Man Tanghong

Chapter 41

Xie Shufang was even more confused.

When Li Yuanji instructed Qu Tutong to make the Tang version of the down jacket, he was by the side. When he was urging the military craftsmen to forge the iron plates, he also saw the trilogy of Qu Tutong's mansion doing needlework there.

But he didn't pay much attention.

Now that Li Yuanji said that this thing is of great use, and he has to ask for credit for him, how could he not be confused.

"What are you still doing? Why don't you thank Your Highness for your generosity?"

Qu Tutong shouted at Xie Shufang with envy.

Qu Tutong doesn't care how much credit he can get for the Datang version of the down jacket, but once it is spread all over the world, the meaning it represents will be different.

In the future, if someone wears the Tang version of the down jacket, it is tantamount to being favored by Uncle Xie.

Some people who saved their lives in the cold winter with the down jacket of the Tang Dynasty, when they saw Xie Shufang, they had to respectfully call 'Xie Gong'.

Although Qu Tutong didn't think much of that credit, he really wanted to be called 'Qu Tugong' respectfully by the people all over the world.

Xie Shufang also reacted to Qu Tutong's shout, he hastily lowered his head, and said: "This suit was made by His Highness according to Qu Tutong's instructions, how dare I be greedy?!"

Xie Shufang was not a brazen person, nor was he dazzled by the sudden happiness that hit his forehead.

Li Yuanji glared at Xie Shufang, and said angrily: "Do you think I deserve the credit, or General Qu Tu?"

Xie Shufang was taken aback.

Qu Tutong murmured in his heart, 'I'm not short of this credit, but I'm short of the reputation behind it'.

Qu Tutong talked about it, but he also knew that he was not Li Yuanji's person, and it was impossible for Li Yuanji to put this credit on him.

Xie Shufang was stupefied for a short while, and he also understood the joints, and said with a blushing face, "I really have no way to brazenly pretend to claim the credit of Your Highness."

Xie Shufang is a bit stubborn.

Otherwise, in history, he would not be evaluated by the common people as "a strict father".

Li Yuanji always wanted to break him over, but he never had the time.

Li Yuanji stared at Xie Shufang and said, "Then take it as a military order."

Li Yuanji didn't have time to enlighten Xie Shufang.

Now is not the time to enlighten Xie Shufang.

Xie Shufang looked up at Li Yuanji in astonishment.

Li Yuanji questioned, "What? You don't want to carry out the military orders?"

Xie Shufang lowered his head with a bitter face.

Li Yuanji ignored Xie Shufang, and turned his head to Qu Tu: "Let's report to the commander in Xie Shufang's name. I will report to my father."

Qu Tutong nodded in agreement.

Li Yuanji gave and received the credit in private, but Qu Tutong didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

There is nothing wrong with Li Yuanji asking for rewards from his own family for his own merits and giving them to his subordinates.

He didn't covet other people's credit, nor did he cheat rewards from other people's families.

Li Yuanji waved his hand to make Xie Shufang back down.

Qu Tutong said with a smile, "I didn't expect that there are such upright people as Xie Shufang under His Highness's command."

These words, in Datang, are proper compliments.

In later generations, it would be calling people pedantic and stubborn.

Li Yuanji is a person of later generations, so he was naturally a little uncomfortable when he heard this, "Why, do you think my subordinates are not worthy of Fangzheng?"

Qu Tutong was stunned for a moment, and said dumbfoundedly: "I have absolutely no such intention."

If Li Yuanji had said this before, Qu Tutong would have dismounted and pleaded guilty.

But now, Li Yuanji has changed, and Qu Tutong knew that Li Yuanji was joking with him.

Then on the way of marching, Li Yuanji joked with Qu Tutong a lot, and Qu Tutong also became familiar with Li Yuanji and became close.

The army left Hangu Pass and passed Hucheng.

When he arrived in Hongnong, he saw Han Liang urging the peasants to transport the carts of grain to Luoyang.

Han Liang also went to Li Yuanji's side specially and asked Li Yuanji to use seals on several documents.

Although Li Yuanji handed over the matter of supervising the transportation of grain and grass, he didn't ask any more questions.

But some necessary documents still need to be printed by Li Yuanji.

Otherwise, you can get out of Hongnong, but you can't enter Taolin.

Li Yuanji saw that Han Liang got the food from Hongnong, and roughly guessed where the food came from.

Obviously Hongnong Yang's.

Only Hongnong Yang's can produce grain when the Guozhou granary is empty.

"Wonderful words, your mother's family is a bit leaky."

Li Yuanji looked at the huge transportation team that had transported [-] shi of grain with emotion.

He is also the son-in-law of the Hongnong Yang family. Li Shimin is the real son-in-law, and he is more like a fake.

Yang's daughter is only a wife in Qin Wangfu.

In Prince Qi's mansion, she is a princess.

Can't you tell who has a higher status?

Li Yuanji felt that he was underestimated by Hongnong Yang's people, so he didn't go to Hongnong Yang's to meet Yang Miaoyan's natal family, but urged the army to go on the road quickly.

The army passed Hongnong and entered Taolin, even if it had reached the territory under Luoyang.

As soon as he entered the territory under Luoyang, the breath of war rushed over his face.

There are soldiers and horses on the official road, there are people who transport food and grass, and there are also refugees who escaped from Hebei and other places.

When the refugees saw the army, they immediately hid away, and when they saw the grain trucks, they crowded around and approached again.

Li Yuanji didn't show much kindness, and asked the food delivery team to distribute the food to the refugees.

The food and grass needed for this expedition were all raised by Li Shimin himself. Whether Li Shimin could raise enough is anyone's guess.

Distributing food to refugees rashly, resulting in insufficient food and grass for the army to fight abroad, will cause big trouble.

However, Li Yuanji did not just sit idly by. He ordered Xie Shufang to urgently summon the Taolin county magistrate, and ordered the Taolin county magistrate to find a way to resettle the refugees.

When necessary, you can seek help from other nearby states and counties.

Li Yuanji had a reputation for viciousness, Taolin county magistrate naturally did not dare to disobey his orders and could only follow his orders.

However, the magistrate of Taolin County also told Li Yuanji that he could only resettle some refugees with all his strength, and how much he could save depends on God's will.

As for seeking help from nearby states and counties, he can't guarantee whether the nearby states and counties are willing to cut their flesh.

Li Yuanji also made a promise about this, saying that he would send officials here to supervise the matter.

There are officials from Prince Qi's Mansion to supervise, and people from nearby counties and counties have to cooperate if they don't cooperate.

Li Yuanji stayed in Taolin County for a day, and led the army on their way again.

The further you go to Luoyang, the more refugees there are on the road, and the more soldiers and civilian husbands are conscripted from various places.

The soldiers and civilian husbands were in a hurry, so they occupied the official road.

Refugees can only pay attention on both sides of the official road.

After being stared at with numb eyes by the refugees for a long time, Li Yuanji felt his scalp numb.

Li Yuanji had no way to give them food, nor could he stay and find a way to resettle them. He could only send out countless riders to put pressure on the local county government and order the magistrate of the local county government to take them in.

When passing Mianchi, Li Yuanji ordered his soldiers to kill for the first time.

Yazi, who is a dog, led a group of women to choose among the refugees.

Five catties of bran and a little girl.

Those women look at people like they look at animals. As soon as they get started, they look at people's teeth and pinches people's bones.

Once there is something fancy, let the boy lower the price.

Five catties of bran, that's the price of a fairly pretty girl with no hidden illnesses.

The little girl had a little problem, and they immediately lowered the price crazily.

When Li Ji saw that a man had been tricked into selling his young daughter for three catties of bran, he immediately ordered Xie Shufang to lead his men to chop up the child and the woman.

He also ordered a school under his command to lead a hundred cavalrymen to copy the houses behind the boys and the halls behind the women.

Once it is found that there is a big family backing it, copy it together.

The stolen food was given to the victims of the disaster, and at the same time, the officials of the local government were watching to resettle the refugees.

After this encounter, Li Yuanji let go, and scattered his thousand riders to investigate the situation of refugees in various places, and stared at the local yamen to resettle refugees.

Anyone who found human trafficking, or took advantage of the fire, copied everything that could be copied.

Anyway, his reputation in Datang is not good, and he is not afraid that the big families and clans in those places will spread rumors about him, or sue him.

If he wanted to be a villain, he would be the number one villain in the Tang Dynasty, and all other villains would lie under his feet.

After dispatching a thousand riders, there will be fewer refugees on the way back.

Governments all over the country moved upon hearing the news, and immediately began to disperse and resettle the refugees before he, the evil star, came to their door.

Of course, it was unavoidable to drive the refugees elsewhere, giving Li Yuanji the illusion that they had resettled the refugees.

After passing Xin'an, we will soon arrive at Luoyang.

Li Yuanji was stopped.

A young man, two years older than him, was thin and poorly dressed, but neither humble nor overbearing.

As soon as the young people appeared, they were immediately surrounded by Xie Shufang and others.

Surrounded by soldiers, the young man bowed to Li Ji neither humble nor overbearing, "Chen Bozhou assistant teacher Ma Zhou, see Your Highness King Qi."

The teaching assistant is a sesame official. Datang has set up a doctor of Confucianism and two teaching assistants in each state and county, responsible for teaching Confucianism.

Li Yuanji was taken aback.

A small teaching assistant is not as big as the team of Prince Qi's Mansion, so he is not worthy of his embarrassment.

What moved him was the assistant's name.

Ma Zhou.

Is this horse week the horse week in history?

Li Yuanji had doubts in his heart and recalled carefully.

Historically, during the reign of Wude, Ma Zhou was indeed made up as an assistant teacher in Bozhou.

It's just that he drank alcohol every day and didn't take teaching seriously. He was reprimanded many times by the governor of Bozhou, and finally left, living between Caozhou and Bianzhou.

Right now Bozhou is occupied by Liu Heitai, and the adjacent Weizhou is also occupied by Liu Heitai. Caozhou and Bianzhou to the south of Weizhou will naturally be poisoned by the rebel army.

It is reasonable for Ma Zhou to be exiled to Xin'an.

This horse week is probably the horse week in history.

This kind of person took the initiative to send it to your door, so how can you not accept it?

Li Yuanji remained calm and waved to Xie Shufang.

Xie Shufang glared at Ma Zhou viciously, and led the people back to the side.

Li Yuanji stared at Ma Zhou and said, "Why are you blocking my horse?"

Ma Zhou raised his head, looked at Li Yuanji, and said seriously, "Does Your Highness know that while you are saving people, you are also harming them?"

(End of this chapter)