Above the morning court.

Li Er did not show Li Tai's arrest in front of all civil and military officials. On the one hand, he felt that this was his family matter and there was no need to tell him about it in such a court meeting. On the other hand, he had already done all his efforts to save Li Tai. Whether Li Tai could be rescued now depends entirely on Li Junxian's personal ability. Even if he told the court officials, it would not be much helpful to the final result of the matter!

The main topic of this morning court was about the issue of 150,000 soldiers from all over the country entering Beijing for training.

"... The more than 8,000 elite soldiers selected by the Zhechong Prefectures in the twelve prefectures, including Shangzhou, Puzhou, Ningzhou, Liangzhou, Qizhou, Qingzhou, etc., have arrived outside Chang'an City and set up camps in the Niushou Mountain area! The camp in the south of the city is expected to be completed in two days, and all these soldiers from all over the country can be moved into the camp! In other prefectures and counties far away from Chang'an City, the elite soldiers selected by the local Zhechong Prefectures are already on the road and will arrive in Chang'an City soon!"

Li Jing, the Minister of War, was reporting to Li Er on the process of the 150,000 elite soldiers entering the capital in Taiji Hall.

The fundraising conference held by the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce in Lantian County was unexpectedly successful, and it raised a total of 428,500 stagnants of military funds for the court. After having the money, the Ministry of Revenue was finally able to let go and work together with the Ministry of Works to recruit civilians and craftsmen, day and night to build camps for the 150,000 troops about to enter the capital. The progress was nearly twice as fast as before!

"Well! The pharmacist has to worry about the settlement of these soldiers!"

After hearing this, Li Er nodded expressionlessly and instructed: "Since the soldiers from all over the country have arrived in Chang'an City one after another, then the ones who arrive first will be trained first. The war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks will only be earlier and not later than we expected. Pharmacist and Shubao, you must seize the time to let the elite soldiers from all over the country form combat power as soon as possible!"

Elder Li Er had long wanted to attack the Turks. If the witch robbery sneaked into Yanhuang Academy to steal information was just a catalyst, then the Turkic spies kidnapped Li Tai last night was equivalent to igniting the powder keg. The Turkic spies had already touched Li Er's reverse scale. After all, if a man could not even protect his wife and children, he was still a man, let alone Li Er was not an ordinary man. He was the emperor and the king of a country!

The emperor was angry and buried in millions of corpses and bleeding thousands of miles!

Now Lao Li is extremely anxious about attacking the Turks. However, due to the lack of sufficient logistics and the Northern Expedition Army still lacks training, Li Er had to push the date of the National War to two months later!

"Old minister obeys the order!"

Li Jing and Qin Qiong could hear the urgent intention from Li Er's tone, and he heard this and went forward to clasp his fists.

Previously, Li Er appointed Li Jing as the elite chief manager of the 150,000 government soldiers, and Qin Qiong as the general. They were responsible for the Nissan management and training of this army respectively.

After a pause, Li Jing hesitated. After several hesitations, he still clasped his fists to Li Er and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the soldiers from all over the country who have recently arrived in Chang'an City should have the soldiers from Bingzhou, but the old minister received news that the gates of Taiyuan City were closed in recent days and no one could enter or exit, so the soldiers from Bingzhou may not be able to reach Chang'an in recent days!"

Taiyuan is closed down!

When Li Jing heard this news, the ministers in the court were shocked. At this time, they recalled that among the twelve soldiers from the states that Li Jing had just said that there were no soldiers from Bingzhou from the twelve states that arrived outside Chang'an City. This is not true! Because the distance between Bingzhou and Chang'an City is closer than many states in the twelve states! Now when Li Jing said that Taiyuan was closed, everyone was stunned at first, and then shocked!

Taiyuan City is the largest city in the north of the Tang Dynasty. Why did it be closed for no reason? What happened there?

Li Er, who was sitting in the upper head, had a slightly changed face at this time, but soon returned to normal. He said lightly: "Don't worry about the troops in Bingzhou for now! A large number of Turkic spies were found in Taiyuan City a few days ago. I have sent a hundred cavalry to Taiyuan to capture them, so the whole city of Taiyuan City has been martial law in the past few days. After the storm is pacified, the soldiers in Taiyuan City will naturally come to Chang'an!"

"Turkish spies?"

Hearing this, the court officials in the hall couldn't help but be shocked and discussed it below.

Li Er was unwilling to say anything more on this topic. He coughed lightly and signaled the court officials to be quiet. A glimmer flashed across the corner of Li Jing's eyes, as if he understood Li Er's meaning. He stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Old minister follows the order!

Li Er nodded, looked at the team of civil officials on the left side of the court, and asked in a deep voice:

"Xiao Aiqing, how are the food and grass preparations required for the 150,000 soldiers in the next three months?"

As the saying goes, before the troops move, food and grass will come first. Although most of the 150,000 soldiers in the palace are still on the way, the court must prepare food and grass for them for at least three months in advance! The Tang Dynasty court, which had just received a huge sum of money from the fundraising meeting, now has the confidence and strength!

"Go back to Your Majesty! The army has prepared about 70% of the food and grass. Before all 150,000 troops arrive in Chang'an City, all preparations will be completed!"

Xiao Yu calmly stepped forward and bowed.

The Ministry of Revenue is not short of money now, so there is nothing to say about the efficiency of handling affairs, so Xiao Yu, the steward of the Tang Dynasty's treasury, is now more confident than before!

"very good!"

Li Er nodded with satisfaction, then turned his eyes and looked at the ministers with a serious look on his face:

"Two months later, the court led its troops north to attack the grassland. At that time, not only the 300,000 army formed by the major camps in the capital were the main force, but this elite army recruited from the Tang Dynasty states was also the main force in the northern expedition!

There was a saying in the "Da Tang Daily" before. The rise and fall of the country is responsible for the people. At the previous fundraising meeting in Lantian County, those merchants and ordinary people all had the national justice and were willing to generously donate money for the court to fight against the Turks in the north. The officials read the books of sages and were among the courts, and they should work harder to eat the salary of the country and prepare for the court's northern expedition!

In the past two months, I hope that all the officials of the six ministries of the court can put aside all their selfish thoughts and make all preparations for the Northern Expedition Army before going to the expedition, and strive to make the combat power of the 450,000 Northern Expedition Army reach a higher level in two months!

In this battle, you can only win but not lose. If you win, all the ministers can continue their wealth and glory. If you lose, all the country will be destroyed and your family will be destroyed!"

As soon as the four words "The country is destroyed and the family is destroyed", the atmosphere of the entire hall suddenly became a little nervous. Li Er did not deliberately roar, but every word he said was sonorous and powerful, resounding in every corner of the hall. All the ministers in the hall were moved, and all the officials bowed together:

"I will follow the order and work hard to prepare for the Turks!"
Chapter completed!