Chapter 20 Chang'an is not your place to go wild

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Absolutely not!"

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying suspiciously.

According to the original plan, Li Jiancheng detained Zhi Shisili in the tea room in Menxiasheng, and then in the middle of the night, he ordered Feng Feng Deyi to quarrel with Wei Zheng.

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Feng Deyi slapped the table and stared at Wei Zheng and yelled: "Absolutely not possible! I use the national treasury in one move, and one-third of the annual income is nearly one-third. Not to mention that I don't have this power, I can't do such a prodigal matter! Now that the world is stable, the people's livelihoods are still unable to make a living. Such a huge amount is enough to provide relief to the famine in the twelve prefectures and counties. I must be responsible for Your Majesty!"

Wei Zheng would refute: "The Prime Minister is responsible to Your Majesty. Isn't Wei Zheng responsible to Your Majesty? Now, nearly 500,000 troops from all over the country gathered in Jingzhao, and people ate horses, so where can they not use money? The Bingzhou Army alone spent as much as 200,000 kilograms of corn in a day and as much as 80,000 dan of forage. Although the people's livelihood economy is important, how can the military in front of you be careless? Such a large battlefield and such a fierce enemy, how can the court destroy this court's food in one fell swoop?"

Feng Deyi shouted again: "Your Majesty wants to destroy this court food, but he didn't say anything, so he doesn't want the people in the world to live. Although there are many soldiers and horses in various places, how can you not bring food and fodder to provide it? It's not too much for you to submit your order!"

When I heard Zhishi's soul, I heard that there was a 500,000 army in Guanzhong, I would definitely be frightened.

In this case, do a full set of acting.

Then, Li Xiaogong, the general manager of Hedong, came to report to the Hedong Army that 200,000 troops needed food and grass supplies, and hoped that Feng Deyi would handle it immediately.

Then, generals like Qin Qiong, Li Daoxuan, Li Shiji, Xue Wanche, Feng Li, Wei Wenzhong, Luo Shixin and other generals came to ask for food and grass.

The Tang Dynasty had already been ready to make preparations for the Guanzhong army.

Finally, someone sent someone to impersonate the little Khan of Tuli to pay homage to Feng Deyi: "My little Khan wants to express his apology to Your Majesty. My Khan will never be an enemy of Your Majesty (Don't blame Old Cheng for saving trouble. This strategy was actually a strategy used by Li Shimin in history to intimidate Jie Li Khan and sign the Weishui Alliance).

However, Chen Ying was not Wei Zheng. His way and angle of consideration were different. Now Li Jiancheng was preparing to demote the titles to the royal family and sack the Tang Dynasty. The overlapping officials of the three prefectures and the mediocre officials of the officials were made.

From a long-term perspective, this is very important for the Tang Dynasty. After all, Li Yuan personally conferred thirty-five royal kings (including eleven posthumous titles) and his twenty-two conferred kings. The Li Tang court had a total of fifty-seven vassal kings. If the Duke was included, there would be more.

Who made the Li family big and have a large population?

Now history has undergone fundamental changes. Without the Xuanwu Gate, without the Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, King Li Yuanji of Qi, King Li Yuan of Lujiang, and others being killed, and the royal family members of the Li Tang court will be more than in history. Children will have grandchildren, grandchildren, and children will have endless life. The royal family members will only increase and more nobles, and of course the burden on the court will be heavier and heavier.

One day, the Tang Dynasty will be suppressed.

When Li Jiancheng was just about to reduce the army, he was boycotted by the military. However, because the military generals were supported by Chen Ying, Li Xiaogong, including Li Jing, Li Shiji and other bigwigs, even if the middle and senior generals were dissatisfied, no one dared to take the lead in causing trouble, for fear that they would be dealt with in the name of abolishing the King of Qin to rebel.

However, as long as the officials and royal family members are streamlined, they will definitely make trouble. Even if Fang Xuanling has the ability, this situation will not be opened.

In this case, the only way is to make Li Jiancheng's prestige unattainable and make great contributions to the people of the world. As long as Chen Ying can use the opportunity of the Turks preparing to attack the Tang Dynasty, he will destroy the Eastern Turks in one fell swoop. As long as Li Jiancheng can destroy the Eastern Turks during his reign, even if he reforms, since there are opposition voices, he will definitely not be able to brew new fissions.

After all, when Emperor Wu of Han was reigned, he conquered the north of Mo, and his achievements exceeded all ages. In his later years, even if there was a witchcraft disaster, Jiang Chong and Su Wen were still as stable as Mount Tai.

Li Jiancheng still trusted Chen Ying very much. Although Chen Ying raised objections and Li Jiancheng did not understand the reason, Li Jiancheng followed Chen Ying's words and said: "Where should Chen Qing lock him up?"

Chen Ying bowed and said, "I think that if you turn into a person and don't accept the king's confinement, you should be confined. When will you learn the rules and when will you let them out!"

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "That's OK!"

Li Jiancheng knew that Chen Yingjun's confinement room was in a dark environment, and even a man who was fighting could be mad.

Li Jiancheng said: "That's OK!"

Two imperial guards walked out of the hall with their power of pride.

The ministers also dispersed one after another, and when only Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and Chen Ying were left in the hall.

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying and said, "Chen Ying...you are..."

Li Jiancheng wanted to ask why Chen Ying had to change his opinion privately, but when he spoke, Li Jiancheng did not say it, but sighed and said, "But tell me your reason?"

Chen Ying looked at Wei Zheng and said, "I remember, before Your Majesty ascended the throne, Wei Xuancheng had advised Your Majesty, and did not move the three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five supervisors!"

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "Not bad!"

Chen Ying smiled and said, "I believe Your Majesty understands what Wei Xuancheng means!"

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "Xuancheng is worried, my foothold is not stable..."

Chen Ying asked back: "Does Your Majesty think the time is ripe?"

Li Jiancheng hesitated and said, "I don't plan to sort out the three provinces..."

Chen Yingze smiled and said, "If Your Majesty wants to strengthen the military and simplify the administration, the three provinces must sort out. Xiao Yu will be dismissed from prime ministers, Feng Lun, Chen Shuda, Yu Wenhua and Pei Ji, all should be dismissed!"

Li Jiancheng hesitated and said, "Isn't this good?"

Chen Ying did not persuade Li Jiancheng anymore, he had to leave time for Li Jiancheng to think.

The six prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall appointed by Li Yuan can be said to have a very fair balance of the forces of all parties. Xiao Yu represents Yang Sui and uses old forces, Pei Ji represents Hedong clans, Chen Shuda represents Jiangzuo clans, Yang Gongren represents Henan clans, and Yu Wenshi represents Guanzhong clans.

The key is that these people have already become famous all over the world, and their disciples and former officials are all over the court. If Li Jiancheng wants to reduce officials, no matter how much they reduce to their disciples and former officials, how can they cooperate with Li Jiancheng?

You must know how many officials can kill relatives for justice?

Li Jiancheng looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "Xuanling, do you have any plans for reducing the officials this time?"

Wei Zheng took out a memorial and said, "This is organized by the Ministry of Personnel, and the official layoff strategy."

Li Jiancheng did not open it, but looked at Wei Zheng and asked, "Ministry of Personnel, how many officials are planned to be eliminated this time?"

Wei Zheng said: "There are currently 3,800 officials in Chang'an City. The Ministry of Personnel intends to reduce the number to 2,400, which means streamlining it, 1,400 officials."

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "No, the number of people who have been lifted out is too small. All these 3,800 officials can be simplified, leaving only the most necessary ones behind, and all the rest will be scavenged."

Wei Zheng yelled angrily: "Absurd, if you act so recklessly, will you cause a big mess?"

Fang Xuanling said: "The number of officials in Chang'an City, three provinces and six ministries, the Censorate, nine temples and twelve guards, is twice as high as the time of Emperor Wen of Sui. What's more, there are not many government affairs at present, and there are ten people doing one person's affairs."

Wei Zheng was a little anxious and said anxiously: "According to what you said, can we just cut 380 people?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "It won't be that few, but there is only five or six hundred people."

Wei Zheng was furious and was stunned for a long time before he said powerlessly: "Do you know, if this strategy of deregulation is implemented, what will happen to Chang'an City? What will happen to the aristocratic tribes in the world? Who will be responsible for the chaos?

Chen Ying seemed to have not heard the two arguing and closed his eyes to rest.

Wei Zheng said anxiously: "Your Majesty, tell me, Fang Xuanling's strategy..."

Li Jiancheng interrupted Wei Zheng and said, "Xuanling, you come and serve as the Minister of Shangshu's Right Pushe."

Fang Xuanling was stunned.

Li Jiancheng said: "I have understood what Chen Ying means. The Turkic battle must be fought!"

Li Jiancheng is not an indiscriminate person. Chen Ying wants to fight the Turks now, not for himself. The contribution that Chen Ying wants to make has already been made. Only when Li Jiancheng uses his military achievements to suppress all the opposition voices in the court.

Only by defeating the Eastern Turks could Li Jiancheng stand up.

Only by defeating the Eastern Turks could Li Jiancheng let go and create a prosperous Tang Dynasty with his own hands.

...

When Bu Lugen entered Chang'an City, he had quietly left the team of the Eastern Turkic Mission. Another Lite joined the team, with a large number. In the eyes of the Tang people, all the Lite people looked similar.

Because you can see many Lite merchants in Chang'an, Bulugen, who has the appearance of Lite, has excellent disguise.

Bu Lugen had already remembered the 108 square meters of Chang'an City in detail, and knew every street and alley.

Because when Emperor Wen of Sui established the Sui Dynasty, because Yi Hu had ruled the Central Plains for almost three hundred years, Yang Jian went against the will of heaven and established the first Han people in the Northern Dynasties as the main body. He was very worried that he would lead to the siege of the Xianbei, Turks, Uighurs, Tubo, Xi, Khitan and other tribes like Emperor Daowu of Wei more than two hundred years ago.

As the saying goes, a good tiger cannot resist many wolves, and two fists cannot match four hands. Yang Jian was also worried that he would repeat the mistakes of Ran Min, so he built Daxing City (which is Chang'an City)

As the capital of the Sui Dynasty, Daxing City is actually different from the capitals of previous dynasties. It adopts twelve direct streets across the streets and divides Daxing City into 108 fangs. Each fang can be regarded as a small city.

If you look down from the sky (or if you look closely at the Chang'an Fangcheng map, you will definitely find that), Daxing City is actually a small square with a square. In this way, the straightforward roads and streets can be used to transport troops to attack and defend in time. In fact, Chang'an City is a military fortress established by Yang Jian.

The tall market walls can be arranged with mascots, door-to-door knives, arrow towers, and enemy towers, and can counterattack the enemy everywhere. Even in today's hot weapons wars, if you do not adopt heavy weapons and directly hit the ground, you must pay the price of bleeding if you want to occupy Daxing City in full.

A Lite businessman saw Bu Lugen excitedly and gave him a warm hug.

Merchant Li Te said enthusiastically: "My dear brother, when you come to Chang'an City, you must compensate Chang'an's fine wine..."

Bu Lugen was very surprised. He received the news that Chang'an was very short of food. As the most important raw material for brewing, how could Chang'an City openly supply wine?

Bu Lugen asked in confusion: "Didn't Chang'an hear that there is shortage of food?"

Merchant Li Te waved his hand and said, "That's a very distant thing. Come to my brother, let's have a drink!"

As he said that, he took the horn cup and poured Bulugen a full cup of distilled wine.

Bu Lugen looked at the clear distilled wine. He had heard of this kind of wine for a long time, but there were only a few Turks. This kind of wine was no longer a wine, but also a magic pill. As long as you are injured, you can quickly recover if you apply it with wine.

Seeing Li Te merchant pouring white wine like drinking water, Bu Lugen couldn't help feeling a little distressed. After all, this glass of wine could cure several injured Turkic warriors.

Bu Lugen took a sip and enjoyed the pleasure of the alcohol stimulating his nerves. While asking carefully, "This kind of wine is very popular in Shiguo. Can I buy some to take it away?"

The merchant Lite laughed and said, "How many packs have you brought here!"

"One hundred packs!" Bu Lugen asked carefully: "I'm going to buy all the wine!"

Li Te merchant stretched out a finger in front of Bu Lugen and shook it gently.

Bu Lugen was a little disappointed: "No!"

The merchant Li Te smiled and said, "No, it's too little. How much wine can a hundred packs carry? I advise you to buy some four-wheeled carriages, which one can carry four thousand kilograms. If you have enough gold, you can buy one hundred four-wheeled carriages!"

Bu Lugen did not believe in the words of this Lite merchant, he had to believe in his ears and eyes.

A table of delicious food was quickly eliminated by Bulugen's rapid eating.

Bu Lugen was about to pay the bill, but he saw that Li Te merchant actually handed it to the servant with a colorful piece of paper. The servant asked for change and gave Li Te merchant a total of seven or eight hundred copper coins.
To be continued...