"If you still want to take Cao Sheng's position, I think the wisest way for you to do it now is to hand over Aya to Tang Hu, and then you leave safely, and after you return to Luoyang, just say that you have few soldiers and can't control Tang Yuan. After all, Tang Yuan doesn't have the strength to rebel now, not to mention that the Queen Mother doesn't agree, even Tang Zhen won't allow him to rebel. He is the queen's person, the queen and the emperor are one heart, and what are you, you still need to look at the face of the queen mother, why do you make decisions for the queen mother? ”

Ma Butong didn't show mercy to Ju Wusheng, of course, there were no outsiders in the house at that time, only the two of them.

When there are no outsiders, people don't need to take care of face, Ju Wusheng was said by Ma Butong without a word.

Of course he couldn't hand Aya over to Tang Hu, but he didn't want to stay in Tang Yuan's troops anymore, although Tang Hu still led thirty people, but as long as Ma Butong was here, it wouldn't be troublesome for him to leave.

That night, Ju Wuming and Su Beiqin left with their soldiers, and Tang Yuan didn't stop them, although Tang Hu still wanted to go to Ju Wuming to ask Aya, but was stopped by Chen Bao.

When the last wave of Xuanjia troops supporting Hanzhong left Hanzhong, no one could contain Tang Yuan at this time, and Tang Yuan walked back with his soldiers to find Lin Chongyang.

From Lin Qiaoer's side, Lin Chongyang is still Tang Yuan's uncle, and the two have not met much for a long time, this time to take refuge in Lin Chongyang, Tang Yuan is ready to offer some gifts.

Usually, the siege of the city robbed some gold and silver treasures, not a lot, all of them were put in a wooden box, and they were usually taken care of by the girl Youlan.

There is still half a day's journey to Guozhou, Tang Yuan and You Lan sat in the dome chariot to discuss what gifts to give, You Lan said: "Choosing the best two things to send to Mrs. Lin can be regarded as a love." ”

Tang Yuan pinched the two strings of pearl necklaces in his hand and said, "That's true, but I always feel that the etiquette is a little thin, and the only ones in this box that can really be held are these two necklaces." ”

——

September of the eighth year of Zhide.

The Xuanjia Army was reorganized, but the treasury was empty, the arrears of military salaries were serious, and the resettlement funds for the disabled soldiers could not be paid for a long time, which caused a lot of complaints in the army. In order to prevent the army from mutiny, the Empress Dowager Cao used the land to compensate, and to find donations from the whole country, but with little effect, at this time Prime Minister Tang Zhen proposed a policy of selling officials, of course, it can not be said so bluntly, the emperor is written on the donor outside Lang to replace the official government.

In this way, a lot of money was collected, and part of the problem of military salaries was temporarily solved, but this was just an action of the wind, except for a meeting to be more active, and the enthusiasm would slowly fade, so this was not a long-term solution.

Empress Dowager Cao was quite distressed and asked the ministers: "You Aiqing work together to revitalize the Great Liang, what can be done to increase the revenue of the national treasury, although it is discussed." ”

"If you want to restore your national strength, there are only two ways. ”

"What's the solution?"

"Either start a full-scale war and destroy all foreign enemies, or stop fighting and recuperate. In addition to these two methods, neither of them can cure the poverty and weakness of the Liang Dynasty, and it will get worse and worse. ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Cao was angry, but she couldn't do it, and continued to listen to the ministers' suggestions, but when she heard it, she couldn't hear any good methods, but there were many people who had bad ideas, which were all ways to kill chickens and take people, which was not feasible.

Back in the palace, Empress Dowager Cao felt numb in her left shoulder, so she asked Li Wantang to pinch his shoulder.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was worried, Li Wantang asked: "Niangniang seems to be in a bad mood, I don't know if the old minister can share the worries of the Queen Mother." ”

"It would be nice if you could take care of my worries." Empress Dowager Cao said lazily, "Now, the country has no money, and the army's salary can't be paid, and I'm worried about this." A few days ago, Ma Butong, the governor of the new soldiers, said that because the disabled and dead soldiers have not been properly resettled, the enthusiasm of the people to join the army has been greatly hit. ”

Li Wantang pinched his shoulders skillfully and said: "But it can be disarmed, imitate the method of Cao Weishi, raise fewer troops at the border pass, and gather all the troops near the capital. Now Huainan, Jingzhou, Mozhou, the Western Regions, the Hexi Corridor, Longyou, Hanzhong, are full of soldiers, and it is these soldiers who have dragged the Liang Dynasty down. ”

"But where are the troops? With them, I can rest assured, every soldier is of great use, once they are withdrawn, they will come from other places to rob things, these people are really annoying, and they can't be killed. Empress Dowager Cao suddenly smiled like a child: "If the first emperor is still there, I don't know which country he should hit now, maybe Shu Han has already been destroyed by him, or maybe he is now in Liaodong, and he will be very happy to eliminate the Youlu people, the Fuyu people, and the fish and sheep people." ”

Suddenly, Li Wantang hid his face and cried, making the Empress Dowager Cao cry stunned, but the Empress Dowager Cao did not stop him, nor did she blame him for anything, she just stood up and walked towards the couch.

Lao Mink Temple Liwantang was sent to the palace by his father since he was a child, but unfortunately it was not sent in as long as there were defects, but it was not sent in, and a son was abolished, and then his father left Liwantang on the streets of Luoyang and didn't care, where did his father go, and now Liwantang doesn't know, and I don't want to know.

The children living on the street squatted outside the eunuch room, and were seen by the Cao family slaves, they came to pick up the leaks, to see if there were any defective boys who were not hired by the palace, they could be taken home to serve the female dependents, at that time the master of the Cao family was Cao Fadi's grandfather Cao Gongyang, and felt that Li Wantang was smart and let him practice martial arts with the son of the Cao family, but the son of the Cao family did not practice any masters, but he practiced as a swordsman of the nine products.

Later, Cao Fadi married the emperor, and Li Wantang entered the palace as a dowry, as soon as he came here, he first accompanied Cao Fadi, who was not deeply involved in the world, to fight with the queen at that time, and the queen fought with the concubines, and finally came out, but His Majesty the emperor died.

It was to watch Cao Fadi grow up, with deep feelings, and when he heard the Queen Mother suddenly talk about the first emperor, Li Wantang felt uncomfortable and felt sorry for the Queen Mother, so he cried.

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"Father, what should I do if the treasury is so empty?"

The eight-thousand-year-old Tang Su came to find his father Tang Zhen, and Tang Zhen fell on the Taishi chair, closed his eyes and recuperated, as if he was asleep.

Tang shook his fingers and said, "If the Xuanjia Army mutinies now, do you think it will be a good thing or a bad thing for our Tang family?" ”。

"I know what my father thinks, I can't wait for the internal strife in the Xuanjia Army, but now the Great Liang Dynasty is being attacked internally and externally, and the country is unstable, which is definitely not a good thing. I hope that my father will put down his views on the gate valve and put a little effort into governing the country, and within three years, there will be improvement. Tang Shuo said.

"Bastard thing!" Tang Zhen was furious, stood up tremblingly, pointed at Tang Su's nose and said, "How could I give birth to such a useless thing of yours!" Rubbish! Rubbish! ”