Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Responsibility of the Prime Minister

"Xianggong, the soldiers from the east of the Shuofang River have entered the country, do you want to suspend the market and temple fair, so as not to disturb the people and disturb the place?"

"Huh?" Zhang Maozhao, who was wiping his sword, glanced up at the staff who was speaking, lowered his head and continued to wipe the sword. The staff member continued:

"After all, 30,000 people came at once, and they came from two towns, it is not easy to integrate, in case something happens in our lives, we are neither good to explain to the town, nor do we seem to explain to the imperial court."

Zhang Maozhao had already finished wiping, holding the sword and pulling a sword flower. The staff said:

"Good!"

Zhang Maozhao was very interested, and took this staff member as an opponent, and tried several swords in a row, so frightened that the staff retreated, and kept laughing:

"Good swordsmanship, good swordsmanship!"

Zhang Mao suddenly put away his sword and said:

"Do you know where this sword came from?"

The staff said:

"The villain doesn't know."

Zhang Maozhao said:

"I don't know. This sword was given by the Son of Heaven when he returned to the town in Chang'an. The sword is a good sword, but no blood has been sacrificed until now. If this sword is known, I am afraid that the first one will drink your blood. ”

The staff's faces were suddenly full of panic. Zhang Maozhao said:

"You don't have to panic, your qualifications are not enough to use this sword. I know that you are for my own good, and I will not blame you. It's just that you must remember that Yiding Erzhou is the second state of the country, not Zhang's private state; The prime minister is the prime minister of the imperial court, not just the prince who is easy to determine. Otherwise, sooner or later, the true phase will not be able to accommodate you here. ”

The staff trembled and said:

"Yes, Xianggong, the villain wrote it down. The villain knows that Xianggong is loyal and righteous, but the soldiers have been free for a long time and are willing to cut themselves. ”

Zhang Maozhao said:

"I know this in my heart. Since the return of the prime minister to the town, the imperial court has killed Liu Pi, Yang Huilin, Li Qi, Wu Shaoyang, Wu Yuanji, every battle will be won, and now the army has surrounded Yunzhou, Li Shidao pointed to the day to give the head, can't this soldier see? ”

The staff bowed their heads one after another. Zhang Maozhao said:

"Do you know what to do now?"

Staff said:

"The villain got it. The villain went to order, everything is as usual, and the soldiers of the two towns must not be treated slowly. ”

Zhang Maozhao nodded and said:

"Well, you're a smart man. In addition, he sent an order to summon the generals above the rank of commander in the city to go with the commander to visit Fan Xianggong. ”

The staff gave up. Zhang Maozhao put the sword into the sheath and shouted:

"Come on, change the costume for the prime minister!"

"On March 11 of the third year of Xingzhi, the Tang Empire's Yiwu Army Festival Envoy Tongping Zhangshi Zhang Zhenmao Zhao visited the inspection school Sikong, Shuofang Jiedu Envoy, Tongping Zhangshi, President Wei Bo Soldiers and Horses Fan Zhenxi Dynasty who arrived in this town. The two sides held talks in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Zhang Maozhao first expressed a warm welcome to the arrival of Fan Xichao and the athletes of Shuofang and Hedong towns on behalf of the Yiwu army, and then Zhang Maozhao said:

"Fan Xianggong is a pillar of the imperial court, a veteran general in the army, experienced in a hundred battles, and highly respected. The imperial court sent the athletes of the two towns with Fan Xianggong as the commander to Yiwu, which was not only to trust and respect Fan Xianggong, but also to trust and care for the Yiwu Army, and to provide a good opportunity for the Yiwu Army to fight side by side with friendly troops. As the envoy of the Yiwu Army, Zhang Mou made a statement here, the Yiwu Army is from me down, and all the soldiers will take Fan Xianggong's order as the criterion and prohibit it. As long as Fan Xianggong has needs, Yiwu will do his best and never shirk. Please rest assured that when you arrive at Yiwu, it is like going to your own home. It is hoped that the officers and men of the three armies will work with one heart and one mind, under the light of His Majesty the Emperor of Shengming, under the leadership of Fan Xianggong, and move forward bravely on the land of the Tang Dynasty and live up to the trust of His Majesty the Emperor. ”

On behalf of the 30,000 soldiers of the guest army, Fan Xichao first expressed his gratitude to Zhang Mao, Zhaogong and the soldiers and civilians of the Yiwu Army. He said:

"Since leading the soldiers to Yiding, the soldiers have felt the enthusiasm of the soldiers and civilians of Yiding, including myself, and they have the feeling that they are still in this town when they arrive in Yiding. In this regard, on behalf of the soldiers, I would like to express my gratitude to Zhang Xianggong and Yi Ding's fathers. The prime minister also promised Zhang Xianggong that the soldiers of the two towns would definitely restrain their behavior and protect Yi Ding's father and elder like the people of the town. As Zhang Xianggong said, we are all officers and soldiers under the leadership of the Tang Dynasty Emperor, and we should work together, and we should share the blessings and hardships. I hope that my heroic Datang soldiers can use great courage and confidence, great majesty and great momentum to quell rebellion and deter Xiaoxiao. ”

After the talks, the two prime ministers inspected the military appearance hand in hand, and watched the military drill of the soldiers of the three towns with great interest. At the request of the soldiers, the two ministers performed a stunt of 100 steps through the Yang, which aroused the warm cheers of the soldiers. After that, the review ended with the slogan "Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Tang Dynasty" led by tens of thousands of soldiers led by the two prime ministers. The momentum of the three armies is like a rainbow, and we have reason to believe that in the near future, there will be good news from Weibo. ”

"Oh my God, it's still a pyramid! Enough to thunder! ”

Li Yu couldn't help but laugh and scolded while holding the "Luo Wen" in his hand. "Luo Wen" is a newspaper run by merchants in Luoyang, and it is also known for its popular language, and its sales are very large. The original text is naturally not what I see, but after Li Yu made some changes, he found that the language was similar to the report of a modern TV.

This was news a few days ago, and now the official army has pressed close to the Weibo border and has begun to build a city on the border. With the two armies in place, Shi Xiancheng and He Jintao also shrank back, stepped up the repair of the city, and no longer attacked and disturbed. The Great War was approaching, and the situation in Weibo seemed to be much quieter. On the other hand, Ziqing is still very lively.

Under the ignorance of Nie Feng, the general of Zibo who was guarding Qingzhou, Cheng Quan had crossed the Yellow River and was attacking the hinterland of Ziqing. The Soviet rebel army suffered heavy losses under Liu Wu's blow, and led the remnants of more than 3,000 people to surrender to Cheng Quan under the city of Laizhou. This news made Li Yu sigh, and he was very dissatisfied with Li Yu's handling of this matter. Li Ting, the newly awarded Yanzhou Assassin in the south and the deputy ambassador of Yanhai Yimijiedu, had already taken Mizhou, and the war on the southern front was over. Li Ting also officially broke away from the southern recruiting system, began to turn to pacify the localities, formed an army of his own, and prepared to attack Dengzhou in the north. After Wang Zhixing set off from Yanzhou, he was like a bamboo, although he was a partial division, the progress was faster than the main force, and now he had also led the army to attack Pingyin County, where the 52nd Army was defeated, and the soldiers crossed Qizhou, ignoring Nie Feng and turning to Linzi, an important town in Luzhong. After Li Yu attacked Caozhou, he led the main force of 60,000 people to Qizhou through Taishan County, and the seemingly huge twelve states of Ziqing have been captured by the imperial court except for Qingzhou, which was occupied by Wei Bo, and the rest are under the siege of the imperial army.

"Hahahaha, the seemingly dangerous rebellion of the two towns is now in a good situation!"

Holding the battle report of Wang Zhixing and Hou Weiqing joining forces to force Zizhou to surrender, Li Yu was open-minded and said to Li Jiang, who had just arrived:

"When Aiqing set off from Xichuan, did you ever think that when she arrived in Luoyang, it was already a situation again?"

Li Jiang has only been in Luoyang for more than ten days, and he has just arrested the affairs of Menxia Province. Today happens to be his duty, so he works in Tiangong. I was also very happy to receive the battle report, but it seemed to be much calmer than Li Chen, this Li Yu is not strange, after all, it is not his own business, of course he will not be overzealous. However, Li Jiang said:

"When the minister set off from Xichuan, there were two things that he didn't expect, one was that the battle situation in Ziqing was progressing so quickly, and the other was that the situation in Jingxi would be so dangerous."

Chang'an secretly reported that tens of thousands of Tubo troops had appeared along the border many times, and they did not know what their intentions were. Li Xuan's interest suddenly dropped, and he called out to Li Jiang's expression:

"Shenzhi, it's rare that I am happy today, but I was doused by your words."

Li Jiang bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, if the minister's words disturb Your Majesty's interest, please forgive Your Majesty. However, His Majesty's appointment of the minister as the prime minister of the province is not to make the minister cater to His Majesty's mood, and it is the responsibility of the subordinates to make up for the omissions. The minister thought that governance was born from danger, and chaos was born from presumptuousness. At present, the country is troubled, and His Majesty's vigilance is the blessing of the country. At present, the country urgently needs to strengthen the army and return to the west, and it is necessary to pacify Yunzhou and Weizhou as soon as possible. Although Ziqing has been defeated in eight states, but it has not been lost at all, if the soldiers are as complacent as Your Majesty, and are taken advantage of by the rebels, resulting in the delay of the war and the recurrence of mutations, this is not Your Majesty's original intention! ”

When he met such a master, Li Yuhao really didn't know what to say. When he became the emperor, he really could say whatever the prime minister wanted, and he had no face at all. Fortunately, Li Yu knew that what Li Jiang said was true, didn't he just talk about business, talk about happiness, drink wine, and be happy and sad? Present Path:

"What Shen Zhi said is extremely true. Later, I will invite Lu Xianggong, Wu Xianggong, Pei Xianggong and others to the cabinet meeting. ”

Li Jiang said:

"Your Majesty, obey the order."

Looking at Li Jiang's back when he went out, Li Yu sighed, picked up a piece of music, and drew circles on the word "quasi".

It was a decree formulated by the Zhongshu Province in accordance with Li Jifu's recital: the concessions of the monks of the two capitals were abolished and the fields and water were exempted from taxes.

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