When Han Liang heard what Li Ji said, he hurriedly wanted to explain.
Li Ji did not give Han Liang a chance to explain. He stared at Han Liang and said: "I have given you the power to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, but if you use other things as grain and grass for the army, do you have to inform me in advance?
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When the army goes on an expedition, if other things are used as food and fodder during the journey, it must be reported.
If there is a problem with the food of the soldiers during the battle, it is very likely that the enemy will seize the opportunity and be caught off guard.
Therefore, this kind of matter must be reported to the commander-in-chief and the general manager of the rear army.
Han Liang didn't report it to Li Ji, but Li Ji caught him red-handed. Li Ji didn't have the temper to talk about it.
"This matter is indeed due to my negligence. I will report it to the commander-in-chief and request punishment from the commander-in-chief."
Han Liang couldn't help himself, so he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.
Yu Zhining gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Li Ji glanced at the two of them, and then said: "I have already asked the Luoyang Order to raise food and grass from all over Luoyang. Before the war begins, these grains and grass will be given priority to the refugees in the city. After the war begins, I will ask the Luoyang Order to allocate part of it to supply the army.
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You don’t have to worry about big troubles arising from lack of food and grass.”
Han Liang hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Highness."
By doing this, Li Ji made up for Han Liang's mistake, and Han Liang naturally had to thank him.
Li Ji was not stupidly blaming Han Liang's fault on himself, but simply because he knew what food and grass meant to the army, and what this conquest of Liu Heitai meant to the Tang Dynasty.
If Liu Heitao's arrogant arrogance cannot be destroyed in this expedition against Liu Heitao, people with ulterior motives in other places will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble and cause trouble in the Tang Dynasty.
As a member of the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, enjoying the supreme power provided by the Tang Dynasty, as well as endless glory and wealth, of course the interests of the Tang Dynasty must be considered.
Moreover, once people with ulterior motives in various places took the opportunity to cause trouble and cause trouble in the Tang Dynasty, the unlucky people would be the people everywhere.
After experiencing war after war, people everywhere have suffered extremely hard.
"Okay, let's get down."
Li Ji waved to Han Liang.
Han Liang immediately left with Yu Zhining.
After Han Liang and Yu Zhining made such a fuss, Li Ji was not in a good mood.
After calling a group of guards, they rushed to the place where the refugees were resettled overnight. After confirming that the Luoyang order was doing its best to resettle the refugees and did not take the opportunity to cause any trouble, Li Ji led the guards to the side hall of Luoyang Palace and settled down.
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Not long after Li Ji fell asleep, the rooster crowed and it was dawn.
It was already afternoon when I was woken up in a daze.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw two long, large, and bloody things shaking in front of him.
Li Ji subconsciously punched him.
Xie Shufang screamed and fell to the ground. The two bloody things in his hands were tightly held in his arms and did not fall to the ground.
Li Ji heard the screams, and when he took a closer look, he realized it was Xie Shufang.
"Why are you dangling two bloody things in front of my eyes so early in the morning?"
Li Ji asked speechlessly.
Xie Shufang got up with a grimace, held up two bloody things, and said to Li Ji: "General Qu Tu said that these things have wonderful effects on men, and asked me to bring them to His Highness."
"what……"
Li Ji was prepared to scold him without taking it seriously, but halfway through his words, he immediately realized what Xie Shufang was holding in his hand.
Li Ji immediately became interested, "Cut it from that beast?"
Xie Shufang hurriedly said: "One is a tiger and the other is a bear."
Good guys, you have caused trouble to a tiger and a bear like this, and you have also physically castrated them.
Only the Tang people dared to cause such trouble.
It's really good stuff.
"Take it down and have it cleaned up, then go out and find a wealthy household to exchange for food."
Li Ji ordered.
Xie Shufang hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't you want to eat it? General Qu Tu said that it is best to eat it fresh. If you eat it mixed with blood, the effect will be better."
Li Ji glared at Xie Shufang and said angrily: "Do you think I can use it now?"
Xie Shufang was stunned and said awkwardly: "I was negligent."
Li Ji is just at the age where he is full of energy and really has no need for this thing.
If you eat it just for the sake of freshness, your blood will not rush up like crazy.
So the things are good things, but Li Ji can't use them now, and there's no need to take them back to Chang'an.
With Li Ji's identity, he will always have this stuff wherever he goes.
"How is the cleaning up of the beasts in the Royal Grove?"
Li Ji asked.
Xie Shufang reported: "Less than 20% is left..."
Li Ji was stunned and frowned: "So few?"
According to the breeding scale of the Royal Forest Garden and the number of soldiers and horses led by Qu Tutong, Li Sixing and Luo Shixin, it would take at least seven or eight days to clear out the beasts inside.
Xie Shufang said: "I have hunted once before when the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty besieged Luoyang. The defenders guarding the Royal Forest Garden also neglected their duties. Not only did they let people go in to hunt privately, they also hunted and sold the beasts there.
So there’s not much left.”
Li Ji pondered for a moment and then ordered: "Take some people to capture all the defenders of the Royal Forest Garden, conduct a strict investigation, and remove those who have neglected their duties from office, and confiscate their property.
A quantity of food was sent to the Luoyang Order to help the refugees, and the money was given to the soldiers who had accompanied the Luoyang Order to resettle the refugees in the past two days.
Then send a message to Li Sixing and ask him to take his people and cooperate with Ma Zhou and the Luoyang Order to resettle all the refugees who escaped from Hebei."
"Here!"
Xie Shufang bowed and agreed.
With Li Sixing, Ma Zhou, and Luoyang Ling's three officials, plus a group of cavalrymen from Prince Qi's palace, plus the local government, they should be able to reluctantly resettle the refugees.
After Li Ji explained the matter, he didn't ask any more questions.
I quietly waited in the Luoyang Palace for food to be delivered to me by big merchants from all over the country, and waited quietly for the arrival of the army led by Li Shimin.
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On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Heitai defeated Xiangzhou.
On the first day of the first lunar month, Liu Heitai proclaimed himself king in Xiangzhou, named Han Dongwang, and named Tianzao. He appointed Fan Yuan as Zuopushe, Dong Kangmai as Minister of War, and Gao Yaxian as General on the Right. Dou Jiande's Xia regime was overthrown.
All civil and military officials were restored to their original posts, and Mingzhou was established as the capital. Regulations were established to manage government affairs, and all imitated the system of the Xia regime.
At the same time, the troops were directed towards Weizhou.
The fourth day of the first lunar month.
Li Shimin led the Chinese army under his command and rushed outside Luoyang City.
What he saw and heard along the way made Li Shimin's mood beyond words.
Before the expedition, Li Shimin knew that a large number of refugees from Hebei would inevitably flow into Luoyang. For this reason, he mobilized a large number of capable ministers and officials to prepare to cooperate with the yamen in Luoyang to resettle the refugees.
But as soon as he entered the Taolin, he realized something was wrong.
Not a single refugee could be seen on the official road leading to Luoyang.
On the other hand, there were quite a few cavalrymen and local government officials wandering around on the official road.
When Li Shimin asked someone about it, he found out that it was his younger brother who was instructing the officials in the government and subordinates under his command to force the officials of various yamen to resettle the refugees.
Officials everywhere had to follow.
Li Shimin was surprised and wanted to ask officials from various places what they thought of Li Ji.
The answer he got made Li Shimin almost shocked.
An official who was forced by Li Ji to use all his family's food to help refugees not only did not speak ill of Li Ji, but kept praising Li Ji.
This was the first time Li Shimin discovered that being a villain could actually attract praise from the victim.
Li Shimin thought there might be something fishy going on here, and immediately sent people to investigate.
After investigation and interrogation, Li Shimin finally knew the link.
That is, those officials who were forced by Li Ji to use all the food in their homes to help refugees. Some people in their families gave out more food and went to Li Ji to buy an official position.
Starting from the fifth grade, ten thousand stones of grain, and so on.
They are still the officials of the Prince of Qi's Mansion, Bingzhou, and Xiangzhou Road who are subordinate to the Prince of Qi.
Li Shimin felt that no one would be willing to serve as an official under Li Ji given the notorious reputation of Prince Qi's palace.
But it wasn't until Li Shimin entered the realm under the Luoyang Order that he realized that the number of officials in his eyes that no one wanted to serve were almost sold out.
Not only are official positions almost sold out, but the food required to obtain official positions has also increased.
The wealthy families in Luoyang actually don't have much food, but they can't afford to have many in-laws.
When it was confirmed that there was really a fool who exchanged his fifth-grade official position for food, the big families in Luoyang went crazy.
One by one, they gathered together with their friends to collect food.
Food from the states around Luoyang that had not been affected by the military disaster rushed into Luoyang like crazy.
The Yang family of Hongnong in Guozhou used the name of their natal family to obtain an official position in Xiangzhou Road from Li Ji with 30,000 shi of grain.
Later, people from the Hongnong Yang family escorted another five thousand shi of grain to Luoyang.
The reason is that when people from the Hongnong Yang family went to Li Ji to buy an official position, Li Ji got mad on the spot and said that he was also the son-in-law of the Hongnong Yang family. Why did the Hongnong Yang family give me food as a gift when my second brother went to war?
Not even when going on an expedition?
Even though people from the Hongnong Yang family secretly told Li Ji that they had made an unknown deal with Li Shimin, Li Ji still arrogantly asked the Hongnong Yang family to send him a batch of grain, otherwise he would go to Xiangzhou Road.
Officials of the Hongnong Yang family wear small shoes.
Li Shimin saw the Hongnong Yang family's people escorting cars with Yang-character flags into Luoyang City, and his whole body felt bad.
When he sent people to find the Hongnong Yang family to raise food and grass, the Hongnong Yang family killed him and said they had no food. He promised that after the Hongnong Yang family could operate salt and iron in various places in Shaanxi Province, the Hongnong Yang family's talents
Koukou swished out 20,000 shi of grain.
He also raised his head and told him that if it weren't for the fact that he was Yang's son-in-law, the benefits he promised would be worth ten thousand shi of food.
Li Shimin's face is only worth ten thousand shi of food.
Li Ji didn't even give him any face and blackmailed him for five thousand shi.
"Two madams, your natal family is a bit leaky!"
Li Shimin watched Hongnong Yang's grain transport convoy disappear at the gate of Luoyang City, and sighed in his heart.
"His Royal Highness the King of Qi actually dares to grant and accept official positions privately. This is a grave crime!"
Chang'an Ling Wang Xu, who was far behind Li Shimin, scolded him with a straight face.
Li Shimin suddenly turned around, glared at Wang Xu, and yelled, "You know nothing!"