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It took a long time for Tian Lingzi to regain his breath and say back to Li Yu: "Your Majesty, the old slave has just learned about this matter. At present, the grass thieves are in chaos in the Central Plains, and Song Wei of Ziqing Town is the commander of the Dao, but it has been fruitless for a long time, not only causing Wang Jingwu to rebel, but it has not been quelled for a long time. The old slave thought that the Central Plains was turbulent, grass thieves were rampant, and rebellions were endless, and Xue Chong of the Tianping Army, Li Department of the Taining Army, and Song Wei of the Pinglu Army were all responsible. The court should reward and punish fairly, so as to appease the meritorious soldiers and warn others. ”

"I thought Song Wei still had merit in the country."

Tian Lingzi said: "Your Majesty, Song Wei did contribute to the country in the past, in the early years in the forbidden army to protect the holy car, and then to the southeast to quell the chaos, to the southwest to resist the barbarians, but since he took office in Ziqing Town, but he has not done anything. Not only failed to stabilize the place, but inspired Wang Jingwu to rebel, and he couldn't calm down for a long time, and now he is serving as the envoy of the Zhudao camp to recruit grass thieves, which is even more amusing. Song Wei is faint and old, and now he is seriously ill, so he should be a virtuous. Although Li Jing is young and meritorious, loyal to the country, he is too young, and now he is already the commander of the three towns, and then the commander of Ziqing Town, which is inevitably too terrifying. What's more, at present, Ziqing Town is still the head of the twelve thieves, and a person with high moral integrity should be selected to serve as the right. ”

Li Yi hesitated for a moment, "Li Jing Songzhou annihilated 100,000 thieves for a while, and his performance was commendable, I think that if Li Jing takes over as the envoy of Ziqing Town, and by the way, he will take over the Zhudao camp to recruit the grass thief envoy, and he will coordinate the whole army and exterminate the grass thief will definitely be just around the corner." Henan is stable. The canal is also unimpeded. Dengzhou's taxes, money, grain, and contributions from the Zhenguo army were able to enter Beijing smoothly. ”

"Your Majesty. This is absolutely unacceptable. One person alone leads the position of commander of the four towns, and only Wang Zhonghei has ever been in our dynasty. Li Jing is so young, he will lead the handsome seal of the four towns, and His Majesty should prevent the disaster of An Lushan. ”

Tian Lingzi knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this matter must not be done."

A rush of footsteps sounded outside, "Zhang Tai, the general of the right prison guard, asks to see Your Majesty!" "A eunuch is reporting outside.

"General Zhang is here, announce quickly." Li Yi heard that Zhang Tai was coming, and hurriedly said with a smile.

Zhang Tai's purple robe Liang Guan. Hurriedly walked into the hall, his face full of joy. As soon as he saw the emperor, he immediately congratulated loudly: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!" ”

"What happened?"

Zhang Tai said with a smile on his face: "Henan 800 miles of expedited has just entered Beijing, a great victory!" Just four days ago, the envoy of Ziqing Town, who led the camp of Zhudao to recruit the grass thief General Song Wei, led 60,000 soldiers and horses to lure Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao, and Wang Jingwu to gather and annihilate the three thieves in Linyi City. In a big battle, 50,000 horses of three thieves were annihilated, and Wang Xianzhi, the leader of the grass thieves, and Wang Jingwu, the rebel general, were captured. Only Huang Chao and more than a dozen thieves led thousands of remnants to flee. ”

On the same day, Li Jing, the Duke of Qi, led the Zhenguo army south to Yan and Yi. Converged with the Pinglu Army's Kang Chengzhi Division, broke 150,000 thief troops, killed more than 30,000 enemies, captured 120,000 thief troops, and recaptured 200,000 young men and women captive. ”

Zhang Tai's face turned red with excitement, and his voice was an octave higher, "Great victory, Your Majesty!" The three thieves who crisscrossed the land of Kyushu in Henan, one died, one captured and one fled, hundreds of thousands of grass thieves disappeared in a blink of an eye, God blessed, and His Majesty was blessed!! ”

Li Yi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard the news, and after reacting, he couldn't help but dance with his hands, and the joy on his face was completely undisguised. Although Li Yi frolicked all day long and was unwilling to take care of political affairs, he also knew how to deal with the grass thief as he made more and more trouble. The eastern part of Henan in the Central Plains is almost eroded by thieves, and the land of Kyushu is in the midst of fire and water. First there was a drought, then a locust plague, then a drought, followed by the bursting of the banks of the Yellow River, and since his accession to the throne, the entire Central Plains has not had a good time. followed the troubles of this grass thief, and the trouble became bigger and bigger, and in a blink of an eye, it was lost and eroded Kyushu, and countless thieves gathered. Every time he heard the news of hundreds of thousands of thieves, Li Yi couldn't help but be a little secretly frightened. Now it's okay, Li Jing first defeated 100,000 thieves, Ximen Sigong and others defeated 160,000 thieves, Song Wei lost 50,000 thieves, and now Li Jing and Kang Chengzhi have defeated 150,000 thieves. Just looking at the numbers, four or five hundred thousand thieves have been destroyed.

Now the three thieves are dead, captured and escaped, although Huang Chao escaped, but this Huang Chao is just a second master, and his subordinates have only escaped a few thousand people. Four or five hundred thousand people have been exterminated, and the remaining thousands of people are really not worth mentioning.

Then I remembered that Song Wei was the first to kill the thieves this time, although there were not many thieves, but it played a fatal role. Killing Wang Xianzhi and capturing Wang Jingwu and defeating Huangchao should be the first. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't kill and capture key figures, Li Jing's defeat of more than 200,000 thieves in two battles, the recovery of several states, and the restoration of local order should be the first. Now, it is down one block and is firmly in second place. ranked third in credit, when Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong commanded the six towns coalition army Caozhou to break 160,000 thieves, and then Kang Chengzhi ranked fourth.

Li Yi made no secret of his appreciation for Li Jing, "Although Song Wei is old, Wu Wei is still there, and the veteran is really a top two, if you don't make a move, it will be so earth-shattering." Fight well, can destroy the grass thief, Song Wei should be the first meritorious, immediately prepare the edict to the political hall for discussion, I think Song Wei's merit, can be crowned as Song Guogong, into the Taiwei, plus the same Zhongshu Men under the Ping Zhang, into the service, give the fiefdom of 1,000 households, give 100,000 money, 10,000 horses, seal the wife and son, posthumously give his father the post of Shangshu. After saying a lot of rewards in one breath, the emperor said: "Reading the Song Guogong has worked hard and made great achievements, and he is specially welcome to recuperate in Beijing." ”

Zhang Tai immediately followed beside him, "What about Ziqing Town affairs?" ”

"Leave it to Li Jing, and Li Jing will let Ziqing Town stay in the future." Li Yi did not hesitate and said immediately.

"Your Majesty, by all means. Li Jing is also the marshal of the Three Towns, and then he is also the queen of Ziqing Town, I'm afraid"

Li Yi didn't wait for Tian Lingzi to finish speaking, and interrupted him with a smile and waved his hand: "Father, you don't need to say it anymore, you are all my right-hand men, and I don't want you to have any misunderstandings again." Li Jinggong is high, although he is also the commander of the three towns, but in fact he is only in charge of one town of the Zhenguo Army, and the Zhenguo Army is only under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou, plus the wild land in southern Liaoning. I feel quite guilty, right now Song Guogong is unwell, Ziqing Town will be handed over to Li Jing, counting, the rest is just in the name of the two towns, in fact, it is only the original jurisdiction of Ziqing Town. Li Jing is talented, so let him bear some more burdens, and now Ziqing Town has just experienced a rebellion, let others go to Ziqing, I am not at ease. ”

Tian Lingzi's face became very ugly, he didn't expect that the emperor, who had always been obedient to him, why did he completely go to Li Jing every time he talked about Li Jing? This gave him a rumbling sense of crisis, Li Jing is not easy to deal with, and he has been facing himself. The current strength is not strong, if he really waits for his territory to expand, more soldiers and horses, then Li Jing wants to come to the Qingjun side, how can it be good.

However, the emperor has now settled the matter, and it is difficult for him to oppose it anymore. But fortunately, for the time being, it is only for the time being, and there is still some hope. But he refused to admit defeat completely, and after thinking about it, he said: "Ziqing Deputy Marshal Kang Chengzhi also has a great credit this time, do you want to give him the history of Qingzhou Thorn?" ”

As soon as Zhang Tai heard this, he immediately understood what Tian Lingzi had in mind, this was to provoke civil strife in Ziqing Town. After all, Kang Chengxu is Kang Chengxun's younger brother, and he has always served as Song Wei's deputy, and he also has a lot of prestige in Ziqing Town. If Kang Chengzhi is really provoked to compete with Li Jing for the rights of Ziqing Town, I am afraid that this Ziqing Town will still be chaotic.

Immediately, Zhang Tai immediately spoke up: "Your Majesty, the old slave thinks that General Kang has worked hard and deserves a heavy reward." The Taining Army made Li and the Tianping Army made Xue Chong seriously derelict in his duties, and the old slave thought that Kang could be transferred to the Tianping Army or the Taining Army as the Jiedu Envoy. ”

Li Yi nodded, and immediately responded: "Well, Xue Chong and Li were dismissed from their posts and entered Beijing, Kang Chengyu was promoted to the Tianping Military Festival Envoy, and Cui Yunqing took over the position of the Taining Military Festival Envoy." ”

"Your Majesty!" As soon as Li Yi's words fell, Zhang Tai immediately preemptively praised him, not giving Tian Lingzi a chance to oppose at all.

Zhang Tai can be said to be connected to Li Jing's interests now, and he knows very well that last time Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong were both swept out of Chang'an by Tian Lingzi, but he was able to stay, first, because he is now the least powerful among the four nobles in the palace, and secondly, because of the relationship between Li and Li Jing. Tian Lingzi was busy fighting with Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong, and he was afraid of Li Jing, so he let him go last time. But next, Tian Lingzi will definitely not let him go, the struggle in the palace is more cruel than officialdom, if you want not to fall, his only honor guard is Li Jing.

The greater Li Jing's power, the more stable his position in the palace became. This time Li Jing made this great achievement, of course, he was bent on helping Li Jing to become the marshal of Ziqing Town. At present, Li Jing has been promoted to stay behind, and Li Jing's teacher Cui Yunqing has been promoted to the envoy of the Taining Army, and he can also be promoted to the Tianping Army as Kang Chengzhi of Li Jing's faction, which can be described as a series of victories.

With the help of the Cui family and the Yu family, and the full support of Song Wei, Li Jing now has a large interest group. Zhang Tai is also one of them, and he naturally spares no effort to seek benefits for Li Jing.

At present, after this battle, Li Jing has the full help of Song Wei, and Li Jing has become a strong feudal clan in a town, and he and Li Jing are together, and he is the weakest of the four nobles in the palace. Now that there is a strong foreign aid, there is no doubt that his position in the palace will be much more stable in the future. Especially Li Jing is still so young at the moment, but he is so steady in doing things, which makes Zhang Tai even more determined to follow Li Jing.

Cui's family, Yu's family, and a Song family, Li Jing's position has been consolidated, even if Tian Lingzi and Li Jing are enemies, Zhang Tai is not afraid. There is him in the palace, Yu Cong in the political hall, and in the locality, there are three towns in the Yu family, if you add Li Jing's four towns, as well as Cui Yunqing, Cui Anqian, and Kang Chengzhi's towns, Li Jing can now be said to have a strong momentum. (To be continued......)