Chapter 788 The problem is with the local officials

Originally, Li Xiang was thinking of two people bathing together, but unfortunately the conditions here are limited and the wooden bucket is too small. Besides, the eldest daughter and grandson Pingting had already finished bathing. How could he be allowed to bathe again? It could only be Li Xiang. Taking a bath inside, Changsun Pingting was there to help.

"Have we ever done business with the chieftains from Bashu? Do you have any information about them? I talked with Xiao Yu today. It seems that these people have done a lot of extraordinary things. I saw the same thing when he was talking. The hesitation to speak may be related to the official status of some people in the court, so he does not want to offend these people."

Li Xiang suddenly remembered his business. Most of the business in Chang'an City is now in the hands of Changsun Pingting. If a woman has nothing to do, she may have to think about some fatal things. Now there are so many In the hands of Changsun Pingting, his business has more than doubled than before. The most important thing is that he has no time to trouble Li Xiang. This can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

Although Li Xiang looked down on Xiao Yu's way of doing things, he couldn't interfere with him. After all, there was a big family behind him. He had to consider not only personal gains and losses, but also the gains and losses of the entire family. Maybe these Some of the officials had interests in their families, not to mention that Li Xiang could find out these things with just a few clicks.

"Old foxes think about things like this, and my father also speaks half the words, but the reputation of these chieftains is really not very good. When our caravan passed by here, if it weren't for our relatively strong armed forces, After giving them several effective blows, we may also be robbed."

When he heard Changsun Pingting say this, Li Xiang couldn't sit still. He originally thought that these guys were incompatible with the appearance of the court, but he didn't expect that they had already robbed the caravan. This did not have a direct impact on the income of the court. ? The income in the hands of merchants is less, and the taxes paid to the court will naturally be less. This is a very serious problem. Why didn't he hear anything about it in Chang'an City?

"If something like this happens, local officials won't report it?"

Li Xiang said a little strangely. You must know that the local officials are most closely related to the chieftains' actions. They may not have enough troops, but as long as they report to the court, the court should send troops to suppress it. of.

"As far as I know, the original local officials also reported it, and the imperial court also sent troops to take care of this matter. When the imperial army came, the chieftain's people immediately withdrew to the mountains. You may not be familiar with the local The situation is that if they really enter the mountains, not to mention tens of thousands of troops, even hundreds of thousands of troops will not be able to find the mountains over there. It is too big. After the imperial army leaves, these chieftains will If they come back, what can you do to them? Then they started bribing local officials, and the local officials also knew that nothing could be solved by reporting to the court, and it would bring some crisis to their reputation out of thin air, so they simply stopped reporting."

Earlier, when Li Xiang told Changsun Pingting that he was going south, Changsun Pingting prepared all the information about the south and shared it with Li Xiang to find an opportunity to report. Unexpectedly, the opportunity was never found. Taking advantage of today's opportunity, All that needs to be said has been said.

"They are simply a bunch of beasts. They take the salary from the imperial court and do not make decisions for the people. They even collude with these chieftains. It seems that Xiao Yu's idea is right. Even if he does not solve Nanzhao, he must dig out these moths first. ."

Li Xiang has been fighting abroad. In his heart, he always felt that nothing happened in the Tang Dynasty. What's more, it was the Zhenguan period, and the officialdom at this time was relatively clean. Suddenly he heard that someone was embezzling Li Xiang, and it was a little bit... My son can't accept it.

"Let me tell you, Xiao Yu's strategy is also feasible. If we attack Nanzhao rashly, these chieftains may cause us trouble. They are also closely connected with Nanzhao. If the north and the south respond, we will The army will be in trouble."

Changsun Pingting knows the situation of these local people. Although she and Nanzhao are not of the same clan, but if we want to talk about relationships, they are definitely much closer than us, not to mention that if Nanzhao is destroyed, if Nanzhao is destroyed, Then it's time for these toasts to perish.

The reason why the imperial court established these chieftains was because their land bordered Nanzhao. The imperial court was unwilling to deal with Nanzhao. This would waste a lot of money and troops, so it entrusted the border affairs to the chieftains. To put it bluntly, That is to say, let them consume each other. Now if Nanzhao is destroyed, what will these chieftains do?

We can consider this, and the chieftains can also consider that when they are of no use, they will feel their own sense of crisis. Now they can still help Datang guard the southwest gate, so they are still useful. Will Datang still need them when they are no longer useful? So when the Tang army attacks Nanzhao, these people will most likely join forces with the Nanzhao people. Then we will be attacked from both sides. Even if Li Xiang's men are strong in combat, the losses will definitely not be a small amount.

Before fighting the outside world, you must first make peace with the inside...

Li Xiang thought of this sentence. Although the origin of this sentence was somewhat inconsistent with the situation at that time, it was still very consistent with Li Xiang's current situation. If he didn't take away these dog-skin plasters from his body, there was no point in attacking others. As for the country, be careful of someone having your home stolen.

"One more thing, if we can capture these chieftains in advance, their people can also be used. Fighting in the deep mountains and old forests, no matter how well our people are trained, they are not as good as them. They But those who grew up in the deep mountains and old forests, recruiting a group of troops among them is just like recruiting an army on the grassland, and they will fight with our own elite..."

Changsun Pingting is definitely a good military advisor. Although Li Xiang did not give her a title, she did not miss anything in helping Li Xiang.

"That is to say, women cannot be officials. If a woman can be an official, I will definitely give you a female prime minister."

Li Xiang's words made Changsun Pingting amused. In fact, Changsun Pingting didn't need any female prime minister. As long as she could help Li Xiang, she felt happy. It was better than those useless vases.