Two years ago, when Shi Qingyi left Guanzhong, the land of Guanzhong at that time could be said to have completely come out of the war in the last years of the previous dynasty, and due to the small losses suffered in the previous war and the effect of the Tang Empire's cultivation and recuperation policy later, at this time, the area of Guanzhong alone, it can be said that the development in some aspects is still above the prosperity of the Great Sui Empire in the past. After selling the goods you brought, you buy the same valuable local products and ship them to the place where you come from...... It is precisely because of the support of this commercial prosperity that the emerging Tang Empire was once very wealthy in terms of economy, and in other aspects, the Guanzhong Plain was originally one of the world's granaries, not to mention the abundant storage of warehouses, and militarily, the Tang Army was even more at this time of the emperor, who was originally the emperor of the empire generation, under the leadership of Li Shimin, the former general of Tiance, and now although the country has just been unified, however, the prestige of the Tang Empire has spread far away. Feared by countless nations, large and small. Only the Turkic Empire, the overlord of the steppe, dares to move its claws with the Tang Empire and show off its strength, but the fierceness and timidity shown in it can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye!

It's just that such a nascent empire that is on the rise, and everything seems to be thriving, a sudden natural disaster, but suddenly swept most of the north of the empire, drought. The grain production in the northern part of the entire empire has been reduced to varying degrees, and the subsequent locust plague is the most severely affected area in the Guanzhong area. It has become a purgatory on earth!

Therefore, the so-called words of the ancient sages that people will conquer the sky are just, under the catastrophe of the heavenly killing machine and the star shift, what role can the ant-like manpower play in addition to escaping......

All the way from the west. In Shi Qingyi's eyes, the land of Guanzhong, which should have been prosperous, was already full of devastation at this time. The originally fertile farmland was abandoned, and at this time it was already full of barren grass, and along the way, except for the post stations built by the imperial court on the official road. Shi Qingyi did not see any smoke rising from the village. Everything is very clear, the originally densely populated land of Guanzhong, due to death and the flight of refugees, the population has been in an extremely sparse state, and those noisy villages that were once full of people, at this time, most of them no longer have half of the residents living in them!

"As early as the calamity, His Majesty had already issued a special order. Ordered all localities to actively provide disaster relief, but unfortunately the famine this time was too serious. Therefore, the initial disaster relief methods did not have much effect at all, and His Majesty had no choice but to open the pass and let the refugees out of the customs to fend for themselves, alas, our Majesty is also difficult! In the post station where Shi Qingyi and the accompanying business travelers stayed, the old post man said with some indignation in the conversation with the business travelers......

This is the first time that Shi Qingyi and the merchants where he is located have asked the soldiers in the post station about the various things that happened in the center of the Tang Empire at this time. These post guards were originally dismissed from the army led by Li Shimin, and at this time, with the wages paid by Li Shimin, it was almost impossible not to say good things for Li Shimin.

However, it was through the words of the post guards along the way that Shi Qingyi, who returned from the Western Regions, knew that in this year, because of this natural disaster, Li Shimin, who had always had a strong personality, had been enthroned as the emperor, but he was very wronged, because the drought suddenly came in the second year of Li Shimin's accession to the throne, and the extremely serious consequences it caused almost shattered the extremely high prestige that Li Shimin brought to the people in the southern and northern wars over the years - is it because of the current Your Majesty, The original Heavenly Policy General King Qin did the intolerable evil act of killing his brother and imprisoning his father, so would Heaven send such a disaster to punish King Qin and the people under his rule now?

In the people, the remnants of the party, who were originally loyal to the crown prince and the king of Qi, took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, and in the court, the old ministers of the Li Yuan era who had always been at odds with Li Shimin also openly expressed their position, questioning that today's disaster is a sign that Li Shimin is not worthy of the world, in such a situation, Li Shimin's heart was once under great pressure, and the people, because of natural disasters and the agitation of people with intentions openly and secretly, are even more panicked, and even demons openly walk in the downtown area, and the devils confuse His Majesty's life soon! Although, those demons were soon arrested by the guards patrolling the city and sentenced to death with bewitching words, but it was useless, at this time Li Shimin had almost lost the hearts of the people in the country, if it weren't for his invincible image of the god of war before was enough to deter all those with bad intentions who dared to move, I am afraid that a large-scale rebellion would have already caused a disaster!

In this way, under the situation of internal and external troubles, Li Shimin tried his best to save the situation, he continued the methods of Emperor Wen of Sui in the previous dynasty, opened and closed the refugees out of the customs to fend for their own livelihood, and worked hard to help the victims, and also paid for the redemption of the poor children who were sold by refugees in the famine to survive...... It cannot be completely denied whether Li Shimin has the element of showmanship, however, no one can deny it either, from the beginning of the famine, the young emperor immediately began to actively work hard to save the lives of the victims in the famine.

However, when the drought and natural disasters in the north had just begun to weaken, the locust plague broke out again, and at this time, in the face of this locust, which had been regarded as an ominous god from ancient times to the present, Li Shimin had nothing to do!

The people are afraid of locusts and other gods, so when the locust plague swept the severely affected northern land again, the farmers in the fields of the northern land did not go to catch locusts to save the food crops in the farmland, but burned incense and prayed, in vain to pray to the heavens to take away the messengers who sent down the locust plague, such a stupid act of course has no effect, in fact, in the northern parts of the locust plague, except for the Tang army under the command of Li Shimin in the past, because Li Shimin was regarded as the god of war in the army, so he obeyed the order to bravely hunt and kill locusts. Even the state and county officials cowered for fear of the calamity that Heaven would bring down! Such an extreme situation finally forced Li Shimin to personally stage a "devouring locust" in front of many ministers in the court. Seeing Li Shimin's eyes red as he grabbed the captured locusts and swallowed them raw, almost all the courtiers shuddered, and they all understood. Li Shimin's eyes, which were already as red as wolves, were not only aimed at the locusts in his hands, but also at them, the important ministers of the imperial court who were semi-openly and negatively treated with the locust plague. What is there for Li Shimin to be afraid of? After all, the army will stand behind him all this time and absolutely support him.

In this way, Li Shimin overwhelmed his opponents with his absolute strength. forced them to take action to solve the spread of the plague, and it was under Li Shimin's resolute order to relieve the disaster and eradicate the locusts, the locust plague was finally extinguished. It's just that. After the famine, the economic and demographic losses in the northern part of the Tang Empire were devastating, and it was unlikely that it would return to its original level in at least two or three years.

This year, Li Shimin suffered! Shi Qingyi thought in his heart, after all, for more than a year, he was the only one who could bear such a predicament. And by his side, there is no one who can bear it for him! Although it looks like there should still be his father. Emperor Li Yuan can be relied on, but although the two were originally close father and son, because of the fratricidal Xuanwumen change, the mustard between the two sides has been deep, in fact, the avoidance between the two is the best choice for either party, because of that tragic past, no one wants to remember forever, so forgetting has become the best choice.

But having said that, although Li Shimin in this year was extremely embarrassed, however, compared with his predecessors, the former Emperor Wen of Sui and the founding emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwentai, Li Shimin's situation is undoubtedly much better, you must know that during the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian, Guanzhong was also in a great drought, and Emperor Wen of Sui had just usurped the foundation of the Yuwen clan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty at that time, and because of the wanton pursuit of the Northern Zhou royal family and the loyal ministers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the people of the court and the people in the court were panicked, and even the armed rebellions of the generals stationed all over the country were endless. In such a situation, the arrival of that severe drought is tantamount to Mount Tai for Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian, because a large amount of food is needed to help refugees, and the grain stored by the Sui Dynasty in various places at that time is extremely important strategic military materials, which cannot be easily used, however, if the refugees are ignored, it will undoubtedly lead to the refugees eventually being used by the rebels from all walks of life, and in the end, it will cause extremely serious consequences, after all, although Yang Jian has the military power of the world in his hands, However, the strength of the rebels who supported the previous dynasty was not weak, and Yang Jian's counterinsurgency army was actually not able to occupy an absolute advantage, and once a large number of refugees poured into the rebels, it was likely to lead to a great change in the strength of both sides, which would lead to a complete loss of control of the situation, causing extremely serious consequences!

Therefore, the situation faced by Emperor Wen of Sui at that time, Yang Jian, was far more serious than Li Shimin, and the decision made by Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian at that time was to blockade the military rations, and personally led the refugees in Guanzhong to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to eat, because the military rations were not used to affect the army, so until the end, Yang Jian's counterinsurgency army had an advantage, and along the way, under Yang Jian's close surveillance, the ranks of the refugees have been guarding themselves without any riots. In this way, Yang Jian smoothly brought the refugees to the Eastern Capital, thus avoiding a crisis that was likely to lead to the end of his empire!

In the Yuwentai period, the situation faced by Yuwentai is undoubtedly more tragic, in the great drought in the Guanzhong, because the entire northern world was in chaos at that time, so that the refugees could not even find a place to flee, they could only sit at home and wait for death, so that the population of the Guanzhong decreased sharply, according to records, the survivors did not survive one in ten, and at this juncture of the crisis, the person who wanted Yuwentai's life appeared, his fateful opponent, Gao Huan, the Shenwu Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, had led an army of 200,000 to attack Guanzhong, and Yuwentai at that time, Because of the famine, he could only barely gather 10,000 troops, and because of the lack of military food, the soldiers were often hungry. However, even so, Yuwentai, who refused to admit defeat, still made a plan to ambush Gao Huan's army, perhaps, at that time, he didn't even think that he would win. However, things are often unexpected, but the result of that battle was that the desperate Yuwentai defeated Gao Huan's army, and the reason was because Gao Huan thought that he had a great advantage, so he got carried away, which led to defeat......

Therefore, compared with his predecessors, the situation faced by Li Shimin is actually not too bad, at least, at this time, he does not need to face the threat of powerful enemies from the outside - the overlord of the steppe, the Turkic Empire, was attacked by a huge disaster almost at the same time as the Tang Empire, so at this time, the interior is also full of mourning, and naturally he is unable to go south to take advantage of the fire to rob, therefore, the enemies that Li Shimin needs to face at this time, in addition to natural disasters, are only those who are secretly stirring up the hearts of the people, and when facing these enemies, Li Shimin actually has an overwhelming advantage from beginning to end, and the so-called worst result is just that after the famine, he is cleaning up the dilapidated mountains and rivers again, if Li Shimin is cold by nature and regards human life as a mustard, then he can completely ignore the tragedy caused by this natural disaster.

However, Li Shimin will not be that kind of person in any case, and it is precisely because he will never become that kind of person, so when this disaster comes, Li Shimin personally witnesses the suffering of the people under his rule, he will feel self-reproach from his heart, and it is also because of the same relationship, for those far-reaching unfavorable rumors that have spread in the famine, he will feel such pain - the change of Xuanwumen, Li Shimin stabbed his brothers and sisters, and imprisoned his father to force the palace, although it was a helpless move, but since then, Everything that happened in Xuanwumen that day became a stinger that pierced Li Shimin's heart and hurt his heart!

No one can bear the torment of this inner guilt on behalf of Li Shimin, even if that person is his recognized almost perfect wife. Li Shimin can only rely on himself, and in his heart, the idea he has always adhered to...... (To be continued......)

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