As soon as a person is happy, it is easy to rejoice, and as soon as Xue Chongxun arrives in Shangjun, he rolls up his sleeves like a loose horse and is ready to do a big job. Previously, in the Huaqing Palace, he said to Princess Niang Taiping what to avoid a big war, and to use strategy without a fight to surrender the army is just a nice thing to say, and now he is really tacitly dealt with this matter, which can be managed a lot, and sent a few letters back to explain how the situation has deteriorated, and the army must be pushed flat, and the army must be pushed down, and the army is urged to mobilize the Guanzhong army to go north.

After recuperating for more than a month, the injury was almost healed, so he came out with a hard work and got up early every day. But there are no soldiers at hand, and his shogunate group has not yet arrived, and there are not many people available, in fact, there is nothing to do at all, and all he can do during this time is to wait, waiting for the news of the surprise attack in Lingzhou 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, people who are subordinate officials are also of the noble class. He had time to practice his 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 with hemp rope wrapped around it, and his chest was open. Seeing Wang Dai and other local officials standing under the eaves, they obviously wanted to make the right opportunity to pat themselves on the back, these well-read and reasonable civil officials are very skillful in patting on the back, and they will never say "Wow, the prince is wise and martial" These disgusting words will find some reason, and make heartfelt sycophants sound like meeting a confidant. Xue Chongxun said in his heart: Since others are kind, they always have to give a chance.

He thought about it, then he pulled out his horizontal knife with a "swish", threw the scabbard into the grass, and began to dance. In the gap between the steps according to the rules, 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, and the muscles are strong and strong." There were 300,000 soldiers of the Han family, and the general was also the leader of Huo Yao. The 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 may be enough, in Xue Chongxun's prediction, the Turks are estimated to also be involved. Last year, there were at least 200,000 elite Tang troops and Tuguhun iron cavalry in Tubo, although the Turks were weaker, how could 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 delay the Turkic troops to go south with the posture of repairing the relationship between Tang and Turk, and set up defense in the northern part of the Guannei Road. If military affairs cannot be delayed, the government affairs hall also thought of two ways: one is to let the household subordinates order to increase the levy of salaries...... For example, once the tax is raised, it will not only damage the integrity of the imperial court and lose the support of the people, but also it will be difficult to avoid the use of the powerful and corrupt officials to take advantage of this to forcibly seize and abuse the good people, and increase the risk of local unrest......"

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...... You can imagine what the result will be with your toes. The Ming Dynasty that Ming Tongbao later died is a good example, once you lose your credit and then think about the people for the second time is almost impossible, the world will definitely be cautious to hold this kind of things that may not be used. It took a lot of effort and time for Xue Chongxun to figure out that classical and simple financial system, and 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, frowned and thought 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 the 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 most important and prudently handle the military affairs in the north and find another way."

"Yes, resignation." The envoy hurriedly bowed and retired, 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 as a plan.

…… When Shangjun 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 Ren was willing to rebel, 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 is the core of Shuofang Town, and Zhang Renyuan, who rebelled against the imperial court, is also the governor of Shuofang, so I am afraid that he will 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 the Chang'an court. These nomads are not particularly reliable in the first place, who can tell? 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, he led the army into the city lightly, and the Han soldiers of Lingzhou did not resist at all. As for the iron cavalry of the Xianbei people, they don't know where they are, and they are probably not very willing to shed blood and mix in the civil war of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Chongsi quickly took control of all gates in Lingzhou, declared martial law in the whole city, and strictly ordered the people to go out in order to avoid accidentally injuring civilians. The generals already knew that the purpose of this trip was Li Yixun, the king of Ze, so he directly led his troops to surround the palace, and soon caught the slaves in the palace and tortured him, and Li Yixun was still in the palace. He may not have imagined that the Tang Army, which had only been quelling the chaos for a few days, would not go to Lingzhou if it did not take the pass in the north, and he would not even be prepared......

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 his generals: "After entering the palace, only King Ze and his close relatives will be arrested, and innocent people shall not be killed indiscriminately, let alone disturbed by 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 something, and the brothers can take advantage of it to get some benefits. What do the people in Lingzhou do about us going to 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, I suddenly saw fireworks in the besieged palace, which was obviously on fire. Zhang Chongsi hurriedly led the army to enter, but the guards of the palace did not resist...... There is no point in resisting a regular army armed to the teeth. When they entered the door by the light of the fire, they saw that a house had already been burned, and the family members and slaves and maids in the vicinity 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, and I was afraid that the person they wanted to arrest had already been self-immolated. Someone said unwillingly: "Don't be a treacherous trick to get the golden cicada out of its shell, it's better to search the mansion carefully." ”

Since Shangjun used the army to attack from afar, if it is found out afterwards that Zhongji let Li Yixun go, I am afraid that he will be questioned for dereliction of duty. Zhang Chongsi also ordered the soldiers to search everywhere for the sake of safety. But after searching all corners, no trace of Li Yixun's survival was found, 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. Seeing this, Zhang Chongsi said: "I'm afraid that King Heize is really afraid of sin, why didn't he even take his wife and children away?" ”G