[Comprehensive Wear] It's hard to be a princess

The news of the victory came quickly. At first it was thought to be an encounter, but in the end it turned into a blitzkrieg. Until the Turkic royal court was breached, Xieli didn't react.

Xieli was really at a loss. For a long time, even though the Turks were split into two parts by Changsun Sheng and others, most of the time they had the upper hand against the Central Plains, like Sui Mo. For a while, most of the northern rebels were in collusion with the Turks, and the Turks supported them to keep the Central Plains in turmoil, so that they could keep sucking blood from the Central Plains.Therefore, they often even end up in person, helping one side beat the other.It was at that time that Datang reached an agreement with Tuli. After all, they did not want to be disrupted by Turks in the process of unifying the world.Therefore, the Li family paid a lot at that time.This is why Li Shimin accused Tuli Jieli of breaking the contract during the Weishui alliance.

Even in the past few years, after the Tang Dynasty settled down and started to develop rapidly, the people's livelihood can develop rapidly, but how can the army develop rapidly?The Turks, or the peoples on the grasslands, have always been the people who lead the bow. They started riding sheep when they were four or five years old, and they started riding horses when they were older. Therefore, they are people who really grew up on horseback. Cavalry has always been their dominant item.Originally, for the Turks, even if they couldn't fight for a while, they could run. However, this time, everyone was defeated in such a muddle-headed way. captive captive.Princess Yicheng is very stubborn. As the princess of the old Yang family, she married Da Sui back then. Although she did not delay the various open and secret struggles between Da Sui and Turks after her marriage, she is still relatively good as a married princess. It was successful, because she really controlled a part of the royal court's power.Therefore, when the Li family formed an alliance with the Turks, Princess Yicheng was actually sabotaging it secretly. However, the Li family gave too much, so in the end, the Turks lived a good life for a while relying on the things sent by the Li family. , but gave the Li family time to develop. Later, even if the Turks wanted to intervene again, they would have to worry about whether the Li family would directly send troops to the north.

Later, when the Turks went south, it was also because of Princess Yicheng. In short, the most important thing Princess Yicheng did was to add obstacles to the Tang Dynasty.

But in addition to Princess Yicheng, there are several important tasks on the Turkic side, that is, Yang Guang's Empress Xiao, and Yang Guang's grandson Yang Zhengdao. There are only more than 1 people under his command, including hundreds of officials and people under his rule, but it looks like the same thing.However, Yang Zhengdao, the emperor, anyone with a discerning eye knows what's going on. Speaking of it, Luo Khan was grateful for the Great Sui canonization of him as a Khan, so he reciprocated. In fact, it was nothing more than a rare commodity. In the future, if there is a chance, it will add chaos to the Central Plains.

However, Yang Zhengdao himself is very numerous. He is the posthumous son of Qi Wang Yang Wei. He was not born when Yang Guang and Yang Hao were killed by Yu Wenhuaji, so he survived. He has been in dizziness since he was born. Being in exile, I first followed Li Yuanji, then followed Dou Jiande, and then came to Turkic. In short, I am young and have experienced a lot.Empress Xiao herself is aware of current affairs. If she really didn't know current affairs, she would have died with Yang Guang's death. However, in order to protect her children and grandchildren, Empress Xiao has always been aggrieved.Now that the Tang army is attacking, Empress Xiao even has a feeling that she has finally arrived.

Empress Xiao has really experienced a lot in her life. She was originally a princess of a country, but the Liang country died when she was young.Later, due to various reasons, she became the concubine of Jin, and later the queen.Yang Guang was actually quite good to Empress Xiao, but later, Yang Guang broke the pot and was addicted to wine and sex. Empress Xiao failed to persuade her, so she had to give up in the end.Later, she endured the humiliation and served Yu Wenhua and Dou Jiande, but these two did not live long. After arriving in Turkic, Empress Xiao once felt that although this is a land outside of Huai, it is far away from the middle land after all, and she can be regarded as settled down. , but there has never been real peace between the Central Plains and the grasslands, so Empress Xiao has actually been waiting for the day when she returns to the Central Plains.

Li Shimin was quite tolerant towards the former Sui clan. After all, the Great Sui was devastated at the time, and now the officials in the court, even if they were officials in the former Sui Dynasty, contributed a lot to the collapse of the Great Sui. , They are actually more afraid of the restoration of the former Sui Dynasty. Therefore, treating the former Sui clan favorably is not a decision that makes history feel difficult to make.

Li Shimin is more interested in Xieli than the silver-haired Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao who has been a puppet emperor for several years but still looks timid.After all, Xieli brought him the greatest shame in this life, and now he can return this shame.

Not only Li Shimin, but Li Yuan also has a big heart.Li Yuan was naturally displeased with the Turks. One of the triggers of the Xuanwumen Incident was the Turkic invasion. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji took the opportunity to seize Li Shimin's military power and wanted Li Yuanji to lead the expedition.In the end, Li Shimin wasn't the type to let others bully him. After setting the atmosphere in place, he acted preemptively.

When the Turkic soldiers approached the city back then, although Li Yuan said that he seemed to be joking at that moment, he was also a little scared. He was afraid that Li Shimin would run away with his people and leave him alone. Fortunately, this did not happen.In addition, since the Han Dynasty, the grassland people have been a serious problem in the Central Plains. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, let’s not mention it. How do you think the ancestors grew from the Yellow River Basin to the present?Among other things, the ancestors of Qin Shihuang drove the chariot for the emperor of Zhou. After being knighted, they took their retainers to Guanzhong, which was still the territory of the Hu people at that time.At least in the Spring and Autumn period, everyone did it like this. The white beard and dog Rong in the north are hunting grounds for all countries, and they are directly bullied further and further north, until the north can no longer farm. , they were temporarily stopped.Like in the Warring States period, even though Yan and Zhao countries were like weak chickens when facing Qin, they were never ambiguous when fighting Donghu and Xiongnu.

That is to say, later, taking advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains, Mao Dun took the opportunity to bring a group of tribes oppressed by the Donghu to destroy the Donghu. It was considered to have unified the grassland and allowed the Xiongnu to really grow up. The Great Wall Legion in the north was also completely lost in the war. In the end, several emperors of the old Liu family were bullied by the Huns so badly that Mao Dun dared to hand over the letter of credence directly to Lv Hou to serve him.However, after Han Wudi, the Ruanfan King, married Wei Zifu, with Wei Qing and Huo Qubing two bu-level figures, the Xiongnu began the process of being hanged and beaten by the Central Plains for many years.

As a result, the Sima family, a group of weak chickens who were not expert enough in the civil war, finally made the people of the Central Plains renew their fear of the Hu people. Although the Li family was also a member of the Guanlong military nobles in the north, they were also suppressed by the Hu people for a long time. Tossing hard, in order to survive, they honestly married the daughter of a Xianbei nobleman, and then married a Xianbei surname for themselves. It was not until Yang Jian usurped the throne that a group of Han nobles who had changed their Xianbei surnames changed their surnames. Come over, this is also the reason for those aristocratic families to laugh at them.

In short, the Turks were not destroyed when the Sui Dynasty was there. Now, although my son said that the Eastern Turks were destroyed, it was also the destruction of a Hu regime. Therefore, Li Yuan was so happy that he called Li Shimin over to praise him. After a while, Li Shimin, who hadn't gotten a good face from Li Yuan for several years, was flattered, and wished he could go and wipe out the Western Turks immediately.

Regarding this feat of destroying the country, a group of princes and princesses actually have nothing to say. After all, the oldest Li Chengqian is just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child. At most, he writes some hymns at the banquet, but the court is very lively now. , everyone wants to carve up the interests left after the demise of the Eastern Turks.After all, the wool business is getting better and better. Now everyone wears woolen sweaters under their court clothes. Nowadays, women not only use various leathers, but also use wool to make various decorations.Especially women in the middle and lower classes can't afford any bright jewelry, but it is still very cheap to hook a few accessories with wool. Tie this kind of wool jewelry to jewelry such as hairpins and hairpins, and wear it on your head to naturally increase your beauty. Kind of cute.This kind of trend has also spread to the upper class. Now whoever's girl can weave brighter patterns, it is enough to show off in the circle of little sisters for a long time.Even in the palace, many court ladies would crochet a few stitches when they had nothing to do.These days, unless there are some special circumstances, the maids in the palace have almost no hope of going out after entering the palace. If they want to go further, they must either become female officials or become a member of the concubines, even if they are just low-level concubines. As for the concubine, maybe she is lucky enough to have a son and a half daughter, so she will have hope for the rest of her life.

Under such circumstances, any fool can see that the wool market is not only in the Central Plains, but these can also be sold elsewhere. Among other things, in Goguryeo, woolen wool and felt are more expensive than Kaiyuan Tongbao. They have purchasing power, and it is really cold there, but apart from animal skins, there is nothing to keep out the cold, and there is no cotton these days, so if they want to avoid the cold, they hardly go out when it is cold.But the lower class can’t go out, but the upper middle class can’t. They have all kinds of social activities. Although they can rely on the charcoal stove to keep out the cold, it’s not that convenient after all. In addition, the nobles on the grassland don’t like to dress like sheep. They actually have money, but under normal circumstances, the money cannot be exchanged for the corresponding things. If any necessities are transported from the Central Plains to the grasslands, if there is no ten times the profit, the businessman is not qualified!

Under such circumstances, everyone wished to take people to divide up the grassland immediately and raise the sheep quickly. Therefore, no one said Huairou, and then canonized a Khan on the grassland, and even I feel that Jieli has already been captured, and the little Khan Tuli should also be captured to be with Jieli. In short, those nobles on the grasslands, it’s okay to die in battle, and one of them survives. Just put it in the Central Plains and enjoy the peace and happiness. As for the grasslands, they should be educated on their behalf.

Li Shimin himself is also very greedy for the wool business, but the royal family really can't monopolize this kind of thing. Therefore, in the end, he simply discussed in the court and directly changed the nominal fiefdoms of a group of honorable ministers. It has expanded a lot, and it has all been transferred to the grassland.Of course, Li Shimin also engaged in private goods in it. After all, those who have titles are not only a group of founding ministers, but also a group of clans. Li Shimin has a lot of younger brothers and sons.It doesn't matter about the clan or something, after all, it has been like this in all dynasties. People hang their heads on their waistbands to rebel, naturally for the sake of one person gaining enlightenment and ascending to heaven.But the benefits were all taken away by those with titles, which naturally made those aristocratic families quite dissatisfied. Few of them had titles, and even if they did, the titles were not very big, and they didn't have much land at all.Therefore, a group of officials headed by the family began to complain, feeling that Li Shimin was mean and ungrateful.

What else is there to say, Li Shimin simply launched an activity of selling officials and titles, but the titles sold are limited to the development of grasslands, and at most they are county officials, they cannot be higher, and don’t expect to be in the Tang Dynasty. What kind of privileges can there be in the territory? After all, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, there are eight opinions, and the use of titles to offset crimes has also been practiced since the Qin and Han Dynasties.These titles purchased by the family do not have similar privileges.Although it is very tricky, these aristocratic families still have to bleed. After all, although no one has summed up the Matthew Effect these days, they have always known that they have experienced troubled times. As long as you don’t pay attention, then However, the decline of the family is actually just one or two wrong choices.For example, in Jiangnan back then, the Xie family was so beautiful, even the Wang family had to back down a bit, but in the end, what about the Xie family now?

The price Li Shimin offered was also very high, but the various families still gathered what Li Shimin wanted in the first place, and even those families who regarded land as their lifeblood even sold their land in order to gather enough resources. As a result, in the Tang Dynasty, land prices also fell sharply.

Li Shimin's operation did not come from the mouths of those who traversed. In fact, since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, various weird systems have appeared in the Central Plains. At that time, Li Shimin felt that it was not applicable.Now, it's better to occupy the territory first than to negotiate a perfect solution.After all, the news of the demise of the Eastern Turks has begun to spread, and soon, the nearby tribes will find a way to occupy the playground that originally belonged to the Eastern Turks. Will there be another fight to grab the playground?So it is better to divide the playground directly to the people below, and let them toss about it by themselves, so as to save the court from spending money in it.There is no way, it is too expensive to fight these years, even if the spoils are quite generous, but a considerable part of these were given to the meritorious soldiers last time, and it is not easy to discount the rest, let alone rewarding Li Jing and the others later The general who leads the troops is the big head.Moreover, when the army is away, people use horses to chew every day, which is a heavy burden for the court.

Li Shimin really loves Fengyu, the eldest daughter, so he actually allocated a piece of pasture to her on the grassland. Fengyu doesn't need to manage it by himself, but someone sent by Li Shimin to manage it directly. The income here will be the future. Feng Yu's private house has lost money.

Li Shimin's behavior also made the other princesses feel sour. However, no one dared to call out unfairness to Li Shimin, but Li Yuan's daughters who were about to get married ran to Li Yuan's house to beat the side drums. Their luck was real. Not very good, not as good as those older sisters. Princess Pingyang Zhao was married before Li Yuan's incident, but after that, she has been extremely favored, and she has military achievements. Some feel guilty, all kinds of rewards have never stopped, and the other ones are princesses married after Li Yuan ascended the throne. It's not peaceful yet, the daughter's marriage is a marriage, and Li Tang's country is stabilized, so the moves are relatively generous.But now it is Li Shimin who is in power. Even if Li Yuan has some private houses, how much can he have after distributing them to a large group of children? Li Shimin probably married these younger sisters in accordance with the rules, and there would be no extra rewards. Most likely, they won't be someone too important, which will inevitably make them feel unwilling.Now, the nieces are going to be little rich women soon, and they have to ask Li Yuan for some money for makeup. The contrast here is very tragic.

Li Yuan naturally also wanted to fight for welfare for his own daughter, but Li Shimin's reason was also very simple. The East Turkic territory seemed to be very large, but there were also many people who divided it. Li Shimin also left a piece for his younger brothers. It's not enough, and if you want to distribute it to the princess, do you want to divide it from the share of a group of imperial brothers?

Li Yuan stopped talking immediately, although the princess is a caring little padded jacket, but the sons are the blood inheritance!Although the royal family is rich in resources, under normal circumstances there is almost no patriarchal situation, but in fact, as a princess, the resources you can get are far inferior to the princes. In name, the status of the prince and the princess is equal. Yes, but after they are conferred separately, you will find that the salary of the princess and the prince are different, and the food is also different. Even if they can be granted in the future, the upper limit of the princess is much lower than that of the prince.Like now, when Li Yuan thought about it, if the pasture was given to his son, it would belong to his grandson in the future, but if it was given to his daughter, his grandson's surname would not be Li, and it would become more and more irrelevant to the old Li's family. up.

Li Yuan didn't ask why Li Shimin only gave Feng Yu, Li Shimin himself was willing to give his daughter a special treatment, so Li Yuan naturally had nothing to say.On the contrary, in the court hall, Wei Zheng jumped out again, thinking that Fengyu, a princess, does not have meritorious service to the country like Princess Pingyangzhao, so why should she enjoy unusual treatment?Before Li Shimin could speak, Li Chengqian and Li Tai jumped out, saying that these were allotted from their pasture, and they were willing to give them to their sister, and no one else could control them.

This is also Li Shimin's excuse to discuss with Li Chengqian and Li Tai in case of emergency. Although the two brothers have begun to disagree with each other, they are indeed good to Fengyu. The reputation of being a friendly brother is very important to them, but , They can't show too much friendship to their brothers, because brothers are more competitors, like now, even Li Ke has begun to speak out in the court, they can't show Li Ke too Olive branch, so, no matter in terms of feelings or interests, it is not a bad thing to show brotherhood to Feng Yu.What's more, it was Li Shimin's decision at all. The pastures the two of them were assigned to were not all first-class in terms of geographical location or size. After all, Li Shimin was very particular about this aspect. It was awarded to a group of founding heroes, but in the clan, they are all first-class, so they are naturally willing to say this.

When the two opened their mouths, Wei Zheng immediately had nothing to say. Although he felt that this was actually the result of the collusion of the three of them, there was a suitable reason that was acceptable in terms of etiquette. You can not understand a father who abuses the treasury for his daughter, but you cannot understand two elder brothers who are willing to sacrifice their own interests for the sake of their beloved sister.

Li Shimin couldn't help but be a little proud of the fact that it was rare for Wei Zheng to be deflated. However, these are actually small details, and the next thing is more important.A group of Xunchen families who had divided their territory on the map were worried about nights and dreams, so they each sent their own guards to the grassland to race horses to enclose the land, stared at the map to find a good place, buried the boundary marker, and then began to recruit people.

That’s right, just to recruit people, the Han people also engage in breeding, but it’s a sideline business other than planting, and it’s not a large-scale one. The poorer ones just raise some chickens and ducks. These don’t necessarily need to eat food, but they eat a la carte leaves or even grass Insects can grow up. Of course, the chickens and ducks raised in this way must not lay eggs very much, because the nutrition is not enough, that is, during the locust plague, they were released to eat small locusts, and the soil was pecked at the ground. The ones with insect eggs are more able to lay eggs and grow bigger. In those two years, many people who raised chickens and ducks really made a fortune.Even those big families would not raise large-scale livestock because of the high risk. Therefore, for the large-scale grazing on the grassland, few people are really good at it, so they have to recruit the herdsmen on the grassland. In fact, people "hired" from Goguryeo and other places will also be sent directly to the grasslands, so that they can learn to take care of cattle and sheep.Of course, outsiders can't be trusted, so each family has to pick out a few less accomplished children from the family and even the clan, and bring the servants to preside over it.These people are afraid that they will spend most of their lives on the grassland in the future, so it is inevitable that some people will be dissatisfied. However, most people know that they themselves have no future in the family. There was a day when they were in their prime, so they finally got ready honestly. As a result, there were always strong people, and then something happened.

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