Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 17 Li Shimin: The moment that belongs to me
evening.

A long caravan is walking on the road in Wuling County.

The rays of the setting sun elongate their figures, which is poetic.

Li Shimin and Du Ruhui rode in a luxurious carriage, surrounded by hundreds of plainclothes imperial guards.

Li Shimin dared to travel at night, not because he was arrogant and thought he had the air of a king, but because he was escorted by a guard.

In the luxurious carriage headed by Li Shimin, Li Shimin lay timidly on the side, while Du Ruhui made tea on the side.

The Pu'er tea and tea set that Fang Yuan gave to Du Ruhui were used at this time, in the carriage.

"Your Majesty, you can drink."

Du Ruhui poured a glass for Li Shimin first.

Then he drank a cup himself.

The effect of Pu'er tea made him feel comfortable all over.

It seemed like medicine, soothing his tired body and mind.

"This tea smells good!"

Li Shimin sighed.

Before leaving, he also asked Fang Yuan for some tea.

But Fang Yuan said that there were not many tea leaves, he only gave a small pot, not as much as Du Ruhui.

While sighing, Li Shimin picked up the purple sand teacup, put it to his mouth, and slowly sipped it.

But suddenly
"boom!"

There was a vibration, and the carriage jolted violently.

Unprepared Li Shimin and Du Ruhui both bounced on the spot.

What's more, the tea in Li Shimin's hand splashed out and wet his clothes.

Not only that, the tea sets in the carriage were also scattered, and the sable carpet was instantly soaked.

"Bastard, who is driving?!"

Li Shimin was furious.

His eyes revealed a cold killing intent.

Leisurely and elegant, just being interrupted like this, full of anger.

"Subordinates should die, subordinates should die"

The groom's trembling voice sounded, apologizing repeatedly.

Li Shimin snorted coldly, and pulled open the curtain of the carriage.

But after seeing the situation clearly, he didn't say a word, and went back to the horse to sulk.

Because, after leaving Wuling County, it is no longer Wuling County Highway, but an ordinary official road.

Du Ruhui also saw the situation through the window, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, there are really two worlds.

I don't know when I can see Fang Yuan again next time, and whether I can visit the panoramic view of Fang Yuan's ninth-floor Mohist Research Institute.

More than ten days later.

Chang'an City is still lively.

But it was an expression of not being full.

More than a dozen people squatted in front of Mi Xing with sacks in their hands.

The door of the rice shop is open, but there is not a grain of rice to buy inside.

Suddenly, there was a team coming here in the distance, and they were still pushing seven or eight cars.

"There is rice, there is rice, there is a small amount of rice, 210 three cents a bucket!"

Workers transporting rice shouted.

The hungry people suddenly regained their spirits.

The people sitting on both sides of the rice row stood up immediately, their eyes shining.

However, after hearing 210 three coins and one bucket, the light in his eyes slowly faded and finally disappeared.

The price was too high, and they couldn't afford it at all. For a while, wailing was everywhere. People were hungry, but they couldn't afford rice.

Not only this rice shop is like this, but the rice shops in the entire Chang'an City are similar to this, and the price of rice has completely risen to the sky.

The Imperial Palace, in front of the Tai Chi Palace.

Shang Shu Zuo Pu shot Pei Ji and all the officials gathered at the door.

Hundreds of officials shouted at the door, clamoring to see the emperor, they did not look like officials at all.

Standing in front of them was the young prince Li Chengqian, his immature face was full of eagerness and fright.

"His Royal Highness, please don't stop me from meeting His Majesty."

"Your Majesty has disappeared for many days, and the natural disasters in the Guannei Road area have become more and more serious, and the people are in dire straits."

"Your Majesty, please stand up and admit that you have lost morality, and issue an edict to appease the grievances of the heavens, so as to bless our Tang Dynasty and promote the foundation of the world!"

Pei Ji stood at the front.

He looked straight at the young Li Chengqian and said.

"Sikong, when Father wants to come out, he will naturally come out."

Li Chengqian was so frightened that his body trembled a little.

But he still stood still, looking at Pei Ji.

No one knew that his hands hidden in his sleeves were already tightly clenched into fists.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, do you know that the common people cannot afford to wait?"

"For the sake of the people of the world, His Royal Highness, please make way, otherwise don't blame the old minister for forcing the way!"

Pei Ji took a step forward.

It seems that the etiquette is in place, but the eyes are very scary.

Li Chengqian's heart trembled, he took a step back subconsciously, and immediately shouted that something was wrong.

And Pei Ji also grasped this point, stood up straight, and waved back: "Follow me into the palace to find His Majesty."

All the officials immediately echoed loudly, followed behind Pei Ji, bypassed Li Chengqian and walked towards the Taiji Palace, regardless of what Li Chengqian behind him called to them.

Seeing that the officials were about to step into the Taiji Palace, two forbidden troops suddenly walked out of the Taiji Palace.

Only the emperor can mobilize the Forbidden Army, even when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supervised the country, he never mobilized it.

Such a change made all the officials stop, looked at the two imperial guards who suddenly appeared in panic, and looked at Pei Ji one after another.

At the same time, a motorcade entered from Chengtianmen and stopped behind Baiguan.

The convoys could not be seen at a glance, and each convoy was covered by tarpaulins, so it was not clear what it was.

Pei Ji frowned as he looked at the hundreds of carriages filled with unknown objects, feeling bad.

"Da da da"

There was a sudden sound of footsteps in Tai Chi Palace.

Everyone looked for the prestige, holding their breath nervously.

Prince Li Chengqian also looked over, his eyes became moist instantly when he saw the person who appeared.

"I'm waiting to meet your Majesty!"

The visitor finally saw clearly.

Hundreds of officials worshiped Li Shimin one after another.

Li Shimin appeared in a dragon robe, walking like a dragon and walking like a tiger.

His eyes are like lightning, he is mighty and domineering, and his aura hits like a tornado, making the timid officials lower their heads even lower.

"Are you all forcing the palace against me?"

After Li Shimin looked around at the crowd, he spoke slowly.

As soon as the word forced the palace came out, the bodies of many ministers at the scene began to tremble immediately.

"Your Majesty calm down, the ministers are also thinking of the Great Tang Dynasty."

"Nowadays, people in Chang'an City starve to death every day, and the Guannei Road is even more uncommon."

"I also ask Your Majesty to be considerate of the common people in the world, consider for the sake of the country, and issue an imperial edict to appease the grievances of the heavens."

Pei Ji stood up and stood in front of everyone.

He also looked straight at Li Shimin, but his eyes didn't dare to be as scary as before.

"I am not wrong, why do I need to punish myself?"

Li Shimin sneered in his heart, and said in a deep voice.

The court, represented by Pei Ji, just wanted to weaken his prestige.

"Since there is no crime, why did the natural disaster fall?"

Pei Ji asked back.

Full of gunpowder flavor.

Pei Ji was the leader who dared to contradict Li Shimin in this way.

"Natural disaster."

Li Shimin said with a blank face.

"Hehehe, is your Majesty a child?"

"If it is a natural disaster, please His Majesty solve it."

Pei Ji was not afraid, and taunted Li Shimin face to face.

As a founding hero, backed by the Supreme Emperor, he is fearless.

"Hmph, please wait and see."

Li Shimin snorted coldly.

Ignoring Pei Ji's ridicule for the time being, bypassing the ministers.

Coming to the front of the stairs, Li Shimin looked at the long motorcade below.

"Unload the car!"

Li Shimin opened his hands and shouted boldly.

The words fell, and the convoy guards escorted by the plainclothes forbidden army should all be there.

They pulled out long knives from the carriage, slashed at the rope, and cut open a sack along the way.

"crash"

Rice, wheat, and millet were scattered on the ground.

All the ministers were in an uproar, their eyes widened, and they looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief.

Pei Ji pushed aside the officials blocking the way and came to the front, staring at the grain scattered on the ground with wide eyes.

"Preach my decree: the imperial court will open warehouses for disaster relief, supply 100 million shi of grain, five qian per bucket!"

"Order Jing Zhaoyin to dispatch government servants and order all rice and grain prices to be reduced. Those who violate the order will be permanently sealed up and expelled from Chang'an City!"

"The left servant of the Shangshu shot Pei Ji and all the officials to disrupt the order of the palace, deprived Sikong of his title, and fined him three years' salary, and his companions were fined one year's salary, as a warning to others."

Li Shimin's voice sounded in front of Tai Chi Palace.

The majestic and domineering voice made all the ministers bend their waists again.

Pei Ji, who was still arrogant just now, looked as ugly as a pig's liver at this moment, but he didn't dare to refute.

The 100 million shi of grain in front of him was too shocking, his brain short-circuited, and he couldn't figure out where so much grain came from.

(End of this chapter)