After reading it, Xiao Yi started thinking.
How should I tame a fierce horse like Yue Hongling?
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside Xi Zheng Palace, and Dai Guang walked in quickly.
Lu Chong was one step ahead of him.
Seeing the looks on the two people's faces, Xiao Yi knew there must be some bad news.
Just when the two of them walked into the hall and were about to bow to salute, Xiao Yi waved his hand and said, "Excuse me. What happened?"
Dai Guang said in panic: "Your Highness, the 500,000 stones of relief grain transported by the Shaanxi Road Transport Envoy last night was robbed in Taiping Town. More than 1,000 officers and soldiers escorting the grain were killed and more than 800 were killed in the battle. The transport envoy was seriously injured!"
Lu Chong also clasped his fists and said: "Your Highness, please allow me to send two thousand troops to Taiping Town to suppress the bandits and recover the food."
Xiao Yi was calm, but the murderous look in his eyes made Dai Guang, who raised his head and glanced at him, immediately lower his head and dare not look directly. At the same time, he was sweating profusely.
His Royal Highness the Prince finally raised the food, and for this reason he directly killed Xue Baichuan and Jia Haolei, withstanding great pressure.
However, the five hundred thousand stones of disaster relief food were robbed by horse bandits before they arrived.
Those horse bandits are really too rampant.
"I failed in transporting food, so that half a million stones of disaster relief food were robbed. I am ashamed of the millions of victims on Shaanxi Road, and of His Highness the Crown Prince. Please grant me death!"
Dai Guang gritted his teeth and bowed directly to the end.
Xiao Yi first said to Lu Chong: "Shaanxi Road has suffered from drought for many years, and the people have suffered greatly. Bandits have begun to appear in the early years. Now these bandits are so rampant that they may have become a force. It is not appropriate to go rashly."
"Commander Lu, I still need to start construction. As for the horse bandit, I already have a candidate."
Then he said to Dai Guang, "Get up too. This is a rebellion caused by horse bandits. Although you are guilty, your crime will not lead to death."
Xiao Yi thought for a moment and then said: "Dai Qing."
Dai Guang bowed and said, "I'm here."
Xiao Yi ordered: "The more than 800 soldiers who died in the battle must be well compensated, and the remaining 200 or so people also need to be comforted as soon as possible. The best doctors must be invited to treat their injuries, and some comfort money must also be paid. "
"You are fully responsible for this matter. Remember, pensions must be paid in full, and embezzlement is not allowed. If found, report directly to Commander Lu. Anyone who embezzles pensions will be killed without mercy!"
Dai Guang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and said, "Here."
After Dai Guang left, Xiao Yi asked Lu Chong: "Fifty thousand stones of disaster relief food were only escorted by more than a thousand people, and then they were robbed like this."
"The problem of horse bandits on the Shaanxi Road is becoming increasingly serious. Who doesn't know and who doesn't know?"
"Do you have any opinion on this matter?"
Lu Chong thought for a moment before replying: "Your Highness, do you mean to say that someone did this deliberately?"
Xiao Yi wanted to see if Lu Chong could analyze it, but he threw the question back.
It seems that this person is brave and loyal, but his emotional intelligence is not very high.
If he were really asked to suppress bandits and recover relief food, I'm afraid he would be in vain by then.
So Xiao Yi refused directly, not wanting him to go.
"The horse bandits on Shaanxi Road have rebelled. Will they let the government's disaster relief food reach the place?"
"With this food, they can also feed more people."
"The key point is that even though they knew the danger of horse bandits was serious, they still only arranged for more than a thousand people to be escorted. This was obviously intentional."
Lu Chong immediately said: "Is it Dai Guang?"
"I'm going to chop off his dog's head now!"
After saying that, he turned around to catch up with Dai Guang and slashed him with his knife.
Xiao Yi immediately said: "Slow down!"
At this time, Dai Guang, who walked out of the East Palace quickly, felt a chill on his back.
Shivered.
No, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intended to promote himself to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but he failed in his mission.
How can I make His Highness the Crown Prince value me in the future?
If I had known earlier, I would have arranged for more people to escort the food.
In the Xi Zheng Palace, after stopping Lu Chong, Xiao Yi explained: "If it weren't for Dai Guang, even if he were Li Linfu's man, he wouldn't just act randomly at this time."
"It should be someone else, maybe the Shaanxi Road Transfer Envoy, or..."
Xiao Yi did not continue.
After taking a sip of tea, he continued: "The Guhui will arrange for others to do the task of suppressing the bandits and chasing food. Now the East Palace is a place of right and wrong, and you are still needed to protect the safety of the East Palace."
Lu Chong quickly expressed his loyalty.
Xiao Yi waved his hand and said, "Well, please step back first."
After Lu Chong left, Xiao Yi took out the jade pendant and continued to play with it.
Women do not give way to men.
In this case, Xiao Yi planned to give her a stage to display her ambitions, employing people first, and then training horses.
If you go directly to Yong'an County Prince's Palace to ask for someone, the other party will probably not refuse to give it to you.
But what you get may be a cold and arrogant daughter-in-law.
And what Xiao Yi wants is not just Yue Hongling, but also her heart.
In fact, the robbery of grain was not necessarily done by Li Linfu, it might have been a gangster, or it might have been the vassal king or the prefect of Jinyang.
After all, there are too many people who want to stop Xiao Yi from providing disaster relief.
Xiao Yi might not even be able to count them.
But, no matter who it is, it is absolutely right to put this label on Li Linfu first.
As Xiao Yi took the initiative to release the news quickly, people in the capital and on Shaanxi Road also knew that the food raised by His Royal Highness was supposed to be transported to Shaanxi Road for disaster relief, but it was robbed in Taiping Town.
So the whole capital was boiling.
Some people rejoice in the misfortune, while others are afraid of being implicated.
at the same time.
Rumors spread that the horse bandits' robbery of grain was a conspiracy because someone did not want the grain to reach Shaanxi Road.
Then this person became Li Linfu.
Prime Minister Li's Mansion.
Zhu Mian said happily: "Mr. Minister, what a great news. The five hundred thousand stones of relief food that the prince asked to be transported were robbed by horse bandits before they reached the place."
Wang Fu glanced at Zhu Mian and secretly thought that this person was really good at flattering him, and he was faster than himself, which was really disgusting.
He also showed a flattering smile and wanted to congratulate him.
"boom!"
Li Linfu put down the tea cup heavily and said nothing.
Wang Fu had already bowed down, and quickly raised his head in horror, looking at Li Linfu with a gloomy face, and swallowed the words he spoke.
Cai Jin, who was on the sidelines, immediately realized that it was not Li Linfu who did this.
However, there are rumors outside that Li Linfu did this because he did not want His Highness to provide disaster relief and thus robbed the food.
Some people have already started shouting that they want to get rid of the traitorous officials and kill Duke Li.
If it were true, even if it was done by Mr. Li, he couldn't say it, let alone let others see it!
That was disaster relief food, and it was related to the life and death of millions of victims on Shaanxi Road.
It is easy to arouse public anger.
Mr. Li may be taking the blame this time.
When Cai Jin thought of this, she immediately fell silent and looked down at her hands, as if there was something worthy of his attention.
