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"How about the third child? Can you gain a lot? Seeing you like this, could it be that we made a mistake and caused trouble?" The second child asked anxiously.

The youngest Bai Guangyao shook his head and said: "It is indeed a big trouble, but it was not caused by us, but by the county magistrate who confessed. He is not a big fish behind the scenes. There are others behind him, and they have a great background."

"Oh? What? In a small Luyi County, in a small Yangtou Mountain, is there any big person who can't pay attention? Who is so disregarding status?"

"Hehe, no one cares about one mountain and one county, but according to the confession of the Luyi county magistrate, that person controls no less than 40 counties in the entire surrounding area of ​​Luoyang and even [-]% of Henan Province. Luyi County alone is worth five years. If you pay [-] taels of silver, how much money can the people behind the scenes make?" The third child of the Bai family said solemnly.

Everyone was shocked, this account is too easy to calculate, at least 200 million taels of silver, this figure may not be considered anything in the eyes of the richest man Bai Fan, but in the eyes of anyone in Datang, or even in the imperial treasury In front of him, 200 million taels is a huge sum of money, which is the tax revenue of the entire Henan Province for a year.

"Hey, who is this person? Who is so generous and dares to embezzle so much money? Doesn't the father know anything about it?" Li Mingda exclaimed.

The second child of the Bai family guessed: "It can't be the governor of Luoyang, General Zhang Liang, right? In this land of Luoyang, besides him, I don't know who has such great energy."

The third child of the Bai family nodded slowly: "It is Zhang Liang. Although the county magistrate is just guessing, there is nothing wrong with it. Often the news channels of the court are not as accurate as those of the people. In any case, Zhang Liang's layout of the Luyi County The guilt of the land is proved."

"Then what should we do now? We can't solve such a big matter." Li Mingda said.

Bai Dingguo nodded and said: "It's not too late, I'll ask the reliable brothers of the Beggar Gang to send this evidence to Chang'an urgently. If something happened in Luyi County, Zhang Liang will know soon. We don't have much time, so I'm afraid we will startle the snake. "

When Li Er of the imperial court received this confession, it was already five days later. Although he was pleasantly surprised that his youngest daughter also knew how to share the country's worries and punished corrupt officials, but when she saw Zhang Liang, she felt like My heart skipped a beat.

The governor of Luoyang, Zhang Liang, once a general under his own command, entrusted him with a heavy responsibility to sit in Luoyang, the eastern capital. Unexpectedly, after 20 years, he was always praised as the most stable in the eastern capital, but today he gave himself A blow to the head, it seems that he has been operating in Luoyang for too long, and I blame myself for being too nostalgic, and I can't let the general go to the battlefield, so let him hold the rear firmly.

"Come here, the king of Jin and Li Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War, will come quickly."

In five days, the story of Yangtou Mountain had already been spread in Henan Province, and Zhang Liang in Luoyang also got the news. Although he was a little vigilant, he thought that it was only the Green Forest incident that affected his own interests, and it was not too much. care.

But as soon as Li Ji's army in Chang'an City moved, Luoyang immediately received the news. As the most important person in Luoyang, Zhang Liang could not have no eyeliner in Chang'an. No, there are post office public telegraphs in some big cities.

"Li Ji sent troops to Luoyang in a menacing manner. It seems that there is something wrong. Could it be that His Majesty has noticed something? Come on, quickly go to Luyi County to investigate and see what happened there?" Zhang Liang panicked.

Chapter 949 Zhang Liang gathers troops to rebel?

"Report, the governor, Luyi county magistrate Wei Song has disappeared. According to the investigation of his subordinates, a group of people claiming to be the princess of the Tang Dynasty arrived a few days ago, arrested the Luyi county magistrate and took him away. His whereabouts are unknown. .”

Hearing the report from his subordinates, Zhang Liang's heart was about [-]% cold, it's over, the incident happened!

Your Majesty the emperor, you thought you could cover the sky with one hand after running Luoyang for 20 years. Unexpectedly, you quietly sent a daughter to copy my background.

Zhang Liang's mind was full of twists and turns. After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and made an irreversible decision.

"Come on, beat the drums and gather the generals!"

That's right, according to today's criminal responsibilities, Zhang Liang is a dead end. After the revision of the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it will be more stringent. Zhang Liang's corruption is too great. Not only will he be killed, but the whole family will also be exiled, so Zhang Liang Decided to take the risk and raise troops to rebel to save his life, maybe he could live in a corner for the rest of his life.

After obtaining sufficient evidence of Zhang Liang's crime, Li Er, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, contemplated for a long time before ordering Li Ji, and made two preparations. You can think of old love and leniency, which does not involve family members.

However, Li Er didn't believe in such a consequence. He had been with this old man for many years, and he knew Zhang Liang was not a person who bowed his head easily, so the second-hand preparation was that Li Ji would personally lead an army of [-] troops. Zhang Liang refused to subdue the law, and sent troops to attack and wanted to take him down.

Two days later, under the Luoyang city head, Li Ji and Jin Wang Li Jiancheng saw Zhang Liang in military uniform under the city head.

"His Royal Highness, Mao Gong, it's been a long time. In such a battle, you really don't show any affection?" Zhang Liang went out of the city to meet each other alone, talking and laughing with Yan Yan was a testament to the general's demeanor.

Li Jiancheng didn't say a word, he didn't have any friendship with Zhang Liang, he had always been the second child, and now he dared to gather troops to fight against the court for committing a crime, obviously it was a capital offense.

On the contrary, Li Ji sighed, "Old Zhang, why are you bothering? Hearing a certain family's persuasion, withdraw the soldiers from the city, and go back with the certain family to plead guilty to His Majesty. Your Majesty will forgive our decades of brotherhood on the battlefield. "

"Hahahaha, open the net? If he really knows how to open the net, it won't be you Maogong who led an army of [-] to surround my city of Luoyang today.

Since the matter is so troublesome, His Majesty must have my full evidence. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty can still absolve me of the death penalty? "

Zhang Liang laughed wildly, apparently not intending to give in.

Li Jiancheng snorted coldly, "You, Zhang Liang, have ruled Luoyang for 20 years by yourself. You have run the bandit Goulian County Government, and the entire Henan Province and the East have almost become your small court. How dare you gather troops to plot rebellion and still want to survive? Such crimes are not enough to kill you ten times."

Zhang Liang was scolded, but he was not annoyed. Instead, he looked at Li Jiancheng jokingly, and chuckled, "His Royal Highness, former Crown Prince, you are right, I, Zhang Liang, deserve to die.

Hehe, I didn't expect you to come here today. Do you know why everyone supported King Qin but not you, the crown prince?Today's words are enough to explain everything.

That is because you are too unfeeling. Even though I, Zhang Liang, did a lot of evil, I made great contributions to Datang in the troubled times of the year. You killed me with a single word, without any nostalgia for old love. This is you.

I guess, if it is His Majesty today, he will ask Mao Gong to be courteous first and then to fight, and persuade me to go back and confess my crimes, kill me and let my family go.

Maogong, I don't know if my guess is accurate? "

Li Ji sighed and nodded, it seemed that his old friend understood everything.

"See, this is the real benevolence and righteousness. Let you be the emperor and we all will die sooner or later. That's why we have the Xuanwumen back then."

Li Jiancheng didn't feel unhappy when the scandal was brought up. Instead, he dismissed it long ago, "If I am not the emperor, Li Jiancheng is still a pillar of the Tang Dynasty. I can eradicate cancer for the country and the people. Even if I am hated by the world's traitors, so why not?"

Zhang Liang did not continue to sarcasm, but rather admired: "What a Tang Dynasty Li Jiancheng who can afford and let go, no one would have thought that Hou Ye, who was only 14 years old, would play such a good game of chess. One Wu, one Zhang, and one Chi can steadily check and balance the entire imperial court. It is really clever, and I admire Zhang Liang.

Although His Majesty treats Zhang Liang as benevolent, but the ants still steal their lives, I, Zhang Liang, don’t want to die in vain. Maogong, to tell you the truth, if you want to take down Zhang Liang, your 4 people are not enough to watch.

At that time, Wang Shichong was able to lead tens of thousands of remnant soldiers to block the 20 army of King Qin outside Luoyang for more than a year. In the end, King Qin still left nearly [-] corpses behind?

Zhang Liang is not talented, so I have to negotiate terms with the imperial court with this crippled body. Your Majesty, I, Zhang Liang, can’t be ignorant of good and bad. As long as you let my family go overseas to live in seclusion, I will surrender Luoyang City and will never resist. "

This... Li Ji pondered, but what Zhang Liang said was reasonable. As the secretary of the Ministry of War of the Tang Dynasty, he didn't want the soldiers in the country.

"A moth with a big banner, drinking the blood of the people of the Tang Dynasty and still wanting to escape? Zhang Liang, you really dare to think about it?" Li Jiancheng cursed.

"Big 纛? What were you doing when I, Zhang Liang, nearly died on the battlefield? Your Majesty is in charge. Everyone has made great achievements and is too expensive. Why did you leave me behind for 20 years? Don't let me fight on the battlefield and become famous forever. Should I not be allowed to be rich in this life? Should I, Zhang Liang, be a dog watching the back door of your Li family?" Zhang Liang also blushed and roared loudly, at this moment, it seemed that all the grievances and anger were in his voice .

Li Ji heard this sentence, but he could fully understand it. With the passage of time, many famous battlefield generals were sent to the rear to guard, and lost the opportunity to continue to be promoted in the battlefield. Zhang Liang was once the commander of the navy. Now the navy is in full swing, but the head of the navy is Hou Junji. The navy has nothing to do with Zhang Liang, and everyone feels wronged.

"Old Zhang, you and I are getting old. It's not easy to accumulate fame for a lifetime. Don't worry about getting old. Today's Tang army is no better than ours. Today I brought [-] Tang vanguard troops. You think about it." Li Ji persuaded again.

Zhang Liang didn't appreciate it at all, but said even more disdainfully: "Pioneer army? This new army known as the legend of the undefeated Tang Dynasty? Among them, ten generals are all disciples of Lord Hou. Hehe, the name is not small.

But it’s still not enough to look at. Being able to sit in Luoyang, the eastern capital, for 20 years, I, Zhang Liang, are naturally not easy to provoke. I have five hundred adopted sons, all of whom are enemies of ten thousand people. How can I be afraid of mere vanguards?

If it’s their master who came, that’s fine. Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, the only one who can make Zhang Liang bend over and frown is Hou Ye alone! "

9 Chapter Fifty

As soon as Zhang Liang finished speaking, he heard a long and distant laugh spread throughout the battlefield.

"To be so respected by General Zhang, Bai Fan feels a little ashamed."

What? ? ?Zhang Liang stood there blankly, he, why is he here?

"Is this Jian Jian's voice? Could it be that he has come to Luoyang?" Li Jiancheng exclaimed.

Li Ji looked back and saw that the [-] troops moved after hearing the sound, and gradually lined up on both sides to make way for a road, and at the same time they all made a military salute towards the middle.

And the one walking in the middle of the road, isn't it Bai Fan himself?