Ma Lan smiled bitterly and said: "The king also knows that the treasury of the imperial court has been empty after quelling the Anshi Rebellion, and the new emperor must stabilize the army if he wants to do something, but the military expenditure is huge, and he needs 1.5 million yuan of military expenditure every month to maintain the military needs of the army. Originally, it was a good thing to reform the tax law, but in order to save trouble, the imperial court greatly simplified the process of this operation and pushed the contradiction to the people. At that time, there were a number of Jiedu envoys who had not obeyed www.biquge.info the orders of the emperor and the imperial court, and the emperor had to decide to cut the feudal domain by force in advance, but the matter was not confidential, and Li Zhongchen was the first to rebel by Huaixi Jiedu, and the emperor wanted to immediately send troops to quell the rebellion, but he lacked military funds, and in a hurry adopted the suggestion of Zhao Zan, the judge of the degree of support, - borrowing business. That is, it is stipulated that merchants whose assets are more than 10,000 guan are only allowed to keep 10,000 guan for the purpose of operating their industries, and the rest are all lent to the imperial court for military expenses. Wait for the court to return it after the success of the thief. Isn't this about robbing? How could all dynasties have done this? ”

So, after the emperor's decree was issued, Jingzhao Shaoyin Weizhen and Chang'an Wei Xue Cui personally drove and searched for goods all the way every day, and they were very happy. Once you suspect that the other party has not truthfully declared your assets, you will be waiting for you on the spot. All the rich households' fields and houses were sealed and valued, and all the slaves and maids were seized and sold. For a while, the chickens and dogs in Chang'an City jumped, and the merchants and people complained bitterly, but after such a chaos, only 880,000 yuan was raised, and those officials who were keen to carry out the holy decree had their pockets all bulging. Finally, the expropriation and naked plunder led to a group incident of Chang'an strikers petitioning on the streets! ”

"Chang'an City is already full of excitement and chaos. It happened that the Lingwu army was stationed outside the city again, and the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion actually gave them coarse chaff pig food, and thousands of soldiers immediately rebelled and waved their troops to attack Jinguangmen, how could Jinguangmen be so easy to be captured? Those merchants who were robbed of property by the imperial court could not be redressed, and in anger they organized people to attack the defenders of Jinguanmen from the back, and the rebels outside the city captured the city gate and entered the city, the emperor was shocked after getting the news, and immediately sent officials to send thirty carts of property and condolences, but at that time the rebels had been Chen Bing Danfeng downstairs, the emperor was careful to be blocked in the palace, and fled to Fengtian on the same day, the forbidden army of Chang'an was dissatisfied with those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who collected and scraped the people, and filled their pockets one by one, but they ate bran and vegetables, so there were more than 10,000 people who rebelled, the other forbidden troops were defeated and scattered! The rebels are getting stronger and stronger, and after getting the news that the emperor has fled to Fengtian, they immediately chased to Fengtian and besieged it for more than a month. ”

Zhao Ziliang's face became extremely ugly after listening to what Ma Lu said, "How can Your Majesty and the imperial court do this?" How can this be done? This is a complete disregard for face! Self-inflicted, do not live, do not live! ”

The generals and officials in the tent looked at each other one by one, all shocked by what the emperor and the court had done, since ancient times, they had only heard of bandits and robbers who dared to rob openly, and they had never heard of any court and emperor who would rob the people openly regardless of their faces!

"Report-" A fast horse stopped in front of the big tent, and a knight walked into the tent quickly and bowed to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Report to the king, our official in Jincheng who is responsible for liaison with the imperial court, Lord Wu, sent a villain to send the emperor's edict!" ”

"Guilty of your own edict?" Zhao Ziliang's face changed, and he immediately pointed at Du Fu: "Quick, read it to this king!" ”

"Yes, King!" Du Fu agreed, took the transcribed edict from the soldier's hand and began to read: "Grown up in the deep palace, secretly in the affairs of the country." It is easy to drown in habits, forget the danger in peace, do not know the difficulties of the crops, and do not observe the labor of the conquest...... Heaven is condemned from above and I don't understand, and people complain from below and I don't know...... The sin is really given, and it is always mourned. ”

In the edict, in addition to enumerating his own crimes, the emperor also pardoned the rebellious Li Zhongchen, Tian Yue, Wang Wujun, Li Zhengji and others, and admitted that the rebellion was caused by his own mistakes.

After reading this guilty edict, everyone in the big tent and the generals were terrified, Zhao Ziliang's face turned pale, and he muttered to himself: "It's over, it's over, the emperor is confused, as soon as this guilty edict comes out, it is equivalent to the court and the emperor acknowledging the legitimacy of the division of the feudal town, and the emperor of later generations is afraid that he will no longer be able to change the situation of the division of the feudal town!" ”

Everyone in the big tent fell into deep grief, grieving for the unbearable situation that Datang has evolved into today.

After a long time, Zhao Ziliang recovered from his grief, opened his eyes and said: "After completing the pursuit of the rebel deserters, the army will return to Xinjing!" ”

As soon as Zhao Ziliang's words fell, Du Fu knelt down and cried: "The king can't be, the Central Plains is in chaos like this, the king can't ignore it, if the king doesn't care, the prestige of the court and the royal family will inevitably gradually be lost, and the constraints on the feudal towns will gradually weaken. The Tang Dynasty used to be the most powerful and powerful dynasty in the world, it shouldn't be this kind of ending! ”

The ministers of the army knelt down one after another, these people all have deep feelings for Datang, after all, everyone is from the Central Plains, and they were all ministers of Datang, how can they bear to watch Datang become torn apart?

A minister cried: "King, only the king in the world can save the crisis of the Tang Dynasty, please take on this important task, turn the tide, and reproduce the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Zhao Ziliang roared bitterly: "What ability does this king have to turn the tide? This king is only the king of Western Qin, not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty! Okay, even if this king has the heart to help, but in what name does this king make a move? The emperor has already become like this, is it worth it for this king to do this? I'm afraid that in the end, I will be suspicious, and I won't end well! ”

Another minister knelt on the ground and cried: "King, you also admit that you will always be the minister of the Tang Dynasty, you know that if the Tang Dynasty goes on like this, the Tang Dynasty will be over, and you know that the Tang Dynasty is in trouble, but you don't do your best to protect King Qin, Kuang Fu Sheji, and appease the people of Li, is this the way you are a minister?" You are wise and cowardly! ”

Zhao Ziliang was furious when he heard this, and slapped the table: "Bold, you actually said this about this king?" Someone, drag him down and behead him! ”

The ministers and generals pleaded one after another, "Your Majesty, no, Lord Fan is just straightforward and does not offend the will of the King, please forgive the King for his sins!" ”

In the face of most people's pleas, Zhao Ziliang calmed down a little, but he really couldn't bear this person who dared to scold him to his face and scolded him so badly, "Fan Wuchen, you are so daring, you actually insult this king so much, although there are Zhuqing's families to intercede for you, but this king will never spare you!" Someone came, dragged him out and beat him with thirty military sticks, demoted him by three ranks, and fined him for one year! If you dare to insult the king like this, you will not be spared! ”

A few soldiers walked in quickly and dragged Fan Wuchen away, and the ministers also asked for mercy, but they were dragged out in a blink of an eye.

Zhao Ziliang said coldly: "Okay, if there are any more people who dare to intercede, they will be punished together!" ”

The ministers did not dare to speak again.

Du Fu said again: "King, it is indeed not worthy of assistance for the current emperor to be so dim, but please save the crisis of the Tang Dynasty for the sake of us and the tens of millions of people in the world!" The ministers will do their best to assist the king and share his sorrows."

Gao Shang also came out and bowed down: "Weichen thinks that the king doesn't want to take care of the affairs of the Central Plains, the king's thoughts, Weichen understands, the king's concerns are nothing more than three points, the first is that the teacher is unknown!" Second, Emperor Xuanzong had an edict in advance, and the imperial court was not allowed to decree, and the king was not allowed to return to the Central Plains without authorization; Third, if the king interferes in the military and political affairs of the imperial court, he is worried that he will be suspicious of the emperor and be treated unfairly! If the king uses methods that go beyond being a courtier, he is worried about provoking criticism! ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed and did not make a sound, obviously acquiescing to the noble rhetoric.

Seeing this, Gao Shang said: "Actually, the king doesn't have to worry, the first and second points are not a problem at all, you must know that before the East Route Army set off, the emperor sent someone to send a holy decree to ask the king to send troops to quell the rebellion, how could the king come to the Central Plains and be unknown?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "But now that the barbarian rebels have all been annihilated, there are only some stragglers who fled into the mountains and forests, if these deserters of the barbarian rebels are eliminated, what reason does this king have to stay?" ”

"Great King, the barbarian rebellion has been quelled, and the big problem of Tubo has been solved, but the rebellion in the Central Plains has not ended, and there is a trend of intensification!"

When Gao Shang said this, he secretly glanced at Zhao Ziliang's face, and seeing that his face was calm, he immediately continued: "So the first and second points, the king doesn't need to think about it at all. The king is worried that he will be suspicious of the emperor and be treated unfairly, which the king can rest assured, can the ministers still watch the king being persecuted? If the current emperor is really a dou who can't be supported, even if the king abolishes him, what if he sets up a new king? The king is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, not a certain emperor, and the ministers are only nostalgic for the Tang Dynasty, not a certain emperor! Besides, now that the situation in Datang has deteriorated to such a point, if the king doesn't make a move, isn't he afraid that the world will say that the king cherishes his feathers too much? ”

Seeing that Zhao Ziliang was moved by noble words, all the ministers said in unison: "Please ask the king to save the crisis of the Tang Dynasty, and the ministers will swear to be loyal to the king and share the worries for the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "You guys, this is to roast this king on the fire!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Ziliang was silent for a long time before he made up his mind and said: "Okay, things have come to this point, this king can only drive the ducks to the shelves, and when he finishes dealing with the Tubo matter, he will wave his army to Chang'an!" ”

The ministers were overjoyed, and they knelt down one after another and said, "King Shengming! ”