In the barracks, Sun Tu, who was majestic and feared by everyone, ran into walls one after another in the officialdom of the capital, and became a ball that was constantly kicked around.

In the past three days, Sun Tu traveled to the yamen of the front division of the palace, the military department, the household department, and the transfer department, hoping to solve the shortage of food and salary for the Huben army as soon as possible. But as a result, the officials of these yamen have started to play pure tai chi, and constantly shirk the relevant responsibilities, causing him to walk around, but the result is that he has not gained anything at all, and he is not even sure where the money and food that should have been in the army have gone in the past few years.

In fact, Sun Tu also expected this result, after all, he wanted to take a share of the benefits from the mouths of relevant interest groups that they had already devoured, and it was reasonable to be perfunctory. But in his imagination, as long as he really makes his attitude clear, it will inevitably make people feel uneasy, even if he can't give a satisfactory explanation, the relevant money and food can always be allocated as soon as possible, after all, it is only a shortage of thousands of soldiers and horses for two years, compared to what they are greedy for, but a drop in the bucket, and those who are heavy can always be divided.

Indeed, don't look at the annual military rations and salaries of the soldiers of the forbidden army is already the highest among all the officers and soldiers, but in fact, the expenses of the Great Song Dynasty are not too high, especially when there is only one army of the Tiger Army, this situation is even more inconspicuous, and it is not enough to send a trip to the Birthday Gang. If Sun Tu hadn't worried that he would be impeached, he would have been able to make up for the money himself.

But it's just such a small matter of money and food, Sun Tu, a Yue Hou who is now famous in the capital, failed to get things done, which made him lose face. It wasn't until he talked to Di Yingyang about this matter that he knew that he had really thought about things simply, after all, the capital was different from Shandong Jiangnan, some things were small, but they were very widely implicated, and they really affected the whole body.

Di Yingyang, who has been practicing with him in the army for four or five days, is much darker and thinner than before, but his spirit is very good, even when he sits opposite Sun Tu and drinks tea, his body is upright and straight, obviously he has developed a habit in the camp.

"San Lang, the training method you have implemented in my Tiger Army has indeed been effective, and in just a few days, the appearance of the brothers has been very different. No wonder you can train an elite army that has almost won every battle in just a few years, if you can promote this method among the officials and troops of our Great Song Dynasty, you will definitely be able to greatly promote the prestige of my Great Song Dynasty. At this time, Di Yingyang admired Sun Tu more and more, and after taking a sip of tea, he praised him for a while.

Sun Tu smiled casually: "Brother Jiu praised it falsely, it's just some training trails, the most important thing is to make the soldiers believe in me and obey my orders." And for now, it's still not easy to do that, at least now I'm getting more and more bottomless. After a pause, he told him about the situation he had encountered in the past few days.

After Di Yingyang heard his words, he also frowned deeply: "It turns out that you didn't actually negotiate things with the relevant yamen and promised everyone that they would make up the money and food?" That's a bit tricky. San Lang, you don't know, this matter doesn't look big, but the water is extremely deep, and it's not easy to deal with. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Di Yingyang thought for a moment and said: "It seems that San Lang should have been in the army for many years, and you are a little unfamiliar with things in the officialdom. Those officials have a lot of flowers and intestines, and they think much farther than us martial artists, don't look at it as a trivial matter of just 100,000 yuan of money and food, it seems that as long as they leak some from their fingers, they can make up for what we lack. But in fact, it's not that simple at all. If they do this, it means admitting that they were indeed greedy for military rations before, and at that time, even if we don't trouble them, those crows in the Imperial Historical Observatory will be moved by the wind and participate in them fiercely. ”

Sun Tu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then he realized that he was indeed thinking about things too simply, as Di Yingyang said, after being in the army for a long time, he has been used to solving problems directly, and he can't take a closer look at things.

And Di Yingyang's words are not finished: "This is just one layer, and more importantly, as soon as this end is opened, I am afraid that more people will ask for military rations and silver under the same pretext." If my expectations are correct, in fact, except for the Fourth Army, all the other armies of the Beijing Forbidden Army have been more or less deducted from arrears of money and food, so the number is extremely huge, and no yamen can afford it, let alone the corruption charges attached to it. If they really open the door for our Tiger Army, the rest of the matter will only be more difficult, so they will never give you face, even if they know that you are not an easy person to deal with. ”

After a few words, he finally got all the questions thorough, which also made Sun Tu's face more and more gloomy: "In this way, it is almost impossible to get back money and food through formal channels?" ”

Di Yingyang nodded, and then said worriedly: "San Lang, don't do anything impulsively, after all, this is the capital, it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, once there is really a mess, no one can bear it." ”

"Don't worry, I'm also a family now, so naturally it's impossible to come nonsense. But since they really don't want to give me any face, I should also pay a tribute or two in return, and let them suffer some hardships. The Transit Department and the Household Department, since they are so fat, there will naturally be a lot of loopholes for me to catch! ”

Di Yingyang is actually not a peaceful master, he just casually persuaded him, but now when he heard this, he suddenly became interested: "San Lang, what do you want to do, it's better to say it, and I can calculate it with you." ”

"No need, it's better not to get involved in this matter, Brother Jiu, then even if something really goes wrong, it won't even affect your Di family." Sun Tu shook his head. Then he coughed dryly: "Tomorrow, I will go to the front of the palace again to see what kind of attitude Gao Yu has towards him, if he continues to be perfunctory, he will be able to pit him!" As he spoke, a glint flashed in his eyes, as long as he was familiar with him, he knew that Sun Tu was going to do something big again.

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Early the next morning, Sun Tu came to the front of the palace again, this was the third time he had been here in a few days, and even the guards in front of the door were completely familiar with him, and they didn't need to check the token or anything, they had already saluted and let him in.

Sun Tu didn't hesitate, and went to the main hall again to see Gao Yu, at this time Gao Yu had just arrived at the yamen, and when he heard that Sun Tu was asking to see him, he only let people pass him to him with a sneer: "Qianli, you came just in time, and the official is looking for you." ”

"Huh?" Sun Tu was stunned for a moment, but still asked, "I don't know what the Taiwei commands?" ”

"You, you are too reckless, you actually killed people indiscriminately as soon as you arrived at the Tiger Army, and you also hung people's heads in front of the barracks, and now they are all known all over the city. Just yesterday, the wife and children of the person who was killed went to Kaifeng Mansion to beat drums and voice grievances, which was a matter of human life, and Kaifeng Mansion did not dare to hide it, so they came to see the official again, hoping that the official could properly deal with it. Originally, if this matter was only in the army, the official could still help you cover up the past, but you acted too casually, and it actually made such a fuss, and even many people in the Imperial History Observatory came to the table for impeachment, I am afraid that even Your Majesty will know about this matter at this time. Therefore, you can only go to Kaifeng Mansion to reply to this matter, even if the official can't protect you! ”

After saying this, Gao Yu glanced at Sun Tu rather covertly, wanting to see how he would react after hearing that he was so troublesome. But Sun Tu made him a little disappointed, he didn't show any panic at all, he was only slightly stunned for a moment, and then he lowered his head and hugged his fists: "It's too Meng Lang to do things in a humble position, but it makes Taiwei bother." The lower official went to Kaifeng Mansion to explain the matter, and never embarrassed the Taiwei. ”

Gao Yu looked at him in disappointment and surprise for a moment, and then nodded: "In this case, you go." But don't worry, you are Yan Ziliang's boss after all, and the rules in the army stipulate that as long as he makes a mistake, he will be punished, and this official will also say something for you when the time comes. ”

"Thank you, Captain." Sun Tu hugged his fist again, and then mentioned his intention: "But the things in the hands of the lower officials are really difficult to do, if the shortage of money and food is not in place, the brothers below are afraid that they will not work hard to practice, I also went to the transfer department of the Ministry of Household and other yamen, but they always pass the buck to each other, I don't know ...... Taiwei."

"Qianli, this matter is not small, even the official is not easy to interfere with. In fact, if you have patience, this matter will not be difficult to solve, just wait for the next year's money and food, I will go to them and tell them to make up the money and food, how about it? Gao Yu's answer can be described as leaky, but it is no different from the resignation, and when it comes to next year, it will really be cold for Sun Tu.

In this regard, Sun Tu was not surprised, Gao Yu's reaction had long been expected by him. As if he smiled helplessly, Sun Tu said softly: "Even if this is the case, then the lower official has nothing to say." But this shouldn't have anything to do with my temple's boss, right? ”

What does he mean by this, what does he want to do? Gao Yu seemed to have caught something, but he was a little uncertain for a while, so he could only nod his head: "The allocation of military rations and salaries is a matter of the household department, and it has nothing to do with the front division of my palace." ”

"That's good, the next official will retire." Sun Tu saluted again, and then retreated so easily.

Looking at the back of Sun Tu leaving, the uneasy emotions in Gao Yu's heart became more and more intense, this guy acted without scruples, he had done a lot of earth-shattering things in Jiangnan in Shandong Province before, didn't he really want to make something big in Tokyo City?

At this moment, Gao Yu had a sense of wanting to call people back. But then when he thought of Sun Tu's trouble at this time, if he made a big fuss, maybe he would be able to kill himself, so he didn't make a sound.