When Li Wuchang was sitting in Xiangyang to do a stable job, the Khitan people were involved.

It is very difficult to directly attack Luoyang City, whether it is a large-scale siege or a master's strategy.

Luoyang is not only a strong city with enough food, but also has a lot of troops, and there is no shortage of elites.

The most important thing is that there are many fierce generals and masters, three nine-grade princes are in charge at the same time, assisted by Zhou Sheng, Yuan Jitong, Liu Jingming, Feng Zhongyi, and Wei Tong, Feng Zhang, Wu Qinglun, Bai Jingshan, Hai Jiancheng and other fierce generals.

This configuration, even if Ye Erxin goes to rush in person, it is difficult to get benefits.

That's why it's involved.

Jiangjun and Changping in the north, and Xingyang in the east have elites. Suppress Luoyang, but do not attack, attack Hedong and Hongnong with heavy troops, if Luoyang sends troops to help, then half intercept and kill, as far as possible and the court in the plains.

This is a strategy that Ye Erwen personally set after rushing to Xingyang to observe, and within half a month, it received excellent results.

Hedong and Luoyang were not down, but they killed a lot of imperial forces and dragged Yongzhou in, and they needed to continue to send reinforcements to the front. If the Khitans and the Hanshui Gang are willing to spend some time and patience on consumption, the imperial court will not be able to support it sooner or later.

Although the terrain of Middle-earth is not flatter than that of the steppe, the cavalry can still run, and every miracle is achieved.

The situation is getting worse and worse, and Chang'an City is getting more and more anxious, and it is difficult to find a good way.

In addition to the armies of Luoyang and Hedong, there are two forces that can be used in the rear, one is the Praetorian Guard, and the other is the border army guarding Wuyuan, but unfortunately these two are not easy to use casually.

Of course, Yongzhou can still tap some potential, but it needs financial support.

Where is the money?

Of course, it is all big families, the Great Yan Dynasty has been more than 200 years, and there are many big families in Chang'an City, and the belongings saved are quite amazing.

Of course, there are intricate interests and entangled relationships between big families, so even the emperor is not easy to use a knife in general, and when he is really short of money, he will increase taxes.

Or find some families and businesses that are not very involved and do not have much background.

Sometimes he called for donations and gave a false title, which he did when Jizhou was first in disaster.

Sometimes it is forced, such as Li Wuchang and Zizhuang, if there is no acquiescence of the emperor at that time, Lu Xuandong may not dare to do it. There are many cases like Erzizhuang, but except for Li Wuchang, most of them didn't make any big noise, and some of them were quickly suppressed.

After fighting for so long, those characters have been almost scraped.

Now it's time of life and death, and the big families have to bleed.

But how can the big family take the initiative to bloodletting so easily, then they have to set an example, so there is an appointment with the emperor.

The Yan family is the best object, Yan Chong kidnapped Lu Ting at the beginning, was almost overturned by Lu Yuanzhi, and was finally suppressed by the emperor and Lu Shiqing, this is an excuse and an account, and now it is going to start to be calculated.

Also, although the Yan family has a rich background, its power is not very strong, and there are not many families that are good friends, and more importantly, the Yan family has no generals in the army, not even a decent general, so Yan Chong has been a captain for a few days, and he often runs away.

Emperor Lu Yuancheng and Taiwei Lu Shiqing said hello, pondered alone, and went to Xuanyan Guxuan to enter the palace to face the saint.

Yan Gu saw the appearance of the emperor's personal attendant pulling an old face to read the oracle, and immediately drank down, took out a box of valuable jewelry and stuffed it into the hand of the chamberlain, wanting to take the opportunity to make some words, who knew that the ordinary greedy and greedy chamberlain flicked his sleeves, and even pulled the tone to make Lord Yan self-respecting.

As soon as this posture came out, Yan Gu changed from a little panicked to panicked to death.

Looks like something big is going to happen!

trembling and trembling with the inner servant into the palace, after seeing the expressionless emperor and Lu Shiqing with a solemn expression, Yan Gu's cold sweat was about to flow out, obviously the weather was still so cold.

After Lu Shiqing talked bitterly with Yan Gu, when he left the palace, Yan Gu's heart was cold.

Another Great Pilgrimage.

Lu Shiqing started with the matter of supporting Luoyang and Hedong.

The situation is severe, and I hope that you will actively think of a solution.

As always, no one has taken the initiative to express their opinions, like a pool of stagnant water.

The emperor glanced at Yan Gu and raised his voice: "Isn't there anyone who shares my worries?"

Yan Gu knew that he couldn't hide, so he had to go out.

Everyone turned their eyes to Yan Gu, and they were puzzled, this old boy is usually the most chicken thief, he can hide if he can, why is he so active today?

The emperor was relieved, nodded, and said gently: "What does Yan Qing propose?"

Yan Gu met the wisps of strange eyes, coughed lightly, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty." Now that the court is weak, we, as courtiers, should do our best to share your majesty's worries. Although the Khitans are arrogant, the imperial court is not without countermeasures, compared to other states and counties, the young and strong children of Yongzhou have lost a lot, and it is time to play.

However, the household silver has already been emptied, and Weichen took the lead in donating 100,000 taels of silver, one to increase military salaries and grain and grass for the army, and the other to take out a part of it as a reward. Yongzhou has become a practice of martial arts, there are countless folk masters, and there are also older generations of masters in small sects, if a group can be recruited to the battlefield, why be afraid of Khitan masters and Hanshui gang thieves?"

"Good!"

The emperor clapped his palms and said excitedly: "Yan Qing has this realization, I am very pleased, what do you think of Aiqing?"

Now that Yan Gu is taking the lead, are others also taking the initiative?

It's so high.

Do your best to share your majesty's worries, is Yan Gu willing to contribute alone?

Lin Yong instantly understood what was going on.

No wonder Yan Gu is so weird, he dared to be greeted in advance. Don't think about it, he must have been taken care of by the emperor, otherwise he wouldn't be stupid enough to be this bird.

They all have big families and large populations, and they are definitely not willing to share their wealth.

The emperor was holding the shelf, and he also had his own scruples, and he refused to let the ministers contribute, so he took Yan Gu out.

It's also a target.

Lin Yong took the lead, "Lord Yan is righteous, the old minister is ashamed, and he is willing to share his worries for His Majesty......"

Anyway, he didn't say it first.

Then everyone expressed their attitudes one by one, and in an instant there was a "willing to share the worries for Your Majesty", and there was no dissatisfaction.

There is also a voice: "Lord Yan is indeed noble." In this way, no matter how much Lord Yan contributes, Weichen will add one percent......"

The meaning is self-evident.

Of course, the emperor and Lu Shiqing happily agreed, and they both laughed in their hearts.

Only Yan Gu's complexion slowly turned white.

Others may not dare to directly express their dissatisfaction with His Majesty, but Yan Gu's future life will not be easy, and cynicism and anger are indispensable.

Your fucking sentence "donate 100,000 taels of silver first" is very happy, of course other people can't be less than this number, at least not too low, otherwise how can people get by?

Moreover, do you have to donate in the future?

There is indeed a shortage of silver, there used to be taxes in various states, but now there is such a little territory left, not only is the army not much less, but also recruits and masters have to be recruited, how can the silver be enough?