"Dirty silver!? Tell me clearly, what dirty silver? We are going to the Northern Expedition, not thieves! ”

Zu Ti looked angry.

"General Zu, don't be angry, there is a big case in the capital, every household must be searched, including passing ships, General Zu is also an official of the imperial court, so he should cooperate with us in the search."

"These three boats are filled with the grain given to us by the imperial court, and the rest have nothing, how can there be silver? However, in order to get rid of our suspicion, please go on board and search. ”

"Search for me!" The officer gave the order.

The sergeants went on the boat to search, savagely pierced the rice bags with knives and guns, and let the rice flow into a boat, they trampled on the rice and continued to search. ”

The sergeants were still going their own way, and Zu Ti was about to board the boat to stop it, when suddenly a sergeant stabbed a hard object with a gun, pulled it open and looked at it and shouted: "There is silver!" ”

When the officer heard this, he ran on the boat to take a look, and said, "Sure enough, there is silver, what is going on with Zu Ti?!" ”

Zu Ti didn't know what was going on, and replied: "How do I know that this ship was loaded by someone sent by the emperor, and I want to ask the emperor." ”

The officer took the silver in his hand and looked at it and said: "This is an authentic official silver, with the word "Jianwu" on it, and a tax word in the middle, obviously this is the official silver that has been put into the warehouse, and what was lost last night is the official silver, a total of five thousand taels, and I will take all of them off the ship and count them!" ”

The sergeant took the silver off the ship, counted the three thousand taels, and asked, "Zu Li, you must have stolen the silver, so what about the remaining two thousand taels of silver, hand them over to me quickly!" ”

"No, I don't know what's going on."

"Okay, if you don't admit it, Lord Wang has an explanation, as long as you find dirty silver, no matter who commits the crime, you must be strictly dealt with according to the law, now please all of you come with me!"

"No, we have accepted the order to cross the river and go on a northern expedition, and we can't go back with you."

"You dare!" The officer drew his sword.

Zu Li's subordinates looked at Zu Li, and Zu Li also drew his sword and said: "To delay my errand is to disobey the emperor's order, see if I don't kill you!" ”

In the midst of the confrontation, someone shouted, "Stop! ”

It turned out that Tao Kan brought someone here, and he came to see off Zu Ti.

"What's going on?" He asked the officer.

"General, that's the case, there was a robbery in the capital last night, many families lost five thousand taels of silver, just now we searched on Zu Ti's ship, and found three thousand taels of silver, in fact, two thousand taels are missing, so no matter what, we have to take Zu and them back to investigate!"

"Official silver? So what kind of family would have official money, and such a huge amount? ”

"This ...... The subordinates don't know, general, take a step to speak. ”

The officer pulled Tao Kan aside and said: "General, last night it was actually the treasury that lost the official silver, Lord Wang confessed, and he couldn't make a public announcement, only said that there was a big family who lost the silver, so ......"

Tao Kan heard everything and understood, it turned out that the treasury lost the silver, as for not daring to blatantly say that it was the treasury silver, it turned out to be the reason for Zu Ti Liu Kun's Northern Expedition, the emperor did not pull out the silver on the grounds of financial constraints, and now there are five thousand taels of silver, isn't it impossible to justify himself, Tao Kan thought about it and had an idea in his heart.

Tao Kan said: "All these official silvers were carried onto the ship and given to Zu Ti for the Northern Expedition. ”

The officer listened and hurriedly said: "General, why is this, this is official money." ”

"It is precisely because it is the official silver that it is given to Zu Ti, Zu Ti is now the assassin of Yuzhou, the general of Fenwei, and he is responsible for the Northern Expedition.

"But General, Lord Wang confesses......"

Tao Kan waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, I will bear this matter alone, and I will explain it to the emperor!" ”

The officer had no choice but to order someone to carry the silver onto the ship, and Tao Kan sent the sergeant away, and said to Zu Ti: "No matter how this official silver gets to your ship, it will be at your disposal from now on, and you can use this money to recruit troops and buy horses." ”

"General......

"Don't say anything, get on board, I'll wait for your good news."

"Thank you, General!"

"There will be a date later!"

Zu Ti boarded the boat, waved goodbye to Tao Kan, and then went down the river.

When the boat reached the center of the river, Zu Ti stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the waves rolling and surging eastward, thinking of the time when the land was lost and the people were suffering, he couldn't help but feel the ups and downs of the heart, the blood was boiling, he was impassioned, facing the sky, holding the wooden pole and knocking the side of the boat and swearing emotionally: "Soldiers! If my ancestor can't pacify the Central Plains, expel the Xiongnu, and recover the rivers and mountains, it will be like this surging river that will never return! ”

Everyone listened to the applause, their fighting spirits were high, and they shouted in unison: "I am willing to follow the general and fight to the death for the country!" ……”

The shouts of the crowd and the oath of the ancestors echoed over the river for a long time.

After Tao Kan left, he came to the place where Liu Kun set off, and saw the same situation as Zu Li, and the silver was also found on the ship, there were two thousand taels, and he still gave it to Liu Kun as the master, and then he went into the palace to explain this matter to Sima Rui.

Tao Kan saw that Sima Rui explained everything, and Sima Rui said: "I don't know why this robbery case has something to do with Zu Li Liu Kun?" ”

"Your Majesty, the thieves stole the official silver, and there was nowhere to hide, so they hid it in the grain, and they had to wait for them to cross the river, and then secretly retrieve it, and they didn't expect to be discovered by the official army, which is also a great luck."

"General Tao, this silver was originally used to pay salaries to officials in the DPRK and China, but now that you have given it to Zu Li Liu Kun, your official salary has become a problem."

"Your Majesty, since financial resources are tight, the payment of official salaries has been delayed, and I think officials at all levels will also understand the emperor."

"Okay, just delay the distribution, you can retreat."

Tao Kan retreated, and Wang Dun came out and said: "Your Majesty, I can't imagine that Zu Ti really wants to go on a northern expedition, what can he do with a false title?" ”

"They don't touch the south wall and don't look back, and when they cross the river, they will know that it will not be easy, but it's a pity that our silver is lost."

"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry, as long as we sit firmly in Jiangnan, why worry about money and food."

"Well, as long as I can keep the Jiangnan vein and live a peaceful life in peace, I will be satisfied, and the Northern Expedition will only be done by a person like Zu Ti Liu Kun."

Wang Dun said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to ask for. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Jingzhou is an important place for my dynasty, and the minister wants to go to guard it in person."

Sima Rui is Wang Dao Wang Dun's brother who sat in Jiangnan and ascended to the throne, for Wang Dun's request, Sima Rui could only agree: "Okay, I am approved." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is now the general of Zhendong, and naturally wants to lead the military affairs for the emperor, why don't the emperor and the minister be the military governors of Jiang, Yang, Jing, Hunan, Jiao, and Guangzhou?"

"This ......"

Sima Rui hesitated for a moment, speaking of which, Wang Dao and Wang Dun are both people with great merits, but there is a big difference between the two, Wang Dao rarely seeks personal interests for himself, but this Wang Dun is different, he will only blindly ask for officials, and wantonly arrange cronies, the court and the Chinese government exchange officials, and the local county guards are also more out of their doors, and when the power is big, it is difficult to control, and even threaten the safety of the royal family!

"Your Majesty, do you think that the ministers are not worthy of this heavy responsibility?" Director Wang asked.

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