"I don't want any of the shops you control to stop accepting banknotes!"

Although Li Shimin said to change places.

But when he left the scene, he left a sentence and returned to the palace.

He didn't change places, but directly shook his face at the eldest grandson Wuji and the others.

It can be seen from the shop that the Changsun Wu verified that the ministers of the court and the central government were not very concerned about the implementation of paper money.

Paper money or copper coins are almost the same for them, and if they have a choice, copper coins are more popular and more popular.

So Li Shimin was very angry and even a little disappointed.

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others stiffened in place, and their faces were a little unbearable.

looked at the direction in which Li Shimin got into the car and left, and finally greeted each other and said goodbye.

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others were also very interested, and after leaving, they each returned to their own departments to hold a meeting.

The content of the meeting was: Any shop actually controlled by officials must collect Datang treasure money.

This behavior will be included in the performance appraisal of officials, and will be linked to promotions and year-end bonuses.

At the same time, Fang Yuan also had a tacit understanding to return to the household department to hold a plenary meeting.

"From today, starting from Gyeonggi Province, we will calculate the information of all shops registered by officials."

"After the accounting is completed, one to three shops under each official's banner will be randomly inspected to check whether they accept Datang treasure banknotes."

"Whether the shop accepts Datang treasure money is included in the promotion assessment standards of officials, and those who do not accept treasure money for various reasons will be registered and sent to the household department."

Fang Yuan swept towards the officials present with a warning look.

There is no doubt that the officials present are the same urine, and there are many shops that do not accept paper money.

It is said that the upper line and the lower effect, the people in the court do not accept treasure money, no wonder the people below dare not use treasure money.

When the words fell, the audience was in an uproar, talking about each other, and it was difficult to calm down.

"This is an opportunity for our household!"

"While you take care of your belts, please take care of yourself!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

The household department accounts for the shops actually controlled by the officials, and has the right to promote and promote the officials.

For the household department, it is also a means to increase power, and it is a means to improve the voice of the household department.

"Subordinates take orders!"

The officials of the household department were stunned at first, and then they were excited.

Among the six ministries, only the officials have the right to appoint and dismiss, so they became the head of the six ministries.

Now the household department is equivalent to having this authority, and the power is infinitely close to the ministry.

In the next few days, the situation of Datang treasure banknotes was much better, and there were many fewer people who came to exchange them.

As long as the money can be used, then it is money, and it will not cause more exchange.

After all, not everyone has time to queue for that long every day in exchange for that money.

But now is an eventful time, a time of imminent turmoil.

After the news spread that the four countries were going to destroy Tang, another public opinion slowly fermented.

Datang is dying!

"Providence, providence, the Tang Dynasty will die!"

"It turns out that the natural disasters in the past few years are a sign of Tang's death!"

"The Four Kingdoms have invaded the Tang Dynasty, ancient and modern, our Tang Dynasty is destined to perish!"

"The emperor is not filial, the traitorous ministers are in charge, the chaos is repeated, the green mountains are standing, and the second Tang dies!"

I don't know where the news came from, but when the court heard it, it was discussed everywhere.

After the public opinion that the Tang Dynasty was about to die, people were panicked, and for the first time, someone left Chang'an City with a large bag.

After Li Shimin learned about it, he was so angry that he almost vomited, and immediately ordered someone to investigate where it came from.

But there is generally no way to find the source of the news in the market, so it has to be resolved.

So Li Shimin called Fang Yuan and other court ministers again to discuss.

"Have you heard the news, what do you think?"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, let's fight!"

"Use your strength to shut up all the people and make all the people feel at ease!"

Hou Junji said in a deep voice.

His fists were clenched, and his eyes were full of war.

The border of the four countries is oppressed, and it is too aggrieved to not fight at this time.

"Your Majesty, if there is no firecracker, the minister suggests that you bear with it first."

"But the power of firecrackers is well known, equip the army with firecrackers, let's fight!"

Fang Xuanling also suggested going to war directly.

The current situation is that one negative news today and one negative news tomorrow will affect the mentality of the people every day.

For a long time, even if the outside did not break through the defense line of the Tang Dynasty, the people inside became frightened birds and had no confidence in the imperial court.

"Fang Yuan, what do you think?"

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

The firecracker was in Fang Yuan's hands, and how many firecrackers there were needed to be determined by Fang Yuan here.

"The ministers now have 80,000 muskets in their hands, and they can't get all the soldiers to be equipped with them."

Fang Yuan made a rough calculation and said in a deep voice.

Since Li Shimin's last request, he has vigorously produced firecrackers.

Now 80,000 guns are already a very large number, and a lot of manpower and material resources have been consumed.

To be honest, if Fang Yuan hadn't been in control of Qian Zhuang at the same time, he wouldn't have been able to produce so much of it at all.

"Eighty thousand. Eighty thousand, a lot. ”

"I don't need to equip all my soldiers with firearms, 20,000 for each of the four armies is enough!"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up and he said excitedly.

Eighty thousand firecrackers definitely have a combat power of twenty-four thousand, or even greater.

Let these 80,000 firearms be distributed to the battlefield of the four directions, plus the original team, they will be as fearless as the four countries.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that the firearms be deployed immediately, and the soldiers should immediately rush to the battlefield and start the war!"

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling also became excited.

"Your Majesty, go to war!"

The remaining ministers threatened to go to war.

The confidence in the firebolt is extraordinary, and there is a lot of faith.

What about the joint attack of the Tang by the four countries, their own country has a firecracker!

The power of the firebolt will change the battlefield of the barbarians, and the barbarians will be powerless to resist!

"Fang Yuan, the minister ordered you to immediately sort out the fire guns and provide them for the Quartet battlefield!"

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

Since everyone wants to fight, let's fight hard.

Four battlefields, starting wars with four countries at the same time.

With the support of firearms, Li Shimin believes that Datang can survive this crisis.

Once the crisis is over, Datang will definitely not adopt a soft policy like the Eastern Turks.

"Obey the order!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Next, the crowd discussed the details.

Among them, the issue of counting food is the biggest problem.

Datang has never had more food, and now it is even more scarce.

But now that the war is imminent, we cannot afford not to fight, and we can only say that we can end the war quickly.

Soon, Li Shimin issued a holy decree that armies from all over the country should start a war with the four countries at the same time.

Xue Yantuo and the Western Turks were originally just soldiers in the border cities of the Tang Dynasty, and after getting the Tang Dynasty's intention to go to war, they were shocked.

You know, it was the four countries that started a war at the same time, when did Datang have this strength?

Jieli Khan and other members of the Eastern Turkic royal family, who were originally in Chang'an City, were about to move, and after learning the news, they immediately lurked, and then decided whether to do it when the time was a little ripe.

Soon, under Li Shimin's deliberate publicity, the news soon spread throughout Datang.

The imperial court is going to war with four countries, shocking the world.

When people didn't receive the news, they were panicked, worried that they would be attacked by four countries, and the people would not be able to make a living.

Now after learning that the imperial court actually worked in four countries together, although I don't know what confidence the imperial court has, my mood has completely changed, and I even feel a little excited and enthusiastic.

This is Datang!

This is our country!

Our country is heroic!

People's panic has disappeared a lot, and they are all looking forward to the outcome.

Under the deliberation of the ministers of the imperial court, the firecrackers were divided into four parts, two of which were brought by the army itself.

The other two were personally brought by the forbidden army to Li Jing's army, which was fighting against Tuyuhun and Tubo.

The front line, Li Jing's battalion.

As the god of the army, Li Jing shoulders a lot.

If it weren't for him, Tuyuhun and Tubo would have suddenly joined forces, and the army would have collapsed.

Under his steady leadership, although the army was at a disadvantage, it was not possible to be defeated.

It's just that if it goes on like this, it's a very big blow to morale, and I'm afraid it won't last long.

"Dashuai, the court is coming!"

A scout came in, and a secret guarantee came.

Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he quickly took it and opened it.

"Pass on the order of the marshal, the support of the imperial court has come, eat and drink well for a day today, and win the battle tomorrow!"

Li Jing ordered excitedly.

According to the letter, 40,000 guns will arrive around the early hours of this evening.

Now there are only 80,000 troops, 40,000 with firearms, and there is definitely no problem in facing the 150,000 troops of Tuyuhun and Tubo.

In order to improve morale, Li Jing decided to reward the three armies tonight, improve the morale of the soldiers, and start a war against the two countries tomorrow, killing them without leaving a single piece of armor.

Sure enough, the mood of the soldiers changed that night, and they had a lot of confidence in their hearts as they guessed what support the imperial court had come.

That night, an escort army appeared in the barracks of Li Jing's army, and 40,000 firearms were delivered to Li Jing's hands in perfect condition.

"General Li Jing, this is the fire weapon method explained by Fang Shangshu!"

"He said that if the war is started according to this method, the enemy army is basically incomprehensible!"

The escort is Lai Yingzhe.

Respectfully handed Fang Yuan's letter to Li Jing.

"Okay, hard work!"

"Please go to the tent and rest!"

Li Jing solemnly accepted the letter from the source.

He knew that the fire gun was invented by Fang Yuan.

Then in terms of the method used, it must be the most authoritative Fang Yuan.

Although he is a god of war, it doesn't mean that he understands everything.

In particular, he didn't know much about firecrackers, that is, he had fired a few shots.

"Thank you General Li for your kindness, but Fang Shangshu explained, and I will go back as soon as the handover is over."

"Now Chang'an City's troops are unprecedentedly empty, and we can't leave for too long, just in case!"

Lai Yingzhe rejected Li Jing's invitation.

They still have a task ahead of them, and they need to go back quickly.

"Fang Shangshu is thoughtful!"

"After you go back, thank Fang Shangshu for me!"

Li Jingshen nodded approvingly and chuckled.

He already knew about the appearance of the Tsing Yi Army in Chang'an City, and was shocked.

No one knows if there will be things such as the Tsing Yi Army in Chang'an City again.

Therefore, it is better to rush back to Chang'an City as soon as possible, so as not to be attacked again.

"Retire next!"

Lai Yingzhe led people away.

Time flies, and the day dawns quickly.

Li Jing held a mobilization meeting to select soldiers who had previously trained firearms.

His army moved early, almost all of them were transferred near Chang'an City, and almost all of them used firearms.

Therefore, there are many people who can use firecrackers, so there is no need to worry that no one will use them if they have firecrackers.

"It's a firebolt!"

"Oh my God, it's a firebolt, and there are so many!"

"Great, with so many firearms, we will win this battle!"

When they learned that it was a firecracker, the soldiers were overjoyed.

Whoever has trained the firecrackers knows how powerful they are.

With so many firearms to support, this battle will be won in one battle, as Li Jing said last night.

"Quiet!"

Li Jing stood on the command podium and said loudly.

The commotion soon ceased, and the 80,000 troops fell silent.

"Look at you, the fire gun doesn't need Ben Shuai to explain anymore!"

"In today's battle, our Datang will win!"

Li Jing said slowly.

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

The sound rang out again and again.

The entire border city was the voice of the Don Army.

The sound was even heard outside, by the troops of Tuyuhun and Tubo.

"Such terrible morale?"

"They're not going to have any support, are they?"

The generals of the Tuyuhun and Tubo armies frowned and discussed.

"Now that Datang is under attack on all sides, what support can it have?"

"I think they're just going to go out of the city to fight and boost their morale."

The two sides discussed a lot, and finally felt that it was impossible for Datang to have support.

Regarding the information of the fire gun, Datang's side was very tightly sealed, and the five surnames and Qiwang did not disclose it to them.

Therefore, the generals and others of the two sides did not expect that the Datang side provided firearms.

Three poles on the sun.

The gates of the Frontier City slowly opened.

Arm after army came out of the city, full of morale.

In front of it is an endless grassland, and above the grassland are the two armies of Tuyuhun and Tubo.

The two armies have been stationed for many days, besieging the city for many days, waiting for the Tang army to come out and start the battle.

"Whew"

The trumpet sounded, and the war began.

The cavalry of the Tuyuhun and Tubo armies were dispatched.

The vast cavalry trampled the ground, the ground shook, and the scene was terrible.

Behind the cavalry, there were infantry who followed closely behind, as cavalry sprinted to harvest the wounded soldiers on the battlefield.

"The infantry goes ahead?"

"Is Li Jing stupid?"

"Or do you want to release arrows?"

The generals of the two armies, who were observing the battlefield from a distance, were amazed.

Cavalry is the king of the battlefield!

In the face of a cavalry attack, the Tang army actually dispatched infantry?

Dealing with it like this, is it possible that the Lord will become stupid?

"Listen up!"

"The main thing is to shoot at the horses, and then the cavalry!"

The army of 40,000 firecrackers was in front, divided into four columns.

The original tactics were to be divided into three columns, but Fang Yuan changed it to four columns.

This is due to the fact that the soldiers are too slow to change their guns, which serves as an insurance policy.

The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and the distance between the two sides was quickly closed and brought into range of the firearms.

"Shoot!"

The commander of the Torch Army saw the opportunity and gave a loud order.

In an instant, the soldiers in the first row flipped the switch and shot straight ahead.

Huge gunfire rang out, followed by the cavalry rushing forward one by one.

Almost all of those who were shot were horses, but if a person fell from a horse, six or seven times out of ten would be injured, and the rest might be trampled by the cavalry behind.

At this moment, the generals of the two countries, who were observing the battlefield from a distance, were dumbfounded.

Completely disbelievable, the cavalry fell to the ground after the sound.

(End of chapter)