In the spring of the second year of Yamato, the hungry people of Huainan captured Chuzhou, and ten days later they arrived at the city of Yangzhou and killed the famous general Gao Lun of Huainan, and the world was shaken for a while. Wang Zhixing, the envoy of the Wuning Army, went to the imperial court and asked to lead the army south to quell the civil unrest.

Wang Shoucheng didn't dare to agree after thinking about it, Huainan is the tax center of the Tang Dynasty, and the ambitious Central Plains marshal must not be involved, if Wang Zhixing is allowed today, tomorrow He Jintao, Han Hong, Li Quanzhong, Shi Xiancheng and even Li Mao all ask to send troops south, how will the imperial court respond? If they used the name of suppressing bandits to ravage Huainan for thousands of miles and cut off the source of taxes for the imperial court, they would not only want their own lives, but also cut off the two hundred years of the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Shoucheng stopped Wang Zhixing's attempt to go south, but he also exposed the weakness of the imperial court in the panic, the weakness of the imperial court was that the southern tax-paying land was extremely weak, and the people in power were most afraid that the vassal marshals of Hebei and the Central Plains would go south to toss their granary.

Wang Zhixing was overjoyed, so they went to the imperial court one after another, asking for troops to quell the chaos and relieve the country's worries, Wang Shoucheng had to take out a lot of real money and silver to appease on the one hand, and on the other hand, in the name of the emperor, he issued an edict to the southern provinces to expand their troops to protect themselves, and broke the covetousness of the northern marshal.

After all, the displaced armed forces were a rabble, and under the blows of local governments, they gradually disappeared, and Wang Shoucheng gradually gained the upper hand. Wang Zhixing saw that his chips were hacked by his opponent, how could he get it.

At the suggestion of their respective dog-headed military advisors, each town selected a confidant general to change his name and surname and go south, or buy the leader of the exiles for his own use, or join the leader of the bandits and take over the bandits' armament, or simply start a new stove and rebel by himself.

They have people, money, and backers, and their power is growing rapidly, and they fan the flames and rekindle the flames of resistance that have been extinguished. After the Tang Dynasty, the situation in the south was relatively stable, the imperial court had effective control over the localities, and the envoys and observers of each province were rotated regularly to ensure that they would not sit on the ground and take root, and the number of military horses and quality control of each province was very strict.

In the early years of Yuanhe, Zhenhai Jiedu made Li Qi raise troops to rebel, Li Chun mobilized troops and horses, and it was only two or three months before and after, while the crusade against Huaixi, Ziqing, Chengde and other towns was stopped and stopped, costing more than 100,000 troops, and sometimes lasting for several years.

Therefore, the southern provinces are completely helpless against these "bandits" who are well-organized, have strict military discipline, and are skilled in battle tactics. After the expansion of the army, the number of soldiers and horses increased several times, and the combat effectiveness was still weak and pitiful, the walled cities were breached, the officials were killed, the warehouses were robbed, and the bandits became more and more powerful, not only swept through the prefectures and counties, but even the famous cities such as Yangzhou and Hongzhou were no longer safe.

The Central Plains was seriously affected, the government's exploitation was still severe, and the hungry people who had no way to survive could only rebel, and the momentum was even greater than that in the south. However, the Central Plains Domain was generally strong in military power, and the displaced people were brutally suppressed before they could reach the climate, creating large areas of no-man's land.

As for Hebei, the disaster is not light, but the young and strong in Hebei are all in the army, and the cultivators are all old and weak, and they want to oppose but are powerless. I had no choice but to sit and wait for death.

The harvest in Youzhou is also sharply reduced, but fortunately, this year's harvest in Liaodong was abundant, and the two places were basically balanced, and there was no major rheology.

The purge in the right compartment is nearing the end, and the principal has been isolated by one-third and the cadre has been isolated by two-fifths, and a small number of these people have conclusive evidence of their crimes and must die, but most of them have insufficient evidence of their crimes, or only occasionally stumble, and there is still room for redemption.

Li Mao issued an order to organize those who could still recover from the missteps and send them to the south in batches.

"Every province, all important states and counties, Guanjin and commercial distribution centers, must arrange people to let them lurk for a long time, sit on the ground and take root, and wait for the future. Let them raise funds on the spot, give them start-up capital, and if the business fails, you can also lend to them as appropriate, but pay attention to a degree. They are guilty of meritorious service, and only meritorious service can return to the team. ”

Qin Fengmian took the order issued by Li Mao, and asked for instructions: "Mrs. Qin wants to accompany Chief Manager Qin to Yunzhou to seek medical treatment, and I have asked a few times, how should I respond to her?" ”

Li Mao asked, "Is Chief Qin's injury still not getting better?" ”

Seeing Qin Fengmian shaking his head, Li Mao said, "I'll go back and talk to her." ”

As soon as Qin Fengmian left with his front foot, Cai Wencai broke in like a whirlwind and said, "Li listened to death, last night." ”

Li Mao said: "Dead? Why didn't the right compartment report? ”

Cai Wencai said: "The secret is not mourning, it was a nail set by the head of Qi who heard it, and it was sent urgently for eight hundred miles, and now few people in the entire Hedong know about it." ”

Li Mao said: "Good thing! Call Qin Fengmian back, you immediately draft a document and ask Hu Sijin to try to launch a court official to ask Li Yu to be the envoy of the Hedong Festival. Li Yu is just a pretense, I want to push Li Jiang to the throne. What a godsend. ”

Li Mao was excited for a while, and personally went to the staff hall to find Chang Mucang, asking him to immediately transfer the troops and horses stationed in Liaodong back to Youzhou, and in addition, Yanbei and Youzhou each drew elites to form an elite army, ready to go to Hedong at any time.

Chang Mucang immediately instructed the Operations Section to draw up a plan, but asked puzzledly: "Hebei is the land of the Tang Dynasty, how can Wang Shoucheng let go?" Hedong's military strength is not weak, and the conservative forces are strong, how can they let us meddle in? ”

Li Mao said with a smile: "As long as Li Jiang enters Hedong, everything is possible." ”

After the end of the war in Liaodong, the various units are returning to their stations one after another, and the plan is ready-made, and it is only necessary to change the process. The staff office revised it on the spot, Li Mao made a decision on the spot, and the new order was immediately sent to all troops, urging tens of thousands of troops to enter the customs at night.

After all these things were done, the sky had darkened, Li Mao got up and went to Qingmo's house, and before entering the courtyard door, he could hear the child's cry, and Qingmo gave birth to another pair of children to Qin Mo in the past two years.

He is acquired crazy, and the children are very smart and clever.

Seeing Li Mao, Qingmo asked aggressively: "I took my husband to seek medical advice, and I asked him Qin Fengmian for approval, what crime did we commit, and we didn't even have the freedom to see a doctor?" ”

Li Mao took Qin Mo's youngest son, held it in his arms and played for a while, and said with a smile: "You are busy giving birth to children and taking care of children at home, and you don't know anything about the outside world. He is for the sake of the safety of your husband and wife, you said that you are a weak woman with a child, and he is like this, who can rest assured along the way? ”

Qingmo took the child back and hummed: "The road is not smooth, according to what you say, when will the road be peaceful, wait for you to ascend the throne and become the emperor, Weijia Hainei." That has to wait until the Year of the Monkey? ”

Li Mao glared and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

Qingmo was in a hurry and didn't choose to speak, and when he said such taboo words, he was also startled, and he was drunk by Li Mao, and he didn't dare to say anything. Qin Mo, who was looking at the stars in the courtyard, suddenly responded: "The horse is a soldier, and the monkey is the emperor." By the time the Haiyan River is clear, my illness will be cured. ”

Li Mao and Qingmo were taken aback, glanced at each other, and snatched them out together. Qin Mo put his hands behind his back, craned his neck and continued to look at his stars.

"He's ......"

"Recently, he has been like this, and what he said is weird, so I want to take him to Yunzhou to find a miracle doctor."

Li Mao snapped his fingers in Qin Mo's ear, Qin Mo glanced at him, snorted, and continued to look up at the starry sky proudly.

Li Mao said: "You have a kind, you continue to pretend, I see how long you can pretend." Believe it or not, I kidnapped your daughter-in-law. ”

Qin Mo spat at Li Mao, proudly raised his chest and raised his head, looked at Li Mao without looking at him, and walked towards the house.

Li Mao said: "You said that he was not pretending, as soon as I said that I wanted to kidnap his daughter-in-law, he immediately turned his face." ”

Qingmo smiled sadly: "I hope he is pretending." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Mo turned around, grabbed Qingmo's arm and said, "Come back with me, this person has evil eyes and bad intentions, I think he has bad intentions towards you." ”

Qingmo was pulled by him and couldn't let go of his hand, so he could only smile apologetically at Li Mao, followed her husband back to the house, and persuaded him on the way: "He is not a bad person, he is a fortune boy who sends ingots to our family." ”

Qin Mo said: "I, how can there be such an old boy, huh? He is clearly a toad in the Guanghan Palace, don't look at the long Hanqi, but he is rich and noble. The horse is a soldier, and the monkey is the emperor. By the time the Haiyan River is clear, my illness will be cured. ”

Qingmo was afraid that Li Mao would be disgusted, so she hurriedly dragged her husband into the house.

Li Mao asked, "Have any outsiders been here recently?" ”

Left and right replied: "According to the instructions, no outsiders are allowed to visit the head of Qin without the approval of the head of Qin." It's just that the Xuan's spectacular Dade Heavenly Master came to visit two days ago, and he came suddenly. We were about to drive him away, Mrs. Qin suddenly came forward to intercede, it was very stiff at that time, they were afraid of stimulating Manager Qin's illness, so they didn't dare to insist, but they had already reported to General Shi afterwards. ”

Shi Kong said: "I said, you still said that this old Taoist mind was not correct that day. ”

Li Mao said: "These two nonsense words were taught to him by the demon Tao, this person is not right." ”

Everyone saw Li Mao's fierce eyes, and they didn't dare to say anything.