During the turmoil, everything was simple, but Zhao Yu still ordered people to do three days of ritual to overtake the soul, and he insisted on going to guard the soul with everyone every day. Finally survived until the end of the festival, Zhao Hao did not feel a little relaxed, the current primary problem is that the problem of eating thousands of people makes him feel a lot of pressure, this pressure seems to be increasing, but he can't complain about others, he is all causing 'trouble'.

Cai Wanyi and his group asked to return to the team, they were both volunteers who were escorting in Quanzhou, Zhao Hao had no way to refuse, so he could only agree to let them come to the house to squeeze in. What is incomprehensible is that Quanzhou Yiyong, who followed the emperor all the way, only participated in the festival at first, but I don't know whether he felt that the villagers in his hometown had a sense of security together, or he felt the personality charm of His Royal Highness King Wei, and after the festival ended, he also gave up the 'preferential treatment' of accompanying the driver and refused to leave. The other group of people who stayed in the house were the uninvited guests who came when they were drinking.

Regarding the situation of these children, Zhao Yu knew through the plight of the Quanzhou volunteers that what they said was true. As far as he knew, the Song Dynasty adopted a conscription system, which meant that all soldiers were professional soldiers, and once they joined the army, they had to be soldiers. At the same time, they are also human beings, with families, wives and children, so it is stipulated that military dependents can live in the barracks and rely on military salaries to maintain their lives.

In the course of the successive campaigns, especially after the retreat from Fuzhou, the troops experienced many fierce battles, and the troops suffered heavy casualties, and more than 200 warships sank on the way to evacuate Quanzhou, and it is conceivable how many soldiers were lost. Of course, the imperial court also has a pension for the generals who died in battle, and in addition to the reward, it will also be provided to the families according to the half-cut military salary of the victims. But if there is a big chaos today, the court is in financial difficulties, there will inevitably be a choice in supply, and the volunteers are still short of food and clothing, these bereaved families are naturally rare to eat, but they have nowhere to go, they can only follow the court to wander around, begging for food everywhere, especially those children whose parents are dead are the most miserable.

Zhao Hao, who knew the situation well, originally planned to lock them up for a few days and let them go when people had forgotten about it. Therefore, although all the children who 'slandered' the court were supervised, they were not treated harshly, but provided with shelter and food. But these children didn't know about Entu, and when they let them go, no one would leave, and they still walked around the palace every day, and everyone couldn't watch a group of children starve to death and freeze to death, so they acquiesced in their existence.

But what happened later was something that Zhao Yu and everyone did not expect, and I don't know who spread the news that the palace 'took in' the orphans in the army, so that people would come to defect every day, and nearly 1,000 family members of the army had arrived here in a few days. Zhao Yu was not a hard-hearted person, watching a group of poor orphans and widows ignore it, they can only take them in and provide them with a temporary shelter, and the consequence of this is that food and housing are tight, and Shengsheng has turned a clean and elegant manor into a refugee camp......

"Your Highness, since the end of last year, the northern Guangdong states have surrendered to the Tartars, and the towns of Xunzhou, Meizhou and other Guangdong roads have also fallen one after another. The enemy chieftain Ali Hague led his army to conquer Jingjiang Province and Yongzhou successively. Governor Chen Wenlong was defeated and executed, and Wen Shu's envoy was not good, the legend is that Tingguan has been lost, and now although the imperial court has issued an edict to requisition grain and grass, there are few local responders, and his subordinates have not gained much from buying with heavy money. Zhuang Shilin, who was in charge of procurement affairs in the house, said.

"Well, is there any food allocated by the imperial court?" After breakfast, everyone in the house was discussing in the side hall, and now the main topic is to solve the problem of eating, Zhao Yu listened to Zhuang Shilin's words and understood: Now the enemy's offensive is tight, the southeast defense line has collapsed on the whole line, the territory that the imperial court can control is getting smaller and smaller, and the supply of materials is even tighter.

"Your Highness, allocate some money, but there is no food, let us buy it ourselves." Zhuang Shilin replied with a wry smile.

"Oh?! It's better than nothing. Zhao Yu was first shocked and then sighed, now it is difficult to buy food with money, and it is useful to allocate money, but it is better to have money than nothing.

"Your Highness, the imperial court calls us righteous and brave, and only allocates money for rations and pickles according to the old practice, and gives a pass coupon (a certificate for the army to pay food in other places). Even so, it was not paid in imaginary amounts, and more than half of the shortfall was not included, and the surviving family members who were temporarily residing in the prefecture were not included. Zhuang Shilin saw that His Royal Highness was quite content, and explained.

"Huh!" Zhao Yu listened to it, according to the Song Dynasty military system, the volunteers were subordinate to the township soldiers, similar to the modern militia, they were not paid, and they only subsidized some food expenses during the recruitment and review, so he also admitted it. The number of people can not be counted; Second, the current price of goods is not considered; The three give the ticket like wiping the buttocks, which has to make people suspect that the imperial court is deliberately trying to dismantle its own platform.

"Your Highness, don't worry, it has always been like this in other armies, but you have to use some means to ......" Zhao Mengjin saw His Highness's helplessness smiling, knowing that he understood, and offered a strategy.

"Bribes, empty salaries?" Before he finished speaking, Zhao Hao understood that in the previous life, subcontractors often used this way of falsely reporting budgets and bribing supervisors to arbitrage funds to increase profits, which may be somewhat different from the present, but the practice is definitely similar.

"This ......" This time it was Zhao Mengjin's turn, he blushed and smiled embarrassedly, but he was surprised in his heart, he didn't expect His Highness to even do such a trick Yemen Qing'er.

"Your Highness, although this method can solve a momentary emergency, it is not the right way and must not be used." Cai Wanyi bowed his hand and said, of course he knew the disadvantages very well, and he hated it deeply, and he stayed in the mansion to see the new atmosphere here. But no matter how smart His Highness is, he is still a child, and his mind is not complete, and he is worried that he will go down the evil path because he is anxious, so he quickly spoke out to stop it.

"With you saying, the Sprinkle family doesn't know the drawbacks, but now what is the way, you have a good idea, everyone can't starve to death!" Although he knew that he had a bad idea, but he was exposed by others in person, Zhao Mengjin couldn't help but be annoyed, waiting for his eyes to shout, of course he didn't dare to say to His Highness, so he could only spill his anger on Cai Wanyi.

"Even if you starve to death, you can't start this evil, and this official is willing to donate all his salary and rice to eat with the army." Cai Wanyi snorted coldly and retorted, he is a regular national civil servant with an establishment, so he can naturally be paid in full.

"Could it be that the Sprinkle family will be stingy with that little bit of rice? Take it with you. Zhao Mengjin also jumped up and said, but he suddenly remembered that he was still a deserter, where was the salary, and his momentum couldn't help but weaken.

"Don't quarrel with the two, Your Highness has already used the money and food provided by the court to help everyone." Listening to the quarrel between the two of them, Wang De, who was standing beside His Highness, sneered and reminded them, of course, the effect was immediate, they immediately stopped squeaking, and felt even more shameless.

"Your Highness, since the palace is also in difficulty, why don't you also dismiss some people and reduce some expenses." Cai Wanyi thought for a while and said.

"No!" Zhao Hao refused without hesitation, he knew that Zhao Mengjin meant to abandon those sick and weak young children in the house, but in the previous life, a stray dog would be taken in by himself, not to mention hundreds of young lives, once the army evacuated, these lonely and helpless children would be abandoned here, how could they live in today's troubled times. And he knew that although some people regarded money as dung, there were too few saints like that, and once his house ran out of food, he was afraid that he would be scattered immediately, but he still took in these people in such a difficult time, not only to save these children, but also to go to the hearts of everyone in the house, and show that he was in the same boat with everyone, so he needed to do this both morally and in terms of the situation.

"The court also has difficulties, the main thing is that we have to rely on our own fundraising, even if we spend more money, we have to do it, and we are willing to donate the rest of the family's wealth for the daily use of the house, and solve the urgent need a little, and it will be better to get through this difficulty." Cai Wanyi bowed deeply, he had seen that His Royal Highness could not bear to abandon those orphans, and he also understood that he was able to preside over the festival this time, not because he was favored by His Highness, but more because he was the highest grade among the people in the palace, and his status in His Highness's mind may not be as good as the profiteer who was responsible for purchasing. But he is not a person who is willing to live under the people, and he can take the opportunity to gain the trust of His Highness and consolidate his position in the palace.

"His Royal Highness is kind-hearted and sympathetic to loneliness, which is a move to share the worries of the court, and he is willing to give the court's favor!" Although Huang Xianyao has never been an official, he is a second-generation official, and his knowledge is naturally different from others. He knew that his father's death in the war meant that the backer had fallen, and the family could not go back, so he could only rely on himself in the future. The emperor's thighs are too thick to hold himself. It's not bad to retreat and ask for a second, it's not bad to be able to meet the prince, and now that I have the opportunity, of course, I don't want to let people behind, but I also take the opportunity to show my heart, but I'm worried that the prince can't understand his hard work.

"Your Highness, your subordinates eat and live in the mansion, and it's useless to keep the money, so let's return it to the mansion together!" Zheng Huchen, who had been silent, also stood up and said at this time.

"Hmph, it's useless if you can't buy food if you have money, and you can't buy wine and meat here, it's useless to keep the money for the family, so let's put it in the house for sharing!" Zhao Mengjin looked at Cai Wanyi and snorted coldly, "Damn, it must be those little cubs who are making trouble again, I'll discipline them." Suddenly there was a commotion outside, and he cursed and walked out.

"Children are just naughty, you don't hit too hard!" Cai Wanyi looked at his menacing appearance, thought that he was still angry, and shouted as he looked at his back.

"I want you to have a lot of things, and the Sprinkle family knows!" Zhao Mengjin replied without replying.

"Huh!" Zhao Hao smiled, in fact, he also saw that Zhao Mengjin was cold and warm-hearted to those children, and as a leading general, how could he not know the importance of placing military orphans to stabilize the morale of the army, "Except for Zhuang Yuan, the belly of the upper and lower parts of the house has been handed over to you, but it will be more difficult." ”

"Your Highness rest assured, your subordinates will do their best to raise food." Zhuang Shilin seemed to have forgotten His Royal Highness's instructions and was not allowed to call himself a subordinate in front of outsiders, so he gave a salute.

"Your Highness, there are still some newcomers in the house who need to be settled, so I will go first!" Cai Wanyi also gave a salute.

"It's good!" Watching everyone disperse, Zhao Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head, now the two groups of people began to fight openly and secretly in front of him, looking like they were competing for favor, but if you think about it carefully, don't you also hope that you can take them in......