For an elderly man whose family suddenly changed, it is really a joy to see his lost family. This can even be forgotten some of his previous unhappiness and his previous bias.

Princess Xincheng's son-in-law Dugu Ming, Princess Jianping's son-in-law Yang said that she offended the Yang family in Xiangxuehai, but later she was repeatedly slandered by the Yang sisters, and even almost married her daughter far away to rebel. It can be said that Li Longji has always disliked these two son-in-laws, but now it is not the case. The two son-in-laws come to see him, which makes Li Longji extremely happy.

There were many relatives who came with the two princesses, but they were all those who were neglected in the past, and they did not have real power in their hands, and they did not let Li Longji be happy, so everyone came together. When Ye Chang was running the Andong Chamber of Commerce, they were the ones who were most active in investing. Now they are also very keen on various workshops, workshops, mines and plantations opened in various places.

Over the past ten years, they have made a fortune in silence, and unlike other powerful people who have established their homes in Beijing, although they also have industries in Beijing, their main industries are still in other places. Therefore, during this Chang'an Rebellion, the powerful people in Beijing suffered heavy losses, and they were relatively less damaged.

People are fine and money is a great thing. In this chaotic period, it is a great thing.

"You mean..."

"That's right, we are willing to contribute a million yuan to the court." Dugu Ming, as the leader of these relatives and nobles, had seen Li Longji and said his wish for parting for a while, so he presented a memorial. Gao Lishi gave it to Li Longji. Li Longji was shocked after seeing it.

Missing the difficulties of the court, as a minister and son-in-law, I paid millions of chunks of money to make it work...

There is also a million-dollar flying money, which is stamped with more than ten seals of size. As long as one month notice is notified in advance, half of them can be taken out in one month, or fifty taels, and another half can be taken out in another month. If there is not enough copper coins, it will be discounted with gold and silver.

Even in the fall of Chang'an, with the information obtained by Li Longji, Anton Bank's flying money was stable in the first three days, and even more stable than usual. After all, in the war, it is more convenient and easier to hide, which is more convenient and easier to hide.

This million yuan of flying money is really a timely help for Li Longji who fled in a hurry.

"However, you have suffered a lot..."

"The biggest reliance on us to earn this money is the support of the court. If the saints did not ask us to let go, how could this money be? Now that the country is in turmoil, we need money everywhere, reward soldiers and loyalty, we can't let Mr. Ye come out. If the court and His Majesty don't let him go, who will go out?" Dugu Ming said this sincerely: "I am foolish, I didn't think of so much. After Mr. Ye mentioned it, I understood."

It's Ye Chang again...

Li Longji was speechless when he heard this.

This time, Ye Chang covered him all the way, but he didn't support him much money. Li Longji initially only thought that money needed to be spent in the war, and the business route was cut off, and Ye Chang's income was greatly reduced, so he didn't think about it carefully. Now it seems that Ye Chang is not not giving money, but wants to give money through Dugu Ming and others.

Ye Chang's purpose is still to be cautious and self-sustaining, and not to make him think of buying people's hearts with money. Thinking that Ye Chang's painstaking efforts were just to maintain the relationship between the king and the ministers, Li Longji almost burst into tears.

He is not the Emperor Taiping who has been carefree since childhood. He has just lived a pampering life for many years, which has gradually made him neglected his affairs, but it does not mean that he cannot understand human nature. Ye Chang can do this and compare it with the prince, Yongwang and others to make a judgment.

"I just regret that Ye Chang is not my son. If Ye Chang is my son, then I will immediately abdicate to him, and there will be no worries." He said with emotion.

Dugu Ming and others looked at each other in surprise, but they did not expect that Li Longji would say such words.

Gao Lishi lowered his head and sighed secretly. He had advised him just now that such words could not be said. After saying them, even if Ye Chang had no intention, others would inevitably write them down. When it was useful, this sentence would either be the basis for Ye Chang's position or the root cause of the new king's crime of punishing Ye Chang.

"Now that the court has money, please ask Your Majesty to distribute the rewards of the entourage guards first. It is not easy for the entourage guards to abandon their families and sons and come here with the emperor." Chen Xuanli was walking beside him.

"That's a natural thing. In addition to the entourage guards, the former generals and soldiers must also pay some of the meritorious service first. The remaining part will be made up after I return to the capital." Li Longji touched the flying money. When he got old, he became greedy for money. Especially in this case, he could still distinguish the priorities and then handed the money to Dugu Ming: "I want to make you the Minister of Revenue and manage your finances for me. How to distribute the money will be done together."

Dugu Ming was stunned for a moment. This was one million yuan in exchange for the position of Minister of Revenue.

It was a great thing he had been asking for more than ten years ago, but now he finds it a bit tricky.

He smiled bitterly and said, "My minister is the son-in-law of a saint. It is the duty of a minister. If he is truly a minister of the Ministry of Revenue, there may be criticisms about using money to buy an official..."

"You ask yourself if you can be the Minister of Revenue?" Li Longji asked.

Dugu Ming thought about it and was not stupid at all. He had no favors for the past ten years. He had been trying to fight for power and profit, and devoted himself to making money. He learned a lot of financial management skills with Ye Chang. He asked himself that although he was not as good as Ye Chang, he would be far beyond his ability to borrow a few capable people from Ye Chang. Therefore, he said: "Although I am stupid, I have also had some experience in building farms with Ye open mines and buildings over the years, and I am better than Yang Guozhong."

"That's true. You should not avoid hatred if you take the outside, and you should not avoid relatives if you take the inside. When the country is in trouble, you need to do your best. Not only you, but Yang said that my son-in-law should also have a position." Li Longji said slowly.

He said that it was not easy to refuse after that, but the two princesses had been greatly improved and did not get carried away because of this. They looked at each other and agreed verbally, but thought in their hearts that such matters must be discussed with Ye Chang and sought Ye Chang's opinions.

After a while, Princess Yuzhen and Shouan came, and everyone was relatives. After seeing each other, they naturally felt sighing. Princess Yuzhen saw that there were more than twenty noble relatives coming, all of whom were unsatisfied when Yang was favored. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart that these people avoided the New Year's Eve coup because they were not favored by Li Longji, which was really a blessing in disguise.

But she immediately realized: This is a coincidence.

Almost all of these surviving noble relatives were closely related to Ye Chang. When Ye Chang and Yang Guozhong were fighting, they helped Ye Chang make a lot of noise.

Without exception, they all left Chang'an some time before the Chinese New Year. Some went to Nanshan to "comfort" the manors in other places, and some went to "surveillance" in other places, and some were Yu Qian who "care for illness". Of course, it is not that among the nobles who fell into An Lushan's hands, there was no one who was kind to Ye Chang. But if you count it carefully, those who were closest and most capable among the powerful can get out.

This cannot be a coincidence.

However, Princess Yuzhen has experienced too many storms, so she was shocked, but her face remained silent. She just decided to remind the emperor in private.

Everyone intentionally avoided some sad topics, so the atmosphere was quite warm, and gradually there was a hint of laughter and laughter from the nobles in Chang'an City. They were happy here, so naturally some people were unhappy. An Lushan had retreated to Xianyang at this time. He was really furious along the way. He had made excuses and had several generals and aides in succession. Among them, Yan Zhuang was the worst. He was beaten by him almost every day. Now he could no longer ride a horse and could only lie in the carriage and move.

Tian Chengsi's defeat did not surprise An Lushan. He made Tian Chengsi's troops the "vanguard", but in fact, they wanted his subordinates to cover their troops to withdraw to Chang'an. But what he didn't expect was that Tian Chengsi's troops had only fought with Ye Chang's army for one day, and the entire army was defeated at night. Zhuo Junfu's pursuit was so fragile that his troops who were receiving Tian Cheng's troops collapsed and he had no chance to organize the second layer of defense.

Under such circumstances, in order to escape, he could only cut off his tail and protect himself. He left all the 100,000 young and strong men recruited from Chang'an City in the rear, and led his subordinates who were loyal to him to escape quickly, so he could escape back to Xianyang in such a short time.

"Is there any news in Chang'an City? Has the news of our army's defeat spread to Chang'an City?" After a breath of breath in Xianyang, An Lushan asked the generals who stayed here.

"King, there is no new news in Chang'an City. I have also blocked the news of our army's defeat. It is impossible to pass it back to Chang'an within one or two days." The general was very capable and responded immediately.

"Okay, okay... go back immediately, say... just say..." An Lushan thought for a long time, but did not think about what to do. He shouted irritably: "Let Yan Zhuang come, let Yan Zhuang come over quickly."

In his original plan with Yan Zhuang, Tian Chengsi would block Ye Chang for at least five days. With these five days, he could fully withdraw back to Chang'an and arrange the defenses of Chang'an, and then act in Chang'an City.

But now it doesn't work, he must use a plan.

Before Yan Zhuang arrived, Liu Luogu came. He looked a little strange. Seeing An Lushan's furious look, he hesitated. An Lushan vaguely glanced at someone there and said furiously: "Why are you going to go forward and retreat? Do you want to rebel? Please drag it down and beat me."

He didn't know whether it was because of injury or something, his eyesight was getting better and worse, but he didn't see who it was. When Liu Luogu was dragged down and beat him repeatedly begged for mercy, he realized that he was calling for Liu Luogu, who had always been loyal to him. He just ordered it. At this time, he did not want to change it, and he did not want to be known about his lack of vision. He shouted: "Liu Luogu, you are my confidant. I have always trusted you very much, but you are like them. If you break our military order, you will be light. If you commit another crime, you will definitely be fine."

"Master, I really have military information reports," Liu Luogu shouted: "I just saw that the king had something to do, so I dare not disturb him. It's not that I was in trouble."

"Military information, what's going on?"

Liu Luogu has always been in charge of An Lushan's intelligence system, helping An Lushan make friends with Chang'an's powerful people, bribes and win over and buy them, and uses all kinds of means. After An Lushan entered Beijing to launch a coup, he had greater power. Although he did not become An Lushan's planner like Yan Zhuang, An Lushan would consult his opinions on military, political, personnel, and all aspects of affairs. At this time, he was almost beaten, not only scared him to death, but also made him lose face. However, when he heard An Lushan's question, he did not dare to hide it: "The source of Ye Chang's troops is clear, and most of them are road construction workers."

"Road builders - trajectory?" An Lushan immediately understood, and then furious: "How is this possible? Just some people who dug dredge stones, how can they go to war?"

"Ye Chang used the veterans as his bones and spread them into the road construction workers. He usually only said that for the sake of easy management, the military discipline was restricted, and in the name of preventing disasters in daily life, he repeatedly acted. He had long been unjust and arranged these road construction workers near Chang'an."

"You mean, my strong soldiers in a hundred battles actually... lost to a group of mud legs?" An Lushan still disbelief.

This is not the era of hot weapons. Soldiers who can go to battle and kill the enemy can be trained in a short period of time. In the era of cold weapons, professional soldiers and ordinary people have a very different combat power. It is hard for An Lushan to imagine that those road construction workers who built trajectories could defeat his army with equal strength.

"Ye Chang has excellent military equipment, even ordinary soldiers, and has a large number of half-body steel armor, cotton armor, and machine crossbows..."

"Where did he get these equipment? Don't tell me, those road construction workers usually have these equipment."

"It was originally the equipment of Anxi and Beiting Towns. It was placed in the Dazhen Pass arsenal. Two years ago, Ye Chang submitted a letter to build arsenal in Dazhen Pass. He... He was prepared again."

When Liu Luogu said this, he felt really frightened. Two years ago, although An Lushan was domineering, he had absolutely no intention of launching a coup. His secret cooperation with Prince Li Heng was only supportive of each other. But Ye Chang's layout clearly began from that time or even earlier. Is it true that Ye Chang could foresee the future in the rumors?

An Lushan also realized this and murmured. Even if Liu Luogu was close, he didn't know what he was scolding.

At this moment, An Lushan was full of regret, but he also knew that regret was useless. Since his subordinates chased Ye Chang, the relationship between the two had no idea of ​​harmony. When Ye Chang arrived in Liaodong, the two sides would have a showdown sooner or later. Therefore, he did not regret being hostile to Ye Chang. What really made him regret was that from the beginning, he despised Ye Chang and thought that he had received the support of Yang Guozhong and Li Heng, so he did not take Ye Chang, who had lost his military power in his eyes.

Who would have thought that Ye Chang, who lost his military power, actually had an army of 100,000 or 200,000 secretly

"King, Yan Zhuang is here." When An Lushan regretted it, he could hear the news.
Chapter completed!