Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 291
On October [-]th, more than [-] people from the Shunyi Army Division received a round of rewards, and then took more than a thousand camels and hundreds of carriages, and were driven by Hexi Dangxiang herdsmen who were temporarily recruited, and headed for Liangzhou.

These people have nowhere to go.An Xiuxiu would either vote for Zhu Quanzhong, or Qin Zongquan, or someone Shao.

Qin Zongquan shrank Caizhou, lost Beiguan City and Nancheng City, and only one Zhongzhou City remained. It was only a matter of time before it was defeated.

Zhu Quanzhong's tens of thousands of troops besieged Caizhou for four months. Finally, the army ran out of food and finally retreated.However, Qin Zongquan's strength has been greatly damaged, and he has actually withdrawn from the hegemony stage, so it is obviously not worth relying on.

As the Shunyi Army went west, the Tianzhu Army and Zhenwu Army had also left. At this time, only the Leopard Cavalry Army and Shao Shude's personal soldiers remained in Huaiyuan County.

Shao Shude "rested" in the new mansion until the end of October, and the results were remarkable. Zhuge's girly smell gradually faded away, and the charm of a woman gradually appeared.

The other three maids were a little disappointed, because the king only slept with Zhuge family at night, and he hasn't touched them yet.

On October [-], Shao Shude left Huaiyuan County and returned to Xiazhou.He led his own soldiers and leopard riders first, and the Dingyuan Army, which had completed the task of guarding Lingzhou, escorted some of the goods and followed slowly behind.

And it was at this time that Li Hang arrived in Chang'an.

He was going to Liangzhou, but Shao Shude felt that the matter of Chang'an was more important, so he temporarily changed the itinerary and went to Chang'an for activities.In Liangzhou, there are other candidates.

The atmosphere in Nanya today is a bit weird, because Shao Shude, the king of Lingwu County, wanted to merge the four northern provinces, and asked to be Shuofang Jiedu envoy to rule over the land of ten states.

In fact, Zhang Jun already knew the news.He is the prime minister, how could this kind of thing bypass him?But now he is not in the mood to take care of such "little things". What he cares about is the increasing oppression of the officials of the Southern Yamen by the middle officials of the Beisi.

It is true that since the change of Ganlu, Nanya has become weaker and Beisi has become stronger.The reason is that there are soldiers in the Beisi, and there are plenty of martial arts. The officials in the Nanya, let alone commanding soldiers, are not even as good as the eunuchs in personal combat power. Pick wins.

There must be soldiers!This is Zhang Jun's long-standing belief that without soldiers, everything is empty.

There are still more than [-] Shence Army in Beijing, but they are all in the hands of the middle officials. It is impossible to find a solution from the Shence Army and the six nominal armies (Zuo Yulin, Zuo Longwu, Zuo Shenwu).For the current plan, the only way is to let the court officials go out of the town to control the soldiers and horses of the town, and then eliminate the group of middle-ranking officials who are invincible.

The governor of Tongzhou, Hao Zhenwei, was more optimistic about the court officials. Although the governor of Huazhou, Wang Bian, was from the Shence Army, he now has a different stand and seems to be alienated from the middle officials. These are all people who can be wooed.

Others, Li Xiang, a gold merchant, seemed to have a bad opinion of Zhongguan. After all, Yang Fugong tried to seize his foundation for his adopted son at the beginning, so if he could get in touch with him more in the future, he might be able to win him over.

"Mr. Zhang, the two lieutenants of the Beisi and the two privy envoys have requested to wear the prime minister's court clothes to assist the altar." A voice suddenly came from his ear, and Zhang Jun, who was thinking about something, looked up, and it turned out to be the prime minister Du Rangneng.

"Du Xiang, how did this happen?" Zhang Jun didn't react at first, but then he became a little annoyed, and lowered his voice, "Bei Si is already strong, so if he wears the prime minister's court uniform for the suburban festival today, wouldn't he be equal to us?"

In the battle between the Southern Yamen and the Beisi, the Beisi is certainly strong, but in terms of the system, the Nanya, which has administrative power and financial power, is still superior, and the etiquette system is like this.

But now the middle officials even want to take away the last bit of decency from the court officials in Nanya, and get the same status as Nanya in terms of etiquette. How can this be possible?

"Ximen Zhongsui and Luo Quanguan are already urging the Shaofu supervisor to rush to the system immediately." Du Rangneng sat down, with a very sad expression on his face, and said: "The Shaofu supervisor and Taichang Li officer refused, but the Beisi If you don’t give up, if you drag it on, something unbearable may happen.”

Luo Quanguan, a middle official who was promoted after Yang Fugong's death, served as the lieutenant of the Youshence Army.This is no accident, the imperial court will never allow the Ximen family to dominate, and the power will always be divided.

"Crack!" Zhang Jun slapped the table heavily, his face full of anger.

He deeply hated Beisi's monopoly on power.But there is no soldier in hand, so there is nothing to do!
From an institutional point of view, the only chance for Nanya court officials to command troops is to go to war.That is to say, once a conquest occurs, the sage will convene officials of the fourth grade or above from the two provinces, Yushitai, and Shangshu Province to hold a Yanying Zoudu meeting to discuss whether to send troops and the specific details of sending troops.

In this meeting, theoretically middle officials could not participate, not even the great eunuch who was a military envoy.But a system is a system, actually, well, eunuchs are often involved in this.

But no matter what, this is indeed the only chance for Nanya officials to take charge of the army.Wei Zhaodu led the troops into Shu, which was the way he followed. Ximen Sigong, who watched the military appearance, also attended the meeting due to illness, and did not object.And once the dispatch of troops is decided, the Nanya will select generals, and the Beisi can only send the supervisory army, and the military power has since fallen into the hands of the Nanya officials.

It's just that there is no chance to go out now!Wei Zhaodu has already entered Shu, and he may not find a second opportunity to use foreign troops in a short time.Moreover, the number of the Shence Army is not very sufficient. Recently, Beisi has selected a general to recruit troops in the Kanto. Before this is completed, it will be difficult to send troops again.

"Du Xiang, this matter must not be withdrawn." Zhang Jun said with a serious face.

"Don't you know the power of a middle official?" Du Rangneng said with a wry smile: "The Suburban Festival is just this month, so I'm afraid there is no way to delay it. In a few days, Beisi will send troops to the Shaofu Supervisor to arrest people. "

Zhang Jun was startled and angry, the expression on his face changed rapidly, and he sighed heavily after a long time.

It was a pity that he didn't get a chance to enter Shu.

Can Wei Zhaodu, that useless person, win Tian and Yang's remnants?If he can master the elite of the [-] magic strategy battalion, he can write the victory document in Chengdu in only three months.

What a pity, what a pity!

"Are you going to make a concession to Beisi?" Zhang Jun asked in a low voice, "I have searched all the decrees of the previous dynasties and the state, and there is no such thing as a middle-level person wearing a prime minister's court uniform to assist a sacrifice, and there is no system of middle-ranking officials' court uniform..."

"There are ways." Du Rangneng also sighed, and said, "Shao Shude, the king of Lingwu County, is seeking the post of Shuofang Jiedu envoy. This matter must be handled by our Nan Ya, and the Bei Si alone cannot do it." .”

To put it simply, administrative power is the natural power of Nanya. Although the Beisi Zhongguan has been ridiculing them for "delivering documents" and "stamping and using seals", the system is such that if Nanya does not cooperate, things will not be done.

"You mean?" Zhang Jun quickly realized and asked.

"It may be better for the King of Lingwu County to persuade the Zhongguan Beisi than us." Du Rangneng said with certainty.

Zhang Jun nodded slightly, then frowned a little, said: "I can hide this time, but I can't hide next time. Does he still ask Lingwu County King to help again and again? Why does he keep accepting our favor?"

Du Rang Neng was stunned.

It would be nice to be a paper-papermaker now, but do you still want to completely suppress Bei Si?Is that possible?

"What is the saint doing recently?" Zhang Jun asked suddenly.

"Stay in bed." Du Rang could feel a layer of sweat on his back.It was late autumn and he was still sweating, which showed that he was a little nervous.

Zhang Jun smiled mysteriously.

Jinshang really trusts Zhongguan, or he was taught by Zhongguan.As long as Jinshang is still there, then Beisi will continue to be trusted, at best it will be a different person.Tian Lingzi was replaced by Ximen Sigong. After Ximen Sigong was weak, he replaced Yang Fugong. After Yang Fugong was overthrown, Luo Quanguan was introduced now.

The two lieutenants of the Beisi and the two privy envoys were so powerful that the officials of the Nanya really became "delivering documents".Now, even the property rights have been taken away by others!
Previously, Yang Fugong took away two important incomes from the Nan Yamen, the salt class and the official sales of koji (qū), on the pretext of training the new army of Shence Camp.

Although Yang Fugong has been taken to the capital and will be executed soon, Beisi has not returned these two items of income, this is really deceitful!
"Du Xiang, the Dingnan Army entered the Zouyuan, but it is in Pingkang?" Zhang Jun asked suddenly.

"Of course." Du Rangneng wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Zhang Jun nodded, and then excused himself to have something to do, got up and left.

After Zhang Jun left, Du Rangneng relaxed all over, with a hint of mockery on his face.

This generation talks big, has no morals, and is not born in the imperial examination.Being able to become a prime minister, isn't it because he clings to Yang Fugong?But after Yang Fugong lost his power, he turned to show his favor to Tian Lingzi.

There is a joke circulating in Beijing.Zhang Jun attached himself to Tian Lingzi, but looked down on him, and kept jumping back and forth between eunuchs and court officials.Once Tian Lingzi hosted a banquet for court officials, Zhang Jun bowed down to Tian Lingzi before everyone came to please him.After all the officials arrived, Tian Lingzi said in public: "If Zhang Langzhong feels ashamed to deal with me, he just doesn't come. Why bother to thank you in private before everyone comes?"

After the court officials heard about it, they could imagine what they thought of Zhang Jun.

After Tian Lingzi's death, Yang Fugong returned, and Zhang Jun's position was in jeopardy.If Yang Fugong hadn't been unlucky enough to provoke a martial artist who couldn't be provoked, Zhang Jun would have been exiled from Beijing.Almost luck, death is also possible.

Du Rangneng is a little incomprehensible that such a person with no character and no conduct can win the high position of prime minister.

But how should I put it, the Nan Ya at this time cannot stand the infighting anymore.Zhang Jun no longer has any morals, and he is also running for the status of Nan Ya, but Du Rang Neng is a little worried.Sometimes, doing more and making more mistakes, the more Zhang Jun tosses, the more bad things may happen, which is quite sad to say.

That's all, the officials of the Beisi are invincible, and the commanders of the feudal towns are ambitious.State affairs are like this, what can the husband say?Finally, Shao Shude was rather obedient, and kept making offerings year after year, even the towns of Binning, Fufang, Danyan and so on, which solved a lot of troubles for the court.

And he also did something that Du Rang can appreciate more, that is, to recover the Hewei states.Maybe it's out of selfishness, but as far as Du Rangneng is concerned, he still appreciates it.

I hope he really keeps being obedient.

　A new chapter is added for National Day.

　　
　
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