Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Wang Hongfu left, carrying Li Shen's orders with him.

Although he knew that Pei Mingli's arrival would affect his status, he didn't think it would have much of an impact.

My loyalty is incomparable to Pei Mingli's.

Even if Pei Mingli comes in the future, he will not be able to replace his position.

Besides, the Ji Wang Mansion is now huge and powerful, and he is already feeling the strain alone.

Prince Ji gave him too many tasks, and he was often overwhelmed.

It would be a good thing if someone came to help him.

After Wang Hongfu left, Li Shen also returned to the inner house and discussed the project of the number of children to be born with several women.

The next morning,

Also among them were Silla envoy Kim Chunchu and his son King Kim Mun.

The purpose of their coming is self-evident.

"Your Highness, please save the millions of people of Silla for our loyalty to the Tang Dynasty.

Now Baekje's wolfish ambitions have been revealed, and it is eyeing Silla covetously.

Since the last time, they started to plunder Silla again. In the past few years, we have lost more than 20 cities.

I also ask the Tang Dynasty to help Silla eliminate the bandits and restore peace to the world."

Jin Chunqiu spoke in a sad and hoarse voice as he described the current difficulties of Silla.

He knew that as long as the Tang Dynasty sent troops, Silla would be destroyed in an instant. Goguryeo was so powerful, but it was driven to Jiangdong in just one year.

Small Baekje is no problem at all. Now it depends on whether the Tang Dynasty is willing to help them.

"Silla envoy, I understand your situation. Don't worry.

My dear ministers, what do you think about this?"

After Li Chengqian gave a soothing remark, he asked the officials from the three provinces and six ministries.

Today is a small court meeting, and those who come are decision-makers.

"Your Highness, I believe we should help Silla.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Silla has always respected the Tang Dynasty as its master. Naturally, we have to help our vassal state overcome difficulties.

Otherwise, what will other vassal states think?" Minister of Rites Xu Jingzong stepped forward and bowed.

Xu Jingzong was not only the Minister of Rites, but also the Prince's Left Secretary.

Hearing Xu Jingzong's words, Jin Chunqiu bowed to him to express his gratitude.

"I have a different opinion." At this time, someone else stood up.

Minister of Justice Zhang Xingcheng.

“Your Highness, as Minister Xu said, our Tang Dynasty is the Celestial Empire and we must protect our vassal states from being bullied.

However, Baekje has always paid tribute and been a vassal every year.

I want to ask Minister Xu, is it possible that Baekje is no longer a vassal state?"

Zhang Xingcheng's words immediately made Jin Chunqiu's face change. This was what he was afraid of. Baekje and the Tang Dynasty were also subordinate to each other.

Moreover, the Tang Dynasty once stationed troops there.

When Xu Jingzong heard what Zhang Xingcheng said, he returned to his seat silently.

“What Minister Zhang said is surprising. Although Baekje is also a vassal state, we still have to take into account the millions of people in Silla.

There is a famine in Silla now. Are we just going to watch them starve to death?

Our Tang Dynasty has always been a country of etiquette, and we cannot do such a thing as watching someone die without helping him."

Minister of Works Li Daliang said.

These words made Jin Chunqiu seem to see hope again.

As soon as Li Daliang finished speaking, Tang Jian stood up impatiently:

"Minister Li, do you want the Tang Dynasty to help the millions of people in Silla?"

"Why not?" Li Daliang replied.

"Of course not. This year, there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, Great Tang. It is very likely that there will be no harvest in both seasons.

Guanzhong has a dense population, and the people affected by the disaster are more than a million. Our Ministry of Civil Affairs is mobilizing food to prepare for famine?

Where did the extra food come from for Silla? "Tang Jian retorted loudly. As the steward of the Tang Dynasty, he was very sensitive about spending money.

As soon as these words were spoken, Jin Chunqiu had a bad feeling. There was a severe drought in the Tang Dynasty this year, and there has been no rain since last year.

The Tang Dynasty court was already preparing for a general amnesty, but if the people had no food for a year, they would suffer from famine. The court would certainly not let this happen in order to avoid riots.

Li Daliang frowned and said loudly:

"Minister Tang, I heard that Prince Ji's Mansion is willing to donate 100,000 dan of grain to help the victims, right?"

"Minister Li, how many people can one hundred thousand dan of grain feed? You should know that the imperial treasury has been empty in recent years.

There is not much grain that can be moved. In recent years, there have been disasters every year in our dynasty, and many charity granaries cannot be moved.

Do you think everyone has millions of dan of grain to make wine like the Ji Wang Mansion?"

Tang Jian retorted loudly, leaving Li Daliang silent.

Seeing this, Tang Jian turned around and looked at Jin Chunqiu and said:

"Prince of Lelang, it's not that I don't want to, I am also a scholar.

What I studied was also the Zhou Li and the Book of Rites.

Even if it wasn’t for Silla, Tang wanted to lend a helping hand for the sake of those millions of lives.

It's not that Tang is heartless and ungrateful, but he is simply powerless. There is a severe drought in Guanzhong, and more than a million people are affected.

For this reason, Tang is ready to request an imperial decree to open the charity granaries in the south and transfer them to Guanzhong to prevent famine.

I really can’t do anything about Silla, I hope the Prince of Lelang can understand.”

As he spoke, Tang Jian bowed deeply to Jin Chunqiu with a look of regret on his face.

"This..." He didn't expect Tang Jian to say such a final thing.

He had originally hoped that Crown Prince Li Chengqian could make the decision for them?

What Tang Jian said was very clear. Our own family has also suffered from the disaster, so we have to use the food for ourselves first.

He also didn't know the exact amount of grain production in the Tang Dynasty, as this involved state secrets.

He only knew that the Tang Dynasty now had a high output and the people had no worries about food and clothing.

But he didn't know how much grain the court had.

"Your Highness....at least give us some help, so that fewer people will die in Silla." Jin Chunqiu was filled with sorrow.

His country is now facing a huge crisis.

Who doesn't want his country to be strong and his people to live in peace and happiness?

"Ah~~~~" Li Chengqian sighed, "Lord Ma, what do you think?"

Li Chengqian looked at Ma Zhou.

“Your Highness, I also support helping Silla, but what Minister Tang just said is not without reason.

But our Tang Dynasty is indeed unable to take care of itself now.

The only place in the Tang Dynasty that has the financial resources to provide millions of dan of grain is Prince Ji’s Mansion.”

Ma Zhou stood up and saluted.

"Your Highness, I wonder if we can ask His Highness Prince Ji to mobilize some food to help Silla."

Yu Zhining stood up and suggested without waiting for Li Chengqian to ask.

"Minister Yu, I'm afraid your idea is difficult to implement." Changsun Wuji also stood up.

"Why? Prince Ji's Mansion has more than a million dan of grain. Prince Ji's Mansion also has a huge granary in Jiannan Road, which specializes in purchasing grain for brewing.

As long as His Royal Highness Prince Ji is willing to give up some, it will be enough to save Silla from disaster."

Yu Zhining frowned in confusion.

Jin Chunqiu's eyes lit up after hearing this. That's right, Prince Ji's mansion had food, and a lot of it.

All envoys coming to Chang'an City will investigate the Prince Ji's Mansion, including its various industries and business activities.

The granary of Prince Ji's Mansion has been established in Jiannan Road for more than ten years, and they have almost forgotten about it.