I became emperor in the Tang Dynasty by relying on the palace fighting system

With crops that can be grown in the Mobei region, food can be harvested and cities can be built.

Once those nomadic people get used to their new life, assimilation will be just around the corner.

Wu Zetian issued another decree, conferring the title of Gongshun Khan on the Later Turkic Xiaosha Khatun, Duke of Chaoshun of Dayu, and General of the Left Guard.

Another decree was issued, selecting some people without land to move to the frontier to open up wasteland. They were exempt from taxes for the first three years, and in the next three years they had to pay taxes according to the amount of land they reclaimed.

This was something that Wu Zetian and Li Zhao had discussed, to try out the land-based tax system outside the Great Wall in order to lay the foundation for future reforms.

Pay taxes based on the amount of land reclaimed?

Although the officials were confused, since the two saints did not point it out, they pretended not to know and praised them for their wisdom.

The rest of the meritorious officials were all heavily rewarded.

Chen Shuozhen defeated Tubo and recaptured Anxi. He was conferred the titles of Duke Zhongguo, Shangzhuguo, the Second-Rank Grand Protector of Anxi, the General of the Right Guard, and the Co-Prime Minister of Fengge Luantai.

Prince Ding and Prince Cheng also had meritorious services, and were given an additional fief of 2,000 households, the title of Pillar of the State, and the third-rank Deputy Protector-General of Anxi.

Xi Yulong was rewarded for his meritorious service in killing Mochuo Khan in front of the enemy line, and was granted the title of Kaiguo County Marquis, the third rank, the title of Chengjie, the third rank Upper Guardian Army, and the third rank Deputy Protector General of the Shanyu Protectorate.

After the court session, Li Zhao and Wu Zetian summoned all the students from the academies and their respective confidants to the Lianbi Hall and discussed the issue of supporting the soldiers from the Western Regions.

Li Zhao said: "Emperor, if you want to support these 70,000 soldiers for a long time, I'm afraid you will need a lot of money and food."

Wu Zhao looked solemn, and was also thinking about this matter: "Yes, although the national treasury can support a period of time in the short term, it takes time to open up wasteland. We cannot open up wasteland outside the Great Wall too much. I am afraid that some grain will have to be transported from the interior."

"And the soldiers' food, clothing, housing and transportation all cost money."

Wu Zetian was in a great headache: "Gentlemen, do you have any good ideas to increase the silk supply?"

The students and courtiers sitting on the mats below were whispering to each other for a while, and Pei Xuan stood up first.

After Li Zhi's death, Li Zhao sent other students to take over their orphanage and called back Pei Xuan and He Xin.

Pei Xuan bowed and said, "Your Majesty the Divine Emperor, Your Majesty the Mysterious Lord, I have something to say."

Li Zhao: "Speak."

Pei Xuan: "Dongqiao Hou is now in charge of the Weaving Bureau, responsible for weaving silk for the daily expenses of various government offices, and also weaving silk to sell overseas. In recent years, it has achieved remarkable results."

"But now that military needs are urgent, it's time to add a weaving bureau."

"By the way, you can turn it into an outer court office and recruit more female officials to manage the mulberry and silkworm affairs."

The head of the Weaving Bureau was the third-rank internal official, Huang Jiaoniang, Marquis of Dongqiao, and the rest of the officials were all female officials.

Wu Zhao agreed: "Yes. Write a memorial and let me take a look."

Pei Xuan was quite excited to receive the emperor's recognition. She bowed and retreated.

The second person to speak was Lu Bicheng: "Sister Xuanzun, I also have some advice to give."

Li Zhao: "That's right."

Li Zhao has found an opportunity to reveal the identities of Lu Bicheng and He Xiangning. Now they are participating in government affairs as the Star God of Shilou and the Star God of Chesi.

Lu Bicheng said: "I discovered that in addition to being a fuel, coal can also generate a gas when smelted that combines with strong water to form a fertilizer that can be used to fertilize the land."

Lu Bicheng still didn't give up the idea of ​​making fertilizer. Seeing that the time was right, Li Zhao didn't stop her and let her make ammonium sulfate.

The Great Yu Dynasty was in need of fertilizer at the moment, and Wu Zhao was delighted when she heard this: "Oh? There is such a magical thing? Did the Fertilizer Star Lord bring it?"

Lu Bicheng had brought it over long ago: "Put it outside the palace. The Second Saint can have it tested in the laboratory where Lord Shennong is."

Lord Shennong is Shen Jiahe. Her method of increasing income allowed the people to harvest two more dou of crops from their fields. Wu Zhao was very happy when she was regent and made her a second-rank founding county duke and gave her the title of Shennong.

Now, Shen Jiahe has been promoted to the position of Minister of Winter Palace thanks to his own merits.

The second person to speak was He Xiangning: "Sister Xuanzun, I have an idea about the soldiers' clothes."

She opened the bundle on her back and said, "Second Saint, everyone, please look at this."

There were several pieces of clothing in the bundle, but the texture looked different from ordinary clothes. The palace servants took two pieces and presented them to the two emperors first, and then distributed some to the students and officials to pass around.

Li Chao, who was sitting nearby, said softly, "This is a sweater."

He Xiangning smiled and said, "Sister Tianshu is right. This is a sweater made of wool. It is warmer than ordinary clothes. In the Mobei area, it is the best thing to keep out the cold."

Cui Rong put his hand in it to try it out, and said in surprise: "This thing is warm enough. If it can be bought and sold inside the pass, the people will have a better chance of saving their lives in winter."

Du Shenyan, the assistant writer, sat at the end and also said with a smile: "If Mobei can weave a large number of sweaters and use them for trade with the Central Plains, it will be of great benefit to stabilizing the people of Mobei."

There is nothing in Mobei except a lot of sheep and wool. If we can produce something, we can generate trade.

Li Chao also said: "Yes, this product, along with tea and salt, can be used to control the Mobei region. If they dare to rebel, we can cut off their tea and salt supply and stop collecting sweaters, and we can control their lifeline."

Why can tea and salt control the nomadic peoples in the northern desert?

Because both of these are necessities for human survival.

Historically, the Ming and Qing dynasties used tea to control the barbarians. But don't underestimate this small piece of tea. The grassland areas lack vitamins, and they are easy to get sick without tea.

Until the 21st century, the grassland people were still very dependent on tea.

To this end, Li Zhao specially built tea factories in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Fujian in recent years, recruited a large number of female and male workers, and specialized in producing tea for sale in the southwest, northwest, north and northeast.

The south gradually developed and the economy prospered. Li Zhao's followers increased in waves and were about to exceed 100 million.

However, the road to economic development is long and arduous. In ancient times, infrastructure construction had to take natural disasters and man-made disasters into consideration. Now the industry of the Dayu Dynasty has just taken off, and there are many problems to be solved. Li Zhao always remains tense and dares not relax at all.

After discussing things for a while, Li Zhao finally said, "We can develop trade, but we can't slack off on food. If the food supply is insufficient, the Great Yu Dynasty will encounter a disaster."

"Give orders to all the Taoist temples to publicize the planting methods, fertilization methods, and the use of fertilizers, so that the people's fields will not be damaged."

The students and officials nodded and withdrew.

That night, a bright mirror hung between colorful clouds. Li Zhao said that he wanted to go into seclusion. After turning invisible, he sat on the nine-colored bird and quietly flew out of the Great Wall.

Qingluan stood on her shoulder and scratched her little head: "Zhao Zhao, what are you doing?"

Li Zhao smiled evilly: "Go and clean up the restless things outside the Great Wall."

She found some Turkic tribes, listened to their voices, knocked out one of the people with some status, and instigated them to rebel.

The skill [Silent Speech] was quietly activated, and those Later Turks were fooled by Li Zhao and screamed in anger, and sent her to join forces with Tubo Lun Qinling to attack the Dayu Dynasty.

Li Zhao followed suit, disguised as a Later Turkic envoy and entered Tubo and Western Turkic, using his skill [Glib Tongue] to fool these people.

In just a few days, Li Zhao traveled all over the country and persuaded all the Khitan, Shiwei, Western Turks, Later Turks, and Tibetan forces that had rebelled against Wu Zhou in history!

Finally, on the Cold Dew Day of this year, the five nations rebelled again! !

The rebels attacked in five directions, shocking the entire country of Dayu!

Wu Zhao knew the outcome and was not afraid. She sat on the throne with a stern look on her face, "Where is Li Duozuo, the general of the Right Eagle Guard?"

Li Duozuo stepped out and said, "I am here!"

Wu Zetian issued an order: "I order you to lead 80,000 troops to resist the Shiwei!"

Li Duozuo bowed his head and saluted: "Yes!"

"Wang Xiaojie, fight against the Khitan!"

"Prince Ding will fight against the Western Turkic Khan Ashina Qizi, Prince Cheng will guard Anxi and ask Taibai Xingjun to counterattack the Tubo territory! Guo Yuanzhen will lead the troops to support Taibai Jinxing!"

Wu Zhao arranged everything in an orderly manner.

Li Zhao also told Chen Shuozhen: "Shuozhen, you can use [that thing] this time."

Chen Shuozhen smiled: "Yes."

When the enemy broke into the territory of the Dayu Dynasty with great momentum, what greeted them was not a dense rain of arrows, but a loud bang of gunfire!

Musket!

This is what Li Zhao and Chen Shuozhen studied in the Western Regions.

The Bicheng caravan and Xiangning caravan that traded back and forth not only came to import spices such as lavender, roses, and wine, but also came to deliver raw materials for muskets.

The enemy fled in a panic. Chen Shuozhen broke into the heart of Tubo and, together with Guo Yuanzhen who came from Qinghai, advanced all the way to the tent of the Tubo Zamp.

In the city of Lhasa, the regent Queen Mother Trimalun and her ministers forced Lun Qinling to go out and apologize. However, Lun Qinling was arrogant and refused to apologize, so he led his troops to break out.

Chen Shuozhen pursued him relentlessly, and Lun Qinling was eventually defeated and committed suicide.

Under the threat of muskets and cannons, Chimalun led the royal family and ministers to surrender and submit.

Most of the Tibetan nobles came to Chang'an and became international students in the Dayu Dynasty.

Tubo was destroyed.

Han Sizhong, the garrison commander of Suiye Town, first defeated Nisujijin, and then led the cavalry to fight in West Asia, successively defeating the Turkic Khanates of Shizhi Khan and Hulu Khan. On his way back, he captured the Tibetan city of Nisumosi.

The great general Guo Qianguan, in Yanqi, defeated an army of 20,000 tents led by Apochu of the Western Turkic Khaganate.

After this battle, the name of Dayu resounded throughout the world!