Get out of the way, the prime minister is mine!

Although Chu Wenhao made a move, just in case, Liu Feiran sent someone to go to Fengzhou again to check the news.Apart from this matter, Liu Feiran also had the matter of General Xu in mind, so he also found time to find Zhuang Quan.

Zhuang Quan should be in his thirties, but his face is already old, and there is a scar on his face from his forehead to the corner of his mouth. It seems that he has been tortured by life, so the corners of his mouth are drooping, even more so. Look old.

Liu Feiran walked into the courtyard under the leadership of Guo Wei, seeing this man who seemed to be over half a century old struggling to chop firewood, his heart was sour and respectful.Guo Wei shouted, "Zhuzi, I'm here to see you."

Zhuzi is Zhuang Quan's nickname. When he heard Guo Wei's voice, he stopped chopping firewood and raised his head.

Liu Feiran edited, "Liu has met Mr. Zhuang."

As soon as Zhuang Quan heard someone calling him Mr., he immediately became anxious, but seeing that this man was beautiful, as beautiful as a fairy, he didn't dare to look at him, "Don't dare, I'm just an ordinary person, I can't afford to be Mr.'s title."

Liu Feiran smiled and said: "Mr. was born and died for the country, and died after his death. It is absolutely not an exaggeration to call him Mr.."

Zhuang Quan felt embarrassed to look at Guo Wei, Guo Wei smiled and said, "Zhuzi, let me introduce you, this is Master Liu Feiran."

Zhuang Quan suddenly realized, and hastily walked two steps forward to salute. His leg was injured, and the walking was a bit bumpy, "See you, my lord."

"You don't need to be too polite." Liu Feiran quickly went to help him, seeing that his clothes were mended many times, they were shabby, and the arm he was supporting was even more bony, and he couldn't help frowning and asked: "After I disarm the soldiers and return to the fields, I will be subsidized , although there are not many, but it can also have enough food and clothing, but why?

Zhuang Quan smiled wryly, "Before I became a soldier, the government government said the same thing when they recruited soldiers. When I was a soldier, I got two or two months of money to my family every month, and when I was injured and retired, I got five hundred dollars a month. But when I came back Not to mention the [-] yuan for the injured and retired, even the two or two months of the army was not given to the family. Poor my mother was sick and weak, and died of illness after losing my labor."

Liu Feiran was a little shocked. Although she had treated the water, she had visited the people and shared joys and sorrows, but she did not expect such a situation. "Is it because your county guard didn't do anything, or is it the same for all soldiers who retire?"

Zhuang Quan said: "I know, it's all like this. This soldier is miserable, but he has nothing to say."

"The imperial court allocates millions of taels every year as military funds, and it has never stopped, but none of the money has fallen into the hands of your soldiers." Liu Feiran frowned when he said this, "This matter must be investigated. clear."

Guo Wei also didn't expect such a thing to happen, and couldn't help but frown, "Then where is the money allocated over the years? Do they really dare to take it all for themselves?"

"I'm afraid not. If it was all private, it stands to reason that there should have been a mutiny long ago, but the court has never had such rumors. They are very smart. They should be part of the army's salary, part of it as management officials, and the rest is in the pocket." Liu Feiran He sighed secretly, wondering what the barracks look like now, there are so many problems.

This matter needs to be investigated carefully, and it cannot be resolved now. Liu Feiran suppressed this matter and asked: "Sir, Liu came here this time for the matter of eight years ago."

Referring to the events of that year, Zhuang Quan grabbed Liu Feiran's sleeve excitedly, "My lord, my lord General Xu is not the kind of reckless person, someone must have set him up, they had a serious quarrel at the time, Vice-General Gan said so It's not an option to hold on, but General Xu refuses to go for a quick fight."

Guo Wei asked in surprise, "Why didn't you tell me last time?"

"At first, I didn't remember what they were arguing about that night. After you mentioned it, I thought about it carefully, and I remembered the few words that Vice General Gan said at that time. If they were coherent, it should be to allow him to send troops in the future, and have a good fight. "

Liu Feiran calmed down Zhuang Quan's emotions, and then asked: "Then what happened?"

"It was a sudden frost that night, and I accidentally caught a cold. The next day, I caught a cold and my head was hot. Then I heard the sound of troops dispatched. I asked others, and they said that it was Vice General Gan leading his team early in the morning. We went out to fight, and after General Xu knew about it, he immediately summoned the soldiers to go out to rescue. It wasn’t that General Xu took advantage of the victory to pursue and fell into a trap by mistake. The general didn’t want to go to war at all, so how could he do such a thing?”

"You mean that Vice General Gan acted without authorization?"

"I heard that's the case." Zhuang Quan himself was not sure.

Guo Wei sneered, "What a lieutenant general Gan, this is clearly trying to lure General Xu into danger when he fails to fight, forcing General Xu to leave the city gate."

Liu Feiran sighed, "If you don't leave the city, you'll be given the reputation of not saving your life in the city, causing the soldiers' morale to shake; if you leave, you'll fall into the enemy's trap. Or enter, it is not good. It seems that Gan Yong really has a big problem."

Zhuang Quan said with tears streaming down his face, "The general is really good to us. He will never miss us if there is anything to eat. Once there is a battle, he will always rush to the front. When retreating, he will always be in the rear. Sir, you We must clear up the wrongs for the general."

"Don't worry, Liu will definitely do his best." Liu Feiran shook his shoulder heavily, "Just think about it carefully, are there any other comrades who survived the battlefield? This one This matter is very important, and it is related to whether General Xu can be cleared of his grievances."

Zhuang Quan fell into memory, "Brother, besides Deputy General Gan, who survived the war that year, most of them died, and who else didn't die?"

Liu Feiran didn't interrupt Zhuang Quan's train of thought, she and Guo Wei walked aside and whispered, "Your Majesty will send imperial envoys to various military camps in the past few days, if the prime minister has an eyeliner in the military camp, you can Please help secretly."

"At this time, Master Xiang also mentioned it to my subordinates, Master Liu, don't worry."

The two talked about the situation in the middle, and after a while, Zhuang Quan suddenly yelled: "I remembered! Tieshu who lives in Hengertou Village should still be alive! He also participated in that war back then, but after he came back he Refuse to say a word!"

The expressions of both of them were shocked, Liu Feiran immediately asked: "Where is this Hengertou Village?"

Zhuang Quan also looked confused, "I don't know, I know his village is called Hengertou Village, and his accent sounds like someone from the east."

The east of Zhuangquan refers to the east bank of the Huaihe River. Jing Guo always likes to use the Huaihe River to divide things.When they got this news, both of them were a little excited. Although the scope was too big, they still had clues.

The two said goodbye, and each sent people over there to find this Hengertou village.

A few days later, Liu Feiran went to the morning court.

Recently, Chu Yuchen began to go to court together with the ministers.It is true that Chu Wenhao was training her to listen to the government, but she often dozed off in the court meeting, but she did not attract the attention of the officials, after all, she was just a child.

But in fact, Chu Yuchen has been listening to what everyone said with his ears upright, keeping what he understands and what he doesn't understand in his heart, and he will ask Shaofu when he is next.

At this time, Chu Yuchen had already arrived at Changhong Palace. The small figure was wearing the four-clawed golden dragon suit of the empress dowager, standing at the top position, which was so eye-catching.But to say that she came to court, it is better to say that she came to suffer, after all, sleepiness was written all over her little face.

It wasn't until she saw Liu Feiran's arrival that her eyes lit up.Liu Feiran smiled and nodded to her, and she returned Liu Feiran with a bright and sweet smile, her eyes were sparkling, especially cute.

It was getting late, and when all the officials returned to their positions, the little eunuch heard the message, "Your Majesty is here—"

"See Your Majesty."

Chu Wenhao walked up to the throne unhurriedly, and only after sitting down did he say, "Excuse me."

Today, he also took a step forward and sang: "Report if you have something to do, and leave the court if you have nothing to do."

The court meeting kicked off like this, and all the ministers reported the things they had prepared one by one, and then let the emperor make a decision.After more than an hour passed, the voice of discussion gradually calmed down, and Chu Wenhao asked calmly: "Is there anything else? If there is nothing else, you can step back."

Just when the ministers were about to send off His Majesty, suddenly a person stood up in the back row, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Chu Wenhao raised his eyes, and it was the left servant who shot in the mouth, so he asked, "Oh? Aiqing, what else do you want to report?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I heard some rumors a few days ago, saying that the soldiers guarding the Hongmen Pass were doing something wrong, robbing women, trampling fertile fields, setting fire to mountains, and doing all kinds of evil. Hearing these rumors, I was very angry. Our country It is a heinous crime for soldiers to shed blood and tears in order to defend the territory and suffer such rumors."

"There is such a thing?" Chu Wenhao was a little angry, "Then find out the person who spread the rumors, and he must be beheaded to show the public. How can the soldiers be so insulted?"

Zhang Zhenqiu raised his eyelids slightly, and looked back at Zuo Pushe, but he couldn't see what he was planning.

Zuo Pushe continued: "Your Majesty is very right. I also think that our soldiers should not be wronged like this. They will spread rumors like this because the soldiers are too far away from them. They don't know what the soldiers are doing. It’s just how hard life is. So I think, Your Majesty, can the court send imperial envoys to visit the barracks?”

"On the one hand, it can stop the rumors among the people, and on the other hand, it can also comfort the hard-working brothers in the military camp. More importantly, it can bring some care from His Majesty. It’s even more motivating.”

What Zuo Pushe said was very beautiful, he said it not only to prevent the soldier from being wronged, but also to show care for the soldier, no matter how he heard it, he never heard the slightest meaning.

But Zhang Zhenqiu couldn't help but look at Zuo Pushe one more time, and said slowly: "I care about the soldiers, as long as the military pay is in place, so that they can have peace of mind, why bother?"

Zuo Pushe said: "The Taiwei's words are wrong. Of course, the military salary is indispensable, but if the soldiers know about His Majesty's concern, they must be grateful and love him. Thinking that His Majesty still remembers them when he is far away in Qicheng, he will work harder. It’s a good story, too.”

Chu Wenhao was overjoyed when he heard Sacred Heart, "Okay, okay, Aiqing is right, so let's do it this way. It's just that it's still a question of who will be sent as an envoy. Aiqings will go back and draw up a list for me to choose. Don’t be careless, you understand?”

"Yes."

The matter of the imperial envoy was finalized with such a gesture that could not be refused.