Qian Song

Chapter 461 Li Biao’s worries VS Li Cun’s worries (please vote for me!)

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It only took a little more than a year from the time when the Daqian Dynasty officially began to conquer Xixia to when Xixia was officially declared destroyed.

Facts have proved that Li Cun was right again.

From the court to the people, people everywhere praised Li Cun.

It is generally believed that the emperors of the Zhao and Song dynasties failed to regain Xixia for a full 100 years, and Li Cun regained it in just one year. No wonder Li Cun was able to easily destroy the Zhao and Song dynasties, sweep all the surrounding countries, and become One emperor through the ages. Compared with Li Cun, the previous emperors of the Zhao and Song dynasties were just clowns.

Faced with such praise, Li Biao, who could have easily taken half of the credit, not only had no regrets at all, but on the contrary, he was also worried!
Many people think that Li Biao delayed in starting a war with Xixia just because he was not sure about regaining Xixia.

In fact, this is only one of the reasons.

In Li Biao's view, it was very simple to give the order to attack Xixia, and it was also very simple to continue Li Cun's route of attacking Xixia. The rare thing is that he is not Li Cun, and he does not have Li Cun's unparalleled reputation and prestige in the army.

Yes.

Li Cun could casually issue the imperial edict to conquer Xixia, or he could just hand over the task of recovering Xixia to a few generals and ministers, and then fully support them.

But Li Biao couldn't.

Li Cun dared to do this because anyone in the army of the Daqian Dynasty, including Zhao Li who recovered Jidi, Yue Fei, Li Yanxian, Han Shizhong who recovered Liaodong and Northeast China, and Wu Jie, Liu Qi, and Wu Lin who had just recovered Xixia Li Cun can manipulate them at will. It is no exaggeration to say that when Li Cun asks them to go up, they will go up; when Li Cun asks them to get down, they will get down; when Li Cun asks them to live, they will live; when Li Cun asks them to die, they will die. They will never There would be no complaints. To say the least, even if they had complaints, they would not dare or not speak out. Li Biao was extremely convinced that they would definitely obey Li Cun and even willingly obey Li Cun's unreasonable orders. Go to death.

——Of course, Li Cun would definitely not do this.

And Li Biao is so virtuous and capable, how can he be like Li Cun?
in fact--

Li Biao never mentioned it to anyone. If, only if, if Li Cun died suddenly, Li Biao would be most worried about nothing else but the people of the Daqian Dynasty who were victorious and had made great contributions to the Daqian Dynasty. hero.

After the Xixia was eliminated, Li Cun ordered to screen out 20 elite soldiers from the surrendered troops in Xixia in order to appease the professional soldiers of Xixia and prevent them from becoming bandits and rebels, which would never lead to peace in Xixia and Gansu. , re-trained and politically educated, and then separately incorporated into the armies of the Daqian Dynasty, and organized into the regular army of the Daqian Dynasty. The rest who are unwilling to serve as soldiers or have not been selected will be allowed to retire, be given fertile land, and resume his civilian status.

——When he destroyed Goryeo and the Jin Kingdom, Li Cun also used the same method to deal with the original armies of the two countries.

In this way, after destroying Goryeo, Jin and Xixia, the army of the Daqian Dynasty expanded to nearly 70, making the army of the Daqian Dynasty exceed 200 million!

Moreover, these are all regular armies that cost a lot of money.

Those soldiers of the Koryo Army, Jin Army, and Xia Army who were originally treated very poorly have transformed into officers and soldiers of the army who are in charge of everything, are extremely well paid, and have a very high social status. They are well fed, warmly clothed, and have high social status. The high military salary is respected everywhere, and the atmosphere in the army is also very good. Not only do political cadres never beat them with whips, but they patiently solve all the difficulties and troubles they encounter. Bullying them, these former soldiers of the Goryeo Army, Jin Army, and Xia Army who had never lived such a comfortable life must be extremely willing to accept such a new life.

But the problem is that this put an extremely heavy burden on the finances of the Daqian Dynasty.

Use the most intuitive figures to describe it.

Today, the annual cost of raising an army in the Daqian Dynasty is as high as nearly [-] million yuan, which is double the cost of raising an army in the Zhao and Song Dynasties!
This is only the cost during non-wartime. If during wartime, including rewards for meritorious servicemen, pensions for soldiers killed in battle, resettlement of disabled soldiers, etc., 5000 million yuan per year would not be enough!
What concept is this?
Known as the richest dynasty in history, it is also the world's number one in agricultural productivity!The world's number one handmade production industry!Mining and smelting technology ranks first in the world!The world's largest iron production!The world's first shipbuilding industry!The world's number one in the entertainment industry!The world's first urbanization!The house price is the first in the world!The average income of ordinary people ranks first in the world!The Zhao and Song dynasties, which ranked first in the world in terms of fiscal revenue, had only 6000 million yuan in fiscal revenue at their peak.

And if it catches up with bad times, the Zhao Song Dynasty's fiscal revenue will also be 8000 to [-] million.

In other words, during the Zhao and Song Dynasties, a year's fiscal revenue was sometimes not enough to support such a large army.

That is to say, Li Cun has vigorously engaged in maritime trade, vigorously developed commerce, vigorously developed agriculture, and vigorously developed industry in recent years, making the Daqian Dynasty richer than ever before. The Daqian Dynasty also won many battles and captured 200 of the Zhao and Song Dynasties. Years of accumulation, the Liao Empire's 300 years of accumulation, the Goryeo Dynasty's 200 years of accumulation, the Jin people's plundering and even looting from graves, and the entire accumulation of the Li Dynasty and Champa, squeezing the surrounding Gao Cotton, Japan and other countries have a lot of wealth, so this problem is not exposed.

However, this war will eventually end one day. Several large dynasties and countries around it have been wiped out by the Daqian Dynasty, leaving only a few small fish and shrimps. Where can the Daqian Dynasty go next?

When there is no place to rob, the more than 200 million extremely expensive troops will have to rely on the financial revenue of the Daqian Dynasty to support them?
If you are not in charge of your family, you don't know how expensive firewood is.

The current fiscal revenue of the Daqian Dynasty, which is close to [-] million yuan per year, seems to be a lot. No dynasty in the past has been as wealthy as the Daqian Dynasty.

——Except for the Qing Dynasty in history. At its peak, the Qing Dynasty’s fiscal revenue reached 600 million taels of silver, the highest in Chinese history.The Song Dynasty was equivalent to 400 to [-] taels of silver.The Ming Dynasty only had three to four million taels of silver.The Daqian Dynasty only had tens of millions of taels of silver, which was still far behind the peak of the Qing Dynasty. It only caught up with the fiscal revenue of the mid-Qing Dynasty.

The fiscal revenue of the Dagan Dynasty was unprecedentedly large, but the expenditure of the Dagan Dynasty was also unprecedentedly large.

First of all, the Daqian Dynasty built railways everywhere, and the personnel used to build railways in the Daqian Dynasty, except for a few reform-through-labor prisoners, were all paid civilian laborers, plus supporting related industries, such as steel plants and sleepers. The logging and manufacturing of stone, such as the logging and processing of stones, related transportation, as well as digging mountains, building bridges, etc., etc., etc., etc., all of which do not cost money?
Do you think this is over?
Li Cun also put forward the slogan "If you want to get rich, build roads first" 15 years ago, so that the Daqian Dynasty not only built railways, but also built official roads extending in all directions and various bridges.

The investment in these basic constructions is an astronomical amount that ordinary people cannot even imagine, and it is an astronomical amount that needs to be invested every year.

Secondly, the Dagan Dynasty vigorously developed the shipbuilding industry and vigorously promoted ocean exploration, which was also a huge investment.

Do you think that during the Ming Dynasty in history, after Zheng He's six voyages to the West, there was a big ban on the sea? Even Zheng He's logbook and navigation charts were burned by Liu Daxia. Was it because it was too expensive?

Thirdly, the Daqian Dynasty also invested a lot in people's livelihood aspects such as education, medical care, elderly care, and the resettlement of veterans, and the expenses were naturally not small.

And the above are not the most expensive ones.

What cost the most was actually the Industrial Revolution.

This is the policy that burns the most money. More than half of the annual fiscal revenue of the Dagan Dynasty must be spent here.

Let’s put it this way. Historically, Britain, known as the empire on which the sun never sets, colonized almost the entire world to support the Industrial Revolution. Think about it, how much money it cost.

Also, Li Cun would always offer amnesty or tax exemption just because he regained this place or that place. In addition, when the times were bad, Li Cun would also have to organize disaster relief and other things.

By the way, there is also the damn Yellow River, which has been managed for more than ten years and has not yet been completely managed. Tens of millions of dollars of water are thrown away every year.

Putting these together, in Li Biao's eyes, what he inherited was a vast country that he could use inexhaustibly, but it was clearly a heavy burden that weighed him down until he could no longer breathe.

in fact--

For example, railway construction, infrastructure construction, ocean exploration, education, medical care, elderly care, veteran resettlement, and the industrial revolution, including the management of the Yellow River, can be easily solved. If you have more money, invest more and develop faster. If you have less money, invest more. Fewer, develop slower, and even stop one or two things as appropriate.

In Li Cun's view, the most troublesome thing is the army.

So many troops are so expensive.

The key is that Li Biao didn't dare to carry the army yet.

If Li Biao really dared to engage in disarmament, the army might rebel and overthrow his rule.

However, these arrogant and powerful generals also believed that they contributed to the Daqian Dynasty by laying down such a huge empire, and everything they got was deserved. If they were given lower treatment, they would probably rebel.There are also the newly admitted soldiers of the Daqian Dynasty who originally belonged to the Koryo Army, Jin Army (Liao Army), and Xia Army. They had just entered heaven, and Li Biao kicked them back to hell. How could they not jump up?

——Of course, Li Biao thinks that this is only operated by him. If it is operated by Li Cun, maybe this problem can also be solved.In fact, Li Biao has always wanted to raise the issue of disarmament and lowering the treatment of soldiers with Li Cun.But Li Cun has been fighting here, which is the time when soldiers are needed.Li Biao is not an idiot, how can he engage in "killing the donkey" at this time?
It was precisely because Li Biao saw this, or it could also be said that it was precisely because the scholars and counselors behind Li Biao analyzed the dangers here for Li Biao, and Li Biao was worried that in the process of conquering Xixia, a large number of people would be killed. The Qian Dynasty suffered a big defeat, so the backlog of the Qian Dynasty may break out in advance, and Li Biaocai has not started war against Xixia for a long time.

Now the results also prove that Li Biao's worries are not unreasonable. No, after a national war, not only did the army not decrease, but there were 20 more dangerous elements who consumed huge amounts of money.

And in this situation where the army officers have just made great achievements, if Li Biao proposes to Li Cun that he disarm and lower the salary of soldiers, he will definitely confirm his reputation as "killing the donkey". In this way, he will be in the army. The good reputation he had accumulated after two years of hard work will not only be exhausted, but he will also arouse the resentment of the military. It is not certain that the military will make arrangements to replace Li Cun as the crown prince.

Also, Li Biao was really worried that if Li Cun conquered the surrounding grasslands, Tubo, Dali, and the Western Regions, the standing army of the Daqian Dynasty might be as high as 300 million.

If that day really comes, Li Biao will be worried to death.

How can Li Biao, who has seen all this clearly, regret not personally participating in the battle against Xixia?
Li Biao looked at Empress Dowager Ren, who was only 19 years old, in his left hand, and Empress Wang, who was about the same age as Empress Dowager Ren, in his right hand. He was being served by a group of daughters of the Xixia royal family and clan, and watched a group of Xixia dancers dancing there. Li Cun thought to himself: "Father, father, you who have created miracles many times, just create another miracle and solve these worries for me, okay?"

Let's talk about Li Cun.

Li Cun didn't have Li Biao's anxiety at all.

Some people may want to ask, Li Cun can't see the problems and hidden dangers that Li Biao has seen, right?
How could Li Cun not see it? If he didn't even know what problems and hidden dangers there were in the Daqian dynasty that he had created, wouldn't Li Cun become a confused emperor?

in fact--

Li Cun knows better than anyone else what problems and hidden dangers there are in the Daqian Dynasty.

However, Li Cun never worried about these problems and hidden dangers, because Li Cun had ways to solve these problems and hidden dangers.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Li Cun does not die, Li Cun will definitely solve the problems and hidden dangers that Li Biao is worried about. Taking a step back, even if Li Cun dies suddenly, Li Cun will not die. An emergency plan was left for Li Biao.

However, Li Cun couldn't tell these things yet. Li Cun also wanted to see how Li Biao dealt with these problems and hidden dangers. This could be regarded as an exercise for Li Biao from Li Cun.

Now, instead of worrying about the problems of the Dagan Dynasty and the hidden dangers of the Dagan Dynasty, Li Cun is more worried about another thing.

As far as Li Cun knew, Xixia women were the strongest.

History says: "Xia custom is that not taking revenge is a shame."

The spiritual shaping of Xixia women's hatred and revenge is completely different from the feudal society's three obediences and four virtues.

This is the influence of Xixia women by Xixia cultural factors.

In fact, the same is true for Xixia men.

In Xixia society, it is shameful not to avenge someone.

Records about Xixia female soldiers are related to revenge.

"Xixia waiji" says: Xixia women like to take revenge, but when they are in mourning, they don't kill people, and they bear the armor leaf on their backs.Qiu Jie stored the blood and wine of chickens, pigs and dogs in skulls to drink, and swore: "If you take revenge, the grain and wheat will not be harvested, men and women will be bald and leprosy, six animals will die, and snakes will enter the account."

Those who are weak and unable to avenge them gather strong women, enjoy cattle and sheep, wine and food, go to the enemy's house, set fire to their houses, and burn down their houses.

As the saying goes: The enemy's female soldiers are inauspicious, so they often avoid them.

It can be seen from these descriptions that in the act of revenge, Xixia women are not bound by the standards of women's morality like the women in the Central Plains. Instead, when someone is "too weak to take revenge," they gather together, sacrifice animals, and have enough food and wine. After that, there was a lot of fighting, burning, killing and looting before they could stop.

The fierceness of Xixia women makes enemies run around.

Historical books clearly call this kind of women who gather for revenge "female soldiers."

There is also a record in Zeng Gong's "Zhao Baoji Biography": There are murderers who have not recovered, and they have a negative armor leaf as a record.Those who can't recover, gather the women of the neighboring clans, cook cattle and sheep, have wine and food, and go to the enemy's family by intermediary, and set them on fire.Those who serve as female soldiers do not have a prosperous family, so they deeply hate her.

Xixia women must avenge themselves, and this is recognized in Xixia society.These women who dare to fight are by no means ordinary women. They value showing their courageous spirit and strong and fearless spirit.

There are strict restrictions on women in the Central Plains. Especially with the rise of Neo-Confucianism, the requirement that women "starve to death is a small matter, and disobedience is a serious matter" and that women "obey the three obediences and four virtues" are prevalent in both the government and the public.

And Xixia women can even sacrifice their own lives to boldly pursue their true love. Xixia women's lack of ethics in marriage and love is exactly the opposite of that of the Central Plains.

The marriage of women in the Central Plains is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker.

Xixia proverb: "The younger generations fall in love with each other and return home ten times a day. If they don't love their own home, they will run far away to the end of the world."

The marriage of Xixia women is never decided by their parents, but elopement is accepted by society.

According to the "Tian Sheng Ling Ling", Xixia women can run away to live with other men. If they no longer like it for a period of time, they can run away with another person who they are in love with and start a new family. Even if they return to their original home, they will not live together. My husband cannot stop me.

Let's put it this way, due to the sparse population and serious shortage of labor and combat power in the Xixia Dynasty, women had to take on the tasks of social production and external combat, and gave Xixia women the right to control their own destiny. Women participated in wars, politics, revenge and regardless of The pursuit of love through life reflects the bravery and steadfastness of Xixia women, which is even worse than that of men.

To some extent, Xixia women are the closest group of women to equality between men and women in ancient times.

Before Li Renxiao and the Xixia royal family and clan were escorted to the capital, many other Xixia women from the Daliang family, Xiaoliang family, Li family and Li Cun repeatedly reminded Li Cun that he must be careful with Xixia women. Do not let the daughters of the royal family of Xixia and the daughters of the Xixia clan enter the palace.

Daliang, Xiaoliang, Li and other Xixia women also told Li Cun that the reason why they, the Xixia women, allowed Li Cun to play with him and did not resist at his mercy was because most of them were huggers. He came with the idea of ​​serving the country and would definitely not bring trouble to his country or his family. But now the situation is completely different. Li Cun destroyed Xixia, captured the men, fathers or sons of these Xixia women, and even killed them. The men, fathers or sons who died of these Xixia women already have a great hatred against these Xixia women for the destruction of their country and their families. There is no guarantee that some of them will not deliberately assassinate Li Cun for revenge...

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