The next day, Xiahoulan came to General Wei's mansion early in the morning to meet Zhao Yun.

Even the imperial palace is a simple version of the period, and the palace of General Wei is also an ordinary and powerful courtyard, with strong walls, arrow towers, and door pavilions, but there are twelve halberds in front of the door pavilion.

Different Guan Yu has tiger guards in and out, and the twelve halberds here in Zhao Yun are just ordinary sergeants who take turns on duty, not compared to tiger ben.

Xia Houlan was waiting in the courtyard on the side, and when she heard the footsteps, she thought that Zhao Yun had come to see her, so she turned her head to look, not wanting to see her old acquaintance, Dong Hui, who had been with the Dianjun for two years, that is, the current Nanyang County Lieutenant.

Dong Hui was transferred to the county lieutenant, which was obviously reduced by half a level; But Nanyang County is extraordinary, and it can also be understood as a level; If you consider Shang Dong Hui's return to Beifu, it will be difficult to assess.

Seeing Xia Houlan, Dong Hui hurriedly stepped forward to salute, in a happy mood.

In general, Dong Hui is still running fast, when the high-level division of the military system, the middle-level Xiahoulan was dismantled, and there were seven battalions of the Liao Army under his command, five battalions were assigned to Zhao Yun by Tian Xin to be included in the guards, and two battalions participated in the southern expedition as Xiahoulan's personal battalion.

Xiahoulan's treatment is guaranteed, if Dong Hui still stays with Xiahoulan, I'm afraid there won't be anything good to go.

Bad luck staying in the Crusade sequence...... Probably this time he will be burned alive.

Although Dong Hui was not happy about the defeat of the Eastern Crusade, he was definitely happy.

Sitting in the same room with Xia Houlan, as a former subordinate and partner, the initiative to talk was in Xia Houlan's hands, and asked: "Xiu Xu is not in Nanyang to govern, why are you here?" ”

"I'm here for business."

Dong Hui paused for a moment as if hesitating, but continued: "Zhao Junhou has dismissed more than 300 soldiers from Nanyang Guanfu, and this is to bring back these officials and make additions. ”

Xia Houlan's eyes were sharp, and Dong Hui unconsciously said: "The government soldiers are slack in the assessment, and they are unwilling to serve. Nowadays, there are four military systems in the imperial court, and the treatment is different, which needs to be clarified urgently. ”

In this regard, Xiahou Lan bowed slightly, and asked: "Hugh Xu wants to be a county soldier and serve as a guard?" ”

"Yes, the rules of the Guards are also true."

Dong Hui said with a long sigh: "As usual, the twenty battalions of soldiers in Beifu should not be cut, and the soldiers of each county should be filled, and the old system of the Han family is also." Twenty battalions of government soldiers, more than 700 miles from Nanyang to Jiangdu, each four battalions, there is already a shortage of supply, and the government soldiers are tired of running. ”

"Running out of supply?" Xia Houlan frowned and asked, "How can the supply of several battalions of soldiers and horses in the guard army be insufficient?" ”

The budgets of each army are divided and understood, and although the Duliao Army is scattered, the establishment of the seven battalions is still there, and the budget of the battalion is there.

Jingxiang materials are mainly in the hands of the county guards, Liao Li, Ma Liang, Li Yan, and Guan Yu, and the supply relationship is clear, how can the supply be insufficient?

Dong Hui saw that Xiahou Lanhu didn't seem to be a fake, so he could only answer with a wry smile: "There are many reasons, there are two main reasons, one is that the secretary and the palace moved into Jiangdu, and the monthly money and food are not shallow, and the money and grain in Yizhou have not been transferred, so the military resources are tight; Secondly, the crown prince expanded the Beigong guards, Nangong guards, Donggong guards, and the hook shield order, all of the above, and cut off more than 3,000 people from the guards. ”

This is the palace guard, the Great Internal Forbidden Army, and it is not the same system as the guard; Relatively speaking, the salary is definitely higher than that of the guards, and it is also necessary to give priority to ensuring the supply and supply of the palace guards.

Military supplies are in short supply...... The wealth of the ministers and hundreds of officials is related to the system and face of the court, so it is natural that they should give priority to supply.

After the defeat of the Eastern Crusade, a part of the family pension should be given priority, and funeral expenses should also be paid.

Dong Hui didn't say this, the defeat of the Eastern Crusade is a sensitive topic, it's okay to talk about it at home, how can you talk about it in the place of the government?

In general, Tian Xin set up a cemetery in the Bing Temple, which saved too much expenditure financially.

The problem is also here, the cemetery in Wudang Mountain has too many symbolic meanings, and it is better to spend money than to be buried separately, and it cannot continue to expand the scale and influence of Wudang Cemetery.

Otherwise, the fallen soldiers are buried in Wudang Cemetery, and their children are enlisted in the army, and these soldiers often go to Wudang Cemetery to pay tribute to their fathers and brothers.

Now that the things that cost money are colliding together, military funds must be tight!

In terms of the military system of the government soldiers in Beifu, when they served in Fanshang, they ate the rice grain they brought over; It is the same to serve in Jiangdu, they take turns to serve in Jiangdu in battalion units, and they will also bring rations during their service, or directly carry food stamps and withdraw them in Jiangdu.

As a benefit, soldiers serving in the Guards will receive an extra piece of cloth for their uniforms.

But now the number of cloth in private circulation is increasing day by day, and there is no shortage of cloth for making clothes in the family of the soldiers, and the market value of the cloth has decreased and stabilized, and there are not too many things in exchange.

And as they are on duty in the guards, their status as government soldiers will also be cancelled one after another, and when the treatment of government soldiers is completely abolished and their families need to pay taxes, they will be incorporated into the county soldiers and serve as guards with the county soldiers...... At this time, you don't need to bring your own rations, you can get military salaries and eat imperial food.

That's where the problem comes in...... The dignified Han court, there is no rice.

The failure of the Eastern Crusade made the high-speed war machine suddenly stuck, and the internal gears and shafts must have collapsed!

Xia Houlan didn't ask in detail, the problem was already very serious.

Of the twenty battalions of government soldiers ceded to the guards in Beifu, only four battalions served at any time, which was only 3,000 people; This time, Zhao Yun eliminated more than 300 people, and when he heard Dong Hui, he meant that these 300 people deliberately did not meet the standards during the assessment, which was one-tenth of the amount.

It may be that more than 300 people are dismissed, not only these 300 people dare to release water, but too many people release water together, but Zhao Yun only has more than 300 indicators here.

As a general who also served as the county guard of Xiangyang, Xia Houlan knew very well what was going on with the transfer of materials, and also knew the operation system of the Beifu grain stamp system.

There is enough food on the market to eat, but there is a shortage, and there are problems that Dong Hui dare not say...... This means that something more serious has happened.

What's going on?

Xiahou Lan stared at Dong Hui, and then asked, "Why are the soldiers disappointed?" ”

"This ...... I really don't know where to start. ”

Dong Hui coughed lightly, glanced at it in a little embarrassment, and saw that there were no outsiders in this small courtyard for the time being, so he lowered his voice and said: "The military funds of each county are exclusively for each battalion, and they are collected by special personnel, and they can be interrogated by non-Jiangdu and the imperial court." When the imperial court moved, it cost nearly 50,000 stone per month, and the palace branch was about 20,000 stone. Jiangdu's treasury is not full, and it has to transfer military funds, which is really stretched. ”

"Then some people advocated the transfer of Yizhou rice, first issue Yizhou grain stamps, and then exchange the grain stamps for Yizhou rice."

"The plan is good, but many officials, relatives, and servants have moved into Jiangdu together, and there is really no rice to cook, and the food stamps are not hungry. It just so happened that the four battalions of Beifu took turns to be on duty, carrying 5,000 stone food stamps. ”

Facing Xiahou Lan's sharp gaze, Dong Hui sneered: "I don't know what the imperial court thinks, but I exchanged 6,000 stone Yizhou grain stamps for 4,000 stone Beifu food stamps." I didn't want to lose the Eastern Crusade, and the families of the officials were in urgent need of pensions, and the newly transported Yizhou rice had 80,000 stones. The imperial court and the palace were reluctant to support it, and they were even more unable to compensate for it, and the guards of the four battalions of the Beifu were disappointed. ”

Jiangdu Yin Li Yan must still have emergency military rations in his hands, which is to ensure the materials of the front-line army, and it is also the ration guarantee for the sergeant households in the city; The counties also have it, and these are military funds.

Now that the grain is tight, Li Yan refuses to take out the emergency military rations in the treasury, who is willing to guard the counties?

Xia Houlan only felt incredible, and understood how difficult Sun Quan and Cao Pi's life had been over the years.

The defeat is not only as simple as the death of people and the loss of Ding Zhuang's population, but also the chain reaction caused by it is huge.

These two people can maintain internal stability, which is already very powerful.

However, the root cause of the problem was that the Han army's war machine was running too fast, and the counties had almost no three-year accumulation, and this year there was a drought, which led to a food shortage.

This kind of food shortage is not a lack of grain, but a lack of mobile food, a lack of food for the hundreds of officials of the imperial court, their families, and servants.

The food expenditure of this group of people was not included in the war budget, even the food needed for the bereavement of the officials, and the food burned after the defeat...... None of them are in the budget for the war.

The food gap has already arisen, and it can only be filled by Yizhou.

In this case, can the battle between South and China still be launched?

Xia Houlan sighed with a look of understanding and relief, and couldn't say anything.

Dong Hui's face has a look of kinship, now the food shortage, fortunately, it has not yet affected the army and scholars, otherwise no one will be able to do anything when the time comes.

But now this kind of food shortage, the scholars are dissatisfied, and there are already many bad signs.

In particular, Shihu is the main resident of Jiangdu, and they lack a good impression of the relocated court and palace, and conflicts with bad effects may occur at any time.