Yue Hongling stretched her waist, wearing a Qinxiang silk buttoned garment, a red tasseled phoenix-winged tiger helmet, a treasure-phase Qilin Mingguang armor, a Chaoxiang Taiming royal gold belt tied around her waist, and a pair of bright pupils under her sword eyebrows. , the blackness is bottomless.
It's true: cicadas with phoenix helmets on their temples look majestic, with soap shoes and precious stirrups on horseback. The chain armor is lined with red gauze, and has a gold belt on the willow waist and a green edge on the shoulder. The rebel thieves were killed indiscriminately with long spears, and the fierce generals were captured alive by the jade-fiber generals. The natural and beautiful begonia flower is the only one in my family.
The general brought a map of Longyou Road, which marked the most powerful bandits that had appeared on Longyou Road in recent years.
Three of them have already raised troops to rebel and captured several capital and county offices, which has become a trend.
If these rebels are not put down, no matter how long the Longyou Road provides disaster relief, it will be useless.
Disaster relief food will also be robbed in these places, and disaster relief money will also be robbed in these places.
Even some merchants would be robbed when they came.
The entire Longyou Road has become a place of right and wrong.
"Go to Qinzhou!"
Qinzhou has the most powerful rebel bandit in Longyou Road. The leader of the rebel bandit is named Li Hongji. He was a postman at a post station in Longyou Road, so he has an official position.
However, due to the severe drought in Longyou Road and the failure of local officials to provide disaster relief, most of the relief food and money distributed by the court fell into the pockets of the officials.
Li Hongji was just a small postman. He was expected to become a government servant and be promoted to one level.
But he didn't want to, because he was unwilling to give gifts to his boss, which led to his failure in promotion.
Li Hongji simply turned into a bandit and led his people to rob wealthy households everywhere. Later, more and more people followed him.
There were even some people who made suggestions for him. In just two years, he captured Qinzhou and finally made himself king, calling himself King Chuang.
Yue Hongling is the Pinglu general, and his main task is to pacify the bandits in Gyeonggi Road and Longyou Road.
In her opinion, since he is a pacifist, he should shoot the first one.
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Xiao Yi finished correcting the memorial and received the memorial from An Zijun.
Just half a day and a night.
He found out that the people who followed Liu Yanqing to grab food were all Liu Yanqing's subordinates and personal guards. They were already on duty, so no one noticed that they left the Nanya Forbidden Army Office.
As for the stolen food, it was also recovered.
Liu Yanqing seemed to have contacted his next employer a long time ago, and he sold all the food on the road not even a day after it arrived.
An Zijun only recovered more than 200,000 shi, and there were still tens of thousands of shi that could not be recovered, so he had to sell iron to make up for it.
Food is not cheap now. The food in the capital is to help the people of the capital survive. Every purchase is a certain amount. If there is too much, it will not be sold.
Xiao Yi immediately ordered the Dianqian Division and Long Wei Army to form a force of 3,000 troops to escort the relief food to Qingyang again, and follow the Pinglu general Yue Hongling's rear to start the disaster relief.
After dealing with these matters, he planned to take a rest and go to the Hongmei Pavilion to find Li Qiuya to enhance their relationship.
Unexpectedly, Dai Guang came to see him.
Dai Guang, the left servant of the household department who was quite dusty, strode in, bowed and said: "I pay my respects to Your Highness."
Xiao Yi said: "No courtesy."
Dai Guang took out the memorial, presented it with both hands, and said: "Your Highness, I have some clues about the investigation."
"The number reported by the Ministry of War is wrong. It is different by as much as five times."
Xiao Yi took it and took a look. He immediately closed the memorial and slapped it on the table.
"boom!"
"That's unreasonable!"
"The drought in Longyou Road is so severe that many rebels have raised their flags to rebel. The people are even more miserable and are starving to death everywhere."
"As the Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, a third-rank official. Without thinking about how to provide disaster relief, I actually asked for excess military pay on the grounds of military pay. What do you want to do?"
"Such a traitor is more hateful, more terrifying, and more sinful than those rebels!"
Fortunately, in the court controlled by Li Linfu, a minister of the household department had embezzled huge amounts of money, and the gold and silver treasures were already piling up like mountains.
Now another Minister of the Ministry of War appears, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.
This Ministry of War is related to the army of Daqian. You can imagine what the current situation of the army is.
The dignified minister of the Ministry of War was corrupt and perverted the law, and the lion asked for military pay.
In the past, I'm afraid he was also a treacherous official who was greedy for military pay.
"Yang Zhao, Minister of Recruitment!"
Yang Zhao, named Guozhong, was a Jinshi twelve years ago. He went from being an eighth-rank official in the secretary's supervision to being the Minister of the Ministry of War. There were ups and downs, and finally he relied on Li Linfu's recommendation and recommendation. Promoted to his current position.
In other words, this person can be regarded as one of Li Linfu's confidants.
Just a moment.
Yang Zhao hurriedly walked into the Xi Zheng Palace, bowed and bowed his hands, saying, "I pay my respects to Your Highness."
"You said in the memorial that more than 10 million yuan is needed to pay the army?" Xiao Yi asked Yang Zhao calmly with a memorial in front of him.
Yang Zhao cupped his hands and said: "Going back to your highness, His Highness King Yan's Tiance Army guarding Baoding Pass, Qin Feng Army guarding Lanzhou, Luben Army guarding Yangguan, Xiaowei Army guarding Jinyang, etc. all have military salaries that have not been paid out yet. .”
Xiao Yi asked coldly: "As the Minister of the Ministry of War, do you know how many forbidden troops, how many Xiang troops, and how many border troops there are in Dagan? Do you know whether the establishments under these military offices are full? And have you investigated these armies? Is the military salary owed true? Is there any concealment and lion's mouth? You don't have anything, and you just ask for money?"
"If it is later found out that someone was shortchanged, can you afford it?"
"Or are you the one taking advantage of the free money?"
Yang Zhao quickly said in fear: "Your Highness, I don't dare."
"These are reported immediately by the military commander. Weichen asked the Ministry of War to calculate the amount. It is not that Weichen concealed the report, nor is it because the lion opened his mouth."
"Wei Chen also arranged for his ministers to go to the military in various places to investigate and verify, and the accounts obtained are all true."
This is where he feels confident.
That Wang Hao's tail was so dirty that he could catch it with just a little inspection. In addition, he didn't understand the situation clearly from the beginning.
How can the Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom be easily bullied who can kill people with his own hands outside the Manlu Palace?
Yang Zhao was actually worried that he would become the second Wang Hao, so he did everything perfectly.
He did send someone to check.
As for whether it is really true, it is not his business. If there is a problem, it is the fault of the army commander and the general.
Does Xiao Yi, the prince who oversees the country, dare to kill all the generals in Daqian?
He definitely doesn't have the courage.
As for himself, it was at most a crime of negligence.
Xiao Yi directly threw the memorial on the table on the ground in front of Yang Zhao, and said coldly: "Look, this is the result of your investigation!"
When Yang Zhao picked it up and looked at it, his pupils shrank immediately, but he immediately calmed down. He quickly defended: "The humble minister really had no knowledge of this matter. Who would have thought that the general who loyally protected the border of Daqian would act like this? I was unaware of this." , please punish me, Your Highness."
In his view, a crime of negligence could result in a salary fine at most and a demotion at worst.
It just so happened that Li Linfu was having a fierce fight with His Highness the Crown Prince. He was now the Minister of the Ministry of War. He stood between the two and could be beheaded at any time.
It's better to take the opportunity to be demoted and avoid the limelight.
