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Chapter 1701 Li Zhi's Worries

Chapter 1701 Li Zhi's Worries

Datang, Chang'an.

The current emperor, Li Zhi, stands at the gate of the Xuanzheng Hall, with his hands behind his back, looking at the continuously setting sun in the distance.

It's midsummer, the sun is scorching hot, even the evening glow is full of enthusiasm in midsummer, Li Zhi finally finished handling the government affairs in the afternoon.

While the sun is setting, the temperature drops, so it is better to come out and breathe.

He nodded and raised his head to look into the distance, his eyes were not focused, as if his mind was wandering into the sky.

Today, he finished handling the government affairs that had been squeezed some time ago. Some government affairs looked terrible, but he had to deal with them. Every time a batch of grain and household silver was sent out, the officials of the household department would come out to mourn.

But he had to approve it again. Some time ago, there was another summer flood, the Yangtze River broke its embankment in another area, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas had another flood. Although it seemed serious, due to the strong coordination of the localities, the loss was not much.

But it's not that he didn't give at all. Li Zhi was sympathetic to the people's situation, and allocated tens of thousands of taels to take it down for emergency relief, and then he had to discuss with the officials of the household department.

But the busiest ones now are not the officials of the Ministry of Households, but the officials of the Ministry of Industry. They are doing all kinds of water conservancy in the Tang Dynasty and road repairs from the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions.

This is unavoidable. Although they thought it would be too early to renovate the roadbed of the Silk Road before Chen Qiao came back, but under Li Zhi's strong request, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry had no choice but to do a lot of work. When you are old, roll up your sleeves and get down to work.

Although the natural disaster brought a glimmer of darkness to the new Tang Dynasty, the good news brought by Chen Qiao also brought a glimmer of light to Li Zhi's throne.

Generally speaking, Li Zhi received good news when he was handling government affairs, not to mention the news that the Black Dragon Army led by Chen Qiao was about to return to the court, which made him even more happy.

It's just that because the distance is too far, the imperial court still doesn't know the exact time of the Black Dragon Army's class division. Judging from the time indicated on the envelope, this letter was sent out nearly half a month ago.

But why it was only spread to the court now, this made him a little puzzled.

Li Zhi closed his eyes and let out a sharp breath.

comfortable!Dealing with government affairs these days is too boring. He is not used to it when he just became emperor. If it weren't for the fact that there are six ministries with clearly defined responsibilities, which have shared most of the government affairs for him, otherwise, even if he is iron-clad, he will not be able to withstand such abuse.

"Any news from the Black Dragon Army?"

Li Zhi didn't move, as if he was talking to himself.

Behind, Eunuch Liang, who had been waiting for a long time, took a step forward and said softly:

"There is no news about returning to the emperor, and the scouts of the Black Dragon Army have not yet arrived in Chang'an."

Eunuch Liang can be regarded as an old man in the palace. He used to follow his father, Emperor Taizong, and now serving two generations of monarchs with him is considered a supreme honor.

Hearing Eunuch Liang's words, Li Zhi frowned. It didn't make sense. Didn't the envelope from the Black Dragon Army come back ten days ago?

Why hasn't it arrived yet?
Calculating the time, even if you drive a donkey back from the Western Regions, you can reach Datang by this time, but there is no news from the frontier, could it be a ghost?
Did the tens of thousands of troops of the Black Dragon Army disappear?Li Zhi didn't believe it.

Of course, some people also said that the Black Dragon Army established itself as a country. Li Zhi scoffed at this conjecture.

Shaking his head, Li Zhi rubbed his swollen temples. He was too tired during this period. Although his body was not bad, he was also extremely exhausted.

The news of the Black Dragon Army is also always in his heart. If there is no news of the Black Dragon Army for a while, he can't sleep well.

The Black Dragon Army has become the representative of Datang in the world, and wherever the Black Dragon Army goes, they dare not bow their heads and surrender.

"What exactly is going on?"

Li Zhi looked exhausted, there must be no news from the Black Dragon Army.

Eunuch Liang watched Li Zhi grow up from a young age, and seeing Li Zhi's appearance, he felt really distressed, so he said:

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry. Commander Chen is brave and resourceful. His subordinates are gathered together, and the Black Dragon Army looks down on them. They have already established a great reputation in the Western Regions. Your Majesty does not need to worry about the safety of the Black Dragon Army."

Hearing the sound, Li Zhi turned his head and glanced at him, said nothing, saying that he said so, but...

Li Zhi rolled his eyes secretly in his heart, he was not worried about the safety of the Black Dragon Army, did he not know if the Black Dragon Army was very powerful?
What he was worried about was whether the Black Dragon Army could return to the court as soon as possible, and he couldn't wait to reward them.

Well, it's kind of fake.

What Li Zhi was worried about was the government of the Tang Dynasty. It was true that the Black Dragon Army sent troops to fight on an expedition, and it was true that they won the battle.

Chen Qiao had settled on the matter of the Silk Road, and he had no objection, but he was a little distressed. The black dragon army would lose countless food and grass if they were outside for a day.

This is him digging and searching, and it's not that he unloads the grind and kills the donkey, but the situation is indeed the case, that is, the grain produced in the land of fish and rice in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions is too little this year, and it is all caused by natural disasters.

So, Li Zhi was right, Chen Qiao was right, the Black Dragon Army was right, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were right, God was wrong.

Fortunately, the Black Dragon Army has sent an envelope back, and the Black Dragon Army is about to return to the court.

At that time, the Hubu Shangshu was in tears when he heard the news, and he looked so happy.

"I'm not worried about the comfort of the Black Dragon Army, I'm worried about the treasury."

Seeing that the national treasury is empty day by day, although Datang's situation is getting better and better now, he is still worried while he is happy.

This has something to do with his character. When he was a dispensable prince, he was cowardly and insecure.

Now that he is the emperor, seeing the full treasury, not only the Minister of the Household Department is happy, but he is also happy.

Only when there is money and food can we do big things and cope with emergencies. The money and food that we managed to save in the past few years, now the natural disasters in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, coupled with the "man-made disasters" of the Black Dragon Army, can be regarded as gone.

When Eunuch Liang heard Li Zhi's words, he couldn't smile bitterly, but he could only comfort him:

"Your Majesty, didn't the news from the front say that the food and grass shipped to the expedition battlefield is getting less and less?"

"Doesn't this mean that the time for the Black Dragon Army's class teacher is getting shorter and shorter?"

When Eunuch Liang said these two sentences, Li Zhi's eyes lit up, yes, the grain and grass transported to the battlefield in front of the Black Dragon Army became less and less.

This does not mean that they withheld the Black Dragon Army's grain and grass. The grain and grass shipped to the front were changed by the black dragon army's quartermaster according to the news from the front line.

This is to avoid excessive consumption of manpower, material and financial resources, and at the same time give the rear a reassurance.

The supply of food and grass in the rear of the Black Dragon Army is getting less and less, which means that the time for the Black Dragon Army's division is getting closer.

(End of this chapter)