Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 668 Jingzhou Riot
The main hall is a little hot, and the atmosphere is a little dignified.

As soon as the spies came in, Li Shimin asked, "What happened to the riot in Jingzhou?"

"Holy Majesty, there is a severe drought in Jingzhou, and the crops are not growing well at all, or even barely growing. As the drought lasts longer and longer, it triggers a plague of locusts. Wherever the locusts pass by, the crops are all eaten. There is nothing left, the people have no food, and their lives are difficult. Chu King Li Hedong took the opportunity to recruit those famine people as part of his rebellion in Jingzhou..."

That's what the spy said, and there was shocking news in every word he said.

After everyone listened, their faces were very ugly.

They wrongly blamed Li Chunfeng, Tang Jingzhou, there was really a severe drought, and this severe drought also caused a plague of locusts, what shocked everyone even more was the rebellion of King Li Hedong of Chu.

Everything was caused by Li Hedong. The reason why the news of the severe drought in Jingzhou did not come was because he blocked the news. He was forcing the people to live without support.

In this era, there are too many people who serve as soldiers in order to have enough to eat.

After the spies finished speaking, Li Chunfeng stood up: "Your Majesty, I'm not wrong. There is indeed a severe drought in the Tang Dynasty. If it was discovered earlier, it would not have caused the current consequences."

Li Shimin's expression was dignified, with killing intent in his eyes, and all the officials bowed their heads in silence. They were all the ones who offended Li Chunfeng back then, and they are also responsible for what happened now.

However, this situation did not last long. Soon, Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the top priority is to send troops as soon as possible to wipe out the Chu king's rebellion."

Li Shimin has not been emperor for a long time. Many vassal kings are ready to move, but they have not moved, but King Chu took this opportunity to move, which shocked everyone. Does he have such self-confidence? Must be able to succeed?
In the eyes of everyone, many vassal kings have lost the best time to rebel, and jumping out now is tantamount to death.

But as far as they know, Chu Wang Li Hedong is a very smart person, if he is not absolutely sure, he probably wouldn't do this, right?

Li Hedong is Li Yuan's younger brother and Li Shimin's uncle, but now he wants to rebel.

After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, many people in the court also stood up.

"My lord, the king of Chu is really treasonous like this. He must be destroyed, so that the vassal king can know that the imperial court is majestic and cannot be violated."

"That's right, I'll ask His Majesty to decide."

"........."

Everyone was talking, but Li Shimin was thinking about whether the suppression of the King of Chu would cause bigger problems.
But if the king of Chu is not moved, and the king of Chu is allowed to rebel like this, the majesty of the emperor will no longer exist. At that time, what is the point of being the emperor himself in name only?
Seeing this, the other feudal lords probably wouldn't take themselves seriously.

In the past, he didn't do anything to Li Luo himself. It was because he had just become the emperor, and the timing was not ripe, and he didn't really rebel.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Shimin nodded: "What you love to say is very true. The king of Chu rebelled, and he should be executed according to the law. Love, who is willing to lead the army to suppress the king of Chu?"

Li Shimin asked, Cheng Yaojin immediately stood up: "My lord, the last general is willing to go."

However, Cheng Yaojingang stood up, and Gao Shilian also stood up: "My lord, the soldiers and horses recruited by Datang have been training for almost half a year, why don't you let them suppress the king of Chu, so that we can see Lord Qin and their training?" What is the strength of your soldiers and horses?"

After Gao Shilian stood up, Hou Junji immediately frowned. His Fenghuo Army had indeed been training for several months, but it was still far behind Dacheng. If it was lost in a battle, it would be extremely unfavorable to him.

"My lord, I have no objection to suppressing the king of Chu, but our soldiers and horses have only been trained for a few months, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to take on this important task."

Hou Junji still understood the situation of his soldiers, and after he finished speaking, Su Dingfang, who was a little hesitant before, also stood up: "My lord, I also feel that it is a bit inappropriate to use the soldiers and horses recruited at this time. They didn't Having gone through a great battle, in case of loss, the gain outweighs the loss, it is better to let the minister train them for a few more months."

Both Hou Junji and Su Dingfang objected to Gao Shilian's proposal, but Qin Tian stood in front without saying a word.

Li Shimin glanced at Qin Tian and asked, "Qin Aiqing, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, I think there is no problem. The soldiers only train in the barracks. They will never know the cruelty of war. They will never be strong if they don't know the cruelty of war. I would like to use this opportunity to baptize them. However, I believe that if we want to suppress the rebellion, we must first solve the problems of the people in Jingzhou, such as food shortages, locust plagues and droughts, so please order the whole country to send food to Jingzhou for disaster relief."

After Qin Tian finished speaking, Hou Junji and Su Dingfang were blushing, as if they had been slapped in the face, as if their realm was far from Qin Tian's.

And right after Qin Tian finished speaking, the two of them also stood up immediately: "Your Majesty, we don't have any problems."

Seeing this situation, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, after the three Aiqings go down, make preparations and go straight to Jingzhou. What Qin Aiqing said just now makes sense. Send an order to all parts of the country to transport food to Jingzhou." Disaster relief."

When the court retreated early, Cheng Yaojin felt a little resentful, because everyone seemed to ignore him. Obviously he was the first to stand up and express his willingness to suppress the Chu king's rebellion, but everyone seemed to have forgotten him.

When he left the palace, the weather was very hot, Cheng Yaojin looked up and saw Qin Tian in front, so he immediately chased after him.

"You boy, are you stupid?"

Qin Tian was taken aback for a moment, puzzled and said, "Why did Duke Lu say such a thing?"

"Then Gao Shilian asked you to go, obviously to make you suffer, and even to frame you, you actually agreed to go, look at Hou Junji and Su Dingfang, how smart they are, but in the end they were brought in by you .”

Cheng Yaojin felt a little resentful in his heart, he felt that if Qin Tian didn't agree to come down, the matter of leading the army would definitely belong to him, if he could put down the rebel army, Cheng Yaojin would make another contribution.

In the future history books, it must be another thick and colorful stroke.

After Qin Tian heard Cheng Yaojin's words, he smiled wryly, and said, "Lu Guogong, I really think that the Mad Demon Army should train in actual combat and accept the baptism of blood, otherwise they will stay in the barracks like this forever." Training, if they really went to the grasslands to fight against the Turks, they might not be strong enough, there is really no frame or frame, really!"

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