Daming Palace, Zichen Hall.
"I am admonishing Doctor Xue Qing to please verify the accounts of the various departments and temples under Taichang Temple. Prince, what do you think?"
Li Zhi calmly pushed a memorial to the left corner of the imperial case, and then looked at Li Xian with a deep look.
Empress Wu also turned around at the same time and stared at Li Xian carefully.
Li Xian calmly cupped his hands slightly, and then said solemnly: "Reporting to my father and mother, this year a severe drought has spread in the land of Youyan Shandong, and the autumn harvest will inevitably be damaged. The government must provide tax relief, but the government's source of income has always been insufficient. Now that there is war again, all that remains is to reduce expenditure.”
Li Zhi nodded lightly. Li Xian could clearly see the reason behind this, and it was considered as what he expected.
Pressing his left hand on the memorial, Li Zhi's face turned cold and he said: "Okay, starting from next month, Xue Qing will take the lead, and each will supervise the censor, serve the censor, serve the censor in the palace, and serve as the censor in Taichang Temple. The related accounts will be checked in detail. Anyone who has any connections with the prince's mansion, the county prince's mansion, the princess's mansion, and the princess's mansion will all be investigated."
"Here!" Li Xian immediately handed over his hands solemnly. The emperor didn't mention him, so he has been excluded from this matter.
But in fact, this is just the beginning.
Taichang Temple is in charge of rituals and music, suburban temples, communities, altars, and mausoleums. It consumes a lot of sacrifices, coins, jade, wine, recommendations, and utensils and clothing.
The major affairs of the country are only sacrifice and military affairs.
Taichang Temple is in charge of sacrificial affairs, and the treasuries of various departments and temples in the temple are full. However, the rank of officials in Taichang Temple has never been high, and they have always been the first choice for the descendants of the clan to borrow money.
The prince's mansion, the county prince's mansion, the princess's mansion, the princess's mansion, the Duke's mansion, the prince's mansion, the uncle's mansion, and the prince's prince's mansion have always borrowed a lot of money.
I dare not say how much it is, but I still have a few million dollars.
As long as this money can be recovered, this year's tax shortage in Shandong will be greatly benefited.
Xue Yuanchao's memorial seemed to be his own, but in fact it was Empress Wu's.
How could Li Xian not know that this matter was directed at the clan and relatives, but he had nothing to do. Now that the court was short of money, naturally everyone had to make up for it with what they had taken from the court before.
In this matter, the East Palace seemed to have some debts, and after returning home, it was immediately repaid.
"Xian'er!" Li Zhi's voice interrupted Li Xian's thoughts, and Li Xian immediately raised his hands and said, "Father!"
"How long has the Crown Princess been pregnant? How has she been doing recently?" Li Zhi leaned forward slightly, with a gentle look on his face and a loving look on his face.
His recent attention has been on the war in the northwest, and he has not paid much attention to the situation in the East Palace, but after all, he is his eldest grandson, so he still needs to pay attention to it.
"Back to my father, the Crown Princess is already three months pregnant." Li Xian's face showed a rare hint of tenderness.
Li Zhi smiled softly, and then said: "You should put it down more often..."
"Thump thump thump!" A rush of footsteps came from outside the hall.
Then, a chamberlain turned around and walked into the Zichen Hall, bowed slightly, and then presented the memorial, which was carefully wrapped in a cloth bag, to the imperial case.
Li Zhi immediately forgot everything he said before, and opened the memorial with a solemn expression.
With big characters, Li Zhi smiled slightly.
But there are three people's names at the beginning, Li Xuan, Li Jinxing, and Hei Te Changzhi.
…
Li Zhi gently pushed the memorial to Empress Wu, and then looked at Li Xian again, and said seriously: "Taohe Road reported that Tongren and Zeku counties have been captured one after another, and Black Teeth Changzhi is approaching Henan. Once captured, Go down to Henan, connect Tongren, Zeku, Henan, Jianzha, and Guide to form a line, and then press forward to threaten the left flank of the Tibetan army."
At the end of the sentence, Li Zhi couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.
He really didn't expect that Li Xuan would actually win over his colleagues.
Colleagues, the situation in the entire Qingdong will change, and it will even indirectly affect the confrontation between the entire Tang and Tu armies.
Although Li Xian did not read the memorial, he still bowed in surprise and said: "Father, please remember, Uncle Wang of Nanchang said last time that he should take down his colleagues within three months, but now it has been completed almost a month ahead of schedule. This is a bit... this is a bit too much..."
"It's a bit fast." Empress Wu directly responded, glanced at Li Xian, and then said with a smile: "Who is the King of Nanchang? It's not like you don't know, Xian'er. His previous memorial mentioned three months, but In fact, three months is the deadline to consider things like heavy rains and flash floods, but now that there are no heavy rains and flash floods, everything goes smoothly."
"In my opinion, he is still too cautious. If it were Xue Rengui, he would have sent troops from Henan to Tongde. Once Tongde was captured, Wuhai would be threatened immediately, and the entire Tubo army would be under attack from our army. ." Li Zhi looked very excited and couldn't help but wave his hand, as if he was on the battlefield, full of pride.
Empress Wu's face couldn't help but darken, and then she immediately calmed down, and then she softly praised: "What your Majesty thought was a shocking move.
I am afraid that only figures such as Huo Qiaoqi and Wei Guogong can accomplish this kind of thing for His Majesty.
The King of Nanchang is too young and too cautious. Heiji Changzhi and Li Jinxing have to face the Tubo counterattack again. The key is that the army of Lanshan Road is still fighting the Tubo in the Nanshan Gorge.
If they advance easily, they will easily be unable to respond to each other and be counterattacked by Tibet. In the end, even Henan, Tongren, Zeku, Henan, and Guide who succeeded will be in danger of being lost. "
Li Zhi stopped, then gave a wry smile and said, "I am impatient. I always hope that there will be another general like Duke Wei in the court."
Duke Wei, Li Jing, made a surprise attack from thousands of miles away, defeated the Eastern Turks, and captured Jie Li alive.
"Whether it's prudent or timid." Empress Wu said, pushing the memorial to Li Xian, watching him pick it up, and then said calmly: "Although the land of Qingdong currently has a slight advantage, next time There are still many things to face, such as the Tubo counterattack, the transportation of food and wages, local governance...
Your Majesty, if we don't want this Qingdong land, we can naturally do whatever we want. But now, the supply of food and wages in the rear is insufficient, and we must find ways to solve it, so naturally we have to operate it. It is a good thing to slow down, not to mention the problem of plateau miasma. . "
A word of plateau miasma drowned all Li Zhi's words in his throat.
The eerie silence only lasted for a few breaths, and Li Xian quickly spoke to calm down: "Father and Queen, the memorial said that Uncle Wang of Nanchang transferred all the right guard sergeants guarding the grain road. Now there is a vacancy in the rear, and the grain road is empty." It’s unstable, do we need to call in reinforcements?”
"Look at what is said in this about the instability of the grain road." Li Zhi couldn't help but shook his head and said politely: "You have to read the whole memorial. Didn't you notice that the King of Nanchang never asked for reinforcements from beginning to end?"
"What should we do?" Li Xian's eyes were a little stunned, and then he fell on the memorial again.
Empress Wu shook her head slightly and said: "Look ahead, the soldiers on the right who have retreated and suffered from plateau miasma are already arranging for rest. Calculating the time, they should be almost transferred to various places in Hezhou for guarding, not to mention the Yuan of Hezhou. The family now hopes the army will win the most, and they will never let anything happen to the food road."
This is indeed the case. Li Xuan originally transferred the soldiers from the right leading army guard who were suffering from plateau miasma down the mountain and actively treated them at Bingling Lake.
Now that more than half a month has passed, the health of these soldiers has improved a lot.
After that, whether it is arranging to guard the food channels or transferring newly sick soldiers to the front line, everything can be arranged.
Especially now that Zeku and colleagues have all been captured by the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo people cannot even send people to Hezhou.
Hezhou grain roads are more stable.
"Speaking of which, what does the Taiyuan Hospital say about his method of treating plateau miasma?" Li Zhi turned to look at Empress Wu.
"It is indeed feasible, but it is only useful for soldiers with mild symptoms. Their recovery time is half faster than the original treatment method. This is why it was so smooth to capture the colleagues this time." Empress Wu couldn't help but nodded. Li Xuan was Because the recovered right-leading army guards were transferred to Longwu Village, the last missing manpower was replenished.
"Then send this method to Lanzhou and let Lanzhou use it accordingly." Li Zhi's expression became excited again.
In the Battle of Dafeichuan, Guo Daifeng, who was in charge of logistics and transportation, also suffered from plateau miasma among his soldiers. This led to his failure under the siege of the Tubo and Tuguhun cavalry. Even Xue Rengui was defeated. This was the reason Quite a few.
Over the years, Monk Pharmacy of Taiyuan Hospital has been trying every means to diagnose and treat plateau miasma. Although it has also studied one or two pills, it has only been delayed and has not been very effective.
"It's the same over in Lanzhou and among my colleagues." Empress Wu nodded and said solemnly: "In addition, the troops of the King of Nanchang and the troops of Hei Te Changzhi have never reached too high a place before, and now they have taken it. Without colleagues and Zeku, the plateau miasma will soon attack, and when the time comes, the defense..."
"Twenty-seventh Lang can stabilize the situation." Li Zhi smiled softly and said: "It's just a trail at Anya Pass, and it's easy for Twenty-seventh Lang to defend it. If the Tubo people want to attack, they can only start from Yan Guogong and Black Teeth Changzhi's troops have broken through, but these two people are not easy to deal with. Especially, Zeku's food and grass are supported by his colleagues, which is much more convenient than walking through Xiahe."
Li Xian quickly took a look at the memorial. Indeed, he saw Li Xuan mentioning from behind that the plateau would soon attack. By then, both the right guard and the right leading army guard would be sick and unable to move forward. On the contrary, When the enemy counterattacks, they may be able to wait for work.
Seeing this, Li Xian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Also, at this time, it is actually not a bad thing to lead without attacking." Li Zhi thought of the terrain of Qingdong in his mind, and said with a slight sneer: "The Lanshan Dao army has entered the Nanshan Canyon, and now there is another right-leading army guard and With the right guard threatening the rear, Lun Qinling is really restless now."
"The key lies in food and grass." Empress Wu raised her head, looked at Li Zhi, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the Tubo people have already prepared a food and grass trap in Fuqi City. After all, we cannot ignore the life and death of those Tuyuhun people. When the time comes, food and grass will …”
"That's the waterwheel and cable transportation method on the Taohe River." Li Zhi knocked on the table and said with emotion: "Back then, Twenty-seventh Lang said in front of me that he was good at hydraulic engineering, but I didn't expect it to be true. It’s amazing, no wonder Huang Rensu tried his best to recommend him, and he certainly lived up to my expectations.”
Having said this, Li Zhi looked at Empress Wu and said softly: "Then let Lan Shan study the operation of this method immediately, and the Dushui Young Supervisor will also be transferred to Lanzhou."
"According to the order." Empress Wu bowed slightly. In today's court, it is still Li Zhi who calls the shots.
"Father and Queen, can this method be used between Changluo and Changluo? The waterways here are equally fast and it is convenient to call on craftsmen." Li Xian immediately couldn't help but think of the Weihe River.
If it can be used on the Wei River and Luoshui River, transportation between Chang'an and Luoyang will be much more convenient, and most of the imperial court will not need to go to Luoyang again and again every year.
"That's inappropriate." Li Zhi and Empress Wu spoke at the same time, and they rejected Li Xian's proposal in unison.
Li Xian on one side suddenly looked confused and didn't know why.
(End of chapter)
