Chapter 28 Food and Grass
Since the last morning court, Liu Chan has been in a daze. Why does he need to deal with the affairs of military generals, and he still needs to deal with the affairs of civilian officials! Isn't there a loyal minister who understands both internal affairs and military affairs?
Oh my god, Liu Chan is just an ordinary person, why should he be the emperor? So, Liu Chan postponed the morning court for several days in a row. However, the government affairs did not fall behind. Zhao Ding, Han Shizhong, and Qin Hui were very capable.
, and handled matters in the court in an orderly manner. Without Liu Chan even realizing it, a small court called the Cabinet quietly took shape.
Shunchang, Jin Wushu's Mansion
After Jin Wushu defeated Bianliang, Yue Fei used his old nest as his temporary camp. Most of the settlement of the people and various situations in the north were discussed here.
"Now, except for Bianliang, all of Henan has been owned by the Song Dynasty. The Jin Kingdom will definitely not be willing to swallow this breath this time. It is better to take advantage of the situation and capture Bianliang in one fell swoop and drive away the Jin people. At that time, we will attack westward to defeat the puppets.
Qi, from now on, all the north will belong to the Song Dynasty." Wang Gui pointed at the map and said to Yue Fei.
Yue Fei smiled and said: "Jin Wushu is not that easy to fight, and Bianliang is close to the Kingdom of Jin. Once we send troops, the Kingdom of Jin will definitely come to help. Bianliang has about 20,000 cavalry, and they have experienced bloody battles, so they are not easy to mess with.
. Whether it is food, grass, supplies, or soldiers, we are slightly inferior."
At present, the situation in Shunchang is not complicated. It is just a shortage of officials and food. The people are already well settled. Although there is some shortage of food and grass, people will not starve to death, but they can only support it for half a month at most.
"Now, we still need to send someone to Lin'an to collect food. If we don't arrive, our brothers will starve to death." Wang Gui complained.
Zhang Xian was troubled on the sidelines: "Yes, General Yue, if the imperial court doesn't transport food here, we will have no choice but to follow the example of the rebels and rob the Jin Kingdom."
At this moment, a soldier ran in happily and said breathlessly: "General, general, the food and grass that your majesty ordered to send are here, here."
"What".
"Bang."
Wang Gui immediately stood up and knocked the chair behind him to the ground, making a huge noise. However, Wang Gui didn't care at all and grabbed the soldier: "Say it again, tell me again."
The soldier didn't pay attention to Wang Gui's actions, and said excitedly: "It's true, it's true, Your Majesty, Your Majesty really ordered people to send food and grass. Dozens of carts of food have already entered the city. Here they are."
It seems that there is also Eunuch Wang Li."
Everyone who was discussing the matter was shocked and speechless by the news. When did someone bring food to them before they were seriously short of food? When did they not have to ask for food and grass for dozens of days! When did they not have to deliver food and grass?
Ten days and a half month!
Today is the first time everyone has seen it during the Northern Expedition for more than ten years.
What everyone didn't know was that Liu Chan was really afraid that the border troops would cause trouble due to lack of food. In Liu Chan's heart, he felt that no one could starve the soldiers who were fighting. So he gave an absolute order to the people in the Imperial City Department, ordering them to use the money and food.
After the officer arrests him, he should promote his assistant on the spot. The food must be sent there as soon as possible, and the fastest!
It was the first time for both the people from the Imperial City Department and the assistants of the Qianliang Officer to see this kind of formation, and they did not dare to neglect immediately. After receiving the order, they quickly delivered the food and grass, almost without stopping along the way.
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Yue Fei immediately said: "Please come here quickly, your Majesty, the generals will follow me and go out to greet you in person."
"yes."
The fully loaded grain transport team caused a huge sensation as soon as it arrived in Shunchang. In troubled times, food occupies an absolute position. If anyone dares to waste food at will, even the history books will not let him go. Look at this
With dozens of carts of food, not only the people of Shunchang, but also the Song troops stationed there felt the sincerity in the court.
When the people learned that these supplies were urgently delivered by His Majesty, they all knelt on both sides of the road, kowtowed and thanked Tian En. Those Song soldiers stood upright. What else can be said? The Qianjin Kingdom
It’s done.
Wang Li, who was still responsible for escorting the grain and fodder, looked happy and shocked at this time. Wang Li was personally sent by the emperor to supervise the grain and fodder. After all, the money and grain officer had already fooled him once before, and Liu Chan didn't want to be fooled again, so
So he sent the experienced Wang Li to continue escorting the grain and grass. But when Wang Li just arrived at Yingchang, he heard that Yue Fei had captured Shunchang. He was so shocked that he was speechless.
It's one thing to hear it, but it's another thing to see it in person. Yue Fei is so powerful! This is going against heaven! He is indeed a minister personally promoted by His Majesty!
What else could he say immediately? Wang Li immediately led people to personally deliver the grain and grass to Shunchang. He must report this battle report himself. Oh my God, what a reward this deserves!
So the current scene happened. Unfortunately, Wang Li still didn't expect it. The battle report had been delivered to Liu Chan a long time ago, only two days later. However, Wang Li was still in disbelief at this time.
The anticipation of a great achievement had already left him.
When Wang Li arrived at Yue Fei's temporary residence in Shunchang, Yue Fei had already personally led all the soldiers to greet him outside. The sincerity of the court was so full this time. There were no troublemakers in the rear, and there was no shortage of food and grass. If Yue Fei didn't show his sincerity,
I am afraid that my own welcome is somewhat unjustifiable.
Liu Chan had something to say about this. Only the Song Dynasty would make such a fuss about this kind of common sense. As far as the situation of the Song Dynasty's border troops was concerned, the Han Dynasty did not even need the border troops to take action. Those civil servants in the court had to beat up the ministers in charge of food and grass.
Dun. If you dare to have problems with food and grass during a war, you may not want to die! The Han Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats who mount their horses to kill the enemy and dismount their horses to govern the country are no joke.
"I've met Wang Eunuch." Yue Fei cupped his fists and said to Wang Li who was dismounting.
"General Yue is so polite. I would like to congratulate General Yue on this great victory in the Northern Expedition." Wang Li said with a smile on his face, very politely.
"This great victory is only possible because of your Majesty's support. I am also grateful to the prince for the food and grass he sent earlier, otherwise I would not have been able to capture Shunchang." Yue Fei said very modestly.
"Haha, General Yue is too polite."
"This is the truth. I would like to invite you to come into the palace and explain it."
"Okay, please."
"Your Majesty, please come first."
After Wang Li and Yue Fei entered the courtyard, Wang Gui, who was in a daze behind, grabbed Yue Yun and asked with some confusion: "Why does the general seem to be a different person? When did he become so polite?" It's not Wang Gui's fault.
Gui made a fuss, he had never seen Yue Fei have any brains in dealing with people. Either he offended one person or another. When he, the commander of the Chinese army, was in Lin'an, he either made amends to this person or that person.
"Uncle Gui, what are you doing?" Yue Yun said dissatisfiedly when Wang Gui grabbed him. He straightened his clothes and said, "Who knows, maybe he's in a good mood."
To hit the mark, Yue Fei's mood was so good that it couldn't be better. Moreover, this time it was Wang Li who personally escorted the grain and grass, so Yue Fei was very polite.
After everyone sat down in their respective seats, Yue Fei asked Wang Li: "It's really all thanks to the prince this time. If it weren't for the grain and grass that the prince escorted, I'm afraid the army would be starving in a few days."
Wang Li waved his hand: "Hey, General, you're too polite. It's just escorting food and grass, it's not a big credit."
"I wonder if there is anything else that needs to be conveyed by the prince besides escorting grain and grass." Just kidding, why would a eunuch be sent to escort grain and grass? The first time was because Wang Li wanted to read out the imperial edict granting the authority to do things expediently. This second time, this
It's already war time, so why send Wang Li here?
You can't just send a eunuch to supervise the army! There was a hint of gloom in everyone's mind, and the excitement of the arrival of food and grass faded a little.
"Hey, the general doesn't know that during this transportation of grain and grass, Your Majesty killed three money and grain officials in a row, and he did it in front of Prime Minister Qin."
"What!"
Everyone was in disbelief, what on earth had happened. They heard Wang Li continue to say: "Your Majesty learned that the people escorting the grain and grass were deliberately delaying, and the five-day journey actually took half a month. He was furious and ordered the emperor to do so.
The city officials beheaded the three money and grain officials, and they beheaded them in front of Prime Minister Qin. For this, Prime Minister Qin personally knelt down in front of the palace gate to apologize. His Majesty remembered his merits and fined him one month's salary.
And strictly ordered him not to do it again."
The generals were a little dizzy. It had been so long since they had been to Lin'an, and something felt wrong. This was still Lin'an, so why did it feel more powerful than the Kingdom of Jin? Wang Li looked at everyone's expressions with a smile. It was the first time he heard this.
The same was true when he heard the news. After a while, he continued to say to Yue Fei: "Your Majesty has something to ask General Yue Fei."
Yue Fei quickly stood up and wanted to kneel down, but Wang Li stopped him with his hands. In Yue Fei's puzzled look, Wang Li said with a smile: "The official is dictating. I just want to ask some questions to the general. There is no need to perform this grand ceremony."
In fact, Wang Li was also a little confused by Liu Chan's attitude. After all, it was unprecedented outside the founding of the People's Republic of China to treat a general who led troops abroad so favorably.
"I wonder what your Majesty wants to ask?"
Wang Li said with a smile: "The officials want to ask General Yue about the battle situation and the victory or defeat of the Northern Expedition. But looking at the current situation, there is no need to ask more. The general should hurry up and write the battle report and give it to me.
To His Majesty."
"The battle report has been written and someone was sent to submit it to His Majesty a few days ago."
"Has it been submitted to His Majesty?" Wang Li was confused, so what was the purpose of his desperate rush?
"Yes, what's wrong?" Yue Fei asked doubtfully, while Wang Gui covered his forehead, feeling a headache.
"Oh, it's okay. General Yue is loyal and patriotic. He is indeed a role model for our generation. Wang Li admires him deeply." Wang Li became a little cold, and his great achievements were gone.
Wang Gui hurriedly interrupted Yue Fei's words: "We have captured many precious treasures in Shunchang this time. Your Majesty, you might as well go and see for yourself which ones are in the palace, so that you can hand them over to Your Majesty personally."
Chapter completed!