At the same time.
In the palace of Chang 'an City.
Li Shimin had been very busy recently.
On one hand, he had to deal with the battle in Qiuci City. On the other hand, he had to deal with the mess in Daoshan Academy.
The battle at Qiuci City was progressing with an overwhelming advantage. A few days ago, the allied forces of India and the Turks had organized a large-scale siege battle.
However, under the deterrence of the ballistae and Red Coat Cannons, as well as the crossfire of Niu Jinda and Li Chengqian's handgun team,
In less than six hours.
The allied forces, which claimed to have 300,000 soldiers, were defeated by less than 30,000 vanguards.
Li Chengqian and Niu Jinda took the opportunity to chase the allied forces from Qiuci City all the way to Tocharia. It was not until the allied forces were completely defeated that they stationed troops in Tocharia.
The territory of the Tang Dynasty also extended a few hundred kilometers from Qiuci to the west because of this battle.
This boosted Li Shimin's confidence again.
Today's morning court was supposed to discuss whether to divide the troops into two groups while the morale was high. The 100,000 soldiers of Tubo would cooperate with the 15,000 elites of Qiuci to attack India. On the other hand, Cheng Yaojin would lead the 100,000 elites of Longyou to attack the Turks.
However …
The objections of many officials in the court almost made Li Shimin go crazy.
The reason also made Li Shimin speechless.
Especially the Ministry of Revenue. They handed over the account book and were ready to retire.
The reason was that they had no money!
Li Shimin did not expect this.
After all, the nominal minister of the Ministry of Revenue was Fang Xuanling. If it were anyone else, Li Shimin would have waved his brush to leave.
If they wanted to leave, they could leave.
However, Fang Xuanling was different.
Li Shimin could not help but wake up from the excitement of the great victory. After all, the Tang Dynasty was weak. Although they had Zhang Feng's money, they still needed some time.
It was just like what Zhang Feng said to him before he left.
The best way was to wait until after the next spring harvest. With enough food, it wouldn't be a problem to travel all the way to the end of the world.
To put it bluntly, they were poor.
And there were three things that were most consumed in war.
There were also silver taels, provisions, and armaments.
Now, the problem of armaments could almost be solved. As long as an army of 100,000 was equipped with 10,000 muskets, a few cannons, and improved crossbows.
It was almost enough to crush him.
However, soldiers needed to eat.
Ever since the morning court session ended.
Wei Zheng and the others were like flies, surrounding Li Shimin. Even when he was eating, these people still surrounded him. It was as if as long as he didn't relent, they wouldn't have any fun today.
Li Shimin had no choice but to give up the idea of pursuing the victory.
After all, they knew each other best.
Could the current Tang Dynasty fight?
He couldn't.
In the Imperial Garden.
Li Shimin finally had some free time.
He looked at the dark sky and stood by the lake with his hands behind his back. No one knew what he was thinking.
Little Guizi stood not far away. Although he was a little worried, he didn't dare to come forward.
At this moment.
Yuchi Gong hid by a peony bush and gestured to Little Guizi.
Seeing this, Little Guizi looked at Li Shimin and reluctantly walked over.
"Little Guizi, how is His Majesty's mood right now?"
Yuchi Gong asked directly.
As he spoke, he didn't forget to give Little Guizi a cigarette.
Little Guizi lit the cigarette and sighed. "His Majesty has been standing here for two hours. I don't know how His Majesty is feeling right now, but if Duke of E has nothing to do, it's best not to bother His Majesty at this time."
Hearing this, Yuchi Gong couldn't help but frown.
"If it was an ordinary matter, I would know, but this is an emergency in Jiangnan …"
"Jiangnan?"
Little Guizi raised his eyebrows. He glanced at Li Shimin and asked, "Duke of E, you mean … Prince Zhang?"
"Right!"
Seeing Yuchi Gong's affirmation, Little Guizi didn't dare delay. He hastily said, "Wait a moment, I'll go report this!"
As he spoke, Little Guizi braced himself and went to report. Yuchi Gong paced back and forth, his heart in turmoil.
After a while, Little Guizi hastily called out to Yuchi Gong, then hastily tidied his clothes and walked forward.
At this moment, Li Shimin had returned to his normal state.
He was no longer in his berserk state.
"Yuchi, how are things in Jiangnan?"
Seeing that the Emperor was directly asking, Yuchi Gong hastily said, "Your Majesty, we've just received a report from our spies. The situation in Jiangnan is very bad."
Yuchi Gong gave a detailed report of the situation in Jiangnan.
Li Shimin's expression could not help but turn cold.
Although he had always been on guard against the situation in Jiangnan, and although he had always been paying attention to this special place, it was peaceful on the surface. Moreover, there were too many things going on, so he had never truly understood the situation. Now that he heard Yuchi Gong's report …
This place couldn't be any more chaotic.
It had become the back garden of the Five Clans and Seven Clans.
This …
If Zhang Feng hadn't come to Jiangnan, he wouldn't have known that this seemingly peaceful Jiangnan was hiding so many things.
"The reason we allowed your clan to develop in Jiangnan was to suppress these people. Yuchi Gong, why was the news we received all good? How should you be punished? "
Seeing Li Shimin's anger, Yuchi Gong's expression changed. He hastily knelt and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to this subject's explanation."
"Actually, these clans were very well-hidden in the beginning, but because of Yu 'er's matter, there were some changes. In addition, Fengzi didn't deliberately hide Zhang Feng's trip to Jiangnan, which led to the current situation …"
"Then you mean to say that the current situation was caused by Fengzi and has nothing to do with you at all?"
Li Shimin was furious.
He roared, "Then what use do we have for the Yuchi clan?"
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