Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

to this end,

The two briefly discussed it, and Zhang Liao led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry as the vanguard and headed south without stopping.

Chen Qingzhi, on the other hand, wanted to comfort the people from behind.

The previous promises must be fulfilled as well!
The people have been hungry for several days.

Open a warehouse to provide disaster relief.

These all require some effort.

But, fortunately, everything went smoothly.

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Chang'an City.

Pei House.

Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, and representatives from several other clans.

They gathered in the back hall.

At this moment, the back hall is like a vegetable market.

"No, no! My family has taken too much. 20 grains is the most my family can afford. However, my family needs fifty official positions."

"Fifty places? How can this be done! There are too many. Your Cui family can only have thirty at most. We, the Bai family, have spent 30 dans of grain, and we want eighty!"

"Eighty? Are you Bai's too greedy? Lingnan Road is almost all your Bai's territory, accounting for about thirty. Do you want to grab another one and make it your base camp?"

"There are only ten realms in the world including Qingzhou, don't be too greedy!"

"Hmph, I, the Li family, want fifty. This is what I have to agree to. How badly was my Li family's Youzhou damaged last year? Not to mention, this time, I, the Li family, will give you 40 dans of grain. I, the Li family, want Not many, right? But it’s an official position outside Qingzhou!”

"......."

People, bargaining.

Pei Ji and Xiao Yu were also very happy.

The two of them sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, smiling and taking a sip of tea calmly.

The locust plague and the Turkic disaster have passed for several days, and now many refugees have gathered outside Chang'an.

Urgent situation.

Li Shimin hardly slept these days.

He kept urging himself and said that as long as the family borrowed food, everything would be easy to discuss.

Now, it’s almost time for the imperial court to be at its weakest!

Pei Ji knew that it was time to have a good talk with Li Shimin.

nature,

Before talking, they must first divide the dividends internally.

And Pei Ji is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this dividend.

Taking this opportunity, it is very possible to one day become a family with the same name as the Five Surnames and Qi Wangs!

and so.

Pei Ji was not in a hurry, just smiled and watched them fight.

The imperial examination must be cancelled.

And if the imperial examination is cancelled, then the court will still select talents from the noble families.

This time.

In order to prevent Li Shimin from thinking about opening the imperial examination, they decided to fill up the imperial court.

Not a single vacancy is left!

In this way, it can last for ten or twenty years. If you want to hold the imperial examination again, it will have to be ten years later.

They immediately pulled the firewood from under the cauldron, and the family was completely stable!

"OK OK."

"Everyone, listen to what I say. Let's fight, but don't hurt the harmony. Hahaha... Tonight, I will enter the palace. We'd better finalize this matter in the afternoon."

"Besides, this is not the last time. It's still early. Some people will suffer first. When Datang's territory expands, those new places can consider making concessions this time. Everyone should be more flexible."

"To put it bluntly, which one of our families has not inherited it for hundreds of years? There will be hundreds of years to come. It is even possible for it to be inherited for thousands of years like the Five Surnames and Qiwang. Why are you so anxious for a small profit?"

Pei Ji said with a smile.

When everyone heard this, they felt it was reasonable.

They belong to the new century family!

It’s all…incomparable belief!
Next, although there is still fighting, it is not as fierce as before.

Pei Ji was not in a hurry, so he waited quietly.

Anyway, what is urgent now is the court, General Tiance, and the people, not themselves.
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Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin was sitting on the stool, feeling like there were needles on his buttocks. He couldn't help but get up to see if there was any new news coming from outside.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good, it's not good!"

"There are probably changes over there in Qingzhou!"

At this time, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui rushed in hurriedly.

"Qingzhou?"

Li Shimin frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"The disaster in Qingzhou was serious. If this is the case, I know about it and there is no need for you to remind me."

Li Shimin was a little annoyed.

In the past month, the locust plague and the Turkic disaster have made him feel haggard.

Fortunately, the Weishui River that we were most worried about did not happen again, which can be considered gratifying.

"No! Your Majesty, today Keming and I briefly asked among the refugees outside the city. Almost all of the refugees outside are from... almost all of them are from Guannai Road. There are very few people in Qingzhou!"

Fang Xuanling was extremely anxious.

Logically speaking, Qingzhou was the hardest hit, so among the refugees in Chang'an, people from Qingzhou must account for a large proportion.

Even if the people in Qingzhou are not as knowledgeable as Guan Neidao, no matter what, three out of ten are from Qingzhou, so it’s not too much, right?
But….
The current situation is that there is only one refugee from Qingzhou among a hundred people.

This is obviously abnormal!
"what?"

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard the news.

This was indeed beyond his expectation.

"How could this be? Could it be that the disaster in Qingzhou was not that serious? But that's not right. The worst locust plague is almost there!"

"On the day the locust plague passed, a large number of memorials came from Qingzhou. In the next two or three days, there were even more memorials about the disaster in Qingzhou!"

"In addition, there was also a Turkic invasion there. How could there be so few people!"

Li Shimin frowned, confused.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also couldn't figure out why.

"Could it be said that the disaster in Qingzhou was controlled by the local government?"

After a moment of silence, Li Shimin suddenly raised his head, his eyes bright.

"Do not…."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he shook his head and denied it.

"No, if the local government controls the disaster, they will definitely send me a note telling me these things."

"However, I did not receive such a good news."

Li Shimin said to himself.

"Your Majesty, have you received any discounts from Qingzhou in the past few days?"

Suddenly, Fang Xuanling raised his head and asked anxiously.

Li Shimin was stunned.

"Zhezi from Qingzhou?"

Then, Li Shimin frowned slightly, took a breath, turned around and walked quickly to the desk.

"I! I have received so many discounts in the past few days that I can't even figure them out. My head was blown away when I saw them, but I didn't pay attention to where they came from."

"Anyway, over and over again, they are all asking me for money and disaster relief food. They are found in every county and everywhere, and they are all like this!"

"You two, come over and take a look together. These are all the discounts I have received in the past few days."

Li Shimin grabbed a handful of memorials and said while checking them.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui hurriedly stepped forward, and they began to smooth things over with Li Shimin.
"This is from yesterday, from Guannai Road."

"This is also the Guannei Road, Jingning County the day before yesterday, the Guannei Road."

"Guan Nei Dao, Guan Nei Dao, or Guan Nei Dao, why are they all Guan Nei Dao?"

"Your Majesty, Xuanling, this is Qingzhou, but it was already five days ago." "Hiss..."

After the three of them briefly checked the memorial on the desk, they couldn't help but take a deep breath, and they couldn't help but shiver.

Indeed, as Fang Xuanling said before, the recent ones are almost all from Guannai Road.

As for Qingzhou's latest news, it dates back to five days ago.

Li Shimin's eyes exploded. He was in disbelief. He was holding a pile of memorials with both hands, his brows were furrowed and his voice was trembling: "What the hell is going on? Damn it, damn it! Could it be that Qingzhou Has anything changed?"

"Qingzhou, something big happened?"

Li Shimin's eyes widened and he stared at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

Extremely horrified.

The two men bowed quickly.

"Your Majesty, the matter is critical. Please send out the Jinwu Guards quickly and go to Qingzhou to take a look at the situation!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, there has been no news from Qingzhou for so many days, and none of the victims have gone south. I am afraid that something big has changed in Qingzhou!!"

"Your Majesty, without further ado, please give the order immediately!"

"......."

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui said repeatedly.

Nervous.

Shortness of breath.

Now, the two of them were completely undecided.

What's wrong with Qingzhou?

they do not know.

They don't know.

They... don't dare to think about it?

I just hope it was a false alarm!
If something really happened, it would definitely be a big mess!
"Li Junxian!"

This roar could be said to have come from Li Shimin.

Li Junxian hurriedly walked up: "Your Majesty!"

"Quick! Go, take someone to go to Qingzhou in person to see what's going on in Qingzhou and what's going on with the people in Qingzhou!"

"Remember, go quickly, I! I'm waiting for you here!"

Li Shimin urged, urged crazily.

Li Junxian hurriedly took the order and left.

The Tai Chi Palace suddenly became quiet.

Li Shimin pursed his chapped lips, threw his butt, and fell weakly into the stool.

His eyes were a little glazed over.

Everyone was at a loss.

"Xuanling, Keming, Qingzhou... Could it be that some of the people in Qingzhou rebelled?"

After a while, Li Shimin trembled and spoke slowly.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other with grave expressions.

rebel?

is it possible?

Have!
To be honest, the two of them also had this guess in their minds.

but!
Such words are so rebellious that they dare not take the initiative to say them.

rebel!

No matter in which dynasty, this is something that can poke a hole in the sky.

and,

In the past dynasties, all the rebels with great momentum did it because their superiors had lost their moral character and had failed the people. The people could not bear it anymore, so they went to this step.

In other words, Your Majesty...is unqualified!
natural.

The two of them did not dare to speak casually about this speculation.

"Your Majesty, no, no!"

"Your Majesty has always treated the people favorably. I believe the people will remember what your Majesty did for Youzhou last year. There will never be any rebellion. Even if there is, it will only be a small group. The mob that gathers to cause chaos is nothing to worry about! "

There will be silence.

Fang Xuanling spoke, now she could only comfort her first.

Before Li Junxian comes back, he can't mess up his position.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Qingzhou is the northern hinterland of our Tang Dynasty. It is between Guannai Road and Hebei Road. How is it possible that there is turmoil in Qingzhou! Our Tang Guards are brave and good at fighting and will never allow rebels to become bigger. Your Majesty, don't Worried.”

"We still... let's wait for news from Commander Li."

"If we make random guesses now, we will only cause confusion to ourselves! Your Majesty, please calm down!"

Du Ruhui bowed and tried to persuade him.

Li Shimin's tense body relaxed somewhat after listening to the two people's words.

That's right!

Qingzhou is located between Guannai Road and Hebei Road. It can be said to be an important place in the north of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also close to Chang'an. If someone makes trouble here, they probably don't know how to write the word "death".

I should have thought too much.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and simply closed his eyes.

right now,

They could do nothing but wait for Li Junxian to come back.

And Li Junxian did not disappoint Li Shimin.

It didn't take long. Two hours later, Li Junxian rushed in with a scarred messenger.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Before I arrived in Qingzhou, I met the messenger coming out of Qingzhou."

"My subordinates were worried about his condition, so they escorted him here personally."

Li Junxian said hurriedly.

heard this.

Li Shimin stood up suddenly.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also looked over suddenly, their eyes solemn.

This messenger,
It seemed that he had lost all his strength, and there was still a large amount of blood on his body.

thump!
The messenger entered the Tai Chi Palace and lay down directly on the ground.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"

He raised his head and stared at Li Shimin, opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse and extremely painful: "It's not good... It's really something bad!"

"The whole territory of Qingzhou has fallen. It has been completely occupied. Your Majesty, please send troops as soon as possible!"

"The people of Qingzhou welcome Great Yan's army. They... They took the initiative to give Qingzhou to Great Yan! They want to break away from me, the Tang Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, please send troops quickly. The general Li Yongnian assigned by Chang'an has also surrendered to the enemy. Dayan has captured Qingzhou effortlessly!"

"What!" Li Shimin's eyes widened and turned scarlet: "What the hell is going on!"

He stared at the messenger.

I really never expected that I could hear news about Dayan here!

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, the people of Qingzhou rushed to Dayan to greet them personally! We...we are incompetent. All the roads leading to Chang'an have been controlled by Dayan's people. In the past few days, we have been thinking There is a way to rush over, but! There is no way, and I have been dragged by them until now!"

"If I hadn't met Commander Li, I might not be able to reach Chang'an now. Your Majesty, the Great Yan army has come in!"

This messenger is hysterical.

The sound was terrifying and the breath was bursting.

Say it.

He took out another newspaper from his arms, but before he could raise his arms, he passed out.

Tai Chi Palace.

At this moment, it's like an ice cellar.

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Li Junxian next to them all felt dizzy, their ears were ringing and their eyes were black. They couldn't believe it, thinking they had heard wrong.

(End of this chapter)