Great Qiluodu.

Although the streets are still overcrowded, the original prosperity is no longer there, a large number of shops are closed, and every house is closed; The streets were full of ragged refugees, who were originally people living in the north, but because the Beidi army moved south, they fled with their families.

With the influx of a large number of refugees into Luodu, the law and order in Luodu is very poor, smashing, looting and burning occur from time to time, and petty theft has not stopped, and the prisons in Luodu have long been overcrowded.

And with the arrival of the refugees there are a lot of gossips, the most widely spread of which is 'the northern blue wolf, cross the wall, drink Ma Heluo, sit on the golden bed.' ’

Although this proverb is not explicitly stated, anyone with a little knowledge knows what it means, to put it bluntly; Beidi is about to cross the Great Wall (northern defense line) to the south, capture Luodu Yuma Heluo, Beidi's Dadan Yu will sit on the throne of the emperor of the Central Plains.

Although it was just a proverb, but the blow to Daqi was not small, in line with the principle of rather believe in what they have, not believe in what they don't have, the wealthy families and merchants who originally lived in Luodu began to secretly transfer part of their family property to Jiangnan for shelter; This is also an important reason for the rapid depression of Luodu.

Inside the Lodo Palace.

In just a few days, the Great Qi Emperor Guo Chun's sideburns have turned white, and he is obviously old, but even so, the emperor is still diligent in handling complicated government affairs, and he can rest for less than two hours tomorrow.

"Cough, cough, cough......"

The Emperor's cough was heard again in the Imperial Study.

Haizhong, who was standing aside and waiting, gently patted the emperor on the back so that the emperor could be more comfortable, and the emperor shook his hand gently to Haizhong, and he was fine.

"Your Majesty, the British Duke and the Ministry of Household Secretaries ask to see you." A little eunuch came in with small steps to report.

"Please come in, two Aiqing!" The emperor said in a weak voice.

"Minister Zuo, Prime Minister Wen Yitao (Hubu Shangshu Zhang Liangzuo) See Your Majesty." The two bowed to the emperor and saluted.

"Two Aiqing, let's get even! Haizhong Throne. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Two Aiqing, how are the preparations for military rations?" The Emperor asked directly.

"Your Majesty, 150,000 stone grains and grass have been transported to the front line in the north." Zuo Prime Minister Wen Yitao said.

"Why is it only 150,000 stones, isn't Zhao Qing urging for 300,000 stones?"

"Your Majesty, now that the spring ploughing has just passed, there is no surplus grain in the Gyeonggi area at all, and there is no surplus grain to collect, and these 150,000 stone grain and grass are already the last family foundation of our Daqi." Wen Yitao said with a look of embarrassment.

"There is no grain in Gyeonggi, so you can go to Huaibei, Huainan, and Guanzhong to collect it, but if you can't do it, you can take money to buy it from other vassal kings; No matter what method you use, I must raise another 150,000 stone of grain and grass to send to the north within seven days. The emperor said with a very tough attitude.

"No!" The two ministers could only agree stubbornly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a way to get grain and grass when he arrives, but it needs His Majesty's approval." Zhang Liangzuo said to the emperor.

"Is there any way, Aiqing said."

"Your Majesty, as far as Wei Chen knows, His Royal Highness King Yong once seized a large amount of grain and grass from Xirong, with a total of more than one million stones......"

"You mean, let me issue an order to collect grain from King Yong?"

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Liangzuo said.

"I know, I'll think about it." The Emperor frowned and said; "But you can't always point to King Yong, after all, the war in Western Xinjiang is in full swing, and you should not collect military rations from King Yong unless you have to;

However, I can authorize you to raise some money from the great families and other vassal kings, and tell them that anyone who donates grain and grass to the court will be thanked by me in the future. ”

"No! Respectfully obey Your Majesty's Shengyu. The two responded.

As soon as the two finished speaking, a little eunuch came in with a small step and reported: "Your Majesty asks to see you in the military department."

"Xuan!"

"Lu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Soldiers, see Your Majesty." Lu Han saluted the emperor.

"Aiqing is so anxious, but is something happening in the north?" The Emperor hurriedly asked.

"Your Majesty, it's not the northern border, it's the western frontier, and something happened in the western frontier." Lu Han said anxiously: "Just now, the military department received a report that Murong De, the right general of Xirong, personally led 200,000 troops to invade the territory; The main force of 150,000 troops was led by Murong De himself, and within ten days, three camps of our army were broken in succession, and the Chen soldiers had been shut down by the great earthquake. ”

"Where's the military newspaper! Show it to me. The emperor said very calmly.

Haizhong took the military report from Lu Han and sent it to the emperor; As soon as I looked at the handwriting, the emperor knew that this military newspaper was not written by Guo Qi, the king of Yong, personally, but the whole military newspaper was written very routinely, and the first feeling after reading it was that the defense line of Longdi Mountain was about to be untenable.

After reading the military report, the emperor did not have any words, but fell into contemplation, and after thinking for a while, the emperor said lightly: "I know about this matter, and in the future, all the military reports from the Western Xinjiang will be sent to me as soon as possible." ”

"No! We're in charge. Lu Han commanded.

Later, the emperor discussed the front-line military situation and logistics supply issues with the three important ministers of the court, but the discussion came and went, and everything else was easy to say, but the problem of grain and grass was difficult to solve.

Nowadays, the price of grain in Luodu is already sky-high, and it is often three times a day, and the money that can be bought in the morning can not even buy half a bucket of rice in the afternoon.

In fact, not only in Luodu, but now the price of food is rising everywhere; In fact, this does not mean that there is no food in the world, but that there is no food in the hands of the common people, and a large amount of grain is in the hands of several major feudal kings, big families and local tyrants, and the price of grain is also speculated by them.

However, the emperor did not know this very clearly, although the emperor knew the grain in the hands of several major feudal kings and families, but the emperor thought that there was not a lot of grain in their hands.

After the three important ministers left, the emperor asked Haizhong, "Haizhong, has Qi'er sent someone back to Beijing recently?" ”

Since Guo Qi stabilized Yongzhou, he basically sent people to Luodu every ten days and a month; He handed the emperor a report on the situation in Yongdi, and then sent some small gifts to Concubine Wang Hui and Guo Chong.

"Your Majesty, it should be because the war on the front line is urgent, and His Royal Highness King Yongwang has no time to send people to Beijing to visit His Majesty and Niangniang." Hai Zhong reported to the emperor.

The emperor frowned and said, "How long has it been?" ”

"It's been more than a month since the last time." Haizhong reported truthfully.

"More than a month, isn't it the time when the Xijon Forward Army arrives!" The emperor said to himself: "Could it be that Qi'er is really annoyed by **;

This time, Xirong dispatched an army of 200,000, and the Yong army in Qi'er's hands plus the Western Army will not exceed 100,000 people, and there are so many places that need to be armed, it is inevitable that the troops will be insufficient! ”

"Your Majesty is worried." Haizhong replied; "Your Majesty is worried about His Royal Highness King Yong, just send more reinforcements to His Royal Highness King Yong, the old slave believes that as long as there are enough soldiers and horses in hand, His Royal Highness King Yongwang will definitely break Xirong, Your Majesty, don't forget that His Royal Highness King Yongwang is the general of our Great Qi!"

"I'm powerless now! My forbidden army and the tiger army have been sent to the north, and now I only have 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Royal Forest Army, if I send them to the western frontier to guard and guard Gyeonggi! Now there are so many refugees in Gyeonggi, without the 50,000 Imperial Forest Army to guard it, if there is really any riot, Daqi will really die. The emperor said with a wistful face.