Grain trucks were transported out of Li Jing's camp and headed for the camp of the righteous army, Li Jing and Li Fu stood at the gate and looked at it clearly, Li Fu touched his beard and said, "The king is ready to withdraw now?" Why are you still transporting military rations to the rebel camp now? In fact, he wanted to say that the rebels did not agree to become Li Jing's subordinates.

"The Jin people are leaving, what are you doing here? As for sending food, too much food at the time of withdrawal is not a good thing. Li Jing said with a smile: "There is no harm if there is no comparison, we send grain here, but the court never sends grain, this is comparison." ”

"The court is mediocre, and it is a big disappointment!" Li Fu shook his head, it is precisely because of the mediocrity of the imperial court that Li Jing's rise has occurred, there is very little grain grassland in winter, and now Li Jing is sending grain to the righteous army, and he doesn't know how many hearts he can collect.

"On the one hand, the imperial court has already looked at the righteous army, and secondly, there is a shortage of grain and grass in Bianjing City, and the soldiers in the city are not full, how can they send food to the righteous army? Not to mention, now that the Jin people are preparing to retreat, the role of the rebel army has been lost, and it is impossible for the imperial court to send grain and grass to the rebel army at this time. Li Jing shook his head, Zhao Song may have forgotten, or maybe he is incapable, he should take away these hundreds of thousands of troops by himself.

In Bianjing City, Li Gang's mansion, Li Gang and Zong Ze sat next to each other, and in front of them was a holy decree, neither of them spoke, quietly looking at the holy decree on the side.

"The general trend has gone, the imperial court is ready to negotiate peace, 30,000 stone of grain, Brother Li, let me prepare!" Zong Ze let out a long sigh, how bitter his heart was.

"No, I'll do it! Since I started the matter, let me end it! "Li Gang is not a fool, a holy decree, he can see a lot of things, the current emperor no longer trusts him, and many people in the court are also squeezing him, otherwise, such a holy decree will not reach him, and such a tricky matter will not be handed over to him to deal with.

"Hundreds of thousands of righteous soldiers outside the city are short of food and clothing, the imperial court doesn't care, not a single grain of rice has been delivered, and now the Jin people are about to withdraw, and they want to send 30,000 stone of grain, and they will let you go to the capital. Causing panic among the people, hehe, it's kind of interesting. Zong Ze couldn't help laughing, but in the laughter, it was full of grief and indignation, Li Gang did his best for the court, and in the end not only was not praised by his own people, but also found an opportunity to drive him out of the court, which can not but be said to be the biggest irony.

"As a courtier, I received the grace of Zhao Song, this time it can be regarded as a repayment!" Li Gang stood up, his figure was not tall, but at this time, in Zong Ze's eyes, he looked very tall.

"Brother Li, Li Jing outside?" As soon as Zong Ze spoke, he was stopped by Li Gang.

"Don't put this chaotic minister and thief in front of me, the reason why my Great Song Dynasty has today is mostly due to the credit of this chaotic minister and thief, the old man regrets it, why didn't he kill this person at the beginning, otherwise, my Great Song Dynasty Haiyan Heqing at this time, how can it be like today, internal and external troubles." Li Gang snorted coldly and said: "Even if he destroys the Great Song Dynasty and replaces him in the end, the old man will not be his courtier." The old man believes that after the Jin people retire, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely regain his strength and rebuild the rivers and mountains. ”

Zong Ze's mouth opened, but he didn't speak, he was already disappointed in Zhao Huan, just looked at his friend's red face, but didn't speak, since Li Gang had made a decision, Zong Ze no longer persuaded him, thinking about how to help Li Gang.

"Don't meddle this time, the old man will solve it himself." As if he understood Zong Ze's thoughts, Li Gang said solemnly, he picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip gently, but he was serving tea to the guests.

Zong Ze sighed and said, "Brother Li, if you can, it's better to protect yourself, the imperial court still needs someone like Brother Li to support you." He arched his hand, and then he left the Li Mansion.

"The traitor in the court is in charge, the emperor is mediocre, how I don't know, it's just that the old man is already old and doesn't want to care about these things, this time I can repay Zhao Song for his kindness to me!" Li Gang looked at the back of his old friend who was far away, sighed deeply, he sat in the chair and was silent for a moment, and suddenly, shouted loudly: "Come on, prepare a sedan chair, go to the government office, the official wants to collect grain." He made a decision in his heart, this time not 30,000 stones, but 60,000 stones, and 30,000 for the rebels outside the city, he already wanted to buy these hundreds of thousands of rebels for the imperial court.

With Li Gang's order, the huge requisition of grain broke out in Bianjing City, the entire Bianjing City has been boiling, it has been less than a year since the last time the imperial court collected the "ransom fee", and this time it is necessary to levy grain, although it is 60,000 stones, but in fact, the following officials have raised the grain to the position of 100,000 stones, and they use various methods to collect grain.

Simply enough, the target of this levy is not the ordinary people, but those grain merchants and big households, which has no impact on the common people, but Li Gang's move offended those big households, grain merchants, and even the officials behind them, these who are doing business in Bianjing, and even make the industry bigger, which is not supported by one or two officials behind them. Li Gang's move completely damaged the interests of these officials and stabbed the hornet's nest, but in half a day, the recital of impeachment of the other party in front of Zhao Huan was already piled up like a mountain.

"This Li Gang, isn't it just a grain levy? How could so many people impeach him and force people to death. Zhao Huan was very annoyed and threw the piece in front of him on the table.

Zheng Juzhong looked at it clearly from the side, he didn't speak, no matter who this job was handed over, it was an errand that offended people, and it was handed over to Li Gang, but it was just to take advantage of the situation to drive Li Gang away, and he knew the way of collecting grain, but he just didn't want to say it.

"How's the 30,000 stone grain requisitioned?" Zhao Huan snorted coldly and said.

"Lord Li is still very effective, and the 30,000 stone grain has been collected. However, the minister heard that Lord Li did not collect 30,000 stone this time, but 60,000 stone, and said that there were still 30,000 stone for the rebels outside the city. Zheng Juzhong hesitated for a while, and Fang said: "This is just a rumor, whether it is true or not, the old minister does not know." ”

"Sixty thousand?" Zhao Huan's face changed drastically, the anger in his heart completely erupted, and the paperweight in front of him was smashed on the gold brick, the paperweight was smashed to pieces, Zhao Huan roared loudly: "Who is it, who gave him the power?" ”

"Your Majesty, there was a saying that you would pay the grain and grass for the righteous army." Zheng Juzhong smiled bitterly. Zhao Huan said this sentence at the beginning, and he was destined to what Li Gang's result would be. Zheng Ju Center understood why Li Gang would levy 60,000 stones, but this move was against the holy decree.

"Even if I said it at the beginning, now that the rebels outside the city have been bought by Li Jing, where do I need 30,000 stone of grain. Li Gang is hateful, is he still thinking about his disciples? Li Jing, that chaotic minister and thief. Zhao Huan was furious.

"Your Majesty, Li Gang is a meritorious man in the end!" Zheng Juzhong hurriedly said. Li Gang can be punished, but he can only be driven out of the court, and he must not be killed.

"Let him go to Hebei! Be Hebei's Xuanfu envoy! Zhao Huan let out a long sigh after hearing this, and finally found a place for Li Gang.