Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 197

Bianliang, the mansion of Jieshuai.

Qin Zongquan sent [-] troops to attack Luoyang, and Zhu Wen was still secretly happy, but Zhu Wen never guessed what happened next.

"It's hard to predict the power of the imperial court!"

Before Lao Zhu could calm down, the news that Caizhou Shencong was in charge of Qin Zongquan and surrendered to the imperial court reached Bianliang, and Zhu Wen's expression changed.

"The son of heaven is still young, and I'm afraid he can't be prudent. If we want to use troops to declare martial arts, what should we do?"

Lao Zhu is worried now, the emperor is now victorious and young, if he is impulsive and finds a reason to order the princes of the world to attack Xuanwu, then he will be in great trouble.

Liu Handao of Jiedudu said: "Xuanwu, the commander-in-chief of Jiedu, recruited refugees internally, was diligent in governing the country, fought against foreign officials, and made no mistakes. If the emperor uses troops, isn't he afraid that the towns will not obey, and even the world?"

"Did you make any mistakes?" Zhu Wen handed the imperial edict to a group of aides, shook his head helplessly and said, "The imperial decree has come down, just wait and see!"

Li Zhen spread out the imperial edict with both hands, his brows gradually frowned.

With the prestige of great victory, the imperial court came to make troubles again. The meaning of the edict is very simple, three things.

One is to order all festivals to guard their own towns, and no imperial edicts are allowed to send troops out of the border.

The second is to order all festivals to be sympathetic to the strength of the people, and to abolish redundant troops with the upper limit of the number of troops in Yuanhe Township.

In Li Zhen's view, the first two points are the imperial court's display of prestige, while the third point is poison.

For any obedient vassal town, the imperial court can grant hereditary envoys to the town.

Li Zhen let out a long breath, since the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang court has set up Jiedu envoys all over the place, and the hereditary system has always been the focus of the Tang court's competition with other towns' Jiedu envoys.

For more than 100 years, for this hereditary system, Tang Ting fought countless battles with various towns, and how many people died.

Up to now, the hereditary inheritance of the towns has basically been acquiesced. Although there is no edict, it does not affect the actual inheritance, but now the imperial court has recognized the hereditary inheritance of Jiedushi, and the shock caused in the towns can be imagined.

Li Zhen looked at Zhu Wen, and both sides saw the court's malice in each other's eyes.

This hereditary system is to cover the first, and the second, the emperor made the vassals and towns in the Central Plains and Hebei all orderly, what did he want to do?
Zhu Wen shook his head. He now actually controls Bianzhou, Songzhou, and Bozhou in Xuanwu, as well as Zhengzhou and Huazhou under the actual control of the original Yicheng Army, Caozhou and Puzhou under the rule of Tianping Army Zhu Xuan, and Chenzhou under the rule of Zhongwu Army. Under Zhao Ji's control, it is no different from his control.

According to the imperial edict, he would have to give up Zhengzhou, Huazhou, Caozhou, Puzhou, and Chenzhou. The territory of the five states was reduced by [-]%. Can't make up for the loss.

Zhu Wen said: "If you don't withdraw from these counties and counties, if the emperor raises troops, Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, Wang Shifan, Shi Pu and other Shandong feudal towns will surely rise up and attack them."

Originally, Zhu Wen looked down on Zhu Xuan and others, but now, the imperial court has 1 to [-] troops, and the [-] troops in Hedong, if His Majesty the Emperor summons Li Ke with this little wolf dog again, the offensive and defensive momentum will be reversed.

With Zhu Wen's strength, he did not dare to face the imperial court, Hedong, and the four towns of Shandong at the same time.

Not to mention that Xuanwu had already run out of money and food at this time, and originally wanted to get a meal from the imperial court, but the imperial court Ping Caizhou ignored him at all.

Where to go, Lao Zhu is very entangled!

While hesitating, the guards reported again, and the imperial court issued another order. Zhu Wen wondered if the imperial court urged him to hand over Zheng, Hua and other states.

When he heard that the court wanted to place Qin Zongquan's execution in Bianliang, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed. Isn't this an obvious deterrent?

The court's attitude is very clear, if you, Zhu Wen, don't follow, you will know what happened to Qin Zongquan.

Sending off the angel, Zhu Wen hurriedly summoned Li Zhen, Liu Han and others to discuss matters.

The focus of the question is whether to hand over Zheng, Hua and other states.

Li Zhendao: "If Zheng, Hua and other prefectures are handed over, how can we raise an army of one hundred thousand with only the four prefectures of Xuanwu?"

Zhu Wen sighed and said: "If you don't pay, what should the court do if you send a large army to attack?"

Everyone can't speak!

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Chenzhou
The angel proclaimed an edict in the governor's mansion, and the imperial court promoted the governor of Chenzhou, Zhao Ji, as the Yin of Luoyang, and Dongdu stayed behind.

Zhao Ji didn't know whether he should obey the imperial edict or not.

The angel Zhao Xi said: "Your Majesty once said that Zhao Shijun used the land of one state to block Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan's million-strong army. He made contributions to the country and went down to the people of Chenzhou. Now Luoyang has been slaughtered by thieves for a long time. It is just a waste of time. At that time, Your Majesty will make you look forward to the rain like a drought, and hope that you will think of the common people in the world, and the country is in trouble, so go to the country's disaster!"

Zhao Ji let out a long sigh and said, "It's not like I have no heart to serve the country. I'm really old and frail. I'm afraid I'll lose your majesty's trust?"

Zhao Xidao: "Lian Po is seventy and still has ten catties of meat, galloping on the battlefield, so that the king is only sixty years old, how can he know old age!"

Zhaozhou had no choice but to accept the order again.

Standing up, he said to Zhao Xi: "Dare to ask the angel, who will the court want to replace the governor of Chenzhou!"

Zhao Xi said: "Your brother Zhao Chang!"

Zhao Ji didn't say anything, one school, one governor, one Luoyang Yin, what else is there to say.

Zhao Xi said again: "Your Majesty ordered you to take your son, Zhao Yan, to Chang'an. The Son of Heaven has another appointment for your son."

"..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

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His Majesty the Emperor was very happy with Zhao Ji's order. As long as he came, he could break up the alliance between Chenzhou and Xuanwu.

At this time, His Majesty the Emperor had left Luoyang, led the left Huwei Army, the Sixth Cavalry Army, and [-] recruits from Fu Cun to Caizhou, leaving the Left Shence Army and the Right Shenwei Army to guard Luoyang.

When Qin Zongquan was in its heyday, he controlled more than [-] states in the Central Plains, even Luoyang, Heyang, and Zhengzhou were under his control, but until now, he actually controlled only seven states.

Ruzhou under the rule of Dongdu, Caizhou, Huzhou, and Xuzhou under the rule of Kuang Guojun, Guangzhou in Huainan, Shenzhou in Eyue, and Yingzhou under the rule of Zhu Wenxuanwu.

Starting from Luoyang, Ruzhou, Wuzhou, and Xuzhou under the rule of Cai thief along the way are all effortless, depending on the spread.

However, the fields along the way were barren and sparsely populated, and all the farmhouses I saw were burned down.

His Majesty the Emperor's heart is heavy, these states and counties are devastated, if it is to recover, I don't know how long it will take.

Li Ye said to Du Rangneng: "In the past, Emperor Xianzong pacified Huainan and ordered Li Han to farm in Caizhou to build water conservancy. He got 300 hectares of land and an annual tax of [-] million shi. I want to do this old thing. What do you think? "

Du Rangneng nodded and said, "If that's the case, within two years, the imperial court will have another tax-heavy land."

His Majesty the Emperor saw the gate tower of Caizhou, but his mind had drifted to Huainan.

"Food and grass are exhausted, and I have a large army and cannot go south. I want to make Sun Ru the governor of Yangzhou and Yang Xingmi the governor of Luzhou. Let them each guard their own towns. What does Ai Qing think?"

"The imperial court pacified Caizhou, and the army is in full swing. I expect the two of them to obey the imperial edict!"

(End of this chapter)