The favorite wife of the black-bellied prime minister

Chapter 254 Jingzhou Grain Collection (1)
The man crouched on the ground with a hoarse voice and said, "Subordinate...willing to die...to be loyal to Princess Luo..."

Baililuo was indifferent to his so-called pledge of allegiance to the death, and said in a deadpan expression: "Take your people and immediately set up an ambush in the Mijin Valley outside the east city of Jingzhou. I want you...to kill a person."

After a day of silence, on the morning of May [-]th, Mo Wen received another unfortunate news. Someone cast a big net and caught him in it.

In the court hall, all the officials clearly felt Emperor Jing Yuan's displeasure, so they lowered their heads and waited quietly for the Holy Majesty to speak.

Finally, Emperor Jing Yuan put down the secret booklet in his hand, and said: "Daxing is in troubled times, I received a secret report last night, and Lutai Mountain has been turned into ruins."

The ministers were in an uproar, exchanged glances and discussed, and the court was in chaos for a while.

Not every courtier knew about Lutai Mountain. A servant who didn't know it said: "Your Majesty, Lutai Mountain is located on the border between the two countries. I have never stationed troops here since Daxing abided by the agreement, but it is hard to guarantee that the neighboring country can also be so honest. The people of West Qin have always been cunning and moody, and I am afraid that they deliberately provoke troubles, so please send troops to guard the border immediately to prevent Western Qin from plotting wrongdoing!"

"Cheng Shilang's guess is good, but the northwestern border of Daxing is being invaded by Turks, and the situation is quite critical. If we send troops to the Lutai Mountain area, the imperial court may not be able to bear the burden." Someone said worriedly.

"It's a joke! I think I'm so prosperous that I can't even guard one side of the border. Master Zhu, don't scare me!" Uncle Li Guo was annoyed.

The courtroom was in chaos again, and Mo Wen's ears were full of noise. Every time something happened, these people would argue endlessly. They didn't even find out the most basic facts, wasting unnecessary talk.

Emperor Jing Yuan had a headache from the noise, glanced at the officials, and announced another news: "Three routes of grain and grass transported from the south to the northwest, two of them were robbed, the Huaijiang Canal and the Huaizhong official road were all heavily guarded, unexpectedly I find it ridiculous that such mistakes can be made.”

The court was dead silent.

The looting of food and grass means that the frontline soldiers will not be able to get supplies, and the border defense will be breached at any time. Compared with this, the change of Lutai Mountain seems to have become less important.

"The minister is guilty."

With a deep voice, Marshal Situ came out and knelt on one knee.

Without waiting for Emperor Jing Yuan to express his opinion, Uncle Li Guo immediately blamed him as if he had caught the handle: "Because he was worried about the safety of the food and grass, His Majesty specially ordered Marshal Situ to arrange for soldiers to escort the food and grass. Unexpectedly, Marshal Situ failed to live up to His Majesty's expectations and broke his life." The rations of the soldiers on the front line were cut off, and my northwest frontier defense in Daxing was cut off! What should I do!"

Li Shu was anxious, would an old man die if he said a few words less?The point is not what crime should be done, but how to solve the problem of food and grass. If there is no food, people will die!
"The top priority should be to resolve the crisis of food and grass as soon as possible. As for who is wrong and who is right, it is meaningless to investigate. Besides, if someone intends to frame Marshal Situ, I am afraid it will be impossible to guard against. Please be careful, Your Majesty!" Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Yang Hong, came out road.

"Your Majesty Yang's words are very true!" The Minister of the Household Department said, "I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, in the past ten days or so, grain has been harvested in every prefecture. Judging from the official documents submitted by various places, Jingzhou has a bumper harvest of grain. You can order people to collect grain. , and then quickly transported to the northwest to relieve the crisis on the border."

Emperor Jing Yuan straightened up and asked, "Who can go?"

Uncle Li Guo was very angry with these two, and after hearing Emperor Jing Yuan's words, he immediately said: "Return to Your Majesty, the grain collection plan proposed by Majesty Jing last time is quite feasible, and now the merchants in the whole country trust Mama Jing quite a lot. , and won countless praises. If Jing’s son-in-law went to Jingzhou to collect grain this time, it would save a lot of effort.”

After Uncle Li Guo finished speaking, he was echoed and said: "The old minister agrees with Uncle Li Guo. The most important thing at the moment is the safety of northern Xinjiang. The sooner the grain and grass can be obtained, the sooner the country's crisis will be relieved. Jingzhou is not far away. It will only take a few days to go, even if Consort Jing is weak, there is no need to worry if there are people taking good care of her along the way."

"What you said is very..."

Mo Wen sneered inwardly, it really was a big net, covering him with a pocket head.The two roads of food and grass were robbed. It is obvious that someone does not want a big victory in the frontier, and intends to put Situ's family in a desperate situation, and he went to Jingzhou to collect grain because of the same reason, and the risks involved are unknown.

Has been pushed to the forefront, even if he is not dumb, he can't say a word of no.Prime Minister on the left was silent, and none of the courtiers spoke for him.All he could do was wait for Emperor Jing Yuan.

Emperor Jing Yuan looked at Mo Wen with a slightly different expression, and finally nodded and said: "In that case, I will invite Concubine Jing to go to Jingzhou, come back within ten days, and make sure to get this matter done, otherwise, I will be in great danger."

The Holy Majesty opened his mouth, and the courtiers naturally couldn't evade it, so Mo Wen hurriedly knelt down and received the order.

"There can be no delay in this matter. Concubine Jing will set off tomorrow. The military and official departments will be responsible for the selection of the people who will collect food." Emperor Jing Yuan said as calmly as possible, then looked at Situ Junyan who had been kneeling all the time, stretched out his hand to support him, and said : "Marshal Situ, get up quickly. I know that the Situ family is loyal and dedicated to the great prosperity of the country. Someone must have deliberately framed this accident! Pass on my order and order the Ministry of Punishment to thoroughly investigate the case of the robbery of grain and grass. Those plotting evil will be cut into pieces and ground to pieces!"

"Xie Wuhuang is sympathetic and discerning." Situ Junyan stood up straight, his voice was deep and serious, and he didn't know what was going on in his heart, maintaining the usual silence of the Situ family.

"As for Lutai Mountain in the west, I hope to get more accurate and reliable information, and I don't want to argue with the West Qin Dynasty, but the matter has come to this point, and the frontier defense should not be underestimated. I ordered the third battalion of Jingzhou to station at Lutai Mountain to protect this mountain. The people and the common people are safe." Emperor Jing Yuan ordered.

"My emperor is holy!" All the ministers said in unison as if reciting a spell every day.

The entire court is only dominated by a few people, some people are favored, and some people are not favored.Emperor Jing Yuan appreciated Mo Wen, so he gave him this errand. As for Han Ye, even though the whole world was in chaos, the northwest was in trouble, and Lutai Mountain was in danger, Emperor Jing Yuan never said a word of him, as if he could not remember at all. Han Ye was originally a teacher of Lutai Mountain, how much impact has the demise of Lutai Mountain had on him now...

However, being ignored is not necessarily a bad thing, and being favored is not necessarily a blessing.Han Ye was like someone who was frozen, he didn't interrupt at all, just waiting for Emperor Jing Yuan to open his invitation - even if this invitation might never come in his whole life, and he would be ignored for the rest of his life.

After the court, the officials came out together, Li Shu dragged his bulky body to catch up with Mo Wen, and hurriedly patted him on the shoulder and said: "Prince Jing, please stay!"

Mo Wen was a little annoyed, but he still stopped and turned his head.

Li Shu was always smiling, and when something happened to the court, he could still be happy, walked side by side with Mo Wen, and asked with a smile: "A few days ago, I invited Madam Jing to drink, and I heard that you caused a lot of trouble. Jing Xiaobai didn't make things difficult for you, did you? If you need my help, just ask, and I'll explain it for you!"

(End of this chapter)