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That night, Li Qingan did not return to Chang'an City, so he rested directly in the barracks.

Early the next morning, a lieutenant found Li Qing'an and asked him to enter the palace immediately, and Li Longji summoned him to discuss the Battle of Tibet.

When Li Qing'an's carriage and 100 guards marched to the Mingde Gate, he could not move forward, and there were about thousands of fleeing victims blocking the city gate in front of him, crying and shouting one after another, the old man with yellow and thin faces, the women and children in ragged clothes, and the men who sighed and sighed, and a pair of pleading eyes were worrying, at this time, one of Li Qing'an's personal soldiers ran to the window of the car and reported: "General, this is a refugee who fled from Jinzhou and Jiangzhou in Hedong. ”

"Check it out! Who is in charge of the gates, and why not let them in? ”

He couldn't help but think of the year before last when he went to Henan Province to inspect the victims, the same starvation was everywhere, there were natural disasters in it, but more of it was [***], endless land annexation, so that the Tang farmers lost the land to survive, so that their ability to resist disasters became extremely fragile, the slightest disaster is difficult to survive, have left their hometowns, displaced, this is the fundamental reason why Li Longjiken moved the people of Hedong to Anxi, The problem is so serious that the farmers can no longer survive.

In the distance, he faintly saw Jing Zhaoyin's servants and Jin Wuwei soldiers driving away the victims, beating them with sticks, like chasing ducks, scattering groups of victims who tried to rush into the city, many people were beaten to the point of bleeding, dozens of teenagers were knocked to the ground, they got up and ran desperately towards the city gate, as if as long as they ran into the city gate hole, they had the hope of survival, a pair of eyes were so full of eagerness, so eager, but Jin Wuwei's stick ruthlessly broke their hope, several teenagers were covered with blood, The screams were carried out by sticks and thrown into the moat, and at the entrance to the gate, an officer and a general of the Golden Guard, on horseback, commanded the soldiers and servants to drive away the refugees.

The Jin Wuwei general Li Qing'an knew, called Xu Fangzheng, who was the general of Qianniuwei back then, and now he has been promoted to a general, but he doesn't know that high-ranking official, it seems that at least Jingzhao Shaoyin.

After a while, his own soldiers rushed to report: "General, at the gate of the city is the new Jingzhao Yin Xian Yu Zhongtong, he said that the victims are not allowed to enter the city to impact the price of grain. ”

"It turned out to be him!"

Li Qingan couldn't help but be slightly angry, this Xian Yu Zhongtong only officially took office as Jing Zhaoyin yesterday afternoon, thousands of victims want to go into the city to beg for food, such a serious problem, will he only use sticks to drive away? If he provokes a popular uprising, can he afford this responsibility?

Li Qing'an got out of the carriage and turned over on the horse, and the victims saw that he seemed to be a high-ranking official, so they surrounded him one after another, and hundreds of old people, women and children knelt on the ground and begged: "Master Jun, please let us enter the city!" If we don't have anything to eat, we won't be able to live. ”

Li Qing'an saw that a large group of children among the victims were also kneeling on the ground, all of them skinny, and their eyes were full of a look of hunger and sorrow. ”

The soldiers untied the bags of dry food from their horses, walked into the hungry people and distributed them to a large group of children, the refugees saw Li Qing'an show goodwill, and they were even more agitated, they heard the soldiers say that this was the general of the Anxi Festival, and suddenly the hope of survival burned in their hearts, no one went to storm the city gate, men, women and children all gathered around him to tell him about the disaster, shouting and crying together, an elderly man closest to Li Qing'an cried: "If there is a little way to live, we will not come to Chang'an to beg for food, four months of rain has not fallen, a winter, The bark of Jinzhou is almost stripped away, the newly grown wild vegetables are also excavated, the whole village and the whole township fled, some went to Taiyuan Mansion, but more people fled to Guanzhong, we really can't survive, please ask the general to tell the saint, give everyone porridge, give everyone a little way to live! ”

"General, please!" The refugees cried out.

At this time, Jing Zhao Yin Xian Yu Zhongtong found that someone had come forward, he saw the carriage on the festival of the envoy, and immediately guessed that it was Li Qing'an who arrived, Xian Yu Zhongtong was the former Jiannan Jie Du envoy, who was replaced by Gao Xianzhi because of the defeat of the Nanzhao Tubo coalition army, and was demoted to the governor of Zi Governor, but under the guarantee of Yang Guozhong, he came back to life and was appointed as Jing Zhao Shaoyin, and yesterday he was promoted to Jing Zhao Yin.

Like all members of the Yang Party, Xian Yu Zhongtong is also full of worry and vigilance about Li Qing'an, if the refugee turmoil at the city gate is not handled well, it is very likely that Li Qing'an will seize the handle and impeach himself to the saint, once again threatening his newly obtained official position.

Xian Yu Zhongtong hurriedly whispered a few words to Jin Wuwei General Xu Fangzheng, Xu Fangzheng immediately stopped the soldiers from using force, Xian Yu Zhongtong urged him to step forward and shouted: "General, please listen to me." ”

"Say it!" Li Qingan said coldly.

Xian Yu Zhongtong is a little embarrassed, can there be more than a thousand refugees between them? How can this be talked about, he saw Li Qing'an's cold attitude, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "General, the Holy Lord has decreed that the victims of Hedong are only allowed to eat in Shaanzhou and Henan Mansion, and are not allowed to enter Beijing, I am Jing Zhaoyin, I can only follow the will of the gods, and they are not allowed to enter the city, please forgive me, General!" ”

"Then according to Xian Yu Envoy's meaning, these refugees let them starve to death outside Chang'an City, or drive them out of the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, it has nothing to do with Xian Yu Envoy, right?"

Xian Yu Zhongtong sighed and said: "I understand what the general means, I will build a porridge shed outside the city for disaster relief, but has the general ever thought that this is only the first batch of refugees, and there will be a large number of refugees arriving one after another in the future, if I let them enter the city, what will happen to the refugees behind?" If they are all allowed to eat in the city, I can't afford this responsibility, and the general will probably not bear it, so I ask the general not to interfere in my Jing Zhaoyin's affairs. ”

Li Qingan sneered and said: "I don't dare to interfere in the government affairs of Xian Yu envoy, but moving 300,000 households in Hedong, Henan, and Guanzhong to Anxi, this is also a matter of the holy oracle to the world, this batch of refugees will not be the people who will move to Anxi in the future, Xian Yu envoy, if they are the people who moved Anxi, then this is my business, I will ask, Xian Yu envoy, you were also an envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, you should know the consequences of interfering in military affairs, you think about it yourself!" ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong saw that Li Qing'an's attitude was arrogant and his tone was tough, and he was really embarrassed in his heart, but he didn't dare to let these refugees enter the city, so he had no choice but to give Li Qing'an his hand and said: "Then please ask the general to give me a solution to the problem, if it is reasonable, I will definitely do it!" ”

In fact, what Li Qingan wants is his words, he also knows that refugees entering the city will cause chaos, and he knows that it is indeed Xian Yu Zhongtong's authority to allow refugees to enter the city, if he does too much, it is overstepping his authority, he saw that Xian Yu Zhongtong has shown a cooperative attitude, so he said: "Since Xian Yu said that he would build a porridge shed for disaster relief, then please let me take a look at Xian Yu Jun's practical measures, don't let me wait to see only sticks and drives, but not porridge pots and tents, I think Xian Yu can do these things in front, And who of these refugees will go into the city to beg for food? Did Xian Yu think this suggestion was reasonable? ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong has just taken office, and he doesn't know how much grain and rice and tents he can use, plus these refugees came suddenly, so he didn't have time to arrange disaster relief for a while, and now Li Qingan made it clear that he wanted to interfere in this matter, so he had to say to his subordinates: "Quickly go and inform the two counties of Chang'an in Wannian, just say that it is my order, and order them to immediately set up a porridge shed outside the city for disaster relief." ”

After giving the order, he shouted to the refugees: "Fellow villagers, I have arranged for porridge relief outside the city, please wait patiently, and the food will arrive soon." ”

There was a thunderous roar of joy outside the Mingde Gate, and thousands of refugees kowtowed to Li Qing'an to thank him, in their eyes, this was Li Qing'an solving the most urgent hunger problem for them, not the official man on the horse!

Li Qing'an hugged his fist at the refugees and said with a smile: "Fellow villagers, the imperial court is preparing to move 300,000 households from the Central Plains to Anxi, I can assure you that in Anxi, every family will have their own land, and each household will not be less than 30 acres, as long as everyone works hard, there will never be a famine, the whole family has no worries about food and clothing, the children can study for free, the elderly have the government to supply grain and rice, and no one will come to encroach on your land, I welcome everyone to An'an's house." ”

Thousands of refugees erupted in deafening cheers again, and although Li Qing'an did not give them the much-needed porridge and tents, Li Qing'an gave them something more precious, that is, hope.

In the excited applause of the people, 100 guards protected the carriage and slowly drove into the Mingde Gate.

．．．．．．．． In the meeting hall of the imperial study of Xingqing Palace, Li Longji was discussing with Ge Shuhan and several ministers about sending troops to Tibet, this was a temporary meeting, the reason was that Li Longji misremembered the time of meeting the envoy of Dashi, he came to the Datong Hall an hour in advance, but learned that it would take an hour later, the meeting began, as the emperor, Li Longji of course would not admit that he remembered wrongly, so he convened this temporary meeting of the political hall.

Li Linfu did not come to see the meeting due to physical reasons, but Yang Guozhong, Zhang Yun, Chen Xilie, Wei Jiansu, Yang Shenjin, Wang Heng, who had just been promoted to Xiangguo, and Li Yu, the new prince, attended the meeting.

Another major figure in this campaign, Li Qing'an, the envoy of the Anxi Festival, has already sent someone to call, it should come soon, before talking about military affairs, Li Longji is concerned about whether the money and grain of the imperial court can support this campaign, according to Ge Shuhan's plan, this campaign will transfer a total of 150,000 troops from Hexi and Longyou to participate in the battle, in addition, Li Qing'an also promised to transfer 50,000 Anxi troops to cooperate with the operation of the Longyou Army, so that it is 200,000 troops, originally scheduled to start the war in late autumn and October, but due to Li Qing'an's objections and the special climate of the plateau, The battle plan was advanced to July, and the battle period was about three months, so it was necessary to transfer 1 million stone of grain, of which 700,000 stone was supplied to Longyou, and 300,000 stone was transferred to Anxi, and then considering the consumption of transportation on the road, the imperial court needed to raise at least 1.2 million stone of grain, as well as a large number of military supplies such as military salaries, weapons, tents, and forage, and Li Qing'an also put forward a request of 50,000 quintals of tea, because when the Anxi army was short of military food, it took cattle and sheep as the staple food, and the army urgently needed tea.

At this time, Li Qing'an also arrived, he stood quietly in the queue, listening to the opinions of various important ministers, Yang Guozhong, as the secretary of the Taifu Temple, was in charge of Taicang and Zuozang, which stored money and grain, and he was explaining the preparation of grain.

"Your Majesty, the minister carefully checked the grain stocks in Taicang and the major grain depots in Guanzhong yesterday afternoon, and a total of 600,000 stone of grain was produced, considering that a large number of victims from Hedong will pour into Guanzhong in the spring, then at most 400,000 stone of grain can be taken out."

"Yang Shangshu, where is your 500,000 stone grain enough?"

Ge Shuhan couldn't help but interrupt Yang Guozhong's words, and said angrily: "I plan according to one million stones is already the minimum requirement, you don't know the situation of the Tubo Plateau, the road is difficult and dangerous, the physical exertion is extremely great, if you encounter bad weather, this battle is very likely to be postponed backwards, at that time there is no military food to keep up, hundreds of thousands of troops will fall into starvation, if once the whole army is defeated due to food cut-off, the Tubo army will drive straight in, at that time not only the river is lost, but the Tubo army will also enter Longyou, Who will protect your Yang Shangshu's Wanguan family property at that time? ”

Ge Shuhan really held his stomach in his heart for the past two days, he got nothing from yesterday's court meeting, not only the title of the county king was out of reach, not even an ordinary reward, last year he won a series of victories, but Li Longji turned a blind eye, which made Ge Shuhan really depressed, until last night, his staff Gao Shi got the truth from an official of the Ministry of War, his military newspaper in Tubo was rewritten by Ling Hufei, who was then the right attendant of the Ministry of War, although the content was good, But Gao Shi's flowery rhetoric and painstaking war scenes are all gone, such as 'the general died in a hundred battles, and the soldiers did not hesitate to pay their heads', these exciting sentences are gone, only how many people are killed, how many wounds, how many enemies are killed, and so on, and it also writes the situation that Gao Shi deliberately used tragic sentences to embellish the Tang army's excessive deaths, which made his military report dishonorable, and Li Longji naturally lost interest, and the final result was that Li Qing'an and Gao Xianzhi had unlimited scenery, And his brother Shuhan has become a forgotten person, and he is extremely embarrassed.

This incident made Ge Shuhan hate Ling Hufei very much, naturally hated Wu Jiwu, and also hated Yang Guozhong, he even thought that Ling Hufei did not have such courage, it should be Yang Guozhong's instructions.

Yang Guozhong did all this, nothing more than to suppress his brother Shuhan, although Li Qing'an was rewarded, but he was far away from the Central Plains, and had little impact on the imperial court, and Gao Xianzhi's Jiannan was small and lacked resources, and the frontier ministers who could really have an impact on the imperial court could only be An Lushan of Fan Yang and him of Longyou, suppressing his brother Shuhan, which was equivalent to holding up An Lushan, and he could understand Yang Guozhong's tricks.

Ge Shuhan is a person who can't hold back things in his heart, his surname is hot, when Yang Guozhong said that there is only 400,000 stone grain at most, Ge Shuhan's fiery temper broke out all of a sudden, pointing directly at Yang Guozhong's field house in Longzhou, the atmosphere in the court suddenly became very embarrassing, Li Longji's face also sank, he was not happy with Yang Guozhong poured cold water, two days ago Yang Guozhong also told him that he could take the Yangtze River to transfer grain from Jianghuai, why not mention this matter now, only said that Guanzhong was not enough to store grain, and at the same time he was also dissatisfied with Ge Shuhan's lack of cultivation in public, There was obviously personal emotion in this kind of attack, Li Longji did not speak, and there was silence in the court.

At this time, Zhang Yun coughed and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, what Yang Shangshu said is the truth, the minister can testify, what Yang Shangshu said is true, in the thirty-two official warehouses in various parts of Guanzhong, there are a total of 610,000 stone grain, and there are still 200,000 stone rice owed to the court officials, so the situation is even more severe, but it is not impossible to solve it, please listen to me." ”

At the critical time, the old minister was able to speak, Li Longji's face softened slightly, and said, "Zhang Aiqing, please speak." ”

Zhang Yun glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "The key is the time of this battle, if General Geshu sets the time of the battle in March or April, the imperial court will indeed have no time to prepare, but now the time is set in July, and there are still a few months of combat time process, I think we should have enough food to support this battle, we can take into account the maturity of summer grain in various places, and consider that the disaster in Hedong will be alleviated due to the maturity of summer grain, in that way, we will have enough food to support this battle." ”

Zhang Yun's words of the mean seem to be very reasonable, there are no loopholes, but if you carefully scrutinize, you will find that his suggestion is actually very empty, summer grain is generally mature in June, but it takes time to collect rents, it also takes time to transport grain to Chang'an, and how much time does it take to transport grain from Chang'an to the west of Chiling? If according to the usual experience, the fastest will have to wait until the end of the year, the first month to be transported to the barracks, it is not realistic at all, even if the grain in Guanzhong and Longyou can save time, but how much tax can the imperial court receive from Guanzhong and Longyou?

There is no historical record and specific data as a basis, Zhang Yun's words can only be a cake to satisfy hunger, but Li Qingan found a subtlety, on this black and white issue, Zhang Yun did not take the gray route, but spoke for Yang Guozhong, does Zhang Yun already have the intention of forming an alliance with Yang Guozhong?

"Imperial grandfather, the ministers and grandsons have something to say!"

Li Yu's speech interrupted everyone's train of thought, and everyone looked back at him, Li Longji's eyes were full of smiles, and he nodded with satisfaction: "Grandson just said." ”

Li Yu slowly stepped forward and bowed slightly to the important ministers and said: "I traveled all over Guanzhong during the autumn harvest in October last year, and a large area of land was harvested, and there was a lot of rice, and one acre of land in Shangtian could produce three stones, but how much of these rich lands were paid for the field tax?" According to my investigation, but two or three out of ten, Longyou is the same, so calculated, the imperial court from Guanzhong and Longyou land can collect the land at most only 500,000 stones, last year's record of the household department is 540,000 stones, and it is also a bumper harvest year, and this year will only be less and not more, the reason should be known in everyone's hearts, then I ask Zhang Shangshu, is all the 500,000 stone grain intended to be given to Longyou, and Shuofang, Hedong, Jiannan, and Fan Yang all tighten their stomachs first, and send grain to other places such as the eyes? ”

Although Li Yu did not mention a word about land annexation, but what he pointed out was still a serious land problem, and the court was silent again, in fact, Zhang Yun's suggestion was very clear to everyone, but it was just a prevarication, the court rent was insufficient, and he could only collect money through other tax exploitation methods such as capital taxes, alteration, and household taxes, and buy grain for rich households to fill the military rations, and also bear heavy military salaries.

Everyone knows that with the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to support a large-scale battle, but Li Longji wants to fight this battle, and all the ministers dare not object, so Zhang Yun used the method of eating grain to solve the shortage of food, but Li Yu, the eldest grandson of the emperor, unceremoniously exposed this picture.

"What does the emperor mean?" Li Longji asked patiently.

"Grandfather Huang, what the ministers and grandsons mean is that there is actually grain in Guanzhong, which is in the hands of the major magnates, and we have to find a way to get the magnates to take out the grain."

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(To be continued)