Chapter 19 The Weird Heavy Rain
When he returned to Chang'an, Li Shimin was nervous and didn't know when he began to neglect Tuyuhun's situation. He wanted to deal with the Turks for a long time and did not pay attention to Tuyuhun's movements.
The joy of the great victory of Yinshan was swept away, and Tuyuhun was a very important strategic place. Now the Tang Dynasty has obviously relaxed its attention to Tuyuhun when facing the Tuyuhun side.
Returning to the palace, Li Shimin said to Fang Xuanling: "Get all the recent information about Tuyuhun."
Fang Xuanling also bowed and said, "Your Majesty, have you arranged for someone to explore the reality of Tuyuhun again?"
Li Shimin nodded. The information from these days was not enough. It has been too long since people were allowed to inquire about Tuyuhun. The existing information was from two or three years ago.
I want to prove whether what Li Zheng said is true, or is this kid slandering me.
He said that there will be a heavy rain in Chang'an in the second half of the month in the near future.
Li Shimin came to the Imperial Heaven Supervision, and Li Chunfeng was still in seclusion.
When he saw Yuan Tiangang wearing a Taoist robe, he was already very old, with white hair and a pretty energetic eyes.
Li Shimin asked him, "Master Yuan, will it rain heavily in Chang'an in the near future?"
Yuan Tiangang closed his eyes, counted his fingers for a long time and said, "Your Majesty, I will observe the celestial phenomena at night. There will be no heavy rain in Chang'an in the near future. It will be sunny. This year will be a year of bumper harvest."
Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, and when he heard Yuan Tiangang say this, he felt much more at ease.
"Someone told me that there will be heavy rain in Chang'an recently, so I came to ask Master Yuan." Li Shimin said.
Yuan Tiangang sat on the star map and said, "There are many people who cheat, and Your Majesty should not believe those rumors."
"That's right, that's right." Li Shimin nodded.
Even though Yuan Tiangang said this, Li Shimin felt much more relieved. How credible is what a twelve-year-old child said?
When he returned to his bedroom, Li Shimin planned to take a nap when a cold wind blew open the window of his bedroom.
He hurriedly got up, and Li Shimin walked out of the hall and saw dark clouds everywhere.
A few drops of rain fell, followed by a heavy rain.
It's really raining...
Yuan Tiangang looked at the heavy rain all over the sky and his face was pale.
Did you calculate it wrong?
This is not supposed to be... Yuan Tiangang calculated it over and over again.
Is there anyone more accurate calculations than themselves?
Who told Your Majesty that it would rain today for the second half of the month?
impossible.
Yuan Tiangang shook his head vigorously, "There is no sign of rain recently. How could there be a heavy rain in the second half of the month?"
A downpour like this should stop within an hour.
It's been five hours, and it's still raining...
Yuan Tiangang stared at the heavy rain like a devilish devil.
One night passed...
Yuan Tiangang rubbed his eyes hard, and the heavy rain outside was still falling.
At noon the next day, there was still no sign of stopping.
On the third day, Yuan Tiangang looked at Dayu and thought to himself that it should stop, it was too abnormal and evil!
Li Shimin couldn't wait for so long, and the latest information about Tuyuhun did not come so quickly.
In Tai Chi Palace, Li Shimin summoned a group of civil officials and military generals to discuss matters.
"I want to increase troops from Liangzhou by 100,000 to prevent Tuyuhun." Li Shimin said.
Tuyuhun? A group of generals were talking about it. Tuyuhun was just a small country in the northwest border.
Now the Tang Dynasty has defeated the Turks on the grasslands. How dare a small country like Tuyuhun offend the Tang Dynasty?
"Your Majesty." Changsun Wuji stepped forward and said, "Tuyuhun is weak and I think they will not invade. Now the battle with the Turks has just ended, and it is time to rest and recuperate. It is not advisable to mobilize troops like this."
"Your Majesty, I will discuss what Duke Zhao said." Hou Junji, the general of the Right Wu Guard, also said.
Li Shimin could see that these generals and ministers did not take small countries like Tuyuhun seriously.
Now that the Tang Dynasty has just won a great victory, how could Tuyuhun come back to attack the Tang Dynasty?
Maybe I'm really thinking too much?
Li Zheng said that it was Tuguhun's wolf ambition and did not say that he wanted to attack the Tang Dynasty.
Looking at Fang Xuanling, Li Shimin said, "Xuanling, do you think you need to increase your troops?"
Fang Xuanling stepped forward and said, "I think it's okay to increase troops. Now the northwest defense line in the Tang Dynasty is scattered. Once Tuyuhun launches an attack, the border will definitely be difficult to deal with and may lose Liangzhou."
After hearing this, Changsun Wuji immediately stepped forward and retorted: "I think it's not necessary. It takes too much military, horses, food and grass to increase troops."
"Your Majesty!" Fang Xuanling said again: "Once Liangzhou is in trouble, it is not just these to regain the military, horse, food and grass that need to be consumed, it is a hundred times more expensive."
Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji competed against each other. The two often had disagreements, and anyone could tell that they were always fighting openly and secretly.
Du Ruhui stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think it may not be necessary to increase the number of troops by 100,000. You can increase the number of troops by 50,000. If there is any change in Liangzhou, you can also be used to prevent it."
A compromise plan was proposed, and Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji no longer argued.
Li Shimin immediately said, "Since that's the case, send 50,000 troops to Liangzhou first just in case."
"Your Majesty." Wei Zheng stepped forward and said, "I want to impeach a person."
As soon as Wei Zheng spoke, Li Shimin immediately felt energetic and asked, "Who?"
Wei Zheng said, "I sued Cheng Yaojin's son for being accomplices in Chang'an. He beats people when he sees them, extorts money and forces them to buy medicine."
"Is this happening?" Li Shimin turned his head and looked, "Cheng Yaojin? Is there anything wrong?"
Cheng Yaojin, who was standing aside, came to his senses and looked around: "What's wrong?"
Li Shimin is not surprised by Cheng Yaojin's scattered and tough character. "Duke Zheng, tell your son to be accomplices of the tiger in Chang'an and extort money? Is there any such thing?"
"He farted!" Cheng Yaojin said loudly: "Old man Wei Zheng, my son Cheng has provoked you."
You can also see Cheng Yaojin's saliva floating in the air.
"Son is not the fault of the godfather!" Wei Zheng said with a stern face.
"You have the ability to come for someone, what's the ability to impeach the junior!" Cheng Yaojin shouted angrily.
The loud voice echoed in the Tai Chi Palace.
Cheng Yaojin had a strong temper and a loud voice, and Cheng Yaojin's angry curses echoed in the Tai Chi Palace.
Wei Zheng is another person who doesn’t eat soft and hard.
Li Shimin covered his forehead in pain...
Jingyang
Li Zheng and Li Yi Mansion were directing the villagers to open up ditches. The rain was heavy, and it was not good to not flow out the water, causing floods and flooding, and it was not good to flood crops.
Men in Jingyang all rushed to repair ditches in the rain and built high the embankment of the Jingyang River.
"There shouldn't be such heavy rain in this season?" Li Yifu muttered.
Li Zheng also knew that such heavy rains in Chang'an were abnormal and off-season.
This abnormal weather is recorded in meteorological history.
Chapter completed!