People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 757: Your Highness might as well be tougher when doing things in the future.

It was dark, and an iron hoof stepped into the puddle beside the road. After countless splashes of water, the war horse quickly stopped.

Immediately, countless iron hooves suddenly stopped behind him. In front of everyone, there was a large camp that had been prepared long ago, and it was filled with bonfires.

"Everyone, enter the camp immediately. After eating and replenishing water, immediately roll onto the bed and go to sleep. Get up at [-]:[-] tomorrow. After eating, we will set off immediately." Li Xuan wore a tiger-head hood and a cold voice sounded outside the entire camp. .

"Here!" More than a thousand cavalrymen around him immediately dismounted without any hesitation, and then entered the camp in an orderly manner.

Li Xuan turned over and dismounted, looked behind and Li Xian, who also quickly dismounted with the support of Qian Niuwei, stepped towards the Mei County magistrate who had been waiting on one side.

Mei County is 160 miles away from Chang'an. The cavalry, which had just set off from Chang'an, was full of blood and energy and ran directly from Chang'an to Mei County.

In Mei County, everything has been prepared.

The tents, beds, hot water, hot food, fodder, and even the guards of the camp are all handled by Mei County soldiers.

Most of the heavy armor and baggage, as well as food and fodder, were all taken care of by the infantry and ships at the back.

They don't need to set up their own food, or even be on guard. Their more than 1000 cavalry only need to take care of themselves and their horses' safety, and they can do it for three hundred miles day and night.

However, I had just left Chang'an, and I was full of blood and energy. After two or three days, I immediately felt tired.

Fortunately, it was not too difficult to reach Lintao in five days.

After a while, Li Xuan took the magistrate of Mei County to visit Li Xian again at the Chinese army's tent.

"Xiaguan Dou Chi has met His Royal Highness the King of England." The magistrate of Mei County bowed his hands in salute to Li Xian.

"Thank you, Magistrate Dou." Li Xian said subconsciously, then frowned, raised his head and asked, "Do Magistrate Dou and Dou Xiao know each other?"

Dou Chi was slightly stunned. On the other side, Dou Xiao, a meritorious officer in the Royal Palace and a member of the army, had already stood up: "Eighteenth Master, I have met the Thirteenth Brother."

Looking at Dou Xiao who was wearing a suit of armor and looking tired, Dou Chi asked with surprise and disbelief: "Shishiro, when did you join the King of England's service?"

"It's only a few days." Dou Xiao raised his hand and said seriously: "It will only take three to five days for the official document to come out. Failure to inform my brother in time is a mistake."

Dou Chi waved his hand and said: "It's natural for the army to be busy when we go on an expedition. I understand that I understand that you can have a future, and I am also happy for you."

"Thank you, Brother Thirteen." A sincere smile appeared on Dou Xiao's face

"Okay, we are all on our own, let's sit down and have a meal." Li Xuan waved her hand and did not let the two brothers continue chatting.

The army traveled eight hundred miles. Although food and safety issues should not be considered, when they arrived in Taozhou, it was very important to maintain immediate combat power and have a good rest.

"Your Majesty has already had dinner." Dou Chi quickly waved his hand, and Li Xuan said politely: "Sit down first, His Royal Highness has some questions to ask."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, Li Xian on the side looked confused: Do I have it?
On the other side, Yao Lingzhang has no intention of speaking for Li Xian. Now is a rare opportunity to let Li Xian know about the local sufferings. This is not a bad thing.

Dou Chi sat down behind the desk, and Li Xuan asked: "I and my party came from Chang'an. We didn't see many people along the way, but official documents were issued from various places?"

"Yes." Dou Chi bowed slightly and said in a deep voice: "I don't know about other places, but in Mei County, based on official documents from the DPRK, I ordered that within five days, people were not allowed to walk on the main road and the Wei River. Put military affairs first.”

"If it doesn't work for five days, will it affect private farming too much?" After Li Xuan said this, Li Xian immediately raised his head.

Dou Chi quickly raised his hands and said: "No, the plowing day in Mei County this year is on the 26th of this month. Your Majesty is considerate. Before the 26th, the army had already left Mei County; besides, the impact was only on the traffic on both sides of the highway. As long as it does not pass through both sides of the avenue, there will be basically no impact on people’s lives.”

"When we prepare military camps and grain this time, will the people's labor and grain silos be severely damaged?" Li Xuan asked again.

Dou Chi swallowed. Every sentence King Nanchang asked touched on important points. At this moment, not only Li Xian was looking at him, but even Yao Lingzhang, Dou Xiao, and others in the tent were all looking at him. Stare at Dou Chi carefully.

Taking a slight breath, Dou Chi hurriedly said: "The official document from the imperial court has already asked the counties to start preparations as early as the end of the year. At the beginning of last month, they ordered that tents, drinking water, firewood, and food must be prepared in the middle of this month. Yesterday's official document officially The order was issued to start preparing three meals a day for 2000 people, and the excess would be sold to the people at low prices."

The imperial army does not only march in one direction, but also marches at different speeds every day. It is all controlled by the Ministry of War and coordinated by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the pressure is evenly transmitted to each county at the lowest cost possible, so that the army can be sent to the western front quickly. Therefore, can be done.

"This is not the question I just asked." Li Xuan added coldly.

The corner of Dou Chi's mouth twitched, but he still cupped his hands and said: "After this incident, the county's grain stocks will only last until this year's autumn harvest. If this year's autumn harvest is affected by disaster, the Changping warehouse will need to be used."

"I can't control Changpingcang, I can't find out the actual situation of Changpingcang, and I can't control the county management of your Mei County, but I can barely manage it. Therefore, I suggest you dig more ditches and build water conservancy projects this year. When concentrating people’s efforts, the priority is to ensure this year’s autumn harvest.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your teachings. I will definitely follow my orders." Dou Chi breathed a sigh of relief, this matter was finally over.

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded, and then said: "Go and do your work, there are still a lot of things to do tomorrow."

"I excuse myself." Dou Chi bowed and retreated.Li Xian sat on one side and looked at Li Xuan in surprise: "Uncle Wang, it's over."

Li Xuan ignored Li Xian, but raised his head to look at Dou Xiao, and said in a deep voice: "Go and tell your cousin that if Mei County goes through the autumn harvest this year smoothly, I and His Highness the King of England will guarantee that he will be promoted to a higher rank. But if Mei County fails to harvest this year, I and His Royal Highness will jointly impeach him."

Dou Xiao was startled and bowed to plead: "Your Majesty!"

"Go." Li Xuan waved her hand, and Dou Xiao looked at Li Xian unbearably. Li Xian's face was already stunned. How could he want to impeach someone in the blink of an eye?

Yao Lingzhang on the side said: "The solar term in Yongzhou this year is acceptable. As long as we take care of it carefully and build water conservancy projects, the autumn harvest will be smooth, and even a bumper harvest will be possible. By then, it will not be a matter of promotion. Dou joins the army and goes." Tell your brother."

Dou Xiao still didn't have much joy on his face, he could only hold his hands and said: "I obey the order."

After watching Dou Xiao leave, Li Xuan looked at Li Xian and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, do you understand?"

Li Xian shook his head slightly. He still couldn't figure out what was going on?
Yao Lingzhang on one side sighed and said: "Your Highness, local officials have always reported good things but not bad things. As Magistrate Dou said just now, Your Highness only listens to Qi Cheng."

"He said that this year's grain stocks in the county will only last until this year's autumn harvest. If this year's autumn harvest is affected by disaster, Changping warehouse will need to be used. According to this, that is to say, today's grain stocks in Mei County will not wait until this year's autumn harvest, so Changping warehouse will need to be used. ?" Li Xian was shocked that someone would lie like this in front of him.

"More than that." Li Xuan shook her head slightly and said, "Prefecture and county treasury officials have always stolen and sold privately from state treasury and county treasury. The county's grain stocks may be even less. If you want to hold on until this autumn harvest, Dou Chi is indispensable. You have to stick some in there yourself.”

"I'm afraid this is a lot." Li Xian had already understood the calculation behind Li Xuan's words just now.

"These are not important. As long as he is willing to pay some, there will be enough food for the people to dig ditches and build water conservancy projects. Then this year's autumn harvest will be enough to guarantee. But if he does not pay, there will be no other means and there will not be enough. Grain, then it will be difficult to dig ditches and build water conservancy projects. If you can't do it, there will inevitably be problems with the autumn harvest. After that, people will sell their land and borrow usurious loans, and the interest will be compounded, which will become increasingly difficult..."

Li Xuan raised her head and said coldly: "If such a local official does not have the basic governance ability, then he should not be a county official; but if he can ensure the autumn harvest, then he still has some ability." , it’s not a bad thing to recommend it.”

Yao Lingzhang on one side said softly: "In this way, the prince will have two capable and promising children of the Dou family."

Li Xian couldn't help but be stunned, could he still say this?

"The relationship between the governor and the governor has always been close. Even if one commits a crime, the other will be implicated. If it happens, your highness might as well send someone to keep an eye on it." Li Xuan pondered for a while, and then said: " Furthermore, Your Highness might as well be tougher and more decisive in what you do in the future."

Li Xian looked up in surprise.

"At least in front of outsiders, Your Highness should make more decisions. Yao Changshi, this matter will trouble you." Li Xuan nodded to Yao Lingzhang, then stood up, cupped his hands to Li Xian and said: "Your Highness, I still want to return the favor." I have some security arrangements to make, so I’ll take my leave first.”

"Uncle Wang, walk slowly!" Li Xian quickly stood up and watched Li Xuan leave.

At this time, Yao Lingzhang said softly from the side: "Your Highness, this time, the King of Nanchang has become a villain."

Li Xuan forced Dou Chi to go in front, while Li Xianyi stayed behind.

The details in between were deeply remembered by Li Xian.

……

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief after making arrangements for the secret guards to be on duty.

Of the 1000 cavalry, 600 are right-guard cavalry, and of the other 200, 400 are from the Jinwu Guard and Qianniu Guard, and the remaining [-] belong to the Hangzhou Guard. Of course, now Also a right-guard cavalryman.

The right guard Zhonglang sent Dugu Shan to guard the grain and grass in the rear, and moved forward with the remaining [-] infantry.

Responsible for commanding the [-] cavalry units at the front, in addition to their original Captain Guo Yi, was Qiu Zhenmu, a fifth-grade general.

"How is it? It feels familiar, right?" Li Xuan walked casually in the camp and looked at Qiu Zhenmu beside him.

Qiu Zhenmu nodded with a wry smile and said, "Fortunately, I finally came out after being under house arrest for nearly half a year, but when I came out, I was dragged to the battlefield by the prince again."

Since Qiu Shenji disappeared, Ming Chongyan has been using various means to prevent the announcement of Qiu Shenji's death, and even placed Qiu Zhenmu under surveillance.

After all, without Qiu Shenji's body, it would be hard for the Qiu family to say anything.

Later, although there was news from Mobei that Qiu Shenji was unfortunately killed by a poisoned arrow when he was annihilating a certain tribe in Mobei, the Qiu family did not have too many surprises.

There were no surprises in the arrangements for Qiu Shenji's funeral, but the emperor not only named Qiu Shenji General Jinwuwei, but also promoted Qiu Zhenmu to General Qianniuweilang.

But even so, he was never released until Li Xuan requested an order, which lifted his restraints.

"The Qiu family's influence in the military still needs someone to inherit it." Li Xuan paused and continued: "If you are not here for the past six months, the affairs in the court will be nothing more. The key is that something big has happened to the Demon Sect. In just a short time, In a few months, I have already met three Demon Gate Yangshen."

"My subordinates know that it is mentioned in the letters sent by the prince every month." Qiu Zhenmu looked solemn, looked at the northwest sky, and said softly: "The army is moving forward, and there are thousands of enemies to fight against. Anyone who wants to come and stroke the tiger's beard , all have to pay the price with their lives.”

(End of this chapter)