Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 165
Zhu Wen was obsessed with the influence of His Majesty's victory in Sanchuan, but in Weibo, Lulong, and Chengde towns, they should eat and drink, and what happened in Chang'an had nothing to do with them.

For more than 100 years, the three towns have been like this. As long as the imperial court does not come to attack them, it does not matter to them if the sky falls.

This is also what Li Ye likes. For more than 100 years, the territory of the three towns has basically not changed. Between the three towns, although you attack me and kill each other, the replacement of Jiedu envoys is like a horse watching flowers. Just kill the chief officer and replace the Jiedu envoy.

But among the three towns, none of the feudal towns came out to attack the city and conquer the territory, and wanted to be the emperor.

From this point of view, the division of the three towns of Heshuo is still very successful. During the more than 100 years in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, there were no border troubles in the north and northeast where the three towns were stationed.

"An Shi sent troops to settle the three towns of Lulong, Weibo, and Chengde. The emperor feared that the three towns would rebel, and set up Yiwu, Hedong, Zhaoyi, Xuanwu, Ziqing and other towns outside the three towns to check and balance. Guard the border.

During the reign of Emperor Suzong, someone suggested that the feudal towns be allowed to govern the country, and the imperial court act as an agent of the feudal towns. Isn’t this a peaceful policy? The Huainan towns established by the history of the Anshi Rebellion were not abolished, and new feudal towns were set up in Huainan and Jingxiang to prevent Xuanwu , Zhaoyi..."

Li Ye couldn't help but laugh like dominoes. In order to guard against the three towns of Heshuo, the imperial court set up seven or eight towns to control Henghe Shuo. Now, it is gradually becoming a trend that cannot be lost.

"It's ridiculous that Weibo, Lulong, and Chengde have not rebelled, and Ziqing, Huainan and other post-established feudal towns have rebelled one after another."

Li Ye was wondering why this situation happened. Are the three towns of Heshuo reversed?Of course they turned against the imperial court, but the reason was not that Sanzhen wanted to turn against it.

The "Four Kings and Two Emperors" rebellion that occurred during Dezong's time was triggered by the fact that Dezong wanted to weaken Chengde's power. Without discussing with Chengde's army, he directly issued an imperial edict to destroy Chengde's Cangzhou Chengde was set aside, and another town was established together with Yi and Dingzhou.

Unexpectedly, the people in Cangzhou were unwilling to leave Chengde. For a time, the war was in full swing, and the whole world rebelled.

Lessons learned from past history, later generations avoid it.

"If Aiqing were in the situation at that time, what would she do?"

Jing Xiang smiled and said: "I know what happened next, so I really don't know what to say when I talk about the current affairs at that time!"

"Ha ha!"

The servant called out from outside the dragon chariot: "Your Majesty, Qipanling is ahead. Commander Zhang Yi will report that the sergeant is exhausted. Do you want to make a meal?"

Li Ye took a long breath and arrived at Qipan Ridge. After crossing Qipan Ridge, it was Guanzhong Fengzhou.After tossing for half a year, I finally came back.

"Let's make a meal!"

Li Ye and Jing Xiang got out of the dragon chariot and strolled along the path, their bones were almost falling apart.

The servant sent another memorial. The first one was sent by Du Rangneng in the name of Zhongshu Province. Du Rangneng wanted to lead hundreds of officials out of the city ten miles to meet Wang Shi, and the people of Chang'an lined the road to welcome him.

Li Ye shook his head and vetoed it. He is not a person who loves meritorious deeds. The previous few times he went in and out of the platoon to show his prestige.
Flipping through another list, Li Ye smiled and said, "This is the best news I have received in recent days. Zhang Huaiding and Suo Xun came to court, and Zhang Huai sent his five sons to thank him."

Zhang Huaiding and Suo Xun came to court, eliminating the unstable factors in the Guiyi Army. What Li Ye didn't expect was that Zhang Huaishen had six sons in total, only the youngest son Zhang Yanshou was left, and the other five sons were sent to the court. The intention was very clear, that is, Sent here as a hostage.

"Zhang Yitan, Zhang Yichao, the present Zhang Huaishen, Zhang Huaiding, Zhang Huaishen's five sons Zhang Yanjie, Zhang Yanwu and others all came to the court, and the court's opinions were omnipresent. From the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present, there is no one as loyal as the Zhang family. Is it?"

Jing Xiang shook his head, Zhang Yichao stopped talking, and sent his brother Zhang Yitan to the court as a hostage.

After Zhang Yitan's death, without further ado, Zhang Yichao handed over the Guiyi Army to his nephew Zhang Huaishen, who was quite prestigious in the Guiyi Army at that time, and personally brought Zhang Huaiding and his three sons to Chang'an as hostages.

Eight years ago, Zhang Yichao died of illness in Chang'an. At that time, Emperor Xizong's court did not let Zhang Yichao's three sons go back to Hexi. Until Huang Chao entered Chang'an, Emperor Xizong fled to the west in embarrassment, and did not care about the three brothers Zhang Huaiding and Zhang Huaiding. In the midst of the chaos, people went through hardships before returning to Hexi.

But now, Zhang Huaishen only left his youngest son Zhang Yanshou, and the other five sons were sent to Chang'an.

How can this prevent His Majesty the Emperor from feeling the loyalty of the Zhang family.

Jing Xiang said: "Not only is there no one as loyal as the Zhang family in the Tang Dynasty, but since ancient times, they have never been seen. Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Li Ye laughed and said: "I heard that Hexi has produced good generals since ancient times, and the descendants of loyal men, how could they have no talents? I think to set up two more Modao armies, one with Zhang Huaishen as the commander and Suo Xun as the second-in-command As for the other army, Zhang Huaishen's eldest son, Zhang Yanhui, is the commander, and his second son, Zhang Yanli, is the second-in-command, what does Aiqing think?"

Jing Xiang said: "Your Majesty is wise. If the envoys of the Guiyi Army will come from the imperial court's forbidden army in the future, your Majesty and the Guiyi Army will make a good story together. I congratulate Your Majesty."

Li Ye looked at Jing Xiang and said everything he had said.

Even if His Majesty the Emperor is moved, he will definitely not grant rewards without restraint. If the power of grace is too great, it may breed thoughts that should not be had, and instead destroy the unity of the monarch and his ministers.

Others look at the benefits of a moment, and His Majesty the Emperor looks at it for a lifetime. Zhang Huai has a deep heart, but after all, he is over 50 years old, and the successor of the Guiyi Army is naturally also considered by the Emperor.

Granting his son the Commander of the First Army naturally meant training him. If he was able to do the job, he would have the righteousness of a monarch and minister. If Zhang Yanhui succeeds as the Jiedu Envoy of the Guiyi Army, Xiang Tang Zhixin would not change his color easily.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers in the South are too weak to fight, and the Hu and Han peoples live in mixed places in Hexi, and the people are tough. During the Anshi Rebellion in the past, the only ones who could fight against the rebels were the Uighurs, and the frontier troops in Shuofang and Hexi.

The minister thought that the source of soldiers could be selected from the sixteen prefectures in Hexi first, followed by Jingyuan, Binning, Yin, and Sui, and lastly from Chang'an. "

Li Ye nodded, approving.

"I don't care about Hu Han, anyone who wants to serve the Tang Dynasty can become my subordinate."

Tian Khan has the world in mind, Li Ye naturally will not exclude the barbarians, those who dare to show their teeth are slaves, and those who are willing to return to rule will naturally treat them equally.

The servant reported: "Your Majesty, it's time to eat!"

Naturally, marching is no better than in the palace. Although the emperor is not picky, the internal food supervisor dare not be careless.

A roasted whole lamb, a urn of stewed beef, and some mustaches.

How could His Majesty eat so much, and distributed it to the left and right soldiers.

"The old man of the He family will also send some over there."

Concubine He Shu's parents and brothers were also brought to Chang'an by the emperor this time. After all, they were the father-in-law. Li Ye met him once, and then they disappeared.

With his status, many things can't be controlled by himself, and even the most important people will keep their distance.

Those who are favored and arrogant, and end up in tragedy, are endless in history.

Not long after, Zhu Zhen, Hua Hong, Yang Sheng, Zhang Yi and others all came to thank him, but the old man of the He family dared not approach him outside.

According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, if you get the favor of the emperor, you must thank the emperor according to the etiquette. The same is true for the appointment of officials. Small officials are not qualified to meet the emperor. Only the governors and above.

But at this time of Li Ye, the governor was not under Zhongshu's sect, nor the emperor, whoever occupied it was the governor, and naturally no one came to thank him.

"Go back all!"

"promise!"

Li Ye walked in front of the old man of the He family, and what he saw in front of him was a typical image of an old farmer, with wrinkles on his face like ravines.

"The body is still tough along the way!"

"It's okay, it's okay, thank you, Your Majesty."

……

The emperor is about to arrive in Chang'an, in the stables under the gate of Daming Palace, Zhang Jun is overjoyed at his desk.

The Jiedu of the Xuanwu Army was Zhu Wen, the Jiedu of the Yiwu Army Wang Chucun, the defense envoy of Yunzhou He Lianduo, and the envoy of Lulong Jiedu of Youzhou Li Kuangwei all submitted petitions to attack Hedong.

"The world is seeking thieves!"

　Radzong came out to whip the corpse again. The author thought that he was the most trashy emperor in the Tang Dynasty. He was full of ambitions but lacked talents. This is the root of the disaster!

　　I recommend this book, it is the same type of fighting for hegemony and farming as this book, it is very well written, friends who are short of books can read it.

　　


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