Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 210 Eye-opening
"How is this possible?" Li Shimin shouted sharply: "Our army went out to destroy Tuyuhun. The front line of Liangzhou has never been subjected to war from the beginning to the end. Why is it so?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head, "Your Majesty, in fact, this is the reason why I was worried at first."

"On the surface, the war with Tuyuhun did not affect Liangzhou, but secretly it did."

"And speaking of it, this matter has more or less something to do with His Majesty! Please take a look, Your Majesty!"

Li Fu was eating and drinking in the crowd, as if he was not listening to what was going on outside the window, but when he heard Fang Xuanling's words, he suddenly sobered up a lot.

He was the closest to Fang Xuanling, just in time to see Fang Xuanling handing over the content written on the note, his eyes suddenly shrank.

Longxi Li family?Is the famine in Liangzhou related to the Li family in Longxi?The Li family in Longxi is the only one among the five surnames and seven surnames who has inextricable relationship with the royal family. It can be said that it is a transcendent existence in the aristocratic family!
Longxi is the birthplace of the Li clan, which can be traced back to the ancestor of Taoism, Laozi Li Ertou, the general Li Xin of the Qin Dynasty, the parachutist Li Guang, and the Li clan of Longxi during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Now the lineage of Li Yuan has branched out from the Li family in Longxi, and even established the Tang Dynasty, and the Li family in Longxi is even more famous in the world because of this!
Nowadays, the descendants of the Li family in Longxi are all over the officialdom, the royal family, and among the leaders of all walks of life, there are countless others. They can almost be called the largest family in the world.

After reading the memorial, Li Shimin's originally furious face turned blank for an instant, but he immediately asked under the eyes of everyone: "The prime minister has something to say directly, there is no need to hide it."

When Fang Xuanling heard what Li Shimin said, he could only say this: "The minister has found out that the Li family in Longxi, taking advantage of this war, hoarded a large amount of grain in Liangzhou and other counties and bought a large amount of food for storage."

"Now the frontline people in Liangzhou have no food to eat at home, and the Li family in Longxi is still maliciously raising the price of food. The entire frontline of Liangzhou is full of complaints from the people."

"But because Liangzhou officials colluded with the Li family in Longxi, the matter became more serious, so..."

Hearing Fang Xuanling's statement, all the officials present took a deep breath and looked at Li Shimin with an extremely strange expression.

In the originally happy days, when I suddenly heard such a thing, and it was related to the Li family of Longxi, the most prominent among the five surnames and seven hopes, everyone present felt numb.

Everyone is a sensible person, and they all know very well what the Longxi Li family relies on, which makes no one dare to express their views.

"Longxi Li family, what a Longxi Li family, good, good, good!" Li Shimin said three good words in a row, but anyone could hear the murderous intent in his tone.

But even Li Shimin himself knew that there was no way to deal with the matter in Liangzhou according to the way it was handled in the capital.

Especially now that the army has returned, even Li Shimin couldn't reach in, not to mention, the Li clan in Longxi was probably not the only one involved, so even Li Shimin couldn't make up his mind to deal with it directly.

This made the matter in Liangzhou even more complicated, and the scene suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

After a long time, Changsun Wuji stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the top priority now is to solve the famine problem as soon as possible so that the people of Liangzhou can have food to eat. I suggest that the warehouses be opened immediately to release grain to help the people."

Li Shimin nodded, "What the auxiliary officer said is true. Prime Minister, please summon officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs as soon as possible to transport food to Liangzhou as soon as possible and help the victims as soon as possible!"

Li Shimin now knows very well that in the current situation, it is impossible to directly punish the Longxi Li family. For the officials who are collaborating with the Longxi Li family, they can only wait until the autumn to settle their accounts, and the most important thing at present is to deliver food to the victims.

But after listening to Li Shimin's order, Fang Xuanling sighed: "Your Majesty, it is spring plowing now, and there is a shortage of food everywhere in the Tang Dynasty. Even the Hedong Road, which has the best harvest, has been able to survive the natural disaster last year. Tight."

"I have investigated all the places where grain can be mobilized. At present, there is no place in Datang that can urgently transport a large amount of grain to Liangzhou."

Fang Xuanling's words made Li Shimin's blood rush to the top of his head, and he realized in an instant that this was probably the scheme of the Longxi Li family who dared to act so boldly, they had planned everything.

But can it be said that we can only watch the victims suffer like this?Is the situation in front of you really incomprehensible?
Fang Xuanling's words caused the scene to once again fall into a solemn atmosphere. The courtiers all lowered their heads, and no one had a way to break the situation.

But at this moment, Li Fu's voice suddenly appeared in Li Shimin's mind.

[It's so tangled, just chop up the Longxi Li family and it's over?What a waste of time! 】

[After killing all the Li families in Longxi, the food is ready-made, and the famine problem will not be solved by then? 】

【Oh, that is to say, Li Er is too cowardly. He is afraid of those aristocratic families, so he can only stare blankly! 】

Hearing Li Fu's heartfelt voice, Li Shimin became even more annoyed. He really thought about taking the Li family in Longxi under his control, but such thoughts just passed through his mind, and then disappeared immediately.

Even Li Shimin himself agrees, he is indeed cowardly, even if he has been emperor for so long, he dare not completely break his face with the aristocratic family, since the Tang Dynasty, there is really no good way to take those aristocratic families.

[What a hassle. If you don’t dare to offend the noble family, you can only take it out on the neighboring small countries, let’s take Nanzhao. 】

【Anyway, Nanzhao is a small country. Whoever let him have a lot of food, and it is also a country of my Tang Dynasty, if I ask him to borrow food, even if he doesn't pay it back, he probably wouldn't dare to fart! 】

Li Fu thought about it, but it made Li Shimin's heart skip a beat. Does Nanzhao have a lot of food?Never heard of it!
Li Shimin had naturally heard of Nanzhao, but he knew nothing about Nanzhao's people's sentiments. After all, it was too far away from the Tang Dynasty, but not far from Liangzhou and the former Tuyuhun.

In fact, Nanzhao was a branch of the former Baiyue, and it was the predecessor of the later Annan Kingdom and Dali Kingdom, so it is not surprising that Li Shimin did not know this place.

But at this moment when Li Fu mentioned Nanzhao, Li Shimin was suddenly curious, such a small country can have a lot of grain, could it be that it is rich in grain?So why never heard of it?

For Li Shimin, such a small barbarian country is not even in his eyes, so he never thought that he could use it to take advantage of it.

But what he left behind from his heart opened Li Shimin's eyes...

(End of this chapter)