The emperor's will made many of the Chinese military ministers of the dynasty begin to worry, many of the merchants who raise prices and grain prices in the market outside are their agents, punishing those businessmen, it is equivalent to cutting off the financial road of these civil and military ministers, originally some people wanted to stand up against it, but the emperor has made a clear order, and there is a strong support from the military, at this time to stand up against it is obviously the rhythm of looking for death, even if you are dissatisfied with the emperor's decision, you can only endure it at this time, However, there was some resentment in the eyes of these civil and military ministers looking at Zhao Ziliang, if it weren't for Zhao Ziliang's statement to the emperor about the harm of businessmen's price hikes to the rule of the imperial court, how could the emperor make such a holy decree?

Xuanzong saw that the ministers of civil and military affairs did not oppose his will, and he was still very satisfied in his heart, which showed that his prestige was still there, and no minister dared to openly oppose the decision he had made, but he also knew in his heart that if it were not for the resolute support of Zhao Ziliang on behalf of the military, these ministers would not know what would happen, and they might collectively oppose it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xuanzong sorted out his emotions and asked, "What else do you have to play?" ”

Duan Hengjun, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, now that the traitors are rampant, and the local state capitals and counties around the rebel forces are very afraid, even if some local officials have the intention to fight against the rebels, they are suffering from no soldiers and horses in their hands, and even if there are soldiers and horses, they have no right to command, in order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, Weichen suggested that the imperial court allow the local officials to recruit soldiers on their own, and half of the taxes and taxes can be left for recruiting soldiers and horses, so that the rebels will be surrounded on all sides, and the rebels will soon be pacified!" ”

Xuanzong listened to this suggestion in vain and felt very good, which did help a lot to the progress of the counterinsurgency, before the An Lushan rebellion, the military pattern of the Tang Dynasty was heavy inside and outside, the border towns were strong, and the interior was empty, which is why An Lushan rebels were able to kill all the way to Luoyang after they began, if there were soldiers and horses stationed all over the country, it would be very difficult for the strength of the An Lushan rebels to expand again, and the strength of the two sides and the situation could soon be reversed. This suggestion was like a dawn of victory for Emperor Xuanzong and the Chinese military ministers of the dynasty.

Many of the ministers stood up one by one to echo Duan Hengjun's suggestion, Wei Jiansu did not have the embarrassment of being bumped into by Zhao Ziliang just now, and stood up to support Duan Hengjun and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Duan Shilang's words are a good policy, please adopt them!" ”

There are many rational and intelligent people among the ministers, and there are also many people with strong political sensitivity, these people are a little worried about Duan Hengjun's suggestions, but they dare not easily stand up and oppose them, after all, Prime Minister Wei Jiansu's power is not small, after Yang Guozhong's death, many officials in the political forces left behind have joined his camp.

After the continuous blows of rebellion and coup d'état, Xuanzong no longer has the lazy attitude of political affairs in the past, although he is seventy-one years old, he looks only about sixty years old, his spirit is still very good, his thinking is still very clear, and he is also very cautious in handling political affairs, this time he did not immediately express his opinion on Duan Hengjun's words.

Xuanzong looked at Zhao Ziliang and asked, "Zhao Qing, you are fully responsible for counterinsurgency, what do you think of Duan Qing's suggestions?" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, came out of the class and hugged his fists and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know about Emperor Ling of Han and the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty?" ”

Xuanzong was a knowledgeable and talented person, how could he not know about Emperor Ling of Han and the Yellow Turban Rebellion? He was stunned after listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, but he still nodded and said, "I am the way of nature!" ”

Seeing this, Wei Jiansu immediately stood up and angrily reprimanded Zhao Ziliang: "Zhao Ziliang, you are so bold, you dare to compare Your Majesty to the mediocre and incompetent Emperor Ling of Han, what are your intentions?" ”

Zhao Ziliang's eyes widened: "Shut up, didn't your parents teach you the politeness to let others finish speaking?" ”

Wei Jiansu's face turned purple with anger, and he pointed at Zhao Ziliang: "You ······"

Zhao Ziliang didn't bother to pay attention to Wei Jiansu's disgusting face, turned to Xuanzong and said: "Your Majesty, anyone who is familiar with history books knows the fact that the Han Dynasty gradually evolved from the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the division of princes in the last years, and finally developed into the Three Kingdoms for hegemony. The Han Dynasty, which was originally good, became a division of princes because of a Yellow Turban Rebellion, have Your Majesty and your lordships analyzed the reasons? ”

Prime Minister Fang Xuan stood up and said: "Zhao Dashuai, the reason for this is, of course, the result of the officials in various places having military power and supporting the army after quelling the chaos!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Why do they have military power? Because at that time, Liu Yan, the assassin of Youzhou, wrote to the court of the Han Dynasty, in view of the yellow scarves everywhere, and the soldiers and horses of the court could not be exterminated in time, it was suggested that the court should set up state pastors in all states across the country! Liu Yan was the emperor's uncle, and he had a high official position and a prominent reputation in the Han court, so his suggestion was very weighty, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did not take into account the serious consequences of this decentralization of military and political power to the local state capital, so there was a later division of the princes! The state pastor is in charge of all military and political affairs in a state, so that the state pastor recruits soldiers and horses to quell the local Yellow Turban Rebellion, after the establishment of this state pastoral system, the state pastor is equivalent to the local emperor, he not only has military power, political power but also financial power! Once the imperial court delegates all the military and political power to the local government, it will be difficult to take it back, after all, as long as the benefits of the right are clear to the people who are officials, who will be willing to hand over the rights they have in their hands again? If the imperial court adopts Duan Hengjun's suggestion today, I dare to assert that in the near future, the Tang Dynasty will also become a situation of separating feudal towns! Repeat the mistakes of the fall of the Han Dynasty! ”

After listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, beads of sweat broke out on the foreheads of the courtiers, especially Wei Jiansu and others, Duan Hengjun, who made this suggestion, was even more frightened and knelt directly on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, Wechen is stupid, thinking about the problem too simply, Wechen should die, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Xuanzong Tie stared at Duan Hengjun with a blue face, he realized the great harm of this suggestion after Zhao Ziliang's reminder, he really wanted to immediately order Duan Hengjun to be dragged out and beheaded, but considering that Duan Hengjun only made a suggestion, even if this suggestion was wrong, he couldn't just order to kill people, otherwise who would dare to make a suggestion in the court in the future?

Xuanzong said coldly: "Think carefully before speaking, don't want a way to put it forward with your mouth open, the way you propose is good, if it is not good, wouldn't the court have to bear the consequences for your stupidity?" I forgive you today for your innocence, and arise now. No one is allowed to mention this kind of thing again, otherwise it will be severely punished! ”

The ministers said in unison: "Obey!" ”

Xuanzong asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Zhao Ziliang glanced at Ma Lan and Wang Lan, the two of them understood, Ma Lan first stood up with a fluorene board and saluted: "Weichen Hexi Jiedu Deputy Envoy Ma Lan has something to play!" ”

Xuanzong raised his hand and said, "Quasi-play!" ”

"Your Majesty, I originally had 73,000 men and horses under the jurisdiction of the Hexi Jiedu Embassy, last year His Majesty ordered where to bring troops to quell the rebellion, at that time the Jiedu made General Wang Sili from all over Hexi to transfer 50,000 horses, and now Weichen has brought 10,000 horses, there are less than 10,000 horses left in the eight states of Hexi, 10,000 people seem to be a lot, but they are stationed in eight states It is extremely empty, Weichen is worried that the Tubo people will see through the emptiness of the defense in Hexi, so please Your Majesty and the imperial court make plans early, once the Tubo suddenly attack, We won't have time to react and cope! ”

As soon as Ma Lan finished speaking, Wang rarely stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, the garrisons in all parts of Longyou are also extremely empty, there are only 15,000 people, if Tubo attacks on a large scale, these people alone will not be able to stop it in any way, and it is possible that Tubo will be killed in Chang'an!" Please Your Majesty and the Imperial Court make plans early! ”

As soon as these two people finished speaking, the courtiers were in an uproar, none of them thought that Longyou and Hexi's defense was so weak now, if the Tubo people attacked at this time, wouldn't the imperial court be attacked on their backs?

Xuanzong looked serious, coughed twice, and waited for the courtiers to calm down before he said: "This matter is too important, I didn't think so much about it when I gave the decree at that time, and now it seems that it was unwise for me to order a large-scale transfer of troops from Hexi and Longyou to quell the rebellion, but the matter has come to this point, we can only find a way to make up for it!" Do you have any good solutions? ”

Fang Xuan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, for today's plan, we can only find a way to transfer troops and horses back to Hexi and Longyou to strengthen the defense, not to mention the temporary conscription, not to mention that our dynasty is now lacking in financial resources, even if it can recruit soldiers and horses, it will take a long time of training to work!" ”

Xuanzong looked at Zhao Ziliang and asked, "Zhao Qing, can you send some soldiers and horses out there?" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't work now, according to our careful investigation, An Lushan has at least 500,000 soldiers and horses in the surrounding area of Luoyang, and our army can only use less than 100,000 soldiers and horses now, and other soldiers and horses have not completed the training, so they are useless!" And now Li Guangbi's troops in Taiyuan are a little weak, and Weichen plans to send Ma Lan and Wang Rare to Taiyuan to reinforce Li Guangbi, and return to Li Guangbi's control, so that our army's available troops on the front line of Tongguan will be even less! ”

Xuanzong frowned and said: "But the grim situation in Longyou and Hexi, the imperial court can't ignore it, how should this be?" ”

Zhao Ziliang immediately took out the note Chen that he had written last night and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has already thought of the bad situation in Hexi and Longyou, and has written a response to the situation according to the relevant situation, please Your Majesty take a look!" ”

Xuanzong hurriedly said: "Hurry up and get it!" ”

Gao Lishi presented the chapter to Xuanzong, and Xuanzong looked at it, this Chen was the same as what Zhao Ziliang said yesterday, but it was more detailed, and every step was written very clearly.

Xuanzong laughed after reading it: "Okay! Colliers, read it to the people! ”

"Yes!" (To be continued.) )