Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 254
The straight-line distance from Luoyang to Kaifeng is more than [-] li, and the land route is about [-] li, which is not a short distance.

But the water transportation is quite convenient. It is the high water season of the Yellow River at this time. You can travel fifty miles north from Luoyang to Mengjinguan Ferry, and then take the Yellow River water transportation until you reach Bianliang. The waterway distance is only more than 300 miles. Not slow either.

The whole time will take about ten or twenty days.

During this period, it is a troublesome matter to determine military merit pensions. Naturally, the imperial court will not take advantage of it and let the towns make a lot of money.

The Taining and Tianping armies had 3 soldiers, with an actual number of 600. The actual number of deaths in the siege was only more than 4000 people. They had no military merits, but more than [-] people were killed by more than [-] civilians arrested along the way.

Taining's military officials dragged the imperial court's rated military officials to the battlefield.

"Shangguan, those who died in battle are all Taining and Tianping soldiers!"

The doctor Wang Maoshui turned over the armor and said: "If it is a soldier who died in battle, the armor should be stained with blood. Look at these armors. Besides being stained with blood, is there anything else? The arrows have not penetrated. Armor, how can it penetrate a human body?"

"..."

There are Jiedu officials who decisively hand over property and bribes. In addition to the meritorious personnel, there are also eunuchs, personal guards, and ministerial officials. How can we take them all in a hurry.

This matter was reported to the emperor.

Li Ye didn't like Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin in the first place, but now he became even more angry, and immediately summoned them to interrogate them.

"I have never treated you badly. I forgave you the crime of slowing the army before, but now I lie about the military service and try to bribe the officials. Do you think that I dare not take your heads?"

Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin panicked and said: "Your Majesty, this is all the wrongdoing of the people below, and none of the ministers know about it!"

"Even if you don't know, you are guilty of negligence!" After Li Ye finished speaking, he raised his glass and drank tea.

At the beginning of the game between the two sides, the one who puts forward the conditions first will definitely suffer the most. Of course, the initiative is in the hands of the court.

Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin all turned pale. From their point of view, even if His Majesty chopped them up with a single knife, they would have little resistance. Soldiers are not qualified at all.

And since His Majesty the Emperor spent so much money, it was not in vain. It was purely a dream to take the money away without any effort.

Zhu Xuan had seen the world after all, and if the emperor didn't immediately order the killing of the two brothers, there must be a chance for relaxation.

"My brother's fault, please forgive me!"

Let the emperor make a request? Then say that the emperor treated the town soldiers harshly?Li Ye will not take this blame.

Li Ye looked at Zhu Xuan, threw the ball over, and said, "Zhu Jiedu thinks, what should I do?"

Zhu Xuan said: "Your Majesty, the Tianping Army does not need to be compensated or rewarded by the imperial court. All the money and food will be collected by the town!"

Zhu Jin immediately said: "Our Taining Army does not need the court's compensation or rewards."

Li Ye looked at the two of them, shook his head, and said, "Are I really short of money? Do I need hundreds of thousands of coins?"

With Li Keyong, you can cry poor all the time, because Li Keyong is also poor and needs to be fed.

But it is different from other towns, it is to show the powerful strength of the imperial court.

When Zhu Xuan heard this, his face froze, "If you don't want money, what do you want?"
"Could it be!"

Zhu Xuan was secretly startled.

"Brothers, I just ask His Majesty to give us a chance to redeem our sins!"

The meaning of Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin is very clear, as long as the position of Jiedushi can be kept, other punishments are acceptable.

Li Ye said: "Cut off Caozhou to Tianping Town, and cut off Mizhou to Taining Town. The soldiers of Caozhou and Mizhou in the Tianping and Taining armies will all be cleared out and form an army of their own. What do you think?"

Needless to say, Caozhou is close to Bianliang, and Wang Zhongshi is now stationed.

The location of Mizhou is also very important to the emperor. Mizhou is now the location of Jiaozhou, Shandong, bordering on Laizhou in Pinglu.

But all of these are not as important as Jiaozhou Bay in the territory of the emperor. Jiaozhou Bay is a piece of sea half surrounded by land, covering hundreds of square kilometers. navy.

Of course, the disadvantage of Jiaozhou Bay is that the water is too shallow, with an average water depth of more than ten meters, and it cannot stop a [-]-ton giant ship. ten feet,
So even if the food looks a little ugly, Mizhou must be obtained. Even if it is not needed now, it is safe to deploy in advance.

After Li Ye finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin expressionlessly. While the two were thinking about it, Li Ye was also thinking about it, so he just chopped them off, is that okay?
After thinking about it again and again, I shook my head. At this time, it is better to seek stability, and first digest the current territory before making plans.

"how?"

Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin looked at each other, nodded helplessly, and said, "I obey the order!"

Agree, at least the position of Jiedushi is still retained, hereditary and irreplaceable, but they don't agree, they don't know how the emperor will rub them!

"Where is Duke Du?"

"The old minister is here!"

"The general idea of ​​the draft edict is as follows: Announcing the deeds of the Taining and Tianping armies to the world, Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin, the two envoys, feel ashamed, and are willing to donate Caozhou and Mizhou to be led by the imperial court. I feel their loyalty. Forgive them for their crimes, and agree to let the imperial court control the two states."

"promise!"

Li Ye saw the distorted faces of the two, and knew that the two must harbor resentment, but the general situation was such that the emperor took advantage of the situation, so how could he be afraid of the two.

The Taining and Tianping armies have the Pinglu army on top and the Wuning army on the bottom, facing the sea to the east and Bianliang to the west.

"Take good care of this town and govern the place, and it can be inherited from generation to generation. If there is any lawlessness, the imperial court's 20 troops will arrive at dawn and evening, and they will die without a place to bury them!"

Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin looked at each other, and they both saw the horror in each other's eyes...

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Li Ye used the Taining and Tianping troops to establish his prestige, and there was already a matter of whipping Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin before, and there was no way to reconcile the relationship. There were only two options, one was to kill, and the other was to forcefully deter.

If they were killed, the towns would be afraid and fight together. Li Ye didn't want to take this risk.

Can only be a strong deterrent.

With Tianping and Taining in front, each town's military achievements were determined, and the counting of the number of people went smoothly. His Majesty the Emperor also took this opportunity to find out the bottom line.

The standard of pensions varies from town to town, Wei Bo's is obviously higher, and the court's rewards and pensions will naturally not cool the hearts of soldiers. According to Wei Bo's standard, it is slightly higher.

The basic reward for soldiers is five guans per person, five guans for the front army, three guans for the left and right troops, and two guans for the rear army.If there is a temporary reward, it will be added.

There are ten sets of pensions for the war dead, and there are two sets of pensions for funerals in each town.

His Majesty the Emperor promised grace that those who died or were injured in battle, their family members could come to Bianliang, and the imperial court would pay for the settling-in expenses. All the strong men would be given [-] acres of land, and those who had no dependents, the imperial court could support them, and they could be escorted by various states along the way.

All rewards are announced to each battalion to reassure the army.

After a preliminary calculation, the million pens are gone.

How could Li Ye suffer from this loss, the next operation blinded the eyes of the governors of all towns.

His Majesty the Emperor ordered the troops to take advantage of this period of time to hold a military campaign in Bianliang.

The project is very simple, only these three items.

In the art of archery, if you shoot ten arrows with a bow of one and a half stones, and shoot ten arrows with one hundred breaths, eight out of ten will hit the mark.

The second is strength, anyone who can hold a two-hundred-jin millstone and walk a hundred steps.

Three riding and shooting, if you can shoot ten arrows with one stone bow and two hundred breaths, you don't need to hit the target, as long as you can shoot from a running horse.

His Majesty the Emperor was afraid that the towns would be stumbling blocks, so the soldiers were not allowed to participate, so he called the Jiedu envoys of the towns to discuss.

"The army is all right, I will help you have fun. Some people say that the Hebei army is brave and powerful, and some people say that the Hedong army is brave. I think Shandong and Guanzhong are not weak. Who is stronger and who is weaker, you can only know by comparing them." .

I and all the Jiedus have promised rewards, and the Jiedu of the feudal town who wins the most will be crowned king. Of course, if the one who wins the fewest, I will also punish him, and punish him to perform dances for all the Jiedus, how about it? "

"Ha! Ha! The minister waits to obey the order!"

(End of this chapter)