After agreeing on two major matters, Wei Fangjin and Cui Guangyuan both took the initiative to express their willingness to assist Qin Jin in handling military affairs. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Chen Xilie, who had never expressed his position, seemed to be stuffed with cotton wool in his throat, coughing and wheezing, and finally settled down, only then did he roll his triangular eyes and glance at Qin Jin, and then bowed to Li Heng and said:

"The defense of Chang'an city is not as small as that of Zhou County, I am afraid that Qin will not be able to catch the king's strength, and the old minister is willing to protect the two of them and help them!"

Li Heng was noncommittal, and only said lightly:

"I want to hear about it!"

In this way, Chen Xilie's old god coughed up phlegm for a while, and then said slowly:

"Wei Ji, a freelancer and a regular attendant, used to be Jing Zhaoyin, and he has made great achievements during his tenure and is a rare talent. ”

Li Heng nodded.

"This person also deserves the word talent!"

Chen Xilie smiled and said:

"There is another person by His Royal Highness's side, loyal and unmatched, unmatched!

"Although the assertion is a bit exaggerated, Li Mi is indeed unwavering about Li Heng!"

The two candidates in a row have been affirmed by Li Heng, and Chen Xilie only feels that he has used the right trick.

However, Li Heng said again:

"However, although the old minister recommended that both of them are useful people, they are not familiar with military affairs, and if they are placed next to Qin Envoy, it will be bad!"

This sentence choked Chen Xilie back with all his pride, and he coughed incessantly, and his face was red with suffocation.

With that, Li Heng turned his gaze to Qin Jin again.

"Let the king do it, and Li Heng will block any criticism for you!"

At this point, Qin Jin also had to sigh deeply, Li Heng was much more mature than a year ago, and he knew how to delegate power at a critical moment, which could be regarded as an entry-level for a promising monarch.

"The minister must do his best not to disappoint His Highness. ”

Regarding the defense of the city, after experiencing more than a dozen wars, Qin Jin has sorted out a set of effective plans, even if Chang'an is more than ten times larger than the city it defended in the past, it will not be separated from it after all.

At this time, Wuhu Huaizhong, with the cooperation of Cui Guangyuan, has tightly controlled the gates of Chang'an, and the next step is to select the reserve new force. The grain and grass in the treasury of Chang'an are enough for hundreds of thousands of people in the city to consume for half a year, not to mention that more than half of the population of Chang'an has escaped, so the length can be doubled, which is a year.

There is enough grain and grass, which is already the best condition compared to the previous siege battles. Moreover, Chang'an City has a large population, and elite people also abound. Qin Jin's first military order was issued to the whole city through Cui Guangyuan in the name of Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion, and from now on, in order to deal with the attack of traitors, the whole city entered a state of wartime control, and all population and materials were uniformly deployed by Jingzhao Mansion.

In the past, Qin and Jin all issued a proclamation in the name of the Shenwu Army. But Chang'an is at the foot of the Son of Heaven after all, and there is the crown prince Li Heng living in the Taiji Palace, and if a notice is issued in the name of the Shenwu Army, it will inevitably cause criticism.

However, even so, Cui Guangyuan still had a difficult face.

"It's not that the subordinates shirked, before Da Yin left with the Son of Heaven to hunt in the west, the subordinates were able to use the name of Jingzhao Mansion to stabilize the whole city. Now that Da Yin is back, the envoy doesn't go to Da Yin, but lets his subordinates call the shots, but it's against the custom!"

Jingzhao Yin and Zhang Qing had fled west with Li Longji before, but this time he returned to Beijing as Li Heng's cronies, and his status was naturally different from that of the past. You must know that Zhang Liangdi is the most favored concubine by Li Heng's side, and Li Heng has not appointed a crown princess since the deposed of the crown princess Wei, and he will become the queen of the world one day! If he offends Zhang Qing because of his abuse of power now, it will be a scourge that will be difficult to get rid of in the future.

Although Cui Guangyuan is a straight person, he is also quite worried about the country and the people, but after all, he can't do without officialdom, and these taboos still need to be followed.

Qin Jin patted his head and said apologetically:

"Shao Yin forgive me, but Qin Jin was also anxious, so he said that he was with Shao Yin. ”

When he said this, Cui Guangyuan felt embarrassed.

"Make Jun Mo laugh at the subordinates for being cowardly and afraid, and the subordinates are really forced......"

This is a true saying, Qin Jin also has a deep understanding in the six months that he has been an official in the court, and he may be kicked by someone anytime and anywhere, and then laughed again.

"Shao Yin's hardships, Qin has also been taught, but Jun is in Shao Yin's position, obviously overkill, Qin will make a statement to the prince, and he will be a veritable Jing Zhaoyin. ”

Qin Jin's words almost didn't startle Cui Guangyuan's jaw, grabbed Qin Jin's sleeve, and said in a lost voice:

"Don't make you, don't do it!"

"Why not? Zhang Qing is promoted, how can he hold a grudge against you?"

"Ascension?"

Jing Zhaoyin goes one step further, if he can be promoted, I am afraid that the only one who can be promoted will be to enter the political affairs hall as the prime minister! However, the prince is still the prince after all, and the prime minister must be canonized by the Son of Heaven, how can this be overstepped?

Qin Jin looked at Cui Guangyuan and said bluntly:

"If you can trust Qin, you will act according to Qin's words!"

Cui Guangyuan hesitated, but let go of his hand, he chose to believe Qin Jin, and his intuition told him that this young envoy not only had a sense of responsibility for the world, but also had a harmless heart. Such a person, he is willing to fall in love with.

Sure enough, on that day, the crown prince ordered Cui Guangyuan to know about Jingzhao Mansion and to actively cooperate with Qin Jin.

Wartime control is not achieved overnight, and it is easy to say that ordinary people do not have much permanent property, but the powerful in the city are like clouds, and it is even more difficult to implement it.

In this regard, Qin Jin did not use a one-size-fits-all approach, but chose to make it easy first and then difficult, and first recruited those with less and no permanent production into the private unified training and management. Then they will have a showdown with the magnates on the quota of people and the share of grain. These people have food, and the magnates must give it.

The Shenwu army took the lead in shouting the slogan of "defending Chang'an, everyone is responsible", if no one pays for it, it is an obstruction to defend the city, not only will it be criticized, but it may even be reprimanded by the prince.

Of course, the formation of public opinion in the city will not happen overnight, and this is all a later story. The most immediate result is that Cui Guangyuan actually gathered 100,000 people for the private sector overnight. This figure even surprised Qin Jin.

The root cause is that in the previous civil unrest, many people with permanent property were actually looted.

Qin Jin was puzzled, if the chaotic face was robbed, he would give priority to robbing the homes of the noble relatives and rich families, so how could he spend energy to rob the homes of the poor? Cui Guangyuan knew a thing or two about this, it turned out that the chaotic people were not only the impermanent people inside and outside Chang'an, on the contrary, many rich and powerful families also armed their domestic slaves to protect their own property while robbing those families with no foundations.

Knowing the inside story, Qin Jin was furious, and he had the intention to clean up these black-hearted heroes who were unkind to the rich and took advantage of the fire to rob, but he knew that now was not the time to pursue it, so he could only slap it on the desk.

"Before sunrise tomorrow, more than 10,000 private people will come from Fengyi County, and these 100,000 people will become the absolute main force defending the city. ”

Cui Guangyuan was stunned, isn't there still a Shenwu army, why do you want these private people to defend the city?

In fact, this is also Qin Jin's calculation, the soldiers of the Shenwu Army are all used for field battles, if they are all consumed in the battle of defending the city, who will be sent to the field war in the future?

Until midnight, Qin Jin didn't feel sleepy, and Cui Guangyuan was sleepy, running before and after him.

The good news reached Qin Jin, and Qin Yan found Zheng Xianli, the military superintendent, and the cadres of the Qin Mansion.

After the Son of Heaven fled, there was chaos in the city, and Shengyefang was the first to be impacted, but fortunately, Zheng Xianli arrived in time, and everyone in the old family organization rushed out of Shengyefang, and took refuge in a village five miles outside Chang'an, thus avoiding the most chaotic day in the city.

Hearing the news that Zheng Xianli had been found, Qin Jin slapped his thigh, unable to hide his joy.

"Congratulations to the envoy, I found the lost people in the house. ”

Cui Guangyuan was also happy and congratulated him, but Qin Jin said:

"Do you think Qin is happy because of this? Qin is happy to find General Zheng. ”

"The Weapons Warden?"

"Don't underestimate this person, this person followed Dr. Feng in Anxi for nine deaths, and fought countless battles ......"

With Zheng Xianli's help, Qin Jin is naturally like a tiger.

Cui Guangyuan was speechless.

"How can such a brave general be placed in the weapons prison, isn't this overkill!"

"People have strengths and weaknesses, and it is not necessarily necessary to overkill them, but putting General Zheng in the ordnance prison is indeed useless. ”

In this regard, Cui Guangyuan also has deep feelings, in the Tianbao period, the standard of employing people is no longer to award officials based on talent, but those who have nepotism, background, willing to spend money, good at flattery, one by one, soaring, high-ranking officials.

The rest of those who are good at doing things and not good at being people have empty blood, hard work, and resentment, but in the end, the results are chilling.

Sighing, Zheng Xianli was brought over.

With more than half a year's experience as an ordnance supervisor, Zheng Xianli is more calm, and his previous acute condition has also been smoothed out a lot. Zheng Xianli is good at field warfare, and Qin Jin intends to select those who dare to fight from the private sector, especially to lead, which can be of great use at critical moments.

The old people reunited, the two cried with joy, experienced many twists and turns, and finally could fight side by side again.

……

Qin Jin was busy preparing the city defense, and the crown prince Li Heng was not idle, according to Qin Jin's words, he gathered the children of the royal family inside and outside Chang'an. Li Longji's Ten Princes' Mansion was also attacked by the rioters, and when Li Heng stepped into the door of the Ten Princes' Mansion, it was hard to believe that what he saw was the place where he had lived for several years.

Many houses have been burned to ashes, and the walls are ruined everywhere, and even the fire has not yet been extinguished, and it is still crackling.

Li Mi followed behind Li Heng and said gloomily:

"The Ten Kings' Mansion has been greatly damaged, and the minister thinks that someone seems to have done it on purpose!"

Li Heng is angry and sad, but he doesn't care about investigating the inside story, and the most important thing at the moment is to find his lost brothers and nephews.