Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 5
Beiya Xiyuan Shence Army Garrison

When I saw this group of soldiers, they were standing or not, sitting or not, their clothes, armor and weapons were in disarray.

Li Ye frowned.

Yang Fugong said: "Why is Your Majesty unhappy?"

Li Ye said: "The soldiers are so weak that they can catch big bugs."

Yang Fugong was impatient to respond. Most of the soldiers he raised were Shu soldiers. When Emperor Xizong fled to Shu, he was recruited by Tian Lingzi. .

Soon, a large group of hooligans and bastards were mixed in.

Seeing that the weapons were tilted to and fro, the soldiers stood there idly.

Li Ye had also been trained in the barracks. No matter how you looked at them, they didn't like this group of soldiers.

Yang Fugong heaved a long sigh, he had seen the majestic soldiers and horses in the feudal town, he thought that his own soldiers were too weak to make him lose face in front of the emperor, he was not a soldier at all, it was not easy to hold the military power.

If the emperor is not happy, what he has done before will be in vain.

Suddenly, it occurred to him that the emperor liked strong soldiers, so he would pick out strong soldiers, choose three to five hundred people, and let his confidants lead them.

"Your Majesty, there are also warriors in the battalion. You can train an army alone for your Majesty's encouragement."

Li Ye sighed inwardly, Yang Fugong is really very clever, he was still thinking about how to say this, so he will handle the matter for you.

Eunuch, no matter what kind of power he is, he is really a donkey. As long as you give him power and don't take it away, he can serve you well.

Of course, if the emperor wanted to clean up the officials, these docile dogs would immediately turn into hungry wolves and bite off a piece of meat from the emperor.

"It's so good, the Duke has taken care of it."

After Li Ye finished speaking, he moved to the Ganlu Palace. Yang Fugong had regarded the military power as a taboo. He wanted Yang Fugong to think that he had no interest in these 500 people.

As a pleasure-seeking emperor, the most interesting thing is naturally the beauties in the Ganlu Palace.

Twenty girls lined up in two rows. Li Ye looked around carefully. Yang Fugong really put his heart into it. Although it can't be said to be beautiful, it is still pretty.

Especially in this day of cannibalism, it's rare to not be able to see any hunger, let alone behave decently, probably from a family of officials.

Li Ye pinched a woman's chin and slowly raised her face.

"Last name?"

"Your Majesty, the servant's surname is Liu, Liu Xiang'er."

"Xiang'er, good name, where do you live, who else is there?"

"My family lives in Liuxian County, Wanzhou. My father is the head of the county. My father and mother are both present, and there is a brother and a brother."

"Wanzhou?"

Li Ye searched in his memory, fortunately, he read a lot of geographical atlases of the Tang Dynasty today, and Wanzhou seems to be the boundary of Dongchuan.It's thousands of miles away from Chang'an, so I'm afraid I won't be able to find it in a short time. It seems that Yang Fugong has been plotting for a long time.

"Liu Xiang'er, are you homesick?"

The beauty remained silent, slowly shedding a line of tears.

"Hey!" Li Ye sighed and took away his right hand.

Plop, Liu Xiang'er knelt on the ground and kowtowed, weeping: "Your Majesty forgive me, Your Majesty forgive me, my servant has lost her composure, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Li Ye was stunned. He still underestimated the imperial power. Even if he lost his teeth, to ordinary people, he still existed like a mountain.

Helping Liu Xiang'er up, he said, "it's normal for people to think about their parents. What's wrong with it?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Can you dance?"

"Learn the palace reward."

play music, dance...

……

Wang Chongying has been in a state of distress recently. The national defense army under his command has only more than 5000 people, and he left [-] for his son to stay in Shaanxi.Only [-] people are under his control.

It is not easy to annex 5000 horses with 3 people.

Although Hezhong is his younger brother Wang Chongrong's territory, Wang Chongrong was killed by his subordinates, let alone himself.

Although Li Hanzhi withdrew his troops, he looted all the way, and many soldiers in Hezhong were dissatisfied.

Wang Chongying is also very helpless, if you all listen to me, why don't you dare to fight.

With more than 1 people in hand, seeing that 3 of you are not enough, how can you spare the energy to compete with Li Hanzhi.

But no matter how many reasons Wang Chongying had, Hezhong soldiers would not listen to them. Soldiers worshiped the strong, and Wang Chongying's performance was undoubtedly a softie in the eyes of Hezhong soldiers.

He couldn't beat Li Hanzhi without saying anything, and let Li Hanzhi run amok in the border of Hedong, hiding in the city and not daring to come out.

When riding a tiger and suffering, Wang Chongying ushered in the court angel.

Seeing Li Ye's letter, Wang Chongying fell silent. The fact is that as stated in the letter, the imperial court really only needed an imperial edict if they wanted to crush him to death.

The eunuch who passed the decree took out two edicts and put them on the incense table.

"General, here is an imperial decree to declare Wang Chongying, the envoy of the National Defense Army, a rebel, and order the soldiers and horses of the world to punish him."

Wang Chongying's complexion changed, and the eunuch continued to say: "The other one is to appoint the Jiedu Envoy of the Protecting National Army, Wang Chongying has the right to know that the Jiedu Envoy in Hezhong will stay behind."

"Where to go, I hope the general will examine it!"

Wang Chongying let out a long sigh, does he have any other choice?Li Keyong just needed an excuse to send troops to Hezhong, and an edict from the imperial court would be his reminder.

Bathing and burning incense, Wang Chongying has never received an imperial edict so piously.

At the end of the ceremony, he presented his property and dragged the eunuch to show his loyalty.

"The minister Wang Chongying is willing to die for the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty... so..."

Li Ye wouldn't believe a word of this nonsense, let him gain a firm foothold in the river, and the court would not think of him at all.

But this time, the harvest is full.

The first batch of 20 shi of grain and grass has arrived in Chang'an, along with 20 jin of salt and [-] guan.

The rest of the food and grass will be harvested in summer, which can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need of Jingzhao Mansion.

The eunuch who passed the decree was invited to inquire carefully.

"Wang Chongying is six feet tall, with a majestic body, rewards and punishments are clearly defined in the National Defense Army, and many soldiers are grateful to die. It's just that this person is suspicious, he doesn't believe in the generals in the river, and there are many complaints from the troops in the river..."

The more Li Ye listened, the more delighted he was, and he had a good impression of the eunuch delivering the decree. Li Ye didn't tell him to investigate the military and people's situation in Hezhong, but he was ahead of the leader.

Which leader doesn't like such subordinates.

"Good job, what's your name?"

"Slave Zhang Chengye..."

"Zhang Chengye!"

Li Ye was stunned, isn't Zhang Chengye in Hedong?Oh, no, at this point in time, Zhang Chengye has not yet been in Hedong to serve as a supervisor.

This is also a ruthless man, from being a court supervisor to being in charge of Li Cunxu's money bag in the later Tang Dynasty, he became Li Keyong's Tuogu minister after his death.

If Li Cunxu wanted to reward the actor with some money, he had to look at Lao Zhang's face. According to historical records, once Li Cunxu couldn't help but wanted to cut him, but he failed.

His nephew committed a capital crime, and Li Cunxu pardoned Zhang Chengye because of his great merit.

Good guy, before the edict of pardon was issued, Lao Zhang cut off his nephew's head first.

Of course, what Li Ye valued the most was Zhang Chengye's loyalty to Datang. After Zhu Wen destroyed Tang, Zhang Chengye refused to accept Li Cunxu's promotion and continued to hold his original position in Datang.

Even before Li Cunxu proclaimed himself emperor, he still urged Li Cunxu not to proclaim himself emperor on several occasions. At that time, he almost wrote "rebellious officials and thieves" on Li Cunxu's face.

(End of this chapter)