A word No. 15?

Li Zhi thought for a while, and asked the eunuch to open a screen behind him, on which were densely written words, all of which were names and code names.

A glance at the first department, I found that the fifteenth person was a commander named Zhang Donghai.

Li Zhi recalled in his mind his memories of this person, and then asked the eunuch: "Is it embarrassing?" ”

The eunuch hurriedly said: "The three-thousand-mile post road has been running for a little more than six days. ”

Li Zhi said lightly: "This means that something big has happened in Liaodong, since Zhang Donghai has come to Chang'an for thousands of miles, arrange for him to wash and eat first." ”

The eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty, the fifteenth word of the first word says that 100,000 are urgent. ”

Li Zhi shook his head and said: "The matter has already happened, I don't care about this time, let him rest for a while, and then he can explain it more clearly." ”

The eunuch said yes and left the room.

Li Zhi looked at the giant bear who was still unsatisfied after eating a whole chicken, patted the giant bear's head and said: "I am shrinking my clothes and food, trying to be a good emperor, but there is still no good result." I don't know what kind of bad news this No. 15 will bring to me, and I hope I can bear it for a while. ”

The giant bear opened its mouth and licked Li Zhi's hand, and Li Zhi sighed in the face of the few vegetables in front of him, and had no desire to eat.

However, he still picked up a bowl of rice and put it into his mouth one bite at a time.

He was worried that his appetite would be worse in the future.

Seven or eight eunuchs cleaned Zhang Donghai's body, and there were several imperial doctors from the Imperial Doctor's Department waiting next to him.

Lying in the bathtub, Zhang Donghai opened his thirsty lips and said to the eunuch led by him: "One hundred thousand is urgent." ”

The eunuch said: "Duwei Zhang doesn't need to worry, His Majesty already knows, Duwei can tell things more clearly after a while." ”

Zhang Donghai looked at the honey water handed over by the eunuch, although he was very thirsty, Zhang Donghai did not drink it, but lowered his head and drank a sip of his bath water to moisten his throat, and then said to the eunuch: "Offended." ”

The eunuchs, who were accustomed to the scene, did not care, and at this time, they had less contact with the person who brought the secret letter.

After cleaning his body, the imperial doctor came over to look at Zhang Donghai's bloody buttocks and thighs that had long been ground by the saddle, sighed, and began to use anti-poison to kill the virus.

Zhang Donghai's originally weak body was in great pain from being killed by the poison, but he gritted his teeth and didn't even make a snort.

The eunuch's eyes were full of approval, no matter what kind of news this spy brought, at least, he was a good man loyal to the country.

Zhang Donghai changed into a soft robe and went to the emperor's study under the guidance of the eunuch.

Li Zhi looked at Zhang Donghai with a smile, and when he saw that he was walking stiffly, he waved his hand and said: "The flesh has fought with the broken saddle for three thousand miles, since it is inconvenient, let's be exempt." ”

Zhang Donghai glanced at the palace people in the emperor's study, and the eunuch did not rush to speak, but lowered his head and said nothing.

The emperor looked left and right, and then ordered: "Zuo Chun, the Hundred Cavalry Division, will stay, and the rest will withdraw from Shizhang." ”

With the emperor's order, except for one white-haired eunuch who approached the emperor's side, the rest of the palace eunuchs quickly left.

When Li Zhi saw everyone leaving, he smiled and said, "Let's talk about it now." ”

Zhang Donghai knelt down and kowtowed: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, General Dingyuan Yunchu, the head of the march of the Tang Wuxing Road, reported to the general of Dingyuan: Daxingcheng is now accumulating millions of dollars, and I asked Your Majesty how to deal with it." ”

Li Zhi's hands, which were already very green and ready to meet the bad news, shook involuntarily, and then quickly calmed down, and said to Zhang Donghai:

"Is this true?"

Zhang Donghai said with a smile: "Back to Your Majesty, it is what Weichen has seen with his own eyes, if there is a half-word falsehood, please Your Majesty behead Weichen." ”

Li Zhi forcibly suppressed his jubilant heart, and also tried his best to control his legs, not to let these two legs jump with him.

His right hand grabbed in the void, and when he found that the giant bear was not there, he put his hand on the table and said to Zuo Chun: "What do you think?" ”

Zuo Chun bowed and said: "The fifteenth of the first word is the minister of the humerus after His Majesty's thousands of escapes, and the heart evaluation is good, the old slave thinks that this statement is credible." ”

Li Zhi laughed and said, "You are smart, and you really don't say a word about that two hundred and five." ”

Zuo Chun showed a smile on his face that he hadn't seen for a long time, and Shi Li said: "The fifteenth of the first character is the subordinate of the old slave, so he is naturally qualified to taste. As for the head of the march of Wuxingdao, General Yun Chu of Dingyuan is a confidant of His Majesty, and he cannot be criticized by the old slave. ”

Li Zhi scolded with a smile: "You know it clearly. ”

After finishing speaking, he pondered for a while, and then said to Zhang Donghai: "Aiqing has worked hard all the way, and I see it in my eyes, since Yun Chu did not use the envoy of the imperial court to report this matter, there must be a reason for him." These days, Aiqing stayed in the palace to recuperate from her injuries, and when her injuries healed, she returned to Daxing City to continue to serve me. ”

Zhang Donghai hugged his fists and retreated. ~~

When only Li Zhi and Zuo Chun were left in the study, Li Zhi suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and the laughter lasted for a long time, which seemed to vent the depression in his chest.

Zuo Chun stayed by Li Zhi's side, watching the little boy who always liked to snuggle up to Empress Wende in the past and ecstatic alone.

How important the Eastern Crusade is to Li Zhi, even his uncle Changsun Wuji doesn't know, he just feels that the Eastern Crusade has consumed the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, and the royal treasury that has been stranded since the first year of Yonghui is also empty, and the Yongji Cang, Jiahe Cang, and Changping positions north of the river have also bottomed out.

The goal of consuming the scholars in Hebei and Shandong through the Eastern Expedition was not achieved, but it made the people of Hebei and Shandong miserable.

Nowadays, there are more and more questions in the court about whether it is necessary to carry out the Eastern Crusade after the destruction of Goguryeo.

Zuo Chun believed that once Li Ji's army destroyed Goguryeo, the voices of opposition to the long-term detention of the 380,000-strong army would surely fill the court.

The destruction of Goguryeo was an important task that Li Zhi had to complete in his life, because he had promised his unparalleled father that he would fulfill his long-cherished wish that he had not had time to complete.

At the same time, Li Zhi also wanted to tell his uncle through this incident that he was already a mature emperor and was no longer a child in his eyes.

At present, the main excuse for wanting the emperor to withdraw his army is the treasury that cannot make ends meet.

If it weren't for the fact that some time ago, the Tang army seized a batch of gold and silver heavy weapons in Xiaomen Temple that were enough to suppress the state treasury, and the emperor's voice of being held accountable by hundreds of officials would have been several times louder.

Well, now that an extra million copper coins came out of thin air, which allows Li Zhi to calmly face his courtiers who don't like war and don't support it.

Seeing that Li Zhi was only happy, but seemed to have forgotten to ask Zhang Donghai where the million-yuan money came from, Zuo Chun felt that he needed to remind the emperor.

The army is out on the battlefield, and the only way to make money is robbery.

However, Yun Chu was able to make a million copper coins in Liaodong, which had always been considered a barbarian land by the Tang people. There is a weirdness in this, even Zuo Chun, a well-informed person, can't see it clearly, and can't guess it.

Thinking of Goguryeo's poverty, and thinking about the one million copper coins, Zuo Chun suspected that Yun Chu might have snatched even the last fig leaf on the Goguryeo people and exchanged it for money.

After Li Zhi listened to Zuo Chun's words, he just smiled, he didn't want to know how the money came from, he only knew that no matter who the money belonged to before, now, it all belonged to him, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi.

The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.

After having such a large sum of money, Li Zhi looked back at the impeachment notes handed over by those generals, and he felt that everything had a good answer.

That is, the generals in front are all jealous of Yun Chu, and they are all crowding out Yun Chu.

The reason for jealousy and exclusion has now been found, and that is the million guan in Yun Chu's hands.

In their recitals, the most common culprit for impeaching Yun Chu is greed and self-enrichment.

Now, with this million yuan, all the accusations of corruption in Yunchu seem extremely ridiculous.

When the mood is better, the appetite is opened, and Li Zhi plans to eat a fat chicken, he has a long time, and he has not eaten such meat for a long time.

A chicken, a pot of wine, pour yourself a drink, this was originally a sign of Emperor Taizong's happy mood. Li Zhi also wanted to try it.

Chicken is roast chicken, and wine is poison.

Roast chicken with a fiery anti-poison is a perfect match.

Li Zhi tore off the head of the chicken and fed it to the giant bear, who was always in a state of hunger, tore off a chicken wing, took a bite, and then picked up the wine glass to invite the cold moon in the sky to drink, and the spicy wine syrup ran down his throat.

Li Hong and Wu Mei came over at some point, Li Zhi pulled a chicken leg for Li Hong to nibble on himself, and filled his wine glass with anti-poison wine and handed it to Wu Mei, who had a bulging belly, and said, "Have a drink." ”

Wu Mei took a look at her big belly, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, she knew that drinking alcohol during pregnancy was not good for the fetus, but she already had a very good son, so she had no expectations for the future child, and drinking some wine should not be in the way.

The anti-poison was too strong, Wu Mei was a little overwhelmed after drinking a glass, so she sat down next to Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty is in a good mood today, is it because you have seen that No. 15 of the first word?" ”

Li Zhi nodded, "He has brought me a very good news, a good news that can solve all my current problems. ”

Wu Mei frowned and thought for a while: "At present, what can solve all Your Majesty's worries is nothing more than money and food, it should be a large amount of money and food." ”

Li Zhi drank another glass of wine and said, "How about a million?" ”

Wu Mei stood up with a smile, picked up Li Zhi's wine glass again and said, "Such good news is naturally worth a lot of revelation."

After saying that, he drank another large glass of wine.

The two lumps of red rose on Wu Mei's cheeks, and while the wine was intended, Wu Mei said: "Which humerus minister found this million yuan for His Majesty?" Solved His Majesty's urgent need? ”

Li Zhi rolled his eyes and laughed: "The humerus ministers are all here to ask me for money, and those who can give me money are really only two hundred and five." ”