The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 237 Pattern
On August 13, Zhu Youyu burned down the camp and led his men to flee eastward.

Fourteen, the Jingnan Army surrounded the enemy on three sides, and the Saint pursued him all the way to Zhengzhou. Wu Yiji, who was stationed at Taizi Pond, led the Wei Army to cooperate and defeated the Zhu bandits again, killing nearly 10,000 people. At night, there were still a large number of small groups of rebels in retreat in the Luoyang area. Some vassal troops and imperial troops were eager to rob, and there was another big fight. Fires were set ablaze in the cities of Luoyang. The years of management of the people of Bian were once again reduced to ruins.

Sixteenth, the saint returned from Zhengzhou.

In this day and age, Li has no illusions about reforming his subordinates to the three disciplines and eight attentions. There is no way to control them at this time, and no one will listen to your nagging. Li Guangbi's military discipline was so strict that he was forced to run around in the streets to personally stop the rebellion, and the rebellious army reluctantly left. Be sensible, and share the "captured" with you. If someone makes a fuss, will you suppress them, or what? Moreover, the princes' troops do not give rewards - they do not have the financial resources - everyone is paying for the king's service at their own expense, and they are working for the saint for nothing. Fortunately, the people of Luoyang fled before the war, and everyone could only steal some materials.

Fortunately, these warriors still had some sense. When they saw him coming back, they immediately reorganized themselves. They killed a group of typical people who refused to stop and restrain themselves and hung them on the roadside as a warning to the public. They also put out the remaining fires and cleaned up the market. After basically restoring order in Tokyo, they pretended that nothing had happened.

The sage ordered that all of Zhu Ni’s “temporary residences” be demolished.

Seventeen. The Chinese and foreign armies escorted the emperor to live in the relatively clean ruins of Shangyang.

Zhu Wen's "zigong" was fished out from a deep well and then transported to a nearby villa for storage and use.

Winning the battle is not enough. This is the result of careful calculation, national conditions, and a natural outcome. Before the Song Dynasty, in the struggle between the monarch and his subjects, once the subjects were at a disadvantage, the momentum would inevitably flow to the monarch. Even if the emperor who was naturally domineering did nothing, a stranger might die for you, and naturally he would have a group of followers.

Sun Kui, a native of Weizhou, was persuaded to surrender by Li Keyong, and he cursed: "I am a minister of the emperor, how can I serve the princes!" This is a manifestation of this. The people of the rebellious vassal of Heshuo were not immune to this.

When Emperor Zhaozong was abducted in Huazhou and Fengxiang, half of the ministers followed him to court to offer advice. The Qi army blasted the Bian army as "thieves who seized the emperor" and the Chao army persuaded Zheng Ting to surrender - "At the banquet, all the generals and subordinates cried." Zhao Shuai Wang Jingchong wailed all day long that the Tang Dynasty was gone. The little prince who was still rebellious yesterday was bought by the saint with a cup of honey water and a palace maid. This is also the same performance.

This is the product of long-term social domestication based on various combinations of the great God, Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, Heaven and Earth, the Emperor, Parents and Teachers, the Supreme Emperor, Serving the Emperor with all your heart, the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, divine powers bestowed by heaven, love from the heart, and the interaction between heaven and man.

On the basis of these thoughts and ethics, if the emperor showed a little ability and had a passing IQ and fighting ability, he would have a chance to turn the tables. This was something the warlords did not have. Especially in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, how many people were willing to be loyal to the military governors and leaders?
However, there is a prerequisite - a family that accumulates good deeds.

The scholars said: Above us we have the virtue of our ancestors to rely on, and below we have the ministers who can provide support.

If there had been no separatist warlords, if the military men had not been so unruly, and if people's hearts had not been so confused, Zhu Wen would not have lost so quickly, or even would not have lost at all.

Of course, the ending wouldn't be much different. At most, they would be torn to pieces and killed in one fell swoop.

In this time and space, in the hands of the sage, Zhu Wen was lucky. His beloved Zhang Hui, his beloved concubine Shi, and his two pairs of children were all well taken care of by the sage, and his relatives who were still farming in their hometown were not rewarded.

After Zhu Wen's death, Shi was placed in a private house by Zhu Youyu. When Xiao Zhu retreated, he didn't take care of her and was captured by Xiao Xiu. She was so frightened that she was out of her mind. The saint moved her to the courtyard of the Queen Mother of Heaven and let the two sisters meet, and then she calmed down a little.

Far away.

The aftermath is equally important. Rewards for good and punishment for evil, division of power, selection of candidates for prefectures and counties, administrative divisions, new policy briefings, and all kinds of problems will come one after another. This is both an opportunity to strengthen authoritarianism and the potential for another round of disputes.

There are two things that a saint should think about first.

First, the princes. Indeed, it was with their help that the Zhu Rebellion was initially suppressed.

Li Keyong, Tuoba Dangxiang and Zhao Kuangning had provided support repeatedly over the years, helping him through the most difficult times.

The economic generosity of Zhao and Wei greatly alleviated the financial pressure.

Wei Bo took the lead in provoking the rebellion... and took up the right path. He gave blood transfusion to the two Zhus. He persuaded Henghai to turn back. He sponsored materials to the court. He issued an edict to the world to denounce Zhu Wen. He put pressure on the Huazhou area, and although he was defeated repeatedly, he fought again and again. He tied down Zhu Wen's energy. Chengde fought hard in the battle of Shangluo, and contained Li Keyong by isolating Hanoi.

Zibo and Qing put up a tenacious resistance and thwarted Zhu Wen's plan to completely conquer Qi and Lu.

Yang Xingmi deployed his troops on the Huai River, forcing Zhu Wen to divide his troops for a long time for defense. This time, he actually attacked Xuzhou, making it impossible for the Bian army there to move.

Ma Yin sent 7,000 men to show his respect, but it was just a show. Wang Chongying let Wang Ke marry Guangde between the royal family and Li Keyong. Regardless of his selfishness, he stood up for the saint in disguise. In the two defense battles, Hezhong stood firm, which was of great significance.

In order to concentrate on serving the king, Li Renmei gave up the Khanship to his younger brother. Since entering the court, he has been cautious and hardworking. Although he was afraid of being beaten and wanted to gain territory, it was normal. Yang Shouliang led more than 30,000 Liang and Han troops to garrison outside the pass and attacked Shaanxi and Luo several times.

These people have made great contributions and each has its own demands.

When it comes to judging merit, we have to base it on their demands.

Zhao and Wei may not have thought too much about it and just maintained the policy of tacitly approving the Heshuo-type separatism. But this would strengthen the historical legacy and might be criticized by future generations as irresponsible compromise, just like Liu Xiu was criticized. This is still secondary. If the talks fail, the two of them will interfere and make it difficult for you to restore the Yuanhe situation.

After Yuanhe, the Heshuo type can support the court without interfering. Now that you have shown signs of changing the national conditions, they will probably make it difficult or even impossible for you to attack, relocate, or enter the court against the Heshuo type. With their support, the Heshuo type will be much more courageous to fight against you.

This is not an easy thing to do.

The former Shannan Jiedushi Yang Shouliang's request was to move the town. The sage had already promised the Shaanxi commander, and he only needed to be allowed to move in and be given a casual official position and other titles.

In his heart, he didn't want to give it to Shanzhou. If he wanted to change Yang Shouliang's place, he had to see which people were easy to control.

These three are considered good.

Li Keyong had always wanted to make Concubine Xian the empress.

The matter involved the crown prince and factions, so the sage had to think twice and ask the harem for their opinions and the court for their views. If the front court and the back court were not comfortable, he would not want to use his authority to force it through and offend everyone.

Zhao Kuangning did not reveal any desires and seemed to be very loyal, but if others didn't say anything, you have to wonder, does he really think he has no desires or demands?
Li Renmei wanted to survive, and with Zhang Chengfeng being a fool, the pressure was even greater - he was not a time traveler, so he didn't know if he could defeat Zhang Chengfeng in the end. He also had the desire to restore his country. Survival was no problem at all.

The saints had already made a choice between the two. When the Uighurs came to suppress the rebellion, what did the Guiyi Army do? Did they do what they wanted under the banner of Hanism and patriotism?
Stop talking about how I recovered Hexi, so you should give it all to me. If you don't give it to me, and you divide it into two vassal states, then I won't come to see you! Please, what kind of society is this? A feudal society. As long as you are still a Tang official, isn't it the minimum to obey the court?
Since you still recognize the imperial court, what's wrong with the imperial court dividing the Hexi territory into two towns for security reasons? You have been resentful for so long, but you really don't recognize your own identity, think that the imperial court has let you down, and forget your identity as a subject.

Li Renmei's desire to restore his country would definitely not be granted. Li considered seizing a piece of Tibetan territory and granting it to Li Renmei's brothers to build a principality or marquisate. Li Renmei would become a general and a prime minister in the court and fight for the next Jin Midi. Others will not be mentioned for the time being.

Anyway, the reward should be properly handled. I will have a deep communication with the Queen at night and listen to the thoughts of the Liang State Master. Zhu Wen was often told by a few words that "without your words, I almost missed the big event!" There should be something.

Another thing is the layout and structure.

The An-Shi Rebellion was a watershed, which caused the dynasty to shift from focusing more on external affairs and less on internal affairs to focusing more on both internal and external affairs.

The Yuanhe Restoration was another one. With the efforts of Emperor Xianzong, Li Jifu, Li Jiang, Du Huangshang and other monarchs and ministers, the 36 garrisons were transferred to form a pattern of 48 directions at three levels of defense, observation and military governorship, with the Guannei area being heavy, the Jianghuai area being light, the Heshuo area being strong and the Central Plains being small.

The nest is in chaos again.

In the ten years that followed, the 48 feudal states fought each other, the big ate the small, and the small ate the small. Including the newly independent and semi-independent states, the newly established Wusheng Army, Yongping Army, Wutai Army, and Wuzhen Army, there must be hundreds of forces. Well, Guanzhong and Jinshang have been promoted, but they are not few.

How the situation is adjusted will directly affect the politics and structure of the next hundred or even hundreds of years.

The saint didn't have any good ideas for a while.

The guiding ideology is: It is not to copy the Song and Ming dynasties.

Secondly, it is not that we should not resort to war, but that we should do so as little as possible to preserve some vitality for the country. A large amount of history of the late Tang and Five Dynasties has been lost, which makes many people think that this was just an era of separatist regimes and rebellion by military men, but overall stability.

During the time of Li Cunxu - "It was a year of great famine, with many refugees. The Eastern Capital was empty and had no food to feed the army. The imperial guards were short of food, so they sold their wives and children. The old and weak picked vegetables in the wild, gathered in groups of hundreds, and often starved to death."

"It was snowing at that time, and some soldiers froze to death on the road. The people of Yi and Ru were particularly hungry. The county officials were terrified and fled to the mountains and hills."

When Li Cunxu was away, some of his officials froze to death. County officials were unable to collect taxes and fled with the common people for fear of being killed.

"Due to the flooding of the two rivers, four to five out of ten people fled. There was a great famine in the capital and the army was short of food. Some people even sold their children and wives, leaving starving people on the streets. The sounds of sorrow and sighs filled the streets." The people of the capital starved to death while walking on the streets.

The people can’t survive, so does that mean they don’t want to revolt?
If a warrior becomes this bad, won't he stir up trouble or rob people?

Of course not. Because there is no such thing. Society no longer has enough liquidity and wealth reserves. Life and production have become so fragile that a flood or a few days of heavy snow can bankrupt officials and kill people. Are there more people starving to death or freezing to death? Of course there are, but the historians just don't record it. Isn't it enough to record the performance of the capital and Henan? Ordinary people have always been just numbers in history books, or even not numbers.

"The Old Book of Daizong's Chronicle": In the first year of Guangde, there was a great epidemic in Jiangdong, and more than half of the people died.

"New Book of the Five Elements": In the first year of Yuanhe, there was a major epidemic in eastern Zhejiang, and more than half of the people died.

"Old Book of Five Elements" says: After the chaos in the capital, the national treasury was exhausted. Many well-dressed families starved to death.

Any random disaster would reduce the population of several provinces by half, and many officials would starve to death. It was impossible to count the numbers, so we had to use class and geographical location to describe the extent of the disaster.

Therefore, we must not be complacent and must be cautious in our future strategies to reduce the damage caused by the struggle to life and production and reduce the number of deaths.

By the way, a grand sacrifice will also be held.

The recovery of Luoyang was of great turning point significance, and sacrifices to heaven were required. Unlike the humble ceremony at Hengshui last time, this time it had to be formal.

Why hasn’t that old man Zheng Yanchang arrived yet?
No reply to the private message I wrote.

I don’t know which concubines will follow.

Will my sister-in-law come?
Damn, I'm at work now, what am I thinking!
Ugh!
"What are you so anxious about, Your Majesty? Why aren't you moving? Do you want me to ask a maid to push you?"

"I am worried about the country and the people, and my heart is in turmoil."

"You dare not forget the country behind the curtain. You are truly the ruler of the Three Rejuvenations." The hands of Yuan Yin under him wrapped around his waist and pulled him down, forehead to forehead, nose to nose, kissing him until his mouth was full of saliva: "Your Majesty is so beautiful, so fragrant... so heroic... the way you are serious about your work is fascinating..."

"Well...I..."

Ayin, you are disturbing my mind!
"When the emperor and the thief Zhang were entangled...why didn't you say this?"

"I was punishing her! How can it be the same?"

"Then..." Yuan Yin pressed his head hard between his chest: "Your Majesty, please punish me severely. I am the daughter of Wei Bo, and I have committed a serious crime."

"...Sooner or later, I will be played to death by you guys."

"I fell in love with you at first sight, and I wanted to have sex with you. My thoughts were innocent."

fart!

Do you like it? You are clearly greedy for the body of a saint!

"It hurts... tenderly, tenderly." Yuan Yin's snow-white arms hung on the other's back. In the moment of passion, she murmured a poem: "Forest... anthracene... the forest is plain... the trees... the fields are... comfortable and unrestrained... no feeling for my veil... no... making the dog bark... coming... "

(End of this chapter)