After Tang Zhi recruited Chen Guang's gang of bandits, he rectified it for two more days and counted the number of people.

There are more than 20 people in the Xuandan Realm, thousands of people in the Zhuyuan Realm, and more than 500,000 people in the rest.

Tang Zhi cut off the ordinary people who had not cultivated, gave them some silver, and let them go home to farm.

After all, there is no difference between fighting a war and sending ordinary people to death.

In the end, just over 200,000 remained.

Later, Tang Zhi set up a palace on the top of Chen Guang in the Weihu Mountain Range under Chen Guang's suggestion, and the Five Elements Ecstasy Array could not be moved, Chen Guang also discovered it by chance, and through his own research, he found the method of opening the array.

Because of the palace, Tang Zhi gave the mountain a name called Dragon and Tiger Mountain, which means that this is the mountain that the Dragon and Tiger rode down.

After finishing up, Tang Zhi returned to the Great Wall with a mighty army of 200,000.

After arriving at the Great Wall of Ma, the national capital, 200,000 bandits were stationed outside the city, and the first thing Tang Zhi did when he returned to the palace was not to convene a meeting of the ministers, nor did he ask Xiao Guizi to understand the current national situation.

Instead, he went directly to the Zangjiao Palace, just as the so-called Xiao Biesheng was newly married, Tang Zhi also deliberately brought some Western souvenirs back to give to Qin Guifei.

Tang Zhi went in at noon during the day, and did not come out until the morning of the next morning, and no one was allowed to come in during this period.

The next day, on the temple of light,

Tang Zhi met with the ministers, and at the same time called Chen Guang into the palace.

Liu Shen and Li Zongtang have not yet returned from dealing with the disaster in the south, and Xiao Guizi was originally standing in their place.

At the beginning of the early dynasty, Xiao Guizi took the lead in playing the book. "Qi Qi Sheng, Jinyi Wei found out that the disaster relief officials privately exchanged the disaster relief food given by the Holy Shang for bran and forage for livestock, Li Zongtang has reacted many times, but has been intercepted by Liu Shen many times, I don't know how to deal with this matter of the Holy Shang?"

Tang Zhi: "What about the disaster in the south now?"

Xiao Guizi: "The return to the Holy Shrine has been controlled, and the prime ministers are already on the way back to the Great Wall of Ma, and they will be able to arrive in two days." ”

Tang Zhi: "Very good, how did I check the reward order for you to investigate?"

Xiao Guizi: "It has been ascertained that it is Li Chengjun, the official residence of the third grade, Li Chengjun, Lord Li." ”

At this time, an official with a mustache walked out, pointed at Xiao Guizi and said angrily: "You don't want to spew blood, what kind of reward order? ”

Then he knelt down and looked at Tang Zhi, kowtowed desperately, and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Gui is framed." Please ask the emperor to take a clear look!"

Xiao Guizi also knelt down: "Back to the saint, there is a testimony that the person who was sent out by Lord Li to kill and help Lord Li issue the task has already joined Jinyiwei."

He can tell everything he knows, and he also knows about Lord Li's other fourteen crimes, corruption, bribery, collusion, ministers, Qin Gui, and his party, and so on. ”

Li Chengjun looked at Xiao Guizi and glared angrily, "You, you, you ......" and didn't know what to say.

Tang Zhi said indifferently: "Pull it out and cut it!"

I don't know where in the hall suddenly came out two brocade guards wearing fishtail suits and embroidered spring knives at their waists, and pulled Li Chengjun out.

The ministers of the court couldn't help but shed a cold sweat, the terrible thing about Jinyiwei is that you don't know whether your cronies in your house are your cronies or Jinyiwei, who is in a high position, who hasn't done some shady things?

Tang Zhi saw the fear of the ministers, and this was what he wanted.

Then Tang Zhi looked at Chen Guang again: "Chen Guang, come forward and listen to the seal." ”

Chen Guang walked quickly from the position near the door of the main hall and knelt down. "Grass man Chen Guang came to listen to the seal. ”

Tang Zhi said: "I named you the deputy general of the Northern Expedition, and led an army of 200,000 to set off immediately to recover the lost territory of the Tang Dynasty, regardless of the cost, and to recover it as quickly as possible."

Two days later, I will take the Dragon and Tiger Cavalry Army and the main general of the Northern Expedition to support. ”

Chen Guang: "Chen Guang takes the order. After that, Chen Guang quickly walked out of the Zhengda Guangming Palace, in the hall he felt uncomfortable, and immediately put his clothes loose after coming out.

stretched his waist, sighed and said: "It seems that after the war, I should still find a place to live in peace, the court is not suitable for a lazy man like me." ”

Just stretched his waist, and a little eunuch came in front of Chen Guang.

The little eunuch said softly: "General, the little one will bring you to receive the battle armor." ”

Chen Guang felt out of shape, after all, he hadn't left the palace yet.

"Okay, lead the way. ”

Chen Guang immediately straightened his clothes again, and the little palace maid who saw this scene covered her mouth and snickered, Chen Guang saw them laughing at herself, and he smiled back.

secretly said in his heart: "The girls in the palace are different, they are all white and tender, when the time comes, help the emperor settle things, and ask him to go back, so that his pastoral life will not be boring in the future, just laugh at my two, hehe." ”

As soon as Chen Guang left, there was a discordant voice in the court, and an official from Zhengsanpin stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although these bandits have some skills, they still need well-trained troops to attack cities and plunder land." Otherwise, they are a complete rabble, and it is impossible for them to regain the lost territory. ”

Later, some officials echoed: "Even if you use them, you also need to arrange for some capable generals in the court to train for a period of time before going on the expedition." ”

Tang Zhi said: "I understand what you say, but it is such a group of rabble who have attacked the provincial capital of the Great Green Province.

Those mercenaries bought by the imperial court, can they have such a record?

In addition to repeatedly asking for money and losing the city, what did those mercenaries do?

I asked Chen Guang to lead people to the northern expedition, not expecting them to recover the lost territory, but just hoping that the Tang Dynasty would not lose the city.

As for the recovery of the lost territories in the north, I have better arrangements, so don't worry about it.

Seeing that there is only half a month left in the March period, you are waiting to see my jokes. ”

The ministers hurriedly knelt down and shouted, "The ministers don't dare!"

Tang Zhi said lightly: "If there is nothing to do, just retreat, Xiao Guizi will stay." ”

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The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Let's talk about the two prime ministers of the Tang Kingdom who are drinking and talking happily in the carriage.

Li Zongtang said with a somewhat bad face: "Lord Liu, these corrupt officials in Dazi Province have replaced the grain they eat with bran and forage for livestock.

Do you know this, Lord Liu?"

Liu Shen took a sip and said: "I know, not only do I know, I also know that you have handed over to the top many times for this matter, written secret letters, and sent secret envoys.

But I've got you covered. ”

Li Zongtang suddenly said angrily: "Lord Liu, what do you mean by this? Aren't you afraid that the old man will join you in the emperor?"

Don't you feel ashamed when Lord Liu watched the victims eat the bran and forage of their livestock?"

Liu Shen shook his head and said, "I'm very pleased. ”

Li Zongtang was puzzled: "Why?"

Liu Shen took another sip of wine and said, "Lord Li doesn't know, this catty of rations can be exchanged for 5 catties of bran."

5 catties of bran, the food that could have saved one person can now save 5 people. ”

Li Zongtang frowned and said, "But the bran is for livestock, not for people." ”

Liu Shen waved his hand and said, "Oh, are the victims still human?"

Liu Shen looked at Li Zongtang, who was frowning, and continued: "The person who is about to starve to death is no longer human.

That's a beast, and as long as it's alive, what kind of bran is there? That's a good thing! Grass roots, tree bark, dirt can be eaten. ”

Li Zongtang shook his head and said, "It's really shocking that these words came from Lord Liu's mouth. ”

Liu Shen patted the table lightly with his hand and said, "Master Li is a scholar, and he can only hold the sage book in his hand in the study and scold the courtiers. ”

Li Zongtang slapped the table hard, coughed twice, and said, "When the court is unfair, you should criticize yourself." ”

Liu Shen waved his hand and said, "Why are you so angry? Have you ever seen a person who eats incense ashes and swells to death?"

Have you ever seen the millennia of plains, where all the bark of the trees is gnawed away?

You should have heard of it.

That's just four words from the history books, and I've seen it with my own eyes.

This is a bunch of meat in the pot. ”

Liu Shen looked at the stunned Li Zongtang and continued: "You think I'm inhuman, don't you?

Before I came, I had been to the disaster area myself.

When I got there, my heart was cold, and I realized that no matter how much food for disaster relief was sent by the imperial court, it would never be enough, if I didn't get through.

When you go to the disaster area, you don't see the victims, but the bones. ”