The daily life of the bandits in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 177 Redeeming Li Junxian
Just as he was looking at the manuscript and fantasizing, Mangwazi reported to him that his grandson Wuji had come to redeem him.

"The money-giver is here, let's go, I'll go and have a look." He patted Mang Wazi on the chest.

The two came to the gate of the Shanzhai City, and saw Changsun Wuji standing alone at the gate of the city.

"Uncle, why are you here, please come in quickly."

Chu Yang greeted him enthusiastically, but his face was full of doubts, why didn't he bring a guard to escort the gold.

"No, no, Village Master Chu, I'm here to redeem people."

Changsun Wuji hastily waved his hand and refused.

He didn't dare to go into the stockade with Chu Yang, Li Er only gave one penny to disgust Chu Yang, and he might get blood splattered five feet in a fit of anger.

It was obvious that Chu Yang came here to play, not to redeem people at all.

"It's fine if you don't go in. I'll save some food. Where's the money?"

"Brother-in-law, you have to be mentally prepared for this, the money His Majesty paid may be different from what you think."

Changsun Wuji's tone was flattering, for fear of offending Chu Yang.

"It's nothing to be close, Li Junxian is not worth that much after all."

"Bring the money here."

As Chu Yang said, he stretched out his hand to Changsun Wuji, motioning him to take out the money.

Zhangsun Wuji took out a Kaiyuan Tongbao with some guilt, put it in his hand, and looked at the ground, not daring to look directly at Chu Yang.

He was ready to meet Chu Yang's anger, and kept telling himself in his heart, come on, let the storm come more violently.

The big deal is death, so why not be afraid of it.

After a while, I only felt that the surrounding was very quiet, as if I could hear the sound of a needle falling on the ground.

He slowly raised his head and saw Chu Yang looking at him with a straight face.

"Brother-in-law, I only obey His Majesty's orders."

"I'll pay you an additional amount out of my own pocket right away."

After speaking, Changsun Wuji put his hand into his sleeve, ready to give Chu Yang the money.

"No, I'll take this money."

Chu Yang immediately stopped his movements.

Then he said to Mang Wazi: "Go and bring Li Junxian and others over here."

"Good village owner."

After Mangwazi left, Chu Yang put his arm around Changsun Wuji's shoulder and asked softly:

"Has Li Er favored his concubine recently?"

Changsun Wuji was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why he asked such a question.

"Brother-in-law, I don't know about that either."

"Then his puppet Yang has been cured?"

Chu Yang put his arms around his eldest grandson Wuji, as if he wanted to be a good brother.

Your Majesty is false?
Changsun Wuji seemed to have heard the big news, no wonder Dr. Sun went to the palace every day.

What a pity, what a pity those beautiful targets.

Before the two of them could say a few words, Mang Wazi led Li Junxian to Chu Yang.

"Master, someone is calling."

Chu Yang glanced at Li Junxian and his subordinates.

"Director Li, take your people back."

"Originally, I wanted a hundred taels of gold, but Li Er thought you were worthless, so he only gave you a penny."

Chu Yang held up the money and showed it to Li Junxian.

At this time, self-confidence was like a slap, and it slapped Li Junxian hard on the face. I thought His Majesty valued him very much, not to mention that it was worth a few hundred taels of gold, but dozens of taels should be fine.

It turned out to be worth a penny, which greatly hurt Li Junxian's young heart.

"Director Li, work hard, Li Er will not treat you badly."

"Take this penny as a souvenir. Remember that gold will always shine. I am optimistic about you. Go back and serve Li Er, the court, and live well. Only by living can there be hope. One day you will shine brightly." of."

Li Junxian felt very uncomfortable hearing Chu Yang's words. It didn't sound like he was comforting others, but it felt very motivating.

Changsun Wuji didn't feel right when he heard it from the side. He always felt that Chu Yang had some bad intentions.

But it is indeed to persuade Li Junxian to perform well.

After watching Li Junxian and others leave, Mangwazi looked at Chu Yang with a puzzled face.

"The village master, why did you let them go? Arrest the old man Changsun and ask Li Er for money."

"Do you think Li Er is so stupid to you? Since he asked Changsun Wuji to come, he must have a plan. How can you recruit him if he doesn't take money?"

Li Er also wished that Changsun Wuji would be left behind by Chu Yang. This would be of great help to him. Although he has a good relationship with Changsun Wuji, and in terms of credit, Changsun Wuji's contribution is also great, but it also has a great impact on his position. .

When the power is gradually becoming stable, it is okay to use Chu Yang's hand to get rid of a few, and it doesn't matter if you can't get rid of them. You can still continue to use them for yourself if you win them over.

He concluded that Chu Yang would not do anything to Changsun Wuji, and since Changsun Wugou and Gao were more present, he intended to make Changsun Wuji disgust Chu Yang.

As for letting Li Junxian go, it doesn't matter.

Chu Yang was not stupid, he wanted to let Li Junxian go, and acted like a good person, and then planted dissatisfaction in Li Junxian's heart. It is not a good thing for a monarch and his ministers to be separated.

Mangwazi's thinking is relatively simple, so Chu Yang has so many scheming ideas.

"If Li Er doesn't take the money, I'll take someone to grab it."

"Grab a fart."

"Okay, send these jokes to Zheng Jide, and let him arrange for someone to make some products."

Chu Yang took out the design manuscript he had read before and handed it to Mang Wazi.

"Oh? It's so exciting, Village Master."

Mangwazi looked at the cartoon characters on the design manuscript, his eyes widened, his mouth half-opened, and he whirled around.

The honest-looking fat man seems to be an old sp.

"Wonderful sister, hurry up."

After Chu Yang finished speaking, he walked into the village with his hands behind his back.

Mangwazi looked at the manuscript with relish, and walked down the mountain.

After Chu Yang returned to the stockade, he met Cao Wang at Dayuanba.

"Cao Wang, come here."

"What's wrong with the village master?" Cao Wang ran to Chu Yang.

He just went around the field and was about to go back to the office.

"Let me ask you, what are Feng Li and Xie Shufang doing these days."

Chu Yang suddenly remembered Feng Li and Xie Shufang who were brought up the mountain by Zheng Bing. At that time, he was besieged by Li Er in Mingyue Town. Thanks to the help of these two people, he was able to escape.

Of these two, one is loyal to Li Jiancheng and the other is loyal to Li Yuanji, both of whom are rare talents.

"They were arranged by Qin Gui to go to the legal department, in charge of litigation."

"Where are old man Yuan's sons?"

"Old man Yuan, uh no, Master Yuan's son is studying in the academy, village master, should we build a star observation tower for Master Yuan?"

"Okay, not only the Star Observation Building, but also a medical research building. I think it will be built on the second phase of the project. Find more workers and finish the construction sooner."

"I will handle the affairs of the village master, so you can rest assured."

"Have old man Yuan sorted out the almanac for next year? It's already the twelfth lunar month, and I will try to hand it over to the printing house for publication before the end of the year."

"Okay Village Master, I'll ask."

At this moment, Heihu was walking towards Chu Yang with a document in his hand. After Cao Wang nodded to him, he walked towards Mingyue Pavilion.

Hei Hu saluted Chu Yang.

"What's the matter?" Chu Yang patted him on the shoulder, and with his hands behind his back, motioned for him to talk while walking.

"Head, this is my military academy enrollment plan."

Hei Hu handed the document to Chu Yang.

Chu Yang took the document and looked at it carefully.
Zou Mei asked: "Why are you only recruiting troops in Jingzhou?"

This enrollment plan is only in Jingzhou, recruiting 50 people every quarter.

Heihu froze for a moment, he didn't understand what he meant, "Leader, Jingzhou is our territory."

"Heihu, we need to take a long-term view. Our territory is the entire Tang Kingdom, so we must recruit troops from the entire Tang Dynasty."

"It's the head, I'll do it right away."

Heihu saluted and was about to leave.

"and many more"

"You release this news first, let the matter ferment and ferment, and try to attract talents from all over the world to join the army."

"Also, the name of the recruiting project is... It's called the Jingzhou Military Academy Recruitment Project of the Jingzhou Government of the Tang Dynasty."

"It's the leader."

Chu Yang released the news of the recruitment to tell Li Er that if you use a penny to disgust me, I will use the recruitment to disgust you.

In this way, the conflict between him and Li Er will become more and more acute with you, and it is not impossible for a war to break out.

In the afternoon, Chu Yang took Mangwazi to Linjing, mainly to ask Luo Yi if Yuanzhou and Huizhou had any income, and at the same time arranged for Luo Yi to secretly control the military forces of the two places.

Huizhou and Yuanzhou are of great significance in Chu Yang's plan. Only Zhongzhou can go to the Western Regions.

After arriving in Linjing, Luo Yi told Chu Yang that because Li Jing was in Lingzhou, it affected his rebellion against the guards of Huizhou and Yuanzhou.

To the north of Jingzhou is Yuanzhou, to the left is Huizhou, and above Yuanzhou is Lingzhou, which is where Li Jing lives.

Li Jing is now the head of the Lingzhou Road March, and Yuanzhou and Huizhou are also in charge of him. It is not easy for Luo Yi to win Yuanzhou and Huizhou.

"Uncle, I really don't have one. I can't do anything simple."

Luo Yi lowered his head and wanted Chu Yang to admit his mistake.

After hearing this, Chu picked up the tea, "It's not your fault. Li Jing is not a simple person either. Maybe he already knows our purpose."

"Maybe Li Er already knew about it, but it doesn't matter, it's just a big deal."

"Master, let's take down Yuanzhou and Huizhou directly." Mang Wazi said suddenly.

Chu Yang glanced at him, "Mang boy, I'm curious about how your head grows."

"What do you mean, village master?"

"Commander Jia, Uncle Master means to seize these two places without military conflict. At present, our military strength is still relatively weak, and it is not suitable for us to use force."

Luo Yi's analysis was quite correct. Although Chu Yang had more than 1000 special regiments and Thunderbolt, these people and weapons were limited, and production was not easy.

Li Er's hundreds of thousands of soldiers were not vegetarians either. In the battle against the Turks, the Turks were unprepared and the population was dense, so they were taken over by one pot.

Now that Li Er already has a way to deal with it, the two of them can be said to be afraid of each other.

"How about this, Xiaoyi, you should secretly contact the guards of the two states. We are not in a hurry. You should guard the checkpoints."

Chu Yang said seriously.

Luo Yi felt something unusual in his tone, and frowned, "Master, did something happen?"

Chu Yang gave him a meaningful look, "That's right, Heihu made a recruiting plan, and I asked him to recruit troops throughout the Tang Dynasty."

"what?"

Luo Yi was startled when he heard this.

"Uncle, this will prevent Li Er from knowing our purpose."

Chu Yang smiled slightly, and said calmly, "You think he doesn't know?"

"He has already guessed it, but none of us have made it clear. He wanted to secure his position and deal with me, but I just want to develop quickly and then deal with him."

"You don't need to worry about the rest, you guard the checkpoint well, if you fall out with Li Er, then do it."

"It's uncle."

Chu Yang looked at Luo Yi and nodded.

"Let's go, brat, we should go back too."

"Uncle, let me see you off." Luo Yi stood up.

Chu Yang did not reject Luo Yi's proposal. When Chu Yang and Mang Wazi got into the carriage, Luo Yi watched their carriage off.

On the carriage, Mangwazi said to Chu Yang: "Village Master, why don't we recruit [-] soldiers at once, and then train them out to fight Li Er."

Hearing Mang Wazi's words, Chu Yang was speechless.

"Xiao Mang, what do you think is the most important thing in a country?"

"land."

"rich soil."

Mang Wazi seemed to feel that the answer was incomplete, so he added another sentence.

"Land is important, but people are more important."

Chu Yang said earnestly.

"Villager, why is it human? Isn't human the least important thing?"

Chu Yang glared at him, "Why don't you say you're stupid."

"No one, who will grow food, who will grow vegetables, what do we eat? The one hundred thousand soldiers you mentioned, do you know how much land can be planted? Do you know how many people there are in Tang?"

"Although the Tang Dynasty is big, there are only tens of millions of people. Everyone is wealth, Xiaomang."

Mangwazi was speechless by Chu Yang's words, but he was cast down, and he sighed in his heart that the village master knew too much, and his knowledge was so rich, even how many people in the Tang Kingdom knew it.

Inside Chang'an City
Changsun Wuji and Li Junxian had already returned to Chang'an City, Li Junxian looked at him and asked, "Master Changsun, are we going to enter the palace now?"

"Yes, this thing has to be shown to His Majesty."

Changsun Wuji took out the newspaper and shook it.

This newspaper was bought at the Gaomingyue newsstand when Changsun Wuji went to visit his mother-in-law Gao.

When he saw this newspaper for the first time, it gave him an incomparable shock.

Changsun Wuji followed Li Er to fight in all directions, and was Li Er's confidant adviser, so he naturally saw the influence of this thing on public opinion.

The only peace of mind for him is that this thing has not yet reached Chang'an.

Li Junxian also secretly admired Chu Yang's ability.

"Master Changsun, you say that Chu Yang's brain is quite clever." He scratched his head and said.

"Can not being smart change His Majesty's temperament?"

Li Junxian was a little worried when he heard that Changsun Wuji heard the word Your Majesty.

"Let's go, let's enter the palace."

"Don't worry, His Majesty shouldn't do anything to you."

Changsun Wuji added the word should, but he was actually not sure.

The East Palace looks like a palace.

Li Er sat in front of the table, holding the long-old peanut packaging bag, admiring the beauties in miniskirts on it.

He has seen this picture countless times, and he can't figure out why there is such a beautiful woman in this world.

He wanted to run to Chu Yang and ask where this woman lived.

Now his illness is very strange, he doesn't have any reaction when he sees other women, but he has a moderate reaction when he sees the beauties in short skirts on the peanut packaging.

Just as he was dazed, Changsun Wuji and Li Junxian walked in.

(End of this chapter)