Chapter 105: The Gathering of Chieftains
In the Yanqi Palace, listening to Long Wu's story, Long Tuqi Shi's eyes were full of glory. He originally thought that Chen Lang was just a little white face, but he had a good wine. Later, he found that Chen Lang was indeed a little skillful.
This time, the Yanqi Guardian sent troops to quell the rebellion. He also heard that when the city was burning, Chen Lang led the way and climbed to the city first. Although he was a little suspicious of this, although Li Siye was rude and rude, he would not lie.
"It's a pity that such talents cannot be used by me."
Listening to his cousin's sigh, Long Wu didn't care. What kind of talents do they need under the wings of the Tang Dynasty? Isn't it good to be a king of Anle? I heard that the king of Kucha had already planned to go to Chang'an to pay homage to the saints. It was said that the king of Yancheng would not come back if he went there this time.
If you can live in Chang'an City, you won't change it if you give it to a king!
But no matter how much I think about it, Long Wu still has to agree with this moody cousin, "What the king said is."
"Since Chen Lang is short of food, you will send more people to the city of fire and treat it as a good relationship with Shen Lang."
Long Tuqishi knew very well that if a vassal king like himself showed some great talents and ambitions, the Tang Dynasty soldiers guarding the Yanqi Palace would not come to help him quell the rebellion, but to remove his head.
So even if sometimes he is unwilling to accept it, Long Tuqi Shi still knows what can be done and what cannot be done. Since he wants to be a loyal dog in the Tang Dynasty, there cannot be other dogs in Yanqi Kingdom that can replace him. It is enough to have a Yeah on his head.
"You have to spend more time on this grand banquet in the palace and not lose my face."
"King, I've found some novelty in this food list, but this wine is apart from Kucha's Pot Pear Wine..."
"You don't have to worry about drinking."
"Yes, king."
Even as Long Tuqishi's confidant, Long Wu did not know that his cousin had made up his mind to eradicate the old ministers and wealthy officials in the court, and then follow the example of Kucha, asking Yanqi to guard the palace and move the capital to the capital, and also ask the court to send officials to govern the area. He just wanted to be a leisurely king who indulged in wine and sex.
In Yuanqu City, as many arriving wealthy chiefs became more and more lively, the Hu merchants in the city were also smiling, because these wealthy chiefs were generous and the price of their shipments was much higher than usual.
The troubles in this city have nothing to do with Shen Guang. After An Shigui and his friends set off to Huojian City, Chen Guang returned to Yanqi Guardian, waiting for tomorrow's array to perform martial arts.
"I just say that these small countries have few people, and they are all unreliable. There are almost eight thousand soldiers gathered outside this city."
Li Siye's open chest was undulating. Chen Guang knew that he was angry with the soldiers and horses hidden by the rich chiefs. When Yanqi State reported to the Protectorate before, the whole country had only 5,000 soldiers and horses, so he had to count the defenders of the capital.
As a result, the Dragon Tu Cavalry invited all the powerful chiefs in the country. The soldiers and horses from all over the country rushed to Yuanqu City, which shows that these powerful chiefs in Yanqi have concealed at least 5,000 soldiers and horses.
Chen Guang was completely unbelievable about the population of the Three Kingdoms in the Anxi Protectorate, except for Kucha. The powerful families in the Tang Dynasty even hid their populations, not to mention the vassal states of Anxi, Yanqi, Shule, and Khotan were not centralized countries, but more like those with city-states united together, but the strongest family was just the king.
So this situation is very normal at the moment. Li Siye, who was quite angry in Chen Guangchao, said, "Why do you have to be angry with Brother Li? It's not good for them to commit suicide like this. When we report to the Protectorate and the court, these wealthy chiefs had another way to kill themselves."
"I know this is the reason, but I am so angry when I think of these pigs and dogs having money to raise soldiers and not having money to pay taxes."
Li Siye's eyes were full of murderous intent. In the Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, Anxi was far away from the Tang Dynasty, and it could even be said to be alone. In addition to the support of the imperial court, the military expenditure has been relied on local military farms to collect taxes. Why did Kucha Town raise the most soldiers among the four towns? In addition to the reclaimed fertile land, it was the tax collected.
Yanqi guards the mansion, and according to reason, he had to collect taxes and grains from Yanqi, but it was far less than what Kucha Town had earned. The wealthy locals said that the place was poor and the people were overwhelmed. Even the king Long Tuqi Shi could only continue to pay tribute to the dangerous places, and the mountain countries increased taxes, which led to rebellion.
"I used to think that these wealthy chiefs were all remote places where birds could not poop, but I didn't expect to cheat someone very much."
Li Siye has never been a broad-minded person, let alone the barbarians of those who are considered human beings in his eyes.
"Brother Li will calm down. After tomorrow, when our king kills this kind of powerful chief, we will lead our troops to collect the tax and grain they have accumulated. Wouldn't it be nice!"
Chen Guang poured Li Siye a glass of iced wine. He knew that Li Siye was determined to kill. Even if Long Tuqi couldn't do anything, he would clean up these ungrateful heroes.
Speaking of which, the Tang Dynasty did not collect much tax and grain for vassal states such as Anxi. At most, it was to bear 20% of the military expenditure of the garrison troops. If it really had to be distributed, the tax and grain paid by the local wealthy chiefs did not have much tax and grain for their industries.
"Chen Lang said that he swallowed someone and wanted them to spit out all their money and interests."
Li Siye drank the glass of ice wine, and the anger in his chest finally faded a little, and then called the generals guarding the palace to come over.
"Tomorrow, we will bring arrows and sharpen the swords and guns to someone, and tell the men below to not treat them as a joke."
In the official office, seeing the generals who had arrived at all, Li Si [Haitang Bookstore www.htsw.info] Ye ordered in a deep voice, and the generals who saw this look were secretly happy. Everyone knew that the general was so angry that he would definitely be going to move troops again.
For them, it doesn't matter who they fight. The key is that after winning the battle, they can share a lot of benefits. Take this anti-rebellion as an example. The wealth that the rebels in Huokuan City, except for the food, were taken away by Li Siye and divided into the army. Therefore, everyone didn't say anything about Shen Guang occupying Huokuan City.
After all, a broken city has to be repaired and operated by itself. In the eyes of many generals, Chen Guang is a fool!
"General, tomorrow will..."
Lai Wang thought of the soldiers outside Yuanqu City, and looked suspiciously at the general Li Siye. Among the generals, he was the most noble. If he had not had too little experience, it would have been Li Siye's turn to be the deputy envoy of Yanqi's garrison.
However, Lai Ying really admired Li Siye's bravery. He always worked diligently as Li Siye's deputy in the garrison mansion and managed many miscellaneous tasks. Therefore, he was also a general who could speak in front of Li Siye.
"Don't ask too much, tomorrow and others will understand naturally. Come and stay, you all retreat."
Li Siye stayed Lai Wang. When Chen Guang came last time, his highly valued deputy was prepared for the expedition in the military camp outside the city. Later, the army set off, and he served as deputy commander, in charge of all the chores of all the army.
Therefore, Chen Guang and Lai Wang had only met a few times and had never had a close relationship. This time Li Siye happened to get the two of them to get along.
"Chen Lang, this is a certain deputy future generation. He comes from a famous family. Aye was once the deputy chief magistrate of Anxi."
When Chen Guang heard this, he knew what this Lai Ye was from. This Aye Lai Yao was one of the generals and leaders who had followed Chen Mohe and others. He heard Chen Mohe say that this Lai Deputy Guardian was a strict military commander.
"See General."
"I guess I don't need to introduce this Chen Lang, Yu Lang."
Lai Ying smiled. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was quite heroic. He had dark skin. After returning the salute to Chen Guang, he said, "Chen Lang's name has long been well known. The soldiers under the general's tent have always been beautiful, but they all praised Chen Lang's courage!"
After the battle at the city burned, Shen Guang's reputation in the Anxi army in Yanqi Town was completely launched. After all, he climbed the city first, killed the generals and seized the flag, and won the first contribution.
If he had changed, he might not have done better than Chen Lang, not to mention that Chen Lang was not from the ranks of the army, but was known for his music.
"Okay, don't say those polite words. Today I'll have a good wine, Yulang and Shenlang are close to each other."
Chapter completed!