Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 542
In the fifth year of Wude, Yuan Junzhang and Gao Manzheng attacked Daizhou at night, broke through Yanmen Pass, and entered Dai County. Liu Shirang, who was stationed in Xinzhou, led his troops northward to expel the enemy.

"Now that Duke Yuan has voted for the Tang Dynasty, all the previous events have been written off." Liu Wu shook his head, "In the battle, either I will kill you or you will kill me. What is there to say..."

After a moment of silence, Third Brother Zhang asked: "Even if the land is granted, it still won't be accepted..."

"Rations are distributed." Liu Wu said softly, "There is no shortage of food in Daizhou, Xia City is prosperous, and merchants come and go...Even if you do some business, being a clerk for the caravan is enough to support your family."

Third brother Zhang was thinking in his heart, hesitant, this condition sounds a bit tempting, granting land and rations, robbing a woman to marry and granting a house.

"It's more than that." Liu Wu added: "The first three years were exempted from taxes and taxes. If they were in corvée, they would be supplemented with money and food. However, they still have to be registered in the roster of government soldiers and practice in their spare time."

There was an uproar in the restaurant, but they didn't care about registering the roster of government soldiers. The government soldier system was not unique to the Tang Dynasty. ...It's quite tempting for them.

Even if it wasn't the military leaders like them, if the ordinary soldiers below were dismissed, moved to Daizhou, and granted land and houses, they would be able to live a prosperous life in just a year or two.

Someone next to him couldn't wait to ask: "Liu Wu, what about the second one?"

"Military settlement." Liu Wu explained: "The King of Handan intends to march to the military settlement. It is said that the fields have been selected. It is at the junction of Xinzhou and Daizhou, which is about the southwest side of Wutai County."

"Isn't there no food shortage in Daizhou?"

Third brother Zhang's eyes flickered, "Xing Jun is for the purpose of going out to attack Hu!"

Liu Wu was stunned, "No way... The Turks are so powerful, Tang Jun actually..."

"As long as Mayi is stable, it will be difficult for the Turks to break through the Yanmen Pass." Zhang Sange said in a low voice, "I see that the King of Handan has the heart to make contributions... It is a clear proof that he returned to attack the camp last year!"

"But... But King Handan will return to court in a few months."

"What?" Brother Zhang was very surprised, and immediately asked: "If King Handan returns to the court, what he promised before..."

"Naturally, His Royal Highness was conferred the title of county king, and he was favored by the Tang emperor... Some of the personal guards who accompanied Duke Yuan to the court returned to Daizhou, and mentioned that King Handan beat Yugushi again in the palace." Liu Wu whispered: "And the one who is going to be the head of the Daizhou is from the Li family in Longxi, and it is said that he is very close to the King of Handan...By the way, Third Brother Zhang should know about this person."

"Who?"

"Li Yaoshi, the Duke of Yongkang County, served as the county magistrate in Mayi."

"It's him?!" Brother Zhang hammered the table, his expression excited, "It's actually Yaoshi Li!"

The tall and thin man next to him interjected: "Second brother and I were under his command back then... Daye was 13 years old, I remember seeing you on the first day of the first lunar month, and the next day Li Yaoshi suddenly disappeared. Before Liu Gong raised his troops, he asked about this thing."

Speaking of the past, everyone sighed for a while. After Liu Wuzhou raised his troops, he killed Wang Rengong, broke through Yanmen, sacked Daizhou, and then gathered Song Jingang and ran across the river.

In the end, after the Battle of Baibi, King Qin personally led [-] cavalry, and they did not get off their horses for three days and four nights, chasing all the way to Yanmen Pass, and Liu Wuzhou's great ambitions disappeared.

After a while, Liu Wuyou said quietly: "It's been five years."

Third brother Zhang said in a low voice: "It has been ten years since a certain entered Mayi in the seventh year of Daye."

"With Mr. Erlang's permission that day, my younger brother moved to Daizhou. All I hope is to live in peace." Liu Wu's tone was bleak, but also relieved, "There is no need to lick blood with knives, and no more to kill with knives. You don’t have to be afraid that if you fall asleep, there will be no next day..."

The surrounding area was silent. Liu Wu's second brother died in Mayi last year, on the night Gao Manzheng voted for Tang.

Everyone present had personally experienced Gao Manzheng's incident, and they all felt something in their hearts. They were all military leaders, the lowest-level officers in the army. Even they hoped to live a peaceful life.

Liu Wu thought in his heart that His Highness's guess is not wrong at all. Even if the generals in the army have different ideas, the soldiers and even most of the army leaders don't want to live like this anymore.

kill.

was killed.

Can't see the bright road ahead, how many people are willing to keep going?
As for the power and status, Yuan Junzhang has no ambitions. These low-level officers in the army are ordinary soldiers below, so what kind of ambition do they have?

With such an idea in mind, various questions came to Liu Wu one after another, some asked about the specific situation of the military settlement, some asked about the detailed standards for granting land and houses, and some jokingly asked about the difficulty of marrying a wife, There are also a few who intend to stay in the army, but are hesitant to stay in Mayi.

Liu Wu, who had a clear answer, explained one by one, and he also agreed to ask the rest of the questions... Everyone knew that he was going to ask the King of Handan.

Only Zhang Sange didn't say a word, he was thinking in his heart, can he use Liu Wu's way... Back then in Mayi, he and Li Yaoshi still had a friendship.

Different from other people, this Third Brother Zhang has the heart to make contributions, and it is precisely because of this that he can keenly discover that Li Shan is in the marching camp in Daizhou to prepare for the future to attack Hu... No matter whether it is Li Shan or Li Jing who will lead the army in the future .

Just when Third Brother Zhang was deliberating for a long time and was about to speak, there was the sound of chaotic and hasty footsteps, and four or five soldiers rushed in angrily, and the leader shouted: "Brother Zhang, I really can't bear it!"

"Ok?"

A cloth bag was thrown on the table, and the yellow rice grains scattered. Liu Wu sniffled and immediately smelled a musty smell.

"Originally, it was just short of catties, but this time..." a man said angrily, "There is no way to eat it!"

Third Brother Zhang turned his head to look at Liu Wu, "Yesterday, the King of Handan announced at the city gate that the distribution of grain and grass today...who will be in charge?"

Liu Wu was stunned for a while, "Your Highness should not intervene, should it be Chang Shi or Sima?"

"It's that fellow Liu Bao!" The man cursed and said, "On weekdays, he often speaks sarcasticly, but this time... he even said... that he doesn't need money for anything, whether he likes to eat or not!"

"Third Brother, what Tang Jun said is nice, but the Handan King is nothing..."

"Shut up!" Zhang San's face darkened, thinking that this is an opportunity, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Let the brothers bear with it. For half a year, the King of Handan has been transporting grain and grass from Daizhou to Mayi. , never had such a thing.”

"Third brother?"

Brother Zhang San looked at Liu Wu, "Take..."

Before he finished speaking, several people rushed in from the outside.

"Third brother, Fang Dalang went to talk to Liu Bao, but he was overturned and detained!"

Brother Zhang's face changed drastically, and he got up suddenly, but he was thinking in his heart that the opportunity has come.

There are heroes in the grass, but they have no family background and no reputation, so they must seize every possible opportunity.

(End of this chapter)