Chapter 204 Return to Beijing
Lijiazhuang is completely sleepless.
Li Xiao kept his word, and each of the villagers of Lanxi gave a reward of twenty cents, plus two liters of millet. Because of the battle at night, Li Xiao specially added thirty cents of millet to each person and three liters of millet.
Not only did the Lanxi militia members be like this, but Li Xiao also gave the Lantian militia brought by the magistrate of Liu County. He also gave the 300 soldiers from Zhechong Prefecture in Lanxi, more than 100 rangers from Chang'an, and the 1,000 feather forests brought by Cheng Boxian, Li Xiao also insisted on giving rewards.
Of course, the Chang'an Rangers looked down on this reward, and it was not easy for the soldiers of Zhechong Mansion and the Yulin Army to directly receive the reward. Li Xiao insisted on giving it to him in the name of thanks, and in the end Qin Xiong and Cheng Boxian had to let the people accept it. After all, they were actively rewarding everyone, and it was not considered a request.
The battle at night did not last long, and the casualties were not serious. Afterwards, seventeen people died, all of them were soldiers. This was also related to the fact that the soldiers of the soldiers bravely rushed forward. The villagers injured more than a hundred people, and many of the soldiers of the soldiers were injured, but fortunately, there were not many seriously injured.
Li Xiao generously took out Jinchuang medicinal wine, wiped and bandaged it for everyone and took it orally.
Fifty cents and half a dou of grain, this is quite affordable, and everyone happily took it. Dr. Zhao saw that his family had spent more than 100 tanks of rewards and more than 100 stones of grain at once, but he didn't feel distressed.
People in Guanzhong are still relatively simple and grateful. If there were no rescue from the villagers and officers and soldiers today, Lijiazhuang would definitely not have a good result.
Although the drought is severe now and the price of grain is getting higher and more than 100 stones of grain is quite precious, Dr. Zhao is not reluctant to leave his granary when he emptys his home.
The daughters have dispersed and come back.
The chef of the Li family was busy all night, and the kitchen never stopped. Porridge, soup cakes, egg flower soup, pickles... Nearly 3,000 people stayed in Lijiazhuang. After the battle, everyone seemed to have a bigger appetite and never had enough food.
This night was a long banquet that had never stopped. A basket of steamed cakes came up and it was eaten up in a while. A bucket of soup cakes came up and it was gone in a short while.
Fortunately, it was not until dawn that no more accidents occurred.
It was dawn, and Cheng Boxian urged the Yulin Army to start preparing to return to Beijing. Except for the two hundred Yulin Army temporarily taking over Lantian Pass, the other eight hundred Yulin Army escorted Li Xiao and corn seeds back to Beijing.
Qin Xiong's three hundred soldiers also returned to Lanxi Military Mansion. The old commander also followed Li Xiao to Beijing. He wanted to report to the Ministry of War and report on his actions.
The people and strong people in Lantian County were also yawning. Each of them lined up in the Li family compound to receive two steamed cakes and then took the rewards they received and the food they received.
This day and night were very lively for them. Although there was a thrilling time, it was more exciting. After returning, this experience might allow them to brag for the rest of their lives.
One day and one night.
The chaos in Lantian finally subsided, and things became clearer and clearer in Chang'an City and Tai Chi Palace, eighty miles away.
"Your Majesty, Hegan Chengji died of sudden illness."
Yuwen Jie reported the latest investigation to the emperor. In fact, it is not surprising that Hegan Chengji was able to find out. After all, in Li Xiao's report, the identity he told was already very clear.
The morning breeze blew across the emperor's face, and the emperor did not sleep all night, and his face looked a little ugly at this moment. Although the turmoil was in Lantian and it was just a small chaos, the turmoil next to the bed still touched the emperor's heart.
"Suddenly die? Humph, I died in time. If I don't believe him, I just died of illness at this time."
The Censor and the third-rank subordinate of the Secretary of the Central Committee, Yuwen Jie said, "Hegan Chengji may have taken some kind of poison, but he still couldn't find it out."
"How come you can't find it if you want to check it? But since Hegan Chengji is dead, even if you continue to check it, I'm afraid I can't find too many things." Li Zhi gritted his teeth and shook his head and sighed, "Some people are really bold and can do anything."
Hegan Chengji died, and even if he could find out that he had led his troops to Lanxi before, it would be useless. After all, Hegan Chengji died, so he could not follow him to find out who sent him.
Even though the matter has come to this point, the emperor has already understood it.
Zhao Chiman was sent by Chu Suiliang, and Hegan Chengji was most likely sent by him. When he thought that Chu Suiliang, a prime minister, could bypass the court, he mobilized two powerful generals so easily and brought so many soldiers to move. Li Zhi couldn't sleep well.
He had always thought that he had obtained the support of Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin and had already mastered the army. But now it seems that the army is still not fully in his hands.
And how many Hegan Chengji and Zhao Chiman were there in the Tang Dynasty?
It is very terrifying to think about it. There are countless Hegan Chengji and Zhao Chiman in the army, the twelve guards of the Tang Dynasty, and especially the generals of the Zhechong Prefecture who directly commanded the troops, and were mainly generals from the children of the Guanlong nobles.
Li Zhi now even feels that even the Yulin Army may not be all loyal to him.
"Have you found out the contact between Chu Suiliang and Hegan Chengji?"
"Please forgive me for being incompetent. No connection has been found yet." Yuwen Jie said, "But just by Chu Suiliang's mobilization of Zhao Jiman, I can impeach him."
"Zhao Chiman must die, Chu Suiliang must be dismissed from office, and Hegan Chengji, even if he dies, I will not spare him." Li Zhi said angrily. He knew that behind all this, there was the hand of the uncle, but he could not touch him yet.
"Cheng Boxian and the others should almost arrive in Beijing, right?"
"Your Majesty, I just received the report that General Cheng and Xue had just returned to Beijing. Also arriving at the Corn Prison Li Xiao, Lanxi Zhechong Duwei Qin Xiong and others arrived in Beijing." An eunuch behind the emperor replied.
"I will send an order to finish my discussion with the prime minister. I will summon Cheng Boxian, Xue Chuyu, Liu Wen, Li Xiao, Qin Xiong, as well as generals Liu Jun, Wang Fangyi and Li Yuanfang."
When the emperor gets angry, it is the wrath of thunder.
Chu Suiliang was impeached by the Censorate and Dali Temple was ordered to investigate. Chu Suiliang made a tough memorial. Before the investigation was clear, the emperor had already accepted Chu Suiliang's resignation and dismissed Chu Suiliang's Zhongshu Order and was in charge of the third rank of the Zhongshu. Chu Suiliang was ordered to reflect on himself and accept a joint investigation by the Censorate and Dali Temple in his mansion.
The prime ministers under the Secretary of the Central Committee were very calm about this matter and were abnormally calm. Changsun Wuji did not submit a letter to Chu Suiliang to defend it. The direct consequence of Lanxi was that a prime minister would stop him.
But everyone knows that there will definitely be more follow-ups.
However, Li Xiao, who had just entered Chang'an, was too lazy to care about these things. Anyway, the subsequent matters had exceeded his ability, and he was now thinking about the meeting of the Saint for a while.
Chapter completed!