At the end of June, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and at noon people have felt the hot burning skin pain of the sun outside, and the warehouse of Taifu Temple is very cool, on the one hand, the warehouse is empty and windy, and the main thing is that there is no money inside to make people feel cold after seeing it, at least Xiao Zheng feels like this.

"Yes, I want to thank you for sharing the worries of the Ministry of the People's Republic of China for the country" Li Shimin stood in the treasury and was very happy, he didn't see money, he knew better than anyone how the family background of the Tang Dynasty was since the founding of the People's Republic of China, this time Xiao Zheng just made a simple move and got so much money back, standing in front of the hill-like copper coins, he was also very happy, people who have no money say the same thing as a fart, and the emperor can't do it.

Xiao Zheng walked over and motioned for others to go farther, and took Du Ruhui to Li Shimin and whispered: "Sage, the money brought to us by these Hu people this time is a small matter, and there is another big ......", and whispered in a low voice after speaking.

After hearing this, Li Shimin's body suddenly straightened, and he pondered for a while and said, "How likely is it?" ”。

"At present, there are seven or eight out of ten, and the minister recommends preparing as soon as possible."

"Well, unless necessary, don't touch all the money and food in the treasury first, don't mention this matter to anyone first, and whoever dares to leak secrets will be beheaded, and never take it lightly, and anyone can tell me at any time if there is a situation."

"The minister obeys the order, and the minister needs the saint to send more people to make armor and equipment, and time is running out."

"Agreed, Du Qing and you are fully responsible, but try not to make too much movement."

"No!" The two said in unison.

Sent Li Shimin away with Liu Yijie to the supervising craftsman, it turned out that the Qin Wangfu enshrined Hu Zhongchun as the master craftsman of the supervising craftsman, let Hu Zhongchun gather all the craftsmen, more than 300 craftsmen stood in a courtyard, Xiao Zheng looked at the craftsmen in the lower courtyard, many of them were hungry, and their eyes were a little blank. The discrimination against these craftsmen under the feudal etiquette system made many people feel inferior, and when they saw Xiao Zheng, they just stopped talking after giving a salute very indifferently, which made Xiao Zheng's heart sour.

"All the staff of the overseer, each person has five yuan, regardless of the position, including the janitor, the watchman is counted" Xiao Zheng said the first sentence when he arrived at the overseer.

The crowd suddenly stirred, and an old craftsman from Ji Da looked at Xiao Zheng and said boldly: "Grandpa Guo, don't lie to the little one, the villain has never seen so much money at once in most of his life."

"Send money!" Turned his head and said to Liu Yijie.

Three baskets of copper coins were waved in front of everyone, and the courtyard knelt on the ground, and many people cried with joy.

"Hurry up! If you don't get up again, everyone just says, "The most annoying, these people kneel and kneel."

Everyone was carrying a heavy bag of copper coins in their hands, and the courtyard suddenly became jubilant, with such a good official, after suffering from people's eyes for so many years, there was finally a hope. It also made these craftsmen full of gratitude to Xiao Zheng in their hearts.

"Master Hu, leave all those who know how to cast the craft, and the others can go back."

Looking at the more than 100 people who stayed, Xiao Zheng said: "Everyone, everyone has the money, I still have to ask you for help with some things, the time is urgent, some things are too late to talk to you in detail, in short, everyone has to work hard for a while, and a large number of craftsmen will come over in two days, and we will rush to make bow and armor weapons."

"Grandpa Guo, the villain has the strength, as long as you tell it, the little ones will never give up" .......

Xiao Hai's father took a few people from Li Zhuang to be taken to the supervisor of the craftsman, more than a dozen disciples of the public loser were also called back from different places, the foundry of the supervisor outside Chang'an City set up seven or eight blast furnaces, the furnace fire was day and night, the workers were constantly shuttling and busy, and the outside of the workshop was also heavily guarded.

When he came back from the foundry, he saw the eldest grandson Wuji waiting for the two of them in the house, and when he asked the eldest grandson Wuji's intention to come to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, this guy sighed.

It turned out that less than a month after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the old part built by the crown prince became several pulls, such as Xue Wanche and Feng Li all surrendered to Li Shimin, and some were part of the opposition and were waiting for an opportunity in private, but there were also some signs of warlord rebellion.

I don't know why, as soon as he went to the court in the morning, Li Shimin directly sent an edict to let Luo Yi enter Beijing, and asked the eldest grandson Wuji and Cheng Yan to lead the troops to announce the decree, which is the decree, this is purely to go to Luo Yi to find bad luck, the eldest grandson Wuji is here to transfer the money and food for the army to set off this time.

Xiao Zheng has also heard of this guy, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks have repeatedly invaded the Tang Dynasty, but Luo Yi has always been strong in martial arts and very prestigious, few people go to his territory to make trouble, and Li Yuan ordered him to lead troops to guard Jingzhou during the Wude period.

When Li Shimin attacked Liu Heimin for the first time, Luo Yi led tens of thousands of troops and beheaded 8,000 of Liu Heimin's younger brother Liu Shishan's army at Xuhe. After Liu Heimin raised troops for the second time, Luo Yi was ordered to crusade again, and he attacked Liu Heimin from behind, and Liu Heimin was captured and killed after joining forces with the prince Li Jiancheng in Zhaozhou.

Because of his meritorious service in assisting Tang to defeat Liu Heimin, Luo Yi and Li Jiancheng entered the dynasty and were entitled, and Li Yuan warmly received Luo Yi and worshiped him as the general of Zuo Yiwei, and since then he has been co-opted by Li Jiancheng to become a henchman.

Li Shimin was the emperor after the throne, and he did not treat him badly, worshiped him as the opening of the palace and the three divisions, and sealed 1,200 households. But because of Li Jiancheng's henchmen, Luo Yi was always afraid and uneasy in his heart, for fear that Li Shimin would trouble him. Not only that, but under his influence, the morale of Hebei Province was also fluctuating, and small-scale riots also occurred from time to time.

The soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass, the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Chi Laohei are leading the troops to set off this time, first, to come to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to transfer baggage, and secondly, to ask Xiao Zheng and Du Ruhui what good ideas they have.

"If you go outside, you must first settle inside", Xiao Zheng suddenly said a famous saying that came to mind in later generations.

"That's right, what Xiao Gong said is very true," said the eldest grandson Wuji, patting his thigh.

"What is the best plan for me?" The fat man asked with a smile.

"It's easy to do, use thieves to control thieves, these people are already rootless trees, the people are looking forward to the peace of the world, no one wants to fight, after you arrive, you will say that whoever beheads Luo Yi is friend or foe, the reward is a thousand gold, but those who enter the career will be awarded the governor of Youzhou, and their own people can kill him."

"Some tricks can be used," Du Ruhui said after thinking for a while.

With the affirmation of "Du Duan", the eldest grandson Wuji got up and handed over to the two of them, and then took people to get money and food.

Ten days later, the eldest grandson Wuji and Cheng Yanjin arrived in Youzhou and did not start a war, but what they saw was Luo Yi's head, it turned out that Luo Yi heard that Li Shimin sent troops over and did not ask the reason for the reason and was ready to rebel directly, and his general Zhao Cihao conspired with Yang Qi to eliminate Luo Yi, but he did not expect the matter to be leaked Zhao Cihao was caught by Luo Yi and was ready to kill.

Yang Qi heard that things had changed outside the city at that time, and led troops to attack Luo Yi, originally most of the soldiers in Youzhou City were sent from Guanzhong and Hebei, and no one wanted to rebel against Luo Yi. Luo Yi was defeated under the backs of the people, so he led hundreds of cavalry to flee to the Turks, and when he reached the border of Ningzhou, he was beheaded by his entourage, and when he heard that the court army was coming, he sent his head to the two of them.

"It was the same last time I beat Yang Wengan, this time I wanted to try it with Luo Yi, but I didn't expect this guy to die so badly, damn it, this battle is boring."

Seeing that Youzhou City had been taken, the two did not leave, but led the soldiers to recruit the people and began to comprehensively strengthen the city defense to collect grain and grass, and Zhao Cihao and Yang Qi, who killed Luo Yi, spared no effort to assist the two generals to build walls and houses in order to be loyal to the new emperor. The key is that the money and food brought by these two people are also enough, and the people who work are well fed and receive five big coins a day, which has never thought of such a good thing before, so they are full of energy.

Wugong county town five hundred miles away from Youzhou City, after the county seat and then south of Chang'an City one hundred miles, fast horse half a day to arrive, usually Wugong County is not big, out of Chang'an to the north is the pass through the Western Regions. Xian Yucheng, the commander of Wugong County, had just arrived at the county government after finishing his official duties in the village, but he saw Duan Zhixuan and Qin Qiong, the generals of the right guard, waiting for him. He was taken aback, and saw that Xian Yucheng took out the holy decree, and after reading it, he realized that it was the newly appointed new emperor who ordered him to strengthen the city defense, and at the same time, the two generals brought five thousand Xuanjia troops and hundreds of craftsmen to assist, and a large number of property, money and food were also brought on one hundred and ten carts.

Xian Yucheng was very puzzled, this is not a war and does not build a new city, even if it is to strengthen the city, it can also use the Xuanjia army, why did it suddenly come out like this inexplicably? But just do what you are told, anyway, it is also the time of the farming, just enough to recruit the nearby farmers to survive the famine.

Wait for a job to find out, this is the reinforcement of the city defense, this is in the periphery to rebuild a circle of new city walls, the granary inside is also expanded several times, wells and houses have all been built new, fortunately this time to recruit a lot of people, and the court this time to give money and food is also enough, not at all like the previous servitude, this time not only all the wages, the construction site has eaten three meals, every three or five also see the dizzy, which makes the people who work throw off their arms to do, that is, there are many people in the night to work with lights.

In Jingyang City, Wei Chi Laohei is also leading his soldiers to supervise the people to strengthen the city wall on the construction site, and the farmland outside the city is still green with green onion cages, and the people of Pingtang only take a few more glances at the farmers who are working when they go out of the city, and the children are also playing with mud on the edge of the construction site, just like an ordinary repair, like the spring water in the pond does not reveal any uneasiness.

Yu Chi Lao Hei was also at a loss, he was just called to the palace by Li Shimin, after a warrant came down, he received money and grain from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and brought people to work, among the craftsmen, he also saw the patriarch of the Gong Loser Gong Hui, there is no need to build a Jingyang City, but now the sage brought him to preside over the reinforcement of the city defense, although it is curious, but he did not ask much about the habit of soldiers obeying orders.

At the same time, Wei Zheng entered Shandong with the Son of Heaven Fu Jie, and although it was an exaggeration to say that there were no people for hundreds of miles along the way, the barrenness that stretched for more than ten miles still deeply hurt Wei Zheng's heart. From a distance, I saw an oncoming team, and in front of me was Li Shentong escorting dozens of prisoner vans and preparing to go to Chang'an. When asked, it turned out to be the former prince Li Jiancheng and the former subordinate of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, Li Zhi'an, the protector of the king of Qi, Li Sixing, and his subordinates participated in the rebellion and prepared to punish the crime.

"Release these people on the spot, I, Wei Zheng," Wei Zheng said to Li Shentong.

"What?! Lord Wei, you have to think about it, this is a court criminal," Li Shentong said with some surprise.

"Let go!" Wei Zheng repeated another sentence and shook the talisman in his hand.

"Yes!" Li Shentong was not afraid of Wei Zheng, but he held the Son of Heaven Rune in his hand, and he didn't dare not listen.

Wei Zheng, who looked at the dozens of people who knelt on the ground and thanked him, said: "You go with me to inspect the various prefectures in Shandong, and help me tell the people that the original prince's promise to be exempt from taxation is still valid, and Shandong Hebei will be treated the same as Guan Long, and after doing this, I will not only release you, but also let you reinstate your officials, which is also the will of the sage" Wei Zheng said categorically.

"Sage Xie, Lord Wei Xie," these people said in a choked voice on the ground, and for a while, the hearts of the people in Shandong and Hebei slowly settled down.