Sun Tu, who was so powerful in the military camp and everyone was respected, hit a wall in the officialdom of the capital, and became a ball that was constantly kicked around.

In three days, Sun Tu traveled to the Department of Palace Front, Ministry of War, Ministry of Revenue and Transport Department, hoping to solve the shortage of food and salary in the Hu Ben army as soon as possible. But as a result, the officials of these yamen practiced pure Tai Chi, constantly pushing out the relevant responsibilities, resulting in him walking, but he had no gains at all, and even there was no accurate number of money and food that should have entered the army in the past few years.

In fact, Sun Tu had expected this result. After all, he wanted to seize a benefit from the relevant interest groups that they had already swallowed cleanly, and it was reasonable to be perfunctory. But in his vision, as long as he really made his attitude clear, it would inevitably make people feel uneasy. Even if he could not give a satisfactory explanation, the relevant money and food could always be allocated as soon as possible. After all, it was just a shortage of thousands of soldiers and horses in two years. Compared to what they lost in greed, it was a drop in the bucket, and those people could always distinguish the severity of the severity of the people.

Indeed, although the annual military ration and pay for the imperial guards is the highest among all the official troops, it is actually not too high in the expenses of the Song Dynasty court, especially when there is only one Hu Ben Army, the situation is even more inconspicuous. There is only one hundred thousand ounces of money and food, not enough to send it to the birthday gift. If Sun Tu hadn’t been worried about being impeached, he would have made up for the money and food by himself.

But it was just such a small matter of money and food. Sun Tu, a Yue Hou who is now famous in the capital, failed to get things done. This made him lose face. It was not until he talked with Di Yingyang about this matter that he realized that he had indeed thought it simple. After all, the capital was different from Shandong and Jiangnan. Some things were small but were very wide-ranging, and it really affected the whole body.

Di Yingyang, who had been with the army for four or five days, was much darker and thinner than before, but his whole body was very energetic. Even when he sat opposite Sun Tu and had a straight body, he obviously developed a habit in the camp.

"Sanlang, the practice method you have promoted in my Hu Ben Army is indeed effective. In just a few days, the appearance of the brothers has been very different. No wonder you can train an elite army that is almost victorious in just a few years. If you can promote this method among my Song Dynasty official army, you will definitely be able to greatly promote the power of my Song Dynasty." At this time, Di Yingyang admired Sun Tu more and more. After drinking a sip of tea, he praised it for a long time.

Sun Tu smiled casually: "Brother Jiu praised it, it's just a small path to train troops. The most important thing is to make the soldiers believe me and obey my orders. As of now, it is still not easy to do this, at least now I'm getting more and more unsure." After pausing, he told him about his situation of hitting a wall these days.

After hearing what he said, Di Yingyang frowned deeply: "It turns out that you didn't actually agree with the relevant yamen and promised that everyone would make up for money and food? This is really a bit tricky. Sanlang, you don't know. This matter looks small, but the water is very deep, so it's not easy to deal with."

"How do you say this?"

Di Yingyang raised some questions and said, "It seems that Sanlang, you must have been in the army for many years and are unfamiliar with things in the officialdom. Those officials have many intestines and think much further than those of us martial artists. Although it is just a small matter of 100,000 ounces of money and food, it seems that as long as they leak some from their fingers, they can make up for their shortcomings. But in fact, it is not that simple at all. If they really do this, it means admitting that they were indeed greedy for military rations before. By then, even if we don't cause trouble for them, the crows in the Censorate will be moved and participate in their book."

When Sun Tu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, he realized that he had indeed thought things too simple. As Di Yingyang said, in the army for a long time, he had become accustomed to solving problems straightforwardly and could not take the matter carefully.

And Di Yingyang's words are not over yet: "This is just a layer, and the more important thing is that once this end is opened, it may cause more people to ask for military food and money with the same excuse. If what I expected is not bad, in fact, except for the Fourth Army, the other army in the capital have been more or less deducted and owed money and food. In this way, the number is extremely huge. No matter which yamen can afford it, let alone the corruption charges attached thereafter. If they really made a secret for our Hu Ben Army, the subsequent things will only be more difficult, so they will never give you face, even if they know that you are not an easy person to deal with."

After a while, he finally pointed out all the problems, which made Sun Tu's face even more gloomy: "It seems that it is almost impossible to get back money and food through regular channels?"

Di Yingyang nodded, and then said with concern: "Sanlang, don't do anything wrong in impulse. This is the capital city after all, and it is under the feet of the emperor. Once a trouble really occurs, no one can stand it."

"Don't worry, I'm a family now, so it's impossible to do anything. But since they really don't want to give me any face, I can't say that I should give it back and let them suffer. The Transport Department and the Ministry of Revenue, since they are so fat that they will naturally catch a lot of loopholes!"

Di Yingyang is actually not a calm person. He just persuaded him casually. Now that he heard this, he suddenly became interested: "Sanlang, what do you want to do, why don't you say it out, and I'll make a plan with you."

"No need, Brother Jiu, it's better not to participate in this matter. Even if something goes wrong, it won't affect your Di family." Sun Tu shook his head and then coughed again: "I'll go to the front office tomorrow to see what Gao Qiu's attitude is. If he continues to be perfunctory, he may even cheat him!" As he said that, a glimmer flashed in his eyes. As long as someone familiar with him, he knew that Sun Tu was going to do some big things again.

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The next morning, Sun Tu came to the Palace Front Session again. This was the third time he had been here in a few days. Even the guards in front of the door were completely familiar with him. They had already saluted and put him in without having to check the token or something.

Without hesitation, Sun Tu went to the main hall to meet Gao Qiu again. At this time, Gao Qiu had just arrived at the yamen. When he heard that it was Sun Tu asking for a meeting again, he sneered and sent him to him: "You are here for Qianli. I am looking for you if I have something to do."

"Hmm?" Sun Tu was stunned, but asked, "I wonder what the Grand Marshal has to give?"

"You are so reckless. When you arrive at the Hu Ben Army, you will kill people randomly and hang your heads in front of the military camp. Now it is known to everyone. Just yesterday, the wife and children of the murdered person urinated and ran to Kaifeng Prefecture to beat drums and make trouble. It is related to human life. Kaifeng Prefecture dares not hide it, so they come to see me again, hoping that I can handle it properly. If this matter was only in the army, I could still help you cover it up, but you acted too casually and made such a fuss that even the Censorate had submitted impeachment. I am afraid that even Your Majesty would know about this matter at this time. So you can only go to Kaifeng Prefecture to reply, even if I cannot protect you!"

After saying this, Gao Qiu glanced at Sun Tu in a concealed manner, wanting to see what his reaction would be after hearing such troubles. However, Sun Tu disappointed him a little. He did not show any panic at all. He was just a little stunned for a moment before lowering his head and holding his fists: "It's a humble job that is too lazy, but it makes the Taiwei trouble. The lower officials will go to Kaifeng Prefecture to explain this matter and will never let the Taiwei make things difficult."

Gao Qiu looked at him in disappointment and surprise for a moment, then nodded: "Since that's the case, you can go. But don't worry, you are Yan Ziliang's boss after all, and as long as he makes a mistake, he will be punished. This official will also tell you about it at that time."

"Thank you, Taiwei." Sun Tu frowned again, and then mentioned his purpose: "But the matters at the lower level are really difficult to deal with. If the shortage of money and food is not in place, the brothers below will probably not be willing to work hard. I have also gone to the Transfer Department of the Ministry of Revenue and other yamen, but they always blame each other and do not know Taiwei..."

"Qianli, this matter is quite important, and even I am not easy to interfere easily. In fact, if you are patient, it will not be difficult to solve this matter. Just wait until the money and grain is allocated next year, I will tell them to ask them to make up for the money and grain. How about it?" Gao Qiu's answer was so vague, but it was no different from refusing. By next year, even the daylily would be cold for Sun Tu.

Sun Tu was not surprised by this, and Gao Qiu's reaction had long been as expected. He smiled helplessly, and then Sun Tu said softly: "Since that's the case, the officials have nothing to say. But this should have nothing to do with my palace front office, right?"

What does he mean? What does he want to do? Gao Qiu seemed to have caught something, but he was a little unsure for a while, so he could only nodded: "The allocation of military food and money is all the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue and has nothing to do with the front office of our palace."

"That's good, the official will leave." Sun Tu saluted again, and then retreated so easily.

Looking at Sun Tu's back as he left, Gao Qiu's uneasiness became stronger and stronger. This guy acted without hesitation and had done many earth-shaking things in Shandong and Jiangnan before. Could it be that he really wanted to cause something big in Tokyo?
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