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The smile on Fang Xuanling's face grew stronger: "The general's intelligence is indeed worthy of His Majesty's protection..."
Neither Li Jiancheng nor Fang Xuanling said anything. He gave this blank book to Chen Ying and allowed him to write the content. After filling it out and returning it, it was to show Li Jiancheng his intentions, to show that he had no intention of usurping on his own.
You know, there is a big difference between whether Chen Ying has this blank imperial decree or not.There are definitely not a few people in the Anxi army who want to support Chen Ying as king and emperor, but they have not found a legal opportunity. Now that Li Jiancheng has given such a blank book, this is a godsend opportunity. Even if Chen Ying does not want to be emperor at this time, Temporarily forbearance, you can also hold this book in your hands. On the one hand, it will be used in the future, and on the other hand, it will also be a check on Li Jiancheng in the center.
However, who would have thought that Chen Ying used this method of book making to seek the title of duke for Luo Shixin.Although the title is not lightly rewarded, compared with the weight of this blank imperial decree, a duke is really not worth mentioning.What's more, the title of duke of the Tang Dynasty is only a virtual duke, with no fiefdom, only a salary, even if it is a real duke, if it is hereditary, the weight is far less.
Li Jiancheng dared to give this blank edict to Chen Ying, so he naturally had countermeasures and countermeasures, but he did not expect that Chen Ying would deal with it like this.
When Li Jiancheng was in a daze, Fang Xuanling said: "This blank edict is actually a question given by Your Majesty to General Chen and His Majesty. General Chen's answer is perfect, and now it is His Majesty's turn to answer this question." It's..."
Li Jiancheng took the edict and said: "Announce the world..."
As he said that, Li Jiancheng's brows were filled with depression.
Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Zheng's arrival, and asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, what happened?"
Li Jiancheng watched Yu Chigong, Xue Wanche, Wei Zheng and other confidantes arrive, and said solemnly: "Now I have learned about the deposed King Qin..."
Wei Zheng looked at Li Jiancheng unexpectedly and said, "Where is it?"
Fang Xuanling fell into silence instead.
Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "Fusang Continent..."
Speaking of this, Li Jiancheng continued: "Li Shimin has already established a pseudo-Tang in the Fusang mainland, calling himself the Son of Heaven."
Fang Xuanling's heart sank when he heard this.
Although the Fusang Continent is tens of thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty, it is not impossible to send troops on an expedition with the national power and strength of the Tang Dynasty at this time.
I am afraid that as soon as the heavenly soldiers arrive, Li Shimin will be defeated in one battle just like Jieli.
Li Jiancheng continued: "Li Shimin now has 300 million people, [-] to [-] elites, but they are tens of thousands of miles away. What do you think I should do?"
Xue Wanche sneered and said: "There is nothing to discuss, Your Majesty, you will give me [-] soldiers and horses, and I will capture the deposed King Qin for you!"
"No..." Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling said almost in unison.
Li Jiancheng looked at the two of them, pondered and said, "Fang Xuanling, why can't you tell me?"
Chapter 76 Cracking the Earth and Conferring Marquises to Compete for People's Hearts
Chapter 76 Cracking the Earth and Conferring Marquises to Compete for People's Hearts
Fusang Datang, Qin Wangcheng.In the city, on the huge martial arts arena, Li Shimin rode his horse and galloped, bent his bow and shot arrows.
Hou Mo and Chen Xu at the side were counting: "Eight! Nine! Ten...Your Majesty hit ten arrows in a row."
Hou Mo and Chen Xu raised their hands excitedly.
The soldiers on the side and the ministers onlookers cheered in unison.
Li Shimin jumped off the horse, handed the bow to Hou Mo and Chen Xu, and took the silk cloth to wipe off his sweat.
Cheng Zhijie came up excitedly and said, "Your Majesty is really a good shooter! According to my opinion, His Majesty's riding and archery skills rank first among the emperors of all ages, and even the three ancient sage kings are incomparable."
Li Shimin laughed loudly and said: "Fang Xuanling used to tell me to be careful of flattery from courtiers. I think General Cheng's words are similar to flattery... Cheng Zhijie, are you a courtier?"
Cheng Zhijie's face remained unchanged and he said: "Your Majesty, my old Cheng Gan is a courtier, otherwise Your Majesty will hear unfavorable words every day, and as time goes on, I will be so aggrieved that I will die of aggrieved."
Li Shimin nodded and laughed in agreement.
After Li Shimin sat down, Cheng Zhijie looked around and found that no one was paying attention, so he asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, my old Cheng heard..."
Speaking of this, Cheng Zhijie lowered his voice and said, "Is the matter of cracking the soil and sealing the Marquis true or false?"
Li Shimin laughed and said, "Your news comes soon!"
Cheng Zhijie looked at Li Shimin for a while and said, "If the news is true, then I have been looking forward to this day for a long time. Your Majesty, you won't really miss this place, will you?"
Li Shimin sighed, "A little bit."
Cheng Zhijie sneered and said, "It's weird!"
Li Shimin smiled and said, "You can say whatever you want."
I didn't want to say this anymore, but Cheng Zhijie didn't let Li Shimin go, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, how do you plan to advance?"
"Advance?" Li Shimin said: "I will not advance. After this discussion, the matter will probably be slowed down. This is not bad. It is not a good sign if things are progressing too fast. Let's cool down first."
Cheng Zhijie pondered: "People leave their hometowns and are humble. We...in a word...I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life. When it's time to do it, do it quickly and drag it on. I'm afraid those mediocre people won't want to leave after getting used to it!"
Li Shimin said lightly: "If someone refuses to leave, we don't have to force it! Just let them stay here to plant seeds for our further future and greater cause."
Cheng Zhijie said happily: "After talking so much, I finally got a sincere sentence from you."
Li Shimin's development has fallen into a bottleneck.The first is the problem of talents. Li Shimin fled to Fusang, with only Du Ruhui, Cheng Zhijie, Hou Mo and Chen Xu by his side, and even the Xuanjia Tiejun only had more than a hundred people.
However, now Li Shimin only has more than 100 people in the city-state, and almost all the soldiers of the Xuanjia Iron Army have been named city guards by Li Shimin.
However, more than half of these soldiers of the Xuanjia Army did not know a single character. However, the natives of Fusang either did not understand the language or had no available talents.
After much deliberation, Li Shimin decided to crack the soil and make him a marquis.All the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army who followed Li Shimin who migrated from the Central Plains and the guards of the Qin Palace were all granted the title of Marquis. For example, Cheng Zhijie was granted the title of Duke of Lu, Du Ruhui was granted the title of Duke of Zhao, and Hou Mo and Chen Xu were granted the title of Duke of Chu.
Li Shimin's seventh son, Li Yun, was born in Fusang as the king of Wei, and his eighth son, Li Zhen, was the king of Jin.
The point is that Li Shimin can't even set up the shelf of the three provinces and six ministries now, and there is really no one to use.Li Shimin wanted to crack the soil and seal the marquis, so that the city-state would have a high degree of autonomy.At the same time, order the city guards of each city-state to recruit talents for themselves.
In this era, it is still a family country.Pay attention to one person gaining the Tao, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.Now, the soldiers under Li Shimin's command have all become the founding princes of Fusang Datang, and their respective families will definitely send their children to come to Fusang Datang from thousands of miles away.This is not a false lord, but they are a real fief.The fields and mine resources in the fief, including the population, are all their property, and they will definitely manage it with care.
Of course, this is also the most helpless way.
There is a saying, 'the people are the foundation of the country'.There is another saying, there are people in Desi, there are soil, there is wealth in Tusi.The virtues of the ancestral system are as good as land and wealth, although they are expensive enough, they cannot be abolished because of this.
This is why everyone followed Li Shimin into exile for tens of thousands of miles without fleeing.Li Shimin dare not forget this virtue and heart!
Now Li Jiancheng is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he is doing a good job.Occupying the people's hearts and righteousness, Li Shimin can't compete with Li Jiancheng at all. The only way to turn things around is to manage Fusang Datang well, and then compete with Li Jiancheng.
Of course, the enfeoffment system, which has disappeared for nearly a thousand years in Chinese history, will bring disaster to the future if it is raised again, but Li Shimin has no choice.
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Entering Hexi, Li Xiuning was surprised to find that caravans appeared from time to time along the way.Originally, as the year approached, caravans were rare even in Guanzhong.
But I didn't expect that the caravan went forward in the snow despite the severe cold.The people here are either busy or in a hurry, and everyone walks a little faster than in Guanzhong, as if everyone here is extremely busy.
Here you can't see the idlers wandering on the wharf of the Weihe River in Chang'an, nor the romantic literati on the banks of the Qujiangchi River all day long. Putting on a stage and performing arts is not about the elegant and elegant stories of the previous dynasty at all, but it is mostly about the gains and losses of the people's livelihood in the current situation. The government not only does not prohibit it, but the servants and subordinates are around to maintain order.