Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 252 It's All About Money

His Majesty the Emperor worked hard to create a happy and harmonious appearance with Li Keyong.

After the banquet, he and Li Keyong entered the inner hall together.

This scene fell in the eyes of the towns, with mixed feelings, and each one was full of thoughts.

The military power of the imperial court is already strong enough, plus the little wolf dog in the east of the river, what combination in the world is more desperate than this.

After entering the inner hall, after a while, Mrs. Liu had an audience. Li Ye left the left and right, invited the two to the main seat, and offered Wuwei tea to Li Keyong and Mrs. Liu with both hands.

After all, for a girl who is married to someone else, although the emperor does not need to serve tea in etiquette, the emperor's attitude is here. From the meeting to the present, His Majesty the emperor has given Li Junwang great respect, which makes Li Junwang, who is very face-saving, feel very embarrassed. It is useful.

After offering tea, the two retreated to the first left and second left, and His Majesty the Emperor took the main seat.

Li Ye said: "Zhu Wen is dead, I finally put my mind to rest, and I have done justice for Prince Li!"

Li Ke was a little ashamed unconsciously. He was so proud of the Hedong soldiers and horses, but there was no sense of existence in this battle.

"Chen Keyong thanked His Majesty Rong En, but if there is any need for my contribution in the future, His Majesty can just say a word!"

Li Ye still didn't believe what other people said, but Li Ke used to say that Li Ye really believed it [-]% to [-]%. The Duke of Longxi was notoriously stupid. Looking at the shitty things he did, he was politically mentally handicapped. Some flattered him, Li Ye laughed and said, "Jun Wang Li belongs to the clan of the Tang Dynasty, and has an in-law relationship. There is no need to be courteous between me and the Jun Wang!"

When Li Ye and Li Keyong exchanged greetings, Mrs. Liu kept secretly saying a lot about the emperor. She and Youtong had a deep relationship. Seeing that Li Ye was in his prime, with a dignified appearance and a regal demeanor, she became more and more satisfied and nodded frequently. .

Secretly said: "It is said that since ancient times the ruthless emperor's family, Youtong can admire this kind of dragon and phoenix, and he will live up to this life!"

But Li Keyong took His Majesty's polite words seriously, and said to Li Ye: "Your Majesty, Helianduo, the defense envoy of Yunzhou, has repeatedly harmed my people. Both my minister and my late father have been framed by him. Please attack Helian. Duo, please allow Your Majesty!"

He Lianduo is the chief of Tuyuhun, who now occupies the land of Daibei, Yunzhou, Shuozhou and Weizhou. He is backed by Li Kuangwei, the military governor of Lulong, and Wang Rong, the military governor of Chengde Army. However, he and Li Keyong are life and death enemies. .

When Li Keyong's father Li Guochang served as the Jiedu envoy of the Zhenwu Army, he sent troops to fight against the Dangxiang rebellion. At this time, Helianduo led the Tuyuhun army to raid Yunzhou, the base camp of the Shatuo army, and captured a large number of Shatuo troops.

At that time, it was the time when Li Keyong and his son were in the most embarrassing situation. The father and son were forced to flee to Mobei to seek the protection of the Turks.

However, Helian Duo was unyielding, and after sending troops to chase after him unsuccessfully, he sent a messenger to the Turkic Chanyu, asking the Turkic people to kill Li Keyong and his son.

Fortunately, Li Ke used his father and son to express that he had no intention of staying, so he escaped.

Later, after Li Keyong became powerful, he also wanted to take revenge, but the city of Yunzhou was high and fortified, and the people of Tuyuhun were also good at fighting. They attacked many times but failed, so they have been stalemate until now.

But now that Li Keyong proposed to attack Helian Duo, Li Ye was quite surprised.

Looking at the situation in Hedong, there is Hezhong in the west, Zhaoyi in the south, Chengde and Lulong towns in the east, and Helianduo's Daibei three prefectures in the north.

Of course, the Hedong Army also had allies. Li Keyong had a good relationship with Wang Chucun, the Jiedu envoy of the Yiwu Army, and the two towns watched and helped each other.

Li Ye's immediate reaction was that Helian Duo couldn't fight!But Li Keyong's request cannot be directly dismissed!
"How about the money and food for the soldiers and horses in Hedong?"

"Hedong soldiers are fine and strong, but the money and food..." Li Keyong couldn't continue.

no money!No money to fight a fart.

The Hedong Army only has such a large area of ​​land, Li Keyong is unable to govern the town, and now it is not as good as the original history. With the assistance of Zhang Chengye, a small financial expert, the money and food can't make ends meet.

Last year, in the battle with Zhu Wen, 5 horses were dispatched, and more than [-] were lost. Those who died in the battle should be compensated, and those who survived should be rewarded.

If it wasn't for the looting of the Xing, Ming, and Ci prefectures, they would have been unable to make ends meet.

Li Keyong said: "I heard that the imperial court has seized a lot in Caizhou. I want to borrow some money and food from Your Majesty!"

Li Ye really wanted to slap his own mouth and ask for some money and food, but he didn't expect Li Keyong to still be staring at the money, and he didn't know who leaked the news. His Majesty the Emperor strictly sealed the news at that time, even the big truck shipment was covered. Cloth!

"Wei Bo's army is 30, rewards and pensions are 30 guan, Wuning army is 30, rewards and pensions are 150 guan, Pinglu army is [-], rewards and pensions are [-] guan, plus Taining army and Tianping army , I spent [-] million guan on them.

There are also 7 to [-] people in my imperial army who want to reward and pension. The money collected by Caizhou has already been spent almost? "

Seeing Li Keyong's embarrassing expression, Li Ye didn't want to refute Li Keyong's face, and it's not impossible to give you money. Li Ye's strategy for Li Keyong is not to let him eat, and of course not to let him starve to death. .

If you are hungry, you will hurt your master, if you are full, you will leave.

"Come here, call Du Gong in!"

"promise!"

After a while, Du Rang was able to enter.

Li Ye asked, "How much money is left in the Chang'an treasury?"

Du Rang can look at the emperor, aren't these data checked every day?How could he tell the secrets of Tang Dynasty in front of Waizhen?

Li Ye laughed and said, "Junwang Li is not an outsider, but it's okay to say it!"

Hearing this, Li Keyong felt very warm in his heart!
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are only less than 20 guan in the treasury, of which 12 guan are reserved for military pay and ministers' salaries, and only [-] guan can be used!"

Li Ye said: "Allow all the [-] guan to Hedong!"

Du Rangneng said: "Your Majesty, there are still two months left before going to Xia Harvest. The [-] guan is for the imperial court to prepare for emergencies, and should not be allocated lightly!"

Li Ye said: "Don't I still have internal funds, if I don't have enough, I will pay from my internal funds..."

Li Ye looked at Li Keyong and saw that his behavior was cramped. It seems that Li Junwang was also embarrassed sometimes.

"The imperial court has been fighting for years, and that's all the money. As for the food and grass, all the states are exhausted, and the army is not enough, so there is nothing I can do?"

Li Keyong hurriedly said: "Enough, enough!"

His Majesty the Emperor paid the money, so Li Keyong was naturally asked to do something.

"Yangzhou in Huainan was occupied by Huangchao bandit Kou Sunru. After the autumn harvest, I will attack him. I heard that Li Hanzhi's army fought bravely. I want to mobilize his troops to suppress the rebellion. What do you think?"

Li Ke's eyes lit up when he heard the news. Although Li Hanzhi took refuge in him, he had to pay for Li Hanzhi's army to go to war. At this time, he could throw this big burden on the imperial court, and he would spend less. A grain of money.

"Your Majesty, I have no objection, it's just that Li Hanzhi sent troops to seek rebellion this time, and I promised him [-] yuan. Now..."

Li Ye let out a long sigh, and said, "Since it is the promise made by King Li Jun, even if I spend all my internal money, I still have to spend this money!"

(End of this chapter)