Late Tang Dynasty: I

His Majesty the Emperor issued an edict, ordering Jingxiang, the Hebei East Road Observation Envoy, to investigate the matter strictly. Officials at both the upper and lower levels who are involved will be dealt with strictly and the results will be reported to all prefectures and counties across the country.

For a time, the whole country was shocked.

Anyone who was interested in making plans for tributes was suddenly out of their way.

Li Ye said to Liu Wei: "As for the tribute, it would be better to find some pen holders for me. I will go to these places where tribute is abundant, investigate the sufferings of the people, record the information found, and write a report. I want to What you say is true, but be realistic!”

"promise!"

What is to be done after writing it down must be learned by the officials. General meetings and small meetings must be held to learn the experience. For example, a snake catcher said that His Majesty the Emperor had all the officials learn it for several months.

There are also the emperor's quotations, which not only need to be learned, but also written down to report thoughts to the emperor.

Of course, there are some who are unwilling to agree, such as Lu Xuan, the young eunuch of Dali Temple, who went against His Majesty the Emperor in the name of Qingliu.

His Majesty the Emperor just said in passing: "Lu Xuan doesn't think about being upright, does he also want to prey on the common people?"

Whenever Li Ye didn't know what to do, he would think of great men who had endless fun fighting with heaven, fighting with earth, and having endless fun fighting with others.

Anyone who is disobedient and whose thoughts are against the emperor's will naturally be criticized. Even Confucianism has to be re-explained by the emperor. Naturally, the emperor has the loudest voice in the world.

On the dragon chariot, Li Ye was lying on the step, and Liu Wei was flipping through the book.

Suddenly, the carriage stopped!
"Your Majesty, it's snowing. Governor Zhu is outside asking for orders to set up camp earlier!"

"How far is it from Youzhou?"

"There are still thirty miles, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it today!"

"Camp!"

Li Ye stepped off the dragon chariot. The north wind was like a knife, and Zhao Xi handed over a fox fur to protect him.

"His Majesty!"

Zhu Zhen stepped forward and said.

Li Ye looked at Zhu Zhen and suddenly found that there were a few strands of white hair on Zhu Zhen's head!
"I still remember how excited I was when I first met Governor Zhu. It must have been many years now!"

Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it's been almost ten years!"

The sky was blue and the fields were vast. Li Ye held Zhu Zhen's hand and said with emotion: "A few years ago, the ministers asked me to build a mausoleum for me. I thought, this world can be peaceful, but it is not me. One man is the father of one, and Zhu Hou’s merits will last for thousands of years!”

"Your Majesty, I don't dare to take credit. I was originally a traitor. I am now a marquis only because of Your Majesty's grace!"

"You!"

"Ha ha!"

After the generals settled in the camp, they all came to see His Majesty the Emperor in his dragon tent.

"Everyone, I have prepared fine wine and meat, but it will take a while..."

More than [-] troops camped for more than ten miles, and the end could not be seen at a glance.

As usual, Li Ye came to each military camp with his personal guards, horses, and military commanders.

"Are there enough cotton-padded clothes for the soldiers?"

"Your Majesty, that's enough. I've added two hundred sets of cotton-padded clothes each time. Every night watcher wears two sets of cotton-padded clothes."

"Meat, where's the wine?"

"Half a catty of meat for each person, except for the night guard, half a catty of wine, rice balls, and noodles are enough for each person!"

This is the arrogance of abundant material. In the Tang Dynasty, apart from the droughts that hit Guanzhong every three days, Jiangnan and Huainan have had great prosperity for five consecutive years. However, the Yellow River overflowed once last year, bursting through a short section in Caozhou and flooding several states. , but there is food in the warehouse, so don’t panic.According to the statistics of Sun Kui, the Minister of Household Affairs, Datang had saved a year's worth of food over the years.

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Kou Yanqing has always had little presence, and his Xuanwu Hou Army is still a miscellaneous army without a formal military number.

In fact, many generals who were originally from the Bian Army climbed up.

Even Zhang Cunjing, who had fought against the emperor, was now the commander of the first army, and the Zuo Zhongwu Army still had a bugle, with an establishment of 2 troops.

And his Xuanwu Rear Army still has 8000 troops. God, why don't you give him a chance to make meritorious deeds!

He brought more than a thousand cavalry under his command to Silla, but he did not get any credit. He followed His Majesty the Emperor to fight, and it seemed that there was nothing much for him to do.

After the big tent, the generals had a banquet, and the envoy from the Bohai Kingdom happened to be in attendance.

His Majesty the Emperor summoned him immediately. Unexpectedly, he had not seen him for half a month. The leader of the Bohai Kingdom wanted to borrow troops to conquer the Goguryeo tribe!

"Your Majesty, the Goguryeo tribe is arrogant, and the leader of Bohai Kingdom has written to ask your Majesty to lend five thousand troops to help suppress the bandits!"

Five thousand?This makes Zhuan Guozhu too petty!It's ridiculous after thinking about it. I'm afraid that Tang Jun will take over the throne!
After careful questioning, I realized the embarrassment of Dazhuan.

The envoy was a little embarrassed and said: "Bohai Kingdom Zuo Jinwu General Hause is a Goguryeo. The king intends to eliminate the influence of the Goguryeo people in the army. Unexpectedly, the matter was exposed and Hause took the lead. Now he has surrounded Longquan Mansion. The king Please ask Datang to send troops to rescue you!"

Li Ye shook his head slightly. Historically, the demise of the Bohai Kingdom was also related to the rebellion of the Goguryeo people. Unexpectedly, even though Da Rangzhuan was well prepared, he was still beaten by the Goguryeo people. You must know that the Goguryeo people are a minority in the Bohai Kingdom, accounting for [-]% of the population. The ratio is less than [-]%.

"How many men does Hauser have?"

"There are thirty thousand!"

Li Ye thought about it and decided that he must save it. If Goguryeo succeeded, the Tang Dynasty would still have to go to the trouble of conquering it. Moreover, the Goguryeo people occupied the Bohai Kingdom, and Yang Shihou's Xuanjia Army on the right and Li Cunxiao's left army The supply of Long Xiang's army must be a big problem.

At this time, it would be better for Dalang Zhuan to be the lord of the Bohai Sea than for the Tang Dynasty to directly occupy it, and for the Goguryeo people to occupy it.

But why couldn't Datang directly occupy the Bohai Kingdom?
It is because the citizens of the Bohai Kingdom are too complicated, with many contradictions and mutual constraints. If the Tang Dynasty directly sends troops to occupy it, it is very likely that all the nationalities will target the Tang Dynasty.

By that time, Bohai Country will be a big mud pit.

Li Ye was thinking about writing the same text, expanding his influence and gradually assimilating.

He looked at the generals under his command. They were so heroic and heroic. There were so many talented people under his command and the generals were so bright. This was his confidence!

"Is there any general who is willing to go to Bohai Country to rescue us?"

"The last will be willing!"

Kou Yanqing stood up and asked for orders without thinking.

"Oh, General Kou!"

Li Yedao did not expect that Kou Yanqing would stand up. Kou Yanqing was from the Xuanwu Yamen Army, and his background was much better than that of his generals. When Zhu Wen was there, he especially liked Kou Yanqing and once gave his mount "Yizhangwu" to Kou Yanqing, and Kou Yanqing Zhu Wen did not disappoint, and he had the courage to win the championship among the three armies.

"Your Majesty, the last general also invites you to fight!"

Li Cunjing, Li Cunxian, and Li Sizhao, the former generals of the Hedong Army, came forward and knelt under the tent.

Li Siyuan was eager to try, but in the end he did not join in the fun. His personality was originally boring and he liked to be passive.

The former generals of the Xuanwu Army, Zhang Cunjing, Shi Shucong and others, who had an old relationship with Kou Yanqing, did not join in the commotion, but the former generals of the Forbidden Army, Zuo Shencejun Zhou Xian and others, also stepped forward to ask for a fight.

(End of this chapter)