Chapter 128 Chen Ying’s Kingly Way and Domineering Way

The salary of Qiguan and 2 qian is naturally not much, but the things that can be bought for Qiguan and 200 qian are definitely not small. If you buy all the grain, you can buy fourteen stones and four dou, which is enough for a family of five to eat for a year.

The key is that this is the extra money that Tang army soldiers got.

Originally, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty only enjoyed the benefits brought by the land. After experiencing the initial survival problems, they gradually began to cherish their lives and become more comfortable. After all, human desires were endless. In the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao began to farm. These soldiers who were originally surrendered to the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou had nothing but one life.

Therefore, according to local conditions, the government paid money, seeds, land and ploughed tools were generated, and refugees worked hard to carry out military farming. If the official cattle was used, 60% of the income would belong to the official cattle, and 40% of the individual would be the official cattle. If the official cattle was not used, then the income would be half the share.

In fact, the so-called system is far more profitable than working for farmers in American farms. No company can generally share the income with employees. A general company can only take out three or five percent of it and is considered a conscientious enterprise.

However, human desires are endless. After surviving the initial difficult period, these military and civilian settlements were unwilling to do it. They believed that the Cao family was excessively depriving them of their rights and freedoms.

Sima usurped the Wei Dynasty, which had nothing to do with power and wisdom. During the Han Dynasty, the baby emperors appeared very emperors, and even Huo Guang was sentenced to his family and exterminated the clan. As long as the court did not lose the foundation of the people's hearts, the conspiracy was destined to be impossible to succeed.

When Li Jiancheng and Chen Ying were together, Chen Ying repeatedly reminded Li Jiancheng that the Tang Dynasty's military system must be reformed, otherwise, if this continues, the court will cause disaster to the vassal states.

Because the Tang Dynasty's military soldiers were unable to mobilize them at all. Not to mention generals, even soldiers were unwilling to mobilize them lightly, just like the Zhechong Mansion in Jiangzuo, where there was a lot of rain and two ripe a year. When planting 100 acres of land, Jiangnan could earn 400 or 500 shi of grain, while Guanzhong had about 200 shi, while Hexi had only 150 shi, and it was often drought.

The land is barren and fertile, and the people's hearts are naturally uneven. It is no problem for them to fight in a short period of time. It is very difficult for the troops to transfer defense.

Li Jiancheng was the emperor who knew the military, so he naturally knew that the Tang army was not a problem. After all, he had suppressed the Turks outside, opened up the Western Regions, and killed Tubo, the old enemy. No one who was blindly open yet dared to rebel.

As the saying goes, if a person has no long-term thinking, he will have immediate worries.

He has enough prestige and absolute prestige, but what about the prince?

Li Chengdaoru is only twelve years old this year, and Chen Ying is training around him. However, the Tang Dynasty has destroyed the Eastern Turks, conquered the Western Turks, and put down Tubo. It can be said that in recent years, there has been no large-scale wars. Li Chengdao has no chance to train.

Can he be able to subdue these arrogant soldiers in the future?

By binding the land with the soldiers, it is easy to form an interest group led by the generals. Although Chen Ying did not say it clearly, the military orders of the court were absolutely not as good as Chen Ying's general orders.

Although their king and his subjects know each other now, what about the future?

No one can tell what will happen in the future.

The most combat-effective army today is actually the 12 Guards of Chang'an, the three armies of the Andong Army and the Anxi Army. All three armies receive the best treatment of the Tang Dynasty and enjoy the best benefits.

Of course, the twelve guards and the Anxi Army can be mobilized at any time, and the soldiers are free of worries. They have money and can buy land at will, but they will not be bound by the land.

The reason for this is to use seven stakes and two hundred stakes of military pay to make up for the tax exemption. In fact, the soldiers will never complain. The tax rate of the Tang Dynasty was extremely low. Each stake had to pay two stones of grain to the state every year, which was called rent; paying two stakes of silk, three stakes of cotton, two stakes of cloth, and three kilograms of marijuana, which was called adjustment; 20 days of labor service, plus two days in a leap year, is the main service. If the country does not need its service, each stake can be paid three stakes of silk or three stakes of cloth every day. If all converted into money, it is equivalent to about three stakes of copper per year.

The tax-free privilege of using seven guan and two hundred guan for three guan is equivalent to more than double the benefits of the soldiers.

In fact, Li Jiancheng can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

The aristocratic clans are Li Jiancheng's biggest enemy at the moment. He wants to dig a big hole for the aristocratic clans. The aristocratic clans have completed the extremely powerful Yang Guang as a fool, and the Sui Dynasty also disappeared. Once they repeat the original method, Li Jiancheng will become Yang Guang's second.

Li Jiancheng issued an order first, never adding taxes to gain favor from the people.

The Tang Dynasty is now paying salaries more and more widely, and the annual investment of more than 7 million military pay will eventually flow to the market. In this way, the prices of the Tang Dynasty will definitely gradually expand and the wealth of the aristocratic families will gradually shrink.

It has to be admitted that some of these aristocratic families were smart people. When they learned that Li Jiancheng paid his salaries to the army, all of these military salaries were money.

These aristocratic families were preparing to stockpile money flowing on the Tang Dynasty market. As long as they reached a certain amount, they could run the money and go bankrupt.

Once the credit goes bankrupt, there is no difference between money like waste paper.

The key is that as carriages carrying copper ingots arrived in Chang'an one by one, these aristocratic families immediately discovered that the fire in the eunuchs and mint workshops was on the verge of expedition day and night, and these aristocratic families immediately gave up on this plan.

These copper coins have exceeded all the working capital of the aristocratic clans, especially the richest Wang family in Taiyuan, who withdrew from this game, which made the other six major families hesitate.

It has to be admitted that some of these aristocratic families were smart people. When the court was fearless and began to start printing money machines, as the amount of money on the market was large, they thought about eating money and were no longer able to do so.

The aristocratic clans are a problem in the current Tang Dynasty, but it will definitely not be a problem in the future. The military affairs are not a problem in the current Tang Dynasty, but it will definitely be a big problem in the future.

The root cause is still in the population base of the Tang Dynasty, which is different from history. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the population of the Tang Dynasty was only 15 million. However, at this time, the population of the Tang Dynasty was nearly 30 million. In other words, the population unit after the Tang Dynasty had to be calculated in 100 million.

If the aristocratic monopoly of land in the early Tang Dynasty, there would be big problems in the future. At this time, there would be no such thing as hybrid rice, and the yield per mu is low. The so-called dynasty rotation is because the ground power is insufficient to support the population.

If the population exceeds the limit of land carrying, and if the per capita food is not enough to eat, people will inevitably starve to death.

What should I do if I am unwilling to wait for death? Then I can only have a sect. As for the five elements of reincarnation and administration, it is just a superficial phenomenon. I have witnessed the collapse of the prosperous and powerful Sui Dynasty with my own eyes. Li Jiancheng knew that these things were just used to fool people.

The biggest problem at the moment of the Tang Dynasty is to strengthen the imperial power and balance the relationship between the court and the aristocratic family. In fact, the aristocratic family and the imperial family are like a couple. Both sides have cooperation and disputes. If you want to be equal, there will definitely be constant conflicts. Unless one side is strong, the other side chooses to give in.

After thinking about it, Li Jiancheng would definitely not be the one who gave in.

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In Kucha, in order to avoid his wives and concubines who were like tigers, Chen Ying had to carefully teach his children to study. Li Siye, Chen Qian, Crown Prince Li Chengdao, Su Qingjie, Zhang Shigui's son Zhang Zhilong, Zhang Zhihu (according to the old Book of Tang) was Duan Zhigan's son Duan Zan, Duan Guan, Guo Xiaoke's son Guo Daifeng, Guo Daizhao and more than a dozen young men were studying together with Chen Ying.

The oldest among them is actually Zhang Shigui's son Zhang Zhilong. He is now twenty-two years younger. The youngest is actually Luo Shixin's son Luo Yanqing, who is just one year old. However, Chen Ying will never teach a baby.

Facing more than a dozen second-generation Anxi Army members, Chen Ying also did his homework.

However, Chen Ying obviously ignored the precocious puberty of children in this era. If Chen Ying had not been knowledgeable, he would have been unable to withstand it.

Li Chengdao bowed and said, "Young tutor, student, what is the domineering power of your Majesty and what is the kingly way of governing the country?"

In fact, this Taoist Li Cheng had a few ghosts and had already concluded the debate about what domineering and what is kingly way in the court.

This matter ended with Wei Zheng winning the victory and Feng Lun losing the victory.

As the crown prince, Li Chengdao naturally saw the famous Kaiyuan court record.

Li Chengdao wanted to know how Chen Ying viewed what is kingly and what is domineering.

How could Chen Ying not see Li Chengdao’s intention? If he couldn’t see that he would have lived to be a dog in these two lives.

Chen Ying said loudly: "The so-called kingly way is that since the beginning of Wude, the Eastern Turks have repeatedly invaded the border, slaughtered the soldiers, civilians of the Tang Dynasty, destroyed my city, and robbed my Tang Dynasty food, grass, and property. Then they must try every means to destroy them. This is the kingly way. Tuyuhun invaded the border, Tubo invaded the border, and our Tang Dynasty destroyed them. This is the kingly way. The so-called domineering means that they must be destroyed regardless of whether they provoke the Tang Dynasty or not. This is called lying on the side of the bed and not allowing others to snore. For the absolute safety of the Tang Dynasty, there are absolutely no forces or countries around the Tang Dynasty that can threaten the security of the Tang Dynasty!"

Chen Ying pondered: "As for the way of gentlemen, it is to tell them before destroying them. The so-called way of the Tang Dynasty means that the barbarians have been destined to be destroyed since ancient times."

Chen Ying didn't care whether these teenagers could understand Chen Ying's words.

However, after hearing Chen Ying's words, the oldest Zhang Zhilong couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

Zhang Zhilong lowered his voice and said, "You all keep your mouth on your lips today, don't tell me about this!"
Chapter completed!