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Chapter 556 Grace
When Wang Hua walked out, he suddenly thought about it, and said to his subordinates: "Go, call Zhang Shuo."

Zhang said that he doesn't believe in evil now, so let Zhang say to see what the court does this time.

Turned two corners, not far from Wang Hua's mansion, in an ordinary house.However, this has now become the center of eight states.

It turned out to be a government office, but after Wang Hua arrived in Bazhou, the officials stayed behind.But it was all empty, but at that time Wang Hua was still taking care of the face of the court. If there was anything wrong, the officials could only carry out it after they stamped their official seals.In fact, it is tantamount to going through a scene.

Later, when the imperial court sent troops, even this cutscene was avoided.

Not only was there no cutscene, Wang Hua was still responsible for their official salary, which was not enough to support them.Not to mention supporting a group of subordinates, it is a problem to support yourself.Everyone understands this truth, as long as you don't serve as a role, you are a good official.

At this point, these officials want to leave.But he dared to leave again, after all, he had a false job here to cover up for the imperial court.After Wang Hua cut off his salary, coupled with the voluntary expulsion of many officials, they ran quickly one by one, and all left Bashu.

However, the Bashu tradition was preserved, and everyone stayed in the original courtyards. Although it was a bit crude, it improved efficiency because of the lack of many rules.

Zhu Dian was waiting for Wang Hua, and he didn't even wash his face. It seems that something serious happened.

Just as he was about to report, Wang Hua waved his hand and said, "Mr. Zhu, wait a moment."

Zhu Dian didn't ask any questions, and the two sat down, and the two militiamen who were temporarily serving as government servants made tea.

After a while Zhang talked, he entered the door and asked: "Wang Shilang, what do you want me to do?"

"sit."

Wang Hua told Zhang Shuo to sit down, and said to Zhu Dian, "This time we can talk."

Zhu Tong took out several reports on the table and said, "Yingdu, it's like this. We raised 800 million shi of grain in Jiangnan."

Zhang Shuo was taken aback, and interrupted from the side: "Why do you need so much food?"

The eight states plus soldiers are full of six 10,000+ people.In addition to the south of Jishi Mountain, Linzhou, Taozhou and Diezhou, there are three full 10,000+ people.If the four northern prefectures are counted, Fengzhou and Shengzhou suffered the most damage, followed by Liuhu Prefecture, and Linzhou. In addition, more than 5 people in Xiazhou were outside the light disaster area, but only about 30.Of course, there may be more than that. The court doesn't know exactly how many people there are in several states, but the floating number will not exceed 10.In other words, Wang Hua currently has no more than 130 million people at most.

Among them are Hequ, Hetao and Yinchuan three major cultivated lands.

With Wang Hua's wisdom, it is impossible not to pay attention to agricultural production.Otherwise, he wouldn't wantonly cultivate in Shengzhoufeng and other states.It is planned that there will be no harvest for a year, and 500 million shi of grain is enough for the people in Wanghua to survive for a year.

What does Wang Hua need so much food for?
"Zhang Shilang, is there a lot? Now I don't know how many. Anyway, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the territory. Don't count on food for the winter this year. There are more than 20 captives, all of whom are big-bellied men. I really am Just give them two bowls of porridge?"

There really was such a thing, but most of them were thorns, or the lives of soldiers of the blood battalion in their hands.But that is a minority after all.

"There are also some Turkic captives in my hands, as well as a large number of Tubo captives. But there are many Han people in their territory. I want to redeem a batch of them through these captives. This cannot be a one-to-one exchange, it may be a one-to-one exchange." For two, one for three, for four, the nearly 30 captives may become 800 civilians again. What should these civilians do? Besides, the terrain from Jishi Mountain to Songzhou is harsh, but in order to avoid the exorbitant taxes of Tubo, There are still a few parties living in that area, and I also want to absorb them. In addition to the miscellaneous grains eaten by so many war horses and livestock, how much grain will it cost? Also, if Toyosu is used well, will it be able to attract More aliens and oppressed tribes living in Turkic came to seek refuge? If Jishi Mountain is used, will it be possible to attract the Tubo tribes between Jishi Mountain and Zishan Mountain? Is [-] million stones enough food?"

Zhang said that after wiping off his sweat, this master is really ambitious.

In fact, this is Wang Hua's precautionary measures. Without so much food, he can still harvest a batch in the autumn harvest, and he will harvest more next spring.And he will continue to extort a batch of food from Li Xian.However, he would rather old grain overwhelm new grain, and Wang Hua didn't want to have no grain last year.

Zhang said he didn't question anymore, Wang Hua looked at Zhu Dian and said, "Continue talking."

"The amount of grain at 800 million shi is a bit large, so Xiao Yaxuan divided it into two batches and shipped it to Bazhou. The first batch was fine when it was first shipped, but after passing through Bianzhou, it was detained by the court."

Originally, there were not two batches, but four batches.But after some discussion, I changed my mind.

The most threatening time to the imperial court was when Tubo and Turks were defeated.It would be better if an agreement was reached with the imperial court.If an agreement cannot be reached, the imperial court will inevitably divide its troops to garrison the neighboring states and counties, and it will be impossible for Wang Hua to sit on the throne at that time.Therefore, food has to continue to be blocked.

Therefore, after discussing, it was decided to calculate the date and send a fast letter to Xiao Yaxuan after defeating the Tubo people, asking them to divide into two batches and transport the food immediately.

This point was not told to Zhang.

But Zhang said that he knew that the 800 million shi of grain must have been kept by Wang Hua as a spare grain.Although it covers a large area, it only has a million people, not much more than the population of Luoyang.

But there is definitely a shortage of food.

The fact that the imperial court did this shows that some space for good thoughts has not been preserved.

In this case, why let me come to mediate?
Thinking of this, he was very discouraged.

"Not only that, the dozen or so brothers we escorted were also detained by the government and tortured all day long. There is no hope for food."

Zhang said that his mind was buzzing even more.Not only was food deducted, but people were also deducted. Wang Hua is famous for protecting his weaknesses.

"Do you know why the court did this?"

"The people below have already inquired about it, mainly because of the court. Inspector Ying, do you still remember Ji Chuna and Zong Jinqing?"

"Isn't it possible that they also transferred?"

"Exactly. Not only have they been recruited recently, but they have also stepped up to recruit troops from all over the country, preparing to besiege us again. At the same time, news spread that when Mo Chuo withdrew from Hedong Road, General Xue Ne's army had just arrived. If we acted at that time, it might have severely injured Mo Chuai, and could have detained tens of thousands of captured civilians. However, General Xue received a strict order from the court, prohibiting him from continuing to fight against Mo Chuu."

"Continue to fight against each other?" Zhang said, his eyes were also dumbfounded.This is how the same thing?

But he remembered what Wang Hua said in Fengzhou, it wasn't what I wanted, but what the court wanted?
Thinking of this, he looked at Wang Hua.

Wang Hua was not angry when he heard this, and looked at Zhang Shuo and said, "Master Zhang, it's very reasonable for the court to do this."

"Reasonable?" Zhang said in a low voice.But now Wang Hua's expression is very flat, and his tone of voice is even more calm, but he can't see what Wang Hua is thinking.

"Yes, it's very reasonable. Although I can make peace for a while, I can live in peace for a short time. But agree to my conditions, and then let me get a lot of food, plus the newly acquired land and people. I will It’s like adding wings to a tiger. In this case, it’s better to take advantage of us to fight on all sides, and then attack Tubo and Turks. When the troops are greatly damaged, we will be wiped out once and for all. Zhang Shilang, are you right?” Wang Hua sneered.However, he secretly called it a fluke in his heart. Fortunately, he didn't fight Mo Chuai to the death in this battle, and preserved his strength.

But now he also has a headache.Now that the war has been fought, the soldiers also need to rest, and Wang Hua still doesn't want to fight recklessly against the court.

Although the starlight in the imperial court is dim now, and there are not many famous generals, Old Tang is always a person who stepped into the coffin. Zhang Guo dragged himself into the water, and would only ask himself for help, and would never stab the carbine again. Zhang Ren would like to suspect Xue Na.But the Tang Dynasty is still the Tang Dynasty, just as Zhang Shuo thought, the population of Luoyang is much larger than the people in Wang Hua's hands now.

Confronting such a huge country, even if you gain the upper hand, you will be dragged to death sooner or later.It was the same when Xixia's wings didn't harden back then, and it was the same for a weak Song Dynasty who had to bow his head and surrender several times before he got respite.

Especially now that I need to breathe more, if I want to breathe, I need food. Only with food can the people of all ethnic groups be peaceful, and at the same time, more soldiers will be recruited.Of course soldiers also need time to train.That's it, the military service in eight states now far exceeds that of any region or country.

After this series of shocks, if there is another serious injury, sooner or later all the people in the territory will start to get tired of fighting, and that will be the time for their own destruction.

Therefore, the imperial court's arrangement this time is really reasonable.

But outsiders don't know much about the truth, even Zhang said, but he didn't observe it.He only saw that the blood camp was winning silently, and he didn't pay much. He only saw that the blood camp was moving towards a myth step by step.

Therefore, he wanted to mediate rather than let the conflict between Wang Hua and the court grow.

But just as he was about to speak, Zhu Dian said: "Not only that, but I also heard that the imperial court has sent imperial envoys to Dafeichuan to issue an order to General Manager Guo, telling them to stop recovering Dafeichuan immediately."

"National humiliation!" Zhang said viciously.

This is simply a great disgrace to the country.The Tubo people and the Turkic people have treated the Tang Dynasty like this, and they actually want to continue to make peace in order to pacify Wang Hua.No wonder Wang Hua said that someone loved her little family, not this country. No wonder she betrayed the news of the blood camp for a goal that might not even be possible.

However, Wang Hua's face darkened.

This move is even more vicious, if Guo Yuanzhen obeys the imperial court's arrangement and withdraws the army from Dafeichuan.It is not that Tubo is without wise men, they also know the political, economic and military value of Dafeichuan better.Then it will immediately pour the whole country's army northward, defend Dafeichuan, and even retake Jishi Mountain.

Could it be that Webster made some treacherous deals with Tubo again?

But the expression on his face remained calm. He looked at Zhang Shuo, and continued: "Zhang Shilang, you repeatedly persuaded me to uphold justice and revitalize the court. I didn't agree, which disappointed you. You also thought that I wanted to marry the princess. Make peace with the queen and treacherous ministers. Really? You want to deal with treacherous ministers, Wu Sansi almost put me to death, and Zhou Li used me to take the opportunity to threaten the court for life and death. Ji Chuna and Zong Jinqing also let me defeat them successively Have you done enough? But have you solved the root cause of the problem? Zhang Shilang, unless you have the ability to abolish the queen, or learn from Yiyin Huoguang, you should still become an official after you go back."

Serve?Zhang said with a wry smile, thinking that I was only 43 years old, even if I became an official, the court would not allow me.It's like entering the rivers and lakes and wanting to wash your hands in a golden basin, but you haven't reached the age to wash your hands, let alone have the qualifications.

But what Wang Hua did next made him terrified.

Wang Hua called out to the guards outside, telling them to call all the generals, even Li Hong and Mu Zili.

After a while, everyone came.

When Wang Hua told the story, the crowd was furious and quarreled.

Wang Hua waved his hand to make them stop.Then he said: "Everyone, don't be angry. Since the imperial court is still pushing us to death, there is no need for us to care about the imperial court's life and death. I plan to send troops in two ways, one from Qinzhou to Chang'an, and the other from Yanzhou." To Chang'an. Take Chang'an first. Then focus on the two places of Longyou Guanzhong. Especially Guanzhong, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is still a granary. Entering Hanzhong together, you can wait and see dozens of state capitals in Shu , This is another big granary, with these two places, we will not have to worry about food. But think about it carefully, and come up with a charter."

Of course, even if you think about it now, you won't tell it all, and there is an outsider here.

Then he turned his head and looked at Mu Zili and said: "I also give you a task, give you some manpower, you immediately arrange for Xiao Yaxuan to gather all the grain from all the states in the south of the Yangtze River, and then transport it to the Yangtze River and sink into the river together. This piece Things must be done immediately. Then we will arrange manpower, and immediately spread rumors all over the country to drive up the price of food, the higher the better."

Zhang said there was a cold war.Don't think that the food problem is solved now. Last year, because Wang Hua took food from the three prefectures, coupled with the lack of harvest in Guanzhong, the price of food was once driven up to [-] yuan per bucket of rice.It is even higher than the price of grain harvested by Wang Huaqiu.Fortunately, now that the ship technology is promoted by Wang Hua, and the transportation is convenient, the price is quickly suppressed.

If Wang Hua sends out troops, plus sinks a large amount of grain into the river, the cult in his hands spreads rumors, if some big families flirt with Wang Hua and secretly cooperate, this time there will be no second Wang Hua to deal with them, they He is also happy to drive up the price of grain, so as to make money for the country.

Then the country will face a serious disaster.

However, it was not over yet, Wang Hua asked Li Hong again: "If we recruit with all our strength, how many soldiers can we recruit from Oceania?"

Li Hong thought for a while and said, "About two hundred thousand soldiers."

"That's good, let Xiao Yaxuan finish the food matter, immediately bring all the troops to Lingnan, and finally take down Lingnan in the spring of next year. I see if we can capture Guanshu and open up all the front lines. That's it. , let’s break up. Let’s discuss again tomorrow.”

Had to.

Even though you know prosperity, the people suffer, and death, the people suffer.However, knowing that the people are suffering, they cannot just sit back and watch the blood camp perish by itself.Therefore, only a few parties cooperate to resolve this crisis.

At the same time, there was another move in his mind. In front of Zhang Shuo, Wang Hua didn't say it out, and that was Li Chongjun.Even if troops are sent out, under the banner of Li Chongjun, this righteousness will be taken back.

As soon as he stood up, Zhang Shuo grabbed him and said loudly, "You can't go."

Everyone just walked out of the door, and when they saw this situation, they stopped again one by one.

"Zhang Shilang, do you know why I called you here?"

"I don't know, I only know that if you do this, you will no longer be the king you used to be. I only know that if you do this, the people of the world will be devastated! Why, you don't go to Oceania to be your overseas king!"

"It's fine to be the King of Overseas. The imperial court will welcome Princess Jincheng back if she has the ability. I will go overseas immediately."

"What kind of bullshit reason is this? Who are you to Princess Jincheng? When will it be your turn to take care of her affairs?"

"This is a promise, and it is the dignity of the entire tens of millions of people. I still say the same thing, it doesn't matter if you close the door and infighting, don't kneel down the proud head of China for thousands of years to foreign countries in humiliation."

"You..., you are making excuses for your own ambition."

"Yes, I intended to shine on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. The reason why I called you here is to let you see why I turned into Liu Yu step by step."

Wang Junchuo came over, separated Zhang Shuo from Wang Hua, and said to Zhang Shuo: "Zhang Shilang, since you came to Lingzhou, our blood camp brothers have always respected you. You said that our camp supervisor wants to rebel and has ambitions. You ask yourself, if our battalion governor wanted to rebel, he might have raised the price of food step by step since last year, why didn't he raise it. And at the beginning, we borrowed the eight states, which violated the imperial system, but there is Have you ever dealt with the imperial court? The only good thing in Bazhou, Yanma Business Road, have you ever touched it? Not only that, but how much money did the battalion governor spend to get a little grain? Is it 300 million or 400 million? Money? Even if the imperial court sends out troops, we are all unhappy, so we will be suppressed one by one. A few days ago, we were planning to take the opportunity to join forces with General Manager Guo to completely capture Dafeichuan for the imperial court and provide the imperial court with an excellent horse base. But now? Could it be that you let us flee to Oceania together?"

There is no way to escape even if you run away. With so many soldiers and even the families of soldiers, reaching tens of thousands, where do they enter the sea, cross the Tianshan Mountains, and enter the sea from Dashi?Even if you have the ability to turn it over, can a big cannibal eat dry food?
Guo Zhiyun added: "Not only that, but I'm also worried about the eldest sister and third sister of the battalion governor."

Once the imperial court sent troops again this time, there was really no room for maneuver with Wang Hua.Nine times out of ten, the two ministers Zhang Jiuling and Yan Tingzhi, as well as Dafeng and Sanfeng should be used to sacrifice the flag.

Hearing Guo Zhiyun's words, Zhang Shuo's expression changed.If something happened to Dafeng and Sanfeng, it would be a big deal.

He suddenly lifted his official robe, knelt on the ground and said: "Wang Shilang, can you give me a month before I return to Luoyang immediately, if I can't give you an answer, can you fight again?"

When others kneel, Wang Hua can bear it, but when Zhang says kneeling, he really can't bear it.

I reached out to help him, but Zhang couldn't speak.

Wang Hua said: "It's not that I won't give you time, soldiers are precious and fast. If we don't send troops now, the imperial court will have enough time to station a heavy army from Yanzhou to Weizhou and Wuzhou. When the time comes, our blood battalion will need more troops." How many soldiers will it take to achieve the goal?"

Zhang said gritted his teeth and said, "Only 20 days."

It takes 20 days to go back and forth, from Lingzhou to Luoyang for two thousand miles, and the round trip is four thousand miles. In addition to persuasion, Zhang said that he really wants to fulfill this promise unless he spends eight hundred miles back and forth to expedite and travel in person.Otherwise, there will be no time at all.Moreover, Wang Hua shook his head: "You can't convince me. It's not the emperor, there's another person. She's betting the entire country on her own happiness."

After finishing speaking, he shook his head again.

This is no longer his problem alone. In fact, he really has no objection in his heart. This is different from Liu Yu, just like what he said to Li Hong in the morning. At this point, he is also satisfied.Webster's evil deeds cannot live.Even if he doesn't clean up, someone will clean up for him.

But this woman pushed him step by step to the road of rebellion, to the point where he had to rebel.Although many people will suffer losses, let's treat the people better in the future.

Thinking of this, he knelt on the ground regardless of what Zhang said, and walked outside the house.

(End of this chapter)