Since the destruction of the Eastern Turks, the Tang Dynasty has never acted to mobilize the whole country to attack a country. No country in the surrounding countries is worthy of the Tang Dynasty. However, Goguryeo has the qualification without any dispute. Even the civil and military officials in the court have been planning for many years and are about to send troops today, but they have no particular confidence to succeed.

In fact, at least one-third of the officials in the court held opposition or negative attitudes toward Goguryeo at this time. The Sui Dynasty was so strong that it still returned in a desperate situation when attacking Goguryeo. The Li Tang Dynasty had only been established for many years, and the policy of rest and recuperation had not been implemented, let alone the huge gap in national strength.

Take the most important population and arable land as an example. When Emperor Wen of Sui first ascended the throne, the national population had 4 million households. By the time Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne, it had reached 8.9 million households. In terms of one household and six, the national population was no less than 50 million. When Li Shimin ascended the throne, there were only 3 million households and more than 20 million people in the country. The arable land was even more different. In the ninth year of Kaihuang in Emperor Wen of Sui, national statistics showed that 19 million hectares of land had been reclaimed, and by the middle of the Daye of Emperor Yang of Sui, 50 million hectares of land had been reclaimed. By the time Li Shimin ascended the throne, the lost arable land in the country reached 23 million hectares, which means that half of the arable land was not cultivated and idle in the country.

The difference between ancient and modern times is that if arable land has been abandoned for many years and cannot be cultivated again, it has to be reclaimed. This is precisely a very physically consuming thing.

Of course, this number is not necessarily very accurate. Because of careful study, it was only ten years since Emperor Wen of Sui founded the country and Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne. In the past ten years, the population doubled, and even sows could not be born so many, which was obviously absurd. So what happened to this number? Wei Zheng gave a statement that the Sui Dynasty was ahead of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and people were displaced and demographics were difficult. After the Sui Dynasty was officially established, the country was unified, and officials from all over the country conducted a thorough investigation of the people, mainly for tax collection and captivity tax. In order to cooperate with Emperor Yang of Sui's levy and violent taxation, they made a name for tax increase, and various places made a certain degree of false reporting. Therefore, during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, the population reached a terrifying 50 million.

But in reality, there may not be that many.

When Li Shimin first ascended the throne, the official household registration was 2 million, but in fact it was about 3 million households and more than 20 million people. After fighting for more than ten years, the proportion was relatively reasonable.

In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of Emperor Yang of Sui, Li Shimin knew that there were hidden households, but he did not conduct a census when he first ascended the throne. This was also a conventional method for all dynasties to recuperate and hide the wealth of the people. The real census was after Li Mu proposed the new policy and abolished the captive tax. Taxes were collected by the land rather than taxes by the people. The census population had no impact on the wealth of the people. Only then did Li Shimin issue an order and gradually implemented "id cards" in various places. The data counted in this way was definitely the most accurate in all dynasties.

The clever thing about the new policy proposed by Li Mu is that it liberates the restrictions on the population line. In the past, the pressure of the capitation tax was pressured and the population was concealed as much as possible. This created many restrictions on other places that needed to use the population. For example, when recruiting troops, it would be extremely inefficient because the specific number of people was not grasped.

During this battle against Goguryeo, Li Shimin considered the various shortcomings of the previous dynasty and had a close conversation with Li Jing all night, combining all the conditions he currently has.

First of all, after the abolition of the population tax, the country has more accurately grasped the population situation. For example, there are relatively more males in a certain place, and there are old, weak, sick and disabled people in which places. Conscription will affect farming, and where land is poor, it is suitable for soldiers to eat food, and alleviate local pressure.

Moreover, in addition to the existing military forces, the Tang Dynasty was gradually implementing the recruitment system. This allows targeted recruitment to recruit more soldiers in areas with excellent military sources. The improvement and guarantee of combat effectiveness will be optimized.

In terms of military affairs, Li Shimin also carefully considered it. In order to avoid the situation of ignoring the east and west, Li Shimin made a comprehensive consideration. The internal strife in the southwest, Tubo in the southwest had just ended and he was too busy to take care of himself, and it would be impossible to invade the border in the short term. The Western Turks in the northwest formed a brotherly alliance with the Tang Dynasty under the mediation of Li Mu, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs kidnapped the Western Turks with a large number of orders on the Silk Road. If the Western Turks wanted to live a wealthy life, they had to support the Silk Road of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise they would have to live a life of displaced and in danger again, like bandits. Nis is a firm supporter of the Tang Dynasty culture, and when there is Nis, there should be no problems in the northwest.

However, the Turks were not very accurate, so Li Shimin did not arrange the troops from the Xiangdu Protectorate to fight Goguryeo this time, and let Li Xiaogong, a royal general, sit in the northwest, so that he could truly rest assured.

The only hidden danger in the west was destroyed last year with a destruction and destruction.

At this point, there was only one concern left to fight Goguryeo, that is, the remnants of the Turkic tribes and Xueyantuo in the north. However, Li Mu used his move to inward and ignited the conflicts between the remnants of the Turkic tribe in advance. Under the eye of Li Ji and Li Xiaogong, Asunasimo completed the internal cleaning of the remnants of the Turkic tribe, which also strengthened Xueyantuo. However, a united Eastern Turkic tribe still had the combat effectiveness. Li Shimin gave Aunasimo a lot of food and supplies, and ordered him to build a city in the Hetao area to prevent Xueyantuo from heading south.

At the same time, Li Shimin also sent envoys to contact the leaders of several major tribes of Xueyantuo to perform differentiation. This will slow down Xueyantuo's unity and gain a lot of time.

Li Shimin predicted that Xue Yantuo would not go south within at least two years. The war against Goguryeo will be at most two years. If it cannot be completed in two years, it will basically not be able to continue. Because the war materials reserved now will only last for two years at most, and this will also be added to the food and grass obtained after this autumn harvest.

In terms of the number of troops and strategy, Li Shimin, a general who came from the war, had military ideas far beyond Emperor Yang of Sui.

The number of troops used by Li Shimin was far less than that of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and only 100,000 troops were used. He left enough troops to guard the local government, and also left Hou Junji in Yangzhou, Qin Qiong and other generals who were absolutely loyal to him in Guanzhong, and granted secret orders. Once something such as aristocratic family rebellion occurs inside, he will not have to go back to quell the rebellion. He also recruited Li Mu back to assist in the administration and added a layer of double insurance.

It was not like Yang Guang, who was very fond of merit, that the country was touched. The burden on the people was much smaller than that caused by Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui. Therefore, when Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo, the people interrupted their own hands and feet to avoid going out. This time it did not happen. Instead, because of the pride of the Tang Dynasty's victory, young and strong people enthusiastically participated in the recruitment of troops.

Li Mu agreed and agreed. When he saw Li Chengqian's expression, his eyes were filled with a look of love, and his heart was filled with a thrill.

Too bad, this may be difficult to deal with.

After the dance, he came close to Li Mu. Li Mu looked at her carefully and found that he was born with a beautiful woman. But if he judged it based on his aesthetics, it would be beautiful, but it has skin but no bones, physical but no spirit. Compared with Dugu Jiu, it is still much worse.

But there are no certain rules for aesthetics. Perhaps it is not accurate to be satisfied if it grows on Li Chengqian's aesthetic points.

Li Mu gave him a drink with face and Xu Xin, and a blessing in favor of Xu Xin, Yingying retreated. Her behavior and expression were not visible at all.

After Shuxin became famous, Li Chengqian couldn't help but want to praise him and said, "Brother, for the past six months, thanks to Shuxin being by my side, if he was not there, I would definitely not be able to bear to read the memorials, and my father would have to scold me again."

"Yeah—" Li Mu responded without comment. Li Chengqian said a lot of praise and complimentary words, but Li Mu did not respond and hesitated.

Li Chengqian was not stupid either, so he could naturally see the strangeness of Li Mu. He glanced at Li Mu and said, "Brother, do you have something to say to me?"

"Yes... there is such a thing." Li Musi thought about it, but it was impossible to be tactful, so he decided to speak out bluntly: "I talked with His Majesty yesterday and talked about you and Chengxin - Chengqian, Chengxin is a man?"

Li Chengqian said calmly: "It's a man, but brother, you see, although he is a man, he is no different from a woman. He just regrets that he was born wrong and made him a man."

"That..." Li Mu touched his nose and said in a vague way: "It is definitely impossible to be different. Women can pass on their family line, and this man can give birth to a bad child. You and the Crown Princess are married, this matter between men and women--"

"Brother, I understand what you mean." Li Mu said bluntly enough, and Li Chengqian understood it, and said, "I am not as dirty as you think. When I was an urban management officer, I heard the vulgar words on the streets and alleys and knew what men and women meant. But I am not in trouble with him. I completely appreciate him, and I admire his character and dance skills. Just like Boya and Ziqi, they are attracted to me."

"Not even in chaos?" Li Mu looked at Li Chengqian suspiciously. Li Chengqian nodded calmly and said, "It's true."

"Then between you and the Crown Princess?"

"This is another matter." Li Chengqian sighed: "Does your brother know anything about me, the Crown Princess?"

"I never knew anything about this." Li Mu thought for a while and said, "I only know that he was the eldest daughter of Su from the Wugong Su family and the governor of Qizhou. Although his family is not of high status, he is still considered a big family."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Brother, you should know my temperament. I never care about family background. I can't get close to the Crown Princess because of her temperament. Brother, you don't see her, you will know when you see you. I don't know who taught me, but I'm too polite. Walking and lying, talking and treating people, you all pay attention to etiquette. You are even more old master than Master. If it weren't for her surname Su, I would have thought she was from Confucius's restaurant, and she was carved from the same mold."

Li Chengqian became more and more dissatisfied and said, "She looks down on people. The servants and servants of the East Palace have been with me for many years. Usually, anyone can't do anything, and I have always been tolerant of them. But since she came, as long as the servants did a little wrong, she would do things according to the rules. Even if I plead with love in person, she would not allow me, and she would go to my mother's place to sue me. How can I like such a stern and mean child?"

"Even if you don't like it, you can't change it. You always have to live under the same roof. Just be humble to each other. When you get older, Your Majesty will definitely find you a few more filling harems, and then you will find what you like." Li Mu believed that Li Chengqian said. He could guess what Li Shimin thought.

It is not easy to choose a crown princess for Li Chengqian. It is said that when Li Chengqian was designated as the crown prince, Li Shimin wanted to tell his son a marriage. He heard that Cui's family in Qinghe had a daughter, who was about the same age as Li Chengqian and was also the eldest daughter of the legitimate family, so he wanted to issue an order to marry him. But before he issued the order, Cui, who learned the news, announced in a high-profile manner that his daughter had already married Zheng's family in Xingyang, almost making Li Shimin die of anger.

Obviously, the noble five surnames and seven sects disliked the royal family. But there was nothing we could do about it. The thousand-year-old family had a deep-rooted reputation among the people. Even if the royal family was rejected, the people felt that it was very normal. But Li Shimin kept this in his heart and became the fuse for his determination to suppress the family.

With the Cui family, Li Shimin didn't want to make the five surnames and seven sects. Once, the royal family was already disgraced. If they did it again, they would have no face at all. However, it would not work to find an ordinary woman for his son.

This is very different from the Ming Dynasty a thousand years later. In order to prevent the tyranny of the foreign relatives from being entrusted with the noble descendants, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, did not allow future generations to marry noble descendants. The queen of the Ming Dynasty could only come from a small family. But that was the Ming Dynasty, and the so-called small family would not be too small, and the basic education could still keep up. Although he was a jean of a small family, he was at least well-educated.

At this time, in the early Tang Dynasty, the popularity of male literacy was very low, let alone women. Ordinary women could not even read and read. How would such women be in the world in the future?

Therefore, I still have to look for the family and the family. So Li Shimin searched for the next big family. After searching for it, the final decision of the martial arts Su family is definitely impossible, but if you want to talk about personality issues? Maybe Li Shimin wanted to find a person who follows the rules for Li Chengqian to cure his temperament. But now it seems that it is a bit counterproductive.

Seeing that the time was wrong, Li Mu stopped mentioning it. He drank with Li Chengqian. He did not leave the East Palace until Li Chengqian drank down. He was not in a hurry to do this. After all, Li Shimin didn't let him do it immediately. He had to take it slowly and could not be accomplished overnight.
Chapter completed!