First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 306 When the Dead Is the Only One

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Seeing Li Xiaogong's surprised expression, Gao Chong understood at this moment why Prime Minister Zhuge was always smiling while waving his fan, and that feeling of mystery was really good.

"The worst policy, as the commander, the king donated part of his family's wealth to reward the three armies. The commander is so generous, the soldiers will definitely not complain." Gao Chong looked at Li Xiaogong and said with a smile.

The corners of Li Xiaogong's mouth twitched when he heard this, he put down his teacup and looked at Gao Chong resentfully and said: "This is really a bad strategy, it's not right."

Who doesn't know that Li Xiaogong likes to have fun, after donating part of his family's wealth, how will the hundreds of concubines in the county prince's mansion support him? Besides, as the commander, and even the clan, if you dare to donate your family's wealth to reward the three armies, what do you want to do? ?Is it illegal to buy the morale of the army?

Gao Chong shook his head with a smile and continued: "The middle policy, immediately write to the sage, requesting the opening of the treasury and palace ban, and rewarding the soldiers with their property."

Hearing this, Li Xiaogong frowned and thought, then shook his head and said: "Chang'an came and went, the delay is too long, and in the palace confinement, it is unusual, there are many rare treasures, don't tamper with it."

As long as it involves palace confinement, it is not a simple matter. After Xiao Xian surrendered, Li Xiaogong will immediately seal the Xiaoliang Palace, and wait for Li Yuan to send officials to accept it. Before that, Li Xiaogong must never enter without authorization. careful.

It was within Gao Chong's expectation that Li Xiaogong refused the middle and low tactics, after all Li Xiaogong was not a reckless man, on the contrary he was very good at protecting himself wisely, so naturally he would not do anything taboo.

"Then there is only the best policy," Gao Chong said after a moment of deliberation: "Among the civil and military ministers of Xiaoliang, there are many traitors who use their power to bully others and oppress good people. These corrupt officials were found out, held on a high platform, and the onlookers were exposed to their crimes, and then they were dealt with impartially.

Li Xiaogong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he clapped his hands and praised, "Wonderful, wonderful, this strategy kills two birds with one stone, no, kills three birds with one stone, one can gain the hearts of the people in Jiangling, the other can reward the soldiers, and the third can also eradicate those who What a disaster, what a clever plan."

Excited, Li Xiaogong stepped down from his seat and couldn't stop admiring the ingenuity of this plan. He immediately stepped forward and patted Gao Chong on the shoulder in admiration: "You are resourceful and resourceful. You will definitely be the choice of the prime minister in the future."

Hearing these words, Gao Chong's face was stunned, the words seemed familiar, "Your Majesty is too famous, this plan needs to be kept secret, don't let the wind out, otherwise those corrupt officials will definitely cause chaos."

Li Xiaogong thought so deeply.

The next day, the sky was bright, and the sound of bells coming out of the city could be heard in the Tang army camp three miles away from the city.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Xiaogong listened for a while, then all the generals in the tent said with a smile: "Xiao Xian is paying homage to his ancestors."

After Xiao Xian offered sacrifices to the Xiaoliang Taimiao, he would leave the city and surrender, which was the proper procedure.

All the generals laughed heartily when they heard the words, victory was in sight, they were in a good mood, seeing this, Li Xiaogong pretended to be celebrating with wine in the tent, Gao Chong hesitated to speak, Li Xiaogong whispered: "Don't worry, you are lenient both inside and outside the camp." Tight, never let up."

Gao Chong's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he nodded slowly, raised his glass and drank it down in one gulp, Li Xiaogong naturally considered things very comprehensively, although he is not good at military strategy, but he is a famous general after all, so he shouldn't get carried away be on guard.

Half an hour later, it was still Xu Xuanche who came to the Tang army camp to report that Xiao Xian, Emperor Mingfeng of the Liang Dynasty, had left the city with all the civil and military officials and was heading towards the Tang army camp.

Li Xiaogong got up immediately after hearing the words, ordered people to remove the banquet, and led the generals to the gate of the camp.

In the camp of the Tang army, a high platform several feet high has been built with earth and rocks on the left side of the camp gate. The battle flags are flying on it, and there is a sound of hunting. It is called the Altar of Surrender.

Li Xiaogong was dressed in military uniform, majestic and majestic, he strode to the surrender altar, suddenly stopped, looked at Gao Chong and said with a smile: "Yu Zhi and I go up together".

From Li Xiaogong's point of view, Gao Chong contributed a lot to the pacification of Xiao Mian this time, and Gao Chong could also participate in this surrender ceremony that is destined to go down in history. Li Xiaogong is willing to share this glory without any malice.

Hearing the words, Gao Chong politely declined, bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, but I don't agree with the etiquette." Although the surrender ceremony was an honor, but after all, the other party was the Emperor of Liang, and he was the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Although Li Xiaogong had good intentions, Gao Chong They can't really go to the altar together.

After all, in Gao Chong's philosophy, low-key development is the kingly way. Since this trip has already made a lot of contributions, there is no need to mix up the honor of the surrender ceremony, otherwise it would be too pretentious.

Seeing this, Li Xiaogong nodded and smiled, and raised his legs to step up to the surrender altar.

"Let's play the drum", Gao Chong gave an order, and the bell was sounded immediately, which was very mighty.

Not long after, I saw a large group of people walking slowly. The leader was dressed in plain clothes, held a jade bi in his mouth, and held a letter of surrender in his hand. It was Xiao Xian, Emperor Mingfeng of the Liang Dynasty, who was also dressed in white, holding a jade seal , step by step, followed closely by the text of Daliang Zaifu Cen.

Even though he was wearing plain clothes and carrying a jade bi in his mouth, Xiao Xian's body was still standing straight, step by step he climbed up to the surrender altar, and stood still in front of Li Xiaogong.

Although he is from the south, Xiao Xian's body is not weak compared to Li Xiaogong who is from Longxi. He is seven feet tall and has a dignified body.

Li Xiaogong reached out to take it, which means accepting the surrender, then Xiao Mian took out the jade bib in his mouth, and offered it with both hands, "I am the only one who died, and the people are innocent, please do not kill and loot", Xiao Mian said in a deep voice.

"Since you know that the people are innocent, why do you raise troops to create chaos?" Li Xiaogong sternly reprimanded Xiao Xian, seeing that Xiao Xian still had such an arrogant attitude after asking to surrender.

"Since I inherited my ancestral business, how can I create chaos?" Xiao Xian retorted without any awareness of being a prisoner.

Seeing this, Cen Wenwen in the audience became anxious, and hurriedly bowed to Gao: "Cen Wenwen in Xinye, if you dare to ask, is it Gao Changshi?"

"I'm Gao Chong, I've heard about Brother Cen's name for a long time," Gao Chong said with a slight nod and a smile.

This person will also be a chancellor in the future, and there are many heroes in the family. Later, his nephew Cen Wenqian was appointed as the official of Zhongshuling, his grandson Cen Xi was appointed as the official servant, and the rest of his brothers, nephews and nephews all served as high-ranking officials. Considering the newborn son, it is not appropriate to offend others for no reason.

Faced with Gao Chong's indifferent politeness, Cen Wenwen was a little surprised. After all, he is actually a prisoner to put it bluntly now. With Gao Chong's family background and status, there is absolutely no need to treat a prisoner so politely.

"Gao Changshi is a young hero, admirable." Cen Wenwen bowed and complimented: "Now that my lord has surrendered, please ask Gao Changshi to take care of him for a while..." As he spoke, he looked at the stage.

(End of this chapter)