Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1314
On March 27, Li Siyuan ordered the generals and officers of the Xin Dynasty who had come to attend the funeral to return to the town, check the troops, horses, equipment, money and food, and make a list and send it to Jincheng.

Chu Shenping, the commander of Yin'anzhi, drove all the troops into the city and took over the defense smoothly.

Shao Shude personally presided over the ceremony, and after Li Ke used the body to put the body into the coffin, he discussed with Liu Shi and decided to stop the funeral for five days, and the third day of April was an auspicious time, and the coffin was raised and returned to Daizhou.

Before that, he took advantage of the favorable opportunity to hurry up and handle some important things, such as——

"What are sister-in-law's plans for the future?" Shao Shude asked kindly.

He is very cautious now, when meeting with his sister-in-law Liu Shi, he always takes Li Xiji, deputy envoy of Hedong Jiedu, with him to avoid being gossiped.

Li Xiji's body doesn't seem to be very strong.

He was already extremely obese, and he usually ate a lot, unlike Shao Shude who used to waste energy by practicing martial arts, hunting, and playing polo, so he had very serious symptoms of three highs.

Li Keyong's death dealt another blow to him, so he was depressed, like a candle in the wind, and the fire of life would be extinguished at any time.

He should also know his physical condition.But for the affairs behind Hedong and Li Keyong, he is still busy, and his loyalty is moving.

With this person, Li Ke is still very able to unite his subordinates, and has a unique personality charm.

"Uncle, do you have any arrangements?" Liu's expression was sad, as if he was not interested in anything.

Shao Shude pondered for a while, and said: "I have a house in Luoyang, which is not bad. My sister-in-law may live there. I have always missed my sister-in-law very much, and often said that I want to play with my sister-in-law."

"Uncle can arrange it," Liu said.

"Then it's settled." Shao Shude said with a smile: "My nephews and nieces will also live there together. It will be so lively."

Liu forced a smile.

She wasn't disgruntled.In fact, Shao and Li have a good relationship, and she contributed a lot.It's just that in the current sad situation, she really doesn't have much interest in everything.

In addition, even if this ending was expected in advance, sufficient psychological construction has been done.But when things come to an end, emotional fluctuations are inevitable.

Hedong can no longer provide her with protection.From now on, everything depends on the charity of the Shao family.

"One more thing." Shao Shude looked at Li Xiji again, and said, "Wu Zihua, the governor of Hedong Road, just passed away. The important town of Hedong can't be idle for a long time. I wonder if Deputy Envoy Li is willing to accommodate?"

Wu Zihua is Wu Rong, and he can be regarded as one of the literati who defected to Shao Shude in the early days.The poems are well written, but they fail the exams repeatedly.Later, he realized that he was so enlightened that he no longer took the exams, and took refuge in Shao Shude who was in urgent need of employing people at that time.Starting from the county magistrate, he was promoted step by step, and finally became the governor of Hedong Road, and died in the official residence.

In history, Wu Rong was ups and downs in the big dye vat at the end of Tang Dynasty. He was banished from Beijing several times in times of military turmoil. He only lived to be 54 years old.

In this time and space, he has been an official in Yanzhou and other places for a long time, living a stable life and feeling comfortable, but he has lived for three years longer.

The fate of people is really closely related to the environment.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." Li Xiji did not hesitate too much, and directly agreed.

He knew that this position was taken out by the sage in order to calm people's hearts.

He also knew that with his own body, he might not be able to do it for long.He wanted to decline, but he thought about his family, his acquaintances and friends, and the bereaved family of King Jin, so he felt that it would be good to make a transition in this position.

Things that should be arranged in advance, just arranged in advance, so as to save the store from passing through this village.

"With the help of Saburo, the people of Hedong will be determined." Shao Shude said happily.

"The minister will live up to His Majesty's high expectations." Li Xiji replied.

He knew that the governor was not for nothing.No, the saint has already set the conditions.

But this is not difficult to do.As far as the civil servants in Hedong are concerned, there is nothing wrong with belonging to the new dynasty. Maybe they can get rid of the long-term oppression of Wufu and feel proud.

After solving these two major issues, Shao Shude felt much relieved, and the next step was the more difficult problem of the army.

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On March 29th, Shao Shude summoned Li Siyuan and formally started to solve the problem of sending troops in Hedong.

Li Siyuan arrived soon after receiving the order.

As the top military and political leader in the Xindai area, he has been staying in Jincheng Town recently, very well-behaved.

Shao Shude was also very satisfied with his performance.

In other words, Li Siyuan had been an emperor and was ambitious and might rebel.But Shao Shude felt that, except for a few people who were "ambitious" from the very beginning, most people drifted with the tide in the troubled times, and their ambitions grew step by step with their strength—just ask the warriors in the world, which one has no ambitions ?
Therefore, use it when you need it, and there is no need to be paranoid.

"How many soldiers and horses does Xin Dai have?" Shao Shude took a pair of whale leather armor from the soldiers and asked while looking at it.

This pair of whale leather armor is quite heavy, and its protection looks good.

The reason for the sinking is that the cuticle of whale skin itself is relatively thick and hard.

Whales in the ocean often don't know how many "hitchhiking" creatures are attached to their bodies, because their skin is too thick and hard to feel.

With such a material, the quality of the leather armor made is quite good, and because of the considerable buffer layer, it has a certain weakening effect on blunt weapon damage.In addition, Shao Shude asked people to nail a lot of iron plates on it, which also had a good defense against chopping.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems a bit like cotton armor.The Military Weapons Supervisor produced a total of more than a hundred sets and sent them over. In fact, the cost of this thing is very high, and it is also rare. It is destined to only be regarded as a "toy".

"There are still more than [-] people." Li Siyuan replied.

His eyes were also attracted by the whale leather armor.Because this pair of leather armor is really a bit thick, could it be that there are five layers of cowhide?

"More than 3..." Shao Shude said in an amazed tone: "My brother raises so many soldiers. How many soldiers are there in the whole river?"

"No less than eighty thousand." Li Siyuan replied.

"Too many. When I broke Bianliang, Zhu Quanzhong also recruited a bunch of soldiers. Now that I have obtained Hedong, my elder brother also left me [-] warriors." Shao Shude said with a wry smile.

Li Siyuan was a little ashamed.

If Youzhou Town is still in hand, the two towns of Hedong and Youzhou can support [-] troops together.If Yiding, Chengde, Weibo, and Cangjing provided some more goods, they could raise more—food is not a problem, the main problem is money and silk, which needs to be provided by outsiders.

But now the towns in Hebei have been destroyed one after another, and Hedong has also lost Youzhou and Datong, and they can't afford to raise another [-] soldiers.In fact, the Jin army's rewards are already less than a year ago. If it was changed to another town, the warriors would rebel.

"If I don't come to Hedong, brother Yi raises so many soldiers, something will happen sooner or later." Shao Shude said again.

Li Siyuan was silent.

There is no way to refute this.King Jin's control over the army is very strong. Although it cannot be compared with Shao Shude and Zhu Quanzhong, it is also stronger than those feudal towns that frequently rebel and kill generals.

The root of it is that when the King of Jin entered Hedong, he took office with a large army.

Many of these sergeants were from the three tribes of Shatuo and Tatars who were related to Shatuo by marriage. King Jin led them to successive battles and had a high prestige. Afterwards, they merged with the remaining yamen soldiers in Hedong, and their control power decreased a little, but Still going strong.

But then again, there is a limit to how much warriors can endure.What's more, at this time, the king of Jin has passed away, and if the warriors don't keep it together, they will cause chaos, burn, kill and loot, causing troubles.If the sage is willing to take it, he will be freed for them.

"The army of the Xin Dynasty may need to be reorganized." Shao Shude said in a tone that seemed to be asking but was indisputable.

"I would like to obey the holy orders." Li Siyuan replied.

Shao Shude nodded in satisfaction, and said: "More than 3 people will be reorganized into the Datong and Tiancheng armies. The Datong army will appoint another officer and general. You will lead the Tiancheng army, how about it?"

"I obey the order." Li Siyuan replied without hesitation.

The ending was better than he had imagined, and there was nothing dissatisfied with it.

"This armor, you can play with it." Shao Shude asked someone to hand over the whale leather armor to Li Siyuan, and said with a smile: "Put a chain armor inside, and the protection will not be bad."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." Li Siyuan took the whale leather armor with his own hands, and couldn't put it down.

Indeed, as the sage said, wearing a chain mail inside and a whale leather armor outside, the protection is quite strong.The most important thing is that it is still very good to offset some blunt weapon blows.

There is no warrior who does not like weapons and armor.

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On the third day of April in the sixth year of Jianji, Li Keyong's coffin returned from the south of Jincheng Town.

Shao Shude helped the coffin in person, before leaving the city.

Outside Jincheng Town, more than 2 people from Feilong Army and Yinanzhi lined up neatly and meandering southward.

Further north, more than [-] Tibetan soldiers followed from afar.

It is enough for more than [-] people to enter Yanmen Pass.

On the tenth day of April, the army arrived outside Yanmen County, where Daizhou was located.

Li Siyuan, who had returned to Daizhou in advance, took a group of officials, generals, and elders to stand in plain clothes outside the north gate to welcome the king of Jin.

Of course, the more important thing is to welcome the summer son.Things have changed in Hedong, and no one can say clearly what to do in the future.If you don't take advantage of this time to get acquainted, and wait until the official position is replaced by Confucian classics students from Kansai and Henan, it will be too late to cry.

Shao Shude patiently met with the officials.

His attitude was very kind, and his words were pleasant to hear. After hearing this, the officials felt as if they were at home, and felt that life could be maintained again.

The generals of the Datong and Tiancheng Second Armies who are still in the process of reorganization also came to meet with them.

Shao Shude comforted him carefully, and he felt at ease when he learned that no one was making trouble for the time being.

When he was in Jincheng Town, he had already set the tone: those who cause chaos during the funeral are the insane people, and everyone can punish them.

Honestly, it’s cool to stand on the moral high ground.

He didn't expect to suppress all the ambitions of He Dongwu with this little trick, but it would be great if he could dissuade most of them.The rest of the top brats labeled him as "crazy", which disgusted other Hedong Wufu who were willing to obey.Quietly, the division and disintegration was achieved without costing a soldier, a penny or a piece of silk.

After entering the city, Li Ke used his coffin to stop in the underground palace of Baiyun Temple, waiting for the burial at the end of August.

At this time, Shao Shude also received news from Tianjing Pass: Shi Jiantang rushed back to Zelu in the starry night and ordered Shatuo and Tuyuhun soldiers guarding Tianjing Pass, Malao Pass, and Zezhou City to surrender.

The situation is very good, not a small one, but a great one!

(End of this chapter)