Wu Mingxiao's eyes narrowed, but frankly speaking, he was not only happy with this victory, but also proud of his good use of his knowledge. Liu Anbang suggested that he use Wei Qing and Bai Buxin, and he accepted the suggestion, and as a result, he won an inspiring victory.

He glanced at Liu Anbang, who was standing beside him. Liu Anbang's face was also full of smiles, but his mouth only said congratulatory words such as "Congratulations to General Bai Shen and Centurion Wei", and none of them showed that he made this suggestion.

Wu Ming secretly decided that he had the opportunity to find a way to reward Liu Anbang. At least this person knows how to cooperate with his boss.

Wei Qing naturally didn't know the twists and turns in between, but he was also very proud. Bai Buxin first offered Zhang Sande, and Wu Ming was very happy, so he instructed Bai Buxin to be responsible for interrogating Zhang Sande. Then Wei Qing presented the spoils, and in the face of Wu Ming and Liu Anbang's praise, he didn't say anything, and when the two were finished, Wei Qing said: "General Wu, General Liu, the last general has a plan, so that the Jin army will not harass our grain road again." ”

"Speak quickly!" Wu Ming was overjoyed.

"This plan is very simple: increase the number of carts transporting grain and grass by three to five times, each cart is made of a wooden frame to form a support, which is smaller than the cart transporting grain, and the outside is covered with grain and straw bags, if it is not necessary, it is possible to transport grain directly, if necessary, hide the soldiers in the support, and the outside is grain and grass, once the Jin army attacks, we can fight the ambush of the Jin army on the spot. When transporting grain, there are either hidden ambushes, or no ambushes, false and real, true and false, so that the Jin army does not know which time we transported grain with ambush soldiers, and which time there were no ambushes. ”

Wu Ming slapped excitedly: "Sure enough!" Captain Wei's plan can be regarded as completely untying the knot in Ben Shuai's heart! ”

"The last general also has a knot that he wants to ask General Wu to solve." Wei Qing answered immediately.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Wu Ming can be said to be like the Great Wall to Wei Qing at this time, if it is not for the difference in status between the two, it is not an exaggeration to say that Wu Ming is grateful to Wei Qing.

Wei Qing pointed to the grain cart: "General, these twenty carts of grain, after deducting sand, stones, and leaves, and then deducting the hundred catties of grain bags containing only seventy or eighty catties, and then deducting those old rice, what can actually be eaten is only eleven or twelve carts!" The same is true of the ten carts of grass, I heard that the forage transported last time, the groom was negligent for a moment and did not clean the rotten grass, and even the general, your horse has eaten diarrhea! With such food and grass, how can our army's combat effectiveness be improved? If this continues, we will no longer be able to fight without the Jin army coming to fight! ”

The laughter and laughter disappeared all at once, and everyone was silent. In the distance, however, the cheerful laughter of the soldiers was heard.

Wu Ming's face darkened.

He didn't expect Wei Qing to mention it. In fact, this is a secret that everyone knows, and everyone knows that the root of this matter lies in the Ministry of War, and it is not something that any general, even a high-level general like Wu Ming, can change. If you insist on going your own way, you must want to change it, and in the end, it must be an order from the Ministry of War to change your position.

It's not that Wu Ming isn't angry about this, but he can't do anything about it. But now that Wei Qing has proposed it in public, he can't pretend not to hear it.

He smiled and said to Wei Qing: "It's nothing, according to your plan, we have to increase the number of vehicles transporting grain and grass by three to five times, then we just need to transport more grain each time, transport it a few more times, and tell the guys and grooms to be careful." ”

Wei Qing had no choice but to remain silent. In fact, Wu Ming's method is really the best solution, at least it is certain that this method will definitely be supported by the grain road officer, the more grain is needed, the more opportunities he has to make money, if he forcibly asks the grain road officer to improve the quality of grain and grass, in the end it will be fruitless.

"Wei Qing, you defeated the Jin Army today, captured valuable prisoners, and proposed a good way to solve the problem of the Jin Army's harassment of our grain road, it is really a rare talent, this commander will definitely promote you in the future, you go back and have a good rest." Wu Ming knew that Wei Qing was dissatisfied, but he had no choice, so he had to comfort him.

Wei Qing saluted Wu Ming and Liu Anbang, said "General Xie lifts", and went back to the account gloomily.

Wu Ming looked at Wei Qing's back, and he felt very uncomfortable.

It's not that he doesn't understand that when the water is clear, there are no fish. can mix high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the officialdom, if it is not for the emperor's relatives who are born rich and noble, then he must be more or less unclean, otherwise how could he rise to a high position? How can it be possible to maintain high-ranking officials for a long time? But now what Gu Shangshu has done is really a bit excessive, and the grain official He appointed, Lord An Ran'an, is really a little too greedy.

If he was just less greedy, Wu Ming would pretend not to know, but he couldn't tolerate this kind of corruption. In fact, he had already written to Gu Shangshu twice, asking Gu Shangshu to admonish An Ran, the most recent of which was ten days ago. It's just that he can't tell others about things like this, otherwise once it reaches Gu Shangshu's ears, it will become him Wu Ming stepping on Gu Shangshu to show his integrity, honesty and uprightness.

There are some things that may still have hope of success if they are not spoken, but once they are explained, there is no hope of success, and this is the difference between officialdom and the battlefield. For example, in the current situation, Gu Shangshu knows that even Wu Ming can't bear it, and may privately warn An Ran to put it away, so as not to force everyone to be anxious and end badly, but if Wu Ming does not complain in private but says it publicly, Gu Shangshu can't admit that he let An Ran be corrupt, right? Then his only choice can only be to not only punish An Ran, but to punish Wu Ming, so as to let everyone know that it was not he Gu Huairen who appointed a corrupt official, but Wu Ming planted the sham. Therefore, although Wu Ming had already written to Gu Shangshu, he could only hold back in the face of the questioning of Wei Qing and the other generals. He knew in his heart that this would make many people unhappy with him, but he could only pretend not to know. Because if it weren't for the fact that his subordinates were dissatisfied with him, but Gu Shangshu was dissatisfied with him, his official would have come to an end.

In fact, Wu Ming's heart was also secretly anxious, and he also wanted to know, how would Gu Shangshu deal with his complaints? It's been ten days since the letter was delivered, so Gu Shangshu should be able to read it, right?

Coincidentally, Gu Shangshu is dealing with this matter at the moment.

Gu Huairen, rich and white, a promising young man, became a university scholar at a young age. Other scholars are entangled in finance, official governance, imperial power, etc., and the documents in front of the emperor are a foot high every day, but Gu Huairen did not do these studies.

If you want to be outstanding, do something that no one else has done. Therefore, Gu Huairen neither wrote about how to increase national taxes, nor criticized how local officials were incompetent and corrupt, let alone mixed up with which prince might be the future emperor, he just devoted himself to studying military affairs.

In three years, he performed only one piece. But it was this piece of music that made him a member of the military department.

After that, he honestly worked in the military department for ten years, and in ten years, he gradually went from a small clerk to a deputy, from a deputy to a powerful man, and he finally became one of the few important members of the Han Empire.

Although he had never been a soldier in his life, he had never even seen a battlefield or a soldier, but he was the leader of the entire country's army; He was exquisite, and among the officials of the same rank as him, there was no one who was very dissatisfied with him, but there was no one who was not in awe of him.

On the other hand, however, he is like a greedy crocodile who has only one word in his eyes: money. He is not afraid of a lot of money, he is not afraid of black means, he is only afraid that he will not make enough money when he is black. He was constantly thinking about how to swallow more money, and from the moment he woke up in the morning until he fell asleep at night, only two words flashed in his mind repeatedly: "Make money!" Make hay! Make hay! ”

Now, he's working on his private messages. He had never been in the hands of anyone because they were secrets that could not be told.

For example, the first letter was sent by the grain and provincial officials Anran, and there was no content in the letter, only a silver ticket. One hundred thousand taels.

Gu Huairen likes to read this kind of letter the most, and he can especially read this kind of letter. He immediately decided to issue a commendation order to An Ran tomorrow to reward him for his diligence and ensuring the food and grass needs of the front line. Although this reward was given to An Ran, it also proved his ability Gu Huairen: Who appointed this grain official? Isn't it that he Gu Huairen knows heroes with his eyes?

The next letters, he didn't like to read so much.

First, there was a letter from Wu Ming, the general of Dingyuan, saying that his beloved son, General Gu Weidong, had violated military discipline on the battlefield, but what kind of behavior was unknown.

He didn't like it, because it meant that he had been caught. He understood very well why Wu Ming didn't make it clear what kind of behavior it was, because if he made it clear, if this news was known to others, he would ask him how to deal with it. And of course he can't deal with his son seriously.

So Wu Ming didn't make it clear what kind of behavior it was, which meant first, to leave him room to cover up and sell him well, and second, to let him understand that his punishment of Gu Weidong was already very lenient, and he should stop interfering, and at the same time, it was also an explanation, saving Gu Weidong from complaining.

Gu Huairen was not grateful for Wu Ming's deliberate behavior of leaving room for maneuver. He believes that if Wu Ming is really loyal to himself, he should simply act as if nothing has happened, and no matter what Gu Weidong violates military discipline, this information should not reach his ears. Now this kind of behavior makes him dissatisfied, as if he Gu Huairen wants to be grateful to Wu Ming.

And his son's letter made him even more dissatisfied with Wu Ming. In the letter, Gu Weidong said that General Wu not only imprisoned him, but also connived at the junior officers to beat him up after releasing him, but the exact reason was also vague.