With the support of the new emperor Li Heng, Yu Chaoen acted vigorously and resolutely. Together with Cui Mian, Fang Guan and others, he announced the imperial court's "enhancement order" to all states and counties under his rule as quickly as possible. From the fourth rank of Zhengzheng to the ninth rank,
The price of each product, no matter in the center or in the local area, is clearly marked. In addition, in view of the limited real shortage of the imperial court at this stage, a first-come, first-served basis is implemented. If it does not arrive in time, the only way to do this is to "help" the imperial court.
First-come-first-served order, waiting in line. However, the imperial court promised not to break its promise. After the captured lands in Gyeonggi, Guannai, Henan, and Hebei are recovered, the promise can be fulfilled and the money and goods will be cleared.
Not only official positions and titles can be purchased with money, but in order to show the determination of the Tang Dynasty to make a desperate move, the certificates of monks and nuns all over the world are also open to supply. Whether the holder is a southern sect or a northern sect, a Zen sect or a pure land sect, even a single scripture can be purchased.
Even if you don't know how to chant, you can choose a place to build a temple, and the temple property under your jurisdiction will be exempted from all taxes forever.
This move was even more alluring than the candidate for an official title. In an instant, the barber in Lingwu City was so busy that his arms cramped. There were eminent monks everywhere who had bought ultimatums and prepared to "monk up the practice". Even the former monks
The madams of brothels are busy looking for people to get their hair cut off in order to leave a piece of pure Buddhist land to their descendants, where they don't have to pay taxes and taxes to the court.
Drinking poison to quench thirst has reached this point, which is unprecedented in ancient and modern times. Yu Chaoen, Cui Mian, Fang Guan and others were still not satisfied. Soon, they issued the "Zhenwu Order". They announced that the left and right Longwu Army was directly under His Majesty the Emperor.
, openly "recruiting talents" from all over the world. Talents from famous families and heroes from all over the world, who can bring their children to serve the country, ten people can be awarded as captains, and they can accompany the army from the ninth grade.
If you can get thousands of brothers to submit, you will be granted the title of general of the fourth rank regardless of origin or resume. All subordinates you lead will be awarded the title of captain of the ninth rank of benevolent and brave captain.
If you can prepare your own weapons and horses, your position will be higher, and it is even possible to directly grant you a title!
The Tang Dynasty attaches great importance to military merit, and the promotion of generals has always been strict. In the past, a soldier could be beheaded in battle three times before he could be promoted to one rank. After three rank honors, he could be promoted to one rank. Now that he has arrived at the Lingwu court, everything has become easier. Log in
Over time, local wealthy families sent their nephews and servants to come to serve. Some forts and villages that lived together in the fortress and had not obeyed the jurisdiction of local officials also donated money and people to exchange for a formal name for the family.
Later, even several groups of notorious horse thieves outside the Great Wall were moved by the "sincerity" of the imperial court. Under the leadership of their leaders, they changed their minds and declared their allegiance to the "country".
The future impact of a few barrels of poisonous wine cannot yet be seen, but in a short period of time, the strength of the Lingwu court has rapidly expanded like a puff of pig urine. The temporary treasury is full.
Copper coins and silk, the temporary pastures are also full of horses, cattle and sheep. Not to mention the hot spring palace specially built for Li Heng and civil and military officials, it is almost growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, if nothing unexpected happens.
, before the first snowflake falls, His Majesty the Emperor can already handle government affairs in the hot spring pavilion that is like spring all year round.
These are not the most obvious political achievements. In fact, the one that has gained the most is the Longwu Army, which is directly under the imperial court. It has rapidly expanded from the previous 30,000 to 70,000, and nearly half of them are cavalry, which can be said to be a strong army.
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With the support of this "strong force" in hand, the Lingwu court's confidence was obviously different from before. It no longer refused to beg the Tang military chiefs who were fighting abroad to recognize its only legal status, but began to point fingers.
Paddling the feet, requiring Jiedu, the garrison envoys and governors must act in accordance with the latest orders from the imperial court.
The Tang Empire covered a vast area of thousands of miles, with the rebels in Anlu Mountain separated in the middle. Of course, it was impossible for the imperial court's orders to be quickly conveyed to every leading military envoy, garrison envoy, and governor. But those who were closer to Lingwu
However, they were the first to experience the emperor's heroic ambitions. Some accepted the order happily, some were vague, and some used some small tricks to make the imperial envoys disappear in the middle of the road together with the imperial edict.
There are also people who are really worried about state affairs and feel that the actions of His Majesty the Emperor and the upstarts in the court are not appropriate, so they have written letters to dissuade them. However, these letters have not even had the chance to enter the palace, and they have all been used by Pei Mian, Fang Guan, Yu Chaoen and others.
It was thrown directly into the waste paper pile. It's no wonder that Pei, Fang and other new rich people don't have the stomach to embrace everything. It's true that everyone has unexplainable difficulties and there is no way to look back.
Pei Mian, the most important official of the dynasty, tried the imperial examinations in his early years and failed every time. He finally found a way to the King of Yin in Jingzhao and became a judge under his account. However, Wang He was too domineering.
This prompted the Li family and the Yang family's relatives to join forces to attack him, and he ended up in ruins.
Without Wang Zhi as his big backer, Pei Mian was kicked out of the officialdom. Fortunately, he was very tenacious and tried his best to join the army of the powerful Prime Minister Li Linfu. Unexpectedly, he didn't even have time to wear his official uniform.
However, Li Linfu died of a serious illness again, and all his descendants and members were wiped out by Yang Guozhong.
Because he joined the army late and held a low position, Pei Mian was not greatly affected. He was simply cut off from his official position and sent back to his hometown to be supervised by local officials. After returning home to rest for a few months, he regained his energy and got up to fight again.
This time he finally found a good employer and joined the army as a treasurer under Ge Shuhan.
Ge Shuhan was known as a wise man, and all the talents he saw were reported to the imperial court for important tasks. Pei Mian also used this talent to communicate with Lai Ai, Lu Jiong, Wang Sili, Gao Shi, Li Chengguang, Guan Chongsi and others.
Along the way, he rose through the ranks, joining the army from treasurer and promoted to marching Sima of the Hexi Jiedushi Yamen.
Geshuhan was defeated at Tongguan, and all his generals either surrendered or dispersed. Pei Mian was spared because Geshuhan left him in Hexi to handle military chores. After Geshuhan defected to the rebels, the people of Jiedufu in Hexi were panicked.
At this time, Pei Mian's specialty of "being practical and adaptable" finally got a chance to be used. Together with several left-behind officials, he suddenly launched an attack and eradicated those who were preparing to surrender to Anlu Mountain in response to Ge Shuhan's call.
The national traitor then rushed to the capital, King Qin, with the remaining 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled.
On the way, he met the prince Li Heng who was fleeing to the northwest. Pei Mian made a prompt decision, protected the frightened Li Heng, turned around and rushed to Lingwu. Then, together with Du Hongjian, Wei Shaoyou, Cui Yi, Li Han and others, he
Li Heng pushed to the emperor's throne.
With this support, Pei Mian finally became a highly respected minister and became the minister of Zhongshu in the small court of Lingwu. He was on equal terms with Zhongshu's family, and his power reached the highest level that a minister could reach. However,
Although he is a powerful prime minister, Pei Mian clearly knows that his position is not stable. In terms of reputation and qualifications, he is not as good as Fang Guan, who became the Provincial Secretary and Provincial Secretary in the twelfth year of Kaiyuan; in terms of his strength
, he was not as good as Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi who were fighting outside and blocked Shi Siming's troops east of Jingxing Pass. In terms of deep foundation, he was not even as good as Du Hongjian, the deputy envoy of Yuan Shuofang's Liuhou branch, and the six-city water and land transport.
The only thing that Wei Shaoyou, Jiedu judge Cui Yi and others can rely on is that they are good at figuring out His Majesty the Emperor's thoughts and do everything before others.
Li Heng was dissatisfied with the weakness of the small Lingwu court and was eager to expand its strength. Of course, Cui Mian would use all means to achieve his goal. Although these means seemed to others to be too unbelievable and too eager for quick success and quick success. As for Left Prime Minister Fang Guan, at this moment
Like Cui Mian, he urgently needs to do something that ordinary people can't do to stabilize his position. Therefore, he and Cui Mian echo each other and work together.
Fang Guan originally came to test the prince's attitude on behalf of the old emperor Li Longji who was visiting Shu. When he found that Li Heng's tendency to seize the throne was irreversible, he immediately followed the trend and verbally "registered" Li Heng as the prince in the name of Li Longji.
Emperor. After doing this, Fang Guan has cut off all retreats. Unless Li Heng can gain a firm foothold as he wishes and force the old emperor to completely hand over power. Otherwise, his reputation will be ruined.
The needs of the two prime ministers and the emperor Li Heng are consistent. No matter how many complaints they have about the new deal, they will not be able to stir up any trouble. Moreover, the most powerful prime minister in the court is now competing with Cui Mian, Fang Guan and others.
General Guo Ziyi was busy dealing with Shi Siming's crazy attack and had no time to care about what was going on behind the scenes, nor was he willing to cause civil and military discord. Therefore, the new policy jointly created by Cui Mian, Fang Guan, Yu Chaoen and others was pungent.
These were implemented smoothly.
When the news reached Luoyang, An Lushan was overjoyed. He immediately sent an urgent order of 800 miles to Sun Xiaozhe, ordering him to lead his troops in the western expedition. He must drag the Anxi Army to the front line of Fenzhou and not be distracted by other things. At the same time, he ordered Cui Qianyou to
The troops ended all military affairs in their hands and marched northward, directly attacking the lair of the remnants of the Tang Dynasty.
Generals Sun Xiaozhe and Cui Qianyou did not dare to neglect, and after receiving the order, they split up and took action. One left Chang'an and headed west to find the main force of the Anxi Army in an attempt to clear up his past shame. The other crossed the Yellow River and headed north, bypassing possible obstacles on the road, and rushed directly
Xiang Lingwu, hoping to achieve unparalleled feats.
In an instant, two lines of beacon smoke billowed in the Gyeonggi Pass, and the soldiers and horses supporting the Tang Dynasty and the two rebel armies fought together. Unfortunately, the strength gap between the enemy and us was too great. Except for the Anxi Army, it could barely hold its ground, and Sun Xiaozhe
In addition to the victory or defeat between the troops, several other Tang armies were quickly defeated and were driven all the way from Fangzhou to Lingzhou by Cui Qianyou.
Li Heng's hot spring palace is located at the southernmost tip of Lingzhou. Before it was completed, he heard the trumpets of the rebels. His eyes were so anxious that he was so anxious that he ordered the entire army to attack, despite the dissuasion of Du Hongjian, Wei Shaoyou and other senior military officials.
Fang Guan, the left prime minister, was also the recruiting envoy to Xijing, and he was familiar with military books and strategies, so he took the responsibility as the commander-in-chief of the army. He also invited Li Heng and appointed Wang Sili, the minister of the Ministry of War, and Deng Jingshan, the prime minister of the imperial palace, as his left and right deputies, and Li Heng, the minister of household affairs.
Yi is the commander of the army, Song Ruosi is the prime minister, Ruosi is the prime minister in the middle, Lang Zhizhi is in charge of the imperial examination, Shaoyou of Wei is the judge in the right division, and Liu Zhi is the staff officer in the affairs. He mobilizes 80,000 soldiers to overwhelm the country and march southward to kill them!
