Excuse me. Song Lizong waved his hand and motioned for Song Ci to get up, "Song Aiqing, I want to know, what happened to the encirclement and suppression in Xianghe these days?"

Song Ci said: "Back to the emperor, there were originally more than ten groups of thieves in the Xianghe area, adding up to tens of thousands, but in recent months, with the encirclement and suppression of Song and Lord Chen Shixiong, most of them chose to join the army."

Wu Xi immediately shouted, "Bold Song Ci, do you know that these are anti-thieves?" What if you add them all to the barracks, and there will be spies in them?"

"That's it, my Lord Song, are you old, or don't you know how to fight? These people are all born as thieves, if there is a little dissatisfaction in the court in the future, I am afraid that they will have to rebel immediately, your Majesty, look at this matter, can you convict Song Ci?"

Before Song Lizong could answer, Lu You said: "Three adults, Song Ci's words are not finished yet, can't you let him finish waiting for him?" At the same time, the emperor has not yet expressed his opinion, so why should you talk more at this moment?"

The three of them were speechless, and there was a fire in their hearts, which was about to explode. Song Lizong also wanted to know the reason, and he also opened his mouth at this moment.

"Song Aiqing, since that's the case, then you're right, why do you want to let these people enlist in the army, why don't you annihilate them all?"

Song Ci received the order, "It's the emperor, according to the ministers, not all of these people are bent on fighting against the imperial court, the reason why they are like this is actually being oppressed by the government, at the same time, there are more than 100,000 people in a county town in Xianghe, and since they fled, there are thousands left, do you know what this means?"

Song Ci continued: "All the young and strong people have fled, and only some lonely old people are left who are unwilling to leave, not because they are not afraid of death, but because they have lived for most of their lives and are unwilling to leave their hometown."

In the Xuande Palace, these officials may have already known about this, and they bowed their heads and were silent at the moment, their faces crimson.

Song Lizong was furious and slapped the table: "Where is the local magistrate?" Why not? I will punish him for his sins, and I will break him to pieces. ”

Song Ci felt a little better and explained: "Back to the emperor, it is precisely because of the escape of the local magistrate that the county seat has no one to govern, so the thieves appeared, they robbed and plundered in the county, and the people were miserable, so over time, some people began to be dissatisfied with the court."

"What about the local state capital! Why doesn't he care?"

Song Ci said: "The state minister doesn't know, but if he is really in charge, how can this Xianghe area be like this?" Your Majesty, fortunately, most of these people have joined the army, and some have returned to live in the county, and as for these real thieves, they were killed on the spot. ”

Song Lizong finally heard a good news, why did Chen Shixiong be surrounded and suppressed for ten years, and he was still like this at this moment? And Song Ci has only been gone for a few months, and the situation has changed?

Lu You also breathed a deep sigh of relief, it is much easier to do now, as long as the emperor does not blame him, Song Ci will be fine.

However, Cao, Tang and Wu were obviously unwilling, and Wu Xi arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Song Ci accepted all these thieves, this is a big trouble, even if he has merit in encircling and suppressing, he can't get a reward, the emperor has to think twice."

"Yes, the emperor, Song Ci has hard work, but there is no merit, the emperor can't listen to his one-sided words, it's best to dismiss him.

Song Ci turned to look at them, "Two, since Song has no merit or fault, then why do you want to dismiss me?" There are bones in the words of the two adults, could it be that when Song was the criminal officer, he didn't want to kill the two Da Rao people?"

They were furious, "Song Ci, don't mess up, what do I have to do with these corrupt officials and corrupt officials?" You caught them, and it's too late for the official to be happy, as for this?"

Song Ci turned to look at Song Lizong, "Your Majesty, the ministers and these three adults have no grievances, they have had opinions on the ministers since the first emperor, I didn't expect that after so long, it is still like this, which makes people feel depressed!"

Song Lizong said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think you and others have their own reasons, and no one is wrong, since this is the case, then I will not pursue your roaring early dynasty today, and at the same time, Song Ci, you came to choose the Hall of Virtue today, it should not be just to invite merit!"

When the time came, Song Ci immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister does have something to do today, but as everyone knows, there are more than 15,000 people under the minister, and they will eat nearly 20,000 catties of food every day, and they will have to pay tens of thousands of taels every month, as well as various compensation for the soldiers who died in battle, the emperor, the minister really can't afford it."

Lord Cao's sarcastic words came, "Why do I say, it turns out that Lord Song is just asking for silver and grain, but ah, these things have been distributed to Zhu Zhi'an, the main general of the border anti-gold resistance, Lord Song, you may have to run away in vain this time." ”

"That's it, Lord Song, yourself, is it important to resist gold or encircle and suppress? Besides, don't you still be able to grow your own food here? As for coming to the court, coming to the emperor!

Song Ci had an ominous premonition, this Lin'an party really ran in vain, completely in vain.

But he was not reconciled, if he went back empty-handed, what would he explain to the soldiers? Lu You directly pushed back, "Three adults, you really don't have a backache when you stand and talk, tens of thousands of troops, you still have to encircle and suppress, where does Song Ci have time to plant?" Well, even if there is, even if it is sown now, who can guarantee that the rice and wheat will ripen immediately?"

"So the emperor, the minister hopes that you can allocate food to Song Ci, even if you don't give it to the soldiers, why don't you let my Song soldiers fight against the thieves hungry?"

Song Ci looked at Song Lizong deadly, not knowing how the other party would answer, if he didn't give it, then his heart would really be cold.

In the court, there are many officials who are helping Cao Tang and Wu to talk, Song Ci only has Lu You at the moment, the two of them are lonely, like a boat in a lonely sea, if there is no Lu You, Song Ci will deal with them with the strength of one person.

Song Lizong was silent for a long time, he knew that Cao, Tang and Wu belonged to the truth, and if the thieves accepted it, he would become a big disaster in the future, but how could he convict Song Ci at this moment?

"Song Aiqing, if you had come earlier, not long ago, I had already given all the grain, grass and silver to Zhu Zhi'an on the border, and at this moment, the treasury was empty.

Song Ci was stunned, although he had already learned the facts, he was still disheartened at the moment.

His eyes were blank, and he looked at Song Lizong, who was sitting on the dragon chair above, and his heart was cold.

Isn't it gone? The entire Great Song Dynasty is just this bit of silver? That's all there is to it? A county town has millions of catties, and a corrupt official is tens of thousands of taels, or even 100,000 taels of silver. It's not wanting to give it to yourself!

Song Ci's face was colorless, he had already seen that it must be these three people who were making trouble from it, making him go home empty-handed, and today, he really ran away in vain.

At the moment, he didn't know what to do, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Lu You sighed and said: "Your Majesty, Song Ci has made great achievements for the Great Song Dynasty, why are you so...."

Cao Tang and Wu had a grim smile on their faces, but they soon disappeared, and they didn't dare to be too rampant.

Song Lizong closed his eyes and said: "Lu Aiqing, I am also forced to do so, what is the current situation in the Great Song Dynasty, don't you know, if it is all given to Song Ci, what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of troops on the border?"

"That's ..... Then you can also deduct a part of it, as long as you can ensure that Song Ci's subordinates have food to eat during the year, your majesty, you are a son, and a bowl of water should be even. ”

Song Ci was disheartened, "Your Majesty, there is only one question to ask before the minister leaves, Zhu Zhi'an is fighting against gold at the border, can you ask the emperor for medicinal materials?" Have you asked the emperor for military supplies? It's been so many years, and it's all the golden people who can't die in battle, right, doesn't the emperor never doubt it?"

Cao, Tang and Wu were about to be furious, and Song Lizong said: "Song Aiqing, I can understand that you are suspicious of me, or are you suspicious of your colleagues?" If Zhu Zhi'an doesn't resist the Jin, I'm afraid the Jin people have already gone south, and I can still have today's situation in the Great Song Dynasty?"

Song Ci shook his head, he turned around and left, and at the same time didn't think about anything, he was tired, very tired, very tired, Da Song, sooner or later he would die in the hands of these people.

"Song Ci, you don't have to worry, it's better for us..."

Song Ci didn't stop, waved his hand and said: "Lord Lu, thank you for your kindness, Song's heart is cold, don't want this food, and at the same time, Song persuaded Lord Lu to resign earlier!"

Then, his lonely figure walked out in the Xuande Hall, walked in the square, and soon disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Wu Xi scolded angrily: "This Song Ci has no courtesy at all, and the emperor has not yet retreated from the court, he has already left, which is really presumptuous."

Song Lizong waved his hand and said: "Wu Aiqing doesn't need to, it's okay to end here today, let's retreat!"

Song Ci's figure walked out of the palace alone and came to the city tower, very lonely. Ren You walked over, "My lord, this time I came to the Lin'an Palace to ask the emperor for military salary, has it failed?"

Song Ci said lonely: "It has been all transported to the border, there is nothing left, there is no cherry blossom at all, it seems that this Emperor Lizong is also provoked by others, I will wait, I will not be welcomed in the future!"

Ren Youqi's teeth itched, "This emperor Lao'er, don't you really know that we are also the army of the imperial court?" We, the soldiers, are also his people? My lord, he is excessive, we don't...

Song Ci immediately said: "You can't be nonsense, this is a crime of killing the head, if it is known, none of us will want to live, right?"

Ren You nodded, and the two were about to leave with two thousand people, when in the distance, Lu You's voice came, and he strode out of the palace and ran over.

Song Ci looked at Lu You, and fantasized in his heart whether the emperor had changed his attention, 50 million silver and 50 million grain, not much for himself, one million is enough.

Lu You strode over, came to Song Ci's side and said, "Nephew Song Xian, you don't have to worry at all, it's better to wait here, wait here for a few days, how about Lu take you into the Xuande Hall again?"