To this end,

The two briefly discussed, and Zhang Liao led the tiger and leopard cavalry, acting as the vanguard army, and went directly south, all the way non-stop.

And Chen Qingzhi wants to appease the people to some extent in the back.

The previous promises, what should be fulfilled, must also be fulfilled!

The people have been hungry for days.

Open a position, disaster relief.

All of this requires some effort.

But, thankfully, everything went well.

….….….….….….

Chang'an City.

Pei Fu.

Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, and representatives of several other clans.

They gathered in the back hall.

At this moment, in the back hall, it is like a vegetable market.

"No, no! My family has taken too much, 200,000 grains, which is the most my family can bear, but my family wants 50 places to be officials. ”

"Fifty places? How can this work! There are too many, there are at most thirty of your Cui family, and our Bai family, but after paying 300,000 loads of grain, we want eighty! ”

"Eighty? You Bai are too greedy, aren't you? Lingnan Road is almost your Bai clan's territory, accounting for about 30 of them, do you want to grab another one and become your base camp? ”

"There are only ten in the world, including Qingzhou, don't be too greedy!"

"Hmph, my Li clan wants fifty, this must be promised, how badly damaged was my Li clan Youzhou last year? Not to mention, this time my Li family gave you 400,000 quintals of grain, and my Li family didn't want much, right? However, it is an official position outside of Qingzhou! ”

“…….”

Everyone, bargain.

Pei Lin and Xiao Yu are also very happy.

The two of them sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, smiling, incomparably calm, and took a sip of tea.

It has been a few days since the locust plague and the Turkic plague, and now there are many displaced people gathered outside Chang'an.

The situation is urgent.

Li Shimin has hardly fallen asleep these days.

kept urging himself, and also said that as long as the clan borrowed food, everything was easy to discuss.

Now, it's almost time for the imperial court to be at its weakest!

Pei Lin knew that it was time to talk to Li Shimin.

nature

Before talking, they have to divide the dividends internally.

And Pei Lin is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this dividend.

Taking this opportunity, it is also very likely that one day it will become the same family as the five surnames and seven hopes!

So.

Pei Lin was not in a hurry, so he smiled and watched them scramble.

The imperial examination will definitely be cancelled.

And the imperial examination is canceled, so the imperial court still selects talents from the scholars.

This time.

In order to prevent Li Shimin from thinking about opening the imperial examination, they were ruthless and directly planned to stuff the imperial court.

Not a single vacancy is left!

In this way, it can be held for ten or twenty years, and if you want to open the imperial examination again, it will have to be ten years later.

Directly draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, the family, completely stable!

"Alright, alright."

"Listen to me, everyone fights, but don't hurt the peace, hehehe...tonight, I will enter the palace, we had better finalize this matter in the afternoon."

"Besides, this is not the last time, it's still early, now some people will suffer first, and when the territory of Datang expands, those new places, you can consider this concession more, everyone is more flexible."

"To put it mildly, how many of us have, which one has not been passed down for hundreds of years? There will be several hundred years in the future, and even a thousand years of inheritance like the five surnames and seven wangs, it is very likely, what is the urgency of small profits. ”

Pei Lin said with a smile.

When the people heard this, they also felt justified.

They belong to the New Centennial Family!

All are....incredibly believing!

Next, although it was still scrambling, it was not as fierce as before.

Pei Lin was not in a hurry, just waited quietly.

Anyway, now, it is the imperial court, the admiral of Tiance, the people, and not himself.

.

….….…….….….

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Shimin sat on the stool, and he felt like there were needles on his buttocks, so he couldn't help but get up to see if there was any new news coming from outside.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good, it's not good!"

"Over there in Qingzhou, it is estimated that there will be changes!"

At this time, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui hurriedly rushed in.

"Qingzhou?"

Li Shimin frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Qingzhou is seriously affected, if this is the case, I know, I don't need you to remind me."

Li Shimin was a little irritable.

In the past month, it has been another locust plague and a Turkic plague, which has made him feel haggard.

Fortunately, the most worried Weishui came again, but this incident did not happen, which is also gratifying.

"Nope! Your Majesty, today Keming and I asked briefly among the displaced people outside the city, almost all of the displaced people outside are from....almost all of them are from Guannei Dao, and there are very few people in Qingzhou! ”

Fang Xuanling was extremely anxious.

According to reason, Qingzhou was the most severely affected, so among the displaced people in Chang'an, the people of Qingzhou must account for a small proportion.

Even if there are not as many people in Qingzhou as in Guanneidao, no matter what, three out of ten are from Qingzhou, which is not too much, right?

But....

The current situation is that only one out of a hundred people is a homeless person from Qingzhou.

This is obviously an anomaly!

"What?"

When Li Shimin heard the news, he was also stunned.

This is indeed unexpected.

"How so? Could it be that the disaster in Qingzhou is not so serious? But no, the worst locust plague is almost there! ”

"On the day the locust plague passed, a large number of folds were passed over in Qingzhou, and in the next two or three days, it was full of folds of the Qingzhou disaster!"

"In addition, there has also been a Turkic invasion over there, how can there be so few people!"

Li Shimin frowned, a little puzzled.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also couldn't figure out why.

"Could it be that the disaster in Qingzhou was controlled by the local government?"

After a moment of silence, Li Shimin suddenly raised his head, his eyes quite bright.

"No...."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he shook his head and denied it.

"No, if the local government controls the disaster, there will definitely be an excerpt to tell me about these things."

"However, I did not receive such an excerpt of good news."

Li Shimin muttered to himself.

"Your Majesty, have you received an excerpt from Qingzhou in the past few days?"

Suddenly, Fang Xuanling raised his head and asked anxiously.

Li Shimin was stunned.

"Qingzhou's excerpt?"

Then, Li Shimin frowned slightly, took a breath, turned around and walked quickly to the desk.

"I! The excerpts I have received in the past few days can be said to be too many to figure out, and the heads I have seen are all big, but I haven't paid attention to where they came from. ”

"Anyway, they are all asking for silver and disaster relief food from me, and there are all kinds of counties and places, and they are all like this!"

"You two, come over and take a look at it, this is all the folds I've received in the past few days."

Li Shimin grabbed a handful of folds and said while checking them.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui hurriedly stepped forward, and the two began to smooth out with Li Shimin.

"This is from yesterday, from Kannai Province."

"This is also Kannai Road, Jingning County the day before yesterday, Kannai Road."

"Kannachi Road, Kannachi Road, or Kannachi Road, why are they all Kannachi Road?"

"Your Majesty, Xuan Ling, this is Qingzhou, but it was already five days ago."

"Shhhh

When the three of them simply checked the folds on the desk, they couldn't help but gasp in unison, and the whole person couldn't help but shudder.

Indeed, as Fang Xuanling said before, almost all of the recent ones are from Guannei Dao.

And Qingzhou's excerpts, the most recent one, also dates back to five days ago.

Li Shimin's eyes exploded, he was a little incredulous, and a little unbelievable, he pulled a bunch of folds with both hands, his brows were tight, and his voice trembled: "This....what the hell is going on?" Damn it, damn it! Could it be that Qingzhou has changed? ”

"Qingzhou, something is wrong?"

Li Shimin's eyes widened, staring at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

Shocking.

The two hurriedly bowed.

"Your Majesty, the matter is critical, please hurry up and let Jin Wuwei go to Qingzhou to take a look at the situation!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, for so many days in Qingzhou, no news has come at all, and the victims have not gone south, I am afraid that there will be big changes in Qingzhou!!"

"Your Majesty, without further ado, please give the order immediately!"

“…….”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui said again and again.

Nervous.

Shortness of breath.

Now, the two of them can't make up their minds at all.

What's wrong with Qingzhou?

They don't know.

They don't know.

They....don't dare to think about it?

I only hope that it is a false alarm!

If there really is something, it must be a big mess!

"Li Junxian!"

This sound can be said to have been roared by Li Shimin.

Li Junxian hurriedly walked up: "Your Majesty! ”

"Quick! Go, you take someone to Qingzhou to take a trip to see what the current situation is in Qingzhou, and also take a look at the people of Qingzhou, what's going on! ”

"Remember, go and go, I! Waiting for you here! ”

Li Shimin urged, frantically urged.

Li Junxian hurriedly took the order to leave.

In the Tai Chi Palace, it was quiet all of a sudden.

Li Shimin pursed his chapped lips, and fell directly into the stool weakly.

His gaze was a little glazed.

The whole person was at a loss.

"Xuan Ling, Keming, Qingzhou....Qingzhou will not be among the people, there are people who rebel?"

After a while, Li Shimin shuddered and spoke slowly.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui glanced at each other, their faces gloomy.

Rebel?

Is it possible?

Yes!

To be honest, the two also had this guess in their hearts.

But!

This kind of thing is too big and rebellious, and they dare not take the initiative to say it.

Rebel!

No matter in that dynasty, this is a thing that can poke a hole in the sky.

And

In all dynasties, all those who had a big rebellion came to this step because they were immoral and ashamed of the people, and the people couldn't bear it.

That is, Your Majesty....unqualified!

Nature.

This speculation, the two of them didn't dare to say casually.

"Your Majesty, no, no!"

"Your Majesty has always treated the people preferentially, what Your Majesty did for Youzhou last year, I believe that the people have remembered it, and there will never be a rebellion, even if there is, it is only a small part, and the mob who gathers people to make trouble is not to worry about!"

There was silence for a while.

Fang Xuanling spoke, and now he could only comfort first.

Before Li Junxian comes back, he can't mess with himself.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Qingzhou is the northern hinterland of my Tang Dynasty, in the middle of Guannei Road and Hebei Road, in Qingzhou turmoil, how is it possible! I, the Tang Guard, are brave and good at fighting, and I will never allow any thieves to become bigger, Your Majesty, don't worry. ”

"We're still....waiting for news from Commander Lee."

"Let's speculate now, and we'll only mess with ourselves! Your Majesty, please calm down! ”

Du Ruhui bowed down and also persuaded.

Li Shimin listened to the words of the two, and his tense body was somewhat relaxed.

That's right!

Qingzhou is between Guannei Road and Hebei Road, which can be said to be the northern part of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also close to Chang'an.

I guess I've thought too much about it.

Li Shimin exhaled deeply, and he simply closed his eyes.

Right now

They couldn't do anything, they could only wait for Li Junxian to come back.

And Li Junxian did not disappoint Li Shimin.

It didn't take long, and two hours later, Li Junxian rushed in with a scarred messenger.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Before his subordinates arrived in Qingzhou, they met a messenger from Qingzhou. ”

"His subordinates were worried about his situation, so they personally escorted him."

Li Junxian hurriedly said.

I can hear that.

Li Shimin got up suddenly.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also looked over suddenly, their eyes solemn.

The Messenger,

It seems that he has lost his strength, and there are still large traces of blood on his body.

Thump!

The messenger entered the Taiji Palace and lay directly on the ground.

"Your Majesty......Your Majesty!"

He looked up at Li Shimin, opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse, and he was extremely painful: "It's not good....really, it's a big deal!" ”

"The whole territory of Qingzhou has fallen, it has completely fallen, please send troops as soon as possible!"

"The people of Qingzhou greeted the Dayan army, they....they took the initiative to send Qingzhou to Dayan! I want to get rid of my Datang! ”

"Your Majesty, please send troops quickly, Li Yongnian, the general assigned by Chang'an before, has also surrendered to the enemy, and Dayan has captured Qingzhou without much effort!"

"What!" Li Shimin's eyes widened, and his eyes were scarlet: "What the hell is going on!" ”

He stared at the messenger.

I really couldn't have imagined that I could still hear the news of Da Yan here!

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, the people of Qingzhou rushed to Dayan and greeted them in person! We....we are incompetent, the road to Chang'an has been all controlled by the people of Dayan, these days, we have been trying to find a way to rush over, but! There has been no way, and Shengsheng has been dragged by them until now! ”

"If I hadn't met Commander Li, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to get to Chang'an now, Your Majesty, the Great Yan Army has come in!"

This messenger, hysteria.

The voice is terrifying, and the breath is bursting.

Let's talk about it.

He took out another newspaper from his arms, but before he could raise his arm, he passed out.

Tai Chi Palace.

At the moment, it's like an ice cellar.

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Li Junxian next to them, they only felt that the world was spinning, their ears were ringing and their eyes were dark, they couldn't believe it, thinking that they had heard it wrong.

(End of chapter)