After leaving Peiping, Zhu Di encountered trouble before he had gone very far. The northwest wind, with smoke and snow, hit him head-on. The sky and the earth were white, and the cold wind wrapped the snowflakes, just like Xiao Li's flying knife.
Say hello to the face.
Standing in the snow, it was like being executed by Ling Chi. The feeling was really uncomfortable.
Li Jinglong was lying on the horse's back, unable to lift his head at all.
Hua Wei burst into tears. He was only ten years old. Why did you treat him like this?
"I want to go to Ryukyu! There is everything there, popular food, spicy food, and foreign singers dancing. I don't want to hang out with you anymore!"
Zhu Di is so angry. There is no war yet, and his small team is about to fall apart.
"Hua Wei, if you dare to leave, I will stew you in a big pot right now!"
Zhu Di's harsh words scared Hua Wei so much that he didn't dare to leave, for fear that he would become the big goose he just ate yesterday, but then he started crying again, "Your Highness is mean and ungrateful. If you treat heroes like this, sooner or later you will abandon you."
Yes, you will be alone before long."
Zhu Di was full of resentment. He looked up and saw a gust of cold wind, carrying snow flakes, and hit him hard on the face. This made Zhu Di calm down.
It turns out that when leading troops in a war, the most terrifying thing is not necessarily the enemy. And in this situation, God blocked me back before I even left the house. Could this be God's will?
Zhu Di shrank his neck and seemed to have to give up. But if he went back like this, where would his face be?
"Send the order and set up camp on the spot... Then, send a few more people back and tell the left-behind department to bring me food and grass!"
Li Jinglong was shocked. He came over and asked, "Your Highness, are you really ready to send troops?"
"Who said that?"
"Isn't this the idea of sending troops and horses before using food and grass? Isn't it that you are allocating food and grass just to actually send out troops?"
Zhu Di blinked his eyes, so I was just fooling around?
No wonder you didn't cry and fuss like Hua Wei!
Zhu Di also got angry!
"You are indeed right. Just tell the Beiping Remaining Department to transport food and heavy weapons for me. I want to fight!"
Zhu Di angrily whipped his horse and ordered the soldiers to set up camp. Then he hid in a warm tent, surrounded by the stove, and finally recovered.
Always looking for something to do, he looked around and finally noticed the wooden box beside him.
It contained the files of the Beiping Left-behind Department. It is embarrassing to say that Zhu Di had never seen his family background when he arrived in Beiping.
"Bring me over here and serve me in my office!" He sat there like an uncle.
Hua Wei and Li Jinglong had no choice but to carry the heavy wooden box to Zhu Di.
"Look!"
Zhu Di shook his head, "Don't look at this, just pick up the one at the bottom!"
The two boys were startled, "What do you mean? You're just kidding, right?"
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up! This is what Mr. Lan taught me. I heard that I learned it from Mr. Zhang."
Li Jinglong and Hua Wei looked at each other. They had no choice but to work harder. If they didn't see anything, they would find Li Wenzhong and Zhu Wenzheng and spank this guy!
The two of them groaned and spent a lot of effort to carry the box over and deliver it to Zhu Di.
After Zhu Di unfolded it, he looked at it page by page. He didn't have much patience, especially because there were too many numbers on it, which seemed very difficult.
After all, a child under ten years old soon became impatient, and he didn't look well, so he threw some files aside. By coincidence, an official document fell out from the pile.
Zhu Di took it in his hand and glanced at it casually. This was something serious.
"You two come here too!"
The three gangsters stared at each other and looked carefully. It actually said that several warehouses in Peiping were empty, up to 70%. The food was missing, including cloth, salt, tea, etc.
It is even more serious. Many warehouses have been guarded and stolen, and the losses are shocking!
"Is this true?" Zhu Di asked innocently.
Li Jinglong and Hua Wei looked at each other, they really couldn't believe it.
"Your Majesty punished you severely. Even Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng were killed. How could anyone dare to steal the food in the warehouse? I don't believe it!" Li Jinglong shook his head first.
Zhu Di blinked and looked at the official document again. The words written on it were conclusive and did not seem to be false. What should we do?
"It's not easy. Let them transport the food to us. Just transport it according to the quantity in the warehouse. Let's just keep an eye on it and see how much it is!"
When the two boys heard this, they thought it was a good idea, so they nodded. After all, it was much easier to count the amount of food stored outside Beiping City than to chase the Mongolian cavalry in Kaiping City!
Then Zhu Di encountered the biggest problem in his life. He was obviously speaking in human language, but when put together, he couldn't understand it.
What a granary and important land, it cannot be opened for free. It is of great importance. I hope that the prince will also take state affairs as a priority. If there is any damage due to casual inspection, the prince will be responsible... In a word, just don't check it.
Zhu Di was so angry that he bullied me when I was young. Didn’t he understand what was going on?
"You bastards, listen to me... I am staying in Si Zhengtang now. I want to lead the troops out of the fortress. You must prepare food and fodder for me! This is a military order! If you dare to let me take charge, I will be responsible for the stew.
Got you!"
"Someone, put up the iron pot!"
Zhu Laosi was so unambiguous that he directly ordered the army's largest iron pot to be brought in and set it up in the open space.
I shoveled some snow randomly, poured it into the pot, and lit a fire underneath. After a while, the snow in the pot melted, and white hot steam came out.
"See! Who dares to talk nonsense? Throw it in now and cook it!"
Faced with Zhu Laosi's tyranny, these officials were really a scholar meeting a soldier. They had no reason to explain, not to mention that they really had no reason at all.
There was no choice but to follow Zhu Di's wishes and transport grain from various warehouses to the outside of the city.
After only one day of moving, a warehouse official came to Zhu Di and said, "Your Highness, if there is no place to store grain outside the city, we have moved it here. I'm afraid the loss will be too great. Your Highness, would you like to inspect it in batches? If you have verified it, send it back to the warehouse as soon as possible."
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"Send it back?" Zhu Di rolled his eyes, "After sending it back, do you think I am a fool if you move it here tomorrow? In this cold weather, with ice and snow, the food will not freeze if left outside! Move! All of them
Move out!"
The treasurer was so frightened that he ran away in panic. This little guy is really hard to deceive!
We can only follow Zhu Di's instructions and continue carrying it.
On the third day, someone came again. This time Zhu Di stopped talking nonsense and directly ordered the treasurer to be thrown into the pot and lit a fire under it to let him feel it.
Zhu Di was quite kind. He only had to boil a cup of tea, the water was only 50 degrees, and he didn't even burn the skin. But even so, he frightened several treasurers.
It's going to kill me. This King Yan is too fierce. He is so cruel at such a young age...
There was no choice but to follow his instructions and continue to transport food outside. On the seventh day, it finally stopped. Zhu Di was furious.
"Don't even think about taking the pot this time!"
These people cried, "Your Highness, it's not that you're unlucky, it's that it's gone!"
"there is none left!"
Zhu Di was startled and immediately ordered: "Count it for me and see how many there are!"
Although Zhu Di was young, Li Jinglong and Hua Wei were like useless snacks, but the three palace guards who followed him were not just decorations. There were 6,000 people, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, all kinds of talents.
They quickly found out that the total grain shipped out was only 37,000 shi, but the accounts of the Beiping Left-behind Department should have a full 300,000 shi!
It’s just over 10%, less than 20%!
That official document said that the deficit was more than 70%, but it was still conservative!
"Grain, where's the grain! Tell the truth, otherwise it wouldn't be boiled this time, but directly fried!"
Sure enough, in the open space, several large pots were filled with large pieces of lard. After a while, black oil smoke started to appear.
If you throw a person down, his bones and flesh will be fried to pieces in less than a minute.
It's so terrible. This King of Yan is simply more barbarian than a barbarian!
Naturally, several treasurers couldn't bear it and could only plead: "Your Highness, we are all small officials. Even if we are given great courage, we would not dare to eat so much food from the imperial court... This, this is all from above.
Order!"
"Fart! The prince's brother was in charge of the left-behind department before. Do you want to say that the prince is greedy for food? I, I will throw you into the frying pan right now!"
The treasurer cried, "Of course he is not the prince, but the chief envoy!"
"Chief Envoy? Who is in charge? Who is the Chief Envoy?" Zhu Di asked.
"Yes, it's the original Minister of Rites, Qian, Qian Yongren!"
Zhu Di thought hard and finally remembered, "Is it the one who was unwilling to go to Shandong at the beginning? Later, he was recommended and sent to Peking?"
"Yes, that's him! Your Highness is indeed wise!"
Zhu Di was furious. If I were smart, I wouldn't have been deceived by you for several days.
"Catch! Go and catch Qian Yongren!"
Li Jinglong quickly agreed, not to mention that by following Zhu Di, he could actually make some noise. Catching corrupt officials would be so fun.
As soon as he turned around, Zhu Di said again: "Remember, don't just seize money and use Ren. Don't let any other officials in the Chief Envoy Department go. I don't think these guys have any fun!"
Li Jinglong quickly agreed and went quickly.
Zhu Di sat in the military camp, thinking over and over again. If there were no good people, it wouldn't necessarily be true... For example, who was the one who wrote the official document?
We should find him here!
Zhu Di quickly ordered his men to go out and search everywhere.
Finally, after working for more than a day, I found this person.
"According to the inspector's request, Ru Taisu came to pay homage to King Yan!"
"Ru Taisu? You, you, aren't you the one who impeached his prince brother and wrote a lot of words that no one knows?"
Ru Taisu's old face turned red. The bad news spread thousands of miles, and even Zhu Di knew about it.
"Your Highness, it was the prince who was generous and gave a special order to transfer me from Yingtian to Beiping. I, I dare not forget the prince's great kindness!"
Zhu Di was stunned and immediately said: "So, you are from the prince's brother? Then, how many corrupt officials are there in Peiping? Do you know?"