MTL - Chastity Layman-Chapter 1403 Why didn't the grand master take the Wu hook and collect it from the fifty states of the Western Regions?
Chapter 1403 Why doesn’t the grand master take the Wu hook and charge the fifty states of the Western Regions
"Now we are waiting for the good news from the Western Regions!"
When the ship passed Xuyi, it rested at this Huaihe port. Although Xuyi did not have the famous crayfish at this time, it was also very prosperous because it was located at an important node of the canal. Canal transportation drove the economy here. The canal runs along the Huaihe River from east to west.
Countless ships come and go from south to north, from east to west. The prosperity of Datang's maritime transportation in recent years has not weakened the prosperity on the canal.
Borrowing at the pier at night, Qin Lang and Xu Jingzong were drinking and chatting in the cabin.
In addition to Xu Jingzong's Li Yifu, even long-term prisoners such as Cui Yixuan, Dou Dexuan, and Xiao Chen were also guests of honor. These former prime ministers went to Luzon with Qin Lang. On Qin Lang's boat, he was invited to drink and compose poems every now and then, so the journey was not lonely.
It is now April, and the weather is warm, but it is still a bit cold at night, so it is quite pleasant to sit in the cabin.
Xuyi is a big wharf on the canal, rich in various materials.
Qin Lang's boat had a cook brought from Luoyang with superb cooking skills.
The plump mandarin fish was at the right time, and there was even a chef who was good at making fugu, who brought this dangerous but tempting delicacy to the table, together with several other exquisite seasonal dishes, and a jar of good wine.
"Calculating the time, the war should have already begun, right? It is estimated that the news of victory will be sent back to the Central Plains soon."
It was Cui Yixuan who was speaking, and Qin Lang had already hired him as a professor at the University of San Francisco. Lu Chengqing and Xue Yuanchao were also professors. Not Qin Lang, who is known as a **** of poetry, but the Xue family has been a literary master for several generations.
Holding a plate of crispy and tender bamboo shoots, Cui Yixuan is quite satisfied with his current life. Although he miscalculated Qin Lang at the beginning and ran to support him but was reprimanded, but now the ending of the patriarch's exile in Luzon is not the best. Poor, if it wasn't for Qin Lang's arrangement, he would be exiled to central Guizhou or Yunnan or the Western Regions, it would be really miserable.
Even if there are no accidents on the way, can you have a good life in those border areas?
Now that he went to Luzon like this, he became Qin Lang's guest along the way. Not only did he have a comfortable life, but everyone in his family was treated well, not to mention that Qin Lang also hired him as a professor at the University of San Francisco, with a very good salary.
There is a difference between the University of San Francisco and Luoyang Guozijian. The principal of Luoyang Guozijian is Guozi Jijiu. From the fourth rank, there are two officials.
There are Guozixue, Taixue, Simenxue, Calligraphy, Mathematics, and Law, which are collectively called six schools. Each school has a doctorate, teaching assistant, and direct lectures.
The University of San Francisco is another way of running a school. It is not a school for noble children, nor is it oriented to the imperial examinations, but to cultivate talents in all aspects for Luzon.
Therefore, the University of San Francisco will not be the Six Schools of Guozijian, but will set up the Faculty of Arts, Science, Engineering, Law, Agriculture and Medicine, and each college will have several departments.
University of San Francisco will adopt an eight-year academic system to cultivate the most professional talents.
Teachers are divided into five levels: tutor, doctor, professor, teaching assistant, and lecturer.
The salary given by Qin Lang is very high. The school is divided into two categories: teachers and administrators. Among them, teachers have five levels, and the highest tutor is the official salary of the fifth rank, the doctor is the sixth rank, the professor is the seventh rank official, and the assistant is the eighth rank. , the lecturer compares the salary of the ninth-rank official.
Lecturer’s salary is 12 per month, which is the most basic. In addition, there is rice every year, and clothes in spring and winter. In addition, salary, tea and paper money are calculated separately.
Teaching assistants are paid 20 per month.
Professors have 30 sessions per month, doctors have 35 sessions per month, and tutors have 45 sessions per month.
Including benefits, the income is higher than that of the same level of Beijing officials in Luoyang. Of course, the Beijing officials will also have some other benefits.
In San Francisco, Cui Yixuan, a common man who has been expelled from the long-term management, can be a professor with thirty cents a month, which is enough to support a large family. What's more, Qin Lang also said that the men of the Cui family will also be arranged to be teachers in schools around Luzon. Although the salary is not as good as that of San Francisco University, it is not bad.
Anyway, there is no need to worry too much about future life.
That's why he can drink some wine and eat mandarin fish and bamboo shoots leisurely at this moment.
"Should be the first to attack Tuqishi. Wu Zhile and his son are very arrogant, but in essence they just want to send troops to blackmail me, Datang, and force Datang to agree to some of their conditions. It's just that they underestimated Datang. , How could the court be coerced by them, dare to coerce Datang, this is self-destruction." Lu Chengqing said.
Even if there is no such thing as the abdication of the Supreme Emperor, people like Lu Chengqing are still prime ministers, and the imperial court will not compromise on the sudden cavalry in the Western Regions.
Whoever becomes the emperor, whoever becomes the prime minister, and governs will all have a result.
"Su Shuai is the grand master's personal disciple of the art of war. He conquered east and west, and made great military achievements. He conquered Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, and Tubo in the west, and later conquered Mobei, and then went to Baekje, Goguryeo and Silla. The countries that were wiped out with one hand They can't count them all, and now they will have no problem dealing with Tuqi Shige Luolu and other minions." Xiao Chen's words were clearly flattering.
His younger brother Xiao Siye is now also in the Western Expeditionary Army. Su Dingfang is the commander, Qin Jun is the deputy commander, and Xiao Siye is the deputy vanguard. He was looking forward to the great victory of the Western Expedition, especially if Xiao Siye could make a great contribution, which would be regarded as atonement for the Xiao family.
"Although Tuqishi and Ge Luolu each have three divisions, after all, they were only the hatchback subordinates of West Turk before. Their strength has expanded in recent years, but they cannot be much stronger. Xizheng will attack them first, and defeating them will naturally Don't worry, it's just that the appearance of these rebels will greatly damage the situation in the Western Regions that the imperial court has managed for many years."
In history, both Tuqishi and Ge Luolu were strong and powerful, but that was decades later, after the Ashina family could not control the Western Regions, especially after Tubo and Dashi both entered the Western Regions, And when the forces of the Tang Dynasty withdrew from the Western Regions several times, the Tuqi Shiren once dominated the Western Regions.
But in the end, even if Tuqishi had punched Dashi, kicked Tubo, and dared to tear Datang with his hands, in the end, he was wiped out by Datang, who was not as good as before, and joined forces with Ge Luolu and Da Cannibal.
After all, even when the Western Turks were strong and prosperous, when they had two tribes with ten surnames and miscellaneous surnames, they could do it. They knelt and begged for mercy. What about the Western Regions?
No matter how strong Tuqi Shi is today, can he still be better than their old masters, the Khans of the Western Turks?
However, because of their rebellion, all forces in the entire Western Region are now against the Tang Dynasty, especially allowing the big cannibals to take advantage of the chaos and advance eastward. This is the most abominable thing.
After many years of operation, the loss is huge.
After cleaning up Tuqishi and Ge Luolu people, Zhaowu Sogdian, Tocharo, and Khazar have to be cleaned up. When Datang cleans up these traitors one by one, the big cannibal will definitely not sit idly by. Great opportunity, maybe the Persian lands of Khorasan and Sistan, which have been maintained over the years, will be taken back by the Persians.
It may even allow the Persians to take the opportunity to enter the Hezhong area. If Dashi unites with the Sogdians and the Sogdians lead Dashi troops to the Hezhong Zhaowu kingdoms, it will be very troublesome.
For example, if the Sogdians led the Great Food Army to break through Datang's Dawan Army Town in the Fergana Basin, or the Mulu Army Town in Khorasan, and lose these important forward fortresses, then return to the country at that time. It is more difficult to reach the middle of the river and Persia.
Not to mention, once these front-line fortresses fall, tens of thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of pioneers and immigrants there will be in danger.
"Since we have started this time, we can't be merciful to them. We must completely eliminate the Western Turkic people, wipe out the Tuqi Shige Luolu and others directly, and abolish the governors' offices of the Western Turkic tribes that were established before. , set up Zhengzhou and military towns, set up troops to immigrate, and move those Western Turks to the southwest or simply did not sell them as slaves."
"If you want me to say, just kill him ruthlessly, let his blood flow into rivers, and slaughter several of his tribes. By then, all the tribes in the Western Regions will be honest."
Even people like Wei Xuanzhen who rely on their daughters to become prime ministers are very iron-blooded.
A dandy prime minister like Dou Yixuan also clamored for the complete extermination of the ten surnames of Western Turks, leaving them no chance.
"Tuqishi and the Geluolu people will definitely unite, and even unite with the Sogdians. Maybe Tocharian will send troops. If they all unite, then our Great Tang Western Expeditionary Army may face more than 300,000 cavalry With so many people, this battle is not so easy to fight." Xu Jingzong was not so optimistic.
In the past, the Tang Dynasty was always at a disadvantage in the Western Regions. In addition to the bravery of the Tang army, more people knew how to divide and win. In many cases, they drove the Turks or Tiele people in the Western Regions to fight, and what they did was Han and Tibetans. most.
The advantage of this is that with the cooperation of the Western Regions and the Western Regions, they can act as a guide and be familiar with the enemy's situation.
But now, the entire Western Regions, except for the economic prefecture of Anbeiting, and the rest of the prefectures are now enemies.
This kind of battle will test Su Dingfang's command and decision-making ability, because the Tang army is now completely away from home, and will even be at a disadvantage in terms of strength and supplies.
From Qin Lang's point of view, he still thinks that Li Yin was messing around in the past. Li Shimin wiped out so many Western Turkic Khans back then, but in the end he still specially sent Mi She and Bu Zhen to be Khans. The Western Turks were divided into hatchback commanders, and there were two guard houses.
This strategy is actually relatively successful, at least Datang's actual control over the Western Regions is strengthening day by day.
But Li Yin messed up and insisted on killing the two Khans who followed the imperial court wholeheartedly. Without the two Ashina Khans who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty, Tuqishi and Ge Luo could no longer be suppressed. An ambitious man like Lu, not to mention the imperial court's act of killing the two khans of Ashina, also made the Sogdians and Tocharians in the entire Western Regions sad.
When Li Yin was going to seize the Xindu River area again, this was undoubtedly an invasion of the Tocharian Kubin Kingdom, and it was also a clarion call to attack the Tocharian Yehu.
This has completely stabbed a hornet's nest, who wants to sit and wait?
Li Yin just relied on his own strength to destroy the 30-year layout and management of the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty, and the good situation came to an end. So far, there has been no news from the Western Regions. Qin Lang reckons that the situation facing Su Ding must be very bad, and it will be difficult to open the situation for a while. Even Dawan Army Town, Mulu Army Town, and Jiling City may have fallen. .
"The last time the imperial court went south to conquer Piaoyue, the Grand Master formed an alliance in the South China Sea to form an expeditionary fleet to attack the Pyu country at sea. Land at the mouth of the river, advance along the river, first destroy the fire-breathing Luo Kubin, and then use a move to surround Wei and save Zhao?" Li Yifu chuckled and came up with an idea.
(end of this chapter)
