"No! It's another important matter."
Fang Xuanling shook his head and said solemnly.
Li Shiming was a bit lost. Seeing Fang Xuanling's expression, he asked absent-mindedly,"What is it?"
Fang Xuanling saw Li Shiming's reaction and immediately said,"Your Majesty! There was a drought this summer! Now that many provincial capitals had reported the news, the autumn harvest in September might be greatly affected! In serious areas, there might be no harvest!”
“....”
After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, the civil and military officials in the hall were moved and began to whisper to each other.
"Why is there a drought?"
"It rained in Chang 'an this summer! It must be a drought!"
"It's over! Now that the national treasury was insufficient and they were going to attack the Western Regions, how could they survive the winter if the autumn harvest was too little?”
"I think we can't continue with this western expedition!”
"Let's persuade His Majesty together later!”
“....”
The people below whispered to each other.
Li Shi Min was even more upset.
He had never expected this.
At this critical moment, such a piece of news actually broke out!
The summer drought had severely affected the autumn harvest, and there were even places where there was no harvest.
This news was like adding insult to injury to the Great Tang's already understocked treasury!
If a food crisis really did occur, the Great Tang might need two to three years, or even longer, to recover.
"Your Majesty! Please advise me!"
At this moment, an official shouted.
"Speak!" Li Shimin replied.
The official looked around. The officials beside him were all encouraging. He stood up and said loudly,"Your Majesty, this subject invites you to temporarily stop the western expedition to prevent a large amount of food consumption and to prepare for the food crisis!”
As soon as this person finished speaking, someone shouted,"Your Majesty! I agree!"
"I also agree!"
"The point of the Great Tang's prosperity! Your Majesty, be careful! I agree!"
“.....”
Countless people raised their hands and expressed their views.
In their opinion, the western expedition was not as important as the possible food crisis.
In fact, some people believed that the Great Tang did not even need a western expedition.
The size of the Great Zhou was nothing compared to the Great Tang. As long as the Great Tang developed steadily for a few years and recovered its strength, it could destroy the Great Zhou in one fell swoop!
Now that the Emperor was determined to attack the Great Zhou, a large part of the reason was probably because the Empress was in Li Chengyuan's hands.
There were many people who had such thoughts.
However, some people did not think so.
Especially Fang Xuanling and Cheng Yaojin.
The two of them had seen the Great Zhou with their own eyes. Although it was still lagging behind in many areas, the potential it displayed was only greater than that of the Great Tang.
Not only that, but the Great Zhou also had so many divine items.
If he really allowed the Great Zhou to continue developing, after the Great Zhou unified the Western Regions in the future…
The Great Tang would truly be attacked from both sides!
To the north was the Turks, and to the west was the Great Zhou. At that time, they might not be facing a food crisis, but the calamity of national subjugation!
Li Shi Min also had a premonition about this.
During this period of time, he was always restless and even had nightmares.
At first, he thought that it was because of the aftereffects of " killing his brother ", but the nightmare yesterday told him that this was a hint from the unseen world.
The heavens were telling him about this Tian Zi.
Li Chengyuan was a mortal threat to the Great Tang!
They had to be eradicated as soon as possible.
Moreover, he also had his own thoughts. War did not necessarily consume a large amount of food.
As long as the monarchs of the Western Regions agreed to attack the Great Zhou together, the Great Tang could buy food from its so-called allies.
After all, there was slavery there, and the nobles did not care about the lives of the people.
But now, the envoys he had sent to the Western Regions had yet to return. This made him unable to make a decision for a moment.
"Urgent report! Urgent report! Urgent report!"
At this moment.
A loud shout came from outside the hall.
Li Shi Min's body trembled. The urgency of the shouts outside gave him a strong sense of foreboding.
Whoosh!
Li Shi Min stood up and looked outside the hall with his eagle-like eyes. He saw the person standing on the stairs in front of Taiji Palace.
It was the envoy he had sent to the Western Regions!
just
There was only one person left, and this envoy's clothes were slightly tattered. It seemed that the journey was very difficult.
Li Shi Min felt even more uneasy.
He gripped his dragon robe tightly with both fists. When the envoy arrived outside the hall, he immediately shouted,"What happened in the Western Regions?!!”
His voice was so loud that it cracked, which was enough to show how anxious Li Shiming was at the moment.
The officials in the hall could not help but be affected as they looked at the envoys outside the hall.
The envoy fled overnight and was almost captured by the Great Zhou's white-robed army! In order to save him, his companions had all died on the road!
His mental state was already tormented and tense. Now that he was being stared at like this, he was so agitated that he fainted at the entrance of the hall.
Seeing this, Li Shi Min was so angry that he cursed!
"Damn it! Imperial physician! Imperial physician! Call the imperial physician over!!”
The people in the hall didn't dare to be negligent.
His Majesty was not like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who liked to call himself 'Laozi'. His Majesty was obviously angry!
After a while, the imperial physician came. After a few operations, the envoy finally woke up.
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