Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 402
The soldiers who built the city wall stopped their work one after another and looked at Li Jiancheng. Everyone knew what Shili meant to the cavalry. It took half an hour at most to reach the current place.Li Jiancheng thought for a while, wrote down a blank piece of paper, handed it to the scout and said, "Go and put this piece of paper, as well as Zhenzhu Khan's saber, on the only way that Xue Yantuo people must pass."

But what was written on the paper was: If you want Zhenzhu Khan to survive, retreat immediately.

In fact, it is impossible to withdraw troops, but this is a negotiation. In the beginning, it must be asking for a lot of money and paying back the money on the spot.Li Jiancheng predicted that Xue Yantuo's people should be stationed ten miles away to wait and see what happened.

But at this time, another ride flew over, and everyone's hearts sank. Could it be that Xue Yantuo was so fast?
The cavalryman bowed in front of Li Jiancheng and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, the new leader is Zhenzhu Khan's eldest son, what tea."

Although the voice was small, it quickly spread around the prince, but everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words.It is not the Khan of other tribes who became the new leader, which shows that Xue Yantuo's internal contradictions are very serious. How can a leader in name only gather all sixteen tribes?
Li Jiancheng said at this time: "Soldiers and soldiers, Xue Yantuo's cavalry came from a long distance, and they must be exhausted. At the end of the battle, there is no need to panic. Moreover, the new leader of Xue Yantuo is a child who has not even grown a hair. My emperor blesses us. In this battle, we Must win!"

"Victory! Victory! Victory!"

"Alright, alright, let's hurry up with your work," Li Jiancheng said to the 3000 people who were sitting still on the ground: "You also join in, go to pull the snow back for Gu, and fan the wind on the city wall to make the water freeze faster .”

The scouts continued to drive their horses out to explore again, and the rest continued to work in full swing.I don't know what played a role, but Xue Yantuo suddenly stopped their horseshoes ten miles away and stationed themselves.The scout came back and said that there were [-] Xue Yantuo cavalry in total.

After evening, the moon tore through the dark sky at some point, looked up at the moon, Xu Qing couldn't help but said, "It's more than ten days in February, and I have been out for more than ten days. I don't know how many girls are living in Chang'an." Okay. Did you find out that I ran away like this, alas, this time I go back, I still want to be beaten and scolded by them. Hmph, beat and scold me, I will admit to biting me and pinching me, as long as I can go home..."

Thinking about it, Xu Qing summoned the dozens of dragon guards he had brought, sat down together, and had dinner.
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Changan
In Chang'an in February, the sun is shining, the spring is warm, the grass is growing, and the flowers are blooming.However, this beautiful scenery can only be appreciated and sung by the scholar-bureaucrats, while the largest number of farmers have to work hard to keep their wives and children from starving to death before the summer grain harvest.

At this time, the court had been arguing for ten days over one matter.Not long ago, Xu Qing proposed to use the patrol history to check the rainwater situation and insect pest situation in various places. The feedback information was that there were a large number of jumping gnats in several counties.As for the people in the court, the key issue of the quarrel was also very funny. It turned out to be whether the jumping gnat was a locust, and if so, whether it should be dealt with.If it is governed, will it be against the destiny of heaven? After all, disasters are God's means to warn people who have lost their virtue.Locusts have plagued thousands of people, who is this immoral person?
The controversy over the locust plague gradually turned from the court to the outer country, from the outer country to the suburbs, from the suburbs to the customs, and from the customs to the world, it seemed to become an uncontrollable torrent.No one knows where the torrent is heading, but locust plagues have already begun to appear in several counties.

Li Yuan frowned, and sometimes smiled a little, looking at the civil and military ministers who were arguing in the court hall.

"Jumping gnats and walking on the ground are beasts, and locusts flying into the sky are birds. You say hopping gnats are locusts, isn't it different from birds and beasts?"

"Hmph, a butterfly is transformed from a reptile. Don't you know that a locust is a jumping gnat when it is young?"

"Haha, it's ridiculous, can you take out a jumping gnat and turn it into a locust? If you can't take it out, don't talk nonsense in this court!"

"You, if the jumping hopper turns into a locust, then the outside will also change. When the locust plague will be chaotic, the people will suffer, and you, a pianist, will be safe alone!"

"Alas, the plague of locusts is caused by the destiny. It is God's will, how can manpower turn around? The old man thinks that it is better to do nothing if the world is governed."

"A sage has always ruled the world. Can you still be a sage yourself? To control locusts, you must start with the control of jumping gnats."

Li Yuan waved his hand and coughed twice, but the people in the hall were still arguing. At this moment, Li Yuan got angry, patted the case and said: "Shut up!"

"The emperor forgives the crime."

At this time, it was quiet.

Pei Ji came out and said: "Your Majesty, this locust disaster is quite serious, so don't take it lightly. It is better to kill by mistake than let it go. Moreover, even if the jumping gnat is not a locust, it will eat young crops and harm the same locusts. In addition, what you said about God's will , is really absurd, God loves the people, and the Son of Heaven also loves the people, how can it be wrong to save the people by killing insects?"

Changsun Wuji also came out at this time and said: "Your Majesty, what Prime Minister Pei said is true, you can make the people kill and jump on the fields, and if they are crushed, they can be used as a fertile field."

Li Yuan nodded and said: "It's better that the two loves understand my thoughts, so let's draw up the order according to the two loves."

"Well,"

Li Yuan knocked on the board, and it might not be able to silence the crowd, and some officials would risk their lives to see them, but the representative of the King of Qin Group, Zhangsun Wuji, and the representative of the gentry, Pei Ji, made a statement. If there are still people who object, it is called true court death.However, the person who wanted to die had already died outside Chengtian Gate.

The reason for Pei Ji and Changsun Wuji's unification is also very simple, because locusts can fly and are very close to Chang'an. If something goes wrong, they will eat up their own fields.Although that little loss will not hurt the power of the Er Family, there are still many parts under the Er Family's sect to support, if they cannot support them, what if they rebel?
A series of imperial edicts were issued from Chang'an, informing all prefectures and counties in Guannei Road to prepare for the prevention of insect infestation.

In the harem, there are other things to be busy.That night when Li Yuan fainted, although Concubine Wan Gui was a false alarm, but that night, Concubine Wan Gui washed her body with Xun Xueer's soap, but Li Yuan remembered it all at once, and said that she brought Blossom Season to the room in advance .As a result, Li Yuan stayed in Wan Guifei's palace every day and night, and the other little girls, Li Yuan called less.

With this effect, Concubine Wan Gui's idea of ​​setting up a soap factory became more determined.Things like soap always have to be promoted. If you can hold such a key thing that can win the emperor's favor in your own hands in advance, how can those coquettish and cheap things in the harem not bow their heads to my concubine Wan Gui?

Concubine Wan Gui simply chose one of her confidants, and went out of the palace every day to discuss with a few women about building a soap factory.Moreover, seeing that the flower season is coming, wouldn't it be better to use these flowers to make soap?

(End of this chapter)