First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 280
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Seeing Gao Chong writing a letter eloquently, Wei Ling looked bewildered, scratched his head and asked in doubt, "Gao Changshi, who is this?"

Gao Chong waved the letter in his hand and said with a grin: "With this letter, one hundred thousand Liang troops and ten thousand miles of land in the south of the Lingnan will vote immediately."

This was really domineering, but Wei Ling obviously didn't believe it, Gao Chong ignored it, and handed the letter to Kaohsiung, "Ah Xiong, quickly pass this letter to Gao Shilian."

Gao Xiong took the order to go, as for how to pass the message, Gao Chong didn't need to worry about it, if Kaohsiung couldn't handle this matter well, it would really be a waste of the Gao Mansion's training for him for so many years.

"Gao Shilian... Bohai Gao family?" Wei Ling's eyes lit up, and he immediately figured out the joint, "Gao Changshi wants to persuade Gao Shilian to surrender?"

"What persuasion is called an uprising," Gao Chong corrected.

Wei Ling grinned, regardless of persuasion or uprising, he knew that since Gao Chong was so confident, Gao Shilian would surrender to the Tang Dynasty in all likelihood, and once the Lingnan Liang army surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the blow to Xiao Liang would be extremely fatal .

Because Lin Shihong was on the east side of Xiao Liang, and Xiao Mian dared not ignore the defense in the east. If he was not careful, he would face Li Tang in the west, and Lin Chu in the east. Therefore, Xiao Mian's troops on the southeast side were not strong. There are too many transfers, and the main force is still Jiaozhou soldiers and horses.

Now that the Lingnan Liang Army is no longer a concern, then Gao Chong and the others will soon face Wen Shihong. For Wen Shihong, Gao Chong's eyes are smeared and he doesn't know it at all.

Wei Ling had been in Kuizhou for a long time, and he didn't know the details of Scholar Hong. At this moment, a personal guard entered, "Mr. Lang, the guard came to report that Liu San has an important report."

Gao Chong was startled, and immediately said, "Let them in."

A soldier in charge of guarding the prisoners brought Liu San into the room, fearing that Gao Chong would get angry, he hurriedly said: "Gao Changshi, this person insists on seeing him, saying that he has an important military report."

Gao Chong nodded and looked at Liu San.

At this time, Liu San's hair was already in a disheveled bun, and the corner of his left eye was cracked, dripping with blood. He seemed to have suffered a lot, which is also a normal phenomenon.

In this era, there is no concept of treating captives kindly. All captives must be "taught" before they can be honest, especially those who have no power and power. Those who have money will be spared and those who have no money will suffer. But there will be no outbursts of kindness to interfere.

And Liu San, a wealthy businessman, naturally received special treatment. When he went down three times, this guy not only refused to pay, but actually yelled to see the commander, saying that there was an important military report. The school lieutenant didn't dare to turn a blind eye, but he was afraid that Gao Chong would be punished in person, so he named this soldier and brought him here.

"You, who are you? May be the master?"

Even though he had been in contact with Gao Chong just now, Liu San didn't know who this young son-in-law was. For the sake of his family and his life, he had no choice but to go all out. How dare those dog soldiers treat him like this? , really hateful.

"Fart!" Seeing that Liu San questioned Gao Chong's identity, Wei Ling immediately scolded, "This is Kuizhou Chief Shi, Anling Marquis Gao Changshi, the son of the current Prime Minister Yan Guogong, and also my grandson. The commander of the Great Tang's Eastern Expeditionary Army, don't worry."

Hearing this long series of introductions, Liu San was a little dizzy. It turned out that the young son had such a great background, so he immediately bowed in fear and respect: "Gao Changshi forgive me, I have an important military report that can help your army take Zhijiang ,only……".

"Just want us to let you go?" Gao Chong raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Ah, that's right," Liu San nodded hurriedly and said, "I'm just a timber merchant, and I have nothing to do with Xiao Liang."

"If what you said is true, I can let you go," Gao Chong said with a smile, Liu San has traveled to Jingchu all the year round, and maybe he can really make extraordinary achievements.

As for Zhijiang, it is the first city located at the mouth of the Qingjiang River. The division and name of Zhijiang have been changed several times. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, a town was formed, named Danyang, which belonged to Chu State.

After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, it was renamed Zhijiang because of the branch of the Yangtze River. It belonged to Nanjun.

Zhijiang County was restored in the Sui Dynasty and is still in use today.

As long as the Tang army takes Zhijiang, they can go down the river without hindrance and reach Jiangling. The position of Zhijiang is very important.

Hearing Gao Chong's promise, Liu San was overjoyed, and he didn't continue to question it, because he knew that these noble family sons attached great importance to face, and would not do such face-slapping things as backtracking.

Immediately said: "The guard of Zhijiang is called Yang Junmao. It is said that he has the courage of ten thousand men. He is very powerful and loyal. He is Lin Zhisong's cousin-in-law. He can let Lin Zhisong lead the remnants of the army to open the city gate."

Gao Chong's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he immediately grasped two key points, "Is Lin Zhisong willing to cooperate? How can we be sure that Yang Junmao will definitely open the city?"

Sure enough, Liu San smiled when he heard the words, "If you are not talented, you can persuade Lin Zhisong to surrender. As for Yang Junmao...as long as Lin Zhisong is willing to cooperate, Yang Junmao will definitely open the city, because Yang Junmao is afraid of internal affairs."

Gao Chong had a weird expression on his face, but seeing Liu San's swearing, Gao Chong knew that this plan was feasible. Liu San was not stupid, on the contrary, he was extremely smart, and he was very good at exploiting, otherwise he would not have been able to curry favor with Lin Zhisong. Get a huge timber business.

"You go ahead and do it. If you succeed, I can not only let you go, but also ask for credit for you." Gao Chong said with a smile on his face, "Do you know that I was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Ying Guogong, who was also a businessman at first? Wood, later attached to saints, performed meritorious deeds, and just now has the high position today, if you sincerely attach yourself and make some meritorious deeds, you may not be able to step into the official career in the future."

Liu San was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately fell to the ground, "Gao Chang Shi Ende, Liu Sande is very grateful", and then excitedly took the order and left.

In the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, merchants were miscellaneous and were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination to become officials. Of course, this was limited to ordinary merchants. If they had some background, they could become officials even if they were in business.

For example, the warrior Xun was not only because he sponsored Li Yuan’s army, but also because he was born as an official for generations. His father Wuhua was the former Sui Dongjun Cheng, and his grandfather Wujian was the Northern Zhou Yongchang Wang Xunzhi joined the army. Jiannan Jiedu envoy Xianyu Zhongtong, although he was also born in a merchant, his father Xianyu Lingzheng was the prefect of Suining County.

Therefore, if a person from a merchant family wants to become an official, there are only two ways, either not to be born prominently, or to find a backer, and Liu San is very unfortunate. He has been in business for generations, and he has a proper low status, and he wants to step out of the class of merchants , stepping into the official career, only to find a backer.

Such a smart person as Liu San, after knowing Gao Chong's background, how could he not seize the opportunity.

In this kind of war of destroying the country, as long as Liu San curry favor with Gao Chong and make some meritorious deeds, in the future, he will be rewarded according to his merits, even if he is a low-ranking low-ranking official, he is still an official. At any rate, it can be regarded as breaking away from the cheap status of merchants.

(End of this chapter)