Yun Chu camped in Chenggao at night.

Pei Xingjian's former army, as well as the emperor's Chinese army, had already left, and after they left, they left Yun Chu with a devastated Chenggao County.

There are no strange incidents of granaries being burned down or grain being drenched in feces and urine.

It's just that when the emperor left, he took all the stored grain from the grain warehouse in Chenggao County.

It is necessary for the emperor to do something to prepare for a rainy day, but Yun Chu's rear army is unlucky.

Facing the Chenggao magistrate who kowtowed like pounding garlic, Yun Chu did not choose Pei Xingjian's method of asking for food, he felt that it was a very immoral thing to always snatch food from the mouths of the people at the bottom.

So, he chose to find the rich families of Chenggao County, and sent a thousand troops to raise food overnight, and when it was dawn, there was a lot of food in the Yunchu army, but it was not as neat as the military food, and there were many more pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese in the grain.

Yun Chu did not take the grain of those rich families in vain, but also wrote them very standardized IOUs, and those rich families could take these IOUs to the Luoyang Military Department in the future and exchange them for money.

It sounds like this thing has been done from beginning to end, and it seems to be very good, but no one, including Yun Chu, thinks that these rich people can get food money after going to the Luoyang Military Department.

The grain in Li Si's hands is people's private property and cannot be moved, as for whether the grain of those rich people is private property, it depends on the emperor's cognition.

Robbing places and forcibly collecting military rations is actually a very inconspicuous daily behavior for the Tang army.

As the most important violent group in Datang, Yun Chu's behavior of giving an IOU will attract ridicule from others.

That's it, because the army is walking in the country, it won't go too far, once it leaves the border, wherever the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty go, there will be a situation where there is no grass.

The reason why there is such an unreasonable situation is that the treatment of government soldiers is rarely actually implemented.

When each soldier was drafted, he was required to prepare a bow, thirty arrows, a horizontal sword, a felt hat, and felt, and nine buckets of wheat.

These materials are kept by the Ochichong Prefecture, and the government issues vouchers that can be redeemed in the event of war. If the government has been defending for more than one year, the government will give another subsidy.

This method of supplying troops has saved the state a lot of money.

Logically speaking, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty served for more than a year, and it stands to reason that they could get 12 horses of silk cloth and 12 chestnuts for each year of extension.

Of course, it stands to reason that these three words are very interesting, as long as they are things that are said reasonably, they are basically equal to nothing.

The 600,000 regular government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, except for the local government soldiers in Chang'an, did not say this reasonably, and each government soldier who extended his service time could get the full amount of the reasonable payment.

There are only 30,000 Beiya forbidden troops left, and they can get military salaries.

The Northern Ya Forbidden Army was the emperor's personal soldier and an independent military force. Their basic living needs were provided by the imperial court, and they enjoyed food and clothing.

It stands to reason that the more things are said, the more corrupt military discipline becomes, and the more barbaric the army's work style becomes.

Of course, Yun Chu would not harm Li Si's interests to fill the government military system that would collapse itself.

In addition, the emperor's eastern tour this time, the original strategy was to be tough and arrogant, and only in this way could everyone know the emperor's majesty.

Starting from Gaozu Li Yuan, it was a common practice that wherever the emperor went, the most elite army of the Tang Dynasty would be.

If Yun Chu is a group of people who are kind and look like hello, hello, everyone, and everyone in the place, when he arrives at the emperor, it will be Yun Chu's own good.

Qiu didn't commit this kind of thing, and it didn't apply to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

When Yunchu's army left Chenggao County, along the way, the rich families cried all the time, and Jun Sima wanted to send someone to scare them and tell them to shut up.

Yun Chu understands the pain of these people very well.

It's all wealth accumulated over several generations, and now it's been plundered by the army, and it's normal to cry.

Bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, this sentence itself appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

After Ruichun reported Yun Chu's behavior in Chenggao to Li Zhiyu, although he hurt the suffering of the people, he still gave full understanding to Yun Chu's plundering behavior.

The general trend is ahead, and the rest is just a flaw.

However, the impeachment of Yun Chu's barrage has not been broken, and every imperial historian knows that this is Yun Chu's helpless move, but no one is willing to let go of this good opportunity to impeach Yun Chu.

Before he went out, everything was not going well, and the emperor's car stopped in Zhengzhou.

The emperor's car stopped in Zhengzhou, and the army had to stop in Xingyang.

The main body of Xingyang is actually the Tiger Prison Pass, and after Yun Chu's soldiers and horses entered the Tiger Prison Pass, they closed the entire Tiger Prison Pass in accordance with the advice of the marching commander Shi Li Ji.

Tiger Prison Pass, now called Wu Prison Pass, the reason why it changed its name is related to Li Zhi's ancestor Li Hu.

In Yun Chu's eyes, this martial prison pass is not tall, and the rammed earth city wall is not strong, however, Li Ji standing on the martial prison pass, seems to have countless things on his mind that he wants to say but can't say.

When Li Si appeared behind Li Ji, he didn't need to ask, he listened to Li Ji talk to himself: "Back then, Emperor Gaozu couldn't trust Emperor Taizong, so he took Emperor Taizong's subordinate and handed over Pei Lin to face Liu Wuzhou, but as a result, the whole army was wiped out, and only Pei Lin was able to escape, resulting in Emperor Taizong no longer having any soldiers to fight, and even the land east of the river was lost, including Jinyang, the land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, Dou Jiande of Hebei Province went west, preparing to unite with Wang Shichong and destroy the Tang Dynasty with one drum. ”

Li Si said softly: "Who was Ying Gong under at that time? ”

Li Jidao: "Wang Shichong was a little general under his command, a certain family was originally a good man in Wagangzhai, after Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi, I became Wang Shichong's person, at that time I thought that Wang Shichong was a man of destiny, who would have thought that the powerful and wealthy Wang Shichong would be under this tiger prison and achieved your grandfather's epic exploits in the first war to capture the two kings." ”

Li Si smiled: "At that time, Ying Gong surrendered? ”

Li Ji gritted his teeth and said: "At that time, your grandfather had less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and they were all miscellaneous soldiers who were scraped together.

It can be said that the time and place are not in him, as for the people, as long as the local people avoided from the period when Wei Chi Jingde marched into the Tiger Prison Pass, and they were unwilling to provide military rations for the army, they can know that the people are not in him. ”

Li Si hugged Li Ji's arm and said, "But grandfather still won." ”

A strong look of remembrance appeared on Li Ji's face, and he exclaimed: "Your ancestor deliberately deprived your grandfather of his military power, and killed Liu Wenjing, who claimed to be able to "avoid two deaths", just to cut off your grandfather's wings.

In the elite Guanzhong, the two soldiers and horses in Hedong were buried in Hedong by Pei Lian, with only 30,000 rabbles in their hands, but they had to face Dou Jiande's 100,000 heroes, and Wang Shichong's 80,000 elites were in the back.

Girl, when the time and place are not in your hands, if it is you, how to turn the tables? ”

Li Si laughed out loud, and then said proudly: "Hundred horsemen attack!" ”

Li Ji smiled: "Yes, a hundred horsemen attacked, that's what Emperor Taizong did, and the strange thing is that he won." ”

Li Si looked up at the tall Li Ji and said, "Is it strange to win?" ”

Li Ji nodded and said: "Yes, it's strange, Taizong succeeded once, and he only succeeded once, and he can't reproduce it in the future." ”

"Neither can you?"

"No, the old man Rongma has wanted to succeed again countless times in his life, but unfortunately, he has not been able to get what he wants.

Li Si didn't understand what Li Ji said, but she felt that what Li Ji said seemed to be very important, it didn't matter, remember it first, just go back and ask the master.

Li Ji seemed very lonely, standing on the head of the Tiger Prison Pass, as if he was reminiscing about the past stormy years. When he stopped talking, it was as if he was alone.

Yun Chu listened to Li Si's narration, and after a moment of silence, he said to Li Si: "When Ying Gong is old, he has begun to think about the Mandate of Heaven. ”

Li Sidao: "What is the Mandate of Heaven? ”

"Mandate of Heaven" means the will of the entity represented by God and nature, and also refers to the fact that God governs the fate of all beings, the laws and laws of nature, and the natural lifespan of man.

Combined with the past of Emperor Taizong told by the British public, you can understand that if a person is destined to return, he can be invincible. ”

"How do you know if you are destined to belong?"

"No one can know in advance whether they are destined to return, people only have some vague consciousness after experiencing countless hardships of survival and survival, but at this time, the destiny is no longer important to him."

"Are all those who don't pass those tests dead?"

Yun Chu patted Li Si's bun, nodded and said, "That's right, they are all dead, without exception." ”

"Is my father the Emperor the Destiny of Heaven?"

"Count, because he's invincible now."

"What about my mother?"

"In the past, it was considered the destiny of heaven, but now with you, it is not the destiny of heaven."

"Where's the prince's brother?"

"He's on his way to proving whether he's destined to return."

"What about me?"

"You don't count, you're just a kind little girl, we don't fight for any destiny."

"Why don't you fight for it?"

"The process is too painful, I don't think it's worth it, there is never a gratuitous harvest in this world, if you want to harvest, you have to exchange your most important things."

Li Si blinked his eyes and said, "It's really not cost-effective, and I don't want it either." ”

Yun Chu saw Li Silian jumping to organize his own business, and said gently to the one who had been roasting the fire: "Do you want to try it?" ”

Gently shook his head and said: "The best is never my turn, if I force it, it is likely that there will be a disaster on my head that I can't bear." ”

Yun Chu didn't speak again, sat opposite Gentle, filled the teapot with water, and the two watched the flames lick the bottom of the teapot, and after a while, the water in the teapot was squeaked by the fire.

Di Renjie walked into the tent with a cold body, took off the big hat, rubbed his hands and came to the stove, took the hot tea gently handed over, held it in the palm of his hand, and said to the silent Yun Chu: "Things are very wrong. ”

Gentle: "How serious?" ”

"Someone is deliberately obstructing His Majesty from going to Mount Tai to perform the Zen ceremony."

Yun Chu said: "Your Majesty's 120,000 army can calm everything that is dissatisfied and dissatisfied. ”

Di Renjie took a sip of hot tea and said: "They didn't think about stopping it, just the killing along the way can make Your Majesty's Zen Ceremony end without a problem."

I investigated the matter in Yanshi County, and finally found that Liu Lin was actually a sacrifice.

People have been raising good food and drink for so many years, and they are waiting to be slaughtered by His Majesty without complaint, and obediently be stabbed. ”

Yun Chu was taken aback and said, "Is it so fierce?" ”

Di Renjie lifted the tent curtain, glanced out, retracted his head, and said in a low voice: "The people of Shandong and Hebei don't want Your Majesty to tour the east. ”

Gently looked at Yun Chu and said, "How can we avoid this stormy sea?" ”

Di Renjie said: "We can't avoid it, from the moment Your Majesty let Yun Chu serve as the commander of the rear army, we can't avoid it."

Over the years, among the ten roads in the world, only Henan Province, Hebei Province has not been completely conquered by the Tang Dynasty, on the surface they are subservient to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact they are separated from the Tang Dynasty, and the most difficult to reach the imperial decree is these two places, especially under the state and county, the imperial decree is almost impassable.

It can even be said that in these two provinces, the court really occupies only the points of states and counties, and except for these points, they are all non-subjects.

It's just that they are currently afraid of His Majesty's strength and dare not raise troops to rebel, once the center of the Tang Dynasty begins to weaken, it is a sure thing for them to raise troops to rebel.

These days, I have been wandering in the countryside, passing by some remote villages, I found that they are very wary of the official family, but when we changed our clothes and talked to them again, we found that these people only knew the local squire, and there was no Tang Dynasty official mansion in their eyes. ”

Gently shook his head and said: "Fifty years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it is really strange that it has not been able to gather the hearts of the people. ”

(End of chapter)