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

Chapter 367 All-out war, Tang Dynasty is surrounded by enemies

The city of Chang'an was in panic.

After Li Shimin and others found out, they also turned pale in shock.

Datang has absolute confidence in any country.

But in the face of the combination of Tubo and Tuyuhun, the winning rate is not high.

If other countries also intervene, then Datang is in danger.

"Ministry of Rites, I want you to unite with Honglu Temple to appease Western Turks and other countries."

Li Shimin immediately arranged things for the Ministry of Rites and asked them to implement them quickly.

There are also the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Finance, etc., all of which immediately strengthened the attention of various matters.

However, although Li Shimin made preparations as soon as he received the news, it still did not bring about substantial results.

Tang and West Turkic border.

Western Turks suddenly dispatched troops and generals.

The West Turks, who have harvested a lot of East Turks from the split of the East Turks, are still making small moves at this time.

Their troops gathered slowly and rushed towards the direction of Datang, one army after another gathered outside the border city of Datang.

The dark Western Turkic army is no less than [-], and it is still increasing, gathering from all directions.

Looking at the trend, it is possible that a hundred thousand troops will be assembled to approach the city and go south to the Tang Dynasty.

When the general guarding the city saw it, he was so frightened that the gates of the city were closed tightly, and sent an urgent message back to Chang'an City from eight hundred miles away.

Not only that, but also the border between Datang and Xue Yantuo, the same thing happened. Xue Yantuo's army gathered outside Datang, and there was a possibility of attacking Datang at any time.

At this moment, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Western Turks, Xue Yantuo, and Tang Dynasty will face the attacks of four countries.

When the news spread back to Chang'an City, the people in Chang'an City could no longer use fear to describe their feelings.

It seems that there is a feeling of destroying the world. I don't have any confidence in Datang, and I am in constant panic, causing more troubles in vain.

"Asshole, asshole, how could this happen?!"

Li Shimin was distraught.

Throw things hard in the imperial study.

It is difficult for him to understand why the four countries are so unified and want to go to war against Datang.

There are frictions between the four countries and each other, and it is impossible to cooperate.

But now, the four countries are almost going to war against Datang, what caused it?

The four countries jointly attacked the Tang Dynasty, how could the Tang Dynasty face the four countries? !
"Pass to Fang Yuan!"

In a secret base.

The patriarchs with five surnames and seven Wangs gathered together again.

"This time, Datang is finally in complete chaos."

"The only thing that can calm the chaos now is Fang Yuan's firecracker, right?"

"Although the blunderbuss is powerful, it may not be able to quell the chaos of the Four Kingdoms. Our efforts will be quelled by a weapon?"

"Let's see how Li Shimin will deal with it first. We will continue to cultivate our morality and morals as before, and slowly exchange money from the imperial court."

"There was an accident in Qingzhou, we underestimated that kid in Qingshan, should we continue to support him?"

"It is definitely necessary to support him. He is now at war with King Li Ke of Shu. It doesn't matter whether he wins or not. It is also necessary to be able to hold back Datang's [-] troops."

The seven looked calm, drinking tea while talking about very ordinary things.

But they actually planned the entire Great Tang, and all kinds of things happened in the entire Great Tang under their control.

Tubo, Western Turks, and Xue Yantuo were all contacted by them. Among them, Tubo only sent people to lobby, while Western Turks and Xue Yantuo gave benefits.

Any war is nothing but for profit.

As long as the interests are sufficient, so what if the world is raging with war?

So now Datang is about to be fully attacked, and Datang's life and death will soon be revealed.

Chang'an City.

Li Shimin and others were extremely busy.

After the efforts of Honglu Temple, they finally knew the reason why the Four Kingdoms attacked Tang.

But it's useless to know the reason. They are dispatching troops to attack Datang at any time.

"Your Majesty, let's fully recruit troops!"

Hou Junji, Minister of the Ministry of War, said in a deep voice.

At present, 15 troops can be transferred from all over the imperial court.

But these 15 troops are all suppressing the local area, or they may be of great use.

Such an adjustment is a great hidden danger to the stability of Datang.

Therefore, all the troops cannot be transferred away. Some of them need to be kept in place, some of them should be transferred to the front, and the rest should be recruited from all over the country.

"An order to recruit youth over the age of 16 across the country!"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

Follow Hou Junji's advice and recruit troops immediately.

"Your Majesty, we can't decide on money and food."

Fang Yuan had no choice but to interrupt.

The current support from the Ministry of Finance is beyond the quota.

It was barely supported because the bank kept printing money.

"Distributing banknotes to the soldiers can always afford it, right?"

Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice.

After the implementation of the Child Protection Law, he has always hated Fang Yuan.

As long as there is something wrong with Fang Yuan, he will increase his efforts to target it, and will not let it go.

"The store doesn't accept banknotes, but gives soldiers banknotes. Is there any morality in the army?"

Fang Yuan was speechless.

Now, except for all the stores of his Bafang Group that accept banknotes, less than [-]% of the stores in the city accept banknotes.

In this case, paper money can be issued to officials, but not to soldiers, because they are going to the battlefield with their lives.

Changsun Wuji opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but Li Shimin spoke first.

"What should I do?"

"Is there a solution?"

Li Shimin nodded in agreement, looked at Fang Yuan and said.

Now that the credit of banknotes has not fallen any further, the number of people exchanging the banknotes of the Tang Dynasty for copper coins has decreased a lot.

But less does not mean there is no. In the face of a huge base, less is also a very large number, and the pressure is still great.

"I have investigated, and only [-]% of the shops in Chang'an City accept banknotes, and the rest refuse to accept them for various reasons."

"Thirty to forty percent of the stores that don't accept them are actually controlled by various officials. If the ministers can accept banknotes and pay military expenses with banknotes, it may be considered a solution."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

He has been thinking about how to solve the credit problem of Datang Banknotes.

In fact, banknotes are still copper coins, and to ordinary people, they are all the same, as long as they can be spent.

Therefore, the root cause lies in the store, and it needs multiple stores to agree to accept banknotes, so the credit of Datang Banknotes can be resolved.

So Fang Yuan investigated the people behind the shops in Chang'an City, and planned to start from behind their backs, and talk to their owners directly.

I just checked and found out that they are all the property of the high officials, or the property of the big aristocratic family, which made Fang Yuan feel a little bit difficult.

When he was hesitating how to solve these matters, the news of the Four Kingdoms' crusade against Tang came back, and it happened that Li Shimin called everyone for a meeting.

So this is the best time to bring it up.

It may offend some of those present, but it can only be said.

"what?"

"Are you related to you?"

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes widened.

He looked at Changsun Wuji and the others in disbelief.

He and Fang Yuan have been thinking about how to promote banknotes.

But the final question is that his ministers don't accept banknotes?
At this moment, Li Shimin felt a little bit that all civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty, except Fang Yuan, were from aristocratic families.

"Your Majesty, I have already asked the shop below to accept banknotes."

Changsun Wuji was the first to stand up and speak.

Immediately, Fang Xuanling, Liu Zhenghui, Wang Gui and others also seconded the proposal.

"Fang Yuan, tell me which shops controlled by ministers refuse to accept banknotes."

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

He didn't believe it, not Changsun Wuji and others.

These people are more concerned with their own interests, which are the interests of the court.

This is understandable, but collecting banknotes will not affect one's own interests, as long as the banknotes are successfully promoted.

At this moment, Changsun Wuji and others looked at Fang Yuan, their eyes were a little different.

"There are too many people. I only remember that out of the 66 stores controlled by Changsun Shangshu, 65 refused to accept banknotes for various reasons."

Fang Yuan said expressionlessly.

A Shangshu has 65 shops in Chang'an City alone, which shows how terrible it is to collect money.

And there are still some that the darkness does not know.

Fang Yuan is the Minister of the Household Department, it is too easy to investigate the Household Department files.

As long as there is a registered store, its actual controller can be found.

"Fang Yuan, don't spit out blood!"

Changsun Wuji became anxious immediately.

He made it clear that the people below should collect banknotes.

Now Fang Yuan said that 65 of the stores on his face refused banknotes, which is obviously a lie.

"Fang Yuan, don't talk nonsense!"

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

He didn't quite believe that Changsun Wuji would treat him like this.

After all, the relationship between the two is there, and there is still the idea of ​​continuing to marry.

Even the shops controlled by my most trusted uncle are like this, so what about the other ministers?

"Shangsun Shangshu, Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, you can follow me in disguise and go to a few shops to try."

Fang Yuan sneered.

Real gold is not afraid of fire, but it is afraid that Changsun Wuji will not dare to go.

Li Shimin didn't speak, neither did the ministers, they looked at Changsun Wuji.

"Go and go!"

"Going right now!"

Changsun Wuji said coldly.

He asked to go now, to clear his name.

If Fang Yuan was wronged, he would never let Fang Yuan go like this.

"Let's go then."

Fang Yuan smiled coldly.

Soon, Li Shimin changed his clothes.

Fang Yuan and the others also changed into simple clothes.

The clothes are relatively simple and not overly luxurious.

Soon, under Fang Yuan's leadership, Fang Yuan and others came to the door of a shop.

People come and go in Chang'an City, but people walk in a hurry, and they are in a panic when they leave.

Li Shimin looked at this situation and felt annoyed in his heart, and he was even more annoyed at Changsun Wuji and others who did not accept banknotes.

"Go and buy a few bolts of fabric, choose carefully, and don't come out in a hurry."

Fang Yuan asked a disguised forbidden soldier to come out and gave him a few hundred dollars.

To test, it is naturally impossible for any one of Fang Yuan to go, it is too easy to be discovered.

Therefore, it has to be an ordinary person, it is best to recognize the identity, and the other party will not have any scruples because of the identity issue.

"Yes."

The disguised imperial guards respectfully took Fang Yuan's Tang Dynasty banknotes and entered the cloth line.

Fang Yuan and others were waiting, Changsun Wuji looked at Fang Yuan with a sneer, his eyes were cold.

He is ready, as long as the imperial army comes out with the cloth, they will impeach Fang Yuan and ask Li Shimin to punish Fang Yuan.

After waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, the imperial army sent out came out with a good piece of cloth in his hand.

"Fang Yuan, what else do you have to say?"

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Fang Yuan and take the wind to catch the shadows, destroying my innocence!"

"I suspect that he colluded with the five surnames Qiwang to intentionally cause civil turmoil!"

Changsun Wuji immediately saluted Li Shimin and impeached Fang Yuan.

As soon as the words fell, everyone's expressions changed, and their hearts skipped a beat.

To impeach Fang Yuan for causing civil strife is not a small crime.

If the emperor took it seriously, then Fang Yuan would be investigated and investigated if he said nothing.

Li Shimin didn't speak, but frowned in thought.

Fang Yuan also frowned tightly, feeling something was wrong.

Obviously it has been investigated, why did it go wrong when I tested it myself?

"Your Majesty, the cloth shop doesn't accept banknotes and bullies people!"

The imperial army came back and said aggrievedly.

"You, don't talk nonsense, you obviously got the fabric back!"

Changsun Wuji's face changed drastically, and he stuttered.

Everyone's expressions changed again, and they looked at the imperial army in disbelief.

"Details!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"After I went in, I carefully selected three pieces of fabric."

"I went to the counter to pay the bill, but the shopkeeper said my money was fake, and I wanted copper coins."

"I just said I didn't want it anymore, but the shopkeeper wouldn't let me go, and even ordered Xiao Er to block my retreat, and finally bought a horse before letting me go."

The forbidden army said aggrievedly.

The cloth shop sells all high-quality cloth, and a piece costs one hundred copper coins.

One hundred copper coins is enough for my monthly salary for several months, so it is gone, and my heart hurts.

"No, it's impossible, you"

Changsun Wuji said angrily.

It was almost said that the imperial army and Fang Yuan colluded.

But fortunately, I held back, or else I didn't trust Li Shimin.

Before that, the imperial army and Fang Yuan had obviously never seen each other, so it was impossible to collude.

"Shangsun Shangshu, what do you want to explain?"

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

At this moment, he felt that his heart was blocked and uncomfortable.

"Chen, I will go and ask in person!"

Changsun Wuji gritted his teeth and said with hatred.

With that said, he walked straight to the cloth shop.

Li Shimin followed with a blank expression, and everyone followed.

"master?!"

The shopkeeper recognized Changsun Wuji and hurriedly greeted him.

"I ask you, why don't you accept banknotes?!"

Changsun Wuji said in a low voice with a cold face.

"Huh? Yes, but you didn't say that you must accept it."

The shopkeeper was startled, a little confused.

But after seeing Fang Yuan and others coming in, the guards holding the cloth understood.

"presumptuous!"

"I clearly said that paper money will be accepted!"

Changsun Wuji was furious, and slapped the shopkeeper on the face.

With a bang, bright red finger prints appeared on the shopkeeper's face, and the corner of his mouth was bleeding directly, making the shopkeeper completely stunned.

Fang Yuan and the others watched, their brows frowned, feeling that Changsun Wuji's move was a cover-up.

"My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life."

"It's all the villain's fault that he didn't carry out your orders, master."

The shopkeeper seemed to have noticed something, and immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know that the people below are arbitrarily making claims. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Changsun Wuji said with a dark face.

The shopkeeper and the customers at the scene were taken aback when they heard this, and then looked at Li Shimin.

It seemed that someone recognized Li Shimin and hurriedly saluted Li Shimin, causing a commotion.

"No courtesy, no courtesy!"

"Let's go, let's talk in another place!"

Li Shimin helped everyone up with empty hands, and quickly left here.

(End of this chapter)