Late Tang

"This is it!" The thin voice of the eunuch delivering the decree finally ended with a long ending.Li Jing shouted thank you, and raised his hands to receive the imperial edict.The eunuch said to Li Jing with a smile on his face: "Li Duhu, congratulations!"

"Elder-in-law is tired all the way, please go to the camp to rest." Although Li Jing didn't have a good impression of the eunuch, but he didn't show his thoughts, and invited him to join the original You Yi with a smile on his face. Make Fuchu.

But the eunuch was very affectionate to Li Jing. He walked up to Li Jing's hand and walked together. The soft but damp hand was held in his hand, which made Li Jing feel a little uncomfortable, but he still let it go. He led and walked together.He looked at Li Jing while walking, and said affectionately with a smile on his face: "Li Duhu is indeed young and brave. His Majesty and all the ministers of the court are full of praise. Your Majesty has named you the champion general, which is really worthy of the name." In the time of Han Wu, Huo Qubing was also young and brave. He defeated the Xiongnu and was awarded the title of champion. Now the name of general bravery has been passed on to the emperor, and he has been awarded the title of champion general, which is really comparable to Huo Qubing."

Zhang Chengye, who was on the side, also followed Li Jing's side, and smiled at Li Jing at this time: "The prince defeated the rebels in Qingzhou, and the capital city Chang'an has spread. People can be heard everywhere in the restaurants and teahouses of the capital. Legend has it that the general is famous. There are even singers who have compiled the great victories of the princes into songs, such as the princes who rushed to help Qingzhou for three hundred miles, the generals fought against the palace, and the mighty Zhendong army, the cavalry defeated the rebels, and more There are notices about kite legends, capturing Qingzhou City at night, chasing the rebels bravely, defeating the rebels by the Zishui River, Junhou supernatural powers, shooting nine people in a row with nine arrows, etc. Now this is the most popular song in the capital, and every teahouse wine It is being sung in Jiaozhong. We passed by once and wanted to listen to it, but we couldn’t squeeze in. Now the Junhou can be said to be famous all over the world, and he has won the three armies.”

Of course Li Jing was very happy when he heard this. Fame is also a very important thing, especially if it has spread to the capital. "It's all thanks to the blessing of the Son of Heaven, the prestige of Marshal Song, I dare not take credit for it."

Both Zhang Chengye and the eunuch named Wang Tong are called Marquis of Li Jing, because Li Jing's title of Marquis of Zhendong ranks sixth among the eleventh-level titles of the Tang Dynasty. Above the county marquis, there are three levels below: county uncle, county son, and county man.According to the system, Li Jing's title is the Marquis of the county, so Li Jing's title was originally the name of a county, and then the word "Jianguo" should be added below the Duke of the state.However, Li Jing's current title is not the name of the county, but the military title of Zhendong. This is the first case, because it is the emperor Jinkou Yuyan, and no one objected, so the matter was settled like this .

Moreover, Li Jing has [-] households in the food town, and [-] households are granted real food, so Li Jing couldn't help asking: "I don't know what county a certain one is entrusted to?"

"Your Majesty said that the land of the Marquis of the County will be sealed in Wendeng County, Dengzhou, and ten villages and [-] households in Qingxiang Ning will be designated as the households of the Marquis of the County." Wang Tong said.

Li Jing nodded, sealing the fief in Li Jing's hometown, this can be described as an extremely honor.However, this fiefdom only enjoys the taxes paid by [-] closed households, and the taxes that his closed households should pay every year will be handed over to Li Jing from now on. Thirty percent of the imperial court.In addition to collecting taxes, in fact, there is no other right to these closed households, which is completely different from the fiefdoms of the Han Dynasty.However, although the Tang Dynasty said that titles were generously awarded, and there were often kings with different surnames, Shi Chulu was mostly false, and there were often only a few hundred households of the Duke. It is even rarer to seal a thousand households, or seal them in their hometown.

Along the way, Song Wen and other Dengzhou generals were thinking about each other. They had come to find Li Jing aggressively, but now they all calmed down.According to the current situation, not to mention Li Jing's military power in Dengzhou, his favor in front of the emperor may have surpassed that of Jieshuai Song Wei.It can be said that in the entire Dengzhou, except for the royal princes such as King Zhao Li Rui, Li Jing is now catching up with Song Wei no matter whether he is an official or a holy family member.Song Wei is General Jinwu, Li Jing is General Jinwu and Champion General, Song Wei is Marquis of Wuning, and Li Jing is Marquis of Zhendong.Song Wei is in charge of the Lu army, and Li Jing is now in charge of the Eastern army.What's more, Li Jing is now joining the Anton Governor's Mansion, which is not in Songwei's Ziqing Town.

Everyone couldn't understand what the emperor was thinking. According to the normal situation, the governor of the Anton Governor's Mansion was of the same status as Yilu Jieshuai.Since Li Jing was appointed as the Protector of Anton, according to common sense, he should not continue to serve as the Dengzhou Defense Envoy under Ziqing Town.But things are so strange, Li Jing became Anton's protector, almost side by side with Song Wei's official position, but it was very strange that he did not remove the positions of Daxiezhai Town's military deterrence envoy and Dengzhou defense envoy, and even Li Jing is still holding the posts of Jiedu Yaya and Jiedu Pioneer.

In this way, the most embarrassing thing is Song Wen, governor of Dengzhou.Li Jing is higher than him regardless of rank and title. Now, one of them is serving as a defense envoy and the other is serving as a regiment training envoy. , but now, he is suddenly shorter than Li Jing.

The people in Dengzhou were in a low mood, but the generals of the Zhendong Army who followed Li Jing were all triumphant and proud.This time Li Jing became famous in front of the emperor, and as the generals of the Zhendong Army, they were naturally very happy.

After entering the hall, Li Jing invited Wang Tong as the seat of honor, and asked Guo Chengan to present a box of gifts immediately.Wang Tong opened a little slit and glanced at it. There was a dazzling golden light. There were exactly five taels of gold collars, which was a total of 50 taels of gold. One thousand six hundred coins, these 50 taels of gold are equivalent to 80 coins, a total of eight hundred guan.

Wang Tong almost couldn't open his eyes, and there was a smile on his face, Babaiguan, he is just a seventh-rank eunuch, and his status in the palace is not high, such a gift can be said to be the largest gift he has ever received. It's a sum of money, and the smile is on my face.

Accepting the gift calmly, Wang Tong waved to the soldiers following him, and immediately someone held several boxes.Once opened, it is a complete set of equipment, a set of red lacquer mountain armor, an imperial sword made of iron, a precious horse lance made by imperial craftsmen, and an imperial red lacquer horn bow , a hundred gold-plated arrows.

"These are all imperial armors and weapons that His Majesty has collected, and this time I commend the general, I hereby bestow them on you." Wang Tong said with a little envy. What he said was the truth. These weapons were all imperial weapons used by the emperor. It is armor, and it is also one of the emperor's collections.What an honor to receive such a reward.

"Oh, there is one more thing, our family almost forgot, Tian Privy Council envoy has a message for our family to bring to the general."

The secret envoy of Tian Shu was naturally the eunuch Tian Lingzi, and Li Jing couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard that he had something to bring. "Eunuch, please tell me!"

Wang Tong lowered his voice and said, "Eunuch Tian said that His Majesty intended to let you lead the Zhendong Army into Beijing, but because of the turmoil in Qingzhou right now, he let you stay in Qingzhou. It's not easy, let the general stay in Shandong with peace of mind, and strive to take back Liaodong for the court as soon as possible."

As soon as these words came out, Li Jing immediately understood the meaning of Tian Lingzi's words.He was afraid that he would bring troops into Beijing and it would affect him.Immediately smiled softly: "Please also tell the Duke of Jin that a certain is just a general of the Tang border army. There is a Duke of Jin leading a 15 magical army in Beijing. There is no need for a certain to enter Beijing. Even if the emperor calls, The frontier is an important place, and I dare not leave it lightly."

Hearing this answer, Wang Tong was very satisfied.At that moment, they chatted for a few more words. From the beginning to the end, Wang Tong didn't even say a few words to Song Wen, and only cared about talking with Li Jing, which made Song Wen and others' faces even more ugly.Later, Li Jing ordered a grand banquet to treat Wang Tong well.

After a full meal of wine, he drank for two full hours. Wang Tong was no more than an eighth-rank official, but he was very happy to receive such hospitality from Li Jing. He secretly decided to say more good things for Li Jing after returning to the capital.After sending the drunk Wang Tong into the room to rest, Li Jing directly asked Song Wen, who was drinking heavily, to be invited to the study.

Li Jing directly handed an urgent report to Song Wen, "A few days ago, Deputy Commander Kang led his troops to pursue Wang Jingwu, but he was defeated in the middle of Zizhou, losing thousands of troops. Fortunately, Da Yu led the army to catch up with him. But now Wang Jingwu has retreated into the city of Zizhou and stood firm. The general waited for a long time to besiege the city without an inch of success. It is said that due to insufficient logistics preparations, the soldiers who besieged the city unexpectedly because of poor food, one of the soldiers and horses of Zizhou suddenly They fell to Wang Jingwu in secret, made trouble in the middle of the night, cooperated with Wang Jingwu inside and outside, stepped into the company battalion at night, and defeated the Pinglu army again."

Song Wen couldn't believe it when he saw the defeat. Wang Jingwu, who was about to die, actually won two consecutive victories.On the contrary, the Pinglu army, which was in a good situation before, suffered two defeats.Looking at Song Wen's expression, Li Jing had already expected it. When he got the news, he couldn't believe it.Kang Chenghui, Song Wen and others are all veteran generals.But I didn't expect that he would not be Wang Jingwu's opponent, but think about it, although Song Wei and others are veterans, but the soldiers under them are put together by [-] or [-] battalion heads from five states. fighting power.What's more, Nazi and Qizhou are the battles of Wang Jingwu and others, but Song Wei's personal battalion has already collapsed in Qingzhou City.

Seeing Song Wen's silence, Li Jing knew it was time for her showdown.

He tapped lightly on the table: "When Shuai Song asked me to send troops to Qingzhou, he promised me that I would take over as the governor of Dengzhou afterwards and give my department the title of Zhendong Army. Now I lead the troops to Qingzhou as promised , three hundred miles to the rescue, helped Marshal Song and others escape a fatal situation, and helped the marshal to recapture Qingzhou, and defeated the rebels, beheaded more than [-] people and captured more than [-]. At that time, Wang Jingwu took the broken arm I escaped Zishui, but there were only [-] remnants of soldiers. Now, I recruited and surrendered [-] soldiers from Qingzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou, and solved the chaos in Dengzhou. The contribution is not small, and the credit is not worth mentioning Not too big, do you think so?"

Song Wen remained silent, Li Jing's strength was clearly demonstrated in this battle of entering Qingzhou, and fierce people like Wang Jingwu were no match for him at all.Perhaps it was because of this that Dashuai Song did not fulfill his promise and handed over the governor of Dengzhou to him.After all, although Li Jing seems to be taking orders from Jie Shuai's soldiers, he can see that Li Jing has become more and more out of control. If he is allowed to go to Dengzhou, then there will be a handsome mansion in Ziqing Town who cannot Controlled small feudal towns emerged.

"I heard that Wang Jingwu has been running the two prefectures of Ziqi for a long time, and that Zhang Chan and Lu Hongke are also powerful figures. Right now they are defending Zizhou, and they are taking advantage of the victory to recruit troops. Although Shuai Song has more than [-] troops, But there are tens of thousands of people in the Guang Tuan Battalion, and there is no tacit understanding among the various ministries. To put it bluntly, it is almost a mob. Even if Shuai Song is so powerful, he wants to put down Wang Jingwu and take back Ziqi with that little army. It is difficult."

"What do you want to say?" Song Wen stared at Li Jing and asked.

"Let's make a deal. You give me the position of governor of Dengzhou, and Dengzhou will belong to me in the future."

"I can't decide this matter!" Song Wen sneered.

"Don't worry, you won't suffer. You hand over Dengzhou to me, and you can take away all the soldiers and horses in Dengzhou, even the [-] united soldiers. I believe that with the help of these soldiers and horses , Song Jieshuai should be able to exterminate Wang Jingwu. This is a very easy account. If you give me Dengzhou, you can immediately take back Ziqi and Ziqi. Besides, even if I am the governor of Dengzhou, this Dengzhou and Our Zhendong Army still obeys the military order of Commander Yu Jie."

Song Wen sneered: "Then why don't you lead the troops to Ziqi again to help the commander-in-chief wipe out the rebels?"

"That's not what I said. If the commander-in-chief can fulfill the previous promise first, it is not impossible for my brothers and I to go to Ziqi again, provided that the promise must be fulfilled first." Li Jing smiled lightly: "Yes Yes, in order to show my support for the Marshal, I am willing to give the Marshal 100 shi of grain and [-] guan money to the Marshal for military expenses to quell the chaos."

Song Wen was still hesitating, but Li Jing continued: "The situation over there is not good for Song Jieshuai, but General Song is staying in Dengzhou with nearly [-] troops, I'm afraid it's not a good idea. If Song Weifan is defeated by Wang Jingwu, then it will be troublesome. If Qingzhou falls again, it will be very difficult to regain it."

"This matter has to be arranged by Jie Shuai, and I will immediately ask Jie Shuai for instructions."

"Well, I'm here waiting for your good news!"