Lonely non-good minister

Chapter 395 Chapter 395: Eliminate the remaining forces in the northwest
In the Yamen Council Hall, several officials were sitting at desks and handling official business. Song Yuan also carefully looked at the official documents that had been sent recently. Zhang He had already written an application to the imperial court to move the people to the territory. Song Yuan looked at it carefully. After that, after adding his own opinions on the official document, he sealed it and put it aside.

Wei Yan came in and walked up to Song Yuan before whispering: "Your Highness, there is news from Jingzhao. According to a thorough investigation by the Tingwei Mansion, the Eighth Master colluded with the Huns, killed the people, embezzled more than 2000 cotton clothes supplied to the army and resold them to the Huns. The evidence was conclusive, and the Crown Prince advocated severe punishment. The Emperor was furious and deprived the Eighth Master of his title. He seized power and imprisoned him, and ordered him to be punished in his mansion. The Sixth Master was also found to have set up a card to secretly collect benefits from merchants. The amount was huge, and he was also criticized by the Emperor. He was reprimanded, demoted, fined for three years, and demoted to garrison in Yuyang. In addition, the governor of Xihai, the prefecture, the prefecture, and the lieutenant have all confessed their crimes, reduced their official positions, and sentenced them to be beheaded according to the law. They will be executed soon. Wuwei The county magistrate was also arrested and imprisoned, and the three county magistrates under his jurisdiction were also investigated."

He said a series of words, and Song Yuan was surprised when he heard it: "It's such a big news, didn't the emperor protect it?" This kind of thing is not honorable at all. Emperor Hongming cherishes his face so much, why would he let Tingwei Mansion slap him in the face?

"The emperor has moved to the palace to recuperate. Now the prince makes the decision on all political affairs in the court. The Tingwei Mansion has found full evidence, both personal and material evidence are available. What's more, the Huns are now using troops against the Wei Dynasty. At this time, it is found that they have colluded with the Huns. If If you don’t punish them severely, it will be difficult for all officials to submit.”

Song Yuan was silent for a while: "Sixth brother and eighth brother got into trouble first, then fourth brother and the others should be next, right? Where are the people from Tingwei Mansion?"

"Master Huo and his party should be at the northwest border of Zhangye now, where Master Qi was originally stationed."

Song Yuan thought for a while and came to a conclusion: "The speed is quite fast. It depends on how many things they can find in Zhangye."

Things happened one after another in Xihai and Wuwei, and Song Chun advocated severe punishment. Before that, there was Song Fu's deliberate purge in the army. Obviously, Song Chun was using the help of Tingwei Mansion to clear out the rest of the forces in the northwest.

In this case, Song Chun must be confident that he will not let Tingwei Mansion find anything harmful to him and Song Run and Song Fu in the northwest, but he doesn't know if they can hide it from Huo Ying.

Song Yuan turned the bamboo pen in her hand and her thoughts drifted away. She was now sure that the stable and reserved fifth brother was also on the side of the eldest brother, otherwise he would not have taken over the military power in the northwest from the second brother. Now the second brother has gone After defeating the northern army, just waiting for the second brother to take away the military power from the veteran general, the eldest brother would control two armies. In this way, the restless royal family would not dare to cause trouble again.

Before the death of the late emperor, the royal family had dissent. Although the court did not pursue it afterwards, it does not mean that they did not remember that they had been fed and fed well over the years. If they lived happily and peacefully, they could still maintain the dignity of the royal family. They live in harmony, but the bad thing is that they don't give up.

Although they were placed in various places, their parents and ancestors were all people who had fought life and death for the throne with Emperor Chunhong Ming of Song Dynasty. Even now, several generations later, they are still qualified to inherit the throne. Since there is no way If you want to get rid of it clearly, you must be on guard again and again.

Another important thing is that Song Yuan is very happy that her eldest brother has great power, but it also makes her see clearly the gap between herself and her brothers. She is currently in charge of the civil affairs and judiciary and is still very worried. When will she be so majestic? ah.

Sighing, Song Yuan quickly continued busy with his own affairs.

She really couldn't think of a good way to tide over the difficulties, so she could only write to Cheng Hui, the Prime Minister of Zhangye County, asking him to find a way to send her dozens of carts of food for emergency first, and then supply him after the autumn harvest. Otherwise, Xihai The situation that the county had just stabilized was about to become chaotic again.

After temporarily solving the food problem, Song Yuan directly decided to move the people who had been living on the border for a long time to the interior of the country and re-demarcated the farmland for farming. However, even so, not many people were willing to move, even if they knew that they could always stay in their hometown. There was a risk of being plundered and killed by the Xiongnu, but the butcher's knife never fell, and they still felt lucky.

Song Yuan was very troubled by this, and he could be regarded as facing the problems faced by Zhang He and others.After following the officials to the village, Song Yuan was silent all the way back. The powerlessness of being unable to communicate made her very tired. Even though she had been in charge of civil affairs for so many years and boasted that she had encountered many troubles, she could not understand it. The stubborn ideas of some people, especially the elderly.

He knew that it was dangerous to live in the border area but refused to leave. He had never killed a dog in his life, but he opened his mouth and shut up to fight the Huns. He always said that he would die in his homeland, without caring whether his children and grandchildren would be affected by this. When suffering from disasters, after being prayed for by children and grandchildren, they will only say, "Just leave if you want."

The children and grandchildren hesitated repeatedly between fulfilling their filial piety and protecting their lives. The strong secular ideals and fetters of family ties put them in a dilemma. Outsiders were very angry when they saw the scene.

"You don't need to be angry, you can understand the thoughts of these old people. They have lived here for generations, and it is very important to them to be buried with their relatives when they die. Moreover, they feel that the Huns cannot get through even if they are protected by the border army, so Only then will you feel confident." The accompanying officials had a very good attitude.

Song Yuan rubbed the center of his brows, and then said something after a while: "Maybe it's because I'm young and don't understand the idea of ​​returning my soul to my homeland."

They returned to the Yamen in their dusty clothes, and the Yamen servant immediately told Song Yuan that someone was waiting for Song Yuan. Song Yuan didn't guess who it was, and everyone was stunned when he entered the room and saw Mu Wantang.

"Miss Mu?"

Mu Wantang stood up and greeted him politely: "Your Highness, long time no see."

"Why did you come to Xihai?" Song Yuan hurriedly asked her to sit down: "It's the autumn harvest, shouldn't you be in Xiping?"

Mu Wantang had a smile on his face: "The old shopkeeper is taking care of things in Xiping. I came to Xihai to discuss business with His Highness."

"Business talk?" Song Yuan immediately became serious: "There is no harvest in the West Sea this year, what kind of business can we talk about?"

Mu Wantang also became serious: "I know that there is no harvest in the West Sea. This business is actually borrowing grain. Your Highness must be very interested."

Song Yuan somewhat understood what she meant: "Why do you think of doing this business?"

"Business is hard to do these days, so naturally you have to think more about opportunities." Mu Wantang has a shrewd eye. After so many years of working in the mall, she is no longer the young girl she used to be. She looked at Song with a smile. Yuan, said: "There is a shortage of food in the West Sea. Although the autumn harvest is in various places, it takes time to transfer the food into the warehouse, and there are many places in the northwest that are short of food. I am afraid that it will take another two months or so before enough food can enter the northwest. I have There is food in the house. Although it is last year’s food, it is enough for His Highness’s emergency needs. Would Your Highness want to borrow food from me?”

(End of this chapter)