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Chapter 420 Royal New Life
At the Great Court Meeting three days later, the eldest grandson Wuji, who was closest to the emperor, came out to give a speech to the emperor, and it was time to end the Eastern Expedition as soon as possible to improve people's livelihood.

He clearly noticed that Li Zhi was staring at him with intriguing eyes.

However, Changsun Wuji didn't care, and asked the Minister of the Household Department to list various matters that Datang urgently needed money and food.

The first is the rebellion in Xiangzhou. This rebellion was completely induced by the plague in Liuzhou two years ago.

During that great plague, the people of Liuzhou went from ten to three or four, resulting in large tracts of farmland being barren and houses uninhabited.

When the old god Sun Simiao and his party completely quelled the plague in Liuzhou, the local government of Xiangzhou immediately implemented a policy called "relocating people and returning fields to fill the field books".

To be precise, this policy is to hand over the fields and houses of the people who have died in the fields to the refugees for reclamation and living.

In this way, the population and land records of Xiangzhou can be guaranteed to be relatively complete, making the court think that the people of Xiangzhou did not suffer much from the plague, so they can keep their official positions.

This kind of change is actually not very drastic, and it is even beneficial to the refugees, but the problem is that a large part of the local people are not Tang people, and most of them are a group of people called Mo Yao.

The way of life of the Mo Yao people is still living in groups, and their property and land are all in the name of public ownership.

And this tribe was also the one that suffered the most from the plague. In many villages, the whole village and the whole village died out.

Therefore, the government divided the villages of these Mo Yao people into the refugees.

Unexpectedly, the Moyao people quit. At first, they only clashed with the refugees, killing and injuring many refugees. Later, those Moyao people suddenly discovered that they were so powerful that even the government would run away when they saw them.

Then, in the situation of "there are no mountains in Nanling, no Yao", the rebellion of the Mo Yao people began.

If it was just the rebellion of the Mo Yao tribe, it would not be a big deal, and they could be wiped out immediately by sending a Zhechong Mansion. Unfortunately, these Mo Yao tribe somehow got mixed up with the rebels in Annan, and even with Shi Shi, one of the six ministries of Nanzhao. The waves are in solidarity with each other, and the momentum is very strong, and it is quite likely to sweep the southwest.

In this way, it is not the responsibility of the Xiangzhou family to exterminate this rebel. It needs the cooperation of the Southwest Rim and even the Zhechong Mansion in Annan to form an iron wall encirclement and strangle this force in the bud.

It is not that there are no government soldiers in the southwest, but the government soldiers here are very poor, and almost all the military supplies of the Tang Dynasty have been sent to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition. The southwestern government soldiers replenished weapons and supplies.

Moreover, it needs to be done as soon as possible. Once the delay continues, the rebellious forces will grow stronger and stronger.

There are many workshops in Chang'an, production is not the problem, but money is the problem. According to the estimates of Changsun Wuji and others, at least 20 silver coins are needed to produce enough weapons and materials immediately.

After Changsun Wuji's lengthy narration ended, Li Zhiqing's cold voice sounded in the hall.

"Laizhou's transshipment envoy Zuo Chunxiang will work for the general, and the Ministry of Industry will allocate 20 guan in silver to prepare the armor, and there must be no mistakes."

Just when Changsun Wuji and others were horrified by Li Zhi's answer, the white-haired eunuch Zuo Chun came out from behind the curtain to accept the emperor's order.

Afterwards, Li Zhi said coldly: "Order Chu Suiliang, the governor of Guizhou, to be transferred to the governor of Aizhou to participate in the bandit suppression."

Changsun Wuji said to the emperor with some sorrow: "Your Majesty, Qi Zuo, Chu Suiliang is already too old and incompetent, and he is too old to be responsible. Please choose another virtuous man."

Li Zhidao: "I've given you the money you asked for, so it's your job to suppress the bandits. If you can't, come and see me."

Seeing that Li Zhi didn't show any affection, Changsun Wuji withdrew sadly.

At the same time, he was keenly aware that the emperor should have a new source of income, and all the appropriations requested by the Ministry of Household Affairs would be approved.

Sure enough, no matter whether the Ministry of Households proposed disaster relief, grain storage, land reclamation, border opening, etc., they all got the emperor's financial support. allowed.

When Changsun Wuji left the hall, he felt quite sad.

As long as the emperor opens his mouth to him, he will immediately summon the nobles of Guanlong to prepare everything for the emperor in the first time. Let alone 100 million guan, even if it is 100 million, 200 million. Wuji didn't think it was a difficult task.

What he needs is to let the emperor know that Guan Long is still inseparable from the affairs of the world, and they are the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty no matter what time it is.

The most helpless thing in the world is not being needed by others...

From the day when the Eastern Expedition Army started, Changsun Wuji and his group were calculating the cost of money and food. According to their estimates, the money and food that the emperor could use could only support the Eastern Expedition Army to conquer Goguryeo, and it had to be done after the conquest of Goguryeo. Withdraw the troops quickly, otherwise, the imperial court will not be able to afford military expenses.

Changsun Wuji's heart was empty at this time, he always thought that the young man sitting on the throne was still as cowardly and helpless as before, and needed his uncle's support everywhere.

He still remembers how this weak young man cried in his mansion after Prince Li Chengqian's rebellion failed and Wei Wangtai warned Jin Wangzhi. It was his uncle who appeared behind him and withstood countless wind and rain for him.

Now, this child doesn't need the protection of his uncle after all, and even a little tired of such protection.

If it is not needed, it means that the Changsun family will decline...

Li Zhi was in a very good mood, and it felt good to spend 70 guan at one time.

Only by spending such money can I issue various orders and make various demands on the person who takes the money, instead of spending other people's money, I still need to accept a lot of humiliation and conditions.

At this moment, Li Zhi's desire to control a large amount of his own money became more and more intense.

He felt that after Yunchu came back, he should have a serious discussion with him on how to get more money without affecting the national economy and people's livelihood.

Zuo Chun has already taken his people to Laizhou, and when he arrives in Laizhou, he will organize a huge fleet to take all the money stored in Daxing City by Yunchu out and take it away.

Because, in Yunchu's memorial to the emperor, he had already made it very clear that because of such a large sum of money, he had to fight with Duke Ying and stayed in Dahang City.

Therefore, for him, this money is a huge trouble, and he needs to get rid of it as soon as possible so that he can move forward lightly.

As soon as Li Zhi left the hall, the giant bear came running over, and immediately put its round ears by Li Zhi's hand.

Holding the bear's ears in his hand, Li Zhi was very satisfied with the bear's figure. This is the only giant bear that can make its skin vibrate like water ripples when running.

Just when Li Zhi was satisfied with the fat bear's figure, he was also very satisfied with his current state.

The fat on his belly is long gone now, and even the old problem of dizziness that he hated so much in the past hasn't happened for a long time.

After asking the old god for his pulse, he got a comment of "harmony of the five viscera", which made Li Zhi inexplicably happy.

Even when I was a teenager, I asked the old god to take my pulse, but I never got such an evaluation.

Therefore, when he was leading the giant bear in the bamboo forest to find tender bamboo for the giant bear to eat, Li Zhi also assisted in giving some winter bamboo shoots brought in as a tribute from the middle of Sichuan.

In a good mood today, Li Zhi gave the giant bear an extra winter bamboo shoot.

Standing in the warm winter sun, listening to the sound of the giant bear gnawing on the bamboo shoots, Li Zhi felt that he should write some poems to record today's good days.

When I am in a good mood, I am very refreshed when composing poems, and I can write an imperial poem in a short time.

He lived in Linyujian, and was a gold merchant in the early days.Feng Que clears the autumn colors, and Long Wei attracts the coolness of the evening.The wild and clean mountain is restrained, and the forest is sparse and windy.The penumbra of the orchid is lost, and the whole fragrance of the rock osmanthus.

Covered with lotus and withered green, round flowers and chrysanthemums are scattered yellow.Swinging whips to fight for electricity, flying feathers chaotic stars.

The willow is empty and the stone is broken, and the string is empty and the moon is on the side.The timid ape crows at Luoxiu, and the frightened geese break their branches.

The oblique wheel is low at sunset, and it returns to Yongtongzhuang.

I just inscribed the name "December [-]th" at the top of this poem, and when I looked down, I realized that there were some things that should not appear in my poem, such as rock osmanthus, Hegai, and Huangju, which did not match the title.

So Li Zhi immediately blotted out the name "December [-]th" and replaced it with the name "September Ninth", and then nodded in satisfaction.

He handed the poem in his hand to the palace man and said, "Give it to the queen for appreciation."

"Father's poem must be very good." Li Hong knelt on a chair and moved to his mother's side to observe his father's imperial poem.

Wu Mei read the poem once and said: "This poem is considered a rare masterpiece by Your Majesty. If the name of the poem is not altered, it will be perfect."

Li Hong said earnestly at the side: "I have been copying my father's handwriting for more than a year, why not let me copy this poem by myself, and then send it to the secretary's supervisor, so that the secretary can enter it in "Daily Notes"?"

Wu Mei looked at her son's black and white eyes, and couldn't tell whether her son was innocent or scheming.

However, seeing that his son was close to his body, and he also noticed his feet. In order not to let his feet touch his mother's belly, he deliberately knelt on the chair. It is very rare to notice such details. In a child of his age, unless he really admires his parents, he definitely can't do such a subtle thing.

Seeing her son spreading out a piece of paper and kneeling on a chair to copy his father's imperial poem, Wu Mei said softly: "I heard that you like growing vegetables recently?"

Li Hong replied casually while copying: "The child is playful, please don't blame the mother."

Wu Mei said: "Why grow vegetables?"

While copying, Li Hong said, "For the sake of being a farmer."

"As a prince, being close to farmers is a good thing, but don't indulge in it."

"My child won't sink into mysteries, the onion is a good thing that the people in the six ranks of my prince found all over the world.

If the children fool around at will, I'm sorry for their hard work. "

Wu Mei nodded and said: "That's true. As a prince, every move is watched by others. Why don't you do it? Once you do it, you must do it well."

Li Hong smiled and said, "What mother said is true."

Wu Mei picked up the imperial poem copied by Li Hong, compared it with Li Zhi's original text, and found that it was word for word.

In view of this, Wu Mei now believes that his son's closeness to her and compliments to his father are all from the heart rather than intentional.

Because, as long as there is a ghost in his heart, he will not be able to talk to his mother fluently while transcribing poems.

　Chapter 2, I continue
　　
　
(End of this chapter)