Chapter 951 The appeal of being a soldier decreases

Li Shimin originally wanted to create some trouble for Li Xiang. After all, Li Xiang is becoming more and more undisciplined in his actions. If things continue like this in the future, he may not be much different from Tang Gaozu Li Yuan.

But Li Shimin was an emperor who wanted reputation. In normal times, if the ministers did not write a memorial to accuse him of his mistakes, he would ask them to do so. Now Li Xiang has done a good job, and can also expand the power of the Tang Dynasty. Territory and influence, if we try to stop Li Xiang now, if something goes wrong in the future, I don’t know what will be written in the history books.

So Li Shimin simply ignored this matter. Anyway, if Li Xiang wins, it will be the result of our overall leadership. This brat himself cannot be that capable, but if something goes wrong, then Just blame him all the time. Anyway, we will share the merit equally, and any fault will be yours.

Of course, the support that should be given must still be given. Now Sichuan is Li Xiang's rear area. In addition to supporting a large amount of food, Li Shimin also organized a large number of civilians to go to Sichuan to help build roads. After several wars, , Li Shimin also saw that the quality of the road directly affects the outcome of the war.

Except for the first war against Tuyuhun, almost all other wars involved transportation issues. At that time, there were still many people in the court who opposed it. They believed that Li Xiang spent money on building roads, which was a pure waste of the court's money. , the imperial court's finances are not generous, and you still throw so much money on the land. This is simply a disregard for the country's foundation.

But now these people are silent. Even those who once criticized Li Xiang apologized to Li Xiang in public. Some people from various places even came forward. After the road is built, it will not only be more convenient for fighting. , their communication is much more convenient than before, various supplies can begin to be exchanged, and the economies of various places are also booming.

So when Xiao Yu proposed building roads in Sichuan, Li Shimin immediately agreed. He mobilized more than 17,000 criminals from all over the country and asked them to build roads in Sichuan. If any of them dared to escape, Xiao Yu was allowed to kill directly.

This can be said to have given Xiao Yu a lot of power. As long as the roads in Sichuan can be repaired, the court will not care about the rest. Now they are asking for money and money and people, but if there is a war in Nanzhao If it fails, everyone will be unlucky at that time. Xiao Yu naturally understands this truth.

Many people think that Li Xiang is too adventurous, including Xiao Yu. If he was given a choice, he would rather put aside the Nanzhao matter first, and then go to the capital to receive merit. This time it is not the case. What a joke, so many people have not solved the four major chieftains for so many years. We have solved these four thorny heads. This can be said to be a great merit.

If he returned to Chang'an, everyone at the top and bottom would be rewarded, but he didn't expect that Li Xiang didn't have the skills to stir up the war in Nanzhao again. It's a challenge, but you can take credit for the previous work first, and then do the next work.

It's a pity that Li Xiang doesn't have this kind of skill. He is a practical person, and he can't stop because of these achievements. The children of the Xiao family who followed Xiao Yu also have merits, and they don't understand Li Xiang's approach. , now we can only follow Li Xiang all the way to the dark side. Who told the court to regard the children of the Xiao family as Li Xiang's subordinates?

Everything is ready here in Sichuan, all they need is a memorial from Nanzhao, so everyone is looking forward to it these days to see what Qian Ping can do there. According to their current preparations This mentality is that the more chaotic the better, it is best not to find even a single rule, then we will have more people in the past.

For these chieftain armies, they have recently seen the power of the Tang Dynasty. Now there is an opportunity for them to join the Tang Dynasty. Many people think that this is an opportunity given by God, and their life after going down the mountain will be better than before. It's much better in the mountains, at least we don't need to eat those wild fruits and tree barks anymore.

In the past, when there was not enough food in the mountains, many people had to rely on this to satisfy their hunger. It does not mean that every household has enough delicacies, so many people will still starve to death. Now, as long as they enter the army of the Tang Dynasty, according to the With the salary provided by the Tang court, if one person serves as a soldier, almost the whole family can have enough to eat and drink. Of course, you can't live a wealthy life, but you will never starve to death.

This may not be very attractive to some people in Chang'an City, because with the economic rise of the entire Tang Dynasty, being a soldier is no longer a good way out, but for these chieftains' troops, they have never heard of this kind of treatment. I have never heard that one person serving as a soldier can provide enough food for the whole family. This has never happened in the past dynasties. Many soldiers even have to bring their own dry food.

Good things like this are right in front of them now, so they have to continue to show off.

They didn't have a chance in the past, but now the opportunity is right in front of them. According to the rumors circulating within the army, as long as they can pass the battle of Nanzhao, they don't need to be very good, they just need to be able to control the country. If they live there, then from that moment on, they will become the real Tang army. Not only can they get the same salary as the Tang army, but their families will also have all kinds of care.

Now because it has just been adapted, they can only get the salary of the reserve army, which is 70% of the regular soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. However, even such a family of four can still feed themselves, and they still eat real food. Rice, not the kind of multigrain noodles.

In addition, they have seen the power of the Tang army. Although they have not used that kind of weapons, these Tang troops are helping. With the weak armies in the south, if they can take care of us, then Just find a piece of tofu and hit him to death.

It's not like we haven't fought with the southern army before. Those people are like soft-footed shrimps. At most, they can bully the smaller ones with more numbers. If the armies of both sides are similar, they have almost never won a victory, and as long as If we take it seriously, Nanzhao will always send special envoys and will never really fight with us. They are even weaker than the Han people in the north.