It was only when Nie Qing returned to Jinling City that he was sure that all he wanted was the truth.

Who the hell am I?

Although there were no casualties, the Sea Soul Bead and the Ice Spirit Stone were robbed, which made everyone a little frustrated. An Zheng was also depressed, but he still had to comfort everyone. Fortunately, Yelena was comforted by Chen Shaobai, otherwise that girl really didn't know how to persuade her to cry like that. Yelena's self-blame is conceivable, so many people died in order to help her find the Sea Soul Bead, and the guards brought out of the house are now dead and injured, and there is only one Yakuo left by her side.

And in order to get the Sea Soul Bead for her, An Zheng and they were all injured at that time. Originally, her belief in reviving the Black Sea Empire had been shaken, but now that she had no Sea Soul Bead, the whole person looked lost and depressed, and she had no spirit at all.

However, the team is still moving in the direction of Jinling City, there are still some things to do, and they can't lose their original intention because of setbacks halfway.

The chariot has been destroyed, and it can only be done on foot, which is much slower. Fortunately, they were not fuel-efficient lamps, and they robbed a wealthy warship in the northwest and then went all the way east. When they arrived at a place a few hundred miles away from Jinling City, the battleship had to stop, and this place was already very dangerous. Although the strength of the Daxi military has been somewhat weakened, it is still not to be underestimated.

After the battleship stopped, everyone discussed, An Zheng and Chen Shaobai went to Jinling City to inquire about the news, arranged a place to stay, and the others entered the city after receiving the signal.

The two of them put on masks, changed their clothes, and walked in the direction of Jinling City along the crowd on the official road. Because the demon beasts in various places have not been completely eradicated, only a Zhuo Qing Emperor died, and the number of demon beasts has not decreased too much, so the disaster still exists. A large number of refugees think that Jinling City is the safest place in the world, and they rush to Jinling City with their families. An fight for what they see, where is there any great prosperity.

A good country is over like this. Those big families in various places took advantage of the situation to split off and declared their independence from Daxi autonomy. Except for this part of Gyeonggi Province, Daxi is actually completely out of the jurisdiction of the Holy Court. Fortunately, the Daxi troops in various places were still loyal, and they were evacuated back to Gyeonggi Province one after another, so that the number of troops stationed in Gyeonggi Province has exceeded 2 million.

This is not over, without the order of the Holy Court, the army was also cut off from supplies by the local tyrants, and they could not fight, so they had to return to Jinling City in large numbers. Some of the troops were bought off by local tyrants, and most of them began to travel thousands of miles back to Beijing.

If there is a large loss of troops, then Daxi will really be finished.

Walking along the official road, you can see a military camp every other section, and the endless tents seem to be undulating hills. The return of a large number of troops also caused the food in the treasury of the Holy Court to be consumed sharply. If there is no solution to this problem, it will not be long before the refugees and the army will have their coffers drained.

The nearest granary to Jinling City is on Beishan, and the scale is very large, but I don't know why the Holy Court has not sent people to the Beishan granary to extract grain.

When they entered Jinling City, they found that the gate had already been closed, and it was said that Jinling City was now overcrowded and could not accommodate refugees at all. Reluctant to leave, refugees could not seek protection behind the high walls, so they had to build shacks outside Jinling City and live on the gruel distributed by the imperial court every day.

An Zheng and Chen Shaobai climbed in from outside the city wall, and when they entered the city, they found that it was not what they said it was at all. The number of people in the city did not increase much, and the people who could enter the city were all people who had declared their loyalty to Chen Wunuo from the major families. As for the ordinary people, none of them were put in.

The city of Jinling is still peaceful, and it is very different from the world outside a high wall. In the restaurant, in the green building, in the casino, it is still crowded. Such a troubled and prosperous world makes people feel sad from the heart.

The military department is the top priority, An Zheng and Chen Shaobai want to find out the news, and they can't enter the palace for the time being, so they first choose the military department as the target.

Chen Shaobai was supporting outside the military department, and An Zheng climbed in from the wall with the Turing crystal nucleus. The door of the military headquarters was closed very tightly, and there were officers and soldiers patrolling all around. Fortunately, Chen Shaobai has a yaksha umbrella, and An Zheng has a Turing crystal nucleus.

In broad daylight, An Zheng came in like this, and he really didn't take those cultivators in the military department seriously. With the current strength of An Zheng, there are really not many people who can take him seriously.

I am very familiar with the internal security struggle of the Ministry of War, and I have been here more than once. Familiar with the road, he found the place where the military department Shangshu lived, and An Zheng easily went out of the window under the cover of the Turing crystal nucleus. The window of the study was open, and inside there was a group of adults in purple robes arguing fiercely about something.

Only big people above the third rank can wear purple official robes. And most of those who can achieve more than three grades are from big families.

Shi Yanlang, the secretary of the military department, is an old man who looks like he is in his fifties, but his face is still a little handsome when he was young. He paced back and forth around the room, his face ugly as if it were a volcano about to erupt.

"I don't know if I don't check it, I can scare people to death if I check it!"

With a snap, Shi Yanlang swept all the teacups on the table to the ground.

"Since the Ming Law Division was abolished, no one cares about these bastards. What the hell are they called moths? They are! Such a big Beishan granary, which has enough grain to store for the people of Jinling City for 30 years, is actually empty!"

The more he spoke, the more excited he became: "Now I know what the purpose of the existence of the Ming Law Division is, without the Ming Law Division, they are simply lawless! Your Majesty handed over the granary to them, but it became a tool for them to collect money. A mountain of grain was sold out by them in ten years. Where did the grain go? They were all fucking sold to the barbarians on the grassland! Don't these people remember those Daxi compatriots who were slaughtered in the northwest a few years ago with the grain of Daxi to feed the enemies of Daxi!

Chen Xiaochen, the squire of the military department, sighed: "How big is it to smuggle grain out of the Beishan granary, for ten consecutive years...... How could those adults in charge of this aspect in the capital not know? How could the defenders at the border pass not know? On the road from Beishan to Beijiang, which is thousands of miles away, how could the checkpoints and local officials along the way not know? However, under such blatant circumstances, they actually sold it for 10 years and forcibly sold out a granary. Moreover, it is also the granary of the capital. ”

"Where are these people reselling grain and drinking human blood? ”

A group of people were indignant, but they couldn't think of any solution.

"The most important thing now is how to comfort the nearly 10 million victims outside. ”

Shi Yanlang sat on the chair dejectedly: "There are almost 10 million refugees, 2 million troops, and the daily consumption of food is a figure that makes people's hearts tremble. The treasury can't hold out for a few days, and now even if you kill all the rats in the Beishan granary, it won't help. ”

"Or?"

The squire Chen Xiaochen lowered his voice and said: "Try to ask the major families for some? In addition to the granary in Beishan, the major families in the capital actually have their own private collections, and the amount of grain stored in them is far more than the granary in Beishan. Moreover, a lot of the grain in the Beishan granary was actually privately divided by these big families. ”

"What do you want?"

Shi Yanlang's face was painful: "Your Majesty suddenly promoted you and me, not because everyone in those big families disappointed him so much. However, when it was rumored that His Majesty had been seriously injured, these people became even more unscrupulous. In their eyes, Daxi is no longer His Majesty's Daxi, and Jinling City is no longer His Majesty's Jinling City. It's hard to get a grain out of their hands!"

Chen Xiaochen looked younger, only about forty years old, he stood up and said: "Before I was promoted by His Majesty to be the squire of the military department, I worked as a petty official in the household department for twenty years. But I have never held a grudge against Your Majesty, and Your Majesty has now awakened to the fact that those people from the big family are still unreliable after all. Therefore, we have recently vigorously promoted the children of the poor family, and you and I will see the light of day. At such a critical time, we have gained His Majesty's trust, but it is our sin not to be able to share His Majesty's worries. ”

He took a deep breath: "I'm willing to try." ”

Li Zhengtang, who was sitting not far away, shook his head and said: "Before Your Majesty retreated, he changed all the Shangshu servants of the six departments in one go, and those people held their breath in their hearts. Now you go to them to ask for food, and Your Majesty can't support you, they won't give you a good face. ”

"If I don't even have this bit of courage, why should I eat the king?"

Chen Xiaochen hugged his fists and said: "I'll go now, there are many big families in Jinling City, but there are few with good reputations." I thought about it for a while just now, the Yang family can try it. ”

"Yang family?!"

Li Zhengtang gritted his teeth and said, "Don't forget, Yang Huishan has just been demoted from the position of the head of the household department by His Majesty. As the head of the household, can he not know about the affairs of the Beishan granary? There are even rumors that he was the one who instigated the theft and sale of the Beishan granary. ”

"Probably not. ”

Chen Xiaochen said: "When I was studying, I also got a reminder from Lord Yang, it seems that he is not like that kind of person, most of them are still deceived by his subordinates. In any case, even if he refuses to lend me food, he will not harm me. I have always called him Mr. when I saw him all these years, and he was polite to me. ”

"Try it if you want to, I don't have any hope anyway. ”

An Zheng listened to this outside, and his lungs were about to explode. He knew very well how much grain was stored in the Beishan granary, and the Ming Law Division used to send inspectors every year to check whether the number of granaries in various places matched the number reported to the Holy Court. At that time, there was a clear law division, and no one dared to resell the granaries in various places. As a result, the Ming Law Division has only been gone for eleven or twelve years, and they even dare to sell the granary in the capital.

Outside, there are more than 10 million victims, and it won't be long before there will be a civil uprising without food. When the time comes, no one knows how many people will die.

Chen Xiaochen tidied up his official uniform and strode out of the study. In that moment, he was a hero. Chen Wunuo's use of a large number of poor disciples at this time was also a helpless move, but it forced the conflict between him and the big family to the brink of exploding. Those people from big families will not watch the power fall, and they will definitely fight back. If they win, Daxi will fall apart in an instant. And these newly activated people from the poor door actually have no real power in their hands at all, and the people under them do not listen to them, and they cannot leave the yamen. If you want soldiers, you don't have soldiers, and you want people without people. They wanted to fight with those big families with their enthusiasm, and the final result was obvious.

As soon as An Zheng turned around and followed Chen Xiaochen out, he walked behind him.

Chen Xiaochen's shoulders looked like they were trembling slightly, how could he not be afraid?

He was not facing a pack of people, but a pack of wolves. An Zheng knew very well that those people would not take out a grain of food, because this was their bargaining chip. They just wanted to use food to force Chen Wunuo to make a compromise and return those official positions to them one by one...... The reality is so cruel.

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