my wife is mulan

Zong Tai quickly agreed: "Old slave obeys the order!"

There were too many people, and every aspect had to be taken care of. Zhao Junsheng, Ge Qingyuan and others were busy until midnight and hadn't eaten yet. After everything was arranged properly, he asked someone to bring some food boxes for Ge Qingyuan and postmaster Jiang Yanyao to eat together.

At the food stall, several plates of exquisite stir-fried vegetables were placed on a square table, with wine and meat, and several people ate with gusto.

"Zhao Canjun, you will leave after eating tomorrow morning, where are you going to go for alms next?" Ge Qingyuan asked after taking a sip of his wine.

At this moment, beside the tent, a young man in casual clothes walked over lightly.

Just as Zhao Junsheng was about to speak, he heard slight footsteps outside. The cultivation of internal strength during this period was not in vain. Hearing and other perceptions were greatly improved, so he immediately kept silent.

A tall young man came in and saw several plates of exquisite dishes on the table in front of Zhao Junsheng and others, his eyes lit up and he said, "Hey, are you drinking?"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the young man and asked, "Yes, brother?"

The young man was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "My surname is Huang, and I came here with my father to see the world!"

"Oh, Brother Huang, do you want to have a few sips together?" Zhao Junsheng asked while observing, when suddenly his heart moved.

Young waved his hand and said, "No, I don't know if you have any extra food, can you share some with me?"

Zhao Junsheng picked up the food box next to it and opened the lid to have a look. There were still a few dishes in it, and he handed it over with a smile: "There are still some, Brother Huang, just take it and eat it. Just send the food box over after eating!"

The young man was not polite, he took the food box and thanked him, then turned and left, but he didn't go far, turned around and walked back softly to listen outside the tent.

Zhao Junsheng's ears twitched, his heart moved, and then he said: "Let's go on, who knows who to ask for alms tomorrow? Anyway, I'm only responsible for preparing meals for these tens of thousands of people. As for where the money for the ingredients comes from?" I don't care about it, and I dare not ask!"

The postmaster Jiang Yanyao didn't notice it. He took a sip of wine and couldn't help but ask: "Joining the army, didn't the emperor take money from the treasury for the expenses along the way?"

Zhao Junsheng hesitated and said: "

I think should not be?Otherwise, there would be no complaints from officials and civilians along the way.It is said that today's son has made a lot of achievements in martial arts and martial arts since he ascended to the throne. He is the wise master of a generation. He defeated Hu Xia only a few months ago, and he has won countless gold, silver, jewelry and other properties. He shouldn't be so stingy. ah! "

Ge Qingyuan shook his head and said: "Other local governments will definitely not pay for it themselves, they will increase taxes and taxes for the people. Our Liang County counts this loss on the rich households, and my Ge family is really unlucky. Emperor What kind of thing is it that you don’t follow the glory when you come, but pay a large sum of money instead?”

The young man standing outside the camp had a very gloomy expression when he heard it. He turned around and left. Before he reached the gate of the post station, Zong Tai, who looked anxious, came up to him and complained: "Oh, my lord, the old slave turned around for a while. I just disappeared and scared the old slave to death, why are you dressed like this?"

Tuoba Tao's face was so gloomy that it was about to freeze, and he shouted: "Let all the accompanying ministers come to see me, and Wan Dugui, immediately, immediately!"

"Yes, yes!" Zong Tai was taken aback by Tuoba Tao's look about to kill, he hastily agreed and sent someone to summon him.

It didn't take long for the inn lobby to be filled with court officials, and Wandu Guidu could only stand near the gate.

Tuoba Tao looked at the ministers and said in a deep voice: "I want to know, how did you plan to spend on this southern tour, how much money did you take from the treasury for this southern tour?"

The accompanying ministers all looked at King Leping and Tuobapi, the great general of the hussars. He is the emperor's half-brother, and his mother is Mrs. Murong.

Tuoba Pi stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, before leaving Pingcheng, some ministers thought that money should be taken from the treasury to spend along the way, but most of the clan ministers and generals objected, thinking that the world belongs to my Tuoba family. You and your accompanying soldiers and horses can eat wherever you want to go, and my ministers also think this should be the case, so I didn’t bring any money with me before I set off, and all the expenses along the way are borne by the local government!”

Tuoba Tao was furious when he heard this, he slapped the desk and shouted loudly: "Bastard, I am a generation of emperors, rich all over the world, can't I even afford the expenses of a southern tour? You think that the local governments should be burdened, but they will let The burden of the common people, the common people have already paid taxes, and they will wonder why they still have to pay taxes! I ask you, if you are asked to use the money for this southern tour, are you willing?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me, my brother is wrong!" Tuoba Pi knelt down on the ground with fear on his face.

Chapter 85 Oil and water are full!

Tuoba Tao glanced at Tuoba Pi who was kneeling on the ground, moved his eyes, swept across the faces of the officials in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "What is the money and food in the treasury used for? Military expenses, official salaries, The daily expenses of the various yamen of the imperial court, the expenses of officials running missions, disaster relief, construction of water conservancy, cleaning of rivers, etc. The rewards given to meritorious ministers and generals are all money taken from my internal treasury, not a single copper coin from the national treasury. Isn’t the second southern tour a business trip?”

At this time, Tai Shi ordered Zhang Yuan to look around, and he stood up and said after the ceremony: "Your Majesty, since this matter has already happened, there is no need for Your Majesty to be angry. This is just this time, and I will not be an example. Besides, Your Majesty is rarely on a southern tour. The next tour The state capitals don't know when it will be, Your Majesty will let the officials from all over the place express their loyalty!"

These words did not make Tuoba Tao extinguish the anger in his heart, he looked at Zhang Yuan coldly and said: "You speak easily and pleasantly, do you know how many people from the states and counties passing by from Pingcheng to here scold me in their hearts? You If you don’t believe me, send people to go back now to check and see how many government officials have just left before me, and then started to increase taxes on the people! Their increased taxes can not only fill the holes, but also stuff them in their pockets. It’s full, believe it or not? People don’t hate the government, they only hate me in their hearts and call me a foolish king. I will eat and drink them every time I go out. Who do they not call me? "

The ministers and generals in the entire hall felt chills all over, and they all bowed down and pleaded guilty: "Your servant is guilty!"

Tuoba Tao still had a gloomy face, his eyes moved to Wan Dugui's face, and he said coldly: "Wan Dugui, how did you do it? Where did you spend to entertain me, the accompanying officials, and the army? Are you here? Are you planning to use the money and food from the treasury first, and then increase taxes on the common people after I leave? Or do you want to kill fat pigs and snatch rich households?"

Wan Dugui was horrified, the emperor knew about the killing of the fat pig?This... is too scary, right?Wan Dugui was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "I am guilty, I have disgraced Your Majesty, please punish me!"

Duke Dongjun and Taichangqing Cui Hao stood up and cupped his hands: "Your Majesty calm down, this matter is not irreparable!"

Cui Hao is the emperor's number one counselor. The emperor always asks Cui Hao's thoughts and opinions before making policies and making decisions. He has always relied heavily on Cui Hao. He asked, "What good strategy does Cui Qing have? Feel free to speak up!"

"Your Majesty only needs to issue an edict to exempt [-]% of the taxes of the states and counties passing by next year, and the states and counties are not allowed to increase taxes on the people for any reason! If the states and counties have previously promulgated tax increases in the name of His Majesty's Southern Tour All decrees are declared invalid! These state and county officials are neither praised nor reprimanded, and the content of the decree can let them know whether they are doing right or wrong!"

Veteran King Beiping and Grand Captain Sun Song stood up and agreed: "Your Majesty, it is the words of Lao Cheng seeking the country, and the veteran thinks it is feasible!"

Tuobatao weighed it up and agreed: "Then do it like this! Get up. Wandugui, it's not an option for you to find those rich households to apportion. There are many government orders to be promulgated and implemented without the support of those rich families and wealthy households." It’s very difficult to implement, you should learn more about local governance, and remember to pay back the money of the wealthy households, don’t you think it’s a shame to do so?”

"Yes yes yes, I will return it immediately, return it immediately, and I will never cause trouble for His Majesty!" Wan Dugui quickly agreed.

In the early morning of the next day, under the command of Zhao Junsheng, more than [-] village women and strong men who cooked first ate the food, and then sent the food to the post station for the royal driver, the accompanying army, and officials to eat.

After discussing with Ge Qingyuan, Zhao Junsheng hired these village women and strong men to continue cooking for him. They already had experience, and it would be much more troublesome to hire another person in one place, so please stop teaching them.

He asked Ge Qingyuan to prepare 20 carts and carriages, and took all these people and cooking utensils to the next station—Liangjiayi, which was more than [-] miles away from Suiyang City. No matter what, the large group of people would not be able to reach Suiyang, so they could only camp at Liangjiayi.

Everyone was going to have breakfast around Gexiang post, Zhao Junsheng was about to say hello to Wan Dugui, and then asked Master Liu for money to rush to Liangjia post to prepare meals for the army.

"Zhao Canjun

, I am looking for you everywhere! " Liu Zhubo greeted Zhao Junsheng immediately when he saw him.

Zhao Junsheng walked over and asked, "Why is Mr. Liu looking for habits?"

"Come with me!" Master Liu took Zhao Junsheng to a tent, opened ten wooden boxes, and revealed a box of golden cakes, "here is a thousand gold, first return the two hundred gold that I borrowed from Ge Qingyuan, The rest of the food, drink and lax expenses for Yujia’s entourage, presumably Yujia will not stay in Liang Jun for a long time, these should be enough! Go, there are so many people rushing to Liangjiayi in the afternoon to eat, don’t be unprepared in time If it’s delayed, it’s not good to blame the higher-ups!”

Zhao Junsheng looked at the ten boxes of gold cakes, then looked at Liu Zhubo and couldn't help but said: "Liu Zhubo, you obviously brought so many gold cakes, but you still asked me to go to Ge Qingyuan to borrow money, and all the villains asked me to do it." , you are too unkind!"

Liu Zhubo smiled and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. The treasury is not rich. I brought these gold cakes just in case. It's not a matter of hair. You can't apportion them to the common people. Even if you are looking for rich people You can't even alms!"

Zhao Junsheng didn't bother to argue with Liu Zhubo, so he returned the IOU to Liu Zhubo.He got some soldiers to carry the boxes containing gold cakes to the carriage, and sent someone to find Ge Qingyuan.

"Here, this is a hundred gold I borrowed from you, and I will return it to you now!" Zhao Junsheng pointed to a box and said.

Ge Qingyuan opened the box suspiciously and saw that it was indeed a hundred gold. He asked in surprise, "Is the sun coming out from the west?"

"I said I would return it to you, and I will definitely return it to you! Alright, I still have to go to the Liangjiayi, so I won't chat with you anymore. Let me go!" After Zhao Junshan finished speaking, he asked the soldiers to drive the carriage to speed up go fast.

Ge Qingyuan looked at the carriage galloping away quickly, and muttered to himself: "This Zhao Canjun seems to be different from other officials!"

In fact, Zhao Junsheng was sitting on the carriage at this time, feeling very happy. The IOU said that it was two hundred gold, but in fact he only borrowed one hundred gold, which meant that he could put the remaining one hundred gold in his pocket. As long as Ge Qingyuan doesn't say anything, no one will know about it, and with this standard of food, after spending one thousand gold, he can at least put three hundred gold in his pocket!

"There's so much oil and water!" Zhao Junsheng was quite emotional.

On the morning of the third day after entering Liang County, Tuoba Tao and his accompanying team finally arrived at Suiyang City.

The people outside the city lined up for several miles to greet each other. Under the organization of Deng Tong, not only a large number of people came out of the city to greet them, but also a large number of bands such as the gong and drum team and suona played music at the gate of the city.

Most of the escorting Habayashi Army and Huben Army stayed outside the city to camp, only a small part followed the emperor Tuoba Tao into the city, and Yujia stayed in the house of a wealthy businessman.