The goods worth 300,000 yuan were moved out of the treasury of the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion and loaded onto the car one by one. It was Xue Chuyu and the soldiers of the Jumping Army under him who handled it.

Hearing that this batch of things was going to be taken and "returned" to Wu Yizong, Xue Chuyu and the soldiers were quite puzzled and even a little annoyed. So, without waiting for Wu Yizong to pull this batch of goods out of the Governor's Mansion, Xue Chuyu came to see Xue Shao.

"Childe, it's not that your subordinates dare to question military orders. It's just that the brothers below are quite puzzled by this matter, and they have some resentment. Xue Chuyu cautiously said to Xue Shao, "Why should we return the goods worth 300,000 yuan to Wu Yizong?" Didn't Childe say that those things will be the life of the Shuofang Army in the future? ”

"The brothers have grievances, and I can understand them." Xue Shao smiled and said, "Let Wu Yizong pull things away first, and don't stop them." I'll tell you a little bit about that. ”

Xue Chuyu was stunned for a moment, and said with a guilty face: "Childe, this is my fault. You don't have to explain military orders to us. ”

"It's okay." Xue Shao said calmly, "You have suspicions and grievances, and you still carry out my military orders, which is a respect for me and my military orders." In the same way, I should respect Brother Paoze, who is with me in the blood, and go and do my work, and when I am done, call my brothers here. I don't want any suspicion or estrangement between me and my brother Paoze! ”

"Yes!"

About half an hour later, Wu Yizong took his men and left with a large number of goods. Seeing that the boxes and carriages loaded with goods were all purchased by himself before, Wu Yizong was really full of blood - this boiled duck flew and flew back strangely. I should have been happy, but this duck has been infected with poison all over its body after going out for a circle, and I have to eat it!

Wu Yizong wanted to cry without tears.

At first, he hated to eat Xue Shao's flesh and drink Xue Shao's blood. Now he felt that maybe he should really stay away from Xue Shao - he couldn't afford to provoke him, he could always afford to hide, right?!

Later, Xue Chuyu came to Xue Shao with a group of sergeants from the Jumping Army.

"The brothers are here?" Xue Shao smiled and showed them the IOU written by Wu Yizong, "This IOU is for the brothers to look at and testify." ”

The soldiers of the Jumping Army all looked at it, and someone said: "I can definitely trust the young marshal, but I can't trust the villain of Wu Yizong!" ――What if he doesn't pay it back? ”

"Of course he's the best he can be. However, since I lent it out, I didn't expect him to return it. Xue Shao's words were astonishing.

Of course, everyone was stunned, "Why did the young marshal cheapen that villain?!" ”

"Brothers, don't be impatient, listen to me talk about the twists and turns of this." Xue Shao said, "The Shuofang army has just come to Chadao, and the new official has taken office. Brothers, what is our most important task at the moment? ”

"Fight against the Turks and protect the territory and the people!"

"That's right." Xue Shao said, "The Turks have poisoned our people, and Wu Yizong has also framed our people, so they are all our enemies. Against the Turks, we can take their heads without hesitation. Wu Yizong's actions have greatly hurt the gentry and people of Suiyan Erzhou, and according to the consistent style of our soldiers, of course, it is the most relieving hatred to cut it with a knife. ”

"That's right, it's long overdue!" The soldiers were indignant.

"I want to kill him more than you do." Xue Shao smiled slightly and said, "Before I came to Xiazhou, it was like this. ”

Everyone was stunned.

Xue Shao said: "But Wu Yizong is now the emperor's order. In the eyes of the people, he, like me, represents the court and the government. His bad deeds made Suiyan Erzhou angry and resentful, and the people hated him to the core, and at the same time, he also had strong dissatisfaction and resentment against the court and the government. At this time, if I kill Wu Yizong, the people will think that this is just a dumping and fighting in the officialdom, and my new official will kill a scapegoat in a hurry, what does it have to do with the people? In the final analysis, if we can't do our best to recover the losses suffered by the people, we will not be able to soothe the resentment in the hearts of the people. The people's dissatisfaction with the government is the greatest dereliction of duty of the governor of the capital; At the same time, this will also be greatly detrimental to the logistics support of the Shuofang army. The reason for this must not be difficult for the brothers to understand. ”

Although the sergeants present didn't know much about politics, Xue Shao's words were very simple, and they could still understand a large part of them after listening to them, so they nodded yes one after another.

Xue Chuyu said: "I think, I probably understand the young marshal's intentions. It is true that we must not only try to be happy with revenge, but also take into account the overall situation. Wu Yizong is hateful and should be killed, but we can't be affected by his mistakes. The young marshal returned a batch of treasures to Wu Yizong, the purpose of which was to let him take back the grain and grass that he had forcibly sold before, so as to eliminate the dissatisfaction and resentment of the people of Suiyan and the two prefectures against the government. On the surface, this seems to be a cheap Wu Yizong, but it is actually a matter that is extremely beneficial to the Governor's Mansion and the Shuofang Army! ”

"I see!"

"That's right, it seems to be the truth!"

"The young marshal is broad-minded and far-sighted, I might as well wait!"

Everyone finally came to their senses, and then apologized to Xue Shao with their fists, claiming that they should not suspect the young marshal, let alone question the military order.

Xue Shao smiled: "The brothers don't treat me as an outsider, so they will question my orders in person." I don't treat my brothers as outsiders, what Chu Yu just said is exactly what I want to say. In a word, our Shuofang army must be prepared to take root in the northwest for a long time. We depend on the people for food, drink, and clothing. The relationship between the army and the local people is like fish and water. Therefore, we must broaden our horizons and take a long-term view. From now on, we can try to do anything that is conducive to improving civil-military relations. Anything that is detrimental to civil-military relations must be strictly eradicated! ”

"Yes! - "All the soldiers are fully enlightened in their minds, and they are generous in their promises!"

Three days later, Xue Shao returned to Shuofang Military Town, personally counted a batch of grain and grass here, and prepared to be sent to Fengzhou for emergency.

Ashina Zhongjie, the general of the Hu Dynasty who stayed in Shuofang, was very surprised, because he knew very well what kind of family the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion was now. Previously, Wang Fangyi was ordered to go to the Western Regions to fight against the rebellion, and almost emptied the silver treasury of the Governor's Mansion, and almost starved to death of rats in the granary-how did Xue Shao make such a large amount of money and grain like a trick?!

After the inventory, Xue Shao roughly estimated that this batch of grain and grass could make the soldiers in Fengzhou last for more than a month. Although there are not many things, Shi Liu Youqiu, the acting governor of the capital who is responsible for raising military funds, has tried his best. If it weren't for his shrewdness and ability, he wouldn't have been able to gather such a huge batch of materials in a short period of time.

In the final analysis, the family background of the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion is too thin, and the Shuo Fang army is congenitally insufficient. In addition, Helongzhou County has just been looted by the Turks, and there is a shortage of materials, and the prices of grain, oil, cloth and other daily necessities are soaring.

If the normal social order and life order are not restored, Xue Shao fears that the agriculture and economy of the prefectures and counties under his rule may collapse. Once the people are not able to make a living, there will really be a big chaos, and riots such as the Bai Tieyu Rebellion are likely to happen again.

Therefore, Xue Shao felt that the Turks who had fled into the desert now were not the biggest enemies; The top priority is to stabilize the chaos as much as possible and let the people return to the normal trajectory of life.

Xue Shao asked Guo Yuanzhen to escort supplies to Fengzhou, and he returned to the Governor's Mansion again. Before he could sit down and take a breath, Sui Governor Shi Xu Changqing came to ask for a meeting.

Xue Shao saw that his face was full of anxiety, and asked, "Xu Changshi came to see me in person, is there something important?" ”

"Governor, it's a bad thing!" Xu Changqing clapped his hands and said, "That Wu Yizong is not a good class, and he doesn't do good things!" ”

Xue Shao frowned, "He still dares to make a mistake?" ”

"This time it wasn't that he took the initiative to make a mistake, but someone induced it." Xu Changqing said, "Didn't the governor lend him 300,000 yuan to recover the grain and grass that he had sold before?" Wu Yizong returned to Suizhou, but immediately began to handle the matter. At first, the progress was quite good, and Wu Yizong also lowered his stature to apologize and admit his mistakes to some officials and gentry, and these people were also willing to release their past suspicions and sell back grain and grass. But within two days, someone was eyeing Wu Yizong, thinking that the opportunity to make a fortune had arrived! ”

"What fortune?" Xue Shao frowned, "Let's talk about it in detail!" ”

Xu Changqing smiled bitterly and said, "Didn't Wu Yizong sell military rations at a high price, and now they are recycling them at a high price?" Then two powerful portals in Suizhou that had accumulated a lot of corn privately contacted Wu Yizong, saying that they were willing to sell 300,000 stone corn to him at half the price of the grain collected by Wu Yizong! ”

Xue Shao was furious and shot the case, "Wu Yizong agreed?!" ”

Xu Changqing was so frightened that he took two steps back and almost fell to the ground, his mouth was trembling, and he muttered: "Answer, promise!" …… Xia Guan knew that Xue Dudu lent money to Wu Yizong, in fact, so that he could calm down the people's anger and redeem his mistakes. However, Wu Yizong was only in a hurry to deal with the matter. It was when the lower officials saw that they were privately handing over grain and grass, so they secretly ran to Xiazhou and reported to the governor! ”

"Bastard !!" Xue Shao was furious, "What is the origin of those two Haoqiang?" ”

Xu Changqing replied tremblingly: "There is a family surnamed Yang, born in Hongnong Huayin Yang's surname, the head of the family is named Yang Tong, and his ancestors were the Shangzhu Kingdom of the Sui Dynasty. In Yang Tong's generation, although no one was an official in the family, Sheng Zai gave birth to several beautiful daughters. Because he is a famous family, several of Yang Tong's daughters are very well married, and one of them is married to a Beijing official of the Xue clan in Fenyin. ”

Xue Shao was slightly stunned, "Who to marry?" ”

"Supervise the imperial history, Xue Zhongzhang." Xu Changqing said cautiously, "Dudu, maybe you know each other, right?" ”

Xue Shao frowned and nodded, although he didn't have a deep friendship, he did know each other, and he came when I got married. Xue Zhongzhang's father is my uncle, and his mother is Pei Yan's own sister - he is Pei Yan's nephew!

Xu Changqing said cautiously: "The lower officials have inquired privately, although Xue Zhongzhang's official is not big, but the way is not simple!" He is the ...... of the Minister of Care, Pei Xianggong"

"Shut up!" Xue Shao shouted, "The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people!" Not to mention a local snake who wants to make a fortune, even Xue Zhongzhang himself and even Pei Xianggong committed something under my rule, and I, Xue Shao, did the same! ”

Xu Changqing was speechless and broke out in a cold sweat, thinking in his heart: That's right! He dared to cut off the Queen Mother and Pei Yan's henchman Tang Huaibi with one sword, what could it be like a mere Xue Zhongzhang's father-in-law?