Chapter 543
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It took a long time for Tian Lingzi to recover and replied to Li Yan: "Your Majesty, I have just learned about this matter. At present, the thieves are chasing the Central Plains. However, Song Wei, the commander of the various Taoists in Ziqing, has been ineffective for a long time. This not only caused Wang Jingwu's rebellion and has not been quelled for a long time. Now he has served as the camp of various Taoists to recruit thieves, and has no achievements in his achievements. The old slave believes that the Central Plains are in turmoil, the thieves are rampant and the rebellion continues. Xue Chong, the Tianping Army, Li Shi, and Song Wei of the Pinglu Army are all responsible. The court should reward and punish fairly, so that the meritorious soldiers can be appeased and warned others."
"I think Song Wei was still a contribution to the country."
Tian Lingzi said: "Your Majesty, Song Wei did make contributions to the country in the past. He was in the imperial guards to guard the sages in his early years, and then went to the southeast to quell the rebellion and resisted the barbarians in the southwest. However, since he took office as Ziqing Town, he did not do anything. Not only did he fail to stabilize the place, but he incited Wang Jingwu's rebellion, but he could not pacify him for a long time. Now he serves as a camp to recruit thieves to fight against thieves, which is even more fury. Song Wei is old and is now seriously ill, so he should give up the virtuous. Although Li Jing was young and meritorious and loyal to the country, he was too young. Now he has the position of commander of the three towns and the position of commander of Ziqing Town, which is too terrifying. What's more, Ziqing Town is still the leader of the twelve roads to fight against thieves, and he should choose a respected person to serve as the role."
Li Yan hesitated for a moment, "Li Jing wiped out 100,000 thieves in Songzhou, which is commendable. I think it is better to let Li Jing take over as the governor of Ziqing Town and take over as the various camps to recruit thieves. He will coordinate the entire army and eliminate the thieves. It is certain that it is time to say that it is time to stop. Henan is stable, and the canal transportation will be smooth, and the taxes, money, grain and the contribution of the town [***] can be smooth."
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not allowed. One person is the commander of the four towns. Only Wang Zhongsi in our dynasty has ever been there. Li Jing is so young that he will take the seal of the four towns. Your Majesty should guard against An Lushan's disaster."
After Tian Lingzi said this, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you must not do this..."
A burst of rapid footsteps sounded outside, "General Zhang Tai, the guard of the right prison, asked to see Your Majesty!" An eunuch reported outside.
"General Zhang is here, hurry up." Li Yan said with a smile when he heard Zhang Tai's coming.
Zhang Tai's purple robe and robe robe, rushed into the hall, his face full of joy. As soon as he saw the emperor, he immediately congratulated loudly: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!"
"What happened?"
Zhang Tai said with a smile: "Eight hundred miles in Henan Province have just entered Beijing, and the victory is great! Just four days ago, the governor of Ziqing Town led various camps to recruit general Song Wei, and led 60,000 troops to lure Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao and Wang Jingwu, and gathered in Linyi City to annihilate them. In a big battle, he annihilated 50,000 troops and horses of the three thieves, killed the thieves leader Wang Xianzhi, and captured the rebel general Wang Jingwu. Only more than ten thieves including Huang Chao led thousands of remaining soldiers to flee."
"Together, Li Jing, Duke of Qi, led the town [***] to Yan and Yi, and joined the troops of Kang Chenghui, Ping Lu's army, defeated 150,000 bandit troops, killed more than 30,000 enemies, captured 120,000 bandit troops, and recaptured 200,000 young and strong men and women who were captured."
Zhang Tai's excited face turned red, his voice was eight degrees higher, "Great victory, Your Majesty! The three thieves who scattered across the Jiuzhou area of Henan Province, one died, one captured and one fled. Hundreds of thousands of thieves disappeared in a blink of an eye. God blesses you, Your Majesty is blessed!!"
Li Yan was shocked for a moment when he heard this news. After reacting, he couldn't help but danced, and the joy on his face was completely unconcealed. Although Li Yan was just playing and unwilling to manage political affairs, he knew that the more he was making trouble, the more cruel the thieves became. The eastern part of the Central Plains Henan was almost corruption, and the land of Jiuzhou was in the midst of water and fire. First, there was a drought and then a locust plague, then a drought followed by the Yellow River breaking the dam. Since he ascended the throne, the whole country has been in the middle of the whole country.
The original area was not good. The thief started to make trouble, and the more he became more and more trouble. In a blink of an eye, the destruction of Jiuzhou was lost and countless bandits gathered. Every time he heard news about tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of thieves, Li Yan couldn't help but feel a little scared. Now, Li Jing defeated thieves first, Ximen Sigong and others defeated thieves again, and Song Wei defeated thieves again, and now Li Jing and Kang Chenghui defeated thieves again. Just looking at the numbers, the thieves of 400,000 and 500,000 have been destroyed.
Now the three thief leaders died and captured and fled. Although Huang Chao escaped, Huang Chao was just a second in command, and his subordinates only escaped thousands of people. Forty or five hundred thousand people were wiped out, and the remaining thousands were really worth mentioning.
Then I remembered that Song Wei was the first to defeat the thieves this time. Although there were not many thieves, it had a fatal blow. Killing Wang Xianzhi and capturing Wang Jingwu and defeating Huang Chao, this contribution should be the first. This contribution should be Li Jing. If he had not killed and captured the key figure, Li Jing defeated more than 200,000 thieves in two battles, recovered several states and restored local order. Now, he has been reduced to one level and firmly ranked second. He has been ranked third. He should be Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong, commanding the six towns of coalition forces to defeat 160,000 thieves, and then Kang Chenghui should be the fourth.
Li Yan did not hide his appreciation for Li Jing, "Although Song Wei was old, Wu Wei was still there. The veteran general was indeed one of them. If he didn't take action, he would be so earth-shaking. He fought well and was able to destroy the thieves. Song Wei was the first to be the first to be given. He immediately wrote an edict to hand it over to the Political Affairs Hall for discussion. I think Song Wei's contribution can be given the title of Duke of Song, Taiwei, and Pingzhangshi of the Secretariat of the Secretariat. He was promoted to the Secretariat of the Secretariat. He was given a fief of 1,000 households, 10,000 stagnants of money and 10,000 pieces of silk, and his wife and son, and posthumously awarded the title of Shangshu for his father." After saying a great reward in one breath, the emperor said again: "I am the great work and contribution of the Duke of Song, and welcoming him to the capital to recuperate."
Zhang Tai immediately followed, "That Ziqing Town Affairs?"
"Leave it to Li Jing, and Li Jing will be appointed as the governor of the Jiedushi in Ziqing Town." Li Yan said immediately without hesitation.
"Your Majesty, you must not. Li Jing is the commander of the Three Towns and will be the queen of Ziqing Town again. I am afraid..."
Before Tian Lingzi finished speaking, Li Yan smiled and waved his hand and interrupted him: "Father, don't say anything more. You are my right-hand man. I don't want you to misunderstand any more. Li Jing is very good at being the commander of the Three Towns, but he is actually only in charge of one town. The town is under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou and the wild land in southern Liaoning. I feel quite guilty. Now the Duke of Song is in a state of health, so Ziqing Town will be handed over to Li Jing. In short, the rest are just under the title of two towns, but in fact they are just the original Ziqing Town. Li Jing is talented, so he asked him to take on more burdens. At present, Ziqing Town has just experienced rebellion and asked other people to go to Ziqing, but I am not at ease."
Tian Lingzi's face changed very ugly. He didn't expect that when the emperor, who had always obeyed him, would always go towards Li Jing when he talked about Li Jing? This made him feel a rumble of crisis. Li Jing is not easy to deal with and has been facing him. His strength is not strong at the moment. If he really waits for his territory to expand, the more troops he will be, what should Li Jing do if he wants to clear the emperor's side?
However, the emperor has made up the matter now, and it is difficult for him to object. Fortunately, he only stayed behind for the time being and still had some hope. However, he refused to give in completely. After thinking about it, he said: "The Deputy Commander of Zibo Qing Dynasty Kang Chenghui has also made great contributions this time. Will he be appointed as the governor of Qingzhou?"
When Zhang Tai heard this, he immediately understood what Tian Lingzi was thinking. He wanted to provoke civil strife in Ziqing Town. After all, Kang Chenghui was the younger brother of Kang Chengxun and has always served as Song Wei's deputy, and has a lot of prestige in Ziqing Town. If Kang Chenghui was really taken up to compete with Li Jing for the rights of Ziqing Town, I am afraid that Ziqing Town will still be in chaos.
Zhang Tai immediately spoke out: "Your Majesty, I think General Kang has made great contributions and should be rewarded. The Li Shi, the governor of the Taining Army, and Xue Chong, the governor of the Tianping Army, seriously neglected his duties. Lao Nu thinks that Kang Chenghui can be transferred to the Tianping Army or the Taining Army as the governor."
Li Yan nodded and immediately responded: "Well, Xue Chong and Li were dismissed from office and entered Beijing. Kang Chenghui was promoted to the position of Jiedushi of Tianping Army and the position of Jiedushi of Taining Army... Cui Yunqing will take over."
"Your Majesty is wise!" As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, Zhang Tai immediately started to praise him, not giving Tian Lingzi a chance to object.
Zhang Tai is now connected with Li Jing. He knows very well that the last time Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong were both swept out of Chang'an by Tian Lingzi, but he was able to stay. First, he is the least powerful among the four nobles in the palace, and second, it is because of the relationship between Li and Li Jing. Tian Lingzi was busy fighting with Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong, and was also concerned about Li Jing, so he let him go first. But next time, Tian Lingzi will definitely not let him go. The struggle in the palace is more cruel than the officialdom. If he wants to not fall, his only ceremonial guard is Li Jing.
The greater the power of Li Jing, the more stable his position in the palace. This time Li Jing made such a great contribution, and of course he was determined to help Li Jing become the leader of the Zhenshang of Ziqing Town. Now Li Jing is promoted to Liuhou, and Li Jing's teacher Cui Yunqing is promoted to the governor of the Taining Army. He can also be promoted to the Tianping Army as Kang Chenghui of Li Jing's faction, which is a series of victories.
With the help of the Cui family and Yu family, and with the full support of Song Wei, Li Jing now has a considerable interest group. Zhang Tai is also one of them, so he naturally spared no effort to seek benefits for Li Jing.
Now after this battle, Li Jing has the full help from Song Wei, and Li Jing has decided to become a strong vassal in a town. He and Li Jing are the weakest among the four nobles in the palace. Now he can have a strong foreign aid and will undoubtedly have a much more stable position in the palace in the future. Especially Li Jing is still so young now, but he is so steady in the task, which makes Zhang Tai even more determined to follow Li Jing.
Chapter completed!