Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1178 Foreigners

"The king of Le'an County has lived in Qingzhou for more than a year, but he fell in love with the mountains and rivers there?" Shao Shude summoned the king of Le'an County, Li Ye, and his wife in Shendu Garden, and asked.

Empress He of Tang Shuxian has already become a monk in the temple of female Taoists in Anguo. The king of Le'an didn't like her at all. In anger, he decided to "get a wife".

The so-called divorce, also called divorce, usually means that the wife has lost her morals.

Of course, Shao Sheng couldn't let King Le'an do this, it would be too ugly, so he sent people to negotiate in private, and changed it to "harmony", that is, divorce by agreement.

This should be the third divorce case of the former Tang royal family.

The first was the divorce between Prince Li Heng of the Xuanzong Dynasty and his concubine Wei Shi, the second was the divorce of Prince Li Song of the Dezong Dynasty and his concubine Xiao Shi, and the third was the divorce of King Le'an County and Queen He Shi.The first two divorces were caused by politics, and the third was purely pornographic news.

This is the treatment only the queen has.For example, Zhang Quanyi's wife, the Chu family, was collected by Shao Shude in the house as a spoil of war.After Lao Zhang also voted here, because he had a new wife Jiang Shi, he beat around the bush and wanted to reconcile with Chu Shi.But the perverted Shao Sheng sent someone to warn them in private, not allowing them to reconcile and divorce.

It happened that Zhang Quanyi also felt ashamed of this matter, and he also married a bride, so the matter was dragged on for no reason.

"Your Majesty, Dizhou has been plundered many times, and the place is unstable. It is really hard to be safe, so I have lived in Qingzhou." Li Ye was honest and told the reason directly.

Shao Shude nodded, agreeing with Li Ye's statement.

"Is the goods transferred from Shiyi enough?" Shao Shude asked again.

There are 10 households in the king's food town of Le'an County, which are taxed twice a year in summer and autumn, and all of them are used by them.Considering that there are only about [-] people in Dizhou today, almost a quarter of the wealth in the five counties of Dizhou is used to support Li Ye's family.After careful calculation, there are two to three thousand coins, one to twenty thousand pieces of silk, and tens of thousands of millet and wheat a year, which can be called a huge sum of money. Land tax, household tax, young crop money, manual tax and other taxes are not included.

Li Ye's family has a large number of people - this is also the place where Shao Shude was very surprised. Among the last emperors, the king of Le'an County really had the most children. In history, he lived to be 38 years old and had 28 children. It's not dead yet.

Judging from the number of heirs, King Le'an does not seem to be living in fear. It can be seen that although the eunuchs hold military power, they did not persecute him excessively and gave him a certain amount of space.

In this time and space, the number of offspring of Prince Le'an has decreased slightly, but it has also broken through the twenty mark. Considering his age, Shao Shude doubts whether he will go bankrupt if he continues to be born like this.Damn, don't tell me that five thousand households can't afford to support you.

"Your Majesty, last year's autumn tax was robbed by Lu Yanwei." Speaking of this, the Le'an County King felt a pain in his heart, and his face was full of anger. He only heard him say: "Dizhou Inspector Shao Bo sent five Hundreds of soldiers transported the goods to Qingzhou, just as Cang soldiers arrived and fought with General Tu, a bandit army went around and robbed the goods. The minister—the minister did not receive it.”

"I'm going to send troops to attack Lu Yanwei this year, and after the peace is settled, the Le'an County King will be the vassal." Shao Shude comforted.

Li Ye opened his mouth, and wanted to say that it would be better to transfer him, but Li Jianrong, the princess of the county, took his hand and finally did not continue.

Shao Shude's eyes fell on Princess Le'an County, and Li Ye suddenly became nervous.The queen has been occupied by you, so what's your plan?
Shao Shude smiled, and said: "Lu Yanwei still obeys Zhengshuo of the former Tang Dynasty and uses the Tianyou reign name."

"Your Majesty..." Li Ye's face turned pale, a little panicked, and he almost pushed the princess out.

"Don't worry, King of Le'an County. I've come here to condemn Lu Yanwei and his generation." Shao Shude said, "These thieves even dare to rob Emperor Xun's property, which shows how insane they are. I heard that Le'an County Wang Wencai is outstanding, this matter should be handled as soon as possible."

Li Ye breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I obey the order."

Stealing the emperor's money is actually nothing to the warriors of the feudal town.When the Tang Dynasty was still alive, didn't they rob it?Wei Bowufu robbed Dutong Wang Duo's money and more than 30 women, and killed them to silence him.Li Hanzhi robbed the property of the Guandong Fan Town for the imperial court, which was extremely arrogant.Even Wang Rong's personal contribution to the emperor's money was intercepted by Li Ke's men.

They obey the Tang Dynasty, obey a bird!
Even if Shao Shude didn't say anything, Li Ye planned to scold Lu Yanwei.Even I dare to rob me of my belongings, don't you know that I have to spend a lot of money dragging my family?
"Okay, let's go back and get ready. In a few days, we'll go on a north tour." Shao Shude waved his hand to let Li Ye and his wife back down.

After the two left, Empress He came out, so angry that she wanted to arrest Shao Shude.

Shao Shude pampered her very much, and Empress He was the only woman who dared to act presumptuously in front of him.

"Isn't it just to let you hide to meet the King of Le'an County?" Shao Shude smiled; "Don't grab it, it will flow out if you move around."

Empress He blushed.

Shao Shude pinched her face, and said: "This time on the northern tour, you will pretend to be a palace servant and accompany you to serve. Be careful, don't let the King of Le'an see it."

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After Chen Cheng came to court, he went to the Zhengshitang, commanded the small officials to carry various official letters and documents, and then went to the Ministry of Zhongshu, and also supervised the officials to select various documents, classics and offices needed for driving. need things.

Zhongshu Shilang and Tongping Zhangshi Song Le are also here.After meeting Chen Cheng, he went up to greet him, and then asked, "Chen Xiang, are you all ready?"

Chen Cheng nodded, and said, "Jingzhong will ask Prime Minister Song."

Chen Cheng from Zhongshu Province accompanied him, and Song Le stayed behind.

In addition to high-ranking officials such as Shi Lang, mid-level and lower-level officials such as Zhongshu Sheren, Living Sheren, Tongshi Sheren, Yousanqi Changshi, Shiyi, Buque, and Bachelor of Jixian Academy also left Beijing in large numbers, and drove north with them. patrol.

The other ministries are the same as them.

This is true for foreign officials, and the same is true for palace officials and internal officials.

The Chuanguo Yuxi was kept in the hands of Shanggong Xie, who was in the same car with the saint.

The internal officials will also pick out many concubines to accompany them.

Even a few older princes have to accompany them, increasing their knowledge and experience along the way.

Almost half of the imperial court was mobilized, and wherever they went, the highest central organization would be there.

"More than one hundred thousand forbidden troops are all the country's elite. Civil and military officials are also heroes of the moment. Chen Xiangwu must persuade the saints to fight steadily and not to take risks." Song Le thought for a while, but he was still not at ease, and carefully advised.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister Song. At this point, I just want stability and nothing else." Chen Cheng replied.

Song Le's qualifications are slightly older than him, and he has a very close relationship with the saint. Chen Cheng still respects him very much.

"You have to pay attention to the soldiers and horses of foreign feudal vassals." Song Le took a few steps, sighed, wishing to replace Chen Cheng with the driver.

But he knew that what he was good at was government affairs, and he had to rely on Chen Cheng for military advice. The division of labor between the two was different, so there was no way.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister Song." Chen Cheng said with a smile: "This northern tour, temple conspiracy is the main focus, and the military is supplemented. It is said that Lu Yanwei was beaten, but the target is actually Li Keyong. Maybe the board didn't directly hit Ke Yong's ass. up, but he's not feeling well."

Song Le couldn't help but laugh.

Indeed, the most difficult towns in the north have never been Cangjing, Chengde, and Yiding, but Hedong.

The matter of Li Cunxiao's surrender continued to ferment, and the possibility of internal disintegration in Hedong continued to increase.To put it bluntly, Cheng De, Cang Jing, and Yi Ding's will to fight might be one or two points stronger than that of Hedong Wufu. After all, the former is fighting for his own interests, and the latter is hard to say. up.

But Song Le was still worried.

It is only one year and eight months since the founding of the Great Xia. If something happens at this time, such as the collapse of the whole army, the adverse effects will be extremely far-reaching.The simplest point is that the Great Xia court lost more than [-] elites, and its prestige dropped sharply, and warriors from all over the place might become domineering.And once they become domineering, no one can guarantee whether they will fight as hard as they are now.

If the monarch makes some stupid tricks again, resulting in a further decline in prestige, then he will have to spend more effort to win over the warriors.Then it is a matter of course to fall the arrogant soldiers.The combat effectiveness of the imperial army will drop again and again, and the warriors will become veterans, waiting for a price. Even if there is a major cleansing to restore the decline, it will only treat the symptoms, not the root cause, and may cause morale to fall to the bottom.

It's a vicious circle!
Once this kind of thing happens, it is very difficult for the saint to recover.He may be able to maintain it while he is alive, but once he dies, he is in danger of dying for the second generation.

As for the second dynasty that succeeded Great Xia, to be honest, it is a high probability event that it will be more arrogant and its soldiers will be more depraved.The warriors who have tasted the sweetness of waiting for a price will find it difficult to return to the relatively simple state of the past. I really can't imagine what kind of chaos it will be.Maybe the central court changes like a revolving lantern, until everyone is tired and can't move anymore.

It was not easy to see the dawn of world domination, and Song Le was extremely unwilling to have such a thing happen.

"Is Li Tangbin also accompanying me?" Song Le asked suddenly.

"I don't know either. But the saint summoned Li Tangbin in the Lichun Palace yesterday, and he should accompany him." Chen Cheng said in a low voice.

"That's good." Song Le nodded.

The sage is cautious and will not leave the slightest flaw.A general with high prestige like Li Tangbin would not let him stay in the capital.After driving, most of them can only be counselors, and they will not actually command the army.

Saints should not come to the front line in person.So, is it time to praise Ge Congzhou this time?
Based on the analysis of the situation inside and outside the court, Song Le believed that this should be the case.

Among Liangdi warriors, Ge Congzhou's prospects and power seem to be stronger than Hu Zhen and Zhu Zhen, but I don't know if this person is worth cultivating.

This not only tests his command ability, but also his coordination ability, the latter is especially critical.

Will the officers and men of the Imperial Army despise or even bully this outsider?Whether Ge Congzhou can deal with them will be known in a few months.

Disagreement between sects has always existed and cannot be eliminated.If he can't pass this level, Ge Congzhou won't be able to jump the dragon's gate with a carp, and the saint will lose interest in cultivating him.

It can be described as frightening step by step when descending people climb up.

(End of this chapter)