Chapter 41: The Problem of Liaodong

"Of course, aren't you trying to make a name for yourself? What's more, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty personally went to Liaodong to comfort the soldiers guarding the border and the people who had suffered disasters, and the people of the entire Tang Dynasty would feel happy. Xuan Shijing said: "Now there is more than a month before the New Year, when you go back and forth to Liaodong, hurry up and come back, you will definitely be able to rush back before the New Year, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to worry about anything." ”

"What about Ah Ke and the green sparrow?" Li Chengqian asked.

"His Royal Highness King Wu and His Royal Highness King Wei naturally stayed behind, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went, the two princes are your strong backing." Xuan Shijing smiled and said, "Right, two highnesses? ”

Li Tai smiled: "That's right, even if the eldest brother goes, the third brother and I will sweep the battle for you in Chang'an." ”

Li Ke also smiled indifferently and signaled that Li Chengqian didn't have to worry.

"It's not Chang'an." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "There are me and my son here in Chang'an, His Royal Highness King Wei needs to go to Luoyang, as for His Royal Highness King Wu, he will stay in the Chang'an court in order to respond." ”

"What?!" Li Tai looked at Xuan Shijing with wide eyes: "I'm also leaving Chang'an?" ”

"Xuanhou, you" Yu Zhining looked at Xuan Shijing puzzled, he didn't know what Xuan Shijing was going to do, Liaodong was just a snow disaster, in addition to the army guarded by the Tang Dynasty there, there were actually not many people living in that kind of bitter cold place, Yu Zhining felt that Xuan Shijing was too much of a fuss.

If it's not a big fuss, how can it be shocking to the surroundings?

Moreover, Xuan Shijing looks at Liaodong, than the officials of the East Palace here to see the long-term, there will be a battle between the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo in the future, Gao Jianwu has now built the Great Wall to prevent the Tang Dynasty, if the Tang Dynasty wants to send troops to Goguryeo, if Liaodong is still the same as now, it will undoubtedly be very unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty, so what Xuan Shijing has to do is to let Li Chengqian lay out in Liaodong from now on.

"It is to let the envoys of Fanbang who are still staying in Chang'an see how my Datang unites to relieve Liaodong, and by the way, I also tell those who are eyeing Liaodong that they value Liaodong very much in the court of the Tang Dynasty." Xuan Shijing said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally led the East Palace to escort the disaster relief money to Liaodong, from Chang'an to Luoyang, the King of Wei needs to go to Luoyang in advance, Luoyang is rich, if His Royal Highness the King of Wei can raise a batch of materials in Luoyang, for Liaodong, there is no harm." As His Royal Highness the King of Wei, he must be very appealing among the people, and as soon as the money escorted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived in Luoyang, it was sent to Liaodong together with the materials raised by His Royal Highness the King of Wei. ”

"Brother Jing, what can we do?" Jin Yang asked.

"There's only so much we can do" Xuan Shijing smiled: "I'll go into the palace tomorrow morning to pick you up and leave the palace, and the foundation really can't do without you." ”

"Xiao Jing, is it really necessary to let Gu personally send it to Liaodong?" Li Chengqian asked: "Of course, it's not that I don't want to go, it's just"

"I understand His Highness's concerns, as for why I want His Highness to go on this trip in person, the minister will explain to you in person in a while, this trip to Liaodong, if His Highness wants to achieve the effect that the minister said, he must go in person." Xuan Shijing said.

"Your Highness, the treasury side, should we discuss it with the household department?" Wang Jue arched his hand and said: "After all, this disaster relief, the big one is still on the treasury side. ”

No one knows better than Li Chengqian about the situation of the treasury now, and when he was in charge of the banquet in the Lin De Palace, he dealt with the household department every day, and the more it was the end of the year, the more the treasury could not get real money, so when it came to this matter, Li Chengqian also had a headache.

"I won't hide it from you, the treasury has been in contact with the household department for the past two days, and this banquet in the Lin De Hall alone is sixty percent from the treasury and forty percent from the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Li Chengqian spread his hands: "Lone said so, can you understand?" ”

The treasury is out of money, and even if the treasury is deducted from between the teeth in this Liaodong matter, it can't pick out much.

"Your Highness, what about the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Wang Qi asked cautiously.

The internal affairs office of the Tang Dynasty seems to have never been abundant

"On the side of the Internal Affairs Office, I can barely make up tens of thousands." Li Chengqian smiled bitterly: "With the national treasury, this time it will be transported to Liaodong, and it will only be about 70,000 yuan. ”

"This" Wang Jue was stunned on the spot, only 70,000 yuan, purchasing food, clothing and other materials from the surrounding county governments is not enough at all!

You must know that there are more than 30,000 soldiers guarding there in Liaodong, plus the local people

"Lord Wang is right, 70,000 is far from enough, Liaodong is freezing at this time, 30,000 soldiers are guarding the border, many of them are suffering from frostbite, need to send some additional doctors over, if those frostbitten soldiers are not treated in time, I am afraid" Li Ke muttered.

"In previous years, when there was no disaster, was there anything unusual in the barracks?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"If it's okay on weekdays, the soldiers practice every day, and if they don't fight, there is usually little frostbite," Li Ke replied.

Xuan Shijing frowned and thought, money and food are easy to handle, but this doctor, where to find so many doctors in this time and a half, not to mention that after finding it, people may not be willing to go to Liaodong.

Forget it, there will always be a way, doesn't it say that money can make the ghost grind? It's a big deal to pay a lot of money, and there will be brave men under the heavy reward, and they won't get along with the money

"Liaodong" Xuan Shijing sighed, although Liaodong has a very bad climate and environment, it is also an indispensable land of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also an important place for soldiers.

Liaodong is bordered by Goguryeo and Silla in the southeast, and borders on the north by the Su Mo and Wuluohu departments, and looks at the Wa Kingdom across the sea to the east, because of this, Liaodong was fiercely held in the hands of the military, and His Majesty Li Er also understood the importance of Liaodong to the Tang Dynasty, so 30,000 soldiers were stationed in Liaodong alone to guard Liaodong.

With a force of 30,000, His Majesty Li Er did not have the ambition to go to Goguryeo.

If Liaodong could not recover from this snow disaster or even better than it was at the beginning, then the war between the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo had already lost fifty percent of the war in terms of time and place.

As soon as Li Ke said this, all of a sudden, the entire hall of the East Palace sighed.

How to solve the frostbite of the soldiers

There was no local doctor for large-scale frostbite, so what should I do in my previous life?

Xuan Shijing, who had a stuck head for a while, couldn't help but change his thinking.

If a person is healthy, it is easy to say anything, but frostbite is not a serious disease, but it is indeed troublesome, once frostbite, it is difficult to heal, even if it is cured, the possibility of recurrence in that kind of place in Liaodong is also very large, if frostbite is serious, the whole finger can not be saved

In this way, those soldiers in Liaodong, not to mention suffering and suffering, once they fight, their own combat effectiveness will also be affected. (To be continued.) )