(King Li Ke of Jin appeared!) ）

On July 29, the 15th year of Xiantong of the Tang Dynasty, the southern suburbs of Yunzhou outside the city of Hedong Province were fighting cocks, and the former Yunzhou defense envoy Zhi Mo left his post, and the newly arrived Yunzhou defense envoy Duan Wenchu and a group of officials sent them here.

At the end of July, the autumn breeze was blowing, and the crimson official robe of Zhi Mo was fluttering, making his figure look a little lonely. Zhi Mo looked at the former colleagues who came to see him off, most of them were civil officials from Yunzhou, and few of the military attaches from the old ministry came.

Duan Wenchu also discovered this fact, it was already past noon, and no one from Yunzhou had already been notified to come. This made him angry not only for Zhimo's predecessor, but also very dissatisfied with his new subordinates.

"It's so unbelievable, arrogant, so arrogant!" Duan Wenchu couldn't help but shout.

Zhi Mo hurriedly pulled Duan Wenchu aside and said softly: "Brother Duan, don't be like this, as an official in Yunzhou, it's better to keep a low profile." Especially for that Li Ya'er, let it go. ”

Duan Wenchu is also a high-minded and arrogant person, and he is also from a famous family in the Tang Dynasty. His grandfather Duan Xiushi was a famous loyal general in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and in terms of merit, integrity, and fame, he was far above his grandfather Gao Chongwen, who is now known as the first general of the Tang Dynasty.

Duan Xiushi fought in the Western Regions in his early years, and successively served as the general of Anxi Mansion, Guoyi of Longzhou Dadui Mansion, and Zhichong Governor of Suide Mansion. After the Anshi Rebellion, he was awarded the Jingzhou Assassin and the Imperial Doctor, the envoy of Zheng Yingjie of the Four Towns and the North Court of the Four Towns, the king of Zhangye County, and the military and political affairs of the Northwest. Later, the school was sealed and inspected by the Ministry of Rites. Soon, because of Yang Yanjin's slander, Si Nongqing was belittled. Transferred back to Chang'an. At the time of the Jingyuan Mutiny. On the spot, he rose up and hit Zhu Zhu with a wat board, and was immediately killed. The government and the opposition praised: "Since ancient times, those who have died to defend the society are not as virtuous as Xiushi."

After being born in such a general, Duan Wenchu had smooth sailing since he was fine, especially when Yizong, Duan Wenchu also married his cousin to Emperor Yizong, who was Yizong's uncle. However, Duan Wenchu does not have the immediate skills of his grandfather Duan Xiushi. But there are some of his grandfather's stubborn temper and loyalty. It's a pity that his luck has not been very good, and in his early years, he served as Yong Guan Jingluo and put forward a reasonable suggestion. At that time, in order to prevent the invasion of Nanzhao, the Tang Dynasty transferred 3,000 troops from various feudal towns in the Central Plains to be stationed in Lingnan West Road, which was rotated every three years, and it had become a system. After Duan Wenchu took office, after on-the-spot investigation, he believed that most of the soldiers in the Central Plains were reluctant to go far to the southwest, so their morale was very low and they often made trouble. Moreover, the cost of long-distance military mobilization was also very high, so he proposed it to the imperial court. The salaries of 3,000 soldiers were directly allocated to Yongguan, and 3,000 local soldiers were recruited in Guangxi, so that there was no need to transfer troops from the Central Plains, which not only saved money, but also strengthened the defense of the frontier.

Originally, this was a not bad method, and the imperial court agreed, but not long after the implementation began, Duan Wenchu was transferred to the capital to serve as the general of Jinwu and the provincial supervisor of Dianzhong Province, and at this time the native soldiers had just recruited 500 people. The newly appointed Yong Guan Jinglu Shi Li Meng, a relatively standard corrupt official, immediately stopped recruiting troops quietly, so that he could embezzle the remaining 2,500 empty salaries every year.

Soon after, the Nanzhao army invaded Guangxi in a big way. The Nanzhao army went down several cities in a row, forced Li Meng, the envoy of the scripture strategy, and then defeated Li Hongyuan, the new envoy of the scripture who succeeded Li Meng, captured Yongzhou, and returned with a full load after a lot of burning, killing and plundering. Later, the court transferred him to serve as the envoy of Yong Guan Jing, hoping that he would clean up the mess. Who knows, the most reluctant was framed as the culprit of the Nanzhao invasion, and the most reluctant imperial court competed to demote him to the branch of the Weiwei general. After that, Duan Wenchu was given a cold shoulder for more than a year. After that, he was transferred to the defense envoy of the Tiande Army (the seat of governance is in present-day Wuliangsuhai Tuchengzi, Inner Mongolia, which is the first weak town in the northwest domain of the Tang Dynasty), and enjoys the baptism of wind and sand outside the Saiwai.

It wasn't until more than a year after Xizong succeeded to the throne that he remembered his uncle of the country, saw that he was doing well, and promoted him to the defense envoy of Yunzhou and the envoy of land and water. This not only moved a good place, but also served as a shipping envoy.

When Duan Wenchu came to take office, he had a sense of pride and raised his eyebrows.

Who knew that his predecessor actually reminded him to tolerate his new subordinates, which inevitably made him frown. "Brother Zhi, what is there to say here?" Duan Wenchu also suffered losses in Lingnan back then, and now he can't help but be more careful.

Zhi Mo had a good impression of Duan Wenchu, and at this time he kindly reminded: "This generation of the north is actually more difficult to manage than Lingnan." Lingnan is still just a group of barbarians, but this generation of Beibei is full of arrogant Hu people. There are many tribes such as Han, Shatuo, Sogdian, Tuyuhun, Tatar, Xi, Hui, Dangxiang, Khitan and so on. And if you want to say that these arrogant Hu people in Yunzhou, they should be the most arrogant in the Shatuo people, and among the Shatuo people, they should be the first to recommend Li Ya'er. ”

"Li Ya'er?" Duan Wenchu was not familiar with Daibei's situation, so he couldn't help asking.

"Li Ya'er is my predecessor, the former Yunzhou Defense Envoy, and the current Zhenwu Festival Envoy Li Guochang's third male Li Keyong."

Duan Wenchu asked in surprise, "Is Li Guochang the same Xiantong in his early years, who led the Shatuo soldiers to break the Pang Xun Rebellion with Kang Chengxun and Song Wei, and had to be given the surname Li by the first emperor and classified them as the Shatuo leader Zhu Xie Chixin?" ”

"That's right, Li Guochang is Zhu Xie Chixin, the leader of the three tribes of Naisha. Li Guochang has nine sons, and this Li Ya'er is Li Guochang's third son. Born with a slight eye, since the novel likes the army Chinese, when he was young, he tried archery with Tatar warriors, and once killed two birds with one stone. This kind of ability has only been heard of by General Gao Yu of this dynasty and Changsun Sheng of the previous dynasty. "In the past few years in Yunzhou, Zhimo has had a very unpleasant life. That flying crow Li Ke used to be fourteen years old and loved to seal the clouds to guard the envoy, in Yunzhou, he, the defensive envoy, actually had to see Li Ke act with the face of this little guy who didn't have any hair.

Just some time ago this year, he was defending the yamen. After the training of Li Keyong with the troops, he suddenly broke into the yamen of the defense envoy with a group of his henchmen in the army on a whim, and then, this group of Shatuo soldiers turned this yamen into a big stage, and played "ascension hall" as if no one was around. The young man sat comfortably on the throne of the defender, shouting and drinking, and a group of his comrades followed suit. The scene was smoky. It's funny.

This kind of thing is a serious "offense". But the defense envoy Zhi Mo did not dare to pursue this domineering subordinate according to the law at that time, and he didn't even dare to ask a question. The territory of Datong has long been the territory of Li Guochang's father and son, although he has the title of defense envoy, in fact, he has to look at the face of this subordinate everywhere.

At that time, he was very self-aware, so he had to mobilize his tired facial features, squeeze out a "happy" smile, and greet this group of soldiers: Isn't it fun? If everyone is tired of playing. Is it possible for me to work?

Thinking about these things, I feel suffocated, but fortunately, I finally got out of this ghost place. But before leaving, I still kindly remind Duan Wenchu, looking at his temper, I am afraid that he will suffer.

"At present, although Li Guochang has been promoted to the envoy of Zhenwu Festival, he has left Daibei. However, Shatuo's power in Datong is deep-rooted, and that Li Ya'er has grown up, and now he has replaced Li Guochang as the head of Datong's Shatuo Department. Although the post of Shatuo Soldiers and Horses is held by Li Keyong's uncle Li Quanzhong, Li Keyong is now only serving as the deputy envoy of Shatuo Soldiers and Horses. But in fact, Datong is still Li Keyong's final say. Today, Brother Duan informed Li Keyong to come, but not only did he not come, but the rest of the Shatuo generals did not come, which is not only a contempt for the old man, but also a disadvantage for Brother Duan. However, I advise Brother Duan that if he still wants to serve here, then he should be a little more tolerant of this Li Ya'er. ”

After saying these words, Zhi Mo let go of his heavy burden and finally set out on his road with ease.

After sending off Zhimo, Duan Wenchu returned to Yunzhou. However, he did not agree with Zhimo's words. No matter how domineering the Shatuo people are, they are also the people under the rule of the Tang Dynasty. No matter how arrogant Li Guochang's father and son are, they are still ministers of the court, do they really dare to rebel. In his opinion, Zhi Mo is too cowardly, so he will let Li Ke use a teenager to gain an inch. To deal with such a child as Li Keyong, you just can't show weakness and give in.

However, before Duan Wenchu could figure out how to fight with Li Ke, he was faced with a difficult problem. The famine in Daibei was severe, although it was not as severe as in the Central Plains. But this generation of the North is not as rich as the Central Plains, and this famine is even more unbeaten.

The problem of relieving the people could not be taken into account, and the first thing that was now in front of him was that the salaries and salaries of the officials and soldiers in Yunzhou could not be paid.

Facing the judge with a sad face, Uncle Duan Wenchu, a civil minister, naively decided to ask the officials and soldiers of Yunzhou to work together to survive this famine. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and Duan Wenchu has no money and food in his hands. It can't be open source, and at the end of the day, it can only be throttled.

The problem that Duan Wenchu is encountering at the moment is in Xichuan, and the new Jiedu envoy, the famous general Gao Biao, also happened to encounter it. Gao Biao's countermeasure was to rely on the Tianping Festival pro-military camp he brought with him, to win over and crack down on those local officials and soldiers, and to deal with them by cutting expenses.

Duan Wenchu also planned to cut expenses, but his method was simpler, directly deducting the salaries of all officials and soldiers in Yunzhou.

As soon as this decision came out, how could those Daibei Hu soldiers who were already domineering accept it. Many people jumped up to oppose it at the beginning, and even gathered in small groups to make trouble.

Judge Liu Hanzhang said to Duan Wenchu with concern: "This is Li Keyong's temptation, Uncle Duan Guo, I think Li Keyong is very dissatisfied with our approach, do you take a step back?" ”

After defending the table in the study of the embassy's mansion, Duan Wenchu's brows were tightly wrinkled into a Sichuan character, a few fingers of his right hand were twisted into a few long whiskers under the chin, and the beard was inadvertently torn off by him, and he didn't notice it.

"Duan Defense, did you release the troublemakers who were seized for the time being?" Liu Hanzhang asked carefully.

Duan Wenchu's eyes showed a touch of firmness, gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice: "You can't let it go, you have to let it go now, how will you rule it in the future?" After a pause, he continued, "Back then, my grandfather Duan Gong also severely punished the lawless soldiers under Guo Xi, the son of Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang County, in Binzhou. The more critical this is, the less we can afford to show weakness. Judge Liu, you are responsible for discipline in the army, and these troublemakers can be punished as much as they want, and if appropriate, they can be punished severely. ”

Liu Hanzhang groaned, and finally said after a long time: "Your subordinates receive orders!" (To be continued......)