Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 481 Buy food just in case
The news of the Turkic war in the Xi clan was transmitted back to Chang'an in early December.

Regarding this, Li Zhiyun was neither sad nor happy.Because of his appearance, many things have changed, and Xieli is bound to kill Shibobi to death.

And in the same way, he is bound to kill the Turks.

Still, he hopes to give him another year.

Just one year!

If Datang is compared to a patient who just came out of the quagmire of the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, then this patient, when he was weak, fought off serious injuries and repelled several Turkic invasions, and his injuries have worsened now.

After two years of recuperation, the patient began to slowly recover.

Now, the patient has gained strength and can get out of bed and walk, but it will take some time to recover before he can take up arms again and fight against the Turks.

Of course, Li Zhiyun could also choose to forcefully send troops to defeat the Turks regardless of his injuries.But the consequence is that the country's power is consumed, and the common people live in dire straits.

He didn't want to gamble on the luck of the country, there was no need for that.

In the Tai Chi Hall, above the pavilions, the dome is supported by Panlong pillars. Li Zhiyun stands in the wind, looking at the style and features of the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty.

"Turk." Li Zhiyun took a breath slowly, only feeling that there was a huge burden on his shoulders, which made him unable to relax all the time.

Yu Chigong, who was accompanying Li Zhiyun, asked, "Is Your Highness still worried about the war in Youzhou?"

"Rather than worrying about the war in Youzhou, it's better to worry about my situation in Tang Dynasty next year. Once Shibobi dies, Jieli will definitely turn around and go south. In the five years of Wude in the battle of Bingzhou, although Jieli was not defeated, but He will not be reconciled to return home in defeat."

Yu Chigong said: "Your Highness, the general has always felt that our Great Tang has more than [-] soldiers. If we have all the soldiers in the pass, there will be millions of soldiers. Why worry about mere Turks. Besides, there is a plate armor passed down by Your Highness. Turks Nothing to worry about."

The idea is really simple, Jingde.

Li Zhiyun said: "Jingde, as a general, you naturally only need to think about the battlefield. But have you ever thought about what the Tang people want right now?"

"What do the common people want?" Yu Chigong asked in confusion, "The final general doesn't know."

I know your brain is simple.

Li Zhiyun explained: "After years of wars, the world has been settled for the first time. What the people want is a world where they can farm safely, not a military-minded prince of Tang."

"But if the Turks are not defeated, how can the people be safe?" Yu Chigong asked.

Li Zhiyun chuckled and said: "Jingde, we must understand the difficulties of the people. In fact, they also know that the Turks deserve to die, but the people of the Tang Dynasty have suffered too much and died too much. Now, they need catch my breath.

You are a brave general, and you are skilled in bow and horse. You should know what will happen if the bowstring is too tight. "

If the bowstring is stretched too tight, of course it will break!
Yu Chigong understood, and he complimented: "Your Highness has thought carefully, and the general will not be able to catch up."

Li Zhiyun said bitterly: "It doesn't matter if you think carefully, some things cannot be solved by me thinking carefully."

Yuchi Gong pursed his lips, and suddenly knelt down on one knee.

"Your Highness, the general doesn't know how to assist His Highness in governing the country, but the general is willing to fight for His Highness, and hold the enemy chieftain to question the king. The general asks for orders and leads the army to Shuozhou to resist the Turks!"

Seeing this, Li Zhiyun helped him up.

The breeze blows, and the monarch and his subjects look at each other with trust in their eyes.

"Don't worry, you are indispensable to fight Turks."

"Yes!"

After chatting with Yu Chigong for a while, Li Zhiyun went to the harem bedroom to meet his father.

Li Yuan is seldom awake now, most of the time he either sleeps or wakes up in a daze, eats less and less, sometimes even just drinks some water.

The imperial doctors are now trying their best to compete with the god of death for time.

As for whether they can succeed, Li Zhiyun himself doesn't know, and maybe the imperial doctors don't know either.

Only God knows.

After much deliberation, Li Zhiyun decided to hoard food.

Although he hoped that the Turks would fight among themselves and give him another year to develop, if he didn't get what he wanted, there would be a battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks next year.

In any case, he had to do a few more preparations.

For example, grain, although the grain income this year is not bad, but he does not think there is too much grain.

When buying food, it is definitely not possible to start with the people, and the people themselves cannot eat enough.The only way to do this is to start from aristocratic families. They have a lot of fields and a lot of land, so they must have food reserves.

Thinking of this, Li Zhiyun called Wen Yanbo, Minister of Civil Affairs.

"Your Highness wants to store food?"

"That's right." Li Zhiyun said: "Now that the war in Youzhou is starting, if Shibobi is defeated, next year Jieli will definitely go south. And next year, it will be very important for Datang. If it can survive, the general situation will be reversed, and the offense and defense will change. If If it can’t survive, then Datang will have to lie dormant for several years before he can sweep away the decline.”

Wen Yanbo thought for a moment, but he didn't have any opinion in his heart.

"Your Highness, I actually think that swallowing one's anger properly is actually a good way to procrastinate."

"What do you mean?"

Wen Yanbo explained: "His Royal Highness may wish to follow the old example of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and marry most of the Turks to make them internally divided."

Marriage and marriage?

Li Zhiyun's face became a little ugly, and he said: "The internal division of the Turks has already begun to bear fruit. Xue Yantuo's coming to the court this time is a clear proof. Moreover, if it is not for the internal division, no matter how we divide, I am afraid that it will not be possible. Hard to work."

Hearing this, Wen Yanbo understood.This prince is very stubborn and unwilling to make a kiss.

He cupped his hands and said: "I understand, now I'm going back to prepare for the grain storage."

"Wen Shangshu must remember that people's food is not allowed."

Can't take civilian food?
Wen Yanbo thought: "If so, we can only buy grain from grain merchants, or"

Family!

Li Zhiyun said: "Gu has always believed that Wen Shangshu is a capable minister, I hope you will not disappoint Gu."

Hearing this, Wen Yanbo was a little speechless.

But he still agreed, without him, because he is a courtier of Datang, a courtier who is loyal to the prince.

The duty of a courtier is to share worries for the king.

His Royal Highness promoted him to be Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he also wanted to repay his kindness.

"My minister obeys."

After leaving Zhengshitang, Wen Yanbo thought for a long time on the road, and decided to divide his goals into two parts: aristocratic families and grain merchants.

Among them, grain merchants are easy to solve, as long as they have money, they can buy them.

In order to prevent unnecessary panic, Wen Yanbo decided to send people to secretly purchase grain in Jingzhao and Luoyang areas.

As for the aristocratic family, he decided to do it himself.

The annual income of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is actually not much this year, but the prince gave him a lot of money from the private treasury, so he is not worried about not having enough money.

Furthermore, when the imperial court buys grain, who dares to raise the price on the ground?

The first target is Pei Shi.

Wenxi Pei's family is a big family, so there must be a lot of food.

After Pei Ju knew Wen Yanbo's intentions, he agreed directly without any objection, and expressed his willingness to donate [-] shi of grain to the court for free.

In addition, the Yang family of Hongnong, the Yu family of Guanlong, and the Dugu family were all willing to sell grain to the court at a low price.

Upon hearing the news, Li Zhiyun sent someone to send an imperial decree of commendation, expressing his thanks verbally.

The reason why these people are so knowledgeable is that Li Zhiyun guessed that it was the benefits he gave and the long-term relationship management.

In any case, this time to buy grain, at least more than [-] shi were put into storage.

Not much, but it can make him feel relieved.

Anyway, these people still have righteousness in their hearts.

The only distressing thing may be that the money from selling briquettes and the annual revenue of the Ministry of Civil Affairs have to be spent.

But it doesn't matter, if you kill the Turks in the future, Li Zhiyun will get them back thousands of times from the Turks.

(End of this chapter)