Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 317 Spinoff Wei Bo
His Majesty the Emperor pacified Tanzhou and was leading his army to Weizhou. On the way, Sima Fu Huaiyi reported.

"Your Majesty, I'm overjoyed, Your Majesty, I'm overjoyed, anyway, Luo Hongxin, Weizhou has won a great victory, killing Huangfuhui!"

"Weizhou Great Victory!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, His Majesty!"

"God bless Datang!"

Li Ye was also happy, and said with a smile: "The details here, let me tell you one by one!"

"Your Majesty, last night the bandit Kou Huangfuhui took advantage of the night to break out of the camp and wanted to return to Weizhou. Unexpectedly, Luo Hongxin sent an envoy to report, and ordered the Xiangzhou army to restrain him and set fire to the camp. The Weibo army was in chaos that night. Huangfuhui, the bandit army was defeated, and none of the ten who could reach Weizhou surrendered, and now Anfujiang's army is joining forces with Luo Hongxin's army to enter Weizhou."

"it is good!"

His Majesty the Emperor is overjoyed, Weizhou is leveled, and the whole Weibo is under control. Like other feudal towns, most of the family members of the city defense envoys of the states are in Weizhou, and most of the chief officials of other states are also served by the government army. This is also the means for the towns to control the states. .

Not long after, Li Ye received another report from the front. An Fujiang had sent the Zuo Shenwei Army to occupy Weizhou's treasury and various city defenses, and the surrender troops were also gathering.

Wei Bo's major event has been decided, and the next thing is also placed in front of the emperor, that is, how should Wei Bo govern?

In history, Wei Bo can be very famous, which directly led to the decline and fall of the regimes of the Later Liang Dynasty and the Later Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen, the last Emperor of the Later Liang Dynasty, attempted to weaken Wei Bo and split Wei Bo into two, which directly led to Wei Bo's rebellion.

Ten years later, Li Cunxu also received a backstab from Wei Bo. The Yamen General Huang Furen lost the bet and directly got involved in the Yamen's rebellion, which led to the demise of the Later Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop.

This is a powder keg!

Now that the imperial court has [-] troops stationed in Weibo, they can still suppress them. What if the army is not there?

Wei Bo was so close to Bianjing, His Majesty the Emperor was very worried. On the way to Weizhou, Li Ye summoned Guo Chongtao to discuss matters on the dragon chariot.

"I want to split Weibo, Xiang and Wei prefectures will be assigned to Zhaoyi Town, Weizhou and Tanzhou will be assigned to Duji Province, and will be directly managed by the imperial court, Bozhou and Beizhou will be assigned to Henghai Town, you see How about it?"

According to the original history, the last emperor of Liang Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen, failed to split up Wei Bo. The reason was very simple: lack of troops.

At that time, although Zhu Youzhen sent General Liu Po ​​with 6 troops, he pretended to attack Chengde and wanted to forcibly split Wei Bo.

But it is a pity that at that time, Liu Wei was afraid of angering Wei Bo's Yamen army, so he stationed the army a hundred miles away from Weizhou, and only sent Wang Yanzhang to lead 500 sergeants. However, these [-] sergeants could not suppress the Yamen army at all. After the fighting, all [-] people were slaughtered, and Wang Yanzhang also fled in a hurry.

But now, the imperial court's [-] troops are stationed in Weizhou, recruiting some, isolating some, and killing others. The situation is very different from that of Zhu Youzhen's time.

Guo Chongtao said: "Your Majesty, geographical division is only one of them. I believe that the people are the key!"

"Appreciate further details!"

Guo Chongtao said: "Your Majesty, there is no military law, no way to command the army, and no way to command the people without righteousness. I think that the general of the Yamen who rebelled this time punished his three clans, and used it to rectify the government. This is one of them.

However, large households with thousands of acres of land in Weibo can be ordered to move to Bianjing, which can enrich the population of Bianjing and prevent the people of Weibo from being coerced by people with sinister intentions.
As for the soldiers of the Wei Bo army, I thought that breaking them up and organizing them into various armies so that they could not be gathered together, even if someone rebelled, they could be wiped out with their backhands. This is what I planned for Your Majesty. "Li Ye nodded. Wei Bo's harm was because he was too united. The ya army was full of relatives. With a wave of arms, followers gathered and dispersed these people. At most, there were 1000 people in each capital.

If the first army has only ten capitals, then the whole army will have at most two Weibo troops, and Dr. Wei's soldiers will never be allowed to control the advantage in the whole army.

"Ai Qing's words are very much in line with my wishes. I have one more thing. All rebel soldiers, I can spare their lives, but they must have their faces tattooed, and the men in the family must also be tattooed. Ten households are guaranteed. It is stated that as long as there is one person Rebellion not only punishes the three clans in one family, but also punishes the three clans in the family."

If one person rebelled, it would harm the family. If it passed so lightly, the cost of rebellion would be too low, and it would only fuel their arrogance.

If Wei Bo still wants to rebel, His Majesty the Emperor would rather the rebellion come earlier, even if he rebels now, he is not afraid, at worst, he will slaughter Wei Bo from top to bottom, and kill Wei Bo to the Stone Age.

It is related to the long-term stability of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor does not want to leave any hidden dangers.

The next day, when Li Ye arrived in Weizhou, Jiedu envoy Luo Hongxin led the officials of Wei Bo Jiedu ten miles outside the city to meet him.

His Majesty the Emperor didn't even look at them, he went straight to Anfujiang's headquarters, surrounded by the generals of the Imperial Army, and entered Weizhou City.

And Luo Hongxin was kneeling barefoot, sweating profusely, not receiving the courteous reception from His Majesty the Emperor, which made Luo Hongxin very astonished. In fact, he had betrayed the Weibo government army. If the imperial court did not support him, he would not be able to sit in Weibo. down.

More than a hundred bureaucrats under the Jiedushi's account knelt on the ground like this. When the chief clerk Du Huaiqing saw the emperor entering the city, he stood up, and the one who met him was a knife, and his head rolled on the ground. The rest of the people were scared pale.

The emperor's personal guard Zhang Cunjing held a steel knife and shouted: "Your Majesty didn't let you get up, how dare you get up without permission?"

The rest are horrified!
Li Ye led his army into Weibo and directly entered the residence of Jiedushi.

General An Fu stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the last general has sent troops to guard the treasury of Weibo. The military commander Bao Peide is currently investigating. It is estimated that there are no less than 300 million guan, 300 million pieces of silk, no less than 50 shi of grain, and armor in the treasury. More than [-] pairs, countless weapons and arrows!"

Such a huge amount was several times higher than the annual tax paid by the imperial court five years ago. His Majesty the Emperor looked as usual.

He already knew that Wei Bo was extremely wealthy.

You must know that according to the original history, Luo Shaowei led Zhu and Wen’s army to kill the government army. Zhu and Wen’s 10,000+ troops ate in Weibo for half a year. According to historical records, Luo Shaowei spent 70 million yuan and slaughtered [-] cattle and sheep, and millions of grain and grass. Dendrobium, used to reward Zhu Wen's army.

Half a year later, Zhu Wen withdrew his army, and before leaving, he took away millions of copper coins and wiped out Wei Bo's treasury.

At that time, Luo Shaowei regretted it very much. He once said to the people around him: "The iron of the 43 counties of the six prefectures of Weibo and Bozhou cannot be made into big files for this!"

Hence the idiom "make a big mistake".

As far as His Majesty the Emperor is concerned, based on the income from Weibo's treasury alone, the dispatch of troops this time does not require a penny from the imperial court, except for the bonus army, there is still income.

And after His Majesty the Emperor entered Weizhou, the army did not march towards Youzhou, and the news of the imperial court's capture of Weibo quickly spread to the world.

The world shakes!

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