Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 1 Huge Predicament, Who Will Rescue

"Presumptuous, food talk, they... how dare they disobey me like this!!"

"Right now, the common people are in dire straits and have no food to eat, yet they still have leisure time to play!!"

Looking at the notebook in his hand, Li Shimin was so angry that he trembled all over.

There are two folds in total.

One is that he was rejected for taking food from the aristocratic family.

The other picture shows a few children from aristocratic families wantonly playing and eating wantonly. The food wasted on the wine table alone is enough to feed hundreds of disaster victims.

"These aristocratic families really deceive me that Li Tang has no one? They deceive me that Li Shimin dare not take action against them?!"

Angrily throwing down the booklet, Li Shimin's eyes turned red, wishing he could tear those aristocratic children alive.

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling who accompanied him by his side were silent like cicadas, not daring to speak.

Even the eldest grandson Wugou who knows Li Shimin best, at this moment only caresses Li Shimin's heart gently, and doesn't know what to say to comfort the family's behavior.

nowadays.

The aristocratic family is very powerful, mainly because of the power given by Li Shimin.

Back then, in order to stabilize the throne, he tried his best to win over the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family provided assistance for this, but their assistance was not free. After Li Shimin stabilized the throne, they all got what they wanted.

It was originally a win-win situation, but this made the aristocratic family spread all over the court, and the right to speak was so great that Li Shimin's voice was being suppressed.

Now it's even more rampant to the point where he doesn't even give him food! !
Do not……

According to the booklet of the family, it can be given.

But the booklets are full of the names of the children of the family, and those positions are not held by the children of the family. If they are handed over through compromise, Li Shimin's voice will be reduced again.

And, this will also represent a signal.

The Li family of the Tang royal family bowed their heads to the aristocratic family! !
He, Li Shimin, failed in this game, and a failure would make the aristocratic family gain an inch, and there is a great possibility that he will be ostracized as a puppet emperor.

If it is a mediocre emperor, as long as he can keep the throne, as long as the aristocratic family can give him the royal majesty in the face, he doesn't care about other things.

But Li Shimin is different, he is a king with ambition, ambition and strong desire for power! !
He didn't allow himself to be an emperor, and some forces had to compromise, so how could Li Shimin allow such a situation where the court was full of children from aristocratic families! !
But if you don't compromise, what can you do? !

In March of the second year of Zhenguan, the plague of locusts was everywhere in the pass, and the red land was thousands of miles away. Chang'an and the palace were not spared. Even the imperial capital was affected, which shows the suffering of the people on the frontier.

In May of the third year of Zhenguan, locust plagues occurred in five counties and counties, and there was no grain harvest.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Zhenguan, locust plagues appeared again in the three prefectures.

This year, after the locust plague, the refugees reached a terrifying level, waiting for food relief outside the imperial city.

If at this juncture, he falls out with the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family has food, they can give food to the hungry and crazy people, demote him to Li Tang, and it is also possible to cause a change.

And if there hadn't been a catastrophe, several years of catastrophes would have emptied the grain reserves of the Imperial City treasury long ago. Now that he has no food in hand, how can he feed those victims? !

Dead end.

It's a terrible dead end! !
Li Shimin also thought of this, his scarlet eyes were full of helplessness, and he sighed for a while, "Auxiliary machine, Xuanling, do you two have a coup?!"

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling are his confidantes, but also his think tanks, they have solved various things for him in various wars and political affairs in the past.

This time when encountering difficulties, Li Shimin looked at them with anticipation, longing for the same way as before, when encountering danger, he could get a good plan.

however,
This time his expectations were dashed.

Both Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling lowered their heads in shame.

"Your Majesty, this game is too difficult."

"I think it's best to send troops to the southern cities to fetch food."

"As for the imperial family..."

Changsun Wuji paused, quite hesitant.

"Say!!"

Li Shimin's tone was slightly angry.

"Yes!!"

The eldest grandson Wuji saluted, "On the side of the aristocratic family, the minister thinks that tough measures should not be taken. Today they jointly issued a note asking His Majesty to create a position for the children of the family. It is obvious that a united front has been formed and is monolithic."

"To deal with them, it would be fine if we removed them all at once, but if we only move one of them, it will only affect the whole body. At that time, His Majesty will not only have to face the problem of food for the refugees, but also play a game with the aristocratic family. The gains outweigh the losses!!"

Fang Xuanling cupped his hands, "Your Majesty, this humble minister seconded the proposal."

"So, there is no other way?!"

Li Shimin sighed.

Both Changsun Wuji bowed in salute, not daring to raise their heads.

"Oh, go down, go down, go down, all of you."

Li Shimin waved his sleeves, powerlessly dismissed the two important ministers and left.

"promise!!"

The eldest and grandson Wuji hurriedly resigned.

After they left, Li Shimin sat down on the steps below the throne in a disrespectful manner, "Guanyin maidservant, according to the auxiliary machine and the others, go to the south to fetch food, let alone whether there is any surplus food in the south, just the journey, the beasts on the way, Many factors, such as weather, will greatly slow down the return time."

"When they return, how much will my people starve to death? This situation... has no solution!!"

Li Shimin was extremely decadent.

Two lines of hot tears fell from her scarlet eyes because she hadn't slept all night.

The eldest grandson Wugou came to him and knelt down, still comforting his heart, "Your Majesty, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, don't fall into despair too early."

Li Shimin didn't raise his head, "In this situation, there seems to be only one way left, and that is to bow to the aristocratic family, so that the aristocratic family will like the people to be saved, and both of them will benefit. This is just my long-cherished wish, and it is a step further."

"However, in order to save my people, we can only..."

I haven't finished speaking yet,
The eldest grandson Wugou pressed Li Shimin's lips with his slender fingers, preventing him from speaking.

"Guanyin maid, you..."

The eldest grandson Wugou laughed, his smile was like a flower.

"Your Majesty, it's not time to despair."

"As early as today, when I came to the morning court, there were guards and Ben Gong who explained that there seemed to be a lot of grain in Kuan'er's house. Maybe we can go and find out. With Kuan'er's personality that likes to store, maybe the grain It can give us some surprises.”

Wide? !
Li Shimin was slightly taken aback. Kuan'er's name was Li Kuan, he was Li Shimin's second son, but he was adopted by his father Li Yuan to be the son of Chuai King Li Zhiyun in his early years, and the relationship between the two existed in name only.

I still remember that when Kuan'er was adopted by Li Zhiyun, he didn't say a word, felt extremely guilty, and subconsciously didn't want to meet Li Kuan, so even if Li Kuan lived in Chang'an for a long time, he couldn't see him a few times a year.

I didn't want to meet each other, and the prince is still a teenager, how can I solve the food problem that is a headache for civil and military officials?

So after listening hastily, Li Shimin waved his hands boringly, "Guanyin maidservant, I won't go."

"I'm tired, go back and rest first, and think about what to do next."

(End of this chapter)