Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 921
Long gray dragons snaked across the endless plains, seemingly never ending.

The knights are dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, with bows and knives ready.

Suddenly, Yiqi rushed to him and reported, "Your Majesty, an envoy from Weizhou is here."

"Let him come over." Shao Shude got off his horse.

The soldiers immediately put up the umbrella cover and moved the table and futon.

Sikong Bing (tǐng) was led by his own soldiers and marched all the way.

As far as the eye can see, there are warriors with swords and bows everywhere.

The samurai has a serious face and a resolute expression. When his eyes fall on him, it seems to be real.

There were also people who just glanced at him casually and then moved away, as if he didn't exist, and there was a sense of indifference in life and death in their eyes.Not taking his own life as his life, nor taking other people's lives as his life, this kind of unruly martial artist is the most brutal.

Some people treated him like a prey, and the bloodthirsty taste in their eyes could not be hidden, as if only killing and blood could give them a brief moment of peace.

well!With the passage of time, Wei Bowufu, who was fierce during the Su, Dai, and De dynasties, has disappeared.Sikong Bing secretly sighed, also secretly startled.

These Henan warriors were murderous, ferocious and cruel, that is to say, they were restrained by a crueler and more cunning Shao Shude, barely female, restraining their ferocity.

"Why is Your Highness going north?" Sikong Biao asked loudly when he passed through numerous guards and was searched twice, finally saw Shao Shude who was drinking tea.

He was ordered to go on a mission to Ruzhou, but he was surprised to be led here halfway.

"Henan tea is the best in Guangzhou, followed by Shenzhou. Those produced in Huangtu Port, Guangshan County, are known as tribute tea. Sikong Inspector might as well taste it." Shao Shude stretched out his hand, and the soldiers brought a futon, and gave it to Sikong Pour a bowl of tea.

Sikong Bing took a deep breath, sat down, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and said after a long while: "It's really good tea to soothe troubles and thirst, leave a fragrance on lips and teeth."

"Worries and worries?" Shao Shude asked.

Sikong suffocated, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness has come with a large army, and the worries are even worse."

"I want to practice martial arts, why do you worry?" Shao Shude asked again.

"Is Your Highness going to be General Tu?"

"Of course."

"Tujiang and Tianxiong's two armies, [-] people, are stationed in Menghuai, what does His Highness want?"

"Has Luo Shuai's condition improved?" Shao Shude asked without answering.

Seeing that Shao Shude didn't answer directly, Sikong Bing was also helpless.Considering his identity and mission, he couldn't avoid it, so he could only whisper, "I'm afraid it won't work."

"Where did Yang Li go? Why didn't he come this time? Did he go to Jinyang?" Shao Shude asked.

"He went to seek medical advice for Luo Shuai." Sikong Bing replied.

Yang Li really went to Jinyang, but it's hard to say whether there will be any results.Hearing that Jinyang is gathering an army, the vanguard of the cavalry has even traveled north and east all night and night, and they don't know what they are busy with.

Shao Shude smiled, and didn't say whether he believed it or not, he just asked: "Luo Shuai left me a letter earlier, asking me to recommend Luo Shaowei as Wei Bo Jiedu envoy, and I didn't go around in circles, why would Luo Shuai reward me?"

Weibo is a military election system, more precisely, it is a military election system.After the yamen soldiers made their decision in Weizhou City, the sergeants in each branch state generally would not stand firm. Anyway, their interests have not been harmed. never mind.

But there are exceptions.

Human ambition is endless.Although the position of Jiedushi, an old-fashioned feudal town, is not as beautiful as it seems on the surface, but to be honest, as long as you operate properly, there are still huge benefits that make people jealous.Didn't the Zhenzhou Wang family play well?It has been passed down through generations.

Wei Bo is richer than Cheng De, as long as the interests of the warriors are satisfied and they don't act recklessly, it is not uncommon in the history of Wei Bo's feudal town to pass on Jiedu envoys to three generations for decades.

Shi Xiancheng incited the soldiers to rebel, forcing Tian Bu, who was loyal to the court, to lose heart and commit suicide.

Han Jian's foreign expansion failed, and Le Yanzhen instigated a military rebellion and became Jiedushi.

The Le family enlisted civilians to build the city wall, and the warriors were furious. They were so frightened that Longxing Temple became a monk, and Luo Hongxin became a monk.

Now that Luo Hongxin was about to die, and Luo Shaowei was too young to be able to control the people, if anyone incited the government soldiers, it didn't take much. Gathering 5000 people could decide the fate of the 300 million-strong Dafan Town.

The "votes" of the [-] yamen soldiers in Weizhou City are the real votes.

So, who can get the votes of the eight thousand government soldiers?This matter is really hard to say.At least judging from the fact that Luo Hongxin sent someone to contact Shao Shude, Ronaldinho might not be so optimistic.

King Xia's tiger skin can probably add two to three thousand votes to Ronaldinho, but can I give you orders for nothing?No appearance fee?

"I would like to lose a hundred carts of gold and silver treasures, 20 strings of money, 30 pieces of silk, and 50 dendrobium of millet and wheat." Sikong Biao didn't talk nonsense, and directly reported the number.

A lot of money!But Shao Shude's ambitions are very high. He didn't care about the money at all, but Wei Bo's land and population.

"I heard that Li Gongquan, the general of the Yamen, led the army to town Bozhou, and there may be troubles?" Shao Shude asked suddenly.

In the final analysis, the matter of sending troops to defend Bozhou was still a mess made by Shao Shude.Li Gongquan is still ambitious. He has military power at this time. As long as he promises generous rewards to the soldiers, marches to Weizhou, and then negotiates terms with the government soldiers and the state army, Luo Shaowei will face a powerful force. In competition, failure is a high probability thing.

Sikong Bing didn't know what to say when he heard this.

King Xia's appetite seems to be very large.

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"Since the Qin, Han and Six Dynasties, there have been rebel generals but no rebel soldiers. However, the country and the dynasty have done the opposite. Fang Zhen mutiny, and killing generals is like killing pigs and dogs."

"Shi Xiancheng, He Jintao, Han Junxiong, Le Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin... Hehe, it's like a child's play for a sergeant to change his commander. If he is a little dissatisfied, he will make a series of noises and kill the general to drive the commander. I would like to ask, what happened to the 43 counties of the six states? Is it the Jiedu envoy who decides, or the yamen soldier who decides?"

Inside the Xie Mansion in Weizhou, a group of people were arguing fiercely.

Wei Bo has something to do, and there is an undercurrent surging, and everyone can see it.Although everyone has seen it for so many years, but when the incident comes to an end, it is still unavoidable to be angry.

Xie Xitu, governor of Weizhou, sat high on the table, sipping tea in silence.

He was from Henan. After passing the Jinshi examination, he was hired into the Weizhou shogunate.There is no other reason, and the military disaster is coming!
It may be hard to believe that Wei Bo is an old-fashioned feudal town, a stubborn local separatist force, and a representative of the country, but there are many outsiders in this feudal town.Since Tian Chengsi, not to mention Weibo people, the number of Hebei people serving as governors of various states has only been a little more than one-third.

Of course, after foreigners came, they gradually became Weibo people.You belong to whichever interest group you belong to.Regardless of whether you are from Guanzhong, Hedong, Henan, or other places, if you are an official in Weibo, your family has taken root, and you have become a vested interest, then you are from Weizhou.

Another unimaginable thing is that Wei Bo manages 250 county officials in Neizhou, and the proportion of civilian officials as state and county officials is extremely high.

It is well known that all feudal towns all over the world like to go to Chang'an to grab Jinshi, and Jinshi also like to work in the shogunate of feudal towns.

Before Chaos Chaos, Huainan, Jiannan, and Hedong, the three famous towns in the world, were the most popular places to go.

These Jinshi have been in office for a long time, and they will naturally be promoted. There are not a few who become governors, and Xie Xitu is one of them.

Fan commanders also like to hire people who have official experience in local states and counties.That is to say, if you have served as a magistrate or governor in other feudal towns, made achievements, and managed the place well, then you will be hired first.

Of course, that was before Chao Chao, and everyone was quite obedient at that time, and the Chang'an court still had prestige, and those who served as governors of Zhizhou in the feudal town often served as officials in the court, and court officials often served in the feudal town.After Chao Chao, the authority of the central government has been weakened day by day, the selection of officials in various towns has become more conservative, and the flow of people has decreased, but it has not been completely cut off.

In the feudal towns of the Central Plains, military generals occupied a large number of state and county officials. This situation also existed in Hebei, but it was not as serious as in the Central Plains.

There was a joke in the Five Dynasties that the prefectural and county officials in Youzhou were good at poetry, poetry and writing official documents when they were wielding knives and sticks. Bowen officials, because they are good at accounting, careful planning, and excellent financial maintenance.

Of course, on the whole, the so-called civil officials in Hebei, especially the local aboriginal civil officials, are not so pure.In short, they can kill people, and they can also fight on horseback. The overall atmosphere is martial, and there is nothing they can do about it.

"Let's just say a few words." Xie Xitu put down his tea bowl and said, "Luo Shuai is seriously ill, and I'm afraid time is running out. Li Gongquan is in Bozhou, making big promises, and many people are incited by him. If he marches into Weizhou, Luo Shaowei is afraid He wants to run away. But I don’t think he is a character who gives up easily, or he still wants to struggle.”

"In the past, Shi Xiancheng was known as the military envoy of the Chinese army. When the whole army was in the field, he was coaxed to accept him."

"Han Jian's attack on Yun was defeated, Le Yanzhen returned with one army first, and the three armies supported him, so he became the commander-in-chief."

"At the time of Han Junxiong, everyone promoted Junxiong to generalize the army."

Xie Xitu asked again: "What rumors have you heard recently?"

"My lord, is Li Gongquan spreading rumors and accusing Luo Shuai and his son?" asked his son Xie Yanhui.

"Actually, it's not a rumor." Xie Xitu said, "Shao Shude led his army across the river and entered Bozhou, losing a streak of defenders. It was like entering an uninhabited land. Luo Shuai and his son are so weak, wouldn't it make people despise you? If you are in this position Come on, what should I do?"

"It's nothing more than using strong towns as aid to coerce the generals," Xie Yanhui said.

"That's it." Xie Xitu said: "There are tens of thousands of Xia people in Huaizhou, isn't it a strong support?"

Xie Yanhui obviously thought about this a long time ago, and sighed after hearing the words: "Bringing foreign soldiers into the country, if one is not good, life will be ruined, alas."

"Who says it's not?" Xie Xitu also sighed: "There are not many safe places in this world. Maybe only Jiangnan and Kansai can be a little more stable."

"Your Majesty, there is an envoy from King Xia coming." The old servant walked over lightly and reported.

Xie Xitu was stunned for a moment, and Xie Yanhui was also very surprised.

After being silent for a while, Xie Xitu straightened his sleeves and said, "Please come in."

(End of this chapter)