Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1061 dishes, love to play
On the ninth day of September, during the Double Ninth Festival, the sage gave five hundred coins to the prime ministers for their entertainment and banquets.

He also gave five hundred coins to the officials of the ministries, so that they could choose a scenic spot for leisure and enjoyment.

Give money to the palace people again...

When Yang Kezheng asked his servant Qiu Silian to reimburse the expenses, Qiu Silian was very angry and said: "The sage is generous, but I don't know who is generous."

"Under the whole world, is it the king's land, and the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers." Yang Kezheng said: "The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, and the commander-in-chief of the foreign vassal, are they the officials of the Tang Dynasty?"

Qiu Silian didn't argue with her, just smiled and said, "Yang Shanggong is also thirty-two, right? In a few years, I'm afraid he will be released from the palace and go to fend for himself. No children, no daughters, Difficult."

To be honest, eunuchs can laugh at palace officials on this point.Because eunuchs have children to support them to the end, and eunuchs are also a family business, palace officials are different.

Yang Kezheng's complexion suddenly became very ugly.

She is a woman with a sharp tongue, but Qiu Silian's words really hit the hidden worry in her heart, making her unable to refute.

She didn't have this hidden worry at first, but when Shao Shude said something about giving a banquet in the porch last time, some worries suddenly came to her heart.

Parents have passed away long ago, elder brother and second brother died in Chaos Chaos, third brother in Shence Army also died in Jingshi Rebellion, only one younger sister married a small court official, and even lost her official position a while ago , but she was unable to help her brother-in-law restore his official position.

"Forget it, a fool, an idiot, it's meaningless to talk too much." Qiu Silian shook his head and walked away.

Yang Kezheng stood still for a long time.

When she applied, she returned to Anfu Hall.

The saint was saying something, Li Zhaoyi's eyes were red, and Empress He was crying.

Yang Kezheng actually looked down on Empress He a bit.Born in the He family of Zizhou, it is said to be a local rich family, but in the whole world, it is just a humble family.If it weren't for the sage who followed the late emperor to Chengdu when he was in the vassal state, and the states in the Shu region offered beauties to serve him, Empress He would have no chance at all.

Moreover, she is a bit greedy for life and afraid of death, hesitates to do something, and cries when she is frightened, she has no maternity appearance at all.

Compared with it, Li Zhaoyi is much better, and she loves the saint even more, loves to the bottom of her heart, the kind who dares to block the knife for the saint.

"If Shao thief is not suspicious, the queen still needs to work harder." When he said this, the saint was also a little embarrassed, with an unnatural expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, those warriors are fierce and unruly, and only the Tai Tuo can control them. If the Tai Tuo dies and the rebels rush into the palace, we will all die without a place to die." Empress He wept.

The saint's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "Why did the queen say this? Shao thief is dead, even if Xia Bing kills all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, it will not be beneficial. Can a person be resurrected after death? Always think about the future. I am the Son of Heaven , issued an edict to comfort her, rewarded her with money, and then—"

Speaking of this, the saint gritted his teeth and said, "Throw out a few more scapegoats, and the grievances of the rebels will be calmed down."

Yang Kezheng suddenly felt a chill.

The sage is the Son of Heaven, and it is indeed impossible for the rebels to kill him, but what about the palace people?What about Baiguan?

Who is the scapegoat?Lu Guangqi?Dugu loss?Wang Pu?Liu Can?Empress He will also be given death if she fails, and what will happen to her?
Empress He was still crying, and she obviously thought of something terrible.

Zhaoyi Li Jianrong stood up suddenly and said: "Your Majesty, I am also good at singing, dancing and melody, and can also perform dances and persuade wine."

Her gaze was firm, and when she looked at the saint, her eyes were full of love.

The sage was overjoyed and said, "If this happens—"

As he spoke, he glanced at Empress He who was still crying, and snorted coldly.

Yang Kezheng sighed softly, she is a little pitiful for Empress He now.

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On the other side, Wang Pu, a doctor of the Ministry of Justice, left Miyagi.

Today Hanyuan Hall gave a banquet, dozens of people were present, and after drinking too much, they all admired it.

Some people wrote poems on the spot, some sang and cried bitterly, and some drank one cup after another.

Wang Pu comforted the sage a few words, wrote another poem about Zhongxing, and then left in a hurry, took a guard of honor with him, and went to Weizhou to pass the decree.

When he left Luoyang and went to the east gate, Wang Pu looked up subconsciously.

The Waiguo City of Luoyang, not counting the palace city, imperial city, and Shendu Garden, has a circumference of 69 miles and 67 steps, while the circumference of the Waiguo City in Chang'an, the western capital, is only [-] miles.As far as the Outer Guocheng where the common people live, Luoyang and Chang'an are on the same level, even slightly larger.

At present, the construction of the city wall is not slow. The three city gates of Yongtong, Jianchun and Shangdong in the east of the city have been repaired, and the wall has also been completed. Well, it's not easy to defend. If the enemy really wants to attack, just defend the imperial city and the palace city. The walls are four feet and eight feet high.

There is a canal to the south of the upper east gate, and ships will continue to enter it.The cabin is full of grain, which is the summer tax paid by the Henan provinces, and is going to be stored in Hanjiacang City.

The city can store nearly 600 million hu grains at most, and this will restore a part, the reserves have exceeded one million, and there are actually about 60 hu grains in storage.

"Hey! I have no other choice." Wang Pu murmured silently in his heart: "If Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong enter Luoyang, so what if I'm a country of death? King Xia gave—it's too much."

Wang Pu was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan.

Li Keyong didn't have any obvious dislike for the aristocratic family, but he wouldn't try to win them over either. He had his own base, namely the Daibeiwuren Group.In terms of civil servants, they also mostly use the shogunate system left over by Zheng Congyu, plus the children of Xiwen from the families of the local military academy in Hedong who were promoted in the past ten years.

Zhu Quanzhong's former Bianzhou shogunate was even worse. Most of them were down-and-out literati and scholars from small families.

It is also the most in-depth cooperation between King Xia and the family.

The Xiao, Pei, Feng, Zhao and other families worked very hard for him to recruit talents, manage the local area, and develop production.

Since the hardships, the aristocratic family has weakened to this point, and hundreds of thousands of people live together, and the scenes of offering sacrifices together are almost invisible.If King Xia were to be hated any more, Wang Pu reckoned that he would have to break it up into pieces, each living in a small household.

After sighing for a long time, Wang Pu didn't stay any longer, passed Jirun Station, and then turned north.

He took the road of Heyang, that is, crossed the river in the three cities of Heyang, then crossed the four counties of Wen, Wuzhi, Huojia, and Xinxiang, and arrived at Lisuoji County in Weizhou. It will arrive in seven or eight days.

When crossing Mang Mountain, Wang Pu looked back down the mountain again.

It was almost evening, and the two counties of Luoyang and Henan were bathed in sunset glow.The fields have been harvested, and every household is preparing for autumn sowing of winter wheat.

The smoke from the cooking in the village is curling up, the cattle and sheep are still gnawing on the grass in the grass, and the children in the woods are playing non-stop, full of joyful atmosphere.

Suddenly, the guilt in Wang Pu's heart became less.

The king of Xia has the merit of pacifying the people.This merit is unparalleled in the world, and there is no reward for a saint, only to abdicate and let the virtuous.

It's not that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, but I'm also for the people of the world.

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Shao Shude has already arrived in Wei County, which is closer to the front line and can get news faster.

In fact, the large-scale battle has not yet started, the reason is that the number of masters is seriously insufficient, and no one transports food, equipment, and supplies to the front line, so we can't let the soldiers transport them by themselves, right?
This kind of mess was also caused by Shao Shude himself.In order to gain a good reputation, a large number of masters were sent back to their hometowns for summer harvest. After the summer harvest was over, there was still autumn sowing.

But not every household has to harvest in summer and sow in autumn.Under the three-year two-crop system, some people harvest in summer and sow in autumn, while others sow in spring and harvest in autumn. Therefore, the second batch of recruits is almost at the front line, with a total of 20.

There are still 20 masters on the front line, and a total of 40 people serve the 10,000+ army.In this battle, regardless of victory or defeat, the consumption has already been spent.

Burn money!
However, if the southern section of Yongji Canal is not so silted up, things may be much simpler and the consumption will not be so great.

Wei Jun also noticed the signal of Xia Jun's recuperation and rest, so in the past 20 days, he launched a massive offensive.They attacked from Neihuang, fought against the right flank of Tianxiong army in the north of Liyang, they were defeated, and then retreated back to Neihuang, and there was no more movement.

On the northern front, Lu Huaizhong, the envoy of the Taining Army's Jiedu Envoy and Xing Mingci Xiangwei's defense envoy of the five prefectures, sent more than [-] men from the Tu generals to Beizhou in the east.The thieves defended the emptiness, and the Xia army went straight to the Qinghe River. The two sides fought under Guo, and the thieves were defeated.

Through these two battles, Shao Shude has figured out the current state of the enemy and our armies.

The defeat of the Jin army in Xing Mingci made the morale of the Wuwei, Tujiang, and Jinglue armies extremely high, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved compared to before.Before this morale is worn away, it may be possible to achieve good results.

The Tianxiong Army on the southern front is relatively capable of fighting.The combat power is not as fluctuating as the Wuwei, Tujiang and other troops. With them, Shao Shude is not worried at all about being attacked by the Chinese army and fleeing alone.

In the direction of Bozhou, after the right wing of the Yicong army has been repaired, it will also lead the soldiers from various states to go northward again to attack Bozhou.

If there are many soldiers, then we must give full play to our superiority in strength.The best way to give full play to the superiority of troops is to split up the troops and put pressure on the enemy from all directions, so that they are exhausted and overwhelmed, and finally show their flaws.

The strategy has been set, and now it is time to wait for the supplies to be stored before launching a large-scale attack.

"Your Highness, there is news from Luoyang." Li Yixian glanced quietly, saw that Shao Shude had been idle, walked forward slowly, and handed over a military report.

Shao Shude picked it up and looked at it, a little dumbfounded.Why have so many people tipped me off lately?If you do this again, what if you can't continue acting?
The saint is also a worry-free person, and there is no compulsion at all.

Looking at what he has done in history, he has not yet taken responsibility.The level is very good, but he loves to play, and if he messes up, he will push some so-called loyal ministers to take the blame.The prime ministers Wei Zhaodu and Du Rangneng successively paid for his wrong decisions and died unexpectedly.If Zhang Jun hadn't had some connections outside, he would have carried a bucket halfway and run away, and he would have been given to death for attacking Hedong.

The present situation of the Great Tang Dynasty is due to the past emperors and present emperors.

"Let Wang Pu go directly to Liyang." Shao Shude ordered.

(End of this chapter)