At the beginning of April in the fifth year of Zhonghe (885 AD), the Tang Emperor of the Tang Dynasty issued an edict at the instigation of Tian Lingzi to change the first year of Guangqi.

In addition, because the lieutenant of the left army of the Shence Army and the Gongtian Lingzi of the Jin State exaggerated, he first suggested that the emperor take refuge in Shu, collect the national treasures and the true faces of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, and scatter his wealth to work as soldiers; Strategizing, decisive victory, played a decisive role in defending the Tang Dynasty to exterminate the Huangchao bandits, the emperor listened to the invitation of the prime minister and the envoy of the feudal town, and appointed Tian Lingzi as the envoy of the tenth army and the twelfth army of the Guanjun and the Duke of Jin.

Soon after, the emperor issued an edict: in order to raise state funds, it was decided to nationalize the salt ponds in Anyi, Xie County, Hezhong Town, and appointed Tian Lingzi, the lieutenant of the Shence Army, the Duke of Jin, and the envoy of the 10th Army and the 12th Army, as the envoy of the Yanyan, responsible for the salt ministry in the two places.

As soon as the edict came out, Wang Chongrong immediately wrote to the emperor in the middle of the river, which was inappropriate.

Wang Dajie envoy also explained in the recital that since the establishment of Hezhong Town, the salt pond in the town is the pillar industry on which Hezhong depends, and the salt pond does not produce much, and every year it gives 3,000 carts of salt to Chang'an.

If the central government nationalized the salt pond, the town of Hezhong would be unsustainable, and Wang Jiedu implicitly pointed out at the end of the chapter that there was a traitor in this matter, and he also promised that if the emperor was not good, he could lead troops into Beijing to hoe the traitor.

Who is this traitor, a clear-eyed person can know who he is talking about at a glance, so after Tian Lingzi saw Wang Chongrong's recital, he angrily scolded this Wang Chongrong bastard.

However, the salt pond in Xie County and Anyi is still in Wang Chongrong's hands, and he is not going to be obedient to his posture. The Bingfeng in the river is also very strong, he is unwilling to turn it in, and Tian Lingzi really can't do anything about him, so Tian Lingzi once again convened the dog-headed military advisors to discuss countermeasures.

Li Guang saw that the lord was in trouble again, so he immediately came up and said: "Don't worry about the king, this matter is easy to do, since he is disobedient, replace him, anyway, the official family listens to the king the most." ”

Tian Lingzi glanced at Li Guang, "Do you think that the official family is so easy to talk now, and he doesn't know where he got the confidence now, if he can listen to two out of ten sentences, it will be good." Besides, that Wang Chongrong has a heavy army in his hands, and besides, he is very respectful to the court, and we don't have any handle on him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to replace him. ”

As soon as Xie Yilie saw that Li Guang was deflated, he immediately became energetic, and said to Tian Lingzi: "Don't worry, Tian Lingjun, since he doesn't know how to lift, we can send someone to find his handle." ”

Tian Lingzi turned to look at Xie Yilie and said, "You mean ......?" ”

"Isn't Sixteen Lang still working as a supervisor in the river, if you want to find Wang Chongrong's handle, he must know this Sixteen Lang. As long as Tian Yuanjun gives an order, it is not a convenient thing. Xie Yilie said with a smile.

Xie Yilie said that the sixteenth lang is Tian Lingzi's adopted son Tian Kuangyou, since Tian Lingzi has made his career, there are countless eunuchs who have taken refuge in him, so Tian Da eunuchs did not refuse, and they were all accepted as righteous sons.

Later, Tian Lingzi sent all his adopted sons out of Shuzhong in order to be able to pay tribute to Shuzhong on time. Tian Kuangyou is the military envoy in the river.

As soon as Tian Lingzi heard the reason, he immediately wrote to Tian Kuangyou, who was in the river, and asked him to find Wang Chongrong's handle.

Xie Yilie rolled his eyes, and then continued to say respectfully to Tian Lingzi: "There is another strategy here that can help you sit back and relax." ”

Xie Yilie's words immediately attracted Tian Lingzi's attention, he is not obvious on weekdays, Li Guang has always been hiding in Shu to avoid trouble, and later his son Li Dequan gave Tian Lingzi a good job, so he can follow Tian Lingzi again. He has always wanted to perform well, but today's sour Xie Xiucai doesn't know what's wrong, and he actually has two plans in a row. He was even more anxious in his heart, and he didn't know what idea this guy was going to offer, so he hurriedly stared at Xie Yilie, who was not tall.

Tian Lingzi didn't speak, he just nodded at Xie Yilie.

Xie Yilie was allowed, and immediately said with a smile: "This plan is that Li Bao, the king of Naji, once issued banknotes in Chang'an, since he is now hiding in Weizhou and not returning to Chang'an, and we are now short of money everywhere, if we print banknotes ourselves, we will ...... then."

Before Xie Yilie's words fell, Li Guang immediately shouted loudly: "Okay, in this way, even if the salt pond in the river can't be recovered for a while, Tian Yuanjun won't be short of money." ”

Xie Yilie glanced at Li Guang angrily, but the guy actually ignored his murderous gaze, and just looked at Tian Lingzi vigorously.

When Tian Lingzi heard Xie Yilie say the words "print banknotes by himself", his heart immediately became excited, why couldn't he think of this?

"Haha, Yimao said well, well, as long as we print the flying money ourselves, then we can print as much as we want, and we don't need to look at the eyes of those tyrannical feudal towns. Well, Yoshigeru will go to the account office and pay 100 yuan as a reward for your contribution to this plan. ”

When Xie Yilie heard this, he immediately stood up happily, ignoring Li Guang's jealous gaze, and bowed down to Tian Lingzi. "Thank you for the reward!"

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So at the end of April, the imperial court issued an edict in order to alleviate the shortcomings of Chang'an's money and silk, and the household department reissued "Fei Qian", this version of "Fei Qian" is the only official recognition of the Tang Dynasty, and all the "Fei Qian" in other periods are invalid.

As soon as this edict came out, public opinion in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was immediately boiling, and wealthy merchants and small people went to Chang'an County, Wannian County and Jingzhao Mansion to petition, but the officials of the government did not compromise, and the people who petitioned were all arrested.

Then the imperial court continued to issue an edict to reprimand Wang Chongrong as a minister who did not want to serve the court, and could not relieve the country's worries, so Wang Chongrong was transferred to the ambassador of Taining Jiedu, and Taining Jiedu made Qi Kerang transferred to the ambassador of Hezhong Jiedu.

Taining Town is a feudal town in Shandong, and it is also the birthplace of the Huangchao Banditry, Qi Kerang is an old hero who fought against the Yellow Nest, and has always befriended Tian Lingzi, so the beauty of the river festival envoy was exchanged for Qi Kerang, and he immediately set off with his men to the river.

But Wang Chongrong is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he is also angry when he sees this Tian Lingzi so shameless. Said to the left and right: "This eunuch is for a certain life, since he is unkind, don't blame us for being unjust." ”

So Wang Jiedu came to the territory of his old neighbor Hedong Jiedu envoy Li Keyong with full of anger, and begged him to help beat Tian Lingzi.

Li Keyong was the biggest contributor to quelling the Huangchao bandits, so he was awarded the envoy of Hedong Festival because of his military merits, and he also won the trust of the emperor. But he didn't really want to take care of this idle matter at this time, because he was busy dealing with his old rival Zhu Wen, so Li Keyong told Wang Chongrong to let him wait, and wait for him to free up his hands to take care of him and Tian Lingzi's affairs.

Seeing that Li Keyong was so perfunctory, Wang Chongrong had no choice but to return to the post house. But he didn't get discouraged for long, for his men told him that someone was coming.

Wang Chongrong was depressed, so he was not angry, and asked in a muffled voice, "Who is here?" ”

The servant replied: "The person who came claimed to be the shopkeeper of the Qianjin Building in Taiyuan City, does the envoy want to see him?" ”

After Wang Chongrong listened to the servant's reply, he muttered alone: "The shopkeeper of the Qianjin Building? Could it be him? Please! ”

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In June of the first year of Guangqi, the soldiers in the Tang Dynasty rose again, and Wang Chongrong made a public statement in the middle of the river, which said: He made great contributions in exterminating the Yellow Bandits and recovering the capital, but he was rejected by Tian Lingzi, and he also went to the table several times, saying that Tian Lingzi separated the monarch and ministers, and listed the top ten crimes of Tian Lingzi, so he raised troops to "clear the king's side".

The initiative of Wang Chongrong, the envoy of the festival in the middle of the river, was immediately supported by Zhang Qingping, the envoy of the Shannan festival, Zhang Qingping, Tianxiong, Jingyuan, and Zheng Jin, the envoy of the three towns of Fengxiang.

Tian Lingzi, who was hiding in Chang'an City, saw that Li Bao, the king of Ji, was so eager for his own life, he panicked and immediately sent someone to contact Zhu Mei, the envoy of the Suining Festival, and united his entourage of fifty-four people to resist Wang Chongrong together.

Wang Chongrong, because of the support of King Ji of Weizhou, immediately boldly commanded his troops and went straight to Chang'an.

When Emperor Li Yi saw the resurgence of the war in Chang'an, he summoned Tian Lingzi and said to him: "Father, now this Chang'an will suffer from the war again, and you also know that the soldiers are in danger and I don't want to stay in the capital, I want to go to Fengxiang to hide." ”

Tian Lingzi was furious when he saw that the emperor was so lacking confidence in him, so he said: "The official family is good to stay in Chang'an, this military freedom is to deal with it, just a Wang Chongrong, and a certain has not been taken into account." Immediately, Tian Lingzi threw his sleeves and left.

Emperor Li Yi watched Tian Lingzi go away, he sighed, and then said to the attendant beside him: "If I go to the Pure Yang Temple in the south of the city, I will say that I have been unwell for the past few days, and I ask the Lord of the Pure Yang Temple to come to the palace to refine the pill for me." ”

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At the beginning of July, Wang Chongrong, the envoy of the Hezhong Festival, led an army of 20,000 Chen Bingtongguan, and Tian Lingzi jumped angrily, scolding the commanders of the eastern feudal towns for harboring evil intentions. Then he ordered Wang Jian, Lu Yanhong, Han Jian and others to lead the accompanying army to Tongguan to defend.

Who knew that when the army arrived in Huazhou, there was a message from the front that Tongguan had been lost. After Wang Jianlu, Yan Hong and others discussed, they immediately returned to Chang'an with the commander of the army.

Tian Lingzi was woken up by the servants at night, and he wanted to scold the servants, but Li Guang, who reported the news, said that the accompanying army could not reach Tongguan, and Tongguan had already been lost. He immediately ran out of ideas, and Li Guang immediately proposed thirty-six plans to go ahead.

So Tian Lingzi once again carried forward the good style of being good at listening to the advice of his subordinates, and immediately led the guards straight to the Daming Palace, and sent Li Guang out of the city to contact Wang Jianlu Yanhong and them, so that they could prepare to receive them.

After Tian Lingzi smashed open the gate of Daming Palace with hundreds of people, he found that the Tang Emperor Li Yi was gone. At this time, Tian Lingzi only felt that the sky was spinning, and he felt that the sky was falling apart when he was in his heart.

But Tian Lingzi is Tian Lingzi after all, he immediately cheered up and led his subordinates directly out of the city to join the entourage army outside the city. planned to defect to Zhu Mei, who had befriended him.

In the vast night, a group of military horses galloped all night, hurrying in the direction of Jinning Town, they were very anxious, but what he didn't know was that someone had prepared a point of no return for him on the road ahead.