Wei Zheng didn't seem to hear the anger in Li Shimin's tone and said: "Your Majesty, those people really deserve to die, but if your Majesty continues to be implicated in this way, it will only cause chaos in the court! Over there with the aristocratic family..."
"boom!"
"That's enough!" Li Shimin stood up and shouted, "This world belongs to me, and I'm still afraid of them!"
If other people had encountered such a situation, they would probably have been frightened to their knees. However, Wei Zheng had warned him many times and was used to Li Shimin's anger.
"Your Majesty, everything must be done slowly. Now is the time for war. We must not cause turmoil in the court." Wei Zheng said.
He was hinting to Li Shimin, you want to deal with the noble family, I don't object, but we are in a war now, if you push too hard, something will happen.
"You mean to make me surrender?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng with a livid face.
"Your Majesty, that's not what I meant. It's just that this matter should end here! It's not appropriate to continue." Wei Zheng said.
Li Shimin also knew that Wei Zheng was right, but he just couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.
Li Shimin took a few deep breaths and said, "I will consider this matter. You can go down first."
"Your Majesty, we must make a decision on this matter early!" Wei Zheng said hurriedly.
"I have already said that I will consider it, and you still come to force me. Could it be that you want to force me into the palace?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng with a gloomy expression.
Wei Zheng said: "I resign!"
He knew that Li Shimin wouldn't listen to anything he said now, so he planned to persuade him again tomorrow.
…
When Hou Junji heard the footsteps, he didn't even raise his head and asked calmly: "How is it? Has the investigation been completed?"
"My lord Hui Guo, the Marquis of Jingyang County sent two thousand men to guard a dangerous pass. He sent all the other people out to look for Bai Diezi. The people Cheng Chumo wanted were to lead the way." Hou Qing said.
"Bai Diezi? Why does he want this?" Hou Junji asked a little strangely.
Hou Qing shook his head and said, "This has not been investigated."
Hou Junji pondered for a while and said: "Assign people to continue to investigate. We must find out what he wants Bai Diezi to do."
He felt that Lin Xuan's search for Bai Diezi must be of great use.
"Yes!" Hou Qing responded.
…
Cheng Chumo looked at the cotton piled into a hill and asked, "General, isn't this much enough?"
Lin Xuan dragged his chin and said, "I don't think it's too much even if it's hundreds or thousands of times more."
People in Gaochang don't know the role of cotton now. No one grows it at all. How many seeds can be obtained just by relying on these growing in the wild?
"General, just tell me what the white stack is for, otherwise my heart will be scratched by a cat." Cheng Chumo asked.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "For making clothes."
Cheng Chumo was stunned, grabbed a handful, and said in disbelief: "Do you think I'm a fool? Can this thing be used as clothes?"
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes and said: "Of course it cannot be used directly to make clothes, but it can be filled into clothes to keep warm."
"Keep warm? You have fur, why do you need this thing? You said this is a treasure, and you can do great things with it. You have been fooling us for a long time." Cheng Chumo said with wide eyes.
Although he didn't believe that he could make meritorious deeds by relying on cotton, he still had some expectations. Looking at it now, let alone merit, it was all hard work.
"Fur furs? You have them, do the common people have them? Do you know what ordinary people rely on to keep warm?" Lin Xuan said angrily.
There was a famine in the Jin Dynasty one year, and many people starved to death. After hearing the news, the "kind" Emperor Hui of Jin finally figured out a "solution" after thinking hard, saying: "The people don't have corn to satisfy their hunger, so why not eat minced meat?"
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Cheng Chumo is simply another version of Why Not Eat Minced Meat.
"Isn't it made of sheepskin and dog skin?" Cheng Chumo said matter-of-factly.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes and said, "You are talking about wealthy people. Do you think all people have sheepskins and dog skins to use?"
According to Lin Xuan's understanding, ordinary people's clothes and quilts are made of coarse cloth and filled with catkins, reed catkins, straw, etc.
It cannot withstand the cold at all, so people freeze to death every winter.
Only those with better conditions can use sheepskin and dog skin.
The quilt that Lin Xuan just traveled through was made of sheepskin. It was good at keeping warm, but it was too heavy.
Of course, those noble families have mink fur, or silk cloth stuffed with duck down, cashmere, etc.
For them, cotton is not very useful, but for ordinary people, cotton is a life-saving thing.
Cheng Chumo's eyes lit up and he said, "I understand."
"Now that you understand, if you don't want to continue looking for cotton, remember that no one else can tell this except you." Lin Xuan explained.
He was worried about what Hou Junji would do if he found out.
"Yes!" Cheng Chumo was very motivated now.
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Qu Wentai looked panicked. He looked at the ministers below and said, "The Tang army has come to kill them. What should we do now?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to panic. We have sent people to the Western Turks to ask for reinforcements. We just need to resist for a while," said the Prime Minister.
Although he was already disappointed with Qu Wentai, he did not want to watch Gaochang destroy his country.
"Yes, yes, General, how can you resist the Tang army?" Qu Wentai asked.
The general said: "Your Majesty, the Tang army has captured Tiandi City and has stopped moving. We don't have to do anything now. We just need to wait for the reinforcements from the Western Turks to arrive. If we attack from both ends, we will be able to defeat the Tang army."
Qu Wentai was overjoyed and said: "Okay, when the time comes to defeat the Tang army, I will be richly rewarded."
If he could defeat the Tang army, no one in the entire Western Region would dare to mess with him.
The Prime Minister was shocked and said: "Your Majesty, this is not possible."
Qu Wentai said: "Prime Minister, what did you say?"
"Your Majesty, after the Tang army broke through Tiandi City, but the secret troops did not move, they probably want to attack the royal city directly. Now we should call all the troops and horses from other places to the royal city." The Prime Minister said with an anxious look.
He didn't think Western Turks would send anyone here at all. What he said before was just to comfort Qu Wentai.
Based on his understanding of Qu Wentai, if Qu Wentai knew that the Western Turks would not send troops to support him, he would have thought of how to escape.
The general mocked: "I think the Prime Minister's courage was frightened by the Tang army. If the troops from other cities were transferred to the royal capital, wouldn't it be equivalent to handing over all those cities? Moreover, the Tang army was cunning. If they ambush them,
what to do?"
"The general is right, you can't give up the city to us."
"Yes, if we withdraw our troops and return to the royal capital, we will be ambushed by the Tang army, which will be troublesome."
As soon as the general finished speaking, other ministers agreed.
The Prime Minister pointed at them with a red face and cursed: "It is because of you that we have caused such trouble, and you are still here to confuse the king."
"There are hundreds of people in the city and dozens of people in the city. Can they defend the city when the Tang army attacks it? In this case, it is better to gather them all back to defend the royal city."
He did not count on reinforcements from the Western Turks. His only hope now was to gather all the troops from across the country to defend the royal capital.
Qu Wentai said hesitantly: "What about other cities?"
The Prime Minister said: "Your Majesty, the Tang army has to go on an expedition and does not carry much food and grass. If all the troops and food and grass from other cities are gathered in the royal city, the Tang army will not be able to attack for a long time and will naturally retreat. Those cities will still belong to the king."
"What the Prime Minister said makes sense." Qu Wentai nodded repeatedly.
Seeing that Qu Wentai agreed with the Prime Minister's statement, the general said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the Western Turks will need a few reinforcements at the earliest. If all the troops are called to the royal capital, the Tang army will attack immediately. If they cannot defend it..."
He knew Qu Wentai very well, he was extremely timid and his heart was as high as the sky.
Sure enough, when Qu Wentai heard what the general said, he swayed again and said, "Yes, yes, yes."
The Prime Minister's face was ashen and he said: "Your Majesty, the Tang army is less than a hundred miles away from the royal capital. If the Tang army is not recalled and the Tang army does not attack other cities, the royal capital will be in danger."
"Needless to say, I will immediately send an order for all soldiers and horses from other cities to come to the royal capital." Qu Wentai said extremely.
For Qu Wentai, nothing is more important than his life.
No matter what, there is nothing wrong with summoning people to the royal capital to protect him.