A long caravan is walking on the road in Wuling County.
The rays of the setting sun stretch their silhouettes into elongated shapes, which makes them feel poetic.
Li Shimin and Du Ruhui were riding in the luxurious carriage, surrounded by hundreds of plainclothes imperial guards.
Li Shimin dared to travel at night, not because he was arrogant and thought he had the aura of a king, but because he was escorted by a imperial guard.
In the luxurious carriage headed by the leader, Li Shimin lay timidly on one side, while Du Ruhui was making tea beside him.
The Pu'er tea and tea sets given to Du Ruhui by Fang Yuan were used in the carriage at this time.
"Your Majesty, you can drink."
Du Ruhui first poured a glass for Li Shimin.
Then drink it happily.
The effect of Pu'er tea made him feel refreshed.
It was like medicine, soothing his tired body and mind.
"This tea smells delicious!"
Li Shimin sighed.
Before leaving, he also asked Fang Yuan for some tea.
But Fang Yuan said there wasn't much tea, so he only gave him a small can, which was not as much as Du Ruhui's.
After sighing, Li Shimin picked up the purple sand tea cup, put it to his mouth, and tasted it slowly.
But suddenly...
"Bang!"
There was a vibration and the carriage jolted violently.
Li Shimin and Du Ruhui, who were unprepared, both bounced on the spot.
What's even more outrageous is that the tea in Li Shimin's hand spilled out and wet his clothes.
Not only that, the tea sets in the carriage were scattered, and the rug made of mink hair got soaked instantly.
"Damn it, who's driving?!"
Li Shimin was furious.
His eyes revealed cold murderous intent.
The leisurely and elegant mood was interrupted like this, and I became angry.
"Subordinates deserve to die, subordinates deserve to die..."
The groom's trembling voice sounded, apologizing again and again.
Li Shimin snorted coldly and pulled open the carriage curtain.
But after seeing the situation clearly, he didn't say a word and went back to sulking.
Because, after leaving Wuling County, it is no longer a Wuling County highway, but an ordinary official road.
Du Ruhui also saw the situation through the window, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, there are really two worlds.
I don’t know when I will see Fang Yuan again next time, or whether I can visit the panoramic view of Fang Yuan’s ninth-floor Mohist Academy again.
......
More than ten days later.
Chang'an City is still lively.
But he looked like he wasn’t full.
More than a dozen people squatted in front of the row of rice holding sacks.
The door of the rice store is open, but there is not a grain of rice to buy inside.
Suddenly, a team came from a distance, pushing seven or eight cars.
"There is rice, there is rice, there is a small amount of rice, two hundred and thirteen coins a dou!"
The workers transporting rice shouted.
The hungry people suddenly became energetic.
The people sitting on both sides of the rice row immediately stood up, their eyes shining brightly.
However, after hearing two hundred and thirteen coins per dou, the light in his eyes slowly faded and eventually disappeared.
The price was too high, and it was impossible to afford it. For a time, people all over the country were crying. People were hungry, but they had rice but couldn't afford it.
Not only this rice store is like this, but all rice stores in Chang'an City are like this, and the price of rice has completely skyrocketed.
The Royal Palace, in front of Tai Chi Palace.
Shangshu Zuopu shot Pei Ji and all the officials gathered at the door.
All the officials were shouting at the door, clamoring to see the emperor, and they didn't look like officials at all.
Standing in front of them was the young prince Li Chengqian, his childish face full of eagerness and fright.
"Your Majesty, please don't stop me from seeing His Majesty."
"Your Majesty has been missing for many days, and the natural disasters in the Guannei Road area have become more and more serious, and the people are in dire straits."
"Please also ask Your Majesty to stand up and admit that you have been immoral, issue an edict for your sins, and redress the grievances of heaven, so as to protect our country and the country of Tang Dynasty and promote our foundation for eternity!"
Pei Ji stood at the front.
He looked straight at the young Li Chengqian and said.
"Si...Sikong, when father wants to come out, he will naturally come out."
Li Chengqian was so frightened that his body trembled a little.
But he still stood where he was, looking at Pei Ji.
No one knew that his hands hidden in his sleeves were already clenched into fists.
"Your Highness, does he know that the people cannot afford to wait?"
"For the sake of the people of the world, please make way for His Majesty the Crown Prince, otherwise don't blame me for forcing my way in!"
Pei Ji took a step forward.
It seems that the etiquette is in place, but the eyes are very scary.
Li Chengqian's heart trembled, he subconsciously took a step back, and immediately shouted that something was wrong.
And Pei Ji also grasped this point, stood up straight, and waved back: "Follow me into the palace to find your Majesty."
All the officials immediately agreed loudly and followed Pei Ji, bypassing Li Chengqian and walking towards the Taiji Palace. No matter how Li Chengqian behind him called them, they ignored him.
Just as the officials were about to enter the Tai Chi Palace, two forbidden troops suddenly walked out of the Tai Chi Palace.
Only the emperor can mobilize the imperial army. Even when His Highness the Crown Prince was in charge of the country, he never mobilized it.
Such a change caused all the officials to stop and look at the sudden appearance of the two forbidden troops in panic, and then looked at Pei Ji.
At the same time, a motorcade walked in from Chengtian Gate and stopped behind Baiguan.
You can't see the end of the motorcade at a glance. Each motorcade is covered with tarpaulin, so you can't see clearly what it is.
Pei Ji looked at hundreds of carriages carrying unknown objects, frowning, and had a bad feeling.
"Da da da..."
Footsteps suddenly sounded in Tai Chi Palace.
Everyone looked for a voice and held their breath nervously.
Prince Li Chengqian also looked over, and his eyes instantly moistened when he saw the person who appeared.
"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
The visitor finally saw clearly.
All officials paid homage to Li Shimin one after another.
Li Shimin is dressed in a dragon robe and appears as a dragon and a tiger.
His eyes were like lightning, he was mighty and domineering, and his momentum was like a tornado, making timid officials lower their heads even lower.
"Are you trying to force me to marry you?"
After Li Shimin looked around at everyone, he slowly spoke.
As soon as the word "forced into the palace" came out, the bodies of many ministers at the scene immediately began to tremble.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I am also thinking about the country and the country of the Tang Dynasty."
"Nowadays, people starve to death every day in Chang'an City, and there are even more people in Guan Nei Road."
"Please also ask Your Majesty to be considerate of the common people in the world, consider the country, the country, and the country, and issue an edict to appease the grievances of heaven."
Pei Ji stood up and stood in front of everyone.
He also looked directly at Li Shimin, but his eyes did not dare to be as scary as before.
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"I am not wrong, why do I need to issue an edict to sin against myself?"
Li Shimin sneered in his heart and said in a deep voice.
The DPRK, represented by Pei Ji, wanted to weaken its own prestige.
"Since there is no guilt, why do natural disasters occur?"
Pei Ji asked back.
Full of gunpowder.
The only person in the court who dares to contradict Li Shimin like this is Pei Ji.
"Natural disaster."
Li Shimin said expressionlessly.
"Hehehe... Your Majesty, are you a kid?"
"If it is a natural disaster, please ask Your Majesty to solve it."
Pei Ji was not afraid and mocked Li Shimin in person.
As a founding hero, with the support of the Supreme Emperor behind him, he is fearless.
"Humph, please wait and see."
Li Shimin snorted coldly.
Ignore Pei Ji's ridicule for the time being and bypass the ministers.
Arriving at the front of the stairs, Li Shimin looked at the long motorcade below.
"Unload the truck!"
Li Shimin opened his hands and shouted boldly.
After the words fell, the convoy guards escorted by plainclothes imperial troops all responded.
They pulled out a long knife from the carriage, slashed it on the rope, and cut open a sack.
"Crash..."
Rice, wheat, and millet seeds fell to the ground.
The ministers were in an uproar, their eyes widened, and they looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief.
Pei Ji pushed aside the officials blocking the way and came to the front, staring at the food scattered on the ground with wide eyes.
"Password to my decree: The imperial court will open warehouses for disaster relief and provide one million shi of grain at five qian per dou!"
"Jing Zhaoyin is ordered to dispatch government officials and order all rice shops to reduce the price of grain. Anyone who violates the order will be permanently sealed and expelled from Chang'an City!"
"Shang Shuzuo Pu shot Pei Ji and hundreds of officials to disturb the order of the palace, deprived him of the title of Sikong, and fined him three years' salary, and his companions were fined one year's salary, as a warning to others."
Li Shimin's voice sounded in front of Tai Chi Palace.
The majestic and domineering voice made the waists of all the ministers bend again.
Pei Ji, who was arrogant just now, looked as ugly as pig liver at this moment, but he didn't dare to refute.
The one million stones of grain in front of him was so shocking that his brain was short-circuited and he couldn't figure out where so much grain came from.