readx; In just two days, more than 200,000 people have fled to Guanzhong from all over Hedong, and they almost instinctively converge on Chang'an, the heart of the Tang Dynasty, as if only there is hope for their survival. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The porridge shacks and tents prepared by Chang'an and Wannian counties could not meet the needs of the victims at all, and the hungry victims began to storm the city of Chang'an, although the court officials were willing to keep the victims outside the city, but more than 100,000 victims still broke through the barrier of the soldiers at the city gate and poured into Chang'an City.

The order in Chang'an City was in chaos, and several squares close to Mingdemen, Anyi Fang, and Baoning Fang broke out in smashing and looting, and the hungry people smashed open grain shops and vegetable stores, looting food and all edible materials, and more than a dozen shop guys and hungry people were trampled to death in the robbery.

At this time, tens of thousands of troops stationed in the imperial city, such as Jin Wuwei, Qianniuwei, Wancai Battalion, and Longwu Army, went out to suppress the riots of the hungry people, and the various doors of Chang'an were urgently closed, and hundreds of thousands of hungry people and the army broke out on the Suzaku Street, and the cavalry beat them with sticks, whips, and even stabbed them with knives and spears, ruthlessly suppressing the unarmed hungry people.

Suzaku Street was full of fleeing refugees, they were terrified and crying, mothers were crying by the wall with their children in their arms, white-haired old people knelt in front of the sergeants and pleaded, Suzaku Street was full of blood and chaos.

In the Datong Palace, Li Longji was discussing disaster relief matters with Li Yu, Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Zhang Yun, Wang Hui, Yang Shenjin and other important ministers.

"Your Majesty, there are still 30,000 stone of grain in the Equalization Agency, and before the hungry people have not caused a sharp rise in food prices, we must provide disaster relief as quickly as possible to quell the panic, otherwise the panic will spread to the residents of Chang'an, which will cause food prices to soar, and the situation will be serious."

Li Linfu is nervously giving Li Longji advice, his body is like walking through a roller coaster, just a few days ago a little better, but in the past two days, he has taken a sharp turn for the worse, bedridden, but today the situation is urgent, Li Linfu can only support his sick body to give advice to Li Longji, he knows this Tang Emperor too well, only he can persuade Li Longji to make the right choice.

Li Longji was silent, he stood in front of the map of Longyou with his hands behind his back, his eyes were fixed on the majestic plateau covered with snow, that was his dream, for a hundred years, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo have been stuck by war and compromise, the Tang Dynasty is always in passivity, Tubo is tired, so he came to sign a contract to rest, recuperate, and tear up the contract to continue the war, plundering the Tang people and materials, forcibly occupying the land, year after year, again and again, Gaozong, Empress Wu, Zhongzong, as well as his father and himself, are all reincarnated in a passive circle, You never know when it's going to end.

Fortunately, Tubo Zampu died in the battle of Shibao City, and the young Zampu could not control the situation, which caused a civil strife in Tubo to fight for power, as Ge Shuhan said, if you don't seize this opportunity, one day the Tubo people will make a comeback.

Li Longji's heart to attack Tibet was irreversible, and the incident of the victims in Hedong could not change his determination.

"I want to know how much food is needed to help these victims, and to what extent will it affect my Longyou campaign?"

Li Longji's voice was very cold, he was the supreme emperor, he didn't need to think about disaster relief, he only needed the result, he just needed his ministers to tell him how to solve the problem.

"Your Majesty, there are millions of victims in Hedong and southern Hebei, and more than 200,000 people have fled into Guanzhong, and they are still coming, and this disaster will last at least until the summer grain harvest in June, and the minister calculates that at least 500,000 stone of relief grain is needed to cope with the entire famine, and the victims who fled into Guanzhong also need 200,000 stones."

"No! Too much. ”

Li Longji interrupted Li Linfu's words angrily, the last meeting was already short of military rations, and he was too much to take out 100,000 stone for disaster relief, and now he wants to take out 200,000 stone or even 500,000 stone of grain, how is it possible!

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, the minister has two solutions, which can not only ensure that the Battle of Longyou is carried out as scheduled, but also ensure that the victims are relieved."

Li Linfu's words made Li Longji's face soften a little, "Xiangguo, please speak!" ”

Li Linfu stabilized his physical condition, and said slowly: "The first plan is to mobilize the granges in Guanzhong to donate grain, the minister has statistics, the more than 500 granges in Guanzhong have accumulated grain over the years, at least more than three million stones, and they don't need to donate all of them, as long as the old grain is taken out, then there are at least one million stones, of course, the minister also knows that the last meeting was decided to buy, but this purchase also takes time, in order to gain time, you can use the method of first goods and then money, or borrow money from the major cabinets to buy, When the money from each place arrives, it will be returned to the cabinet shop, so that at least some of the food can be obtained first to alleviate the disaster of the hungry people. ”

Li Longji nodded, worthy of Li Linfu, the plan is very practical, he thought about it and said: "I can order the princes to take the lead in selling grain, it is estimated that the goods will not be sold before the money, it is a good way to borrow money from the cabinet, Xiangguo, please tell me the second plan." ”

Seeing that Li Longji agreed to his plan, Li Linfu couldn't help but perk up, and hurriedly said: "The second plan of the old minister is to prevent the hungry people in Guanzhong from rioting, just so that they can be sent to Anxi, but the government along the way can arrange repatriation, instead of letting them sit in Chang'an and wait for relief, there is no need to let them give relief while walking, so that the number of victims in Chang'an will be reduced, and the danger of riots will be eliminated, and more importantly, the situation in Guanzhong can be quickly stabilized, so as not to affect His Majesty's Longyou Campaign." ”

As soon as Li Linfu's plan came out, not only Li Longji approved it, but several important ministers also agreed with it, Chen Xilie said: "Your Majesty, this is a plan to kill three birds with one stone, and the ministers deeply agree." ”

The prince Li Yu also said happily: "The ministers and grandsons also agree, but we need to send more people to help along the way, send more herbs, and prevent the victims from dying halfway." ”

For Li Longji, the most important thing is not to affect his Longyou campaign, as long as this premise is guaranteed, he can say anything, and it is okay to send the victims away, and it will save him from worrying.

"Li Xiangguo's plan has been approved, and in addition, Li Qing'an's request to transfer the students of Guozijian and officials from various places to Anxi has also been handled, and the students of Guozijian can be ordered to take care of the victims along the way, which can also be regarded as a chance for them to exercise, and the request of the Anxi army to go to Hexi to meet the immigrants has also been approved."

Li Linfu struck while the iron was hot, and hurriedly said: "The premise of these two plans is to stabilize the victims first, and I implore Your Majesty to agree to urgently adjust the food relief provided by the Quasi-Agency to prevent the situation from becoming serious." ”

"Quasi-play!"

The ministers slowly retreated, but Li Longji stopped Yang Guozhong.

After the ministers were gone, Li Longji asked him, "I heard that your nephew Yang Wang was killed last night, what happened?" ”

Last night, the Honglu Temple Pawn Office ordered Yang Wang to go to a famous weapons workshop in Xianyang to do private business, and when he came back, he met a group of young and strong hungry people, he spoke disrespectfully, and was dragged off his horse and beaten to death by the angry hungry people, and the murderer has not been traced so far.

When Yang heard that his son was killed and was bedridden, the Yang family was extremely angry and put pressure on Yang Guozhong, ordering him to find out the murderer and pay for his life.

Yang Guozhong repeatedly asked Yang Wang's entourage who fled back, only saying that it was a group of young victims in ragged clothes, all burly, who were blocking the road and robbing passers-by, and happened to be touched by Yang Wang, but what the group of victims looked like, the entourage didn't see it clearly at all, and as for what Yang Wang was doing at the Xianyang Sword Shop, the entourage didn't know at a loss.

This incident gave Yang Guozhong a headache, in fact, he didn't want to care about it, there have been so many things recently, how could he have time to ask about this headless case, but under the pressure of the family, he had to investigate.

"Your Majesty, Yang Zhiling met the victims outside the city, there was a physical conflict, and unfortunately the victims were injured, there are 200,000 people outside the city, and the minister has no way to investigate."

Yang Guozhong didn't dare to say more about this, the reason why Yang Wang went to do private affairs has not been ascertained, I only heard that Yang Wang has been in close contact with the big cannibal in the past two days, and it seems that he has also got the gold of the big cannibal, although Yang Wang is the pawn bureau, and it is his duty to contact the big cannibal, but Yang Guozhong feels that there is probably another hidden truth in the gold matter, he is worried that once the matter is big, and the result is found out that it is not good for the Yang family, it will be more than worth the loss, so he tried to deal with the matter as low-key as possible, and he didn't even dare to tell the concubine, but where did Li Longji get this news, But it made him a little puzzled.

Li Longji just asked casually, he left Yang Guozhong not here, he sighed, and then changed the topic, "The matter of the victims in Hedong made me very confused, and it also made the people of Chang'an pay attention, and it was a very popular thing to solve this matter, although Xian Yu Zhongtong is Jing Zhaoyin, but I am worried that he is not familiar with the situation in Chang'an and can't suppress the situation, Li Xiangguo's body seems to be really bad, I can't bear to let him be tired, so I want you to take full responsibility for this matter, so according to Li Xiangguo's plan, send the victims away cleanly, In addition, you are the secretary of the ministry, and the deployment of officials is also your business, this matter is very important, I don't want you to bring personal grievances in, do you understand? ”

Yang Guozhong understood what Li Longji meant, and wanted to take the credit from Li Linfu, win the hearts of the people, and establish prestige, and at the same time forbade him to deliberately make things difficult for Anxi's transfer of officials.

Yang Guozhong was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

．．．．．．．． Before noon, a large number of officials and miscellaneous servants set up dozens of porridge shacks on Suzaku Street, and at the same time, Chang'an and Jingzhao counties have set up tents and boiled porridge, the refugees' anger finally calmed down, and the army also withdrew to the station, leaving only the thousands of soldiers of Jin Wuwei to be responsible for maintaining order.

Soon, some wealthy households in Chang'an also began to follow the government to give porridge, and the news that Jianghuai would transfer millions of grain into Beijing also spread all over the streets and alleys, and the situation in Chang'an, which was almost out of control, finally stabilized, and the price of rice, which had just risen by 30 yuan in the morning, fell rapidly, and the various doors were opened one after another, and the lives of the people in Chang'an gradually returned to normal.

Just after noon, Li Qing'an's convoy drove into Chang'an City from the chaotic Mingde Gate, the carriage traveled very slowly, and the surrounding area was crowded with refugees who had received disaster relief and went out of the city to find their families, in the carriage, Li Qing'an was considering various arrangements in Anxi, he would first face the arrival of a large number of immigrants, according to the original plan, this year's batch of immigrants will all move to Broken Leaves, but they can first recuperate near Jinman County for two months, and then go to Broken Leaves, and will establish five counties in the Broken Leaves area, he has ordered the Yiwu Army to make Yang Zaicheng lead the army down the Hexi Corridor, Protect migrants along the way and prevent them from being disturbed by Qianghu.

For Anxi, the fatal problem is also food, military food, civilian food, but also to launch a war against Tibet, as well as preparations to attack Tocharo, with Anxi's current resources, even if the herdsmen's cattle and sheep are requisitioned, it cannot support so many big operations, he must first solve the food problem before he can launch the Tocharian campaign.

Li Qingan gently rubbed his temples, in fact, he already had a plan, but the conditions for this plan were not yet mature, and it needed to be improved slowly.

His eyes fell on the area of the Xindu River valley on the map, this area is highly populated, the land is fertile, rich in grain, the forces of the Great Food have invaded this area, the establishment of Sindh and Punjab two governorates, but it is far from gaining a firm foothold, after the Battle of Talas, Khorasan is not enough troops, it will inevitably draw troops back from these two places, plus the Tang Dynasty signed a reconciliation agreement, the Great Food should not be too much garrisoned here.

But this does not mean that he, Li Qing'an, will attack here immediately, this is the reason why the conditions are not very mature, he can't fight several at the same time, he has to come step by step, but the food here can indeed solve Anxi's urgent needs, and he wants the big cannibals to willingly dedicate the grain in the granary of the Xindu River to Anxi.

At this time, the carriage shook and stopped, interrupting his train of thought, Li Qingan opened the curtain a little, the carriage had already entered the city, and it was on Suzaku Street, and there were noisy voices everywhere outside, only to hear the report of the guards outside the car: "General, it's An Lushan, he wants to see the general." ”

"Hmmm! Let me get out of the carriage. ”

Li Qing'an got out of the car, only to see a team of carriages and horses coming from the opposite side, hundreds of cavalry guarding a carriage, the convoy had stopped, and the obese An Lushan got down from the carriage, and said with a smile: "General, I want to thank you for your fire and thunder formula." ”

At the request of Li Longji, Li Qingan gave An Lushan a fire and thunder recipe the day before yesterday, but some of the things in it were extremely difficult to get, such as Gaochang's high wine, Beiting's light fire oil, Shuofang Jiuyuan's black stone wood, etc., not a year or two, An Lushan didn't want to get these ingredients, as for whether the ingredients could succeed after getting them, it had nothing to do with him.

He also gave a copy of this recipe to the big cannibals through Zhao Xin, hoping that they could succeed, and it could be seen that An Lushan's mood was extremely happy.

Li Qingan returned the salute and smiled: "Each other is Tang Jun, this is as it should be, An Shuai is not polite, where is An Shuai going?" ”

"Huh! I'm going back to Fanyang, I also have to fight, I have to go back to prepare, and the general must go back in advance! ”

An Lushan was not wrong, Li Qingan was originally going to stay in Chang'an for two months, but because of the Tubo campaign, he had to change his plan and return to Anxi ahead of schedule, he nodded and smiled: "Prepare to leave at the end of the month, no way, we are all working hard!" ”

An Lushan laughed, "It's okay for me to work hard, but the general is newly married!" Just leave his newlywed wife and go back, isn't the general afraid? ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "What does An Shuai think I'm afraid of?" ”

"Haha! It's nothing! I can't attend the general's wedding, so I have prepared a small gift, and I have sent someone to send it to Dugu Mansion, so I wish the general a noble son as soon as possible. ”

"Thank you An Shuai, I hope we have a happy cooperation in the future! The little brother will not be far away, I wish An Shuai a smooth journey. ”

(To be continued)