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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star Chassis to Break through the Void Chapter 393: A crowning glory becomes a beauty in anger

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    Ye Chang returned to Beijing this time, firstly to report on his work, secondly to offer prisoners, and thirdly to seek the court's support for the Anxi Chamber of Commerce. "He can make the final decision on some things, but if he really wants the plan to be implemented smoothly, the court's support is indispensable."  He could feel that Li Longji's suspicion of him was getting deeper and deeper, but at the same time, Li Longji was becoming more and more dependent on his endless methods of making money. This dual relationship made the two people fight and cooperate at the same time.  Thinking of this important official who almost became his daughter's consort, Li Longji had a headache. It can be said that no official has ever given him such a headache, even when Li Linfu was in power, he had never had such a headache.  In terms of merit, Ye Chang was the most loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty. As long as he needed it, he would continue to send money and silk. As long as the country needed it, no matter how difficult the conditions were, he would go there without saying a word.  Don't bargain on your own personal treatment, at most you just want some rights.  But Ye Chang was the most domineering among the officials of the Tang Dynasty. When he was in Liaodong, he dared to go to war without permission. In recent years, Liaodong's tough stance towards Silla and Bohai was the result of Ye Chang's secret efforts; in Yunnan, he did not  He hesitated to kill Ge Luofeng and others who had surrendered, and ignored the wishes of his superior Yang Zhao. This time in Anxi, although there was another big battle, Yu Jian seized Gao Xianzhi's military power and sent Gao Xianzhi to Chang'an - this  Waiting for an action, almost mutiny Touching his forehead, Li Longji sighed.  Ye Chang has his own way of passing the news directly to his desk. Even if he is not interested in political affairs, Ye Chang's memorial must be seen every year, and Ye Chang himself also needs to see it.  "Why are the saints sighing? Do you think there is something that needs to be changed in the colorful feather clothes?" Yang Yuhuan held up the hem of her skirt and walked in slowly, just in time to hear Li Longji sigh.  Seeing her, Li Longji sighed inwardly this time.  At this time, Yang Yuhuan came here not to discuss some music with him, but to find out information for Yang Zhao.  "This Ye Chang, originally thought that he would stay in Anxi for half a year, but he never thought that the war there had just ended, and he couldn't wait to come He didn't tell others when they came, but he also drove three thousand good horses.  The matter of preparing horse supplies along the way made people panic" Yang Yuhuan smiled lightly. Although she was in her thirties and approaching forty, she was well maintained. She still looked like she was in her twenties, and her eyes were so nimble.  , Every time he saw her like this, Li Longji felt an impulse in his heart, and then a kind of melancholy.  "After all, I am no longer in the prime of life in my thirties or forties. Such a delicate and beautiful flower, sometimes is really powerless.  "Although Ye Shiyi caused a lot of trouble for the saint, he also made a lot of achievements. If he didn't cause trouble, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to make these achievements." Yang Yuhuan seemed to say casually: "He is so capable.  If you don't make any mistakes, wouldn't you be a saint? In the Tang Dynasty, one saint is enough." Li Longji glanced at her and his face turned slightly cold.  Is Yang Yuhuan speaking for Ye Chang, or is she reminding herself that Ye Chang has great achievements?  "However, I feel that Ye Shiyi caused the most trouble to the saint, not outside, but in the palace." Yang Yuhuan probably realized that what he said was a bit too much, and said with a smile.  "In the palace?" "Twenty-ninth mother, at twenty-nine mother's age, she should have gotten married a long time ago, but she still doesn't marry now. I have told her several times, but it's of no use." This is indeed another case.  I don¡¯t know what Shouan thought about the big trouble Ye Chang caused. After failing to recruit Ye Chang as his consort, he refused to marry.  Li Longji frowned and snorted: "How can we leave her alone Let's do this. I think Yang Chu, the son of Yang Zhao, has good character, talent and learning, so I will marry Shou'an to him. What do you think?" Yang Yuhuan was stunned.  Because Yang Zhao is so powerful, several of his sons have also taken up important positions. For example, Yang Chu is now Honglu Shaoqing - he will become Honglu Qing in the near future. Moreover, Yang Yuhuan has been secretly working hard, hoping to bring him to power.  A certain princess married Yang Chu to enhance the Yang family's support in the court. But Princess Shou'an That was Chong Niang, Twenty-nine Niang. Although the royal family deliberately concealed her relationship with Ye Chang, it was not known to everyone.  But they talked about it with great enthusiasm, and some bored poets composed a long poem called "Princess Song" to sing about it: "The princess of the Han family is so beautiful, twenty-nine beauties overwhelm the country, and all the Tibetan marriages come one after another.  "The yellow sands are all over the streets", what is "the hero throws his pen in anger, draws his sword and bravely crosses the Yishui River, lies on the sand and drinks the snow to exert his power, and does not teach the noble lord to surrender to Wei". It seems that Ye Chang manages the frontier just to prevent  Shou'an married far away, it was a pity. When An Lushan suggested marrying Khitan and Xi, he had nothing to do with Princess Shouan. If this marriage really happened, it would make the Yang family and Ye Chang become mortal enemies.  Yang Yuhuan is a woman, and although her temperament is a bit cunning, it is good for her to compete for favor and love in the harem, but it is not enough to figure out the emperor's intentions.This matter is difficult to achieve, so Li Longji insists on it. It is precisely because this means that the Yang family and Ye Chang have no chance of remission, so Li Longji must do it well.  "Why should it be difficult for Shouan In my opinion, Wan Chun can do it" "Wan Chun is still young." Li Longji said calmly: "This matter is settled." Yang Yuhuan is really a flower this time.  The color is eclipsed.  Wanting to marry Shouan out means cutting off Ye Chang's support in the palace. This is the way the Yang family sisters think they can solve the problem.  Unlike Yang Zhao who fell out with Ye Chang, the Yang sisters all have a pretty good relationship with Ye Chang, including Yang Yuhuan, who all admire Ye Chang.  But a woman's political acumen is either as terrifyingly powerful as Empress Wu, or as pitifully shallow as the Yang sisters.  They actually thought that after marrying Shou'an, Ye Chang would have no support in the palace and would have to bow to them.  In this way, they can not only get more benefits from Ye Chang, but also make up for the relationship between Ye Chang and Yang Zhao.  They never thought that if Yang and Ye were together, Li Longji would be the first to be unable to sleep, let alone Ye Chang, who was submissive to others.  Although Shou'an's marriage to Yang Chu could be regarded as achieving part of their goals, the effect would be the opposite. From now on, Ye Chang might not be able to express his anger without killing the Yang family.  It was only then that Yang Yuhuan thought that Ye Chang was not a young man who was unable to fight back.  He wielded military power and became an admiral, and his reputation spread far and wide. More importantly, he formed an interest alliance with the dignitaries and wealthy merchants in Chang'an City through the Andong and Yunnan chambers of commerce. This alliance was something that even Li Longji did not dare to despise.  .  She wanted to persuade her again, but Li Longji waved his hand: "I want to see my foreign ministers, please step aside first." Although Yang Yuhuan relied on his favor, he also knew that he could not force himself at this time, so he quietly stepped back, thinking in his heart.  How to recover.  After she left, Li Longji thought about it for a while, and then ordered: "Call Ye Chang to meet inside." It didn't take long for Ye Chang to be brought to him.  Seeing the tired look on Ye Chang's face, Li Longji said with a smile: "I'm getting ready to go to the Hot Spring Palace Ye Qing has worked hard in the battle, so come with me this time and have a good rest. I'm there to prepare for you."  It's not far from my palace." "Thank you, saint," Ye Chang said.  "I have read your battle report. I never thought that you would come in such a hurry. Originally, I wanted to ask Yang Zhao to lead the civil and military forces to greet you at the city gate. Gao Xianzhi didn't cause you any trouble along the way, right?" "I was frightened and arrested you without authorization.  "I took Gao Xianzhi and did this arbitrary thing without the will of the saint, so I still ask the saint to forgive me," Ye Chang said.  "Of course I will be punished." Li Longji's face became serious: "You are very brave. Gao Xianzhi is your chief officer, and you dare to take him down. If I were in Anxi, would you also take me down?  ?" "I am guilty" This set of procedures is nothing more than a procedure. Li Longji knew that Ye Chang did not feel guilty at all, and Ye Chang also understood that Li Longji's nonsense was just a slap in the face.  The two of them seemed to be in harmony with each other. They first completed this set of procedures between the monarch and his ministers, and then got down to business.  "What is the situation in Anxi now? In your memorial, you only said that the water attack defeated Dashi, and also said that the military system of the Tang Dynasty needed to be changed, but it was not very detailed." "Yes, now in Anxi, we can only say that there is a temporary truce.  , the bitter cold there is worse than Liaodong, and it is also a plateau. It snows in August. Neither our side nor Dashi can use troops" As Ye Chang said, the second half of the year is not the time to use troops in Congling.  Even if the 20,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes, trousers and leather boots urgently provided by the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce were delivered to Anxi, it would still be extremely dangerous to brave the wind and snow in such a winter.  The main thing is that the road from Qiuci to Suiye is really difficult. After October, it is basically covered with snow, and the wind is so strong that it can blow people away.  Therefore, after capturing Talas, Ye Chang did not continue to send troops to the west. He began to drive the prisoners to dig mountains and cut rocks, and built sixteen forts in the west of Talas. He sent two to thirty soldiers to each fort.  Responsible for beacon fire warning.  Then he fortified the city of Talas and drove all the barbarians in the city into slavery, thinking that they would help Dashi resist the punishment of the Tang Dynasty.  At the same time, Tianwei Jianer retreated, and the united troops from Hebei Province were recruited to replace them, and 30,000 people guarded Qiuci.  The original Anxi army of 5,000 people stayed in Talas to be responsible for the defense and construction this winter. The remaining less than 10,000 people returned to Suiye together with the soldiers attached to the city, preparing to spend the winter in Suiye.  In order to compensate these Hucheng soldiers who had left their hometowns, Ye Chang stockpiled fields on both sides of the Suiye River, taking care of both commercial and military hoarding, and promised to distribute the cultivated fields to the Zhuhucheng soldiers. This was to some extent  to make up for the lack of military strength.  "Do you think Dashi will give up?" Li Longji heard Ye Chang's arrangement and frowned: "I remember you once said that the foundation of Dashi is in the west. Now we are at war with Da Qin. He  After suffering this, will you continue to go east? " "If I are a big cannibal, I will make peace with the Tang Dynasty, but I am not afraid of ten thousand people., just in case, and using war to promote peace can only last long. If we don¡¯t organize the army and practice martial arts to prepare for war, there will be no peace at all.  The idea that swords and guns were put into Kuma and released in Nanshan is mostly due to ulterior motives. I am still actively stocking up supplies in Talas and preparing for a big war.  " "What you said makes sense, but after this defeat, does Dashi still have the strength to fight with me?  " "Although our army won a great victory in this matter, killing nearly 30,000 enemies and capturing more than 50,000 people, there were only 20,000 of them who truly belonged to the Dashi headquarters, and only 10,000 of the elite Khorasan troops.  Although Dashi was severely injured, it cannot be said to have damaged the spirit and bones. Moreover, although Dashi was defeated, Quanrong was not defeated.  The Quanrong are only retreating temporarily. If Da Shi comes back, they will leave Xiaobolu and enter Anxi again.  Be prepared for danger in times of peace, don't be careless.  " "You said in your memorial that you intend to recruit refugees to Anxi. What kind of regulations are you referring to?  " "I intend to recruit the landless people and homeless households in the interior to enrich Sui Qiuci and Yechuan, so that Suiyechuan will always be Han territory.  "Ye Chang said again. "How many people?  " "Ten to two hundred thousand households, fifty to one million people" Li Longji is still very enthusiastic about opening up frontiers. Anyway, Ye Chang's plan to open up China and France is to manage the frontiers. The central government only provides policies, except for the initial allocation.  Apart from some money and food, the biggest expenditure is population. In Li Longji's view, Datang has no shortage of people. According to the latest household registration survey, Datang has nine million households and a population of 50 million. According to Yang Zhao, there are also  Twenty to thirty percent of the hidden household registrations have never been registered. If calculated this way, the population of the Tang Dynasty should be between 70 and 80 million. Moreover, the population has grown very fast in recent years, compared with the period from Zhenguan to Shenlong.  The annual increase rate of two thousandths ("Chinese Population History Sui and Tang Volume") is even higher, reaching a terrifying four thousandths, which means that hundreds of thousands of people will be added every year. This is Tuoye Chang's vaccination.  Thanks to the method, germ theory, and the promotion of forceps, the maternal and infant mortality rate in the Tang Dynasty was greatly reduced, and the rapid population growth was naturally a matter of course. Whether Li Longji admits it or not, some of Ye Chang's practices have greatly affected the Tang Dynasty.  For example, as the emperor, he must worry about the hundreds of thousands of people who grow every year. When they grow up, get married and have children, how to provide them with land to support them. Things related to Anxi are all big and small, Ye.  Changdu listened to Li Longji one by one, regarding the manpower arrangements, how to let merchants carry out the relocation, how to use Zhuhu to capture captives as serfs, and how the land of Anxi was suitable for promoting cotton in these years.  He was tired of government affairs, but strangely enough, he found it interesting to hear Ye Chang talk about these details. This was the joy of farming. After all, he was once a talented and ambitious politician. Naturally, he could imagine that according to Ye Chang's plan,  The land of Anxi will gradually become the cotton industry base, livestock base and foreign trade hub of the Tang Dynasty. By then, the Han people's rule in the Western Regions will be stabilized. As long as the trade routes are continuous, the Han people can even push to the west of Congling.  The countries in the river are hoarding and developing land there. "Thank you, Ye Qing. I will accept all your requests."  However, I just said that if you take down Gao Xianzhi without permission, you will eventually be punished Do you want to hear my punishment?  " The two talked in detail for more than an hour, and Li Longji finally showed a tired look. He felt that it was time to send Ye Chang away, so he stopped questioning Ye Chang and returned the topic to the beginning. " Still.  Ask the saint to punish you.  "Ye Chang didn't care in his heart. "I want to marry Yang Chu with longevity.  Li Longji said calmly: "Since you chose Li Linfu's daughter back then, don't blame me for my decision today."  ¡± Ye Chang felt a rush of hot blood rushing straight to his head.
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