Chapter 139: Pay the money to keep safe!
After listening to the whole process from Wei Guanzhi's mouth, Guo Hui was completely numb.
There is nothing to say about a small-scale transfer of the forbidden army, but a transfer of this scale is no different from a rebellion in the strict sense.
The Emperor Taishang not only did not get angry, but even took the initiative to help Guo Rong wipe his buttocks, what kind of saint is this.
No wonder even the rumor that Guo Rong may be the rain and dew sown by the Emperor Taishang has come out, if he doesn't know that Guo Rong is from Qiuzi, even he has to wonder if Guo Rong is the illegitimate son of the Emperor.
"Brother Guan just said the dowry?"
"Yes, although the eldest princess of Dunhuang is only the righteous daughter of His Majesty, but His Majesty does not have an ordinary love for the eldest princess, her dowry is indeed very rich, and it is a little too rich, do you know why the reward after the counterinsurgency has not been announced for a long time?"
"Could it be because of money?"
"Yes, although the rebels did not loot the treasury, there are many things in the treasury, and the household department and the Taifu Temple secretly increased the dowry for the eldest princess in order to please the emperor and the eldest princess, and also approved the money and food of the mansion, and even levy forced labor."
"At the same time, the Emperor Taishang issued an order to ensure that the money, food and consumption of the Changying Army, coupled with the monthly salary of the court officials, which led to the delay in the reward, and the lack of rewards will chill the hearts of the army, and the greater the damage caused by the inability of the treasury to take out the money and silk."
"Do you know why His Majesty wanted to do it at that time?"
"Do it?"
"The Emperor Taishang lacks money and food, and he can't rob the people, but it is not difficult to kill a few nobles who have rebelled against him, and it is not difficult to destroy his family, Gorou, do you think that winning a few nobles is enough to give rewards to the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion?"
Wei Guanzhi's words made Guo Hui's heart feel cold, and his whole body began to tremble.
"Brother Guan Zhi laughed, Xungui is in solidarity with Datang, not to mention that all Xungui are not a small force together, Chang'an City can't afford such a toss!"
"Huh!"
Smiling lightly, Wei Guanzhi looked at Guo Hui.
"The 40,000 Shence Army, the 12,000 Yulin Army adapted from the Shence Left Army, the Jinwuwei composed of 4,000 border troops, plus the 4,000 Changying Army, does Gorou think that the nobles in Chang'an City have a chance of winning if they are tied together?"
"What's more, who dares to guarantee that all the nobles will maintain an offensive and defensive alliance, and no one will surrender to the Emperor in advance? You must know that Xungui is not useless to Datang! ”
Hearing Wei Guanzhi say this, Guo Hui no longer has the idea of continuing to talk, he understands everything he should understand, and he should go back as soon as possible to discuss countermeasures with his brother.
"Thank you, Brother Guan, little brother farewell!"
Leaving the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, Guo Hui ran all the way, and in less than a quarter of an hour, Guo Hui had returned to the former Fenyang County Palace, and now the Zuojin Wuwei General's Mansion.
However, in the main hall of the mansion, Guo Hui saw not only his brother, but several people with amazing status and influence, the existence of the top nobles in the entire Tang Dynasty, it is not easy to see so many people together.
"Brother, what did you find out from Wei Guanzhi?"
Looking at Guo Hui, who wanted to speak and stopped, Guo Zhao directly reprimanded.
"When is this coming, there is nothing to hide, you can say whatever Wei Guanzhi says, it is best not to omit a word."
"That's right, Wei Guanzhi said......"
It took a full quarter of an hour for Guo Hui to almost completely review the scene of the exchange with Wei Guanzhi.
However, as Guo Hui's review progressed, the scope of the main hall became extremely weird, and after Guo Rong finished the last sentence, the atmosphere in the entire main hall changed instantly.
The solidarity and hatred of the enemy have completely disappeared, and have been replaced by suspicion and defense.
Sure enough, the factional positions of the nobles themselves are different, contradictions and conflicts are frequent, and they can only get together because they are forced to defend themselves under the huge pressure of the Emperor Taishang.
And now, through Wei Guanzhi's mouth, the meaning of the Emperor Taishang has become so clear that he wants to raise soldiers, give rewards, give dowries, and pay money, once he is driven crazy, he doesn't mind taking a few nobles who are not very clean as ATMs.
Everyone here is all the way, and they know very well whether they are clean or not, and the emperor's way of life has been given: pay money to keep safe!
There is no point in huddling anymore!
The most fatal thing is the last sentence, which goes straight to the heart of everyone!
Who dares to guarantee that no one will have surrendered to the Emperor in advance in order to protect themselves?
The scary thing to think about is that the Emperor Taishang's sharpened knife has been put on the necks of everyone present, but suddenly the Emperor Taishang has put away the knife, doesn't this make people wonder?
But if someone openly shares the same hatred with other nobles, but behind the scenes, he has taken the initiative to explain everything to the Emperor Taishang in advance, isn't this logical?
You must know that all the top nobles of Datang are sitting here today, each of these people has a seven-trick exquisite heart, and selling teammates is an instinct, and the basis is wrong!
At this moment, who dares to guarantee that among the dozens of top dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty here, absolutely no one is a spy who has already surrendered to the emperor?
You can believe in the sky, you can believe in the earth, you can never believe in this broken mouth of the same noble, there are some things that only you know!
Moreover, even if there is really no one to surrender to the emperor, with this sentence as a foundation, trust has completely ceased to exist, and the so-called alliance has collapsed!
Looking at the bigwigs who were ghostly, guarding against each other, anxious, and restless, today's master, General Guo Zhao of Zuojin Wuwei, brought a wry smile on his face, but in his heart, he was glad to keep the last hole card.
"Judging from the news that Guo Hui inquired about today, Guo Rong's status in the eyes of the Emperor is far higher than we expected, and the Emperor is now extremely short of money and food, so let's show your powers!"
Guo Zhao's voice fell, and the nobles who were still anxious not long ago became the bigwigs on the side of the Tang Dynasty one by one.
As these bigwigs said goodbye and left, only Guo Zhao and Guo Hui were left in the huge main hall in an instant, and the stunned Guo Hui stared at his brother a little blankly.
"Brother, this ......"
"Don't be afraid, these guys are like this, everything is under my brother's control!"
"Sixth brother?"
"Don't move the sixth child, I heard that he also participated in this march into Xishi, which is very good, just let him rest assured in the Changying Army, maybe in the future, our Guo family will rely on him to support."
"Then we ......"
"In this way, you will have a trip to the palace tomorrow, go to find the eldest sister, and let the eldest sister test His Majesty's attitude towards Guo Rong, to determine how much effort to invest in Guo Rong, and I will start to order someone to transfer money, grain, silk and silk to Chang'an."
The next day, before dawn, a large number of messengers had gathered at the various city gates, and when the city gate opened, countless messengers rushed out of Chang'an City and flocked to all directions of the Tang Dynasty.
At the same time, the recruitment of the Changying Army, which had been suspended for two days to assist Jing Zhao Yin in supervising the beheading, restarted.
After the re-recruitment began, the recruitment was even more popular than before.
Although Chang'an's recruitment plan far exceeded expectations, Guo Rong did not cancel the previous plan.
On the contrary, Guo Rong added a student soldier to each team that left Chang'an to recruit troops in Gyeonggi counties, and took the initiative to abandon his pen from Guozixue/Taixue/Simen to join Rong because he was attracted by his enthusiasm.
The additional student soldier has only one task, starting from the Juwenzhen Rebellion, telling the origin of the entire Changying Army, publicizing the concept of the Changying Army fighting for the Tang Dynasty, and attracting more students from county and state schools to join.
On September 27, the recruitment registration in Chang'an City was completed, and within four days, one day before and three days after the beheading, a total of more than 60,000 qualified young men and rangers were registered in the entire Chang'an City.
On the same day, the 100 low-level officers of the Shence Army promised by Li Yu to Guo Rong, and the 100 cooks that Guo Rong asked Wei Guanzhi to help raise in Chang'an City also arrived at the Changying Army barracks.
On September 28, the number of candidates as high as 60,000 began to go to the Changying Army garrison north of Chang'an City, located in the Forbidden Garden, in batches to test and screen.
On September 29, after personally training all the recruiters, with Guo Rong's order, a full fifty recruiter teams composed of a leading officer, a student, and ten Changying sergeants also left Chang'an City and went to the entire Guanzhong.
In the coming month, they will bring at least 10,000 new recruits to the Changying Army.
After sending off the recruiting team, the 100 veterans screened in advance began rabbit queue training under the leadership and command of Guo Rong.
To tell the truth, the Tang army has queue training, although the Tang army itself focuses more on combat skills training, but queue training does exist, because the Tang army is essentially a line infantry combining heavy infantry and crossbow men.
It's just that the queue training of the Tang Army is more about synchronization in actual combat, and the content is also very simple, and its core point is to be under the command and drum beat, not neat, let alone neat.
If you want to maintain the formation during the march, you rely more on tacit understanding, so there is a saying that if the queue does not disperse after ten steps, it is already a strong army.
Being able to achieve synchronization under the command of the password and the beat of the drum can be done in the Changying Army, which is dominated by veterans, so anyone who sees the performance of the Changying Army will praise the strong army.
This kind of training based on actual combat cannot be said to be excellent, but it ignores another meaning other than actual combat in queue training, that is, cultivating a sense of tacit understanding, teamwork, and prohibition.
Originally, Guo Rong thought that these elite veterans who had been in the army for an average of five to ten years, and many of them had even begun to fight at the age of fifteen or sixteen, would be dissatisfied with the simple queue training.
However, to Guo Rong's expectations, the degree of recognition and seriousness of these veterans for the cohort training far exceeded their own cognition.