"Since the academy has rules in this regard, the princes naturally have to follow them, and there is no need to worry about someone disobeying."

Li Shimin frowned and said decisively, he came over with a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, what is the self-reliance of his descendants?

"Your Majesty is wise, of course the minister knows that you can see it, the minister is afraid of those ladies in the palace......"

"How can the prince allow them to interfere when he goes to school? Needless to say, whoever dares to intervene will be sent out to me. Li Shimin waved his hand and said impatiently, this person who is famous for being lustful is still very domineering at some moments.

"Obey! In addition, next month, the academy should have money and food, please send it to the academy as soon as possible, more than 8,000 yuan! ”

Cai Cong said as a matter of course. Li Shimin felt a toothache when he heard this, he didn't get a dime in the treasury, and he relied on the small treasury of the inner government to support it, and he had to take out more than 8,000 yuan at once, which was similar to bloodletting him.

"This matter can be discussed later, tell the academy to save a little, and after the autumn harvest, the tax will be delivered, and I will send another amount of money and grain."

"Your Majesty's Academy's money and food can't be delayed!" Cai Cong immediately became anxious, the craftsmen want to take wages to support their families, and the academy wants to use money to buy all kinds of supplies and grain and meat, you said that it will be delayed until after the autumn harvest, it will be late October, and now it is only August!

"You have to find a way to do this, I have to meet with the envoys of various countries during this time, and it is indispensable to give them some rewards, and the money of the inner government cannot be moved, otherwise the rewards will not be taken at that time, and it will be a loss of national body."

Cai Congqi's lungs are about to explode, the students want him to find a way to eat and wear, and the money from the inner government is going to be given to a group of barbarians? This is not the late Qing Dynasty, and you Li Shimin are not an old witch, how can you still do such a thing?

"The minister can't do anything, please find another master." Cai Cong said stiffly, what kind of tyrant are you Li Er? As for the money you have in the inner house, you still took it from my house, and now you are giving it to a group of things that I don't know if they are friends or foes.

"What? Listening to your words, how dissatisfied are you with my approach? ”

"The minister didn't dare, the minister just felt that it was more important for the students of the academy to eat an extra bite of food than to hear 10,000 words of praise from the mouths of these messengers. Sage Kong has always emphasized the inner sage and the outer king, but unfortunately it was tampered with after the Han Dynasty to become the outer sage and the inner king.

So those barbarians, who take three melons and two dates as gifts every year, and dozens of people who talk and laugh come to Datang to say a few polite words, can take away a large amount of money and food from Datang. When I go back, I find that I don't have enough to eat, so I rob the Datang border! Anyway, if you go back and ask for mercy, Datang will forgive them. ”

Li Shimin's face was ugly, his words were not rough, Cai Cong was heart-wrenching, every word was said on the point, directly tore off his fig leaf, and shattered the dream of the Heavenly Empire in his heart.

"Don't say it again, how can you understand the major affairs of the military country? Think about it and see how to solve the problem of money, don't think about anything else. After Li Shimin finished speaking, Cai Cong bowed and watched, and when Lao Li walked away, he straightened up playfully.

"Cai Cong, it's time to go back to the palace, and send the princes to study next month."

"Congratulations to the Queen Mother and all the nobles."

The mighty team is gone, and we ordinary people can live how they should live.

"Old Wei, you also heard what His Majesty said just now, hurry up and find a way to find money! Otherwise, you won't even be able to afford the northwest wind next month! ”

"Bastard, Your Majesty said that you have to find a way, don't think that the old man has taken the position of your mountain chief, so he has to supply the academy like you, the old man is a breeze with two sleeves!"

"Everyone bullies me, am I a good bully?" Cai Cong rolled up his sleeves and shouted, Wei Fuzi glanced at him and said seriously: "Yes!" ”

"It's good, the kid just confirms, then he will leave, and go home to think about it." Cai Cong said bitterly, Li Shimin said this is equivalent to the money from Liaodong, and he is not allowed to move, everything depends on him to find a way.

Sister Cai and Chu Yao both entered the palace with the queen, and the house was really deserted, and they couldn't even eat.

"Isn't Master Hou's meal delicious tonight?" The cook asked carefully, and Cai Cong moved two chopsticks, but he didn't eat a bite of rice.

"It's none of your business, this marquis has no appetite, take down the food and ask someone to make me a cup of tea."

Cai Cong put down his chopsticks and said casually, he must be very happy if he is not a high authority, he also has a lot of suffering.

"Master Hou, the matter you asked me to check has a result." At this time, Xu Jie walked in with a solemn face and said.

"With so many lives, you found out the results in one day?" Cai Cong looked at Xu Jie a little unhappily, what can he find out in just one day?

"It's been investigated, things are even weirder than imagined, Master Hou must be mentally prepared."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"This was not murder, all the dead were accidental. The little ones even dug out their bones and examined them, and there was nothing suspicious at all. ”

"There are many talented people in this world, how can it be that just the bones are okay and you can conclude that he didn't kill them?"

Cai Cong said very unhappily that Xu Jie's time with him was not short, even if it was Xu Jie himself, as long as he had the intention to design him, he could make people die in an accident.

"If that's the case, the little ones will never dare to make conclusions lightly. After looking at the bones, I thought it was very strange, these dead people were all rescued by you on the bank of the Weishui River, is there any connection between them, so I sent people to visit those who stayed in Chang'an, and it turned out that those people were almost all dead, some died the winter before last, and some died last winter.

The people said that they had survived the brutality of the Turks, but they could not escape the number of days. Obviously, there are no disasters and diseases, but there are not a few people who die violently, and some people suddenly suffer from bulimia, no matter how much they eat, they cry out that they are hungry, and finally die of fullness, with a bloated abdomen.

The small crude calculation of the number of victims is in the thousands, which is simply appalling. I'm afraid that this is not an isolated case, so I have sent people to Wugong and other places to check whether the group of people sent back in the ninth year of Wude are safe, and I believe that there will be news soon. Master Hou wants to act alone in this small matter, don't interfere? ”

When Xu Jie finished speaking, he was already in a cold sweat, he spent his day in fright, and every time he heard it, he felt like falling into an ice cave.

Cai Cong was still very calm, but the more he listened, the more frightened he became, and the beads of sweat on his forehead continued to condense. Could it be ......

"Check, we must find out, in addition to the victims on the banks of the Weishui River, there are also survivors of the drought in Shandong. By the way, Du Yunlong of Gongyi County also checked, Ben Hou wanted to know his current situation, and also checked the situation of Gongyi's pilot, Ben Hou had a bad premonition in his heart. You go now! ”

Cai Cong wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead as he spoke, his hands and feet trembled uncontrollably, and his whole person had lost his sense of proportion.

"Master Hou, are you okay?"

"Get out! Go now, do it now! ”

Xu Jie asked a question or two with concern, but in exchange for Cai Cong's roar, he was frightened and left the dining room immediately. He didn't know what was wrong with Hou Ye, he only knew that something was wrong, otherwise Hou Ye would not have been so panicked.

Cai Cong was afraid, if his guess was right, then what was the point of his appearance and his efforts?

(End of chapter)