Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 28

Using the Imperial Army to raid Famen Temple is considered training, and there were no major disturbances, but there were quite a few small ones. The soldiers could not see the gold and silver, and some of them filled their pockets in private.

Even one commander of the capital violated the ban and led more than a hundred of his subordinates to share the spoils.

Naturally, Li Ye would not tolerate this kind of thing. There was only one punishment for all those who committed crimes, which was to behead their heads, confiscate their property, make their family members slaves, and all of them went to garrison land to farm.

Those who have meritorious service naturally don't hesitate to reward them. Ordinary soldiers have five guns per person and [-] acres of land. The life of the family can be raised to a higher level, and singles can also be said to be married.

Those who are superior follow the military law, and those who are inferior have to follow.Prestige leads to fear, kindness leads to loyalty, and the combination of kindness and prestige will last for a long time.

After all the money, food and property were confiscated and shipped to the Chang'an treasury, Li Ye was relieved, this matter was considered half successful, and the follow-up will naturally follow up.

The confiscated land needs to be registered and recorded, and returned to the people for farming. The hidden households found must be properly arranged, the land is divided, the troops are connected, and the imperial court issues an imperial edict. Return to vulgarity.

In the future, if you become a monk without a degree, you will move three thousand miles.

More than [-] monks were obtained.

All the monks, choose the strong ones, form an army and divide them into three capitals, a total of 3000 people, and the rest who have family members return to the village and divide the land.Those who have no family, tuntiansi tundi.

After this battle, Jingzhaofu added more than [-] million mu of cultivated land and a population of more than [-].

This is all strength.

After the slack drills in Tunwei and farming, there will be high-quality soldiers again, and it will not be a problem to recruit another [-] to [-] troops.

……

Naturally, Chang'an's actions could not be hidden from the world's vassals, not to mention Li Maozhen, Fengxiang Jiedu envoy who was close by.

The official residence of Fengxiang Jiedushi.

"Famen Temple to Chang'an, stretching for hundreds of miles, are all full of ox carts, which stop for a few days, and there are countless money and food..."

Li Maozhen's eyes lit up, how much food should there be?

Li Maozhen is short of money. Fengxiang and Longyou are barren land, especially the sandy soil in Longyou, where the land cannot be plowed and the slopes cannot be planted.If you can take it as your own, not only can you solve your own shortage of money and food, but you can also take this opportunity to recruit soldiers.

"A few days ago, Zhang Chengye led [-] troops into Sichuan, how many troops are left in the court?"

The spies replied: "More than [-] troops!"

Li Maozhen didn't ask in detail, it was unnecessary, he looked down on the Imperial Guard from the bottom of his heart.

Three years ago, Tian Lingzi recruited 3000 soldiers in Xichuan, plus the original Shence Army of more than [-], a total of more than [-] people. When he returned to Chang'an, he met Li Changfu, the envoy of Fengxiang Jiedu at that time, and Li Changfu led [-] troops. As a result, the [-] Shence Army was defeated.

At that time, it was Li Maozhen who led five thousand personal guards to beat Li Changfu all the way until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and finally he beheaded Li Changfu.

Li Maozhen's current position was sealed because of this great achievement.

From Li Maozhen's point of view, it's okay for the court's soldiers to bluff people, but it's really not good for fighting.

"Let the left front guard Li Yu, the left back guard Fei Jin, the left center back Xiao Zhanmin, and the center guard Jia Guofang each gather [-] troops and send them to Chang'an. This general wants to take the thieves on behalf of the country, and the Qing emperor will side."

According to the scenario conceived by Li Maozhen, with [-] troops approaching the city of Chang'an, His Majesty the Emperor might be scared to pee.

At that time, you can either ask for some money and food, get promoted and make a fortune, or capture Chang'an and go to the treasury to collect it yourself.

There are many such examples.

Surrounded by Wang Xingyu and Han Jianwei, Li Maozhen was confident.

As long as the imperial court can be defeated, there will be officials and officials, and money and money.

……

Li Maozhen raised an army in Fengxiang and directed an army of [-] to Chang'an. When Li Ye received the news, the rebels were besieging Wannian County.

Wannian County is close to Chang'an, and the city is guarded by 1100 people from the three capitals of the Shenwei Army. Along the way, Weiyang and Sanyuan County are exhausted.

When the news came, the court was shocked.

Yanying Hall of Daming Palace
The prime minister, the governor's office of the five armies, the ministers of various ministries, and the ministers discuss matters.

Zhang Junyan said that the imperial court must use all its troops to fight decisively with the bandits, so as to deter the feudal clans all over the world.

Zhang Jun, the king of big talk, has always been the main fighter. In the original history, he also advocated that the imperial court should use troops against Li Ke in Hedong. Unfortunately, the tens of thousands of troops were led by Li Cunxiao in Hedong with 5000 troops, and only a few hundred people remained.

At that time, if Li Cunxiao hadn't been jealous that Zhang Jun was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Dahua's head would have moved.

Du Rangneng didn't say a word. Seeing him frowning tightly, he seemed to be weighing the pros and cons. After all, a soldier is a major matter for the country. If you win, you will be fine. If you lose...you really can't afford to lose...

When Li Ye looked at Kong Wei, he was glaring at Zhang Jun.He turned his head and said: "Your Majesty, you must not raise troops!"

Li Ye said: "What's the answer!"

Kong Wei said: "Your Majesty, the mausoleum of the late emperor has not been completed yet, if something happens, what can I do?"

Li Ye thought about it for a while, and it became clear that Kong Wei had pinched Li Ye's life. Although what he said was cryptic, the situation was clear. What about the late emperor, can you still take away the body of your good brother?

"Master Kong expects the court to have no chance of winning?"

Kong Wei said nothing.

In fact, the imperial court has been defeated too many times, and they have not even won much. Li Ye can understand the thoughts of the ministers. They are afraid that the imperial court will be defeated, and their family will flee west again. The blood stains from a few years ago are still vivid in his memory !

Li Ye looked around, and all the ministers lowered their heads, avoiding eye contact with the emperor, and followed the teacher in class to ask the students to answer questions, shaking their heads one by one.

Even the chief governors of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion did not express their views, which disappointed Li Ye greatly, and Sun Dezhao was really timid.

Li Ye looked back and said, "What's the strategy for Minister Kong to retreat from the enemy?"

Kong Wei said: "One is that the imperial court confers an official promotion, the other is to open the treasury to reward Li Maozhen's army, and the third is..."

Hearing this, Li Ye clenched his fists angrily even if he was in the city, and said coldly: "How about the three?"

Kong Wei hastily kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please issue an order to punish yourself..."

Hearing this, all the ministers looked at Kong Wei in astonishment.

Guilty, is Kong Wei crazy?The Son of Heaven issued an edict to sin against himself just after he took the throne. Doesn't this make it clear that the Son of Heaven has no virtue and wants to establish another virtuous emperor?

Du Rangneng said in a hurry: "No, rewarding officials and honors and giving money and food are hard to satisfy. The emperor is the master of the country, and Li Maozhen is also the slave of the country. How ridiculous it is to serve the master as the slave."

Kong Wei said: "I'm not asking Your Majesty to issue an imperial edict against myself, but I'm really afraid that something will happen, so as to appease Mao Zhen'er."

Li Ye looked away from Kong Wei, without even responding, looked at Du Rangneng, and said, "What does Du Aiqing think?"

Du Rangneng said: "Your Majesty, Li Maozhen is ambitious, disrespects the court, and raises troops without authorization. If he succeeds this time, what do you think next time? I think it will be a battle."

Li Ye thought to himself, Du Rangneng is not in a daze.

Li Maozhen sent troops to Chang'an at this time, which he did not expect. After all, at this time in history, what Li Maozhen should do most is to consolidate the territory of Longyou and Fengxiang.

But now, the imperial court needs to resettle hundreds of thousands of people, and the land clearing is not done overnight. It takes time to digest these populations. In addition, Li Maozhen's army burned, killed and looted along the way, how long will it take for the imperial court to restore these places.

Li Ye took a long breath and made up his mind.

war!
There are three reasons, one is the storage of grain and grass from the autumn harvest, and the confiscation of temple products, the imperial treasury is sufficient to support a big war.

Secondly, training for half a year has been quite effective. With more than 2 first-class soldiers in hand, Li Ye also has some confidence. Against Li Maozhen with more than [-] horses, even if he is invincible, according to the city of Chang'an, his defense should be no problem.

Thirdly, of course, the imperial court at this time needs a lot of prestige. Li Ye wants to pick up the embarrassment that the imperial court has left behind in the past 100 years, one by one.

(End of this chapter)