The next day, Xue Shao and Cen Changqian went to the treasury to accept the supplies for the army, and there were really a lot of things. Cen Changqian just said a few words above the court, which sounded an understatement, but if he saw these mountains of materials with his own eyes, it would be a shock.

Cen Changqian gave Xue Shao a detailed list of materials and accepted them one by one.

According to the standard given by the imperial court, each soldier of the 200,000 army can get half a catty of mutton, and now in order to keep it fresh, it can only be given to live sheep. Just procuring and serving these thousands of live sheep has made a lot of work for the people below. Cen Changqian is very authentic, according to his orders, each live sheep is only converted into an average of thirty catties of meat. In fact, there are not a few adult fat sheep around 100 catties. In this way, the actual amount of mutton given was much higher than the standard set by the imperial court.

In addition, each guard can get a share of Wuhe wine (ten hes is a liter, and Wuhe is almost a catty), and all the fruit wines are all temporarily freshly brewed. Similarly, in the name of calculating "loss", 100,000 catties of wine was originally enough, but now more than 10,000 catties are given.

In addition, there are also a large number of seasonal vegetables, fruits, green salt and pickles as "additives" among the supplies of the army, which are not recorded in detail on the list.

So now, as long as Xue Shao is willing, he can easily turn those extra mutton, fruit wine and additives into his own gray income. Or they can be deducted and listed as a "private small treasury" for the generals, and kept in the army to reward their subordinate generals to manage interpersonal relationships.

It was the first time for Xue Shao to handle such a thing, and he found that even Prime Minister Cen Changqian was secretly helping to exercise convenience, which shows that this kind of thing is already an unspoken rule in the army. Although Xue Shao is a little unaccustomed to this kind of thing, he also knows that people are in officialdom, and if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are inspected, there will be no fugitives, and he will accept all the orders by default. Not only that, Xue Shao also had to give back a benefit to the Prime Minister Cen Changqian, who handled this matter, so as to be in line with the way of doing things. However, we must pay attention to how to give this "kickback", otherwise there will be a suspicion of corruption and bribery.

This is obviously not what Xue Shaojing is good at.

After thinking about it, Xue Shao felt that Li Xianyuan, who was now in charge of the material warehouse in the army, should be a good piece of crooked material for doing this kind of thing. So Xue Shao called Li Xianyuan to tell him about the matter, Li Xianyuan laughed on the spot, and said to Xue Shao, son, you are going to bribe!

Xue Shaoban faced, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?" ”

"Childe is angry." Li Xianyuan said with a smile: "As the saying goes, no official is not greedy, in other words, it is an ordinary person, the prime minister and the general are privately combined, not to mention the extra part and those additives, even the original material weight has to be stripped away." The people below won't know, and if they do, there's nothing they can do. Now Gongzi is worried about giving back to Cen Xianggong, which shows that Gongzi is already quite honest and kind. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you can do this if you can, shut up if you can't!" Xue Shao was a little impatient.

"Yes!" Li Xianyuan promised seriously, "But you're not afraid, and I'll also deduct a sum from it in private?" ”

Xue Shao glanced at Li Xianyuan, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and walked away.

Li Xianyuan laughed a few times, picked up the list and glanced at it, staring at the batch of green salt. In today's Tang Dynasty, salt and silk can be used directly as currency. In some cases, even the minister's money was converted into salt and distributed.

Later, Li Xianyuan summoned a few henchmen who were in charge of the treasury with him, and instructed them: "Count out half of the green salt, load it on the cart, and seal it firmly with an oilcloth." Cover it with another layer of vegetables, and send it to Cen Changqian's mansion early tomorrow morning. Remember to go through the back door of the kitchen and bring a few vegetable farmers who are selling vegetables at the market. Keep your hands clean and your mouth firm, and come to me to receive your reward when things are done. ”

"Yes!" The sergeant understood and agreed and immediately went to work.

Li Xianyuan couldn't help but smile and muttered, "Great wisdom is foolish...... How wise and foolish! ”

After a busy day outside, it was already dusk when Xue Shao came home. Princess Taiping was almost staring at the gate and looking forward to Xue Shao's return, and as soon as she saw his figure, she asked the imperial doctor Zhao Bingcheng to run forward to intercept Xue Shao and want to treat his injuries and pour medicine.

Xue Shao had no choice, he, a general with an army of 200,000 troops, basically had no human rights when he returned home, so he had to lie down obediently and be at the mercy of Princess Taiping and Zhao Bingcheng.

Zhao Bingcheng carefully cleaned Xue Shao's wound and applied ointment, and Princess Taiping quietly accompanied him. Seeing that the injury on Xue Shao's back had improved greatly, Princess Taiping was finally a little relieved and said, "Xue Lang, Imperial Doctor Zhao said that the injured muscles and bones will be affected for a hundred days, and you have to recuperate at home for a while." It's not a good thing to see that you've been busy lately late. ”

"Do you think I'm willing?" Xue Shao pursed his lips, "I don't know how much I want to hide at home and ignore those trivial and troublesome things." ”

When Princess Taiping heard this, Xue Shao had something to say!

So she waited for Zhao Bingcheng to finish treating his injuries and retreated, before asking privately, "Xue Lang, what troubles did you encounter today?" ”

Xue Shao sighed and told Princess Taiping about today's acceptance of military supplies.

Princess Taiping laughed when she heard it.

"What's so funny about that?" Xue Shao asked a little displeased, "Your man is greedy and bribed, and you can still laugh?" ”

"Xue Lang, how can this be called bribery?" Princess Taiping said with a smile, "In the past, when I lived in the palace, I also acquiesced to the eunuchs and palace maids around me to take my leftover palace food to sell in the wine shop outside, so isn't it also called greed?" With so many people following you and so many friends around you to help you, as long as you don't violate the principles and laws, you give back a little benefit to them appropriately within the scope of your authority, this is human nature, what is there to make you worry about? ”

Xue Shao smiled, "I know that this is something that is inevitable for people who are officials, especially the bigger the officials do, the more difficult it is to avoid it." But I really don't want to be entangled in this kind of thing all day. The capital and the court don't seem to be very suitable for me, and I still like the feeling of leading troops outside. ”

"Hey......" Princess Taiping sighed faintly, "I know that you have always been in Luoyang, and your heart is on the side." ”

"Not really." Xue Shao hurriedly coaxed, "My people and hearts are with you!" ”

"Don't lie to me!" Princess Taiping pursed her lips and said, "Since your mother came once that day, you have become restless all day long. The imperial court sent Fan Yunxian to lead the troops to save Fengzhou, and your soul followed! - Do you think I don't know? ”

"Ahem......" Since it was exposed, Xue Shao didn't pretend, and said with a wry smile: "Enron, I was originally a general with troops." Now that the border is restless, how can I be an idle corrupt official in the capital with peace of mind? I don't lie to you, I dreamed of leading my army to the north to teach those Xiao Xiao's beasts who violated the Tang Dynasty a hard lesson. ”

Princess Taiping nodded lightly, sat down beside Xue Shao, stroked his face, and said softly: "Xue Lang, I know that you are now caught in the conspiracy and party strife of the imperial court, just like a divine eagle that should have soared in the sky, falling into the thorny bushes. This feeling makes it difficult for you to sleep. ”

Xue Shao smiled, his heart was fiercely beautiful, and he was slapped by his wife, which felt so cool!

"Don't laugh, be strict!" Princess Taiping pinched Xue Shao's ears and said seriously, "The Turks have resurrected and come to attack the border, this is the military crisis of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the time for you, the general of Tuogu, to shoulder the heavy responsibility." If you really have to go on the expedition, please go ahead, don't think I read it! ”

Xue Shao was slightly stunned, held Princess Taiping's hand, and said, "An Ran, in fact, I still want to accompany you at home until our child is born safely." ”

"The men of this palace are born to be great. He not only belongs to Princess Taiping, but also belongs to this family, and also belongs to the world of Datang! Princess Taiping said solemnly, "I admit that I was very selfish in the past, and I want you to do nothing but accompany me every day." But whenever you are away, I will cry and get angry, and I will even regret marrying you. But now, I'm not that ignorant little princess. I know that you are not only my husband, but also the general of the right guard who bears the great trust of the emperor and shoulders the country's military. And I am the princess of the Tang Dynasty. It is my duty to work for the good of this country and to make it a better place—so what reason should I have to stop you from going on a rebellion? ”

Xue Shao was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and looked at Princess Taiping with blinking eyes, "What did you say, tell the truth?" ”

"Really!" Princess Taiping nodded very seriously.

Xue Shao smiled, "Then I'll rest assured!" ”

"Wow, it's exposed!" Princess Taiping suddenly screamed, pointed at Xue Shao's nose and scolded loudly: "You really want to go on the expedition!" ”

No way!

Xue Shao was dumbfounded on the spot!

Princess Taiping saw Xue Shao's stunned expression, and laughed on the spot, "Fooled, fooled!" - You've been fooled by the tricks, too! ”

Xue Shao rolled his eyes and twitched, he didn't have such a flirtatious person!

Princess Taiping laughed so much that tears were about to come out, Xue Shao hurriedly helped her sit down, and persuaded her to take it easy, so as not to hurt the fetus.

"Don't laugh at it." Princess Taiping finally stopped laughing, straightened her face, and said, "Mrs. Shicai Yang came back from the palace and brought a top-secret message from the Queen Mother. Do you want to hear it? ”

Xue Shao also straightened his face, "What kind of message, can it be called top secret?" ”

"The Queen Mother said that the imperial court has received urgent reports from the border in recent days, and the more troublesome the Turks become, the more ferocious they are, and the trend of flooding." Princess Taiping said, "In order not to affect the stability of the imperial court after the new monarch's pro-government, the Empress Dowager decided not to publicly announce these military affairs for the time being, but to treat it as the highest military secret, and only discussed it secretly with a few prime ministers and important ministers." Although the Queen Mother didn't say it explicitly, I guess what the Queen Mother meant was that the imperial court probably couldn't hold it anymore this time, and it was really going to send troops to conquer the Turks. ”

Xue Shao took a deep breath, "Since it is a secret of the Supreme Army, the Queen Mother also sent someone to bring a message." Does that mean, let me be ready to go on the expedition at any time? ”

Princess Taiping looked at Xue Shao faintly, "What do you say?" ”