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Chapter 388 The decree arrives

Chapter 388 The Imperial Decree Arrives

Changsun Wuji suggested: "Your Majesty, why not invite some Taoist priests and monks to do this?"

He certainly didn't think that ordinary Taoists and monks could solve this problem.

So what he meant was, please come forward to appease the people.

Li Shimin snapped his fingers and looked at Changsun Wuji.

The two looked at each other, and Li Shimin nodded immediately: "You are right, this matter can indeed be done in this way."

Anyway, he just hoped that he could appease the people and delay for a while.

The person he really placed his hopes on was Qin Yang.

As long as the panic of the drought does not continue to spread before Qin Yang arrives in Chang'an, it will be considered a success.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin slammed the chess piece down and said, "General."

At the court meeting in the next day, the ministers really discussed the drought.

Some of them fished in troubled waters, and pointed out that the reason why even Chang'an was short of water was because Li Shimin, the emperor, had offended the heavens and needed to issue an imperial edict!
Such things were very common in ancient times.

As long as there are things like drought, floods, earth dragons turning over, and heavenly dogs eclipsing the sun, it is the emperor's fault.

To be an emperor, you need to top this pot at a critical moment.

However, Li Shimin was not displeased by what these people said. He even agreed to what an official suggested, asking Taoists and monks to survey the weather and other things.

Si Tiantai also took action, saying that he would conduct follow-up investigations on this matter.

Li Shimin did not tell these people about his decree for Qin Yang to return to Chang'an. He only mentioned it to a few senior officials alone.

The reason why he didn't say it publicly was because when Qin Yang went to Youzhou before, he encountered some troubles on the way.

Li Shimin is not afraid that Qin Yang will encounter troubles when he comes back this time. He has confidence in Qin Yang's ability, but he doesn't want anyone to create troubles to hinder Qin Yang's footsteps.

Chang'an City needed Qin Yang to provide some water wells, if Qin Yang wasted his time on the road, it would make Li Shimin depressed to death.

Therefore, his will is a secret one.

Anyway, as long as Qin Yang arrives in Chang'an, he will naturally go to the palace to have an audience, and everyone will naturally know that Qin Yang has received the order to come back, it's the same.

Because Li Shimin's attitude was a bit mysterious, all the forces in the court began to analyze after the court.But no one thought that Li Shimin could let Qin Yang go back to Chang'an directly.

It was Princess Changle who stayed in the palace, after hearing some news from the court, she judged what her father meant.

She ran to find Li Shimin, and when she was invited in, she greeted Li Shimin with a smile.

Li Shimin was reviewing the memorial at this time. Seeing his daughter Princess Chang'an rushing over, Li Li didn't need to question him, so he said directly: "You are here for Qin Yang, right? Don't worry, you will be able to see him soon. .”

Princess Changle immediately came over, patted Li Shimin's shoulder lightly, and said with a smile: "Father, my daughter guessed that you will definitely let Qin Yang come back."

"Oh? How did you guess it? Tell me." Li Shimin asked casually.

Princess Changle replied: "There are rumors that Qin Yang can light wells, but some people don't believe it and think it is an exaggeration. My daughter thinks that this matter may not be false, and there may be exaggerations, but Qin Yang can light wells. It should be true."

"Originally, my daughter was just thinking about it for herself, but you are not worried now, Royal Father, which means that you have a solution. But you are so wise and powerful, you will definitely not entrust your solution to offering sacrifices to the sky and praying for rain. You must have something Other confidence. My daughter guessed it, this confidence must be news from Youzhou, is my daughter's guess right?"

Nature is right.

The reason why Li Shimin has the confidence is because he is sure that Qin Yang, king of Youzhou, indeed lit the wells himself, and all the thousand deep water wells were successfully lit.

This sounded miraculous, but it came from Cheng Yaojin's notes. Li Shimin knew that Cheng Yaojin would never talk nonsense about this kind of thing.This old guy, the older he gets, the smoother he gets.

Even if it is [-] percent, Cheng Yaojin will say it is [-] percent.

Since Cheng Yaojin affirmed it, it must be true.

Although there has been no rain in Chang'an, as long as more deep water wells can be drilled, it will not be a problem.

The weather in the south is relatively smooth. Although there was a flood before, it was only a few places, and most of the grain-producing places were still stable.

Although there may be drought in the north, because Qin Yang has built wells in Youzhou, there should be no shortage of water.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes are not very water-requiring crops, and they had several bumper harvests last year. Under such circumstances, Li Shimin was not too worried.

Hearing what his daughter said, Li Shimin nodded and said, "You are indeed right."

"Father, you must have ordered him to come back, didn't you?" Li Lizhi continued to ask with a smile.

Li Shimin nodded: "That's right, I did ask him to rush back, and this order has been issued long ago, and he should have received it by now."

Patting his daughter's hand, Li Shimin smiled and said, "Just put your heart in your stomach, and he will be back soon."

Youzhou, the county seat, and the royal residence of Youzhou.

The incense table was placed, and after following the procedure, the eunuch who came to announce the decree handed the decree to Qin Yang with a smile, and said, "My lord, when will you be able to leave?"

Qin Yang thought for a while, and said: "Tomorrow, tomorrow morning, this king will leave for Beijing."

Afterwards, Qin Yang asked someone to arrange for Angel to stay, and he found Zhang Yunji and told him about his return to Chang'an.

Cheng Yaojin and his son are currently in the new third district and haven't come back yet.

Qin Yang told Zhang Yunji: "In the new third district, no matter what you need, you will have someone supply it. I will leave for a few months at most, and I will be back in a few months. Tell me about it then."

Zhang Yunji was a little worried, and said, "My lord, are you planning to go by water or by land?"

After saying this, he felt that he was asking too much.

If the river is frozen in winter, it is natural to go overland.

Spring has already begun and the flowers are blooming. If we continue to travel by land, wouldn’t we be asking for trouble?
Naturally, it is by water!

By water, the speed is fast, and it will not take long to reach Chang'an.Although from the end of the waterway to Chang'an, there is still a need to reverse the land road, but the road is not long, that is, a few days' journey.

Qin Yang said as expected: "Of course we will take the water route."

"Let the navy escort you back to Chang'an, ten ships, you take five..."

Zhang Yunji was rejected by Qin Yang before he finished speaking.

"One big ship is enough, why do we need five?"

Zhang Yunji wanted to say something else, but think about it, those officials who traveled in the past, unless they brought a lot of people, they were indeed a big ship going around the world.

Qin Yang was returning to Chang'an this time, and it would indeed be inappropriate for a king with a different surname to return to Chang'an with too many lethal navy ships.

(End of this chapter)