Tang Dynasty: What! My mother is actually Empress Zhangsun

Mao time.

Outside Chengtian Gate, civil and military officials gathered, waiting for the news that the palace gate would be opened.

When the time came, bells and drums could be heard, and ritual music rang out.

Civil officials and military officers lined up in order and entered the Purple Palace.

In the hall, two gilded unicorn statues knelt under the dragon table.

Above, Li Shimin, wearing a gilded dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair, overlooking the entire hall.

The eunuch sang loudly:"Come to the court!" The civil and military officials of the whole court saluted respectfully and said in unison:"Saint, greetings!"

Li Shimin said loudly:"No need to be polite, everyone."

""Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the civil and military officials bowed in thanks.

Below, Fang Xuanling raised his imperial edict and began the first topic of the court meeting.

"Your Majesty, the flood relief work in Hedong has been completed and the victims have been properly settled."

In the hall, there was complete silence.

The court was planning to march north to the Turks, and a disaster at this time was undoubtedly a major blow to the northern expedition.

This northern expedition was finalized by your Majesty against all odds. Now that there are complications, it is obvious that your Majesty is in a bad mood.

Therefore, the important officials of the court kept silent at this moment, hoping that the power of heaven would not fall on them.

"907" Even Wei Zheng, the first troll, was standing aside at this moment.

The flood in Hedong Road caused two groups of officials to return without success.

There must be corruption among them.

Although he wanted to make a remonstrance at this time, he still held back.

""Hmm!"

Li Shimin nodded and said,"My dear minister, you have done a very good job. I am very pleased!"

"I heard that you are unwell because you are busy with disaster relief. Come, I will reward you with three thousand-year-old ginsengs and send a royal doctor to treat you.

Fang Xuanling knelt down to thank him.

Seeing this, the ministers who were originally uneasy were relieved.

It seemed that your majesty's anger had subsided. The Minister of Personnel, Changsun Wuji, also raised his imperial seal and said:

"Your Majesty, the officials of Hedong Road handled the flood in a proper manner and worked very hard."

"I propose to commend the officials who have provided disaster relief."

After hearing this, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly,"Oh? Is it true?"

"But I heard that there are signs of corruption!"

After saying that, he threw out a memorial and shouted sternly:"Take a look!"

Zhang Sun Wuji quickly picked up the memorial and took a look. His face turned pale and he knelt down and kowtowed.

"minister..."I didn't know, I spoke nonsense, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin said coldly:"The court sent two groups of secret investigators, but they all returned empty-handed. My dear, the atmosphere in the Ministry of Personnel needs to be rectified!"

Looking at the trembling Changsun Wuji, Li Shimin waved his hand and said,"Forget it, there are always villains. It's not your fault that they deceived you, my dear. Get up!"

After hearing this, Changsun Wuji kowtowed repeatedly and stood up tremblingly.

""Lord Gao, how are these disaster victims being resettled? How much more money and food do we need to allocate?"

Li Shimin asked, looking at Gao Shilian standing aside.

"Your Majesty, most of the victims are willing to stay in their hometowns, only some are leaving for other prefectures."

"According to the Ministry of Revenue's estimate, 50,000 strings of cash and 100,000 dan of grain will be needed to resettle the victims."

When Li Shimin heard this, his brows furrowed slightly.

"so much?"

"Now that the Northern Expedition is imminent, is there any way to reduce some of it?"

Gao Shilian pondered for a moment and said,"Your Majesty, it cannot be reduced. The Ministry of Revenue has calculated for several days and this is already the minimum."

Disaster relief has always been the most troublesome thing for the court.

These disaster victims need to be fed, and they are fed for free. No matter how rich you are, you can't resist hundreds of thousands of people eating and drinking for free.

""My dear ministers, do you have any ideas?"

Li Shimin shouted in a low voice, his eyes sweeping across.

All the ministers were silent. What good ideas could they have? The money had to be spent, unless the court's reputation was no longer wanted.

Seeing that no one answered, Li Shimin chuckled and said,"I do have a way!"

With a wave of his hand, the little eunuch brought a screen with a map hanging on it.

Li Shimin stepped down from the dragon throne and said,"This is the Chang'an Post Road. I am determined to widen this road by three meters and compact it in order to transport military supplies."

Gao Shilian took a look and couldn't help frowning and said,"Your Majesty, this is a full eight hundred miles away. The project is huge and will require tens of thousands of laborers.

"I'm afraid the Ministry of Revenue can't allocate so much money now."

Li Shimin glanced at him and smiled,"Yes, the Ministry of Revenue is already struggling to provide disaster relief. If we force people to work, I'm afraid it will cause public outrage."

"Then, if we send these disaster victims to build post roads, will it work?"

When these words came out, all the ministers were stunned.

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others understood it instantly.

This strategy is amazing!

"It works! It works!"

Du Ruhui said excitedly:"In this way, not only can the resettlement of disaster victims be solved, but the post road can also be widened."

He walked to the screen and took a closer look, and said:"This road connects Chang'an in the south and reaches Shuofang City in the north."

"If it is wide enough, then the transportation of military rations will be several times faster!"

Everyone present was smart, so how could they not understand the real purpose of this plan.

First: to solve the resettlement of disaster victims.

Second: to build a military thoroughfare.

Third: to solve the logistics supply. Kill three birds with one stone!

The money and grain saved in the logistics supply alone is more than hundreds of thousands of stones!

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Such a brilliant plan made all the ministers look in awe.

After being praised by the ministers, Li Shimin's face was also full of pride.

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What?

This strategy was not his idea?

What son's, father's, what I say is mine!

Enjoying the respectful eyes of the ministers, Li Shimin returned to the dragon throne and threw down another memorial

"The officials of Hedong Road failed to provide disaster relief, and the governor of Shanxi Prefecture shall be beheaded! The three clans shall be exterminated!"[]

"The county magistrate of Jinyang, behead him! Exterminate all three clans!"

"......"

Thirty-nine people were sentenced in one breath, and all the officials knelt down and kowtowed.

"Please show mercy to your majesty."

Beheading cannot be done rashly. In the Tang Dynasty, beheading must be decided by the emperor himself, and all officials must report it five times to show the importance of life.

After talking about disaster relief, the court meeting was dispersed after discussing other political affairs.

This court meeting was extremely exciting.

A work-for-relief policy is enough to be recorded in history and passed down through the ages.

"Mr. Fang, Mr. Du..."

After calling several people, the eunuch said,"Your Majesty has ordered that all the adults come to discuss the matter."

"Is there anything else?"

The few people did not dare to neglect and followed the eunuch to the Xuanzheng Hall, where the small court meeting was held.

Before the court meeting, the emperor would usually summon all the ministers to discuss political affairs, commonly known as the small court meeting....

When he arrived at the main hall, he saw Qin Qiong, Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong and other generals waiting there.

Li Shimin was playing with a strange-looking object in his hand, looking at it in amazement.

Qin Qiong said with a smile:"Your Majesty, don't underestimate this thing. This thing is called a horseshoe, also called a horseshoe."

"When a warhorse wears this, it will run faster and more steadily."

"In the past, the Turkic war horses were stronger than ours. Now, with this thing, our war horses will be much faster, and we don’t have to worry about being hit by horseshoes!"

Cheng Yaojin and others on the side also came up and said happily:"Brother Qin, are you telling the truth?"

"This thing is really a great treasure!"

Qin Qiong raised his beard and said proudly:"Of course!"

"I installed it on my favorite horse yesterday, and it ran even faster. If you don't believe me, let's have a competition tomorrow?"

This old guy is really cocky.

Several Tang generals all smiled. However, this thing is really a treasure.

"Putting shoes on horses is a novel method!"

Smiling and handing the horseshoe to Qin Qiong, Li Shimin was also quite satisfied.

"Hehe, this is what my little brat did.

Qin Qiong did not hide his pride and said to everyone he met.

"Your kid, does he have this brain?"

The black-faced Yuchi Gong on the side laughed and said,"Don't brag, I dare say that Huaiyu must have got it from somewhere."

"Don't forget to flatter yourself!"

After saying this, Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

Could this strange thing be made by that kid Li Nian?

It is very likely!

This kid has an extraordinary brain, it is really possible that he made it.

Thinking of this, this horseshoe is more pleasing to the eye.

My son is really good!

Li Shimin stroked the dragon's beard, and he didn't want to expose him, and said:"Listen to the order!"

"Qin Huaiyu was rewarded for his contribution of horseshoes, and was promoted to guerrilla general!"

Qin Qiong thanked him when he heard it.

4.1 Several tiger generals were also jealous and hurried forward to make a fuss.

Qin Qiong laughed and said,"Those stinky boys formed a Flying Tiger Battalion. Huaiyu was promoted, so shouldn't they be promoted too?"

When everyone heard it, they were also

"Your Majesty!"

In the hall, the atmosphere was light and cheerful. The civil officials beside him were a little embarrassed. Fang Xuanling hurried forward.

"You came just in time!"

Li Shimin said solemnly:"It is urgent to repair the post road. This road is not only the lifeline for hundreds of thousands of soldiers in my northern expedition, but also the road for my Tang Dynasty to conquer the world!"

"Now, I have solved the labor problem for you, but the horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts for transporting materials are not enough."

"Minister Fang, please discuss and see how to solve this problem."

Fang Xuanling nodded repeatedly,"Your Majesty, I obey your order!"

"The horseshoes also need to be made as soon as possible, and we should try to replace all the horses before the northern expedition!"

Gao Shilian responded:"This is not difficult, and I am willing to go."

Nodding and arranging a few things, Li Shimin picked up a memorial

"Now that the various prefectures are transporting food and fodder to the northern border, there is actually a case of looting military rations!"

When these words came out, everyone present was stunned.

What a boldness!

They dared to loot the military rations of the imperial court!