Chapter 739: Adulteration of military rations
The dragoon guards entered Xuzhou, and Tao Hu was also ordered by Zhao Yun to go to Xuzhou City.
While all parties in Xuzhou City are fighting for each other, Luoyang City, which is thousands of miles away, is busy at this time.
Countless carts of linen and silk were transported out of Luoyang City and transported to Huainan, but the grain from Huainan was also transported back to Luoyang in truckloads.
Standing outside the tooth gate of the main camp of the Qin army with his hands on his hips, watching the truckloads of grain and grass being transported into the barracks, Liu Wei always had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
Each battalion of the Qin army has its own granary, and the granaries of Dragoon, Yulin and Tiger Ben are slightly smaller, but there are a lot of meat, vegetables and fruits in the Sanwei granary.
Compared with the Sanwei granary, the main granary is much shabby, although there is a lot of meat, vegetables and fruits, but per capita, the meat and vegetables that each soldier can allocate are only one-fifth of the weaker than the three guards.
In this arrangement, Liu Wei also has his considerations.
The training of the three guards on weekdays is much more difficult than that of the main soldiers, their physical consumption is greater, and they need more abundant food to replenish their physical strength.
The soldiers of the main force are only regular training every day, and although the physical consumption is not small, it cannot be compared with the three guards.
Naturally, they are given much less meat, vegetables and fruits.
Even so, the daily food of the main force of the Qin army is still several times better than that of the army under the command of any prince in the world!
"Your Highness!" Xu Shu, who was watching a cart of grain and grass being transported into the barracks, led a group of officials to count the amount of grain and grass in the barracks, walked out quickly, hugged his fists and said to Liu Wei: "The ministers have already counted, there is a lot of grain and grass, but it is just ......."
"Just what?" From Xu Shu's expression, Liu Wei saw a hint of meaning that was difficult to speak, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, and frowned slightly and asked him.
"It's better for Your Highness to go and see it for yourself." Clenching his fists, Xu Shu said to Liu Wei: "Most of the grain and grass are fine, but a few of them are afraid that it will be difficult to hand over to the granary." ”
Glancing at Xu Shu, Liu Wei frowned, and stepped into the barracks without saying a word.
Liu Wei entered the barracks, and Xu Shu hurriedly followed behind him and walked towards the granary in the barracks.
"But the quality of the grain and grass is not good?" While walking towards the granary, Liu Wei asked Xu Shu who was following behind him.
"Your Highness, let's watch it first!" Following Liu Bian, Xu Shu was embarrassed, and wanted to tell Liu Bian the truth, but after thinking about it, he still said to Liu Bian: "If Your Highness thinks that it's just that the grain and grass are not in good condition, Your Majesty has nothing to say!" ”
With Xu Shu like this, Liu Wei realized more and more that things were probably out of his imagination, and the pace under his feet was much faster.
The granary was in the deepest part of the barracks, and after walking for a while, Liu Wei and Xu Shu arrived outside the granary.
Before he could reach the place, Liu Wei saw more than 100 soldiers holding long swords, surrounding a team of people transporting grain and grass in the middle.
Surrounded by soldiers, the group of men was obviously frightened, and one by one they knelt on the ground, trembling uncontrollably.
"What's going on?" When he arrived in front of the group, Liu Wei asked the officer who led the soldiers to surround the people.
"Your Highness!" Seeing that Liu Wei was coming, the officer hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed to him, and said to him: "These Diao people dare to adulterate in grain and grass!" ”
"Adulteration?" After listening to the officer's words, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment.
Since the establishment of Luoyang officials and merchants, he had never heard of any businessmen daring to adulterate military supplies, so he hurriedly strode to the grain cart brought by the group of people.
As soon as Liu Wei arrived at the grain truck, Xu Shu followed and glanced at a soldier standing next to the grain truck.
Seeing Xu Shu's eyes, the soldier took out the short sword at his waist and stabbed it towards a sack of grain.
The sharp short sword pierced into the sack, and the food contained in it suddenly flowed out.
"Your Highness, please look!" Holding a handful of corn flowing out of the sack with both hands, Xu Shu held the corn in front of Liu Wei and said to him: "The corn should be round, but these corns are flat and round, and they are mixed with a lot of soil. His Majesty asked the soldiers to inspect it, and one pound of corn was mixed with two pounds of soil! ”
Looking at the corn in Xu Shu's hand, Liu Wei frowned tightly and asked the people who were transporting grain: "Do you know that the corn is adulterated?" ”
Liu Wei asked them if they knew that the frightened people fell to their knees one after another, and many people shouted in a chaotic voice: "We are just the people who transport grain and grass, and we don't know that the corn in the bag is like this?" ”
"Who gave this grain and grass?" Turning his head to look at Xu Shu, Liu Wei asked him.
"Returning to His Royal Highness, it was sent by the official businessman Wang Bin!" Clenching his fists, Xu Shu said to Liu Wei: "If Your Highness investigates this matter thoroughly, I am afraid that it will be implicated a lot......"
"What's the implication law?" Looking at Xu Shu with a frown, Liu Wei asked him a question.
"Before the grain and grass enter Luoyang, it must be inspected by the cangqi official, and if there is no difference, the pond can be sent into the city!" Maintaining the posture of clenching his fists and bowing, Xu Shu said to Liu Wei: "The Cangqiao official belongs to the subordinates, if the subordinates really don't check in the official mansion, the subordinates will also be to blame!" ”
"What else?" His eyes narrowed slightly and looked at Xu Shu, and Liu Wei asked him coldly, "Who else is involved with these grains and grass?" ”
"When you enter the city, the official and commercial mansions must be inspected again!" Bowing down, when Xu Shu said these words, he had a feeling that he had a scar on his body but was forcibly exposed, but he didn't dare to hide Liu Wei, so he had to continue: "If it is said that the Cangqiao official is derelict in his duties, the official and commercial government should not be!" ”
"What else?" Liu Wei did not express his position immediately, but frowned and asked Xu Shu again.
"When you arrive at the barracks, the military needs still have to be inspected, if it weren't for the fact that His Majesty Fang Cai found out, I'm afraid that these grains and grasses have already entered the granary......" Looking up at Liu Wei, Xu Shu continued: "The three tests can be passed, which is really a bit weird!" ”
"Dereliction of duty?" Someone dared to make up his mind on military rations, but Liu Wei laughed angrily and said to Xu Shu: "I'm afraid they are not derelict in their duties, but deliberately!" ”
"Your Majesty also expects this!" Bowing down again, Xu Shu said to Liu Wei: "Your Majesty is negligent, and I hope that His Royal Highness will be guilty!" ”
"As a military advisor under the command of this king, he is responsible for the scheduling and assessment of officials in various parts of Daqin, and if there is a problem with the officials, he will punish you!" Xu Shu pleaded guilty, but Liu Wei did not excuse him, first convicted him, and then said: "However, the adulteration of grain and grass was also discovered by the military advisor, and the merits and demerits are offset, and this king will not ask you for the time being." Go and bring all these three officials immediately, and this king will be interrogated!" ”
"What about Wang Bin......?" Liu Wei asked Xu Shu to bring the officials, and Xu Shu hurriedly asked him about the officials and businessmen who adulterated the military rations.
"Wang Bin......" Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he pondered for a moment before he said to Xu Shu: "Wang Bin doesn't need to be interrogated, he directly raids his house, and the whole family is put on death row!" ”
Since Liu Wei was in charge of Daqin, he had never taken the means of sitting on anyone, and when he heard him say that he was going to put Wang Bin's family on death row, Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't dare to ask more, and only turned around and left after answering.
"It's also quite hard for you to transport grain and grass!" After Xu Shu left, Liu Wei turned his head to look at the people who were surrounded by soldiers, and said to them: "It's just that you have to open the sack and inspect it before you wait for the grain to be transported!" ”
"If you go back to Your Highness, you can't inspect it!" As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, a bolder man knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "There is no shortage of people in Daqin, merchants transport goods, if the people dare to inspect, they will definitely be dismissed, and I have all the old and young ...... in my family."
When he said this, the man was trembling all over, and many of the people present even secretly pinched a cold sweat for him.
From Liu Wei's intention to put Wang Bin's family on death row, it can be seen that this incident has made him angry, but he is not like thunder.
Liu Wei dared to speak out to defend himself when he was furious, what is it if he is not looking for death?
To everyone's surprise, Liu Wei did not get angry with the man who defended as they imagined, but waved his hand to the soldiers and said, "Let them all go!" ”
After receiving Liu Wei's order, the soldiers did not dare to delay, and hurriedly made way for a passage.
When the people who were surrounded saw that Liu Wei was going to let them go, they hurriedly knelt on the ground and thanked Liu Wei for not killing.
Liu Wei left the palace, Wang Zhen assumed the duty of guarding the palace, and did not accompany him to the barracks, only Wang Liu was by his side.
When the people left, Wang Liu whispered to Liu Wei: "These people transport adulterated grain and grass, is it possible that His Royal Highness does not want to cure their crimes?" ”
"If they were punished for their sins, they would have wronged some." Looking at the backs of the people leaving, Liu Wei said to Wang Liu: "As the people just said, they are just transporting goods for people, if they really dare to inspect the proprietor's goods as this king said, the proprietor will definitely replace a group of people!" ”
As soon as Liu Wei said this, Wang Liu didn't speak again, stood behind him, looked at the figures of the people leaving, and secretly rejoiced for them, they were living under Liu Wei's rule!
If these people live in other places, I am afraid that they will see this kind of thing, and in order to stabilize the businessmen, some tyrants will choose to behead all the people's husbands, and open up to the real masterminds behind the scenes.
However, thinking that Wang Bin's entire family was on death row, Wang Liu still felt that Liu Wei's punishment of Wang Bin this time was really harsh.
Although many heroes will take the means of killing people who are convicted of serious crimes, Liu Wei has never used such methods against anyone since he won Luoyang. Now he wants to kill the official and businessman family because of several truckloads of grain and grass, which really subverts Wang Liu's previous perception of Liu Wei.
"But I feel that this king's intention to kill Wang Bin is a little ruthless?" Wang Liu didn't speak, but Liu Wei turned his head to look at her and asked.