Chapter 457: Coming to the Aid from All Directions
When he heard that Li Chengqian had allowed Zhuzhou County in Hebei Province to dig canals to fight the drought, Li Shimin almost jumped up.
After going back and forth in the hall twice, panting heavily, Ma Zhou stood there and didn't know how to persuade him.
Li Shimin turned around a few times, and suddenly looked at Ma Zhou with bright eyes and asked, "Ma Qing's family, what do you think about moving these poor people to Hedong Road?"
Without waiting for Ma Zhou to answer, Li Shimin turned around and sat on the throne with a golden sword, and said in a firm tone: "I have figured it out, they released so many people just to crush Cheng Qian and crush the imperial court.
Although Cheng Qian was confused for a while, his benevolence was not wrong, and he took this opportunity to clean up those fort lords and scholars in Hebei Province, which was of great benefit to the imperial court. ”
Ma Zhou nodded solemnly and said, "What Your Majesty said is indeed a solution, but I don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has plans yet?" Your Majesty, would you like to write to inquire first?"
"Good! I immediately ordered someone to fly a pigeon to pass the book to Cheng Qian, and you immediately ordered the household department to quickly send food to Youzhou! ”
Thinking that this time he could clean up the four prominent families in Hebei Province, Li Shimin was proud in his chest.
"Obey the order!"
In the case that Li Chengqian did not take special care, Ma Zhou could know the news of Youzhou, and the eldest grandson Wuji could also receive the news of Youzhou.
The eldest grandson Wuji is urgently preparing to marry his concubine eldest grandson Ying's dowry these days.
The eldest grandson Chong took a long dowry list to see the eldest grandson Wuji, and looked at almost all the fields and properties of the eldest grandson's family in Luoyang, saying that it was fake if he didn't feel sorry, after all, his two younger sisters did not accompany so many dowries.
Came to the study of the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Chong walked in directly, the eldest grandson Wuji heard the footsteps, turned his head and saw that it was the eldest grandson Chong and looked down at the account.
"Father, this is Yingmei's dowry, please take a look." The eldest grandson Chong said and put the dowry list on the small table in front of the eldest grandson Wuji.
The eldest grandson Wuji picked it up and looked at it carefully, and compared it with the account book in his hand one by one.
"Father, is Sister Ying's wedding day in a hurry, and many things at home are not ready?" The eldest grandson complained beside him.
From the time when someone was sent to Youzhou to ask for marriage a few years ago, it has only been two or three months now, and after removing the time for the matchmaker to go back and forth on the road several times, the days for the eldest grandson's family to prepare the dowry are only half a month.
This is obviously very urgent in the Tang Dynasty, where the wedding dress had to be sewn with stitches and threads.
The eldest grandson Wuji, who was reconciling the accounts, raised his head and sighed: "The princess's health is getting worse and worse, maybe she will leave one day, if the princess leaves, we will have a happy event, Your Majesty will definitely feel bad." ”
The meaning of the eldest grandson Wuji is very clear, he wants to marry the Lu family before Princess Changle dies.
Eldest Sun Chong remembered something again and said in a low voice: "Father, now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is fighting with many scholars and fort lords in Hebei Province in Youzhou, let's marry the Lu family at this time, okay?"
"Hehe......"
The eldest grandson Wuji laughed when he heard it, but the eldest grandson Chong didn't understand what he was laughing at?
After a while, the eldest grandson Wuji laughed enough, and then said leisurely: "It's really a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers!" Speaking of which, Li Chengqian can be regarded as brave and strategic, but he doesn't know how thick the sky is. ”
Seeing this, the eldest grandson Chong smiled and asked, "Li Chengqian is certainly not worth mentioning, but will Your Majesty sit back and watch Li Chengqian lose a big loss?"
The eldest grandson Wuji waved his hand and corrected: "This time Li Chengqian's strategy is not wrong. ”
"Then why did my father laugh at him?"
The eldest grandson Wuji said with a proud look on his face: "Many people think that Li Chengqian is a wrong move to allow the canal to be dug along the coast for irrigation, but if Li Chengqian does not allow them to dig the canal, the lord of the Shi clan fort in Hebei Province will not easily let so many people go to Youzhou."
Moreover, Li Chengqian also knew that he only needed to do the first half of this matter, and the later thing was to send grain, and His Majesty and the imperial court would naturally do it for him.
But he didn't know how much power the imperial court had? How much does it take to transport grain from Luoyang to Youzhou?
Even if he dragged down the entire imperial court, he couldn't support the poor people in Hebei Province.
Li Chengqian is accustomed to using these big strokes, and this time he got rid of it. ”
The eldest grandson Chong thought for a moment and hurriedly asked, "So Li Chengqian is going to lose this time?"
"The court knows how capable it is for my father."
As if relieved, Eldest Sun Chong nodded and said, "That's good!" ”
took the trouble to marry his sister to Fanyang Lu's family, and accompanied so many things, if the Lu family was cleaned up by Li Chengqian as soon as it passed, the eldest grandson's family would lose a lot.
The eldest grandson Wuji looked at his son's unpromising appearance, and he was very disdainful in his heart.
looked up at the window and said secretly: When Li Chengqian returns to Chang'an after the defeat, I will personally go to build Yandu. With the support of the Fan Yang Lu family, I will definitely be able to build Yandu, and then Yandu will be what my eldest grandson's family said.
These thoughts of the eldest grandson Wuji have already been communicated with the contemporary patriarch of the Lu family, and the Lu family welcomes him to go to Youzhou to build the Yan capital.
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Li Chengqian has indeed won a lot of people's hearts in recent years, and as soon as Li Shimin's will goes, after Liu Zheng secretly connected in series, Chang'an and Luoyang have moved.
"Your Majesty, there is a way that the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and it is not an easy task to escort the grain and grass. The students of the Royal Military and Political Academy heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was short of grain and grass in Youzhou, and they asked the old ministers to fight and were willing to escort grain and grass for His Royal Highness the Prince. Li Jing asked Li Shimin for war with a red face.
Li Shimin was very relieved and said: "The pharmacist has a heart. ”
Li Jing didn't take credit, and said directly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince takes meritorious soldiers to study at the Royal Military and Political Academy, so that they can get ahead, it is really a grace of reconstruction, and they should go to the soup for the imperial court." ”
Li Shimin suddenly became angry when he heard this, Huo Ran stood up and said loudly: "Okay! They were originally meritorious soldiers, and they learned the art of war from the pharmacist, and they were all pillars of the imperial court, so they should have experienced it this time. ”
With the Royal Military and Political Academy as the commander, the people on the Dragon Head Plain also took action.
Originally, Li Chengqian ordered them to make every effort to build farm tools and send them to Luoyang.
Now they heard that Li Chengqian was in trouble in Youzhou, and without saying much about it, they built more than 50 new steel-making furnaces overnight. Iron ore and coal were not enough, and in addition to those who had to carry out spring ploughing, men, women and children went up the mountain to mine and transported to Longshouyuan.
Ordinary people in other parts of Chang'an City also took out their strong labor and spontaneously went to mine for the steel mill on Longshou Plain.
Hundreds of students of the Royal Military and Political Academy rode on war horses and set off from Tonghua Gate to Luoyang, and when they walked to Baqiao, they saw more than 1,000 Chang'an warriors leading their horses and waiting in the east of the bridge.
When Li Jing, who came to see him off, saw it, he hurriedly rode across the bridge and said with a smile: "The old man Li Jing is polite." ”
"Meet Wei Guogong!"
After everyone on the other side saluted for a while, Li Jing asked with a smile: "I don't know where you strong men are going to equip their horses?"
One of the strong men seemed to be the leader, and stepped forward to reply: "Back to the Duke of Weiguo, I heard that Hebei Province was hit by a disaster, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to Hebei Province to transfer grain, and we will volunteer to go to Hebei Province to help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in disaster relief." ”
Li Jing was very happy to hear this, but he deliberately said with a calm face: "The disaster relief has its own imperial court, and you and other ordinary people should strictly abide by the laws of the imperial court, and they will be responsible for the harvest." ”
The strong man at the head said with a righteous face: "Wei Guogong's words are wrong, the "Spring and Autumn Period" is righteous, and disaster relief and compassion for neighbors is a courtesy. Now the car is on the same track, the book is the same text, the world is a family, Hebei Road is the place of Datang, and we should be rescued if there is a disaster in Hebei Road.
Moreover, we have all received the great grace of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and we should help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince overcome all difficulties.
Of course, we also know that our skills are low, and we can't do great things for the country and the people, and we are waiting here today to follow the sages of the Royal Military and Political Academy and make a contribution to sending food to Youzhou. ”
As soon as Li Jing heard him speak, he knew that there was an article here, and he hurriedly praised loudly: "Good! Go with you. ”
"Thank you for the success of the country." The crowd agreed.
These people, along with the students of the Royal Military and Political Academy, rode fast horses to Luoyang, and the incident quickly caused a sensation throughout Chang'an City.
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Chang'an Chengdong City, Huichang Jinhao.
A young man carefully wiped the Jin Chuan in his hand, and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, now the people in Chang'an City are trying to find a way to support His Royal Highness the Prince, we are all domestic slaves of His Royal Highness the Prince, do you also send some people to Youzhou to send some food to His Royal Highness the Prince?"
This guy just heard from the guest about the thousands of people rushing to help Li Chengqian on Baqiao, and he was very yearning.
The shopkeeper of the Huichang Gold Account listened to his words, raised his head from the account book, and said with a smile: "As long as we exchange more copper coins in Chang'an, we will be doing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a great favor." ”
"This can also help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" The guy was a little puzzled.
The shopkeeper smiled and didn't explain, and continued to look down at the account book, he had to figure out how much money he would transfer to Yangzhou during this time. According to Li Chengqian's flying pigeon biography, the remaining money must be shipped to Yangzhou in three days.
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Outside Lingzhou, 20,000 cattle, 50,000 donkeys and more than 100,000 sheep have been assembled.
Liu Renliang, who was in armor, rode a tall war horse, and after several rounds of going back and forth without finding a single thin animal, he nodded with satisfaction.
Then he arched his hand towards the Tang cavalry with a thousand bright armor and said: "Brother Lao, send the hearts of our Lingzhou soldiers and civilians to His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
"Obey!"