Li Yan had just finished pretending, and all the powerful officials present were trembling with horror. Even the good old governor Zhang Xian felt his legs trembling.
At this time, a player stood up, and Li Yan saw that this player was Zhou Hao, who was serving as the legal director of the Governor's Mansion.
Zhou Hao raised his hands to Li Yan and said: "Your Highness, the "Tang Lv Shu Yi" says: 'There are five levels of punishment: mosses, fighting, disciples, exile, and death.' This was the law set by Emperor Gaozong when he was young.
, and all future generations will follow it.”
"The law cannot be written down. I wonder what the punishment is for this shooting?"
After saying this, Li Yan touched his nose.
Zhou Hao continued: "If someone violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty, he will be convicted and executed in accordance with the laws. How can the prisoner be executed casually?"
Li Yan laughed and said: "The lonely king is also joking. Haha, these military artifacts are not torture tools. Come on, please install the divine machine cannon on the wall of Guazhou!"
Li Yan went on to say: "Cao Zhouhao, the Dharma Chief of Guazhou, was upright and remonstrated, and was promoted to the Marching Sima of the Bafu."
Then Li Yan said to Zhang Xian, the governor of Guazhou: "You can trust Mr. Zhang to use it."
At this moment, Zhang Mian immediately understood what Li Yan meant, and he said: "Zhou Hao has a clear eye for every detail, a fair judgment, and has the ability to govern. He can be the governor of Guazhou and help with government affairs."
Li Yan touched his palm and said happily: "Yes".
After handling the affairs of Guazhou, Li Yan finally took his personal guards on the road to his loyal Shazhou.
At the same time, Jianghuai.
Jianghuai was the center of wealth in the Tang Dynasty. Since Wu Qi, a renter from Jianghuai and engaged in salt and iron affairs, came to Jiangnan, all the salt fields that were originally privately owned were taken over by the government.
Fifth Qi established the Salt and Iron Institute in Jianghuai, recruited officials to manage the salt and iron affairs in Jianghuai, and then unified the management of the salt fields.
Relying on the salt and iron tax, Wuqi was able to raise military resources in the Jianghuai River and transport a large amount of grain and ordnance to the emperor's Fengxiang Mansion via water transport.
Wu Qi's excellent ability to do things made Emperor Li Heng who was stationed in Fengxiang Mansion feel rich.
After having money and food, Emperor Li Heng's throne was finally much more secure. The armies of King Qin from all over the country united in Fengxiang Mansion, looking at Xijing not far away.
After An Qingxu killed his father, he first kept the funeral secret, then forged An Lushan's military orders and transferred Shi Siming, who had followed An Lushan's rebellion, back to his hometown in Hebei.
Shi Siming was the second-largest leader in Anlu Mountain's army, and An Qingxu always called Shi Siming "Father Zhong".
When An Lushan was alive, he could naturally suppress Shi Siming, but An Qingxu did not have enough prestige in the army, and he had killed his father to rise to power, so he was naturally very afraid of this "Second Father".
Last year, during the state affairs of Pingzhang Army of the Tang Dynasty, Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Shuofang Jiedushi Guo Ziyi deployed troops in Hebei. Originally, Shi Siming was guarding Taiyuan and was leading the army to fight the Tang army. Both sides were victorious.
Taiyuan was not far from the two capitals. An Qingxu was afraid of Shi Siming's military strength and asked Shi Siming to return to Lulong to guard Hebei.
After Shi Siming left Taiyuan, An Qingxu finally announced the news of An Lushan's death, and then ascended the throne as Emperor of Yan in Xijing.
After ascending the throne as Emperor of Dayan, An Qingxu first ordered his father's favorite concubines to be buried with him, and then An Qingxu's younger brother suddenly fell ill and died.
When the news of An Lushan's death reached the ears of Emperor Li Heng, Li Heng danced with excitement. The thief An Lushan was finally dead!
But Li Heng couldn't be happy for long. Another piece of news made Li Heng feel cold again.
The news was that Li Heng's younger brother, King Yong Li Lin, was recruiting troops in Jiangling and announced to the world that he would march north along the river to attack the An thieves' home base in Hebei.
This news suddenly made the emperor unable to sit still.
Yongwang Li Lin was the emperor's youngest brother. Li Heng loved this brother very much when he was a child. Li Lin's mother died early, so Li Heng took him and raised him when he was young.
Said to be brothers, the relationship between Li Heng and Li Lin is closer to that of father and son.
At this time, in the palace of Fengxiang Mansion, Li Heng met Gao Shi, the supervisory censor who had just left Shuzhong and took refuge with him.
Li Heng, who was sitting on the dragon chair, asked: "Excuse me, the emperor issued an edict in Bashu, 'Ordering the kings to divide the world and control all the ways'. Is this the source of King Yong's rebellion?"
This great poet who once wrote "Don't worry about the road ahead without friends, and no one in the world knows you" was also a general who could mount a horse and lead an army.
Gao Shi once assisted his brother Shuhan in guarding Tongguan. Later, after the collapse of Tongguan, he followed Li Longji to Shuzhong.
Later, when he heard that Li Heng had ascended the throne in Lingwu, Gao Shi went out to Shu to look for the emperor.
Gao Shi waited for Li Heng to arrive at Fengxiang Mansion and was summoned by Li Heng.
Gao Shi said: "Before the emperor abdicated, he ordered the four governors of Shannan East Road, Lingnan, Qianzhong and Jiangnan West Road, the interview envoy, and the governor of Jiangling County."
"It was this edict that made the rebel king feel rebellious."
Li Heng said sadly: "When the emperor issued the edict, I had not yet ascended the throne. At that time, the world was in chaos, and dividing the kings' towns was a strategy in troubled times."
"Since I ascended the throne in Lingwu, all the kings and brothers have come forward to ask for their resignation, and I have agreed to it. I once gave an order to King Yong to return to Shu to serve the emperor, but King Yong refused to obey the order and continued to stay in Jiangling.
Recruiting troops."
Gao Shi said: "Your Majesty is merciful. King Yong's rebellion is actually driven by King Yong's desire for profit. I request you to lead troops to put down the rebellion of King Yong."
Li Heng quickly stepped down from the dragon chair, took Gao Shi's hand and said: "Gao Shiyi, I have ordered you to be the governor of Huainan, and you must let King Yong understand his mistakes! If King Yong can wake up, let him
Let him go to Shu to serve the emperor."
Gao Shi immediately knelt down and resigned.
At the same time, King Yong Li Lin was having a banquet in the newly built Governor's Mansion in Jiangling Mansion.
Li Lin had an ugly face and a squint, which was quite unpopular in the Tang Dynasty where appearance was important.
His father Li Longji disliked his son very much. After his mother and concubine died of illness, he handed Li Lin over to the then crown prince Li Heng to raise him.
If there had not been the Anshi Rebellion, Yong Wang Li Lin would probably have been a wealthy prince in Xijing, but an edict from the emperor changed his fate.
With the titles of Kaifu Yitong, the Third Division, the Four Military Envoys, and the Governor of Jiangling, Li Lin quickly established a foothold in Jiangling and raised an army of 50,000!
Jianghuai was the richest in the world, and many of the military resources Wu Qi raised from Jianghuai were transferred to Jiangling Mansion.
After Li Lin occupied Jiangling Mansion, he built a large number of ships in Jiangling Mansion. He listened to the advice of counselor Xue Yi and decided to start from "the old affairs of Huan Wen in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, control Jiangling in order to control the south of the Yangtze River, and occupy half of the world in Jianghuai."
At the banquet, an old man with a half-white beard and messy hair sang loudly while drinking wine:
On the first month of the first lunar month, King Yong set out to the east, and the emperor separated the dragon and tiger flags from afar.
The building and boat suddenly calmed down, and the Jianghan River turned into a pond of swallows and ducks.