Don't move, this child bride is not easy to mess with.

When Su Mulan heard the news, she was extremely shocked.

This is just a parallel world, but exactly the same major events in historical records happened!

[Tongzi, come out quickly. Something bad is going to happen, the emperor is about to be captured. 】Su Mulan projected her thoughts into the space and hurriedly summoned the system.

【Don't be in a hurry. This is what is supposed to happen. 】The system seemed to have just woken up, and a slow voice came out.

[Then how should I deal with it? 】Su Mulan said anxiously. Although Anlan was far away from the capital and would not be able to come here even if he was defeated, he still felt uneasy.

[The latest system task is being prepared. Once completed, it will be time for you to return to reality. 】The system sounded a somewhat relaxed sound.

[Uh, then do I want to save the emperor? 】Su Mulan asked weakly.

[There are not many good people in the imperial court, and the emperor is not simple either. Just be more at ease. ] The system said dissatisfied.

Afterwards, Su Mulan communicated with the system, but she couldn't calm down for a long time.

In her impression, the emperor who commanded an army of 500,000 people but was defeated by 20,000 soldiers and captured alive was actually a good man.

Apart from anything else, this emperor is far superior to ordinary people in terms of personal charisma. He was kind to his brother and respectful to the queen, and even the enemy general who captured him was impressed by him.

In the end, it was the general who captured him who urged him to be released back to the court.

However, the system's statement gave Su Mulan a chill in her heart.

The emperor was young, only in his early twenties, and had just taken office. He was not simply instigated by his trusted eunuchs to unite his army to go on an expedition. But there is a deeper purpose, he doesn't want to be a puppet.

First, unlike the iron-fisted methods of the founding emperor, the authority of the emperors of the three recent dynasties has been greatly restricted by their ministers, and their deaths were unclear. He wanted to establish prestige through martial arts, intimidate the government and the opposition, and pave the way for future government orders.

Secondly, there have been constant natural disasters in recent years, such as border invasions, floods, droughts, locusts, and plagues. The court has been unable to make ends meet. This war is also a measure to divert domestic conflicts.

Third, kill people with a borrowed knife and consume the disobedient forces in the war!

It was only a 20,000-watt army, but the emperor commanded an army of 500,000 for a conquest. Even if the report was false, there were at least 200,000 troops. How could one of ten be defeated?

The war is about money and food. No matter how many soldiers you have, your generals and armor are sharp, but if you have poor logistics, the more troops you have, the easier it is to collapse!

It is the civilian group that is responsible for logistics. With them, it is easier to lose than to win.

The emperor suffered a huge defeat and was even captured alive by the enemy. Although various factors affected it, the secret betrayal and constraints of the internal civil servant group were the biggest factors!

Since the emperor centralized power, the struggle between imperial power and prime minister power has never stopped in the past dynasties. There are countless events, large and small, recorded in the annals of history. No matter how they appear, there is always the shadow of a struggle between two powers in the underlying logic.

Many seemingly weird or even stupid behaviors actually have deeper considerations behind them that are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

More than half of the 500,000-strong army was killed or wounded, and almost all of them were routed, but they were able to defend the capital.

Although there are many superficial reasons, in essence the capital city is the home base of these civil servant groups, so naturally they must work together to defend it. Not to mention the 20,000 foreign cavalry, another 80,000 will not be able to break through the capital!

For example, Guo Xuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, has most of his wealth hidden in the capital. Who dares to touch the capital and he doesn't fight to the death?

Outside the capital, as long as it doesn't affect his ability to make money, he can do whatever he wants.

Su Mulan listened to the system's explanations like a duck listening to thunder.

Although I could hear clearly what the system said, I couldn't understand the meaning behind it.

But she suddenly understood why Guo Xuan hadn't fallen yet, and there had been all kinds of overt and covert struggles in the capital.

I am afraid that this Guo Xuan is still a close confidant of the emperor, so even if Mei County Prime Minister and Master Xia were arrested, he still was not brought down. That's right, with the emperor's backing, who can defeat Guo Xuan?

Su Mulan was even more suspicious that Guo Xuan had stolen so much gold, basically from selling his official position. Could it be that the emperor was tacitly approving it behind his back?

Could it be that the property in Qu Yuan's foreign village was Guo Xuan's private property? The gold sent to the capital in those years actually went into the emperor's small treasury.

Su Mulan no longer dared to think about it carefully. She just used her brain to calculate and earn some money to pay off. This kind of high-level fighting was beyond her scope of understanding.

On August 20, the Di newspaper came. The imperial court's 500,000-strong army was defeated, and the emperor was captured alive by foreigners!

Documents were sent to various provinces, requiring major grain-producing provinces to quickly transport grain to the capital, and even dispatched soldiers from the guard station to rush to the aid of the capital.

However, the really scary thing came. Xie Chengan was actually appointed by the imperial court as the Comrade Supervisor of Grain, responsible for escorting 200,000 stones of grain from Jiangbei Province to Beijing as soon as possible!

This Tongzhi is of the fifth rank, while Xie Chengan's father, Xie Zhizhou, is only of the fifth rank!

Xie Cheng'an, a seventh-rank county magistrate, was promoted to the fourth level before he had worked for a full year.

Mr. Xie has been jumping up and down for most of his life, but the fifth level is still out of reach. I didn’t expect Xie Chengan to get it so easily.

However, the imperial court encountered such a catastrophe that shook the country's foundation, and Xie Chengan escorted the grain and fodder to Beijing, but it was a narrow escape.

At present, there are already foreign cavalry leading the way in Gyeonggi. I'm afraid that before Xie Chengan arrives, the capital has already been surrounded.

So much grain needs to be loaded into hundreds of carts, how can it be delivered to the capital? It must have fallen into the hands of foreigners and aided the enemy. As for Xie Chengan, a fellow food supervisor, the result was naturally not good.

Either he would be killed by foreigners, or he would be questioned by the court after entering Beijing.

It goes without saying that such a damaging idea was most likely the idea of ​​Minister Ning!

I won’t go, I won’t go!

Anyway, the capital will be surrounded soon. Although they will win in the end, they can't take care of Xie Chengan in a short time. As for possible prosecution in the future, the worst case scenario is that he abandons his official position and runs away!

After Su Mulan got the news, she immediately wanted to persuade Xie Chengan not to go to the capital.

However, she was disappointed.

[Host, system task generation: Assist Xie Cheng'an, the food superintendent, to escort the grain and successfully enter Beijing. 】The cold voice of the system sounded.

【Do you want me to die? 】Su Mulan was so angry that she was fuming.

[It will do me no good if the host dies. Escorting food is the final task. After completion, you can travel back to reality at any time! There are other rewards too. 】The system sound sounded again, like a devil tempting people's hearts.

[Can I lend you space to store food? 】Su Mulan was startled when she heard this, and then her thoughts changed.

【Of course this is possible. It's just that you have to think about how to deal with the host. 】

[What are the so-called other rewards? 】Su Mulan was discouraged and asked about the reward.

[The task is completed, and the host naturally has the right to know. 】