Li Zhi thought for a moment and asked the eunuch to open a screen behind him. There were densely written words on the screen, all of which were names and code names.
Taking a look at the A-shaped section, I found that the fifteenth person was a Zhechong Captain named Zhang Donghai.
Li Zhi recalled his memory of this person in his mind, and then asked the eunuch: "Are you very embarrassed?"
The eunuch quickly said: "It took a little more than six days to travel three thousand miles on the post road."
Li Zhidan said calmly: "This means that something big has happened in Liaodong. Since Zhang Donghai has traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an, we must first arrange for him to wash up and eat."
The eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty, number 15 means there is an urgent need."
Li Zhi shook his head and said: "The matter has already happened, so we don't care about this little time. Let him rest for a while. Then he can explain it more clearly."
The eunuch agreed and left the room.
Li Zhi looked at the giant bear who had finished eating a whole chicken and was still unsatisfied. He patted the giant bear's big head and said, "I am cutting back on food and working hard to be a good emperor, but I still don't have a good result. I don't know.
What kind of bad news will this number 15 bring to me? I hope I can bear it soon."
The giant bear opened its mouth and licked Li Zhi's hand, while Li Zhi sighed as he faced the few vegetables in front of him and had no desire to eat anymore.
However, he still picked up a bowl of white rice and put it into his mouth one bite at a time.
If he didn't eat more now, he was worried that his appetite would be even worse in the future.
Seven or eight eunuchs cleaned Zhang Donghai's body, and several imperial doctors from the Imperial Medical Office stood beside him waiting.
Lying in the bathtub, Zhang Donghai opened his eager lips and said to the leading eunuch: "It's urgent."
The eunuch said: "Captain Zhang, there is no need to be anxious. Your Majesty already knows that. Captain, if you rest for a while, you can explain the matter more clearly."
Zhang Donghai looked at the cup of honey water handed over by the eunuch. Although he was very thirsty, Zhang Donghai did not drink it. Instead, he lowered his head and took a sip of his own bath water, and then said to the eunuch: "I'm sorry."
The eunuch who was used to the situation didn't care. At this time, he would have as little contact as possible with the person who brought the secret message.
After cleaning his body, the imperial doctor came over and looked at Zhang Donghai's buttocks and thighs, which had been bruised to pieces by a saddle. He sighed and began to use antiseptics to kill the virus.
Zhang Donghai's originally weak body was in unbearable pain from the poison, but he clenched his teeth and managed not to make a sound.
The eunuch's eyes were full of approval. No matter what kind of news this spy brought, at least he was a good man who was loyal to the country.
Zhang Donghai put on a soft robe and went to the emperor's study under the guidance of the eunuch.
Li Zhi looked at Zhang Donghai with a smile. When he saw that he was walking stiffly, he waved his hands and said: "I have fought with a broken saddle for three thousand miles with my body. Since it is inconvenient, I will forgive you."
Zhang Donghai looked at the palace servants in the emperor's study. The eunuch was not in a hurry to speak, but lowered his head and said nothing.
The emperor looked around and then ordered: "Zuochun, the commander of Baiqi, will stay, and the rest will withdraw ten feet."
Following the emperor's order, except for one white-haired eunuch who came closer to the emperor, the rest of the palace eunuchs quickly left.
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When Li Zhi saw everyone leaving, he smiled and said, "Let's talk now."
Zhang Donghai knelt down and kowtowed and said: "Congratulations to your Majesty, congratulations to your Majesty. General Dingyuan Yun Chu, the commander-in-chief of the Wuhangdao march in the Tang Dynasty, reported that Dahang City now has millions of money. I want to ask your Majesty what to do with it."
Li Zhi's hands, which were already bulging with veins in preparation for the bad news, shook involuntarily, then quickly calmed down and said to Zhang Donghai:
"Is this true?"
Zhang Donghai smiled and said: "Reporting to your majesty, I saw it with my own eyes. If there is even half a word of falsehood, your majesty, please behead me."
Li Zhi suppressed his joyful heart and tried hard to control his legs, not to let them jump with him.
He scratched randomly in the air with his right hand and found that the giant bear was not there. He put his hand on the table and said to Zuo Chun, "What do you think?"
Zuo Chun bowed and said: "No. 15 is the minister of humerus who was chosen by His Majesty after running away thousands of times. His character evaluation is very good. I think this statement is credible."
Li Zhi laughed and said: "You are really smart, you really didn't mention a word about the two hundred and fifty."
Zuo Chun showed a smile that he had not seen for a long time and saluted: "No. 15 is the subordinate of the old slave, so he is naturally qualified to criticize. As for the marching director of Wuxingdao, General Dingyuan Yunchu is your majesty's confidant
An important minister cannot be criticized by an old slave."
Li Zhi smiled and scolded: "You know it clearly."
After he finished speaking, he pondered for a moment and then said to Zhang Donghai: "Aiqing has worked hard all the way. I can see it in my eyes. Since Yunchu didn't use an envoy from the court to report this matter, there must be his reasons. These days, Aiqing has stayed in the palace.
He will recuperate from his injuries, and when he recovers, he will return to Dahang City and continue to serve me."
Zhang Donghai clasped his fists and resigned.~~
When only Li Zhi and Zuo Chun were left in the study, Li Zhi suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed. The laughter lasted for a long time, and it seemed that he had vented all the depression in his chest.
Zuo Chun stayed by Li Zhi's side, watching the little boy who always liked to cling to Queen Wende rejoice alone.
Even his uncle Changsun Wuji didn't know how important the Eastern Expedition was to Li Zhi. He just felt that the Eastern Expedition drained the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, and the royal family who had been stranded since the first year of Yonghui
The warehouses are also empty, and the Yongji Cang, Jiahe Cang, and Changping Cang north of the river have also bottomed out.
The goal of consuming the gentry in Hebei and Shandong through the Eastern Expedition was not achieved, but it made the people in Hebei and Shandong miserable.
Nowadays, there are more and more questions in the court about whether it is necessary to continue the Eastern Expedition after the destruction of Goguryeo.
Zuo Chun believed that once Li Ji's army destroyed Goguryeo, opposition to the long-term stay of the 380,000-strong army would definitely fill the court.
The destruction of Goguryeo was an important task that Li Zhi must complete in his life, because he promised his unparalleled father that he would fulfill his long-cherished wish that he had not had time to fulfill.
At the same time, Li Zhi also wanted to tell his uncle through this incident that he was completely a mature emperor and no longer a child in his eyes.
At present, the main excuse for hoping that the emperor will withdraw his army is that the treasury cannot make ends meet.
If it hadn't been for the Tang army's seizure of a batch of gold and silver weapons at Xiaomen Temple some time ago, which was enough to suppress the treasury, the voice of the emperor being held accountable by hundreds of officials would have been many times louder.
…
Now it's better, an extra million copper coins came out of thin air, which allows Li Zhi to calmly face his ministers who don't like war and don't support war.
Seeing that Li Zhi was only happy but seemed to have forgotten to ask Zhang Donghai how he got the one million yuan, Zuo Chun felt that he needed to remind the emperor.
With the army on the warpath, the only other way to make money, apart from robbery, is robbery.
However, Yunchu was able to get one million copper coins in Liaodong, which was always considered a barbarian land by the Tang Dynasty. Even Zuo Chun, a well-informed person, couldn't see the weirdness in it, so he guessed
well.
Thinking about the poverty of Goguryeo and thinking about the one million copper coins, Zuo Chun suspected that Yunchu might have snatched even the last fig leaf from the Goguryeo people and exchanged it for money.
After listening to Zuo Chun's words, Li Zhi just smiled. He didn't want to know where the money came from. He only knew that no matter who the money belonged to before, now it all belonged to him, Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty.
Everything in the world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers.
After having such a large amount of money, Li Zhi looked back at the memorials submitted by the generals to impeach Yun Chu. He felt that everything had a good answer.
That means that all the generals in front are jealous of Yun Chu and are also ostracizing Yun Chu.
The reason for the jealousy and rejection has now been found, and that is the million strings in Yun Chu's hands.
In their memorials, the most common crime for impeaching Yun Chu was greed and excessive personal enrichment.
Now, with this million coins, all accusations of corruption against Yunchu seem extremely ridiculous.
When a person's mood improves, his appetite develops, so Li Zhi plans to eat a fat chicken. He hasn't eaten such meaty meat for a long time.
A chicken, a pot of wine, and self-pouring and drinking were originally signs that Emperor Taizong was in a happy mood. Li Zhi also wanted to try it.
The chicken is roasted chicken, and the wine is an antidote.
Roast chicken is a perfect match when paired with an antiseptic that is as strong as fire.
Li Zhi tore off the chicken head and fed it to the giant bear who was always hungry. He tore off a chicken wing, took a bite, and then raised his wine glass to the cold moon in the sky to drink. The spicy wine liquid was
Go down your throat.
Li Hong and Wu Mei came over at some point. Li Zhi pulled a chicken leg for Li Hong and let him gnaw on it. Then he filled his wine glass with anti-virus wine and handed it to Wu Mei, who had a bulging belly, and said, "Let's have a drink."
Wu Mei looked at her big belly, picked up the glass and drank it down in one gulp. She knew that drinking during pregnancy was not good for the fetus, but she already had a very good son, so she had no expectations for the future children.
Ordering a drink shouldn't be a problem.
The anti-toxic medicine was too strong, and Wu Mei felt a little overwhelmed after drinking one glass. She sat down next to Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty is in a good mood today. Is it because he has seen the number 15?"
Li Zhi nodded and said: "He brought me a very good news, a good news that can solve all my current problems."
Wu Mei frowned and thought for a moment and said: "Currently, the only thing that can solve all your Majesty's worries is money and food. It should be a large amount of money and food."
Li Zhi drank another glass of wine and said, "How about one million dollars?"
Wu Mei stood up with a smile, picked up Li Zhi's wine glass again and said: "Such good news is certainly worth telling.
After that, he drank another large glass of wine.
Two blushes appeared on Wu Mei's cheeks. Taking advantage of the drunkenness, Wu Mei said: "Which important minister found this million in money for your majesty? Did you solve your majesty's urgent need?"
Li Zhi rolled his eyes and laughed loudly: "All the important ministers come to ask me for money, but those who can give me money only have two hundred and fifty."