Li Shimin

"I was just about to go to the Turks, but there was a flood. Could it be that this year is not the right time to go to the Turks?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with it. Bozhou, Suzhou and other places are located in the east of our Tang Dynasty, while Turkic is in the northwest. There is no connection between the two."

Changsun Wuji hastily cupped his hands slightly, saluted and said, "Moreover, this flood happened after the autumn harvest, and no food was damaged!"

"Then why did God send such a disaster?"

Li Shimin asked.

At the side, Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment, then said leisurely.

"Your Majesty, the Road Construction Department reports that the concrete road from Chang'an City to Qingzhou will be successfully paved in a few days."

"What's the deal with concrete roads?"

Li Shimin was startled.

"Your Majesty, the concrete road has been built. From Chang'an City to Qingzhou and other places, you can reach it in an instant. Grain from Jiangnan and other places can be transported to Luoyang by water, and then quickly transported to Qingzhou and other places."

Fang Xuanling said slowly, "The floods choose Haozhou, Suzhou, Longzhou and other prefectures to come, which is the most convenient for the imperial court to deal with the disaster!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but relax.

"Furthermore, Your Majesty, first there was the cement invented by His Royal Highness King Jin, and then the Housing Construction Department was established. Now that the autumn harvest has just been completed, Haozhou, Suzhou, Longzhou and other nine states have been flooded, and the good farms and houses have been destroyed by the flood. In this way, Wouldn't it be an opportunity to let the housing construction department play its role?"

Fang Xuanling said again.

"good!"

After hearing this, Li Shimin looked happy.

After what Fang Xuanling said, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui and others beside him also relaxed for a while.

"Quickly call all the ministers in the court to discuss matters!"

With the bottom line in his mind, Li Shimin directly asked Li Wei to announce that the ministers of the court would enter the palace to discuss matters.

There is no delay in disaster relief.

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Chapter 364

In the past, whenever a major disaster happened, a group of officials would first search for his mistakes, and then ask Li Shimin to issue an edict to admit his mistakes, so that heaven can forgive him.

While Li Shimin will admit his mistakes, he will also find a group of officials with major faults, take them out to vent the anger of the sky and the people, and then pardon some criminals.

Now, everyone is happy, and the ministers can discuss how to relieve the disaster with peace of mind.

However, this time there was a matter between the road construction department and the housing construction department.

Moreover, before that, it was the aristocratic family who secretly tripped up the road construction department because of the concrete road, so Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others had to clean up for a while.

This has just stopped, even if they are used to it, they can't help but want to widen their eyes and find out a few mistakes for Li Shimin.

But thinking about what happened before, they couldn't help feeling timid, and all thoughts disappeared.

What's more, even the words "the country will lose its way, and heaven will first send out disasters to warn it; if you don't know how to reflect on it, it will send out weirdness to warn you; if you don't know how to change, you will be injured and defeated." One sentence.

They could only stand aside, watching Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji, as well as Li Shimin, Duan Lun from the Ministry of Industry, Dai Zhou from the Ministry of Households and other courtiers discuss how to relieve the disaster.

Fortunately, the flood came after the autumn harvest, and the people in these places had already harvested their food. Although a lot was washed away by the water, more than half of it was taken care of by the people.

Therefore, it is only necessary to send the doctor of the household department to go to the disaster-stricken places, open the righteous warehouse, Changping warehouse, and various color warehouses, find out the situation, and distribute some disaster relief food.

In addition, the Department of Housing Construction was sent to lead a group of officials and officials to Suzhou, Bozhou and other places, and began to build houses for the common people according to the template of Lijiazhuang.

Furthermore, the minister of the Ministry of Industry led a group of officials from the Ministry of Water to dredge waterways and build dams and embankments.

In this way, a major flood did not cause much commotion in Chang'an City.

The attention of many dignitaries from aristocratic families is still focused on the newly released baijiu in Jinwangzhuang.

Sure enough, one bottle can be intoxicating.

As a result, Jinwang Zhuangshang Baijiu once again exploded in Chang'an City.

However, according to legend, the brewing process of King Jin's baijiu is complicated, and a maximum of [-] bottles can be produced every month.King Jin can only auction fifty bottles every month.

Now, the price of the baijiu brewed in King Jin Zhuangzi has once again risen by a level in the circle of aristocratic families.

Even some small aristocratic families who were lucky enough to take pictures of baijiu had to be forced to trade baijiu to make a fortune!

The price is so high that Li Shimin, who saw it, wanted to secretly trade a few bottles.

In the end, reason dissuaded him.

In addition, Chang'an City fell into a brief tranquility.

In addition to the monthly liquor auction, the twelve guards secretly adjusted and dispatched.

Until October.

The Turks, who have been suffering from disasters and internal turmoil for years, finally couldn't stand it anymore.

East Turkic generals Yalkin and Ashnadur, under the order of Jieli Khan, led an army of [-] troops to harass Hexi in order to seize some supplies for the winter.

However, Li Shimin wanted to conquer the Turks a long time ago, and even secretly transferred Zhang Shigui, the former commander of the forbidden army, to be the defender of Suzhou, and reinforced the cities of Suzhou and Ganzhou with reinforced concrete.

As a result, the Turks led by Yalkin and Ashnadur not only returned without success, but also captured thousands of people.

However, after this kind of news spread to Chang'an City, Li Shimin and the generals of the Twelve Guards were all overjoyed.

"Your Majesty, Jieli's thief did not abide by the covenant, capriciously, and invaded the border of our Tang Dynasty. Now our Tang Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses, and sufficient food and grass. We should fight back fiercely to destroy his army and protect the peace of our Tang Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, I have heard that the woolen clothes worn by the soldiers are made of wool. They are warm and comfortable. Since our army is going to conquer the Turks, we cannot return empty-handed. The Turks are rich in cattle and sheep. Capture a large herd of cattle and sheep!"

"Your Majesty, the cement road from Chang'an City to Qingzhou has been paved, and concrete houses have also begun to be built in Bozhou, Suzhou and other places. This is a century-old project of our Tang Dynasty, which requires a lot of labor. And those Turkic barbarians can just capture As a slave, he paved concrete roads and built concrete houses for our Great Tang!"

At the court meeting, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui and others stood up first, their faces full of anger and righteousness.

The left and right servants directly supported the expedition, and coupled with the changes in the twelve guards in Chang'an City during this period of time, the remaining civil servants, no matter how stupid they were, knew that His Majesty had already discussed with the left and right servants.

As for the generals, their eyes were red and they were extremely excited.

They couldn't wait any longer.

"Your Majesty, I invite you to fight to destroy the Turkic kingdom, bring Jieli to Chang'an, and perform a dance for Your Majesty!"

"Haha, yes, Su Guogong's words are very reasonable. Now my Tang Dynasty has a strong army and excellent weapons. I only need to send [-] troops to my humble servants, and I will surely capture that boy Jieli for His Majesty!"

Above, Li Shimin nodded slowly and asked loudly.

"Do you have any objections?"

"Your Majesty is wise, we all invite you to fight!"

Just as Fang Xuanling and the generals said, the Tang Dynasty now has strong soldiers, excellent equipment, and abundant logistics, while the Turks are facing internal and external troubles, and it is a good time to destroy the Turks.

Even the officials of those aristocratic families saw the benefits of destroying the Turks, so they would not sing against Li Shimin.

"good!"

Li Shimin's face was full of joy, this was the first time that the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty supported him in this way, and he couldn't help but feel proud.

"So, from now on, the Great Tang is preparing for war and conquering Jie Li Xiaoer!"

"Order Li Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, to be the general manager of the Dingxiang Road, Wei Chi Jingde, the general of Youwuhou, and Su Dingfang, the captain of Kuangdaofu Zhechong, as the deputy generals, and lead the army from the middle road to Yunzhong and Mayi!"

"The governor of Bingzhou, Li Ji, is the commander of the army marching along the Tongmo Road. The cavalry general of Zuo Xiao, Zhang Gongjin, and the governor of Minzhou, Gao Zengsheng, are the deputy generals. They will lead the army from the east to directly attack the hinterland of the Eastern Turks!"

"Chai Shao, the governor of Huazhou, is the general manager of the Jinhe Road march, and Qin Shubao, the general of Zuo Wuwei, is the deputy general. He will lead the army from the west to advance along the Yellow River, echoing the troops from the middle and east!"

"Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng County, is the general manager of Datongdao's march, and Zhang Baoxiang, the governor of Ganzhou, is the deputy general. They will lead the army to march from Lingzhou to the northwest to prevent the Turks from fleeing westward!"

"Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou, is the head of the Heng'an Road march, and Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie is the deputy head. He led the army to the Yanyun area to prevent the Turks from fleeing east!"

"Xue Wanche, governor of Lingzhou, is the general manager of the Changwu Dao march, and Duan Zhixuan, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, is the deputy director. They will go around the northeast and attack the Turks' rear, monitor and contain Tuli, and prevent Tuli from marching to help Jieli!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Immediately, some uninformed ministers and aristocratic families found out.

From the Turkic invasion of Hexi to His Majesty's decree to send troops to crusade against the Turkic.

In less than two days, more than [-] soldiers and generals of the six-route army were quickly assembled, and the food, grass and supplies used by the more than [-] army were also equipped, and four-wheeled horses came out of thin air.

Under the astonished eyes of everyone, these armies, directly led by Li Jing, Li Ji and other chief executives, rushed towards the Turks.

However, at this time, in the Eastern Turkic Tent, Xieli received the news that Yalkin and Ashnadur had retreated.

Jieli looked angry, "A group of waste, a total of 2000 Turkic warriors, raided the land of Li Tang Hexi, not only did not accomplish an inch, but also lost more than [-] warriors, what face do you have to come back?"

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Chapter 365 Jieli Khan

Roaring, Jieli became even more impatient, and directly picked up a glass full of milk on the table, and threw it at Yalkin and Ashnadur.

Caught off guard, the glass hit Yarkin directly on the forehead, and the glass shattered to the ground.

And the milk in the glass, mixed with drops of blood, flowed down Yalkin's forehead.

Yalkin shivered and kept silent. During these days, Da Khan's temper became more and more moody. Even if he was Xieli's favorite general, if he angered Da Khan, he might be killed.

On the side, Ashnadur was startled, and quickly reported to Jieli: "Khan, it is not good for us to send troops this time, and we are suspected of being ambushed by Li Tang's army!"

"Ok?"

Jieli's expression froze, he stared at Ashnadur, and said with a serious face: "Tell me specifically!"

"Back to the Great Khan, the two of us led troops to raid the land of Suzhou and Ganzhou in the west of the river. I didn't expect that the guards of Suzhou and Ganzhou seemed to know about our dispatch of troops. We didn't find any Li Tang people along the way. It can be seen that Those Li Tang people have all withdrawn into the city.

And in that city, Li Tang's soldiers had already been waiting in full force. We had just raided the city, and we were counterattacked. Caught off guard, the two of us saw that the situation was not good, and quickly retreated!

However, in just a moment of effort, thousands of people were lost.Afterwards, I retreated more than ten li, and before I had time to gather the soldiers, another group of ambush soldiers came out from the left and right.Under the chaos, we can only retreat in a hurry. "

Speaking of the situation that day, Ashnadur's eyes flashed with fright.

If they hadn't retreated quickly when they saw the opportunity, they might not be able to come back.

On the side, Yalkin nodded again and again.

After hearing this, Xieli looked even more gloomy. Yalkin and Ashnadur were both close friends of Xieli, and Xieli didn't believe that they would deceive him about this matter.

"You mean, Li Tang already knew about your sending troops?"

"Khan, if it weren't for this, how could Li Tang have had time to make preparations when we marched so fast, and even withdrew all the people outside the city back into the city?"

Ashnadur looked angry.

"Extremely bastard!"

Hearing this, Xieli became furious again.

Immediately, he raised his head and looked at Xiangguo Zhao Deyan who was beside him.

"Zhao Guoxiang, what do you think is the reason for this?"

Zhao Deyan's face changed slightly, he lowered his eyes, and cautiously cupped his hands to report.

"Khan, there is no evidence for this matter, the villain dare not speak lightly!"

"Don't dare to speak lightly?"

Hearing this, Jieli stared wide-eyed, "Who do you think would be the one who reported to Li Tang and dared not speak?"

"Sweaty?"

Zhao Deyan's face was even more frightened.

"With Ben Khan protecting you, why are you afraid of it?!

The more frightened Zhao Deyan was, the more frightened and furious Xieli became.

He reused Zhao Deyan, a Han Chinese, because of the turmoil in Turkic internal affairs, and asked Zhao Deyan to help him reorganize Turkic government affairs in order to regain power.Therefore, within Turkic, Zhao Deyan has great power, except for those few people, there is no need to be afraid of anyone!

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Jieli seemed to think of something, and quickly turned his head to look at Zhao Deyan.

"Who is it? Simo or Shibobi, or Oshe?"

Simo is Ashina Simo, Uncle Jieli Wang, who was also a Khan at first, but he abdicated after Qimin Khan came back from the Sui Dynasty.However, Ajina Simo's authority is also very important in the Turkic interior.