Chapter 902 (2/2)

Occasionally, we can see the turbulent Yellow River flowing through one side, and occasionally we can see the Yellow River with gentle flow, which is irrigated by the farmers in heaven and earth.

But when the horse drawn train passes by, there will always be more troops nearby from time to time to guard the royal family from afar, so that the people in heaven and earth can immediately understand that this is the honor of the emperor.

Looking at the group of people and the vague guard of honor, some farmers were filled with excitement. It was obvious that their lives had not been in vain. They did not expect to be driven out to the ground by their wives and saw the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the distance between him and the Royal Guard of honor, he could not see a clear face at all, but even looking at the grand array that he had never seen in his life, he could guess that this was the way the emperor was travelling.

On the way, Wu Mei reflected on Li Hong's words from time to time, especially Li Hong's extremely contemptuous remark that those literati and bureaucrats had never run a country or a county, nor had they ever been a parent official of a state or government. Some of them just studied the sages' books at home, and then summed up the experience from the ancient books. His eloquence was as good as Zhao Kuo's on paper, Give them one government and one state to govern. I'm afraid the people will know more about it when they are hungry in the end.

This is not a fair thing for the common people. The common people of Li people don't want much. As long as they can live and work in peace and contentment, it is enough for them. As for others, it is too far away for them, just like the farmers looking at this side in the distance.

From time to time, there were troops guarding Li Zhi and Wu Mei as they passed by, which also attracted the attention and interest of Li Zhi and Wu Mei, because when these cavalry saw them, they were all different troops, not the same troops that had been arriving from Chang'an.

Li Zhi and Wu Mei are also curious about this. They have heard more or less about the reform of the Ministry of war in the past two years. Now it is a bottomless pit. The budget of one year is totally beyond the cognition of Li Zhi when he was in office, and it has been increased by multiple.

Even if there is no war in the Tang Dynasty today, except for Jiling city in Anxi, which resists from time to time or takes the initiative to fight against the vassals, there is no war in other places.

But even so, the Ministry of war and the Ministry of labor are still the two government offices that spend the most money in the imperial court. After Li Zhi heard about the annual expenditure, he felt frightened and worried, and murmured to Wu Mei from time to time: ”was Li Hong deceived by the two ministers? Where did all this money go? Isn't it corruption? ”

”You can go and ask him in person. If not, you can also send someone directly to the Ministry of war and the Ministry of works to check the accounts, don't you?” Wu Mei, teasing Li Hong's youngest son, said absentmindedly.

”I have been in Zen position for many years, and I have not asked about the government for a long time.” Li Zhi was not interested in Wu Mei, so he gave up the idea of asking Li Hong.

Once again, the doubts of the servants rose in the minds of these servants.

Although these troops didn't seem to be killing and bloody, they still had a faint sense of war that seemed to fade after the war.

The sky did not know when it began to drizzle. At this time, the Royal Guard of honor, who should return to the carriage and continue to drive, stopped because of Lizhi's obstinacy. Although it was raining, Lizhi was very interested. He wanted to set up camp at the foot of the mountain nearby and wait until the rain stopped.

However, Li Hong had no choice but to obey his father's willfulness. In the drizzle, he began to order his entourage to set up camp and feel the difference in the drizzle.