Except for Zhang Bowen, who was also an ambitious man, no one could understand these things.
Chen Mu stood in the courtyard looking alone at the desolation brought by the autumn wind.
As Wang Zimo said, he is no longer the passionate young man he was before.
Even though I still have the emotion of saving the world and the people in my heart, it is no longer as pure as before.
Everything comes down to the knife that stabbed Puyang.
That knife made him see clearly what it means to be cold at a high place. With his current position, even if he shrinks like a dog, he can never live alone.
Rather than waiting for the storm to hit you, it is better to welcome the storm directly.
But at this moment, Zhang Bowen suddenly ran towards the courtyard.
"Brother Chen, someone from the imperial court is here!"
Chen Mu handed the child over to his servants, then frowned and said, "What are they doing here?"
"It's not because of the nationwide famine. They learned that Yizhou has plenty of food, so they came to ask for food today. The people who came here are not young. They are now the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and they have hundreds of soldiers behind them.
I’m afraid I want to force you to submit!”
When he heard that it was the boss of the household department, Chen Mu just sneered: "We are old enemies, but you brought hundreds of people with you to force me to submit? What a fucking joke!"
After saying that, Chen Mu took out his Qinglong Sword from the inner room: "Call fifty sergeants, remember not to bring swords or armor."
Seeing the murderous look in Chen Mu's eyes, Zhang Bowen knew that today would probably be the first time he would meet Long Xia's imperial swordsmen.
He immediately ran towards the school practice field.
As for the Minister of the Ministry of Finance who came from afar, in his eyes, now that Chen Mu's military power has been taken away, he doesn't need to care about anything. If he dares to disobey, he can just rob him with the hundreds of soldiers behind him.
Now he was already rushing to the door of the granary.
"Lord Shangshu! This is an important granary area. We hope to wait until Lord Zhou Mu arrives before we can discuss it!"
The dozen or so warehouse guards looked at the hundreds of sergeants approaching fiercely, and they were already trembling with fear.
But since Chen Muming ordered him to guard this place, how could he dare to open the granary?
Right now I am still being discouraged.
But who would have expected that the next moment, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance picked up the knife and used the back of the knife to smash the head of the person in front of him, causing blood to flow.
"I have come to collect grain and save the country under the emperor's orders. You, a common man, dare to stop me? Come on, give me a fight!"
"yes!"
The Minister of Hube looked at the wailing people who were being beaten with his hands behind his hands, and couldn't help but sneer.
This Chen Mu has ruined so many good things for him, and today he is here to destroy him. Not only does he want to beat his people, but he also wants to rob the food, just to discredit the long-famous King of Shuchuan!
After everyone was beaten to the ground, the huge barn door was slowly opened.
What came face to face were mountains of food piled high.
It was boundless and too much. Zhang Tian was stunned on the spot as he looked at it, but a greedy look appeared on his face in an instant.
Today's grain cannot be called grain if it is placed in Longxia Kingdom. Each grain of rice is almost as good as gold.
Being in the household department, the corrupt official's nature was immediately seduced by these grains.
At this moment, he was already planning to hand over most of it to the court and keep some for himself to sell.
Soon, many sergeants came out of the granary carrying bags of grain.
"Put it all down!"
But just when Zhang Tian was thinking about it, a burst of scolding suddenly sounded from behind him.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw Chen Mu with a Tang sword on his waist.
Chen Mu said coldly: "I have worked hard to grow these grains. Do you dare to touch a bag and try it?"
The voice was not loud, but the aura it conveyed was enough to shock a few people as they slowly put down their grain bags.
"Yizhou Mu is very angry. We know that now there are hungry people everywhere in Longxia. You should hand over so much food to the court to save the country and the people. Don't worry, I will say a few good words for you when the time comes."
"What if I don't pay?"
Zhang Tian gave a wry smile. In his eyes, Chen Mu was already convinced, and then he slowly took out a volume of imperial edict from his bag.
"As a state shepherd appointed by the imperial court, the imperial court asked you to hand over grain. If you don't pay, how dare you resist the order?"
Chen Mu took the imperial edict, looked at it carefully, and then said calmly: "You will regret it if you dare to touch even half of this food!"
"You're making such nonsense, I insist on emptying this warehouse of grain, but let's see what you can do?"
At his wave, the sergeants once again picked up the food and headed towards the carriage.
"Things that don't listen to greetings!"
Chen Mu spat coldly and walked away quickly.
"You...what do you want to do!"
Without any explanation, he drew the knife with one hand, grabbed his ear with the other hand and cut it off hard.
"ah!"
Zhang Tian covered his ears and wailed in pain while looking at Chen Mu holding the knife in disbelief. He really couldn't believe that he really dared to attack him!
"Come...come here! This man is trying to assassinate an official of the imperial court. Let me capture him!"
"yes!"
Some of them were veterans. The majesty of the King of Shuchuan was so deep in their hearts that even though he was alone now, they still did not dare to step forward and act arrogantly.
On the contrary, some new soldiers, in order to behave in front of Zhang Tian, approached Chen Mu with fierce expressions.
As for Chen Mu, he stood there without making any move from beginning to end.
"shooting!"
Another cold sound came to mind not far away, and before everyone had time to react, bursts of explosions suddenly sounded in their ears.
Looking at the first few dozen people, they all fell in a pool of blood.
"Is this...all dead?!"
When the remaining sergeants saw this scene, they were all frightened and backed away. If they had been involved just now, they might have become corpses now.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Bowen slowly stepped forward with dozens of men dressed as farmers.
"Dare to use violence against Mr. Zhou Mu, you will be punished by death!"
Zhang Tian looked at the dozens of big men in front of him and understood immediately.
"Chen Mu! You...how dare you form an army privately!"
Before Chen Mu could speak, Zhang Bowen took the lead and smiled: "Your Majesty, Shangshu, is serious. Bandits are rampant in the city. They are just militiamen formed by Lord Zhoumu to maintain public order."
Zhang Tian looked deeply at everyone, but soon realized that he was fooling himself.
There were dozens of people present, all of them tall and well-trained, and with the evil looks on their faces, it was obvious that they had killed many people on their hands.
Seeing that Zhang Tian remained silent, Chen Mu slowly stepped forward, stepped on his face, and said coldly: "I am extremely loyal to the Long Xia court. I will send food out for disaster relief according to the order, but I will never do it."
Let you bastards line your own pockets!"
Zhang Tian's face was severely stepped into the dirt by Chen Mu. He failed to be humiliated, but was humiliated instead. He was extremely aggrieved.
The next moment, Chen Mu put that ear in front of Zhang Tian and shook it a few times.
"Since I have an order, if you follow the laws of Longxia and you rashly instigate soldiers to provoke the royal family, it would not be too much to kill you! But I will spare your life and go back to report to His Majesty the Emperor. In ten days, the food in Shu will be shipped to the whole country.