After Hong Chengyu finished shouting, everyone stopped arguing instantly.
They all knew Hong Chengyu's background. Although they were dissatisfied, they were all high officials in the court. They didn't expect to be scolded by a young boy one day. But he still had a smile on his face and didn't dare to contradict her at all.
"There is news from Jiannu. Huang Taiji lost a battle because the food and grass we were supposed to supply were not in place."
"This Huang Taiji is really a waste. We provided him with so many things, but he didn't even come in from Shanhaiguan."
"Huang Taiji said that if he loses, it will not be of any benefit to us, and asked us to quickly transport the stored grain to Liaoyang."
Now all kinds of abuses are useless, they have been tied to Huang Taiji's chariot, and they are both prosperous and devastated.
"Our food is all stored in the Fan family. The Fan family has been confiscated. Where can we get so much food in a short time?"
There is famine everywhere now, and no food can be obtained from anywhere. Just when all the officials were at a loss what to do, the first assistant who had been silent spoke up and looked at the Minister of Household Affairs in the corner and asked.
"Shilang Xu, I heard that you stocked up a batch of food before. Where is it now?"
"Master Chief Assistant, I do have some food left, but it is not enough to deal with the huge army of the slaves. It is simply a drop in the bucket."
The Minister of Household Affairs stood up. He had secretly started to collect food. He originally wanted to line his own pockets, but he didn't expect to be discovered so soon.
These were all earned by me at the risk of beheading. Why should I take away my things? I quickly opened my mouth and found an excuse.
"Servant Xu, do you think I don't know how much food you have? Without my secret help, you think you, a little servant, can do it!"
When he heard that the other party would not bring out the food, he glared at Xu Shilang and said.
"Why? This is my food. I follow you to make a fortune, not to get money and repay!"
"Shilang Xu! Why are you talking to the Chief Assistant! Take out the food quickly, otherwise you will know the consequences!"
"That's right! It seems like you have ulterior motives."
There was disharmony in the entire camp, and some people who had grievances with the Minister of Tohoku stood up and made sarcastic remarks.
The people who were originally on good terms with the Minister of Tobe became angry when they saw the chief minister, and they all broke up with the Minister of Tobe.
"Hahaha, you are all a bunch of sanctimonious people, I won't play with you anymore!"
The Minister of Tobe looked at the ugly faces of these people and walked away angrily.
I came here to make money, not to put money out of my own pocket.
"Stop him quickly!"
A soldier from the Ministry of War stood up. Seeing that Xu Shilang didn't understand the rules, he wanted someone to stop him.
"Let him go."
The first assistant was a little tired and closed his eyes.
"Master Chief Assistant, if you let her go like this, it would be terrible if our affairs were leaked."
"Yes, I suggest killing him immediately!"
"Agree, find out where the food is from his mouth. We will not only get the food, but also eliminate a hidden danger."
When it comes to his own life safety, he doesn't care about that much for a while.
"It's up to you, I'm tired."
After hearing everyone's suggestions, the chief assistant looked in the direction of the door, and with the help of his servants, he went to the room to rest.
"Zhao Canjun, you are responsible for the deployment of this matter, and we will all obey your orders."
Seeing the chief assistant leave the living room, it was acknowledgment of their actions. Most of the people present were civil servants, and a few generals were also brave and foolhardy. They all looked at the soldiers.
The only one who can make suggestions here is Join the Army. At first, Joining the Army thought of killing people and silencing them.
"Find some reliable people and do this at night..."
A conspiracy was brewing, and while they were discussing it, there was a person outside the window who was listening to the conspiracy inside through the gap.
"Okay, adults, just wait for the good news."
After talking about the rough plan, everyone left the mansion one after another.
"Your Majesty, are you in there?"
Zhu Si hurriedly came to the palace, showed his imperial guard Qianhu token, and came to the palace study room without any effort.
"Master Zhu, His Majesty is reading inside. I will go and inform you."
The eunuch at the door looked to be Zhu Si. Wang Chengen had already told these slaves who was important and who was not important. This is what a slave must know.
"It's too late, I'll go in and find His Majesty myself!"
Seeing the eunuch grinding and chirping, he opened the door gently, fearing to disturb Chongzhen who was reading inside.
Zhu Si couldn't wait any longer, so he opened the door and entered the minister's study room.
"Master Zhu, I haven't reported it yet."
The eunuch was frightened and quickly followed him, trying to stop Zhu Si.
"What's wrong?"
Chongzhen, who was reading a book, asked unhappily when he saw the eunuch and Zhu Si coming in below.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhu broke in by himself. I didn't stop him."
The eunuch and Zhu Si knelt directly on the ground. The eunuch spoke first and put all the responsibility on Zhu Si.
"Your Majesty, I forced my way in."
Zhu Si did not hide it at all and admitted it openly.
"Why did you come to me at this time?"
"Okay, you go down."
After waiting for a few seconds, Zhu Si did not answer, but kept his head lowered. Chongzhen looked at the little eunuch kneeling next to him and waved his hand.
"Slave, please retire."
The eunuch hurriedly left the study room as if he had been released.
"Come forward and say it."
Chongzhen looked at Zhu Si standing below, waved and said to him.
"Your Majesty, today at the chief minister's place, those officials started..."
Jin Yiwei's spies are all over the capital, and there is nothing that Jin Yiwei doesn't know. Zhu Si summarized the information he got and told it all to Chongzhen.
"Hmph, these guys are really lawless. Hurry up and send someone to protect this Minister of Household Affairs. He may be of great use in the future."
After hearing the other party's plan, Chongzhen snorted coldly. Unexpectedly, these guys didn't give up and actually wanted to take food to Jiannu.
"I have already made arrangements. Do you want these people to be punished?"
"No need for now, they are just eagles without wings. You personally take this imperial decree and go to Shandong to find the Japanese army and let them reach the address in the imperial decree."
"Your Majesty, what happened to mobilize the Japanese troops?"
Zhu Si took the imperial edict and suddenly felt that the edict in his hand was extremely heavy. He didn't understand why he mobilized the army so suddenly and asked Chongzhen doubtfully.
"You don't need to know. Remember, the imperial edict must be delivered to the hands of the Japanese army."
Chongzhen did not go into detail about this matter, because the fewer people know about it, the better.
