Li Longji beheaded Tian Chenghei with one sword, which can be regarded as eliminating a major hidden danger.

Because the first person in the Tang Dynasty to divide the domain after the Anshi Rebellion was pacified, it was Tian Chenghe, who was the first to open the precedent for the division of the Tang Dynasty, but now he died directly in the hands of Li Longji.

Geshuhan began to deploy defenses to meet the attack of the Luoyang rebels.

The main force of An Lushan's rebels had already entered the pass from Tongguan, but left a part of their forces in Luoyang.

Zhang Tongru, who stayed in Luoyang, would definitely send troops to attack after learning that Tongguan was lost, so Ge Shuhan had to be prepared as soon as possible, and as for the main rebel force of An Lushan, there was no need to worry.

Li Longji didn't know it yet, but Ge Shuhan had already known it in advance.

The 200,000 Shannan army led by Li Siye has arrived in Huayin County.

If nothing else, at this time, Li Siye's Shannan Army and An Lushan's rebel main force should have already divided the victory and defeat outside Huayin City, and the Shannan Army has the help of Lu Tianshi, and there is basically no suspense about victory.

In fact, not long after the recapture of Tongguan, the good news arrived in Tongguan.

Li Siye's Shannan army defeated the rebels in the first battle of Huayin County, beheaded the puppet Yan Emperor An Lushan, not to mention, but also forced the main force of more than 100,000 rebels in Fanyang and Lulong three towns in Hedong, and completely annihilated more than 100,000 Hu cavalry such as Khitan and Murowei.

In the face of the Shannan Army, which used cavalry and archery as its main mode of combat, the Khitan and other Hu cavalry could not run away if they wanted to.

Li Longji was melancholy when he heard this, Lu Tianshi is not a kind person, when he asked Lu Tianshi to go on the expedition together, he only deduced that immortals would not participate too much in the war of the mortal world, otherwise they would violate the rules of heaven.

But now, Lu Tianshi has no scruples to help Li Siye completely annihilate the rebels in Huayin.

If Lu Tianshi is willing to make a move, where can he use the Shannan Army under Li Siye? He Li Longji's 150,000 elite soldiers of Longyou Heshuo and hundreds of thousands of vassal state infantry cavalry can also wipe out the rebels.

Lu Tianshi didn't pay attention to it, he made it clear that he wanted him to embarrass Li Longji.

However, even if he knew this, Li Longji dared not speak out.

Because after suffering the defeat in Shaanzhou, Li Longji's prestige has been seriously damaged.

And Tian Chenghe's scolding before he died almost woke up Li Longji.

Of course, what is more important is that Lu Tianshi's immortal methods made Li Longji unable to resist the idea.

Because Lu Tianshi can kill An Lushan with a flip of his hand, and he can force land hundreds of thousands of rebels, although he Li Longji is a saint of the Tang Dynasty, he can't fight the immortals of the heavenly realm.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Lu Tianshi can't go to the lower realm.

So don't worry that Lu Tianshi will take Li Tang Jiangshan.

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Hearing that the main force of the rebels was completely annihilated by the Tang army outside Huayin City, and An Lushan and several sons were also killed, Zhang Tongru, who stayed in Luoyang, directly tied his hands and surrendered the city.

But the rebellion was not over.

Because Shi Siming, who stayed in Hebei, is still resisting.

When Li Longji and the dignitaries in Chang'an City asked Li Siye to lead the Shannan Army to Hebei, they were sternly rejected by Li Siye.

On the main hall of the Calyx Xianghui Building, Li Siye said solemnly to Li Longji, the crown prince Li Heng, and the civil and military generals headed by Wei Jiansu, the right minister: "The Shannan army traveled more than 10,000 miles from Luoshu to Chang'an in half a year, during which all the rations of the men and horses were borne by themselves. ”

"Now that the main force of the rebels has been annihilated, should the imperial court pay the rewards of the Shannan Army first?"

"There are also the three towns of Hebei, Fanyang and Lulong before the battle, and the minister once promised to give food and salary, should the imperial court also solve it?"

Li Longji just wanted to say that as long as the Shannan Army destroyed Shi Siming's rebels, the imperial court would immediately issue a reward.

However, before the words could be spoken, Lu Tianshi's voice sounded in the air: "The emperor is not hungry soldiers, the Shannan army came thousands of miles to Guanzhong to quell the rebellion, and just arrived in Guanzhong, it fought a big victory, and the main force of the An Lushan rebels was completely annihilated in a battle, and the imperial court should issue rewards in accordance with the regulations, and they must be issued according to the highest standards." ”

"There are also hundreds of thousands of border troops in the three towns of Hebei, Fanyang and Lulong, don't save such a little food."

"In case the border troops of the three towns can't get enough money and are forced to rebel again, this Heavenly Master will no longer take the risk of violating the rules of heaven to help Datang."

Li Longji and Wei Jiansu looked bitter.

You, Lu Tianshi, have said so, what else can we do?

At that moment, Li Longji asked Wei Jiansu: "Right Minister, how much food and salary rewards are needed?" ”

Wei Jiansu was not very clear, and set his eyes on Cen Shen, who had just been transferred to the right waiter of the household department: "Cen waiter? ”

Cen Shen hurriedly took out the account books prepared in advance and said: "The saint and the right minister, the minister has carefully calculated with more than 100 officials of the household department overnight, if it is rewarded according to the highest standard, it will be converted into silver money, and each person will be rewarded with 500,000 yuan, and the 200,000 Shannan army will need a total of 10 million yuan in silver, that is, 100 million yuan in silver." ”

"What? Need 100 million yuan? Li Longji's face turned green.

Wei Jiansu also looked bitter, 100 million? Not even 100 million dollars.

[Note: 1 guan = 1 guan, 1 guan = 1000 money or 1000 wen]

However, Cen Shen continued: "In addition, there are also the food and salaries of the three towns of Fanyang and Lulong in Hedong, and according to a year, the three towns of 183,500 border troops need a total of 2,220,000 stone of rations and 1,284,000 horses of cloth, which is a total of 640 million silver dollars when converted into silver coins. ”

Li Longji and Wei Jiansu have been completely numb.

Compared with the rewards of the Shannan Army, the food and salary of the three towns of Fanyang and Lulong in Hedong are nothing.

Closing the account book, Cen Shen continued: "At present, there are about 90 million yuan in the warehouse of the household department, about 1 million pieces of various cloths, and more than 100,000 horses of silk, silk and brocade. ”

A whisper immediately sounded in the palace, just such a little property?

This bit of wealth can't even make up a fraction of the reward of the Shannan Army.

Immediately, the civil and military generals in the palace thought of a very terrible consequence.

If the imperial court can't get a reward, will the Shannan army mutiny or even rebel?

Datang had just experienced a rebellion and could no longer withstand another rebellion.

However, the more they are afraid of something, the more they come, as soon as the ministers think of this, Li Siye said: "Sage, and the rank of minister, there is a sentence that Heiye really doesn't want to say, but he has to say, that is, the Shannan army is all Tibetans, although the Tibetans are of the same clan as our Han people, but in the end they have been separated for more than a thousand years, once they are not rewarded, it is difficult to predict what will happen." ”

Li Longji really wanted to reply, then you still brought them to Guanzhong? But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

If it weren't for Li Siye who led the Shannan army thousands of miles to King Qin, and Lu Tianshi was reluctant to make a move, Datang might really die at the hands of An Lushan, so he really didn't have the face to say it.

At that moment, Li Longji said to the ministers in the palace with a dark face: "Everyone, let's talk about it, how to get together this reward." ”

Wei Jiansu sighed and said: "The top priority is to borrow money from the rich families in Chang'an City first, and the ministers of the court and the central government who are still well-off will also support them, in short, they must gather rewards no matter what." ”

"But the gap is too big." Prime Minister Fang Xuan, who had just made up for the Pingzhang matter under the Tongzhong Book, frowned and said, "I am afraid it will be difficult to get together just by relying on the rich families in Chang'an City and the ministers and doctors in the court. ”

Li Longji said: "Then Fang Qing, what do you think?" ”

Fang Xuan said: "Qi Sheng, the minister thinks that he should use arable land as a reward. ”

Take land for reward? Li Longji couldn't help but move, this is a method.

According to the current land price, one mu of good land can be worth 50 taels, and ordinary cultivated land can also be worth 20 taels.

If the land is taken to offset it, it is only 2 million mu of good land, or 5 million mu of ordinary arable land, but there are more than 30 million mu of arable land in Guanzhong alone.

It's just that most of these cultivated lands are concentrated in the hands of the Xue family, the Pei family, the Du family and other families, and they are willing to take it out?

"What do you say?" Li Longji threw the problem to Wei Jiansu, the right minister, with a backhand, because Wei Jiansu was born in Jingzhao Webster, and he was also one of the families in Guanzhong.

"Saint, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Wei Jiansu was naturally resolutely opposed.

Webster's arable land has been accumulated for generations, not stolen or cheated, so why should it be taken out for nothing to be converted into silver money and rewarded to the Shannan Army? There is no such reason.