19. The case of the Yiwu Army

Because he was afraid of his adoptive mother, Tian Ji'an didn't dare to agree to Xing Caojun at that time, Xing Caojun was anxious, and immediately ignored the fact that his feet were no longer able to walk, he turned down from his shoulder, lay on the ground and kowtowed to Tian Ji'an, and lamented: "Wei Botian's family business for decades, the rise and fall is at this time, please Lang Jun can't hesitate anymore, Princess Jiacheng is an outsider from Chang'an after all, and it is not worth putting her heart into it." Xuanwu rebellion, must be Du Huangshang, Gao Yue's plan, once the Biansong fell into the hands of the imperial court, the official army can occupy the Cao Yun hub, my Daimyo Mansion is located at the south entrance of Yongji Canal, the waterway is accessible, in the past is the reason why my Wei Bo merchants gathered, and then it was an inexhaustible springboard for the official army to besiege my Daimyo Mansion Wow! Taking the three prefectures of Xing, Ci, and Wei first can block the other troops sent by the imperial court from Zelu Shangdang, increase the depth between the north and south of Wei Bo, and also border Wang Wujun's Chengde. Lang Jun, don't hesitate! ”

Tian Ji'an thought for a while, and decided to accept Xing Caojun's suggestion, "Okay, immediately get out of the treasury, collect 30,000 elites, and be controlled by the generals Nie Feng and Liu Zhan. ”

"Please send another secret envoy to Chengde with a lot of money, and persuade Wang Wujun to know the stakes as soon as possible, send troops to help Wei Bo, and besiege Zhaozhou together."

"Heavy money......" Tian Ji'an said embarrassedly.

In the end, he could only borrow money from the Hushang group led by Shi Zhouluo, the envoy of the Chinese army.

But Tian Ji'an didn't dare to see Shi Zhouluo in the military mansion, for fear of being bumped into by Princess Jiacheng, so he arranged the meeting in a small and simple interview hall.

Shi Zhouluo, who had curly hair and a fair face, looked embarrassed when he heard the request, and he said to Tian Ji'an: "It is a matter of Wei Bo's survival, and Wei Bo is the last habitat of our waiting, and several marshals have also taken good care of us, how can there be any reason not to be gracious?" However, the money that Lang Jun had borrowed before (the compensation for the private fight incident in Chang'an Jinjuan Academy) has not yet been repaid, and if he borrows another 200,000 yuan to bribe Wang Wujun, my Zhaowu people will also be stretched. ”

"No, it's not just 200,000 yuan of bribe money, but you also have to borrow 300,000 yuan of military salary to pay for it." Tian Ji'an said anxiously.

Shi Zhouluo hurriedly shook his head and said that this is a full 500,000 yuan, which is not a small amount, if Lang Jun can't pay it, Wei Bo's financial plan will be bankrupt.

"When this year's taxes come up, we'll pay them back."

"I know better than Lang Jun about the taxes in the six states, except for the cost of raising the army, where is the surplus to repay?"

"As long as Shi Gong can help me seize these three states in Taihang Shandong, then the taxes of the three states in the next two years will not go into my Wei Bo Mansion treasury, but will be directly repaid to you, how about it!" Tian Ji'an also made a bloody investment.

Xing, Ci, and the three states of Xing have always had fertile land, dense agriculture and mulberry, which was the important tax place used by the Zhaoyi army to raise soldiers, and then Yuanyi rebelled in this place, and after being pacified by Gao Yue, the three states were turned into an independent Shence Longxiang military town, guarded by Shang Kegu, after the death of Shang Kegu, he was replaced by Xiahou Zhongxuan, who was stationed in Tunlongxiang and died five thousand, and the three states paid taxes in addition to raising the Longxiang army, and the extra part was still transported to the Zhaoyi army, which was used by Wang Qianxiu to make the festival degree.

Now these three states have become the mortgage of Tian Ji'an's loan, and they are in front of Shi Zhouluo.

In the end, Shi Zhouluo thought about it, agreed, and said that there would be no interest on the loan of 500,000 yuan, and in order to repay Tian's kindness, I only need to repay the taxes in the three states for one year.

Tian Ji'an was grateful, shook Shi Zhouluo's hand, and said You are simply my reborn parents.

Later, Tian Ji'an found his henchman Hou Zang and asked him to quickly go to Hengjicheng's German army.

"My son, why is there such a large movement of troops and horses in the military palace?" That night, Princess Jiacheng asked Tian Ji Andao, who came to ask for peace.

Tian Ji'an defended and said: "The eldest mother doesn't know, the imperial court wants to conquer Ziqing and let the Xuanwu army of the Biansong Dynasty be the vanguard, but the Xuanwu army has not yet been allocated and somehow mutiny, and the court has no choice, so it hopes to borrow troops from my Wei Bo to quell the chaos, so I asked Nie Feng to lead five thousand elites south to help the imperial court officials and soldiers." ”

Now Princess Jiacheng was happy, so she reminded Tian Ji'an that she should abide by the law and pay respects, and don't forget these four words.

"Yes, how dare you forget the teachings of the eldest mother for a moment? The birth of the eldest mother is imminent, and the son has asked the skilled craftsmen of the whole famous mansion to purchase new land and expand the forest garden in the mansion. ”

Although Princess Jiacheng was pleased with Tian Ji'an's filial piety, she was still uneasy: "This time the cost must be large, don't increase the burden on farmers and soldiers." ”

Tian Ji'an swore that he wouldn't.

A few days later, Wei Bomi sent Hou Zang to Zhending Mansion, and Wang Wujun received him.

After learning of the intention, Wang Wujun hesitated.

Hou Zang was anxious, so he said that I waited for the four towns to agree, as long as the imperial court was successful, the king of Zhao would be under the festival, and he would go to the west and east of the river with your Excellency.

"I'm waiting." Wang Wujun replied with this sentence.

"Wait for someone, wait for the time, or wait for something?"

The scheming Wang Wujun laughed and said that I am waiting for a public case, but don't worry, within five days, I will have a clear answer.

Two days later, Wang Shizhen, the son of Wang Wujun and the deputy ambassador of Zhenzhou Jiedu, came and told his father: "Congratulations, father, there is a great commotion on the Yiwu army. ”

Wang Wujun touched his beard and said lightly, "Oh? ”

"Zhang Alao's second son Zhang Shengxuan was stripped of his official position and stayed at home for introspection, and the news reached the Yiwu Army, and the generals of the Yiwu Army were unwilling to work hard for the imperial court, and even the festival made Zhang Shengyun unable to move."

Zhang Alao is the first Yiwu Army Jiedu envoy Zhang Xiaozhong, Zhang Xiaozhong was loyal to the imperial court all his life, after his death, the imperial court recognized his eldest son Shengyun as the successor of the Jiedu envoy, responsible for monitoring the Chengde army: Yiding's Yiwu Army and Hengji's Chengde Army was originally an enemy relationship (Zhang Xiaozhong was from the Chengde Army defected to the imperial court), Xiaozhong's second son Shengxuan has always disdained Wang Wujun as a person, and once scolded Wang Wujun at his father's funeral to send an envoy to mourn, and the two families also fought a real battle for this, which is a Liangzi who can't be understood.

Later, Zhang Shengxuan entered the court and married Princess Yizhang, another daughter of the Emperor Taishang, and the Emperor Taishang gave Zhang Shengyun the name "Maozhao", and Shengxuan as "Maozong". So Zhang Maozong stayed in Chang'an, got along well with the princess, and was also trusted by the emperor, and became the general of the right dragon and the envoy of the horse workshop in the stable, and took charge of the horse administration in the northwest for the emperor (who was still the emperor at the time).

As a result, after the internal meditation, there was a big and small case.

After Fengxiang built the province, Zhang Jingze, the former envoy of the Jiedu, successfully became the governor of the new province, and then ordered the fields of the old pastoral supervisor of Qinzhou to be distributed to the people, so that the people could cultivate freely. However, Zhang Maozong thought that the fields of the old pastoral supervisor should be under my control and used to raise horses, not only forcibly led people to swallow all these fields, but also trampled on the crops planted by the people on them, and the people went to the provincial government to complain, and Zhang Jing was furious and sent the impeachment seal to Chang'an.

Zaitang has different opinions on the handling of this matter, some stand for Zhang Jingze, and some stand for Zhang Maozong.

However, when it came to the inner court, the situation changed drastically.