The construction of the city in Wonju seems to have become a curse.

Before Yuan Zai could put it into practice, he was slaughtered;

Yang Yan practiced it, but it caused the Jingzhou Mutiny, and his death was somewhat related to this matter.

"Peace with Xifan, so far it has only been a year, Xifan has not destroyed the alliance, if we build a city in Pingliang on the border, once the two sides meet each other, we are resigned! Besides, can I prepare for the war between Tang and Xifan? The emperor looked back, looked at the column of Hanlin scholars sitting in front of him, and asked.

Then, to his surprise, all the Hanlin scholars, except for Yu Gongyi, agreed to build a city in Pingliang.

Lu Zhen said that now Jingyuan, Fengxiang, and Xingyuan camps are very effective, and the military rations and weapons are well stocked, which are no longer as good as in the past, and His Majesty has set up eight military towns and horse squares, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the right battalion of Shence have begun to take shape, and Han Rong has fed money and grain support in the southeast, even if he is temporarily unable to fight a decisive battle with Xifan, it is absolutely feasible to advance the battle line to Yuanzhou and Liupan Mountain through the construction of cities, in order to plan for the future of Helong.

The emperor asked Wei Cigong again.

Wei Ci replied angrily, now the border generals are all people who are deeply feared by Xifan, such as Duan Xiushi, Li Sheng, Ma Sui, etc., and the rice and grain are complete, so why should Xiaofan be afraid? What's more, when I negotiated peace with Xifan before, Pingliang was included in the territory of our Tang Dynasty, and it was only natural to build a military city here, and Your Majesty did not need to hesitate.

The emperor asked Zheng Qi again.

Although Zheng Qi was a little hesitant, he basically agreed with the plan to build the city, saying that as long as there was 600,000 stone of rice and grain, everything would not be a problem.

The other bachelors, Wu Tongxuan and Wu Tongwei, are Xiao Fu's henchmen, needless to say, of course they also agree.

Only Yu Gongyi worriedly said to the emperor, saying that now that the rebellion has just been quelled, and the Chinese and Turkish sides have been peaceful, why should they start a side matter again? The marshals clamored for war, but they just hoped to invite merit to consolidate their positions, and hoped that His Majesty would think calmly and weigh the pros and cons.

Li Shi sighed, and then slowly walked to the steps outside the hall.

A few dark green locusts buzzed and flew up his sleeves, and several lieutenants were so frightened that they hurried to drive them away.

Li Shi looked around, even the main halls of the Daming Palace, whether it was the open ground or the roof ridge, were densely packed with locusts, some jumping, some flying.

Daming Palace is still like this, not to mention Chang'an City and Jingzhao Mansion.

This year, at the turn of spring and summer, the Guanzhong area was hit by a rare locust plague, and the people starved to death again.

The emperor stretched out his hand, grabbed a locust, fixed his eyes on the disgusting worm, which was covered in green, swallowed it in his mouth, chewed it, swallowed it into his stomach, and said indignantly: "Let you harm my people!" ”

Then the emperor said to several lieutenants that the money and silk that had been claimed and stored in the treasury of Qionglin and Daying should be taken out and used to buy grain from all over Gyeonggi to relieve the victims. In addition, Han Yun came to Beijing this time, as long as he could provide 600,000 stone of grain to the right camp of Shence, the left and right Shenwei army behind the palace, the sixteen guards of the capital and the army in the northwest, and 500,000 stone of food to the people of Jingzhao Mansion who suffered from the famine, I would be willing to listen to him.

There is nothing I can do now, only by building good relations with all parties can I maintain the appearance of rule.

"Civilization is doing the right thing!" After nightfall, in the mansion of Zhang Yansheng in the capital, the newly appointed servant said to the servant who came to report the news.

His son Zhang Hongjing next to him didn't understand very much, so he asked his father, "Does my father also want to agree with Han Taichong's plan?" ”

"No, Zheng Wenming is my son-in-law, but he is also a bachelor of Hanlin. You have to know that the biggest taboo in the academy is that the emperor knows that you have leaked the 'Wang Yan' (the emperor's words and thoughts) to other people, so in order to avoid suspicion, I will oppose it! "Zhang Yansheng is also scheming in officialdom.

"Then what if you anger Han Taichong."

"If you want to catch the old and indulge your ears, it is inevitable to build a city in Pingliang under the current situation, and we have to move with the times. In case a war really breaks out between Tang and Tibet, and I Tang is unfavorable, with my original opposition to the speech, it is convenient to leave a way back and take advantage of the situation to win. ”

"Then after Han Tai rushed into Beijing, how should his father deal with himself?"

"You don't have to worry, after all, I am the prime minister of the DPRK, once I am opposed, Han Yun will inevitably spend capital to win me over, which is a good thing for us." Zhang Yan stroked his beard, it seems that he has already made up his mind.

The entire capital, with the immediate arrival of Han Yun and the aggravation of the locust plague, began to become more stormy.

The three camps of Han Yun, Zhang Yansheng, and the emperor all have their own thoughts.

The Xingyuan Mansion in Hanzhong ushered in a calm and comfortable September.

From the whole Chiya to the mountain and river weir and to the Huangsha River area of Mian County, the wheat and rice have all been harvested, and the soldiers in the camp are laughing and laughing, vying to send the newly harvested thousands of truckloads of rice into the Chiya warehouse, and the cars and horses around the road are endless.

And Xingyuan Shaoyin Gao Yue, and the important officials in the mansion, personally presided over the grand "Autumn Society Celebration", so as to repay the city god and the land god, and Gao Yue also personally wrote a congratulatory message to the city god of Xingyuan Mansion:

"Xingyuan Mansion Shaoyin, Liang, Yang, Li three states are all training envoys, the inspector of the school officials Lang Zhong Gaoyue has wine and food, Zhao Sai in my temple of the city god, sacrifice to the god of the city god, I tell God, God can feel me, the cloud is the leaf, the rain has been hanging silk, both open the auspicious of the abundance, dare to slack off the fragrant report? God is not ashamed of my Xiaoyi, don't be for Yuan Gong, forever cover me Xingyuan City Guogou Pond, Heshu Mulberry Rice, Life and Military Plans - the ministers are willing to serve, who dares to be ungodly? ”

"Who dares to be ungodly?" All the prefectures and counties who came to participate in the worship of the assassins, county orders, etc., all offered incense and prayed in unison.

After the Autumn Society, the soldiers and civilians of Xingyuan Mansion made persistent efforts and began to build up high barleys and grab two wheat.

At this time, even the common people began to actively plant wheat, and the rice-wheat mixed cropping system was quickly spread throughout Fuzhou County.

And the Tianhan Building, then successfully built the "Quanbao Building" of Xingyuan Mansion, this building is actually a warehouse, a layer of storage cloth, two layers of storage copper coins, there are five transfer halls under it, each has a carriage road leading to the south of the city wharf - Hanchuan side, countless sailing ships come and go, under the city wall on the side, there are rows of mansions, most of them are operated by the White Grass Army or agents, the wharf man carries all kinds of goods, along the ladder of the Water Gate to climb the stairs, the wealth is sent into the towering Quanbao Building, or sent to the north and south of the city to sell.

"The two envoys, I, Gao Yue and Wei Gao, of course agree with Han Nanyang's opinion!" In the building, Gao Yue joined Li Sheng very happily after meeting with Zhao Guangxian, the assassin of Yangzhou, and Wang Tong, the assassin of Lizhou. In Han Yun's alliance, he expressed his full support for Pingliang's plan to build a city, "Now that the locust plague in Guanzhong is serious, my Xingyuan Mansion is outside the Hudou rice, and I am willing to send another 50,000 stones of rice to prepare for water and drought, and send it to Beijing first, so as to alleviate the urgency of Your Majesty and the officials and the people." ”

"That's very good, the king of Hechuan County asked us to send a message to Shaoyin, and the king of Hechuan County will soon enter Beijing to be invited by the court, and the holy lord may also announce Shaoyin and Wei Jun's envoy, Yan Lian's envoy (Yan Zhen, Banan observation envoy), and Wu envoy Jun (Wu Mian, Dongchuan Jiedu envoy) to enter Beijing, please Shaoyin will uphold the relationship with the county king at that time, and make a balance theory." It seems that Li Sheng is really going to join forces with Han Yun, and he is determined to implement the city building plan in Pingliang.