Gu Xiujin followed Lin Ye all the way to the palace. Because his steps were a little hurried, he started coughing again while talking.
Lin Ye slowed down and Gu Xiujin glanced at him gratefully.
He reminded: "The saint is still angry. The general must be careful when he sees the saint later."
Lin Ye thanked him and when he arrived at the door of the dormitory, he stopped and waited to be called in. Gu Xiujin went in first.
Not long after, Gu Xiujin came out again: "Your Majesty calls the general in."
Lin Ye thanked him again and walked through the door.
In the study, four or five courtiers were kneeling, their faces extremely pale, and they were obviously scared to the core.
The emperor stood at the window, not looking at the courtiers or Lin Ye. His back was to everyone, but he could still feel the chill emanating from his body.
He has no talent in cultivation, and he is not an invincible master.
But, he is an emperor.
Those masters who can exert pressure through martial arts have no sense of pressure in front of him.
"saint."
Gu Xiujin reminded in a low voice: "General Lin Ye has arrived."
The emperor hummed and said without looking back: "All officials involved in this matter, regardless of rank, will be dealt with. You don't have to kneel here. When you go out, take off your official uniforms and wait for the trial yourself."
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These words frightened the kneeling people so much that they trembled at the same time.
"His Majesty."
Lin Ye leaned over slightly and asked: "I was already thinking of countermeasures on the way. Please leave this matter to me."
The Emperor looked at Lin Ye and pointed at the courtiers who had just exited: "They will also be left to your disposal."
Having said this, the emperor let out a heavy breath.
"I never thought that these people have become so lazy in their governance."
Lin Ye also sighed in his heart.
Just half a day ago, the officials responsible for preparing logistical supplies for the army discovered that most of the grain in Guzhu's granary was fake.
There are two granaries in the city, a treasury granary and a city granary.
Early this morning, when I was preparing to transport grain and grass to the camp outside the city, I discovered that there was something wrong with the grain.
Both granaries were the same and had problems.
The warehouse was actually divided into partitions. The lower layer was filled with grain, and the upper layer was filled with sand, gravel and even grass ash.
The bags of grain piled up in the warehouse are real on the outside, but fake on the inside.
Ning Weimo should have carefully investigated the matter of food and grass before the emperor came, but Ning Weimo obviously did not expect that the enemy's methods would be so subtle and vicious.
Ning Weimo didn't find out, and the officials who followed the emperor to Yangzicheng took over the matter and didn't investigate it too carefully.
The enemy's methods are really clever, even if they are randomly checked, they will not be detected at all.
At this time, after re-calculation, it was found that the originally sufficient food in Yangzi City could only last for about twenty days at most.
Before, those guys forced Lin Ye to open a granary to store grain, but Lin Ye didn't even think there would be problems in the granary.
If the warehouse had actually been opened to store grain, problems might have been discovered.
So this proves two things. First, those who made trouble and forced Lin Ye to open a granary did not know that there was a problem with the granary.
Secondly, people who knew there was a problem with the granary would not stop those people from making trouble because they were sure that Lin Ye would not be able to actually distribute the food.
Lin Ye said: "If I can check carefully in the granary..."
The emperor said: "Don't take everything on yourself. This is not something you should worry about. What you should worry about is that as a general, whenever you ask for food, the logistics officials will give it to you. They
If you can’t give it, you’ll take the blame for them?”
At this time, Yin Chongti, the Minister of War, also arrived and fell to his knees as soon as he entered the door.
"I am guilty, your Majesty, please punish me severely."
The emperor looked back at him and said, "It's difficult for you to get rid of this matter. I will give you an explanation."
Yin Zhongtai kept kowtowing: "I know that I am guilty, but I dare not shirk it. I am guilty of a crime that deserves death."
He raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, before you deal with me, please listen to me."
The emperor glanced at him: "Say."
Yin Zhongti said: "Your Majesty, I ask your Majesty to return to Yunzhou immediately. We still need food and grass for twenty days. If we go faster, we can still get support from Yunzhou even if we don't reach Yunzhou."
He said: "If we hesitate any longer, the food and grass in the city will be in short supply, and the soldiers will be unable to fight anymore, and Yangzi City will really be undefendable."
The emperor looked at Lin Ye: "Do you think so too?"
Lin Ye shook his head: "If the army doesn't leave the city, we can save some for a month. If the army leaves the city, it will be defeated."
Yin Zhongti raised his head sharply and looked at Lin Ye.
Lin Ye said: "Since the enemy has tampered with the granary in the city, it is impossible that they have no backup plan. They just want to starve us to death."
When Yin Chongti heard this, he reacted.
Sooner or later, they would discover that there was a problem with the granary, so their first reaction was, of course, to leave Yangzi City immediately.
I have never seen the real main force of the rebels. Now I think about it, where else can this main force be?
Naturally, they are waiting on His Majesty's only way back to Yunzhou. There are only a few tens of thousands of troops who are truly loyal to His Majesty. They are fighting on the plains. Once they are trapped, it is better to defend Yangzi City.
"I will go and think of a solution."
Lin Ye looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please don't deal with Master Yin yet. I also ask for his help."
The emperor hummed: "Go ahead, you only have five days at most."
Lin Ye leaned over: "I know."
It is estimated that the food and grass can normally be used for twenty days, so the savings will only take a few months.
If we don't set off after five days, the food and grass left will not be enough for the journey.
It's not enough in the first place, but you can make some calculations and send people to Yunzhou in advance so that the people in Yunzhou can prepare food and fodder immediately. Then there's still enough time.
When the food and grass here are almost used up, the food and grass donated by Yunzhou should also arrive, and people from both sides will meet halfway.
But if it lasts more than five days, especially if you are on the road, if there is no food, how can the team fight against the rebels if they have been hungry for two days?
Even if the Jade Army is good at fighting, how can it still be good at fighting if it has no strength?
Lin Ye turned around and strode away. The emperor glanced at his back, the worry in his eyes was still heavy.
Without food, even the gods can't save it.
The emperor is not a god, let alone Lin Ye?
In fact, this matter is the most basic matter, but the fact that the officials did not find out the problem is enough to show that it must be perfunctory at the top because of the lack of effort at the bottom.
The officials in charge of the matter would continue to explain, and their subordinates might continue to explain. Those who finally went to verify the supplies in the granary were either lazy and perfunctory, or even they might have been bribed.
"His Majesty."
Yin Chongti knelt there and said: "The general does not have five days, three days at most..."
The emperor nodded: "I know, please step back."
Yin Chongti opened his mouth, but Gu Xiujin pulled him up and signaled him not to say anything more.
Yin Chongti knew that he could not escape his guilt. If something serious happened this time, as the Minister of War, he would be the first to die.
So at this time, he could only place his hope on Lin Ye.
Lin Ye said that he would come up with a solution, and Yin Zhongti hoped that Lin Ye would really come up with something.
Lin Ye didn't.
After he left the palace, Pang Panghai was waiting by the car. Lin Ye shook his head to indicate that he would not get in the car and wanted to take a walk.
Pang Panghai followed in his car from a distance.
The people in the city shouldn't have to worry too much about the food problem. There have been no natural disasters in Guzhu in the past few years, and the people actually have some surplus food at home.
The last time there was a riot over grain and grass, it was all instigated by others.
But once you ask for food from the people, there will be a mutiny in the city.
Yangzi City has just become Dayu's city, and Guzhu has just become Dayu's people.
If they are well fed and safe, they are the people of Dayu, and the emperor is their emperor.
But once they are panicked and feel that it is going to be over, what do they care about about Dayu or Emperor?
We cannot borrow grain from the common people, and the rich families in the city have already been plundered by Lin Ye, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to scrape out even a grain of grain.
Not to mention that the food was scraped clean, the people were also chopped clean.
But there must be food in the city.
Lin Ye was thinking as he walked, where could the food in the granary be transported?
If it was transported out of Yangzicheng, the movement would be very loud and it would be impossible for the people to not see it.
This matter needs to be kept secret, the less known the better, so it is impossible for so much food to be blatantly transported out of the city.
Also, if the enemy has made a plan, the emperor will have to break through and return to Yunzhou because there is no food.
Then, the rebels will immediately regain control of Yangzi City and cut off the emperor's retreat. If there is no food in the city, what will the rebels do?
So the food is in Yangzi City.
Lin Ye walked on the street with his head lowered.
In the brothel on one side, there was someone at the window with his head lowered, looking at Lin Ye walking over with a half-smile but not a smile.
"He is a genius who is not seen in a century, a general who is decisive in killing and thoughtful..."
The man turned around and sat down, with a somewhat proud expression on his face.
"Could he be able to conjure food?"
The speaker looked about forty years old, with a fair face and a beardless face. His voice was a bit special, and his behavior was a bit feminine. It was easy to guess that he was probably not a complete man.
His name is Yue Jinzhong, and he is indeed an eunuch, but he left Guzhu Palace ten years ago.
As he spoke, Yue Jinzhong looked at the person sitting opposite him, and found that the person didn't pay attention to his intentions at all, and seemed to be a little disgusted with him between his eyebrows, which made him feel a bit bored.
"Mr. Mei."
Yue Jinzhong asked: "Guess what the general is thinking at this time?"
The person called Mr. Mei is Tuoba Lie's staff. When he works beside Tuoba Lie, his status is the head of the staff.
Ten years ago, everyone in the Beiye Army knew that Mr. Mei accidentally fell to death while riding a horse while drinking.
But at that time, Mei Luowu arrived at Guzhu and began to plan big things for Tuoba Lie.
Another reason why he came to Guzhu was because at that time Tuoba Lie's son Tuoba Ningxiu was already three or four years old and it was time for enlightenment.
Tuoba Lie trusted him, so he left everything to teach his son.
Mei Luowu is forty-eight years old. He looks older than his actual age, and his temples are already gray.
In the past ten years in Guzhu, he was much more tired than when he was with Tuoba Lie.
"Mr. Mei?"
Seeing that Mei Luowu ignored him, Yue Jinzhong couldn't help but feel a little angry, and he shouted again.
Mei Luowu glanced at him and suddenly smiled: "What do you like to do most?"
Yue Jinzhong said: "I don't have any hobbies. At most I like to listen to operas and don't go there often."
Mei Luowu stood up and said: "Mr. Yue can go often in the future. It is best to go every day. After all, there are not many days left to listen to the drama in Yangzi City."
After saying that, he got up and went downstairs.
At the entrance of the stairs, the leader of Qinglong Qisu, [Jiao], the only one of the seven who survived the last rebellion in the palace, was waiting there.
When he saw the plum blossoms falling, he bent down and saluted.
"Sir, where are you going?"
Mei Luowu replied: "Go to sleep and find a quiet place."