Li Longji beheaded Tian Chengsi with one blow, thus eliminating a major hidden danger.
Because the first person in the Tang Dynasty to segregate the vassal towns after the Anshi Rebellion was pacified was Tian Chengsi. It was Tian Chengsi who pioneered the separatist regime in the Tang Dynasty, but now he died directly in the hands of Li Longji.
Ge Shuhan began to deploy defenses to meet the invasion of Luoyang rebels.
The main force of Anlushan's rebels had already entered Guanzhong from Tongguan, but some troops were left in Luoyang.
Zhang Tongru, who stayed in Luoyang, would definitely send troops to attack after learning that Tongguan had been lost, so Ge Shuhan had to prepare as soon as possible. As for the main force of the rebels in Anlu Mountain, there was no need to worry.
Li Longji didn't know it yet, but Ge Shuhan had already learned about it in advance.
The 200,000 Shannan Army led by Li Siye has arrived in Huayin County.
If nothing unexpected happens, Li Siye's Shannan Army and An Lushan's main rebel forces should have already decided the winner outside Huayin City. With the help of Lu Tianshi, the Shannan Army's victory is basically no suspense.
This is exactly what happened. Not long after Tongguan was recaptured, the good news arrived at Tongguan.
Li Siye's Shannan Army defeated the rebels in the first battle in Huayin County. Not only did they kill the puppet Yan Emperor An Lushan, they also forced the main force of hundreds of thousands of rebels to land in Fanyang and Lulong Town in Hedong, and completely annihilated the Khitan and Shi Wei and other hundreds of thousands of Hu cavalry.
Facing the Shannan Army, which used cavalry and archery as its main method of combat, the Khitan and other Hu cavalry could not escape even if they wanted to.
Li Longji was melancholy after hearing this. Lu Tianshi was not a kind person. When he asked Lu Tianshi to join the expedition, he only said that immortals would not participate too much in mortal wars, otherwise it would violate the laws of heaven.
But now, Lu Tianshi helped Li Siye to annihilate the rebels in Huayin without any scruples.
If Master Lu Tianshi was willing to take action, how could the Shannan Army under Li Siye be used? Li Longji's 150,000 Longyou Heshuo elite soldiers and hundreds of thousands of vassal country infantry can also wipe out the rebels.
Master Lu Tianshi didn't care. He made it clear that he wanted to embarrass Li Longji.
However, even though he knew this, Li Longji dared not speak out in anger.
Because after suffering the defeat of Shaanzhou, Li Longji's prestige has been seriously damaged.
And Tian Chengsi's curse before his death almost woke Li Longji up.
Of course, what's more important is that Master Lu Tian's immortal methods prevented Li Longji from having the idea of resisting.
Because Lu Tianshi could kill An Lushan and land hundreds of thousands of rebels with just a few clicks. Although Li Longji was a saint of the Tang Dynasty, he could not defeat the immortals of heaven.
The only good thing is that Master Lu cannot go down to the lower world.
So there is no need to worry that Lu Tianshi will take over Li Tang's kingdom.
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After hearing that the main force of the rebels was wiped out by the Tang army outside Huayin City, and that An Lushan and several of his sons were also killed, Zhang Tongru, who stayed in Luoyang, tied his hands and surrendered the city.
But the rebellion was not over.
Because Shi Siming, who stayed in Hebei, was still resisting.
When Li Longji and the dignitaries in Chang'an City asked Li Siye to lead the Shannan Army to Hebei, they were sternly rejected by Li Siye, no.
In the main hall of Xianghui Tower, Li Siye said sternly to Li Longji, Prince Li Heng and the civil and military generals headed by Right Prime Minister Wei Jiansu: "The Shannan Army marched more than 10,000 people from Luoche to Chang'an in half a year. During this period, all the food rations for the troops were borne by themselves. After arriving in Guanzhong, before even having a rest, a big battle broke out with the rebels outside Huayin City, and the rebels were completely wiped out in one battle."
"Now that the main force of the rebels has been wiped out, should the imperial court pay the Shannan Army's rewards first?"
"There are also the three towns of Hebei, Fanyang and Lulong in front of the battle. I promised to give them food and salary. Should the imperial court also deal with them?"
Li Longji was about to say that as long as the Shannan Army destroyed Shi Siming's rebels, the court would immediately issue rewards.
However, before the words could be spoken, Lu Tianshi's voice rang in the air: "The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. The Shannan Army traveled thousands of miles to come to Guanzhong to suppress the rebellion, and they won a great victory as soon as they arrived in Guanzhong, annihilating Anlu in one battle. As the main force of the mountain rebels, the court should issue rewards in accordance with regulations, and the rewards must be given out according to the highest standards."
"There are also hundreds of thousands of border troops in Hebei, Fanyang and Lulong towns. We must not save such a small amount of food and salary."
"If the border troops in these three towns cannot get their living wages and are forced to rebel again, I will not risk violating the laws of heaven to help Datang again."
Li Longji and Wei Jiansu looked bitter.
You, Tianshi Lu, have said so, what else can we do?
At that moment, Li Longji asked Wei Jiansu: "Right Prime Minister, how much food and salary rewards are needed in total?"
Wei Jiansu was not very clear, so he turned his attention to Cen Shen, who had just been transferred to the right minister of household affairs: "Cen minister?"
Cen Shen quickly took out the account book he had prepared in advance and said: "To the sage and right minister, I have carefully calculated it with more than a hundred officials from the Ministry of Revenue overnight. If the reward is to be given according to the highest standards, each person will be rewarded five yuan in silver." One hundred thousand and two hundred thousand Shannan troops need a total of ten million yuan of silver, which is one hundred million yuan of silver."
"What? You need 100 million yuan?" Li Longji's face turned green.
Wei Jiansu also looked bitter, 100 million yuan? Not even 100 million dollars.
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However, Cen Shen went on to say: "In addition, there are food and wages for the three towns of Fanyang and Lulong in Hedong. Calculated in one year, the three towns require 183,500 frontier troops, a total of 2.22 million shi of rations and cloth. One million two hundred and eighty-four thousand horses, converted into silver, would cost a total of 640 million."
Li Longji and Wei Jiansu were completely numb.
Compared with the rewards from the Shannan Army, the food and salary from Fanyang and Lulong Town in Hedong are nothing.
After closing the account book, Cen Shen continued: "There are currently about 90 million yuan in the warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue, and about one million pieces of various kinds of cloth. In addition, there are more than 100,000 pieces of silk, silk, brocade, etc."
There was a murmur of whispers in the hall immediately, just such a small amount of property?
This amount of wealth is not even a fraction of the reward given by the Shannan Army.
Immediately, the civil and military officers in the palace thought of a terrible consequence.
If the imperial court fails to provide rewards, will the Shannan Army mutiny or even rebel?
Datang had just experienced a rebellion and could no longer withstand another rebellion.
However, the more you are afraid of something, the more it will come. As soon as the ministers thought of this, Li Siye said: "Sage, and all the ministers, there is something that Siye really doesn't want to say, but he has to say, that is Shannan All the troops are Tibetans. Although the Tibetans and the Han people are of the same ancestry, they have been separated for more than a thousand years. It is difficult to predict what will happen if we are not rewarded."
Li Longji wanted to reply, then you brought them to Guanzhong? But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
If Li Siye hadn't brought the Shannan Army all the way to serve the king, and Lu Tianshi was unwilling to take action, the Tang Dynasty might really have perished at the hands of An Lushan, so it was really shameless to say this.
At that moment, Li Longji said to the ministers in the palace with a dark face: "Everyone, please tell me how to collect this reward."
Wei Jiansu sighed and said: "The most urgent task is to borrow money from the wealthy households in Chang'an City first. The ministers in the court who are from wealthy families will also provide some support. In short, we must collect rewards no matter what."
"But the gap is too big." Prime Minister Fang Guan, who had just made up for the affairs of Tong Zhongshu's family, frowned and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to get it together just by relying on the wealthy households in Chang'an City and the officials in the court."
Li Longji said: "So Fang Qing, what do you have to say?"
Fang Guan said: "I am reporting to the sage, and I think that the cultivated land should be used as a reward."
Taking land as reward? Li Longji couldn't help but look moved, this was a good idea.
According to the current land price, one acre of good land can be worth fifty cents, and ordinary farmland can be worth twenty cents.
If the land is used as compensation, it will only be 2 million acres of good land, or 5 million acres of ordinary cultivated land. However, there are more than 30 million acres of cultivated land in Guanzhong alone.
It's just that most of these cultivated lands are concentrated in the hands of the Xue family, the Pei family, the Du family and other aristocratic families. Are they willing to take it out?
"What do you think, Right Prime Minister?" Li Longji threw the problem to Right Prime Minister Wei Jiansu with a backhand, because Wei Jiansu was born in Jingzhao Weishi and was also one of the famous families in Guanzhong.
"Sage, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Naturally, Wei Jiansu firmly opposed it.
Webster's cultivated land was accumulated over generations, not stolen or cheated. Why should it be given to the Shannan Army in exchange for money? There is no such truth.
