Half a month after the siege of Luojing, there was suddenly an exciting news, the Yongzhou army was forced to retreat because Guanzhong was attacked by the Xiliang army, and the Qi army had to retreat to meet the Chu army because of the pressure of the Chu army behind it, and the two armies besieging Luojing were evacuated cleanly overnight.

Suddenly the whole city was full of jubilation, the people went to the streets to beat gongs and bets, to celebrate the victory of the Luojing defense war, the major shops, restaurants, courtyards and teahouses in the silence for nearly half a month and then put up for business, diners, tea customers and scoopers also couldn't bear the itch, one after another, patronizing these places of lust and lust, Luojing City almost within two days to restore the prosperity and vitality of the past.

The autumn sunshine is warm and bustling in every corner of Luojing City, and many sick and hidden people have also taken to the streets to enjoy the autumn sunshine and the joy of victory.

Yang Sheng was sick for nearly half a month, and his health gradually improved, and in the morning, he also went out to come to the Lu Ji Teahouse, which he used to take care of, to drink a good cup of tea, chat with old friends, and listen to the voices of the people, which is a habit he has developed in the past few years.

However, although Yang Sheng's illness has been cured, but his mood has been very depressed, the defeat of Michi, he was impeached by Zhang Jinjie for his mediocrity and incompetence, and was removed from all official positions by Huangfu Heng, if he is responsible for the defeat of Jinzhou, he can still reluctantly accept it, but the defeat of Michi, Yang Sheng does not think that it is his responsibility, if it is not for Li Mi's defeat in Xingyang, so that the Qizhou forward to Yanshi, how can he be forced to withdraw his army, not forced to withdraw his army, how can he be defeated?

The final responsibility is borne by him, and Li Mi, who was defeated by Xingyang and led to the rout of the whole line, was not dismissed, and still served as the main general of the city, even if he died in the end, he could go down in history, but he Yang Sheng was stinking for 10,000 years, Yang Sheng was already old, and he was not very interested in getting promoted and making a fortune, at his age, he was very concerned about the reputation and evaluation of this later generation, and his heart was full of hatred for Zhang Jinjie, he knew that Zhang Jinjie slandered himself in front of the emperor, let himself bear all the blame, and washed Li Mi.

And another major event happened the day before yesterday, his brother-in-law, the former household servant Han Tae's house was raided, Han Tae was certainly dismissed because of the stolen goods, but it has been three years, and his past guilt has been eliminated, but the night before yesterday, the first one to copy was his house, Han Tae was angry and hateful, and fainted on the spot.

Even if Yang Sheng can tolerate the raid on Hankook's mansion, he can't tolerate the raid on the Hankook Mansion first, which is obviously aimed at him Yang Sheng.

Yang Sheng suppressed all the hatred in his heart, he was waiting for an opportunity, and now that Zhang Jinjie was in full swing, it was not easy to move him.

Yang Sheng walked into the teahouse, Lu Ji teahouse is the best teahouse in Luojing, you can get the best tea, the dim sum is also very authentic, it has always been a very high-end teacup, generally people with status can come here to drink tea, and a cup of tea is also worth a lot.

The guy knew him and hurriedly greeted him warmly, "Yo! It's Yang Xiangguo, I've heard that you are sick from old age, are you getting better? ”

For some reason, the man's greeting sounded extremely harsh to Yang Sheng, he snorted heavily, and said unhappily: "Is my seat there?" ”

The guy was a little embarrassed, glanced at the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper immediately arranged for someone to run upstairs, Yang Sheng was even more annoyed, because he was dismissed, even the seat he couldn't move for a few years was actually occupied, he was very angry in his heart, pushed the guy away, strode upstairs, walked to the stairs on the second floor, only to see his window seat, a guy was persuading a tea guest to leave, but the tea guest was very arrogant, his legs were together, his face twisted out of the window, and he didn't pay attention to it at all.

A few old tea customers next to him were discussing, "That's the proprietor of Ma Hongyun's jewelry store, I heard that he donated 10,000 taels of silver for military expenses, and was sealed as a pillar by Zhang Xiangguo. ”

"Are you mistaken, Zhang Xiangguo can seal him to the Pillar Kingdom? Are you sure you're not the emperor? ”

"It was sealed by Zhang Xiangguo, 5,000 taels of silver was sealed for special advancement, 8,000 taels of silver was sealed for the Pillar Kingdom, and 10,000 taels were sealed for the Pillar Kingdom, didn't the emperor give power to Zhang Xiangguo?"

"You haven't heard that Zhang Xiangguo's private embezzlement of the treasury is now spreading very well outside, and it is said with a nose and eyes."

"Hey! War! There will always be people who will get rich, either their sons are in Chuzhou and Jingzhou, what is he doing here? Without benefits, will he stay? ”

Originally, Yang Sheng was very annoyed by the seat of the tea, but hearing the discussion of these tea guests, Yang Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up, Zhang Jinjie dared to privately seal the honor, and also embezzled the treasury, he didn't care about drinking tea, turned around and went out of the teahouse and went home.

When he returned to the mansion, as soon as he entered the door, he immediately instructed the housekeeper, "All the subordinates, go to the street for me to inquire about the rumors in the capital, and everyone should go immediately about Zhang Jinjie's statement!" ”

．．．．．．． The warm autumn sun shone into the palace, and the news of the withdrawal of the Yongzhou army and the Qi army also reached the ears of Huang Fuheng, the emperor who had locked himself in the deep palace for nearly half a month, and finally came out of the deep palace like a bear waking up from hibernation.

He did not go to the head of the city to comfort the brave soldiers who defended the city, but came to the imperial city to inspect the situation of Zuozang, which is the treasury of the Daning Dynasty, storing gold, silver, copper coins and all kinds of valuable light goods.

'Boom! In the loud noise, the big iron door of Zuozang was slowly pushed open, and in the vague explanation of the officials of Zuozang, Huangfu Heng walked into this huge treasury, and the first thing he saw was a warehouse with many huge wooden shelves, in his memory, these wooden shelves should be full of silk, but now, he only saw empty wooden frames, and there was no silk horse.

"Where's the light goods on the wooden shelves?"

Huangfu Heng frowned, turned his head and glared at Zuo Zangcheng viciously, "Is it because you are greedy?" ”

Zuo Zangcheng was so frightened that he knelt down, and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, give us great courage, and we don't dare to be greedy for the things in the treasury, Zhang Xiangguo took it and sold it, partly to pay military salaries, and partly to reward soldiers." ”

Huangfu Heng also guessed that this was the case, he didn't say anything, and continued to walk towards the silver vault with his hands behind his back, when he walked to the huge silver vault, the anger in his eyes was finally ignited, the silver vault that could hold 10 million taels of silver was empty, and there was no big wooden box for silver, and only some scattered sawdust was scattered in the huge silver vault.

"You tell me, what is there in the left treasure?" Huangfu Heng slowly turned his head, stared at Zuo Zangcheng, and asked word by word.

Zuo Zangcheng trembled with fright, he lowered his head, and his voice couldn't be smaller, "Except for a little bronze, the rest is gone, and it was all taken away by Zhang Xiangguo with His Majesty's gold medal and used to pay for military expenses." ”

"Military spending, military spending again!"

Huang Fuheng finally jumped up in a rage, "Raiding the powerful clans is to pay for military expenses, and emptying my treasury is also to pay for military expenses, how much military expenses do you have to pay?" In half a month, six million taels of silver will be consumed, how many troops are there, 500,000, or 1 million? ”

He was furious and shouted: "Come on, go and see me on the festival!" ”

．．．．．．．． Not long after, Zhang Jinjie hurried from the east city gate, Yongzhou and Qizhou withdrew, a large number of people to go out of the city, he was leading the army to remove the big stone blocking the city gate, busy sweating profusely, but he was very happy in his heart, there was a great sense of achievement.

Hearing that the emperor summoned him in Zuozang, he knew why, but he was not worried, he had detailed accounts to explain, he was not afraid of those gossips, he did not embezzle a tael of silver, on the contrary, he also took out a few thousand taels of silver to buy rice porridge for those homeless street children.

Huang Fuheng sat at the gate of Zuozang, a gold-backed wide chair, surrounded by more than 100 guards, he is not like the emperor now, but like a county official who handled the case at the scene of the incident.

Zhang Jinjie stepped forward and bowed, "Minister Zhang Jinjie sees Your Majesty!" ”

"Zhang Xiangguo has worked hard, give me a seat!"

Huang Fuheng didn't get angry on the spot, but said lightly: "Is my gold medal still in use?" ”

"The enemy forces have retreated, and they are no longer needed."

Zhang Jinjie presented the gold medal, and a guard transferred it to Huang Fu Heng, who looked at his gold medal and said with a smile: "Are you sure that the two armies of Yongqi will not come back?" ”

"The minister thought that he would not come back, the minister got the news, the Xiliang army attacked Guanzhong on a large scale, the Yongzhou army was forced to withdraw, and then the Qi army also began to withdraw, only with their family, it is difficult to conquer Luojing in a short time, the minister heard that Chuzhou has captured Qizhou, the front has arrived in Dongjun, Huangfu should be east to deal with the Chu army."

"That time in the defense of Luojing, Xiangguo's merits were high!"

Zhang Jinjie is an old bureaucrat, he knows that there is a synonym for meritorious high and powerful people in the world called 'meritorious and high shock', which is very taboo, he hurriedly explained: "The minister is just a civil official, where can he command the army, this is all the soldiers' lives, it is caused by His Majesty's great blessing, and the minister has no credit." ”

"Sangkook is too modest."

Huangfu Heng pondered for a while and asked: "After all, I am a monarch, and I should know about the expenditure of the treasury, Zhang Xiangguo should take the time to write a recital for me!" I'd like to see it tomorrow. ”

Zhang Jinjie sighed secretly, when the enemy army first withdrew, the first thing he thought of was not to comfort the soldiers and restore the dynasty, but to care about how much money he used, such a monarch is really difficult to serve!

．．．．．．．．．． Yang Sheng's Mansion, the housekeeper is reporting to Yang Sheng the news from the next person one by one." Master, there are indeed a lot of things about Zhang Jinjie on the street, saying that he was greedy for the treasury, betraying his official position, and enriching his pockets, and that he had actually surrendered to Huangfu Wujin, and that he was not guarding Luojing for the emperor, but guarding Luojing for Huangfu Wujin, and that he was raiding his house, and was actually taking the opportunity to attack the powerful who opposed Huangfu Wujin......"

Yang Sheng squinted and listened to the housekeeper's report, he knew very well in his heart which news was useful to him, and he knew better the truth that the three of them became tigers.

"Old butler, I heard you say that you have a good relationship with the housekeeper in the palace of Xingyang County, right!"

"Yes, we've had a lifelong friendship when we grew up together."

"Well, you can go talk to an old friend this afternoon and tell him all the details."

"Yes! I understand. ”

The housekeeper Shi Yili left, Yang Sheng smiled sinisterly, the old county king Huangfu was also raided, he must be very interested in these news.

(To be continued)