Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 158 Entering Dongchuan
Chengdu, Jiedushifu Yamen
Civil servants and military generals lined up on the left and right, and the emperor sat high in the hall.

Under the hall, Tian Lingzi, Chen Jingxuan, Wang Jian, Li Jian, and Wang Bangzhong all knelt down in the hall.

What Wang Jian didn't expect was that Hua Hong was standing next to him as a military commander, and was still very close to him.

"He must have betrayed me!"

Wang Jian thought, but at this moment, he didn't dare to show his teeth to Hua Hong. Given the opportunity, Wang Jian whispered to Hua Hong, "I'm a prisoner, and I'm a side general. If your majesty asks later, I'll ask the general to help you." two."

Hua Hong turned his head and said nothing.

Tian Lingzi, who was at the front of the hall, was ashamed at this time, and he is still regretting why he owed him at that time, and he gave the King of Shou a horsewhip. At this time, the dragon ascended to the nine heavens and the king came to the world. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that he could not escape this disaster .

He thought that the emperor would mock him, and then use the most brutal criminal law to cut him into pieces to dispel his anger, but how could he guess what the emperor would do.

Li Ye walked in front of Tian Lingzi and said, "The late emperor honored you as a father, but when the late emperor passed away, he was not by his side to wait on you?"

Tian Lingzi thought of Emperor Xizong Li Xuan, the emperor who always trusted him unconditionally, once shared weal and woe with him, and when he was hiding in the mansion, he was even more connected with his master and servant.

Later, Li Xuan became the emperor, and Tian Lingzi also ascended to the sky in one step. With power in his hands, his desires grew stronger and stronger. He had military power, and because of the emperor's trust, he was invincible in the officialdom like swords and swords.

Huang Chao came, he led the emperor to flee to Western Shu, and gathered troops to suppress the bandits. He had a lot of money and a lot of power. He bought people's hearts and even covered the sky with one hand.

He offended Wang Chongrong for the benefit of salt, and Li Maozhen for self-interest.

More and more people are against him.

Use your own strength to lay yourself down into the abyss.

No one to blame, no one to blame, only myself to blame.

Tian Lingzi thought of the late emperor on the sickbed, so weak and helpless.

After going through so much, Tian Lingzi couldn't help but feel that the world is dangerous. He looked at Wang Jian next to him, but the other party's eyes were dodged and he dared not look directly at him.

As a godson, he personally led troops to attack him, and when it was the best, he even sold himself to the emperor as a stepping stone.

What a mockery!

He is not alone in this world, but there is someone who has always trusted him and regarded him as his confidant.

That is the first emperor.

It's the first emperor, why am I so stupid.

I used to have the world's top glory and wealth.

Tian Lingzi burst into tears, he thought of Xi Zong from childhood until he ascended the throne.

Scenes of pictures floated before his eyes, and each scene was like a knife, cutting his heart.

Even though the first emperor felt sorry for the whole world, he owed nothing to Tian Lingzi.

Regret!Why didn't I see the late Emperor for the last time.

"Your Majesty, after the death of this old slave, please give me your Majesty's grace to accompany this old slave at the feet of the late emperor!"

Li Ye let out a long sigh, and said, "I agree, go and guard the mausoleum for the late emperor, I will never leave Jingling one step in this lifetime."

Li Ye turned to Chen Jingxuan and said, "You are the same. I will give you a hundred mu of land beside Jingling Mausoleum. You brothers, let's guard the mausoleum of the late emperor together, from generation to generation!"

His Majesty's handling of it surprised the officials and generals in the hall. They thought that His Majesty would cut Tian Lingzi into pieces, but he let it go.

Compared with the treatment of hacking into pieces and exterminating the family, Shouling seems to have no punishment at all.

Revenge with a whip, I heard it was still hit in the face.

His Majesty the Emperor forgave Tian Lingzi.

If you think about it carefully, you are all in admiration, the emperor has a heart like a valley, he really looks like an emperor!
Li Ye really didn't think about it that much. Although Tian Lingzi was hateful, but thinking about it carefully, Tian Lingzi had never openly rebelled against the imperial court, but his selfishness was too heavy to disrupt the court, and he was much better than the previous powerful officials Li Fuguo and others.

What's more, the eunuchs in the imperial court were wiped out. There was no need to use Tian Lingzi's head to frighten him. Let his two brothers guard the mausoleum of the late emperor for generations.

And His Majesty the Emperor naturally gained a reputation for being broad-minded.

After dealing with Tian Lingzi, Wang Jian is naturally next.

"Rebel, do you have anything else to say?"

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty, the last general also made contributions to Tang! The last general is willing to die for His Majesty."

Li Ye looked at Hua Hong and said, "General Hua, what do you think?"

Wang Jian looked at Hua Hong enthusiastically, and Hua Hong said solemnly: "Your Majesty, when the last general sent troops, Wang Jian did not say to fight His Majesty, and none of the soldiers under his command knew..."

"you……"

In a word, everyone understood that Wang Jian's army was fighting against the emperor, and his disobedience was clearly revealed.

"Hua Hong, I treat you very well, why is this! Why is this!"

"Is it too thick to lie to me and wait for rebellion?"

"you……"

Li Ye shook his head and said: "Come here, take Wang Jian under arrest, hang him to death, and then take his head. The rest of the people, etc., will be beheaded at the military gate, and passed on to the Eastern and Western Sichuan states."

"promise!"

Mianzhou Inspector Yang Shouhou said: "Your Majesty, Wang Jian's family members are all in Gu Yanlang's place in Zizhou, what should we do?"

Yang Shouhou was terribly oppressed by Wang Jian. If he could step on it at this time, of course he would step on it.

"If a woman does not enter the court, the man will be tattooed as a slave!"

"promise!"

Li Ye turned to Zhao Xi and said, "I heard that Concubine He Shu's hometown is Zizhou!"

Zhao Xidao: "Going back to Your Majesty, it is in Zizhou. Concubine Shu has always wanted to get together with her family, but a few years ago, Beijing and China were not peaceful, so they never made it."

"This time I have to take a look!"

"promise!"

At this time, there was another audience outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, the three prefectures of Meizhou, Jianzhou, and Shuzhou are all determined by rumors. Meizhou Inspector Shan Xingzhang and others are all pleading guilty outside the hall."

"Let them in!"

This group of people don't need to be killed, just save them for their crimes and meritorious deeds, Li Ye severely reprimanded them.

The most important thing now is what to do with so many surrendered troops?
In the Emperor's Palace in Chengdu, Li Ye summoned Jingxiang to discuss matters.

His Majesty the Emperor sighed and said: "Wang Jian's army rises up so quickly and falls so quickly, why is that?"

Jing Xiang said: "At that time, although Wang Jian's soldiers were prosperous, they couldn't be of one mind. There were many surrenders and resentment in the army, but it is normal for a strong army to be defeated."

Li Ye nodded. If Wang Jian's army hadn't had the Chengdu army to flee first, it would certainly not have been defeated so quickly.

"A large army needs to be united as one. This is what we need to remind ourselves."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Li Ye shook his head and said, "I originally wanted to use these surrendered troops to fill the armies, but now I am a little worried. If these surrendered troops do not agree with each other, there may be future troubles. Jing Xiang, what do you think should be done?"

Wang Jian had eliminated the old and weak in the original Chengdu army, and removed those who died in battle and those who fled. Even so, there were [-] to [-] troops surrendered, which is not a small number.

Jing Xiang said: "Although Shu soldiers are not good at fighting, if they are trained properly, they are not incapable of fighting. In the past, Cui Gong searched for generals and schools of Xuanwu Army, trained Shu soldiers, and got three thousand elites. , the first battle was won, so why don't your majesty send generals to train and build two new armies?"

Li Ye nodded, with the wealth of three rivers, it would be no problem to add two more armies, but thousands of soldiers are easy to get, but generals are hard to find?
"Your Majesty, Hua Hong is self-disciplined, and he has the spirit of the army. He can be a general. Yang Sheng, the Weirong Jiedu envoy, has been fighting against the mountain people in Tubo. He can also be a general. With these two people, he will definitely be able to train two for His Majesty." A strong army."

Li Ye thought about it carefully, now there are two lines in the imperial army, one is the original forbidden army line, the other is the guest army line brought by Zhu Zhen, and the next is the Shu army line.

Whether the three factions check and balance each other, or eliminate factions, I am among you, and you are among me, Li Ye is a little uncertain.

After thinking about it, I haven't reached this point yet. In the future, we can transfer each other's troops and soldiers from each school.

That being the case, the action is not anti-big.

"The Dragon Sword Army and the Mianzhou Army will also be reorganized together. In my opinion, Yang Shouzhen and Yang Shouhou are not generals. How about letting them return to the court to serve as officials?"

Jing Xiang thought for a while, and thought it was ok, and said: "The Hanzhong army doesn't need so many. If there is nothing wrong in Chang'an, then Hanzhong will be fine. The left and right Hanzhong armies, each with 5000 troops, is enough to guard the Hanshui pass."

Li Ye nodded, he wanted to follow the route of elite soldiers, not indiscriminate soldiers.

"I will sit in town for another three days. Three days later, I will lead the Zuohuwei Army and the Sixth Cavalry Army to Dongchuan Zizhou. I will stay here to respect Aiqing as the governor of the military affairs. After the army is completed, I will lead the army to join me in Dongchuan. Hand over political affairs to Cui Anqian."

"promise!"

After the agreement, Li Ye summoned Zhu Zhen, An Fujiang, Hua Hong, Yang Sheng, Yang Shouhou, Yang Shouzhen, Yang Shouliang, and Yang Shouzhong to discuss the matter.

Announce resolutions directly in the hall.

All the town soldiers had no objection.

Yang Shouliang, in particular, let out a long breath. He has 5000 troops in his hands, the most among the town troops, but what is the use?

In the past, soldiers were recruited to protect themselves, but now they hold the emperor's thigh. As long as they don't rebel, are they afraid of being bullied by other feudal towns?

On the contrary, with so many soldiers, it is not beautiful to arouse the suspicion of the emperor.

The emperor now proposes to reduce the number of troops in the Hanzhong Army, and naturally one hundred people agree, so what other ideas can there be.

Li Ye said to Yang Sheng again: "Yang Jiedu, the Weirong Army will still be organized according to the original 3000 people, but I will not grant Jiedu envoys. From now on, they will be replaced by defensive envoys, who have military power, but The power of governance belongs to the governor, and the supply of soldiers, horses, money and food is paid by the imperial court.

As for the candidate for the defense envoy, please recommend a general! "

"promise!"

The Weirong army was facing the remnants of Tubo, and they still couldn't retreat, and the fighting power in the army was not bad, fearing that something would happen if they hired outsiders, Li Ye thought about it, and asked Yang Sheng to recommend a subordinate to take up the post.

After the restructuring, the Jiange of Liangchuan was moved to Hanzhong, Rongzhou under the Weirong Army was moved to Xichuan, Mianzhou of Dongchuan was moved to Xichuan, and Hanzhou of Xichuan was moved to Dongchuan, forming a criss-cross pattern.

In Liangchuan Township, the Weirong Army guards Tubo, and the Zuo Han Zhongjun guards Jiange. As for Yuzhou on the edge of the Yangtze River, there must be a garrison.

In addition, in Hanzhou, Mianzhou garrison, Dongchuan has changed, Xichuan soldiers can go directly, and Xichuan has changed, Dongchuan army can also go directly.

In the entire Liangchuan, five garrisons, [-] soldiers and horses are enough, and each state can set up [-] city defense soldiers. The old rule is that the city defense soldiers must not have armor, and the ability to fight in the field is castrated. If something happens, the imperial army can also follow the golden bull way Directly to Chengdu.

(End of this chapter)