Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 512 Mrs. Zheng kicked the iron plate

Chapter [-] Zheng Shi kicked the iron plate

As soon as the cannon is fired, ten thousand taels of gold.A battle involving tens of thousands of people requires at least a dozen states to supply the food and grass. Of course, a battle like the Battle of Tang and Zheng that invested more than [-] troops will consume a huge bottom hole.

Originally, Li Yuan spent his time trying to get more than [-] horses and more than [-] troops, but it turned out that Changsun Shunde had just left Hangu Pass, and Wang Shichong put it in his pocket at one breath, which made Li Yuan very depressed.

In fact, fighting a war is to fight against the comprehensive strength of the country by national strength, and what is fought is the army, equipment, economy, and population.But with Li Shimin trapped in Cijian, Li Yuan hasn't had a good night's sleep for several days.Li Yuanji was trapped in the Beiman Mountain camp, even though it was less than a hundred miles away from Li Shimin, he could not support him, and Dou Jiande stormed Hedong again.

In particular, Huaizhou (now northeast of Xingyang) soldiers and horses were brought to Beiman Mountain by Huang Junhan. As a result, most of them were defeated by Wang Shiyun's fire bull formation. Xiaohu conquered, and with the fall of Huaizhou, seven days later, Luzhou was also conquered by Dou Jiande's Fan Yuan. Except for Yuchigong's less than [-] remnants who were sticking to Mengjin, the entire Henan, south of Jinzhou, was no longer owned by the Tang Dynasty.

Although Li Jiancheng has not formally fought against Dou Jiande, Li Yuan is not optimistic about Li Jiancheng. After all, the disparity in strength between the two sides is too great. If Li Jiancheng has [-] soldiers and horses, it is possible to block Dou Jiande or repel him, but Li Jiancheng only has more than [-] people. horse.Less than one-twentieth of Dou Jiande's army.

Li Shimin needs support, Li Jiancheng needs support, and Li Yuanji also needs support. The key is that Li Yuan has no soldiers, no money, and very little food and grass left. , The key is that the court has no money.This broke Li Yuan's heart.

At this time, Anxing sent the Xingyang battle report to Li Yuan's desk.Under the leadership of the champion general, the whole army, diligent in the king's orders, fearless of death, and bloody battles, more than [-] troops of General Liu Jintang under Dou Jiande's command were wiped out.Li Yuan originally thought that it would take several months to fight, but it ended in only three days.One must know that Xingyang is also a strong city in the Central Plains, but thinking of Chen Ying's dazzling record of breaking Yanmen Pass in one day and breaking Hangu Pass in an hour, Li Yuan felt compelled.

The battle is over, how much money has he saved!The most amazing thing is that Chen Ying can not only save him money, but also help him earn money!According to the Anxing Mibao, after the capture of Xingyang City, the Shandong Dao Youtong Army seized the property from the Xia army's looting of the rich households in Xingyang, as many as 100 million guan, all of which were intact and handed over to the internal treasury!After hearing the news, Li Yuan couldn't believe his eyes, it wasn't a hundred guan or ten thousand guan, it was a full 100 million guan!How much is Datang's annual tax?Only 300 million guan (even in the fourth year of Zhenguan, it has just broken 540 million guan).

Of course, Li Yuan was not an idiot either. He didn't believe the nonsense that Chen Ying handed over the 100 million guan silver to him, and he didn't take a cent of it. Chen Ying must have made a lot of money, but he didn't care.Which official in Datang is not corrupt now?It's normal to get a little money, besides, didn't you leave him 100 million guan?It's much better than those guys who are greedy and greedy, but they don't take a cent off!The most amazing thing is that Chen Ying rectified the captive soldiers and horses, and went to rescue Li Shimin without stopping, so caring, so caring

In fact, Li Yuan's guess was right. Chen Ying made a lot of money in Xingyang, including 16 taels of gold, which is about 160 million guan. Adding silver and copper coins, pearls, jade and valuables, it was over 200 million guan.If it wasn't for Luo Shixin's incident, Chen Ying would have only reported 50 million yuan to Donggong, but because of Luo Shixin's incident, he and the Zheng family of Xingyang had completely broken faces. Obviously, the Zheng family of Xingyang would not give up easily.

Just as An Xing said, Chen Ying would not be troubled if all the ministers broke their shafts, accumulated feathers and sunk their boats, all their mouths melted their gold, and their bones were destroyed.As a matter of fact, Chen Ying had already made up his mind to forcibly ram Zheng's mansion, and gave the seized property to Li Yuan, and let Li Yuan take the blame.Li Yuan is very short of money at the moment. The 100 million yuan was given to Li Yuan. Li Yuan will never spit it out. Of course, he will not take Chen Ying to blame. Once Li Yuan does this, he will never let other courtiers learn from Chen Ying to solve his problems. .

An Xing wrote in the memorandum: "Zheng said that the thief's stolen goods belonged to the Zheng family, and he intended to claim it back. General Chen refused to allow it. In front of Zheng's threat, General Chen took a tough attitude. Instead, he used soldiers to force Zheng to compromise... The Zheng family failed at one plan, and made another plan. They bribed General Chen with a beauty and failed, and instead bribed General Chen’s subordinate Luo Shixin..."

Seeing this, Li Yuan ignored it.As a family background, Li Yuan didn't know the methods of the family, the first is to win over, if he fails to win, he immediately turns his face and suppresses.

Pei Ji was extremely proud, and sighed that Li Yuan was so lucky!

Because of the 100 million yuan sent by Chen Ying, Li Yuan can recruit soldiers. Although there are no elite soldiers in Guanzhong, the Tang Dynasty is not limited to Guanzhong, isn't there also Hedong, Hexi, and Bashu?At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Bashu did not go through a major melee, the population decreased very little, and there was a lot of manpower. As long as you have money, it is not a problem to recruit 5 to [-] troops. In Hedong, despite the rebellion of Liu Wuzhou and the reduction of population tax, Li Jiancheng can recruit the formerly dismissed troops. With more than [-] Shuozhou troops, if the troops left behind in Taiyuan are assembled again, it should not be a problem to gather [-] troops.

On the Hall of Tai Chi.Because Li Yuan has money, he also has confidence, and his spirits are uplifted, straight to the point: "My dear friends, Dou Jiande attacked our Datang Xiangzhou, the soldiers and civilians were killed and injured, and the land was far away. Fortunately, the soldiers worked hard and finally conquered Xingyang a few days ago, beheaded Liu Jintang, Liu Xiyao and other bandit leaders were captured by the rebels, all the cities in Xingyang and Henan were recovered, and the danger of Dou Jiande was finally put to rest! However, after this catastrophe, Henan Province has been completely corrupted, and there are no more than ten people in the territory, and countless military funds have been paid. Zhu Yiju is really heartbreaking! The top priority is to clean up the mess and resume production as soon as possible, so what's the best plan for you, dear friends?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Deyi, the supervisor in the palace, regained his spirits immediately, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the rebel army is tyrannical, and the war is extremely poisonous. There are less than one in ten people in Henan Province, and the survivors are also naked. If they don’t have enough to eat, the most urgent thing is to quickly allocate food funds for relief, otherwise it will be difficult for them to survive the autumn harvest!”,
Well, as soon as I opened my mouth, I was asking for money and food!

When Xiao Yu heard this, he immediately retorted: "Feng Zhongjian said so lightly, allocating food for relief? At this time, it is not received. This war has already emptied the national treasury. How can there be food relief! According to my opinion , it’s better to move the Lishu of Henan Dao to Guanzhong and let them go to their relatives!”

When Feng Deyi heard this, Xiao Yu's sick leg immediately retorted: "Xiao Xiangguo? Are you going to let those surviving people in Henan fend for themselves! You are going to trap Your Majesty in injustice! , with a Xiangguo like you, you are really a great thief of the country. The disaster of the country..."

The cap was too big, Xiao Yu was helpless, and spread his hands: "What else can I do? Anyway, the Ministry of Households can't afford the money!"

Feng Deyi stared at Xiao Yu like he was eating people.

Xiao Yu fought back again, and immediately a large group of officials cut each other off. Someone accused Feng Deyi of being slick, and the officials who supported Feng Deyi all accused Xiao Yu of being cold-blooded and disregarding the lives of ordinary people.

Not to be outdone, Xiao Yu dragged a group of friends and sprayed back, accusing those guys of not being in charge of the family and ignoring Chai Migui.

However, Li Yuan was in a good mood, but was impatient with the noise from these ministers.Fortunately, Pei Ji went out to carry thunder, and donated a year's salary to support the imperial court in disaster relief.Xiao Yu immediately agreed, but Feng Deyi was on the verge of riding a tiger. The court had no money, and they wanted to help the soldiers and disasters. They donated money and materials. Although most of the ministers in the Tang Dynasty came from noble families, there were also a few ministers from poor families. The whole family was waiting. The salary of the imperial court was put into the pot, and Feng Deyi was in trouble. Let's drink the northwest wind for a year.

Li Yuan looked down at these ministers, and waved his hands in a lack of mood.Chen Qi understood, and sang in a sharp voice: "If you have a book, you will play, and if you don't have a book, you will retreat!"

Liu Zhenghui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, bowed and said, "I have my own record!"

Li Yuan nodded.

Liu Zhenghui was Li Yuan's old subordinate when he stayed in Taiyuan. He followed Li Yuan in the army and was the first hero.After that, he was responsible for staying in Taiyuan, and Liu Wuzhou was captured when he attacked.Loyal and unyielding, he also looked for opportunities to inquire about Liu Wuzhou's military intelligence and reported Li Yuan.Liu Wuzhou was rescued after his death, and now serves as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Liu Zhenghui raised his head, looked straight at Li Yuan, and talked eloquently: "Chen Liu Zhenghui impeached Chen Ying, supported the soldiers to respect themselves, waited and watched to raise the bandits, one should be executed. Falsely reporting the number of troops and embezzling military pay, two should be executed.

The important ministers had different expressions, and the courtiers, Chinese and military ministers had different expressions, either gloating, worried, or happy.

Li Yuan looked at Liu Zhenghui in surprise, he never thought that Liu Zhenghui would stand up to impeach Chen Ying at this time.

Don't look at Liu Zhenghui's calm expression on the surface, but he is smiling wryly in his heart.

He was also helpless, and he had no choice.Back then, Liu Zhenghui was from the Zheng clan, including his attachment to Li Yuan, they were pawns supported by the Zheng clan in Xingyang. Now that the Zheng clan in Xingyang attacked Chen Ying, there was nothing he could do about it. He knew the power of the Zheng clan in Xingyang. Shangshu, it is too easy for Xingyang to deal with him, first he will ruin their reputation, and then let him be ruined and lose everything.

In this situation, he had no choice but to compromise with the Zheng family in Xingyang.Of course, Liu Zhenghui also had some expectations, and there were some rumors in the hidden palace that Chen Ying was not pleased by Li Yuan.

Liu Zhenghui continued: "To collude with Dou Jiande and communicate with foreign enemies, the three should be executed. The party affiliated with the minister, the party for self-interest, the fourth should be executed. The bribery, the selling of officials, the fifth should be executed. The soldiers are bandits, and the six should be executed. Sins, big Mo bullying the emperor, should be executed seven times. Bullying gentry, seizing the people for private use, eight times should be executed. Stealing and selling armor and weapons, helping the tyrant to abuse, nine should be executed. .Eleven when cut.

Li Yuan couldn't listen anymore. If he hadn't read Anxing's secret report, he would almost have believed Liu Zhenghui's words, but Chen should have offended the Zheng family of Xingyang. He didn't believe a word of the corresponding evidence.Li Yuan bluffed and shouted: "Enough, enough..."

Liu Zhenghui went on to say: "Your Majesty, after finishing the performance, I will kill and scrape, and I will never complain."

Li Yuan didn't speak, just let out a "humming" sound from his nose, the dissatisfaction was very obvious.

Liu Zhenghui went on to say: "If you have Yang Ni in your heart, if Yin is a disobedient minister, you should be executed at twelve.

Li Yuan was slightly taken aback, then turned around.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs was dumbfounded.Although many of them were happy to see Chen Ying fall into a big somersault, who else could save Li Shimin and turn the tide except Chen Ying?Besides, Chen Ying's twelve deadly crimes are too appalling!
"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister agrees..."

In less than one stick of incense, more than 100 ministers seconded the proposal.

However, Li Yuan also found out that among these ministers, the likes of Chen Shuda, Pei Ji, Feng Deyi, Xiao Yu, Yu Wenhuaji, Gao Shilian, etc. did not express their views.

Li Yuan looked at Liu Zhenghui coldly, without any emotion in his eyes.As if looking at a dead person.

Li Yuan was dissatisfied with Chen Ying, and he was jealous at the beginning.However, Chen Ying came from a powerful family, and the bigger the family, the less likely he would rebel. Even if he rebelled, there would be signs of things.Hou Mo Chen's family has long been under Li Yuan's surveillance, Hou Mo Chen Qianhui has no changes, Lingnan Hou Mo Chen Xu has no changes, and Xihe Hou Mo Chen Yong has no changes. I don't believe it at all.

Li Yuan had already appointed Chen Ying as Princess Pingyang's son-in-law. At this time, Liu Zhenghui, an old man, actually stood up and stabbed Chen Ying, which made Li Yuan very dissatisfied.

Li Yuan looked at Pei Ji and asked, "Pei Qing, what do you think?"

Pei Ji said without hesitation: "It's nonsense!"

Pei Ji was very aware of Li Yuan's character. If Li Yuan really wanted to deal with Chen Ying, he must have communicated with him in advance, but Li Yuan didn't, but Liu Zhenghui would stand up, so there was only one possibility, and that was that Liu Zhenghui would make his own decisions.

Li Yuan looked at Liu Zhenghui and sighed, "Liu Zhenghui, you should be convicted!"

Without further ado, Liu Zhenghui was not a fool. Looking at Li Yuan's attitude, it was too obvious that he was protecting Chen Ying. If he couldn't see the direction of the wind again, then his life all these years would be in vain.Liu Zhenghui knelt down slowly, took off his soft toe, and put it gently in the palm of his hand: "I am guilty, I am guilty of negligence!"

Li Yuan was very angry at this time. What he was angry about was that Liu Zhenghui was his old subordinate, but he just ate his food and worked for others. This feeling of betrayal made Li Yuan very angry. The Zheng family supported Wang Shichong and allocated a lot of resources to support Wang Shichong Yes, there is no doubt about it, but Liu Zhenghui still speaks for Zheng Shi, and is going to use his own hands to execute the ministers he relies on.This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the Zheng family of Xingyang is insulting his own IQ. How could Li Yuan fall for such a simple truth and do things that hurt his loved ones and make his enemies happy?
Li Yuan's long-suppressed anger suddenly erupted like magma, and he couldn't control it. He called out with red eyes: "Come here, draw up an order. Liu Zhenghui has no king and bites ministers. The crime is unforgivable. Order... Dali Temple Interrogation!"

Li Yuan's lingering anger still persisted, he pointed at the officials who had seconded the proposal, and shouted violently, "All dismissed...investigate!"

In fact, the Zheng family in Xingyang was too impatient this time. If they waited for a while before impeaching Chen Ying, it would have some effect. After all, Chen Ying is not a worry-free master. Not only the Zheng family in Xingyang, but also the Cui family in Qinghe.

But Zheng couldn't wait any longer.

Of course, this is also related to Xingyang Zheng's worry about night long dreams. After all, this time, Chen Ying slapped Zheng in the face, it was too loud.

They also received rumors that Chen Ying would soon become Princess Pingyang's son-in-law, and after becoming the son-in-law, as long as he did not rebel, other crimes would not kill Chen Ying at all.

It's just that they don't know that Chen Ying's light letter is like a thunderous blow from the Zheng family of Xingyang, eliminating the invisible.

(End of this chapter)