The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 194 Roast Chicken
Fire brigade captain Li Keyong, who was originally scheduled to attack Heyang and annihilate Zhang Cunjing together with his son-in-law, walked to Luzhou and suddenly turned back.

The cause was that the old nest was on fire again. Knowing that he was heading south, Youzhou sent Yuan Xingqin, Gao Siji, and Shan Keji to invade Daibei several times, which immediately irritated his uncle. In addition, Liu Rengong had been looking for his help to "take office armed", and promised that if he helped him take the position, he would have everything he wanted, so he left.

Well, he rushed off to be used as a gun by others again.

Where is the brain.

By supporting Liu Rengong to come to power, can we remotely control Youzhou and suck its blood through Liu Rengong?
Youzhou has a vast territory, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers under its command. The army is often arrogant and conceited. It also rules over a large number of foreign tribes, including the Khitan, Xi, and Tuyuhun. Its strength is second only to Zhu Ni.

Later, Zhu Wen used all his national strength to fight the Northern Expedition. In the Battle of Yishui, 60,000 Yan troops were killed in battle and the Yan army was the first to retreat. Zhu Wen, who had achieved such a brilliant victory, did not dare to pursue and hurriedly returned to the capital.

How can we control such a powerful vassal?

Secondly, from An Lushan to Liu Shouguang, among the more than 30 military governors, only Zhang Zhongwu and seven others left office normally and died peacefully. One wrong word could lead to death. How capable did Liu Rengong have to be to act as a good agent? He was so bold as to obey everything!
As long as the conditions of the uncle contradict the values of the Fanyang soldiers, such as stationing troops in Youzhou, or Zhu Wen recruiting vassal towns to fight for him, enmity is inevitable. These are not things that Liu Rengong and Zhang Rengong can decide. The big soldiers are the king, otherwise why would the public opinion call them anti-captives?

Inferring from this, the plan of the uncle to replace Liu Rengong would probably go very smoothly, because the Youzhou army didn't care who was the Jiedushi, they were all their toys anyway.

Of course, the saint was happy to see my uncle do this.

Because of historical legacy, Youzhou had a bad relationship with Chengde and Weizhou. In the middle of Jianzhong, the three families rebelled together. As a result, Zhu Tao acted arrogantly, so Wang Wujun dragged Tian Yue to fight against him. Zhu Tao immediately started a massacre. Wang Wujun and Tian Yue were even more furious. They turned around and surrendered in exchange for the neutrality of Wang's division Li Sheng, Ma Sui and other troops, and persuaded Zhaoyi Army to join the battle, and beat the Youzhou people in Beizhou and made them bleed.

Since then, they have been enemies and have often quarreled. Unless they are fighting against foreign invasions or imperial court attacks, they will never get to the bottom of the matter.

Over the years, Zhao, Wei and Li Keyong, who was aiming at Hebei, had fought many times, and only stood on a united front under the mediation of Zhu Wen and the court. If Liu Rengong, who was backed by Li Keyong, held the imperial seal of Youzhou, would they worry about the two towns attacking at the same time?
The answer is yes. In the face of the increasingly urgent invasion of Yan and Jin in later generations, they finally completely overthrew Bian after years of wavering. Wei Bo married Zhu Wen's eldest daughter, Cheng De married his second daughter, and they formed an intermarriage alliance.

At this time, the emperor's leadership over the princes was put on the brakes by the sage. As long as there is no change of flag in the capital, they will be confident that the emperor can help solve the external dangers, and they are unlikely to join the bandits. On the contrary, they will be more supportive. After all, only the Li family, who have recognized their separatism and protected them for more than a century, are more trustworthy. The Li family has tolerated them for so long and has a reputation. Once the dynasty changes, it is unpredictable what will happen in the new dynasty.

Just as Zhang Yan, a representative of the Yamen soldiers, shouted to the last emperor during the turmoil of ceding towns: "Wei Bo has never let you down, you have let Wei Bo down. There is no name for ceding towns, so you rebel." The Later Liang Dynasty wanted to split Wei Bo in two, but after the Yamen soldiers' diplomatic efforts failed, they took the six states and surrendered to Yazi.

The soldiers of the two towns were sober. They would fight for whoever could protect their interests to the greatest extent. At present, the target was the imperial court, which existed and was the only one. To maintain the old order and defend the imperial court was to be responsible for their own safety. This was the reason why power only served its source.

Li Keyong's trip would force Zhao and Wei to stick together more closely with the central government. Later, before the Hedong Group collapsed, the two families would still be the pillars to restrict their uncle.

By the way, the Crow King was a little embarrassed for breaking his promise, so he sent Li Siyuan to present a memorial, asking his son-in-law to endure the humiliation for a while until he was done - sweeping rats like autumn leaves. Hearing that there was a good harvest in the interior of the country, he borrowed grain and ordered 30,000 sets of winter clothes for the soldiers. He owed the money first, as he was in a tight financial situation recently, otherwise he could only use horses to pay off the debt or send a few thousand more soldiers.

"The current situation is chaotic, and there are countless people with different intentions, but the remnants of An Lushan have become the most stable princes..." Zhao Ruozhao murmured softly, not knowing what to say. The court is also willing to protect others, but why are there so few loyal ministers? Do people like Tian Xide feel that there is no place to stay except the Li family, and that others are not sincere?
That's right. No one except the Li family could tolerate their demands. No matter which dynasty it was, no one in the upper echelons of a group like the rebels would survive, let alone remain rich and powerful. The relationship between Hebei and Chang'an was indeed strange.

"Do you think the man in front of you is extraordinary?" The saint pinched her face and asked.

Zhao Ruozhao rolled his eyes at him, but in fact he was already somewhat in awe of him. This person had a deep insight into the world and human nature, and a thorough grasp of various phenomena. It was scary, but he liked him very much.

"If Li Keyong doesn't come, will Pu and Shan still fight?"

"Of course." The saint changed into a comfortable posture and said, "The princes are all watching, so I can only bite the bullet and do it."

If he didn't come out, Wang Shifan would not survive the New Year, not to mention others. The two Zhus were dead, and Zhu Wen continued to advance eastward without stopping. Wang Shifan had to either surrender in exchange for a withdrawal, or resist for a while and be killed or imprisoned by his subordinates, or the military government changed its commander and begged for surrender.

Don't have any illusions about the integrity of people of the time. Once Jin lost power, even his wife wanted his head as a token of his loyalty. When it came to Yang Xingmi, his wife Zhu, his brother-in-law Zhu Yanshou, and his uncle's wife Wang, several families joined forces to rebel, forcing Old Yang to pretend to be blind.

All these things made Li suspicious and extremely defensive. He dared not trust anyone around him and was afraid of being strangled by the concubines when he slept. Being suspicious is not good, but what can he do?
"Zhu has just taken over Yanyun, and is now trying to subdue Zibo and Qingzhou. It's not that dangerous to attack Zhang Cunjing and Zhu Yougong." Zhao Ruozhao turned over and hugged him: "What's the situation in Xiangyang in the south now?"

"We are still in a fierce battle with Niu Cunjie. There has been no progress."

"Where is Li Cunxiao, the defense commander of Dengzhou? No explanation either?"

"No." The saint pinched Zhao Ruozhao's breasts with interest. These were not questions a woman would ask. The fact that she asked this question showed that she understood the logic of the changes in the world and was concerned about his career. Before this, she was only Rounu and Privy Councilor.

"As expected." Zhao Ruozhao patted his back and said, "Li Cunxiao has been in the court for a short time, has not made any achievements, has no prestige, and is a common man. How can he manage your army? Zhao Chong, Amonan, Ouyang Jian and other generals are probably not very obedient to him. It will be difficult to achieve results."

The saint exerted a little force on his hand: "Pay attention to the impact. The virtuous concubine and some people have always admired Li Cunxiao and said that he is invincible. Besides, he was the governor of Xingmingci in Hedong. If he comes to my side and I don't even give him a defense envoy, he will be depressed..."

"I know I was wrong." Zhao Ruozhao laughed.

She does have this problem, perhaps because of her family background. Even though she has been paying attention to it for so many years, she still cannot read people's faces and speak like a normal woman.

"By the way, have you ever seen people like Qin Zongquan, Sun Ru, and Qin Xian?" the saint asked curiously while twisting his armpit hair.

"nature."

"Haven't you heard your father talk to them about military and national affairs?"

"Most of the talk was about how to destroy Zhu Wen, and... enter Chang'an and purge the emperor. Sun Ru often told his father that the eight towns in the northwest of the capital were all thieves, and the internal traitors were causing chaos in the world and would eventually become a threat to the emperor, so they had to be eliminated by entering the pass."

The sage laughed. It seemed that Sun Ru had really said that. Five years ago, Sun Ru, who heard that Yang Fugong and Li Maozhen were being domineering and were fighting against Yang Xingmi, came to the sage and wrote a letter, asking him not to panic and to come to the sage's aid after he pacified Huainan.

So much for the abstraction.

"How many Bian army generals do you know?" From the second year of Zhonghe to the first year of Wende, the Cai army group, including Zhao Ruozhao's father Zhao Deyin, fought against Zhu Wen and other vassal towns for ten years. Almost all the current generals of the Bian army have been dealt with. The Pushan Campaign was about to start, and Li wanted to hear her evaluation.

"The ones who heard it the most were Guo Yan, Ge Congzhou, Li Tangbin, Zhang Cunjing, Zhu Zhen, Li Fan, Yang Yanhong, Ding Hui, etc. Most of them are dead now."

"Let's talk about Zhang Cunjing."

Zhao Ruozhao looked at the person in her arms with red cheeks, like a gentle elder sister. "This guy has many tricks and is good at taking advantage of terrain and darkness. My father has been defeated by him several times. He is a decent person. When soldiers raped and plundered, he personally sat at the city gate to accept complaints. He would arrest every complaint from the common people. He must be the first in battle and the last in retreat. Therefore, he is very popular with the army, but also deeply suspected by Zhu Wen and hated by the beastly soldiers. It is said that he still has improper thoughts about Zhang Hui and has written poems to express his love for her several times. Therefore, Zhu Wen hated him to the bone and almost wanted to kill him. For this reason, Zhang Cunjing was quite frustrated. Although his achievements were among the best, his official positions were only Du Yu Hou, Commander, and Inspector. He was not even a nominal governor."

The saint was stunned. The Queen of Heaven was quite charming, and it was fine that she had bewitched Zhu Wen, a loser from Dangshan. Zhang was a young and powerful man from Xuzhou, doing well in Bianzhou, and was a handsome man with no shortage of women. How could he risk falling in love with her?
Do you have a special fetish? Do you like the cool and charming mistress or the young saint?
Not necessarily, it may also be that Zhang Hui is popular.

The saint didn't know much about her, but he remembered one thing clearly. Later, Zhu Wen put Zhu Jin's family members on a prisoner car and prepared to take them back to his lair to be executed or eaten. Zhang Hui heard the news and sent people to grab them, properly settled them, and gave them living expenses on a monthly basis.

This can reveal two things: one is that she is authoritative and courageous. The other is that she has good character. She can always provide money to prisoners of war, which shows that she values her promises, keeps her promises, and is kind. Of course, this may be related to her special dark experience.

But if he could do this to a stranger, he would be even better to his own people. Considering that Zhu Wen was a murderous person, the sage guessed that there were many people who survived because of Zhang Hui. Huangfu Lin and Wang Yanzhang, who accompanied her son Zhu Youzhen to the end when everyone else had betrayed him and left, should have belonged to this group of people in their early years.

I really want to meet you in person, to see how charming you are, to make me love you instead of the country!
As for Mr. Zhang, he is throwing a pearl into the dark.

If what Zhao Ruozhao said was true, he should not think of inciting rebellion before he captured Zhang Hui. He had to wait until Zhang Hui was captured before he could surrender. By then, he could attack the Queen Mother and force Zhang Cunjing to fight for him. Wouldn't that be wonderful? Queen Mother, you don't want Zhang Cunjing to be exterminated, do you?
If it is false and Zhang Cunjing was simply conquered by the Queen's personal charm, then he should find a way to kill this person.

No matter what, first spread the rumor that "Zhang Cunjing had an affair with the Empress Dowager" widely in Guannei and Hezhong, then draw some erotic pictures of the emperor and his ministers having sex under trees and having secret affairs in the palace, and circulate them in the market, and let the spies in Bianzhou report back to judge whether they are true or false.

Make Zhang Hui, Zhang Cunjing and Zhu Wen live in unrest.

Rumors are scary, and three people can make a tiger. Even the Emperor of Chang'an has heard that you, the adulterous couple, have an improper relationship between men and women. Let's see whether you, Zhu Wen, and the two parties involved in the "Tianhou Gate" incident can still sit still.

"He really does whatever it takes." Zhao Ruozhao teased. "There is no need to talk about morality with a human-like thief like Zhu Wen. If he can be vulgar, he will be extremely shameless. If he can take the initiative, he will not wait until tomorrow morning. If he can cheat, he will cheat until he can't cheat anymore. I'm not an actor. Who do I want to show off my false reputation to?" said the saint.

Only those idiots who are fond of showing off shout about being upright every day.

How many men does a great army need to fight face to face? Five thousand men fighting with spears, each man defending 1.6 meters of ground, thousands of lives will be lost in one round. Fifty thousand men fighting with spears, a swarm of spears and stabs can kill tens of thousands. The cold weapons of the Tang and Five Dynasties lined up to kill, thinking that the soldiers on TV were swarming and hacking, and machine guns and cannons were bombarding the positions. Sorry, this killing efficiency is not good enough.

“Don’t get it in there.”

"I'll definitely do it next time." Li put on his clothes and said, "Get up and go home."

Zhao Ruozhao's hair was soaked with sweat and stuck to her temples and forehead. She raised her hand to tidy up her wet hair and slowly sat up on the bed. Such a simple action made her frown and a painful expression appeared on her face.

"It's happened so many times, why is it still painful?" the saint asked in confusion.

"Nonsense! I wish I could stuff it all in. Except for a mature woman like Concubine Shu, who can withstand such a torture!" Zhao Ruozhao glared at him fiercely.

"It was you who told me not to do it"

"Stop..." Zhao Ruozhao raised his hand and turned away: "Stop talking."

Little goblin!
The saint picked her up in his arms, and under Zhao Ruozhao's shocked gaze, he held her to his face and smelled the blasphemous clothes, then helped her put them on.

She had already experienced the emperor's perversion.

The imperial seal that Queen Mother Wang smashed Wang Mang with was stamped on Concubine Shu's buttocks. One day, the Privy Councilor was secretly asked to start the day's work in open-crotch pants.

He whipped the buttocks of Xuanhuishi, Wenren Chuchu, Yang Kezheng, and Yu Daolian. He used Luo Fu and Chen Chen's collarbones as wine cups. He often played strip cards with a group of female imperial concubines. He let Wu Lingxian, Wei Yi, Xiao Yueguang, and Ashina Laimei play with each other, while he sat aside and watched.

...

But she really didn't expect that he would be so cunning and different from ordinary people. He actually heard that his... was slandered by the concubine, and he was the master of the Ming Palace? He really has the qualifications to be a tyrant. It's a pity that your brother still praised you for being upright and not evil!

"Madam, you misunderstood me..." The saint said solemnly, I am just judging your physical health condition in this way.

On the first day of July, after staying in Jincheng Palace for a while to strengthen his prestige over the prefectures and counties, the saint set out on his return journey with his Lu tribe and 50,000 newly recruited Han and Tibetan troops.

That’s all about the counties in Longxi.

The various policies implemented by the court were generally accepted by the public, except for the mandatory long hair. This included the household registration and farming. At least the serfs and peasants were generally happy. The Tang Dynasty did treat you like a sheep, and the officials insulted and bullied you, but compared to the Tibetans who took you away from your thatched huts and stone houses in just three or five days and made you into bone tools, your sister into a necklace, your sister into a bracelet, and your head into pieces in front of the temple, wasn't it much better?

The government did not force the herders to switch to farming. The newly reclaimed and confiscated land was mainly granted to registered households and immigrants who were willing to farm.

The headman's objection is futile. Either he can register as a household in the living world or in the underworld. If he is not convinced, he can rebel.

If you don’t have seeds or food, borrow them. If you don’t have farm tools, distribute them.

If ordinary people still rebel and miss the Zamp in such a life, it only means one thing: they deserve to be put on the altar.

Take your time. The land of Helong has been stigmatized by suffering so deeply that many people have become accustomed to it and think it is natural that they do not know what light is. The wound still needs time to heal. Three years, five years, ten years, it will gradually return to the state before the Tianbao period of the Han and Wei dynasties.

Li Renmei returned to Ganzhou to consult with all the officials and reached a consensus on the issue of supporting the king: if they did not provide timely assistance, sooner or later they would be taken advantage of by others like the Tubo in Helong. So he personally led 13,000 Uighur soldiers to accompany him, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in Zhangye to guard against the Long family and the Guiyi Army.

The Uighurs still have some small ideas, but with more than 10,000 self-provided soldiers and experienced infantry and cavalry, they should be content. The current strength can only support the recruitment of so many, so we can't be too greedy.

The sage thought about it and asked Mo Zangqiqi to lead the team back to Tongwan City to recruit two to three thousand cheap Tanguts and bring them back as auxiliary soldiers to be incorporated into this foreign army. He gave the army the title of "Protector of the Saint" and transferred General Jinwu Sun Dezhao as the map coordinator and "counselor". He also selected another thousand people and assigned them to the Tiance Army as his guards, with General Cui Wuci as the commander of the army.

Very good, we have the Turkic, Uighur and Shatuo guards, the only thing missing is the Khitan.

Of course, as long as he is willing, his uncle can always recruit a group of people to send him, but that would be meaningless.

I vaguely remember that the nickname of the first Khitan Queen Shulü Ping was Yueliduo? The Shulü tribe she came from changed her surname to Xiao, right? If you want to accept it, accept this one. Here comes the four major royal families, woo woo woo.

As for Nanzhao, Goryeo, Bohai, Shiwei, and Tatar, they are either sworn enemies, or barbarians who refuse to accept the king's rule, or rebels with evil intentions, so don't count on any guards. Damn, the little Japan is still paying tribute and sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty. Shiwei, why haven't you sent anyone in 30 years?
While hugging Concubine Shu and coaxing his wife while fantasizing about sex, the carriage went eastward in a mighty and endless stream.

"Check!" At the same time, several teams of envoys who had received the mission rode away from the Dajialu tribe and headed for Zizhou, Loulan County, Dunhuang, Chengdu, Kuimen, Jiangling, Yecheng and Taiyuan, the capital of Jiannan Dongchuan, to convey the latest instructions from the emperor.

There has been progress in Bashu.

The sage had to admit that he had overestimated the centrifugal force of the Shu people and the arrogance of the Shu soldiers. After taking stock, the main people who had caused chaos in recent years were the imperial guards who followed the sage into Shu after the first year of Guangming and then stayed there, as well as the foreign soldiers brought in by Wei Zhaodu when he entered the court.

Wang Jian was from Xu. Wei Hongfu was from Xu. Jin Hui was from the Shen Ce Army. Li Shitai was from Cai. Zhang Qianyu was from the Shen Ce Army.

As soon as Cui Gongfu entered Jianmen, Chang Zairong, the general of Mianzhou, led his army to join him. The powerful gentry in Santai County, Shehong County, Yanting County, Fucheng County and other places in Zizhou, where Concubine Shu was born, also contacted Cui Anqian under the leadership of Concubine Shu's family and provided him with food. This was the first time that I saw value in Concubine Shu other than lust. Xiao He, you suffered before!
After killing Wang Jian, the remaining forces of Wang Jian who were entrenched in Chengdu also sent people to persuade Cui An to return to the court, saying that they would respect the court and there was no need to attack them.

When Cui Anqian, who had built up the Huangtou and Shenji armies when he was ruling Shu, learned that their old boss had come, some of them defected, such as former Yamen general Zhuang Mengdie, Han Xiucai, Li Shunzhi, and Gao Yan. Xiao Chu, the father of the talented Xiao Yueguang and Xiao Yuehua, also rushed to serve.

In short, the situation looks very good. But we can't think it's stable. When Wei Zhaodu went there, it was the same situation. However, his prestige and military ability were far inferior to Cui Anqian. He had no old subordinates, no local generals were optimistic about him, and the Shen Ce Army was not able to be used. In the end, he had to return to the court in disgrace. Compared with these, Cui Laodeng has obvious advantages, and this time he may be able to deal with the war in the two Sichuans.

The edicts sent to Loulan and Dunhuang were addressed to Pu Gujun and Zhang Shu, the leader of the Zhang family. The former was given the title of Inspector of the Left, and the latter was given the title of General and Military Governor to his nephew Zhang Chengfeng. The Zhang family ignored the advice of the envoy Su Rong, and the internal fighting was over. The sage was very unhappy, but he had to confer an official title to appease them, implying that they should not cause trouble.

The imperial edict sent to Chengdu was addressed to the rebel soldiers, urging them to repent and change their ways.

The letters sent to Kuimen were addressed to Li Sizhou, the governor of Kuizhong, Wanfu and other states, and his deputy Yuwen Qi, ordering them to step up the recruitment of troops, expand their strength, and prepare for the attack on Bian.

The letter sent to Jiangling was to inquire about Zhao Kuangning's progress in controlling Jingzhou. Did he feel that the time had come to recruit Jingzhou soldiers to join the war? If he recruited them now, would anyone rebel?

The one sent to Yecheng is for Tian Xide. Inform Wei Bo that the court will start fighting on the western front soon. Be sure to strengthen your confidence and invest as much troops as possible to launch another offensive against Huazhou to relieve the pressure on Wang Shifan. In addition, the saint also asked the soldiers to contact Chengde and try to pull Chengde down, just like you agreed to rebel together.

Zhu Wen’s Rebellion will enter the next chapter.

No problem, kiss Concubine Shu first!
"We haven't had sex for half a month, and tonight..." She suddenly showed such a seductive look, the saint could hardly believe his ears, roast chicken!

Concubine Shu blushed, lying in his arms and refusing to look up, she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is always with the Privy Envoy, Concubine Xian, Rounu, Madam Yingchuan and others... I am different from them..."

It’s different, so sexy!
　Written in a hotel while traveling. By the way, do you have any recommendations for places to go? All over the country. Forget about the more popular tourist attractions.

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