The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

After receiving the 200,000 troops rewarded by the system, Li Chengdao stationed them in Luoyang, Chang'an, and Xiangzhou to reduce the pressure on the food and grass burden.

However, supporting the 200,000-strong army did not require the court to provide food and grass. In order to please the court, or to please Li Chengdao, various aristocratic families in the three places took the initiative to take over the task of supporting the army.

After all, the destruction of the seven great families was not long ago, and Li Chengdao's sudden deployment of troops in three places really frightened them.

Therefore, giving money and food is considered as spending money to ensure safety, and it also shows the court that one is honest.

Although Li Chengdao didn't have this intention, since they took the initiative to take over the task of supporting the army, he was naturally happy to see it succeed, but this was not a long-term solution after all.

"We must launch a conquest against Goguryeo at the beginning of next spring. Now is the time to start supporting war with war."

In the imperial study room, Li Chengdao looked at the Kanyu territory of the Tang Dynasty and murmured to himself.

He obtained an army of 200,000 this time, which was both a huge boost and a pressure, forcing him to start the war as soon as possible.

At present, the development of the Tang Dynasty's national power has reached a bottleneck. If you want to break this bottleneck and enter a truly prosperous age, you must launch a war.

Because only war is the fastest way for a country to develop. The plundered food, wealth, and population are all the biggest capital for the rise of a country.

It is impossible to launch a war this year. If the drought is not handled well, it will lead to national instability. Launching a war after the drought can not only divert domestic conflicts and further weaken the power of the family, but also use the looted material wealth to make up for the losses caused by the drought.

This is the real reason why he chose an army of 200,000. If he chooses the seeds of those crops, he can certainly solve the drought crisis, but external expansion will be far away.

Fighting to support war is the bloody way of primitive accumulation of capital, and it is also the fastest way. The only disadvantage is that it cannot be defeated. However, with the current military strength of the Tang Dynasty and the addition of 200,000 cavalry, there is no possibility of defeat.

Jia Xu, Changsun Wuji and others on the side saw Li Chengdao looking at Kan Yutu in trance, their brows tightened and relaxed, and they did not dare to disturb him at all.

They were all insiders of Li Chengdao's plan, and they could only feel awe and admiration for Li Chengdao's strategic decision for next year.

Giving up recuperation and using war to develop and enhance national strength is a decision that requires great courage to make.

As a result, the Tang Dynasty would either sweep away all the surrounding countries and achieve complete unification, or it would suffer heavy losses and its vitality would be severely damaged.

Of course, the possibility of the latter is very slim.

After looking at the Kan map for a long time, Li Chengdao finally looked back at Changsun Wuji and Jia Xu and said, "auxiliary machine, Wenhe, what do you want to report?"

Jia Xu took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the provincial governments have completed the task of preparing for the drought. The Ministry of Revenue has prepared a large amount of grain from the south of the Yangtze River. If a severe drought occurs in Guanzhong, it can be transferred immediately to balance the grain price."

"In addition, I have also sent out the Shadow Guards to guard against merchants and aristocratic families hoarding food and destroying food prices."

Every time there is a natural disaster in history, food prices will skyrocket. People will suffer countless casualties in the drought, while unscrupulous businessmen and aristocratic families will take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money. There are many such heartless people in disasters. .

Therefore, in order to prepare for a severe drought, it is natural to make preparations in advance.

"Well done. Anyone who dares to hoard food will be killed without mercy once discovered."

Li Chengdao nodded and said lightly.

Although the drought has not yet arrived, it is right to prepare in advance.

Jia Xu bowed in agreement, and then Changsun Wuji stepped forward. After a moment's hesitation, he coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, what I want to ask is...when will my sister's canonization into the palace be held?"

"..."

When Jia Xu heard this, he looked at Changsun Wuji and then at Li Chengdao, his eyes full of surprise.

Accepting Changsun Wugu...that is, Princess Qin into the harem? !

Why didn't he know about this?

Li Chengdao's expression froze slightly when he heard this. Changsun Wuji seemed to be asking about the canonization, but in fact he was asking when he planned to announce the matter and what status he would give Changsun Wuji.

It is indeed difficult to delay any longer now.

After thinking for a moment, Li Chengdao said: "I have ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to handle it. The Queen Mother is also paying attention to this matter. The canonization can be carried out in a few days."

"But I can only give it to my concubine."

Li Chengdao confessed to Changsun Wuji his plan to canonize Changsun Wuji.

Upon hearing this, Changsun Wuji panicked and said: "It is already my sister's luck to get the concubine position. Two girls from my Changsun family have entered His Majesty's harem as concubines and concubines. This is the honor of my Changsun family. How dare I ask for more."

This was indeed true. Changsun Wuji knew in his heart that it was impossible for Changsun Wuji to be granted the title of concubine.

After some conversation, Jia Xu and Changsun Wuji retreated and left the imperial study. ..