Chapter 214 Zheng's kick is on the iron plate

When a cannon fires, there are tens of thousands of taels of gold. In a battle that invests tens of thousands of people, the food and grass required at least ten states can be supplied. Of course, a battle like the Battle of Tang and Zheng, which consumes more than 200,000 troops, is a huge bottom pit.

Originally, Li Yuan had worked hard to get more than 30,000 war horses and more than 40,000 troops. As soon as Changsun Shunde left Hangu Pass, he was put into the pocket formation by Wang Shichong in one breath, which made Li Yuan very depressed.

In fact, war is about national strength fighting the country's comprehensive strength, fighting for the army, equipment, economy, and population. However, with Li Shimin trapped in Cijian, Li Yuan had not had a good sleep for many days. Li Yuanji was trapped in the Beimangshan camp, even if it was less than a hundred miles away from Li Shimin, he could not support it. Dou Jiande attacked Hedong again.

Especially Huaizhou (now northeast of Xingyang) was taken to Beimang Mountain by Huang Junhan, and most of them were defeated by Wang Shiyun's Huoniu Formation. As a result, only 4,000 elderly and weak soldiers in Huaizhou were conquered by Wang Xiaohu, Dou Jiande's troops. With Huaizhou's fall, seven days later, Luzhou was also conquered by Fan Yuan of Dou Jiande's troops. Except for less than 4,000 remaining troops in Yuchi Gong, the entire Henan and south of Jinzhou were no longer owned by the Tang Dynasty.

Although Li Jiancheng did not officially fight with Dou Jiande, Li Yuan was very optimistic about Li Jiancheng. After all, the strength of the two sides was too great. If Li Jiancheng had 100,000 troops under his command, it was possible to block Dou Jiande or repel him. However, Li Jiancheng had only more than 10,000 troops under his command, which was less than one-twentieth of Dou Jiande's army.

Li Shimin needed support, Li Jiancheng needed support, and Li Yuanji also needed support. The key was that Li Yuan had no soldiers, no money, and there was not much food and grass left. Even the civil and military officials of the court entered Wude for three years and had no salary paid. The key was that the court had no money. This made Li Yuan worry.

At this moment, An Xing reported the Xingyang battle to Li Yuan's desk. With the champion general leading the army, the soldiers of the army were diligent in the king's orders, fearless and fearless. With bloody battles, he wiped out more than 20,000 troops from Liu Jintang, the general under Dou Jiande. Li Yuan originally thought that he would fight for several months, but in just three days it was over. You must know that Xingyang is also a strong city in the Central Plains, but when he thought of Chen Ying's dazzling record of breaking Yanmen Pass in one day and Hangu Pass in one hour, Li Yuan was so arrogant.

The battle was over, how much money did he save? The most amazing thing was that Chen Ying could not only save him money, but also help him make money! According to An Xing Secret Report, after capturing Xingyang City, the right army of Shaanxi East Road seized the property from the Xia army looted wealthy families in Xingyang, as many as one million guan, all of which were kept intact and handed over to the inner treasury! After learning the news, Li Yuan could not believe his eyes. This was not one hundred guan or ten thousand guan, but one million guan! How much tax was the Tang Dynasty in a year? It was only three million guan (even in the fourth year of Zhenguan, it had just exceeded 540 million guan).

Of course, Li Yuan is not a fool. Chen Ying handed over a million chunk of silver to him. He didn't believe that he didn't take such a tiny. Chen Ying must have made a lot of money, but he didn't care. Which official in the Tang Dynasty is not greedy now? It's normal to make a little bit. Besides, didn't he leave him a million chunk? It's much better than those guys who are greedy but don't lose any penny! The most amazing thing is that Chen Ying rectified the prisoners' soldiers and went to rescue Li Shimin without stopping. It's caring and caring. It's so thoughtful and caring.

In fact, Li Yuan's guess was good. Chen Ying made a lot of money in Xingyang, including as much as 160,000 taels of gold, which is about 1.6 million guan. With silver, copper coins, pearls, jade and valuable materials, it would have been more than 2 million guan. If it weren't for Luo Shixin's case, Chen Ying would have only reported 300,000 to the East Palace. However, because of Luo Shixin's case, he had completely broken up with Zheng's family in Xingyang. Obviously, Zheng's family in Xingyang would not give up easily.

As An Xing said, the ministers broke their shafts, accumulated feathers and sunk boats, and the mouths of the people melted gold, and destroyed bones. Chen Ying was in trouble. In fact, when he was hitting the Zheng mansion, Chen Ying had already planned to give the seized property to Li Yuan, and let Li Yuan take the blame. Li Yuan was very short of money at present. Li Yuan would never spit it out. Of course, he would not use Chen Ying to fight against the thunder. Once Li Yuan did this, he would not want other ministers to learn from Chen Ying to solve the problem for him.

In the memorial, An Xing wrote: "Zheng said that the robbery was owned by Zheng, and he intended to get it back. General Chen refused. Zheng was threatened in front of him. General Chen was tough and threatened Zheng with his troops to compromise... Zheng failed and another plan came into being. He failed to bribe General Chen with a beauty, and turned to bribe General Chen Luo Shixin..."

Seeing this, Li Yuan looked at him and ignored him. As a family member, Li Yuan knew that the methods of the family members were the first to win over. If he could not win over, he would immediately turn against him and suppress him.

Pei Ji was extremely proud and sighed that Li Yuan was so lucky!

Because of the millions of dollars sent by Chen Ying, Li Yuan could recruit soldiers and horses. Although there were no elite soldiers in Guanzhong, and the Tang Dynasty was not just Guanzhong, wasn’t there Hedong, Hexi, and Bashu? Bashu did not go through a major melee at the end of the Sui Dynasty. The population decreased very little, and there was a large amount of manpower. As long as you had money, it would be no problem to recruit 30,000 to 50,000 troops. Although Liu Wuzhou rebelled and the population tax was reduced, Li Jiancheng could summon more than 20,000 Shuozhou troops who had been dismissed. If the troops left behind in Taiyuan were gathered together, it would be no problem to gather 50,000 troops.

In Tai Chi Hall, Li Yuan was also confident and energetic, and was straightforward: "My dear ministers, Dou Jiande attacked our Tang Dynasty prime minister. The soldiers and civilians were killed and injured thousands of miles away. Fortunately, the soldiers used their lives. Finally, they recovered Xingyang a few days ago, killed Liu Jintang, Liu Xiyao and other thieves, and were captured by the rebels. Xingyang and Henan cities were all recovered. Dou Jiande's danger was so stalemate! However, after this disaster, Henan Road has been completely decayed, and one out of ten people in the territory has been burned. It is really heartbreaking! The most urgent task is to clean up the mess as soon as possible and resume production. What are the good strategies for all dear ministers?"

When Feng Deyi, the supervisor of the hall, heard this, he immediately felt enlightened and said, "Your Majesty, the rebels are tyrannical and are extremely poisonous to the war. There are less than one in the people of Henan Province. The survivors are also not covered in clothes and cannot feed their stomachs. The most urgent task is to quickly allocate grain and provide relief, otherwise they will find it difficult to survive the autumn harvest!"

Well, as soon as you open your mouth, you will ask for money and food!

When Xiao Yu heard this, he immediately retorted: "The Chief of the Central Commission for Trade is so easy to say, and allocate grain and relief? At this time, Qinghuang did not accept it. This war has already defeated the national treasury. How could the grain and relief come from? According to my opinion, it would be better to move the Henan people to Guanzhong and let them go to their relatives!"

When Feng Deyi heard this, he immediately retorted from Xiao Yu's illness: "Xiao Prime Minister? Are you trying to let the surviving people of Henan die on their own? You are going to trap Your Majesty in the wrongdoing. With a prime minister like you, you are really a great thief of the country. The disaster for the country..."

The hat was a little big, Xiao Yu looked helpless and spread his hands: "What else can you do? The Ministry of Revenue can't afford the money anyway!"

Feng Deyi looked at Xiao Yu and squirted wildly like he was eating people.

When Xiao Yu fought back again, a large group of officials immediately broke away from each other. Some people accused Feng Deyi of the clever words and support Feng Deyi of the officials, but they accused Xiao Yu of being cold-blooded and disregarding the lives and deaths of the people.

Xiao Yu was not willing to be outdone. He pulled a group of friends and squirted back, accusing those guys of not being in charge of the family and not knowing that the food and rice were expensive. He drooled in the court, and a group of ministers whispered and cited the classics and swearing so much!

However, Li Yuan was also impatient with the good mood of these ministers. Fortunately, Pei Ji took the thunder and offered his annual salary to support the court to provide disaster relief. Xiao Yu immediately agreed, but Feng Deyi was unable to get rid of the tiger. The court had no money and wanted to provide relief for military disasters. They donated money and donated money. Although most of the ministers of the Tang Dynasty were born into nobles, there were also a few ministers who were struggling with poor families. A whole family was waiting for the court's salary to be put into the pot. Feng Deyi's disaster was a disaster. Everyone should drink the northwest wind for a year.

Li Yuan looked at these ministers condescendingly and waved his hand in a lack of mood. Chen Qi understood and sang in a sharp voice: "If you have a precept to start, you will leave the court without a precept!"

Liu Zhenghui, Minister of Justice, bowed and said, "I have a memorial!"

Li Yuan nodded.

Liu Zhenghui was Li Yuan's old subordinate when he was staying in Taiyuan. He raised an army with Li Yuan and was the first hero. He was responsible for staying in Taiyuan. Liu Wuzhou was captured during the attack. He was loyal and unyielding, and he also found an opportunity to inquire about Liu Wuzhou's military affairs and reported to Li Yuan. After Liu Wuzhou was destroyed, he was rescued and is now the Minister of Justice.

Liu Zhenghui looked up, looked directly at Li Yuan, and talked happily: "My minister Liu Zhenghui impeached Chen Ying, held his troops and respected himself, watched the enemy, and was killed. He should be killed. He falsely reported the number of troops and embezzled military pay. He should be killed.

The important officials had different expressions, and the civil and military officials in the court had different expressions. They were either gloating, worried, or happy.

Li Yuan looked at Liu Zhenghui in surprise. He really didn't expect that Liu Zhenghui would come forward to impeach Chen Ying at this time.

Although Liu Zhenghui was calm on the surface, he smiled bitterly in his heart.

He was helpless, and he had no choice. At that time, Liu Zhenghui was born into the Zheng family, including his subordinate Li Yuan, and they were all chess pieces supported by the Zheng family in Xingyang. Now that the Zheng family in Xingyang takes action to deal with Chen Ying, he has no choice. He knows the energy of the Zheng family in Xingyang. Although he is the Minister of Justice, it is too easy for Xingyang to deal with him. He will first make their reputation bad, and then ruin him and have nothing.

In this situation, he had no choice but to compromise with the Zheng family in Xingyang. Of course, Liu Zhenghui also had some expectations, and there were some rumors in the palace, and Chen Ying was not happy with Li Yuan.

Liu Zhenghui continued: "Collaborate with Dou Jiande, and understand foreign enemies, three should be killed. Party affiliated with ministers, formed cliques for personal gain, four should be killed. They should be punished. They should be punished by bribery, sell official positions, and five should be killed. They should be punished by soldiers as bandits, and they should be punished by human lives. They should be punished by ministers. They should be punished by ministers. They should be punished by 7. They should be punished by gentry, seize the private use of the people, and eight should be killed. They should be sold by armor and equipment, help the evildoers, and nine should be killed. They should be punished by good deeds, falsely claiming military achievements, and ten should be killed. They should be punished by military affairs. They should be punished by eleven.

Li Yuan couldn't listen anymore. If he hadn't read An Xing's secret report, he would have almost believed Liu Zhenghui's words. However, Chen Ying had offended the Zheng family of Xingyang because of a million yuan of money. At this time, he did not believe a single word of evidence of Chen Ying's crimes mentioned by Liu Zhenghui. Li Yuan shouted with a frightened face: "Enough, enough..."

Liu Zhenghui continued: "Your Majesty has given me a report and I will kill and scramble, but I will never complain."

Li Yuan didn't say anything, but just made a "hum" sound from his nose, and the meaning of dissatisfaction was very obvious.

Liu Zhenghui continued: "I have a heart of Yang's rebellion, and I am a disobedient person, and I will be killed twelve times.

Li Yuan was slightly stunned and turned around.

The civil and military ministers were stunned. Although many of them were happy to see Chen Ying fall into a big somersault, but now, who can save Li Shimin and turn the tide? Besides, Chen Ying’s twelve major crimes are too horrible!

"I'm going to discuss it!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

"I'm asking..."

In just less than a stick of incense, more than a hundred ministers attached their proposals.

However, Li Yuan also discovered that among these ministers, there were no bigwigs such as Chen Shuda, Pei Ji, Feng Deyi, Xiao Yu, Yu Wenhua and Gao Shilian.

Li Yuan looked at Liu Zhenghui coldly, without any emotion in his eyes, as if he was looking at a dead person.

Li Yuan was dissatisfied with Chen Ying, and he was also afraid at the beginning. However, Chen Ying was born into a family, and the bigger the family, the less he could rebel. Even if he rebelled, there would be signs. Hou Mo Chen's family had long been under the surveillance of Li Yuan. Hou Mo Chen Qian would not have any abnormal movements, Hou Mo Chenxu, the Lingnan Hou Mo Chen Yong, and the Xihe Hou Mo Chen Yong, did not have any abnormal movements. If Chen Yingyin was a disobedient and intended to rebel, Li Yuan did not believe it at all.

Li Yuan had already made Chen Ying the princess of the Pingyang Princess. At this time, as the old friend Liu Zhenghui, actually stood up and stabbed Chen Ying, which made Li Yuan very dissatisfied.

Li Yuan looked at Pei Ji and asked, "Pei Qing, what do you think?"

Pei Ji said without hesitation: "It's nonsense!"

Pei Ji knew Li Yuan very well. Li Yuan really wanted to deal with Chen Ying, so he must have communicated with him in advance, but Li Yuan did not. It was just that Liu Zhenghui stood up, so there was only one possibility, that is, Liu Zhenghui took his own initiative.

Li Yuan looked at Liu Zhenghui and sighed, "Liu Zhenghui, do you know your guilt!"

Liu Zhenghui didn't say anything, and he was not a fool. When he saw Li Yuan's attitude, his attitude to cover up Chen Ying was too obvious. If he couldn't see the direction of the wind clearly, he would have been in vain over the years. Liu Zhenghui slowly knelt down, took off his soft feet, and put it gently in his palm: "I am guilty, and I am guilty of being in prison!"

Li Yuan was very angry at this time. What he was angry was that Liu Zhenghui was his old subordinate, but he was eating his food and working for others. This feeling of betrayal made Li Yuan very annoyed. Zheng supported Wang Shichong and supported Wang Shichong with a large amount of resources. This was beyond doubt. Liu Zhenghui was also speaking for Zheng, preparing to use his own hands to execute the ministers he relied on. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Zheng in Xingyang was insulting his IQ. With such a simple truth, how could Li Yuan fall into a trap and do things that his relatives are hurt and his enemies are happy?

Li Yuan's long-suppressed anger erupted like magma, and it was out of control. He said with red eyes: "Come here, I'll write an order. Liu Zhenghui is not indifferent to the emperor and bites the ministers. He is unforgivable to forgive his crimes. He is ordered...Dali Temple interrogated!"

Li Yuan's rebelliousness did not fade, and pointed at the officials who agreed to the matter and shouted: "All dismissals... investigate and deal with it!"

In fact, the Zheng family in Xingyang was too impatient this time. If he waited for a while and impeached Chen Ying, it would have some effect. After all, Chen Ying was not a worry-free person. He offended not only the Zheng family in Xingyang, but also the Cui family in Qinghe.

But Zheng just couldn't wait.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Zheng's family in Xingyang is worried about the long night dreams. After all, this time, Chen Ying slapped Zheng's family in the face, which was too loud.

They also received the news that Chen Ying would soon become the princess of Princess Pingyang. After becoming the princess, as long as he did not rebel, other crimes would not be able to kill Chen Ying.
Chapter completed!