Tang's dining table

This is what the government soldiers are like. They are soldiers when there is war, and they are farmers when there is no war.

Yunchu himself felt that it was time to practice and practice. Today was the right day, so he thought it would be a reassurance for those veterans.

This kind of gathering of soldiers and people is what Chang'an, Wannian, and even the entire Tang Dynasty should do.

However, no place takes this matter so seriously as Chang'an and Wannian County.

Since the advent of gunpowder, city walls have actually become less important. They are nothing more than a small barrier on the enemy's attack path.

Compared with the human heart trapped by the city wall, Yunchu liked the human heart more than the city wall.

There are 200,000 people outside Wannian County, and there are more people outside Chang'an County, 300,000. This is basically the same as the residents of Chang'an City, half and half.

Yunchu needed more than 500,000 people outside the city to produce a large amount of grain, vegetables and livestock to supply the daily needs of the people in the city.

People in the city continue to make money and pay people outside the city to maintain their living standards. This is a mutually reinforcing problem.

However, city people still somewhat look down on farmers outside the city.

There is no way around this. This kind of discrimination comes from human nature and cannot be eliminated. Therefore, when Yun Chu sets the prices of grain, vegetables, meat, eggs and other goods, he favors farmers outside the city.

Therefore, when farmers outside the city face the city people, they don't have much inferiority at all. After all, they keep the good things and eat them themselves, and the bad things are transported to the city for the city people. eat.

Complementing each other is the way to get along. It has nothing to do with whether you like the other person or not. Anyway, we have to be tied together to live a good life.

There are many cavalry outside the city and many armored soldiers inside the city.

Wannian County and Chang'an County have many upper-class households in the countryside, so they recruit more cavalry. Those in the city don't have extra space to raise horses. Therefore, they mainly develop armored soldiers, and heavy armored soldiers.

As for how to maintain the love for the soldiers who have no koufentian and Yongyetian when most people in Chang'an have no shortage of food and clothing?

The tax cuts that were commonly used in the past could no longer impress the people of Chang'an, so Yun Chu creatively proposed the method of subsidies.

Not only are there subsidies, the county government also stipulates that there are many professions that only government soldiers can participate in, and non-government soldiers cannot participate.

For example, the profession of guard, or the scope of long-distance business, and the government soldiers can participate in the selection of undesirable people, the selection of fire patrols, the selection of Wuhou, the selection of policemen, the selection of government officials, the selection of urgent couriers, etc. In short, as long as you become a government soldier , the future is bound to be bright.

When benefits are given, one has to work hard. It is never easy to get benefits from the government. Fortunately, the concept of taking people's money and being controlled by others has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

On this basis, Yunchu naturally wanted to train these people to death. If they didn't train them into elites, he would feel sorry for the painstaking efforts he put into the soldiers.

Now, when it comes to testing, judging from the current situation, the results have come out. Both military discipline and proficiency in military formations are good, and everyone is positive when sending troops.

It can be said that these soldiers in Chang'an City have no other shortcomings besides spending money.

Of course, if a soldier doesn't see blood, it's all in vain. Yun Chu is currently actively looking for places where the soldiers can see blood.

If they can really fight a few battles, these soldiers will become real soldiers.

Seeing the cavalry rushing out in a dark mass, they ran along the road to the horizon before starting to turn back.

Yunchu was somewhat dissatisfied because these cavalrymen actually avoided farmland and vegetable fields and ran along the main road.

No residential buildings are allowed within three miles outside Chang'an City. There can only be large tracts of open land where you can grow food, vegetables, and even raise pigs. However, no houses higher than six feet are allowed.

This is a requirement for combat readiness, and both Wannian County and Chang'an County have implemented it quite well.

The cavalry ran out, and the remaining armored soldiers could only practice on the spot.

It has to be said that the way the troops and troops of the brigades were practicing outside the city were astonishing.

The Hu man who was just arguing with Handa and being clever saw this kind of battle and quietly led his camel team towards Qujiang. That was where the caravan should go, but he just didn't want to. The extra carriage usage fee is just a coincidence.

Abdul Hashim, the envoy from the Kingdom of Dashi, and Aziz Said witnessed the entire exercise. The two looked at each other and said nothing, but the expressions on their faces were definitely not calm.

"Chang'an was the western capital of the Tang Dynasty. They also had Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Jinyang and Beijing, two cities of the same size."

"Chang'an has the largest population, followed by Luoyang and Jinyang. We cannot exaggerate the strength of the Tang people, nor underestimate the strength of the Tang people. Everything we see and hear must be recorded."

"This time I happened to go to Luoyang with Yun Chu to participate in the enthronement ceremony of Yun Na Buddha. Why don't you go to Jinyang and see if Beijing is as huge as Chang'an."

"After seeing Jinyang, I planned to go to the south of the Tang Empire. I heard from the Dashi merchants who were the first to do business in the Tang Dynasty that you can return to Dashi by land and by sea. In any case, I Want to try it.”

Hashim nodded and said, "That's very good."

When the people of Da Shi watched the military exercises of the Tang army, they did not create much disturbance in their hearts. After all, no matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty was, there was not much possibility of sending such a large number of soldiers to the rivers of the Western Regions to fight against Da Shi.

This scene was completely different in the eyes of the Tubo and Japanese envoys. Especially the Tubo envoys, after seeing the heated military exercises outside the city, became more and more determined in their minds that the entire Tubo family wanted to explore the West.

He didn't think that the brave Tibetan warriors could fight such an army after coming down from the plateau.

The eyes of the Japanese envoy were full of admiration. Behind him was the prosperous Chang'an City, and in front of him was the strongest army in the world. This made the Japanese envoy's love for the Tang Dynasty even more intense.

As for whether Datang would use such a powerful army to attack them, the Japanese envoy was very disapproving of this.

He didn't think the people of the Tang Dynasty would be interested in their barren, earthquake-prone, and volcanic island. If the Tang Dynasty allowed it, he would be willing to take all the Japanese people to move out of that island and live in the Tang Dynasty.

Looking around, Yun Chu couldn't find a place where the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could practice killing enemies. Although the Tubo people were suitable, it was a pity that they stayed on the plateau and were unwilling to come down.

Unable to find an opportunity to fight a large-scale war, Yunchu planned to let the people here go to the Western Region in batches, either as caravan guards or as an adventure group through Dahang City and the southern waters. , it doesn’t matter even if you leave the Tang Dynasty and become a bandit. In short, you need to train yourself to be a qualified soldier as soon as possible.

The blood of the people of Chang'an must be maintained, and Yun Chu feels that this is the most important thing.

All those who have the ability can leave Chang'an and venture outside, and then bring good things to Chang'an and bring them to their families.

Not only the envoys from various countries watched Yunchu train his troops, but more of them were people from the Tang Dynasty.

Their focus was different from others. In their opinion, Yunchu was conducting military exercises in Chang'an just after the emperor left Chang'an. This was not a very appropriate time, and could even be said to have some bad intentions.

Yunchu blocked Chang'an, and the land deed transactions between the two counties in Wannian blocked the way for many people to get rich.

Therefore, Yun Chu was not as favored by the people of Chang'an as others imagined.

Therefore, when Yunchu ended his military exercises in the evening, there were already no less than a hundred messengers passing through Baqiao heading to Luoyang.

Four hundred miles away, there are only thirteen stations. Without changing horses but not people, Yun Chu's evil intentions can be reported to his people in Luoyang in one day and one night.

Yunchu didn't care about these things. This was a matter between Wen Rou and Di Renjie. They had been waiting on the other side of Baqiao for a long time, waiting to catch the messenger.

In fact, it was not the two of them who were arresting the messengers, but the people from Baiqisi's side.

Because the one who took action was Zhang Donghai, the commander of Baiqisi in Chang'an, so the two of them could take a look at who were the people who were dissatisfied with Yun Chu.

Zhang Donghai was responsible for arresting people, Di Renjie was responsible for reading the letter, and Wen Wen was responsible for excerpting it. After waiting all night, Di Renjie pointed out the key points, Wen Wen reworked it into a memorial, and gave it to Zhang Donghai to give to the emperor.

Zhang Donghai saw clearly on the side that the two men did not change the content of the letter, did not exaggerate, did not obscure, and told the emperor in a straightforward manner that many people in Chang'an were dissatisfied with Yun Chu and hoped that the emperor would be replaced. At the beginning of the cloud, Wen Wen and the two of them took the opportunity to buy the land title at a low price. After the government built the house, they came back with nothing.

At dawn, Wen Wen and Di Renjie rode back to Chang'an. They took out a hand-drawn map and put it on Yun Chu's desk and said, "We always thought that Chang'an belonged to us. Who knew that others thought Chang'an belonged to other people? It seems that the emperor once Let’s go, many people want to control Chang’an.”

Yunchu took a look at the map and found that the map was densely marked with various names. He didn't need to look at the names at the back, just by looking at the surnames, he knew that no one was easy to get along with.

Yun Chu pointed his finger on the map and said to the two brothers who had not slept all night and were now dizzy: "Now that the money has come, how should we harvest it?"

Di Renjie pointed to Cui's name and Zheng's name and said: "If you change the geographical areas marked by the two of them, they can fight on their own. The aristocratic families are not monolithic. They have a long inheritance and a long hatred. , and these hatreds cannot be resolved.”

Wen Wen followed: "The place they are fighting for was originally the place we wanted to develop. We can consider selling the land deeds to them at a high price. After we collect the money, we can then choose a place to relocate the people. Once these people are resettled, we can To develop their land, it will be developed anyway.

This way we won’t offend anyone, and we will also make good profits. When the time comes, the valuable plots will be compensated to the people, but the worthless plots will also need to be taken over by someone, right?

Anyway, Chang'an is such a big place. After all, it is our brothers who have the final say on what is good and what is bad, right? "

Chapter 2, more to come