Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 279 Riot
The turmoil of Princess Yongjia's incident soon passed, and Princess Yongjia, who was grounded, was also released to continue making trouble.

Outside Chang'an City, a man came galloping on a fast horse with three fiery red flags on his back, dancing like flames in the air.

The fast horse galloped past and entered Chang'an City. After seeing it, the residents on the street spread out to both sides at the fastest speed to let the fast horse pass.

Everyone knew that this was the messenger delivering the battle report, so everyone speculated whether there was another war somewhere.

The fast horse galloped all the way to the gate of the palace before stopping. The messenger flew off the horse, handed the bamboo tube on his back to the guard guarding the gate of the palace and said, "Urgent military situation!"

The guards didn't dare to neglect, immediately took the bamboo tube, turned around and rushed in, handing over the emergency military information to Li Er who had just returned to Chang'an.

After Li Er saw it, he had such an expression, obviously he knew that such a thing might happen.

Li Chengqian was very puzzled as to what happened, and asked, "Father, do you know where there is a war?"

"Zhang Shigui hastened for [-] miles, and there was an urgent report that the untouchables in Jiannan Daoya, Qiong, Mei and other prefectures rioted."

"Fortunately, I was prepared, so I appointed Zhang Shigui as the governor of Maozhou, just to prevent these untouchables from rioting." Li Er said.

Since returning from the expedition to Goguryeo, Li Er felt that it was a pity that he did not take down Goguryeo in one go! He never forgot to fight Goguryeo.

Therefore, taking down Goguryeo became Li Er's heart disease, like a thorn in his throat. For this reason, Li Er tried his best to send troops to Goguryeo again despite the repeated dissuasion of his courtiers.

In order to prepare for the attack on Goguryeo, Li Er conscripted the people of Ya, Qiong, Mei and other states in Jiannan Road to build ships.

Due to the heavy labor, the people in these states were miserable, and they gathered crowds to make troubles, which eventually turned into uprisings.

Li Er, who had expected this kind of thing to happen, sent Zhang Shigui to Maozhou as the governor, and monitored the movement in these states at any time, and suppressed it immediately if there was a riot.

"Father, the riots in Ya, Qiong, Mei and other states, even if Zhang Shigui suppresses them this time, there will be another riot next time. The suppression is only a temporary solution, not the root cause."

"My minister thought that shipbuilding should be postponed, so that the people's labor would be reduced, and they would not be dissatisfied with the court," Li Chengqian said.

If Li Er hadn't been thinking about conquering Goguryeo again, how could he have forced these people to rush to work day and night, making them miserable, and there was really no way out, so they had no choice but to riot and revolt.

The Gelao tribe became the main force of the anti-Tang uprising.

What Li Chengqian meant was that he hoped that Li Er would suspend his expedition to Goguryeo. Datang really couldn't support such a big move.

"Hmph! What do you know? Goguryeo has repeatedly violated the borders of the Tang Dynasty and despised the majesty of the Tang Dynasty. Sooner or later, it will become a confidant of the Tang Dynasty. If it can't take the opportunity to eliminate it."

"When it dominates the peninsula and is powerful, it will be even more difficult to eliminate it. What's more, Goguryeo has always colluded with the Turks in Mobei."

"Once they join forces, Datang will be flanked by the other side. At that time, Datang may be in danger of subjugation." Li Er said, this is what he is most worried about.

The riots in Ya, Qiong, Mei and other prefectures are nothing compared to this.

The big deal is just to suppress it a few more times, and Goguryeo is a serious problem.

At the beginning, Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, probably thought the same way, so he had to take down Goguryeo regardless of the consequences. Only then did the three expeditions to Goguryeo lead to the demise of the Sui Dynasty.

At this time, Li Er also had the same thoughts as Yang Guang did back then, and he began not to take the common people seriously.

I have long forgotten the truth that water can carry a boat and capsize it.

They put all their minds on fighting Goguryeo, how can they go back and take care of the life and death of these people who live at the bottom.

Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty was much more powerful than the Sui Dynasty. Before Li Er came and conquered Goguryeo for the second time, he died of taking drugs in Cuiwei Palace.

This also made the huge expedition to Goguryeo stop, and gave the Tang Dynasty time to breathe so that it would not fall into the same end as the Sui Dynasty.

"I also know that Goguryeo is my confidant's big trouble at the moment. If it continues, it will cause riots in various places sooner or later."

"In the beginning, it was because Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty spared no efforts of the people that the thriving Great Sui Dynasty fell."

"If the father doesn't stop here, sooner or later the Tang Dynasty will follow in the footsteps of the Sui Dynasty, and the father may become the second Yang Guang." Li Chengqian said.

Li Er's expression changed drastically when he heard the words, how could that tyrant Yang Guang be compared with him.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How can the current Tang Dynasty be compared to the Sui Dynasty, and how can I be compared to Emperor Sui Yang?"

"The expedition to Goguryeo was really well prepared. This time, it will definitely be wiped out, and then it will be recuperated. In a few years, the Tang Dynasty will still be able to return to prosperity."

"I've been emperor for more than [-] years, don't you know better than you that I need you to teach me a lesson." Li Er said very dissatisfied.

"Everything my son said is true! This riot can be suppressed, what about next time? What about next time? There will always be a time when it cannot be suppressed, but it will become a prairie fire and burn the Tang Dynasty to ashes." Li Cheng dry road.

"You rebellious son! Get lost!" Li Er trembled angrily, pointing at Li Chengqian and roaring.

"My son, leave!" Li Chengqian clasped his hands, turned around and walked out with a limp. He had already persuaded Li Er, but Li Er didn't listen, and there was nothing he could do.

The riot was soon completely suppressed by Zhang Shigui and the right guard general Liang Jianfang, and did not cause much damage to Datang.

Therefore, Li Er intensified his efforts and increased his labor, which made the people of Shu suffer from the battle of shipbuilding, and asked the court to accept the ship.

According to one big ship, there are 230 six horses of silk, and people from Tanzhou are hired to build the ship for them for their wages.

Perhaps because of the antecedents of the riots in Ya, Qiong, Mei and other prefectures, the court agreed to their request.

State and county officials urged and compelled them to be serious and urgent, and the poor had no choice but to sell their fields and houses, even if they sold their sons and daughters, they could not supply them, which caused the price of grain to skyrocket, and there was an uproar outside the sword.

Among them, the state and county officials took the opportunity to make a fortune and made a lot of money, but the lives of the people were miserable.

Even so, Li Er still did not give up his plan to go on an expedition to Goguryeo, and he had to ask what was going on with the preparations every day.

Apart from asking about the preparations once a day, Li Er has been silent on alchemy, hoping to refine the elixir of immortality.

As for the important affairs of the court, Li Er no longer intervened, and all of them were handed over to Li Chengqian. Of course, the military and political power was still in his hands.

(End of this chapter)