In the past, whenever a major disaster occurred, a group of officials would first find out where he had made mistakes, and then ask Li Shimin to issue an edict to admit his mistakes, so that God could forgive him.
While Li Shimin would admit his mistakes, he would also find a group of officials who had made serious mistakes, bring them out to vent the anger of the people, and then pardon some of the criminals.
Now, everyone was happy, and the ministers could discuss with peace of mind how to relieve the disaster.
However, this time there was a matter between the Road Construction Department and the Housing Construction Department.
Moreover, in addition, it was the noble family that secretly stumbling upon Lu Jiansi on the cement road, which made Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others deal with it for a while.
This had just subsided, and even though they were used to it, they couldn't help but want to open their eyes wide and find a few mistakes for Li Shimin.
But thinking about what happened before, they couldn't help but feel timid, and all their thoughts disappeared.
Even, they dare not say the words "The country will suffer immoral defeat, but the sky will send out disasters first to warn them; they don't know how to reflect, but also send out strange things to warn them; they don't know how to change, and they will be hurt and defeated".
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They could only watch from the sidelines, watching Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Li Shimin, Duan Lun from the Ministry of Industry, Dai Wei from the Ministry of Households and other court officials discussing how to provide disaster relief.
Fortunately, this major flood came after the autumn harvest. The people in these places had already harvested their food. Although a lot of it was washed away by the water, most of it was taken care of by the people.
Therefore, we only need to send a doctor from the household department to the disaster-stricken areas, open charity warehouses, Changping warehouses, and various color warehouses, find out the situation, and distribute some disaster relief grains.
In addition, they sent a house builder to lead a group of officials and people to Suzhou, Bozhou and other places to start building houses for the people according to the Lijiazhuang template.
Furthermore, the Minister of Works led a group of officials from the Ministry of Water to dredge waterways and build dams and embankments.
In this way, a major flood did not cause much noise in Chang'an City.
The attention of many dignitaries from aristocratic families is still focused on the newly released liquor from Jinwangzhuang.
Sure enough, just one bottle can make you intoxicated.
As a result, Jin Wangzhuang's liquor once again became popular in Chang'an City.
However, according to legend, the brewing process of King Jin's liquor is complicated and a maximum of one hundred bottles can be produced per month. However, King Jin can only auction fifty bottles per month.
At this time, the price of the liquor brewed in Jinwang Zhuangzi has once again risen by a level among the elite circles of aristocratic families.
Even some small aristocratic families who were lucky enough to take photos of liquor had to be forced to trade liquor and make a fortune!
The price was so high that Li Shimin wanted to secretly trade a few bottles.
In the end, reason dissuaded him.
In addition, Chang'an City fell into a brief period of tranquility.
In addition to the monthly liquor auction, the Twelve Guards make secret adjustments and arrangements.
Until October.
The Turks, who had suffered successive years of disasters and continued internal strife, finally couldn't bear it any longer.
Eastern Turkic generals Yalkin and Ashinadur, on the orders of Jieli Khan, led an army of 20,000 to harass Hexi in order to seize some winter supplies.
However, Li Shimin had long wanted to conquer the Turks, and even secretly transferred Zhang Shigui, the former commander of the Forbidden Army, to be the defender of Suzhou, and reinforced the cities of Suzhou and Ganzhou with reinforced concrete.
As a result, the Turks led by Yalkin, Ashinadur and others not only returned without success, but also captured thousands of people.
However, after this news reached Chang'an City, Li Shimin and the Twelve Guards Generals were all overjoyed.
"Your Majesty, Jie Li's traitors have not abided by the covenant, are capricious, and are invading the borders of our Tang Dynasty. Now that our Tang Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses and sufficient food and grass, we should fight back fiercely to destroy his army and protect the peace of our Tang Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty, I heard that the woolen clothes worn by the soldiers are made of wool, which keeps them warm and comfortable. Since our army wants to conquer the Turks, they cannot return empty-handed. The land of the Turks is rich in cattle and sheep, so we must
Capture a large herd of cattle and sheep!”
"Your Majesty, the cement road from Chang'an City to Qingzhou has been paved, and cement houses have also begun to be built in Bozhou, Suzhou and other places. This is a century-old project of our Tang Dynasty and requires a lot of labor. And those Turkic barbarians can just be captured
They are slaves, paving cement roads and building cement houses for our Tang Dynasty!"
At the court meeting, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui and others were the first to stand up, their faces full of anger and righteousness.
The left and right servants all directly supported the expedition. In addition, during this period of time, there were changes in the Twelve Guards Army in Chang'an City. No matter how stupid the remaining civil servants were, they all knew that His Majesty had already completed the negotiation with the left and right servants.
As for the generals, their eyes were red with excitement.
They couldn't wait any longer.
"Your Majesty, I'm calling for a battle to destroy the Turkic kingdom. I will take Jieli's son to Chang'an to perform a dance for Your Majesty!"
"Haha, it must be true. What Duke Su said is very reasonable. Now that our Tang Dynasty has strong soldiers, strong horses, and sophisticated weapons, we only need to give my humble minister 20,000 troops. I will definitely be able to capture that little Jieli to your majesty!"
Above, Li Shimin nodded slowly and asked loudly.
"Do you still have any objections?"
"Your Majesty is wise, we all invite you to fight!"
As Fang Xuanling and a group of generals said, the Tang Dynasty now has strong soldiers and horses, well-equipped equipment, and abundant logistics, while the Turks are suffering from internal and external troubles, so it is a good time to destroy the Turks.
Even officials from those aristocratic families saw the benefits of destroying the Turks and would not oppose Li Shimin.
"good!"
Li Shimin's face was filled with joy. This was the first time that all the ministers of civil and military affairs in the dynasty supported him so much. He couldn't help but feel proud.
"So, from now on, the Tang Dynasty will prepare for war and conquer Jieli Xiao'er!"
"Order Li Jing, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, to be the general manager of the march to Dingxiang Road, Lieutenant General Wei Chi Jingde of Youwuhou, and Su Dingfang, the commander of Kuangdaofu Zhechong, as deputy generals, and lead the army in the middle to send troops to Yunzhong and Mayi!"
"Li Ji, the governor of Bingzhou, is the general manager of the march to Tongmo Road, Zhang Gongjin, the general of the Zuo Xiao Cavalry Guard, and Gao Zhengsheng, the governor of Minzhou, is the deputy general, leading the army on the east route to directly attack the hinterland of the Eastern Turks!"
"Chai Shao, the governor of Huazhou, is the general manager of the Jinhe Road march, and Qin Shubao, the general of Zuo Wuwei, is the deputy general. He leads the army on the west route to advance along the Yellow River, echoing the army on the middle route and the east route!"
"Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng County, is the general manager of the march of Datong Road, and Zhang Baoxiang, the governor of Ganzhou, is the deputy general and leads the army to march northwest from Lingzhou to prevent the Turks from escaping westward!"
"Wei Xiaojie, the governor of Youzhou, is the general manager of the march on Heng'an Road, and Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie is the deputy general manager, leading the army to the Yanyun area to prevent the Turks from escaping eastward!"
"Xue Wanche, the Governor of Lingzhou, is the general manager of the Changwu Road march, and Duan Zhixuan, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, is the deputy general manager. They will circle the northeast direction and attack the rear of the Turks to monitor and contain Tuli and prevent Tuli from marching to aid Jieli!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Immediately, some uninformed ministers and aristocratic families found out.
From the time when the Turks invaded Hexi, to when His Majesty issued an edict to send troops to attack the Turks.
In less than two days, the six-pronged army, with more than 100,000 soldiers and generals, quickly gathered. The food, grass and baggage used by the more than 100,000 troops were also equipped, and four-wheeled horses emerged out of thin air.
Under everyone's astonished gaze, these armies, led by Li Jing, Li Ji and other generals, rushed towards the Turks.
However, at this time, in the East Turkic tent, Jieli received news of the defeat of Yalkin and Ashinadur.
Jie Li looked angry, "A group of trash, 20,000 Turkic warriors, raided the land west of the Tang Dynasty. They failed to accomplish anything and lost more than 2,000 warriors. How can you come back?"