Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three Small Skills
The golden wheat waves are endless, and the millet shaped like dog tail grass rises and falls in the autumn wind.
This scene made Li Ye feel relaxed and happy.
With food, people's hearts will be stable.
From Li Ye to the soldiers of the Imperial Guard, all like to look at each other, which is a rare scene in Guanzhong in the past twenty years.
Since the Huangchao Rebellion, Weibei has been suffering from military disasters.
As a powerful general of Huang Chao, Zhu Wen captured Tongzhou and fought against Hezhong, Xiasui, Shatuo and other troops. The Tongzhou area was long destroyed.
Later, Tian Lingzi and Wang Chongrong fought in a melee, and Tongzhou was still the hardest hit area.
The people on this land have been extremely hardworking from ancient times to the present, but unfortunately, in the chaotic times in the late Tang Dynasty, war destroyed everything.
Most of the auxiliary troops were moved to Fengxiang, and only farmers were left here, and various preparations for autumn harvest had been completed.
"I expect that at least 600,000 stones this year." As the autumn harvest approaches, the sorrow on Yuan Jingcheng's face is gone.
"So much?" Li Ye was overjoyed, and it was indeed a bumper harvest.
God is still giving face this year and the weather is good.
Six hundred thousand stones of grain, 60% of the court is 360 thousand stones.
Without war, 360,000 stones of grain will definitely be enough, and there are other prefectures and counties in Guanzhong, and there are also harvests in the fields of Longzhou, Fengxiang, and Xingzhou. The land is fertile, so some grain will definitely be collected, and civil and military use is enough.
There will be a bumper harvest in Guanzhong, and Jingxiang will definitely be a bumper harvest. At that time, buy some from Zhao Kuangning and store the grain to prepare for the coming year.
These days, the vassal states in various places often had 100,000 troops. The Tang court sent troops once and only 40,000 troops were put together, which was definitely not enough.
"If you can have the safety of the rock in Guanzhong, it is all up to Xuan." Li Ye bowed to Yuan Jingcheng.
Yuan Jingcheng quickly returned the greeting, "Don't dare, the people are healthy and the world is stable. If it weren't for the robbery of the Dangxiang people in Fangzhou, I could have opened up 8,000 hectares of fertile land west along Zheng Canal."
At present, Binning and Fengxiang have taken over. Looking at Guanzhong, the Dangxiang people in Fufang are a little prominent.
The Dangxiang people at this time were not Dangxiang in the later generations of Li Yuanhao, and they were third-rate forces among the vassal states in the world.
Of course, the people of Dangxiang were not very good in later generations. Li Yuanhao was at the middle level at the end of the Tang Dynasty. The rise of Western Xia was thanks to the Song Dynasty.
At present, Dangxiang is quite respectful to Tang Ting. He did not break up with the last time he sent troops to Xiliucheng.
The temptation of eight thousand hectares of fertile land is too great, and Fufang is above Chang'an's head.
Fangzhou has always been the northern barrier of Chang'an. Just like Wang Jian never forgets Xingyuan, why didn't Li Ye not think about Fangzhou?
The Dangxiang people took advantage of the death of the Jiedushi Dongfang Kui and sent troops to seize Fufang Town.
The court of Emperor Xizong was deeply involved in the Huang Chao Rebellion at that time, so he could only pinch his nose and accept it.
Emperor Xizong recognized it, but Li Ye did not intend to.
Now is also a great opportunity. Li Keyong is in the middle of the army, Zhu Wen conquered Yun, Yan, and Wang Jian attacked Dongchuan, but he was not in charge of Guanzhong.
However, the battle of Fengxiang has just ended, and the soldiers need to rest. The Fengxiang swallowed by Fengxiang also needs to be digested, and the soldiers cannot be moved within half a year.
Staying in Tongzhou delayed Yuan Jingcheng's harvest, so Li Ye brought his army back to Chang'an.
The first thing he did when he returned to Chang'an was to ask Xue Guangheng to arrest people from Bianzhou and be interrogated secretly by the Imperial City Department.
The conspiracy in Bianzhou forced Li Ye to strengthen the Imperial City Department. Xue Guangheng obviously lacked experience in this area, so Li Ye simply let Liu Quanli join in and take charge.
However, the result of the interrogation was not satisfactory, and the other party refused to speak, and he was a tough guy.
This made Li Ye interested. Anyone who is steadfast and unyielding must have some reputation. Could it be an important figure in Bianzhou?
There are many prisoners in Dali Temple Prison, some of whom have white hair, and some of whom are moaning due to illness. The eyes of Li Ye were filled with despair.
"Why are so many people locked up? What are they all charges?" Li Ye was unhappy, and there were still eight or nine-year-old children among the prisoners.
Xue Guangheng's attention was mainly focused on military reconnaissance and did not know much about Dali Temple.
Liu Quanli, who followed Li Ye, said: "We are all those who have robbed food and murdered people in Chang'an City in recent years, and some people who have caused trouble."
Li Ye pointed to a skinny child, "Can he rob food and kill people?"
"When you go back to Your Majesty, the rules and regulations have been abolished over the years, and the officials of the Ministry of Justice are lazy. As long as you go to Dali Temple Prison, no matter what crimes you have committed, you will be detained, and more and more people will be brought to an end." Liu Quanli said in a low voice.
Not to mention this, Li Ye also knew it very well.
Seeing these people feeling uncomfortable, Li Ye simply speeded up.
The criminals in Bianzhou are serious criminals, detained at the innermost level, tied to wooden stakes with iron chains. They are not tall, have ordinary appearance, look in their twenties, have strong chests and limbs, and they are obviously people in the army.
The previous interrogation was nothing more than conventional means, such as whipping irons, and some picking knives.
Li Ye has always been disgusted with these things that destroy people's bodies.
The other party also knew about Li Ye's arrival, but he didn't know Li Ye's identity. He lowered his head and looked like a hockey.
"Who are you?" Li Ye's voice was gentle.
Interrogation is a technical job, and it is useless to deal with hard bones and torture.
Instead of answering, the other party spat at Li Ye.
"Bold!" Xue Guangheng was about to go up and beat him again.
The other party's skin twitched slightly.
"Let him down." Li Ye ordered his left and right guards.
The guard untied the chain, and the prisoner staggered a little, but he insisted on standing firmly, lowering his eyes, not looking at Li Ye.
"I admire your backbone very much. Unfortunately, it's not for use by the court. You should know that since you have been arrested, your conspiracy will be shattered, and letting you go back will be dead."
The prisoner snorted coldly in his nostrils: "What are you afraid of death!"
What is most afraid of when interrogating is that the prisoner doesn’t speak, and it’s easy to say it once he speaks.
"What a tough guy, I guess he is also a well-known figure in the Bianzhou army, so I will give him a name."
The man gritted his teeth again.
"Why, the people in Bianzhou are so timid that they don't even dare to report their names?" Li Ye said violently.
The muscles on the other party's face were trembling and bowed: "Huo Yanwei, Bianzhou."
Li Ye seemed to have heard of this name when he was reading books in later generations, but the replacement of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties was too fast, so he didn't remember all the memories that were so good.
Li Ye thought that when he captured the general of Bianzhou, he turned out to be just a less famous person, and his interest in him became a little weaker.
I think so, how could the generals of Bianzhou do these vulgar things either in Shandong or in the river?
"Who is instructed?"
Huo Yanwei looked at Li Ye curiously, "Who are you?"
"Bold!" Xue Guangheng shouted.
Li Ye glared at him, "You speak boldly, wouldn't you reveal your identity?"
Xue Guangheng was still younger, and his cunning was obviously not as good as Liu Quanli, who was silent on the side.
Huo Yanwei stared at Li Ye without fear, "Tang court is a useless person. When did a person like you appear?"
Is this a compliment? Li Ye laughed, "Tell me who instructs me to give Chang'an's detailed work and let you go back."
One or two young players will not affect the prosperity of Bianzhou.
However, Huo Yanwei returned to his hob meat posture, and Li Ye was not interested in continuing to talk nonsense to him. He was very busy at the moment, "I won't say it, right? It's great. I'll keep him in a tight position for five days."
"Your Majesty, what is confinement?" Xue Guangheng asked.
Li Ye slapped his forehead and almost forgot that this was the Tang Dynasty. "Find a small dark room without seeing the sun and the moon, and there is no shortage of food every day, but you are not allowed to say a word to him and try again in five days."
Huo Yanwei sneered: "A little trick to get rid of the insect."
Li Ye also sneered, you kid are arrogant now, you will know that you are amazing in five days.
After leaving Dali Temple, Li Ye's ears were still filled with miserable moans.
Especially those skinny children reminded him of the refugees in later generations.
When he returned to Tianxin Pavilion, he simply issued an edict to amnesty the world. Compared with Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan, what serious crimes can ordinary people commit these days?
Emperor Xizong of Yizong did so many unethical things, and Li Ye did some good deeds to accumulate some good deeds for Tang Ting.
Liu Quanli was also asked to go to Dali Temple to clean up the prisoners. He rushed into Zhuangnong without any living conditions, and brave men were replaced by the auxiliary army.
The Imperial City Department can no longer be in charge of Xue Guangheng. It is purely luck to catch Huo Yanwei this time.
In the view of Li Ye, who has been baptized by countless spy war movies in later generations, neither Xue Guangheng nor Huo Yanwei are professionals who are spies.
But it is not that easy to cultivate a spy system one by one.
I can only let Liu Quanli try it out.
Chapter completed!