Datang chose 1,000 townships as the first batch of practical places for universal education, which made many unselected areas complain, which felt like the labor reform was not their turn, and the government officials in Shandong and Jiangnan were quite dissatisfied with this, and we didn't have to touch the side of labor reform, and it didn't take long for the development of Jiangnan and Shandong rejuvenation plans to be proposed, and Li Erma Xià also chose some places in Yangzhou Jingzhou and various parts of Shandong to carry out labor reform in advance to calm the dissatisfaction of these areas, But this time, it is not their turn to popularize education, which is too unfair, right?

It's all the territory of Datang, and they strongly demand fair treatment!

These areas are not satisfied, as the foundation of the Tang Dynasty in the Guanzhong region, there are also some places that are not satisfied, after all, there are only 1,000 townships, which is relatively small for the densely populated Guanzhong region, so there is also a large part of it is not the turn, although the labor reform has been popularized, but because of this, they have more time to study, and it is not their turn to popularize education at this time, of course they are not happy!

Compared with the areas where the labor reform is not popularized, people still bear this part of the forced labor, so the time is not enough, but they are the first batch to get rid of the forced labor, and the current life is also the richest and most comfortable in the Tang Dynasty compared to other regions.

Are they chopping melons and vegetables when they teach and educate people? Li Erma couldn't cry or laugh, so he could only issue an edict to appease them, telling them that universal education was a big project. It's not easy, there is no way to popularize it in a short period of time, it takes more time, it needs more understanding and support, so I hope you don't want to be too harsh on the court, the court has done its best for this, and the emperor hasn't slept for several nights.

The protests in Guanzhong have died down, but the protests in other areas have come one after another, especially in those areas where it is not the turn of labor reform and education popularization, where the county orders and state thorn histories are full of tears and snot. They are all begging Li Er Xià to have mercy on them. Not only were the local people dissatisfied with the imperial court's emphasis on the central government and their contempt for various places, but even the officials were quite dissatisfied with the imperial court's practices, and they collectively wrote several times asking the chief to write to the imperial court. But. How does this work?

It would have been fine. However, as soon as the law on the popularization of education was promulgated, the world shook, and the people looked forward to it like a rain of hope for a long drought. As a result, it was not their turn, not twice, how depressed and dissatisfied was their hearts? At this moment, they were angry, the people put pressure on the grassroots officials, and the local grassroots officials put pressure on them, they could only put pressure on the imperial court, and Li Erma had no choice but to send the prisoners of war slaves who were left to transport grain and grass to the border next year to those areas where the protests were most severe, so as to alleviate the people's grievances.

As for what the court needs, just extract it from the bureaucrats captured in Shu, and the head of the public slave department came to cry poor again, saying that there are no more prisoners of war that can be called, and if this continues, his public slave department will directly close the door! Li Erqi was quite annoyed, and at the same time realized that during this period of time, he was immersed in development and forgot about his external expansion, and these slaves had no source, so they were naturally a little stretched.

This kind of consciousness dominated Li Erma's thoughts, so Li Ermaxi had no choice but to issue an order to the staff headquarters, asking them to try to find some places around Datang where they could start a war, Datang now has a huge shortage of 100,000 slaves, to see if they can get this number or more slaves in a short time.

No way, this is the will of the people, after experiencing the book sale incident, Li Er Majesty Xià deeply realized that the public opinion cannot be violated, especially in this period, the most important pioneering period of Zhenguan innovation, it is the time when these people's hearts are needed, so conforming to the will of the people is the most important, through guò This approach, Li Er Majesty Xià has also received a lot of support, and many relevant bills of Zhenguan innovation will be announced to the people in Chang'an City in advance, so that the people know, and then get approval.

Therefore, Li Er's majesty attaches great importance to the requirements of public opinion in various places, and the officials are not forced to the point that they will not go to the court to cry to the court, and it is said that there is a place where a group of people who visited relatives in other places came during the period of forced labor, and when they saw that their relatives were serving forced labor, they were shocked and hurriedly asked if there was no labor reform? No slave to undertake these things? At the same time, he also boasted that he no longer had to serve as a servant, so the local people were greatly dissatisfied, and the government had no choice but to cry to the imperial court, asking for the popularization of labor reform.

In fact, the labor reform has been popularized in a considerable part of the area so far, Guanzhong has basically been popularized, Shuzhong has been popularized by the opportunity of the rebellion of the bureaucrats, Shandong has popularized about one-tenth, Jiangnan has only popularized Jingzhou and Yangzhou, but Rao is so, the number of 400,000 slaves has been used, and 100,000 slaves are the standing firefighting teams of the imperial court in the event of natural and man-made disasters, and they cannot be moved lightly, this time in order to calm the people's grievances, 70,000 have been used, only 30,000 are left, and the court itself is not enough.

So, foreign expansion is already something that has to be done, the Tang Dynasty has been calm for a long time since the Battle of Shuzhong, the army is training and training and training, and more than one general has complained to Li Er Majesty that there is no war to fight, which is very boring, and the General Staff Headquarters is not once or twice to ask for a letter to cut down the minister, but Li Er Majesty has not agreed to take into account the needs of development.

Now that development is needed, the country needs a larger number of slaves, and it is inevitable to start a war, and within half an hour of Li Erma's order, Hou Junji came with a group of generals, and asked Li Erma's expedition plan for the southeast and northwest with a surprised face.

To the east can cut down Goguryeo, Goguryeo has repeatedly been rude to the Central Plains, has a heart of disobedience, but also because of the former Sui and the Tang Dynasty tensions, in the northeast to build a city garrison, ill-intentioned, and with the barbarians in the further north region of the friendship, I don't know what it wants, so Hou Junji advocated the immediate use of troops against Goguryeo, recapture the homeland, captive its people to enrich the public slave division, promote the process of labor reform, kill two birds with one stone, the reason is to use Goguryeo to build the former dynasty soldiers Jingguan, the big rebellion, can crusade against it.

To the west is to open up the Western Regions, and now Datang knows the situation in the Western Regions well. Tongguò Western Turkic merchant group can get a lot of precious information, the Western Regions are now quite unpeaceful, and Tuyuhun has bad intentions, can be cut down, as for the reason, just find a merchant to go in and do something, and then be arrested, Datang has a reason to raise troops.

To the south, the Nanzhao and other tribes are not very stable now, and the Tang Dynasty has brought them great panic. They don't dare to go against Datang for the time being. But they also built a city to defend themselves, and Datang couldn't get in, and if they wanted to clean them up, they needed a large army. Of course. Their population is quite sufficient. Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Ji Han Dynasty, once attacked Meng in the south to obtain resources in the south and the north to strengthen Wei, so Hou Junji thought that he could also crusade against Nanzhao, the reason was that Nanzhao was secretly hiding bureaucrats. His heart can be punished!

To the north, the northern tribes now have a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty, and it is the main source of wealth for the Tang Dynasty's foreign trade, Hou Junji does not build yì Li Erma's army against the north, of course, it is not impossible, and the northern tribes that collude with Goguryeo are not a few, cut them, you can cut off the wings of Goguryeo, anyway, sooner or later you have to use troops against Goguryeo, cut off its wings, it is also good for the Tang Dynasty, the reason is that the enemy of the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo, is rebellious, and the division of the royal road can cut it down!

The staff headquarters not only helped him think about where to use soldiers, but even thought of excuses, seamlessly, showing everywhere the majesty of the Tang Dynasty as the Heavenly Khan Empire and the spirit of swearing to defend the national honor of the country, it is really a model of the royal road to crusade against the ministers......

"Can you really cut it down?" Li Er asked tentatively: "Can you prepare in the army?" Do you have enough food and grass equipment? Is it possible to guarantee a total victory? ”

Hou Junji replied: "It can really be cut down, the army is ready, the army is ready, well-trained, recuperating for half a year, the combat power is strong, the fighting spirit is high, and the army is sent to cut down the ministers, it is the right time, as for the grain and grass, under the bumper harvest year after year, the army is full of food, the treasury is full, and there is no shortage of phenomenon, and this operation, you can also take those young men from the military university out to see the real war, and see how to fight with foreign countries, just after eight years of Zhenguan, they can graduate and enter the army, this is the right time." ”

Li Erma looked at Hou Junji's somewhat excited expression, and the embarrassed expressions of the generals behind him, and suddenly understood a little in his heart, so he decided not to say it for the time being, and then asked some things in private, deciding whether to act according to the plan, the stability of the army is necessary.

So Li Ermaxi excused himself to think about some things, let everyone go back first, and then after everyone received the order, he glanced at Li Shiji, how smart Li Shiji was, he naturally knew that Li Erma had something to say to him, so after everyone walked out together, he quietly walked away, took a detour and returned to the study, and met Li Ermaxi alone.

"I don't know what happened to His Majesty?" Li Shiji saluted very respectfully.

Li Erma nodded and asked: "I have some doubts about Hou Qing's matter, just when Hou Qing was talking, I noticed that you and the others all looked like they couldn't speak, but it made me wonder, can Li Qing solve my doubts, I don't know why?" ”

Li Shiji's heart froze, and he immediately understood that Li Ermaxi had something to say, it seems that Li Ermaxi has paid some attention to some of the recent actions of the military, in fact, not only Li Erma, many subordinates of the staff headquarters have noticed something that is not quite right, Hou Junji seems to be quite concerned about meritorious service, and seems to be a little coveted The position of Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling now, that is the prime minister!

Although the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty cannot be as powerful as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, but it is also a quite glorious position, the grade is not high, but it is a powerful position, Hou Junji has a pursuit of this position, in Li Shiji's view, it is not a good thing, not to mention that he is not thinking about it in his heart, but on many occasions directly expressed his yearning for the prime minister, after the military of the Tang Dynasty stood firm and hugged together, a strong pressure was formed on the civil officials, and the Shandong Shi clan as the main force of the civil officials was swept away, Now is the time when the civilian service is at its weakest.

Although Datang is committed to the development of education, the great prosperity of cultural governance, but it still takes time, Hou Junji at this time has the pursuit of political rights, I have to say, this is taboo, the significance of the establishment of the staff headquarters is to split the military and the government, so that the military and the government are separated, and they are unwilling to be reconciled to each other, at the beginning it is to protect the military, so that the military is not interfered with by the scholars, the scholars are destroyed, and the military has lost its biggest enemy, so Hou Junji has some bad ideas.

Li Shiji's opinion of Hou Junji has not been very good, thinking that although he has military talent, he is a little narrow-minded, and has a great desire for power, he is already the first person in the military, and now he actually wants to pursue political rights, obviously he wants to learn from Li Jing when he broke the Eastern Turks and won the reward of the prime minister's position, and also wants to destroy a country to obtain the position of prime minister, but it is obvious that it was possible at that time, but not now, Li Ermajesty has already noticed. (To be continued......)