The heavens start from the red building

Chapter 42 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
As soon as Arslen came out, he saw Jia Amnesty at the door, and was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

The guard hurriedly signaled Arslen to get on his horse, but Jia Amnesty had already seen him, so how could he let him go.

He swung his stick straight away, sweeping away all the tartars around him, and then jumped directly from the horse towards Arslen.

The guard was dedicated to his duty, knowing that he was no match for Jia Amnesty, he still stepped forward.

But he could only die in vain, Jia She broke the sky cap with a stick, and then grabbed Arslen by the back of the neck like catching a chicken.

Seeing that Jia She had reached out to grab their master, the other guards were in a hurry and rushed towards Jia She with all their might.

At this time, other Dazhou soldiers also came here, and before Jia Amnesty could do anything, the others killed those Tartars.

Jia Gai was also here, and when Jia She saw him, he threw Arslen at him.

"It's just right for Brother Chang to come, tie up this kid, this is the commander of the Tartars, the second prince of the Dog Tartars!"

When Jia Gai heard this, he was very excited, "The general has made great achievements again this time!"

Jia She waved his hand, got on his horse again, and continued to chase and kill the remaining Tartars.

This fight lasted for the whole second half of the night, and blood flowed like rivers in the Tartar camp.

After dawn, except for the escaped and dead Tartars, there were about 3000 Tartars who surrendered.

Although Jia She wanted to kill all these Tatars, Duke Li came and asked him to stop, saying that these Tatars were still useful and could be exchanged with the Tatars for captured people.

After Jia She heard this, he stopped. Li Guogong looked at Jia She, and he became more and more satisfied. As a commander-in-chief, it was not very satisfying to have such a fierce general under his command.

Moreover, Jia Amnesty had a good relationship with his son, and he had the favor of promoting him. After he left, he didn't have to worry that no one in the court would speak for his family.

"Enhou has worked hard, this time you have made a great contribution, and this old man will take the paper and ask for the credit for you."

Hearing what Duke Li said, Jia She felt happy, but he still said modestly, "This is all because the commander-in-chief has commanded well, and the general is just following orders."

Li Guogong smiled and shook his head, "You kid, don't flatter me, this time you can achieve such a result, most of the credit is due to you!"

The two flattered each other a few more words. Seeing that Jia Amnesty was covered in blood, Li Guogong asked him to go back and rest.

Although the siege of Guangning City was lifted, Dingliao was still surrounded. Duke Li had arranged the affairs here, so he hurriedly wanted to send someone to Dingliao to help.

But before Duke Li could make arrangements, Wala over there heard that the Tatars had been repelled, and hurriedly withdrew.

The guards of Dingliao City were not vegetarians either, so they took the opportunity to chase them out and killed many people in Wala.

The siege of the city by the Tartars was dangerous, but Jia She did not expect Jia She to be so ferocious and to forcefully kill such a bad situation. On the contrary, Duke Li and the generals defending the city made great contributions.

Next, Li Guogong sent someone to write an excerpt and report everything that happened during this period to the emperor.

In the capital, before Duke Li's book arrived, the emperor got the battle report from Xiu Yiwei first.

It turned out that some time ago, when the emperor received the news that Beiyuan and Wala had joined forces and Guangning and Dingliao were besieged, the emperor almost died of panic.

If I lost these two big cities when I was the emperor, I would really feel sorry for my ancestors.

Some time ago, he circled the Prince of Zhongli County, and there were already messages saying that he was mean and unkind and did not care about brotherhood.

Concubine Xian in the harem also made a fuss every now and then, forcing him to let Prince Zhongli go. If the Supreme Emperor hadn't stepped forward in the end, he would have been labeled as unfilial by Concubine Xian.

After finally bringing out the Supreme Emperor and suppressing Concubine Xian, such a big incident happened on the border.

The emperor convened the ministers to discuss what should be done, but before the results could be reached, he received bad news again.

There was a big earthquake in the south of the Yangtze River, countless houses collapsed, and many people died. The governor of the south of the Yangtze River sent [-] miles to the court overnight, asking the court to send people to relieve the disaster.

When the emperor received the report, his vision went dark. If Dai Quan hadn't helped him, he would have fainted on the spot.

Although Dai Quan took over the errand of the Imperial City Secretary, he still stayed with the emperor most of the time every day.

He knew in his heart that his power rested on the emperor. Without the emperor's trust, he would soon be replaced by others.

The emperor was supported by Dai Quan, and he felt very miserable. He felt that the sky was too unfair to him. He was obviously diligent and caring for the people, but bad things happened when he was in office.

But no matter how depressed the emperor was, he cheered up and discussed with the ministers how to deal with these matters.

After the ministers below heard the news of the earthquake, they all knew that the emperor must be in a bad mood, so they all bowed their heads and remained silent.

Hearing the emperor's question and asking them to quickly make up their minds about what to do, the ministers at the scene refused to say anything.

It's not that they have no idea, it's just that the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs just made a statement a few days ago, saying that the treasury has no money, and the money has been borrowed by the civil and military ministers.

This is the benevolent government implemented by the Supreme Emperor when he was in power. He was considerate of the high expenses of the officials in the capital, so he allowed them to borrow money from the treasury.

But money is easy to borrow, but debt is hard to repay. More and more money has been borrowed, but it has never been returned.

After the new emperor came to power, he changed the decision of the Supreme Emperor immediately after the bad start, but all the money in the treasury was borrowed by the ministers. If there is no organization, even the salaries of the officials will not be paid.

In addition, the emperor's imperial power has been stabilized, and the Supreme Emperor's opinion has been consulted, so he will no longer lend money to the officials.

But it turned out that there were so many old debts, and no one took the initiative to pay them back. The Minister of the Household Department is the emperor's confidant, and the emperor even hinted at him when he raised this topic.

The emperor also wanted to remind the officials to pay back the money quickly, but all the officials were pretending to be stupid. Some of them didn't want to pay it back, and some of them really didn't have the money to pay it back.

In fact, the emperor has become impatient these days, and was about to make a decree to force the officials to pay back the money, when wars and earthquakes occurred.

Now he had even more excuses. Seeing the officials pretending to be dead, the emperor snorted coldly, "Why don't you say anything? As ministers of the court, don't you know how to deal with this kind of thing? Are they all just waiting to die?"

The emperor said so, and the ministers secretly complained, but they still stood up. In fact, this matter is not complicated.

Just send troops to support the frontier, and send people to the south of the Yangtze River to provide disaster relief. The difficulty is that the treasury has no money.

Sure enough, when he heard that the treasury was required to get money, the Minister of the Household Department spread his hands, but there was no money. Unless everyone repaid the borrowed money, the treasury really couldn't get that much money.

Now the people down here are making a fuss, and those who have borrowed money from the treasury are yelling that the Minister of the Household Department must have filled their pockets. How could they have borrowed that little money to empty the treasury.

None of the ministers who had been promoted by the emperor in recent years had ever borrowed money. Naturally, they understood the emperor's intention and all requested the emperor to issue an order to collect debts.

(End of this chapter)