Sure enough, as Hu Zan expected, in June, the Son of Heaven ordered the servants Liu Daxia, Li Jieju and Zuo Yushi to supervise the military salaries of Xuanfu and Datong. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Li Jie went to Xuanfu, while Liu Daxia went to Datong to take office.

And the day before Liu Daxia, the squire of the military department and the imperial historian of the left capital, Liu Daxia, arrived in Datong to take up his post, the criminal minister Datong avant-garde commander who was imprisoned in the Taiyuan Mansion Ya Prison committed suicide by poisoning.

This incident caused a monstrous storm in Taiyuan City for a while.

Not only was the then governor of Shanxi, Hou Sui, furious, and ordered the jailers in the government prison to be strictly interrogated to find out the source of the poison. Even Liu Yushi, who inspected Datong and supervised military salaries, rushed to Taiyuan when he heard the news.

This is not difficult to understand, after all, Wang Yu led the people to pursue the Tartars and was ambushed and the entire army was annihilated, and his crime was not an exaggeration.

However, this will not be decided until Wang Yu is brought to Beijing and interrogated by the Criminal Department. Now that the person is dead in the Taiyuan Mansion prison, what will the imperial court think?

Of course, the most depressed is Xie Shen.

He thought that he had already touched some clues, and as long as he touched the melon, he could find out the culprit behind the trap and robe.

Who would have thought that the person behind this scene would actually take the first step and poison Wang Yu in advance.

Xie Shen did not believe that Wang Yu would commit suicide. Martial artists have the principles and ethics of martial artists, and will never accept suicide as a humiliating way.

But people die and the lights go out, and now the clues are all broken, how to trace them?

During the governor's trip, a group of bigwigs gathered together to discuss how to deal with Wang Yu's matter.

Sitting at the top is naturally Liu Daxia. And sitting first on the left side of his head is the governor Hou Sui.

Further down, there are the prefects of Shanxi. As far as the eye can see, it is all a scarlet official robe.

In addition to Xie Shen, the prefect of Lu'an, there are also Du Yong, the prefect of Pingyang, and Feng Shaoshan, the prefect of Datong.

As for the governors of Zezhou, Qinzhou, Fenzhou, Liaozhou, and other prefectures, Zhizhou, is not qualified to appear here at all. There is no way, the difference between the fourth-grade official and the fifth-grade official is one level, which is the essential difference.

It stands to reason that the governor and the squire are both positive three grades, but the squire is a member of the ministry, so he oppresses the governor.

Hou Sui is tantamount to suffering a dumb loss.

Both of them are concurrently the official positions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, one is the deputy imperial envoy of the capital, and the other is the imperial history of the capital, but Hou Sui has a slight advantage in this.

Liu Daxia came from the household department, and he was naturally very sensitive to money and food. In fact, his main task in Datong this time was to supervise grain.

But if you don't see it, you can't say it.

Therefore, Liu Daxia did not go directly to Datong Mansion, but went to Taiyuan first to discuss how to deal with this matter with Governor Hou Sui.

"What do you think of this matter?"

Liu Daxia unexpectedly named Xie Shen directly, and his voice was flat as usual.

Xie Shen had also seen this Hubu Zuo Lang in Beijing before, but that could only be regarded as a one-sided relationship at most. Liu Daxia patrolled Datong and didn't consult with the governor Hou Xun, why did he ask him about the opinion of the little Lu'an prefect?

But since Mr. Liu asked, Xie Shen couldn't pretend to be stupid, after a pause, he arched his hand and said: "When I returned to Yonggong, the lower officials thought that the Wang commander was poisoned. ”

For a while, everyone looked at Xie Shen, thinking that this kid was too daring to speak, right?

Liu Daxia nodded and said, "I would like to cultivate you and continue." ”

With Liu Daxia's support, Xie Shen naturally had no fears, so he said in a deep voice: "It is certainly a crime for the king to command the enemy to advance rashly, but after all, he has been on the border for many years, so he will not be unable to bring back a soldier." The lower officials thought that someone must have obstructed it and cut off the retreat of the king's commander. ”

Liu Daxia was silent thoughtfully for a moment, and then raised his voice: "You mean that this Wang Yu originally arranged the army to be used as a follow-up. But these armies did not appear in time? ”

Xie Shen nodded and said, "Shi Yonggong is high! In fact, this matter is easy to explain, and you can see who can profit the most from it to know who did it. ”

Hou Sui also nodded and said, "Brother Shi Yong, what I said is reasonable. ”

Okay, the two bigwigs supported Xie Shen, and the Pingyang prefect Du Yong and Datong prefect Feng Shaoshan next to him dared to say anything, so they had to echo one after another.

"It's a very complicated matter, and it can be said that it affects the whole body." After a pause, Liu Daxia said in a deep voice: "What this official means is to slow down and investigate in secret." The immediate task was to raise food and forage in case the Tatars attacked again. ”

After all, it is an old fritter in officialdom, and Liu Daxia can still distinguish priorities.

The Tatars are a division of tigers and wolves, and they will certainly not be satisfied with a big victory. In their eyes, Datong is a piece of fat, and if they have the opportunity, they will definitely pounce on them like hungry wolves.

"Brother Shi Yong is right, the top priority at the moment is to solve the problem of grain and grass."

Hou Sui echoed: "However, Brother Shi Yong probably also knows that there is not much grain in the warehouse of Taiyuan Mansion. ”

It is a bitter cold land, and the grain is not very productive. In addition, Shanxi is an important frontier defense area, and all the grain is used to feed the soldiers, so there is not much grain left.

"Yes."

Liu Daxia snorted, which was regarded as acknowledging Hou Sui's complaints.

"Sincerely, this official heard that in Shanxi, Su Qianshi must be bought and grass can be collected. Therefore, the wealthy merchants were able to control the sale of grain and grass, so as to obtain huge profits. If it is changed to a hundred bundles of grass and more than 10 stones of millet are allowed to be bought and sold, it may be able to solve this stubborn problem. ”

Datong was the front line against the Tatars, but it was impossible to rely on Datong alone to raise food. Therefore, Liu Daxia will tell his thoughts and listen to them. After all, Hou Sui is the governor of Shanxi, if he doesn't nod, Liu Daxia will not be able to implement no matter how good his ideas are.

"This ......"

Hou Sui was embarrassed.

"I don't have any problems here. But I'm afraid Grandpa Hu won't allow it. ”

Hou Sui had something to say, but Liu Daxia said with a blank face: "How do you say it?" ”

"This town guard eunuch Hu Zan has been running Shanxi for many years, and the grain and grass trade is mostly related to him. On the surface, it was those wealthy businessmen who made a move, but in fact, it was Hu Zan who was doing it. ”

Hou Sui had long seen Hu Zan unpleasantly, but it was only because he was not sure of victory that he did not tear his face with Eunuch Hu.

Now that Liu Daxia has come to Datong to supervise grain, it is indeed a great opportunity. Because Liu Daxia has a reputation for being selfless with an iron face, and he is also very disgusted with eunuchs.

Let him know that the grain and grass trade in Shanxi is actually being manipulated by the eunuch Hu Zhan, how can he bear it?

Sure enough, Liu Daxia's face changed when he heard this: "Eunuch Hu? He was just a town guard eunuch, how could he meddle in the sale of grain and grass? ”

The importance of food is self-evident.

In wartime, whether there is enough food and grass can directly affect the war situation.

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