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Coming out of the imperial study, Zhang Chengye felt a little floating.

Before entering Beijing, he persuaded Li Jing to offer to the emperor, but Li Jing really generously took out more than 2 million yuan and handed it to him to send to the capital. Although only half of the more than two million were sacrifices to the emperor, the remaining half Li Jing asked him to take care of the nobles in the capital. But a million yuan, now the court's wealth depends on the supply of a small piece of land in the southeast, and the southwest has been using troops for many years, and the court's plans have been resigned five times.

Ji Xiang is fat, but now he is not willing to do it, so it can be seen that the finances of the Dao Imperial Court are so tight. As a last resort, now the imperial court can only increase the price of salt tea, although it temporarily alleviates some tensions, but Zhang Chengye can see that this is not a good way, just drink to quench your thirst. Last year, there was a continuous famine, and when he was in Dengzhou, he didn't realize how serious the situation was, but when he came to the capital along the way, he had already seen countless deserted fields and empty villages, as well as groups of displaced people on the roads, like a pack of hungry wolves.

As a eunuch, he is the domestic slave of the Li Tang royal family, and his heart is worried. Li Jingken took out so much money, which really made him happy. Li Jing is still a small town general, so he can take out one million to dedicate to the emperor, and now Li Jing has been promoted to a high position all of a sudden. He became the Marquis of Zhendong, the champion general, and the general of Jinwu, not only served as the military envoy of the Zhendong Army, but also served as the defense envoy of Dengzhou, and now he has been promoted to the rebuilt Andong Metropolitan Protector.

He didn't expect that after just leaving Dengzhou for so long, Li Jing would have such a big change. Not only did they win a big battle in Liaodong. Captured two great cities. And there are already more than 20,000 horses. Enter Qingzhou to quell the turmoil. He even killed more than 8,000 rebels. Now, even the emperor admires Li Jing so much.

Zhang Tai has been looking at Zhang Chengye's adopted son, and his heart is full of sighs, Zhang Chengye's character is excellent, otherwise he would not have adopted him as an adopted son. Last time, he asked Zhang Chengye to go out of Beijing to be a small envoy to Zhang Wanrong in Qingzhou, which was originally for him, and let him also go to work hard, so that he could find a position to supervise the army in the future. He knows Zhang Chengye's character. With such an upright and loyal temperament, it is not very suitable to stay in the palace.

I never thought that so many things would happen to him this time. Now the adopted son has not only just been given the general of the right prison gate from the third grade, but also has been crowned by the emperor as the military envoy of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate. Supervising the military envoy, for a eunuch, it is second only to the position of the military envoy in the army, and compared with those generals, it is like the position of the envoy of the temperance.

The adopted son is really with the right person now, and he has come out. Even himself. actually got the light of his adopted son and got the position of a general of the right prison guard. Rewarded by the Emperor.

sighed along the way, for a long time, Zhang Tai said to Zhang Chengye: "Chengye, you are really with the right person this time." That Li Jing is now on the list in front of the emperor, and his future will be unlimited. This time, Tian Lingzi wanted to block Li Jing from entering Beijing, so he asked Li Jing to go to Liaodong. Actually, you don't have to worry about this being a bad thing, I think it's a good thing. Then Li Jing came out with real skills and real military achievements, and I think it's a good thing to enter Liao this time. Now that he is still young, if he ventures into Beijing, it may not be a good thing for him. It's better to stay in Shandong, as long as he stays up for a few more years, if he has some real military merits, and then he wins one or two cities in Liaodong, who can stop him at that time. You now have to be promoted to the post of military envoy under His Majesty, this position, at your age, I don't know how many people in Lu Dao are envious and jealous. Follow Li Jing well, don't be arrogant, and have a good relationship with Li Jing. From now on, you will tie up a piece, and if he is well, you will be well. Don't worry about this side of the palace, with me, you don't have to worry. ”

"It is not impossible to sharpen and sharpen more outside, and when you come back in the future, that is, to become a lieutenant of the Shence Army, an envoy of the Privy Council, or even an envoy of the Guanjun."

Zhang Chengye nodded: "Thank you father for your cultivation." ”

Zhang Tai said again: "Remember to woo Li Jing more, this Li Jing looks like a person who will come to things, but in the end, he is young, and there are some places where you have to help him a little bit." He has soared, and you are naturally a chicken and a dog ascending to heaven. ”

"Li Jing is good everywhere, but I think he seems a little elusive. Watching him act, it looks like he is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and the Son of Heaven, but sometimes, it makes people feel that this person is a bit like "

"A capable minister who rules the world, a traitor in troubled times?" Zhang Tai directly said what Zhang Chengye didn't say directly.

"Yes!" Zhang Chengye nodded, and after getting along with Li Jing for a while, he had already seen some signs from Li Jing's many actions. Li Jing is a person, it is not appropriate to say that he is arbitrary, but it is more appropriate to say that he is full of ambition.

Zhang Tai was silent for a long time, and sighed lightly: "There are some things, you don't have to be too obsessed. The capable minister who rules the world, the traitor of the troubled times, there is nothing wrong with this. In the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, this is Cao Cao's comment, Cao Cao has a good saying, let the world be lonely, I don't know how many people are called emperors, and how many people are kings. ”

"Father-in-law!" Zhang Chengye didn't expect Zhang Tai to say such a sentence. Zhang Tai shook his head and stopped talking, for a long time in the palace, Zhang Tai has seen more thoroughly than Zhang Chengye of today's Tang Dynasty, since the revival of Xuanzong, he has experienced a debaucherous Yizong, and in more than ten years, there have been Qiu Fu and Pang Xun rebellion. Although the two large-scale rebellions were put down, the little money that Emperor Xuanzong had managed to save was also ruined. Finally, Yizong died, and now there is another Li Yi who has just come out of his father's mold, and only knows how to play ball and cockfight all day long.

There was a great drought in the world for two consecutive years, and the people everywhere were displaced, but Tian Lingzi controlled the government but did not tell the emperor anything. The locust plague attacked Chang'an, the capital from east to west, but the officials below reported that after the locusts arrived in the suburbs of Chang'an, they did not go to plague the crops, but died with thorns. Such absurd words dared to be played in the court, and what was even more ridiculous was that none of the Manchao Zishou refuted it, but said what a good omen this was. Zhang Tai knew in his heart that the building of Datang would collapse, and only Zhang Chengye could not see through this.

At the beginning of May of the fifteenth year of Xiantong. Li Jing returned to Dengzhou. After returning to the town of Salmon. did not rest at all, but converged with the Zhenhai camp and Lin Wei's soldiers and horses who had already received Li Jing's military order to assemble at the dock in advance, and directly sent troops to Dengzhou Water City.

At present, the situation in Dengzhou is tense, and at the same time that Song Wei summoned all troops and horses to Qingzhou at the same time, the Qingzhou Naval Division and the Laizhou Naval Division rushed to Dengzhou one after another. Song Wen assembled the Longshan battalion in Dengzhou, the Zhizhou soldiers, and Dongmu to guard and capture. Chishan Town, more than 10 large and small units, including the unity battalion, a total of 18,000 soldiers and horses, including soldiers and private soldiers of the generals of various departments, surrounded Shuicheng.

In the face of Song Wen's army, Wang Jingwen and Wang Jin refused to surrender, let alone surrender their military power. The two sides then entered the battle, but the water city where the Dengzhou Naval Division was stationed was leaning on the shore and the mountain, and the terrain was very dangerous. In addition to Li Jing's two sailor battalions, only the Dengzhou Sailor Division has warships. Song Wen sent someone to let Lin Wei lead the sailor battalion to participate in the battle, but Lin Wei did not send troops after receiving the military order.

There is no sailor in the town of Salmon. Although there are many soldiers and horses in Dengzhou, they can fight for several days. But there was little progress. On the contrary, Wang Jingwen sent several detachments to the sea, and along the coast of Dengzhou, raided and attacked dozens of villages in several townships. Song Wen couldn't, so he had to send troops and horses to deal with it, and the two sides went back and forth, fighting for several days, and as a result, they were injured by each other, but Shuicheng stood still.

Li Jing stood on the deck of the flagship of the Sky Wolf, looking at the sea near the nowhere water city, because of the sudden outbreak of war, the merchant ships of Dengzhou had taken refuge in the pond bay of Daxie Island. All ships that enter the pond bay do not have to worry about being attacked, and the Zhendong army protects them. But there was no one to protect it, so there was no shadow of half a boat on the sea. Not only could the merchant ships not be seen, but not even the fishing boats.

The Dengzhou soldiers did not have warships, and it was indeed difficult to attack Dengzhou Water City, which was half at sea and half on the shore. However, Li Jing looked at the more than 100 warships of the Nutao Camp and the Zhenhai Camp behind him, but a shallow smile appeared on his face. The sailors of the two battalions now have more than 100 warships, but all of them are sturdy warships, and the remaining part is stored in the port, and some of them have been sold to Zhang Yingying. It is enough to have two elite sailors battalions to control the Liaohai, and Li Jing is not willing to keep the redundant warships, and to fight, he still relies on land soldiers and horses, sailors, and only auxiliaries.

"Will Wang Jingwen really surrender to us? Willing to hand over the Dengzhou Marine? Lin Wei stood next to Li Jing, blowing the cool sea breeze in May and asked.

Li Jing had just sent a letter written by Wang Jingwu to Wang Jingwen to Dengzhou Shuicheng, which was a salute before a soldier. Wang Jingwu asked Li Jing to spare his life and was willing to exchange the Dengzhou Sailor for it, but Li Jing did not directly agree. After the last, Wang Jingwu asked him to hand over the three sailors controlled by him to Li Jing. Of course, it is impossible for Wang Jingwen to surrender with this letter alone, but Li Jing also promised Wang Jingwu that as long as these three sailors surrender to him, he will no longer lead his troops to Ziqi to attack him, and in addition, he can also let Wang Jingwen and others go.

In addition to this, Li Jing has now also brought warships to throw artillery, Song Wen can't deal with Wang Jingwu, but it doesn't mean that Li Jing can't deal with them. Previously, Wang Jingwen did not plan to retreat to Ziqi by boat, but the warships of the Zhenhai camp had already blocked the mouth of Jishui and the Yellow River, and they could not cross at all.

The fleet approached Dengzhou Water City, and two small boats came from the sea, one from Dengzhou Wharf and the other from Water City.

"Song Envoy Jun heard that General Li had returned victoriously, and specially invited the general to Dengzhou to meet him." Dengzhou Wharf came to an old acquaintance, Song Xi. Li Jing smiled and did not agree, but said to him: "General Song, please wait a moment, when I surrender this group of rebels, I will go." "Saying that, the people sent by Shuicheng have been brought in.

The person who came directly told the intention of coming, and he surrendered to Li Jing on behalf of Wang Jingwen, and the Dengzhou Water Division, the Laizhou Water Division, and the Qingzhou Water Division, a total of 5,000 men, were willing to surrender to Li Jing immediately.

After receiving the surrender letter, Li Jing smiled and said to Lin Wei: "Let the brothers enter Shuicheng, surrender, and take over Shuicheng." Song Xi was happy when he heard Wang Jingwen first, and when he heard that the other party was going to surrender to Li Jing instead of Dengzhou, his face was a little unpleasant. Seeing that Li Jing didn't invite Song Wen and the others, he was about to surrender directly, and his face couldn't help but turn a little darker.

"General Ji Yu, do you want to wait for the Song envoy and the generals of Dengzhou to come first?"

Li Jing chuckled: "The rebels are surrendering to the general, so why bother the Song envoy for the surrender ceremony." General Song should know that this official is now the military envoy of the Zhendong Army and the defense envoy of Garden Prefecture. The defense envoy is in charge of the soldiers and horses of a state, the main text of the history of the Song Thorn, the general is in charge of the military, and in the future, the civil and military affairs of Dengzhou will be distinguished, and there will be no need to trouble the history of the Song Thorn. After speaking, regardless of Song Xi's ugly face, he and Lin Wei disembarked directly, preparing to enter Shuicheng to accept the surrender of the rebels.

Watching Li Jing's figure slowly disappear, Song Xi was stunned on the spot, and a sound of footsteps made him sober up.

A guard of Li Jing in silver armor stepped forward and said: "The defense envoy has an order, let me pass on General Song, and ask General Song to return to Dengzhou, and inform the generals of all departments in Dengzhou, where all battalions in Dengzhou will be above the officers, before noon tomorrow, do not necessarily go to Shamen Town to participate in the Dengzhou military meeting." Those who do not arrive at three o'clock in the afternoon will bear the consequences! After saying that, the guard didn't wait for him to reply, just flicked the silver cloak and walked away. (To be continued......)