After traveling through time, I took command and led the troops to conquer the mountains and rivers.

Chapter 428 With Foreign Aid
"General Lin, don't you think it's good for everyone to be harmonious and happy?"

Yu Jia burst out laughing, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is so young, and yet he still knows how to be harmonious and happy?"

The imperial family is the most ruthless, and this little grandson seems to be more emotional.

Li Lingyun's cheeks flushed. He touched his head and straightened his body.

"This is what Liang Di often said to me!"

Looking at Li Lingyun, who was sitting upright like a little adult, Yu Jia felt sorry for him.

He had just lost his mother.

"Oh? Liang Di? Which Liang Di?"

Lin Gongxun and Liu Zhonghuan sat down.

"It's Xu Liangdi. She taught me a lot."

Li Lingyun tilted his head and counted on his fingers as he explained.

"If you don't eat dumplings during the winter solstice, your ears will freeze off; if you don't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, you won't grow up; if you don't eat dumplings during the Lantern Festival, you will wet the bed."

Yu Jia smiled, it seemed that Xu Liangdi particularly liked eating dumplings.

Children's attention span was not that focused. After Yu Jia and Lin Gongxun asked questions for a while, Li Lingyun became very interested in the radishes in the yard.

"Teacher, can I go over there and take a look?"

Liu Zhonghuan glanced at Chang Haier and others who were busy, and nodded.

Li Lingyun cheered and ran towards Luobo.

Yu Jia and the other two looked at Li Lingyun's cheerful back and sighed in unison.

"Zhong Huan, the prince is not a wise ruler!"

Yu Jia took the lead in exporting.

The other two did not deny it.

"I have brought you a piece of news. Don't get excited after hearing it."

"Don't worry, Jiajia and I have been through a lot, what kind of scenes have we not seen?"

Liu Zhonghuan looked at Yu Jia meaningfully and then slowly spoke.

"From what I know, the prince has secretly bribed the palace guards. I'm afraid there will be some big moves!"

Fortunately, Liu Zhonghuan had given a heads-up in advance, otherwise Yu Jia would have really jumped up from her chair.

"What's going on? What does he want to do? Force the emperor to abdicate?"

Yu Jia was puzzled, "He is already the crown prince, wouldn't it be fine if he could just wait until the emperor abdicates?"

"Why bother with this?"

Yu Jia asked a series of questions and Liu Zhonghuan shook his head.

"Erzhu, you have been away from home for many years and don't know much about the situation in the capital. You only know one side of the story but not the other."

Liu Zhonghuan's eyes were on Li Lingyun who was trying hard to pull out the radish. "Li Yanzhao has already made up his mind."

"He has been secretly buying people's hearts. If the court were to re-elect the crown prince, he would definitely be on the list."

"Besides, he did a lot of practical things during the period of mourning."

Lin Gongxun nodded, "I have heard of this."

He glanced at the confused Yu Jia and said, "He recovered the debts owed by officials in Liangjiang and went to the northwest to provide disaster relief."

Even if Yu Jia didn't understand state affairs, he knew that these two tasks were tough jobs.

"These two things are definitely not easy to do. If he succeeds, it will be like gaining favor with the emperor."

"Erzhu is right!" Liu Zhonghuan said softly.

Yu Jia suddenly thought of Li Daxun. Although Weijiang did not belong to Liangjiang, the neighboring areas were so rich, so how could Liangjiang have any debts.

She expressed the doubts in her mind.

At this time, Liu Zhonghuan solved her doubts.

"Since ancient times, it has been normal for officials to owe money to the court."

“Except for Liangjiang, even officials above the fourth rank in Beijing are everywhere in arrears.

"There are only three types of people like this!"

Liu Zhonghuan picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then frowned slightly.

Yu Jia was a little surprised. "Well, I don't have many visitors here, and I haven't had time to buy tea yet. You just have to make do with it!"

Liu Zhonghuan put down the teacup without saying anything, and picked up the previous topic and continued talking.

"The first type is people who work for the court. They don't have that much money, so they can only borrow from the court."

Yu Jia understood, that is, it is an advance payment for travel expenses or goods. "The second type is people who follow the trend."

"When they saw others borrowing money to do things for the court, they also looked for excuses to borrow money so that they could show off their own merits."

Yu Jia curled her lips, but in fact she did nothing serious.

"What about the third type of people?"

"This third type of person is the most hateful one."

"They saw an opportunity to gain advantage and borrowed money from the court."

"The borrowed money was used to live a life of luxury and was squandered."

The court officials owed money so casually, let alone the local officials.

Liangjiang is a wealthy place, so it should be easier for Li Yanzhao to recover the debt if he goes there.

"No, ever since the former Liangjiang Governor Cao Jinyu's property was confiscated, all the newcomers have been tough guys."

"Although being the Governor-General of Liangjiang is a lucrative position, you should enjoy it while you are still alive."

"This time, the Governor-General of Liangjiang has some shady ways."

"Dirty tricks?" Yu Jia was puzzled.

"He just has some underworld background!" Lin Gongxun whispered softly.

Yu Jia understood, "Li Yanzhao is indeed quite capable since he was able to conquer Liangjiang."

Liu Zhonghuan agreed.

"Since the debts owed to Liangjiang have been recovered, the debts owed to other places will also be recovered one after another."

"So now the emperor has issued an order for the meritorious officers to prepare for the war against the Uighurs."

Yu Jia raised her eyes and looked at Lin Gongxun, "That is to say, if you have money, you will have the confidence!"

Li Yanzhao solved the problem that had been weighing on Li Guoli's mind for many years.

Not only does he enjoy high prestige among his ministers, he also enjoys high prestige in Li Guoli's heart.

"No wonder the prince took such a risk."

"wrong!"

Yu Jia stood up and clenched his fists.

"what happened?"

Lin Gongxun then stood up and looked at Yu Jia with a worried look on his face.

Yu Jia's eyes were filled with sharp frost, "Bastard, think about it carefully."

"The Uighurs are now at war with the Southern Barbarians, how can they have the energy to go to war with the Great Zhou?"

According to intelligence gathered in the past few days, Uighur soldiers have been slowly being mobilized to the border between the two countries.

"What do you think?" Lin Gongxun continued to ask.

"The Uighurs must have the confidence to do this, just like we have the money and confidence."

"There are two reasons for this confidence. One is that the Uighurs suddenly become more powerful, which basically makes it impossible."

"The second is to have external aid!"

Lin Gongxun took over the conversation and turned to look at Liu Zhonghuan.

"Zhonghuan, what do you think?"

Liu Zhonghuan stood up and said, "Yes, this foreign aid must also be the mortal enemy of the Great Zhou!"

The mortal enemy of the Great Zhou, there is no other choice except Beimo.

Yu Jia shouted, "Chang Haier, prepare your luggage!"

Chang Haier, who was following Li Lingyun to pull radishes, was shocked. "General, what's wrong?"

Yu Jia glanced at Lin Gongxun, then at Liu Zhonghuan.

"Prepare for war with Beimo!"

Yu Jia and his men hurried to the Jizhou military camp.

Xu Jingyang had already gone to Beijing to report and just happened to pass by Yu Jia.

During the time she was away, Xuan Zhihao kept the military camp in order.

"General, I got the latest news. He Laixiu is not dead!"

Yu Jia threw down the bandages in his hand and said, "Good people don't live long, but evil people live for thousands of years!"

"Zhihao, pass the order down. The Vanguard Battalion will take three shifts every day to gather information about the Northern Desert."

The debt owed by officials was most serious during the Ming and Qing dynasties, reaching as much as 12 million taels in the late Kangxi period!