Chapter 204 Pei Jiu goes to Huangquan, and the horned dragon enters the market
At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Northern Liao Dynasty was a formidable enemy. During the reign of Emperor Wu, the Northern Liao Dynasty even invaded with large armies and came to the city. For a time, the thought of destroying the country arose in the minds of every soldier and civilian of the Tang Dynasty.
Fortunately, Datang had an army that fought back from the war.
It was this army that intimidated Bei Liao, and several subsequent counterattacks caused heavy casualties to Bei Liao, and the situation between the two countries was once again balanced.
However, the grassland is vast, and there is always a steady supply of warriors, cattle, sheep, and horses for Bei Liao. Bei Liao is rapidly recovering its strength.
Northern Xinjiang used to be a gilded land for the rich and powerful. They came to Northern Xinjiang, wore armor and swords, recited poems and painted paintings, praising the scenery of the northern country. Then they returned to Chang'an gloriously with the reputation of guarding the country's borders, and received promotions and salary increases.
Marry Bai Fumei.
Then there was a long-planned attack by the Northern Liao Dynasty. There was war everywhere in the northern Xinjiang, and six cities fell in three days. For a time, the northern Xinjiang was shaken, and the Tang Dynasty was shaken.
Reinforcements from the pass rushed to the north in a steady stream, and the war turned into a protracted war.
The Tang Dynasty used national power, money and food to forcefully drag this war into late autumn.
When the first snowflake fell, the then Emperor of Northern Liao Dynasty, He Lianfeng's father, couldn't help but sigh, looked at the dilapidated Taoxian city wall, and lamented: "Give me another five days, Taoxian will be destroyed."
A snowfall saved Taoxian County and also saved Northern Xinjiang.
From then on, Northern Xinjiang became a forbidden area for the children of powerful people.
At that time, money, food, armor, weapons, soldiers... everything good was sent to the northern frontier.
After the death of the Northern Liao Emperor, the new Emperor Helianfeng ascended the throne. He faced a series of internal problems and relaxed the pressure on Northern Xinjiang. Everyone in the Tang Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Mi led his men into the palace, Emperor Wu abdicated, and Li Yuan ascended the throne. Then the Tang Dynasty's attitude towards Northern Xinjiang changed.
Suspicion became the emperor's daily routine.
Money and food were reduced, soldiers and armor were reduced, and the good ones were not given, and the good ones were given to Southern Xinjiang. But what Southern Xinjiang faced back then was just the docile Southern Zhou Dynasty, and no war broke out between the two countries for decades.
The soldiers in Northern Xinjiang were aggrieved and dissatisfied. Some people even pointedly pointed out: Duke Pei was Emperor Wu's favorite general. The new emperor and his son forced Emperor Wu to abdicate, but they were afraid of Duke Pei's intervention, so they treated Northern Xinjiang as an enemy to guard against them.
Pei Shao was the general in charge of Northern Xinjiang at that time and was Emperor Wu's favorite general.
Northern Xinjiang was under suspicion, and many people speculated that Pei Shao would rise up. Clouds of civil war were gathering over the Tang Dynasty. A handwritten letter from the aging and precarious Emperor Wu reached Northern Xinjiang.
——Kiuro, come back, I have prepared some fine wine for you.
Pei Shao saw the calligraphy and rode across the entire north, one man and one horse, and rushed into Chang'an City.
When he heard that Pei Shao was coming, Emperor Wu ordered him to enter the palace and ordered the palace people to prepare wine.
Two glasses of wine, former monarchs and ministers drank together.
Emperor Wu: "How about Northern Xinjiang?"
Pei Shao: "The soldiers of Northern Xinjiang are waiting for danger."
Emperor Wu smiled, "The swords and spears of the Tang Dynasty will only be directed at people outside the Tang Dynasty."
Pei Shao nodded, "Yes."
Emperor Wu drank and looked at him, "alive."
Pei Shao nodded, "Yes."
That night, Emperor Wu died.
Li Yuan and his son, who could no longer restrain themselves, ordered Pei Shao to be impeached, and then Wang Shou rushed into Pei's house with the stakes on the mirror.
A pair of armored clothes covered with scars stood in the lobby, like a general standing there, facing the imperial city. There was a piece of paper attached to the armored clothes, which read: Pei Jiu is here.
There was no one in the Pei family, only the empty lobby laughed at the incompetence of the mirror.
Pei Shao is outside the imperial city.
Just as the bell ringing in the imperial city signified the emperor's death, Pei Shao knelt down in front of the imperial city and drew out his horizontal sword.
Pei Shao was unparalleled in bravery. Even if there was only one person, the soldiers guarding the city still felt like they were facing a formidable enemy. Hundreds of people were blocking the front of the imperial city.
Li Mi was brave at that time and led his men to climb the palace wall. He looked at Pei Shao gloomily and shouted: "Pei Shao, do you want to rebel?"
Pei Shao didn't look at him, just looked down at Hengdao.
The Hengdao was given by Emperor Wu, and Pei Shao held it for many years.
He raised his head and asked: "Does the Emperor Wu have anything to say?"
Li Mi sneered.
Pei Shao stood up and brandished his sword.
The light of the sword poured down like a river of stars and flashed like lightning before it hit the city wall.
On the battlements, rammed earth exploded in all directions, and screams continued around Li Mi.
In an instant, there were only two people left around Li Mi, and their faces were ashen.
"Pei Jiu is great, Your Majesty, be careful." The expert next to Li Mi managed to say a word, and then vomited blood.
Li Mi smiled and said, "Emperor Wu passed away. Before he left, he said that the Tang Dynasty will be in its prime."
Pei Shao suddenly smiled bitterly, "You are good at power and have used your skills to control Chang'an for many years. I once told Emperor Wu that this son is not a fish in the pond, but he does not have the image of an emperor, but rather an old official with excellent skills, but because of this
With his noble status, he is a little more dangerous. Emperor Wu is as decisive as a man, but he is more kind to your family. Unexpectedly, he will be backlashed."
There was murderous intent in Li Mi's eyes.
"I originally wanted to enter the palace."
Li Mi couldn't help but sneer.
No matter how high a person's cultivation level is, he can't resist the encirclement and killing by the army.
The sound of heavy footsteps came.
Thirty soldiers wearing heavy armor appeared.
The thick armor made every step feel extremely heavy, but these soldiers walked lightly.
"This is Pei Jiu's Thirty Iron Guards!"
Pei Shao's thirty iron guards all had extraordinary cultivation, wore thick armor and could not be hurt by swords. Pei Shao even searched the world for them and found the divine horses and horses. Thirty cavalry rushed into the formation and were invincible to those who stood in their way.
They were all terrified.
Li Mi shouted: "Coax him first!"
He smiled at the people in the city and said, "General Pei, do you want to pay homage to His Majesty?"
Pei Shao remained silent.
Get up and take a step forward.
Thirty iron guards followed neatly behind him.
boom!
The world shook in a daze.
Li Mi shouted sharply, "Pei Shao, do you want to rebel?"
Pei Shao bowed his head and knelt down.
Thirty Iron Guards followed.
Move forward, bow your head, kneel down.
Move forward again, bow your head, and kneel down.
Nine bows!
There were already many people around, and some people exclaimed, "This is to worship the king!"
Pei Shao knelt down and the thirty iron guards behind him did the same.
Pei Shao pulled out the horizontal sword again.
There were many soldiers at the top of the city now, and Li Mi was already hiding among the crowd.
Pei Shao raised his eyes and said calmly: "I wanted to enter the palace, but what can I do if I kill you? If you go to honor the emperor and kill the father and son, who will take over the Tang Dynasty? I want to come, this is the Emperor Wu's order
It’s because I keep my knife’s edge open to the outside world.”
Li Mi was determined, and just when he was about to show his head, he heard Pei Shao shout: "What I have to say here, please listen to your father and son."
Li Mi probe.
Pei Shao said: "Your father and son have been working together for many years. Once you ascend the throne, you will be happy with your grudges. But this is a country, not a family. A king should know the importance and put the country first."
Li Mi's tone softened when he heard these words, and he felt relieved and walked out.
Pei Shao looked at the palace door and said slowly:
"How can Emperor Wu go to Jiuyou without anyone around him? Today, Pei Jiu will go to hell with a sword and clear the way for Emperor Wu again!"
Turn the horizontal knife upside down and pull.
The same is true for the thirty iron guards behind him.
That day, there was a thunderbolt in the clear sky in Chang'an, and then there were reports of heavy rain from the south, and heavy snow like goose feathers from the north.
…
Li Mi was in a trance and returned to reality from the scene that year.
Pei Shao, that old thief, first quietly dismissed his family, and then committed suicide in front of the palace with thirty iron guards. Many people in Chang'an mourned him.
Pei Shao went with thirty iron guards, and Northern Xinjiang became a bunch of fruits, waiting for Li Yuan, who had just ascended the throne, to pick it.
But Pei Shao has been in charge of Northern Xinjiang for many years, and how many confidants have he left behind?
Sudden cleaning?
Li Yuan and his son also had this idea, but the officials around them strongly opposed it, and even said in panic: "If the northern border is purged, the Northern Liao army will come to the city again and it will happen again."
One minister even banged his head against a pillar to stop Li Yuan and his son, who had twinkling eyes.
So the purge changed from strong winds and showers to gentle breeze and drizzle, gradually cleaning out Pei Shao's influence and old department.
In this process, the money, grain, and soldiers' armor began to tilt towards southern Xinjiang, and correspondingly, the money, grain, and soldiers' armor in northern Xinjiang were reduced.
This is a tacit understanding.
Yang Songcheng, who was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was the person in charge of implementing this policy, but in fact it was the emperor who was pushing it.
It was the common wish of Li Yuan and his son to weaken Northern Xinjiang.
To this day, Li Mi has forgotten that he ever made such a decision, and feels that it is only natural to weaken Northern Xinjiang.
The same is true for Yang Songcheng.
But now northern Xinjiang is breaking out.
From Jiedushi to the governor of each state, he also impeached the Ministry of Household Affairs.
But Li Mi knew that it was not the Ministry of Revenue that they were impeaching, but himself.
rude!
Li Mi's eyes sparkled.
The emperor's instinct made him want to take action.
Southern Xinjiang has been fed for many years. It is full of food and has nothing to do. It is time to serve me.
But he immediately thought of the consequences of civil strife.
Then he fell into a trance again.
Pei Jiu's old department... seems to have been almost cleaned up.
Is Yang Songcheng still weakening Northern Xinjiang?
This old dog!
A smile appeared on the emperor's face, "Hube."
Yang Songcheng stood up, with all kinds of thoughts running through his mind.
"I made a mistake, please forgive me."
"The emperor has many political affairs, and it is common for him to occasionally fail to observe them."
The emperor smiled kindly and with a backhand reduced Yang Songcheng's title, but he was still the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Then, the emperor entered the harem in a hurry.
As he walked all the way back, Han Shitou looked in the wrong direction and looked slightly cold.
Arriving at a remote palace, there were dozens of sword-wielding servants outside the palace. When they saw the emperor coming, they hurriedly saluted.
"How's your Majesty doing?"
"Your Majesty, the Emperor had a drink this morning and just ordered a song and dance."
"good."
There was a hint of coldness in Li Mi's eyes, and he immediately entered the hall.
In the palace, a group of palace ladies were dancing, with musicians nearby.
The Supreme Emperor Li Yuanji was sitting on it, with his robe open. Looking from the front, there was nothing in the robe, and his entire body was exposed in the air.
"Aye!"
Li Mi walked in.
The musicians quickly stopped, and the dancing palace ladies also retreated.
Li Mi waved his hand.
The palace people bowed and left.
"Um!"
Li Yuan snorted coldly, and the palace people stopped.
Li Mi can kill them, but it takes time. But it only takes Li Yuan an instant to kill them.
It would be good to live a little longer.
Li Yuan pushed away the palace man beside him and sneered: "The emperor is here? Are you coming to kill me?"
He was slightly chubby, with the flesh on his cheeks drooping downwards, and only his nose was as thin as an aquiline.
"How is Aye doing lately?"
"I'm very fine."
"Today, the governor of Northern Xinjiang and the governors of Northern Xinjiang came to impeach the Ministry of Household Affairs, which reminded me of those days. Do you still remember Pei Shao?"
"The old dog's body was ground into powder and fed to the dog afterwards." Li Yuan had a cold look in his eyes.
"I remember that Pei Shao mentioned honoring the emperor..."
Li Mi stared at Li Yuan.
Honoring Emperor Li Xun was Li Yuan's eldest brother and Li Mi's uncle.
Li Yuan's cheeks trembled, "Who?"
"Honor the emperor."
Li Yuan suddenly grabbed the wine glass and threw it down.
"roll!"
Seeing Li Yuan's expression changed drastically, Li Mi suddenly knelt down and said, "Ah, when Li Xun was here, the emperor and the empress doted on each other very much, but they ended up with a glass of poisonous wine. But Li Xun had fifty guards around him, no.
The Qiu Long Guard is a cultivator. The leader, Lin Feibao, is even more outstanding. He once competed with Pei Shao, and they were evenly matched..."
Li Yuan suddenly laughed, and then burst into laughter.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Li Mi looked at him calmly.
After a long time, Li Yuan gasped and said: "You and I, father and son, I know what you are like. In recent years, you have not dared to leave the palace. The ministers are full of praise, but who knows that you are afraid of my elder brother's Qiu Long Guard, hahahaha!"
He smiled happily, "Of course Aye is a green dragon, and the eldest brother is the prince, so he is a horned dragon. The horned dragon is also a little dragon without horns! But this little dragon was killed before it even gave birth to horns, hahahaha!"
The expressions of those palace people were lifeless, even after hearing such secrets.
"Are you scared?"
Li Mi nodded, "Yes."
Li Yuan smiled and said: "You only come to see me once a year. If you come today, do you remember the love between father and son?"
"yes."
Li Mi knelt down, moved forward on his knees, lay on Li Yuan's chest, and sucked his vagina.
"Aye, my child misses Aye all the time!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Li Yuan smiled happily and pushed him away immediately.
"You and I are the same person. The only difference between me and you is that I am soft-hearted, otherwise I would have killed you when I came to the throne. My mother-in-law was soft-hearted and allowed me to find opportunities. I was soft-hearted and allowed you to find opportunities.
One drink and one peck, could it be destiny?"
Li Mi cried loudly, "My child is unfilial. From now on, I must come to Aye's place to serve him every day."
"If you tell ghosts what you say, they won't even believe it."
"Aye!"
Li Mi kowtowed.
Li Yuan smiled, his eyes filled with pride.
"But still remember the fire in the East Palace?"
"Kid remember."
"Back then, the palace gave poisonous wine to my eldest brother, so I summoned the Horned Dragon Guards in the name of Aye, and then burned them to death in the East Palace."
Li Mi knelt down and kowtowed, "Aye is wise."
"roll!"
"yes!"
Li Mi stood up to leave and walked outside the hall. He looked back.
Li Yuan waved, two palace men came over, and he immediately knocked down one of them.
Seen from the back, it looks like an old dog.
…
There is a blacksmith shop in Anrenfang, Chang'an.
The farm tools and other items made by the blacksmith shop are very useful, so the business is good.
Clang clang clang!
The blacksmith shop is very large and divided into several areas.
The hoe embryo was heated in the fire. Later, a pair of iron pliers took out the red embryo.
The embryo was clamped onto the table and slammed down with a sledgehammer.
clang!
Sparks flew everywhere and debris fell.
A thick arm wielded a sledgehammer, as light as a light grass, like a dancing lamp grass.
Chiguo's upper body muscles were tense, and as the sledgehammer was swung, the muscles were trembling.
A slightly dark face was slightly reddish by the sparks.
Clang clang clang!
The hoe is ready.
The woman waiting outside glanced at the majestic man and her face turned red, "Huang Linxiong, are you okay?"
The man nodded, "Okay."
The man looked in his forties and looked indifferent.
The woman gave him the money, lingered for a long time, and then left.
The big man turned around.
"Huang Linxiong?"
"I seem to have another name, Lin Feibao."
Eyesight rises.
A fifty-year-old man is wielding a sledgehammer in the blacksmith shop.
Clang clang clang!
There is some charm in the sound of the sledgehammer.