Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 386 Operation
The army is camped, and the battle is strict.

Bashang, where Duke Pei used to garrison troops, confronted King Xiang.

During the period of Zhonghe, Huang Chao stationed troops here to lure soldiers and horses from various towns to fight for Chang'an.

Shao Shude came with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the battalion was more than ten miles away, and the rangers were scattered widely, and many dark berths were set up.The barracks were meticulously arranged, with barracks, trenches, horse-repelling guns, and horse pits all available, although there were no enemies in Guanzhong.

From Tonghua Gate on the east side of the capital, to Changlepo, and then to Baqiao, there are scouts roaming like night owls everywhere, so when people come from the middle of the capital, they notice them immediately and stop them.

It was indeed Mrs. Hedong County who came, but not all of them...

"The Ximen palace supervisor came late at night, disturbing my slumber." Shao Shude sat on the top chair, and ordered his soldiers to make Yangxian tea.

"King Liang of Lingwu County is not an ordinary gentleman, so naturally he will not blame him." Ximen Zhong smiled and said, "Besides, this is a major event."

"It's this woman?" Shao Shude gently pinched the chin of the woman kneeling in front of him, slowly raised it up, and said, "Tears are streaming down her face, I feel pity for it."

Ximen Chongsui didn't seem to see it, and continued: "This girl's name is Pei Zhenyi, and she is still sleeping in the palace."

"It's actually a fifth-rank palace official." Shao Shude let go of his hand and said.

Shangxi, one of the palace officials among the internal officials, is the fifth rank, in charge of the order of the emperor Yan's bedroom and the imperial concubines.In fact, the content of the work is more than that. Drapes and mats, sweeping and setting up, caravan umbrella fan feather ceremony, garden planting fruits and vegetables, lamps and candles, etc. are all inside. The organization is not small. There are four divisions with a total of 33 female officials.

They belonged to the palace officials, besides the inner officials.

Four concubines of the first rank, nine concubines of the second rank, nine Jieyu of the third rank...

The internal officials are all the emperor's women. Although they have ranks and positions, such as Liuyi, they are in charge of "teaching the nine emperors and four virtues, leading their subordinates to guide the etiquette after praise", but in fact their main job is to sleep with the emperor.

Internal officials are generally the daughters of honorable ministers, and there are also daughters of ministers who were killed and demoted.The emperor of Guochao still likes this tune very much. He killed your father or demoted him to Lingnan, and brought you into the palace to enjoy...

There are many sources of palace officials, including the daughters of honorable ministers and the daughters of small and clean families.They have to work, but theoretically speaking, all the women in the palace belong to the emperor.

The emperor's interest came, and the palace officials could not refuse.

Regardless of the internal officials or palace officials, they are both officials and the emperor's women-in theory, but in fact the emperor is too busy at all, and most of them have never been touched.

Pei Zhenyi is a fifth-rank palace official, born in the Wenxi Pei family. She is very trusted by the emperor and favored from time to time. I heard that she will soon be named the official lady of the country, not the lady of the county.

"What is the sage going to do again?" Shao Shude sighed, and said, "I have been to Beijing several times, but I haven't met the emperor yet. I wanted to meet before leaving, but this happened?"

His purpose of coming to Beijing is of course not this, but mainly to recruit talents, especially internal affairs officials.

Longyou Town relies on Xiao Yu to recruit, but Weibei Town doesn't want to do that.

Relying on Xiao Shi for everything, I'm afraid it will be a big deal in the future!
The collapse of the Shence Army had a far-reaching impact, and it was difficult to judge for a while.

But no matter what, many people really saw the current situation clearly, and following the court might not end well, which gave Shao Shude a chance to slowly win over people's hearts.

He doesn't want to destroy the imperial court, it's not in the interests of Shuofang Town yet.

In later generations, even if the emperor was captured by Han Jian in Huazhou, hundreds of officials still followed him to the court, and the towns also went to Huazhou to buy land and houses, build liaison institutions (not in the name of Jinzuoyuan), and loyally worship the vassals. Shuai and the governor also sent the goods here.There are also a large number of caravans going to Huazhou, which really made Han Jian a fortune.

These are economic interests, but what Shao Shude values ​​most is the interests of talents.

Students from various ways and towns flocked to Chang'an to study and become officials.Even though the road ahead was blocked by the flames of war and I failed to make it several times, I still never forgot to run to Chang'an whenever I had the opportunity.

These are all elites in the country!You took the imperial court, will people still come?
The legacy of the Tang Dynasty will not disappear all at once.It is a slow death, and when it can no longer attract talents from all over the world, it will come to the end of its life.

"A certain sent Mrs. Pei here to show his sincerity, and he didn't want to hide it. Now I only want to ask, what does the Lingwu County King want to do?" Ximen Zhongsui asked solemnly.

"I'm too lazy to care about these crap things." Shao Shude said.

Pei's whole body was tied tightly, Shao Shude's gaze stayed between the ropes for a few times, and he said again: "No big killings are allowed."

Ximen Chong secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

He was right, the King of Lingwu County is indeed a warrior with a brain, he would not be so stupid as to act recklessly now, and he has no ill feeling towards their middle officials.

If it was the generation of Li Changfu and Zhu Mei back then, they wouldn't know what they would do. Maybe they would kill all the middle officials, abolish the emperor, and add a bunch of titles to themselves.

Did you get any benefits?No, it will only make everyone shout and beat.

"Prime Minister Kong Wei, if he comes up with such a poisonous scheme, he must not be spared." Ximen Chongsui said again.

"You can handle this on your own." Shao Shude took the tea bowl brought by the soldiers, and the aroma of the tea shook people's spirits.

Even though the court officials attacked the middle officials because of the incident, it was impossible not to let them vent their anger.

To be honest, the middle officials did not have any obvious bad deeds in the past two years, and the court officials did not stand on the moral high ground to engage them.Today Kong Wei can convince the emperor to send someone to contact the Shuofang army, but when will the prime minister come to contact Zhu Quanzhong?

Ximen Chong then wanted to kill Kong Wei, but Shao Shude did not intend to interfere.

"Du Rangneng and Xu Yanruo..." Ximen Chongsui said again.

"Boom!" Shao Shude patted the table, and said, "Only Kong Wei is the only one. Saints, no accidents are allowed."

Ximen Chong cupped his hands and said, "Since it is the intention of the King of Lingwu County, it is their luck."

Pei Zhenyi was almost dumbfounded when he heard it, the incomparably noble imperial authority in his heart seemed to be shattered inch by inch.

"How to operate it is up to you to figure out a way." Shao Shude said: "Pick the saint out."

"Then this girl..." Ximen Chong then looked at Mrs. Pei and asked.

Shao Shude also looked at her.

Pei's body trembled slightly.Death, not everyone can detect it.

"Officer Pei, do you think the saint wants you to die or live?" Shao Shude asked suddenly.

In history, after the Shence Army was completely annihilated in Hedong, the saint reorganized tens of thousands of people.In the second year of Jingfu, [-] banned troops were sent to attack Li Maozhen's [-] soldiers and horses. Prime Minister Du Rangneng resolutely opposed it, but Emperor Zhaozong refused to listen, and was defeated.As a last resort, Li Maozhen could only let the courtiers take the blame and killed Ximen Chongsui, Du Rangneng and others in succession to "apology". Li Maozhen was reluctantly satisfied.

This is a monarch who has no responsibilities, if something happens to the Pei family, he will definitely die.

Pei's thoughts were all hopeless, and she said nothing, but the tears could not stop streaming down.

"Who are you, Duke Pei Jin of the Xianzong Dynasty?" Shao Shude asked.

Pei didn't answer.

If Ximen Chongsui realized something, he said: "Pei Wenzhong is his ancestor, and he was born in the eastern family of Pei Dao."

"Ms. Pei has been here today?" Shao Shude looked at Ximen Chongsui and asked.

Pei's tears gradually stopped, her heart was pounding, her eyes were fixed on Shao Shude.

"The sage should have left the capital to live idle for the fake Pei family." Ximen Zhong secretly sighed that the Pei family was lucky.

Pei's spirit relaxed, and tears flowed out again.

"So that's how it is." Shao Shude called Lu Ming, the tenth personal soldier, and asked him to requisition a house and settle Pei's family first.

"Ximen palace supervisor, there is one more thing. Tomorrow a certain person will enter the capital, and the soldiers have defeated the traitor general Hao Zhenwei, so there will naturally be rewards." Shao Shude said.

Ximen Zhong continued to wait, he knew that this was just an excuse to enter Chang'an.

"Lingxia is located in the frontier, and there are many lack of armaments. I would like to ask the sage to reward you. If possible, please send some craftsmen to Lingzhou." Shao Shude said: "On the other hand, I want to meet the sage and the prime ministers."

"The king of Lingwu County refers to entering the palace face saint?"

"Exactly. By the way, let the sage meet the loyal and brave soldiers who challenge Pingjing Division and Hao Ni. Tomorrow, all the guards in the palace will be withdrawn. I will send the Iron Forest Army to protect the sage and the officials."

Ximen Zhongsui was a little hesitant, he was worried that Shao Shude would take the opportunity to control the saint.

"Why is Ximen palace supervisor suspicious? I will leave as soon as I see you, and I have to say something face to face." Shao Shude said with a serious face.

"Alright." Ximen Zhongsui said reluctantly.

For him, there are risks involved.

(End of this chapter)