Chapter 311: Holding troops and respecting oneself

The prince exclaimed and raised his head.

Li Yu smiled and thoughtfully repeated what he had just said.

"The matters of the Ministry of Revenue have always been controlled by the emperor. Since we have to hand over, we must naturally know the degree of progress of various matters. How long has the salary been given? Isn't the emperor unaware of it?"

The prince pinched his arm hard so that he could control his unconscious shaking, because Bai Shaoqing's death and military pay were not dared to let the Qing family army report.

If the old emperor's anger was just suppressed, it would not be a matter of venting it now. The punishment for both crimes is to kill him!

But the Ministry of Revenue is under his control, which is also a place where the Ministry of War and the army do not complain about him much. Taking care of money means offending people, and there is no such thing as a saying that there is no such thing as a slight person. There must be close relatives and distant relatives.

The prince tried hard to recall what He Zhenren said, shook his head slightly, sighed and said:

"The father and the sons know the day. What I see in my eyes is that the Tang Dynasty is rich, but after years of war, the national treasury has long been empty. The father and the emperor know the silver issued by the Ministry of Revenue is the best. This year, many places in the Dongyi have suffered disasters and no grains have been collected.

After raising the disaster relief silver over there, it was a few days late for the Zhennan Army. It was said that it was more than a month to set off, but in fact it was only twenty days. This matter was reported to the emperor, and the military pay was not paid all, so the rest would be raised at the end of next month."

After the prince finished speaking, the old emperor nodded slightly.

He knew the deficit, but he didn't care too much. When the treasury was not stolen before, he could still subsidize one or two. This year he would never do this, after all, nothing left in the treasury.

"It doesn't matter how many days later, you two can go and do it."

When the second prince saw that the old emperor wanted to chase people, this was not enough. He just asked the prince to go back and stay freely and freely. What kind of punishment is that? Bai Shaoqing's body was not cold. At this time, he would not be injured and he would have to lose his skin.

Taking a step forward, the second prince bowed to the old emperor and said.

"Father, I heard that all the military pay, food, and the escort soldiers are gone. I wonder how this emperor brother will explain it?"

Sure enough, the old emperor was shocked.

Blinking, I kept thinking about what Li Yu said, what he meant.

Military pay, food, and soldiers and horses disappeared, which meant that the escort and arrangements were all problems. The old emperor turned around and looked at the prince.

"You don't know?"

The prince looked puzzled and tilted his head slightly to look at Li Yu.

"Second brother, where did you hear the news? What does this disappearance of military pay, food, grass, and soldiers? How did you know the news that the Ministry of Revenue and the Imperial Army commander didn't know about it?"

The prince instantly turned his gun and directly directed his attention to this.

The old emperor glanced at the prince quickly. After all, he knew best how stupid this son was on weekdays.

Li Yu quickly bowed, his face was not panicked, but instead laughed.

"I said before that a person in charge of the mansion in Erchen's house was in charge. His cousin was in business with medicinal materials and had contact with a business in Jingzhou, southern border, and sent a batch of goods to the southern border every ten days.

Three days ago, when passing by Crescent Valley, the convoy of medicinal materials was intercepted and said that it was impossible to pass ahead. The escort car rushed to leave and sent people to climb from the mountains on both sides to see.

It was said that the ground was charred, and it looked like the chariots and horses and corpses burned. It stretched for miles. At a rough look, there were at least hundreds of people, especially at the entrance of the valley, and there were officers and soldiers.

When this person saw that it was not like it could pass in a day or two, he hurriedly evacuated and went around to Guangyuan. He asked someone to come back to send a message, and asked their followers to go directly to Guangyuan to take the water route.

I only learned about this morning. As for what happened, no one knew. However, when it came to the southern border to transport wages and food, I was worried that something was wrong with the imperial army.

My son always compiles books and is not good at these things. He also asks his father to take a look at them. It is better if there is nothing wrong. If there is something wrong, he will never realize it or be deceived by others."

The old emperor understood it, and it was better to listen than to what he could say. Although Li Yu said it was very obscure, if he could not go to the southern border, something must have happened, and the entire army would probably be wiped out.

"Parent Lu, who is responsible for escorting this errand?"

Lu Jiu thought for a moment before bowing and saying:

"The Imperial Guard Commander Gong was responsible for the allocation. The saint said at the time that the escort would be carried by the Imperial Guard in the future."

"Call people!"

Lu Jiu stepped back and preached to the outside world with a loud voice:

"The deputy commander of the Imperial Army, Gong Zhixiang!"

After a moment, with the sound of armor, Gong Zhixiang walked in, saluted the old emperor and stood on one side with his head down.

"You arranged the matter of escorting the military pay, food and supplies in the southern border?"

"Reporting to the saint, it was arranged by me, including going to Zhenbei Army to transport military pay, food and grass, and it was also a team sent by me. The two batches set off at the same time."

"Can you send back the message?"

"The news has been sent back by horses in the north. The Zhenbei Army sent troops to the military camp to escort a hundred miles away. At this time, the team has been handed over and the team will come back later.

As for the team heading to the southern border, there has not been a message yet. After all, the journey is twice as long and there are many vehicles transported. There are still many ox carts to carry the load, so the speed is naturally slow."

Gong Zhixiang said it very calmly, and expressed his two meanings clearly. He sent military pay, food and grass to the Zhenbei Army at a distance, and the Zhenbei Army sent a team of hundreds of miles to greet him, so that they could quickly convey the message.

As for the many things transported to the Zhennan Army, even the carriage could not bear it. Instead, it was sent to the ox cart. This was made more careful arrangements, and it was reasonable to make the news slower.

The old emperor looked at Li Yu. His son was a bookworm. He was very good at editing manuscripts and writing articles. He could be said to be the most outstanding among the many princes, but balancing these things is still the prince's expertise.

Especially after hearing what happened just now, the old emperor was a little dissatisfied with the imperial study room.

"Since that's the case, then send someone to the Crescent Valley to investigate. Yu'er went to the Bai family to announce the imperial edict. The prince returned to the palace to stay in custody and was about to come out. You all retreat."

"Father, the northern border has been quite stable recently, but the Western Zhou Dynasty opposite the southern border is still constantly harassing the border. Military pay and food are the top priority. We must not be so vague. Besides, the third brother sent a letter, and he was eager to wait for the military pay to be paid!"

The old emperor's face darkened, and he loved and hated Li Jue in his heart. He felt guilty about Yang Guifei's death and attached great importance to this child.

So when Duke Ning took Li Jue to the southern border, although he hesitated, he also let him go to the southern border.

But since Duke Ning Guo passed away, the third son has become increasingly disobeyed his will. He has forced the court to create a Nanping Road to make his own self-control and train his own troops, completely placing his own troops.

The old emperor was displeased at this moment.

"I know naturally, let's retreat!"
Chapter completed!