When they arrived at Cining Palace, Jia Chong led the palace maids and Xiao Huangmen to greet him respectfully in front of the palace gate early.
"Young man, please welcome your Majesty."
Zhao Yun nodded, expressed satisfaction, and entered the Cining Hall. Deng Ming and Wang Martial Master were waiting outside. Only Gao Shi followed Zhao Yun in.
Entering the Cining Hall, Zhao Yun saw the trees growing happily beside the courtyard wall inside the palace, and couldn't help but said: "These trees grow really fast. They have grown as high as the courtyard wall in a few months."
Jia Chong nodded and agreed with a smile: "My queen takes good care of it every day, watering and fertilizing it, so it grows fast. Your Majesty, my queen plays with flowers and plants every day, and she feels much better."
"So good."
After praising him, Zhao Yun entered the main hall and visited Empress Dowager Yang.
"My child, please give my mother a greeting."
"Yun'er is here, sit down quickly."
Queen Mother Yang seemed to be in a good mood indeed. She smiled happily at Zhao Yun and asked Zhao Yun to sit down and talk.
Then Empress Dowager Yang pointed to a plate of peonies placed beside her and said: "Yun'er, these peonies are very good. They have a pleasant fragrance and look beautiful and festive. You can bring a plate to your mother later.
Time flies by so fast when this little thing is waiting on you. In the blink of an eye, half a day has passed."
Emotions are easily contagious. Empress Dowager Yang is in a good mood. Zhao Yun will naturally be in a bad mood. Zhao Yun smiled and said: "It's good that the empress is happy. My mother is not of use for the time being. To be honest with the empress, my mother likes to serve in the vegetable garden."
, the child has opened a piece of land in Cixiang Hall for her to grow vegetables, and she has no time to spare."
The two chatted for a while, and then Zhao Yun left.
"The officials are gone?"
"Yes, Madam, the officials have left."
The kind and friendly smile on Queen Mother Yang's face gradually disappeared, returning to her former coldness.
Queen Mother Yang walked up to the peony flower, gently picked one off, and held it in her hand. She didn't know what she was thinking. Finally, she let go of her hand and the flower fell to the ground. Queen Mother Yang stepped on it, and the delicate flowers were beautiful.
The beautiful shape suddenly disappeared.
After leaving Cining Hall, Zhao Yun went to Cixiang Hall again to visit his mother, Zhao Quanshi. His mother prepared gruel, and Zhao Yun ate it with relish.
"Why didn't you see your brother?" Zhao Yun said while eating.
Mother Zhao Quanshi said: "He, I heard he fell in love with the young lady from the teacher's family, and he couldn't see anyone the whole day."
Although Zhao Quanshi was complaining in her words, her tone was filled with indescribable joy. Her biggest wish now is that the two brothers Zhao Yun and Zhao Yurui will get married soon, so that she can have a grandson soon.
After chatting with his mother for a while, Zhao Yun returned to Funing Hall to handle government affairs.
At the Hubu Yamen, Chen Guiyi and Zhen Dexiu were facing each other silently. Zhen Dexiu was sitting and Chen Guiyi was standing. Neither of them spoke.
After a while, Zhendexiu said: "This matter is of great importance, and there are many people involved. Once the officials know about it, the consequences will be disastrous. Now is the time of war, and it is not appropriate for the government to make major changes. I will wait until the official's intention is over."
Let’s report this to the officials again.”
Chen Guiyi's face was serious, and he raised his hand and said: "I think it's inappropriate. The charity warehouse is related to our country, country and country. If we don't deal with it as soon as possible, the consequences will be serious. If you don't report it to the official, then your official will report it."
All consequences will be borne by the subordinate, and no one else will be harmed."
Zhen Dexiu frowned and said angrily: "Do you think I didn't report it because I was afraid of others' revenge?"
"I don't dare. I made a mistake as a subordinate. Please forgive me."
Zhen Dexiu was silent for a while and said: "Let me go and discuss with Ambassador Qiao before making a decision."
Chen Guiyi raised his hand and watched Zhen Dexiu leave the check-in room, his face heavy.
In the afternoon, Zhao Yun had just dealt with some memorials in the Funing Palace. The acting Prime Minister Qiao Xingjian and the Minister of Household Affairs Zhen Dexiu came in a hurry and requested to be summoned.
Zhao Yun was slightly surprised and let them in.
After seeing the ceremony, Qiao Xing simply said: "Your Majesty, Chen Guiyi, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, visited the warehouse and found that most of the grain in the warehouse was old grain. Some of the grain had been stored in the warehouse for as long as thirty years. It was impossible to
Consumption is of great importance and I dare not hide it, so I came here to report to His Majesty."
"What?"
Zhao Yun suddenly became filled with murderous intent. He stood up and said angrily: "Is there such a thing? Why has it been kept for so long? The current food comes in, the old food comes out, and the cycle is endless. Such a simple operation, why does it still last thirty years?
The old grain exists, who is in charge? Who is responsible, has it been investigated?"
Zhen Dexiu raised his hand and said cautiously: "With the approval of Lord Qiao, I investigated the past accounts of several warehouses. I found that these accounts are very old, the officials in charge have been changed dozens of times, and there are countless people involved.
,Already,,,it has been impossible to investigate.”
In the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, the trend of overstaffing prevailed. There were countless officials of all kinds, including honorary officials, false officials, and real officials. Several or even a dozen people theoretically had jurisdiction over the affairs of one position. There were too many things.
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Therefore, for the officials of the Song Dynasty, if they want to find out why this batch of grain was stored for so long, the investigation will be more difficult than asking them to find out who the biological mother of Qin Shihuang is.
Zhao Yun suddenly looked stern and said: "How is the army's food supply for the army led by Jiang Hai this time? Is it possible that it is old food?"
Qiao Xingjian and Zhen Dexiu looked at each other, neither of them dared to reply.
Don't speak, just answer.
Zhao Yun was breathing heavily and his face turned blue. He said to Qiao Xingjian: "Immediately send someone to supervise the food supply of the Jianghai army. If something goes wrong and the people involved are involved, I will punish the nine tribes and you will also be responsible."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Qiao Xingjian hurriedly accepted the order, her heart pounding with fear.
Zhao Yun then said to Zhen Dexiu: "You and Chen Guiyi are investigating the matter of the free warehouse and must find out. I want to see who is the biggest hamster in my free warehouse."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhen Dexiu also felt anxious and accepted the order.
After the two left, Zhao Yun sat weakly on the chair, feeling depressed. He couldn't imagine that something as important as military rations could happen. How could anyone dare to reach out for such a thing?
Don’t they know that military rations are related to the success or failure of the war?
At the same time, thousands of miles away in the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin, a war was about to begin.
General Wanyan Yingke of the Kingdom of Jin was ordered to lead an army of 30,000 and was marching to Shangcai with the intention of annihilating Jianghai.
When Jiang Hai learned that Wan Yan was coming to fight, he did not dare to neglect. He ordered his nephew Jiang Wanzai to garrison Shangcai, and he led three thousand elite soldiers to the rear of the Jin army, hoping to cut off its food routes and disrupt its military morale.
At the same time, Jiang Hai also ordered Meng Gong and Cao Youwen to assist Jiang Wanzai at any time, and the war was imminent.
Jiang Hai stayed day and night all the way, and finally came to the rear of Wanyan Yinke's army. When he saw their grain transport convoy, Jiang Hai shouted, "Kill."