All the members are in love with the group, and the cub is causing trouble in the Tang Dynasty.

Chang'an, Taiji Palace, Ganlu Palace.

Li Shimin had just gone to court when he received an urgent report from the prince.

He frowned slightly. According to the convoy's itinerary, the report shouldn't have come at this time.

There must have been an emergency, so he traveled all night and all night to deliver the news back.

The attendant opened the prince's letter and detailed what happened at the inn.

Li Shimin's face darkened. The imperial court was now trying every means to increase the population in the country and doing everything possible to keep the people alive.

But some people want to evade responsibility and watch people die.

He held the letter and fell into thought.

"Yongshou County is under the jurisdiction of Binzhou..."

A little later, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, and Wei Zheng were all ordered to go to Liangyi Hall to discuss matters.

Li Shimin didn't waste any time and handed the prince's letter to them for circulation.

Fang Xuanling: "Now they are still waiting in Yongshou County and blocking the news. The court needs to send people to deal with it as soon as possible."

Changsun Wuji: "The prince and others accompanying the imperial army can control the county government, but it is difficult to defend the state government. If the state government takes the lead in this matter, I'm afraid they will jump over the wall in a hurry."

Wei Zheng: "Du Shangshu still needs to investigate from the Ministry of War. Post stations across the country are under the control of the Ministry of War, so it may not necessarily be the work of local officials."

Du Ruhui looked solemn.

Li Shimin suppressed his anger: "What does this mean? I have been on the throne for nearly a year, and what I know about the national conditions and people's livelihood is what local officials want me to know."

"How many of the memorials sent from the localities throughout the day are true and how many are false?"

"Am I, the emperor, just a superficial emperor?"

He grabbed the paperweight on the imperial desk, stood up suddenly, and walked quickly to the map in the palace.

Just as he was about to raise his hand to hit it, Zhang Anan received another urgent message.

"Your Majesty - Duke Wu Guo sent an urgent message!!!"

Li Shimin threw the paperweight to the ground and waved his hand half-heartedly: "Give it to Zhongshu Ling and read it to everyone."

Fang Xuanling took the letter and opened it without any delay.

But after seeing the content of the letter, Fang Xuanling's expression suddenly became a little strange.

Wei Zheng frowned and reminded him: "Ms. Fang, please read it quickly. This matter is extremely urgent and we must decide on a strategy as soon as possible."

Fang Xuanling glanced at Li Shimin and cleared his throat.

"His Majesty:

I woke up in the middle of the night, thinking about the past, and felt heartbroken.

I am extremely worried about your majesty's health and hope that your majesty will practice martial arts diligently and take care of yourself.

Of course, my sworn brother is also very worried about Your Majesty.

Throughout the ages, many wise kings have died young. I don’t want your Majesty to become one of them. Please stay vigilant and don’t let thieves take advantage of the loopholes.

Of course, my sworn brother also hopes that Your Majesty will remain vigilant.

As for the food and grass issue, your Majesty, please don’t worry. I and several sworn brothers have stocked up a lot of food in the pass. I have already written to Brother Qin to explain the situation. Brother Qin will definitely arrange the food dispatch as soon as possible, and the crisis in the pass can be solved within a few days. .

Of course, my sworn brother also agreed. When we planned to build the granary, we hoped that we could help when the court couldn't take care of it, without asking for anything in return.

But if His Majesty wants to repay him, I won't be able to accept it.

Let's use your majesty's health to repay the ministers!

In the midst of the scorching heat, I hope you will take care of yourself and protect yourself.

Yuchi Jingde's letter, dated the ninth day of the fifth lunar month in Dinghai. "

After the words fell, there was silence in the hall.

Li Shimin was moved for a moment, and then his eyebrows knitted: "What kind of past do I have with Duke Wu that makes him feel so heartbroken just thinking about it?"

Changsun Wuji: "...could it be that when we attacked Xue Ju, His Majesty was seriously ill?"

It was really a serious illness, so much so that Tang Jun returned without victory. By the time Li Shimin recovered from his illness, several months had passed and Xue Ju died suddenly. They then captured his son Xue Rengao in one fell swoop.

Fang Xuanling: "But at that time Jingde did not return to the Tang Dynasty, and he was still serving as a partial general under Liu Wuzhou."

Everyone fell into deep thought again.

Li Shimin was puzzled: "Jingde mentioned several times that I should take care of myself. Could it be that I... I have a health problem, and you, together with the imperial doctor, hid it from me?"

The person diagnosing Li Shimin's pulse now appears to be Imperial Physician Ling, but in fact he has been replaced by Yuan Dalang a long time ago.

Yuchi Jingde was on good terms with the Yuan family, so Bao Buqi knew something about it.

Li Shimin looked a little bad.

Seeing that several important ministers looked confused, they almost began to doubt each other.

Zhang Ananda, who was behind Li Shimin, reminded him: "Your Majesty, Duke Wu is not that kind of person."

"And the Yuan family has a closer relationship with His Majesty."

Li Shimin nodded as he thought of the little boy who was very close to him.

Wei Zheng also agreed: "Wu Guogong is outspoken and impulsive, and can't hold back his words. He can't hide something if it happens."

Du Ruhui: "I must be a little nostalgic for the days when we fought together. Wu Guogong ordered five hundred miles to rush to deliver this letter. I must have been loyal and concerned for His Majesty when I wrote it. Your Majesty must not betray his sincerity. .”

Li Shimin sighed slightly, feeling a little moved.

After he returned to the royal palace, he sat down, thought for a while, and asked several people: "Tell me, who is closer to me or Duke Wu?"

The people below looked at each other in confusion. Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and said without changing his expression: "Of course I want to be close to Your Majesty. Wu Guogong is already in his prime. What can he say to that child? It's nothing more than a meal partner."

The others did not refute.

Li Shimin nodded as if there was something serious and started talking about business.

"Wei Zheng, I order you to inspect important states and counties along various post roads within a month. I want to know the true situation of local officials and people's livelihood. If there is anyone who conceals the truth, he will be killed first and later reported."

"Du Ruhui, strictly inspect and rectify the post stations across the country, and add new ones where necessary. At the same time, work with the Ministry of Industry to build the post road from Chang'an to the Northern Protectorate, and add new ones according to the actual situation."

"Changsun Wuji, please go and discuss food arrangements with Qin Shubao first, and then hurry up and rush to Yongshou County to handle all matters here."

"Don't alert the enemy first, start the investigation from Yongshou County Magistrate. After the prince and others go to Jingzhou as originally planned, we will make drastic changes. Let's take Guan Nei as an example to let the world know that the imperial court attaches great importance to people's livelihood."

"Zhongshu Ling is in Chang'an, and I will handle the matter of merging officials from all over the country with me."

Everyone saluted: "I obey your order."

At this time, Qin Shubao also received Yuchi Jingde's letter. He thought about it and quickly called Cheng Yaojin over for discussion.

Although the two of them looked calm on the outside, they were actually very uneasy in their hearts.

At first, the grain storage was really just to make the children happy, because they knew that the imperial palace actually had grain.

The previous dynasty was prosperous, but Yang Guang was not an emperor who loved the people. The people were starving to death. The grain in the imperial granary would rather stay moldy than open a warehouse to provide relief to the people.

After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, those granaries belonged to Li Tang.

But as they began to stockpile food in various places, they discovered that people everywhere were actually living with their belts tightened.

The little grain in the imperial granary must be used wisely.

If the grain from Hedong is moved to save the pass, if something goes wrong in Hedong, there will be no way to save itself.

Why do I say this? Because there has indeed been no rainfall in Hedong for a long time this year.

No one knows where a natural disaster will occur next time.

They were hoarding grain because they were cooperating with the imperial court, and many officials were involved. Many people secretly laughed at them for hanging out with children all day long, saying that they were doing unnecessary things.

Nowadays, unnecessary actions have become precautions for a rainy day.