ebonymovies Chapter 835
Chapter 835
Chapter 835
Yunchu camped at Chenggao at night.
Pei Xingjian's former army and the emperor's central army had already left. After they left, Yunchu left a devastated Chenggao County.
There are no weird things like the granary being burned or the grain being drenched with feces.
However, when the emperor left, he took away all the grain stored in the grain depot of Chenggao County.
It is very necessary for the emperor to do some things to prepare for a rainy day, but Yunchu's rear army is in bad luck.
Faced with the magistrate of Chenggao who was kowtowing like garlic, Yunchu did not choose Pei Xingjian's method of asking for food. He felt that it was a very immoral thing to always snatch food from the mouths of the people at the bottom.
Therefore, he chose to find the wealthy households in Chenggao County, and sent a thousand troops to raise food overnight. When it was dawn, there was a lot of food in Yunchu's army, but it was not as neat as the army food, and there was more food in it. Lots of pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese.
Yun Chu didn't take the food from those rich households for nothing, but also wrote them very standardized IOUs. Those wealthy households could take these IOUs to the Luoyang Military Department in the future and exchange them for money.
It sounds like this matter has been done from beginning to end, which seems to be very good, but no one, including Yunchu, thinks that these rich households can get food money after going to the Luoyang Military Department.
The grain in Li Si's hands was his family's private property and could not be moved. As for whether the grain of those wealthy households was private property, it depended on the emperor's perception.
Looting places and forcibly collecting military rations are actually very inconspicuous daily behaviors for the Datang army.
As the most important violent group in the Tang Dynasty, Yunchu's behavior of giving out the IOU will attract ridicule from others.
For this reason, it is because the army is walking in the country, and they will not do too much. Once they leave the border, wherever the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty go, there will be no grass.
The reason why it is so unreasonable is that the treatment of the soldiers in the government is rarely implemented.
When each mansion soldier is recruited, he must prepare a bow, thirty arrows, a horizontal knife, a felt hat, felt clothes, and nine buckets of wheat according to regulations.
These materials are kept by the Zhechong Mansion, and the government issues them with coupons, which can be exchanged in case of war.If the government soldiers have been stationed for more than one year, the government will provide additional subsidies.
This way of supplying the army has saved the country a lot of money.
Logically speaking, the government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty served for more than one year, and every time they were extended for one year, they could get twelve bolts of silk cloth and twelve stones of chestnuts.
Of course, it stands to reason that these three words are very interesting, as long as it is a matter of reason, it basically means nothing.
There are 60 regular government soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, except that the local government soldiers in Chang'an did not make a reasonable statement, and each government soldier who extended his service time can get a full salary that is reasonable.
There are only [-] Beiya imperial guards left with military pay.
The Beiya Forbidden Army is the emperor's personal soldiers and an independent military force.Their basic living needs were provided by the imperial court, and they enjoyed treatment such as kitchen food, body food, and clothing.
It stands to reason that the more things there are, the more corrupt the military discipline will be, and the more barbaric the army's style will be.
Of course, Yunchu would not harm Li Si's interests to make up for the government soldier system that would collapse in itself.
In addition, for the emperor's eastward tour, the original strategy was tough and arrogant. Only in this way can everyone know the majesty of the emperor.
Beginning with Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan, wherever the emperor went, the most elite army of the Tang Dynasty would be there. This is a common practice.
If Yunchu behaved in a friendly manner like everyone in the local area, but when he got to the emperor, it would be Yunchu himself who was not good.
Qiu did not commit such a thing, and it does not apply to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
When Yunchu's army left Chenggao County, along the way, the wealthy households were crying and crying, and Jun Sima wanted to send someone to scare them and tell them to shut up.
Yun Chu understood the pain of these people very well.
It is the wealth accumulated by several generations. Now that it is plundered by the army, it is normal to cry.
The passage of bandits is like a comb, and the passage of soldiers is like a grate. This sentence itself appeared in the Tang Dynasty.
After Ruichun reported Yunchu's behavior in Chenggao to Li Zhi, although he hurt the people and suffered, he still gave a full understanding of Yunchu's looting behavior.
The general trend is ahead, and the rest are just flaws.
However, the impeachment of Yunchu's military looting has not been broken. Every censor knows that this is Yunchu's helpless move, but no one is willing to let go of this good opportunity to impeach Yunchu.
As soon as he went out, everything went wrong, and the emperor's car stopped in Zhengzhou.
The emperor's car stopped in Zhengzhou, and Yunchu's rear army had to stop in Xingyang.
The main body of Xingyang is actually Hulao Pass. After Yunchu soldiers and horses entered Hulao Pass, they closed the entire Hulao Pass according to the suggestion of the marching commander Shi Li Ji.
Hulao Pass is now called Wulao Pass. The reason why the name was changed is related to Li Zhi's ancestor Li Hu.
In Yunchu's eyes, this Wulao Pass is not tall, and the rammed-earth city wall is not considered strong. However, standing on the Wulao Pass, Li Ji seems to have countless things on his mind that he can't express.
When Li Si appeared behind Li Ji, he didn't need to ask, just listened to Li Ji talking to himself: "In those days, Emperor Gaozu couldn't trust Emperor Taizong, so he took Emperor Taizong's subordinates and delivered Pei Ji to fight Liu Wuzhou. As a result, the whole army was wiped out, only Pei Ji One person had to escape, resulting in Emperor Taizong having no more invincible soldiers under his command, and even the land of Hedong was lost, including Jinyang, the land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Dou Jiande from Hebei Province marched westward, preparing to join forces with Wang Shichong to destroy the Tang Dynasty with one blow. "
Li Si said softly: "Who was Duke Ying under at that time?"
Li Jidao: "Wang Shichong served as a young general. A certain family was originally a hero in Wagangzhai. After Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi, I became Wang Shichong's man. At that time, I thought Wang Shichong was a man of destiny. Your Wang Shichong will be in this Hulao Pass, accomplishing your grandfather's unrivaled feat of capturing two kings in one battle."
Li Si smiled and said, "Duke Ying surrendered at that time?"
Li Ji gritted his teeth and said: "At that time, your grandfather had less than [-] soldiers and horses, and they were all mixed soldiers. Facing the strong city of Hulao Pass, he did not damage Hulao Pass for six days.
It can be said that the right time and place are not on him. As for Renhe, one only needs to know that Renhe is not on him from the time when Yuchi Jingde marched into Hulao Pass, the local people avoided one after another and were unwilling to provide rations for the army. "
Li Si hugged Li Ji's arm and said, "But grandfather still won."
A look of strong nostalgia appeared on Li Ji's face, and he praised in his mouth: "Your ancestor deliberately deprived your grandfather of his military power, and even killed Liu Wenjing, who claimed to be able to "avoid two deaths", just to cut off your grandfather's wings.
The elite Guanzhong in his hands, and the two soldiers and horses in Hedong were buried in Hedong again by Pei Ji. There were only [-] mobs in his hands, but they had to face Dou Jiande's [-] troops, and Wang Shichong's [-] elites were behind him.
Girl, when the right time, place and people are not in your hands, if you are, how can you make a comeback? "
Li Si let out a chuckle, and then proudly said: "Hundred riders attack!"
Li Ji smiled and said, "That's right, Baiqi attacked, that's what Emperor Taizong did. The strange thing is, he won."
Li Si looked up at the tall Li Ji and said, "Is it strange to win?"
Li Ji nodded and said: "Yes, it's very strange. Taizong succeeded once, but only once, and it will never be repeated in the future."
"Can't you too?"
"No, the old man has tried to succeed countless times throughout his life, but unfortunately, he has not been able to achieve his wish.
Li Si didn't understand what Li Ji said, but she felt that what Li Ji said seemed to be very important, so it didn't matter, just remember it first, just go back and ask the master.
Li Ji looked very lonely, standing on the head of Hulao Pass, as if he was remembering the past.When he stopped talking, the Hulao Pass seemed to be his own.
After listening to Li Si's narration, Yunchu pondered for a moment and said to Li Si: "Grandfather Ying is getting old, so he started to think about destiny."
Li Sidao: "What is destiny?"
"Mandate of Heaven" means the will represented by the entity of heaven and nature, and also refers to the will of God governing the fate of all people, the laws and laws of nature, and the natural life span of human beings.
Combining Yinggong's recounting of Emperor Taizong's past, you can understand that if a person is destined by fate, he will be able to go anywhere. "
"How can I know if I am destined to belong?"
"No one can know in advance whether he is the destiny of destiny. People only vaguely realize it after experiencing countless hardships of life and death. It's just that at this time, the destiny of destiny is no longer important to him."
"Aren't those who failed those tests all dead?"
Yun Chu patted Li Si's bun, nodded and said, "That's right, they're all dead, without exception."
"Does my royal father count as destiny?"
"Forget it, because he is invincible now."
"Where's my mother?"
"It used to be the destiny, but now with you, it's not the destiny."
"Where's the prince's brother?"
"He is on the way to verify whether he is destined to return."
"And me?"
"You don't count, you are just a kind little girl, we don't fight for what the destiny belongs to."
"Why don't you fight for it?"
"The process is too painful. I don't think it's worth it. There is never any gain for nothing in this world. If you want to gain something, you have to exchange your most important things."
Li Si blinked and said, "It's really not worth it, and I don't want it either."
Yunchu watched Li Silian bouncing around to organize his own business, so he said to Rourou who had been warming up, "Do you want to try?"
She gently shook her head and said, "The best is never my turn. If I force it, there may be disasters that I cannot bear."
Yun Chu didn't speak any more, sat opposite Wen Rou, filled the teapot with water, the two of them watched the flames licking the bottom of the teapot, and after a while, the water in the teapot creaked from the fire.
Di Renjie walked into the tent with a chill in his body, took off his cloak, rubbed his hands together and came to the stove, took the hot tea that was handed over gently, held it in his palm, and said to the silent Yun Chu: "Something is very wrong."
He said softly, "How serious is it?"
"Someone is deliberately obstructing His Majesty's going to Mount Tai for the Zen ceremony."
Yun Chu said: "Your Majesty's 12 troops can crush all dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction."
Di Renjie took a sip of hot tea and said, "They didn't intend to forcefully stop, just the killing along the way can make your majesty's ceremony of enshrining Zen come to an end without a problem.
I investigated the matter in Yanshi County, and finally found out that Liu Lin was actually a sacrifice.
He has been raising delicious food and drink for so many years, just waiting to be slaughtered by His Majesty without complaint, obediently being stabbed. "
Yun Chu was taken aback and said, "Is it so vicious?"
Di Renjie lifted the curtain of the tent, glanced outside, then retracted his head, and said in a low voice, "None of the people from Shandong and Hebei want His Majesty to tour the east."
Rourou looked at Yunchu and said, "What can we do to avoid this storm?"
Di Renjie said: "It cannot be avoided, from the moment His Majesty appointed Yun Chu as the commander-in-chief of the rear army, we cannot avoid it.
After so many years, among the ten Daos in the world, only Henan Dao and Hebei Dao have not been completely conquered by the Tang Dynasty. On the surface they submit to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact they are alienated from the Tang Dynasty. In this place, especially under the prefectures and counties, the government's decrees are almost impassable.
It can even be said that in these two ways, what the imperial court really occupies is only the states and counties, except for these points, they are all disobedient people.
It's just that they are currently afraid of His Majesty's strength and dare not raise their troops to rebel. Once the Datang Center starts to weaken, their rebellion is a certainty.
These days, I have been wandering in the countryside. When I passed some remote villages, I found that they were very wary of the officials. However, when we talked to them after we changed our clothes, I realized that these people only knew The local gentry did not see the Tang government in their eyes. "
Gentle shook his head and said: "It's been 50 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, but still can't win the hearts of the people, it's really weird."
(End of this chapter)