Tough-Acting King Li looked at Cheng Yaojin, who was eager to try. How could he not know what Cheng Yaojin was thinking?
Over the years, Cheng Yaojin and the other generals had made great contributions to the Great Tang, and Li Shimin was extremely grateful to them.
At the same time, he cherished it very much.
He knew that Cheng Yaojin had always wanted to return to the battlefield.
The reason why he didn't let him go was because Li Shiming wanted to protect them. Cheng Yaojin had led the army in the past and had suffered many sword wounds. He didn't want anything to happen to these old officials.
However, seeing Cheng Yaojin's eagerness, he couldn't refuse.
All of a sudden, Act Tough King Li was caught in a dilemma.
At this moment, Act Tough King Li's little sweetheart, Zhangsun Wuji, came out to speak.
"Your Majesty, I think we should leave this matter to State Duke Lu. If you keep him idle at home, I'm afraid he'll be bored to the point of laying eggs. It's just a bunch of mountain bandits, State Duke Lu will definitely be fine.”
After Zhangsun Wuji finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin immediately gave him a grateful look.
Zhangsun Wuji smiled knowingly and did not say anything.
"If that's the case, then I'll leave this matter to State Duke Lu." Act Tough King Li shook his head and smiled."But you can't do it alone."”
Act Tough King Li looked at another person among the ministers.
This person was none other than the Wing Country Duke, Qin Qiong.
In fact, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin were in the same situation. They had always been idle at home and were already bored to death. However, Qin Qiong was more concerned about his face and was not as shameless as Cheng Yaojin. As a dignified Duke, he actually went to deal with a group of mountain bandits. This was really too embarrassing.
However, Qin Qiong also wanted to go very much. He also wanted to go to the battlefield. It was just that he was too embarrassed to ask for permission because of his face.
As the number one Act Tough King of the Great Tang, Li Shiming had reached the peak of his ability to control his subjects. How could he not know what Qin Qiong was thinking?
He knew what his two most beloved officials were thinking, so he might as well let them go out. Just treat it as a tour of the mountains and rivers. A group of bandits should be nothing to the two dukes who had been through hundreds of battles.
"Duke Lu, Duke Yi, accept my decree. I will appoint the two of you as the Grand Marshals for the Extermination of Thieves. You will lead 50,000 troops and immediately head to Wu 'an County to suppress that group of audacious bandits. Also, I will remove Wang Shouzhi from his position as the county governor of Wu' an County.”
"This lowly subject accepts your orders."
"This lowly subject accepts your orders."
"Alright, today's matter ends here. Zhen wants to rest.”
……
Huainan Road, Wu 'an County, Dangyang Mountain, Qiufeng Stronghold, Juyi Hall.
A pale-faced youth of about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in white and wearing a feathered fan, sat on a tiger skin chair.
This youth was none other than the Autumn Wind Stronghold's Fort Master, the bandit leader of Wuan County, Ye Qiu.
Although he was a mountain bandit, Ye Qiu didn't look like one at all. Instead, he looked like a scholarly man.
"Chief, this time, we robbed a total of 1,321,523 taels of silver from the Wu 'an County Governor. Damn it, I didn't expect that a mere Wu' an County Governor would be embezzling so much money.”The advisor took out the account book and said.
Ye Qiu raised his eyebrows and said,"Have you distributed the silver?"”
"We've already distributed it according to your instructions. Jiangnan and Jiangbei are suffering from floods and droughts. The silver we robbed is not enough for disaster relief.”
"We will do our best and leave it to fate. Let's do our best. Moreover, the disaster relief is not something we do in the first place.”Ye Qiu said.
Everyone nodded.
"It's a pity that we didn't chop off that Wang Shouzhi's head. That guy is simply a parasite. The wealth of the 40,000 households in Wuan County has almost been sucked dry by him. He really didn't know what the Tang Emperor was thinking. Why would he use such a corrupt official?”The Second Leader said.
The Second Leader was a bearded man named Old Tie Cheng. He was originally a blacksmith in Wuan County. Because he couldn't stand Wang Shouzhi's exploitation, he went into the mountains and became a bandit. He was originally the First Leader of Autumn Wind Stronghold. Later, because of Ye Qiu's arrival, he admired Ye Qiu's character and personally gave the position of Chief to Ye Qiu.
"It's fine. As long as he dares to be greedy, we'll snatch as much as he dares to be greedy.”Ye Qiu said.
Everyone laughed.
As bandits, they liked Ye Qiu's domineering tone.
As a member of the green forest, he should enforce justice on behalf of the heavens and eliminate evil for the people. This was the most fundamental reason why they gathered in the forest back then.
Everyone laughed, but the advisor beside him revealed a worried expression.
"Chief, we've stolen so much money from Wang Shouzhi. He'll definitely report this to the Imperial Court…"
Before the Grand Master could finish, he was interrupted by Ye Qiu.
"We'll deal with whatever comes our way. If they dare to come, we can destroy them.”
Ye Qiu didn't waste any time, treating the Great Tang's millions of soldiers like dirt.
"Leader is mighty, long live Leader.”
"Leader is mighty, long live Leader.”
The bandits were immediately agitated. They were just a group of bandits and had never seen the might of the Great Tang, so they were not afraid. Most importantly, they had absolute confidence in their Chief. As long as their Chief was here, not to mention the Great Tang, even if the Heavenly Army came, so what?
Their 1,000-strong flintlock squad would still be destroyed!
Ye Qiu was not afraid of this.
He was not originally from this world. After coming to this world for nearly a year, his system had already accumulated a lot of good things.
With these things that did not belong to this era, or rather, they far surpassed this era, wanting to destroy their Autumn Wind Stronghold was no different from a joke.
What Ye Qiu didn't know was that at this moment, an elite force of 50,000 people was marching from Chang 'an City to Wu' an County.
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