But the key is, he doesn't know why this is happening at all.
If we can't find the cause, how can we solve it?
So after all that, in the end, all I'm left with is worry.
But now that the matter has come to this, we still have to buy this food.
If you don't buy it, the consequences will probably not be solved by five hundred thousand taels.
Once Yizhou rebels, it will inevitably be suppressed by the army.
In this war, money will be burned!
Not to mention anything else, the military salary alone costs at least one million taels of silver.
No matter from a rational or emotional point of view, all this food must be bought and all these disasters must be relieved!
But in this way, half a million can only buy less than five million catties of grain.
Then let alone two months, even one month is enough, twenty days at most.
In the future, I'm afraid I will have to buy food one after another and send it over.
But where should this money come from?
Emperor Jing Xing leaned on the dragon chair, closed his eyes, and rubbed his eyelids with his hands, feeling extremely tired.
This emperor is really worse than an ascetic.
However, after resting for a while, Emperor Jing Xing cheered up again and said: "Zheng Ying, please pass on my decree and order Dongfang Ming, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to take 500,000 taels of silver from the treasury to purchase disaster relief grains and send them to Yizhou. "
"This matter is of great importance. Let him do it well for me."
Hearing this, Zheng Ying immediately knelt down and solemnly said: "No!"
Dongfang Ming is the head of the Dongfang family in Qiandu, and he is quite capable. Over the years, he has served as the minister of the Ministry of Industry and has never had any major mistakes.
Emperor Jing Xing was relieved to leave this matter to him.
As for the remaining silver, we’ll talk about it later.
You can always squeeze it out, just help the people of Yizhou get through the most difficult period first.
…
As soon as the news came out that the imperial court wanted to purchase five million kilograms of grain, the entire grain merchants in Qiandu City instantly became excited.
Originally, this was Yizhou's disaster relief food, and it was of great importance, so Dongfang Ming planned to purchase it secretly.
It turned out that it was impossible to purchase five million kilograms of grain secretly.
No matter how careful you are, even with the help of the Imperial City Division, it is impossible to do it.
In this case, it would be better to just let the news out and let the grain merchants in Qiandu City bid individually.
In this way, we can get more food at a lower price, why not?
Besides, he didn't think anyone would be brave enough to steal the court's disaster relief food.
If it is found out, there will really be no scum left among the nine clans.
And Dongfang Ming is worthy of being the Minister of Industry, and the development of the situation is indeed as he expected.
Originally, 500,000 taels of silver might not even be able to buy 5 million jins of grain. Now, after some overt and covert operations on his part, he directly bought 5.5 million jins!
A full five hundred thousand kilograms more! This is already remarkable.
After the food is purchased, it is shipped.
In this Qiandu city, in addition to the four-sided city gate defenders and the Royal Guards, the Yulin Army, there are three major battalions at any time.
They are wind, fire, and blood!
Of course, after Li Changkong's review, another Shanzi camp was added.
Among the four major camps, the Fengzi camp is mostly light cavalry and is famous for its speed.
In addition, the transportation this time was for disaster relief, so sooner rather than later, the task of transportation inevitably fell to Fengzi Camp.
…
Late at night, a dark shadow escaped from the numerous police stations and slipped into Prince Jing's Mansion.
The black shadow knelt down in front of a silhouette and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, you are so predictable. The imperial court has really spent money to buy disaster relief food, which will be sent to Yizhou for disaster relief."
When King Jing heard this, he slowly turned around with a calm expression: "Is it Fengziying who is transporting it?"
"Exactly!" Heiying was already accustomed to King Jing's ability to predict events like a god.
"Yizhou, there must be chaos." After King Jing was silent for a moment, a calm voice came: "In addition, I want this batch of food and the flattery of Hefeng Ziying."
"I understand!"
The black shadow held his hand, and in an instant, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Then the figure continued to fade, as if blending into the dark night, completely disappearing.
…
As time goes by, the flavor of the new year in Qiandu City becomes stronger and stronger.
Almost every household can smell the festive atmosphere.
Lanterns and colors were decorated one after another to welcome the arrival of the new year.
It's just that... on this day, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty at the court meeting were as if they were mourning for their heirs.
Dongfang Ming, who is known as the capital of the city, has pale lips and a face as golden as paper.
On the dragon chair, Emperor Jing Xing, who had always been generous, was already furious and rarely got angry in front of his ministers.
Because the food is lost!
In addition, the three thousand fast horses of Fengzi camp were all lost!
All soldiers will die in battle!
This news was discovered by farmers on the border of Jiaozhou this morning. After reporting it, it spread from the Jiaozhou magistrate to Qiandu City.
This is not surprising, after all, Jiaozhou and Yizhou are similar.
The strange thing is, what kind of force has such courage to touch the court's disaster relief food!
You know, these five hundred thousand taels were squeezed out by the imperial court, and even included some of the money that Emperor Jing Xing had accumulated in the inner treasury through frugal spending over the years.
Now, it's gone!
Not only are they gone, the three thousand horses of Fengzi Camp are also gone!
You know, Daqian is located in the southeast and is not rich in horses.
In order to set up the Fengzi Camp, almost all the horses north of Qiandu City were emptied.
Now, it’s just lost!
He didn't die on the battlefield with the Western Jin Dynasty, nor on the battlefield against the Beiyuan barbarians, but on his own territory, just transporting food, click, gone!
How can Emperor Jing Xing not be angry?
"Check! Check this matter thoroughly for me!"
"If you can't find the horses and food within ten days, Dongfang Ming, just beg for the bones."
Dongfang Ming, who was among the crowd, could only smile bitterly when he heard this.
The other party did this very neatly, leaving basically no useful traces.
Looking for it this way is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.
What's more, it's not certain whether this incident was committed by bandits in Daqian.
He stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "Your Majesty, is it possible that this matter is not a domestic matter?"
As soon as these words came out, Emperor Jing Xing immediately frowned.
After thinking about it, I think it is somewhat possible.
After all, in the territory of Daqian, no matter what kind of robbers and bandits, even if you have the courage, you would not dare to rob the court's disaster relief food!
And there are those three thousand horses. If you don't form an army, what are you doing?
So how does this matter look like what the military of other countries did?
"Then tell me, how did they bypass our country's borders and go straight into the hinterland?"
There are only a few countries bordering Daqian, either the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty, or the Southern Chen Dynasty.
Beiyuan had just been unified by Tuobatian Khan. If they wanted to do something, it would definitely be a big move.
It's just three thousand horses and five and a half million kilograms of grain. The Lord of the Grassland should still look down upon it.
The Western Jin Dynasty was close to the west, while Yizhou and Jiaozhou were in the east of Daqian, which was quite different.
As for Nan Chen... all the naval forces have been wiped out, so it is impossible to sneak into Daqian from land.
So Dongfang Ming thought about it, but he just hesitated and couldn't explain why.
