Zhao Hao had just realized the benefits of being crowded and pompous, but in a blink of an eye, he was bored. Just said that this dress, I was wearing a dress when I entered the city just now, and after entering the palace, I held a joint meeting and changed it into a public dress; And this small meeting in the inner hall is because they are all intimate and confidants, so they don't have to wear so formal, they can be casual, and then they are changed into regular clothes. But the way to wear this ancient costume is really complicated, and he can't wear it without the help of others now. After changing clothes, several dignitaries in the mansion also arrived, and after greeting each other again and giving tea to the seat, it was not until Zhao Yu was already a little impatient that he finally got to the point.

"Your Highness, the minister checked the account books last night, and the tax silver stored in the Guangzhou treasury was only more than 100,000 yuan, 20,000 horses of silk, 100 catties of aged spices, and some worthless sundries, and 50,000 stones of grain were stored in each warehouse, which was far from what we needed, and the difference could only be collected from the people to make up for the shortage." Pan Fang, the deputy envoy for transport, said first.

"Oh, I'm afraid the numbers on this book are all imaginary numbers!" Zhao Yu said with some disappointment. In this regard, he has already prepared that Guangzhou will change hands twice, who will not go to the treasury to clean up first, plus those corrupt officials and corrupt officials take advantage of the chaos to get their hands on it, if there are really these things left on the books, Zhao Yu feels that one of them should be issued a big brand of integrity.

"Your Highness Shengming, the minister thinks so too!" Pan Fang breathed a sigh of relief, he used to be in charge of the city, it was a place with abundant oil and water, and he wanted to skim some oil and water from top to bottom, but it was inevitable that there would be a deficit, and the account and the real thing did not match. If His Highness asks him to take out things according to the account, he doesn't know where to find them. I was thinking about how to explain, but I didn't expect His Highness to be clear about this.

"When the king heard that the Lu thieves had withdrawn, he had levied a lot of grain. But he was in a hurry and couldn't take them all away, so the Liang thief then sent troops to escort them to the camp. And we arrived suddenly, and the Liang thief fled in a hurry. That grain and grass should still be there, have you found it? Zhao Yu thought for a while and asked.

"This is strange, as far as the Sprinkle family knows, the Tartars have always gone in and out to drink only horse milk, or slaughter sheep for food, and hunt and shoot wild animals along the way to supplement the army's rations. After the invasion, because of the food to the enemy, they will not carry a large amount of grain and grass with the army. Your Highness misheard, right? Zhao Mengjin interjected.

"You only know one thing but you don't know the other, now the enemy army is not only the Mongols, Jurchens, Khitans, Dangxiang and other nomadic hunters who make a living, they have surrendered and incorporated into the army after destroying the Jin and the southern invasion. Han Chinese make up the majority. The army of the Lu thieves is composed of our army, and they can't learn to march and fight without food like the Mongols. Zhao Yu said with a smile.

"Yes, what His Highness said is very true, the Sprinkle family is lonely and unheard." Zhao Mengjin also understood when he heard it. Said with an embarrassed smile.

"Your Highness. The minister knew about this, and the grain and grass collected by the Lu thief were transported to the Shimen camp by water. Due to the rain for several days, the road out of Dayuguan was difficult to travel, and only five days of grain and grass were carried, and most of them still existed in the Shimen camp. After the minister led his troops to seize the stone gate, he has sent troops to guard it, and it is estimated that there are more than 100,000 stone rice in the store. At this time, Jiang Xuan got up and said. However, he was also very puzzled, not many people knew about this matter. And how did His Highness know that he had just disembarked, and he was going to give it as a greeting gift. It seems that I can't hide it, so I just say it first, so as not to be passive.

"That's right, but it can only last for a while." Zhao Yu nodded and didn't ask much.

"Your Highness, we can collect taxes in advance and ask the people to pay food to make up for the shortfall." Cai Wanyi suggested.

"You can't do it!" Before Zhao Yu could express his position, Gao Yingsong objected, "The imperial court has made Zhang Zhensun the envoy of the Guangnan East Road and concurrently served as the pacification envoy of the Jingluo, Wang Daofu's military department and the Guangdong Road transfer judge, and Ling Zhen was the commander of the capital, conspiring to recover the Guangdong South Road." Our attack on Canton has exceeded our authority, and if we collect taxes here in the name of the guest army, we will also give people a handle. ”

"What the high punishment says is extremely true, taxes come from the people. However, Guangzhou was repeatedly subjected to war, and the imperial court repeatedly requisitioned grain and grass, and the local government had to increase taxes, and the people had already suffered from it, and their families had no money to afford anymore. Moreover, the spring ploughing has just ended, and the summer grain has not yet been harvested, so we are afraid that we will fall into a desperate situation if we impose a grain tax! Pan also strongly opposed the imposition of a local grain tax.

Zhao Yu looked at everyone and thought that no one was silent, he came to Guangzhou to seek wealth, and now he has not seized much, and it is taboo to collect it on the spot. And when everyone heard the opposition, no one said a word, and it seemed that they were acquiescing, seeing that these two roads would not work. If he uses his own strength, he doesn't care about the court's bidding, and he can't miss a pound of meat if he scolds him, what I'm afraid is that these old guys will have to play with him.

What worries Zhao even more is that once a group of people in Guangdong get the news to ask him for land, it is really difficult to refuse; In addition, as far as he knew, the fleet of the imperial court was not far from the sea of Guangdong, and they were all hungry and red-eyed, and it would not take long for them to know about Guangzhou, and they would have to pay tribute. But now that he is allowed to cross Baoshan without entering, he has to catch up with something, Zhao Yu is not reconciled no matter how he thinks, and he must find a way to solve the problem quickly and reasonably.

"No matter what happens to you, anyway, there are only two days of food and grass left in the army, and when there is no food, I will let them go to your various yamen to eat; If you don't sprinkle your family, you won't do anything......" Zhao Mengjin listened to them for a long time, but it was difficult to solve the problem of food and salary, and said angrily.

"Zhao Dutong said cautiously, my Shuaifu army is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, how can you be so presumptuous, if you do such a thing, this official knife is not a vegetarian." Ying Jieyan got up and pointed at Zhao Mengjin and said solemnly.

"My lord, sprinkle the family...... The Sprinkle family just talked, and didn't do it. The old man was angry and it was quite scary, Zhao Mengjin shrunk his neck and said, but he was not convinced, "It's true that the adult army is about to run out of food, and it's not bad that the salary will be paid again, but you want to be a **** and set up a memorial arch, where does this money and food come from?" ”

"Presumptuous, how can your Highness be so rude in front of you, aren't you discussing how to raise it?" Ying Jieyan glared again.

"Isn't the Sprinkle family in a hurry?" Zhao Mengjin glanced at Ying Jieyan and lowered his head and snorted, obviously still unconvinced, you don't have the ability to get money and say anything in vain. The people no longer paid attention to this reckless man, and gathered together to discuss again, some said that they could borrow money from the local powerful merchants, some said that they could make peace from the people in the name of the marshal's mansion, and some said that they could increase the proportion of maritime merchants to obtain wealth, and so on.

"Can I ask you a question?" Zhao Yu listened to them discussing together, as if he had forgotten about his protagonist, he coughed lightly twice and said...... (To be continued.) )