Rebirth: The little puppet emperor, tearing apart the regent with his own hands
Chapter 52: Corruption and perversion of law
“But General Zhong has long since retired and returned to his hometown, and no longer cares about the affairs of the court.
He was also one of the first people to follow the late emperor and had great military exploits. If he hadn't refused, he would now have a position in the Seven Pillar Kingdoms.
Will such a person be used by adults? "Zhang Liu said.
Yu Wenzhang touched the golden eagle ring on his hand and said in an unclear tone: "He will agree."
Zhang Liuyi raised his eyebrows: "You mean to ask your Majesty to go and ask him to come out?"
Yu Wenwen: "Your Majesty is the late emperor's only son. If he had summoned me, I don't believe General Zhong would not have come out."
Zhang Liu said worriedly: "But will your Majesty agree?"
Yu Wenwen smiled and said: "Your Majesty understands the righteousness, I think he will agree."
Zhang Liu thought to himself that you are going to bully someone again. Are you really so happy to bully a junior?
"My lord, if you really want to ascend to that position..."
As long as you give the order, everyone will support you and no one can stop you from getting to that position.
The smile on Yu Wenwen's face suddenly disappeared, and he said: "Zhang Liu."
Zhang Liu: "Sir."
Yu Wenzhang: "Just say this and I'll listen. Don't let anyone else hear it, and don't say it a second time.
I tell you clearly today that I have no interest in that position.
I don't allow anyone to speculate on my thoughts, let alone covet that position.
Apart from Yu Wenqing, I don't allow anyone else to sit in that position. Can you understand? "
Zhang Liu glanced at Yu Wenzhang steadily, and then said: "I understand."
There was another long silence, and suddenly the herald's voice came from outside the tent.
"Report—the spy's report!"
Yu Wenzhang said in a deep voice: "Come in."
After a while, a man walked in. It was Wang Yi, the spy sent by Yu Wenzhang.
"Sir!" Wang Yi knelt down on one knee and presented a piece of cloth.
“After investigation, the Huns have indeed formed an alliance with each other.
A rough investigation revealed that there are Tianfeng Tribe, Tianlang Tribe, Eagle Tribe, Free Tribe, Chancha Tribe, Youxiong Tribe, Yuezhi Tribe, Chakel Tribe, Shanfeng Tribe, Star Tribe, Tianxiong Tribe, Chang The Wind Tribe, Changtian Tribe, and Wuchak Tribe participated.
The estimated number of people is between 250,000 and 300,000, and it is unclear whether there will be follow-up support. "
Yu Wenzhang nodded: "Yes, I understand. I will report back after further investigation."
Wang Yi bowed and left. Yu Wenzhang looked at the string of tribal names on the cloth and suddenly sneered at the end: "Tianfeng tribe, Tianlang tribe, Chakel tribe, Wuchak tribe, Changfeng tribe...
They are all familiar names. I remember this autumn, the Chakel tribe submitted a note asking Your Majesty to exempt them from taxes.
After all, they are not from the Central Plains, and they are not from my race. Their minds must be different. After all, they are just feeding an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf..."
"The scale of 300,000 people..." Zhang Liu said: "I'm afraid it won't be good this time."
"No tribe can support so many people at the same time. More than ten tribes came together to support so many people. This year's natural disaster tied them together, and they planned to go out together to grab food.
They successfully broke through the defense line of the Northern Patrol Battalion and captured a border town in the Western Wei Dynasty. This victory gave them the courage to compete with the tigers.
But this does not mean that they have really changed from mice to tigers.
As long as they cannot capture Lincheng and cannot go any further, how long do you think this alliance, which is not so reliable in the first place, can last for a long time? "
Zhang Liu sighed, took a bamboo slip to Yu Wenwen, put it on the table and said, "But sir, we don't have much food supply.
Originally, Lincheng was a remote town. After layers of exploitation, the annual salary was not much left here.
This year's food and wages have not arrived yet. In previous years, there was no war, and the soldiers would still farm to replenish their own food and grass, barely enough to survive.
But with the addition of us, the food and grass that we collected before will not last more than a few days, and it is about to bottom out. "
Yu Wenzhang frowned and took the bamboo slips over and looked at them carefully. The more he looked at them, the tighter his frown became. In the end, his face turned livid.
"That's weird," Yu Wenzhang murmured, "Where did they get such courage?"
The annual salary allocated from the capital has been reduced by one-third before it reaches the city gate, and by another two-fifths halfway through, it reaches the hands of officials at all levels.
After that, every time it passes through the hands of another person, a part will be lost. In the end, if one-tenth reaches Lincheng, it is time to burn high incense.
Zhang Liu said helplessly: "This is an unwritten rule in the officialdom. If everyone takes it but you don't, isn't this a slap in the face? Such people cannot survive in the officialdom."
Yu Wenzhang, who has been an official in the court for many years and holds a high position, is not unaware of this situation, but it involves several Zhuguo adults and is difficult to handle.
So if what they did was not so excessive, Yu Wenzhang would basically turn a blind eye.
But he didn't expect that he would go so far and be greedy for so much! Nine out of ten of the food and salary distributed was lost, and in the end only 10 percent was left to reach the destination.
Yu Wenzhang was silent for a while, threw the bamboo slip in his hand on the table, picked up a pen and wrote a letter on the cloth.
Yu Wenzhang said as he wrote: "Find someone to send it to Han Wei quickly..."
Zhang Liu reached out to take it, and frowned after just one glance: "Sir, do you really want to do this? Now is not the time, right?"
Yu Wenzhang: "Thank you to these big locusts for eating me, otherwise I really don't know where the salary will come from this time.
The Western Wei Dynasty has supported them for so long, and it is time for them to make a contribution. "
It's a pity that Wu Yan is still investigating Li Hu and can't be mobilized for a while, otherwise he can just ask Wu Yan to do it. After all, he is the best at doing this kind of thing.
Although Han Wei was highly skilled in martial arts, he was not professionally qualified. If it was not a last resort, Yu Wenwen would not touch him at all.
The reason why Yu Wenwen handed over this matter to Han Wei was because he suddenly thought of a person, a person who was always dishonest and always causing trouble for him, and that was His Majesty.
"But will your Majesty agree? Between him and you..."
Yu Wenzhang: "Don't worry, His Majesty will definitely agree."
Because His Majesty is indeed smart enough, and apart from being a little ignorant, there is nothing wrong with him.
Although Yu Wenzhang asked him to do this, he would not ignore it if it involved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in northern Xinjiang.
Yu Wenwen still remembered that when His Majesty escaped from the palace for the first time and came to Qinzhou by accident, he looked at the people in the city who were suffering from the epidemic, and his eyes were full of heartache and intolerance.
Your Majesty is a good man, and he still has the passion and innocence of a young man in his heart. Therefore, he will definitely not ignore the soldiers who are desperately guarding the country for him.
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