Chapter 1065 Interception
Wang Fuchou has always felt that his kindness is good, and his sons can be regarded as the most outstanding geniuses in the world.
Thus he also started a journey of bragging, but when it comes to children, he always brags in three sentences.
Everyone is a father, you brag about your son all day long, I will be forced to compare my son every day, and then... hurt a ton.
Some people always think that Wang Fuchou's career is not going well because he likes to brag.
"Improvement... a lot!"
Huang Yao now has another layer of envy, "Zhao Guogong's teaching is sharp, and it can make you reborn. By the way, Zhao Guogong still wants to accept disciples?"
You're thinking farts!
Wang Bo thought about his life today, and subconsciously said: "Sir, he was like a wild crane, but he was forced to teach urchins and suffered all day long. Therefore, if anyone wants to be a teacher, he will call them out."
Huang Yao laughed, "Nephew is lucky."
Wang Fuchou and his son resigned when they saw someone coming to work.
After finishing the matter, Huang Yao sat there in a daze.
The little official next to him said: "Shaofu Wang is really lucky. He gave birth to a son who is a genius, but he was able to learn from Zhao Guogong as a teacher... This is the best of luck."
"It's a blessing or a curse, we have to say two things."
The little official was stunned.
Huang Yao said indifferently: "The old man now knows the reason why Wang Fuchou's official career is not going well."
The little official wondered, "Isn't it because he's not good at flattering people?"
Huang Yao said: "Do you think this old man is the one who is waiting to be greeted by his subordinates?"
Didn’t someone flatter you to your face today?
The little official smiled and said: "The Ming government is selfless."
"Nonsense." Huang Yao said indifferently: "If you hear the subordinates bragging about your son's strength all day long, you will also be dissatisfied with this person. As time goes on, what promotion... If you don't demote, you will be magnanimous."
The little official thought it was true, "However, Wang Bo is really lucky to be able to learn from Zhao Guogong."
"Yes!" Huang Yao sighed a little, "Who is Zhao Guogong? He must be a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty. Such a person...it's a pity that I can't make friends."
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The empress took away most of the important ministers, and Li Ji was originally among them, but he was old after all, and it was difficult to get on a horse. If he followed him, something might happen on the way, and the emperor would cry!
Cheng Zhijie and others are at home waiting to die, Su Dingfang is guarding against Tubo in the northwest, and Li Ji is the only one that the founding marshals of the Tang Dynasty can use. With him around, the monarch and his subjects felt more at ease.
So the emperor asked Li Ji to stay and rest, pay attention, it is a rest, not an auxiliary government. If Li Ji came forward to assist the government, Dai Zhide and others could only listen and not even interrupt.
"You hang around with your brother all day, can't you learn something good?"
Li Ji said angrily: "What's wrong with the Ministry of Punishment? Five out of the six departments are closely connected with the court, which is easy to cause trouble. Only the Ministry of Punishment is simple, just do things. But look at you, someone from the Ministry of Punishment came to look for the old man yesterday, saying It’s all for you to idle around all day, but yesterday you brought people to drink, got into a fight after drinking, and injured several barbarians, how unreasonable it is!”
Li Jingye looked indifferent, "You don't know, Aunt, the restaurant we went to yesterday said it was a bearded woman, but after a test, I found out that it was not a bearded woman, but a Baekje woman...I was so angry..."
Li Ji was very helpless, "There are several children, why can't we live in peace?"
Li Jingye was surprised: "Ah Weng, if I were honest at home, I would just stare at them. It's better to go out and hang out often, and then go home and watch them feel fresh."
Li Jingye suddenly felt that something was wrong, "Ah Weng, you see that every time you go home, you feel sleepy, and you don't look up when you look at those women, that's it."
Li Jimuran, "Get lost!"
"oh!"
Li Jingye resigned.
After he went out, he became proud again, and his attendant said: "Young Lord, the Lord is an official in Zizhou, at least he should go back to Chang'an."
Li Jingye had a headache, "Aye has been an official outside, if he comes back and sees me like this, he will definitely beat me..."
The follower said: "Young Lord, don't worry, if your husband dares to beat him severely, Ah Lang will beat him severely."
Li Jingye smiled and said: "Yes! This is called one thing descending one thing."
If you beat your son, the old man beats his own son to see who beats whom.
Li Jingye became happy again.
"Li Langzhong."
An official stopped Li Jingye.
"The prince summoned."
There are many things!
Li Jingye, who was about to go to Pingkangfang to play a game, went to Daming Palace somewhat resentfully.
…
"One hundred thousand taels of silver is on the way, but it has been spied on and harassed several times."
Li Hong was a little excited, not only him, but also all the ministers.
A group of people were overjoyed, but Jia Ping'an was exceptionally calm.
Dai Zhide couldn't help asking: "Mr. Zhao Guo feels something is wrong?"
Jia Pingan shook his head, "It's only one hundred thousand taels."
A group of people are like prostitutes who have just developed an interest. After Jia Pingan poured cold water on them, they lost all interest.
Jia Pingan said: "This is just the first batch of silver this year. As those Japanese people become more proficient and dig more and more mines, the silver will follow. One hundred thousand taels is excited and incoherent. Wait a hundred Ten thousand taels of silver is here, what will you do?"
will faint a large area.
Dai Zhide laughed dryly, "I've never seen so much money!"
Wang Lao Wu has never seen it either!
Li Hong said: "The **** said that the road is dangerous. Gu is going to send someone to take a look."
Dai Zhide's eyes moved slightly, "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhao Guogong has made great achievements in battle, and he should be able to deter those people."
Li Hong frowned and was about to reject this suggestion, when Jia Pingan said, "Where is the convoy?"
Li Hong said: "The convoy is almost arriving in Luoyang."
Jia Ping'an said: "After Luoyang, there is a narrow trail, and the convoy moves slowly. If someone makes a surprise attack...how many soldiers?"
"Two hundred!"
"It is logically enough, but it is better to be careful, so I will go there."
Jia Pingan got up and was ready to go.
Li Hong said: "I have called Li Jingye here, why should my uncle go in person?"
This baby has become more and more steady in doing things.
Jia Pingan smiled, and Li Hong said, "Let's go, gentlemen."
The ministers knew that the uncle and nephew had something to say, so they got up and left.
After they left, Li Hong said, "Why is uncle going?"
"Worried about someone making trouble in Chang'an?"
Jia Pingan asked with a smile.
Li Hong nodded, "The ministers are calm, but they are too calm in the face of urgent matters, and they are unable to deal with them. What I am worried about is the army."
Jia Pingan looked at him, "Relax."
The two wandered outside for a long time, even Zeng Xianglin didn't get close to them.
"Your Highness, Li Jingye, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, seeks to see you."
That fool!
Jia Ping'an cupped his hands, "If so, I will go now."
He went out of the palace and met Li Jingye.
"Go home and pack your things, and follow me right away."
Li Jingye didn't say anything else, he went to find his grandfather first.
"A Weng, I went with my elder brother, so you can take care of yourself at home."
Li Ji just wanted to speak, but Li Jingye ran away with a whoosh.
The officials who were doing business were stunned, and then smiled and said: "Everyone who receives the order of the prince will leave quickly, but Mr. Xiaolang remembers to come here, which shows his filial piety."
Li Ji smiled, "This kid is reckless, but he is sincere."
A servant arrives.
"His Royal Highness just received the documents, and the convoy sending money to Chang'an encountered several groups of thieves prying and harassing him. Duke Zhao took the initiative to ask Ying to respond."
Li Ji pondered, and said for a long time: "Tell Your Highness, calm down."
Nei waited, and after he left, Li Ji glanced at the map.
He has looked at the map many times, and the old traces mainly appear in the frontier or outside the territory, but this time he looked at Luoyang.
A skinny finger pointed at the Sanmenxia area.
"The road is narrow and the traffic is slow, which is a good place to start."
Wagangzhai was originally the base of the rebellion. For rebellion, it is common to intercept and kill some local tyrants, and there are even robbers under his command.
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How much is one hundred thousand taels of silver?
Captain Wang Yun turned around and took a look. Forty carts creaked and creaked slowly on the official road, unable to pick up the speed.
Lu Jin, who joined the army in Dengzhou, was flushed in the sun. He raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his face, "Lieutenant Wang, Luoyang is ahead, let's rest for two days."
Wang Yun said: "After receiving the silver from Dengzhou, I have been on my way. It is really hard work. I spent two days in Luoyang to recuperate."
The news spread, and there was cheering.
The convoy arrived in Luoyang on the second day.
"They said it was one hundred thousand taels of silver!"
Luoyang people have never seen so much silver! Come out one by one to watch the excitement.
Forty carts slowly entered the city.
Then there was negotiation. After learning that the convoy was only resting in Luoyang for two days, the local officials mobilized food and grass, arranged a residence, and then just sent a ninth-rank official Chen Jin to contact, and the rest... nothing.
This journey was tiring enough, especially in the sun, even if he joined the army by the sea, but Wang Yun was still miserable in the sun.
Easy!
Wang Yun slept very well on the first night.
When he woke up, Lu came in to look for him.
"We encountered a few thieves spying on us along the way, and the next step is to take Sanmenxia to Chang'an, or take a boat?"
Lu Jin worked so **** the road that he didn't have eyeballs, but after a good night's sleep, the eyeballs were so big that it made people want to laugh.
Wang Yun was lazy and didn't want to move at all, "I've sent people to explore the way, but now the current is so fast that we can't walk by water."
"Why?" Wang Yun is a civil servant after all, "This is not the sea, there is no wind and waves, what are you afraid of?"
Wang Yun covered his mouth and yawned, "In the past, more than ten ships sank here in Sanmenxia every year. Although the waterway has been opened up, the current is still fast. All we bring is silver. If a ship sinks, I can only jump off the boat." Enter the river and drown, otherwise the crime will be unforgivable."
Lu Jin also remembered, "Yes, in the past, food and other goods were transported through Sanmenxia."
A silver ship sank, and the best ending for him and Wang Yun was to go to Jiaozhi, never to return to the Central Plains.
"Captain, Chen Jin said he was curious and was looking at our cart."
Wang Yun frowned, "What are you looking at? Separate."
But it has already been seen.
"A lot of silver."
Chen Jin went out and said enviously: "The whole car is full of silver, it's white."
The people of Luoyang are very enthusiastic. Every day, people come to watch the excitement outside the residence of Wang Yun and others.
After resting for two days, the team started again.
After leaving Luoyang, the road gradually narrowed.
When he saw Sanmenxia, Lu Jin changed his face and said, "Sure enough, we can't go by water."
Wang Yun said: "You and I are both officials in Dengzhou. We are used to seeing the waves, but seeing the rushing water is still trembling."
The convoy began to enter the mountain road.
The road suddenly became narrow and rough, and the convoy began to slow down.
The sun was scorching at noon, and the woods on the side of the mountain road didn't even have the sound of birds singing. It was as quiet as a ghost.
Boom!
There was a loud noise behind him, Wang Yun turned around, and saw a large car falling on the road.
"how did you make it?"
Lu Jin dismounted in anger.
Two coachmen were checking, and one raised his head and shouted, "No, this car has been tampered with, and the wheel is broken."
Wang Yun's heart tightened, and he hurried over, "Where?"
The coachman pointed to the broken wheel and said: "Look here, most of the cracks are neat, and this is obviously made with a sharp weapon."
Lu Jin knelt on the ground and watched carefully, Wang Yun said: "Check all the carts."
The coachmen began to check.
"I have it here!"
"I have it here too!"
Including the broken cart, a total of seven hits.
Lu Jin's face was livid, "This is deliberate, what are they trying to do?"
Wang Yun looked at the mountains and forests, "The only thing they want to do is to leave us in this wilderness."
"what to do?"
The atmosphere suddenly tightened.
Wang Yun said: "Why panic? We have two hundred soldiers, what kind of thief dares to do it?"
Lu Jin began to make adjustments, "Replace some of the silver on the six carts to the better carts."
A coachman said: "If you join the army, those good carts will not be able to withstand this section of the road!"
Wang Yun said: "This is drinking poison to quench thirst, so make less money."
"What about the remaining silver?"
Three hundred catties of silver are carried on one large cart, and seven carts are two thousand catties. Who dares to throw it here?
Wang Yun said: "I can take some with carts and horses, and let the soldiers carry the rest, as long as they pass this section of the road."
Immediately the deployment began, and dozens of sergeants carried their burdens.
Someone laughed and said: "If you carry it home, you will be rich."
The convoy set off again.
This journey was difficult, and occasionally there were spacious places, and Lu Jin was so nervous that he kept looking for places where people could hide.
"No need to worry."
Wang Yun comforted him, but his family was staring at those places.
Boom!
A cart tipped over.
"Gannie Niang!"
Wang Yun couldn't help cursing, "Let the soldiers recite."
Pack horses can carry some, but most of them are carried by soldiers.
Looking ahead, Lu Jin said quietly: "I always feel that the opening in front is eerie, as if someone is waiting for us."
In front of it is a mountain pass, which is wide on the outside and wide on the inside, but the mouth is narrow, and the locals call it Hulukou.
"Be careful!"
There are several sergeants ahead to scout the way.
When the last cart passed the opening, Lu Jin felt relieved, and said with a smile, "It seems to be all right. I'll be safe tomorrow."
Phew!
Intensive arrows flew in, and the soldiers who had just relaxed were hit by a lot of arrows.
Amidst the screams, the coachman immediately pulled the pack horse, and Wang Yun shouted: "Form a car formation!"
The coachmen quickly drove the carts into formation, and the soldiers dragged their wounded brothers to hide in the formation, looking for opportunities to establish a line of defense.
The speed is so fast that people are full of praise.
On the right is a sparse forest. Several men stood by the forest, and the leader waved: "Quick battle!"
"Kill!"
Countless big men rushed out of the forest.
What's terrible is that the one in front is holding a shield, and the one behind is actually an archer!
"With this sum of money, we can be considered rich. The most important thing is to make Li Zhi feel heartbroken."
The man in the lead had a dark face and bushy eyebrows, and a reserved smile.
The man next to him said: "One hundred thousand taels is not a small amount, but someone in Chang'an said that the silver mountain can produce hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year. With this money, Li Zhi's life is better than those of the previous emperors."
"Money!"
The black-faced man shook his head and sighed, "Back then we had money and an army, so we could manipulate the situation. Later, we pushed the Li family to rebel, but after they succeeded, they turned their faces and refused to recognize anyone. Li Yuan calmly weakened us, and Li Shimin was better, knowing that we should use me Waiting to check and balance the gentry, so we live in peace. Li Zhi, that bastard, turned his face, the poor Guanlong clan who was once majestic, is now a street rat."
The eyes of the man beside him were stern, "Li Yuan and Li Shimin know that Datang's foundation is not strong, so they can't turn against us. They laid the foundation, and Li Zhi stood on this foundation to attack us."
"The gentry were still pushing the flames, thinking that we were weakened and they could make up for it. Look, that **** Li Zhi couldn't tolerate the existence of big forces at all, so he started targeting the gentry, grinding step by step, especially the new students. Schools are being built everywhere recently, which is digging the foundation of the gentry, hahahaha!"
Ahead, those thieves began to shoot arrows.
"Shield!"
The man is safe under the shield, but the pack horse cannot.
Those thieves were rushing forward while the sergeants were avoiding the arrows, and the pack horse hit by the arrows was going crazy.
"Beheaded!"
Wang Yun's face was livid.
The sergeant swung his knife, and the pack horse hit by the arrow fell down.
"They're coming up."
The arrow stopped, the thief is close at hand!
"Long gun!"
The ratio of long spears in the Tang army is one to one, that is, each person must have a long spear when going out.
"kill!"
Intensive stabbing with spears.
"kill!"
But the thieves turned out to be spears, and the two sides stabbed each other, which greatly reduced the power of the sergeant's car formation.
"Take it in one hit!"
The black-faced man walked out of the forest with the others, and the man beside him said: "If one hundred thousand taels of silver is intercepted, Li Zhi will be furious, and many people will be unlucky, but it will not hurt the root cause."
"I know." The black-faced man said: "Why did Yang Guang die back then? It was because we were fighting everywhere, here and there, and we were never alone."
The man next to him said: "Is there any other place where you can do it?"
The black-faced man said calmly: "Of course."
"Shoot the arrow!"
Wang Yun's face was ashen, "They are not thieves!"
Lu Jin held a horizontal knife and said angrily: "They all carry long spears and horizontal knives, and are even equipped with bows and arrows. Only aristocratic families have such strength. Who is it?"
The aristocratic family has countless fields and resources, and there are countless hidden households, and they can form an army at any time. This was the case when Li Yuan rebelled. Everyone yelled, "Last time it was the Yang family, this time it's the Li family's turn, hurry up!"
Immediately, each family contributed money and people, and soon formed an army. This made those grass-headed kings all kinds of envious and jealous. They need to wade out a way and start from scratch. But the aristocratic family has stood at their end from the very beginning, no, they have already surpassed them.
It was overtaken at the very start, how can it be reversed?
The black-faced man sneered, "Order, not one will be left behind, all will be killed!"
(end of this chapter)