During the reign of the first emperor Chai Rong, he led 100,000 soldiers to take the eastern capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Jiangdufu, that is, Yangzhou.

The Southern Tang Dynasty completely lost the territory of the 14 states of Jianghuai, which is equivalent to completely losing the ability of the Northern Expedition.

The Qiang Han Dynasty had a heavy army stationed in Yangzhou, and the general who commanded the army was none other than Liu Heyang, the general of Zhengdong.

After Li Zhongyi successfully took the empty city of Runzhou, Liu Heyang, who learned the news, took advantage of the thick night to cross the river to meet Li Zhongyi.

"Minister Liu Heyang respectfully invites the emperor to be sainte." As soon as Liu Heyang saw Li Zhongyi, he immediately bowed and went down.

Li Zhongyi heard that Liu Heyang had changed the words of the meeting, and couldn't help but smile slightly, and asked him: "Old Liu, how did you come up with the idea of respectfully inviting St. Ann?" ”

Liu Heyang hurriedly explained: "The great peace of the saint is a great blessing for the ministers. It's been a long time since I've seen the holy face, and it's strange to think ......"

Li Zhongyi nodded, in the late Tang Dynasty and early Zhou, he was still used to calling the emperor a saint, and Liu Heyang used his brains.

"Let's be flat." Li Zhongyi walked up to Liu Heyang, stretched out his hand to help him up, pulled him to the brocade stool, and pressed him to sit down.

After Liu Heyang sat down, Li Zhongyi ordered people to serve tea and bring melons and fruits, Liu Heyang saw this situation, and his heart couldn't help but be moved: The emperor is a nostalgic person after all!

Thinking that the original army of the Broken Captives had only more than 10,000 soldiers, and there would be only two or three cats and dogs, who would have imagined that it would swell to the extent it is now?

Li Zhongyi hadn't seen Liu Heyang for a few days, so he naturally wanted to ask about Lao Liu's current situation, and Liu Heyang said: "The minister's body is okay, and he can eat four bowls of rice in one meal." The ministers received two salaries and the money they had been rewarded over the years, and their lives were not tight. It's just that the minister's daughter is about to catch up......"

Although Liu Heyang didn't say it explicitly, he understood as soon as he heard that Liu Heyang didn't want his daughter to participate in the draft.

"As the saying goes, My Fair Lady, your daughter can find her own husband and wife." Li Zhongyi gave a very generous promise.

Liu Heyang was very moved, and hurriedly got up to make a big salute, but was stopped by Li Zhongyi raising his hand.

Li Zhongyi said lightly: "You have followed Yu Zhen's left and right for many years, and you still have such a little face." ”

Liu Heyang was originally a little worried, but he didn't expect that Li Zhongyi would agree so happily, and for a while, he was inexplicably moved.

Objectively speaking, Li Zhongyi's old courtiers who have been following him for many years are indeed not thin.

Take Liu Heyang as an example, he not only got a mansion in Kaifeng City, but also received a double salary. The salary level in the Li family army was originally surprisingly high, Liu Heyang led the double salary, and he didn't need to stretch out his hand at all, and he could live a very nourishing life.

After all, in the army, there is no money for food, clothing, accommodation, etc., and the income of the double salary is quite high.

This is also in the Li family army, in the Southern Tang Army, ordinary soldiers can only pay a mere two yuan a month, whether it is food, clothing, or even accommodation, they need to pay out of their own pockets.

After tossing around, the savings that ordinary soldiers can take home are only two or three hundred yuan a month.

Two or three hundred dollars, what is enough? In addition, the bad habits in the Southern Tang Army, almost all the officers ate empty salaries, and the combat effectiveness of the army was also very suspicious.

Unlike the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Jiajun's salary was completely no more than the hands of the officers with the troops, and the logistics department distributed it uniformly according to the capitation.

The money that the soldiers get every month is all pure gold, and they are not half greasy.

What Li Zhongyi adopted was a strategy of raising soldiers with clear rewards and punishments, high income, high status, and high risk, and the status of soldiers was not ordinarily high.

The soldiers tied their heads to the belts of their trousers and followed Li Zhongyi to fight the world, to put it bluntly, isn't it just a chance to get ahead in the future?

The soldiers sell their lives, and what they gain is the opportunity to change their fate, the world is very fair, and God will not deliberately treat anyone badly!

Liu Heyang and Li Zhongyi have indeed not seen each other for some days, the two chatted for more than two hours, and when it was time for dinner, Li Zhongyi left Liu Heyang to accompany them for a few drinks.

During the banquet, Liu Heyang raised his glass and said: "Your Majesty, I think that back then, when the minister followed you to the east for the first time to conquer Goryeo, you once told the minister that the world would definitely be unified. At that time, the minister's vision was not good, thinking that it would take at least thirty years to unify Jiangnan, but I really didn't expect that wow, in just a few years, Jiangnan will be reunified......"

Li Zhongyi likes to listen to the nostalgic words of his old subordinates, so Liu Heyang picked up the good words and slowly said them to Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi couldn't help but smile slightly, the old subordinates are the old subordinates, they all know his temper, and they will never eat hard if they eat soft!

"Our enemy has always been in the North, not in the South as it is today. After Liu Han of Jinyang is destroyed, you may have to go further south to fight the world. Li Zhongyi just clicked to the end, but Liu Heyang had really understood Li Zhongyi's intentions.

The opening of the frontier that is further south than the Southern Tang Dynasty to fight the world, except for the intersection of Qin, or even the south of Jiaozhi, where is more?

"Your Majesty, I heard you say before that the rice varieties in Cochin are particularly high-yielding?" Liu Heyang actually knew that it was Zhancheng rice, but he deliberately pretended to be stupid and didn't say it.

Li Zhongyi touched his chin and said with a smile: "It's called Zhancheng rice, which is especially suitable for planting in the land of Wuyue and Southern Tang, and it is not a problem to grow twice a year." As long as there is enough food, there will be capital to resist natural disasters and man-made disasters, so Zhancheng rice and Chang Ping must go hand in hand. ”

When it comes to Chang Ping, Liu Heyang has some ideas, he put down his wine glass, and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, when it comes to local government affairs, the minister should not say it, but Yangzhou's Chang Ping is full of disadvantages......

Li Zhongyi personally set the iron law, civil ministers are not allowed to pre-military, military generals are not allowed to intervene in government affairs, Liu Heyang mentioned the disadvantages of often closing positions, but his heart was a little uneasy.

"Talk about it in private, and talk to me again, it's okay." Li Zhongyi waved his hand and motioned for Liu Heyang to just speak.

"The local position in Yangzhou is often closed, and the location is quite problematic, and it is all low concave land with low terrain. In addition, there are many floods in Yangzhou, and according to the observation of the ministers, there are several places that are located near the river. Liu Heyang's words immediately aroused Li Zhongyi's great attention.

If there is a major drawback, in case of a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, the consequences will be unimaginable.

After all, Liu Heyang is a military general, and he doesn't dare to say much about government affairs, he only said that he heard about it, but there is no evidence, and he only asks Li Zhongyi to personally send someone to investigate thoroughly.

Li Zhongyi immediately found Li Haodong and ordered him to send someone to secretly infiltrate Yangzhou to thoroughly investigate the construction of Chang Ping.