Li Chao couldn't help laughing with the Roman friendship treaty signed by the Roman prince, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty and Li Chao.

Cheng Qian looked at Li Chao curiously. It was just a piece of paper. What's there to be so happy about?

There were no other people in the palace. Cheng Qian no longer called himself orphan, and he was used to calling me directly.

"Teacher, are we really going to send troops to Persia?"

The peace agreement is written in duplicate and is written in Chinese and Greek.

"Looking back, let someone hand over the peace agreement to the newspaper for printing, and it will also be carved on the stone tablet forever." Li Chao said.

"teacher?"

"Of course we won't send troops." Li Chao sat down with a smile. It was useless to sign this peace agreement with the Roman prince. It was just like the Spanish and Portuguese signed an agreement in the Age of Discovery, and the division of the earth was the same. Even if the Pope witnessed them, who could admit it?

But it is not completely useless. At least this is a formal agreement between the Tang Dynasty and Eastern Rome, and it is also a border demarcation agreement between the two countries. This is a formal agreement. There are no other powerful countries around the Caspian Sea today, but they are all small states. Therefore, the peace agreement between the Tang Dynasty and Rome can be said to be the actual power division line in the future Central Asia.

The Persians would be unhappy, which violated their interests, but at least in the north, there was no objection to this demarcation.

"Let the Romans fight with Persia, just let us promise them verbally. The Romans have long thought of counterattacking Persia, but in fact they have been fighting for the past few years. Let us promise them first. Let the Romans fight with Persia with confidence. In this way, Persia will be in civil strife and will have no time to think about invading the Tochar, which is the Tang Dynasty."

Li Chao was preparing to send troops to the Roman prince. Well, the Tang Dynasty had already enfeoffed more than 3,000 nobles in the Western Regions. Even if each noble was counted as 100 soldiers, there would be an army of 300,000.

Even if these Western nobles of the Tang Dynasty were just on their own territory, they could put a huge pressure on Persia. From the side, it was also equivalent to an advance on Persia.

Cheng Qian breathed a sigh of relief, "I really thought the teacher was going to send troops to the Western Regions."

"There is no place to care about Persia. We have already enfeoffed the Western Regions, so the focus in the next stage is not to attack Persia, but to control and stabilize the Western Regions. Now there are only 30,000 soldiers in the entire Western Regions Road, and there are only some patrols in the north of Tianshan Mountain."

"The court should build the five towns in the northern part of the territory as soon as possible."

Li Chao walked to the sand table and pointed out to the huge area north of the Tianshan Mountains, "I suggest that the court divide the northern area of ​​Tianshan Mountain into three roads, the north of Tianshan Mountain, the west of the Pamir Mountains, the north of Wuhu River, and the east of the Aral Sea, which can be set as Shanbei Road."

Li Chao pointed to the Caspian Sea again and suggested that the Caspian Sea be named the West Sea. Originally, the imperial court had named the Aral Sea as the West Sea, so now Li Chao proposed to make the Caspian Sea the West Sea, because this is already the extreme of the western border of the Tang Dynasty.

This area between the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea is set as the Xikaido.

The Tochar land south of the Wuhu River and the place to the west are set as Daxia Road.

Daxia was one of the ancient countries mentioned after Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty, with millions of residents. Daxia was also the correct pronunciation of Tochar.

"The first step is that the court should immediately send 30,000 troops into the Western Regions, build five military towns, Yili, Suoye, Dayuan, Kangju, and Yuezhi, and station garrisons. Only by building military towns and garrisons can we control the north of the mountain."

Li Chao's plan is still taking steps, with 30,000 troops, of which five military towns are stationed in each town, and the other five thousand are used as patrol troops.

Only when the mountain is controlled can the nobles who were enfeoffed be moved safely and ensure the safety of subsequent Han immigration.

As for Daxia Road, it is necessary to build military forts and then immigrate. However, Xihai Province can only recruit local nomadic tribes first and then slowly explore them.

"The early 30,000 troops were quite a lot." Cheng Qian thought.

"Your Highness, where the horse hooves of the Tang Dynasty and where the battle flags are erected are the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Without horse spears and horizontal swords and bows, this Western Regions will be difficult to survive."

"But the 30,000 troops were transferred at once and the city was built, which was extremely expensive. This matter was of great importance, so I would also report it to Your Majesty."

Li Chao just smiled, "Your Highness is now the prince of the country, and it is only a trivial matter to station troops in the Western Regions. It is not too late to report to Your Majesty. Besides, Your Majesty's sons of noble officials before, didn't he say that he would set up five military towns?"

“Where does the expense come from?”

The court has such a large amount of money, but it must be through Yang Gongren, but Yang Gongren is extremely old-fashioned, so he must report to the emperor first.

After a while, I don’t know how much time it will take.

Moreover, it is not a trivial matter to transfer 30,000 troops. The transfer of troops must go through the review procedures of the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, and the North and South yamen, which is very troublesome.

This also involves the replenishment of the original defense zone after the troops are mobilized.

"Your Highness, I have an idea here. A large number of officers are going to graduate this year in the martial arts lecture hall. In addition, many officers are transferred to the Twelve Guards of the Southern Ya for training every year, and the Imperial Guards of the Northern Ya for rotation are also transferred to the border garrison."

Li Chao planned to recruit a group of soldiers, mainly Turks who moved inwardly, or veterans who had military experience in the past, such as those heroes and generals who rebel against the king in the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and then recruit some soldiers from the government. As children of soldiers from the government, they usually practice martial arts.

From these people who have served as soldiers and fought wars, 30,000 soldiers were recruited.

Then, a group of graduate officers and officers who were to be sent to train were drawn from the martial arts lecture hall and the Northern Imperial Army to form an expeditionary pioneering army.

In this way, fewer mobilizations are involved.

"Weiwei Temple has ready-made equipment, food and grass, and the equipment of tens of thousands of people is sufficient at any time."

"Then are these people considered soldiers from the palace when they arrive in Shanbei?"

In fact, Li Chao believed that it was better to have regular soldiers. After all, the government soldiers were of peasant soldiers. Now the Tang Dynasty is the Southern Yafu soldiers and the Northern Yafu soldiers. The imperial guards are the permanent soldiers, but the number is small, and the government soldiers are peasant soldiers, with a large number.

"You can organize these 30,000 soldiers into the palace soldiers, one thousand people into one Zhechong Mansion, and thirty Zhechong Mansions, and five thousand are stationed in the five towns in Shanbei, and patrolling the five towns. Give them land and give them land, and avoid entering the capital and joining the guards, but they are divided into five groups."

The fifth round means that the military soldiers in the palace are divided into five squads, one squad is on duty for two months. Ten months is a round, and they gather to garrison for training when they are on duty. The rest of the soldiers are farming at home, and they also have to train during slack farming, and those who are not on duty in battle must also be called.

However, the exemption from entering Beijing has indeed reduced a lot of burden. From the Western Regions to the Hanjing, even if it only takes one month to work a year, it probably takes three months to go on the way.

"I'm afraid there may not be many people willing to apply!" Cheng Qian said, the Western Regions are too far away, what are the benefits of being a soldier?

"Divid more land and give them a house deposit. The court will give them a set of equipment without bringing them."

Li Chao proposed a very preferential condition. After the system of government troops was released, government troops have always been a relatively superior group. First, because they can equalize the land, and generally give priority to government troops, and second, their land will not be rented and mediocre. In addition, they have the opportunity to rob trophy when they are in the army and fight, and are prone to achieve merit and promotion to get merits and awards, etc.

For many ordinary people in poor families, this is the only way for them to have the opportunity to enter the official career.

However, now that the imperial examination system has been released, coupled with the new official system, it is easy for ordinary people to become officials. Even under the new two taxes, the tax on the people is no longer heavy.

Being a military soldier is no longer as attractive as before. In the past, if you want to be a military soldier and get good people, you must have money and strong health, and you must have more brothers in your family.

It is most likely that the children of landlords and powerful men can be the most likely to be the soldiers of the palace, but the poor are not able to be the ones. They cannot even afford to buy equipment, and they do not have the conditions to practice martial arts since childhood.

Nowadays, people who serve in the army want to be an imperial guard. The imperial guards have monthly salary and monthly food, which is a profession. However, the military soldiers in the palace have no more generous things.

“Okay.”

Cheng Qian thought about it and finally agreed with Li Chao's plan. The court is still relatively rich now. Although there are many places to use money in recent years, it was the beginning of the dynasty, and the administration was relatively clear and there were not many places to embezzle taxes.

The court distributed land to the soldiers of the government and exempted them from taxes. Now they bought a set of equipment for them, and they didn't even have to bring their own equipment. The conditions were good enough, and the court also gave them a settlement fee, which was indeed a good salary.

In particular, the recruitment targets include the Turks who moved inwardly, the Southern Barbarians, Liyao, Shanyi and even the original slaves who were free from power, which was also a good new beginning for them.

The non-commissioned officers of this Western Regions Development Corps were mainly trainees in martial arts lecture halls, and the officers were mainly officers of the imperial guards.

the next day.

The content of the agreement between the Tang Dynasty and Rome was published in various newspapers, but it did not cause any trouble. However, the recruitment order of the Western Regions Development Legion in the court aroused the interest of many people. The conditions issued above were really surprising.

Eastern Palace.

Yang Gongren refused to sign and withdraw money.

"Yang Xiang, there must be a reason you refuse to sign, right?"

"It is impossible to recruit 30,000 new troops and horses, such a major matter, but it is so careless. I have no idea about it before, and I have not reported it to Your Majesty. I have to sign and withdraw the money."

Chengqian looked bad.

Li Chao stopped the prince with a smile.

"Secret Yang, you should know that before Your Majesty left the capital, he had already granted the prince the power to supervise the country. You should also know that the prince has already given the crown prince a crown prince. Now this Han Jing is really in charge of His Royal Highness."

"As the Minister of Responsible for Your Majesty, Yang is trusted by Your Majesty and should be loyal to his duties." Yang Gongren refused to give in.

Li Chao sighed. Yang Gongren is old and old. He is not the smart old man more than ten years ago.

"Yang Xiang, you are old and confused. You dozed off at court and even drooled. Your Highness discusses matters with you, and you often don't know anything." Li Chao said to Yang Gongren.

Yang Gongren widened his eyes, "Wen Yuan, what do you mean?"

Li Chao ignored him and turned to Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, Yang Xiang is old and old, your highness should be sympathetic to the old minister."

Cheng Qian understood, "What the Grand Master said is true. Yang Xiang, from today on, you will go back to the mansion to maintain peace and maintenance. You don't have to go to court again, nor do you have to go back to the Minister of the Secretariat. You can rest at home with peace of mind. If there are important military and national affairs, I will send someone to the mansion to ask for advice."

"You?" Yang Gongren was stunned.

Li Chao and the prince actually tried to remove his power from the regent, and even deprived him of his position as prime minister.

Go home and rest? That is to let him stand aside and not let him take charge anymore.

"Your Highness, I am still old!" Yang Gongren shouted angrily, but he was so angry that he suddenly couldn't stand steadily and fainted.

Li Chao stepped forward to support Yang Gongren and smiled, "Yang Xiang, you have to convince the elderly. Your Highness is also sympathetic to you, you have to understand your kindness."

Cheng Qian stepped forward and looked at it, and found that Yang Gongren was just fainting, and breathed a sigh of relief. If Yang Gongren was really angry, he would have the responsibility.

"Come here, I will pass on the imperial doctor and send Yang Xiangguo back to his house to recuperate!"

Chengqian looked at Yang Gongren who was being carried out and sighed a little unbearable.

"Teacher, are we doing this, right?"

"Your Highness, we didn't do anything. Look at Yang Xiangguo, who fainted just now. How can he treat affairs with such a body? Let him take good care of himself in the mansion."
Chapter completed!