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10. The worthy ministers who think about the national disaster

Hun Ye's previous memorial to ask for a god's plan, and the border army's treatment was immediately rejected by the Daming Palace and replied to Yanzhou City. Hun Ye also smiled bitterly at his subordinates and said, "The Holy Lord of the other Fangzhen's requests are all allowed, but I am Hun Ye. This shows that the Holy Lord did not regard Hun Ye as a domineering warrior, but as his confidant."

After explaining the ridicule, Hun Yu also fell ill, and his request to take charge was equivalent to refusing.

"Is it your fault that you must be Gao and Wei?" The emperor was furious.

At this time, Dou Shen recommended to the emperor and immediately attacked Wancheng. Since Gao Yue resigned, I would like to elect Li Jingluo, the commander of the Northern Army of the Imperial Camp, to completely quell the Qiang Rebellion for Your Majesty.

In addition, Dou Shen strongly recommended the successor of Guo King Li Zezhi as the general of Shenwei, hoping that he would lead the emperor's Shenwei army, leave the capital and go to Weibei, and assist Li Jingluo to quell the rebellion.

The emperor, who sat back on the rope bed, still resented Gao Yue in his heart, so he waved his hand and said that he had reported to you.

Now the emperor's idea is that the fate of the six governments Dangxiang is already in front of the wind. Anyone who blows this last breath can do it. Originally, I wanted to fulfill your achievements in Gao Yue, but you are not jealous and lead your army back to the palace. Then I will let Li Jingluo and Guo Wang Zezhi come to blow this last breath.

Dou Shen, who received the emperor's approval, was very happy. After returning to the class, he proudly said to his clan's son Dou Shen: "Gao Yue led his troops back to our town with anger. His power has declined. I am afraid he will no longer win the emperor's favor. Now it is the time for the Dou family of Pingling to bear fruit in full."

Dou Shen was overjoyed and asked, "If my uncle wants his fortune to be long, he must control the system of the ambassador. The child is not talented, but after all, he has taken the risk of going on a mission to Xifan and is willing to be the young emperor of Jingzhao."

At this time, another clan, Dou Rong, also asked for the position of the imperial censor.

At first, Dou Shen was a little hesitant, but he couldn't resist the request from the two clans, so he agreed.

At this time, the concubine Shangqing, who overheard all this in the side hall of the central hall, uneasyly put down the needle and thread in her hand and sighed slightly. She knew in her heart that Dou Shen had no children at all and had a strong clan consciousness, so she treated Dou Shen and Dou Rong as their parents and children, hoping to lead the entire Pingling Dou family to reach the peak of glory.

However, Dou Shen is very agile and decisive to the outside world, but he is too ungrateful to these two favorite clans. Now he has to plant his followers in front of the emperor. The big tree attracts wind, and it is afraid that the disaster of overturn will be in front of him...

Shangqing was smart, but she was just a concubine. Dou Shen could still listen to her. However, foreign affairs deaf ears and deaf ears to her repeated advice. She would rather talk to the terrifying Pucao man "Fifth Brother".

What can she do? She is helpless.

In the spring of the seventh year of Xingyuan (789), three months have passed since Gao Yue led the Yining and Dingwu armies confessed to Guizhen in Wuyankou, Shan. The emperor and Gao Yue were always in the deadlock of the Cold War:

Gao Yue deeply hated the emperor for pursuing himself that he was evenly distracted from the matter of giving money to the gods and giving money to the gods. After returning to the town, he devoted himself to the farming business and farmed the fields with his wife. He handed over the common affairs to his servants, as if he lived in seclusion;

In addition, the emperor was also angry that Gao Yue did not give him the supreme face, so he instantly gave Li Jingluo the position of ambassador of the Dangxiang Fanluo, and never mentioned using Gao Yue to return to the north to suppress the Qiang.

The emperor is not allowed to mention it himself, nor is it allowed to mention it by others.

The two prime ministers Ban Hong and Dong Jin both submitted memorials to request the re-use of Gao Yue, but the emperor refused to reply;

Lu Zhi prayed for his mother's mourning in the Songshan Temple, and also wrote to the emperor, constantly mentioning this matter, but the emperor pretended not to hear it.

Out of justice, several young censors submitted memorials to ask Gao Yue to return to the camp to take charge of the rituals. The emperor was furious and Dou attended the meeting and immediately drove the people out of the Constitutional Platform and sent them to local prefectures and counties to serve.

Only Hanlin scholar Wei Duke, who offended the emperor once, did not care about the second time. Whenever the emperor and the scholars sang and enjoyed the tour, they would definitely mention Gao Yue's affairs and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten your promise to shoot bamboo when you were drunk in Jingyun Pavilion?"

"Since Zhou's noisy, I'm impatient!" The emperor was also very upset, so he did not bring the Duke of the Vatican in the end. Every time he traveled to the Vatican, he asked the Vatican to be on duty at the Yintai Gate, but only asked the Central Envoy to give the compensation clothes, fruits, rice and grain as subsidies, and to send them to the Duke of the Vatican.

Only the eldest daughter Lingxu will save time. The emperor will "well..." from Lingxu and get in touch with Gao Yue.

But Lingxu never responded and pretended not to hear it, leaving the emperor deserted and deserted.

In late spring, time flies. The emperor lives in the bath hall in the Daming Palace. Looking at the grass that is rapidly irrigated by spring rain in the gaps in the steps, looking at the withered flowers, listening to the eaves bells shaking by the breeze, and the boring water leaks in the hall, not only did he not gain peace, but he became more and more anxious.

When Gao Yue was in charge of the Right Army of the Imperial Camp, the battle report was fast and accurate. He never had to worry about transferring money and grain. He and Ban Hong were clearly connected - the emperor only needed to enjoy the pleasure of "sampling micro-work".

But now since Li Jingluo became the commander, the main force of the Tang army's combat forces changed to Zhenwu Army, and the three teams of Fengcheng, Zelu and Zhaoyi in Hedong, the problems of military expenditure and transfer immediately became serious, and a lot of troublesome memorials began to pile up the emperor's case.

It turns out that the funding model of these three armies is completely different from that of Gao Yue.

Gao Yue used Fengxiang to raise the Yining Army and Xingyuan to raise the Dingwu Army. At first glance, it sounded no different from other towns in the world. But taking the Dingwu Army as an example, although the number of soldiers is now 25,000, there are tens of thousands of soldiers, and the other 15,000 are shooting soldiers who are camping and field defense. The court and military government do not have to bear too much expenses. The Yining Army is in the same state: Furthermore, Gao Yue's camping fields, trade, uses Qiang slaves forging, set up wine, tea and other garden workshops, and made a lot of profits, and raised the two armies to be fat and strong, so Jianxun was always there every time he went to battle.

Zhenwu, Hedong is different. Take Hedong as an example. Although local business has become a trend, both Ma Sui and Li Ziliang, who succeeded, focus on military affairs and ignore "using business to supplement the army". They have little contact with the business community, and the army can only rely on local taxes to support the army. During the Tianbao period of Kaiyuan, Hedong was known as the "heroic town in the world", but now there are 30,000 soldiers and 5,000 war horses. The household registration has been withered to the extent of only 150,000 households after many wars such as Anshi, which means that five households have to raise a soldier, which is extremely heavy. After the two tax laws, the Hedong army relies on taxes on its own, and the military government can only deduct the salary of officials in the prefectures and counties, which makes no one in the court dare to go to Hedong to become an official...

Previously, Ma Sui was the governor and led the Hedong army to fight in the east and west, relying on other roads and the imperial branch offices to provide supplies and military salaries. He himself implemented a tax reduction policy on the main road of Hedong, so Ma Sui was very popular among the locals in Hedong (Ma Sui won the hearts of the people, but he let the court provide military supplies until it was on the verge of bankruptcy and eventually caused chaos).

Now that Ma Sui has been dismissed, the situation in Hedong is not optimistic. Li Ziliang had not seen it when he crossed the Yellow River before. Now, after the beginning of spring, he has repeatedly attacked Dangxiangbao Village, which has repeatedly attacked the Dalihe River, and his shortcomings are undoubtedly exposed.
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