"... Even if the nest thief is resurrected, he has not done all his evil... He has taken advantage of and killed countless people. The land of Bianzhou is like a ghost. The sound of mourning in Songzhou can be heard throughout the countryside... The name of the cloud thief, Xiao'er I dare not cry at night after hearing this... I beg the king to attack the cloud thief, and my majesty to eradicate the traitors.
..."
In the Daming Palace, the censor was reading the memorial to impeach Li Yunze in a cadence.
The memorial lists Li Yunze's numerous crimes, totaling thirty-six major crimes and seventy-two minor crimes. Basically, anything that can be committed has been committed.
The civil and military officials in the main hall had expressionless faces, and some were even secretly yawning.
There was nothing I could do about it. This memorial was so long and smelly that I didn't finish reading it for quite a while. Everyone was waiting to clock out and get off work, so naturally they didn't feel good about it.
However, what made everyone a little confused was that Emperor Li Xuan, who was originally the most impatient with such things, instead of simply leaving to fight cocks and walk dogs, was actually listening with interest.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Li Xuan's behavior is naturally because he has a bad sense of Li Yunze.
At first, when Li Yunze was guarding Chang'an City, he was still very happy and admired Li Yunze.
But then Huang Chao raided the martial arts, and almost all the nobles and nobles of the powerful family were slaughtered... Of course, this didn't matter to Li Zhan. If there were no people who would die on that day, at most, there would be more deaths on that day.
However, Li Xuan was also doing martial arts that day. When Huang Chao attacked, he was so frightened that he peed his pants, which left a psychological shadow. He has never played polo since then.
He placed the blame on Li Yunze, believing that he was frightened because Li Yunze failed to hold Huang Chao back.
It's unreasonable to say this. After all, Li Yunze is the defender of the city, not the besieger.
But how many emperors are reasonable?
In addition, the eunuch group whose interests were harmed because of Li Yunze continued to fan the flames, and Li Xuan's feelings about him became even worse.
When it came time to reward Huang Chao for his merits, the two sides faced off for the first time, but the emperor's side was defeated miserably, which made Li Zhang even more angry.
This wasn't the end yet. When he returned to Chang'an City, he discovered that his small treasury and treasury had been emptied by Li Yunze, and even the concubines in the palace had been taken away.
It doesn't matter if you have concubines or not. As an emperor, there is no shortage of beautiful girls.
But you can’t do it without money. How can you play without money?
However, Li Yunze used the cost of defending the city to push him away and didn't pay him back a penny.
Now, if someone scolded Li Yunze, the emperor would certainly be happy.
After finally listening to this long and smelly memorial, Li Zhang couldn't wait for Tian Lingzi to speak, and he couldn't wait to speak, "My dear friends, it is really abominable for the cloud thieves to brutalize the people! How should we deal with it?"
Tian Lingzi on the side looked at the emperor in surprise, but did not speak.
As for the civil and military officials, they all stood there motionless with expressionless faces, as if they were clay sculptures.
Everyone knows what the situation of the Tang Dynasty is at this time, and Li Yunze is not a weakling. He is a powerful vassal with a so-called one hundred thousand army!
For most of the people in the court who were recently promoted, no one wanted to offend such a powerful person.
Just when Li Xuan's face was getting ugly, the former prime minister and current Jing Zhao Yin Lu Xie came out to salute.
"Your Majesty, this memorial is simply ridiculous. As far as I know, the people in Bianzhou and Songzhou are happy and the people are loyal. Where do all these ridiculous words come from? I please kill this evil thief who falsely accuses loyal ministers!"
Many people's eyes finally changed.
It’s started, it’s started, then Li Yunze’s spokesperson in the DPRK is starting to fight back!
Ever since he defended Chang'an City with Li Yunze, whether Lu Xie admitted it or not, he was labeled as Li Yunze's spokesperson in the DPRK.
In this era, it was a matter of course for local powerful vassals to arrange spokespersons in the court.
The frowning Li Xuan did not go out personally, but looked at the current prime minister Zheng Tian.
Of course, the official name of the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty was Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhangshi.
If we go further, Shangshu's left and right servants are also prime ministers.
Pushe means deputy, and Shangshu Pushe refers to the left and right deputies of Shangshu Ling. The first Shangshu Ling of the Tang Dynasty was named Li Shimin, so after him, there were only left and right Pushe in Shangshu Province and no Shangshu Ling.
Guo Ziyi only served as Shangshu Ling for six days. She did not go to work and strongly resigned, which can be regarded as not counting.
Zheng Tian came out of the queue and saluted Li Xuan, then turned around and faced Lu Xie directly.
Lu Xie was born in the Lu family of Fanyang, while Zheng Tian was born in the Zheng family in Xingyang. Both of them came from aristocratic families with five surnames and seven hopes, so it was natural for them to dislike each other.
"The words of the Lu Ming Mansion are wrong." Zheng Tian launched a counterattack, "Li Jiedu attacked Songzhou without any reason. He also killed good people everywhere and robbed fields and distributed them to the leaders of Guizhou. How can he be a loyal minister for such a rebellious act?"
The dark-faced Lu Xie raised his head slightly, "Songzhou is originally under the jurisdiction of the Xuanwu Army, so why attack without reason? As for harming good people, it is even more nonsense. They are all disrespectful of orders and resisted Li Jiedu's mob! "
Everyone knows what the specific situation is.
Not to mention during the Taizong and Gaozong period, even a hundred years ago, if Li Yunze did such a thing, he would be encircled and suppressed by the imperial court, just like Li Xilie back then.
But times have changed, and the imperial court now has no soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress.
Even the Shence Army, which was regarded as the last hope, was still leftover after Li Yunze selected it.
Do you expect the Shence Army to fight the Xuanwu Army? They were already in disarray before they left Tongguan.
What to do if we can't fight, we can only drive the tiger away and devour the wolf.
Here, Zheng Tian did not engage in a verbal spat with Lu Xie. He turned around and saluted the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please issue an order to summon all the towns in the world to fight against Yun Ni."
Li Zhen has been waiting for this sentence for so long.
He immediately nodded without hesitation, "Just as Aiqing said."
After a pause, he continued, "This is all Aiqing's intention."
After saying that, Li Xuan stood up and left in a hurry.
Zheng Tian couldn't help but smile bitterly. He must take the blame even if he doesn't.
Over there, Lu Xie came over with a cold face, "Mr. Zheng, if you do this, you will offend Li Jiedu."
"Mr. Lu." After the court, the two people's words were naturally not so intense. "You also know exactly what happened. Li Jiedu used his deadly hands to eradicate all forces. You and I should suffer from the death of our lips and teeth."
Li Yunze eradicated the local forces in Bianzhou and Songzhou. Although they were all insignificant in the eyes of Qi Wang, everyone could see that Li Yunze, who was so deadly, could not let Qi Wang alone. .
"Over the years, there have been many people who have taken advantage of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes." Lu Xie smiled, "But they are still there today!"
The real heritage of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes is not land and wealth, but monopolized knowledge!
Whether he is an envoy or an emperor, he cannot govern the country alone, right?
As long as he needs manpower to help govern the country, Qiwang, who has a monopoly on knowledge, will have a chance to get ahead.
Now that you have the opportunity to get ahead, do you still have to worry about not having land or property?
Lu Xie did not know that Li Yunze was conducting literacy classes in the military or that he was promoting education, so he confidently believed that even if Li Yunze became emperor, he would still need help.
But Zheng Tian didn't think so. He felt that Li Yunze was taking a different route from those heroes in the past.
He knew very clearly that this person was anything but simple and could not be judged by common sense.
The orders from the court were quickly passed on to the various vassal towns surrounding the Xuanwu Army.
The reactions from various vassal towns were mixed.
Just on the edge of Bianzhou were the Zhongwu Army, the Yicheng Army, the Yongping Army, and the Dongdu Defense Envoy, which was also the Luoyang Defense Envoy. They have all seen the tyranny of Li Yunze's troops. Almost all of them are soldiers and thousands of fearsome armored cavalry. In addition, they destroyed Huang Chao and massacred Qin Dynasty.
Zongquan scared away Wang Chongrong and other outstanding achievements.
It is precisely because of understanding and knowing what it means to make distant friends and attack closely, there is no movement at all in these vassal towns that should be attacked first.
Just because there is no movement does not mean that they do not want to move. They are waiting for the opportunity to stand out.
Huaixi Town and Huainan Town in the south were busy fighting and had no time to pay attention to the court's orders.
The town of Weibo in the north was busy playing with their traditional skills and was preparing to replace the Jiedushi with new ones, so they had no time to go south.
The ones who finally sent troops were Zhu Xuan, the military governor of the Tianping Army whose sphere of influence in the east was around Yunzhou, and Zhu Jin, the military governor of the Taining Army who occupied Yanzhou and other places, as well as Zhu Xuan's younger brother.
The brothers also roped in Shi Pu, the military envoy of the Wuning Army whose core territory was in Pengcheng, and formed an army of up to 100,000 people, known as 300,000, to attack Li Yunze.
Naturally, their envoys also attracted the Zhongwu Army, Yicheng Army, Yongping Army and other troops in the west of Bianzhou, and agreed to carve up Li Yunze's territory after gaining an advantage on the battlefield.
Places such as Bianzhou and Songzhou where the Xuanwu Army was located had fertile land, large populations, convenient transportation and developed commerce, so they were absolutely fat.
Situated in the middle of the world, he can defeat anyone. Likewise, it is equally convenient for anyone who wants to call us.
Faced with the unfavorable situation of one hundred thousand in person and more than one hundred thousand in the follow-up, and being attacked from both sides, Li Yunze quickly responded.
Li Yunze, who is extremely experienced on the battlefield, will certainly not panic because there are too many enemies.
He quickly analyzed the flaw in the Xuanwu Army's encirclement network.
First of all, several vassal towns in the west were still planning to reap the benefits of the fishermen and did not join the battlefield immediately. This was equivalent to removing the threat of a two-front war in a short period of time.
Then there are the three vassal towns to the east that seem to be powerful and arrogant. But in fact, the troops of the three families dispersed to attack, and the strength of the troops left behind to defend the family was far from being as strong as they were blown out to be.
This gave Li Yunze every opportunity to break through.
Of course, it's not that easy to defeat them all. After all, these are serious vassal towns, not Huang Chao's thieves.
Li Yunze needs to use the powerful striking power in his hands.
This is the armored cavalry that has expanded to more than ten thousand cavalry.
There were few horses in the Central Plains. In order to expand the cavalry force, Li Yunze spent a lot of money to buy horses from Zhu Wen, and at the same time recruited sergeants who were good at riding in the North.
Zhu Wen, who went to Xia Suiyin as a military envoy, also wanted to develop his strength, but the border areas were too poor and had no money and food. It was difficult to feed the current troops, let alone expand the troops to fight.
Li Yunze has money and food, Zhu Wen has horses and people, so the two sides naturally hooked up together.
The Xuanwu Army sent money and grain to Zhu Wen in exchange for a large number of horses and sergeants who were good at riding from various military towns in the north.
In the late Tang Dynasty, if a warrior had breasts, he would be a mother. The price offered by Li Yunze was high enough, making it easy and convenient to recruit people.
In the various vassal towns on both sides of the road, Wang Chongrong and others, who had been scared away by Li Yunze before, did not dare to stop him. After collecting the toll, they turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.
During the time he came to Bianzhou, Li Yunze never stopped expanding.
So now that the war is about to begin, the number of armored cavalry under his command has expanded to more than ten thousand.
The infantry were left to guard the home, and Li Yunze personally led the cavalry group to attack on his own initiative.
And his first preferred target was not the seemingly weakest military commander Shi Pu of the Wuning Army.
Li Yunze chose Zhu Xuan, the strongest among the three eastern governors and the convener of the Tianping Army!
