readx; A few days after the coup d'état in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Qing'an was already in Junyi County, which is the seat of Bianzhou, which is today's Kaifeng, and walked dozens of miles south along the Bianhe River to Chenliu County. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Inspecting Caoyun and Jiangnan was a plan he had arranged long ago, and the reason why Kaiyuan was able to prosper was that the young Li Longji worked hard to govern the world, and he ruled the world in an orderly manner.

Another key point is that Jiangnan has been developed, and the transportation has been dredged, so that a large number of Jiangnan materials have arrived in Guanzhong, the official warehouse is rich, the taxes are reduced, the prices are low in various places, the people's lives are generally rich, and the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty can appear.

However, with Li Longji's indulgence of the magnates' annexation of land, the wealth of the world has finally become more and more concentrated in the hands of the magnates, and the rich have become richer and the poor have become poorer.

But with the An Lushan rebellion and the great changes within the imperial court, the wealth of the world is facing a reshuffle, as the person in charge of the world, Li Qing'an must first consider restoring order and restoring the people's livelihood in Hebei that has been destroyed by the military rebellion, which requires the imperial court to master a large number of resources, the most critical of which is food.

He is ready to spend ten years to recuperate, so that the population of Datang will return to the level of the early years of Tianbao, and the economy will recover to the tenth year of Kaiyuan, when the prosperity of Datang will reappear.

In all his plans, Cao Yun and Jiangnan are extremely important links, Cao Yun is not just an official transport, Cao Yun is actually a kind of transportation, the Tang Dynasty did not have cars and trains, and could not appear, but it can vigorously develop water transport, the amount of water transport is large and convenient, and it can also communicate the north and south, east and west, and play a huge role in the exchange of commodities and materials.

As the world calms down, his focus will shift to the economy.

Junyi is one of the most important transit stations of Caoyun, the Bianhe River and the Baigou River meet here, as early as the Kaiyuan period, a huge warehouse group and material stacking place were built along the Bianhe River here, due to the blockage of the Caohe River, Tianbao gradually deserted here in the later period, the materials are getting less and less, the huge warehouse group has also become the habitat of countless homeless people and wild dogs and wild cats, and the economy of Junyi County, which was originally prosperous because of Caoyun, has also begun to decline.

However, with the imperial court's renewed attention to Caoyun, Zuo Xiangguo Cui Ning personally went to Jianghuai and Henan to dredge Caoyun, as the central hub of river transportation in the entire Henan Province, as the Henan Provincial Observation Envoy Station and the Henan Caoyun Mansion Station, Junyi County's important position was once again highlighted.

Li Qing'an's current eastern tour was mainly by boat, more than 20 official ships were sailing in the Bianhe River, there were still cavalry guards on both sides of the river, the sky was drizzling, on both sides of the bank were two rows of windbreak trees, the trees were lush, in the gaps of the trees could constantly see large areas of farmland and villages, winter wheat had been harvested, rice had been planted, and the paddy fields were a green scene.

From time to time, farmers working in the fields look up at this side, wearing bamboo hats on their heads, busy in the fields, and the banks of the Bianhe River seem to be a calm and full of life.

Li Qing'an stood on the bow of the boat with his hands in his hands, admiring this beautiful picture from afar, Henan Province was not devastated by the Anshi Rebellion, which has always made him feel very gratified, although Hebei was devastated, but after all, the area is not large, and most of the people have been smoothly transferred, the scourge of the Anshi Rebellion has been reduced to a minimum, and the hinterland of the Central Plains of Hedong and Henan has not been destroyed, which has laid a solid foundation for his Tang Zhongxing plan.

At this time, a soldier shouted: "General, the front has arrived at Junyi Wharf." ”

Two miles to the south, the Junyi Wharf was clearly visible, and a huge group of warehouses appeared above the treetops, and they could feel the welcoming atmosphere of gongs and drums on the wharf from the boat, and it was estimated that all the magistrates had arrived.

Li Qing'an suddenly remembered something, so he smiled at Wei Qingping: "When I pass by Chen Liu in a few days, I want to go ashore to take a look and see an old man, and it is estimated that his injuries are almost healed." ”

Wei Qingping didn't answer, Li Qingan glanced back, and saw that the staff member Wei Qingping was sitting in front of the map, holding a teacup in both hands, with a worried face, he didn't hear him speak, he has been like this since the morning, Li Qingan couldn't help but smile and asked, "Is Mr. Wei still thinking about Chengdu?" ”

Wei Qingping sighed: "I didn't expect that in the end, it was the Li family who won, this person advocates force, his surname is violent, he wants him to surrender, it is estimated that it is difficult, he will definitely resist with all his might, I am worried about the catastrophe in Shuzhong!" ”

"Hmm!"

Li Qing'an also nodded, "The so-called planning is in the people, and the success is in the sky, Peng Wang Li only occupies the right time and place, but in the end he still lost, it can only be said that God does not favor him, and it can only be said that he is not as good as the Li family in the decision of major affairs, Li only fails, then it will be difficult to escape death, but it is a pity that Yan Kai was not able to get out, and he was burned with the jade, this is also my loss, treat his family well, and it can be regarded as giving him an explanation!" ”

Wei Qingping was still a little unwilling, and he asked again: "Your Highness, isn't it possible to avoid the catastrophe in Shuzhong?" Hebei Province has been ruined, if Bashu is destroyed again, and the people are ruined, the revival of the Tang Dynasty will not be so easy, Your Highness, what I am most worried about is this. ”

Li Qing'an pondered, "Sir's concern was actually my worry, the reason why I delayed launching an attack on the Southern Tang was that I hoped that there would be changes within them, and we would take the Southern Tang in the way of surrendering without a fight, if Li Heng was willing to surrender, I could even let him be a free prince, of course, I also knew that this was impossible, so I wanted to use the battle for the crown prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty to weaken the strength of the Southern Tang Dynasty as much as possible, but I didn't expect Li Zhi to be so weak, but there is still room for redemption, everyone has weaknesses, As long as we catch the weaknesses of the key people, we may also be able to avoid the catastrophe of the soldiers in Shuzhong. ”

Wei Qingping seemed to understand something, and he was pleasantly surprised: "Has the general already arranged it?" ”

Li Qingan nodded and smiled: "I have already arranged for the Intelligence Hall to do it, and I believe that the Intelligence Hall will not let me down." ”

Li Qing'an looked at the rich land in front of him, at the many rivers on the plain, at the simple farmers working in the fields, at the smoky cottages everywhere, and at the county town of Junyi, which was already clearly visible in the distance.

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In Chengdu, it has been five days since Li ascended the throne, and the city of Chengdu is still shrouded in a tense and depressing atmosphere, and the martial law has not been completely lifted, but the people can go shopping on the streets within two hours in the afternoon, and only at this time, the city is a little more energetic.

Because of the anxiety and fear of the future, every household in Chengdu began to store food and various necessities, and these materials are only available in Nanshi, and every afternoon, a large number of people in Nanshi flock to the city, crowding all the shops selling daily necessities.

Although killing cattle was a felony in the Tang Dynasty, everyone could not take care of it, in the name of buying cattle to plough the fields, in fact, everyone tacitly knew that the price of cattle was more expensive, and it was often a combination of several families to buy one.

The front of the Maxima shop was also crowded with large families buying horses, but horses were not bought for slaughter, but mainly for the purpose of escaping.

But the number of horses, cattle and sheep was limited, and the vast majority of the people returned empty-handed, and the streets were full of herds of people with resentment.

"You know what? Last night, Yang Shenjin's house next door to my house was raided, accused of colluding with the Northern Tang Dynasty, Yang Shenjin was arrested and put in prison, his wife heard that the hanging beam committed suicide, and the two sons ran away one and the other ..... Ay! The new emperor is too ruthless, he is nothing more than the titular Peng Wangfu, and he will not let it go. ”

A group of people got together to discuss and exchange all kinds of news, and many officials in the Southern Tang Dynasty have suffered a catastrophe in the past few days, and all the 138 officials who jointly supported King Peng have been liquidated, and they have been dismissed at least from their posts, and their homes have been raided, and there are many old enemies and old grievances of Li Fuguo, who are affiliated with Li and Fuguo, have also been purged.

Everyone buttoned up the hat of colluding with the Northern Tang Dynasty, even Cui Yuan, the left minister who supported him after the coup, was not spared, removed from all official positions, demoted to the common people, Zhang Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was promoted to the right minister, and Wang Heng was reappointed as the servant of the left minister, if it wasn't for Wang Heng secretly sending Li Fuguo 50,000 yuan, he would also be in trouble.

"What is Yang Shenjin!"

Another old man said disdainfully: "The clan is miserable!" Seventy-eight clans in Chengdu heard that more than 60 households were raided, and many of them were imprisoned, and it is estimated that they were secretly executed, and the head of the heir king was cut off, which is miserable! The emperor's methods were vicious, and he was afraid that he would bear the name of killing his father, so he attacked the clan. ”

"Shhhh Someone's coming. ”

Everyone didn't dare to speak anymore, only to see a carriage come out of the alley next to the Miles Horse and run towards the gate of Nanshi.

The carriage left Nanshi, and then drove all the way to the Jinchang County Palace, which was located not far from the Nanming Palace.

The Jinchang County Palace, which is the original Siqi Palace, has now been occupied by Guo Yingyi and has become his new palace.

But today Guo Yingyi is a little nervous, he has just received two pieces of information, the news from the defenders of Jianzhou, the 100,000 troops of the Northern Tang Dynasty have gone south, occupied Yichang County, and sent the soldiers to Jianmen Pass, and the commander of the Northern Tang Army is Li Guangbi.

Another piece of information is that Li Sheng, the general of the Northern Tang Dynasty, led 50,000 troops from Yiling to advance into Shuzhong, the Northern Tang Army marched rapidly, the army arrived in Fengjie, and the forward had arrived in Yun'an County and was about to enter Wanzhou.

These two pieces of information made Guo Yingyi feel like the end was coming, he still had a trace of luck, the Northern Tang Army would not attack Shuzhong for the time being, but his luck was shattered, the Northern Tang Army was really a full-scale attack on the Southern Tang Dynasty, for a whole morning, he would lock himself in the study, consider his own way out, his surname, his gold and jewelry, what should he do if he is like a flower?

Guo Yingyi was frightened, he didn't dare to tell this information to the new emperor Li Xian, and he wouldn't say anything until he considered his way out.

"Dashuai!" At the door, there were soldiers whispering.

"Annoying me, I said you weren't allowed to disturb me!"

"Dashuai, you better take a look! Very important. ”

Guo Yingyi was a little puzzled, his personal soldiers didn't know his habits, and if he insisted like this, maybe there was something important.

He stepped forward and opened the door, and saw a box in his hand.

"What is this?"

Guo Yingyi took the box, the box was heavy, and there seemed to be metal inside, he opened the box, and his eyes were suddenly round, he immediately closed the box, and asked nervously, "Where is the person?" ”

"Just wait outside the gate."

"Bring him to my study, wait!"

Guo Yingyi stopped his soldiers again and told him: "Take him in through the side door, don't let people see it." ”

The soldiers went, Guo Yingyi returned to his seat, and couldn't help but open the box, in the box was a gold medal, engraved with the word 'King Zhao', and behind it was 'Admiral Tiance, Anxi Jiedu Envoy', this is Li Qing'an's identity gold medal, Guo Yingyi of course knew that Li Qing'an would not be in Chengdu, but the gold medal appeared, which was equivalent to his own appearance.

After a while, the soldiers brought a burly man, wearing a hat, covering his face, the man took off the hat and said with a slight smile: "Guo Dudu, I haven't seen you for many years." ”

"It's you!"

Guo Yingyi was stunned for a moment, he suddenly recognized this person, he had dealt with him many times when he was the governor of Qinzhou, and Shi Jingzhong, a general under Ge Shuhan.

"You.... How to get in Chengdu? Aren't you back to Longyou? ”

Shi Jingzhong pointed to the gold medal on the table and said with a smile: "Seeing that gold medal, doesn't Guo Dudu still understand?" ”

Guo Yingyi suddenly realized, "It turns out that you are the chief leader of the Northern Tang Dynasty spies in Chengdu." ”

"Yes, it's me!"

Guo Yingyi reacted again all of a sudden, he pointed at Shi Jingzhong and said in surprise: "I know, Ling Hufei's arrow must have been shot by you." ”

He had studied the crossbow arrows that shot the dead fox fly, and he had concluded that the man had been dipped in silver in the bow for at least ten years before an arrow hit the center of the eyebrows in a moving carriage.

Now seeing Shi Jingzhong, he immediately realized that it must be this person.

"That's right, I was the one who shot Ling Hufei!"

Shi Jingzhong admitted it very readily, and he smiled: "Does Guo Shuai want to entangle me with these little things?" ”

Guo Yingyi hurriedly invited him into the room to sit down, and instructed his own soldiers not to allow anyone to disturb him, and if the new emperor came, he would say that he was sick.

Shi Jingzhong seems to be confident, he admires the general's vision very much, and stares at this Guo Yingyi, judging from the information he has, Guo Yingyi is a greedy and lustful, ungrateful person, this person betrayed Li Longji, betrayed Li Heng, he only has interests in his heart and no loyalty, but such a person also has one of the biggest weaknesses, that is, he is afraid of death, he is greedy for wealth and wealth, so he is more afraid of death than anyone else, from this process of inviting himself into the mansion, he knows that the general's judgment is completely correct, if he wants to solve the Southern Tang Dynasty at the lowest cost, The key to avoiding the catastrophe in Shuzhong lies in this person.

Shi Jingzhong also received information this afternoon that Li Guangbi and Li Sheng had launched an attack on Nantang at the same time, and the last moment was coming, and he believed that Guo Yingyi also knew.

Guo Yingyi picked up the gold medal again and looked at it for a long time, he came to Shuzhong because he was belittled by Li Qing'an, and now that the Northern Tang army has been killed, does he still have a chance?

Even if he can use the geographical advantage to stop Li Guangbi, he can't stop Li Sheng's army, the combat effectiveness of the Southern Tang Army is weak, and it may be okay to deal with the unarmed small people, but to confront the elite army of the Northern Tang Dynasty, he doesn't have the slightest confidence at all.

He sighed and asked, "What does His Royal Highness King Zhao mean?" ”

"Before I say the words of His Royal Highness King Zhao, I will tell Guo Shuai one thing."

"What?"

"Jia Chongqian and Nanzhao have surrendered to the Northern Tang Dynasty, so Guo Shuai shouldn't think about going to Annan."

Guo Yingyi's face changed greatly, he thought about it for a whole morning, and the only way to retreat was to retreat to Annan and stand on his own feet there, but Jia Chongqian and Nanzhao surrendered to the Northern Tang Dynasty, blocking this last retreat.

There is no way back, Guo Yingyi is like a deflated ball, completely losing confidence.

"Say it! What is the message of His Royal Highness King Zhao? ”

"His Royal Highness King Zhao gave Guo Shuai three paths, let Guo Shuai choose by himself."

Guo Yingyi recovered a little and nodded hurriedly, "General Shi, please speak!" ”

"The first way is also the best policy, Guo Shuai immediately led the army to surrender to the Northern Tang Dynasty, strictly enforce military discipline, and arrest the puppet emperor, control Chengdu, so that the Southern Tang Dynasty soldiers will end without blood, and afterwards, His Royal Highness can make you the governor of Yizhou, and you will not move your family wealth."

Although the governor of Yizhou is of high grade, the real power is in the hands of the Jiannan Jiedu envoy, and the governor is only a fictitious position, which belongs to the pension official, that is to say, Li Qingan gave him fame and fortune, but did not give him real power.

Guo Yingyi sighed secretly, "What about the second way?" ”

"The second way is also the middle policy, if Guo Shuai can't surrender immediately, he still has to fight with the Northern Tang Army, but as long as Guo Shuai is strict with military discipline and is not allowed to violate civilians, in this case, His Royal Highness will spare your life, let you go back to your hometown to retire, and your property will be preserved for you."

Speaking of this, Shi Jingzhong smiled slightly: "Guo Shuai still wants to listen to the next policy?" ”

"Nope! Say no more. ”

Guo Yingyi hurriedly shook his head, he knew what the next strategy was, that is, his life was not guaranteed, the money was confiscated, he would not accept it no matter what, without his life, what would he do with the money, without money, he didn't want to live.

Guo Yingyi pondered for a long time, he could only choose one of the first and second paths, although Li Qing'an's conditions were quite good, but the stakes were very high, and he had to consider it carefully.

"I want to know how to prove that this is the original words of His Royal Highness King Zhao." In the final analysis, he still didn't believe Shi Jingzhong.

Shi Jingzhong pointed to the gold medal on the table, "This gold medal can prove it." ”

"The gold medal just proves that King Zhao has something to say to me, but it can't prove that it's what you said, it's not that I don't believe General Shi, in case you remember a little mistake, it's about my family name, I have to be cautious."

Shi Jingzhong was also prepared, he took out the pigeon letter written by Li Qing'an, handed it to him and said with a smile: "This is a handwritten letter from His Royal Highness King Zhao, I can give it to you." ”

Guo Yingyi slowly unfolded the pigeon letter, the words were very small, and he didn't know if it was Li Qing'an's handwritten letter, only to see that it read: 'Take my gold medal to see Guo Yingyi, you can mention the following three strategies, one ........'

Sure enough, Guo Yingyi took a long breath and said, "Let me think about it, think about it!" ”

"You can be given time to think about it, but martial law must be lifted immediately."

"No problem, I'll order it to be lifted!"

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(To be continued)