The harvest in the north has not been good for two consecutive years, and it can only rely on the grain in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is not safe to live on the way from the south to the north, and the water bandits that have been wiped out in the early years have resurfaced, but this spring the Cao gang made a riot and divided into two factions, so that the ships that could transport grain were reduced by half, and the grain ships that were not covered by the Cao gang were robbed on the way.
The grain and rice that can be transported safely are only four or five percent of those of previous years.
Of course, this is only on the surface.
Zhao Yi has been invisible in Jinling for many years, and before Gong Wuji Sichuan Incident, Zhao Yi had two retinues from the Cao Gang around him, which was also the main reason for the internal split of the Cao Gang later.
Half of the Caogang took refuge in Zhao Yi, mainly taking care of the two lakes and Liangguang, and the remaining half of the Tangkou were in charge of the Jiangnan area.
The government can manage the affairs on land, but when it comes to the water, it is still helpless.
What's more, with the current situation of the imperial court, there is no energy to suppress bandits, and there is no way to interfere in the affairs of the rivers and lakes.
Without the harvest in the north, only four or five percent of the grain and rice in the south of the Yangtze River have to support the grain and grass in the northwest and south, and although the Daohai in the southwest has withdrawn, it still has to fight a little from time to time, and there are still 50,000 horses in the southwest at this time.
In the early years, Zhao Ji fought repeatedly, and the treasury had long been unable to make ends meet, but after the rebellion of King Ning, Zhao Ji was also quite old and did not fight, and the treasury eased slightly, but I didn't expect that if I didn't fight, I wouldn't fight, and a dozen would be fought by several parties, not to mention the pension for the fallen soldiers, and even the grain and grass couldn't be made.
Zhao Yi is better, but Zhao You holds the Silk Road and the Ganlong Ancient Road tightly, he has silver, not only can buy artillery from Fanbang, but also make his own artillery, in desperation, in the past two years, Zhao Ji had to let the household take out a large amount of silver and buy dozens of artillery.
The hardware was there, but the soldiers still couldn't get enough to eat.
The bosses secretly acquiesced to the people below to exploit the rich to get money, this kind of thing is simple, but what is really done is not just to find the rich to ask for silver, bullying men and women are endless, and in some places there are even human lives.
Zhao Ji is not an ordinary emperor, he has led soldiers to fight, he knows these things better than anyone else, this time the military department only scraped together enough 100,000 quintals of grain and grass, and gave Yin Chen 60,000 quintals, 30,000 quintals in the northwest, and 10,000 quintals in the southwest.
Therefore, when they heard that Yin Chen had surrendered for the sake of food and grass, several imperial envoys stood up and scolded Yin Chen as a pig or a dog.
The harvest is not good, the army food has to be levied in various places, the people are hungry, but the government has no food to help, how difficult it is to get together this 100,000 loads of grain and grass, gave Yin Chen more than half, he is not satisfied, and he actually used this as an excuse to lead the people to surrender.
All of a sudden, accusations, denunciations, and beating of the chest, there were ups and downs in the Taihe Palace, but it was the matter that Qin Jue said just now that he would investigate thoroughly, and no one responded.
It's about the military department, it's about the army, and whoever goes to check on it is asking for bad luck.
Of course, someone still has to investigate this matter, so of course, whoever brought it up should let whoever investigate.
After retiring from the dynasty, Zhao Ji called a few elders to the palace to discuss.
Gao Yun took sick leave, and now the second assistant Huo Ying is presiding over the court meeting.
Huo Ying is old, and his energy has been low recently, and it involves the military department, so he doesn't want to interfere in his heart.
So without saying a few words, he pushed the matter to Han Qianchu.
This matter already involved Han Qianchu, but Han Qianchu couldn't say anything at this time.
Prince Qing, who had never interjected, spoke at this time: "I remember that Fang was in the court, Xiao Qin proposed to investigate this matter thoroughly, I also think it is good to investigate it well, whether it is or not, there must be a result in order to settle the hearts of the army and the people, Your Majesty, what do you say?"
Zhao Ji didn't want to investigate, now at this time, of course, if he can suppress it, if he wants to investigate, no matter what the result is, it will shake the morale of the army.
King Qing is an old fool and wants to help Han Qianchu relieve the siege, but King Qing is right about one thing, this matter must have a result.
Although Qin Jue is young, in terms of ability, he is not much worse than these people here.
What's more, the biggest strength of the children of the family is that they have been learning to behave since they were just out of their mother's womb, how to deal with this matter, Qin Jue will have a scale in his heart.
Qin Jue knew that he would soon be announced to enter the palace, so he did not return to the punishment department after he retreated, but sat in a sedan chair and listened to Mingyue talk to him about interesting things in the capital these days.
The official sedan chair stopped outside the palace, and sure enough, it was only half an hour before an attendant came out to deliver a decree announcing that he would go to the Qinzheng Palace.
Today is the Wangchao Dynasty Meeting, Qin Jue went to the court before dawn, usually Luo Jinyan would sleep until three poles in the morning, and when March and Ah Shu came, she would get up and make up.
But today she couldn't sleep anyway, tossing and turning in bed, restless.
Helpless, she had no choice but to let Qingquan wait outside the palace and send the news back if there was something.
As she expected, before noon, Qingquan came back: "Grandma, it's not good, the uncle took over the case of Yin Chen, the general of Zhengnan." ” Qingquan was panting, his head was full of beads of sweat, he avoided Mingyue and Kongshan's two stinky boys, quietly waited outside the palace, and saw those ministers of the lower court, and quietly discussed, saying that whoever took this errand was unlucky.
At that time, he was still proud, our uncle was the smartest, so our uncle wouldn't take it.
But when he saw that Qin Jue's official sedan chair had not left, his heart went up and down, everyone else would be yamen, why didn't the uncle leave But at this time, he was discovered by Mingyue, but fortunately, there was an inner attendant who came out at that time, and Qin Jue followed the inner attendant into the palace.
Mingyue walked towards his hiding place with a smile, dragged him out from behind the big tree, and said with a cruel smile: "Good boy, you dare to stare at the tip of the uncle, it's the itchy skin."
Qingquan waved his claws open and scolded: ", grandma is not worried about the matter of the uncle, let me inquire, don't talk nonsense, the grandma doesn't want the uncle to know, and when the uncle comes out later, you quickly inquire about what's going on." ” Something must have happened, otherwise the eldest grandmother would not let him come, and the uncle would not have been waiting outside the palace after dispersing, and the palace would not have called the uncle in at this time.
Now Zi Mingyue doesn't dare to make any more trouble, what Qingquan said makes sense, Uncle is very weird today.
Qin Jue didn't come out for a full hour, Mingyue and Kongshan were so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks, but fortunately, at this moment, an attendant came out and asked them to go to the criminal department to get a stamp, they hurriedly and quietly handed over a red seal, and asked the uncle if there was anything else in the palace.
The chamberlain smiled and said: "Two brothers, it's not the first time we've met, don't worry, Lord Xiao Qin is fine, he took over the case of General Yin's defection to the enemy, and he has to go through some formalities with the elders at this time." ” Mingyue was startled, and hurriedly told Qingquan, Qingquan almost jumped up, how could this unfortunate drudgery fall on the uncle's head t1706231537: