At the beginning, I awakened the Taobao system

Since May, the imperial court has successively received memorials about the drought in various places. He has cut royal expenses in advance and asked Dai Zhou to strictly control grain prices.

In mid-June, grain merchants in Duji Province were shoddy and deceived the people, which caused a lot of civil unrest. Wei Zheng had to be sent to Luoyang to calm down with the officials of Duji Province.

Recently, the refugees from the east of the river and the refugees from the north continued to gather in Chang'an, seriously endangering the order of Chang'an. He made many private visits in disguise, and found that grain merchants took the opportunity to drive up grain prices, and all kinds of swear words against him emerged endlessly.

Chang'an is also in a precarious situation.

Even though the imperial court had sufficient food reserves, the captives were exhausted very quickly, and the food shipped from the south could not make ends meet.

Today, food in the south has been submerged by floods, and food in various places is becoming more and more stretched.

Li Shimin couldn't help but secretly wondered whether the drought and locust plague in the past two years were really God's punishment for him.

When the hall was silent, Li Shimin took a deep breath and said, "If there is any more bad news, tell it all together, I can bear it?"

Shangshu Province is the center of the imperial court.

Fang Xuanling came out with the wat in his arms, bowed and saluted, and then reported: "Your Majesty, there are more than one million refugees from Hebei Province, Hedong Province, and Duji Province. There are 20 people gathered inside and outside Chang'an alone. The situation is deteriorating rapidly. Beyond the end of the Sui Dynasty. If someone revolts, Chang'an will be in danger."

Li Shimin's expression was distressed, which was indescribable.

After the victory of the Northern Expedition, his reputation reached its peak. In just over a month, the situation in various parts of the Tang Dynasty suddenly became so serious, which caused his reputation to go from bad to worse.

"Your Majesty, the drought is raging and the refugees are going south. The key is that Turkic stragglers are among them. Some people have sneaked into Chang'an to burn, kill and set fire. Knowing the situation in Chang'an, the remnants of the frontier are ready to move. They plan to rescue Xieli." Changsun Wuji reported.

"That's right, Crown Prince Yin, King Qi and other old troops, and the remnant troops of the Supreme Emperor are also ready to move, planning to seize this power to cause trouble." Du Ruhui said sharply.

All of a sudden, hundreds of officials reported the drought, locust plagues, and floods in various places one after another, and some people also mentioned the refugees. All kinds of affairs were complicated.

Chen Yi strained his ears to listen, the more he listened, the more he felt that he was worrying too much.

The house plots to put an end to it.

The famous ministers during the Zhenguan period were indeed non-vegetarian. Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Changsun Wuji basically took into account all his concerns.

Chen Yi couldn't help regretting that he knew that the court officials could solve the problem, so he didn't have to travel to Chang'an.

Next, let's see how Li Shimin handles it?
Li Shimin took a sip from his teacup and asked lightly, "Is there a solution?"

"Food, there is an urgent need for food." Fang Xuanling expressed her predicament.

hiss……

Li Shimin took a deep breath, saying this was tantamount to not saying it. He also knew that food was needed, and the key granary was short of food.

Lai had high hopes for the third-crop rice in the south, but it was submerged by floods, and the corn planted by Chen Yi was still some time away from the autumn harvest. It was very difficult to survive this difficult and difficult day. The emperor had a great influence.

Li Shimin stood up solemnly and walked back and forth on the jade steps. When he was young, he suddenly turned around and shouted: "Hou Junji, block the four gates to prevent the refugees from entering the city, send troops to monitor the refugees in the city, and pay close attention to the movements of the refugees in the city to avoid any fighting. If someone knows the law and violates the law, it will be dealt with by the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"Here!"

Hou Junji bowed to accept the order.

Li Shimin nodded slightly, and asked, "Chen Yi, are you still not in court?"

Chen Yi muttered about Li Shimin's fame, and finally paid attention to Chang'an's four gates and refugees. He suddenly heard Li Shimin asking about his whereabouts, and Chen Yi couldn't help wondering whether Li Shimin had glaucoma. He was in court, so why did he deliberately ignore him.He clasped his fists in displeasure and said, "Your Majesty, I am here."

Speaking of it, Li Shimin was really unhappy with Chen Yi. When he was busy with government affairs and couldn't sleep for food, Chen Yi promoted long skirts, tea, and perfume in Chang'an, and made a lot of money in a few months. Compared with the two, He envied Chen Yi from the bottom of his heart, and his mentality inevitably collapsed.

What's more, when the drought came, Chen Yi continued to distribute food to relieve the disaster. The poor people in Chang'an City praised Chen Yi and expressed their gratitude to him, but on the other hand, his imposing emperor was notorious.

Li Shimin was dissatisfied from the bottom of his heart, and even feared that Chen Yixian's fame would endanger the throne.

Chen Yi claimed that he had no interest in the throne, so who would dare to claim that he had no interest in it.

Fortunately, Chen Yi has high prestige, even if he is in charge of the Shenwu Army, his military power is far inferior to him, and there is no way to endanger the throne at present, so he just ignores Chen Yi deliberately.

The court was short of food, and in times of crisis, he had to rely on Chen Yi.

After all, Chen Yi can always come up with some new tricks, maybe he has a solution.

So the more critical it was, the more complicated his attitude towards Chen Yi was.

cough cough...

Li Shimin coughed twice: "Chen Yi, you lead the armed forces to strangle Gyeonggi-do, and beware of remnants from the north going south and sneaking into Chang'an to rescue Jieli. If there is a change in Chang'an, come back immediately to serve as the king."

"it is good!"

Chen Yi nodded slightly.

Li Shimin pursed his lips and asked, "Chen Yi, can you get food?"

He is so difficult.

The frontier fortress crisis was resolved, and there was no time to enjoy it. As a result, a new crisis was encountered. Compared with the northern frontier crisis, the internal situation of Datang was more serious.

He was most afraid of the outbreak of the uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty, which would plunge the Tang Dynasty into all kinds of chaos again. At that time, even if he sent troops to suppress it, he might not be able to leave a good reputation.

Raising food?

Chen Yi didn't answer directly, but stared sideways at Wei Zheng, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I think all officials can raise food, so I have some scruples and dare not speak out."

Hearing the sound, Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng, who looked embarrassed.

"Xu Guogong, what do you mean?" Wei Zheng asked depressedly, if he had a strategy, he would have reported it bluntly, why would he embarrass His Majesty and make the people suffer.

"Chen Yi, speak up if you have something to say." Li Shimin shouted.

Chen Yi smiled slightly, and glanced at all the officials in the court: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there is no shortage of food in Chang'an, and there is no shortage of food in the Tang Dynasty. When the drought is coming, grain merchants and gentry families from all over the country are hoarding food one after another. If they are willing to help the disaster Relief will definitely help the court tide over the difficulties, and even the situation in Hebei Province will improve."

Five surnames and seven hopes.

There are three families in Hebei Road, Qinghe Cui family, Fanyang Lu family, and Boling Cui family. The three families have a lot of land.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the three great aristocratic families formed one after another, so Hebei Road became one of the places with the most uprisings.

The country and the mountain take turns to sit, but the aristocratic family remains motionless.

It depends on whether Li Shimin dares to attack the family.

Li Shimin stuttered on the spot.

He didn't know that the Shandong nobles stored a large amount of grain, and even when Luo Yi was sentenced to Tang, the Shandong nobles secretly supported Luo Yi's food and grass.

It's a pity that I can't catch the handle at the moment, and I can't cheat openly.

The key thing is to offend people, no one in the court is willing to participate.

When Li Shimin was hesitating, several officials in the main hall were staring at Chen Yi angrily. They had food and it didn't fall from the sky, so how could they donate it to the court for no reason.

"Xu Guogong, this is a serious matter." Xiao Yu retorted on the spot.

In the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang offended the aristocrats of Longxi, and ended up dying as the second generation. How could he offend the aristocrats of Shandong for more than ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty?

"Your Majesty, I personally think that this matter is feasible." Wei Zheng came out and supported Chen Yi's suggestion.

The court is in crisis, the people are suffering, the family is honorable, the gentry and the rich should tide over the difficulties with the court, although it is very difficult for them to do so.

When Xiao Yu wanted to refute Wei Zheng, Li Shimin said loudly: "Chen Yi, since you proposed it, you will be responsible."

cough cough...

Chen Yi clasped his fists and coughed heavily, staring straight at Li Chengqian and Li Tai, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, let me just say it directly. This matter is easy to offend the nobles in Shandong, and even offend the gentry everywhere. However, if this matter is done successfully, the disasters in various places will be solved easily." , will definitely bring unprecedented honor. Therefore, it should be handled by the prince, which can not only train the prince, but also bring honor to the prince. If your majesty insists on letting me handle it, I will be happy to accept this honor."

Snatching food from the aristocratic family is undoubtedly pulling one's teeth out of a tiger's mouth, and it is thankless.

Chen Yi didn't like the fact that he didn't eat the mutton, so he made a fuss all over him.

Li Shimin is very kind to Li Chengqian, if he messes up, Li Chengqian is harmless, if he succeeds, Li Chengqian is the icing on the cake.

Hearing the sound, Li Shimin hesitated.