My Backyard is the Tang Dynasty Chapter 192

Published at 27th of October 2023 05:54:27 AM

Li Shimin exchanged a few words with Niu Jinda and also focused his attention on the shiny silver armor on Niu Jinda's body. He looked at the cavalrymen in silver armor and was inexplicably shocked. He said: "Jinda, loose The state guards all wear armor like this?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, if it weren't for this kind of invulnerable armor, the Songzhou defenders would not be able to defeat the 80,000 troops of Tuyuhun so easily." Niu Jinda said honestly, since Li Yin asked him to bring soldiers in armor to Chang'an It shows that it doesn't care about exposing the plate armor as a defensive weapon.

Niu Jinda's words were very casual, but it made the other generals gasp. The Songzhou defenders were all wearing such armor. They really wanted to try the defensive power of this armor. Cheng Yaojin secretly thought that Li Yin had such a good thing I don't know how to send a set, how come he is also Cheng Huailiang's brother-in-law, he is the brother-in-law's father, he is greedy, he said: "Jinda's armor looks solid, don't let it look like it is not useful.", in the words Anyone can hear the sour taste.

Niu Jinda and Cheng Yaojin are also old acquaintances, he said: "What is fancy but not useful!" After speaking, he pointed to the two cavalry who followed and said, "Demonstrate to the generals."

The two cavalrymen looked at each other and stood facing each other. One cavalryman drew out his horizontal knife and slashed at the opponent's armor.

The huge force of the sword made the cavalry back again and again, but only a few shallow marks were added to the cavalry's armor, and then the soldier stood still, allowing the cavalry to attack from different directions. No.

After the demonstration, the two cavalry fought against Niu Jinda's instructions to demonstrate the flexibility of the armor. The generals were dumbfounded, even Li Shimin couldn't take their eyes off it.

"How is it? I'm convinced now!" Niu Jinda said to Cheng Yaojin, "According to His Highness, the value of this set of armor is at least a thousand pieces. How can such expensive armor be fancy but not useful."

"One thousand sets of one set?" A minister exclaimed, and other ministers also talked about it. The meaning is very clear, this armor is really not everyone has the money to equip it.

All the generals were also envious. They all heard that Li Yin's fief is now implementing a recruiting system. After these soldiers are recruited, they will not only eat food, but also receive monthly salary. Moreover, the soldiers' equipment is all provided by Li Yin. It is provided by the palace and does not need to be prepared by the soldiers.

The rest of the Tang Dynasty implemented the Fubing system. The soldiers were both soldiers and farmers, and they were called up for training when they were fighting. Moreover, he had to prepare weapons and horses by himself, so it was impossible for him to equip him with these luxurious equipment.

Li Shimin also knows this very well, but he can't just think about such a small area like Li Yin. What he has to think about is the entire Tang Dynasty. There is just some money left in the treasury. It's over. Is it possible to drink the northwest wind in the future?

Actually, this thousand-year-old talk was just a joke between Li Yin and Xue Rengui. The most valuable thing about this plate armor is the material. But this material was purchased by Li Yin from modern times. If it was built according to the actual capabilities of the Tang Dynasty, this piece of armor would not be worth money, because there is no such material at all. But according to modern capabilities, this armor didn't cost much. He has his own aluminum alloy factory, and the cost price is only. And in Taoyuan, it was just processing, and it didn't cost much. He didn't expect that Niu Jinda who was beside him would take it seriously.

Li Shimin looked around. Seeing the different expressions of the ministers, he said: "There are few people in Shu, and the Chamber of Commerce in the prosperous Tang Dynasty will make money again. It is normal to be able to equip these armors. Don't be too envious. If other places in Datang can be like Yizhou Wealthy, I can also implement the recruitment system, and I can also equip soldiers with these armors, but now the national conditions are like this, I am helpless, you should always remember the four words of recuperation, make the country prosperous and strong, and don't always think about some crooked ways.” .

Li Shimin took the opportunity to teach the courtiers a lesson, and reminded them not to think wildly. At the same time, he was thinking about extorting a batch of armor from Li Yin. He couldn't afford to equip the army, but his immediate guards could always equip some. Li Yin could equip 10,000 people. If he can't get it out, he can always have two or three thousand sets. When these soldiers stop at the Taiji Palace, he will have face, won't he?

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The officials bowed in response.

After receiving these horses and white sheep, Li Shimin led all the officials back to the Tai Chi Hall. He was going to take advantage of today to announce the reward for Li Yin and discuss how to deal with the Tuyuhun matter.

"Songzhou great victory, the six princes captured the Khan Murong Fuyun and Murong Shun of the Tuyuhun Khanate, now how to deal with them, you all talk about it." Li Shimin sat down and said.

For the past fifteen days, many ministers have been thinking about this question, waiting for Li Shimin to ask, Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, Tuyuhun has a vast land, although this defeat is a loss of troops, but its strength is still there. Murong Fuyun was imprisoned in Songzhou to return If he doesn't go, his son Zunwang will definitely take the opportunity to ascend to the Khan throne, and Tianzhu King, who has been instigating Tuyuhun to oppose Datang, has also escaped. Kou Bian."

"Your Majesty, what Wei Zheng said is reasonable, why not take advantage of Zunwang Khan's unstable position to attack him, and help a Prince Tuyuhun who is close to the Tang Dynasty ascend the Khan throne." Changsun Wuji said.

Li Shimin nodded when he heard the words, "But who should I support? Murong Fuyun also surrendered to the Tang Dynasty back then, but he changed his mind later."

"Father, there is a candidate for my son." Li Tai said at this time.

"Tell me!"

"This man is the captured Murong Shun." Li Tai looked at Li Shimin, "This Murong Shun was a proton in the former Sui Dynasty, and later in Chang'an. However, the throne was snatched away by King Zun, so he has been dissatisfied for a long time. If he is allowed to go back, he will definitely compete with King Zun for the throne. At that time, we can send troops to help him. Once he succeeds, Murong Shun will be grateful to Datang, and He also has half of the blood of the Han people in him, and he also has some feelings for Datang."

Li Shimin nodded frequently after hearing this. It seems that Li Tai has put a lot of effort into this issue. He praised: "Yes, it is indeed a good strategy."

Li Chengqian was not far behind, he had already thought of this method, but he didn't expect Li Tai to be one step ahead, he said: "Father should keep Murong Shun in Chang'an as a pledge, and let him write a letter to abolish the position of the crown prince Let Murong Shun inherit the position of Khan, so that Murong Shun can go back justifiably."

"Well, not bad!" Li Shimin showed admiring eyes, Li Chengqian is getting more and more motivated, which makes him very satisfied, "Do you have any other ideas, dear friends?"

Fang Xuanling said: "The crown prince and the king of Wei have already thought very carefully, and the veteran also thinks the same way!"

Seeing that no one else objected, Li Shimin said: "Then let's do this. Let Li Yin send someone to **** the two of them to Chang'an tomorrow."

After a pause, Li Shimin changed his voice, and said: "The six princes have done such a great job to frighten Tuyuhun, I intend to change his two-character king back to one-character king, and change the status of Bazhou, Longzhou, Tongzhou, Hezhou, Yu Zhou, Luzhou, and Rongzhou are designated as his fiefs. These seven states consume a lot of money and food every year, and there is no local taxation. They are adjacent to Li Yin's fief. Western plains."

The ministers had already prepared in their hearts. Li Yinli had to be rewarded for such a contribution, but what they didn't expect was that Li Shimin's award would be like this. Changing the two-character king back to the one-character king is still considered a reward. It's all about giving Li Yin the responsibility of guarding the border.

These two awards are really tasteless. As soon as Li Yin's words fell, there was a sound of praise in the court, and Wei Zheng had nothing to say.

The court dispersed in a harmonious atmosphere, and Li Shimin returned to the Ganlu Hall to ask Wang Gui to draw up an order. At this time, Li Shimin was planning to blackmail Li Yin. In addition to changing Li Yin's title of King of Chengdu back to the King of Shu, the purpose of this order was to entrust the Seven States He also re-wrote how he got the officials to agree to the reward through hard persuasion. In a word, he was able to get these rewards all thanks to his father the emperor.

If those ministers who agreed with him knew that Li Shimin had written them all as heinous bastards, they might be expressing their expressions. At the end of the decree, Li Shimin seemed to have unintentionally mentioned the plate armor—two soldiers compared with silver armor, and the generals Envious.

After Wang Gui finished writing, he asked Li Shimin to review it again. Li Shimin raised his mouth and asked Wang Gui to send it to the Ministry of Education for review.

When Li Shimin's imperial decree went to Songzhou, Li Yin held a military meeting with Qin Huaiyu, Zhu Youzhi and others in Songzhou Daying to discuss the management and deployment of the army. Li Yin summed up the experience of modern army management and decided An elite unit is stationed in Yizhou, which will be directly ordered by Li Yin, including the musketeers, which is equivalent to the emperor's imperial guards, the modern central army.

The local army in Bianzhou will adopt a rotation system. The highest officer of the local army is the captain, and the subordinates are joining the army, Changshi, and the next is the school lieutenant. These are the same as the military system of the Tang Dynasty, but the functions of the Changshi The item of ideological education for soldiers has been added, which has become somewhat similar to modern instructors, and has the right to dismiss the captain's position in emergency situations, such as the captain's rebellion, making major wrong decisions, and peacetime Shi still had to take orders from the captain, but both the captain and the long history were rotated every two years in each state to prevent the captain from colluding with local forces.

At the local level, the military is an independent system that is separated from the government system. The army's food, clothing, housing and transportation are all managed by the army's logistics. The military system does not intervene in government affairs, and the government system does not manage the army. (To be continued..)

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