Chapter 412 Merit

As soon as a person is happy, it is easy to rejoice, as soon as Xue Chongxun arrived in Shangjun, he rolled up his sleeves like a loose horse, and was ready to do a big job, what did Princess Niang Taiping say to him in Huaqing Palace to avoid a big war, and to subjugate the army without a fight with strategy is just a nice thing to say, and now he is really tacitly dealt with this matter, how can he manage a lot, and sent a few letters back to explain how the situation has deteriorated, and it is necessary for the army to push it flat, and even urge the military department to mobilize the Guanzhong army to go north

After recuperating for more than a month, the injury was almost healed, so he made a look of hard work, got up early every day but had no soldiers at hand, and his shogunate group did not have many people available, in fact, there was nothing to do at all, and all he could do during this time was to wait, waiting for the news of the Lingzhou surprise attack and the transfer of troops from the imperial army to him

I have nothing to do, and I can't play with other people's wives and concubines...... After all, he was a subordinate official, and he was also a scholar class, so he had time to practice martial arts again

February and March are the bright seasons of spring, especially in the early morning when the sun just rises is very beautiful, and the faint mist shrouds the scene of spring flowers, which seems to be brand new

Xue Chongxun raised the horizontal knife in his hand, looked at the handle of the knife wrapped with hemp rope on it, and saw Wang Dai and other local officials standing under the eaves for a while, obviously to make the opportunity to pat the horse's ass, these well-read and reasonable civil officials are very skillful in patting the horse's ass, and will never say "Wow, the prince is wise and powerful" These disgusting words will find some reason, and make a heartfelt sycophant make people sound like they have met a confidant Xue Chongxun said in his heart: Since others have good intentions, they always have to give a chance

He thought about it, then he pulled out the horizontal knife with a "swish", threw the scabbard into the grass, and then opened and closed the gap between the steps of the dancer and the steps, and he saw Zhang Dai stroking his beard and looking at himself with interest and nodding slightly, as if in approval

At this time, Xue Chongxun waved a horizontal knife while singing: "The wind blows the frost and the seaweed wither, the muscles are strong and strong, and the soldiers of the Han family are 300,000, and the general and leader Huo Yao Meteor White Feather is inserted in the waist, and the sword flower autumn lotus light is out of the box......"

As soon as the song fell, sure enough, Wang Dai didn't care about the poem, when he said loudly: "The prince's pride is like a cloud, and his majesty is approaching Yinshan, and he will definitely be able to win and build an immortal cause!" ”

…… How could I have thought that within two days, the number of "300,000 soldiers" in the poem was completely insufficient, and Zhang said that this guy only ordered 30,000 people in the Guannai to be transferred north!

What can 30,000 people do? If only Zhang Ren is willing to rebel, it may be enough, in Xue Chongxun's prediction, the Turks are estimated to be involved, at least there are elite Tang troops and Tuguhun iron cavalry, a total of more than 200,000, although the Turks are weaker, but how can 30,000 people fight?

Xue Chongxun immediately questioned the envoy sent by the political affairs hall in his travels, and the envoy conveyed the meaning of the prime ministers simply and directly: there is no money and no food

The envoy said: "Zhang Xianggong built yì King Jin tried his best to repair the relationship between the Tang and Turks to delay the Turkic troops to the south, and set up defense in the northern part of the Guannei Road, after this green and yellow season, when this year's taxes are put into the warehouse, there will be money and grain to raise military expenses to regroup, if the military affairs can not be delayed, the political hall also thought of two ways: one is to let the household order to increase the levy of grain...... However, Zhang Xianggong did not use this method, the disadvantages are too great, such as once the tax is raised, it will not only damage the faith of the imperial court and lose the hearts of the people, but also it is difficult to avoid the powerful and corrupt officials who take advantage of this to forcibly seize the charity and abuse the good people to increase the risk of local ***......"

Xue Chongxun asked, "Is there another way?" ”

The messenger said, "Print more green coins (banknotes)"

Xue Chongxun immediately admonished without hesitation: "This method will definitely not work!" ”

He fully understood in his heart that there was still a difference between the so-called paper money and currency, and that paper money was a worthless thing after all, no matter how particular the raw materials and craftsmanship were, and that a certain proportion of gold and silver had to be used as a reserve, and if it exceeded a certain percentage, it would be issued indiscriminately...... What will happen to the result with your toes can be imagined that the Ming Dynasty Ming Tongbao later died is a good example, once you lose your credit and then think about the people for the second time It is almost impossible, the people of the world will definitely be cautious about holding this kind of thing that may not be used to figure out that classical and simple financial system, Xue Chongxun spent some effort and time, he didn't want to destroy it in his own hands

The messenger looked at him innocently, obviously unable to help

"Well, I know it in my heart" Xue Chongxun sat down in his chair with some disappointment, frowning and thinking for a while, "At least the lieutenant general and the shogunate I want will always come to Shangjun, right?" ”

The envoy hurriedly said: "General Zhang and others have left Chang'an to go north when they are lowly envoys, and they are on the road at the moment."

"That's fine, after you return to Chang'an, I will take the overall situation as the main situation and prudently handle the military affairs in the north, and find another way."

"Yes, humiliation and resignation" The envoy was busy saluting and retiring, he thought that he would at least be scolded if he disobeyed the King of Jin, but he didn't expect that there was nothing, but he also left early for the best plan

…… When the county guarded and captured Zhang Chongsi, he led thousands of light horsemen to Lingzhou through Xiazhou (Jingbian), and when he was close to the goal, he got the news that Zhang Renyuan rebelled, announcing that the states and counties in the jurisdiction would no longer obey the edict of Chang'an's "puppet government", Zhang Chongsi felt very bad in his heart at that time Lingzhou was the core of Shuofang Town, and Zhang Renyuan, who rebelled against the imperial court, was also the governor of Shuofang, and he was afraid that he would not let the Tang soldiers enter the city lightly...... Zhang Renyuan's subordinates are just Han soldiers in Lingzhou, and one is less than the other, and they may not really be willing to fight with the official army

As a local military general, Zhang Chongsi couldn't understand those complicated political relationships at all, and he couldn't figure out whether the Xianbei people listened to Zhang Ren's wishes or whether these nomads in the Chang'an court were not particularly reliable, who could say clearly? Zhang Chongsi said in his heart: If tens of thousands of people besiege it at that time, won't we send us to death after a long journey of hundreds of miles?

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the place, it was not what he thought at all, and suddenly the soldiers came to the city, and then read out the military order with the military department, threatening the soldiers who defended the city to resist is to rebel, Zhang Chongsi in order to strengthen his confidence, but also shouted loudly: "The king of Jin, who broke 500,000 in Tibet, has personally led an army of 300,000 to the north to quell the rebellion, and those who dare to block it will be killed!" ”

As a result, they led the army into the city lightly, and the Han soldiers of Lingzhou did not resist the iron cavalry of the Xianbei people at all, and they did not know where they were, and they were probably not very willing to shed blood and mix in the civil war of the Tang Dynasty

Zhang Chongsi quickly controlled the gates of Lingzhou, declared martial law in the whole city, in order to avoid accidentally injuring civilians, strictly ordered the people to go out, and the generals already knew that the purpose of this trip was to surround the palace with troops, and quickly caught the slaves on the palace and tortured him, Li Yixun was still in the palace, he probably couldn't have imagined that the Tang army, which had just started a few days ago, would not go to Lingzhou if he did not take the pass in the north, and he would not even prepare much......

After the officials in Lingzhou were informed by Zhang Renyuan of the rebellion against the imperial court, they were already unstable, and as soon as the Tang army entered the city, most of them immediately surrendered, and insisted that they did not participate in the rebellion

After all, Li Yixun is the Li Tang clan, and the Tang soldiers did not dare to mess around without permission after besieging his mansion, nor did they dare to rush in immediately, and the generals had to wait for Zhang Chongsi to give a direct order

Zhang Chongsi said to the generals: "After entering the palace, only arrest King Ze and his ***, and you must not kill innocents indiscriminately, let alone disturb the people."

When the subordinate general heard this, he was embarrassed and said: "What about those officials who are suspected of rebellion?" ”

"I see that the princes of Lingzhou do not have the heart of disobedience, do they control the government and the city gate without soldiers and blood? Do they dislike Guan Laozi or anything? The secret order of the military department only told me to make a surprise attack to capture King Si Ze, and there was no other order, in this case, why should I go to offend the family in Lingzhou? ”

The general persuaded bitterly: "The general only thinks about being a good person, where can he rise to the top?" At this time, it is a good opportunity to show your position, you are good, you simply do not commit any offense against those who are suspected of opposing Princess Taiping and King Jin, in case someone slanders, the general himself will not be able to get out of it! ”

Zhang Chongsi frowned and was silent

Seeing that he couldn't bear it, some people said: "At least arrest those officials who are close to Zhang Renyuan...... Or simply kill the matter, the brothers can also take advantage of this to get some benefits What do the people of Lingzhou do with us in the county, and besides, the general was ordered to quell the rebellion, and we can't blame it."

Zhang Chongsi said categorically: "The military order only asks me to wait for Li Yixun to be arrested, and I must not have more rights and wrongs, I have decided to say more useless, and lead troops into the palace to arrest people!" ”

At this moment, he suddenly saw fireworks in the besieged palace, which was obviously on fire, and Zhang Chongsi hurriedly led the army to enter, but the guards of the palace did not resist...... It was pointless to resist the regular army, armed to the teeth, and they searched for the light of the fire, and when they entered a few doors, they saw that a house had already been on fire, and the nearby family members and slaves and maids did not put out the fire, but all knelt in front of the burning house, and some people were crying

Zhang Chongsi had a bad premonition and hurriedly asked, "What about King Ze?" ”

Someone pointed to the fire and said, "The prince is inside"

The generals were stunned, I am afraid that the person they want to arrest has already been self-immolated, and some people are unwilling to say: "Don't be a treacherous trick to get out of the shell, it's better to search the mansion carefully."

Since Shangjun used the army to attack from afar, if it was found out afterwards that Zhongji let Li Yixun go, I am afraid that he would be questioned for dereliction of duty, Zhang Chongsi also ordered the soldiers to search everywhere, but there was no trace of Li Yixun's survival in all corners, and at this time, the generals took the opportunity to take a lot of valuable things, although it was a violation of military discipline, but if the main general even had to pursue this benefit, it would make his subordinates dissatisfied

During this period, Li Yixun's wives and children were arrested one by one, which coincided with the information on the official document, and Zhang Chongsi said when he saw this: "I'm afraid that King Ze is really afraid of his guilt and killed himself, otherwise why didn't he even take his wife and children away?" ”Q