Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 244 Materials
Jiangyang County, in the camp of the Southwest Frontier Army of Xia Kingdom.

With a joyful expression on his face, Feng Chu walked quickly into the commander's tent, bowed to King Qi who was above the commander-in-chief, and said loudly:
"Your Highness, good news!"

At this time, King Qi, who was in the position of coach, raised his head slightly, with dark circles around his eyes and a tired look on his sallow face.

During the period when he was in Jiangyang County, King Qi needed to rectify the southwestern frontier army, suppress all kinds of rebels, and dispatch supplies to try his best to weaken the impact of the plague, so as to maintain the rule of the Xia Kingdom in the southwest from collapse.

And because the Xia Kingdom's court has not fully supported the relief until now, King Qi can only use his own strength to maintain the relationship in front of him, working hard.The whole person is getting haggard day by day, and it's justified.

King Qi looked at the excited Feng Chu, and his eyes lit up at this moment.

He knew that it was definitely great news that could make Feng Chu lose his composure like this.

"But the supplies from the court have arrived?" King Qi couldn't help asking.

Now, for the six southwest counties, the most important things are all kinds of food, grass and supplies!As long as there are enough supplies, King Qi can have the confidence to rectify everything.

Hearing this, Feng Chu's joy slightly faded, and he said in a deep voice:
"The imperial court has decided to provide relief, but there are a lot of supplies needed, and Jinling City is still under preparation..."

Upon hearing this, King Qi shook his head slightly, smiled bitterly, and said:
"I'm afraid it's the group of my brothers who are holding back at this time!"

Feng Chu didn't speak, but nodded silently.

Although Xia Guochaotang was intertwined with various forces and attacked each other, the efficiency of the court hall was extremely low.

However, something as big as the plague that swept through the six counties in the southwest would not have been dragged on to this extent. The plague has erupted for several months, but there has been no major movement.

The most important reason is that the princes of the Xia Kingdom have already fought in the dark for their succession, and gradually put it on the bright side.

This time, King Qi, as a prince, only led a small team into the severely plagued area in the Southwest, and took charge of it.This performance is already impressive.Today's Emperor Xia doesn't say anything, but has repeatedly urged him to express his position in the court, which has already shown his appreciation for King Qi.

If King Qi is really allowed to make such a contribution this time, there must be continuous praise from the government and the opposition. Under the general trend, King Qi has become a strong contender for the heir apparent.

How can this make the princes in Jinling City willing?Naturally, they tried their best to hold back.

In fact, if Emperor Xia hadn't urged and unsubscribed many times, and even made an example of it several times in the court, I am afraid that Jinling City would not be able to come up with a specific charter until now, let alone start preparing materials...

King Qi sighed softly, rubbed the center of his eyebrows tiredly, and continued:
"Since it's not the supplies from the court, what good news can there be?"

Feng Chu heard the words, suddenly smiled, cupped his hands and said:
"Although it was not sent by the imperial court, the materials of 50 shi can relieve His Highness's temporary worries!"

Hearing what Feng Chu said, King Qi suddenly looked up at him, and said with surprise on his face:

"Half a million stones! Seriously?"

The materials of 50 shi are naturally not enough to supply the people of the six southwestern counties.But as long as these supplies are available, King Qi will support them for a period of time until the relief supplies from the Xia Kingdom court arrive.

Hearing this, Feng Chu quickly waved his hands and said in a serious voice:

"Your Highness, there are supplies, even more than 50 shi. But these all need gold and silver!"

King Qi hurriedly stood up, impatiently said:
"Gold and silver are fine, the Southwest Jiangmen's confiscations are still sealed in the treasury of Jiangyang County by this king!"

Before the Southwest Jiangmen was destroyed, they plundered the entire six counties in the Southwest, and the gold, silver and jewels accumulated in their homes were unknown.After King Qi's leading troops were slaughtered, all of them were confiscated, but they were not yet escorted to Jinling City.

Just like after Xiao Cheng copied most of the 600-year savings of Buddhism, the gold and silver in King Qi's hands are piled up like a mountain!

But at this point, King Qi suddenly froze, frowned, looked at Feng Chu, and said:
"Is it the food and grass sent by Yunguo?"

After Yun Kingdom annexed the four northern states of the Li Dynasty, only Yun Kingdom bordered on the southwestern counties of Xia Kingdom!
Feng Chu nodded and said:

"It was shipped from Yun Kingdom!"

"Emperor Yunguo would be so kind?"

"Of course not!"

Having said that, Feng Chu paused, showing a hint of a smile, and said:
"His Royal Highness, Rong Chen, please report one by one!"

"..."

Hearing Feng Chu's words, King Qi showed a look of astonishment on his face, he couldn't help but look at Feng Chu, and said in disbelief:

"This, this, is this the handwriting of the imperial sister?"

Feng Chu nodded solemnly and said:
"Before the princess left, she took the token from the minister to order the embroidered envoys of Yunguo... Earlier, His Highness used the hand of Emperor Yun to clean up those disobedient embroidered envoys. Now the embroidered envoys in Yunguo are left. Clothes envoys are all available personnel. The princess also planted a few secrets in Zhongqing City, which made it so smooth!"

King Qi's eyelids blinked, and the look of surprise and suspicion on his face was extremely complex.

Feng Chu noticed that King Qi still looked a little unbelievable, and lowered his head slightly, but he couldn't help but want to complain in his heart.

The two brothers and sisters were obviously born to the same father and mother, why is there such a big difference!
So, is it really impossible to change assistants?
After a long time, King Qi sighed complicatedly, with guilt on his face, and said in a low voice:

"The king has neglected her all these years of fighting abroad. Thinking about it, she has also suffered a lot of grievances. Otherwise, the imperial sister would not have developed such a heavy heart..."

Come on, with your sister's shocking scheming tricks, no one will be wronged...

Feng Chu looked at the sad and guilty King Qi in front of him, resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and said:
"Your Highness, the most important thing at this time is to receive this batch of supplies as soon as possible!"

Under Feng Chu's reminder, King Qi finally came back to his senses, with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice:

"Yes, take back the supplies first..."

King Qi pondered for a moment, then suddenly clapped his hands and said:
"I remember, the current deputy envoy of the Southwest Transit Department is called Zhong Zizhuo."

Feng Chu heard the words, and after thinking about it for a while, he immediately reported:

"Yes, Zhong Zizhuo was the governor of Fengzhou before. Because Fengzhou city was broken, he was captured by Emperor Yun, so he lost his official position. Later, because he had contact with Emperor Yun, he was stuffed into the first batch of envoys. In the regiment. Made a contribution and moved to the deputy envoy of the Southwest Transit Department."

Upon hearing this, King Qi nodded and said:
"This Zhong Zizhuo, who was in Fengzhou back then, belonged to the king. Now he is the deputy envoy of the Southwest Transit Department, in charge of the Southwest Water Transport Dispatch, and it is a good time to use his strength to transport the materials back by water."

It is an excellent idea to transport materials by water, which consumes less money and avoids a lot of trouble.

When Feng Chu heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately cupped his hands and said:
"This is the best way, Your Highness is wise!"

King Qi nodded, immediately pushed aside the military newspaper on the desk, took out the white paper and waved a large pen, took off the commander's seal and pressed it, and immediately said:
"According to the order of the king, I ordered Zhong Zizhuo to cooperate fully and transport the food and grass back!"

"Yes!"
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"Master Hai, this is not a big deal. As long as you send your subordinates to be soft, it will pass naturally. Why do you bother?" Shen Ruiguang persuaded in a low voice with a helpless face.

"Your staff recorder is so stubborn that you actually beat the officials in the government office and forcibly broke into the government treasury to take away a file. At this moment, the officials in the government office are already filled with righteous indignation, and they are agitating to ask Mr. Shen Hai for a copy!"

Hai Rui sat opposite, looked up at Shen Ruiguang who was pretending to be worried, sneered in his heart, and said forcefully:

"Supervising the censor, under the emperor's order, inspects everything in the Jianchang mansion. Pushing the mansion Wu Wen, but forcibly blocking this official from doing business. I haven't said that I want to join him, why did he beat him first!"

When Shen Ruiguang heard the words, he was even more delighted in his heart, but he was still worried on his face, and persuaded earnestly:
"Master Hai, Lord Hai, you don't know something! The county captain of Bei'an County, he is from the frontier army. The Tuifu, the county soldier captain, the judicial officer, and the recorder of Jianchang Prefecture are all from the frontier army! "

Hai Rui's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, and he took a sip from the cup of tea without making a sound.

Seeing this, Shen Ruiguang continued:
"Back when Wang Xiao stole power and took power alone, in order to appease the hearts of the people and consolidate his power, he dispatched some of the middle and low-level frontier generals who were disabled or aged to various prefectures, counties, and counties as assistants. Political officials. These people, Mr. Hai, don’t look like they usually don’t show their mountains and dews, but the military friendship is very deep. Although they can’t be called monolithic, they usually help each other. You punished the county captain of Bei’an County before, and these people have long been dissatisfied Yes. This time I found an opportunity to attack, that would be troublesome!"

When Xia and Li attacked, the situation was critical.For the sake of the overall situation, Xiao Cheng did not punish Wang Xiao for treason.

Instead, he used the strategy cards he had drawn [Dedicated to serve the country], the righteousness of his family and country, and Xiao Cheng's own courage and determination to make the tens of thousands of frontier soldiers in Yun Kingdom surrender.

Then he went on a personal expedition and completely subdued the arrogant soldiers of the frontier army with his military exploits.

After Wang Xiao's death, Xiao Cheng didn't clean up and investigate.These officials from the frontier army naturally chose to submit completely.

Hai Rui's heart sank when he heard this, and immediately put down the teacup in his hand, frowned tightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Among the prefectures and counties in the country, all the officials are from the frontier army?"

Shen Ruiguang was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, although he didn't understand why Hai Rui asked this suddenly, he replied subconsciously:

"Ah, not all of them are like this. These officials from the frontier army are not familiar with government affairs when they first came, so they usually only serve as adjutants of the first department and the first house. Before this, the Xia army invaded the northern counties, and the administrative agencies of various places were paralyzed. That’s when new officials at all levels were transferred.”

"If one day there is a resurgence of war, the Jianchang Mansion will face Xia Guobing's front directly. Out of this consideration, the court has transferred all the officials from the frontier army."

Shen Ruiguang has been in Yunguo officialdom for a long time, and knows a lot about various things.Coupled with the fact that Tian is now the Governor of the Northern Territory, these things are really quite clear.

Hearing Shen Ruiguang's words, Hai Rui showed seriousness, thought for a moment, then stood up suddenly and said:
"Okay, thank you Governor Shen for your reminder. It's just this matter, I believe that my subordinates did nothing wrong. So, please go back, my lord!"

Shen Ruiguang moved his eyes slightly, and immediately lowered his voice, with a hint of provocation, and said:

"Lord Hai, don't be impulsive! These frontier soldiers have many colleagues who serve in the court. If I join you in this book, I'm afraid... I'd better give in and let it go!"

Hai Rui heard this, turned his head to look at Shen Ruiguang coldly, and said in a strong tone:
"Inspector Shen, please go back!"

Shen Ruiguang opened his mouth, shook his head pretending to be helpless, and turned to leave.

When Shen Ruiguang left, Zhidu on the side suddenly stepped forward and said in a deep voice:
"Sir, this..."

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui immediately waved his hands and said:
"It's okay, you followed my instructions. You see, these people have been tempted out at once!"

Hai Rui paused, stood up, and said in a deep voice:

"It's just that this situation is more serious than what I thought before. As the governor, Shen Ruiguang has the right to control the officials in the northern border. But judging by his appearance, it seems that he doesn't dare to provoke these people."

"Don't dare to provoke..."

Noticing what Hai Rui said, both Zhang Tangzhi and Zhang Tangzhi looked at each other with seriousness.

"Your Excellency is saying that Shen Ruiguang and these officials from the frontier army are not from the same group?"

"That's right, that should be the case. It's impossible for Shen Ruiguang not to be ignorant of your lord's temperament. But from what he said just now, I could hear the hint of instigation, as if he wanted to provoke your lord and the frontier soldiers." struggle among officials of birth."

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui nodded immediately and said:
"That's right! If it's a group of people, why does Shen Ruiguang have to come and talk so much in person?"

Having said this, Hai Rui's face darkened, and said:
"I thought I could take the opportunity to try out the clues of the people who embezzled the food and grass. But now it seems that the people behind the scenes have used a trick to provoke troubles and want to provoke us to fight with these officials from the frontier army. , so as to fish out of troubled waters!"

Hearing this, Zhang Tang pondered for a moment, but couldn't help but comfort him:

"Your Excellency, you don't have to worry too much. This can also prove that the person behind the scene has not turned all the officials in the entire Jianchang Mansion into his people. In this way, I will be able to investigate later, and there will be less resistance. Already!"

At this time, Zhidu also opened his mouth and said:

"My lord, after I wait, shall I put He Yang's case aside and try my best to investigate the case of embezzlement of food and grass?"

Hai Rui heard the words, but did not hesitate at all, and said in a deep voice:

"No, continue to investigate! Collusion, private clique, abuse of laws, framed the common people. These officials of Jianchang Mansion, I don't know what kind of outrageous things are still being done in private. If this is the case, I will definitely not sit idly by Ignore it. The people behind the scenes want to borrow a knife to kill people, so I want to see if I am the head of the officer, or his knife is fast. I don’t believe it, after the knife is broken, it will not show its feet!"

Having said that, Hai Rui paused, took out a token from his sleeve, handed it to Luo Fei, a disciple of the Fa school, and said:

"The county soldiers in Jianchang Mansion are untrustworthy at this time. With this token, go to the frontier camp of Huichuan County, and secretly see that General Zhenbei doesn't know Cheng Cheng, and ask him to mobilize people to come!"

"Yes!"

　There's one more chapter, I'll write it after dinner...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)