Chapter 64: Li Shentong (2)(1/2)
Chapter 64 Li Shentong (2)
There are eight scenic spots in Yanshi, and the first place is the sun and Qingxiao.
Li Mi stood on the top of the mountain and looked into the east. She saw the rays of light like plasters, colorful and gorgeous. A red sun squirted out. He stood with his hands behind his back, letting the mountain breeze blow, shaking his clothes, like tall pines, standing on the top of the mountain. Behind him, Wang Bodang and Cai Jiande stood silently, accompanying Li Mi to stand motionlessly on the top of the mountain until the red sun was in the sky, spreading the bright sunshine all over the earth.
"Go back!"
Li Mi turned around, said something to Wang Bodang and Cai Jiande, and walked silently on the mountain road.
Last night, Li Mi suddenly became excited and said that since she arrived in Yanshi, wouldn’t it be a waste if she didn’t look at Shouyang Qingxiao? So she called Wang Bodang and Cai Jiande to accompany her overnight and climbed Shouyang Mountain to watch the sunrise together. But in fact, Wang Bodang and Cai Jiande knew very well that Li Mi was not watching the sunrise in the east, but rather that he was looking at Xingyang in the distance.
As the war between King Li eased, Yanshi also ushered in a rare time of peace.
However, this city has almost been emptied by Li Yanqing, so that although Li Mi occupied Yanshi County, she did not feel any happiness.
He was unable to recruit troops on the spot, so that it would only allow the few remaining Yanshi people to leave Yanshi.
So he could only mobilize troops from his territory. A thousand-year-old ancient city has now become like a military town. Looking around, except for soldiers and soldiers, there is no energy at all. Li Mi even doubts whether it is right or wrong for his takeover of this ancient city from Li Yanqing? From the moment, he is indeed close to the east, but it seems to be helpless to his ambitions.
After Yang Guang was killed, the rebels all over the world were seeking a moral commanding height.
Li Yuan took the emperor to command the princes in Chang'an, Wang Shichong took the emperor to command the princes in Luoyang, and Yu Wenji was in Jiangdu, and he took the emperor to command the princes in Jiangdu.
In Danyang County, there is Emperor Chengqi Yang Guo, supported by Empress Xiao.
For a time, four emperors appeared in the world, which also increased the number of people and the number of people to choose from.
Haven't you seen that he was as rebellious as Du Fuwei, surrendered to Danyang County?
Indeed, these emperors have nothing to do with great things and no great ability. But relying on these four people can gain an excellent reputation.
Yu Wenhe dared to kill the throne, but did not dare to usurp the throne.
If there is no moral commanding height, I am afraid that I will be nailed to the pillar of shame in the future.
Although Li Mi is far away in Yanshi, he can feel the inspiration in his hearts of hundreds of county officials under his command. Do you really have to use the reputation of a rebel to make a name for future generations? Li Mi is hesitating, confused, and at a loss... He doesn't even know whether all the efforts he has made before are good or bad. But for the moment, the pressure Wang Shichong and Li Yuan put him makes him breathless.
if……
If it weren't for that damn Li Yanqing, maybe I had already stepped on the East Capital now, so why would I be in a dilemma like now?
When Li Mi thought of this, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
In the distance, there were sounds of horse hooves.
A team of cavalry arrived in front of Li Mi like lightning.
"Master!"
"Li Junxian, what are you doing?"
The general led by him was a newly recruited general under Li Mi.
This person's name is Li Junxian, a native of Wu'an. After the Battle of Heishi Pass, Hao Xiaode retreated to Hanoi, and Li Junxian surrendered to fame. However, when he arrived at Hao Xiaode's tent, Li Junxian realized that this guy had actually gone out of Wagang. But since he surrendered, he was not good to change. So he acted as a cavalry general under Hao Xiaode's tent... Hao Xiaode wanted to return to Wagang, but he did not want to be defeated by Xu Shiji at Niuzhukou. Li Junxian accompanied Hao Xiaode and retreated to Baima. Hao Xiaode was desperate and wanted to cross the river and fled. But Li Junxian was unwilling to continue to flee with Hao Xiaode, so he took the opportunity to separate from Hao Xiaode. Xu Shiji followed Hao Xiaode closely and crossed the river and killed to Jijun. Li Junxian took more than a hundred cavalry to join Li Mi's tent, and was valued by Li Mi, thinking that he was a confidant general.
During the Sui Dynasty, there was no shortage of horses in the Central Plains.
Especially after Yang Guang defeated Tuyuhun and set up the four counties in the Western Regions, he obtained a large number of horses.
However, the three battles in Goguryeo made great losses, which also caused a large shortage of horses. Then bandits in various places were incessant and wars continued, and fewer and fewer war horses were now. Now, the ones with the least lacking horses among the various rebels were Xue Ju of Jincheng County and Li Gui of Wuwei County. Even Li Yuan had only thousands of cavalry under his command since Taiyuan. As for the Central Plains, it was even more scarce.
Li Yanqing now has 30,000 troops, but the cavalry is less than 3,000.
Wang Shichong had hundreds of thousands of troops and less than 8,000 cavalrymen. Li Mi was even more miserable. It was better at first, but later it became extremely rare. Dou Jiande managed to buy four or five thousand war horses from outside the border, barely making up a total of ten thousand cavalry. Therefore, Li Junxian took more than a hundred cavalry to join, which was no less than a team of thousands of people. Li Mi was naturally very happy, and treated Li Junxian differently from others.
Li Junxian dismounted and said, "King, General Manager Lu was inspecting outside the city today and caught a suspicious person at the checkpoint.
General Manager Lu said that this person seemed to be a yin person, and he found a letter from him... General Manager Lu came immediately and reported to the king."
Yinren is synonymous with eunuchs and eunuchs.
When Li Mi heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of the words of Lu Ruzong.
This eunuch came from Luoyang, the eastern capital...
"Go back to the city immediately with the Lone."
Li Mi beat the horse and whipped it without saying a word.
Li Junxian, Wang Bo did not dare to neglect Cai Jiande and the other two, and followed Li Mi and rushed away.
As soon as he arrived at the government office, Li Mi flew off his war horse.
Lu Ruzong hurriedly ran out, saluted Li Mi, and whispered: "Master, this Yin man was sent by Wang Huzi to Xingyang to meet Li Yanqing. However, I found two letters from him... The Master of the King would never have thought that one of them was written by Emperor Taizhu."
"ah?"
Li Mi couldn't help but be surprised.
Emperor Taizhu is a title for the King of Yue Yang Tong by the people below.
Because the world was too chaotic, the four emperors were united together, and it was difficult to distinguish. They simply called each other by their respective reigns. For example, the reign of King Yang Tong of Yue was Huangtai, so they were called Huangtai Lord; the reign of King Yang You of Chang'an was Yining, so they were called Yining Emperor... and so on.
Although Yang Tong is in the hands of Wang Shichong, Li Mi is not unfamiliar with the situation in Luoyang.
Yang Tong was just a puppet, locked up in Ziwei Temple by Wang Shichong, and it was difficult for him to see his old lady, Empress Dowager Liu Liangdi.
Yang Tong knew nothing about Wang Shichong's various actions.
Perhaps, he still doesn't even know the news of Yang Guang's murder, like a bird in a cage.
It is not surprising that the eunuch took Wang Shichong's letter to meet Li Yanqing. Li Yanqing could see the tricks Wang Shichong had in Luoyang, and Li Mi could also see them. The art of prophecy... Li Yanqing and Li Mi may not be worse than Wang Shichong's play.
However, this eunuch brought letters from the Emperor Tailor Yang Tong, which was beyond Li Mi's expectations.
"Give the letters."
Li Mi sat down in the lobby and immediately ordered to pick up the letter.
Lu Ruzong did not dare to hesitate and quickly submitted the letter to Li Mi. Li Mi opened Wang Shichong's letter first and couldn't help but laugh.
The letters Wang Shichong gave to Yan Qing were very clear.
Now the Supreme Emperor Yang Guang has been killed, and Emperor Taizhu is young, so I am afraid that I cannot take on the heavy responsibility and turn the tide in the crisis. Now in the Heluo area, you, Li County Bo and I can barely support the situation. Emperor Taizhu wants to abdicate the throne to me, but I have no intention of seeing the difficulties in the current situation, so I can only reluctantly agree. However, I can swear to God that as long as the world is peaceful, I will return the throne to Emperor Taizhu.
I do this for the sake of the Sui Dynasty. Please don’t misunderstand it.
In addition, I have a niece, who is only eighteen years old and you admire Li County Bo very much. I just don’t know if my niece has this honor to serve you?
The letter also stated that after the Emperor Tai abdicated the throne, Li Yanqing would be named Grand Sima, above the Three Dukes, and found the Yitong Sansi.
After seeing it, Li Mi couldn't help laughing loudly.
"People say that the king is full of false deceit, but today it turns out to be true.
It is known to everyone by passers-by. It is really disgusting to have to act like a loyal minister and a filial son. He is also appointing officials and Xu Jue, and even the beauty scheme has been used. Haha, if it were someone else, he might have been deceived by him."
What I mean is that Wang Shichong's trick cannot be concealed by Li Yanqing.
Lu Ruzong said worriedly: "King, then Li Yanqing is indeed a difficult person, and I have never seen a meticulous person like him. However, after all, he was young and energetic. Wang Shichong raised him so much that he still hoped to be a beauty, but I was afraid that he might not be able to withstand it.
I heard that Li Yanqing was lustful and still couldn't bear to be self-sufficient in his three-person wife. Last year, she took another concubine.
If he is moved and joins forces with Wang Shichong, the king will have to face the situation of being attacked from both sides and back, so he must be wary of it!"
Li Mi nodded and agreed.
He picked up another letter and opened it to see it.
This letter was written by the Emperor Tailor Yang Tong. The letter was filled with sadness, saying that Wang Shichong was a wolfish ambition and was pressing step by step. Now Yang Tong is locked in the deep palace and cannot contact the outside world at all. He had ordered people to donate colorful silk and brocade in the palace to seek peace, but Wang Shichong later guarded the palace gate, which made it difficult for him to achieve his wish even the only thing he could do...
Yang Tong begs Li Yanqing to try to rescue him, but he heard that Yu Wen and the lord were no longer supported by the attacks of Fang Yanqian and others.
Ruoyu Culture and Going north, Yang Tong also has a seal of the emperor's journey in his hand, which may be able to conquer Yu Culture and Going to rescue him. After Li Yanqing gathered his troops, he quickly went to Dongdu to rescue him...
After reading the letter, Li Mi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
He raised his head and looked at Lu Ruzong. After a while, he suddenly said, "Religion, if I do now, can I take Wang Shichong and replace him?"
When Lu Ruzong heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned...
Gong County, Li Mansion.
Li Yanqing said in a deep voice: "I want to implement the new law, what do you think?"
Xue Shou, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Yao Yi and others were stunned and looked at Li Yanqing in surprise, not knowing why he wanted to implement the new law at this time.
Yan Qing picked up a document from the table and handed it to Du Ruhui.
Du Ruhui took it from Yan Qing in confusion, swept it over with ten lines at a glance, and his thick eyebrows jumped frequently.
After a long time, after reading these things that Li Yanqing had sorted out throughout the night, he handed them back to Changsun Wuji.
"Yan Qing, if you do this, you will cause big trouble."
"oh?"
"If you want to use the method of dives to earn acres, change the cap tax to land tax. The biggest impact is Zheng, Pan, Cui, and Luji families.
I don't know why you used this method, but I'm sure that if you use this method, it will definitely arouse the resistance of the nobles of the whole world. You must know that the population of Xingyang County is indeed increasing, and you are constantly encouraging refugees to reclaim wasteland. However, Xingyang County has the most land, but Zheng Pan's family members. Doing this is equivalent to peeling off their skin."
Whether it was Changsun Wuji or Xue Shou, they all nodded.
They are of the same origin, so how can they not see the interests of Li Yanqing in this plan?
To be continued...