Cui Yu cried even more when he heard this, and Cheng Zhijie even went over to persuade him. Cheng's mother praised her son a few times and then withdrew.

It didn't take long for Li Shimin to know the news, and he hurriedly brought his eldest grandson Wujian and Yang Ji'er to condole; Then Zhang Ding, Qin Qiong and others got the news and came to visit.

At first, when they heard about this incident, they all advocated that Xiaohong be thrown into eight pieces and then thrown into the wilderness, but when they heard about Cheng Zhijie's approach, they nodded and praised one by one.

They comforted Cheng Zhijie, and the eldest grandson Wujian and Yang Ji'er also accompanied Cui Yu to talk for a while, seeing that her mood was a little more stable, and she was basically able to accept the reality before leaving.

Cui Yuxin suffered from the loss of a child, and was physically and mentally exhausted, so he lay down to rest without eating. At this time, Sun Simiao and Hu Li came over to tell Cheng Zhijie a more serious news. Cui Yu was poisoned this time, and her uterus was damaged, and it is estimated that she will never be able to give birth again.

Cheng Zhijie clenched his fists fiercely, resisting the urge to pull Xiaohong's body out and chop it up.

"Sun Zhenren, Hu Li; Please don't tell Xiao Yu about this; In addition, please also ask the two of you to show your skills, but if you have a little hope, please also help Xiao Yu. ”

Sun Simiao and Hu Li hurriedly agreed, saying that they would do their best to treat the princess.

In the evening, Cheng Zhijie finally coaxed Cui Yu to sleep, and he silently got up in his clothes and went to Sun Sixin's room.

As soon as Sun Sixin saw Lao Cheng coming, he sat on the chair and was silent, and asked, "Demon King, what did Sun Zhenren and Hu Li say to you today?" Your face is really horrible. ”

Cheng Zhijie sighed and said, "They told me that Xiao Yu's uterus was damaged, and she may not be able to have children in this life." Even though they kept saying they were trying to save her, I knew it was just comfort. ”

Sun Sixin bowed her head gloomily and gently stroked Cheng Huaimo next to her with her hand, as if she couldn't see enough. After a while, he said leisurely: "I understand what the demon king means. You don't have to be embarrassed, I agree to pass Huaimo to Cui Yu. How can they all be from the Cheng family, Huai Mo accidentally became the eldest son, what do I disagree with. ”

"Si Xin ......"

"Demon King, don't say it again, the child was passed on to Cui Yu, don't you still have to call me mother? Besides, as you said, we're still young, and I can have another one. ”

Cheng Zhijie's eyes were slightly tearful, he gently held Sun Sixin's hands, and then hugged her heavily.

"Sixin, thank you!"

The next day, under the auspices of Cheng's mother, the five-year-old Cheng Chu silently paid homage to Cui Yu and officially passed under Cui Yu's name; At the same time, he was also made the eldest son of the Cheng family and had the right to inherit the title of Cheng Zhijie.

Although the affairs of Cheng Zhijie's family passed smoothly, but in the spring of this year, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and rumors began in the market, pointing the finger at Li Shimin, who launched the Xuanwumen Change.

Li Shimin quickly mobilized a large amount of grain from Jiangnan, Lingnan and other places into Guanzhong, and appointed Cheng Zhijie as a disaster relief ambassador to send the grain to the people.

In the middle of the year, there was no one who starved to death, so that those who were ready to take the opportunity to do things had no place to start, but Zhang Liang's intelligence troops took the opportunity to attack and made great gains.

Then Cheng Zhijie suggested dredging the river, and the construction of the Liren Canal in Guanzhong was supported by Li Shimin.

Li Shimin also believed in the induction of heaven and man, and thought that he was wrong in his governance, so he warned the heavens; He asked hundreds of officials to write about their mistakes; At the same time, the case is heard in person and the unjust sentence is redressed; Reducing food and striking to reduce the burden on the people.

The damage caused by this natural disaster was not great, but it also made Li Shimin see the horror of the disaster; He asked hundreds of officials to write a letter to explain their mistakes and come up with a way to relieve the disaster.

Shangshu Zuo Cheng Dai Xuan and Shangshu Shilang Cen played the text: "Floods and droughts are unavoidable. There is no nine-year livestock storage in the country, and the "Book of Rites" clearly commands.

After the funeral now, the household registration is withered, and the rent is paid every year, and the warehouse is not realized. Give it at any time, only for the year, if there is a disaster, what mercy will be given?

Therefore, the Sui Kaihuang system, the people of the world, the festival level of the millet, most of them are the community warehouse, and finally the emperor of Wen, there is no hunger.

and the great cause of middle age, the state is insufficient, and the things of the social warehouse are borrowed to supplement the official expenses, so at the end of the Tu, there is no way to pay.

Now, please since the prince has been down, and the people have been arranged, and the acres of land and crops have been reclaimed, until the autumn is ripe, and he is allowed to see the Miao Yili persuasion class, and he will order the millet to be produced. The land of rice and wheat is also taxed in the same way. Where each is located, it is the warehouse of words. If the valley does not reach the year, and the people are hungry, they will take it as they like in the prefecture and county. ”

Li Shimin believes that this method of setting up a righteous warehouse and automatically releasing grain to help the people in the disaster year is very good; He said to the ministers: "Since it is a store for the people, and the officials raise their palms to prepare for the year of evil, it is not necessary for me, and it is endowed with money." The things that benefit people are deeply commendable. It is advisable to go down to the department and establish a system. ”

Han Zhongliang, the head of the household, played: "The prince cultivates the land below, and the mu is two liters." The genus of corn and japonica rice depends on the land. Stored in the state of the county, in preparation for the murderous year. ”

Li Shimin thought that this amount could be executed, so he was ready to issue an order to carry it out. Cheng Zhijie stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers of this righteous warehouse agree very much, not only that, but we can also set up a standing position to regulate prices, store grain, and prepare for famine to supply the government and the people."

However, the minister has a little worry, one is that he is worried that the government and businessmen will collude to encroach on Yicang, so that there will be no food available in the disaster year. Second, he was worried that the imperial court would use Yicang for its own use in the future, which would make Yicang lose its original intention, and instead increase the taxes of the people in disguise and become a harmful move for the people. ”

Li Shimin thought so deeply and asked, "Then according to what the Great Demon County King said, our Yicang will no longer be built?" ”

Cheng Zhijie said: "How can Your Majesty give up food because of choking, since Yicang is a good prescription, it is beneficial to the people." Of course, we should spare no effort to build it, but according to the opinion of the ministers, please ask Your Majesty to issue an edict to explain to the subjects of the world the purpose of building Yicang, and promise them that the taxes of Yicang will never increase.

In addition, His Majesty should strengthen supervision, and after the grain purchase is completed every year, audit and inspectors will be dispatched to check the situation of the Yicang and check whether the new grain and old grain are replaced; Is there anyone shoddy. For those who dare to stretch out their hands to Yicang, the crime will be increased by one degree, and the matter can be eliminated by strict punishment. ”

The ministers frowned slightly, and some of them said: "Your Majesty is the lord of the world, so you don't have to explain anything to the foolish people of the world?" The court ordered it to go down, and they carried it out, where is there so much why? ”

Cheng Zhijie's eyes widened in anger, and he yelled at the official: "You still have to ask about the price when you buy something?" Erfeng Erlu, the people's fat and the people's ointment! The people are your bread and bread; Can't you explain what you take from the people? ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up and said: "Erfeng Erlu, the people's fat and people's ointment!" That's a good saying! Ladies and gentlemen, remember to think more about your people in the future. ”

The official was so frightened by Lao Cheng that he retreated again and again, almost didn't fall, and didn't dare to argue, so he had to bow down with the ministers to receive the teachings.

So Li Shimin approved Cheng Zhijie's invitation, since it is the state and county of the world, he started to set up a righteous warehouse, and whenever there was a famine, he would open a warehouse to give.

After a year of hard work, the Great Demon Kingdom and Datang have achieved a preliminary integration, and Datang seems to have been injected with a shot of strength and moved forward quickly.

However, the situation of the Turks in this eastern year was not very good, and in the winter, the Eastern Turks suffered a heavy snowstorm that was rare in a century, and countless cattle and sheep froze to death; Herders also suffered many casualties.

Jieli Khan did not care about this, he continued to intensify the exploitation of his subordinates and vassal tribes; Make it even more difficult for these people to survive.

The tribes of Xue Yantuo, Hui Hui, Bayegu and other tribes who had originally submitted to the Eastern Turks all rebelled against the Turks, and the Jieli Khan sent the Turki Khan to crusade, but failed to win. The rebels were stronger, and the Turki Khan fled back on light horses. The Khan was furious and imprisoned him. The Turki Khan became resentful and decided to rebel.

In the same year, due to heavy snowfall, many sheep and horses froze to death, and people also suffered. The Turks were afraid that the Tang army would take advantage of the danger to attack, so they led their troops into Shuozhou, threatening to hunt.

Some ministers suggested that he be blamed for breaking the covenant and entering our territory, and that he should be attacked for it. The eldest grandson Wuji said: "You can't be a husband without credit, let alone a country? If I have a covenant with them, how can I take advantage of the danger of others? He must be rude to me before I can crusade against him. ”

Li Shimin thought that the eldest grandson Wuji was reasonable, but just in case, Cheng Zhijie was still allowed to go to Youzhou, and the soldiers and horses of the governor of the six states were ready to attack in Liaodong.

Xue Yantuo had more than 70,000 family accounts, and was initially attached to the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan. In the second year of Zhenguan, they counterattacked Jieli, and were canonized by the Tang Dynasty, called Zhenzhu Viga Khan, built Yayan Mountain, and became the co-leader of the Mobei tribes. They sent several envoys to Chang'an to offer horses, cattle, sheep, and camels, and ask for marriage; Secretly allied with the Tang Dynasty and prepared to jointly attack the Eastern Turks.

Just when Li Shimin was hesitating, Zhang Gongjin, the acting governor of Dingyuan County in Tuntian, on the Shanxi border, wrote a letter to ask for an attack on the Turks, and he put forward six pieces of evidence, believing that the time had come to attack the Turks at this time.

Jieli Khan was extravagant and brutal, killing the loyal and good, and getting close to the traitors, one of them; Xue Yantuo and other tribes have defected, this is the second; Tuli, Tuo, and Desire Valley are all offended by Jieli, and there is no place to be ashamed, which is the third; The northern part of the country experienced frost and drought, and there was a shortage of food, and fourth; Jieli alienated the clansmen, entrusted with heavy responsibilities to foreign tribes, the Hu people were capricious, and once the Tang army arrived, there would inevitably be internal chaos, which was the fifth; The Han people went to the north to avoid chaos in the early years, and at this time there were more people, and recently I heard that they gathered arms, occupied dangerous places, and sent a large army out of the fortress, so they naturally responded internally.

Li Shimin looked at these six pieces of evidence and walked around the hall excitedly, it has been 4 years since the humiliation of Weishui. At this time, the Tang Dynasty was politically clear, the country was rich and the people were rich; And the Turks just fell one by one, and they are already fully capable of launching a counteroffensive.

In November of that year, the Turkic army entered the Hexi Corridor. Under the pretext of the Turkic attack on Hexi, Li Shimin ordered his troops to send troops to exterminate the Eastern Turks in six routes.