The civil officials were rendered speechless by Li Er's words, and they all knelt down in their seats again.
Li Jing stood up and bowed,""Your Majesty, although the Turkic army has retreated, the bandits are still rampant and will occasionally descend the mountains to harass the people!”
"Secondly, the Eastern and Western Turks are in civil strife. Many Turkic tribes have appeared in the grassy valleys on the Great Tang's border!”
When the officials heard that the Turks were plundering the grass valleys, their expressions changed. The Turks were plundering the grass valleys not just to rob the people of food and money, but even more so to rob the people of the Great Tang.
The women of the Great Tang would be captured by the Turkic soldiers to serve as female soldiers and, when necessary, as military rations. The men of the Great Tang would be captured by the Turkic beasts, tied up and used as livestock.
Tying the males of the Great Tang to a rope and placing them in the sheep pen could prevent the sheep from messing around.
As for the children of the Great Tang who were not taller than a wheel, they were turned into military rations by the Turkic soldiers.
Li Er was just about to say that he would leave it all to the Crown Prince when he was suddenly stunned!
"Why are there still Turkic soldiers at the borders of the Great Tang?" he asked.”
Li Jing bowed and cupped his hands." Your Majesty, ever since the Turkic Jieli Khan died in the Great Tang, and I heard that the Tuli Khan also died on the way back, the Eastern and Western Turks have been embroiled in internal strife. Everyone wants to unite the Turks and elect a new Khan!”
This time, all the ministers were immersed in discussion. All kinds of strategies emerged one after another, but every strategy was filled with fatal flaws.
In addition, the Great Tang's treasury was empty, and the Military Ministry had long since been unable to make ends meet. There was no extra money to recruit soldiers and buy horses. Moreover, the Great Tang's warhorses had a serious problem with their hooves, so if they wanted to replenish their warhorses, they would also need a large amount of money.
Simply put, without money, any strategy was empty talk.
Li Er's eyes lit up at the strategies proposed by the ministers, but when he thought of the problem of the Great Tang's treasury, he instantly lost hope. Li Er paced back and forth between hope and disappointment.
Time passed by bit by bit. It was almost noon, but they still had not come up with a solution.
"Bang!" Li Er slammed the table and shouted,"Men, go and call the Crown Prince over!"”
"If the Crown Prince doesn't come, even if you have to kidnap him, you have to kidnap him for this one!”
When the Thousand Bull Guards heard Li Er's words, they broke out in cold sweat. Your Majesty, are you sure you're not joking? He actually wants us to kidnap the Crown Prince?
The Crown Prince had been surrounded by two hundred thousand Turks, but he had still managed to charge in and out. His demonic figure had long since become a nightmare for these soldiers.
"Creak…"
Just as the Thousand Ox Guard was hesitating, the wooden door of Taiji Palace was pushed open.
When they saw who it was, everyone unconsciously heaved a sigh of relief because it was the Crown Prince.
Perhaps it was a hint in their hearts that whenever a civil official had a problem to report, Li Er would say that the Crown Prince would resolve it. Therefore, when the Crown Prince appeared, all the officials had a feeling of trust in Li Chengqian.
They all felt that the Crown Prince would be able to perfectly resolve all the problems of the Great Tang.
"Ah…"
Li Chengqian yawned lightly and said,""I really don't know how you people are standing here!”
"You can't even think of a solution with the money of the imperial court!”
As he spoke, Li Chengqian had already walked to the center of Taiji Palace. He bowed and cupped his hands."Your son greets Imperial Father!"
When the civil and military officials saw that the Crown Prince had finally appeared, they hurriedly stood up and bowed with cupped hands."Your Majesty…"
"Your Majesty…"
Li Er waved his hand to interrupt all the ministers and said,"Li Chengqian, come forward and listen to the conferment!"
"Your son is here. Imperial Father, if you have anything to say, just say it!" Li Chengqian said indifferently.”
Li Er's face darkened. This unfilial son can't leave me some face in front of these ministers?
All the ministers were speechless. Even if you have the merit of protecting the country, you can't be so arrogant!
Li Er snorted coldly." Considering that the Crown Prince has single-handedly saved the Great Tang from danger, I hereby bestow Liangzhou and Youzhou to the Crown Prince as fiefs!"”
"The Crown Prince has to take over these two fiefs and settle all the matters in these two provinces within a year! Otherwise, you'll be punished for deceiving the emperor!"
"Now that the Great Tang's treasury is empty, Zhen will not pay a single cent. It's all up to the Crown Prince to solve it himself!”
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