Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 140
While Li Ye was marching on Baoxie Road, news of His Majesty the Emperor's attack on Chen Jingxuan spread to various feudal towns one after another.

The imperial court of the Tang Dynasty was like a sieve. In the imperial court, every feudal town more or less had its spokespersons.

The emperor's personal conquest will naturally be announced to the world. With these spokespersons, the speed at which the town receives news is naturally much faster than the imperial edict.

Out of Tongguan is Hezhong. Wang Chongying didn't speak for a long time after receiving the news.

The emperor personally conquered the land of Shu, naturally for the taxes of the land of Shu and Hanzhong, if the imperial court got the taxes of the land of Shu and Hanzhong, then what?

Going west to Hexi, south to Xishu, and north to Yuzhou, the next step of His Majesty the Emperor is to point his sword at the middle of the river.

Wang Chongying said to his subordinates worriedly: "The imperial court has hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers. What should we do if we leave Tongguan in the west and the Zhaoyi army attacks from the east?"

His son Wang Gong said: "Father, I have never disobeyed the emperor's order in Hezhong, and the two taxes in summer and autumn have not been cut off. At the beginning of the year, the imperial court attacked Xuanwu, and I produced 40 stones of grain and grass in Hezhong. If this is the case, they will also attack. Aren't they afraid that the world will not accept it? ?”

Wang Chongying looked at Wang Gong, and was even more worried. What kind of thing did he give birth to? The river is rich and rich, and the salt pond is also beneficial. The court must never forget it.

As for whether the vassals and towns are not convinced, the imperial court will obey if the fist is big, and if the fist is not big, of course they will not accept it.

But the current imperial court can pacify Li Maozhen and Tuoba Sigong, doesn't that explain anything?

"go away."

Wang Chongying didn't expect much from Wang Gong anymore. If you passed Shanguo and Hezhong to this bastard, you might lose everything in less than a year.

"What do you think Da Lang thinks?"

Dalang Wang Ke is the son of Wang Chongying's elder brother.Compared with Wang Gong, Wang Ke's performance is much calmer.

"Jie Shuai is connected to the east of the river, and his lips are dead and his teeth are cold. King Li should understand the truth!"

Wang Chongying nodded after listening.

"Any more?"

Wang Ke continued: "Jieshuai, the general will find out. This year, Guanzhong Dafeng, the imperial court has recently sent a large number of convoys to send grain to Luzhou. The general has made a rough estimate. I am afraid that it will not be less than a million shi. Come, build up the city defenses, strengthen the passes, and train the soldiers, isn't the purpose very clear?"

Wang Chongying frowned and said, "What do you want?"

"Jieshuai, to crusade against Xuanwu, Hedong sent troops, and Hezhong sent food, and the imperial court appointed a prime minister. According to the usual practice, when the feudal towns send troops, the imperial court will pay our army. I, Hezhong and Hedong will submit the form together, urging the imperial court as soon as possible. Deliver the food and wages, if the court refuses..."

"What if the court refuses to allow it?"

"If the imperial court does not allow it, we can meet at Hedong and attack Zhaoyi for ourselves. If this is the case, there will be no hidden danger of two lines of attack in our river."

Wang Chongying nodded, his brows were tightly furrowed. If he did this, it would be in the best interest of He Zhong, but if he really did it, the consequences would be very serious.

"If this is the case, there will be no peace with the imperial court. I am afraid that sooner or later they will meet with each other. The imperial court first smashes Fengxiang and then destroys the party. It is not the magic army of the day. This commander is very worried!"

Wang Ke laughed and said: "Don't worry about Jieshuai. In the third year of Qianfu, Tian Lingzi envied me for the salt in Hezhong, but the ancestor refused. The imperial court joined forces with Fengxiang, Jingyuan, Baoda and other feudal towns to attack Hezhong.

Xiangong made a small plan, saying that the imperial court wanted to be unfavorable to Hedong, and made an alliance with Li Ke with blood, so as to defeat the allied forces.This method can not only be used once! "

Wang Chongying still couldn't make a decision.

Wang Ke said: "Jieshuai, you should send envoys to Hedong as soon as possible, saying what Jieshuai means. Otherwise, you can only dedicate Hezhong and Shanguo to the imperial court!"

Zhang Fengying, a counselor under his command, also said.

"Jieshuai, Wang Pianjiang is right. Taking advantage of the great opportunity of the imperial army entering Shu, if the imperial court pacifies Shu and the army returns to Guanzhong, then it will be too late."

Wang Chongying thought over and over again, he was naturally unwilling to dedicate Hezhong and Shanguo to the imperial court. He was used to being the emperor of the land, so how could he bear being a minister of His Royal Highness.He sighed helplessly:
"That's all it takes."

Two days later, Hedong Taiyuan.

Li Keyong received the news that His Majesty the Emperor had entered Sichuan to attack Chen Jingxuan, and at the same time received a secret letter from Wang Chongying.

Opening the secret letter, Wang Chongying said that Li Keyong and his brother Wang Chongrong fought against Huang Chao side by side. He also said that Tian Lingzi, an anti-power eunuch of the Hebei Communist Party, took power to fight against the rebellion. , quite moved.

Then the style of painting changed, Wang Chongying said that the imperial court supported 20 soldiers, but did not send a single soldier to fight against rebellion. You and I sent troops and food, and the imperial court had no money to comfort them. This is because there are treacherous officials in the imperial court.

In the end, Wang Chongying suggested that Hedong and Hezhong should ask the court for 200 million guan and 100 million pieces of silk together, and at the same time be willing to send troops for the court to fight against the traitor Wei Zhaodu.

There is a passage in Wang Chongying's letter that speaks to Li Keyong's heart.

In the crusade against Xuanwu, the imperial court really did not give any money, and Li Keyong was used as a spear by the imperial court for nothing.

What made Li Keyong the most angry was that Zhaoyi recruited refugees to cultivate land, and even many of his people in the east of the river went to cultivate land.

The tax in Hedong is three out of ten, but the court set it in Zhaoyi as one out of ten, and in Zhaoyi, the land will be divided.

"Wang Chongying said in the letter that the imperial court transported 300 million shi of grain to Luzhou?"

Gai Yu said: "There is such a thing. Hundreds of carts from the imperial court were reported to transport grain from Chang'an to Luzhou non-stop. It has not stopped until now."

Li Ke slapped the letter on the table with resentment, and said: "There is a famine in the east of the river, and the king asked Nadu Rang for money, but he took out the emperor's handwritten letter, saying that the imperial court was attacking Tuoba Sigong, and the treasury was empty. It turns out that the imperial court is not short of money and food, but just refuses to give us the river east!"

Gai Yu said: "Last month, the king of the county asked for the lands of Ci, Ming, and Xing states. The court refused to allow it, so he can submit another form to ask for the Zhaoyi autumn tax to supplement the military funds in Hedong. I think that if the court refuses again, I will Let the troops in Hedong rejuvenate to show righteousness, and be righteous!"

Li Keyong nodded and said with a smile: "Gai Gong's words are in line with Wang Chongying's intention. With Hezhong blocking the front, I can benefit from Hedong."

Gai Yu nodded and said puzzledly: "It's just that I have always felt that the imperial court's magic strategy army is quite useless. It's really hard to figure out how it's okay to beat Li Maozhen and Tuoba Sigong in just one year."

Li Ke said with a smile: "Tuoba Sigong, like a rat, can only bow his knees and beg for mercy. In the past three battles against Huangchao, Tuoba Sigong was defeated and lost, and he even broke his younger brother Tuoba Siyi. In my opinion, he is the same as The Shence Army is no different."

Gai Yu shook his head, in the eyes of the king of the county, the Dangxiang soldiers are naturally not worth mentioning, and the Dingnan Army also gives four-season gifts every year, but Gai Yu knows very well that the Dangxiang soldiers are not as weak and deceitful as they appear on the surface.

(End of this chapter)