"I'm in a hurry, General Dou, please take care of yourself!"

It was supposed to be good, but suddenly a military official came, and all of Dou Jia's plans were mixed up in an instant. But he also saw Zheng Xianli's expression, it was obvious that something had happened, otherwise it would not have been possible to change color suddenly. In desperation, he could only leave the warehouse in the south of the city.

It wasn't until Dou Jia left that Zheng Xianli asked the military official with a calm face:

"Tell me, why is the money account of the household department stuck?"

"It should be suppressed by the official of the household department, but it is not clear who it is. ”

Zheng Xianli suddenly felt that even if Qin Jin intended to purge the atmosphere in the imperial court, he would always be unable to do so, after all, manpower was limited, how could one person take care of all the corners of the imperial court?

Before going to the household department to negotiate, Zheng Xianli made some preparations in advance, first found the military officials who were familiar with the officials of the six ministries around him, and sorted out most of the officials in the household department from Shangshu to Yuanwailang, and was more or less familiar with the details of each person, and soon, he found something suspicious.

Huang Jing, the head of the household department, and Huang Langzhong, who was previously involved in the military department and was imprisoned, are cousins.

However, in the current situation, even a fool understands that this time is different from the past, and whoever dares to spoil his official affairs for personal gain, as long as he is stabbed in broad daylight, the person concerned will definitely not end well.

It is precisely because of this bottom that Zheng Xianli did not rush to find trouble with the household department after his anger, but asked the military officials to continue to negotiate with the household department, so that he could find out how to find out who the specific officials in charge were instructed by to dare to embarrass the Shenwu army.

After discussing this matter, Qingxuzi hurried over, and when he saw Zheng Xianli, he complained angrily:

"The money and food of the household department have stopped, and 10,000 grenadiers will have to drink the northwest wind, and it is nothing to drink the northwest wind, but there are many places where money is needed, and there are many places where money is needed.

Zheng Xianli was also surprised, if the artillery battalion was newly established and was not taken seriously in the Shenwu Army, the grenadier battalion was brought back from Luoyang by Qin Jin, and it had a great contribution to the recovery of Chang'an, how could it be treated like this?

"The real person didn't go to the doctor to theorize the theory?"

Qing Xuzi spread his hands and said with a wry smile:

"If you trouble Doctor Qin in everything, won't it make people criticize you for being poor and incompetent?"

Zheng Xianli also reported this idea more or less in his heart, but he smiled a little gloatingly.

"The grenadier battalion is about to march west with the army, and repairing the barracks is also to make wedding clothes for others, so wouldn't it save time and effort?"

"Where is the Western Expedition? Lingwu can use the grenadier battalion?"

In Qingxuzi's opinion, the grenadier battalion will be used to deal with Shi Siming sooner or later, and now let him go to Lingwu, he naturally has the feeling of killing chickens with a knife.

"It's not just Lingwu, it's going to Anxi!"

"What?"

Qing Xuzi jumped three feet high and went to the place where birds don't in Anxi? His ideal was to stay by Qin Jin's side and assist him in achieving the eternal industry! Of course, before this, Zheng Xianli had already intentionally or unintentionally hoped that Qing Xuzi would be able to accompany the army to the west, and Qing Xuzi did not object at that time, because he was sure that Qin Jin would definitely not let people go. However, now, Qingxuzi is a little panicked, if it is true, the household department has stopped allocating the money that should have been given to the grenadier battalion, and it is naturally logical.

The Western Expeditionary Army sent troops ten days later, and things like repairing barracks naturally didn't need them.

"No, the poor Dao has to ask Doctor Qin if it is really true!"

Zheng Xianli hurriedly grabbed Qingxuzi and said:

"The Western Expedition has always been to expand the territory, and it is unimaginable that meritorious deeds can be made during this period, why do real people avoid it? Let's be honest, I do intend to go west with the grenadier battalion, but Doctor Qin has not relented!"

In this way, Qing Xuzi breathed a sigh of relief, and glared at Zheng Xianli angrily, so that he was frightened by this guy.

"It's not only the grenadier battalion that is making things difficult for the household department, but also the artillery battalion, and my subordinates are still investigating the specific situation to see if there are any similar things that have been harassed by other battalions of the Shenwu Army!"

Soon, the military officials sent out to inquire about the situation came back one after another, and the results were also very angry to Zheng Xianli and Qing Xuzi, because they were the only two of them who were troubled.

"Bullying us, you and I will go to the household department together and let them give an explanation!"

Zheng Xianli pondered for a while and said:

"At this time, go to the door, the officials of the household department may not meet us, it is better to go to the fifth Qi!"

Fifth Qi intends to befriend Zheng Xianli, Zheng Xianli is well aware, if according to the officialdom practice in the Kaiyuan Tianbao period, the prime minister and the military generals who are about to go on the expedition will make friends, which will cause trouble at any time, but now that the power of the Li Tang royal family is falling, many taboos are not as sensitive as before, as long as they do not deviate from the scope of official affairs, normal exchanges will not be criticized by others.

Qingxuzi high-fived and said:

"It's so good, the household officials are all the henchmen of the Fifth Qi, let's see if this guy can manage his people well!"

Qing Xuzi's impression of the Fifth Qi was not very good, but now with this reason, the impression is even worse. Maybe it was too big of a movement, which touched the wound on his back, and he grinned when he waited for Qingxuzi.

"Oh, I was born and received those twenty whips, and my face was thrown into the second, but I couldn't lie on my back at night, which made people scratch their hearts and livers!"

Zheng Xianli and Qing Xuzi were on horseback because of the horses in the city, and no one went to the military justice department to receive twenty whips, and the wound on his back was still very painful, but this flesh wound was nothing to Zheng Xianli at all, and he couldn't help but laugh when he saw Qing Xuzi's grinning appearance.

But Zheng Xianli's faint smile was seen by Qing Xuzi, so he pointed at him and said:

"Poor Dao has been unlucky when he meets you, and the matter of the Western Expedition will not be mentioned again, and Hugh will be mentioned again!"

The two of them came to the political hall together, which surprised Fifth Qi, and hurriedly put down all the official affairs in his hands to receive these two big celebrities around Qin Jin.

Qingxuzi has never cared about the face of the court officials, and he is very polite when he speaks, he has both the identity of a Taoist and the actual dispatch in the Shenwu army, with this dual identity that is beyond the officialdom, even in the face of the prime minister, he will not follow the etiquette.

"The two of you are rare guests, please take a seat in the hall!"

As soon as the words fell, Qing Xuzi waved his hand unceremoniously:

"Poor Dao and General Zheng are here to ask the teacher for guilt!"

This made the fifth Qi very surprised, he looked at Qingxuzi, and then looked at Zheng Xianli, Zheng Xianli was polite, but he could vaguely see faint displeasure and worry on his face, as for Qingxuzi, he was completely angry and disdainful.

That is, after glancing at it twice, Fifth Qi went through a sieve of all the public and private affairs he had handled in the past few days, and made sure that nothing offended these two, so he said calmly:

"Real people are laughing, laughing ......"

Qing Xuzi was unforgiving, and he didn't give the fifth Qi face at all, and asked loudly when he blocked the door:

"Fart joke, is it true that the household department has stuck the money account that should have been allocated to the artillery battalion and the grenadier battalion? Don't you know that the western expedition is imminent? What is the purpose of making such a difficulty?"

When these words were asked, Fifth Qi's face immediately changed, and he immediately understood what was going on. But if you talk about this matter, you don't blame him, but you don't blame him, but I didn't expect that the specific officials under his hands would be so blind-eyed and stupidly bumped into the muzzle of the gun, can Qingxuzi and Zheng Xianli be easily offended?

"Go, call that idiot Huang Jing and see what he has done!"

Instructed Shu Lingshi to find Huang Jing, the fifth Qi was also running rapidly in his mind, and immediately found the crux of the matter, in the final analysis, it was Li Kaifang who reported the case of Qingxuzi and Zheng Xianli, Li Kaifang was acquitted, and it seemed that he was appreciated by Qin Jin, but a Lang Zhong of the Ministry of War actually bribed the officials of Dali Temple to kill Li Kaifang, and the matter was dug up together, and that Lang Zhong naturally could not be spared.

Originally, Fifth Qi didn't take these pickled things to heart, but when he thought about it at this time, he remembered that the Lang Zhong surnamed Huang who was implicated seemed to be cousins with Huang Jing, the household servant. It must be Huang Jing's personal vendetta in the communiqué, and he plans to use the lack of money in the household department to make it difficult for Qingxuzi and Zheng Xianli.

After consulting Qin Jin, the fifth Qi instructed Huang Jing to allocate money in batches according to priority, successively, to put it bluntly, it is to focus on those places that continue to use money, such as the Shenwu Army, but the Shenwu Army is not all allocated immediately, and a specific plan for batches must be made, also in accordance with the principle of first urgent and then slow.

Obviously, Huang Jing classified both the grenadier battalion and the artillery battalion in the category of slow. Of course, Huang Jing is not stupid enough to have no scruples, a large part of the reason is that many people do not know how much Qing Xuzi and Zheng Xianli were reused by Qin Jin, especially since these two received twenty lashes in public, which makes people feel that they are just marginal figures in the Shenwu Army.

When he explained his business yesterday, Wu Qi also gave two short sentences of solid explanation, so that Huang Jing could be careful and expedient, how could he think that Huang Jing would actually be smart with this, it was this little negligence that led to the current embarrassing situation.

Fifth Qi gritted his teeth with hatred, and he couldn't wait to tear Huang Jing apart, because many of his previous efforts to make friends with these two people were probably because in front of Qing Xuzi and Zheng Xianli, he still had to maintain the demeanor that a prime minister should have, and frequently said that he would definitely solve this matter immediately in person, and would never owe a penny.

Qingxuzi is still angry, and he will not give up.

"Is there anything greasy in this? Is there anyone who has harmed the public for personal reasons, and the fifth minister has not been found out together?"