The main festival meeting in the fourth year of Shenwu must be extremely lively.

Li Jia has no doubts about this.

In the third year of Shenwu, he destroyed southern Fujian, Shu Kingdom, and Jiangnan in one fell swoop, including thousands of miles of land and millions of people. The entire southern country, except for Wu Yue Kingdom, was completely in his hands.

Tens of thousands of elite infantry and cavalry guards of the Northern Song Dynasty were captured in Shu, breaking the invincible momentum of the Central Plains imperial guards.

The number of bureaucrats exceeds 10,000.

The army, about 300,000.

Two cities with a population of more than 300,000, Chengdu and Jinling.

If it is based on the standards of autumn tax, Shenwu's four-year income will exceed 13 million stones and more than 20 million stagnant of the money.

Li Jia only needs to do two things in the past few years: strengthening the army and establishing households.

The 300,000 army may exceed the Central Plains Imperial Army in number, but its combat effectiveness is completely different.

Therefore, large-scale training is required, from formation, armor, weapons, and morale.

There was a famous saying in the feudal era that as long as you have money, you can build a strong army, but it is absolutely impossible to have no money.

For example, the invincible Jurchens who were over 10,000 were indeed due to morale at the beginning, so they repeatedly defeated strong enemies, but then they were supported by several layers of armor and artillery to capture the huge world.

These are the eight royal merchants who are piled up with money.

As for registering households, or diving fields, it is even simpler. It was done in any dynasty at the beginning, and Zhao Kuangyin in the north was no exception. He was also slowly implementing it in order to solve financial problems.

Li Jiazhai did not make the money, but established rule over the countryside and the rational use of resources across the country. Finance was just by the way.

Therefore, no matter how large the population is or how strong the strength is, if it cannot be used, it will be just waste.

This was the case in the Jiangnan region in the late Ming Dynasty, free from the empire.

"Have Anyuan Mansion taken down?" Li Jia asked in the sun, staring at the chirping birds.

"Take it down!" Li Anguo said softly: "It was originally caught off guard, but the Bohai people still had some ability and could not stand stalemate. Li Zhiyuan led the way and grabbed the city gate before he could barely take it down!"

"The people of Bohai are not fond of fame!" Li Jia shook her head and said, tilting her head:

"We can restore the country from the eyes of the Khitans, and have been strong for decades. We are at least a big country with a population of millions, so we should not be underestimated!"

"The Bohai Kingdom has always been wary of the Khitans, and the elite soldiers and generals are on guard against the west side, so you can easily take Anyuan City. So you cannot slacken off and train your troops well. There will be a tough battle next year!"

"Do you want to contact the Khitans?" Li Anguo was a little guilty when he was told by the emperor. He felt that he had underestimated the Bohai Kingdom. He felt that he had a great chance of winning with the Khitans and aligned with the Bohai Kingdom.

It is very difficult to rely solely on Shaofu Temple.

"No!" Li Jia frowned and said quickly: "Conspiring with the Khitans is tantamount to conspiring with the tiger. This is a stupid idea!"

"The Bohai Kingdom is so big and fat, far away from us and close to the Khitans, so they naturally make more profits than us. The Khitans are difficult to control. If they make them stronger, it will not be a blessing for the Han people!"

"If you take down these mansions, don't act rashly, change your strategies, live in harmony with them, just seek trade and pay tribute!"

"If you have something to ask for, or if the Khitans threaten, we can help them and sell some weapons and food. If the situation is really in danger, we can also send troops if necessary!"

Li Jia felt that a centralized and Confucian Bohai Kingdom would definitely not be able to swallow it for a while. If the Khitans didn’t see it, they knew that they could not swallow it. Will they sit back and watch it establish?

So at present, as long as the Bohai Kingdom becomes its own rank, the name is determined, and it will be a must forge ahead in the future, or will it be his words?

Moreover, the Bohai Kingdom has a good military force. In the future, it is a wise choice to take down the Central Plains, so that the Bohai Kingdom can send troops to Khitan, attack on both sides and drag it back.

"Yes, I understand!" Li Anguo nodded.

"Which countries have arrived now?" Li Jia asked casually after the matter was resolved.

"Go back to Your Majesty, Wu Yue, Dali, and Japan, you have arrived, and there are also sixty-eight hole barbarians, as well as Qianzhou barbarians…"

Tian Zhong naturally knew what the emperor was asking and quickly whispered.

"Where is the Northern Han Dynasty? Is no one here?"

"The journey is long, but the Lord of Northern Han still sent people to follow the caravan. It should be here tomorrow and I will not miss the court meeting!"

"Where is the Goryeo Kingdom?" Li Jia suddenly remembered that in the north, there was another country that felt very weak, not as strong as the Bohai Sea, and was not very strong in Chinese.

"Your Majesty, the Khitans in the Goryeo Kingdom are tributed to the Khitans. They are just friends and neighbors with our country, and they just send people to congratulate you!"

Li Anguo said quickly when he was still clearly.

"Oh!" Li Jia said meaningfully: "It turns out that the Goryeo ministers belong to the Khitans..."

The two of them didn't know what the emperor meant, so they lowered their heads and said nothing.

The New Year's Day of the Tang Dynasty was called Zhengdan, Yuanday, Yuanzheng, Yuanchen, Duanri, Sanyuan, Yuanshuo... There are many sayings.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang stipulated in the "Fake Ning Ling": "The Yuanzheng and the Winter Solstice will each give you seven days off."

Therefore, on this day, the yamen needs to rest, including the emperor and the prime minister, except for some necessary yamen.

The key is that the Tang Dynasty will also hold a court meeting on New Year's Day, that is, an important royal ceremony. The grand ceremony will show the peace of the country internally and the great power of the Tang Empire externally.

At the New Year's Day ceremony, a grand ceremony and grand furnishings were held.

The Great Dynasty was a kind of ritual with the highest etiquette that began in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It was inherited throughout the Qin and Han Dynasties until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

"Great Court Meeting" means that all officials pay homage to the emperor.

On the day of the grand dynasty meeting, Li Jia wore a crown with twelve strings of white beads hanging on her head and summoned civil and military officials in the main hall of the palace. He gathered envoys from various places, vassal states, and envoys from non-vassal states, accepted congratulations, presented tributes, and reported to all parties for good fortune.

This means that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Weijia, was surrounded by the four seas.

Several major countries, plus some barbarians, have gathered dozens of people, and they can barely be considered as the country coming to pay tribute!

It is now a bit simpler, and it will be lively when the world is unified and foreign countries gather.

The grand furnishings are the decoration of the ritual vessels that symbolize the highest level of the country in the imperial palace, similar to a large exhibition, to demonstrate the national system of the Tang Empire. They also issued general amnesty orders, and some prisoners could be pardoned or reduced sentences. Several major countries, plus some barbarians, have gathered dozens of people, and they can barely be considered as the tribute of all countries!

It is now a bit simpler, and it will be lively when the world is unified and foreign countries gather.
Chapter completed!