Chapter 45 Concentrate efforts to solve the Turkic problem

Xiao Nuoyan walked into the imperial study with a full piece of confession and nervously, and the result of the secret interrogation was too sensational.

The rebellion of Li Yuanji, Li Xiaochang, Changsun Jingye, Yuan Hongren and others was actually the Sikong Pei Ji of the dynasty.

Xiao Nuoyan handed the confession to Li Jiancheng, stood aside with his hands down, obeying Li Jiancheng's thunderous anger.

Li Jiancheng looked at Yan Fa's confession with three eyes and two eyes. Then he patted the confession on the desk and said furiously: "Come here!"

Xiao Nuoyan bowed and said, "I am here!"

Li Jiancheng looked at Xiao Nuoyan and said, "Take Pei Jisuo and question him."

Chen Ying, who was standing beside him, hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, you must not!"

Li Jiancheng handed the confession to Chen Yingshou and said, "Do you know, what kind of activities have we, Old Prime Minister Pei, done? He is planning to subvert the court."

Chen Ying smiled disapprovingly. In fact, he already knew the result. Chen Ying's fierce tiger righteousness not only detected Pei Ji's tricks, but also knew Yu Culture and the existence of this black hand.

Chen Ying did not have an attack, it was not because he was afraid of Pei Ji and Yu Wenhua.

In fact, Chen Ying just wanted to use this excuse to clear the hidden dangers within the Tang Dynasty in one breath. Anyway, there is no people in the Western Regions, and at that time, they can be transferred to the Western Regions.

To put it bluntly, Chen Ying was trying to migrate the population.

Chen Ying smiled and explained to Li Jiancheng: "Your Majesty, Pei Ji is the leader of the founding heroes. Now, the matter of demoting the royal family and streamlining the officials has just been completed. At this moment, taking action against Pei Ji will make everyone in danger and be unfavorable to the stability of the court..."

Li Jiancheng frowned tightly.

Chen Ying continued: "People are the best friend of the Supreme Emperor. If you lock Pei Ji, you will make the Supreme Emperor uneasy and affect the relationship between Your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor's father and son."

Li Jiancheng said resentfully: "Then let him hide behind the scenes like this... do whatever he wants?"

Chen Ying smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. To deal with people who like to make conspiracies behind their backs, we will naturally treat them by their own way."

When Li Jiancheng heard this, he waved his hand and signaled Xiao Nuoyan to leave.

Xiao Nuoyan bowed and retreated.

Until there was no one else in the imperial study room, Chen Ying said: "Your Majesty, Pei Ji is a smart person. Often, smart people will be smart but will be mistaken for cleverness!"

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "What are you going to do?"

Chen Ying said: "It's very simple. If you let someone spread the news that Master Yan Fa has confessed, Pei Ji will make the most correct choice!"

...

In Chang'an City, in Sikong Pei Ji's mansion, Lawyer Pei walked into the study and was shocked to find that Pei Ji was covered in white hair and had aging face.

Lawyer Pei suddenly asked in a trembling voice at a loss: "Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Pei Ji sighed weakly and said, "Have the head of the family arrived?"

There was a noise outside.

The head of the Pei family slowly walked into the study.

Lawyer Pei carefully gave up to the side.

The head of the Pei family looked at Pei Ji and said, "Xuanzhen, what happened?"

Pei Ji sighed and smiled bitterly, "Yan Fa was arrested. I confessed that it was me who instructed Li Yuanji and Li Xiao to rebel, and even instigated the relationship between the father and son of the Li family."

The head of the Pei family was shocked and said, "This is impossible! If something big happens, will Your Majesty send someone to get you?"

Pei Ji shook his head and said, "Since they quietly released the wind, they naturally don't plan to deal with me with great fanfare."

The head of the Pei family asked in panic: "What should we do? The vastness of the world is all the land of the Tang Dynasty. Can we, the Pei family, have to go to the Turks to avoid disaster? No, I will go to meet Your Majesty and plead for you."

Pei Ji waved his hand and said, "If I were to deal with me today, he would naturally let the Pei family go."

The head of the Pei family looked at Pei Ji in a daze and said, "Head of the family, things have come to this point. I'll trouble you, expel Pei Ji from his ancestral home."

Lawyer Pei said with a grudge and grief: "Dad...no!"

Pei Ji looked at Lawyer Pei and said, "Do you know why, Li Yuanji asks for a glass of poisonous wine? Exit me from the clan, at least in the future, the emperor will not implicate the Pei family."

Lawyer Pei couldn't help but start to cry.

The head of the Pei family also felt moved by the scene and wiped the corners of his eyes.

...

The Pei family's ancestral home in Chang'an City, the head of the Pei family sat behind the desk with a worried face.

Next to him were a group of elders from the Pei family and an old man, all sighing.

A senior asked, "Tell me, what are the new emperors planning to do?"

The elders looked at each other.

The head of the Pei family said, "Isn't it obvious? He wants to settle the accounts after the autumn. When he fought against Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, he was incompatible with the deposed King of Qin and took his anger on our Guanlong clan. Now he has come to power and wants to settle the old accounts with us."

Qisu said: "Our Pei family has served them wholeheartedly since the Li family entered Guanzhong. Unexpectedly, our sincere heart has been in exchange for a catastrophe. Alas! The father and son of the Li family are killing each other, and the world is in turmoil... Then are we waiting to be exterminated?"

The elders faced the head of the family, and the elders yelled: "I'm sorry to find the head of the family, and ask him to come to Your Majesty and be harmonious on your behalf."

The head of the Pei family sighed and said, "The old prime minister is now unable to protect himself."

...

As time brewed, especially the first heavy rain in Guanzhong was rising, the drought in Guanzhong was resolved. Looking at the entire Chang'an Bashui returned to its original water level overnight.

All Chang'an tribes have understood that the drought in Guanzhong has passed.

Chen Ying proposed a plan to cultivate winter wheat to Li Jiancheng. Originally, Guanzhong only ploughed once a year, but now, with the Qinglin for three consecutive years, winter wheat and autumn beans are cultivated in two consecutive years.

Let the people of Chang'an also see the feasibility of winter wheat.

With this heavy rain coming unexpectedly, the people from all over Guanzhong hurriedly started to farm, prepare grain planting, and began to sow winter wheat. In this way, they only need to wait until next summer, and the grain in Guanzhong will definitely be self-sufficient.

Under this circumstance, the Guanzhong clans could no longer sit still, and they began to sell the grain from their granaries frantically.

In fact, Chang'an has more than 7 million stones of grain, and it has been continuously imported into Chang'an, and grain prices continue to fall.

From twenty-five cents per bull, it was reduced to fifteen cents per bull, and the price of grain harvest in Guanzhong six years before Wude was restored.

These grains have become hot potatoes, and they shrink a lot every other day. Relying on the people and gentry of Guanzhong, it is possible that they will consume seven or eight million stones of grain within half a year of Guanzhong, not to mention that grain storage also costs a lot of money.

If the food becomes mild, they will be like losing all their money.

This is the market law. I heard that the food prices in Guanzhong remain high, and grain merchants from other places smuggled grain into the customs.

The result was better, and the food in Guanzhong was getting more and more, and the prices were getting lower and lower.

Under this circumstance, the Guanzhong tribes also opened their granaries and sold their grain. This has exacerbated the plummeting decline in grain prices in Guanzhong.

Under tremendous pressure, Li Jiancheng not only completed the work of streamlining the military and government of officials and soldiers, but also restrained the expansion of the Li Tang royal family.

Li Jiancheng was in a good mood, and it was mid-September.

During the grand dynasty meeting, Guanzhong could no longer see the starvation.

In Xiande Hall, Chen Ying, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Yang Gongren, Yu Wenshi and other important officials of the court gathered in Xiande Hall with red faces.

Yu Wenshi sighed: "I never thought, I never thought that such a big natural disaster in Guanzhong would be eliminated invisibly. It's really God bless me, the Tang Dynasty!"

Yang Gongren said: "The aristocratic tribes in Chang'an are still very knowledgeable. Without their help, the court would not be able to survive this natural disaster!"

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Before next summer harvest, there will be enough food. By next summer, Guanzhong will be able to recover.

Wei Zheng knocked on the tablet and said, "Everyone, food is no longer a problem. The most urgent thing is to rectify the administration of officials. This is the last checkpoint to ensure that disaster relief food can be sent to the victims. If someone embezzles disaster relief food, not only will the disaster relief fail, but the court and the emperor will lose their prestige in front of the aristocratic races and the common people."

Everyone nodded.

Wei Zheng continued: "Wei Zheng thought that the Censorate must send people to supervise all sides.

Wang Gui nodded and said, "Xuancheng's words are very serious. The harm of administration is like a flood and a beast. If you let it go, it will be enough to defeat the country."

Li Jiancheng stood up and looked at the ministers and said, "Then as Wei Zheng said, the Censorate immediately dispatched people to supervise the distribution of food. If there is corruption and those who are full of personal pockets, they will be severely punished."

Wei Zhengyi said: "I obey the order."

Li Jiancheng said: "My dear friends, do you have anything else to discuss?"

Chen Ying suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to resign as the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe."

Everyone looked at each other in shock.

Li Jiancheng frowned immediately.

The ministers parted in disagreement.

Chen Ying and Li Jiancheng were wearing regular clothes and sat on both sides of the table.

Chen should raise a cup and drink it with Li Jiancheng.

Chen Ying pulled the dish in front of Li Jiancheng and started chewing it in front of him.

Li Jiancheng smiled and pointed at Chen Ying, saying, "You boy, are you going to give up? Let me be alone in front of you to deal with the Guanlong clan who have become a spirit?"

Chen Ying curled his lips and said with a sarcastic expression: "You really don't feel hurt when you stand and speak. I am the number one foreign relative of Tianzi. I have attracted suspicion. I used to sit in the position of Zuo Pushe of Shangshu before, but because of this offensive thing, you really can't find someone to do. I rush up to take the blame. Now that several major events have been settled, it's time for me to retreat behind the scenes."

Li Jiancheng angrily slapped the wine cup on the desk and said, "When things are difficult, everyone is afraid of offending people, and no one is willing to stand up and do things. Only you and Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling does not avoid suspicion, does not fear resistance, and stand up and do things. Now that things have been done, the heroes have to give up their positions and give them to those who dare not do things. What is this bullshit rule? No matter how other emperors do it, I will never do it anyway."
To be continued...