"The accountant the Lu family has found is quite capable. How much rent will he collect every year? How many landlords in Xichuan will sell their surplus grain to the Lu family? How much grain has been sold by the Lu family's grain shop and warehouse over the years? There is still money in the warehouse.
How much grain was stored, every transaction was clearly recorded in the account book. When combined, there was a total difference of more than 40,000 shi of grain, but it was not recorded in the account book. Chen Songze was still quite concerned about the situation of the Lu family.
After understanding it, he separated Lu Ji and the others for torture and interrogation, and soon opened the door, and then returned to the Lu family mansion to find several account books that Lu Ji had secretly buried..."
"...These secret account books record every amount of official grain that the Lu family secretly sold on behalf of Yu Lian and others from the grain shop during the Jianji period and transferred it to Yu Lian, Zhou Li and other officials in the Qianliang Academy.
The total amount of money stolen and sold to provide relief to the officials was more than 42,100 dan, and the Lu family gained more than 41,100 guan. In this single case, Yu Lian, Zhou Li and others embezzled a total of 20 dan in the past six years.
More than 16,000 strings..."
"...Fan Shenjun took Zhou Yunze to Xichuan County. All the witnesses and physical evidence were there. Then he arrested Lu Fang and other subordinate officials of the Qianliang Institute for torture. On the same day, he obtained the confessions of Lu Fang and others, and confiscated the money????????
????????The total amount of property is more than 40,000 yuan. Zhou Yunze no longer has any reason to shirk Yu Lian and Zhou Li, and finally agree to detain the county magistrate Yu Lian and the county magistrate Zhou Li, and petition the court to take action..."
"...Fan Canjun has escorted a group of criminals back to Biyang, while Chen Songze remains in Xichuan for the time being..."
After the case of stealing and selling official grain in Xichuan came to an end for the time being, Jiang Ping rushed to Ruyang in person and detailed the handling of the case to Xu Huai.
Yu Lian and Zhou Li have been detained by the Nanyang government for the time being, waiting for the court's decision.
Before the new county magistrate and county magistrate take office, Liu Wugong, as the county captain, will temporarily hold the county government seal. With the assistance of Chen Songze, he will also clean up the official administration of Xichuan County and speed up the construction of the Xichuan defense line.
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Although all this is expected, it is shocking that such an alarming number of cases of stealing and selling official grain can occur in the remote Xichuan County.
In the past, the Chushan Army could only obtain three million guan of military supplies from the imperial court a year. However, Xichuan County's theft and sale of official grain involved nearly 300,000 guan. How could it not be shocking?
When Dai Viet was in its heyday, each stone of brown rice cost only 700 to 800 guan, and more than 40,000 stone of official grain was worth 30,000 to 40,000 guan. This does not seem too amazing. However, due to the invasion of Nanhu, millions of refugees traveled south through Nanyang, and the grain supply was reduced.
The price has increased tenfold or tenfold, and the amount of money stolen and sold is terrifying.
More importantly, when hungry people are flooding south, local governments should severely crack down on hoarding and curb the soaring price of food. People like Yu Lian and Zhou Li may have done the opposite for their own dirty interests.
"They are all silverfish. The mountains and rivers are broken. They don't know how to restrain themselves, but they go even worse. It's really not a pity to die!" Xu Huai sat on the saddle, listening to Jiang Ping talk about the details of the Xichuan government grain theft case, and looked at Ruyang's dilapidated house.
The city wall and the long mountains cursed bitterly.
Affected by the memory fragments, Xu Huai is well aware of the complexity of human nature and does not expect all generals to maintain a sincere heart for the country and the people from beginning to end. He also knows that if he wants to achieve something, he must be able to do so.
Tolerate the existence of some mediocre people, and do everything possible to allow the broadest group of people to play their due role.
However, when the country was ruined and the family was in ruins, Xichuan was not that far away from the bloody front line. Yu Lian and Zhou Li, as county officials, secretly stole the food rations that the hungry people needed to survive to satisfy their own desires. Xu Huai still wanted to give the order immediately
I want these bastards to be put to death as a warning to others.
Seeing that Xu Huai was angry at Yu Lian and others' greed, Han Gui changed the subject and asked Jiang Ping:
"What's the status of the enemy's advance in Lantian between Sichuan and Shaanxi?"
Jiang Ping said:
"According to reports from scouts, the enemy general Zhou Yan led thousands of elite troops into Qingyang Valley four days ago, wiping out the only 300 defenders on the Dongchuan Road in Qingyang Valley and cutting off the communication between Lantian and Ziwu Valley - followed by 40,000
The enemy troops gathered from Xianyang, Tongguan and other places and advanced towards the territory of Lantian. They were accompanied by more than a thousand shield chariots and stone crossbows. They may launch a strong attack on Lantian at any time."
"Cao Shixiong also mobilized a group of elite soldiers and horses to go up the Luoshui River to Lushi County east of Shangzhou, forming a situation of attacking Shangzhou with the enemy forces from Sichuan and Shaanxi, but holding back on Ruzhou. Obviously, this is also the case.
They want to lure us to defend Shangzhou," Han Gui said with a frown, "I'm worried now that Gu Shijun is silent now, but after Lantian falls, he will invite us to defend Shangzhou. When the time comes,
????????????????If we don't respond, the government and the opposition will probably make a lot of negative remarks about the system..."
After the red cavalry went south again, in order to target Dayue, in addition to the original four general offices of Xusu, Jingxi, Heluo and Sichuan and Shaanxi, the Longxi general office was also established to the west of Liupan Mountain, mainly composed of Dangxiang's surrendered troops.
At present, the enemy forces in Longxi, Xusu, Sichuan and Shaanxi have carried out large-scale mobilization and are advancing towards Tianshui, Lantian and Huaixi. A new round of war is about to break out.
However, except for the enemy Yue Hailou's troops in the west of Beijing who faced Chushan, they only carried out mobilization on a general scale this winter, gathering less than 40,000 troops and horses to Xuzhou City (Xuchang) in the upper reaches of Yingshui River, preparing to go to Xiangcheng and Linzhou.
In addition to Yingjiu's advance, the enemy Cao's troops in Heluo have shown no signs of leaving Yique Pass and crossing Wan'an Mountain to attack Ruzhou this winter.
On the contrary, Cao Shixiong also concentrated some of his elite soldiers and horses on the Luoshui River on the west flank, preparing to go up the Luoshui River and attack Lu's and other cities located on the upper reaches of the Luoshui River, which were guarded by soldiers and horses on the Dongchuan Road.
The strategy of the Chihu people is not difficult to guess, which is to lure Jingxiang Road to guard Shangzhou.
Once Lantian is lost, the weak connection between Shangzhou and Dongchuan Road will be cut off. Gu Jiqian will not be very willing to defend Shangzhou by then, let alone face the two-sided attack from the enemies of Chuanxia and Heluo.
Under this situation, even if Xu Huai had already seen through the enemy's intentions, he still insisted on not taking over Shangzhou's defense and allowed it to fall to the enemy. He was destined to be strongly criticized and criticized by the government and the opposition.
"This winter, we must curl up and be like turtles. No matter how many criticisms and criticisms there are, we have to curl up honestly now,"
Xu Huai looked at the clear sky in the distance with only a few white clouds floating leisurely with a stern face, and said to Wang Xian and other generals,
"I'm not worried about Xiangcheng, Zhaoling, Chushan, and Xinyang. It took several years to build the fortress. Yuehai Tower really dares to come and chew on it. We are also confident to break his old teeth, but Cao Shixiong sees that we will not be fooled.
Shangzhou will definitely turn around to attack Guangcheng, and they will turn around quickly. Whether Guangcheng can withstand the offensive of the enemies of Heluo this winter, you will have to withstand some tests this winter..."
After the death of the old king, the main force of the red cavalry retreated to the Yanshan and Yinshan lines.
In order to prevent counterattack, Yue Hailou took the initiative to abandon Ruyang and Songxian last year and reduced his troops to the line of Yique and Wan'an Mountain (Western Range of Songshan Mountain).
Wang Xian, who was in charge of Ruzhou at that time, took the opportunity to regain Ruyang and Song County, and built Guangcheng Village on the west side of the old Guangchengguan site and near Yishui to strengthen the defense of the west wing of Ruzhou.
However, the past year or so has been the period when Chushan's resources were most scarce.
In order to resettle and care for as many refugees as possible, Xu Huai invested a total of about four to five million guans in four counties in northern Jingbei and Nancai County.
However, Chushan is such a big market, and the investment in the south has been huge. The defense on the northern front can only be reduced as much as possible and reduce expenditures. Therefore, west of Ruzhou, in the past year or so, the most critical Guangcheng Village has been built.
, there was no time to build a series of military strongholds to form a complete line of defense.
Although Ruyang and Song counties were brutally destroyed, the people were either massacred or fled into the mountains, and the rest were forcibly taken away by the enemy forces in Heluo. The remaining open space was enough to house tens or hundreds of thousands of refugees.
, to a certain extent, it has alleviated the more acute land conflicts on the Beijing-Xiangxiang Road. However, so many displaced people have only moved here after autumn this year, so it is so onerous.
How can the important tasks of resettlement and defense line construction be accomplished overnight?
Therefore, no matter how much pressure we endure, we must stick to the defense line this winter and rely on the terrain and fortifications to resist the enemy's attack. Only when the resettlement of the refugees in Beijing and Xiangxiang is basically completed and the two to three hundred thousand refugees are young and strong can we
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Xiuyun Mountain is located to the east of Qingyang Valley. When you climb to the top of the mountain, you can see Lantian City, which is built against the Qinling Mountains in the distance. From Lantian County to the south to the depths of the Qinling Mountains, there are many forts.
Hide and appear in the sparse jungle.
However, to the north of Lantian City, there are more densely packed camps, like a half-moon-shaped black lake, and the waves are almost hitting the city wall of Lantian City.
Surrounded by dozens of military generals, Wulu Lie, the Prince of Zhennan Sect, climbed up to Xiuyun Mountain and looked at the scenery on the left and right. One of the military generals asked:
"After we capture Lantian, will Chushan soldiers and horses take over to defend Shangzhou?"
"If the intelligence we have collected is correct, and there is indeed a big gap between Xu Huai and the new emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and they are suspicious of each other, then Chushan should not send troops to garrison Shangzhou..."
"In this case, why do we spend so much effort to lure Chushan to defend Shangzhou? Why not ask Marshal Yue and Marshal Cao to gather all their forces to attack Rucaizhou and defeat the Southern Dynasty's defense line with the overwhelming power of Mount Tai?"
"My red cavalry swept across the Khitan with iron hooves. How long did the confrontation last before Dangxiang? We have suffered a lot of setbacks in attacking the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River before. Why are we so anxious now to crush the Southern Dynasties with the overwhelming power of Mount Tai? How can there be anything in the world?
Is it such an easy thing?" Wu Lulie smiled and said, "Chushan is unlikely to send troops to defend Shangzhou, but it will be beneficial for us to put more thought into it, even if it deepens the suspicion between Chushan and the small court of the Southern Dynasty.
. It’s a simple task, why not do it? Besides, Chushan Mountain is probably the most stubborn obstacle to my Red Guard Cavalry sweeping the world, and it cannot be overemphasized..."
