Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 590

Among the lofty mountains, Yi Congjun left Luziguan and marched towards Guanzhong.

After walking along the Yellow River for a while, the Shunyi Army and Tianxiong Army turned into Jingyuan Town.Their original destination was Chang'an, and then they went all the way south to Lantian, left Wuguan to Dengzhou, and all the way east to Shanguo.Now the order has been received, and all of them will be driven to Xianyang County to stand by.

The Silver Spear Guards (escorted) transported (relieved) 5000 households of the Dangxiang people in Heyi just passed Suizhou, and stopped for a while.The Marquis of Duyu dispatched [-] soldiers from Xia, Lin, Yin, Sui, and Yanzhou to take over their tasks. The silver guns were all supplying food and grass, and planned to go south to Guanzhong via the Fufang Post Road.

The Dingyuan army has been transferred to Shuozhou for defense, and the Jinglue and Tianzhu armies will stay in Guanbei for the time being.

There are more than [-] people on foot and horses, the scale is not small, and the momentum is extremely huge.For the people in Guanzhong, since Shao Shude went out to fight Zhu Quanzhong, it has been a long time since there have been so many troops gathered in Guanzhong, which will definitely make them feel uneasy. What happened?To change the dynasty?

The Tielin army rode [-] steps and rode lightly, and they had already arrived and stationed near Longchi Palace.

Shao Shude summoned all the generals of the Feng'an Army in Longchi Palace: the envoy Qian Shousu, the deputy envoy Han Xun, the Marquis of Duyu Shao Desheng, and the envoy Wang Qianyu.

Qian Shousu is an old man from Yuancong. He has been practicing military skills hard for many years. Whenever he gets the opportunity, he eagerly learns command and battle formation knowledge, and has experience in several battles.

Shao Shude used to doubt him all the time, thinking that he was deep-minded and not loyal enough.But he didn't catch anything, so he continued to trust him and let him master the Feng'an Army's [-] cavalry.

In this Heqing battle, almost all the troops were dispatched to the front line, and the Feng'an army stayed behind in Anyi, and there was no problem.They deterred the potential opposition forces on the ground in one prefecture and four prefectures in Hezhong very well, and ensured that there would be no fire in the rear during the battle ahead.

Han Xun was a general from Lingzhou, who hanged and killed Han Lang and took refuge here. He has worked hard for many years without any trouble.

Shao Desheng is his own, one of Shao Shude's two early soldiers, they have a close relationship and grew up together.It's a pity that I don't have special talents, so I can't become a general. In the future, I will at most control an army and do some defensive work.He excels in being loyal enough, rich and honored and favored constantly.

Similar to Niu Li, Wang Qianyu is Zhuge Shuang's township party.Before Zhuge Shuang died, he recommended the two of them to be outstanding.Wang Qianyu was about to be transferred to the Tianzhu Army as a deputy envoy, and he actually took control of this army, because Li Tangbin, the nominal envoy, was still in Mianchi County and had no contact with the army at all.

"There's nothing much to say. The Feng'an army immediately pulled out their camp and headed for Chang'an." Shao Shude directly ordered: "Yushan Capital and Tianwei are making trouble. Such thieves must use thunder to subdue them."

"Commander, Hezhong..." Qian Shousu hesitated.

"Li Keyong has led an army of tens of thousands, divided into two groups, and headed for Xingzhou. Li Hanzhi also led the main force of the Zezhou army to attack Xiangzhou. The three-way army went forward, and Jinjiang has no worries. There are still tens of thousands in Hezhong Mansion. If there is any change in the remaining soldiers and horses, the national army stationed at Fenglingdu and Pujin Pass will know about it." Shao Shude glanced at Qian Shousu, a little dissatisfied, and said: "I left the Tielin Army with 3000 cavalry. There are [-] soldiers stationed in Lu County on the left side of Longchi Palace, and there are [-] people from the left wing of the Baoyi Army, and the Chishui Army has retreated to make up for it in Shanzhou.

"The last general has no doubts, so he will lead the army to go out." Qian Shousu bowed and saluted.

"Go down." Shao Shude waved his hand and said.

After the Battle of Xiashibao, Wang Jian and his troops from the left side of the Baoyi Army retreated to Pinglu to rest, Chishui Army returned to Shan County, Guzhen Army retreated to Mianchi, and Wuxing Army set up camps on the front line to resist the enemy.

The troops in Li Tangbin's hands have been greatly reduced. If you don't count the Tutuan peasants, there are more than 2 people.

In fact, it was enough for him along the way.Hu Zhen's military strength is limited compared with his, with more than enough defense but not enough aggressiveness.In the direction of Ruzhou, the troops of Ding Hui, Ge Congzhou, and Yang Shihou were attracted by Tang and Deng Sui, but I heard that some of them were recently transferred back to rest, and their strength was even smaller. They did not have enough strength to break through the front line of Xiaoshan.

In addition, the [-] cavalry of Xie Bin's troops are still in Lingbao, and they are already the outer town of Shanguo.

There are more than [-] men under Wang Bian's army in Huazhou—[-] strong soldiers were recently dispatched to supplement the battle losses of the three armies of Chishui, Wuxing, and Guzhen. Fengxiang, Xingyuan, and other towns also sent some elite soldiers to make up for the war The larger Chishui Army.

"Marshal, Pei Tong has set off." Seeing the generals leave, Zhao Guangfeng walked in and reported.

Pei Tong is the Xige Jijiu, responsible for external liaison, intelligence instigating and other work, so naturally he has to leave early.

"What's happening in the court?"

"Under the persuasion of all the officials, the sage was escorted by some imperial guards, took his concubine and prince out of Qixia Gate, and headed towards Lantian County."

"When we get to Lantian, where can we go?" Shao Shude smiled and said, "Could it be that we are going to Shangzhou?"

Zhao Guangfeng's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "The sage stopped at Nanshan and stayed overnight in Shacheng Town."

In fact, the Shence Army's quarrel with pay has not lasted for a day or two, but has lasted for a whole year.

It started last year when Shao Shude sent two troops to attack Zhiguan and Wangwu.And pushing forward, the war on the front line of Heluo made the water transport intermittent, which was very uncomfortable.

The towns in the south saw that the goods offered for offerings were always blocked, which dampened their enthusiasm a bit, so fewer feudal towns offered offerings, and the number was greatly reduced.

Shao Shude wasn't sure if the fight would lead to the financial collapse of the imperial court ahead of schedule.In history, after Emperor Zhaozong was hijacked to Luoyang, there were very few vassals and towns that made offerings, and they were all supported by Zhu Quanzhong—Xiangyang Zhao Kuangning was still making offerings at that time, and fled to Yangzhou after he was defeated. , It can be seen what the attitudes of the towns all over the world were at that time.

Two wars broke out in the Central Plains this year, which was devastating to the imperial court's finances.The first was the Battle of Heqing, where the Bianshui-Yellow River-Weishui payment road was interrupted; the second was the battle of Yang Xing's secret attack on Qizhou, in which the five prefectures of Hubei, Yue, An, Huang, and Qi were all involved, and the Yangtze River-Hanshui-Jinzhou The Shang-Guanzhong payment road was also cut off.

As for the vassal towns in central Shu who had made a small amount of offerings, they almost stopped offering offerings at the critical juncture, which made the imperial court's finances continue to worsen.

In the past half a year, the main source of income for the imperial court, apart from the Jingzhao Mansion, was only the goods donated by the feudal towns directly or indirectly controlled by Shao Shude—he Dong Li Keyong also seemed to have donated a lot, It's amazing, maybe he really made a fortune in Youzhou.

In fact, if you don't support the [-] to [-] soldiers and horses of the Shence Army, it is enough to keep the court running.

You can only choose one of the Nanya Beisi and the Forbidden Army.

Hundreds of officials chose to pay themselves and greatly reduced the rewards of the Shence Army, causing great resentment in the army.

At present, the main rioters are the more than [-] children of Xuzhen's generals from the Shizan Department of Yushan Capital, and the [-] Youzhou soldiers from Tianwei Capital.The rest of the armies watched from the sidelines, some started looting in Chang'an, some tried to maintain order, but in vain, and even one of them broke up directly, I don't know if they wanted to become grassroots thieves or what.

"Sometimes I think it's hard to understand." Shao Shude suddenly sighed: "At this moment, the court officials still only care about themselves and have no sense of the overall situation. Have they really read the books of saints? Why are they so short-sighted?"

"Naturally I have read the book." Zhao Guangfeng also sighed: "But there are hundreds of people, all kinds of people, they only think about themselves, and they don't want to think about others. Stop paying the salaries of all officials? Difficult! All officials themselves disagree."

"Will the officials who fled to Shacheng come up with something else?" Shao Shude used to think that if he put Chang'an's monarchs and ministers in a cage, they would be discouraged, and they didn't want to make trouble anymore.But in the past year, Cui Zhaowei sent people here several times, inviting him to Beijing to "discuss big plans."

There is a big plan with a hammer!
Isn't it just the stupid thing of killing eunuchs?Who doesn't know yet.

Shao Shude didn't understand, you are all in this situation, why are you still fighting?Is it really low IQ?

Later, he was slowly relieved. History told him that sometimes people's IQ is terribly low!
Nanming is already acting like a bird, isn't he still fighting among himself?Who cares about the big picture?Isn't it all for yourself?Even if there is only one county left in the end, it is estimated that they will have to compete.

In history, when Chang'an's rulers and ministers went to Luoyang, Prime Minister Liu Can wanted to punish dissidents, which caused the disaster of Baimayi.

These rotten people are hopeless!

"Marshal, it's okay." Zhao Guangfeng has actually considered this matter. After all, he is a civil servant and knows the virtues of this group of people too well. He only heard him say: "Whether it's the prime minister or the middle official, it doesn't matter at this time." It will be unfavorable to the saint, otherwise there will be no place for burial. If there is a little trouble, once our army arrives, it will be easy to clean up the mess."

"That's right." Shao Shude nodded, and said, "Let's leave it at that. In a few days, I'll go to Beijing and wipe out all the demons and ghosts from all walks of life."

"Marshal—" Zhao Guangfeng hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Does Marshal need a court official status?"

"What identity?" Shao Shude asked.

He is now a Jiedushi, a foreign official. Although King Xia has a rank, it is a title.

Zhao Guangfeng thought for a while, and gave the answer: "I think about it, and now only the position of Grand Master is still vacant."

Shao Shude was speechless.

Among his many titles, one is "Teacher of the Prosecutor", but this is a procurator, not "righteous destiny", which can be understood as "agent" or "temporary".

In fact, among the titles of the town commanders in various towns across the country, there are too many officials like the inspector Taifu, the inspector Sikong, and the inspector Situ.But Zhao Guangfeng was talking about Zhengming Grand Master, not a school inspector, which is a bit interesting.

"It's better not to..." Shao Shude hesitated: "It's not very beneficial."

Some folks have already called him "Living Dong Zhuo". If he becomes a Grand Master again, wouldn't it be true for others to accuse me of black material?
"Marshal—" Zhao Guangfeng insisted, "Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao, the so-called three teachers, although they have no command, they still have the responsibility of teaching."

"Teach who?" Shao Shude realized something as soon as he spoke.

"Teaching the sage!" Zhao Guangfeng said: "Grand Master, isn't it right and proper for the emperor to learn the law? If the commander-in-chief is unwilling, he can also ask for the post of Shangshuling. Shangshuling is in charge of all officials, and his appearance is dignified. Dynasty In martial arts, Emperor Taizong was the king of Qin at the beginning, and he tried his hand at his post, so he will never be relocated."

Shao Shude remembered, isn't this the official position that Li Maozhen sought in history?The imperial court refused to give it, so they bullied the saint to the extreme.It can be said that among the warlords in the late Tang Dynasty, Li Maozhen and Wang Xingyu were the most arrogant, trampling the face of the court under their feet over and over again.

The emperor was also a fool. Li Keyong led his army into Guanzhong, defeated Li Maozhen, and wanted to kill him, but Zhaozong refused.That is to say, Li Keyong still had some affection for the court, and left with a cold snort, and later said that he would not kill him at this time, and that Li Maozhen would have to bully the court later—unfortunately, he was right.

Thinking of this, Shao Shude came to his senses, and said resolutely: "No way! This time I will enter Beijing, and I will not seek any imperial position. I have to be crowned king, which has already made many people jealous, but today there are only three kings with different surnames! Li Ke Use it, can you have no idea? The grand master is fine, Shang Shuling is just looking for trouble, and a wise man will not do it."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhao Guangfeng.This person has good business ability. As the Sima of the royal residence, a bunch of departments under his management are running well.But it's just too utilitarian, always thinking about flattering.

The key is that you still can't get the idea.Look at Chen Changshi's flattery...

Shao Shude waved Zhao Guangfeng back, and then circled around the room.

Recently, my mentality has been a little drifting, so I have to stabilize it.Cao Mengde is easy to drift, and I, Shao Meng-Shude, must learn from it.

Do you feel a little neglected by your brother-in-law?He has the potential to be a shit-stirring stick now.

He seemed to be somewhat loyal to the imperial court. When he entered Beijing this time, he would cut through the mess quickly, finish the few important things that needed to be done, and then return to Anyi.

Perhaps, you can also promote the brother-in-law to appease him?
　I admit, I spent too much time reading Ukraine news today...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)