All the embroidery hubs in Huaxuan were sold out, and not half of the first-class noble families were left.
Foxes and rabbits roamed the Hanyuan Hall, and thorns filled the front of the Calyx Tower.
The prosperity of the past has been buried, and everything is desolate and has no reason to look up.
The inner treasury was burned to ashes, and the public's bones were trampled on in the street!
During the Song and Ming Dynasties, the city of Chang'an had already declined, and the center of all aspects had been transferred to the land of Guandong.
In this era, Chang'an City in Guanzhong is the true center of the world and the only capital of the world.
Without Li Yunze's appearance, this megacity, whose reputation even spread as far as the Mediterranean, would have been ravaged by Huang Chao for several years.
Not only were the public officials trampled to pieces in Tianjie, but the common people were especially killed and injured.
It's not that Huang Chao's soldiers and horses are capable of fighting, but that the emperor and ministers are too useless.
Not only did they run very fast, but they also took almost no one with them. And when he finally came back a few years later, he actually vented his anger on the women who had been abandoned by them.
The women who were forced to give birth to children by Huang Chao's bandits were all ordered to be executed.
If Li Shimin knew it, the coffin boards would not be able to hold it down.
This morning, Li Xuan convened a court meeting with ministers to discuss how to deal with the Huangchao rebels who were already approaching Chichi.
The civil servants and eunuchs were quarreling with each other, and the shouts of red-faced people resounded throughout the hall.
Zhang Chengfan, who had previously led his troops to garrison Tongguan, had escaped and described Huang Chao's bandits as if they were like heavenly soldiers and generals coming to earth, as unstoppable.
His backer, Tian Lingzi, the boss of the eunuchs, directly passed all responsibilities to Prime Minister Lu Xie in order to protect his younger brother.
Both sides showed off their traditional skills, and the quarrel was so intense that it was impossible to get along.
Li Zhen felt like he was going to be pissed to death. At this critical moment, he was still quarreling here.
The angry emperor immediately stood down and sided with the eunuchs without hesitation, blaming the prime minister for being responsible for the current bad situation.
The grieving and angry Lu Xie cried in court, feeling that the future was dark and that neither he nor Datang had a future. He staggered out of the court and prepared to go home to die.
The prime minister walked out taking the blame, and naturally the court meeting could not continue.
After all, there is no point in defeating the opponent in the court, and one's mouth cannot win against the Huang Chao army that is getting closer and closer.
Li Xuan returned to the palace and sighed, "Our Tang Dynasty has fallen to this point. How can I have the face to meet my ancestors?"
Others didn't know Li Xuan well and thought he was really worried about state affairs, but Tian Lingzi knew the emperor very well.
The emperor was not worried about state affairs at all, but worried that the Huangchao rebels would make him lose his place to play.
Li Xuan was born in a deep palace and grew up in the hands of eunuchs. What the life scene in the palace gave him was the freedom to have fun without restraint.
His biggest hobby is all kinds of fun.
Unlike later generations of netizens who generally prefer girls, Li Zhang likes to play cockfighting, polo, goose gambling, horse riding and archery, swordplay, arithmetic, music, Go, spinach, etc. It can be said that he is the top master in the field of play enjoyment.
As for girls, as an emperor, of course, they will not be as unattainable as netizens do. People have long been tired of it.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry." Tian Lingzi agreed with a smile, "We have millions of lions in the Tang Dynasty. King Qin's rebel army will surely come to the rescue in the near future. We will be able to repel the nest thieves soon."
"Father's words make sense." Li Xuan smiled with satisfaction.
He was supported by the eunuchs to rise to power. When he was twelve years old, he was better than the eunuchs. He trusted the eunuchs very much and even called Tian Lingzi "father".
Still saying that, Li Shimin's coffin board could no longer hold it.
When the father and son looked at each other and smiled, a little Huangmen stumbled over and shouted, "Oh no, the thieves have entered the city~~~"
Upon hearing the call, the emperor and the eunuch here immediately lost their countenance.
Li Zhang, who had previously looked worried about his country and his people, turned pale on the spot and stomped around like a child about to be beaten.
The eunuch is still reliable at critical moments.
"Your Majesty, don't panic!" Tian Lingzi immediately calmed down the panicked Li Xuan, and then said, "The most urgent thing at the moment is to avoid the traitors quickly."
Li Zhen was actually not stupid. He understood immediately upon hearing this, "What do you mean, father, run away?"
"Your Majesty, be careful what you say." Tian Lingzi saluted respectfully, "How can the Emperor say anything about escaping? Your Majesty is going to inspect the land of Bashu."
"Yes, I'm going on a patrol." The panicked Li Xuan nodded repeatedly, "Let's go, let's go."
Compared to Li Zhan, who was in chaos, Tian Lingzi made a lot of arrangements.
First, he asked his confidants to quickly summon a group of Shence troops as guards, and then called for manpower to bring several princes and several concubines that His Majesty valued, and then hurriedly fled Chang'an City.
As for the people all over the city and even the royal family members, they ignored it at all.
It can even be said that the purpose is to attract the attention of the thieves and delay time.
At this time, the Tang Dynasty actually still had some strength, but it was a pity that the cowardly king and traitorous ministers were in power, and no matter how much strength they had, it would be useless if they could not be used.
The so-called thieves who entered the city were actually Fengxiang's troops who fled back.
When Zhang Chengfan took troops and horses to guard Tongguan before, in addition to the Shence Army, troops and horses from all over Guanzhong were mobilized.
When Fengxiang's army retreated, they took a different path from Boye's army, so they didn't collide with Li Yunze.
They escaped first and retreated to the Weiqiao side to make repairs.
But not only did the court not come to comfort him, they didn't even prepare meals.
Fengxiang's army, already simmering with anger, began to rob houses outside the city.
The soldiers and horses guarding the city went to stop it, which caused Fengxiang's army to completely lose control and began to rush into the city to cause chaos.
Chang'an City was so big that the emperor ran away after getting the news, but most people in the city still didn't know anything.
When Li Yunze came over with soldiers and horses to guard the common people he had collected along the way, he saw the fire in the city and the mess inside and outside. His first thought was, 'Huang Chao is so powerful, why did he get ahead of me? '
At this moment, he even had doubts about his long-term battlefield experience.
Fortunately, most of the people under his command recognized Fengxiang Jun and directly named Fengxiang Jun as causing trouble.
"Go!" Li Yunze immediately waved his hand, "Behead all the rebels!"
Boye Army was still the main force coming forward, while Shence Army, which had more people, could only wave the flag and cheerleading.
After all, everyone knows what the Shence Army is.
Not all of Fengxiang's troops participated in the rebellion. Some of them stayed in the military camp near the Wei Bridge. Li Yunze arranged for manpower to keep an eye on them.
As for those who cause trouble inside and outside the city, I'm sorry, they will all be dealt with directly regardless of whether they surrender or not.
The Fengxiang Army's combat effectiveness was no worse than that of the Boye Army, but they were too scattered inside and outside the city due to looting. Facing the Boye Army who came forward in formation, they could only fight with less and more, unable to form effective resistance at all.
When it got dark, more than two thousand Fengxiang troops who had made trouble were all dealt with.
Many heads were piled outside the city gate, which looked very scary.
Li Yunze personally appeared to subdue the remaining Fengxiang troops in the Weiqiao military camp.
Some Fengxiang troops were angry at Li Yunze's treatment of his colleagues and chose to seek death to increase the scale of the pile of heads outside the city.
The rest were wise, took off their helmets, filled them with copper coins, and chose to work under Li Yunze.
When Li Yunze led his troops into the city, the first thing he did was to go straight to the palace.
The great righteousness of the Tang Emperor was still of some use in this era.
It was only when I arrived at the palace that I realized that the emperor had actually run away!
"Your Majesty went on a westward inspection tour of Sichuan and Sichuan..."
Li Yunze and his soldiers all sneered at these words.
Who is willing to sacrifice one's life for such an incompetent emperor?
Li Yunze was slightly disappointed that he could not hold Dayi's title in his hands.
I originally planned to imitate Prime Minister Cao... He was a thief who held the emperor hostage to control the princes, but unfortunately I didn't expect that Li Xuan was a long-distance running champion.
He found some eunuchs and told them to chase Li Xuan. He told them that the city of Chang'an was still in the hands of the army and asked his Majesty to come back as soon as possible.
Considering Li Xuan's temperament, the possibility of coming back was extremely low. Li Yunze asked the eunuchs to tell them that he was the commander of the Shence Army and asked His Majesty to send an imperial edict to hand over the defense of Chang'an City to him.
After finishing this matter, Li Yunze sent out soldiers and horses to start work.
Boye's army and Fengxiang's army controlled various arsenals, warehouses and stables, and blocked the city gates.
The Shence Army went to collect soldiers and horses from everywhere inside and outside the city, and at the same time mobilized the people outside the city to quickly enter the city with their property and livestock.
Li Yunze's plan is simple, he wants to defend Chang'an City.
Chang'an City is actually a military city. It was built according to the standards of a military city from the time of its construction.
If you really want to defend, its defense is not weak at all.
It is a pity that starting from Li Longji, all Tang emperors have not dared to fight. Once the enemy approaches Chang'an City, their first choice is always to escape first.
There was a hustle and bustle all night, and the entire city of Chang'an was filled with people and torches.
It wasn't until dawn that it gradually calmed down.
Historically, Huang Chao's soldiers and horses arrived very quickly. When Li Zhang fled here, the traitors had already entered the city, so most of the nobles could not escape.
Now, because Li Yunze defeated Huang Chao's forward Qiao Qian before.
They thought that there was still a strong army blocking the way to Chang'an City, so they mobilized various troops to prepare for a battle with Li Yunze. At this time, the forwards were still wandering around Huazhou.
The nobles in the city who got the news finally had time to run away.
It's just that Li Yunze blocked the city gate, and they blocked the city gate and made all kinds of noises, but they couldn't get out.
Especially here at the Golden Light Gate, where people were escaping to the west, the commotion was the most serious.
By the time Li Yunze rode over, there was almost a direct fight.
"If you don't want to serve the country, you can be a deserter." Li Yunze, on horseback, looked around at the numerous clans of high-ranking families in front of him. "But you have to pay a fee to leave the city."
Raising his hand to signal to the many soldiers of the Boye Army, Li Yunze directly offered a price, "Brothers, I will defend the city for you. You can't have enough to eat. Let's do this, one thousand guan for each person, 500 guan for each horse, and three for donkeys and oxen." Hundreds of dollars. Those who can pay will go out of the city. Where can those who can’t pay come from?
Go back to where you are! "
Of course the high-end family is rich, but the price offered by Li Yunze is too high.
You must know that after the implementation of the Two Taxes Law, a bucket of rice only costs 200 yuan. A thousand strings?
Those who scold, those who intercede, those who build relationships, those who show off their prominent status.
For the people who wanted to escape from the city, the Eight Immortals crossed the sea and showed their abilities. Unfortunately, Li Yunze was completely unmoved.
There is no other way, then the only option is to pay.
Originally, I had brought my whole family with me and left together, but now that the cost of leaving the city was so expensive, the only way to do it was for the important men in the family to pay for it.
As for servants and maids, most of them were thrown away on the spot.
They are even willing to pay for the horses, donkeys and even the oxen that pull the cart, rather than bring along the pleading women and servants.
What is human nature? This is it.
