Perhaps the emperor, a suspicious creature, never trusted anyone other than himself. Maybe in the dead of night, I will doubt myself, is the treatment made during the day too soft-hearted?

One night, in fact, is the time that Li Chengqian set aside for the emperor, if he feels that it is inappropriate, and feels that these eleven families cannot be trusted, he can send Li Jian to the East Palace to warn him, then Li Chengqian's visit to the Gu family today is just to praise their garden.

Since there is none, it means that the emperor agrees, then there is no problem.

After returning to the East Palace, Li Chengqian began to write down the rules and regulations of the bank.

The previous statement that the bank can grow up to fight against the imperial court is really not a joke, Li Chengqian deeply knows how terrifying the power of money is. In the future, Nanshan Pizza Hut won almost a hundred battles, and the strong support behind them, if it has nothing to do with it, it will make people laugh off their big teeth.

Because of this, before the bank is on the right track, the royal family and the eleven families can share the profits, but after learning to walk, it has to be completely handed over to the imperial court, and even the royal family cannot control it. No one or family dares to bear the responsibility of almost the whole world, and the royal family is no exception.

The only thing that can be carried is the imperial court. It should be noted that although the imperial court and the royal family are disconnected, the two must not be confused.

"Divide the shares, it's still too much to give four percentage points for each family, just three, the East Palace is independent of the royal family, accounting for 17 percent, and letting the father occupy 50 percent, such an arrangement, it is estimated that those few families can't say anything."

Filling in the numbers on the list, Li Chengqian put down the pen with satisfaction and began to sleep.

The construction of the bank was not busy for a while, and the imperial government, because the emperor wanted to reacquaint himself with the empire as soon as possible, did not send it to the East Palace. The personal rate has been handed over to the emperor's command, and there is no need to worry about it.

At least, before the Jiangnan clan head of Wuzhong Huiji replied to the message, he could rest for a long time.

Recalling the busyness during the prison period, Li Chengqian's head was as big as a fight, and when he thought that he would eventually enter such a life, even in his sleep, he still sincerely wished that the emperor's father would live a long life.

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After fifteen years of peace, the Tang Dynasty has only officially begun to recover, and the businessmen and families who originally withdrew from the national stage because of the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty began to gradually wake up from hibernation. At this time, even a fool can see that the Tang Dynasty is different from the Sui Dynasty, and it will not die easily in two lifetimes.

The attitude of the common people towards things is naturally different from that of the princes in the court, what they see is that the imperial court has been chaste for four years, and in one fell swoop, the Eastern Turks have been laid down, until now, they have not heard of any foreign invasion, nor have they heard of any grass king standing on his own.

But in fact, the imperial court has never relaxed its surveillance of external enemies and internal enemies for a moment.

Luoyang, Xianyang, Yangzhou, these important Tongzhou Dayi, all have the army to stay behind, and the power to stay behind, the big ones are boundless, and even retain the privilege of making decisions on the spot. In such a position, all of them are the emperor's henchmen, such as Hou Junji who stayed in Luoyang, because he is in this position, it can be explained that the emperor trusts and relies on him.

As for the defenders of the border, it is even more impossible to relax. In the deployment of troops, Li Shimin can be said to be extremely serious, Songzhou stayed behind Han Wei, in the face of more than ten times his own Tubo army, still fought in the dark, Songzhou city walls collapsed because of this.

As for the punishment brought about by the Lu Dongzan incident, he didn't have the slightest mustard, it was just a punishment for not being able to eat meat, what is this. What made him most happy was that the imperial court took the initiative to send him a large amount of cement, and the official of the Ministry of Industry who supervised the materials said that His Royal Highness the prince has a life, and Songzhou cannot afford to lose, regardless of how much cement is transported from Chang'an to Songzhou, as long as Songzhou still wants it, the imperial court will not be short of Songzhou cement even if it eats chaff.

What do generals care about most? It is the support of the rear, as long as the support of the rear continues, even if he has to face tens of thousands of enemy troops alone, he will laugh and face the battle. Han Wei, who received the order, led the whole army to kneel on one knee in the direction of Chang'an, and then laughed and ordered the soldiers to start repairing the city wall of Songzhou.

There are many others who are treated the same as Han Wei, such as Zhang Jian who stayed in Liaodong.

The coal mines in Mayi are still being mined today, but the coal here was not transported to the Central Plains, but directly supplied to the army in Liaodong.

The same is in Liaodong, in the past, the Tang army and the foreigners jumped together to cry cold, but now it is the Tang army guarding in the warm tent, smiling and watching the foreign enemy army in the distance wailing. This is so interesting, in the past, both sides were unwilling to go to war, but now it is different, as long as the emperor wants, Zhang Jian feels that the 20,000 people under his command do not mind taking one or two cities for the emperor.

How did the military spirit come about? That's how it came about.

However, how did a team of more than 2,000 people enter their own jurisdiction?

After hearing the spies' report, Tang Jian recalled that this should be the prince's personal lead.

Grandma's, after waiting for so long, I can be regarded as looking forward to them!

Thinking of the emperor's secret letter, Zhang Jian immediately ordered his subordinates to follow him outside the city to greet him.

It's not the real action I'm looking forward to, but it's good to be able to breathe a bad breath!

"The prince personally rated, Yu Tai, I have seen the Marquis of Liancheng."

Because there is no direct domination relationship, Yu Tai did not kneel on one knee, but just gave his hand, even if the salute was completed.

Zhang Jian was not angry, but took Yu Tai's hand and said: "It can be regarded as looking forward to you, the city has prepared a camp for you, let's rest and rest, I have prepared a banquet for you, let's talk while eating." ”

Yu Tai was not surprised that he would be treated like this, and arched his hand and said: "Thank you Liancheng Hou for your hospitality, but I personally carried the Tang Dynasty artifact this time, and I can't lose it, and it will not be too late to talk about it after the final arrangement is made." ”

Zhang Jian naturally agreed, and took his team and the prince into the city together.

Many of the border troops in Liaodong are locals, otherwise, who wants to run to the northeast of the Tang Dynasty to be frozen?

It is said that since ancient times, the elite came out of the pass, and with the intention of watching the excitement, the defenders of Liaodong gathered on the streets, ready to see what the prince's pro-army was like.

This look is amazing!

"Damn, look at these soldiers, they all look like bears, and it is estimated that they will not freeze in the snow nest."

"What's the clothes, look at their horses, they are definitely good horses in the grassland, and the prince is really generous to his soldiers!"

"What do you see the six horses pulling the horse? Coffin? ”

Before the big-headed soldier finished speaking, he was slapped on the head by the veteran: "Shut up, don't look over there, it's a matter of confidentiality, be careful to cut off your head." ”

Seeing that the little soldier was holding his head and screaming, the veteran said again: "This should be the weapon of the pro-rate, I heard the general say that this time the pro-rate rate is to use 2,000 people to clean up the Goryeo rabbit cubs, and there is no supernatural ability, 2,000 people dare to attack Goryeo?" ”

After speaking, the veteran chief breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt very happy in his heart.

has been guarding the border for so many years, and I have long seen those rabbit cubs in Goryeo unpleasant. Many people I know died in Goryeo, so there may be my own acquaintances in Jingguan. Originally, it was enough for the civil official to ask for it, but it was rejected. Not only that, but Gao Li dared to make a request, which was really angry. If it weren't for the great general, the mutiny of Zao Teniang would have been.

Now it seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still has an appetite for people, saying that if you beat him up as a bitch, you will beat him, that's right!

In the management of the camp, Yu Tai did not dare to relax at all, and the three independent tents were selected by him as an arsenal, and no sparks were allowed to appear within a hundred steps around. He never thought the prince would be sensational, and since he said so, he had to do it.

After arranging the team to lead the team, Yu Taicai took the six captains to the banquet together.

Banquets in the army have always been attended by generals with a few subordinates, after all, they have to work together, and it is necessary to get to know each other at the dinner table.

It is said that it is a banquet, but in fact, it is a few large pots of boiled mutton, but it can be seen that the boiled mutton is a good hand, and the mutton is not fat at all. As for the appearance of spirits, it is shocking enough.

Zhang Jian handed a jar of wine to Yu Tai and said, "This was sent by Lao Cheng, saying that he was afraid that we would drink the alcohol used to heal the wounds." You can rest assured, the old man of the military affairs has been handed over to the military Sima, so getting drunk for one night is not a problem. The enemy troops in the distance will only hope that we will not attack them, and the fools will find us trouble. ”

As a result, after pouring a sip of the wine jar, Yu Taicai said: "Being in Liaodong, there are many places that rely on the marquis of Liancheng, and you also know that although the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the first to save life, how to complete the task excellently while saving life is worrying!" ”

Zhang Jian smiled slightly, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yu Tai and said, "I know what you are worried about, with this letter, the old man guarantees that you will not be reprimanded by the prince when you go back." ”

Yu Tai unfolded the letter and read it, especially when he saw the seal of "Ordered by Tianji Yongchang" at the back, he was even more shocked.

This is, the Emperor's letter!

Since the jade seal of the country was in his hands, Li Shimin has been rare and can't do it, even if he just left Chang'an and toured Qizhou, he still took it with him.

Putting away the letter, Zhang Jian said with a smile: "Your Majesty has an order, and the personal rate is temporarily assigned to the Liaodong Border Army, so you have to listen to the old man's command now." ”

Suddenly a top boss appeared, Yu Tai was not unhappy, this is a tradition in the army, even if it is two people who don't deal with each other, once they have a subordinate relationship, they will put down the mustard and concentrate on the army.

However, when it came to the task of pro-lead, he couldn't help but ask: "What does the general want?" Say it up front, if you want to lower your mission objective, you can't do it. Moreover, this time there were also people from the Hundred Cavalry Division, and the evaluation of the power of gunpowder weapons was also a top priority. ”

What Yu Tai is most afraid of is that Zhang Jian ordered them to go back, it is still a trivial matter to run for nothing, and if they go back without letting out a fart, they will be laughed at and killed.

Zhang Jian shook his head and said: "The prince is still a little immature in terms of military strategy, and it is better to cut off one of the enemy's five fingers than to hurt the enemy, and His Royal Highness has not seen through it yet." He abused the border city of Goryeo in a hurry, but it was useless. Therefore, the old man's opinion is that the Liaodong border army is also dispatched, and the target is not all the border cities of Goryeo, but the Liaodong City that bears the brunt of it, as long as the Liaodong City is completely destroyed, the blow to Goryeo will definitely be heavier than the abuse! ”

Zhang Jian's words immediately aroused Yu Tai's interest, and he touched Zhang Jian with the wine jar and said: "Coincidentally, the humble position actually thinks the same way, but His Royal Highness is afraid that the damage to the pro-rate rate will be too great, so he won't let him do this." I don't dare to hide it from you, this time I took a big guy, I heard that there is the existence of this guy, and blowing up a section of the city wall is completely trivial. ”

Zhang Jian waved his hand, and all the generals around him left, leaving the upper position completely to the two of them.

Like two bandit leaders trading, the two began to whisper.

"Hehe, this time, I'm afraid it's not a border game, our brothers, we finally got a tough battle to fight."

Liu Mang laughed and patted the back of the Sky Monkey, knocking him coughing again and again.

A bearded general grabbed a leg of mutton and leaned over and said: "You are so blessed, I heard that the prince is so spoiled by you, you can see the difference from the equipment, your armor is new, which is like us, it is about to leak back and forth." ”

Liu Mang looked at the general's armor and was in awe. In many cases, the traces of knives and axes on the armor are the real feats of a general. From the armor of this general, it can be seen that this is a fierce general.

Arching his hand, Liu Mang said: "Let you see the smile, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent, and he can't see his subordinates suffer the most." However, we are only in charge of the guards of the East Palace, and we rotate every few days, so we don't have a chance to be loyal! Although I am willing to repay with death, but I got the opportunity to dispatch, and His Royal Highness also ordered that we are not allowed to play with our lives. ”

The bearded general laughed, patted Liu Mang on the shoulder and said, "It's good, it's good to think about loyalty!" It is not in vain that Your Highness treats you like this. It seems that we have a chance to go to the battlefield together, look at your body and bones, it is estimated that you are also a fierce general in the pro-rate, and when the time comes, our brothers will compete to see who kills more Koreans! ”

The Lord will have the conversation of the Lord General, and the General will have the conversation of the General. At this banquet, not only Zhang Jian and Tai had a very happy conversation, but the captain and Zhang Jian's subordinates also had a lively conversation. This is the role of the banquet in the army, so that the two teams, which are originally unfamiliar, can quickly get together.

At this time, it was already mid-October, and when Chang'an was still enjoying the afterglow of autumn, Liaodong had become a land of ice and snow. Since the heating method was changed from the fire to the coal stove, the soot in the border city of Datang has never been cut off. Many times, when the border troops of Goryeo saw the soot in the border cities of the Tang Dynasty, they wanted to scream with envy.

Goryeo also has coal, but it is tantamount to a fantasy to supply it to an army for a long time like the Tang Dynasty.

Heaven is so unfair, favoring the Tang people, why can those wine bags and rice bags enjoy a warm tent, and my Goryeo soldiers will be cold?

Early in the morning, after inspecting the city defense as usual, Jin Xiu, the general of the border city of Goryeo, saw that the sparse soot in the border city of the Tang Dynasty had become thick again, and he wanted to yell out with jealousy.

After inspecting the city defense, people were frozen and turned red. After returning to the cold camp, Kim so first poured a large sip of spicy liquor. Feeling a line of fire from the tip of his tongue to his stomach made him feel better.

It's also ironic to say that this liquor was given to him by the generals of the Tang Army. Although they do not belong to the same country, it does not prevent the generals of the two sides from sympathizing with each other. Without this spirit, Jin Xiu felt that he was probably going to have a nervous breakdown in this bitter cold.

After resting for a while, my whole body warmed up, but my stomach also hurt. Good things never go as people wish, but for the sake of the whole body warming, he can only endure this stomach pain.

"Report, general, the Tang army is assembled at the city gate, it seems that it is going to war against us!"

A soldier who reported the news almost fell to the ground after running into the camp tent.

"What?"

Jin Xiu frowned, he couldn't figure out why Tang Jun would act on this side unusually. You must know that there are only more than 20,000 people on the Tang Army's side, and it is okay to hold on, but it is absolutely impossible to have the strength to attack. As for the 2,000 people who entered the border city yesterday, he didn't pay attention to it at all. More than 2,000 people joined the battle, and in his opinion, it was no different from 2,000 dogs.

This is not a plain battle, it is the world of the Tang people, this is a siege war, Goryeo's military resources may be poor, but the quality of the city is unquestionable. More than 20,000 people of the Tang Army came to die!

"Send someone to ask Zhang Jian, what is he going to do? Advise him not to die! ”

Thinking of the friendship of spirits, Jin Xiu felt that it was already a violation to advise Zhang Jian before the war.

wanted to go out to take a look at the city defense, but remembering the bitter cold outside, Jin Xiu still picked up his kettle and poured a pot of spirits.

The death of 20,000 people is not something that can be completed in a while, and bringing wine to keep yourself from being so uncomfortable.

The two armies were at war and did not kill the envoys, so Zhang Jian just rejected the messenger's proposal and let him return to Liaodong City.

"Liancheng Hou, the first thing to do is to test the gunpowder arrows, to see what kind of effect the gunpowder arrows can achieve during the siege of the city, you need to send shield soldiers to protect the soldiers of the company."

A dead-faced member of the Hundred Horsemen stiffened his opinion. As for whether to adopt it or not, it depends on Zhang Jian's own ideas. Not to mention that he was just an ordinary member of the Hundred Cavalry Division, even if Duan Yunzhi was here, he didn't dare to order Zhang Jian. In peacetime, it is good to say, but in wartime, the leading generals have absolute authority.

Zhang Jian also wanted to see the power of gunpowder arrows, so he ordered the shield soldiers to protect the soldiers with two to one.

He knew very well that if the emperor took over the command of Qin, if Qinling suffered heavy casualties on this trip, he would definitely be hated by the prince.

A slap of shield soldiers, a platoon of pro-led members, slowly but firmly approached Liaodong City.

Jin Xiu on the city wall was almost dumbfounded, what kind of strange formation is this special mother? How can there be shields in front of the siege?