Capital Datang

"Stop him!" The man who rushed out was running backwards, followed by several guards hired by the bank desperately chasing, but these guards looked really embarrassed, not only disheveled, but also everyone's face With bruises, it looks like I suffered a little bit in it just now.

Without Li Yin's orders, Xi Junmai, who was on guard with him, immediately rushed to intercept him.Xi Junmai originally followed Su Dingfang to participate in the Battle of Goguryeo, and made great contributions during the period. He followed Li Shimin to Chang'an to receive a reward, but when Li Yin came back, he immediately followed Li Yin as the head of the guard However, as for Su Dingfang and other meritorious palace guards, although they are also under the name of Qi Wangfu, Li Yin has other arrangements for them.

The man who escaped was very skilled, at least his speed was not comparable to that of ordinary people. Xi Junmai and the few guards with bruised noses and faces were unable to catch up for a while.Seeing that the man was about to flee into the alley, Xi Jun was in a hurry to buy it. He reached out and took out a heavy money bag from his pocket, and threw it at the man.

Xi Junmai has extraordinary physical strength and can open a super strong bow with six stones. In addition, his money bag is full of copper coins, so this throw is like a small trebuchet, and it is extremely accurate. It hit the back of the man's head.

However, since the man was able to escape by himself and injured several bank guards, he was obviously not an easy person. Hearing the bad wind behind his head, he knew something was wrong, so he rolled on the spot in a hurry , Just escaped the smashed money bag.But when he stood up again and wanted to run, he was already caught up by Xi Junmai and others.Capital Datang 143

But when this person and Xi Junmai had a face-to-face meeting, both of them were taken aback.Because they actually knew each other.But just because of the acquaintance, Xi Junmai immediately became furious when he saw this person: "Zhou Baozi, you want to die, and dare to make trouble here, don't you fear the military law of the Tang Dynasty?"

When the man named Zhou Baozi saw that the other party was Xi Junmai, he knew that he couldn't escape today, and heard the other party's roar again.A look of shame also flashed across his face, and he bowed and said, "This subordinate sees General Xi! It's all my subordinate's fault today, whether it is killing or cutting, I will follow the general's orders!"

At this moment.Li Yin also came over under the protection of several guards. The bank's guards all knew him, and it seemed that His Royal Highness Qi Wang had come down.Immediately backed away silently.

"What's the matter?" Li Yin also heard the conversation between the two people in the field, and carefully observed Zhou Baozi's words and deeds, and immediately concluded that he should be a soldier in the army, and he probably participated in the Battle of Goguryeo, because There was a hideous scar on the back of the opponent's hand, which seemed to have just healed for a short time. At the same time, the opponent smelled heavily of alcohol, and it seemed that he had drunk a lot of wine before.

Although Zhou Baozi has never met Li Yin, he knows the situation of Xi Junmai very well, and he has also heard about Li Yin's appearance and age.Therefore, when he saw the seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man in Chinese clothes, he immediately guessed the identity of the other party. As a result, he was in a cold sweat, and hurriedly gave the most solemn military salute: "Zhou Baozi, the captain of the Zuowei Mansion, see King Qi Your Highness!"

"Get up. This is not a place to talk, follow me into the bank to talk!" Seeing the "riot" here, many people have gathered around, so Li Yin said so, and at the same time motioned to Mr. Xi Mai helped Zhou Baozi up.

After entering the bank, Li Yin was not in a hurry to find Wang Zihao.First, Zhou Baozi and several related bank personnel were brought in, and wanted to inquire about the reason for the conflict between the two parties.But as soon as he asked the question, he saw Zhou Baozi with a disheartened face, he stood up and said: "His Royal Highness, this matter is due to the fault of the general, and he did something wrong after drinking, please punish him! "

Although Zhou Baozi was very sincere in admitting his mistakes, the bank staff next to him still looked angry. It seemed that they were very angry by the other party just now, and Li Yin was also very curious about what he did wrong. So I asked the staff of the bank carefully, and after hearing what they said, even Li Yin couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

Zhou Baozi did participate in the battle against Goguryeo, and made some contributions. When he was in Goguryeo, he once deposited 22 guan in the bank. After returning to Chang'an, he had already taken out [-] guan, leaving only Ten consistent balance.

However, when Zhou Baozi came to the bank today, he said that he could not find the proof of saving money. Ordinarily, this is not a big deal. Anyway, the bank has a solid foundation. Just check it and give him a proof. Later, Zhou Baozi insisted that the bank was defrauding him. He clearly has 22 credits in his name, so why is there only [-] credits left now?Therefore, it was determined that it was embezzled by the bank.

Zhou Baozi was reeking of alcohol at the time, and he spoke in a drunken state, so at first the staff in the bank thought that he had made a mistake after drinking, so they persuaded him well, and even found out the written receipt he left behind when he withdrew money last time , but Zhou Baozi still insisted that he had not withdrawn the money, and now everyone understood that the other party was playing a rogue.

This was the first time that the bank had encountered such a thing since its establishment. The staff immediately called the guards in the bank, trying to arrest Zhou Baozi and send him to the officials, but he didn't expect that the other party was very skilled. However, he let the other party escape. Li Yin already knew what happened next, so naturally he didn't need to say more.

Listening to the bank staff's narration, Zhou Baozi was ashamed and frustrated. Normally, he would not dare to take the bank's idea no matter how difficult he encountered, but today he was depressed and drank A lot of wine, and I forgot that the backstage of the bank was His Royal Highness Qi Wang, so he came to make trouble, trying to try his luck to extort a sum of money for urgent use, but he didn't expect that the other party would not accept his tricks at all, and what was even more unlucky was to be caught by Qi Wang. His Royal Highness was caught.

Although Li Yin was angry after hearing this, he didn't explode on the spot. He waved his hand to make everyone in the bank retreat. When only he, Xi Junmai, and Zhou Baozi were left in the room, he asked. : "Zhou Baozi, you are a soldier who opened up the territory for our Great Tang, and I don't want to embarrass you too much, but what you did today not only violated the military law, but also violated the national law. How do you say this king should deal with you?" ?”

"Your Highness, it's all because of the general's infatuation. I did this in a moment of urgency, so no matter what His Highness does, Zhou will have no complaints!" Zhou Baozi is a bachelor. In Li Yin's hands, whether it was a beating or a punishment, he recognized it.

After hearing this, Li Yin was also a little embarrassed.This man is a meritorious soldier, but he did not expect to use such a low-level method for a small amount of money.It was a total embarrassment to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.But even so, he didn't want to hand over the other party to Dali Temple for legal action, but if it was illegal.But I am sorry for Datang's laws.

When Li Yin was in a dilemma, Xi Junmai next to him suddenly said: "Your Highness, this guy is a bad gambler, he must have owed a lot of debts in the casino, and he was forced to come up with such a stupid way. Originally, he should be brought to justice, but in this way, his wife and children will suffer, at least he will be kicked out of the house by the people from the casino, and his house will be used to pay off the debt!"

Xi Junmai and Zhou Baozi fought side by side on the battlefield several times.The friendship between each other is considered to be fatal, and they know him very well, so they guessed the time right away, and Zhou Baozi also had a mournful face after hearing this, which further confirmed Xi Junmai's guess.

"Gambling. As a lieutenant, you actually gamble?" Li Yin asked in surprise. From his point of view, how could a soldier participate in such things as gambling?Capital Datang 143

"Uh~" Seeing Li Yin's big reaction, Xi Junmai and Zhou Baozi were taken aback for a while, and after a while, Xi Junmai asked with a natural expression: "Your Highness, is there anything wrong with gambling?"

"Of course not, isn't it forbidden to gamble in the army?" Although Li Min had also been on the battlefield, he didn't have much contact with soldiers and didn't know much about life in the barracks, so he didn't pay attention to the problem of gambling at all.

"Your Highness, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have never heard of the prohibition of gambling in the military. Do you remember it wrong, Your Highness?" Xi Junmai asked inexplicably.

Now Li Yin finally understood that although the Tang army was elite, in terms of military discipline, there was a big gap with the professional army of later generations.Recall that during the Goguryeo battlefield, many Tang troops had records of looting civilians. Although in the eyes of the generals of the Tang Dynasty, these actions did not affect the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, but in the eyes of later generations like Li Yin , but it is extremely eye-catching.

"Zhou Baozi, how much do you owe others?" Li Yin pondered for a while, then suddenly asked.

Zhou Baozi didn't understand why after hearing this, he took a look at Xi Junmai, and then said: "His Royal Highness, the villain owes the casino a total of 33 pennies!"

"Hmph, more than 30 guan, you are really willing to pay for it!" Li Yin snorted angrily after hearing this, and with the position of the other party, these 30 guan were almost comparable to his one-year military salary.

But he was angry, and Li Yin didn't want Datang to lose a brave soldier because of such a trivial matter. After thinking about it, he said: "I will let the bank give you the money, and I will pay off the gambling debt first, but the money is worthless." But you have to pay it back, and in order to prevent you from gambling badly in the future, I will say hello to Mr. Cheng, and I will send your future military salary to the bank. I will give you a part of the money every month, which is enough for your family’s daily expenses. The rest will be used to repay the bank's debts, when will be repaid and when will be settled."

Cheng Yaojin was the general of the left guard, and Zhou Baozi was his subordinate. Given the relationship between Li Yin and the Cheng family, this was not a big deal at all.

Hearing that His Royal Highness King Qi was willing to help him, Zhou Baozi immediately burst into tears of gratitude and praised Li Yin's benevolence and righteousness again and again, but Li Yin warned him that the reason why he helped him was mainly because of his past military achievements. , then don't blame him for being ruthless!

To this, Zhou Baozi naturally swore an oath that he would never gamble again.But Li Yin is not a three-year-old child. He knows that gambling is actually similar to drug addiction, and it is not so easy to quit completely.After beating and leaving Zhou Baozi, who was so grateful to Li Yin, Li Yin learned from Xi Junmai that in the Tang army, there were not a few people like Zhou Baozi who were addicted to gambling. As soon as the military salary was paid, it was all thrown on the gaming table in the afternoon.

In addition, Xi Junmai also mentioned a very interesting phenomenon, that is, Tang Jun, who is a bad gambler like Zhou Baozi, often fights bravely on the battlefield, because they need to make military exploits and at the same time want to pay more spoils of war. Pay off previous debts.Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. Although money-grubbing soldiers like Zhou Baozi are brave, they also have the problem of being greedy for money, and soldiers like Zhou Baozi are often the ones who take the lead in plundering soldiers.Although the other party is not a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, there is no need to feel pity, but in the long run, it will definitely ruin the military discipline of the Tang army.

"After the mid-Tang Dynasty, the government soldiers were ruined. Although the main reason was land annexation, there was no reason for the lax military discipline. If the current military atmosphere is allowed to continue, it may have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the army!" After Li Yin finished listening, he muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear.

The army is the cornerstone of a country and an important foundation for the existence of a country. If the army is corrupted, it will not only be vulnerable to foreign aggression, but will even directly cause great harm to the country.This is especially prominent in ancient Chinese society. The so-called soldiers and bandits are not separated from each other. In fact, strictly speaking, an army with lax military discipline is much more harmful than bandits.

When Li Yin was in Goguryeo, he once proposed the idea of ​​a military academy to Li Shimin, and he also got a positive answer from the other party. However, after he returned to Chang'an, because of the empty treasury and Li Shimin's busy affairs, he had no time and money to start a military academy. construction.However, seeing today's situation, Li Yin suddenly found that the military academy he had originally conceived to pave the way for Li Yong now played an extremely important role. It seemed that after he was busy conquering Gaochang, he was about to The energy went to the construction of the military academy.

However, whether it is the conquest of Gaochang or the construction of a military academy, both have one thing in common, that is, lack of money.And this is why Li Yin came to find Wang Zihao.His land certificate has just started, and the rest of the work will be done by the bank, a new thing. If it can be done, it will not only raise a lot of money, but also help the bank to make a name for itself. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. .

Thinking of this, Li Yin finally showed a smug smile, and sent someone to find Wang Zihao. The two talked secretly for a long time, and then he left Datang Bank, but still did not return to the palace, but rushed to Went to the printing factory, checked the printing progress of the land coupons, and finally returned home with a satisfied face.

Early the next morning, the newspapers went on sale again, but people discovered that the same article was published on the headlines of the Datang Daily and the Commercial Daily, and the author of this article was the one who caused a huge disturbance last time. Qi Wang Li Yin, without reading the content of this news, just relying on Li Yin as the author, the sales of the two newspapers have risen to a higher level, because everyone wants to know that this time our Highness Qi Wang is going to stir up trouble again. How big is the storm? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)