Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 145
Yang Shouliang led Yang Fugong into the inner hall and served tea.The discussion should be in the public house, and the inner hall is the place for family members to narrate, which made Yang Fugong feel very sad.

He has been in the palace since he was a child, and all he sees are intrigues, the winner is king, and the loser is dead. If it weren't for his brother Yang Fuguang's care, the weeds on his grave would have grown several stubbles by now. !

Accepting Yang Shouliang and others as fake sons is just thinking that they are just wings. If you are down and out, you can still receive this courtesy. It is not in vain for him to give him the richest and most prosperous Shannan West Road.

Yang Fugong sighed and said:
"I'm not optimistic about keeping promises!"

"It's not my father's fault, the emperor is unkind, no one expected this."

Yang Fugong nodded and said, "What are your future plans?"

Yang Shouliang said: "Shouzhong, Shouhou, Shouzong, Shouzhen, and I are all willing to listen to you."

"Has Yangzhou also sent troops over?"

Yangzhou is on the north bank of the Han River, the closest to Xingyuan Mansion.

Yang Shouliang shook his head and said, "Shouzhong and I agreed to help each other."

Yang Fugong nodded and said, "Yangping pass is lost, Shouliang, how do you think defending Hanzhong?"

Yang Shouliang's face was watery. Once Yangping Pass was lost, Hanzhong had no danger to defend. He allocated half of his troops to garrison Yangping Pass. Now that he lost it, it meant that [-] troops were gone, and Xingyuan Mansion only had [-] troops, which was not enough.

"Hanzhong is empty, let the gold merchant defense envoy Yang Shouzong lead the troops!"

Yang Fugong shook his head and said: "It's useless, I have seen a lot along the way, the imperial court has [-] troops this time, and there are [-] troops in Chang'an, with countless food and supplies. Da Lang also saw it when he attacked the city yesterday. , are all warriors of tigers and wolves!"

Yang Shouliang also looked a little scared.

Zi Yong also echoed at this time: "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, the five or six hundred troops of the imperial court actually blocked our five or six thousand soldiers and horses from attacking back and forth. More than half of them were killed or injured, and they did not collapse."

Zi Yong was scared out of his wits yesterday, and continued: "Father commander, let's run, and together with Uncle Shou Zhong, lead the troops down the Han River and go straight to the gold merchants. The world is so big, where can we go? "

Yang Shouliang shouted: "Father is here, so there is no place for you to speak."

Yang Fugong said: "This is also a way, but Shouliang, my father came this time with the emperor's order, after my father finishes speaking, it's up to you whether to stay or not."

"Imperial order!"

Yang Fugong nodded.

"Father, please speak."

Yang Fugong took out the gold medal and imperial edict from the baggage.

"Your Majesty said that within three days, you will hand over the Xingyuan Mansion, and then he can protect your wealth."

Yang Shouliang frowned, handed over the territory, lost the soldiers, and was not a lamb to be slaughtered.

"Father, what do you think we should do?"

Yang Fugong shook his head, in Yang Fugong's opinion, the best ending is to be like Natian Lingzi, to become a local emperor in the feudal town, but the imperial army will not give him this chance.

Yangzhou, like Xingyuan Mansion, has no danger to defend. If Yangping Pass is lost and the access to Shu is cut off, it is impossible to go to Mianzhou and Longjian, and it is even more impossible to go east to gold merchants. It is easy to leave Hangu Pass from Chang'an It is a gold merchant, and the gold merchant has been harassed by Cai thieves, and it is also an uneasy place.

"I'm afraid it can only be lowered to the court."

Yang Shouliang said: "The emperor won't do such a thing as killing a donkey!"

Yang Fugong handed the imperial edict and the gold medal to Yang Shouliang, shook his head and said, "The emperor wants to win the trust of all the towns in the world, and he will definitely not want our heads. Now he is still the Governor of Jingzhao, a high position and authority!"

Yang Shouliang thought about it for a while, and it was true what my father said, since the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty came to the throne, he hasn't killed a single feudal town.

Rebelling against the imperial court, you can naturally become the emperor if you win, but if you lose the army, you can only die.

Yang Shouliang thought over and over again, if Yangpingguan was still in his hands, he would naturally have the capital to bargain with the court, but now...

"Hey!"

…………

The next day, Li Ye received Yang Shouliang and Yang Shouzhong's plea, and Yang Shouliang returned Shannan Xidao Jiedu Envoy Jingjie.

Yang Shouliang said in the memorial table: Shouliang's virtue is not worthy, and he is not worthy of the post of Jiedu Envoy of Shannan West Road. He has closed the government office of the treasury. Please His Majesty the Emperor to choose another capable leader.

Li Ye had a big heart, and ordered An Fujiang, the commander of the Zuolongwu Army, to play Yang Shouliang, and summoned the officers and soldiers from all the military villages on the mountain. The emperor led his personal guards and the six cavalry troops to Xingping Mansion.

On the way, Li Ye asked Jingxiang, "Yang Shouliang and Yang Shouzhong surrendered, and Yang Fugong also made meritorious service. How should I reward them?"

Jing Xiang said: "Yang Shouliang and Yang Shouzhong are both Jiedu envoys, and Yang Fugong is also a county king.

Yang Shouliang and Yang Shouzhong can be changed to be the generals of the auxiliary country, and Tong Zhongshu will be assigned to make peace under the door, and Yin Qi's son will be the school guard of the left and right Qianniuwei. If Yang Fugong says, His Majesty rewards him with more property. "

At this time in the Tang Dynasty, Jiedu envoys were ranked as the second rank, while the generals of the Fuguo were the second rank military officials. Although the ranks were the same, the actual power was different, and they were actually downgraded.

Datang has a custom of recalling Jiedu envoys to the capital to be the prime minister, but at this time, granting Zhongshu's family peace is not necessarily recruiting you to be the prime minister, it is just an honor.

The combination of the two false positions is not worth the actual position of the Jiedushi. In fact, all the official positions in Datang are not equal to the Jiedushi. What Jingxiang meant was to hold Yang Shouliang and Yang Shouzhong high. power up.

As for Yin Qizi proposed by Jingxiang, that's interesting. Zuo Qianniuwei is the emperor's guard of honor. Obviously, this is to take their son as a hostage and get a decent official position.

Li Ye nodded, remembering that Zhu Zhen said that the Hanzhong soldiers would not be reorganized, but would be sent directly to Xichuan to fight.With the heirs of these two people by his side, he naturally felt much more at ease.

"Yang Shouliang and Yang Shouzhong, I still need to use them. I want to build two Xiang armies, the left and right Hanzhong army, the left army is dominated by Xingyuan soldiers, Yang Shouliang is the commander in chief, the right army is dominated by Yangzhou soldiers, and Yang Shouzhong is the commander in chief."

……

At the gate of the city, Li Ye saw the officials of the Shannan West Road kneeling in the middle of the avenue. The two leaders were both naked and barebacked, with thorns on their shoulders, and Yang Fugong stood behind them on the left.

"My minister Yang Shouliang..."

"Minister Yang Shouzhong...

Resisting the Heavenly Soldiers is a crime worthy of death, please give me your Majesty's punishment! "

Li Ye got off his horse, stepped forward, and removed the thorns from the two of them.

The emperor's move also made the two of them calm down.

"The two generals know how to turn back when they lost their way. There is nothing good about them. I forgive you for not being guilty."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Ye walked towards Yang Fugong who was next to him, and said: "The king of Xiping County has made great achievements for his hard work, and he should be rewarded with tens of millions."

"My servant thanked His Majesty for your grace."

"From today onwards, the Prince of Xiping can go anywhere."

Yang Fugong's eyes were red.

"His Majesty……"

(End of this chapter)