Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 545
Zhang Sanlang, Xue Wanche, Qin Wutong and others thought that Li Shan had listened to Wang Junhao's report, but the latter himself knew it was not true, and he hadn't said that yet!

Although he was surprised, Wang Junhao didn't think much about it, and just backed away silently.

If it was Ling Jing, Su Dingfang, and Ma Zhou, they would definitely think of Li Shan's arrogance and respectfulness after hearing the name Su Dingfang in the small village of Jizhou.

Ma Zhou might also think of Chang He.

Li Shan sized up the middle-aged man in front of him with strange eyes, a bearded man!

When I was young, I was poor and didn’t have much entertainment, and there were only a few comic books at home. Li Shan’s most impressive thing was "The Legend of the Curly Bearded Man".

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The Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust!
Ugly, um, really ugly.

In this era in history, there were two people who were abandoned because of their ugliness. One was Qi Wang Li Yuanji. It is said that Dou felt disgusted when he saw it, but Li Shan witnessed it with his own eyes. He was not handsome, but he was not crooked either. date.

The other is Zhang Zhongjian, who is said to have been abandoned by his father.

Li Yuanji is not handsome at best, but Zhang Zhongjian is downright ugly.

They have the same name, they are all from Yangzhou, they are the third, they have the same big beard, according to the book, they have a red beard like a beard, and they are Li Jing's old acquaintance, which fits well!
At least it is much more reliable than Li Yuanba and Yuwen Chengdu.

Over there, Qin Wutong and Xue Wanche curiously asked about the old friendship between Zhang Sanlang and Li Jing, while Li Shan was hesitating whether to ask...Where is Hongfu Girl? ? ?
The red-haired girl Zhang Chuchen in the novel is a prostitute of Yang Su's family, and then she goes with Li Jing. This is basically nonsense. Li Jing is over 50 this year!
Forget it, don't ask... so as not to spoil the good memory in my heart.

Li Shan remembered that Brother Demou mentioned once that Li Yaoshi married a daughter of the Wen family in Taiyuan.

In case there are any rumors that Li Yaoshi hooked up with the prostitutes in Yang Su's mansion, the Duke of Yue... I guess Li Jing will have to trouble me.

Li Shanting was interested in someone like Zhang Zhongjian, but he also knew that Li Jing was the best choice for him.

I will return to the court after Li Jing takes office. Everyone in Daizhou officials knows about this matter, and it should be spread in Shuozhou now.

For his own personal guard, who knows when he will show up. Although Su Dingfang is a role model, Zhang Zhongjian's own power cannot be compared with Su Dingfang.

If you can become a trusted confidant of the acting state governor, then the future road will be much smoother... People in their 40s, there is really no way to spend time with Li Shan, who is only 19 years old.

Thinking of this, Li Shan was a little bored, and casually agreed to introduce his old friend Li Yaoshi to him someday... As the recommendation of Li Shan who is actually in charge of the Daizhou General Manager's Office, it still has some weight.

Besides, Zhang Zhongjian has been in Mayi for many years and has old friends. Such a role is also helpful for Li Jing to control Mayi.

Zhang Zhongqiang, who returned to the camp, has suppressed his excitement and excitement since he was able to get back online with Li Jing. It is too important to him, and he has been waiting for so many years...

Back then, Li Jing left without saying goodbye, and his family name was unknown. Unexpectedly, the year before last, he heard the news that Li Jing destroyed Nanjiangliang and Fulingnan, and his power was unmatched for a while... Returning to his hometown, he is already a first-class big shot.

"Third Brother?" A slender young man poked his head in, "I didn't make things difficult for you, did I?"

"Of course not." Zhang Zhongjian shook his head and said, "Have you brought back all the food and grass?"

"He has brought it back." The young man hesitantly said, "Then Liu Bao deserves it. The King of Handan has ordered him to dare to do this..."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhongjian's expression was complicated. If He Xiaodong's personal guards hadn't made trouble, maybe he could have seen something, but now... as Qin Wutong said, the morale of the army has stabilized.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Zhongjian said softly: "Tell the brothers, if I don't inform you in advance, they will stay in the camp. If there is any change, they will lean towards the east of the city and guard the gate."

The young man complied without hesitation, thinking that the third brother has been well-connected in the army all these years, but he has never made any moves. Is it time?
"Don't worry." Zhang Zhongjian said softly, "I won't make fun of my brothers' lives."

"Of course I can trust third brother."

Looking at the background of the young man's departure, Zhang Zhongjian thought to himself that a man should stand in the world, fight vigorously, and seek wealth and glory!

If the cleansing of the army goes well, then there is no need to say anything, if not, he will keep the King of Handan... Zhang Zhongjian rubbed his brows vigorously, he wanted to go back to the calm expression on the King of Handan's face when he was just leaving.

Zhang Zhongjian doubted whether his choice was correct, or doubted whether he had let go of a thigh thicker than Li Jing...

Driven by this emotion, Zhang Zhongjian almost immediately agreed to any request from Li Shan.

Time passed slowly and non-stop. Under the joint supervision of Qin Wutong, Liu Shirang, and Xue Wanche, food, grass, ordnance, cloth, salt and vinegar, etc. were distributed in the most appropriate way.

In Li Shan's words, insist on Sangong...openness, fairness, and fairness.

On the fifth day of Li Shan's arrival in Mayi, his personal guards came to the door and handed over invitations to the generals and school officials in Mayi city, headed by Xi Duo, Guo Ziheng, Niu Bin, He Liu, Wei Peng, Du Shiyuan, and even the soldiers in the army who were secretly ready to move. Veteran General He Xiaodong has arrived.

After drinking for three rounds, Li Shan cut straight to the point, "Now Duke Yuan has entered the court, leaving nearly ten thousand troops entrenched in Mayi..."

Everyone listened carefully with their ears pricked up. What was the king of the county trying to do, who single-handedly destroyed Yuan Junzhang's ambition and made Ma Yi turn to Tang?
"It's actually very simple, but if you agree, stay, and if you don't agree, go."

Li Shan said lightly: "Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Yanmen Pass and Mayi have been fighting endlessly all year round. Even now, the war has lasted for more than ten years. Don't mention Senei, just use Mayi. Wife loses husband, father loses Son, the child is waiting to be paid but abandoned in the wilderness..."

"Too many years, too many years..."

"Today's Mayi needs to recuperate and restore its people's strength..."

"Someone secretly accused Yuan Gong of entering the court to enjoy wealth, but they didn't know that they saw through this point... Yuan Gong is still there, so it is difficult to stop fighting."

Seeing that many people didn't take it seriously, and a few people had sarcasm smiles on their faces, Li Shan added lightly: "Foreign enemies invade, you should rise up and defend your hometown..."

"Suozhou, Yunzhou, Daizhou, and Xinzhou are bounded by Yanmen Pass, but aren't they a family?"

The conversation pointed vaguely at the Turks, and Guo Ziheng couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask Your Highness, from now on, Ma Yi will be the blade to go north to fight against the Turks?"

"The Turks are powerful." Li Shanchang sighed: "As close as Liang Shidu, Gao Kaidao, and Liu Heitai, as far as Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou, and Wang Shichong, all of them bow their heads..."

"The Ashina family has ruled the grasslands for generations, controlled millions of strings, and deterred the Central Plains... But now that the Central Plains are unified, do you still have to swallow your anger?"

"Hu and Han are not compatible, and Hu and Han are not compatible!"

As Li Shan repeatedly recited these words, the faces of many generals in the hall changed again and again... In this era, especially in the frontiers, it is very common for foreigners or mixed races.

To put it bluntly, your Li Tang royal family is not considered an orthodox Han descendant!
Uh, even Li Shan who said this... The Erzhu clan is the Jiehu clan, and it is also a branch of Xianbei.

Li Shan's eyes fell on the old man on the first right hand, "Does Mr. Xi know this Hu?"

Xi Duo stood up slowly, "This is not the other."

"That's right, Xia City is prosperous like a brocade, and the traffic is chaotic. Chinese and foreign merchants gather together, and children of all ethnic groups can come and go safely." Li Shan stood up, "Why is the incompatible Hu waiting for someone?"

"The people were expelled, displaced, killed wantonly, and blood flowed like a river. Even if Yunzhou has not yet come to vote, isn't it the children of the Han family who were killed?"

Some people have weird faces, so they know that you will bring out the wish valley set up to talk about it. This is really a useful idiot.

"It's because of Yugu's reckless actions that the soil outside the Yanmen Pass is completely black. Knowing that Hu and Han are in conflict, I made up my mind to go out for a stop!"

After these few words were finished, the hall was silent, and many people looked sideways, only to see Xi Duo, who was sitting back again, nodding slightly while stroking his beard.

This is a simple question of logic.

Even if he hated Li Shan deeply, no matter how much he wanted to break through the Yanmen Pass, even if a large number of people in Yunzhou were moved to Daizhou because Yuan Junzhang raided the people at that time... Yugushe should not drive the people away and kill wantonly.

This extreme approach can only prove one thing. Although Yunzhou is not far from Wuyuan County, and it is occupied by warlords such as Liu Wuzhou and Yuan Junzhang who are dependent on the Turks, they are actually the people of the Ashina royal family... But in fact, their social status in the grassland is no higher than that of a horse, and they are tools for the Turkic nobles to vent their anger.

Because Shuozhou itself is located to the west of Yanmen Pass, if Li Shan uses the Central Plains to live in peace, tribal nomadism, and various aspects of living habits, culture, and customs to explain... the actual meaning is not great, and the effect will definitely be poor.

Because Mayi and Yunzhou have been in a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic state these years.

Therefore, Li Shan took the status of the Han people on the grassland as a breakthrough point.

In Yunzhou, countless Han people lived like dogs. They were driven away with whips and sabers, and howled outside Yanmen Pass.

They are all the same kind of people, and they feel emotional when they touch the scene.

In the same way, Liu Wuzhou, Yuan Junzhang, and even Liang Shidu on the west side, in the eyes of the Turkic nobles, they could throw a few bones when they were useful, and when they were useless, they died faster than ordinary Han serfs.

From a certain point of view, Li Shan is asking, do you want to be humans or dogs?
No one spoke for a while, and after a while, Xi Duo got up and saluted, "My uncle's family is from Yunzhou, and he was outside Yanmen Pass a few years ago... If His Royal Highness hadn't rode out on horseback and defeated the Turks, we would have hardly seen each other again. .”

"Lonely doesn't know..."

"Your Majesty naturally doesn't know if I want to spoil the belly of a gentleman." Xi Duo sighed, "My father-in-law wrote a letter, praising Your Majesty's kindness."

This is the truth. Xi Duo's old father-in-law's family has dozens of members, who are now resettled in Xinzhou, granted land and a house, and they have settled down in only two months.

Xi Duo's uncle's family... Li Shan had a smile on his face, and he was cursing secretly in his heart. He did a good job of keeping secrets, and I never heard any rumors.

A few more people came out one after another, prostrating and thanking each other... Two months ago, Yugu set up an all-out attack on Yanmen Pass, many people in Yunzhou died, and many generals were also angry about it.

"Yongkang county magistrate, most of you know him, and he is about to be the governor of Daizhou." Li Shan saw that it was almost time, and said loudly: "Whether you want to follow Yongkang county magistrate, or you want to serve as an official in Daizhou and Xinzhou, or enter the court and travel with Rui Guogong. Under the spring, you can choose."

"The Duke of Yongkang County, a famous general at one time, was born in the Danyang family of the Li family in Longxi. Although he has not masked his face with the orphan, he has been friends with him for a long time. His nephew is the county magistrate, and he is the best friend of the orphan."

"Li Yaoshi..." Xi Duo said with emotion: "Back then, when His Majesty garrisoned troops in Mayi, he chose knights to attack. With Li Yaoshi as the vanguard, he defeated the enemy with one blow, and then pursued and fought fiercely, and finally achieved a great victory."

Li Shan was quite interested in Li Jing's experience in Mayi. After asking a few words, he said with a smile: "At that time, the official of Yongkang County lived in Mayi County, so I think Mr. Xi should be familiar with it?"

"Your Highness was joking, a disciple of Li Yaoshi's famous family." Xi Duo also laughed, "It's just a little bit of communication."

Li Shan chatted with Xi Duo a few words, everyone below had different expressions, Liu Shirang, who had been silent all this time, glanced over, some looked determined, some wavered, and some lowered their heads and remained silent.

Li Shanqu tapped his fingers on the table, and added the last sentence, "Or, Ren Er waits to go north to Wuyuan County."

In the silence of the hall, a needle could be heard falling, not to mention other people, even Xi Duo and Qin Wutong were dumbfounded... Do you know what you are talking about?

If the hearts are not aligned, even if millions of heroes throw whips and cut off the flow, they will only be destroyed and die, and people will laugh at them.

Li Shan emphasized his tone, "You are allowed to bring your personal guards, but you are not allowed to bring your soldiers. From tonight onwards, the gates of the city will not be locked, and the scouts will not be able to come out. Let you go north."

"In the morning of the next day, Gu will hold a banquet here again, and greet him with a jade pot of spring. Please don't let Gu down."

The words are very clear, you either go north to vote for the Turks...Of course, you are not allowed to bring soldiers, you are only allowed to bring your own guards, just go to Wuyuan County like this, it is hard to say what status you can have, unless the Turks insist on supporting them A Yuan Junzhang came out.

Either report here the morning after tomorrow... take your pick.

Glancing at everyone's expressions, Li Shan waved his hands and said with a smile: "You can choose it with confidence."

"With confidence, not everyone will go north to Wuyuan County."

"As long as you don't force your soldiers..."

"If he turns back on himself, betrays his promise, and sends people to hunt him down, even if His Majesty does not blame him, Duke Rui will not hate him... I'm afraid that the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad. Before the Turks invade, Mayi's army will already be unstable, and chaos will occur frequently. He is on the verge of collapse."

The atmosphere in the hall was a little more relaxed, but still dignified. This time Li Shan blatantly put the matter on the bright side.

After these few days, there is no doubt that the army's heart is heading east, but which path to choose will determine the future destiny of oneself and the family.

Niu Bin tentatively asked: "Your Highness, if you go to Daizhou and Xinzhou..."

Li Shan had a half-smile, "Don't tell me you haven't chosen yet?"

In the past few days, Li Shan's personal guards have basically received invitations... They can be seen every day in the restaurants in the west of the city.

Regarding the terms of the transaction, Li Shan had already released it.

(End of this chapter)