Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 203 I Was Originally a Loyal Minister of the Tang Dynasty!

Huang Qizhang, envoy of the Hedong Army, said: "Angel, if Zhu Jieshuai refuses to give up the four prefectures of Zheng, Hua, Cao, and Pu, our Hedong Army is willing to send troops to help Wang Shi get them back!"

The emperor is very close to Hedong now. Instead of paying taxes in Hedong, he also provides taxes in Xing, Ming, and Ci states. He married the daughter of Jie Shuai Li Keyong. This attitude must be shown.

"Thank you to the envoy Huang for your righteous words," said Zhu Yongdao, envoy of the Tianping army, and clasped his hands and said to the angel: "Our Tianping army is willing to be driven by the emperor!"

Two towns expressed their views, Zhu Jin's Tianping military envoy, and Shi Pu's Wuning military envoy were naturally not to be outdone, and for a while the crowd was passionate...

"My Taining army is willing to be driven by the emperor!"

"My Wuning army is willing to be driven by the emperor!"

"My Yiwu Army is willing to be driven by the emperor!"

……

Cold sweat broke out on Zhu Wen's back, and Xuanwu has become the target of all towns and cities in the world.

At this time, if the imperial court orders the world to attack Xuanwu together, it will be dangerous.

Du Rang was able to sit at the top and was filled with emotion watching this scene.

For the imperial court, a hereditary system that behaves like a chicken rib has stirred up the situation in the world.

This is the emperor's strategy!He was still against it at the time, but the emperor changed his attitude with one word.

"I have restored Guanzhong and Sanchuan, flattened Huainan, the southern roads, and opened up the north-south water transport. These things have not been completed. Now there is nothing more important than the stability of the Central Plains and Hebei.

Regardless of whether the imperial court agrees with hereditary inheritance, the towns all regard it as hereditary. Instead of losing the imperial court's face, it is better to grant hereditary inheritance and stabilize the vassals. "

Now it seems that with a hereditary system, all towns will return to their hearts!

These vassals want to guard their own one-acre three-point land and pass it down for generations, so they naturally don't want to have enough powerful vassals around them to threaten them.

Xuanwu has seized so many states and counties, doubled his territory, and has [-] armored soldiers under his command, what's on his mind?Nature cannot tolerate it.

Zhu Wen desperately thought about countermeasures, but the current deadlock cannot be easily resolved.

The angel Zhao Xi asked very urgently, so Zhu Wen had no choice but to agree to return it. The exact date is still uncertain, and the angel did not urge him.

According to His Majesty the Emperor, as long as Xuanwu and Zhu Wen agreed, that would be fine, and the imperial court would occupy the high point of righteousness, besides, there are so many military envoys from various towns to witness it today.

After the questioning, the angel took his leave first, and Zhu Zhen went outside the hall to see him off.

Seeing the angel walk out of the middle gate, the town representatives saluted Du Rangneng and stopped entering the hall.

"Mr. Du, it's getting late, the lowly ranks will leave first!"

"Okay, watch the execution tomorrow, don't miss the time!"

"No, no, I will make an appointment on time!"

Du Rangneng turned his head to Zhu Wen and said, "Zhu Jie is handsome, the old man also resigned first!"

Zhu Wen squeezed out a smile on his stiff face and said, "Du Gong, go slowly!"

It stands to reason that Lao Zhu should stay for a while, but now that the place is in a mess, how can he have any thoughts.

At this time, Zhu Wen hated the two people most in his heart. One was Liu Han, who was embarrassed by such a reception, and the other was naturally Wang Tan.

Zhu Wen said angrily: "Send someone to escort Wang Tan to Bianliang, when will the commander let him use his sword!"

On the side, Li Zhen's face seemed to be dripping with water, and he walked towards Zhu Wen with a solemn expression: "General Li Si'an sent someone to report just now, and the imperial court sent Zhu Zhen as commander to fight Wang Tan's army at the foot of Yingzhou City. Wang Tan's more than two thousand men, none of them escape..."

"what?"

Zhu Wen looked at Li Zhen with a surprised expression.

Li Zhen nodded, sighed, and stepped aside.

"Yingzhou was ruled by this commander, how could the court be so aggressive!"

Li Zhen thought about it, stepped forward and said: "Jie Shuai, the states and counties in this world are home to the strong soldiers and horses, regardless of the imperial court soldiers and horses, but the trend is the general trend, and they are unable to resist, otherwise, I fear public wrath!"

Zhu Wen took a long breath.

According to the original history, after Zhu Wen pacified Caizhou, he had to surrender more than [-] troops, millions of dollars in wealth, and grain and grass in the east of Shannan. In a short time, it expanded several times and became a powerful vassal in the world.

At that time, Xuanwu was not afraid of anyone in the whole world, but now, he is not as powerful as others?
While Zhu Wen was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the military newspaper again.

"Jieshuai, the Governor Li of Zhengzhou urgently reported that Luoyang sent [-] troops and set up a camp at Yushuling. Li Shijun asked if he wanted to attack!"

"Jieshuai, the governor of Huazhou is still able to report urgently. The Luzhou army sent three thousand troops to set up a camp at the Dazhi River. The envoy asked what to do?"

Zhu Wen's head is about to explode, and the imperial army is stationed on the border line without going deep. What can he do?Send troops to attack?The example of Wang Tan is right in front of us.

He looked at Li Zhen and said: "The imperial court is pressing on every step of the way, and the plan will be released?"

Li Zhen cupped his hands and said: "Jie Shuai, I humblely think that it is not appropriate to compete with the imperial court at this time."

According to the past practice, as long as Xuanwu defeated the imperial court, he could do whatever he wanted, but now, not to mention defeating the imperial court, he could not even engage in military action.

"Hey!"

Zhu Wen let out a long sigh.

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The next day, Du Rangneng went to the prison in person and proposed to commit Qin Zongquan.

Qin Zongquan already knew that the time of death was coming, but he didn't know that the emperor's punishment for him was the punishment of Ling Chi.

In the prison car, Qin Zongquan was tied up like a zongzi, watching the onlookers, wave after wave, someone picked up stones on the ground and threw them at him.

"It's this demon who killed my parents and raped my older sisters. I wish I could eat their flesh raw."

"All the people in my village were slaughtered by this person. If I hadn't gone up the mountain to collect medicine, I would have escaped."

"The dog thief ate my son, woo woo woo..."

Qin Zongquan's eyes were dull, his whole body was weak, and he was feces and urine.

"Bah, I thought it was a man, but I didn't expect it to be so unbearable!"

Qin Zongquan's eyes suddenly lit up in the prison car.

It's Duke Du, it's Duke Du, and the only person who can save him here is Duke Du.

"Duke!"

"Duke!"

Qin Zongquan shouted.

Du Rangneng held his nose and approached the prison car. Before he got close, he heard Qin Zongquan shouting: "Dugong, I am wronged, I am wronged!"

Du Rangneng frowned and said, "Why are you wronged?"

Qin Zongquan said in front of the crowd: "Du Gong, do you think I look like a traitor?"

Qin Zongquan was not bad, with a stalwart figure and a sharp-edged face, quite human-like.

"picture!"

"What else can the traitor say?"

Du Rangneng suppressed his hand, and the scene became a little more noisy and quiet.

"Any more?"

Qin Zongquan hurriedly said: "Mr. Du, I, Qin Zongquan, am loyal to Datang, but I have not found a way to repay it!"

"Hahaha!"

"Is the dog thief joking?"

"Still loyal, the dog thief is so afraid of death!"

There was a burst of laughter all around, ridiculing him for being so unbearable.

Du Rangneng also ignored him.

"Duke!"

"Duke stay!"

Qin Zongquan kept calling behind Du Rangneng, but no one paid attention to him.

Qin Zongquan's eyes gradually lost consciousness, and the fear of death gradually enveloped him.

(End of this chapter)