Deep and dark and shallow, rootless, desireless, and hard to find.

Pure body survival, power and helplessness.

After Tian Lingzi received Tang Xizong's reply, he left the Flying Frost Hall directly, he didn't want to stay here for a while. Although, he can now be called under one person, above ten thousand people. You can get everything you want, money, rent, beautiful women.

But his incomplete body makes him feel inferior and unwilling, especially when he sees others holding beautiful women in their arms, enjoying the spring bed and warming the tent, and spending yin and yang together.

……

The next day, at the beginning of the month, Tian Lingzi and Tang Xizong played: "Your Majesty, today's salt tax is uneven, and the people eat salt at a high price, which has caused the flood of illegal salt, and the yellow thieves have rebelled. Therefore, the salt farms in all regions should be nationalized, and then a salt inspector should be set up, which should be served by the internal government personnel. ”

Tang Xizong considered that now that the state and provincial envoys were in charge of the military, government and finance, it was a bit difficult to strip the salt tax from them.

"Father-in-law Tian, this salt tax has been under the state roads, if it is unified to the imperial court, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the state roads."

Lin Ze, the left attendant of the household department, stepped out of the ranks, walked to the middle road to start playing, and said: "Your Majesty, the salt tax is the foundation of the country, and it should not be under the state roads, but considering that the imperial court has just put down the rebellion, it should be delayed, and the minister does not approve of Tian Gonggong's proposal." ”

Tian Lingzi heard that someone was against his recital, and he held a grudge and said: "Okay, you Lin Ze, you remember it for the miscellaneous family, and I will clean you up in the future." ”

"Your Majesty, the salt tax is not fake at all, but the imperial court wants to form a 100,000 forbidden army, and it is difficult to support it without money and food. The old slave knew that some time ago, the taxes and tributes paid by various state roads, among them, 3,000 carts of salt and 2,000 taels of silver were paid by Hezhong Road. Hezhong Road has two major salt ponds in Anyi and Xie County, which are the two largest salt farms in our Datang inland area, and the annual salt output is no less than hundreds of thousands of cars. ”

"Well, in this way, this tax tribute is a little small, and this Wang Chongrong is too greedy, he occupies two big salt ponds, and he pays such a small tax tribute." Tang Xizong was very depressed when he heard Tian Lingzi's report on the lack of taxes and tributes in Hezhong Dao.

"No, I remember that some time ago, Wang Chongrong also said that he had made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, was loyal to the monarch and the people, and asked for his parents to be posthumously crowned and given himself a knighthood, right? Father-in-law Tian? Tang Xizong remembered that Tian Lingzi had told him before that Wang Chongrong was going to be posthumously sealed.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is indeed the case, and it has been listed many times."

"This is my good courtier, loyal to the king and for the people, hehehe~~" Tang Xizong said helplessly, and finally could only smile awkwardly. Xin said: "I am really a wretch as an emperor. ”

"Your Majesty, why don't you do this, how about we let Wang Chongrong show his loyalty to the monarch and love the people, posthumously seal his parents and parents, give you a knighthood, and let him go to Gunhai Road to clean up the remnants of the yellow thieves?"

"Let it go to the Gunkaido? What knighthood? Can he obediently obey? Tang Xizong asked puzzled.

"Promoted to the inspection of the school Taiwei and the middle book under the door of the Ping Zhang, give the king of Langya County, and assist the envoy of the Haidao Festival."

"Well, what about the middle of the river?"

"Shengyiwu Jiedu makes Wang Chucun an envoy in the middle of the river and leads the middle of the river."

Tian Lingzi took out the decision he had previously discussed with the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites. In fact, these have been discussed, and Tang Xizong has already been asked to use the seal, and Tang Xizong ignored it and let it be arbitrary. Only this time, at the court meeting, Tian Lingzi once again proposed to let the ministers know about this decision, and kidnap Wang Chongrong with the king's order and morality to force him to comply.

"Okay, just do what Grandpa Tian said."

"Your Majesty, the two salt ponds in Anyi and Jiexian County will be collected by the imperial court, and a salt inspection envoy will be set up to supervise the collection of salt taxes for the national treasury."

"Perform at the same time, and the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Chinese Book Gate will assist in handling it."

Tian Lingzi's plan succeeded.

……

In March of the first year of Guangqi, a group of carriages drove from Chang'an to Hezhong Road.

"Brother, the angel is already waiting in the front hall, shouldn't you go too?"

Wang Chongying looked at Wang Chongrong, who was recuperating in the back hall with his eyes closed, and opened his mouth to inquire, after all, the holy decree has arrived, and it is for his uncle and aunt to be posthumously sealed, so it is not good to be magnificent.

When Wang Chongrong heard his cousin's words, he opened his eyes and said, "Although I came to posthumously seal my father and mother, my psychology is always up and down, and I am not calm." ”

"Big brother, are you too stubborn, a little nervous and anxious?"

Wang Chongying didn't understand what the eldest brother was anxious about, and said in his heart: "It's a good thing that the emperor rewarded him, why are you still anxious, what kind of hypocrisy is, I really don't know what to do." If I had encountered this good thing, I would have beaten gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, and gone out of the city ten miles to meet the holy decree. ”

"Hey, I can't tell." Wang Chongrong sighed, although this posthumous seal was to be brought by himself, but the emperor also gave face, and it was a good thing to make a holy decree so soon.

"Go, virtuous brother, go with my brother to receive the holy decree."

In the front hall, Wang Chongrong knelt in front of the incense case, and a group of family members and children, and relatives and ministers knelt behind him, listening to the eunuch in front of him read out the holy decree. The "harsh, high-pitched" sound was felt differently by everyone present.

“…… Qing led the envoy of the middle of the river to the festival, soothed the people of a town, benefited one party, and made a meritorious contribution to the rebellion of the yellow thief, and welcomed me back to the dynasty. Nian Qing has made meritorious contributions to Datang and made great contributions to Datang, which is really rare. In order to show the merits of Aiqing, I posthumously awarded the father of Chongrong, the second grade Langyahou, and the mother of Chongrong, Mrs. Anguo, and the ancestral tomb of the ancestral hall was repaired. ”

Hearing this, Wang Chongrong felt a little down-to-earth in his heart, and he finally earned the title for his parents through his own ability, which can be regarded as honoring his parents.

"The Yellow Thieves are in turmoil, the world is Turing, and Gonhaidao has been infested by the remnants of the Yellow Thieves for a long time, and the local garrison is incompetent and cannot govern Fang Town. I know that I have the ability to control the army and soothe the locality, and I hope that I can help me to calm the remnants of the sins, save the people, help the community, and reassure the people. Therefore, he was crowned with Chongrong as the captain of the school, and he was given the title of King of Langya County, and he went to the post of Pingchao to pacify the people. Look......"

Immediately after hearing the back, the imperial court sealed himself, Wang Chongrong was confused, and he was crowned the king of the county, so he went to Fan Gon Haidao, Kuang Sheji, and Fu Limin. The king of the opposite sex, Feng Gao, said it well, but he always felt that something was wrong.

“…… Chin this~"

With the last voice of the eunuch announcing the decree, Wang Chongrong came back to his senses, but he did not stretch out his hand to accept the decree. And the people behind him were very excited, because their master was the king of the county, the king of Langya.

"King Langya, take the order." The eunuch of the Xuanzhi saw that Wang Chongrong was stunned there, thinking that Wang Chongrong was stupid and stunned when he heard that he was crowned the king of the county.

Wang Chongying, who was kneeling behind him, saw his cousin stunned, thought that his cousin was too happy and stunned, and pushed Wang Chongrong's back a few times with his hand.

Wang Chongrong felt that someone was pushing him behind him, and quickly reacted, reaching forward with both hands to catch the holy decree.

"Congratulations, King of Langya, ascended."

The eunuch hurriedly opened his mouth to curry favor with the new county king, in fact, it was nothing more than asking for some benefits of the decree, which was also an unspoken rule in private, and everyone accepted it by default.

"There is Father-in-law Lao, who has traveled thousands of miles to announce the decree. Butler, hurry up and lead a few angels to the side room to rest, so that they can be entertained. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and sent him out of the front hall, and asked the housekeeper to lead the eunuch to the side room.

"Big brother, congratulations, I have been promoted to the king of the county, and I will let people rebuild a door plaque and hang it in a while."

"Congratulations, Lord Wang~"

……

A congratulatory sound sounded in the front hall, and everyone hurried to congratulate, so as to leave a good impression in front of the new prince, the king of the feudal town has the right to appoint and dismiss, and he can appoint and dismiss personnel without reporting to the court in advance.

After sending the others away, Wang Chongrong left a few henchmen and prepared to "hold a meeting" to discuss the current situation.

"I'm the king of Langya County, and I'm still the captain of the school, and I'm going to go to Gon Haidao to take up the post of quelling the rebellion. I always think it's not that simple, let's talk about it. ”

When the people present heard Wang Chongrong say this, they all calmed down and pondered.

"Big brother, I don't think there's anything wrong with the imperial court crowning the eldest brother and the king of the county this time, the eldest brother has indeed made a contribution to the rebellion, and it was we who brought the people of Nashatuo to help us quell the rebellion. He Li Keyong is the king of Longxi County, and there is nothing wrong with the eldest brother being the king of Langya County. ”

"Well, that's what you can say, but why did you give me the title of Gunhai Road and become the king of Langya?"

"Didn't the holy decree say that the remnants of the yellow thieves are making trouble in the Gunhai, and ask the eldest brother to go to the realm of peace to appease the people and quell the remnants of the rebellion?"

Wang Chongying first said his thoughts, hoping to show off in front of his brother who was the king of the county.

"Why don't we feast on these people who have come to announce the decree tonight, and see if we can get some news from them?" One of the generals said to Wang Chongrong in a tentative tone.

"Well, I don't think they know anything, but it doesn't hurt to try."

Wang Chongrong was a little worried, and said in his heart: "I have been fighting with my father since I was a child, but the river is my foundation, and the income of the salt pond alone can support 100,000 troops to eat, drink and Lazar, which is more than enough." If you go to Gunhai, although you are crowned king, but the mountains are high and the road is far away, why do you go there by yourself? It's better to be in the river as your own river road festival envoy, free and easy. ”

"You say, is the court worried about our salt pond, this is the cash cow in our river." Wang Chongrong said what was in his heart.

"My lord, it is very possible that they will use this sealing of you to transfer you out of the river, so that they can rob us of our salt profits."

"Well, I think there is also this possibility, I got the news before, Tian Lingzi, a eunuch, plans to form a 100,000 forbidden army, and the imperial court relies on that tax tribute, how can it be possible to feed a 100,000 forbidden army. Feed a group of clan princes, civil and military ministers, and the rest will raise a forbidden army of 18,000. ”

"Wen Qing, where did you hear this news?" When Wang Chongrong heard this, he asked his marching Sima Song Wenqing.

"Lord, I also heard from my cousin, he is a branch officer in the Zuoshen Army. Two days ago, when he returned to his hometown to visit relatives, we talked about the forbidden army, and he told me that the forbidden army was recruiting people and asked me to join the forbidden army. Therefore, I speculate that the message should be accurate. Song Wenqing told Wang Chongrong how he got the news.

"This news is critical."

.........

After dinner.

"Master, master~" The housekeeper ran in in a panic and told Wang Chongrong the words that came out of the mouth of the eunuch.

"Tian Lingzi proposed at the court meeting that you be promoted to the rank of inspector Taiwei and the middle school book, and give you the title of king of Langya County, and then send the king to save the river in the middle of the road as the envoy of the festival, and then nationalize the two salt farms in Anyi and Xie County."

"This old eunuch is dirty, so I will say that it is not good, and I will beat me for the idea of the salt farm." When Wang Chongrong heard the housekeeper's words, he couldn't get angry, and scolded Tian Lingzi a hundred times in his heart.

"This old eunuch, Lao Tzu has no grievances with him, bullying me and no one in the court, I won't let this salt pond out. Take away my salt pool, unforgivable! ”