"Now, the people are in dire straits and have no food to eat, but they still have leisure time to play!!"
Looking at the fold in his hand, Li Shimin was so angry that he was shaking all over.
There are two coupons in total.
One picture shows him asking for food from aristocratic families but being rejected.
The other picture showed several children from aristocratic families playing and eating wantonly. The food wasted on the wine table alone was enough to feed the five victims.
"Are these aristocratic families really bullying me, Li Tang, and no one? Bullying me, Li Shimin, for not daring to take action against them?!"
Angrily throwing down the fold, Li Shimin's eyes were red and he wanted to tear those children of the aristocratic family alive.
Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, who were by his side, remained silent and did not dare to speak.
Even the eldest grandson Wugou, who understood Li Shimin best, could only gently comfort Li Shimin's heart at this time. He didn't know what to say to comfort him for the family's behavior.
Today.
The family has great power, mainly due to the power given by Li Shimin.
In order to stabilize the throne, he tried his best to win over the aristocratic families, and the aristocratic families helped him, but their assistance was not free. After Li Shimin stabilized the throne, everyone got what they wanted.
It was originally a win-win situation, but this made the family full of children in the court, giving them great power to speak, so much so that Li Shimin's voice was being suppressed.
Now he is so arrogant that even if he asks for food, he will not give it to him!!
No...
The family brochure says it can be given.
But in that book, the names of children from aristocratic families are everywhere. Those positions are not held by children of aristocratic families. If they are compromised and handed over because of this, Li Shimin's voice will be reduced again.
And, this will also represent a signal.
The Li family, the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, bows to the aristocratic family!!
He, Li Shimin, failed in this game. A failure would allow the aristocratic family to take advantage of it, and it is very likely that he would be used as a puppet emperor.
If it is an ordinary mediocre emperor, as long as he can keep the throne and as long as the aristocratic family can preserve the royal majesty for him, everything else does not matter.
But Li Shimin is different. He is a king with ambition, ambition and a strong desire for power!!
He does not allow himself as an emperor to compromise with certain forces. Therefore, how could Li Shimin allow such a situation to happen when the court is full of children from aristocratic families!!
But if you don’t compromise, what can you do?!
In March of the second year of Zhenguan, a locust plague spread all over the pass. Chang'an and the palace were not spared, and even the imperial capital was affected, which shows the suffering of the people on the border.
In May of the third year of Zhenguan, locust plagues occurred in five prefectures and counties, resulting in no grain harvest.
In the autumn of the fourth year of Zhenguan, there was another locust plague in the three states.
But this year, after the locust plague, the number of refugees has reached a terrifying level, and they are all waiting for food rescue outside the imperial city.
If at this juncture, he and the aristocratic family have trouble, and the aristocratic family has food, they can give food to the hungry people and defeat him, and it is possible to bring about changes in the generation.
And if there hadn't been a disaster, the imperial city's treasury grain reserves would have been emptied out long ago by the disasters that followed in the past few years. Now that he has no grain in his hand, how can he feed the victims?!
Dead end.
This is a terrible death!!
Li Shimin also thought of this, his scarlet eyes were full of helplessness, and he sighed for a while, "Auxiliary machine, Xuan Ling, do you two have a clever trick?!"
Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were his confidants and his think tanks. They helped him solve various problems in various wars and political affairs.
Encountering difficulties this time, Li Shimin looked at them expectantly, eager to get the same tips as before when encountering danger.
However,
This time his expectations were disappointed.
Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling both lowered their heads in shame.
"Your Majesty, this game is too difficult."
"I think it is best to send troops to the southern cities to collect food."
"As for the Imperial City family..."
Changsun Wuji paused and hesitated.
"Say!!"
Li Shimin's tone was slightly angry.
"Yes!!"
Changsun Wuji said politely, "As for the aristocratic family, I believe that we cannot take a tough approach. Today they jointly issued a statement asking Your Majesty to create positions for the children of the family. It is obvious that a united front has been formed and it is monolithic."
"To deal with them like this, it would be fine if we remove them all at once, but if we only touch one of them, it will only affect the whole body. At that time, His Majesty will not only have to face the problem of food for the refugees, but also have to play a game with the aristocratic family, and the gain will not be worth the loss!!"<
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Fang Xuanling cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty, I second my opinion."
"So, there is no other way?!"
Li Shimin sighed.
Both Zhang and Sun Wuji bowed, not daring to raise their heads.
"Oh, go down, go down, all go down."
Li Shimin waved his sleeves and feebly dismissed the two important ministers and left.
"No!!"
Changsun Wuji and the two left in a hurry.
After they left, Li Shimin sat down on the steps below the throne in a rather disgraceful manner, "Guanyin, according to what the auxiliary officers and others said, we are going to the south to get food. Let's not talk about whether there is any surplus food in the south. Just for this journey, the wild beasts on the way will be killed.
Weather and other factors will greatly slow down the return time."
"When they return, how many of my people will starve to death? There is no solution to this situation!!"
Li Shimin was extremely decadent.
Because I had not slept all night, two lines of hot tears fell from my scarlet eyes.
Changsun Wugou came to him and knelt down in front of him, still soothing his heart, "Your Majesty, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Don't fall into despair too early."
Li Shimin didn't even raise his head, "In this situation, there seems to be only one way left, and that is to bow to the aristocratic family. In this way, the aristocratic family is happy that the people will be saved, and both of them will benefit. It's just that my long-cherished wish has taken another step further." p>
"But, in order to save my people, we can only..."
I haven’t finished speaking yet,
Changsun Wugao put his delicate jade fingers against Li Shimin's lips to prevent him from speaking.
"Guanyin Maid, you..."
Changsun Wugao laughed, his smile as bright as a flower.
"Your Majesty, it's not time to despair yet."
"As early as when I came to the morning court today, the guards told me that there seems to be some food in Kuan'er's house, a lot of it. Maybe we can go and find out. With Kuan'er's character that likes to store, maybe the food
Can give us some surprises."
Kuaner?!
Li Shimin was slightly startled. Kuan'er's name was Li Kuan, and he was Li Shimin's second son. However, he was adopted as his son by his father Li Yuan in his early years and was given to King Ai of Chu Li Zhiyun as his son. The father-son relationship between the two existed in name only.
I still remember that when Kuan'er adopted Li Zhiyun, he didn't say a word. He felt extremely guilty and subconsciously didn't want to see Li Kuan. Therefore, even though Li Kuan had been living in Chang'an for a long time, he could not see him more than a few times a year.
If you don’t want to meet each other, and the prince is still a teenager, how can you solve the food problem that is causing headaches for all civil and military officials?
So after hearing this in a hurry, Li Shimin waved his hands boringly, "Guanyin, I won't go."
"I'm tired, let's go back and rest first, and think about what to do next."