No matter how much the warblers and Yanyan in Chang'an City competed, they could not alleviate even the disaster in Liangzhou and Longzhou.

So Li Shimin, who was originally going to stay in Jiucheng Palace until the end of summer, had to hurry back to Chang'an City at the end of August.

He had to prepare for the coming disaster, and at the same time he had to give his friend Ashina, who was far away in the Western Turks. Ni Shu gave a big gift.

Speaking of this Ashina. Nishu also did not do very well in the position of the Western Turks.

The khans below him were dissatisfied with his rule.

Therefore, Li Shimin, who had just been regarded as the "Heavenly Khan" by the surrounding countries, became his lifesaver to keep the throne.

He personally wrote a letter to express his submission to Li Shimin, and at the same time hoped that Li Shimin could give him a canonized holy decree.

In this way, he could use the power of the Tang Dynasty to deter the little khans of other tribes.

Li Shimin just needed such a figure close to the Tang Dynasty to lead the Western Turks so that he could relieve the defensive pressure on the Western Front.

So a canonization edict written by his own hand was quickly sent.

At this time, the people of Liang and Long were completely desperate.

Although the imperial court has invested a lot of manpower in these two states this year, the grain harvest is still pitiful.

Some people who have completely lost their harvest have begun to flee in the direction of Chang'an City with their families in tow.

And some of the people who have a slight harvest are just delaying this situation a little.

Not much grain was purchased some time ago.

Therefore, after discussing with the ministers of the DPRK and China, Li Shimin decided to ask the government offices along the way not to obstruct the people from entering Beijing.

And ask them to help as much as they can.

In this way, it can also save some waste on the way to transport grain.

The massive movement of people in the two states has also brought along some people in the surrounding areas who have also been affected by the disaster.

They joined the fleeing process, and the number soon exceeded 20,000.

After receiving such information, Li Shimin immediately summoned all the officials above the six Shangshu to the Taiji Hall to discuss the matter.

Among them, Li Tai and Li Zhi were also called over because they were qualified to participate in politics.

Li Shimin frowned and said: "At present, the number of victims of the disaster has exceeded 20,000, and in my opinion, the population may reach more than 30,000 in the future. ”

With that, he glanced at the people below.

Then he asked with a solemn face: "Do you Aiqing have any good solutions to these people's food?" ”

After Li Shimin's question was spoken, everyone fell silent.

They've used everything they can think of before.

The food that can be purchased has already been shipped back from all over the country.

However, five of the six years since the beginning of the first year of Sadakan have been hit by disasters.

During this period, a war was also fought to destroy the Eastern Turks.

At present, even if there is no disaster, the people in Datang can only barely eat enough food in their hands.

Trying to get them to give up the surplus is basically a pipe dream.

At present, the grain in the hands of the imperial court may only last until winter.

As for the longer time, I am afraid that I can only buy the grain in the hands of those black-hearted grain merchants at a high price.

At that time, the remaining money in the court may not be enough.

The air in the Taiji Hall seemed to have frozen at this time.

The entire hall was so silent that even the slightest sound of breathing could be heard clearly.

Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh when he saw this situation.

He was just about to continue speaking, Li Zhi raised his head and said, "Father, my sons are willing to share my father's worries and contribute money to buy high-priced grain." ”

Li Zhi's words made everyone present gasp.

Everyone, including Li Shimin, looked at Li Zhi in disbelief.

After a long time, Li Shimin asked with a stutter: "Pheasant slave, you... You... What did you just say? ”

Li Zhidao: "Father, the sons and daughters have money to feed these victims. ”

After getting Li Zhi's confirmation, Li Shimin's head was already blank with shock.

It's not just him, it's not the others who are in much better shape.

What is the concept of feeding more than 30,000 people?

Two catties of grain per person per day, and more than 30,000 people are 60,000 catties per day.

Take today's cheapest corn as an example, it costs five dollars a catty.

It costs 300 yuan a day.

If you count all the miscellaneous things, it will cost at least 10,000 yuan per month.

These victims will have to stay in the capital for at least half a year, and the food requisitioned by the imperial court can last until November at most.

In this way, Li Zhi will have to bear the expenses for at least about four months.

In other words, even according to the current grain price, Li Zhi will spend 40,000 yuan.

Speaking of Wanguan's family wealth, many people in Chang'an City have it.

But their so-called Wanguan family wealth is even counted in real estate, land and shops under their names.

There are even a lot of properties that are jointly owned by the entire family.

And Li Zhike is different from them, he can really come up with so much money to buy food.

Everyone has a question, that is, how did he earn all this money at Li Zhi's age?

Among these people, Li Chengqian and Li Tai had the most complicated expressions.

Their faces are filled with multiple emotions including shock, envy, and jealousy.

Their common idea at this time is that if the money belongs to them, how many people should they be able to attract to their camp?

After half a day, the expression on Li Shimin's face finally changed.

The muscles on his face slowly relaxed, and then the corners of his mouth began to rise again.

Then his eyes began to glow with excitement, and finally he finally began to open his mouth to laugh.

As the laughter came out, everyone clearly felt that Li Shimin was as relaxed as if he had let go of a thousand pounds of heavy burden at this moment.

Many ministers who have followed Li Shimin for a long time seem to have seen him on the battlefield again.

Wei Zheng, who rarely said good things in front of Li Shimin, was the first to stand up at this time.

He trembled and said to Li Shimin: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, Your Majesty can get His Royal Highness the King of Jin, this is really the blessing of Your Majesty, the blessing of the people." ”

Li Shimin laughed even more heartily after listening to Wei Zheng's words.

Seeing this, the others hurriedly followed suit.

Even Li Chengqian and Li Tai, who were full of unwillingness, shouted out: "Congratulations to my father." ”

Li Shimin smiled and waved his hand to everyone while trying to suppress his excitement.

After half a day, he finally calmed down, and then said: "King Li of Jin is loyal to the monarchy and the country, and he will not hesitate to save the people of Li with his personal wealth. ”

As soon as everyone heard Li Shimin's sentence, they knew what he was going to do next.

So their eyes all looked at Li Zhi with envy.

I only heard Li Shimin continue to speak: "Today, Li Zhiyao, the king of Jin, led the governor of Xiangzhou, and the military of the seven prefectures of Wei, Li, Wei, Wei, Xing, and Bei will officially go to the post of Yongzhou pastor from now on, and will be fully responsible for pacifying the victims. ”

After Li Shimin's appointment was announced, everyone shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor!" ”

From this moment on, Li Zhi's status can be said to be the crown of kings.