Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2003 Winter is hard
It's winter in a blink of an eye.

Li Shimin became more and more worried.

Seeing that Qin Tian is about to return to the capital, after he returns to the capital, he, the emperor, will fulfill his promise and crown him king.

But what kind of king can you give him?
No king wants to be sealed.

It’s just that it’s okay if you don’t seal it. A word from the emperor is worth more than a promise.

This year's early winter was a bit cold, Li Shimin's imperial study room only lit a stove, and in the afternoon, it was so cold that he was shivering all over.

When night fell, it suddenly began to snow in Chang'an City.

At the beginning, the snow was not very big, and there were many, which made people feel very comfortable.

Even Li Shimin couldn't help standing in front of the window and looking at it for a while.

However, Li Shimin was in no mood to enjoy the snow when he thought that the heavy snow would come and how many people would suffer from the cold again.

To be honest, their benefits in Datang are very good now, and they have invented a lot of heating equipment, but in this world, not everyone has the ability to afford heating equipment.

So in this Tang Dynasty, there are still many people who suffer from the cold every year.

Although the number of people who died of freezing was much less than in previous years, there were still people who died of freezing. Although there were fewer people in Chang'an City, it does not mean that there were absolutely none.

The night gradually deepened, and the sound of Sasha's snow falling could be faintly heard outside the window.

Li Shimin lost sleep.

Putting down the rebellion and solving the chieftain problem was a good thing for Datang, but after one trouble was solved, another trouble came, and he felt uncomfortable no matter what.

It snowed all night, Li Shimin didn't know when he fell asleep, and when he woke up the next day, the snow was still falling, and it seemed to be non-stop.

"This snow is so heavy!"

The snow was really heavy, and it really didn't stop.

Since it started snowing that day, the snow in Chang'an City has been falling for three consecutive days before finally reducing.

But at this time, Chang'an City seemed to have been completely buried by heavy snow, and the entire Chang'an City streets were all white, with no one to be seen at all.

In weather like this, no one wants to come out.

Li Shimin walked back and forth in the imperial study. In the past two days, there have been a lot of news from Jingzhao Mansion, all about the snow disaster. The heavy snow collapsed the houses of many people, and even many people were killed Buried and frozen to death.

This kind of situation has not happened for many years, and Li Shimin even feels that this kind of thing may never happen.

However, in the face of natural disasters, so many efforts made by human beings sometimes seem very naive and ridiculous.

It is easy for God to destroy these.

The measures that Datang had carefully prepared for many years were useless at that moment. There was no way, the snow was too heavy.

A palace official hurried over.

"Your Majesty, there is another news that many houses have collapsed in the south of the city, and more than a dozen people were trapped in the houses. People from Jingzhao Mansion are trying to rescue them, but they don't have enough manpower. They don't have any extra space to house those common people, what should we do, Your Majesty?"

The palace man was also anxious, in this cold winter, his forehead was already steaming.

After Li Shimin heard the news, his face turned livid, and he immediately ordered: "Let Jin Yiwei help me, and also, all the vacant houses in the capital will be temporarily used by me to house the people."

Many rich people buy a lot of houses, but they can't live in them. In this case, they can only expropriate theirs first. This is a bit against the rules, but there is no way around it.

After taking the order, the palace man didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly went down to make arrangements.
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This year's winter is very cold, which is a bit surprising. How can it be so cold?
At this time, even some dignitaries with good conditions felt cold.

And they all feel cold, and the life of the common people may be even more difficult.

The heavy snow in Chang'an City lasted for five days before it finally cleared up.

It's just that although it was sunny, the city of Chang'an was devastated by natural disasters. It is not an easy task to recover well. The imperial court has done everything it can, but there are still a few people who can help.

There is no way, so many people need help, and the household department must have money.

The imperial court is rich, but a lot of money is not easy to move, because it has already been arranged.

The snowstorm caught the imperial court by surprise.

But even so, Li Shimin still asked people to try their best to save people. No matter what, the casualties of the people must not be increased.

After the snow stopped, news from other places finally came one after another.

This year, it not only snowed heavily in Chang'an City, but also in other places. The snow disasters in some places were more serious than Chang'an City, and the rescue facilities in these places could not be compared with Chang'an City. How much, can you imagine?

A few days later, batches of unavoidable people had already appeared outside Chang'an City, and on the way to Chang'an City, you could see a few people who died of freezing at intervals.

This kind of situation is very rare even in the Tang Dynasty when there was no stove and no cotton-padded jacket.

Li Shimin and the ministers were very busy, and they were a little bit overwhelmed.

And at this time, another news came from the border.

"Your Majesty, the frontier is urgently reporting that the Western Turks have also suffered a lot of snowstorms this year. Their cattle and sheep have suffered serious casualties. They are facing hunger and cold. They... attacked the border of our Tang Dynasty and plundered many people and property. ..."

The nomads in the Northwest have the genes of robbers from the bottom of their hearts. Once their life is not good, they will open their fangs and attack the Tang Dynasty. This was the case in the Turks and Tubo in the past. Now The same is true of Western Turks.

After the official finished talking about the situation, the military officials in North Korea and Chinese immediately became angry.

"Bold, how bold, dare to attack me, Tang Dynasty, do they really think that they are starting to become stronger? Do they really think that they have reached the same level as the previous Turks?"

"This Turk is really arrogant. I heard that they have a man named Ashina Helu who claims to be a Turkic Khan and leads a Turkic tribe with ten surnames. He has 15 soldiers and horses under his command. That's why he is so self-righteous. It's true. Yes, 15 is a lot, is it amazing?"

"That's right, that's right, these Western Turks really should give them a good beating. They dare to attack me, Tang Dynasty. They are courting death, courting death."

"........."

All the officials were very angry, but Li Shimin frowned at this time, is the Western Turkic arrogant?

Nature is arrogant, because they have the capital of arrogance.

As far as Li Shimin knows, their 15 soldiers and horses in Western Turks are really powerful, and Ashina Helu is even more of a hero.

(End of this chapter)