Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 14
It's nothing that Zhang Chengye was granted the title of Duke of Shu. In the history of Tang Dynasty, the eunuch Li Fuguo was once granted the title of county king, which was also the first of its kind in Tang Dynasty.

However, the servant of the household department is the same as Ping Zhang, and it will be a big deal if he participates in political affairs. Zhang Chengye has already been ranked as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

As for why it is the Ministry of Households, you need to know the original historical process. Zhang Chengye was in charge of the money bag for Li Cunxu.This can be regarded as doing a good job.

However, Li Ye had already declared that he would treat Zhang Chengye as a national scholar, relieve Zhang Chengye from his position as a servant in the industry, move out of the inner palace, and give him the official office of the mansion.

Zhang Chengye's achievements are worthy of this kindness.

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The Eighteenth Army of the Beiya (the Tenth Army of the Infantry and the Eighth Army of the Cavalry) have been reorganized.

The sixteen guards of Nanya were originally set up by the soldiers of the Datang government. During the reign of Xuanzong Tianbao, the military system of the government collapsed, and the sixteen guards became decorations.

Nowadays, Li Ye plans to restart the Sixteenth Guards, and all males of the right age (16 to 40 years old) registered in Jingzhao Mansion will be included in the Sixteenth Guards. They are usually busy with farming, and do some basic military training in their spare time. Supplementary soldiers of the Eighteenth Army of Beiya can also exist as auxiliary soldiers.

This time, the three prime ministers of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household, Du Rangneng, Zhang Jun, and Kong Wei, together with Liu Chongwang, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Chengye, Minister of the Ministry of Household, were involved in the discussion.

There is a real shortage of ministers of the household department, so Zhang Chengye is temporarily in charge of the household department.

Zhang Chengye reported: "Recently, the Ministry of Households conducted an actual investigation and supervised the counties to conduct a new census of household registration, register and compile the registers. It was found that there are 17 households in Jingzhao Prefecture, of which there are more than 630 widowed households, with a total population of 42. Age-appropriate There are only more than [-] males."

After repeated wars and natural disasters, 42% of the population of Jingzhao Mansion dropped. Of the [-] people, at least [-]% were just moved from Hezhong Mansion. Li Ye and all the ministers felt very heavy when this data was reported.

Jingzhao is so exhausted.

"Duke, what is the strategy to increase the household registration and population of Jingzhao?"

Zhang Chengye said: "First, recruit refugees. Second, announce to all states, prefectures, and counties that any people who come to Jingzhao to beg for work will be granted land by the imperial court. Third, the imperial court will reduce or exempt the land tax for newly reclaimed land."

Li Ye nodded approvingly, and asked Zhang Chengye to draw up a charter and issue six parts for implementation.

As for the garrison of the Sixteen Guards of Nanya, it is much easier to have the register of the household department.Every one hundred households is divided into one district, one hundred household heads are set up, ten hundred households are turned into one capital, and the capital training envoys are set up, ten capitals are one guard, and guard training envoys are set up. Schedule training, bookkeeping, etc.Qianniuwei and others were removed from the guard of honor, and the personnel were incorporated into the bodyguards.

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Heyang
After Zhu Wenbiao's general Ding Hui stayed as Heyang Jiedu envoy, the imperial court refused to grant this post to Li Keyong's son Li Cunxu.

When Zhu Wen received the report, he was about to burst into tears. Only then did he know that Li Ke's use of Mi Bing Heyang was originally planned by the imperial court.

"This must be the plan of Du Rangneng and Zhang Jun. I must take the lead and blow my bones to ashes, so that I can vent my hatred."

I hate it too much, the situation is so good, overnight, everywhere is hindered.

Zhu Wen ordered his general Ding Hui to lead 2 troops to garrison Heyang, and Zhang Quanyi returned to Luoyang to garrison. Zhu Wen led his own army to attack Qin Zongquan.

Zhu Wen immediately went straight to Heyang without stopping.

Li Ke kicked off the curtain directly with his first head-to-head confrontation with Zhu Wen.

At that time, Li Keyong had already arrived in Heyang, and ordered Li Hanzhi, who was still assisting in the battle, to attack the city.

In the past few days, Dinghui has strengthened the city defense, and there are many soldiers. Li Han has been fighting hard for days, and Li Han's suffering is unspeakable.

Li Keyong saw that the city could not be attacked for a long time, the road was far away, and the supply of food and grass was difficult, so he divided his troops to plunder the surrounding area, engulfing hundreds of thousands of households, and handing them all over to Li Hanzhi to drive.

Li Hanzhi chose the strong ones to join his army, and forced the old and the weak, women and children to dig the city and fill the river. Ding Hui ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows on the city.

In troubled times, demons are in the world!
At that time, Li Cunxiao led his army and horses to plunder the southeast. From afar, he saw that the official road was full of dust and flags.The estimated number is about ten thousand.

Li Cunxiao was overjoyed, and said to the left and right: "This must be the vanguard of Zhu Wen's army. All the soldiers, may you follow me to win the first place and earn the first merit."

All the soldiers are willing to go.

Immediately, Li Cunxiao ordered more than [-] riders of his troops to hide behind the slope, and when Zhu Wen's soldiers and horses approached, Li Cunxiao led his troops to ride down the slope and go straight to Shuaiqi.

The Bian army was shocked, and there was no time to form a formation. The forward brigade was led by Zhu Zhen, Zhu Wen's general. At this moment, seeing that there were few Jin soldiers, they did not panic. , The archer shoots in the back.

It's a pity that Li Cunxiao's advance was too fast, and the soldiers were scattered by the iron cavalry before they could gather in time.In a blink of an eye, he was about to break into Shuai Qi's location.

Zhu Zhen had more than a hundred cavalry under his command, so he had no choice but to rush forward to buy some time for the commander.

But at this time, Li Cunxiao was completely blinded by killing people, and rushed up to more than a hundred people, slashed horizontally, and three guards fell off the horse. shock path.

Zhu Zhen was already dumbfounded at this time, she discarded the tent of the Chinese army flag, returned to her horse and fled. The rest of the people saw that the commander's flag had fallen, and they had no fighting spirit, and then broke up. Fighting until the sunset, more than [-] people were killed in the array, and countless supplies were obtained, and the rest were collapsed. Zhu Zhen only escaped with her body.

In this battle, Li Cunxiao fought heartily.

When the battle report came, Li Keyong was overjoyed, and said to the left and right: "My son Li Cunxiao really Xiang Yu has come back to life."

When Zhu Wen received the battle report, he said angrily to Zhu Zhen: "I have warned you that the cavalry of the Hedong Army is still long, so you should send more scouts to investigate, and you must be careful during the march. If you don't listen, you will be attacked today." This disastrous defeat will implicate the entire army, come here! Push out the army gate and behead."

All the generals knelt down and begged for forgiveness, saying: "This place is a hundred miles away from Heyang. I really don't know what happened to Li Cunxiao here. Besides, it is not good to kill a general in front of the battle. Please allow General Zhu to take the crime and make meritorious service."

Only then did Zhu Wen pardon Zhu Zhen, and she was relegated to the rank of Sima of the marching army, and Zhu Zhen thanked her.

Zhu Wen said to all the generals and soldiers: "Today, the vanguard is newly defeated, and the bandits and bandits are gaining strength. What is your plan to defeat the enemy?"

General Ge Congzhou said: "The rebels have many cavalry and few infantry, and it is inconvenient to transfer food and grass. Our army has many infantry and few cavalry, and sufficient food and grass. After a while, the thieves retreated by themselves."

Zhu Wen nodded and said yes: "This strategy is exactly what I think."

So he led the Chinese army to form a stronghold and confronted Li Keyong. Ge Congzhou led more than ten thousand cavalry to look for opportunities to break through the food road.

Li Ke used to call out repeatedly, but Zhu Wen didn't come out.

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(End of this chapter)