The spies of the Huainan Intelligence Department reported the intelligence of the small court in Shu to Wei Wan'er, and Wei Wan'er informed Tang Zhangwei of all the news.

Tang Zhangwei knew about the chaotic political situation in Shuzhong, and said to Wei Zhuang: "We don't send troops, it's right not to advance westward." In that year, the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang, and there were two out of three parts of the world, and King Wu of Zhou complied with the mandate of heaven and took the world into soup. Now, Tang morality is not declining, if I rashly send troops, won't it be in vain to attract the world's grievances? ”

Wei Zhuang said: "Then do you recall Yu Feiyan's army?" ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "Garrison a large army to prevent the Huangchao army from moving south and protect border security. When I pacify the south, I will definitely move north. ”

Wei Zhuang said: "When will you go north to compete for power in the Central Plains?" ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "At least we have to wait until we have a million soldiers, more than 40 towns in the world, and I have half of them." ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "Great goodness, the general is eloquent and strategic, and he is very comparable. ”

Tang Zhangwei sent troops to attack all the territory of Wang Wei, the observer envoy of Jiangxi, occupied Hongzhou, and captured Wang Wei alive.

Tang Zhangwei said to Wei Zhuang: "The people are displaced, and the generals of the world's feudal towns only care about personal glory and wealth.

Wei Zhuang said: "The strategy of the present is to be cautious and patient. Today's Tang Dynasty Emperor, as well as the eunuch Tian Lingzi, do not treat people as people. ”

Only in Tang Zhangwei's realm, that person is still regarded as a person.

In their spare time, all the soldiers and horses must help the local people clean the courtyard, and Wei Zhuang ordered the wealthy families from all over the country to contribute capital to banks and factories.

Banks around the country provide housing and microcredit for people in urgent need of money. In this way, those who have suffered famine years and calamities will be able to get through the difficult times.

All kinds of cloth, weapons and carriages were produced in a steady stream, as were fierce fire oil and Greek fire.

In the newly conquered places, there were medical centers and schools as usual, and the people in Jiangxi and Eyue received free anti-epidemic medicinal materials and books, and they couldn't believe that it was true at this time.

Because many wealthy families in Huangchao have died in their families. Tang Zhangwei organized the government to buy these lands and distribute them to the poor for cultivation.

At the same time, Tang Zhangwei stipulated that all landlords, if the rent was increased in a famine year, the tenants could take the lead, and after verification, the landlord cut off the land and returned it to the local government.

In this way, it greatly deterred those landlords who were unkind to the rich. At the same time, it also eases the contradictions.

After encouraging wealthy families to open banks, Wei Zhuang also began to set up the Datang Post Bank and began to issue treasury bonds, and Tang Zhangwei himself took the lead in subscribing.

In the various military towns in Huainan where all kinds of medicinal materials and horse farms were lined up and controlled by Tang Zhangwei, the people began to have a large amount of surplus grain.

Tens of thousands of people flee from Henan, Xuzhou, Bianzhou and other places every day.

Wei Zhuang organized soldiers and horses from seven towns to intercept these refugees and then sent them to the refugee camp for resettlement.

Tang Zhangwei ordered people to surrender Sun Ru, but Sun Ru did not obey, and led the army to break into Hunan to observe the territory of the Li family.

Hunan Observation made Li a eunuch, and when he saw the army coming, he slipped away with a thousand henchmen under the pretext of King Qin, and threw this mess to his subordinate Min Zuo. Tang Xizong changed the Hunan observation envoy to the Qinhua Army, and Min Zuo was appointed as the envoy.

Sun Ru had an old relationship with Min Zuo, and he wanted to use Min Zuo to block Tang Zhangwei's pursuing troops.

Zhou Yue, the assassin of Hengzhou, hated Sun Ru, and he contacted Tang Zhangwei, hoping that Tang Zhangwei would send troops to intercept Sun Ru.

Tang Zhangwei agreed to his request and sent troops to engage Sun Ru.

Bai Cunxiao and Wei Youji led 30,000 cavalry and 80,000 infantry into Tanzhou and besieged Sun Ru.

Because of desperation, Sun Ru had no choice but to surrender to Wei Youji.

Tang Zhangwei was overjoyed when he learned about it, and he divided Sun Ru's subordinates and placed them in the area of Hengzhou, Hunan.

Tang Zhangwei drew 7,000 people from his own army and called them the White Robe Army, and these 7,000 people later became a famous force in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

Soon after Min Zuo was appointed as the envoy of the Qinhua Army, he was captured by Bai Cunxiao.

Hengzhou Assassin Shi was appointed as the new envoy of the Qinhua Army, and at this time the whole of Hunan was under the control of Tang Zhangwei's army.

At this time, the eunuch Tian Lingzi saw that Tang Zhangwei already owned the land of eight towns, and he was secretly frightened, and he hoped that all the feudal towns could unite and encircle and annihilate Tang Zhangwei's troops like encircling and suppressing Huangchao's troops. It's a pity that the festivals in various places make them afraid of setting themselves on fire and dare not agree.

Tang Xizong also repeatedly issued orders, ordering Tang Zhangwei not to use troops and horses without permission, and Tang Zhangwei laughed.

Tian Lingzi also tried his best to cultivate party henchmen, rewarded Wang Jian, Han Jian, Zhang Zao, Jin Hui, Li Shitai, etc., with huge rewards, and raised them as fake sons, each as a commander, and moved with the five capitals.

When Tian Lingzi was actively preparing for war, Tang Zhangwei did not send troops to Lingnan and Qianzhou.

Tang Zhangwei sent soldiers and lobbyists to target Zheng Yi, the Fujian observer.

Bai Cunxiao and Wei Youji led the army to separate ways into Fujian, and Tang Zhangwei opened a road from eastern Zhejiang for 600 miles to besiege Fuzhou.

The Fujian Observer made Zheng Yi's general Chen Yan surrender to Tang Zhangwei, and Huang Chao's subordinate Wang Xu in Zhangzhou was captured alive by Bai Cunxiao's troops.

The whole territory of Fujian fell into the hands of Tang Zhangwei, and at the same time, Tang Zhangwei promoted the Huainan model throughout the territory under his jurisdiction.

Wei Zhuang began to establish an armor protection system, and the disabled soldiers who were injured in the war were admitted to the newly opened Invalides Hospital, and all the disabled soldiers were supported.

Tang Zhangwei began to promote the standard drill model throughout the army, training cavalry and infantry.

The militia in various places used machetes as usual, and this kind of weapon, which could not only open the mountain, but also fight, was still favored by Tang Zhangwei.

Establish a military ration system, using fried noodles and cooking cakes as military rations, and then add meals when the war is imminent.

Tang Zhangwei had already achieved almost half of the rivers and mountains south of the Tang River, but the rapidly expanding army also brought heavy financial pressure.

As a result, Wei Zhuang expanded the issuance of war bonds. At the same time, the size of the national debt has expanded again.

To make the people of Jiangnan happy, Tang Zhangwei implemented measures to reduce the economic burden of the people.

One of the greatest was the abolition of the salt monopoly. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Gongsun Hong proposed the salt and iron franchise, this idea of scavenging the people's necks to loot money has been looting on the land of the Central Plains Imperial Court for more than a thousand years.

Now, the people of Jiangnan finally don't have to suffer this kind of suffering anymore and can stay away from light food.

The so-called light food means that poor people have to eat tasteless food because they can't afford to buy high-priced salt.

With sufficient salt, the physique of the people in Jiangnan is much stronger.

Tang Zhangwei, who owned the land of Kyushu, was invited by the Khitan Khan to send troops north to destroy the covenant of the Bohai Kingdom.

Of course, Tang Zhangwei took the sea route, and before attacking the Bohai Kingdom, he rectified the administrative team in the south of the Yangtze River and promoted reliable people to key positions.

After that, Tang Zhangwei dispatched 50,000 elite soldiers and went north by boat.