The atmosphere was embarrassing, and there was no money for the emperor and his entourage to wash the dust!

Tuoba Lang couldn't help but laugh: "I can't get the money for a few meals for Your Majesty and the entourage, Wandu Gui, you, the general of Suiyang Town, and the Taishou of Liangjun are too miserable, right?" ”

Wandu was about to refute, but the eunuch Zong Tai couldn't stand it, so he hurriedly stopped it and said: "The two generals don't have to be angry, this time Your Majesty travels, the imperial court has a special amount to spend, and it will not be burdened by the local officials." It's just that now I waited for the first time, and I didn't bring the money, and I asked General Wan to find a way to pay in advance, and when the royal car arrived, our family would only give this money at that time! ”

Speaking of this, Wan Du Gui had no choice but to say to Liu Zhubo: "Liu Zhubo, no matter what you think, this general will first collect this money and hand it over to Zhao Junsheng, and Gonggong Zong will make it up to you!" ”

Master Liu had to agree first: "Yes, general!" ”

"Okay, our family should also rush back overnight to report to Your Majesty, so we won't stay long, and say goodbye!" Zongtai said to go.

"Grandpa Zong, I'll send you!" Tuoba Lang immediately chased after him.

When the two came to the post station, Tuoba Lang caught up with Zong Tai and asked, "Father-in-law, does the imperial court really have a special amount to cover the expenses along the way?" ”

Zong Tai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You think it's beautiful, the princes of the imperial court are all masters of some door-picking, how can they be willing to take money from the treasury for the cost of the southern tour?" Your Majesty naturally doesn't care about these trivial matters, all the expenses along the way are from the local officials, and the court has not taken out a single copper plate! The reason why our family said this just now is nothing more than that they don't want you to fight with Wandugui, don't think that Wandugui seems reckless, but in fact he is very shrewd, a few of them just sang a double reed, they just don't want to be wronged! ”

Tuoba Lang was puzzled: "What if he asks you for money?" ”

"Of course, our family has no money to give him, so we can only drag it, and when it is dragged out of Liang County, he can only admit it!"

Tuoba Lang was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and muttered in his heart: "Can you still do this?" ”

At this time, in the lobby of the post station, Wan Dugui said to Liu Zhubo with a smile on his face: "You acted well!" Zhao Junsheng also acted well, and General Ben is still worried that you don't know the situation and mess things up! ”

Liu Zhubo smiled, Zhao Junsheng looked confused, he only then realized that these two people were singing double reeds, and he dared to love him and inadvertently made a lot of fun, and scolded in his heart: "It's really not a son of man, keep me alone in the dark, if I just promised to come down, how can I have the money to buy ingredients?" You can't take someone to rob it, can you? When the time comes, if someone is impeached, I, the sesame officer, will definitely move my head; Or if you can't complete the task, let the emperor drink the northwest wind when the time comes, and this head can't be saved! You ······"

Zhao Junsheng had resentment in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, he knew that Wandu would not be able to pay at all from Zongtai, because the book ordered Shi Pei Jin to tell him one thing, he had a good fellow countryman who was an official in Xingyang, this person wrote a letter to Pei Jin, and the letter mentioned at random, the emperor and his entourage ate and drank in Xingyang for three days, and they didn't take out a copper plate, all of which were paid by Xingyang County.

The emperor, his entourage, and the guards must not be allowed to eat too poorly, and they must choose the best and most expensive ingredients to buy, lest they snub these people.

Zong Ai will definitely shirk or delay it, even if the imperial court has special financial support, this money will not be allocated to the local government, or more than half of it will be withheld in the middle.

However, the local government will definitely not be willing to bear this shortfall, since it will not receive subsidies from the imperial court, it will definitely pass on the losses to the people, and find all kinds of reasons to increase taxes and taxes, and in the end it is the people who suffer.

Zhao Junsheng thought about it and thought that it was necessary to remind Wandu Gui, don't let the Taishou Mansion suffer a loss and pass on the loss to the people of Liang County, he arched his hand and said: "General, my subordinates understand what's going on, but my subordinates think that the general may not be able to get money from that father-in-law." Whether he has money or not, even if he has money, he will not necessarily give it to the general, and even if he does, he will only give a small part, and in the end, he will have to pay out of his pocket for them to eat and drink for nothing! If he drags it out and doesn't give it, will you dare to do anything to him, general? ”

Wan Dugui stared: "He dares?" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said, "General, you're just afraid that you underestimate their courage to make money!" ”

Wan Dugui's expression changed, and he waved his hand: "You go and prepare, General Ben will think about this matter again!" ”

Walking outside the lobby, Zhao Junsheng asked, "Master Liu, what should I do now?" What about money? I can't do anything without money, don't you want me to take people to rob the people, I won't do this even if I am killed! ”

Master Liu said with a smile: "In this way, the Ge family in Ge Township is a big family here, and almost all the people with the surname Ge in the world are from here." Ge Qingyuan, the patriarch of the Ge family, and I are close friends, you take someone to take this letter and ask him to borrow 200 gold to buy ingredients for the time being! ”

Zhao Junsheng found that Master Liu's smile was very fake and absolutely insincere, he kept an eye on it, opened the letter and glanced at it, his face changed: "Master Liu, this is just a letter of introduction, you should write an IOU, otherwise why would the patriarch Ge lend money to the lower officials?" Also, the IOU must be signed in your name or in the name of the Taishou Mansion, otherwise I won't go! ”

"Why, why is this kid so shrewd?" Liu Zhubo cursed in his heart, so he had to turn around and enter the post station to rewrite a letter in the name of Taishoufu, and hand it to Zhao Junsheng after stamping the big seal of Taishoufu.

Zhao Junsheng took the letter and checked it, but found no problem, so he went to Zhao Ting to borrow fifty soldiers, and rode to Ge Township, six miles away, overnight to find Ge Qingyuan, the head of the Ge family.

The sound of horses' hooves alarmed the whole village, and some of the strong guards thought that bandits were coming, and they all carried hoes, shovels, flat poles, and rudimentary weapons.

Ge Yuanqing walked out surrounded by a group of strong guards and asked, "Dare to ask the official why he came here late at night?" ”

"Is it the patriarch of the Ge family, Old Man Ge? Taishou Mansion Liu Zhubo sent his subordinates to Zhao Ge Patriarch to discuss something! ”

Ge Yuanqing welcomed Zhao Junsheng and his party to his house, served tea, and asked: "Zhao joins the army, Liu Zhubo has no friendship with the old man, I don't know what he asked you to discuss?" ”

Zhao Junsheng was stunned for a moment, and scolded Liu Zhubo in his heart for deceiving him, what did he say that he was a close friend of Ge Qingyuan, it was just his nonsense!

But the matter has come to this point, and he can't turn around and leave, after all, he has come, if the matter is not done, how can he explain when he goes back? He had no choice but to ask Ge Yuanqing to invite all the idlers out, and then handed over the IOU.

Ge Qingyuan took the IOU and looked at it, smiled slightly, and said: "Zhao joins the army, I'm really sorry, my Ge family has been unable to turn over money recently, and there is no money to borrow!" ”

Zhao Junsheng knew that Ge Qingyuan would say this, no one would lend such a large sum of money to someone he didn't know, even if it was someone in the official mansion, and people in the official mansion couldn't borrow it, and it was strange that he could get it back if he borrowed it.

Zhao Junsheng pondered and asked, "Patriarch Ge, thousands of soldiers and horses have come to the post station six miles away today, and most of the officials of the Taishou Mansion of Liang County have come, do you know why they are here?" ”

Ge Qingyuan was stunned for a moment and said: "I heard that the old man still wanted to visit General Wan, but it was getting late, so he couldn't go!" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "The emperor of this dynasty is coming, and he will arrive tomorrow!" ”

"Ahh Ge Qingyuan's face changed, and his body stood up involuntarily.

"Master, don't get excited!" Zhao Junsheng walked over to appease Ge Qingyuan, and whispered in his ear: "There are a total of 15,000 people in the imperial driver, the accompanying ministers, soldiers and horses, as the landlord, the officials and people of Liang County cannot do their best as the landlord, but it was too late when the Taishou Mansion received the news, General Wan didn't have time to make too many preparations to rush with the officials, if those accompanying soldiers and generals don't have wine, meat and food, God knows what they will do, you must know that those people are all fierce brute soldiers, Ge Township is the closest to the post station, the most populous place, Those barbarians are very hungry and will definitely rob Ge Township, and your Ge family is the richest family here, so it will bear the brunt! ”

In fact, Zhao Jun wanted to understand Wandu Gui and Liu Zhubo's plan before he was born, if the imperial court really didn't give money, the Taishou Mansion would naturally not pay for it, they wanted to pass on the loss to the rich along the way, although this approach is better than passing on the loss to the ordinary people, but it is not advisable, do the rich people deserve to die? Should you be wronged?