiers' salaries, grains and grass have tripled compared with the nine years of Wude, and the pension is even more superior.

This is not counting, the 50,000 army you said, I'm afraid you don't dare to send troops without 100,000 thunderbolts, what is the price of the equipment for 100,000 thunderbolts? A million is not enough for you to start a war for half a month.

So, this battle can't be fought. ”

After hearing this, Wei Chigong immediately reacted, so embarrassed, he was embarrassed, and said: "Hey, how did these old blacks think that the soldiers were originally so easy to discipline, but now they are good, they have all become rich masters, and they are too difficult to serve."

It's all what you kid is used to, if you don't have this money and food, won't they fight for Datang? ”

Li Er hurriedly scolded: "Jingde Mo wants to talk nonsense, it is a good thing that the Tang Dynasty is rich, and if the court is rich, it is reasonable to improve the treatment of soldiers, otherwise it is better for soldiers to be soldiers than to farm at home and open up wasteland, and how many people are sincere soldiers?"

The government soldier system of the Tang Dynasty is outdated, and it is okay in the war disaster year, after all, everyone is a soldier in order to survive, but now it is different, the government soldiers have become an annual compulsory attendance, if there is no more money, I am afraid that the soldiers will become a centralized exercise. ”

"This, how can a man defend his family and country, how can a soldier be driven by money slavery? I don't care about others, my old black belt soldiers, I will never allow it. Wei Chigong stood up and said solemnly, with that evil spirit and dignified words, he really had the spirit of a military general.

Bai Fan explained: "Brother Hei, what you said is right, but don't forget, there is no external trouble in the Tang Dynasty now, we are fighting the Western Turks, it is an outbound war, it is to expand the territory, not to protect the family and defend the country."

Don't say that we have no righteousness and reason to let the soldiers go to work hard, even if we denounce the righteousness, even if every family sends soldiers to serve the country, but are the wives and children in the family still willing? Is it good to farm at home and live a bad life? Going to the battlefield to die?

For you and me, it is the responsibility of our generation to expand the territory, but for every family, every strong labor is the pillar, if it is not for the protection of wives and children, no one dares to say that there is no complaint. ”

Li Ji nodded and sighed: "Jian Zhi's words are thorough, expanding the territory and defending the country are not the same.

Now if we can't come up with enough interests to drive people's hearts, then no soldiers are willing to stand up and fight, to put it bluntly, foreign expansion requires Datang to buy the lives of soldiers with money, and no one sells their lives if the money is not enough.

After all, it's not the troubled times when I was a soldier in order to get a ration. ”

Li Er pondered for a long time and asked: "I know that the Tang Dynasty is running out of savings now, but if we take the Western Turks again, and restore production and govern the new territory in a unified way, it is also to save trouble and effort, isn't there still a debtor?" Is it feasible? ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said: "In ordinary times, it doesn't hurt to borrow money to stimulate war.

But today's Datang is not available, we are not saying that this war cannot be fought because of money and food, but that after the war, the new people in various places may have to tighten their clothes and food, and even rations may not be enough.

If we defeat the Western Turks, it is impossible to kill them all, then it will add millions of mouths to feed, and the food of the Tang Dynasty will definitely not be enough to eat.

At that time, all localities had not fully obeyed the Tang Dynasty's education, and because of the food famine, there was a civil unrest, wouldn't our years of fighting a big war be in vain? ”

After listening to everyone's detailed explanations, Li Er also understood that this battle could not be fought.

Shaking his head and sighing, "Okay, then wait for another year for the Western Turkic barbarians, so that he can live for a little longer."

Hehe, it's just that we issued an ultimatum the year before last to destroy the Western Turks within half a year, because Tubo has been delayed for two years, and now we don't fight, I'm afraid that Mo Hedu will laugh at Yu Zhen. ”

Everyone laughed, the emperor laughed at himself like this, obviously he didn't take the active atmosphere to heart, so he didn't need to act loyally like the lord humiliating the ministers and dying, and he would destroy the country in the future, who remembers these ridicules? Who cares?

A palace discussion in the political hall made the Tang Dynasty civil and military ministers understand the current situation of the country, there are no external troubles and no internal worries, only the accumulation of wealth, so the next focus is to accumulate strength, wait for the time to mature, and then move the general trend.

Li Er said that he would wait another year to stabilize the situation, but he didn't expect that this stability would be stable for three years, and Datang did not use a single soldier for three years.

It is not a simple problem to digest so many land populations in the Northeast and grasslands, Tubo and other places, the first year is only to support the food and drink of these people and stabilize the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and then there are difficulties, and they need to solve their self-reliance problems, at least teach these alien naturalized people to learn to grow food, be able to produce and drink by themselves, and in the third year, it is time to harvest the fruits.

The time for three years of digestion is a little tight, but once Datang digests and absorbs more than 10 million people, the country's strength will double, because in addition to the people being self-sufficient, it can also bring benefits to the country, and the more people, the greater the benefits, which is the ultimate goal of Datang's expansion and occupation of territory.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, and Datang has also come to Zhenguan for 12 years, and Datang, who has been recuperating for three years, has become rich and swelled again, Li Er's expanding heart has never stopped, and he has to discuss sending troops once a year for three years, and he has been persuaded by everyone to return.

This Tang Emperor is a good martial artist, he has always remembered his dreams, under the sun, it is all the land of the Tang Dynasty, he knows how big his dream is, so he is very urgent in his heart, afraid that he will not have enough time, because the historical Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has only reigned for fifty-four years, but he has not laid down all the maps.

Li Er is still afraid that he can't surpass Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty of the emperor alone, and when all the ministers do not support it, Li Er has no way to go his own way.

Now that the recuperation is over, it is the time to start the situation again, Li Er is ready to convene the palace meeting again, this time it is the Taiji Hall court meeting, and directly announce the plan to destroy the country, which is urgent and no longer discussed.

However, without waiting for Li Er to issue the order of the court meeting, the other two countries, which had also been silent for three years, took the lead in making changes, and this time, it was the Wa Kingdom in the east that moved first.

Today's second chapter, thank you for your support.

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