The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1036 Amazing harvest
Because the speed of the search troop was too slow, it finally annoyed Quan Cong, and he couldn't bear it anymore.

Thus, Quan Cong, in a fit of rage, finally couldn't help but use military law against his subordinates.He then ordered the assassins who were in charge of the gathering of the army to start investigating the matter to see what kind of mistakes had occurred during the execution of his orders. Otherwise, he would just search for such a small-scale Champa, why is it taking so long!

His Majesty once said to Quan Cong that the so-called time is life, and life is a matter of victory above everything else, Quan Cong had to pay considerable attention to this matter.

And after Quan Cong's order was passed on, first of all those generals who participated in the city-wide raid felt extremely depressed.Because they are definitely assassins, they must first be interrogated and investigated.So, from General Yamen to the school lieutenants, captains, etc. of various ministries, they began to accept the investigation of the assassins one by one.

With the deepening of the investigation, what cannot be ruled out is that even those ordinary soldiers who participated in the city-wide raid will eventually be summoned for investigation.

Some people in the army will inevitably criticize Quan Cong's actions. After all, those of them who participated in Quan Cong's hunt are not credited, as long as they have worked hard, right?They stayed up all night, desperately searching everywhere for Lin Yiguo soldiers who were hiding, what was it all for?Isn't it for dutifully carrying out the orders of the governor?

But now, just because of the delay, the governor treats them like this and makes them accept the investigation of the assassins?They felt very wronged in their hearts.

Such an aggrieved view has been circulated in a small area of ​​the army.However, in the Shu Han army at this time, various military disciplines have actually been well implemented. Military discipline is military discipline, and only military discipline is the highest thought of the army. It should be said that it has been accepted by most soldiers.

Therefore, such a view does not necessarily have a market.

Even, if it was explained that Quan Cong did not issue an order to the assassins to investigate the matter in depth, when the assassins conduct an audit, they will probably investigate the matter on their own according to the powers they have been granted.

It's just that the momentum at that time and the strength of the investigation were probably not as strong as Quan Cong's personal order.

At noon that day, Quan Cong saw that the situation in the city should have become relatively stable after searching the whole city, so he sent an order to let some assassins lead their hands into Fan Xiong, which had been blocked by the Shu Han army. to the royal palace, and to the storehouses in the city where food and grass were stored.

The issuing of this order actually meant one thing: after Quan Cong had stabilized the situation on the battlefield, he was finally going to start counting the spoils after they captured the city this time.

Moreover, it is foreseeable that the Shu Han army should have a very rich harvest this time, and it will definitely not disappoint.

In fact, the reason why Quan Cong thought this way was because when he was in Jiangling City, His Majesty had already secretly told Quan Cong in private that Zhancheng must do its best to capture it.

Because there must be a lot of treasure hidden in Fan Xiong's palace in the city, especially the precious and heavy gold.Only if the Shu Han army obtained them, their expedition to the ocean this time would not lose money in the final analysis.

Otherwise, the Shu Han army spent so much money, food, ordnance, and possibly a lot of human life, to conquer a small Linyi country, is it just for the sake of face?Of course not.

Of course, Liu Chan still has his own bigger goal in his heart, and this goal was also used by him to secretly persuade the Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, the Great Sima Dong He, and even Shang Shu Ling Fazheng to agree to his dispatch of troops at the last minute Lin Yi.

That is, Liu Chan promised them that as long as Quan Cong's army can capture Zhancheng, they will surely be able to search for a lot of gold and silver treasures from the city!

Moreover, the countries in the South China Sea are rich in all kinds of pearls, gemstones, corals, ivory, medicinal materials and various precious animal furs, and they will definitely be able to return home with a full reward.

Therefore, the reason why Liu Chan launched Quan Cong's newly formed fleet to test the waters in the South China Sea this time, on the surface, he declared to the people that it was to promote the national prestige of the Han Dynasty and revenge Lin Yiguo's plundering of Jiaozhou, was actually a deeper reason. It is because they want to plunder the wealth and various specialties of Linyi Kingdom!
Before the fleet set off, Liu Chan had already secretly revealed these things to Quan Cong.

Therefore, Quan Cong has a very thorough understanding of His Majesty's thoughts.That's why he spared no effort to capture Zhancheng.However, after capturing the battlefield, they seem to stay in the battlefield a little procrastinatingly. First of all, they have a strong control of the situation in the city, and then they start to send people to count all kinds of spoils.

Moreover, Quan Cong was not very active in going north to support Lu Dai and others in the battle, and spent a lot of time on stabilizing and occupying the city.

All of this is actually to protect the various wealth in the Champa treasury and the palace.Otherwise, rushing to plunder would inevitably lead to resistance from the residents of the city. Quan Cong had already seen the aggression of the Champaigns.

It can be seen that Quan Cong spent a lot of time in order to faithfully implement Liu Chan's plundering plan.And this is also why Quan Cong would suddenly take on such an unknown fire when the army was carrying out Quan Cong's search and arrest and wasted a lot of time.

It's just that all of this involves confidentiality, and it's impossible to put the purpose on the surface. At least they, the emperors and high-ranking officials, still want to leave their names in history!

When night fell that day, Quan Cong walked up and down in his study anxiously, and his expression was actually much more nervous than when he attacked Champa.

In fact, the reason why Quan Cong behaved like this was because he was waiting for the assassin and the quartermaster to come to report to him and count the various spoils of war.

Following Quan Cong's guard captain's report, Quan Cong immediately asked the assassin and the quartermaster to enter the study to report the situation.

The assassin is responsible for undoing the various seals in the palace, and supervising the inventory of various properties by the quartermaster's men afterwards.Therefore, these two people came to see Quan Cong together.

Quan Cong first asked the assassin, if there was any problem in the process of property inventory, and then he asked the quartermaster to report.

Since the scope of Fan Xiong's palace is not small, and there are indeed a lot of property in it, when Fan Xiong temporarily escaped from Champa, he could not take much property with him, otherwise, Quan Cong's people would have noticed Here comes the anomaly.

Moreover, the various government treasuries and granaries hoarding grain and grass in the city contain a huge amount of items, so it is impossible for them to count them all within half a day.

So the Quartermaster said to Quan Cong: "Commander, the statistics now are only part of the data. The officer estimates that if he wants to get complete and comprehensive statistics, it will take at least two days."

Such a reply was completely within Quan Cong's expectations, so he nodded and said, "Just report the statistics you have calculated first."

After listening to the quartermaster's report, Quan Cong couldn't help taking a deep breath, because although the quartermaster's subordinates had just finished counting the gold and silver vessels in the palace and the property in the treasury, what they had counted The amount of wealth is already extremely astonishing.

According to the inventory, there are as many as thousands of gold and silver vessels in the palace alone, including a large number of gold bricks and silver bricks, and the total value should exceed [-] gold.

Twenty thousand gold is definitely a huge fortune, almost equivalent to 60.00% of the Shu Han country's annual budget.It is enough to pay for the military expenditure of all regular troops in the Shuhan state for one year.

However, it is enough to see from this that the military expenditure at this time occupies a huge proportion of the national finances.From a normal point of view, the various expenditures of the Shu Han regime on the army and armaments have reached the point of militarism, severely squeezing the financial funds used for national construction.

Therefore, in Liu Chan's view, such a way of spending finances is absolutely unreasonable and unsustainable. If things go on like this, Shu Han's national construction will inevitably collapse due to excessive military expenditures. The result will be On the contrary, the strength of the country has been seriously weakened, and the army will also face the brink of collapse due to the shortage of funds.

——This situation actually exists even in the 21st century. Interested readers can check the South African army.They are now facing the dilemma of a serious shortage of military expenditures, and the army is already on the verge of automatic collapse.Such a situation is simply unimaginable in some countries.

Therefore, in order to ease the country's financial expenditure pressure, Liu Chan focused on Lin Yiguo, the unlucky guy, and tried to plunder Lin Yiguo's wealth by launching a large-scale war.

After all, according to the historical knowledge of Liu Chan’s previous life, Yang Hansheng, when Sun Quan of Soochow conquered Linyi, the gold he plundered back was built into more than a dozen gold men, which is probably enough to pay for the military expenses of Soochow’s army. .

In addition, Liu Chan also took a fancy to Lin Yiguo's grain at the same time.Therefore, Liu Chan certainly had enough reasons to persuade the three chief officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Da Sima Mansion and Shangshutai to support his military campaign to conquer Linyi.

As for the conquest of Linyi Kingdom and bringing their land under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty, it was just a good excuse.Because in this era of population shortage, Shu Han's own domestic land can't be used up, and the land is actually really worthless.Liu Chan actually lacks interest in coveting the land of Linyi Kingdom.

As for the various other treasures such as gems and corals displayed in the treasury and the palace, they will continue to be counted in the coming time.According to a rough estimate, since their quantity will far exceed all kinds of gold and silver wares, the value must be more than [-] gold.

As for the granary, according to the various account books that exist, the data in it is extremely chaotic, so it will take a long time for the accountants under the quartermaster to finally sort out the correct quantity.

However, now we will record the amount of grain and grass stored in some of the granaries that we have confirmed, and the grain is more than 12 hu!
And this amount of food is enough to support Quan Cong's army to fight in the field for at least three months!It is also enough to make up for the large loss of food and grass caused by their dispatch of troops this time.What's more, there are still a large number of granaries that have not been counted.

It can also be seen from it that Fan Xiong's grandfather, Ou Lian, must have been very cruel in oppressing the people, and some of the food and grass must have been plundered by them from Rinan County!Otherwise, a small Linyi country, even if the rice and other crops are high-yielding, it is impossible to store so much grain.

Facing such a huge trophy, Quan Cong was immediately overjoyed. He was still a little nervous, but suddenly became extremely excited.

(End of this chapter)