Yuan Ying pursed her lips and looked at the sixteen people following her.

From the eleventh year of Tianbao, he and his brother Yuan Chao spent half a year running around the world and making friends with heroes from all walks of life.

Yuan Qing of Huainan Road and Chenzhuang of Jiangnan Road are just "heroes" people they make friends with, but these are just marginal areas, and more importantly, here.

Henan Road.

This is the heart of the Tang Dynasty and the richest place in the Tang Dynasty. During this period, the tax and food population accounted for a huge proportion in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. If there is chaos here, the Tang Dynasty will be chaos; if there is losses here, the Tang Dynasty will be lost, the Tang Dynasty will be lost.

Yuan Chao likes to study, and is good at reading, and has read several books by Ye Chang. Although they are not ashamed of Ye Chang's lack of knowledge and values ​​heroes, they never deny Ye Chang's own abilities. Therefore, after seeing Ye Chang's analysis of the situation in the Tang Dynasty in "The Wealth of the Kingdom", Yuan Chao felt that he had a strategy to incur trouble.

It is prospered on all sides and is determined in the Central Plains.

"Everyone knows the news. My brother, Fang Qing, Chen Zhuang and others have already started the business, and they will soon cross the Yangtze River and point directly to Henan Road. What you have to do now is to raise troops with me to respond. We can seize Luoyang first, just like the Wagang army captured Xingluo Cang, and opened the money and valley gathered in Luoyang to recruit hungry people to welcome the arrival of my brother's army."

More than ten people around him showed excitement: "It should be like this."

"The military strength in Guanzhong was originally insufficient, and now we are all transferred to attack my brother and wait for this opportunity. The only one we are waiting for is only more than a thousand weak soldiers in Luoyang City. Even if the service is added, the people are strong, the number is less than 20,000, and they are not in a battle. You are going back now and make the momentum bigger. Within a month, I will have 300,000 people gather outside Luoyang City."

After Yuan Ying ordered, everyone agreed with the promise.

But there was one person who was hesitant. Seeing his hesitation in everyone's eyes, Yuan Ying was a little unhappy: "Xiang Zhongchen, are you hesitant? Are you worried about something?"

"This... Brother Yuan Wu, there is something I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

"Everyone is a brother who cuts chicken heads and drinks bloody wine together. You can't say anything, just say it."

"Now the matter is going on, the timing seems to be a bit inappropriate. Ye Chang is in Luoyang, and we are besieging Luoyang..."

Yuan Ying's face suddenly changed, and she was irritated. She wanted to go up and slap Xiang Zhongchen twice, asking him to carry any pot without opening.

How come he didn't know that there were some problems with the time now? But what can he do

They originally took Ye Chang to Liaodong to worship Li Linfu for an opportunity. They thought Ye Chang had taken a long vacation and would stay in Liaodong for at least half a year, and would never return to the Central Plains again. But they knew that Ye Chang had not been in Liaodong for two months, so they hurried back to Luoyang when they learned the news, Yuan Chao and others had already initiated an uprising, and Yuan Ying himself had already arrived in Henan Road and summoned everyone.

The power is like a tiger, how can you retreat? Now only by bravery and diligence can you overcome the enemy and win

After calming down, Yuan Ying looked around and found that the expressions of the powerful heroes were also strange. Obviously, Ye Chang's unrivaled reputation for fighting for more than ten years made everyone afraid.

"Ye Chang is a disciple of the Immortal of Medicine King. It is said that he knows immortal arts." Someone couldn't help but muttered in a low voice.

"Have you heard of this? My hometown is very close to Xiuwu. I heard Xiuwu people say that there are often immortals around him and Vajras protecting him..."

"Nonsense" Yuan Ying didn't dare to let them continue talking nonsense, and broke his plan. He interrupted everyone and sneered: "Ye Chang is in Luoyang, that's the best thing."

"Why did Brother Yuan Wu say that?"

"Think about it, why are the people in the Central Plains poor and have no place to stand? It's just that those powerful people took away all the fields of the people's fields in order to grow cotton and weave cloth? Ye Chang can also say that Ye Chang is the enemy of the hungry people in the Central Plains. As long as you explain this matter clearly to the people, who will not hate it? Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, and the people will be willing to share the same heart with me. How can we not win the world? At that time, brothers and the princes will be beautiful."

Yuan Ying has also learned a lot of things over the years under Yuan Chao's forced force, so it makes sense to speak it. Everyone nodded repeatedly. But the minister Xiang Zhongshen still hesitated. Yuan Ying didn't want him to say anything anymore, but the person next to him urged: "Xiang Tuozi, what else do you have to say, let Brother Yuan solve your doubts."

"Ye Chang, a great general of the world, Liaodong, Zhinan, Anxi, wherever he goes, he is invincible. We... Fifth brother, don't blame me, don't blame me, although we are brave, we have never been to the frontier and have never really commanded thousands of troops to fight. Will we be his opponent?"

Everyone looked at Yuan Ying again and waited for his response. Yuan Ying secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After he learned that Ye Chang had returned to Luoyang, he had been thinking about this question, so he could answer: "Brother Xiang said, but this is our good opportunity. If Ye Chang was on the frontier and brought tens of thousands of frontier tiger and wolf troops, even if we had several times the strength of the troops, we would probably defeat him in a hurry. But now it is not true. Ye Chang is just pacifying the people in Luoyang. He is not an elite soldier in his hands. How can he be ten with those officers and soldiers like soft-legged shrimps? Besides, in Luoyang City, our inner man Ye Chang was originally our enemy. This time, he captured him without the opportunity of strong soldiers. Wouldn't it be a disaster?"

He paused and continued, "Besides, Ye Chang's reputation is prominent. If he captured him, the officers and soldiers from all directions will definitely be afraid of us. Moreover, he is full of the wealth of the three chambers of commerce. If he can capture him, he is still afraid that the three chambers of commerce will not obediently support our military pay? With the money supported by the three chambers of commerce, we can even use Kaiyuan Tongbao to smash it off the throne. In the future, these three chambers of commerce, that is, our brothers' own private property.

When everyone heard this, they were happy, and the little concern in their hearts was swept away by the desire for power and wealth.

It must be said that this is also the people's desire for wealth that Ye Chang has deliberately or unintentionally played a role in promoting the people's desire for wealth over the years. Ye Chang's original plan was to promote the people's desire for wealth, and they dared to expand outward, search for gold and silver outside the mountains, Gobi and the vast sea, thereby promoting further expansion of China. As a result, he planted a dragon seed, but a monster grew. Before the monster stretched out its minions, it rushed towards its mother body frantically.

With Yuan Ying's repeated inspiration and promises, these powerful men made up their minds to convene people without mentioning them. At this time, it was already the 14th year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty. The weather was getting colder. Although it was a chaos in the southeast, the 20,000 imperial guards sent by the court to conquer were launched from Luoyang. There were only a small amount of troops left in Luoyang City, but the hearts of the people in the city were very stable and the whole city was in order.

The reason is nothing but Ye Chang is in charge.

"The court is really a little confused. There are generals in the court, but they dare not use them. They use border generals to command the imperial guards to go on the expedition. The generals do not know each other and the soldiers have little training. This expedition may not be able to benefit."

Ye Chang's temporary residence in Luoyang was set up in the Grand View Garden. Liu Changqing and Ye Chang knelt against each other, and Li Jilan was clothing tea for the two of them next to him. The light green tea smelled fragrant. Liu Changqing sniffed deeply and looked up at Ye Chang.

If Ye Chang is said to be very elegant, he is keen on civil affairs. If Ye Chang is said to be very elegant, he is also excellent in poetry, wine, tea and other elegant things.

Since the separation, Liu Changqing and Ye Chang have not met each other for nearly ten years. In the past ten years, he has become a subordinate official and struggled in an unsatisfactory position, and never had the opportunity to show his eyebrows. In contrast to him, Ye Chang has created a world from the situation that was not favored by everyone. Not only did the Anton Chamber of Commerce be rich in the world, but he also made extraordinary contributions in all three frontiers.

Even Cen Shen and Wang Changling, who were also deeply unsuccessful at the time, are now in Ye Chang's curtain. Although Du Fu is not under his curtain, he can run the "Minist Daily" and make a name for the government and the country, which is also Ye Chang's help.

These changes made Liu Changqing feel very moved. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Seeing that Liu Changqing was a little distracted, Ye Chang stopped mentioning military and national affairs, but talked about the old friends they knew: "Brother Changling is now in Liaodong. Although he is nearly 60 years old, he is very energetic. If Mr. Liu has time, he might as well go to Liaodong to see him."

"I heard that Liaodong is new every day and Lushun has entered a famous city. Changqing has long been interested in visiting him. He is afraid that Brother Changling is busy and is not accustomed to wind and waves, so he has not been able to move forward." Liu Changqing calmed down and said slowly: "It's a pity that Mr. Li."

Mr. Li refers to Li Qi. He is older among the crowd and has passed away in the old school. This makes Ye Chang feel very sorry. Among the old friends in Luoyang, Li Qi is actually one of the most intimate people with him, and even Du Fu and others cannot match him. When he proposed the strategy of managing the border, Li Qi fully supported him and even persuaded Li Bai, Cen Shen and he went to Hequ with him.

"There is still Mr. Zhang, but I haven't seen today."

Zhang Xu also died. When Tianbao was nine years old, he went to immortality.

"It's better if you don't see me. If Mr. Zhang is upright, you will be idle." Liu Changqing sighed in reminiscing about the beginning.

"Yes, it was originally like a bunch of flowers, but in a blink of an eye the rain blew away..." Ye Chang sighed.

"There are treacherous ministers in the court, so this area is uneasy. Mr. Ye is the pillar of the dynasty. He should expel the evil and uphold the righteous spirit. This is when the people of the world need Ye Gong to turn the tide." Liu Changqing knelt down and said to Ye Chang with a serious expression: "Mr. Ye, I didn't dare to ask for a meeting, but I heard the song Ye Gong wrote the day before yesterday, so I came here to pay homage. I hope that Mr. Ye should think of the people as his thoughts, and should not have the desire to retreat bravely."

"Little Song?" Ye Chang was a little surprised and looked at Li Ye who was kneeling beside him and leaning down. Then he remembered that a few days ago, because he was worried, he drank a few more drinks and sang a song "Linjiangxian" in the north building of Grand View Garden facing Luoshui outside.

At that time, Li Ye was with him, and she thought she had heard it.

"The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward..."

Although it is a bit wrong to sing the Yangtze River by the Luo River, the "Yangtze River" is not the exclusive name of the Yangtze River in later generations. It is not impossible to describe the Yellow River by it. Ye Chang felt a little embarrassed and explained: "This is not what I did. When I was conquering Luofeng in Ge, I heard someone sing on Lu River and learned it. I am now a common thing, so where can I talk about poetry and music?"

Ye Chang has stopped copying poems over the years. After he needed to copy poems and invite fame. Liu Changqing heard his explanation and smiled: "Mr. Ye did not write poetry, but he lost a master in the poetry world. But Mr. Ye was not a common thing, he was just a person who was responsible for the lives of millions of people and had no spare time."

Liu Changqing advised Ye Chang not to have the idea of ​​fishermen and woodcutters hiding and hiding was just a stepping stone. Ye Chang knew his real thoughts very well.

Now he is a big boss and can no longer make achievements. In this life, there is nothing left except poetry.

"I just said that I am not optimistic about the imperial court's dispatch of generals to conquer the rebellion. Although Cheng Qianli is a famous general, the imperial guards in the capital are not border troops. If he slowly encounters thieves and is familiar with them after fighting a few small battles, he will still win. But Yang Guozhong is in the court, how can he allow him to slowly plan for it?" Ye Chang said: "What do you think Liu Gong thinks I expected?"

Liu Changqing paused for a moment and did not answer immediately.

This is Ye Chang's knowledge and analysis ability in the school exam. If he doesn't answer well, this opportunity will be wasted.

In the early years, Ye Chang was short of people, so he was recommended and valued by Cen Shen, Gao Shi, Wang Changling, etc., and he was recommended by him. Li Bai, who was very polite, has now become a county magistrate and has a considerable reputation among the southern county barbarians. However, since the first batch of students from Lushun Academy graduated in the eleventh year of Tianbao, Ye Chang has more and more people available. He would rather let young men from a college make mistakes in their positions than use the so-called mature and polite old literati. Therefore, it is becoming more and more difficult to get by Ye Chang around him.

If Liu Changqing hadn't had an old relationship with Ye Chang and Li Ye was talking nice things indirectly, Ye Chang wouldn't have arranged this private meeting at all.

Liu Changqing himself knew it, so after reorganizing his thoughts, he raised his head and said, "Since Mr. Ye feels that Cheng Qianli's going on this expedition is not optimistic, he should be prepared."

“How to prepare?”

"If Cheng Qianli is defeated, there will be no more troops from Huainan Road to Henan Road. The bandit army will sweep away. First take Chenliu and then attack Luoyang. Ye Gong will report to the Ming court to recruit soldiers from Luoyang. If Cheng Qianli is defeated, he will lead his troops to Chenliu to block the bandit army here."

This is a normal response. With Chenliu's strong city, he defended the city. Although his troops were less, he would not fail. Ye Chang nodded, then shook his head: "If one of the bandits encircled Chenliu, another of them took Luoyang, and then incited the civil unrest in Henan and Hebei, what would it do?"

Liu Changqing suddenly felt a little fever on his face. Obviously, Ye Chang was not satisfied with his countermeasures.

Military affairs were not his chief, so he was silent for a moment, then said: "No matter what, Mr. Ye must occupy a position first, otherwise Mr. Ye will defeat the thief army, and the court may not think that Mr. Ye is good."

"Letter?"

"The East Capital is left behind, and if Mr. Ye gets this title, he can recruit heroes to join the army."

Hearing this, Ye Chang laughed: "There is already a title. The court issued an order to take me as the Eastern Capital and to stop the position of Guangluqing Li Chengdong Capital and to be the Young Emperor of Henan, Luoyang Order, plus the original Henan Yin Da Xi Ke, the Censor Lu Yi of Taiwan, assist me in guarding Luoyang. I think... the imperial edict from the court will come here tomorrow."
Chapter completed!