Late Tang

The summer is scorching, and the time has entered the dog days.It is already the end of June, and July has begun again. The sun is getting hotter every day, and there is still no rain in the sky.Dengzhou is busy up and down, and every place has become a big construction site.The exploration team discovered another large gold mine in Qixia Mountain in Huang County, Dengzhou. It is estimated that this is another huge gold mine, with at least [-] jin of gold reserves.

And the hungry people who came from all directions also set off a second wave of refugee violence, this time the number of refugees was bigger than the first wave of 20 refugees.According to statistics, only a small number of these refugees came from Laizhou, Qingzhou and other places, and more came from Zizhou, Qizhou, Caozhou, and Xuzhou.On the border of Dengzhou, there is already an earthen city built by the Zhendong Army.

Although Li Jing did not refuse to help the refugees, he strictly prohibited the refugees from entering Dengzhou without permission.

Every refugee who wants to enter Dengzhou must first pass through Dengzhou, and register his place of origin, household registration, family members and other information.Then they have to disinfect the whole body, take a bath with the distributed insecticide, and give them a new suit, and then burn all the tattered clothes on them.And it takes a week in the Tucheng, and then the doctor checks that there are no infectious diseases, etc., before being picked up by people from various construction sites and workshops.

This wave of refugees far exceeded 20, reaching more than 30.Although there were many people, Li Jing finally decided to accept these people.Among them, [-] slightly stronger ones were selected to mine, and their families and some weaker ones were all transported to Liaodong for reclamation this time.Since the stronger ones have all gone to mine, all these land reclamation people are collectively reclaiming wasteland and hoarding soil.Except for half of the land they reclaimed and handed over to the Zhendong Army for military hoarding, the other half was shared equally, tax-free for three years, and only one bucket of grain per mu for the next five years.

The influx of a large number of refugees has also brought a lot of messy information.

Wang Shu, the governor of Shangzhou in Guanzhong, said that the state treasury was exhausted, and the people were reduced to buy money. The people were angry and rioted, and beat the governor with sticks, killing two officials.After Li Gao, the new governor, came to the government, he arrested more than [-] people including Li Shuwen, and all beheaded them.

Zhongshu Shilang and Tongping Zhangshi Liu Zhan died.Zhan is famous for his honesty and direct remonstrance. Zhan, with a few characters, was born in Pengcheng and moved to Guizhou.At the beginning of Dazhong, he became a Jinshi, and after four years, he became an erudite scholar. At the beginning, he was a staff member of the Yantie envoy, and when Xiantong first entered the court, he was a doctor of Taichang, and Liu Yan, the prime minister, was recommended as a scholar of Hanlin.He paid homage to Zhongshu Sheren, the minister of the relocation department and Hanlin Chengzhi.Served as the Jiedu envoy of Hedong for ten years, and worshiped Tongping Zhangshi.Yizong died with his beloved daughter, Princess Tongchang, killed dozens of medical officials, detained more than [-] relatives, and demoted Huanzhou Sihu.Emperor Xizong came to the throne and moved the governor of Guozhou.In February of the first year of Qianfu, he entered the court as the minister of the Ministry of punishment.When entering the dynasty, the citizens of the capital raised money and hired a hundred operas to welcome them.When the Prime Minister returned in May, Prime Minister Wang Duo commented that the residence of several acres was still not his own, but he was afraid of people knowing about the bribes from all directions.The attendant, Tong Pingzhang, Liu Ye, belonged to the party of Lu Yan and Wei Baoheng. He was afraid of Liu Zhan, and after Zhan returned to Beijing, he was specially invited to a banquet and drink.After Zhan went to the banquet and returned to the mansion, he died suddenly in three days.

In June, the imperial court appointed Cui Yanzhao, the minister of the Ministry of War and the minister of the Ministry of inspection and official affairs, as the minister of Zhongshu and Tongping Zhangshi, and acted as the transfer envoy of salt and iron.

Less than a year after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, Lu Xie, a Hanlin scholar, was promoted to the same level.

The Jiedu envoy of Dongdao in Jinshan Mountain and the prince Shao Fu Yucong worked together to make peace.

Zhao Yinjin, the Minister of Zhongshu and the Jiedu envoy of Zhenhai, made peace with Zhang.

Pei Tan, the governor of Huazhou, was the Minister of Zhongshu and Tongping Zhangshi; Liu Zhan, the governor of Guozhou, was the minister of the Ministry of punishment, and Tongping Zhangshi of Jin Dynasty.

Take Cui Yanzhao, the Minister of the Ministry of War, as the Minister of Zhongshu, Tongping Zhangshi, and the transfer envoy of salt and iron.

Liu Ye, the servant of the door, made peace with him.

Take Zheng Tian, ​​the servant of the Ministry of officials, as the servant of the Ministry of war, and we will work together.

Hanlin Bachelor Chengzhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Lu, took care of the official, and made peace with each other.

In less than a year, the imperial court paid homage to nine prime ministers.

At the same time, former prime ministers Lu Yan and Wei Baoheng were first exiled and then executed.The prime ministers who worshiped, Pei Tan and Liu Zhan, both died of illness shortly after worshiping the prime ministers.

In addition to Wang Duo, the prime minister of the two dynasties, the imperial court now has eight prime ministers.

The prime ministers in the court were replaced and appointed like a revolving lantern, and the local situation became more turbulent.With the influx of a large number of refugees, a news that Li Jing had expected has also spread, that Caozhou was broken by grass thieves.

After Wang Xianzhi entered the territory of the Tianping Army from the territory of the Yicheng Army, Huang Chao immediately responded by raising troops in Yuanju, his hometown.

Huang Chao led brothers of the same clan Huang Cun, Huang Ye, Huang Qin, Huang Bing, Huang Wantong, Huang Sihou, Huang Kui and Huang Enye's other nephews Huang Hao, nephew Lin Yan, and his confidants Wang Chongba, Chang Hong, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guihou , Zhang Guiba, Liu Tang, Liu Shanfu and others rose up.

Known as the eight brothers' uprising, before the uprising, Huang Chao once wrote an anti-poetry prophecy and let people spread it around.

The golden toad fights for attention, but the whole world in Caozhou rebels!

When Huang Chao started an incident, eight of his own brothers, plus his nephew and other relatives, as well as his subordinates who sold salt, pulled together more than 1000 horsemen, captured Yuanju, and welcomed Wang Xianzhi's army.Then the two groups of troops joined forces and attacked Caozhou directly.Before Xue Chongdu could react, the Cao army had already captured Caozhou, the city of the Central Plains.

Caozhou is not a small county but a state city. According to Li Jing's thinking, the Cao army's capture of Caozhou should have shocked the world.But in fact, Li Jing was a little surprised by the news sent back by the spies sent by all parties.The fall of Caozhou did not cause too many shocks.Even Xue Chong, the commander-in-chief of the Tianping Army, was not too surprised, but was slowly gathering troops to encircle and suppress.

Seeing Li Jing's reaction, Li Zhen said a few words before Li Jing understood.

Xue Chong, the Jiedu envoy of the Tianping Army, actually just took over the Tianping Army not long ago.As early as last year, the Jiedu Envoy of the Tianping Army had another person, Gao Pian, the No.1 general in the late Tang Dynasty.Who is Gao Pian, who can be called the No.1 general in the late Tang Dynasty?

As soon as this name is mentioned, even Li Jing can't help being impressed. Even when Li Jing was studying history books, some people lamented that the Tang Dynasty actually died at the hands of Gao Pian.From this, it can be seen that this person is powerful.

Gao Pian, whose character is Qianli, is the grandson of Gao Chongwen, king of Nanping County.His ancestral home is Yi County, Bohai, and his ancestors are the Gao family of Bohai, a famous Han family in Shandong.Gao Chongwen was a famous general during Emperor Xianzong's time.

The Gao family has been the generals of the Forbidden Army for generations, and Gao Pian's numerous officials have been the Marquis of Youshence Capital.At the beginning of Yizong, Gao Pian commanded the troops to defend Dangxiang and Tubo, and was awarded the governor of Qinzhou.In the seventh year of Xiantong, Annan, Gaopin Township, served as the governor of the Jinghai Navy. He once rectified the Jiangdao from Annan to Guangzhou, and communicated with Guangzhou for material transportation.Later, he became the general of Youjinwu, except for the Jiedu envoy of the Tianping Army.This year, the Southern Tang Dynasty violated borders and invaded Xichuan, and the imperial court raised Pian as the Jiedushi of Xichuan, and went to conquer Nanzhao.

Gao Pian is now 54 years old. His most prestigious achievement was when he was guarding Annan and serving as the governor of the Jinghai Navy. He defeated 20 barbarian troops and stabilized the situation in Annan.

When Li Yan succeeded to the throne, he first granted Gao Pianjia Tongzhong Shumen the same order, entered the inspection school Situ, and granted the title of Yan Guogong.

When Gao Pian was young, on a trip escorted by the forbidden army, two eagles flew together, and Pian said: "I am the most expensive, the one among them." 'One shot and two carvings. "Two birds with one stone, from then on Gao Pian won the title of servant of the fallen eagle.

When Yizong was still alive, the party members in the north rebelled. The general who commanded the army at that time failed in several battles.Gao Pian, who had already become an old acquaintance in front of the emperor, was ordered by the emperor to lead the imperial guards to quell the Dangxiang rebellion.According to Shi Zai, he led the army to station in a place called Changwu at that time. "Using strange tactics, he killed a lot." His performance made Yizong very satisfied, and he was promoted to be the governor of Qinzhou. After recruiting local powerful figures, he then regained He and Wei prefectures and recruited more than ten thousand captive party members.

In the seventh year of Xiantong, the imperial court reconciled the Nanzhao Rebellion. At that time, Zhang Yin was the commander of the Nanzhao war zone. war.After receiving the mission, Gao Pian, who was eager to do meritorious service, made an agreement with Li Jizhou, the supervising army, that he would cross the Xiangjiang River first to play an outpost, and Li Jizhou would follow up as a backup.However, Li Jizhou was frightened by Nanzhao people before. Although he had an agreement with Gao Pian, he never crossed the river at all.

What surprised Eunuch Li was that he and Zhang Yin were defeated by the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but he seemed a little powerless against Gao Pian, who dared to beat up even the party members. History books describe Gao Pian's record, "Break through the barbarians in Nanzhao Obtained support army".

Such a victory that greatly promoted the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, the victory report was sent to Li Weizhou, but the mood of the supervisor Li Eunuch was very complicated.As a result, he concealed the good news and did not report it.At that time, the imperial court was waiting for the news from this side. Seeing that there had been no movement for several months, they issued an edict to hold them accountable. He also submitted a request to send general Wang Yanquan to replace Gao Pian. The court believed Li Jizhou without knowing the details and sent Wang Yanquan to replace Gao Pian.

If ordinary people see their boss sending someone else to pick their own peaches, they will probably feel wronged, but who is Gao Pian?Gao Pian's countermeasure was very straightforward. Instead of dealing with Li Jizhou and the new Wang Yanquan, he directly slashed at the neck of Prince Duan Qian of Nanzhao with a knife.Before Wang Yanquan took office, Gao Pian had already conquered Annan. In addition to beheading Duan Qian, he also surrendered more than 2 Dongzhai villages in Nanzhao, which troubled the court for a long time. It calmed down like lightning.In this battle of Nanzhao, Gao Pian defeated 20 barbarians!

After the First World War, Gao Pian, who came from a famous family, completely became the No. 1 general of the imperial court.Wherever there is something unjustified, he will be transferred there.

First, at the beginning of the year, Xuzhou's probation army reported that Pang Xun and Yu Ni took advantage of the famine to cause chaos, so the imperial court adjusted Tianping Jiedu to send Gao Pian to lead the army to quell the chaos, and then transferred Yanhai Jiedu to send troops to assist.As soon as the rebellion was quelled there, Xichuan was attacked by Nanzhao again, so the imperial court quickly raised the level and transferred to Xichuan Jiedushi.

Gao Pian went to Xichuan to take office, and he didn't go alone. He also took nearly [-] Tianping Festivals to Xichuan with him.Because of this, most of the soldiers and horses of the Tianping Army were withdrawn at once, and the defenses of the states were much empty.Moreover, Xue Chong didn't have any general skills, and he didn't take it to heart when he heard that the grass thieves were pouring into the Tianping Army.Song Wei kindly wrote to him and told him that Li Jing of the Zhendong Army was willing to send troops to help the Tianping Army suppress the bandits. Not only did he not feel it, but Song Wei felt that he was looking down on him and deliberately satirizing him.Of course, he would not accept Li Jing's kindness even more.

Over there, he was still ordering the governor of Caozhou to send troops to exterminate the grasshoppers. Who knew that the official document had just been issued, and then came the news of the fall of the wronged sentence, and then the news of the fall of Caozhou.

"I think the next target of this grass thief is likely to be Puzhou. The leader of the thief, Wang Xianzhi, is from Puzhou. Shall we write a letter to Xue Chong to inform him so that he can take precautions?" Li Jing hesitated. This Xue Chong looked like an incompetent person, I remember that he died at the hands of Wang Xianzhi later.

"Don't!" Li Zhen persuaded with a wry smile, "We have already done what we have to do, and if we talk about it, it will be annoying. This is someone else's own business, and we can't control it."

Li Jing thinks about it, and it is indeed the case, not to mention that Xue Chong is the Jiedu envoy of the Tianping Army, but he is just a governor under the Jiedu envoy of the Pinglu Army. away.

Li Jing can't control other people's affairs, but Li Jing's own Zhendong Army can call the shots.

At the moment, Li Jing ordered the entire army to prepare for battle, and the entire army was in a state of first-level readiness.The three armies of water, land and horseback began to return to a state of intense training.

"Your Majesty, is this going to war?" Seeing that the Zhendong Army, who had been hunting and fishing to help with disaster relief, suddenly opened up for training, everyone in Dengzhou felt a storm was about to come.Dengzhou governor Shi Han Anmin and Sima Xiao Dingbang, don't drive Li Rui to rush to the governor's mansion to meet Li Jing.These three people are all state officials, quite leisurely, and don't have many specific affairs, but they are the first to know about the changes in the army.

"Prepare for a rainy day, take precautions before they happen, just make some preparations in advance." Li Jing just smiled, but didn't really say what was in his heart.What Li Jing is worried about now is that the Cao army will eventually attack Puzhou after capturing Caozhou as in history.Then it is very likely to move closer to Jeju and Qizhou.If they really do this, then Wang Jingwu's rebel army and the Cao army are likely to form an alliance. In that case, Qingzhou will be directly threatened.Although Qingzhou is not the territory of Zhendong Army, Zhendong Army is directly under Ziqing Town.

Qingzhou is also the gateway to Dengzhou. If Qingzhou falls or is destroyed, it will be tantamount to death for Dengzhou. Such a thing must not be allowed to happen to him.

(To be continued)