Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 385 Entering Beijing

"Greetings to the King of Lingwu County." In Tongzhou Governor's Mansion, Wang Bian bowed directly.

"Why is Wang Shijun like this?" Shao Shude sat firmly on the chair, supported his hands, and said: "You and I are officials in the same dynasty, there is no need for this."

"The king of Lingwu County has the virtue of helping, so I dare not refuse to report it. From now on, if there is a errand, there will be no exception." Wang Bian said loudly.

"Get up quickly." Shao Shude smiled and said: "They are all in Guanzhong Fang Town, so they should watch out and help each other. If there is any difficulty in the future, just write a letter, and I will make the decision for you."

"Xie Lingwu County King." Wang Bian got up and stood aside respectfully.

The guard brought him a chair, and after looking at it, he sat down carefully.

"I heard that Wang Jiaerlang is knowledgeable and talented. He is good at poetry and prose. He is familiar with ancient and modern times. There is a county magistrate in Qiagan Prefecture. I don't know if he is willing to give in?" Shao Shude asked again.

"This is the blessing of the dog, and it's something you can't ask for." Wang Bian said with a look of surprise.

"Then it's settled." Shao Shude nodded and said.

Wang Bian is a man, whether he sincerely surrenders or pretends to surrender, that's it.

Shao Shude also didn't want to make things go wrong and make the world look at him.

It was Wang Bian's second son who went to Ganzhou as a hostage, not the eldest son who was a general in the army.It's not too difficult if you really want to make up your mind to give up.

As it is now, it's okay to be neutral while maintaining a little bias.

"There is one more thing to report to the King of Lingwu County." Wang Bian said again.

"speak."

"The imperial court went to the Kanto to recruit soldiers, and already got more than [-] people. A while ago, the war with China was raging, and they were stranded in Shaanxi. These two days went west, and they were going back to Beijing. These people were detained by someone." Bian replied.

Good fellow, you are quite courageous!
Wang Bian currently has 2 cavalry (including the [-] cavalry lent to him), and the [-] cavalry that Hao Zhenwei used to monitor him surrendered again, so he has [-] cavalry.It is not surprising that more than [-] unarmed men were "captured" with [-] soldiers.

But, how dare he?

Zhao Guangfeng and Chen Cheng, who were sitting in the hall, also looked at each other, both having guesses in their hearts.

Most likely, Wang Bian wanted to be the Jiedu envoy of the Zhen Guojun, and he used this as a pledge to bargain with the court.

What an army leader in troubled times!
Before Wang Bian and Hao Zhenwei were not domineering, but they were frightened by the more than 5 Shence Army, and they dared not make any changes, so they could only be honest.

But the imperial court marched west to Jingyuan and lost all their capital. Now who is afraid of you?

This battle really had a profound impact.

"How do you treat the soldiers recruited by the imperial court?" Shao Shude asked.

"I heard that the King of Lingwu County has recruited and recruited strong men. It should be that a new army is about to be formed. If there are any shortages, you might as well choose from the more than 2 people."

"Hmm..." Shao Shude wanted to pretend, but it was indeed quite a temptation. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Send half of them here, and send the rest back to Chang'an."

Wang Bian has everything he can do.

The recruits were sent to Tongzhou within a few days.

On the tenth day of November, more than 7000 soldiers from the four prefectures of Fuyan arrived in Tongzhou.

Shao Shude inspected the armies near Shayuanjian, and ordered the formation of Chishui and Wuxing armies on the spot.

3000 soldiers from Yanyan Town were selected, and 6000 strong soldiers were also selected from the same state. These [-] people were broken up, and [-] new recruits from the Guandong were recruited to become the new troops of the two armies.

These two teams will draw half of their troops each, and replace them with the four armies of Tielin, Tianzhu, Tianxiong and Yicong.More than two-thirds of the officers at all levels are served by veterans of the army.

It's not the first time that Marshal Shao has done this kind of thing, and the people under him are also familiar with it, and they have their own set of planning procedures, and the formation is completed within a few days.

The Chishui and Wuxing armies will each have [-] cavalry soldiers.The cavalry of the Chishui Army will come from the Hewei and Fan tribes, while those of the Wuxing Army will come from Qingtang and Tubo, so people will naturally be sent to recruit troops later.

After the reorganization, there were still more than [-] soldiers in Yanyan Township. Shao Shude ordered to supply them with [-] new recruits from the Kanto region.

There are still 1.1 new soldiers left, and [-] will be added to the Tielin Army, bringing the total strength of the Tielin Army to [-]. Later, another [-] cavalry will be added to the Tielin Army, which is [-] infantry and [-] cavalry. pawn.

The personnel changes are not small, and they need to practice well. This is the key task for next year.

The current Shuofang army, as if they had inhaled too much heterogeneous qi with the method of absorbing stars, had to be recuperated and digested slowly before they could rejuvenate and regain their previous combat effectiveness.

In fact, not only the military, but also civil affairs, otherwise the foundation would be a bit vain.It's okay to win battles all the time, but if there is a disastrous defeat, if you don't keep the balance, you will have ambitions.

On November 24th, the army set off in batches for Chang'an, arrived on the evening of the [-]th, and camped in Bashang.

In the newly built Linde Hall, the lights flickered, shining on the faces of the sage and several prime ministers, adding to the gloomy look.

"Your Majesty, the weakness of the Shence Army lies in the monopoly of the eunuchs." Kong Wei said: "The eunuchs recruited fake sons and formed cliques for personal gain. In the past, Yang Fugong had more than six hundred fake sons, all of whom were officials. They worked together in the army and bullied Concealing it from top to bottom, crowding out the loyal and brave warriors, and leaving behind are all lucky villains. If the Shence Army is reorganized today, it must not fall into the hands of this generation again."

Xu Yanruo and Du Rangneng kept silent.

Although they have a lot of opinions on Kong Wei, they also have common interests in dealing with Zhongguan.

"If the Shence Army is assigned to Nanya, after a reorganization and reorganization, is it possible to fight?" The saint asked eagerly.

"Your Majesty, since the hardships, the middle officials have been favored and become more arrogant. Jingzong was enthroned by the prince, and he also needed the approval of the middle officials, and he was given a lot of rewards. Brocade gold and silver, and purple robes were used for the country. In the second year of Baoli, the eunuch Liu Keming killed Jingzong and wanted to establish Jiangwang, Liang Shouqian and Wang Shoucheng changed the establishment of Jiangwang (Wenzong). In the fifth year of Kaicheng, Wenzong was seriously ill, and ordered the prime minister to appoint the prince as the supervisor of the country. .Xuanzong was established by the eunuchs in secret. In the 13th year of Dazhong, Xuanzong was seriously ill, and secretly ordered the establishment of King Kui. Lieutenant Liu Xingshen of the Army and Lieutenant Han Wenyue of the Right Army secretly proposed to appoint the youngest son King Pu (Xi Zong) as the king. It is unknown who Yihuang originally intended..."

Kong Wei did not answer the saint's question directly, but changed the subject and talked about the eunuch's various deeds.

Not to mention, this trick is quite effective, the saint's attention was immediately attracted, and he forgot to ask the court officials or eunuchs which is better at running the army.

"Your Majesty, the corruption of state affairs all stems from the monopoly of eunuchs." Kong Wei finally came to a conclusion.

It seems that as long as the power of the eunuch is seized and the officials of the Nanya court are in charge of the army, the affairs of the state will improve immediately.

"The transfer of the Forbidden Army is under the control of the Privy Envoy of the Beisi, and the Envoy of the Tenth Army and the lieutenant of the two armies have been envoys for many years. What can we do?" When the saint said this, his voice was very low, as if he was afraid of being heard.But Linde Hall is very large, it is difficult to be eavesdropped, it is purely because he feels fear in his heart.

"Xia Bing stationed in Bashang..." Kong Wei said vaguely.

"Who can serve as an envoy?"

No one answered.

The emperor was a little discouraged.

He is not stupid. It is not a day or two since the court officials wanted to kill the eunuchs.But for eunuchs, there is another deep-rooted fear.

With the change of nectar, the courtiers with integrity are probably almost dead, and the atmosphere in the court is getting worse day by day.

If the court officials don't want to go, the only way is to send the female officials from the inner court to come forward.

After leaving the Hall of Linde, the saint returned to the Hall of Longevity, and Mrs. Wei and his concubine Chen stepped forward to serve him.

"Court officials and mid-level officials should not be worry-free." The saint sighed.

Mrs. Chen hesitated for a moment, but persuaded: "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, only three ministers have looked up to Longyan and asked the Holy Spirit. If you reach the holy hearing, the path of righteousness has not yet been opened.”

This is a veiled way of persuading him not to listen to one side, but to get in touch with other ministers more, listen to opinions from all sides, and make a comprehensive judgment, instead of getting tired of being with the three prime ministers all day long.

"What do you know!" The sage scolded, and said: "Xu, Du, and Kong are really talented, but the rest are mediocre and timid. The middle officials are so domineering, without them, how can we accomplish great things!"

Chen didn't realize it at first, but after thinking about it, the expression on his face gradually became surprised.

"Your Majesty." Mrs. Chen sighed, feeling that she had to remonstrate directly, otherwise she might not be able to survive this day.She doesn't have any ambitions, and she doesn't want to fight anyone, which doesn't fit her character.She just wants to live a peaceful and comfortable life, practice calligraphy, read books, and write poems in her spare time, that's all.

"After Yu Chaoen's execution in the past, the internal officials no longer served as soldiers, and Dezong used his pro-military officer Bai Zhizhen. Zhizhen accepted bribes and recruited sergeants indiscriminately. At that time, most of them were not in the army, but they were rewarded by their names. During the rebellion of the Jing division, the emperor summoned the forbidden army to guard against the bandits, and at that time there were no soldiers who came to serve the king, but the middle officials Dou Wenchang and Huo Xianming led eunuchs and princes to guard them..." Chen said softly.

The meaning of these words is also very clear.Dezong originally trusted the civil servants, but the civil servants disappointed him at the critical moment.Accepting bribes and recruiting a bunch of rotten people, that's all at ordinary times, but when you need to be king, "there is no such thing as the best".In the end, a group of middle-ranking officials rushed to King Qin desperately with their equipment to protect the saint from fleeing.

If you were Dezong, who would you trust more?
Eunuchs are domineering, but is it really okay to kill them?
The sage made some sense when he heard it, but he remembered Ximen Zhongsui's old face, the eunuch's contempt from time to time, and Tian Lingzi's humiliation when he whipped Tian Lingzi in public, so he was angry again, shook his hand, and said, "You don't understand!"

After all, he walked away angrily.

The inner court female officer Pei followed quietly behind.

She was born in Wenxi Pei's family, after being a minister, she has served her side since the time of King Shou, and she has made great contributions, and she has obtained the status of the wife of Hedong County.

But she is not just a role like "the head maid". In fact, she often does some confidential things, and the sage is also favored from time to time, and her influence is quite large.

What Kong Wei said, the sage didn't really make up his mind.Chen's remonstrance just now was not really angry, but just a momentary stress reaction after someone saw through his inner thoughts.

Women, being too smart is not a good thing!

This time, we still have to send Mrs. Pei out to probe Shao Shude's tone.Maybe he could try it if he wanted to, in order to really concentrate power in his hands rather than at the mercy of the eunuchs.If you don't want to, then forget it, the risk is still too great.

Pei has served the saint for many years, how can he not know his inner thoughts?Seeing small gains and forgetting righteousness, doing great things but cherishing oneself...

(End of this chapter)