God-level Governor of the Tang Dynasty

It is too much grace to confer the title of marquis after sending one hundred thousand shi of rice, and even confer titles on the deceased father and mother.

He, Hou Junji, is not convinced.

After he took the lead, several people came out later to express their opposition.

"Hmph, you are not convinced, why are you not convinced?"

Li Shimin's face darkened, looking at these courtiers with eyes like knives, as if he had seen through them.

"I reward you so much for three reasons."

"Firstly, Wang Xiu defeated the barbarians many times, even more so with fewer, which greatly boosted our country's prestige in the Tang Dynasty and stabilized the southwest region."

"Secondly, Wang Xiu's granary project was successful, which relieved the pressure on Datang's grain. In addition, once the sweet potatoes he donated earlier are successfully planted, the entire Datang will no longer be short of food."

"Thirdly, Wang Xiu donated the Modao manufacturing map and the newly sent papermaking technique, which greatly enhanced the strength of Datang. There is no doubt about his loyalty."

"As for making Jiaozhou rich, this is his job, so I don't need to say much."

"But with the above three points, why don't you accept this reward from me?"

Li Shimin's voice echoed in the hall, shaking everyone's ears, the anger inside made all the officials turn pale, and the emperor was furious.

All of a sudden, a large group of people fell to their knees.

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

Although kneeling was not popular in the Tang Dynasty, it was better to kneel in the face of the angry emperor.

But at the same time, everyone couldn't help but suddenly realized that the most essence of the emperor's words is probably the fourth sentence.

It is Wang Xiu's job to make Jiaozhou bigger and stronger, but the first three items are not his job. This is what Wang Xiu paid for the Tang Dynasty as the emperor.

Based on these sacrifices, it is also worthy of this award.

Fang Xuanling and the others couldn't help sighing. No wonder Wang Xiu was so loved by the emperor. It turned out that it was because Wang Xiu had been giving silently and making contributions that he didn't need to make.

Although the emperor usually doesn't say it, he remembers it in his heart.

A group of ministers couldn't help but secretly swallowed their saliva, and several of them were even more embarrassed. They haven't made any contribution in these years, and even their own work is perfunctory.

No wonder the emperor was dissatisfied, it turned out to be the case.

Li Shimin looked at the officials below, and said with a sneer: "Look at Wang Xiu, he promoted the granary plan, and you said he would bring down Jiaozhou, so do you know that he was testing rice before he became the governor? That was all his savings at the time."

Why is this person so far behind other people?

The entire hall was silent, only Li Shimin was left reading the report submitted by Yuchi Jingde, which contained some things that were not suitable for public speaking.

After seeing these, Li Shimin seemed to see a real Wang Xiu, a real man doing things.

Good boy, I was not disappointed.

However, he remembered the queen's words in his heart, marrying the princess to Wang Xiu, but he has been thinking about which princess to choose.

Originally Xiao Sizi was the best candidate, but the little guy is still too young.

The second child, Princess Chengyang, was already married to Du He, and because Du Ruhui died early, she married very early, which was not suitable for Wang Xiu.

Only the eldest daughter Li Lizhi is suitable, but she was originally betrothed to Sun Chong, so there is a problem with this.

If you don't choose the queen's daughter, there may be problems in the future, which will add trouble.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside, which made Li Shimin instantly upset. Someone was making noise outside at this time. Don't you know it's morning time?

"Your Majesty, Wang Xiu, the governor of the south of the town, is in a hurry!"

A guard ran in panting, holding a report in his hand, and handed it to Li Junxian.

"Eight hundred miles in a hurry?"

"Wang Xiu?"

The ministers were in an uproar, Wang Xiu had just sent good news, why did he come eight hundred miles to rush, what is the situation.

Li Shimin couldn't help looking at Yuchi Jingde, who was confused and shook his head.

He didn't know about this either.

Li Shimin tore off the sealant of the secret letter, opened it, his face darkened instantly, and said in a deep voice: "What a Shelong, he is quite courageous, and he has gathered 20 barbarians."

All the ministers couldn't help but change their faces when they heard it. 20 troops are not a small scale, and this is definitely going to be a big deal.

After the people convinced the secret, all the ministers were in an uproar. Shelong actually tried to rob the Jiaozhou granary. This is really audacious.

If they succeed, they will really increase in strength.

"These damned barbarians have provoked the Tang Dynasty again and again. I thought that the barbarians should be completely wiped out. I also asked the emperor to give me a hundred thousand troops. I, Hou Junji, will go and destroy them!" .

"I, Cheng Yaojin, would also like to go, to kill such a weakling!"

"This matter must not be tolerated, otherwise the Jiaozhou granary will be lost."

"Wang Xiu is a little careless. This is an army of 20, and his army of [-] cannot resist it."

Naturally, Li Shimin knew clearly, so he called Li Jing by name, and said in a deep voice, "Pharmacist, do you think Jiaozhou can fight this battle?"

In his opinion, Wang Xiu dared to use 5 people to deal with 20 barbarians. He was absolutely sure, but this was a bit dangerous in his opinion.

Li Jing frowned slightly, thinking about the information on Wang Xiu's secret letter, and began to analyze it.

"Your Majesty, if it's just defense, Jiaozhou can really defend it!"

"Oh why?"

"Although the barbarians claim to be 20 this time, they are actually a mob. The real elite is only [-] to [-]."

"And the guard of Zhennan Mansion is Hao Zhao. As far as I know, this Hao Zhao is the descendant of Hao Zhao who defended Zhuge Liang back then. In order to revive the reputation of his ancestors, he chose this name specially. He is an expert in city defense!"

"In addition, Yizhou can put pressure on it, so we can really hold on." Li Jing said in a deep voice.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone couldn't help but their eyes lit up. If it was true, they could keep it.

The ancestors of the family were gods and men who guarded an army of 3000 for three months with 30 people. Now that 5 people guard 20 mobs, it should not be a problem.

And Datang can attack from both sides.

Li Shimin nodded, and directly ordered: "Then trust Wang Xiu once, and let the Yizhou Governor's troops advance to the border of Nanzhao, and carry out a strategic feint attack, so that the enemy will not dare to attack with all their strength."

"At the same time, Yongzhou, Guangzhou and Guizhou are always ready to support Jiaozhou, just in case!"

In this way, nothing will go wrong.

Chapter 123 The hearts of the people are available, this battle must be won

Following Wang Xiu's order, the entire Zhennan Governor's Mansion was fully operational.

Troops and materials were heading towards Zhennan Mansion one after another, such a big commotion naturally couldn't avoid the common people.

The people of Jiaozhou naturally discovered the problem at the first time, and couldn't help feeling a little worried. I'm afraid there is a battle to be fought in this situation, and the scale is not small.

After all, the deployment of troops cannot be hidden from them. This time, the governor has used almost all of his troops, leaving only Jinyiwei and the guard battalion to control the field.

Go all the way to the northwest, then the goal is very clear.

"Damn it, it's those damn barbarians again!" A commoner on the border of Jiaozhou couldn't help showing an angry expression when he saw the direction the soldiers were marching.

These stupid savages can't see Jiaozhou getting better. They have just lived a good life, and they must want to rob again.

Beside him was his father, puffing on the dry smoke, looking at the Nanzhao area, and his eyes were full of evil spirits.

After a long time, the old man threw a cigarette bag on his son's shoulder and said angrily: "What are you looking at, pack up, I'm going to kill them this time, and see if they dare to trouble me in Jiaozhou in the future."

The son couldn't help being taken aback. The old man in his family is 60 years old, and he still wants to go to war. This is crazy.

"Father, you are not a soldier anymore, what else are you going to fight?"

"Bullshit, I haven't forgotten my killing skills. I didn't have a chance before, but now that life is getting better, I won't allow others to spoil Jiaozhou anymore. I want to kill the enemy for the governor."

The cigarette stick in the old man's hand was like a big gun, and the gun shot out like a dragon, with a vicious expression on his face.

Once upon a time, he was also a soldier in Jiaozhou, and now he can kill the enemy.

As soon as the son was about to speak, he saw a group of officers and soldiers appearing at the entrance of the village, holding a notice in their hands, obviously about this incident.

He hurried over to see what happened.

When he arrived, the surroundings were already surrounded by common people, all of them were roaring with murderous aura on their faces.

"What a Shelong, he actually summoned the entire Nanman tribe, with nearly 20 troops preparing to go south, they simply treat me as their pocketbook!"

"My mother, I didn't expect Jiaozhou to be unsafe. These days are really sad."

"I'm sorry that Nima came to the next door, the grandson who can only avoid, this time I went to fight with them, I really thought we are still the same as before!"

"There are many savages among them, but don't forget that there are also many people from Tang Dynasty!"

"The Metropolitan Governor has sent General Bai Qi, his confidant, to defend against the enemy, but they only have 5 people, and the remaining [-] are recruits who can only be responsible for logistics, and they need more logistics personnel!"

"I'm going to sign up. This battle is to protect our Jiaozhou. We can't let the governor go alone."

"This is a matter for our entire Southwest. This battle must show our prestige, otherwise we will not have a good life in the future."

"I don't care, our family finally has food and a good life, if someone wants to rob us, I will fight him to the end!"

One by one, the common people rushed to the local government office with red eyes, asking to be soldiers to protect the safety of Jiaozhou, and they wanted to participate in protecting this hard-won happiness.

However, the result they got was rejected, and it was an order issued by the governor himself.

This makes them very puzzled!

Why?

"Why didn't the governor let us go?" The people were so excited that they looked puzzled.

The more it is at this time, the more people are needed to participate in the battle, otherwise how can we win.

"Hey!"

Shi Pangtong, the head of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, came forward in person, sighed, and said earnestly: "Fellow folks, it's not that the Metropolitan Governor doesn't let you participate in this battle, but that you have not been trained, and your sacrifice was for nothing on the battlefield."

"Pang Changshi, we are not afraid of death, we are even more afraid that life is worse than death!"

"That's right, we finally have hope in our days, and I will never allow barbarians to destroy it!"

"I'm going to war!"

The common people still did not flinch, and Pang Tong was a little moved to see that they wanted to participate in this war.

The hearts of the people lie in Jiaozhou and in Datang, this battle must be won!

Pang Tong took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Folks, there is no need to talk about this matter!"

"The governor personally ordered that people should not be allowed to die on the battlefield in vain without training. It is not worth it. For the governor, every commoner is extremely precious. You will contribute to the rise of the Tang Dynasty contribute."

What a lovely people, he was really touched.

However, Pang Tong knew that the governor was right, these people were very precious, especially in this remote area in the southwest, a labor force was the backbone of a family.

Once you die on the battlefield, it is the downfall of your family.

Professional soldiers are okay, at least they have been trained to reduce the possibility of death, but if recruits go into battle, they will definitely die.

And this time it's not as dangerous as it looks. Even if Bai Qi can't repel the opponent head-on, he can still guard Zhennan Mansion. It is impossible for Yizhou to remain silent.

All of a sudden, the people were really moved, and they all burst into tears. This is the first time I have seen the governor who loves the people so much.

I'm afraid this is the love of the people like children in the story. We met a good governor in Jiaozhou.

"The governor, what a good official!"

"But Master Changshi, we can't just do nothing, then we will regret it for the rest of our lives."

"Yes, my lord, we know that the governor is merciful, but Jiaozhou is also our home, and it's not just the governor's business. We also have to contribute!"

"The governor loves the people like his sons, but those barbarians are not good people, they only want to kill, we want to destroy them!"

"However, I don't think I can live up to your enthusiasm. You are responsible for delivering food and supplies for the army!"

The people refused to leave, but still stopped Pang Tong.

Seeing this scene, Pang Tong sighed, and said in a deep voice: "In this case, folks, you should be responsible for the logistics and transportation. Now that the roads are protected by people, the logistics and transportation are relatively safe, and you can also contribute to the superintendent of the capital. "

At this time, a commoner saw the figure looking at this side from a distance, and couldn't help but get excited.

"Look, the chief governor is here, and he is watching us."