Man Tanghong

In the past when there were three pillars in the court, people like him who didn't like intrigue, and didn't like to be a leader, still had some room for survival.

Now that the family is the only one, he doesn't even have any living space.

Li Gang, Pei Ju, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, and Wei Zheng decided in a few words what he needed to do, what he should do, and what he must do, and he had no room for resistance.

Does this keep people alive? !
Don't bring such a bully! ! !

Li Yuanji looked at Li Daozong's expression, which was more uncomfortable than eating shit. He secretly laughed in his heart, but his face calmly added to the anger, "Since everyone thinks Daozong is suitable, let Daozong go. As for the transfer If the guard goes with Daozong, Xiaogong and Shufang will discuss it with Daozong."

Li Daozong's expression became even uglier when he heard this.

But everyone has already decided on this matter, and he is not the opponent of Li Gang and others in bickering, so he can only accept his fate.

Who made his life miserable.

He's not as outstanding as Li Xiaogong, he can't stand alone, and he's not as useless as other younger brothers, he can't lie down and enjoy wealth like a pig, so he can only be manipulated by others.

Seeing that Li Daozong seemed to have accepted his fate, Li Yuanji was relieved.

This was done to prevent those people encouraged by Yin Kaishan from finding out that Yin Kaishan led them to rebel for a calculated reason, and also to prevent the big clans in Hebei Province from discovering that the killing of the Li family in Zhaozhou was done deliberately. The Turkic people saw that the Tang Dynasty was in chaos and had no choice but to dispatch an army to suppress the illusion.

"If this is the case, then the minister can think of a way."

As for where the food goes, everyone knows, but there is no way to say.

Chen Shuda pondered and said.

Not to mention how much food the national strength of the Sui Dynasty could accumulate each year, the expenses incurred by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty during the construction of canals and the three conquests of Goguryeo were enough to wipe out the family fortune of the former Sui Dynasty.

If the former Sui left enough food for the Tang Dynasty to feed for more than ten years, would Li Shimin need to do this?

"You don't have to worry about the food you need in Hebei Province and Duji Province. You only need to raise the food needed for Daozong to lead the army to Duji Province, and the food needed for Xiaogong to lead the army to go out."

Hearing Wei Zheng's words, Chen Shuda nodded his head with a serious face and said: "The grain merchants have grain in their hands, but we can't grab it openly. Besides, after the accident in the palace, it seems that the grain merchants are Smell that there will be a war, so they frantically hoard food, and the price of food has skyrocketed all the way, and now it has skyrocketed to the point where the people are almost unable to afford food.

Wei Zheng frowned and thought for a long time before saying, "How much food can the treasury provide now?"

After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Yu opened his mouth slowly.

The Tang Dynasty had been fighting for years, and there was not much food to mobilize, and there was even some meaning of eating enough food for free.

Not to mention leaving a large number for Datang to enjoy.

"Then let Chengwang take [-] shi of grain to set off, and the rest of the grain will be replenished along the way, and then the ministers will use other methods to supply the grain to the various yamen along the way.

So the food they can consume is a rather huge number.

Li Gang and others were well aware of Datang's plight in terms of grain and grass, so when faced with this problem, they didn't know what to say for a while.

In the former Sui Dynasty, many granaries were left behind, as well as a lot of grain, but at the end of the Sui Dynasty, in the troubled times, they were divided up by the anti-kings from all over the country, and some granaries were also tossed clean by the anti-kings.

It's not that the people don't want to eat other things, but that there is nothing else to eat, so they can only fill a bowl of noodles or other staple foods to fill their stomachs.

"If you let the localities raise money, you should be able to raise some food."

How many ways were there against the king in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty?

Therefore, it is purely fake news released by Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, saying that the grain in the granary left by the Sui Dynasty in Luoyang was enough for the Tang Dynasty to feed for more than ten years.

The common people are also the foundation of Datang.

This is the truth, because the population of Chang'an City has broken through to 80 million and is still increasing, and the food consumed every ten days is also a huge number.

Li Xiaogong, Li Gang, Pei Ju, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Wei Zheng almost all frowned.

It is indeed appropriate for Li Daozong to do this matter.

As long as the people encouraged by Yin Kaishan firmly believe in Yin Kaishan, everything in Duji Province will be carried out exactly as planned before.

After all, the brains of the enemy and us are our own, and the relationship is still very good, so it is natural to get twice the result with half the effort when acting.

Anyway, in the past year or so, some large ships by water and sea have also caught some, and they can afford to pay.

Li Gang, Chen Shuda, and Xiao Yu looked at each other without saying a word.

Of course, the most fundamental reason for this situation is that this year's summer grain, Shandong Province, Duji Province, and the vassal kings of various places have not yet handed over the grain in full.

Although it is not profitable to transport grain from Jiaozhou to Dizhou, and even from Dizhou to Luoyang, it will even cost a lot of money, but as long as the grain and grass needed by the army can be supplied in time, losing money will also lose money .

Therefore, all the soldiers and horses of the Twelve Guards had to be selected by the two of them first, and the rest could be given to Li Daozong.

Li Xiaogong is the candidate who has been selected to deal with the Turkic invasion.

As long as the big clans in Hebei Province didn't find out that the killing of the Li family in Zhaozhou was done deliberately, they would have no excuse to attack the court.

Pei Ju blinked, stroked his beard, and said thoughtfully: "Isn't it just the summer harvest, and this summer is still a bumper harvest, how come there is no food?"

In front of the huge expenditure, even if Emperor Sui Yang extorted money violently, how much wealth could he accumulate?

After holding back for a long time, Xiao Yu uttered such a useless nonsense.

Chen Shuda hesitated for a moment and said, "More than one hundred thousand stones..."

Therefore, the food we can use in Chang'an City is only 10,000+ stone. "

When Datang was conquering Liu Heita, he discussed for a long time about raising food, which just confirmed this point.

In terms of closeness, he must be closer to Yin Kaishan.

In the novel, it is said that there are 72 routes, but in reality there are probably more.

Afterwards, the Tang Dynasty had to face not only the battle against the rebellion in Duji Province, but also the invasion of the Turks, who had already prepared for the sudden appearance of the Turks in Chang'an City.

As long as they don't need a large amount of food right away, they can think of a way, and by the way, urge those Shaanxi officials and vassals who have been recruited to hand over the food as soon as possible.

Li Yuanji, Li Gang and others didn't even look at Xiao Yu.

It is purely a joke to say that it is enough for Datang to use it for more than ten years.

But all places are in the recuperation stage, and there is not much food available, so they can't raise much food.

With the aristocratic families guarding their granaries one by one and watching the clouds rise, no matter how big the family property left in the former Sui Dynasty, it would not be enough to oppose the kings.

The big deal is to treat Feng Zhidai kindly and let Feng An take people to rob outside Jiaozhou.

The current Chang'an City can no longer withstand this kind of toss, and there can be no more big troubles.

In the early days of the Tang Dynasty, it was impossible to watch Hebei Road become a place where there was no human habitation for ten miles and no rooster crowing for a hundred miles.

The Luoyang granary is large enough. Although Wang Shichong consumed some, he also left a lot.

Part of the grain collected in the treasury was allocated to be used as salaries for officials, part was allocated to various yamen to do projects, and part was allocated to help Li Yuan build the mausoleum, and the rest was only 10,000+ stone.

If the family property left by the former Sui Dynasty was really rich, anti-kings like Zhu Jie would not be able to eat human flesh.

I just don't know if Xu Shizong, who is being played, will be so depressed that he vomits blood after knowing the truth.

Although Datang has been deliberately targeting the powerful families since the founding of the country, the people are innocent.

Is he shameless?

"Since the matter of mobilizing troops has been decided, let's discuss the matter of mobilizing food and grass."

The reason why Li Yuanji insisted on asking the court to send a man to lead the troops to help in Duji Province was also to confuse people.

After all, the battle that Li Xiaogong and Xie Shufang will face later is the most critical. Li Daozong is going to paddle, and it doesn't matter whether the soldiers and horses he leads are strong or not.

At that time, the common people will be busy in the city.

At the same time, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Pei Ju, Li Gang and others all had a thought in their hearts, that is, the transfer of officials from Eastern Shaanxi Province must be done as soon as possible.

So if people don't turn in the grain, they can't say anything, and Li Yuanji can't mobilize the crowd to question the crime.

After all, in the troubled times, the common people were coerced into serving as soldiers, or running around for refuge, so there was no way to grow food with peace of mind.

People in this period did not have so much non-staple food, so food consumption was very large.

For the current Datang, it is easy to mobilize troops, but it is not so easy to mobilize food and grass.

During the war, it was inevitable to raise food from all over the place.

This includes the rebels encouraged by Yin Kaishan, the big clans of Hebei Road, and the Turkic people who will invade Datang later.

Therefore, the court still needs to raise funds.

Therefore, in the troubled times, the anti-kings basically consumed the property of the former Sui Dynasty.

If there are wealthy officials who offer a large amount of grain and grass, the minister thinks that they should be rewarded. "

When Li Gang and the others were frowning, Li Yuanji made a little confession.

After all, those anti-kings who can't get on the stage, the people who wrote the romance probably didn't know about it, nor heard of it.

Li Daozong was not only Xu Shizong's colleague and comrade-in-arms, but also Yin Kaishan's colleague and comrade-in-arms.

Originally, there was food, but there was an accident in the palace, and after many people sensed that the war might be coming, there was no food.

Although Datang seized from Wang Shichong the large granary left by the former Sui Dynasty when he attacked Luoyang, it was filled with grain, and there were rumors that the grain inside was enough for the Tang Dynasty to use for more than ten years. It was all Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin who discussed it and said it to deceive the people.

Now the same difficulty fell on Li Yuanji, and the difficulty he was about to face was far more serious than when he conquered Liu Heitai, so he had to call Li Gang and others together to discuss and discuss.

After the sea transportation from Luoyang to Dizhou and from Dizhou to Jiaozhou is completed, although food is still a problem, it will not be stuck.

In order to undertake the important task of raising food, Li Shimin sent his subordinate officials to travel around, which also confirms this point.

Otherwise, the imperial court would not be so poor after just getting a big harvest.

The bowl is too small to fill the stomach and not to be full.

Even if the army that Li Xiaogong needs to lead later is a bit large, and they will rush to Taiyuan, Yunzhou and other places to fight, the large ships for sea and water transportation in the Hebei Road may not be able to supply them even if they lose a huge amount of capital to transport food.

Xie Shufang is also the person who has been selected to guard Chang'an City.

As for why Li Daozong asked Li Xiaogong and Xie Shufang to discuss the transfer of the soldiers and horses of the guard, it was also for the consideration of the subsequent battle.

After all, the population of the Tang Dynasty was there, and there was only a little food that could be handed over every year. After the salaries of hundreds of officials and ten thousand officials were paid, there was not much left.

You know, in times of trouble, food is worth more than money.

After all, he has been the king of the county since he was in charge of the army, and the only one who can communicate with him on an equal footing is someone like Yin Kaishan who has reached a certain level of official rank. A guy like Xu Shizong, who is neither high nor low, has no way to communicate with him on an equal footing. .

So we can't pin our hopes on the local people.

More importantly, after quietly giving the Turkic people tens of millions of money, they have to live with their eldest grandson and tighten their belts.

Otherwise, there will be no public grievances and anti-kings emerge in endlessly.

This is why people in the Guanzhong area like to use big bowls.

As long as the Turkic people believed that the Tang Dynasty was in chaos and dispatched all the elite to suppress the rebellion, then the Turkic people would not be so cautious when they invaded the Tang Dynasty.

Some of the food was confiscated some time ago, otherwise there would not be so much food.

Because they have nothing to do.

Judging from the current situation in Datang, Li Yuanji can only appease these people, and can't take drastic actions, otherwise they may show Li Yuanji back.

If we send people to requisition or purchase grain, I am afraid that the price of grain will continue to rise, and various grain merchants will hoard grain even more frantically, causing the people to have no food to eat, or the dilemma of not being able to afford it.

Even if he accumulated a lot of family wealth through excessive expropriation, it is not enough to be built by the anti-kings, and it is not enough for the Tang Dynasty to help the world.

And in things like war, once you lose your caution, you will easily fall into a mess.

Wei Zheng frowned all of a sudden, "Isn't this too little? The people in Chang'an City consume more than this amount every ten days."

Li Shimin can say that "water can carry a boat and overturn it", how can he just sit back and watch the people go and die, and sit and watch Hebei Road become a place with few people.

Li Yuanji spoke again after confirming that Li Daozong would lead troops to help.

It's just that Li Yuanji has to decide how to deal with the vassal kings in Shaanxi Province, Duji Province, and other places who don't turn in their grain, and they are not easy to discuss.

But even so, after helping the granaries in other parts of Datang a little bit, they were exhausted.

With him cooperating with Yin Kaishan in acting, this scene will definitely be very exciting.

This kind of thing doesn't need to be ordered by Li Yuanji at all, as long as they do it directly according to the documents reported by the Ministry of Officials when they summarize the year-end.

At that time, you only need to give Li Yuanji a list, and Li Yuanji will approve and issue it.

As for the transfer of the vassal kings, it is beyond their ability to intervene, and Li Yuanji has to be a dictator.

But based on their understanding of Li Yuanji, this kind of thing shouldn't take too long.

After all, with the dominance shown by Li Yuanji, these people would never be allowed to drag the court back down.