Late Tang

(It was interrupted for a few days before, and I couldn’t get out of bed due to illness. I’m very sorry. I feel better today, and I’m finally able to update again. I’m very pleased. Thank you for your continued support, thank you everyone!)

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Dengzhou, Gaifu.

Prince Shaobao, Captain Shangqingche, and Governor Gaiyu of Anzhou got up early in the morning, jogged [-] laps in the courtyard as usual, and then did a set of Taijiquan.Jogging and Tai Chi were originally a must for the county king to do morning exercises every day. Up to now, the entire town [***] has become popular in the officialdom, and almost everyone has started to run and Tai Chi regardless of martial arts.Although Gai Yu was born as a military commander in the early days, he has always been a counselor-type civil servant. He really likes Tai Chi, a boxing method created by the county king.

After jogging and Tai Chi, Gai Yu also felt full of energy.

Back in the house, the black coal-like Kunlun slave had already fetched warm well water, and two maidservants from Silla helped him to bathe and renew.

After taking a simple bath and changing clothes, the old housekeeper Gai'an has already prepared his breakfast.

A bowl of bean curd, two deep-fried dough sticks, two tea eggs, and a pile of cold spicy seaweed shreds.

After staying in Dengzhou for a few years, Gai Yu also gradually changed a lot of his habits in Daibei, eating light breakfast.

After breakfast, Gaian handed over a pot of freshly brewed tea, and then presented several newspapers of the day.

Gai Yu took a sip from the teacup first, but found that it was not the usual oolong tea, so he could not help but look at Gai An.

"This is a new tea that was rewarded by the king of the county yesterday. It is called Longjing, and it comes from Hangzhou. This dragon well is rare in the market, but it is said to be as expensive as oolong tea, comparable to Mengding stone flower. Yesterday the king of the county rewarded Longjing, and only Lin More than a dozen families including General Wei and others."

Gai Yu heard the words, thoughtful, pondered for a moment, and nodded to Gai An.

I glanced at the newspapers in the tray, but found that today's newspapers are very thick.

Anton Daily, Dengzhou News, Zhenguo Review, and Donghai Commercial Daily all have a background in the town [***], and are currently the four largest newspapers in the town [***], but each has its own focus.An Dong Daily's newspaper is the official newspaper of the town [***], while Dengzhou News focuses on a city newspaper in Dengzhou, and Zhenguo Review mainly focuses on military and political news, major events in the world, Donghai merchants, etc. The newspaper is a business newspaper, focusing on business.However, these four major newspapers with daily sales of more than [-] copies are all newspapers directly controlled by the town [***].

On Gai Yu's desk, in addition to the four major newspapers, there is also a reference message, which is the internal newspaper of the town [***], only officials at the county magistrate level can read it, and some more important ones, and some It is not convenient for the common people to know the news.

In addition to these five newspapers, there are several magazines and weekly magazines issued by the town [***].

In addition, there are more than ten newspapers in front of Gai Yu.Most of these are tabloids, they are not published every day like the big newspapers in the town [***], but mostly published every three days, or every five days.Although these newspapers are not as good as the four major newspapers with a daily sales of more than [-] copies, the current development of printing technology and the improvement of papermaking technology make paper cheaper, printing costs are not high, and the cost of newspapers is not high. As long as the sales can be maintained If there are more than [-] copies, it will be profitable to run a newspaper.

However, the Propaganda Department and the Publishing and Printing Bureau of the town [***] are very strict with newspaper management, so not many can obtain this qualification.But up to now, there are still [-] to [-] newspapers in the sixteen states in the town [***], most of which are small newspaper offices with only three or five people.There are more than ten newspapers issued in Dengzhou alone.There are few people in these newspapers, so they publish more gossip, trivial matters and so on.

But Gai Yu reads newspapers seriously, no matter what tabloids, he will read every newspaper every morning.

But today is a bit strange, all the tabloids have published it, and they have obviously expanded their editions.

The quick-witted Gai Yu immediately had a feeling that something big might have happened.A few days ago, he presided over the construction of the road from Anzhou to Yingzhou Jinzhou in Anzhou. He received a recall order from Li Jing. He just came back yesterday evening, and he hadn't come to see Li Jing before.The commander recalled him in such a hurry, and seeing these newspapers now, he immediately guessed that something big was about to happen.

There is a lot of information in various newspapers, and the front page of Zhenguo Review is that Huang Chao has occupied the land of fifteen prefectures in Jiangxi, with 20 soldiers, and the imperial court ordered Gao Pian to command all towns to attack.

The headline of the Anton Daily is that in Jingmen and Liu Jurong defeated Huang Chao, Li Jing's teacher Cui Yunqing, who wiped out 20 thieves, was transferred from the envoy of the Zhennan Army Jiedu to the deputy governor of the Andong Metropolitan Guard. Jing waits for the outskirts to greet him personally.

On the Dengzhou news, it was reported that Li Jing inspected the Dengzhou Lecture Hall and the Dengzhou Scout Academy yesterday, and delivered a speech, reviewing the array of non-commissioned officers and officers in the Lecture Hall.Gai Yu was also moved by some news in the commercial newspaper, several large commercial firms were recruiting more staff and purchasing large quantities of raw materials.After Gai Yu took a look, it was clear that these firms must have received a large subscription.

And in those tabloids, Gai Yu saw that this time the commander-in-chief did not recall him alone.According to tabloid reports, almost all the governors and defense envoys of the sixteen prefectures were ordered to return to Dengzhou, and the government affairs and military affairs of each prefecture were handed over to the second official.

Gai Yu's eyes brightened, and he turned out the reference information at the bottom, usually he was the last to read this internal reference.There are not many news published on the reference news, but one of them surprised Gai Yu and almost made a sound.

Gao Pian sent an envoy to send an order to Zhen [***], asking the commander-in-chief Li Jing to send troops south to encircle and suppress Huangchao.

Gai Yu was shocked by this news, but it didn't stop there.There is also a message above that Lu Xie, who has been rehabilitated, sent officials to Dengzhou to collect taxes.

The black cloud is pressing down on the city and the city is about to be destroyed, and the mountain and rain are about to come and the wind will fill the building!

Gai Yu smelled a strong smell of gunpowder.

"Patriarch." Gai An called softly behind Gai Yu, "King An Dong is here!"

Gai Yu was thinking about something, but was interrupted by Gai An. He didn't hear what he said clearly, so he said with a bit of blame: "Didn't you already say thank you behind closed doors?"

But Gai An didn't leave, he was still standing behind Gai Yu, he was extremely surprised by Gai Yu's answer.But seeing Gai Yu's ecstasy, he didn't dare to disturb him, and stood hesitantly for a moment.

Gai Yu didn't notice his actions, his eyes just stayed on the few newspapers on the table.

Li Jing's teacher, Cui Yunqing, won an unprecedented victory in Jingmen, but was removed from the post of Jieshuai and transferred to Anton.At the same time, the imperial court appointed Gao Pian as the commander of all roads and camps, and restored Lu Xie as the prime minister, and again as the prime minister.The imperial court had two more prime ministers, Dou Luyan and Cui Hang, but Zheng Tian and Wang Duo, who had always been opposed to Tian Lingzi and Lu Xie, were missing.

But now, after Gao Pian returned to the throne, he transferred troops from various towns to Huainan, and at the same time sent the transfer order directly to Dengzhou.

At the same time, Lu Xie sent people to Dengzhou to collect taxes.In addition, Tian Lingzi even sent eunuchs to Dengzhou to establish a Dengzhou shipping department, send eunuchs to serve as city shipping envoys, and set up customs to collect taxes.

The person is not good!

And Gai Yu saw that the commander-in-chief Li Jing was not unresponsive.Inspect lecture halls and military academies, and review soldiers.At the same time, the civil and military chiefs of the sixteen states were transferred back to Dengzhou.

These all make the atmosphere in Dengzhou tense.

The court lost two powerful opponents, Zheng Tian and Wang Duo, and Tian Lingzi and Lu Xie had already gained an absolute upper hand in the court.Now Tian Lingzi, Lu Xie, and Gao Pian have formed a powerful alliance from the inner court to the Zhengshitang to the localities.But now, they pointed at Li Jing.

But contrary to the past, this time the commander-in-chief seems to have no intention of backing down!

Is the commander-in-chief going to change his previous strategy of keeping a low profile and preparing for a tough confrontation?But Gao Pian, Lu Xie, and Tian Lingzi basically represent the imperial court and Li Tang now, so the commander-in-chief would not be clear.In other words, the commander-in-chief now sits in sixteen states and holds 20 soldiers, so he is not afraid of falling out with the Tang Dynasty?

Thinking of this, not only was Gai Yu not the slightest bit shocked, but a smile appeared on his face.Three years ago, he had already reversed the Tang Dynasty once with Li Keyong, who belonged to the Daibei Hao clan.For the Tang Dynasty, he did not have any loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

In Gai Yu's heart, a wave of excitement boiled over!

Suddenly, Gai Yu saw that Gai An was still standing here waiting, he couldn't help laughing and said: "There is nothing here, you don't need to stay with me here. The county king may call me today, I won't go out."

"Patriarch, the county king has arrived in the mansion." Gai An said.

"What?" Gai Yu was taken aback, "The commander-in-chief has arrived at the mansion?"

"Well, the handsome is here."

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Gai Yu stomped his feet, casually threw the reference information in his hand on the table, and rushed to the front yard, complaining, "Oh, hurry up and meet me."

When Gai Yu walked to the gate of the mansion, he saw Li Jing wearing an ordinary but not cheap white folded gown from a distance. It was simply tied with a cloth belt, and he was calmly holding his hands behind his back. , Waiting in front of the gate of Gaifu.There was neither dissatisfaction nor impatience on his face.

Although he was dressed in ordinary clothes, his aura was extraordinary, especially the attendants behind him were like a deep pool that could not see the bottom.

Gai Yu couldn't help but blush after making the dignified King of Andong County, Ziqing, Zhenguo, Lulong, Datong, and the commanders of the five towns of Andong wait in front of his mansion for a long time.He quickly walked up to Li Jing, bowed and said: "It's really rude to let the county king wait for a long time. I hope you will forgive me."

"It's okay." Li Jing still put his hands behind his back, and said calmly, with a calm expression on his face, he didn't care about these things.

"Invite the king of the county to enter the mansion!" Gai Yu said while respectfully leading Li Jing into the mansion.Gai's family members opened the middle door early, and all the people in the house, young and old, came to welcome them.Li Jing said a few polite words to Gai's mansion and let them go down.Gai Yu led Li Jing to the living room, invited Li Jing to sit down, and the servants served tea.After Li Jing entered the mansion, he had no extra words, and neither did Gai Yu.

After drinking the first sip of tea, Li Jing put down the tea, looked at Gai Yu and said, "Jizhi must have known that this time, the commander not only recalled Jizhi, but also summoned the civil and military chiefs of the sixteen prefectures to return to town. "

"I only saw it when I read the newspaper this morning."

"Well, I hurriedly called you back. There is actually a very important matter. I want to hear your opinions. This afternoon, I will hold a meeting of the commander's mansion in the Sirius Festival Hall. All military and state officials will Civil and military officials will all participate. But before that, there are some things that I would like to hear from you."

ps: Don't worry about meeting eunuchs, the book will definitely be finished.It can be said that the writing here in the late Tang Dynasty is just the time for the exciting, and there will be more exciting in the future! (To be continued.)