Chang'an City does not seem to have been affected by the Goguryeo War in the slightest, and even more lively than in previous years. However, the battle of Goguryeo is not a trivial matter after all, Chang'an City, as the capital of the Tang Dynasty, of course, has also been affected by some influences, such as some families in the city who have children on the front line, so they are naturally worried. In addition, because some of the grain transported from the south was distributed to the front, the grain prices in Chang'an, Luoyang, and other large northern cities generally increased a lot.

After all, there are only a small number of people in the army who have children in the family, and not many people are affected, and although the impact of rising grain prices is great, since last year, the cement factories, coal mines, glass factories, and food factories opened in the entire Guanzhong area have risen sharply, and the number of workers needed is even more huge.

It is precisely because of this that the per capita income in the Guanzhong area has increased greatly, although the price of grain has risen by several percent, but compared with the increase in income, it is nothing at all, some families who are working in factories, the annual income is almost catching up with the small landlords in the countryside, and they can also buy some rare items such as canned food.

It is precisely because of the increase in income that this year's Spring Festival is particularly lively, especially in Chang'an City, residents who have surplus money inside and outside the city are flocking to the east and west markets, and the crowded crowd is almost about to collapse the walls of the two squares. Now there are people in the DPRK and China who have written to Li Shimin, hoping to open up business. Other workshops are allowed to conduct various business transactions as well.

But now Li Shimin doesn't have time to pay attention to these little things, let alone have any Spring Festival. Although the war was launched in a bit haste, he had great confidence in the final result, that is, to destroy the annoying chariot of Goguryeo in one fell swoop, and wash away the shame of the former Sui with the blood of the Goguryeo people.

Today is the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month. Three days later is the Spring Festival, now the sky has been slightly dark, although Chang'an City is still lively, but most of the pedestrians on the road are in a hurry. I want to return to the warm home as soon as possible against the cold wind, and the people who are not busy with things have also accelerated the speed at hand, striving to return home before the curfew, although the curfew in Chang'an City has been relaxed a lot this year, but with the war of Goguryeo, the curfew has become strict again, if it is still on the street at that time, it is not like before, you can let it go by saying a few good words, and it is estimated that a board will definitely not escape.

Ordinary people can go home on time. However, as the ruler of the Tang Dynasty Emperor and the high-ranking civil and military ministers, they were very busy during this time, such as the current Taiji Palace Liangyi Palace, not only Li Shimin did not go back to rest, but even Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and Hou Junji were also here.

"Xuan Ling, some time ago, there was a shortage of grain and grass in Goguryeo, and I asked you to find a way to solve it with Junji, how is it now?" Li Shimin rubbed his temples with his fingers and asked with a tired expression.

Heard Li Shimin's questioning. Fang Xuanling and Hou Junji glanced at each other, and finally Fang Xuanling stood up and said: "Your Royal Highness, the minister is also about to report this matter, because it is a two-way march, of which Li Ji's rear is mostly a place for grain production, so although the preparation is insufficient, after surviving the initial period of time, the grain and grass mobilized are enough." As for the cattle on the southern route, we originally wanted to transfer the grain ships in the canal to support the march of the army, but what we didn't expect was that the Dengzhou governed by His Royal Highness King Qi was rich and had stored a large amount of grain, and some time ago, His Royal Highness also introduced a salt ticket law, combining the salt industry with the transportation of grain, which made the maritime merchants compete to transport grain from the south for a while, and now the grain transported by sea alone can support most of the consumption of the southern route army, so now the grain and grass problem has been solved. ”

"Salt Ticket Law? What is that? Hearing Fang Xuanling's words of great praise for Li Su, Li Shimin was also in good spirits, for the war in Goguryeo, Li Su, who could have returned to Chang'an at the end of this year, could not come back, after all, the location of Dengzhou is too important, and it is not possible to sit without a person of sufficient weight.

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Fang Xuanling talked about Li Su's salt ticket method, not only Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard it, but even Li Jing, who had always been steady next to him, kept nodding his head and applauding, but it is a pity that this method can only be implemented in Dengzhou, because only Dengzhou has a large amount of cheap sea salt, and salt drying plants in other places have not yet developed.

"Hahaha~, good! He is worthy of my son! After listening, Li Shimin stroked his palms and laughed, and the whole person felt that the fatigue and unhappiness during this period of time were swept away, and his spirit was a little better.

"Your Majesty, although the food problem has been solved, there is still a very important question on the Goguryeo side, that is, how to deal with the King of Rongliu in Anshi City, and whether we should attack Anshi City after the New Year?" After Li Shimin was proud of his son, Hou Junji stepped forward and asked, as the secretary of the military department, although he did not go to the battlefield in this battle of Goguryeo, he spent more effort than Li Ji and Niu Jinda on the front line.

"It's just a name, how can my Datang's soldiers stop because of one or two?" Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, when the Tang army arrived in Anshi City, he sent someone to contact King Rongliu, hoping to persuade the other party to return to the Tang Dynasty, and then the Tang Army would use his name to be more justified, but what Li Shimin didn't expect was that King Rongliu, whose family and ministers all died in the hands of the Yuan family, refused to cooperate with the Tang Army, but ordered the city lord of Anshi to resist the Tang Army with all his might, and absolutely not let Goguryeo fall to the country.

Li Shimin was very annoyed by the performance of King Rongliu, if it weren't for the city lord of Anshi who came up with a way to use ice as a wall to make it impossible for the Tang army to attack the city in winter, he would have ordered Li Ji and them to take Anshi City.

Hearing Li Shimin's angry words, Li Jing hurriedly stood up and said with a sneer: "Your Majesty, although it is just a name, but it is related to my prestige of the Tang Dynasty, so this name still has to be wanted, it is better to attack the city after the spring next year, we will still attack the city, as for the king of Rongliu, try to capture him alive, and then publicize it to the outside world, saying that the city lord of Anshi had an affair with the Yuan clan and held the king of Rongliu hostage, and we attacked the city of Anshi to rescue the king of Rongliu, so wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" ”

"Okay, the medicine man is really my humerus!" When Li Shimin heard this insidious strategy, he immediately praised happily and loudly, history books have always been written by the victors, and with the current strength of the Tang Dynasty, as long as it is determined that it is to save King Rongliu, who dares to doubt it?

After solving the matter of grain and grass and name, they then discussed some strategic matters, and then Li Shimin asked Hou Junji to retreat, but left Li Jing and Fang Xuanling behind. Although Hou Junji retreated as he said, when he walked out of the palace gate, he glanced at Li Jing and Fang Xuanling in the hall with jealousy, and then turned around and left.

After Li Shimin asked Hou Junji to step down, he got up from behind the case and walked back and forth in the palace a few times, and finally suddenly turned around, faced Li Jing and Fang Xuanling and said: "After the New Year, I want to drive the royal army to Goguryeo!" ”

"Your Majesty, no!" Hearing Li Shimin's words, Fang Xuanling was the first to object, "Your Highness, now that the war in Goguryeo is going well, and nearly half of the country has fallen into the hands of my Tang Dynasty, it can be said that it is just a lingering breath, and there is no need for Your Majesty to go out in person!" ”

Li Jing also frowned a little when he heard this, and opened his mouth to persuade: "What Fang Xiang said is right, Your Majesty is a golden body, although the imperial drive can boost morale, but it will also bring greater pressure to the front-line soldiers, if the other party seizes the opportunity, it will even cause unnecessary losses, so please think twice!" ”

Li Shimin had already expected the reaction of the two, but he wanted to conquer Goguryeo in person, in addition to wanting to relive the old dream of Jin Ge Iron Horse, there were two very secret reasons, and these two reasons were also related to his sons.

"Pharmacist, Xuan Ling, after listening to me, this time I will stay with the prince to supervise the country, after all, the prince is not young, it is time for him to familiarize himself with some political affairs." When Li Shimin said this, his expression suddenly sank.

Although Li Shimin didn't say much, Fang Xuanling and Li Su below were slightly moved, glanced at each other, and thought at the same time: Since the prince's lame legs, there are rumors in Chang'an City that His Majesty wants to be easy to store, and the highest voices are Li Tai, the king of Wei, and Li Su, the king of Qi, but at this time, His Majesty suddenly let the prince supervise the country, and let the prince be familiar with government affairs, where is this easy storage? It's obviously to help the prince strengthen his position! However, both of them are very people, and they immediately thought of one person at the same time, that is, the Empress of the Eldest Sun, and the only one who can make His Majesty change his mind is this virtuous queen of the Tang Dynasty.

"Since Your Majesty has this plan, the old minister will not object, but the old minister is old and can't stand the suffering in the army, please let Your Majesty allow the minister to stay in Chang'an!" Understanding Li Shimin's plan, Li Jing immediately said with interest, although Li Shimin left Chang'an, there was only one prince in Chang'an, but it was still a little thin, so Li Jing took the initiative to stay, with him, the first person in the army, to be in charge, there would be no chaos no matter what.

"The old minister will do his best to assist the prince!" Fang Xuanling also said wisely, he is the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, so naturally he can't follow Li Shimin around in the army like before, and all political affairs are waiting for him to deal with them.

Seeing that Yiwen and Wuwu and the two humerus ministers all expressed their attitudes, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, and discussed with the two of them about the arrangements for his personal conquest, which made them retreat, but Li Shimin sat in the hall for a long time without moving.

After a long while, Li Shimin suddenly opened his mouth and ordered: "Someone, go and inform Wangyun Palace, I am going to Concubine Yang today, let her prepare some wine and food, and I want to have a few drinks with her!" ”(。 If you like this work, () vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )