Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 605 Leave
Jingzhong has been a little calm recently, even too calm.

It is also true that the change of the upper echelons of the court, apart from arousing some discussion in the circle of scholars, is difficult to penetrate to the common people.Even some non-local scholars who are not well-informed may not know these secrets.

You see, someone is going to give Cui Zhaowei a testimonial, but Master Cui has lost his family and was sent to Fengzhou in Annan Town to be Sima.With his talent as the number one scholar, under the frustration of officialdom, he wonders if there will be any famous poems left behind.

The only news that has spread throughout Chang'an is that the sage has changed his yuan again: less than three months left this year will be the first year of Qianning.

Qian Ning has pinned the expectations of the sage and officials, but they may be disappointed, because Shao Shude has just received news from his father-in-law, asking him to lead his troops south as soon as possible to start a war!

Therefore, the Tianxiong Army, who had just rested in Chang'an for a few days, set off again. They will take the Lantian Wuguan Road to Dengzhou.

A total of [-] infantry have rested in Lingzhou for a long time. Now they are full of troops and their morale is high. They will soon go to Tang Town to replace the Baoyi Army and return north.

The Jiedu envoy of the Baoyi Army, Li Fan, complained to Shao Shude a while ago, saying that Zhezong had lured his soldiers, and that more than a thousand unmarried bachelor sergeants had joined the Weisheng Army, supposedly to make up for the war damage.

Shao Shude pretended to appease Li Fan.

He fought several battles with the Bian army in the area of ​​Luyang Pass. The troops were already full of troops, and Zhe Zongben pried away more than a thousand troops. After returning to Guanzhong, Chen Cheng would ask him to send two thousand strong men to supplement the troops of Heluo Zhuang. Army losses.

In this way, Li Fan will have less than [-] people left. At that time, there will be troops to cooperate with Chen Cheng, "talk" with Li Fan, and award him the post of deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, and he will be raised in Lingzhou.

This is a good job with an annual salary of 1800 yuan, but I don't know if Li Fan is willing to accept it. I hope it won't make everyone look bad.If you really do it, not only will Li Fan lose everything, but Shao Shude's reputation will also be affected. This is something that no one wants to see.

Xiao Yu has become a grand teacher and lives in Kaihuafang, and his family is crowded for a while.

Everyone is not stupid. Xiao Yun, who is coming to Chang'an from Jiangzhou, is going to be the prime minister. As the eldest brother and the grand master, is it possible to say that he doesn't care?
Xiao Yan declined all meeting requests from these visiting climbers, and even went to Shao Shude's residence.

"His Royal Highness has used everything to appease Li Keyong." Xiao Yun sat on the bed and said with a smile.

Yesterday, during the court meeting, Prime Minister Cui Yinzao asked for the title of king with a different surname, but all officials remained silent.

Well, Mo Ran just has no objection, and it is hard for the saint to say anything.

The monarch and his ministers got it right, and decided to confer kingships on the Jiedu envoys of several big towns who were industrious.

At the beginning, it was planned to make Li Keyong the acting king.As a result, Shao Shude came to the table with fierce and impassioned words, saying that Li Keyong had been serving for many years and was extremely loyal to the court. Please make him king of Jin.

Shude said that Jin Wang has been named, what else can the court do?I pinched my nose and admitted.

Wang Rong of Zhenzhou was also named King of Zhao, because he gave too much.When hunting for the yellow nests, a large number of armored battles and equipment were transported, and after the hunting of the yellow nests, cattle, horses, and money and silk were given. Recently, offerings have been made every year.

Then Li Kan of Jiangling was named King of Jing, because he has been making offerings and has never stopped.

Yang Xingmi of Guangling was made the King of Wu again, and he also made an offering this year. Although Huainan was not well off, he still squeezed out a lot of tea, silk, and copper coins and sent them to Chang'an.

In fact, it was mainly the imperial court's idea to make Yang Xingmi the King of Wu. Shao Shude once wanted to stop it, but after thinking about it later, it may not be a bad thing.

He hasn't given up on wooing Yang Xingmi, and hopes that he will turn his troops around instead of competing with Du Hong, and instead collect the states along the Huaihe River, wouldn't it be beautiful?I just don't know if it will work out.

The imperial court sealed four kings with different surnames in one go. It is ashamed to say that it is all for the sake of money.The other thing is to have a little strength. It is still a bit difficult for a town that is too small and too weak. Maybe you can wait.

The imperial court's financial planning is always getting more and more difficult. Selling officials and nobles is not easy to say, but it is an unavoidable fact.

"Brother Yi occupies a tangible place, if he is not good at comforting him, there will be great troubles." Shao Shude said, "By the way, how did the talk with Liu Chongwang go?"

"Liu Chongwang is hesitant." Xiao Yu said, and after finishing speaking, he added: "He is afraid that he will not be able to defeat Li Maozhen and Zhu Mei. He will lose his teacher and land, and he will be bored."

Shao Shude nodded, it's actually normal to have this worry.

The fighting power of warlords in the rising period cannot be underestimated.

What was Wang Jian, the former lord of Shu, like?It can be said that he is wise and martial, forcibly conquering a country, and the Henan sergeants brought over by his men can also fight well.

What does the queen master Wang Yan look like?That is the master who can play group games with his subordinates.

What was Meng Zhixiang, the former master of Later Shu, like?What does the later master Meng Chang look like?
With the hastily assembled [-] magic strategy army, can they win?Give me a break.

Besides, logistical supplies are also a problem. Zhuge Zhongfang is going to bleed heavily, is he willing?
Shao Shude remembered that the later generation Wang Jian married his daughter Princess Puci to Li Maozhen's nephew Li Jichong, the governor of Qinzhou. In order to send the dowry to Qinzhou through Xingyuan and Fengxiang, he prepared it according to the standard of two copies, and lost more than half of the dowry on the way. Pack horses and cargo.

After Li Jichong married Princess Puci, he asked his father-in-law Wang Jian for money.Wang Jian asked him to go to Chengdu to pick it up by himself, but Li Jichong did the math. He would lose most of his belongings on the way once he made two trips. The transportation cost was too high, and the income might not be as good as what he had dedicated to his father-in-law, so he gave up. .

The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.There are too many road sections that cannot be passed by horse-drawn carriages, and can only be passed by pack horses or human-powered carts, and then try to change cars, the loss on the way is too great.

"Let him not worry too much." Shao Shude said, "It's not just the Shence Army going south."

"That's all I can say." Xiao Yu said, "If you can't beat Li Maozhen, why not—"

"Don't worry about it at that time." Shao Shude stretched out his hand to stop what he said, and said with a smile: "Li Maozhen is not easy to fight, and Zhu Mei is not easy to fight, so let's take a step."

"Alright." Xiao Yan understood the mystery, so he stopped talking about this matter and asked another matter: "When will Your Highness leave Beijing?"

"What? The saint urged me to leave quickly?" Shao Shude laughed.

Recently, the imperial court has had one major event after another, first the change of central officials, then Mo Zaisi and Shao Desheng leaving the town of Annan and Ningyuan Army, then Zhiqianzhou and Fengtian Town, and then four kings with different surnames from Jin Dynasty. Sir, may I ask which one makes the saint feel at ease?

Even the resignation of Ximen Zhongsui, the privy secretary of Beisi who he used to dislike and regarded as a poisonous insect and beast, made him very uncomfortable-at the critical moment, he understood that Ximen Zhongsui still maintained the imperial power and I don't want the court to become a puppet.

By the way, King Ji is dead.The sage hinted many times, but Shao Shude just didn't do anything.

There was no other way, and in the end we had to let professionals who were good at this matter do it: Zhongguan Wang Yanfan personally came to the door and killed King Ji with poison, which was considered a sage's concern.

"Your Highness is in the capital, everyone looks sideways, feeling uncomfortable, of course he wants His Highness to leave soon." Xiao Yu said: "Besides, the sage has no money to pay rewards, and he is afraid that there will be another military chaos."

Shao Shude laughed loudly, he was really bitten by a snake once, and he was afraid of the well rope for ten years.

"Leave immediately." Shao Shude said: "The Tianxiong Army has already gone south to Dengzhou. After a few days, I will also go to Changchun Palace in Tongzhou, and then go south to Tangzhou."

In fact, Shao Shude's eldest son, Shao Chengjie, had already left to join him at Changchun Palace.

The father and son will go south to Tang and Deng together, and the eldest son will be 11 years old in the new year, so you can get acquainted in advance on some occasions.

Furthermore, taking Chengjie to the south is also for the old man to see.

The area of ​​Shannan Dongdao was almost built by Zhezongben himself. The local officials and generals, except for Zhao Kuanglin in Suizhou, had no relationship with Shao Shude.They are Zhe Zongben's private parts, and they only listen to his words.

Consolidating the relationship with Zhejia is related to the success of the overall situation and should not be sloppy.

As for the bond with the Zhe family, to be honest, Zhe Fang and Ai are not the key, the key is Shao Chengjie.

The wealth of the next generation of the Zhe family and even the next generation rests on Zhe Zongben's grandson, and this is one of the important reasons why Shao Shude took his eldest son south.

"The commander-in-chief went south to Tangzhou, and I thought it was a little risky." Xiao Yan persuaded tactfully: "The situation in Nanyang is complicated, and the Bian army has the upper hand. Once there is a change, it will be unimaginable."

"It doesn't matter." Shao Shude said: "This time going south, the focus is on Xiangyang. Besides, the Bian people are short of troops, so it may not be possible to do anything."

Of course Shao Shude knew that what Xiao Yu said on the surface was that the Bian army had "changed", but in fact there was something in his words, and perhaps it also meant that the Zhe family had changed.

But at this critical juncture of the struggle for the world, you can't help being suspicious.It's better to be frank and frank, Zhejia has no reason to rebel, and guarding against this and that, on the contrary, it seems alienated.

Besides, he didn't go south alone, and there were tens of thousands of Tianxiong troops by his side.

He will use this army to great advantage. When the Bian people have won many battles and are paralyzed, he will give them a ruthless blow, such as going straight to Shenzhou and Guangzhou where Zhang Quanyi is in town.

　I wake up at six o'clock tomorrow morning, rushing to go on a business trip, and I can't write anymore. Chapter 2 may be a little late, or it may be around five o'clock normally, depending on whether there is enough time.

　　
　
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