Chang'an City was in a panic.

When Li Shimin and others found out, they were also shocked.

Datang has absolute confidence in any country.

However, in the face of the combination of Tubo and Tuyuhun, the chance of victory was not great.

If other countries also intervene, then Datang is in danger.

"Ministry of Rites, I want you to unite with Honglu Temple to pacify the Western Turks and other countries."

Li Shimin arranged things for the Ministry of Rites as soon as possible, and asked them to implement it quickly.

In addition, the military department and the household department have all stepped up their attention to various matters at the first time.

It's just that although Li Shimin made preparations as soon as he received the news, it still did not bring substantive results.

Tang bordered with the Western Turks.

The Western Turks suddenly redeployed their troops.

The Western Turks, who have gained a lot of Eastern Turks from the collapse of the Eastern Turks, still have small moves at this time.

Their army slowly gathered and rushed in the direction of Datang, and one army after another gathered outside the border city of Datang.

The Western Turkic army was no less than 50,000, and it was constantly increasing, converging from all directions.

Looking at the trend, it is possible to gather 100,000 troops to come to the city and go south to the Tang Dynasty.

When the general defending the city saw it, he was so frightened that the city gate was closed, and he hurriedly sent a message back to Chang'an City for 800 miles.

Not only that, but there is also the border between Datang and Xue Yantuo, the same thing happened, Xue Yantuo's army is gathered outside Datang, and there is a possibility of attacking Datang at any time.

At this moment, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Western Turk, Xue Yantuo, and Datang will face the attacks of the four countries.

When the news came back to Chang'an City, the people of Chang'an City could no longer describe their mood with fear.

It seems that there is a feeling of annihilation, and I have no confidence in Datang at all, and I can't live in panic all day long, and there are more futile troubles.

"Bastard, bastard, how can this be?!"

Li Shimin was furious.

Throw things hard in the study.

It was difficult for him to understand why the four countries were so united to start a war against the Tang Dynasty.

There is friction between the four countries, and it is impossible to cooperate.

But now, the four countries are almost about to go to war against the Tang Dynasty, what is the reason for this?

The four countries jointly crusaded against Datang, how could Datang face the four countries?!

"Chuan Fang Yuan!"

In a secret base.

The patriarchs of the five surnames and seven wangs gathered together again.

"This time, Datang is finally completely messed up."

"The only one who can quell the chaos now is Fang Yuan's firecracker, right?"

"Although the firecracker is powerful, it may not be able to quell the rebellion of the four countries, and our efforts will be quelled by a weapon?"

"Let's see how Li Shimin responds first, we will continue to cultivate ourselves and slowly exchange the money of the imperial court into the account."

"There was an accident in Qingzhou, we underestimated that kid in Qingshan, do we want to continue to support him?"

"It must be supported, he is now at war with Li Ke, the king of Shu, it doesn't matter if he wins or not, it is also necessary to hold back the 50,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty."

The seven of them looked calm, drinking tea and telling very ordinary things.

But they are actually planning the entire Datang, and the whole Datang is under their control.

Tubo, Western Turks, and Xue Yantuo were all contacted by them, among which Tubo only sent people to lobby, while Western Turks and Xue Yantuo gave benefits.

Any war is nothing more than for the sake of profit.

As long as the interests are sufficient, what if the world is full of war?

So now Datang is about to be fully attacked, and Datang's life and death will soon be revealed.

Chang'an City.

Li Shimin and others were very busy.

After the efforts of Honglu Temple, I finally knew the reason why the four countries attacked Tang.

But it is useless to know the reason, they are deploying troops and will attack Datang at any time.

"Your Majesty, let's recruit troops in an all-round way!"

Hou Junji, the secretary of the military department, said in a deep voice.

Now the imperial court can still transfer 150,000 troops from all over the country.

But the 150,000 troops were all suppressed locally, or they were of great use.

This transfer is a big hidden danger for the stability of Datang.

Therefore, the army cannot be transferred completely, and it is necessary to leave some of the towns to guard the same place, some of them to be transferred to the front, and the rest of the whole country to recruit troops.

"Order, recruit young people over the age of sixteen nationwide!"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Follow Hou Junji's advice and recruit troops immediately.

"Your Majesty, I can't handle the money and the grain and grass."

Fang Yuan had to interject.

At present, the support of the household department is excessive.

Or is it because the money bank keeps printing money that it barely supports it.

"Giving paper money to soldiers can always afford it, right?"

The eldest grandson Wuji said in a deep voice.

After the child protection law was introduced, he always held a grudge against Fang Yuan.

As long as Fang Yuan had anything bad, he would increase his efforts and not let it go at all.

"The store doesn't accept paper money, but gives paper money to soldiers, is there still a military spirit to speak of?"

Fang Yuan said speechlessly.

Now, in addition to all the stores of his Bafang Group that collect paper money, less than half of the stores in the city receive paper money.

In this case, paper money can be issued to officials, but not to soldiers, because they are taking their lives to go to battle.

The eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but Li Shimin spoke first.

"What then?"

"Is there a solution?"

Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully, looked at Fang Yuan and said.

Now the credit of paper money has not fallen any further, and there are many fewer people who exchange Datang treasure banknotes for copper coins.

But less does not mean that there is none, in the face of a huge base, less is also a very large number, and the pressure is still very great.

"I have investigated, only 20% of the shops in Chang'an City accept banknotes, and the rest refuse to accept them for various reasons."

"Three or four percent of the shops that do not accept are actually controlled by various officials, and if the ministers can be allowed to collect paper money and pay for military expenses with paper money, it may be regarded as a solution."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

He has been thinking about how to solve the credit problem of Datang treasure banknotes.

In fact, paper money is still copper money, for the people, in fact, it is like that, as long as it can be spent.

Therefore, the root cause is in the store, and many stores need to agree to accept the banknote, so the credit of the Datang treasure banknote can be solved.

So Fang Yuan investigated the people behind the shop in Chang'an City, and was ready to start from behind them and talk directly to their owner.

Just found out that it was all the property of the big officials, or the property of the big family, which made Fang Yuan a little difficult.

Just when he was hesitating about how to solve these things, the news of the Four Kingdoms' crusade against Tang came back, and it happened that Li Shimin called everyone to a meeting.

So it's best to bring it up at this time.

It may offend some of the people present, but it can only be said about it.

"What?"

"Are you related?"

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes widened.

looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and the others in disbelief.

He and Fang Yuan have been thinking about how to implement paper money.

But in the end, the problem turned out to be that his ministers did not accept paper money?

At this moment, Li Shimin felt a little that the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, except for Fang Yuan, were all families.

"Your Majesty, I have already asked the shops below to collect banknotes."

The eldest grandson Wuji was the first to stand up and say.

Immediately, Fang Xuanling, Liu Zhenghui, Wang Qi and others also seconded the proposal.

"Fang Yuan, tell me which minister-controlled shops refuse to accept banknotes."

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

He doesn't believe it, and he doesn't believe in Changsun Wuji and others.

These people are more concerned about their own interests, which is the interests of the imperial court.

This is understandable, but receiving paper money will not affect its own interests, as long as the paper money is successfully implemented.

At this moment, Eldest Sun Wuji and the others all looked at Fang Yuan, their eyes were a little different.

"There are too many people, and the minister only remembers that of the sixty-six shops controlled by the eldest grandson Shangshu, sixty-five refused to accept paper money for various reasons."

Fang Yuan said expressionlessly.

There are sixty-five shops in Chang'an City alone, which shows how terrible it is to collect money.

And there are some things that the darkness doesn't know.

Fang Yuan is the head of the household department, and it is too simple to investigate the household file.

As long as there is a registered store, its actual controller can be found.

"Fang Yuan, don't spray people with blood!"

The eldest grandson Wuji was immediately anxious.

He explicitly asked the people below to accept the banknotes.

Now Fang Yuan said that sixty-five of the shops on his face refused paper money, which was obviously a lie.

"Fang Yuan, you can't talk nonsense!"

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

He didn't quite believe that the eldest grandson Wuji would do this to him.

After all, the relationship between the two is there, and there is still the idea of continuing the marriage.

Even the shops controlled by his most trusted uncle are like this, so what about the other ministers?

"Eldest Sun Shangshu, Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, you can follow me to a few shops in disguise."

Fang Yuan sneered.

Zhenjin is not afraid of fire refining, but he is afraid that the eldest grandson Wuji will not dare to go.

Li Shimin didn't speak, and the ministers didn't speak, looking at the eldest grandson Wuji.

"Just go!"

"Go now!"

The eldest grandson Wuji said coldly.

He asked to go now, to pay back his innocence.

If Fang Yuan was wronged, he would definitely not let Fang Yuan go like this.

"Let's go, then."

Fang Yuan smiled coldly.

Soon, Li Shimin changed his clothes.

Fang Yuan and the others were also changing into simple clothes.

The clothes are relatively simple and not overly luxurious.

Soon, under the leadership of Fang Yuan, Fang Yuan and the others came to the door of a store.

People come and go in Chang'an City, but people walk in a hurry, and they are in a panic as soon as they open.

Li Shimin looked at this situation, and was angry in his heart, even more angry at the eldest grandson Wuji and others who did not accept banknotes.

"You go buy a few pieces of fabric, choose them well, and don't rush out."

Fang Yuan asked a disguised forbidden soldier to come out of the ranks and gave him a few hundred yuan.

To test, naturally it was impossible for any one of Fang Yuan to go, it was too easy to be discovered.

Therefore, it has to be an ordinary person, and it is best to recognize the identity, and the other party will not have any scruples because of the identity issue.

"Yes."

The forbidden army in disguise respectfully took Fang Yuan's Tang treasure money and entered the cloth shop.

Fang Yuan and the others were waiting, and the eldest grandson Wuji sneered and looked at Fang Yuan again and again, his eyes were cold.

He is ready, as long as the forbidden army comes out with the fabric, he will impeach Fang Yuan, and ask Li Shimin to punish Fang Yuan.

After waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, the forbidden army sent out came out with a nice piece of cloth in his hand.

"Fang Yuan, what else do you have to say?"

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach Fang Yuan and destroy the innocence of the minister!"

"I suspect that he colluded with the five surnamed Qiwang and deliberately engaged in civil strife!"

The eldest grandson Wuji immediately saluted Li Shimin and impeached Fang Yuan.

When the words fell, everyone's faces changed, and their hearts jumped heavily.

actually impeached Fang Yuan for engaging in civil strife, this crime is not small.

If the emperor took it seriously, then Fang Yuan would be investigated and investigated again.

Li Shimin didn't speak, his brows furrowed and pondering.

Fang Yuan also frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

It's obviously investigated, how can I make a mistake when I test it myself?

"Your Majesty, that cloth shop doesn't accept paper money, and bullies people!"

The forbidden army came back and said aggrievedly.

"You, don't talk nonsense, you obviously got the fabric back!"

The eldest grandson Wuji's face changed drastically, and he stammered when he spoke.

The expressions of the crowd changed again, and they looked at the forbidden army in disbelief.

"Tell me more!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"When I went in, I carefully selected three pieces of fabric."

"I went to the counter to pay the bill, and the shopkeeper said that my money was fake and that I wanted to collect copper coins."

"I just said I didn't want it, but the shopkeeper didn't let me go, and commanded Xiao Er to block my retreat, and finally bought a horse before letting me go."

The forbidden army said aggrievedly.

The cloth shop sold all the finest fabrics, and each horse cost a hundred copper coins.

One hundred copper coins is enough for a few months' monthly income, but it is gone, and my heart hurts.

"No, it can't be, you"

The eldest grandson Wuji said angrily.

It was almost said that the forbidden army and Fang Yuan colluded.

But fortunately, I endured it, otherwise it would be distrust of Li Shimin.

Before that, the forbidden army and Fang Yuan had obviously never seen each other, and it was impossible to collude well.

"Eldest Sun Shangshu, how are you having anything to explain?"

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

At this moment, he felt that his heart was blocked and it was very uncomfortable.

"Minister, minister, go and ask in person!"

The eldest grandson Wuji gritted his teeth and said hatefully.

With that, he walked straight to the cloth shop.

Li Shimin followed with an expressionless face, and everyone followed one after another.

"Master?!"

The shopkeeper recognized the eldest grandson Wuji and hurriedly greeted him.

"I ask you, why don't you take paper money?!"

The eldest grandson Wuji had a cold face and said in a deep voice.

"Huh? But, you didn't say you had to accept it. ”

The shopkeeper was startled and a little confused.

But after seeing Fang Yuan and the others come in, the forbidden army with the cloth understood.

"Presumptuous!"

"I said I wanted to collect banknotes!"

The eldest grandson Wuji was furious and slapped the shopkeeper in the face.

With a snap, bright red finger marks appeared on the shopkeeper's face, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding directly, and the shopkeeper was stunned.

Fang Yuan and the others looked at it, their brows furrowed, and they felt that Eldest Sun Wuji's move was a cover-up.

"The lord spares his life, the lord spares his life."

"It's all the villain's fault for not carrying out your orders, master."

The shopkeeper seemed to have noticed something, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know that the people below are actually making arbitrary claims, please punish Your Majesty."

Eldest Sun Wuji said with a dark face.

When the shopkeeper and the customers at the scene heard this, they were all stunned, and then looked at Li Shimin.

It seemed that someone recognized it as Li Shimin and hurriedly saluted Li Shimin, causing a commotion.

"No courtesy, no courtesy!"

"Let's go, let's talk about it in another place!"

Li Shimin picked up everyone with his empty hands and quickly left here.

(End of chapter)