Qianqiu Palace, which has a adjustable air conditioner, is cool and comfortable, and is very different from previous years.

His Majesty Li Er was reading the report of the government's relief and resettlement of refugees, and the statistics on how many refugees there are, how much rice they consume per day, etc.

After a while, His Majesty Li Er raised his head and asked Ma Da Secret: "Compared with previous years, how is the situation of this relief?"

Ma Zhou bowed and said, "Weichen has reviewed the relevant documents. After rough calculations, the branch expenditure this year is less than in previous years. Weichen has also read it around, and the refugees seem to be better than in previous years."

His Majesty Li Er said with a slight head, "I think so too. The court built warehouses, built official houses, dredged rivers, and there were officials in the city. Rich businessmen built houses and built houses, and there were quite a few refugees employed. I also issued an order to set the minimum wage. The money and food earned by the refugees should be able to support their families, right?"

Ma Zhou said: "Even if you can't support your family, you still have a porridge shed to go to. It's probably not going to happen if you starve people to death."

His Majesty Li Er pondered and said, "It seems that the method of 'work-for-relief' proposed by Qi Lin is still practical."

Ma Zhou smiled and said, "This year is only a trial, and there may be some omissions. After improvement, the effect will be more significant."

His Majesty Li Er smiled relievedly, knocked his fingers on the desk a few times, and said, "Qi Lin is not as smart as his brother and sister, but at a young age, he is actually a little bit of a good deal, which makes me very troubled."

Ma Zhou laughed and said, "If you have merits, you will be rewarded. Why should you have a headache?"

His Majesty Li Er shook his head gently, and was really worried that the reward would not be enough.

"Forget it, I'm still young, and my nature will change." His Majesty Li Er smiled bitterly, changed the subject, and asked, "King Bin, I want to make Li Simo the Khan, and lead the Turks scattered in Henan to return to Hebei, restore his former court, and continue his predecessors. However, Li Simo wrote a letter saying that the various tribes were afraid of Xue Yantuo and refused to leave the south. What if it did?"

Li Simo, whose original name was Asuna Simo, was an Eastern Turkic nobleman and one of the most popular generals of the Tang Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of Tang sent general Li Jing and others to lead the Tang army to attack the Eastern Turkic Khanate. Jie Li Khan was defeated and fled. The leaders of various tribes abandoned Jie Li Khan and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, but Simo followed Jie Li Khan.

Soon, the Tang army destroyed the Eastern Turks, and Simo and Jie Li Khan were captured by the Tang army. Because of his appreciation of Simo's loyalty, Li Shimin, the Emperor Taizong of the Later Tang Dynasty, appointed Simo as the Prince of Huaihua, and commanded Jie Li Khan's old subordinates living in the southern part of the Yellow River.

Xueyantuo was originally one of the Tiel tribes, and was formed by the merger of Xue and Yantuo tribes. It was originally engaged in nomadic activities in the Tula River Basin in the northern Mohe River and was affiliated with the Turks.

In the second year of Zhenguan, the Western Turks were in civil turmoil. The Xueyantuo tribe Yiyan Xiao Khan Yinan led more than 70,000 households of his tribe to belong to the Eastern Turks, but they met with the brutal rule of the Shang Jie Li Khan.

Yi Nan led his troops to resist with force and defeated the army sent by Jie Li. Subsequently, the Tieler family members recommended Yi Nan as Khan, but Yi Nan dared not be the one.

At this moment, His Majesty Li Er was trying to weaken Jie Li's power, believing that uniting Yi Nan would be beneficial to the Tang's final counterattack against the Eastern Turks, so he sent the guerrilla general Qiao Shiwang to secretly contact Yi Nan, and named Yi Nan as the pearl Piga Khan, and gave him a drum flag.

Yi Nan was overjoyed and established the Xueyantuo Khanate, built the Ya under the Yudunjun Mountain of the Desert (now Hang Ai Mountain of the Mongolian People's Republic), and competed with the Eastern Turks, and sent envoys to pay tribute, becoming an affiliated vassal state of the Tang Dynasty in the northern desert.

After the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turks, most of the Eastern Turks were moved to the south of the Yellow River to resettle, and many banished prefectures were set up.

As a result, the Shuopai was empty, Xue Yantuo took the opportunity to quickly expand his power, occupy most of the territory of the former Eastern Turks, and moved the tent to the south of the Duluo River in the north of Duweijieshan (now the Tula River Basin of the Mongolian People's Republic). He had 200,000 victories, entering his heyday.

It is in line with the classic saying of later generations: There are no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests.

From the Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, historical experience has repeatedly proved that the northern nomadic peoples supported by the Central Plains dynasty would always invade southward and plunder money and population after they became stronger.

When Xue Yantuo quickly became stronger, His Majesty Li Er began to take precautions to prevent him from expanding south.

First, His Majesty Li Er sent an envoy to prepare a ceremony book and named Yi Nan's two sons as the little Khan. On the surface, this action was a way of honoring Xue Yantuo, but in fact he wanted to divide the power of Yi Nan.

The second was to lead Li Simo to return to the north of Baidao, establish a buffer zone between Xueyantuo and the Tang Dynasty, so that Xueyantuo could not directly attack the Central Plains.

But Li Simo was obviously afraid of difficulties. First, he was named Khan by His Majesty Li Er, but his prestige in the clan was limited and he was worried that it would be difficult to convince the public. Second, it was also the reason mentioned in his letters. The Turkic tribes were very afraid of Xue Yantuo and were unwilling to return north.

Ma Zhou stroked his beard and thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty can summon Li Simo to Chang'an to understand the pros and cons, and teach him the opportunity in person, or make him return to the north with peace of mind."

His Majesty Li Er thought for a while, and agreed and said, "What King Bin said is very consistent with my wishes, so I will draw an order according to this!"

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"Guanxiang shops are happy to work on thousands of families; prime locations have unlimited appreciation..."

Yuwen Shang threw down the leaflet in his hand and smiled mockingly: "I dare to sell it for sale before this house is built? I am so brave and have a very thick-skinned face."

Cui Zheng shook his head, took the flyer, and explained word by word: "This is a pre-sale, only half of the deposit is paid, and you can get the house in just over a month. Look at it, the house is limited, first come first served. In other words, you can wait for the house to be built before buying it, and you may have sold out."

Wei Zongzhang pondered and said, "It's a good deal according to the price tag above. The land originally looked like a wasteland, but now it looks like it is located on the main transportation road, which is really a good place."

Cui Zheng smiled and said, "To be honest, my two brothers, my family is quite interested and wants to set up a warehouse there. In this way, the bulk goods in Dongshi can be moved out and the shops can be expanded more than twice."

Yuwen Shang looked at Cui Zheng, and after a while, he smiled bitterly, saying, "Don't you know that this house is not a problem to sell. It's just a few days ago - alas, I'm just angry."

I just agreed with Xu Qilin a few days ago and planned to share the weight in Xianglu business to make money. But when Xu Qilin took back the conditions proposed, the heads of the three families shook their heads and refused.

Isn’t this what the aristocrats should do when getting involved in merchants? Of course, no one has done this very much, so it’s embarrassing to get it on the table?

Yu Wenshi was even more determined and severely scolded Yu Wen Shang. It is okay to make friends with Xu Qilin, but don’t mess with him.

Yuwen Shang thought his father was worried about Xu Chongrong in the palace, so he argued a few words.
Chapter completed!