Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 308 Different Opinions

Wuji in the first month of the sixth year of Dazhi
Li Kuangwei, the envoy of Lulong Festival, reported that Weihua County, Changping County, Fanshan County, and Guangping County in Youzhou were looted by the Hedong Army, and thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed or injured.

Chengde Army Jiedu envoy Wang Rongluancheng, Zanhuang, and Yuanshi counties were plundered by the Hedong Army, and thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed or injured.

His Majesty the Emperor frowned slightly. Although Li Kuangwei and Wang Rong did not ask for a crusade against Li Keyong, they expressed their anger towards the Hedong Army between the lines.

But Li Keyong can't move now?
Li Ye said to Zhu Yeyoutong: "I give your father 20 shi of food and grass and 20 guan of money every year, but he still does illegal things. Just let the army rob Zhaoyi, but now he robs Lulong and Chengde. Now all the towns are going to attack him, what do you think should be done?"

Zhu Yeyoutong blushed and said: "Let the concubine persuade him to restrain the soldiers. If this kind of thing happens again, please punish him!"

Li Ye looked at Zhu Yeyoutong, seeing that her eyes did not seem to be fake, he sighed and said: "He is your father, how can I meet him in battle, he is not good at governing, I don't want the successor of Hedong to be the same So, I heard that your younger brother Li Cunxu is smart and eager to learn, so I sent him to Bianjing to study with the princes, what do you think?"

Zhu Yeyoutong and Li Cunxu were both born to Li Keyong's concubine Cao. They have a mother and a compatriot, and they have a very good relationship. Seeing coldness in the palace, they naturally hope to have relatives by their side.

Hearing this, he said happily, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

……

Guo Chongtao came to Bianliang and was awarded the Hanlin Bachelor of the Imperial Academy.

In the political hall, Li Ye summoned Guo Chongtao to play the right.

"Sir Guo Chongtao joins His Majesty!"

Li Ye looked at Guo Chongtao. This person is not well-known now. After Li Keyong passed away, he was reused by Li Cunxu. In the battle between Yang and Liu, a fortress was built to contain Wang Yanzhang, and he might finally win a big victory.

He also proposed a surprise attack on Bianliang, and Li Cunxu followed the plan, destroyed Houliang, and became the prime minister.

This person is capable of writing and martial arts, and has great talents.

Later, when he conquered Shu, he was framed by others, and the whole family was punished, which is a pity.

Li Ye cut to the chase and said, "What does Xueshi Guo think, what is the general situation in the world now?"

Guo Chongtao said without hesitation: "The general trend of the world is in Tang!"

Li Ye said: "In Aiqing's opinion, what should I do?"

"Does Your Majesty want to level the towns and unify the world?"

Hearing this, Li Ye hurriedly got up and walked in front of Guo Chongtao, and said tentatively: "I want the towns to make an alliance, and the towns will guard the border for the Tang Dynasty, and I will grant the towns to be hereditary commanders, and enjoy wealth and honor forever!"

Guo Chongtao shook his head and said, "If your majesty really thinks so, please return your majesty Rong Chen to his hometown!"

"Is Aiqing unwilling to serve me?"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that the minister is useless!"

Are the courtiers of Datang so spineless?Li Ye said: "If I want to pacify the towns, what does Ai Qing think I should do?"

Guo Chongtao said: "Yi Er, the King of Qin unified the six kingdoms by making friends from afar and attacking close by, can the imperial court do the same now?"

Li Ye shook his head and said: "The towns will move their whole body with one hair, if they share the same hatred and fight against the imperial court, things will be deadlocked!"

Lulong, Weibo, and Chengde are the three veteran towns of Heshuo, plus Lu Yanwei, the governor of the Henghai Navy (Yichang Army), if all four towns are mobilized, there will be no fewer than 30 horses.

Among them, Wang Chucun, the Jiedu envoy of the Yiwu Army, who was sandwiched between Chengde and Wei Bo, would not dare to take the risk of what his attitude would be if the imperial court made a large-scale attack.

As for Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin in Shandong, they are already disabled, so there is nothing to worry about. The Wuning army should not rebel. After all, Shi Pu is still the prime minister in the court, and Wang Shifan's attitude is the key.

Is Wang Shifan loyal to the imperial court as recorded in history?

After all, the imperial court's intention to cut down the vassals is already obvious, and Pinglu will not ignore the matter, and if his cake is touched, will Wang Shifan still be so calm? His Majesty the Emperor doubts it very much.

"Your Majesty, Lulong Jiedu envoy Li Kuangwei has a younger brother named Li Kuangchou. Li Kuangchou's wife, Mrs. Zhang, is quite talented. It is rumored that Li Kuangwei committed misdeeds after a banquet. His younger brother was very angry, but he suffered from Kuangchou's power. Da Da dared not speak, but Li Kuangwei still granted his younger brother military power. The minister thought that Lu Long would be in chaos for a long time.

Although Wang Rong, Chengde's military governor, was talented and famous, he was still young. Many people in Zhenzhou were dissatisfied, and he might not be able to do his best.

As for Wei Bo, Luo Hongxin still couldn't convince the Yajun, so what could he do to oppose the court.

As for Lu Yanwei, the Jiedu envoy of the Yichang Army, Jingzhou under his rule has always been under the control of Lulong Town. If His Majesty orders Li Kuangwei to return Jingzhou to Lu Yanwei, the two will definitely attack each other. Order the towns to send troops to take advantage of the situation to pacify the second town, and Hebei will be pacified! "

Li Ye frowned slightly, he had never thought about attacking Youzhou and Henghai first, in fact, he had always thought that it would be appropriate to pacify Shandong and then Weibo, step by step.

However, Guo Chongtao's opinion was to directly attack Lulong and Henghai in the rear, which surprised His Majesty the Emperor.

"I want to pacify Shandong first, and then Hebei, can't it?"

Guo Chongtao said: "Your Majesty, Shandong Yiping, and Hebei's four towns must be close to each other, attacking one town, and all four towns are fighting, the result is unpredictable.

But if Henghai and Lulong are pacified, the army's food, grass and equipment can be replenished at sea. For the towns, they will be attacked from both sides, and they cannot report to the regiment. "

Li Ye paced back and forth. He and Jing Xiang also talked about this matter. Jing Xiang's opinion was similar to Li Ye's, and Shandong should be pacified first.

In fact, both of them had already discussed the plan. During the court meeting, Zhao Xianzhi asked Zuo Shiyi to impeach Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin, privately expand the army, and then called Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin into the court to confront each other.

As for the Wuning Army, the Wuning Army was transferred to Guanzhong by moving the town, and as soon as the Wuning Army left Xuzhou, it would be split up.

As for Wang Shifan, Li Ye hadn't thought of a good solution yet, so he kept delaying it.

"This is a big matter, I still need to consider it!"

Guo Chongtao resigned.

Li Ye found Jing Xiang and Zhang Chengye again.

"Now that the treasury is abundant and the troops are strong, I want to conquer the towns. What do you think?"

Zhang Chengye said: "I don't understand military affairs, but I can guarantee the army's food and salary for a year!"

Li Ye nodded, looked at Jing Xiang, and said, "Ai Qing thinks that now is a good time?"

Jing Xiang frowned slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the towns. The crusade is afraid that the towns will not obey. I think that the court should punish the disobedient ministers, and the name is justified, so we can fight."

Li Ye knew that Jingxiang was referring to Wang Shifan.

"Someone told me that Jingzhou in Henghai Town was originally ruled by the Yichang Army, but now it is occupied by Li Kuangwei, the envoy of Lulong Jiedu. If the imperial court orders Li Kuangwei to hand over Jingzhou, the two towns will definitely attack each other. At that time, the imperial court ordered all the towns in the world to crusade and put down Lulong and Henghai in one fell swoop, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)