The regent's little Jiaojiao is so troublesome

Chapter 592 Even if I am a clever woman, I can hardly cook without rice
Emperor Chu was stunned: "The military salary has not been paid for three months?"

The general nodded: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are also made of flesh and blood. If there is no food, grass and military pay, everyone will be hungry. I am afraid that they will already be hungry before they reach the front line."

Jiang Liang immediately retorted: "When you were asked to go to the battlefield, you said that you would starve if you didn't have enough to eat. Then when you didn't go to the battlefield before, why didn't you see you starve to the ground?"

He gave Chu Tianci a hard look, and then said to Emperor Chu: "Your Majesty, I see that the King of Qin doesn't want to fight hard at all. Look at what generals he chose?"

The general who had just spoken turned his head and glared at Jiang Liang.

A rough-looking general with a beard beside him stood up, pointed at Jiang Liang and cursed: "The soldiers don't have military pay and food, it's all because of you corrupt officials, if it weren't for you all How can the soldiers train and fight on an empty stomach when they are full of pockets?"

Jiang Liang suddenly became angry: "You reckless man, talking nonsense, what evidence do you have to say that I am a corrupt official?"

"Shut up!" Emperor Chu was furious. He looked at the other kneeling generals and asked, "What about you? Have any of your soldiers lost their military pay?"

All the generals talked in a hurry.

"Your majesty, ours is the same. Every time the emperor issued an order to pay food and military salaries, but none of the big men in the household department gave us enough. Now, the soldiers under the minister's hands, All of them have thin arms and thin legs, if they go to the battlefield, they will have to die."

"That's right, Your Majesty, this is also the case with the minister."

"..."

Emperor Chu was furious immediately, and looked at Lu Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs: "Lu Yuan, what's going on? Did you withhold the military salary I gave them?"

Lu Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down in front of Emperor Chu: "Your Majesty, I am wronged. I did not deduct their military pay. The reason why they paid less is because..."

When he said this, his eyes subconsciously glanced around, and he was a little afraid to say it.

"Because of what?" Emperor Chu exuded a cold and stern aura. He waited for Lu Yuan with stern eyes, gritted his teeth and asked, "Say! Today, if you can't give a reasonable reason, I will behead you right now for the public to see." .”

Lu Yuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why I don't pay them military pay is entirely because the treasury doesn't have money and food. Even if I'm a clever woman, I can't live without rice."

Lu Yuan, a big man, even compared himself to a clever woman. This was a bit funny, but none of the people present laughed.

The Emperor of Chu was shocked immediately, and shouted angrily in disbelief: "Nonsense! Southern Chu has always been rich, and the national treasury is full. How could there be no money and food? It is clear that you have deducted their military pay. Come, bring this corrupt official to me. , Fa-rectification on the spot."

Lu Yuan was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he knelt on the ground with a plop: "Your Majesty, what I have said is the truth. If your Majesty doesn't believe it, just open the treasury and have a look."

Emperor Chu panicked a little. Lu Yuan said so confidently, it seems that the treasury is really empty.

He is a majestic emperor who doesn't even know how much money his country's treasury has. This alone will greatly reduce his prestige.

Emperor Chu hated Lu Yuan at this moment, pointed at him and cursed: "You are the minister of the household department, and the national treasury has always been in charge of you. Now that the national treasury is suddenly empty, how dare you say that you are not the one who embezzled it? You are so bold, I want to copy it today. Your home, let's see how much money you have embezzled."

(End of this chapter)