Since the emperor had already made plans, Zhao Chen naturally didn't care.
I am afraid that nothing they say now can change Li Tai’s thoughts.
War is not a joke.
Even now, the Tang Dynasty is strong and the horses are strong, and there are weapons like the Sky Cannon.
But things on the battlefield are indefinite.
Any situation is possible.
No one can guarantee that the Tang Dynasty's army can definitely crush Goguryeo.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, everyone packed their bags and set off towards Yingzhou.
Yingzhou is located on Huainan Road, Datang, 300 miles away from Dingzhou.
The spring breeze blows on my face, and the spring is full of spring all the way, which makes me feel a different taste.
Although they were only three hundred miles apart, it took six days to enter Yingzhou.
Yingzhou has eight scenic spots in Yingzhou.
The snow color of Nangang, the willow shade of West Lake, the shadow of Yunting Mountain, the waves of Xindu, the lotus in the academy, the crops of the apricot forest, the morning ducks of the reeds and the autumn moon of the reeds.
Among them, the willow shade of West Lake is the location of West Lake in later generations.
Zhao Chen originally wanted to take Li Ruoshuang to visit West Lake, but Li Ruoshuang was inconvenient, so he would like to talk about it later.
After a few days of traveling, everyone was a little tired.
Just as I was about to go into the city to rest for two days, I saw a team of people stopping in front.
When he saw people like me, he immediately drove his horse to meet him.
"I am the governor of Yingzhou Wei Ting, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." The leader turned over and dismounted, looked at the emperor, and bowed directly.
The emperor frowned slightly. He didn't want the news that he appeared in Yingzhou to be known to too many people.
After all, Li Chengqian is here, and the emperor will definitely make all officials in the court guess.
This is not a good thing.
In addition, Li Tai had already boldly sent troops to go to Goguryeo, and the movements here in Yingzhou were naturally smaller, the better.
"Flat." The emperor waved his hand and said, "I am just passing by here, and I cannot preach it. I will leave after two days of rest."
"Don't worry, your majesty, I understand." The governor of Yingzhou bowed.
Everyone continued to move forward, and Wei Ting followed far behind.
Not long after, everyone saw many wanted orders posted at the city gate.
The portrait on the wanted warrant is terrible.
But you can vaguely see the face of a person.
"Old Wei, why are there so many wanted orders here?" Zhao Chen and Wei Zheng asked.
Wei Zheng looked at the wanted order on the city wall and shook his head and said, "I have to ask the governor of Yingzhou. Logically speaking, Yingzhou is rich and much better than life in other places."
"It's unlikely that there will be so many wanted orders."
"It's a little strange."
Wei Zheng just explained.
It was like Zhao Chen, which was the first time he came to Yingzhou.
How could I know why so many wanted orders are posted in this place?
Everyone entered the city, and Wei Ting wanted to invite the emperor to live in the Yingzhou Governor's Mansion.
The emperor naturally wouldn't go.
Wei Zheng took a group of students from the academy to the banquet, and Zhao Chen and he and Zhao Chen found an inn to stay.
"Wei Ting, don't think he is old, he is actually quite capable."
"Under his governance, Yingzhou provides the most taxes to the treasury every year among all prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty." Lao Litou stood beside the railing on the second floor of the inn.
On the street in front of him, the people were shoulder to shoulder, and there were endless hawking.
It is really a prosperous scene.
"It can be seen that the street we came here just looks like Chang'an City."
"In theory, Wei Ting has made contributions in governing Yingzhou. He shouldn't he go up, why is he still in Yingzhou?" Zhao Chen nodded and asked again.
On the way to Yingzhou, Zhao Chen asked Wei Zheng and knew that Wei Ting had been the governor of Yingzhou for ten years.
In other words, since the emperor ascended the throne, Wei Ting has been the governor of Yingzhou.
Why haven’t I been promoted or something over the years?
Moreover, the emperor himself said that Wei Ting managed Yingzhou very well.
"You will know in a few days." The emperor smiled, but did not tell Zhao Chen about the reason.
Wei Zheng came back soon.
I guess I just drank two glasses of wine and left. Anyway, Li Ke and the others are still there, so it doesn’t matter.
"Zhao Chen, do you know why there are so many wanted orders posted at the gate of the city?" Wei Zheng sat down, looked at Zhao Chen, and said with a smile.
"What's the point?" Zhao Chen asked casually.
He was a little curious.
Yingzhou is clearly well managed, but why are there so many wanted orders at the city gate?
Is the crime rate in Yingzhou very high?
"The crime rate is not high. Those people are bandits in the mountains. They know that there are many caravans in Yingzhou and often raid the caravans along the way."
"What is the Zhechong Mansion in Yingzhou doing? Even the thieves can't be wiped out?" The emperor was originally looking at the bustling street market outside.
When he heard Wei Zheng say this, his face darkened.
The predecessor of Zhechong Mansion was the military administration, which was the basis of the military system of the Tang Dynasty.
Every state will exist, and the leader is called the Zhechong Duwei.
Zhechong Mansion is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower.
There are 1,200 people in the upper palace, 1,000 people in the middle palace, and 800 people in the lower palace.
The Zhechong Prefecture in Yingzhou is the upper prefecture, with more than 1,200 people.
How powerful is the bandits outside Yingzhou City? Even the Zhechong Prefecture in Yingzhou cannot do anything to him?
Or is it that Yingzhou Zhechong Mansion is too incompetent to even prevent a few bandits?
"Stopping up the anger of the shopkeeper, Wei Ting and I said that the Zhechong Mansion of Yingzhou launched five exterminations against the bandits."
"But every time, the Zhechong Commander in Yingzhou died at the hands of the bandits."
"For a moment, no one dared to wipe out the bandits." Wei Zheng and the emperor both said.
It would be fine if this was not explained, but once the explanation was explained, Lao Li was even more furious.
The dignified Zhechong Mansion Commander died several times at the hands of a group of bandits.
The emperor wanted to ask how those Zhechong commanders led their troops.
"Why don't you see a report?" Old Li stared at Wei Zheng and said in a deep voice.
Wei Zheng hesitated for a moment, but he didn't know how to answer the emperor.
Several Zhechong commanders from Zhechong Mansion died at the hands of the bandits. Who dares to report it?
If the emperor knew about this, he would not know how many people would die.
"Shopkeeper, I asked Wei Ting, it was not because of the several Zhechong commanders who were afraid of death, but because the bandits had some skills."
"There are no strength to fight back in front of them."
"After all, it is because our grassroots generals in the Tang Dynasty have no military quality, otherwise they would not..." Wei Zheng tried to persuade the emperor.
But the emperor obviously couldn't listen at this moment.
"Zhao Chen, I will give you a task to kill all the bandits in Yingzhou." The emperor suddenly shouted to Zhao Chen, who had been sitting aside and never talked.
...
Zhao Chen was reluctant.
Old Li didn't cause trouble for those thieves himself, but instead let him, a newcomer with little experience, do it.
If he is killed by those bandits, he, Old Li, doesn't matter anyway.
Early the next morning, Zhao Chen went to Wei Ting's Governor's Office.
If you want to destroy those bandits, you must first find out the news about those bandits.
Yingzhou Governor's Office is located in the north of Yingzhou City, and next to the Governor's Office is the Zhechong Mansion Camp.
"Mr. Zhao, I have long admired my reputation." Wei Ting came out to greet Zhao Chen in person, which was also considered as giving face.
After all, he is the governor of Yingzhou, and Zhao Chen is not talking about titles now, and he has no official position or position.
Chapter completed!