In the courtyard, Li Xuan slowly stepped forward and stood, bowed heavily and said: "Minister Nanchang Wang Xuan, meet Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed and healthy,"

Under the middle hall, Li Zhi continued to play with Xia Niang, waved his hand very casually, and said: "No need to be polite, I came here today, first, to take a look at my Fuchang County Lord, and second, there is something to trouble Twenty-Seven Lang." ”

"Your Majesty, please order!" Li Xuan solemnly bowed his hand, and his heart was awe-inspiring.

The emperor has not left the palace for a long time, especially after he suffered from wind illness in his early years, and rarely leaves the palace.

Even if it is going back and forth between Chang'an and Luoyang, most of the time, it is behind a thick curtain.

Like now, it is the first time that an unobstructed appearance in front of Li Xuan's eyes, and a fish and dragon in white clothes appear between Chang'an Heaven and Earth.

"Shiro is going to get married before the New Year, and he is not in Chang'an now, so I need a younger gift giver to accompany Aunt Huainan to the Dou family for the next employment period." Li Zhi raised his eyes to look at Li Xuan, and said with a smile: "That's why I came here to find you." ”

"Your Majesty's presence in person is a blessing for the minister, and the minister must be Your Majesty, for His Royal Highness, to settle smoothly and set a good time." Li Xuan bowed deeply.

He could feel that behind Li Zhi's arrangement, there seemed to be a faint connection between him and Li Dan.

"Smooth placement." Li Zhi smiled and nodded, and then sighed softly: "How many people in this world know the preciousness of the word stability. ”

Li Zhi let go of Xiao Xia Niang's hand, stood up, looked at the backyard and said, "Twenty-seven Lang, let's go with me." ”

"Whoa!" Li Xuan immediately surrendered his promise, and then took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, please!" ”

……

King Peng's Mansion is not luxurious, there are not many pavilions and pavilions, simple courtyards, and there are not many servants and maids in the palace.

In the east cross courtyard, Li Zhi looked at the swing cradle built in the courtyard, and said with surprise: "This is what you made yourself?" ”

"Yes!" Li Xuan bowed slightly, and said seriously: "The minister usually does more manual things, and occasionally he is moved, so he does this. ”

"The pushable stroller in the front yard does the same, right?" Li Zhi immediately understood.

Li Xuan arched her hand slightly and said, "Yes, these are convenient for the minister's wife to play with her daughter." ”

"There are some ingenuity, let's send the drawings to Shaofu, and let Shaofu prepare some for the East Palace." After Li Zhi finished speaking casually, he turned around and asked directly: "Twenty-seven Lang, you said that the crown princess is pregnant with the eldest grandson of the emperor or the eldest granddaughter of the emperor?" ”

"This ......" Li Xuan's face was full of hesitation, and then he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, if the minister doesn't want to say it, the minister doesn't know it, because this matter can be detected clearly by detecting the pulse at one time, and it takes a long time to perceive it carefully before it can be determined." ”

"Long, how long?" Li Zhi turned around and looked at Li Xuan solemnly.

Li Xuan smiled bitterly and arched his hand and said: "Twelve hours, don't leave your hand, after three times in a row, you can feel it, and you need to be ...... in May of pregnancy."

"The crown princess has been pregnant for more than six months." Li Zhi looked at Li Xuan with a smile and said, "There are three more months, roughly before the New Year, and I can't say that I will be happy at the door." ”

"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Li Xuan hurriedly surrendered his hand.

Li Zhi smiled, then looked at the bright moon above his head, and said softly: "Twenty-seven Lang, this time, it really brought me a lot of trouble. ”

"The minister is guilty." Li Xuan bowed heavily, he was somewhat embarrassed by the emperor in the matter of Wang Benli.

"It's none of your business, he was targeted a long time ago, and this sudden attack is also calculated that I will not protect him, and the more I protect him, the more out of control the situation will be." Li Zhi turned around, looked at Li Xuan, and asked, "What exactly did you guess before?" ”

Asking the emperor to give up Wang Benli was Li Xuan's suggestion, because he sensed that Wang Benli had a handle and was caught.

"The minister doesn't know what Wang Langzhong has done for His Majesty, but the minister guesses that Wang Langzhong must be indispensable in this matter, and in addition, in fact, it is very likely that others will also know, and even secretly stumble on Wang Langzhong, which leads to the risk that what he did has been exposed." Li Xuan gave up again.

Wang Benli's matter must be inseparable from the theft and sale of grain and grass.

The North Gate Bachelor's group didn't know where to know about it, and then they started to do tricks.

Li Xian was reprimanded by the emperor before, and this is the reason.

This matter is not only that, once this matter is revealed, the emperor will definitely not bear the responsibility, so the one who bears the responsibility must be Shangshu Zuo Cheng Cui Zhiwen.

Coupled with the previous matter of Quan Shancai, Cui Zhiwen, a scholar Zuocheng, will definitely not be able to do it.

"Yes, there are some people!" Li Zhi sighed lightly, although he also knew about what the North Gate Scholar was doing, he didn't intend to pursue it.

The North Gate Master itself is a means used by Li Zhi to restrain himself, and he will not cut off his hand.

Retracting his thoughts, Li Zhi spoke: "Twenty-seven Lang, let me tell you one thing, even this year, there is no quiet and flood, and the food in the army is quite scarce. ”

Li Zhi's words stopped at this point and did not continue.

But Li Xuan just listened to the last note, and he already understood what Wang Benli was doing for the emperor.

If there is a shortage of military rations, then it is necessary to make up for it, how to make up for it, and replace the old with new grain.

No, it should be said that this matter itself was proposed by Wang Benli to the emperor.

Li Zhi didn't use this method yet, or maybe it wasn't the emperor at all behind this matter, but the crown prince.

But the emperor knew about it, but he didn't stop it.

Although Li Xuan took the initiative to put his suspicion on Li Xian in his heart, he knew better in his heart that Li Zhi was also very likely to do such a thing.

However, it is likely that this grain was not delivered to the front-line soldiers, but to the hands of the people who transported the grain.

The people can't eat good or bad, and there will be no obstacles.

In this way, there is no need to worry about the mutiny of the front-line troops, and the consumption of military rations can be reduced.

Although Wang Benli was instructed, he would not do too much, after all, the court is still clear now, and the vast majority of officials do not lack the courage to speak out.

Li Xuan was crazy in his heart to make up for the emperor, after all, the emperor was in front of him now.

"Or is it the matter of those Tuyuhun people in Fu Qi City?" Li Xuan asked with some caution.

"More than that." Li Zhi smiled slightly bitterly, and then said: "The matter of military rations, before the war, I and the queen calculated many times, which was enough to ensure that the war was worry-free, but the sudden spring drought made everything tight. After all, the drought is not only about reducing taxes, but also about transporting food for disaster relief, and I can't turn a blind eye to it. ”

It turned out to be transported to the disaster area.

Exchanging old grain for new grain can indeed allow more people to survive, and it can also ensure that there is no shortage of military food on the Western Front.

In fact, there is definitely a lot of military rations in stock, but a large amount of it has to be delivered to the front line every month, and long-term planning must be made.

If you can't transport it full today, you won't be able to ship a grain of grain tomorrow.

In the long run, we must calculate everywhere.

If one is missing, it immediately needs to be filled in from another.

"In addition, the degree of loss of military rations on the front line is also higher than expected." Li Zhi turned his head to look at Li Xuan and said, "That is, what kind of waterwheel did you get in Taohe to transport grain, so that this consumption has been greatly reduced, otherwise, I will really have to protect him today." ”

Li Xuan was slightly stunned and said, "...... minister"

Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "To be honest, I would prefer you to be a grain transport officer, from Taohe, Lanshan, Ganliang to Shasu, transporting grain and grass, with your means, you will definitely be able to reduce the consumption of military food to a very small amount, but men, there is always a heart to cross the field." ”

Originally, Liu Renliang asked Li Xuan to lead a thousand cavalry and a thousand foot soldiers to set up an interception dam in the thirsty wave river, but unexpectedly, Li Xuan led a thousand cavalry to defeat the 10,000 cavalry of Tubo before and after, killing more than 6,000 and capturing 3,000, with an amazing record.

That is, it is not yet after the war, otherwise how to reward it is also a headache for Li Zhi.

"Your Majesty, the minister just suddenly discovered the flaws of the Tubo cavalry." Li Xuan's face was full of wry smiles, and it was only under one blow that he realized that the problem of the Tubo people was far greater than people imagined.

"You mentioned in the recital that the number of slaves in the Tubo army is far greater than that of the Tang Dynasty." Li Zhi nodded seriously.

In the land of China, slavery was completely extinct in the Qin and Han dynasties and was replaced by the feudal well field system.

Later, slavery gradually rose again.

The Sui and Tang dynasties put an end to the Wuhu Rebellion, and although there are still slaves today, most of them arise from wars, and the enemy captives become slaves, and some are reduced to slaves for crimes.

There is no doubt that the slaves in the Tang Dynasty are decreasing year by year.

But in Tibet, the number of slave islands far exceeded people's imagination.

"Tubo, just like the ancient Xia Dynasty, tribal alliance, if the central dynasty is strong, the country is strong, and if the central dynasty is weak, then you don't even need the Tang Dynasty to do it, Tubo will perish, so the war, either against the slaves, or against the central nobles of Tubo, one will be destroyed, and the other will be chaotic." Li Xuan's expression was awe-inspiring.

He had a clear understanding of Tibet, although he did not know much about the time, terrain, and the situation of various tribes in Tibet, but he knew the slavery system in Tibet, and he was born with the killer weapon to completely exterminate Tibet.

However, it is enough for him to bring in a little bit to Li Zhi at the moment.

Li Zhi looked straight at Li Xuan, and said with some envy: "It would be nice if I were so young as you, I could cross thousands of miles and invade like a tiger, but it's a pity that I have to worry about this grain and grass now." ”

"Even if the tiger is fierce, the reins will always be firmly tied to His Majesty's hands." Li Xuan bowed heavily.

"Well, it doesn't have to be that way, I know your heart." Li Zhi smiled gently, he naturally has the wisdom to know people, Li Xuan always reveres and admires more in front of him, which is the most reassuring to Li Zhi, and Li Xuan's behavior of playing everything also makes Li Zhi more satisfied.

"The problem now is still food." Li Zhi shook his head and said: "This year's grain and grass can be stable, but next year, there will be trouble, once next year there is a drought ......."

"Your Majesty." Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "In this world, I am not the only one in the Tang Dynasty, in addition to Silla and Wa, there is also a lot of grain in the southwest of Zhancheng and other places, and Your Majesty can try to buy grain from Zhancheng." ”

"It's easy to say, but where does the money come from?" Li Zhi raised his head and looked straight at Li Xuan.

"Salt, and jade." Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "In the Tugu Hunqing West Basin, in addition to salt lakes other than Chaka, there are also a large number of jewelry and jade production areas, especially Kunlun Mountain, if you can mine a large amount of jade from Kunlun Mountain, in addition to buying grain from Champa, you can also buy grain from wealthy families. ”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan couldn't help but sneer and said: "Now that the imperial court is short of food, it is not that the Tang Dynasty is short of food. ”

Li Zhi's breathing stagnated slightly for a moment.

(End of chapter)