If the army has no food, it will die.

It is natural to be a soldier to eat, but when an army is deprived of food and grass, it is terrible, and it is usually plundered on the spot.

When he heard the news of the mutiny of the border army, Cui Zheng knew that something was wrong.

"No matter what method is used, immediately raise the military rations of other armies!" Cui Zheng brought in several officials in charge of this area and said: "Remember, at all costs! ”

It's still one now, but if it drags it out, then this one will become all, and the army can't be chaotic, otherwise he will kill all the troops in Jinzhou, and the people's hearts in Jinzhou will completely collapse.

"Yes!" When the people heard that they would do whatever it takes, they understood that for this matter, they could forcibly requisition food from the people, in short, they would first stabilize the army.

"My lord, what should we do with the mutinous army?" One of the strategists worried.

"Tianbao, you go on a trip to win the hearts of the army, as for the main general, don't count the killing!" Cui Zheng's eyes flashed with a touch of murderous intent, since he had mutinied, whether it was to appease the people or deter other generals, someone had to come forward to take this responsibility.

The hall walked out of the hall and saluted Cui Zhengyi: "Yes!" ”

Jinzhou has been prosperous for more than ten years, in addition to Cui Zheng, he has also cultivated a martial artist named Mu Tianbao, who was a prisoner ten years ago, Lu Chao pleaded for pardon, at that time Cui Zheng and Lu Chao were in the state of being a gentleman and a virtuous man, this kind of trivial matter naturally did not care, Mu Tianbao at that time was not even congenital.

Later, the army was transferred to the border pass, and in several attacks by the Guiyi Sect, Mu Tianbao made a lot of military exploits, and rose all the way up by military merits, and later because there was no vacancy in the border army, he was transferred to Jindu to be in charge of the Chinese army, Mu Tianbao and Lu Chao have never had contact for ten years, plus the strength is improving rapidly, Cui Zheng is now in urgent need of a five-grade general, after Mu Tianbao broke through to the cave realm, he was appointed as the general of Jinzhou, and stayed by his side to facilitate the envelopment.

The generals of the border army have heavy troops in their hands, and their own strength is not weak, most of them are six-grade martial artists, ordinary soldiers in the past, may not be useful, at this time, only the cave view realm can quickly quell the disaster of war.

And the fact is as Cui Zheng expected, after Mu Tianbao arrived at the border pass, he directly killed the rebel generals and quickly suppressed the mutinous soldiers without asking the reason.

But as the news spread, the border troops everywhere were a little chilled.

After all, the generals of the border army are all veterans who follow the Cui family, and they have no merit and hard work in guarding the border passes for many years, and the border army generals can't be blamed for this mutiny, there is really no food in the army, and the soldiers can't starve to death if they don't mutiny?

And this time, to put it bluntly, there is a problem in internal affairs, why should they ask people who have done nothing to take the blame? Regardless of the reason, I just killed a general who had been guarding the border for you against the enemy for many years, and this matter is too much.

If you did this time, will you do the same in the future?

For a while, the hearts of the roadsides will fluctuate after getting the news.

At the same time, the officials in charge of going to collect grain also successfully obtained grain and sent it to various border gates, but the process was a little disgraceful, after all, the situation in Jinzhou suddenly changed in a few months, and the people had grain in their hands for their own use, and they were unwilling to sell it, so how could they hand it over?

So the process of requisition of grain is a bit brutal, this is not a big deal, just seal it, in this era of information blockage, it is not difficult to seal it, just look at it and be ruthless.

It's just that the matter was somehow exposed, but it was left alive at the time, and the news spread out quickly and incredibly.

"Who told you to do that!?" Cui Zheng looked at several officials in charge of grain requisition, and shouted angrily, after this incident, the luck of the entire Jinzhou has decayed to the limit, and even one percent of the heyday is not enough, which was almost unimaginable a year ago.

Several officials in charge of grain collection did not dare to speak, it was not that they had done wrong, and they could only use extraordinary means in extraordinary times, but this matter should not be exposed.

"Lord, this is someone behind the scenes!" One of the strategists sighed.

"No matter what, this matter must be settled as soon as possible!" Cui Zheng didn't know how, but now he was being led by the other party's nose, but he had to go, Jinzhou now, it feels like a volcano about to erupt, even a little stimulation may make this volcano explode.

He looked at the officials in charge of collecting grain.

Several officials trembled in their hearts, and hurriedly knelt down and begged: "Lord, there is no way, now there is no rich people chamber of commerce to stabilize prices, the price of grain is one price a day, although the people have grain in their hands, but no one dares to use it, if you don't use this method, it is impossible to collect grain!" ”

"I know, but I didn't make you so brutal!" Cui Zheng said coldly.

This is also the reason why he didn't say it clearly at the beginning, if this matter is done, it is naturally Cui Zheng who knows how to make good use of it, but if it is not done now, these people will naturally have to take the blame for this matter, looking at the miserable faces of everyone, Cui Zheng waved his hand and said: "Drag it down, parade the streets tomorrow to show the public, read out the guilt, and behead in public!" ”

"The lord, the ministers are worried about the lord, the lord can't treat me like this!" Several officials turned pale and hurriedly pleaded.

"Drag it down, drag it down!" Cui Zheng waved his hand impatiently, now that there were enough things, he didn't want to talk nonsense with these people: "Don't worry, wait for your wife, I will have a good child." ”

This is already a threat, and if you still make a fuss, it will not be your whole family who will die.

"Lord, if you continue like this, everyone will only be in danger." After the strategist was dragged away, he looked at Cui Zheng and said worriedly.

"How did I not know? It's just that it is difficult to stabilize people's hearts now, and I can't care about it. Cui Zheng rubbed his temples and sighed, how could he not know these truths, but did he know that these were useful?

When the strategist heard this, he could only sigh silently, the truth was not wrong, but he was a little cold-blooded.

The border affairs have temporarily subsided, and the mood of the people has been temporarily alleviated with the beheading of several officials, but Jinzhou's luck still shows no signs of recovery, and the prices of the people have begun to rise wildly, as if to retaliate against the suppression of the Chamber of Commerce of the rich people in recent years.

Cui Zheng was quite annoyed by this, and even beheaded more than 20 traders who took the opportunity to sit on the ground and raise prices, but the result was that no one was doing business, and the entire brocade looked at it, although it was still prosperous, but under this prosperity, it was inexplicably a little more depressed.

The city outside Jindu is much more depressed, even if it is a county town, there is no one on the street in broad daylight.

But after all, the situation has been stabilized, but can it really be stabilized?

Everyone suddenly discovered a problem, there is no food in the treasury, there is not much surplus food in the hands of the people, and there is no food in the army, but this thing can't be eaten.

What about grain? Where does the grain go?

In addition to the batch of grain that was robbed, there should be food, these years Jinzhou has been abundant, and there has never been a shortage of food, why is there a shortage of food all of a sudden?

The food that was just given to the border armies was only a month's supply, and after eating this, where would I find the rest of the food?

Just when everyone was puzzled, a list flowed out of nowhere, which recorded in detail that some time ago, someone took advantage of the high price to secretly take out the grain in the treasury to sell, which made the treasury suddenly empty.

If there was no matter of robbing grain, this matter would have been concealed, but the matter of robbing grain was revealed, and the problem was revealed at once.

The list recorded in detail the price of this batch of grain, how much money these corrupt officials had paid, and most importantly, this list appeared almost overnight in all counties and counties of Jinzhou, and it could not be stopped.

"Check, where did the list come from?" Cui Zheng knows that this is the person behind the scenes who has shot again, and he wants to check not these people, but the people behind the scenes, where did the list come from?

As for the content on the list, whether it is true or not, he can't check it, there are too many people recorded on it, not only dozens of officials, but also his son Cui Peng, there are not many people, but almost all Cui Zheng's core officials are involved, if this is checked, then there will really be no one around Cui Zheng.

However, since he has already made a move, how can he easily stop.

The next day, an officer was punched to death by an angry mob on his way home.

Although he is a Confucian student, he is also a congenital martial artist, how could he be beaten to death by a group of ordinary people?

Cui Zheng knew that this was impossible, and most officials also knew that this was definitely instructed by someone secretly? But it doesn't matter, what matters is, how is this matter handled?

Punish those mobs?

The law does not hold the public accountable, especially at this time, the whole Jinzhou is like a powder keg, and a spark may blow up Jinzhou, and at this time, punishing these mobs in large quantities will definitely cause panic and dissatisfaction.

But if the punishment is light, isn't that a disguised encouragement?

"Where's Mr. Fan?" On this day, Cui Zheng looked at the ministers, but found that Fan Hong did not come, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Lord, Mr. Fan is unwell, so he will announce his guilt to the lord." An official hurriedly said.

"How's the list going?" Cui Zheng sighed and asked instead.

"The mob in the street has been taken into custody, but they haven't asked much." An official in charge of the prison sighed.

When Cui Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart, why is it so bad about the recent events? Can't even catch a prisoner now?

I was about to get angry, when I suddenly saw a guard come in and salute Cui Zhengyi: "Lord, urgent paperwork at the border gate!" ”

Cui Zheng frowned when he heard this: "Read! ”

"Yes!" The guard agreed and unfolded the paperwork: "Zhang Zhong, the border general, suddenly announced to the surrounding counties three days ago that he ......"

"Huh?" Cui Zheng's eyes were cold.

"Declare that the lord is unkind, treat the soldiers harshly, and is not worthy of being the master, from now on, he will no longer be the minister of the lord, and call on the generals of all departments to respond, the king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy......"

"Bang~" Cui Zheng's palm suddenly exerted force, and the table in front of him fell apart in an instant.

"It's the other way around! It's the other way around! ”

The entire conference hall was filled with Cui Zheng's roar.

"Why is Master Cui angry?" A chuckle sounded, and a slightly weak figure appeared at the door, smiling and looking at Cui Zheng.

"Lu Chao?" Seeing the person coming, Cui Zheng's eyes were cold: "What is the use of you coming back now?" ”

"Since the adults can't manage this Jinzhou, then I'm affected, so let's take care of it for the time being." Lu Chao said with a smile.

"Presumptuous!" Cui Zheng said angrily: "Come on, take down this thief!" ”

However, for a long time, no one moved, and even the guards beside Lu Chao who had just read the document just now just stood bent and did not move.

Seeing this, Cui Zheng's eyes narrowed and looked at Lu Chao: "It turned out to be you!?" ”

(End of chapter)