Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

"I didn't know that General Chen came to the humble house, but I couldn't meet him far away, please forgive me!" Zheng Jian had a smirk on his face, which even the blind could see.

Chen Ying didn't even intend to get off the horse, and said proudly: "No blame, no blame, who is Zheng Zhongmian?"

Zheng Jian asked in bewilderment: "Nephew Zhongmian is unwell, and it is inconvenient to see guests. Please also invite General Chen Haihan!"

In fact, at this time, Zheng Jian also resented Chen Ying very much. The Zheng family has the pride of the Zheng family, but what is it that you, Chen Ying, galloped straight into the Zheng family?If it spreads out, does Mrs. Zheng still want to be a human being?It's just that everyone in the Zheng family was also afraid. If Chen Yingwan got ruthless, he would slaughter all of Zheng's family, and the head would fall off, but it would not grow back.

An old man was trembling with anger, pointed at Chen Ying and said, "General Chen, what do you mean?"

Chen Yingdao: "It doesn't mean anything, I just want to ask Mrs. Zheng for something!"

Zheng Jian said: "I don't know what General Chen wants to borrow?"

Chen Yingli said bluntly: "Mr. Cui is going to write a letter to the court!"

Patriarch Zheng was so angry that he almost vomited blood.He knew that the Zheng family was defeated this time, the dignified Xingyang Zheng family was first robbed by Dou Jiande's soldiers and suffered heavy losses.There is no way to do this, after all, when a scholar encounters a soldier, he can't explain why, and the one with the knife has never been reasonable with the one with the pen.

At this time, the action of retaliating against Dou Jiande has not really started, and now Chen Ying is calling again.What should the people of the world think of the Zheng family in Xingyang?What should the courtiers think of the Zheng family in Xingyang?

In the end, Dou Jiande, who had laid the foundation for hundreds of years, made Dou Jiande lose face. How could they not be angry with the Zheng family!He didn't understand why Chen Ying also had such deep hostility towards Zheng Shi.Chen Ying's unreasonableness, Chen Ying's actions have completely enraged him, he glared at Chen Ying fiercely with resentful eyes, and grinned grinningly: "General Chen, you are doing very well, very well! I remember you..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Chen Ying reined in the restless horse's head. The hostility emanating from the Patriarch of the Zheng family had already been felt by the war horse.All the elders of the Zheng clan looked displeased, but there was nothing they could do. The form was stronger than the people, and the people had to bow their heads under the eaves.

Zheng Jian whispered with the elders of the clan, and after a while, Zheng Jian said: "General Chen, if the Zheng family doesn't teach the Cui family's next book today, surely they can't be kind?"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "It's only natural!"

Zheng Jian said: "Do you dare to slaughter the entire Zheng family?"

"Why don't you dare?" Chen Ying pointed behind him, and all the cavalry guards set their arrows on the string one after another, pointing their sharp arrows at the crowd, with big hands in a posture of killing them if they disagree with each other.

Chen Yingdao: "Believe it or not, I will burn Xingyang city with a torch? At that time, Xingyang city will become a white city, and my general will declare to the outside world that in order to avenge the Zheng family, the remnants of the Xia army will invite me to kill them. This reason should make people in the world trust me!"

When the head of the Zheng family heard this, his mouth was sweet, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and his body limp and collapsed on the ground.

Zheng Jian's expression changed drastically.The chests of many clan elders fluctuated, and they were obviously very angry by Chen Ying.

"Think about it, half a stick of incense time!"

As Chen Ying got off his horse, he walked up to Zheng Jian and lowered his voice so that everyone could hear him: "Don't worry, I'll kill all the old stubborn Zheng's, and you are the head of the Zheng family!"

Zheng Jian's complexion changed drastically. The Patriarch of the Zheng family who had just woken up heard this, and his complexion turned into golden paper. He pointed at Chen Ying and said, "Give it to him!"

Chen Ying smiled happily, shrugged at Zheng Jian and said, "Should I kill or not?"

Zheng Jian asked all eighteen generations of Chen Ying's ancestors in his heart, are you such a deceitful person?How dare he talk to Chen Ying now, now he is yellow mud smeared in his crotch, it's either shit or shit.

Chen Ying got Cui Yingying's next letter as he wished, and led his troops to withdraw from the Zheng family.At the gate of the Zheng family, An Xing, who was watching the army, reproached Chen Ying: "General Chen, you have completely fallen out with the Zheng family this time! This will not do you any good!"

Chen Ying snorted: "What can he do to me!?"

An Xing said heartbrokenly: "Of course they can't do anything to you, General, but it's inevitable to speak ill of you in front of His Majesty. The ministers are broken, and the feathers sink the boat. No matter how much you trust him, you can't stop him from slandering you every day!"

Chen Ying said calmly: "If those of us who have fought on the battlefield for the rest of our lives are not as trusted by His Majesty as an ignorant villain, it will be a very sad thing, not just our sorrow. , it is His Majesty, it is the sorrow of the whole country... Well, let’s not talk about this, the army is leaving, Luoyang is still waiting for us!"

Although Chen Ying said it lightly, he actually had a very strong purpose in doing so.Offending the Zheng family like this is actually to give Li Yuan an excuse to be dismissed by Li Yuan.After this battle, the marriage of Chen Ying and Li Xiuning is a certainty. At the same time, the struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin will turn from the dark to the bright. After eliminating Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, the two powerful enemies in the Central Plains, the Tang Dynasty will have no rivals in the Central Plains. Yet the center of gravity of the struggle will shift from the outside to the inside.

Unfortunately, Chen Ying couldn't take sides in the struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. Not helping each other is the best way. After all, the Xuanwumen change, no matter who wins or loses, is the biggest blow to Li Xiuning.With Li Xiuning's temperament, no matter who Chen Ying helped or hurt, Li Xiuning would never forgive Chen Ying. After all, for Li Xiuning, whether it was Li Shimin or Li Jiancheng, the palms and backs of his hands were all flesh.

Moreover, as Chen Ying said.Xuanwumen is a political speculation. For some ministers with humble official positions, this is a lucky way to advance. However, for powerful people like Chen Ying and Li Jing, they don't need to stand in line, because any emperor who rises to power , are inseparable from them, not standing in line is the best choice.

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As soon as the cannon is fired, ten thousand taels of gold.A battle involving tens of thousands of people requires at least a dozen states to supply the food and grass. Of course, a battle like the Battle of Tang and Zheng that invested more than [-] troops will consume a huge bottom hole.

Originally, Li Yuan had worked hard to get more than [-] war horses and more than [-] troops. Fortunately, the grandson Shunde had just left Hangu Pass, and Wang Shichong put it in his pocket at one go, which made Li Yuan very depressed.

In fact, fighting a war is to fight against the comprehensive strength of the country by national strength, and what is fought is the army, equipment, economy, and population.But with Li Shimin trapped in Cijian, Li Yuan hasn't had a good night's sleep for many days.Li Yuanji was trapped in the Beiman Mountain camp, even if he was less than a hundred miles away from Li Shimin, he could not support him, and Dou Jiande stormed Hedong again.

In particular, Huaizhou (now northeast of Xingyang) soldiers and horses were brought to Beiman Mountain by Huang Junhan. As a result, most of them were defeated by Wang Shiyun's fire bull formation. Xiaohu conquered, and with the fall of Huaizhou, seven days later, Luzhou was also conquered by Dou Jiande's Fan Yuan. Except for Yuchigong's less than [-] remnants who were sticking to Mengjin, the entire Henan, south of Jinzhou, was no longer owned by the Tang Dynasty.

Although Li Jiancheng has not formally fought against Dou Jiande, Li Yuan is not optimistic about Li Jiancheng. After all, the disparity in strength between the two sides is too great. If Li Jiancheng has [-] soldiers and horses, it is possible to block Dou Jiande or repel him, but Li Jiancheng only has more than [-] people. horse.Less than one-twentieth of Dou Jiande's army.

Li Shimin needs support, Li Jiancheng needs support, and Li Yuanji also needs support. The key is that Li Yuan has no soldiers, no money, and very little food and grass left. , The key is that the court has no money.This broke Li Yuan's heart.

At this time, Anxing sent the Xingyang battle report to Li Yuan's desk.Under the leadership of the champion general, the whole army, diligent in the king's orders, fearless of death, and bloody battles, more than [-] troops of General Liu Jintang under Dou Jiande's command were wiped out.Li Yuan originally thought that it would take several months to fight, but it ended in only three days.One must know that Xingyang is also a strong city in the Central Plains, but thinking of Chen Ying's dazzling record of breaking Yanmen Pass in one day and breaking Hangu Pass in an hour, Li Yuan felt compelled.

The battle is over, how much money has he saved!The most amazing thing is that Chen Ying can not only save him money, but also help him earn money!According to the Anxing Mibao, after the capture of Xingyang City, the Shandong Dao Youtong Army seized the property from the Xia army's looting of the rich households in Xingyang, as many as 100 million guan, all of which were intact and handed over to the internal treasury!After hearing the news, Li Yuan couldn't believe his eyes, it wasn't a hundred guan or ten thousand guan, it was a full 100 million guan!How much is Datang's annual tax?Only 300 million guan (even in the fourth year of Zhenguan, it has just broken 540 million guan).

Of course, Li Yuan was not an idiot either. He didn't believe the nonsense that Chen Ying handed over the 100 million guan silver to him, and he didn't take a cent of it. Chen Ying must have made a lot of money, but he didn't care.Which official in Datang is not corrupt now?It's normal to get a little money, besides, didn't you leave him 100 million guan?It's much better than those guys who are greedy and greedy, but they don't take a cent off!The most amazing thing is that Chen Ying rectified the captive soldiers and horses, and went to rescue Li Shimin without stopping, so caring, so caring

In fact, Li Yuan's guess was right. Chen Ying made a lot of money in Xingyang, including 16 taels of gold, which is about 160 million guan. Adding silver and copper coins, pearls, jade and valuables, it was over 200 million guan.If it wasn't for Luo Shixin's incident, Chen Ying would have only reported 50 million yuan to Donggong, but because of Luo Shixin's incident, he and the Zheng family of Xingyang had completely broken faces. Obviously, the Zheng family of Xingyang would not give up easily.

Just as An Xing said, Chen Ying would not be troubled if all the ministers broke their shafts, accumulated feathers and sunk their boats, all their mouths melted their gold, and their bones were destroyed.As a matter of fact, Chen Ying had already made up his mind to forcibly ram Zheng's mansion, and gave the seized property to Li Yuan, and let Li Yuan take the blame.Li Yuan is very short of money at the moment. The 100 million yuan was given to Li Yuan. Li Yuan will never spit it out. Of course, he will not take Chen Ying to blame. Once Li Yuan does this, he will never let other courtiers learn from Chen Ying to solve his problems. .

An Xing wrote in the memorandum: "Zheng said that the thief's stolen goods belonged to the Zheng family, and he intended to claim it back. General Chen refused to allow it. In front of Zheng's threat, General Chen took a tough attitude. Instead, he used soldiers to force Zheng to compromise... The Zheng family failed at one plan, and made another plan. They bribed General Chen with a beauty and failed, and instead bribed General Chen’s subordinate Luo Shixin..."

Seeing this, Li Yuan ignored it.As a family background, Li Yuan didn't know the methods of the family, the first is to win over, if he fails to win, he immediately turns his face and suppresses.

Pei Ji was extremely proud, and sighed that Li Yuan was so lucky!

Because of the 100 million yuan sent by Chen Ying, Li Yuan can recruit soldiers. Although there are no elite soldiers in Guanzhong, the Tang Dynasty is not limited to Guanzhong, isn't there also Hedong, Hexi, and Bashu?At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Bashu did not go through a major melee, the population decreased very little, and there was a lot of manpower. As long as you have money, it is not a problem to recruit 5 to [-] troops. In Hedong, despite the rebellion of Liu Wuzhou and the reduction of population tax, Li Jiancheng can recruit the formerly dismissed troops. With more than [-] Shuozhou troops, if the troops left behind in Taiyuan are assembled again, it should not be a problem to gather [-] troops.

On the Hall of Tai Chi.Because Li Yuan has money, he also has confidence, and his spirits are uplifted, straight to the point: "My dear friends, Dou Jiande attacked our Datang Xiangzhou, the soldiers and civilians were killed and injured, and the land was far away. Fortunately, the soldiers worked hard and finally conquered Xingyang a few days ago, beheaded Liu Jintang, Liu Xiyao and other bandit leaders were captured by the rebels, all the cities in Xingyang and Henan were recovered, and the danger of Dou Jiande was finally put to rest! However, after this catastrophe, Henan Province has been completely corrupted, and there are no more than ten people in the territory, and countless military funds have been paid. Zhu Yiju is really heartbreaking! The top priority is to clean up the mess and resume production as soon as possible, so what's the best plan for you, dear friends?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Deyi, the supervisor in the palace, regained his spirits immediately, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the rebel army is tyrannical, and the war is extremely poisonous. There are less than one in ten people in Henan Province, and the survivors are also naked. If they don’t have enough to eat, the most urgent thing is to quickly allocate food funds for relief, otherwise it will be difficult for them to survive the autumn harvest!”,

Well, as soon as I opened my mouth, I was asking for money and food!

When Xiao Yu heard this, he immediately retorted: "Feng Zhongjian said so lightly, allocating food for relief? At this time, it is not received. This war has already emptied the national treasury. How can there be food relief! According to my opinion , it’s better to move the Lishu of Henan Dao to Guanzhong and let them go to their relatives!”

When Feng Deyi heard this, Xiao Yu's sick leg immediately retorted: "Xiao Xiangguo? Are you going to let those surviving people in Henan fend for themselves! You are going to trap Your Majesty in injustice! , with a Xiangguo like you, you are really a great thief of the country. The disaster of the country..."

The cap was too big, Xiao Yu was helpless, and spread his hands: "What else can I do? Anyway, the Ministry of Households can't afford the money!"

Feng Deyi stared at Xiao Yu like he was eating people.

Xiao Yu fought back again, and immediately a large group of officials cut each other off. Someone accused Feng Deyi of being slick, and the officials who supported Feng Deyi all accused Xiao Yu of being cold-blooded and disregarding the lives of ordinary people.

Not to be outdone, Xiao Yu dragged a group of friends and sprayed back, accusing those guys of not being in charge of the family and ignoring Chai Migui.

However, Li Yuan was in a good mood, but was impatient with the noise from these ministers.Fortunately, Pei Ji went out to carry thunder, and donated a year's salary to support the imperial court in disaster relief.Xiao Yu immediately agreed, but Feng Deyi was on the verge of riding a tiger. The court had no money, and they wanted to help the soldiers and disasters. They donated money and materials. Although most of the ministers in the Tang Dynasty came from noble families, there were also a few ministers from poor families. The whole family was waiting. The salary of the imperial court was put into the pot, and Feng Deyi was in trouble. Let's drink the northwest wind for a year.

Li Yuan looked down at these ministers, and waved his hands in a lack of mood.Chen Qi understood, and sang in a sharp voice: "If you have a book, you will play, and if you don't have a book, you will retreat!"