Deng Jingshan mustered up his last courage and stood on the steps in front of the hall with a sword in his hand. The violent soldiers rushed over to frighten his usual authority, and stopped in the hall, only to be surrounded by water.
In a deep and heroic voice, he pointed at the crowd and asked, "Who are you for instigating rebellion? You can stand up now."
No one in the crowd said anything, they just looked at him with resentment.
He continued to ask loudly: "You are almost successful, don't you dare to stand up?"
Huang Baojie then put on his armor and walked into the crowd. The violent soldiers automatically made way for him, and he came to the front of the hall and stood majestically in front of Deng Jingshan.
"It turns out to be General Huang. I, Deng Jingshan, have always treated you soldiers well. Why did you betray me and betray the imperial court?"
Huang Baojie sneered and said: "By giving the soldiers moldy rice that is not even eaten by livestock, is this not treating us badly? There are thousands of miles of fertile land in the Jinzhong plain to the east of the river, and the food is more than a million dendrobiums every year. You save this food to make
What, don’t you want to enrich your own pockets?”
Deng Jingshan glanced at Huang Baojie with a stern look on his face, staring at Huang Baojie until he felt a little nervous, and continued asking: "Why don't you say anything? Do you feel guilty?"
Deng Jingshan said to the shivering entourage behind him: "It just so happens that we are having dinner at home. Go and bring out a bowl of rice for General Huang to taste."
The attendant bowed and crossed his hands and said: "Here!"
He immediately turned around and went to the side room, and brought out a bowl of rice. The piled rice grains were still steaming, but the color of the rice was slightly yellow, and it was obviously cooked with moldy rice.
Deng Jingshan took the big bowl from his entourage, stretched it out to Huang Baojie and asked, "General Huang, try it. Is it the same as the rice you eat?"
Huang Baojie was stunned on the spot. He really didn't expect that Deng Jingshan would force himself to eat moldy rice. He didn't understand it at the beginning and was not well prepared for the sudden attack.
Deng Jingshan stretched out the rice bowl in his hand towards the soldiers: "Brothers of the Hedong Army, you should also try it to see if it is the moldy rice you usually eat."
Everyone looked at each other, and the anger stirred up by Huang Baojie gradually subsided. Huang Baojie realized that something was wrong, his eyes rolled around, and suddenly he asked loudly: "That's because you are incompetent as an official.
Let these brothers suffer with you, shouldn't they rebel? There are millions of dendrobium in the granary of Hedong Prefecture. Even if it was originally dedicated to Chang'an with 500,000 dendrobium, together with the new grain harvested this year, there should be no 700,000 dendrobium.
There are 600,000 dendrobium, why did it end up like this?"
Deng Jingshan looked more confident. He put his hands behind his back and said proudly: "Since General Huang has had such doubts for a long time, you could have asked me directly before, so why be so aggressive. Now you can raise your ears and let me hear clearly. When I sent him to Chang'an,
During the grain period, Wang Sili served as the governor of Hedong. On the surface, he sent 500,000 yuan to Chang'an. However, the supply of rations for the transportation team, the losses in transportation and the supplies to the court officials were all borne by us. In fact, we were responsible for
We paid a price of 600,000 dendrobium."
"After Wang Sili resigned, Guan Chongsi succeeded him as the governor of Hedong. He was a generous man and trusted you, the subordinates and staff of the Hedong Army. As a result, the few grains in the warehouse were overused and consumed. Now there is only moldy rice left in the granary.
Wanduohu."
Huang Baojie asked: "What about the newly harvested corn last autumn? Have you been greedy for this grain?"
"Last year, there were continuous battles in Hedong, and many people fled their homeland. The harvest of Zuyongdiao was less than one-tenth of previous years. The huge granary of Taiyuan Prefecture was only filled with more than 30,000 hu of dendrobium. Naturally, these remaining new grains must be used in
On the edge of the knife, I ask you, what kind of rice did I give you when Shi Siming besieged the city last year? Was it also moldy rice? Since we all have difficulties, why can't we tide over the difficulties together."
Huang Baojie looked a little panicked. He didn't expect that Deng Jingshan would have so much rhetoric when he was about to die. He held a sword in his hand and said with a strong smile: "It's okay to share the joys and sorrows, but if there is a way out in front of us, we can't take it. This is your doctor."
Mistake."
Deng Jingshan frowned and asked in a deep voice: "What's the way out?"
"Now that the old court has moved south and no longer cares about us, King Yong supported the new emperor to ascend the throne in Chang'an, recruited talented people from all directions, and the heroes of the world surrendered. There is enough food and grass in Longyou, Guanzhong and Hexi. Why don't you lead us and the elders of Taiyuan City to present to King Yong
Surrender, and we will all have a chance to survive."
Deng Jingshan sneered and asked: "You mean, if you have breasts, you are a mother?"
"What the doctor said is that the people supported by King Yong Li Siye are also of the Li and Tang bloodline, and the country is also called the Tang Dynasty, so where does the theory of rebellion come from?"
"Shut up! You are talking about King Yong. You are full of absurd and rebellious words. You only care about your personal destiny and future. Where did you put the country of the Tang Dynasty!"
"You!" Huang Baojie had no intention of dragging Deng Jingshan to surrender to the enemy. He also knew that he would not surrender to the enemy at all. At this moment, there was no way out, so he had to pretend to be irritated. He suddenly pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist and pointed it at
Deng Jingshan's stomach dropped.
Deng Jingshan looked at him with wide eyes, and his body slowly fell backwards. Huang Baojie climbed up to the high platform of Jiedushi's residence, wiped off the blood on the horizontal knife, held it in his hand and said loudly: "Everyone,
Serve yourself to the new emperor and you will have food!"
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In April of the first year of Yuanshuo, Huang Baojie, the Hedong Jiedu envoy appointed by Li Siye, went to the Hajj and knelt down to worship the emperor in the Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace. This was regarded as completing the last official procedure. The new emperor Li Jixuan sat on the main hall like a puppet.
, Facing the respectful and pious Huang Baojie below, I don’t know what I am thinking.
"Is this Doctor Huang Baojie who led the soldiers from Hedong back to Yiyi? Come closer and let me see you."
Huang Baojie took two steps closer and knelt in front of the palace, raising his head and chest. When the emperor saw that he was facing Zhonghou, he quickly stood up from his chair and was about to go down the imperial steps to help him, but Cheng Yuanzhen stopped him with his eyes and had to hesitate.
Give up.
"Back off."
After Huang Baojie exited the hall, Cheng Yuanzhen smiled beside the emperor and said: "Your Majesty did a good job. He showed the feeling of being controlled by others and feeling depressed. Next, there will be strong medicine, it depends on how Dr. Huang does it."
reacted."
Li Jixuan was sitting there with an expressionless face, but his heart was extremely depressed. Those reactions just now were not his true inner thoughts.
Before Huang Baojie arrived in Chang'an, Li Siye gave him a mansion in Pingkangfang. Moreover, the previous owner of this mansion was very well-known, that is, the famous Li Linfu. Now the former Li Mansion has been renovated.
Hang the door couplet of Huang's Mansion, the censor.
Pingkangfang is a land of fireworks and willows. Even the fragrance of powder is floating in the air. At night, other places have fallen into silence, but Pingkangfang has just begun to become active. Living in this kind of place, for Huang Baojie
For this kind of old lady, they really complement each other.
He directly called the singers and dancers from the village to his house. They had a great time entertaining guests for several days and stopped late at night.
Just before he was about to fall asleep with his beautiful concubine in his arms, a disciple suddenly came to report: "Outside the door, Mr. Pingzhang, the minister of Zhongshu's family, came to visit."
Huang Baojie sat on the edge of the bed and thought deeply. He thought that Fangguan was quite famous. He had served as Zhongshu Ling for several years. What was the big deal about visiting at this time?
"Invite the guests into the main hall."
He put on his regular clothes and a futou, and walked slowly into the main hall. Fang Guan was already standing in the hall waiting. He quickly stepped forward to greet him and said, "General Huang Baojie will see Fang Xianggong."
Fang Guan smiled apologetically and said: "It is really presumptuous to come to visit late at night. I heard that General Huang has a bloody nature. It is really an ambitious move to kill Deng Jingshan and return to the Yi court. I admire him very much."
"Hey, I'm just complaining about the injustice of the soldiers in Hedong. I don't dare to be arrogant."
"The general can stand up for injustice for the 50,000 soldiers east of Hedong. Can he stand up for injustice for the Tang Dynasty and the whole world?"