Chapter 462 Missing!

Baili Junyi ignored Han Qi and walked over to the other set up pots, opening the lids of the pots through and through to check them out. The things in the pots were similar, basically they were all things that were hard to eat, how could you have the strength to go into battle and kill the enemy by eating such things?

Han Qi knelt on the ground, wearing an expression of recognizing his punishment. Baili Junyi turned his head to look at him, “You told me before that the provisions in your army could still support you for half a month, so tell me, if I hadn’t realized that there was no food in the army, how do you plan to spend this half a month? Letting my soldiers follow along eating roots, chewing bark, and eating all this spoiled rice laced with sand?”

Han Qi was full of shame, “The last general deserves to die, please punish the emperor. Originally, the Emperor had already decreed to open the barns and release the grain, but the local officials in Suicheng simply didn’t open the barns on time, and the people outside are almost starving to death, so I can’t just watch them starve to death and not care! The people of Suicheng are the families of these soldiers, all the adult males of Suicheng have come here to defend the country, I can’t watch them bleed and shed tears!”

The other soldiers had already rushed over, and after seeing Han Qi they all knelt behind him, “Your Majesty, what General Han did was all for the sake of the lackeys and the others, if Your Majesty wants to chastise them, please Your Majesty chastise the lackeys and spare General Han!”

Baili Junyi swept over the soldiers kneeling on the ground, they all wore haggard colors, but the eyes looking at Han Qi were full of respect. Ye Yi walked over quickly, “Your Majesty, there are many people gathered outside, they brought rations over and said that they want to return the rations to General Han, please don’t punish the general, Your Majesty.”

Baili Junyi wanted to walk outside the camp, “Go take a look.”

Seeing the emperor leave, Han Qi hastened to make eyes at the soldiers behind him, “This matter is my own decision, it has nothing to do with you, what’s the point of getting together, all get out of the way, hurry up and get out of here, stand on guard, stand on sentry duty, hurry up!”

“General Han, we are willing to accept the chastisement with the general.”

“Fart! I’m unattached, you all have families, what’s the big head, I don’t care, hurry up and get out, where do I need you.”

“General …”

“That’s a military order, all of you go back!”

The soldiers were silent, Han Qi watched the emperor walk away, glared fiercely at the soldiers and quickly followed. The entrance to the tent is full of people, at this time their faces are full of apprehension, looking at the entrance to the tent with bated breath, after seeing Baili Junyi, they kneel on the ground in unison, “Greetings to the emperor, please don’t punish General Han.”

Baili Junyi looked at a group of yellow-faced people, his eyes grew deeper and deeper, he raised his hand and said aloud, “I have roughly understood what happened. Where is the governor of Suicheng?”

“The subordinate official is here.” An official following behind Baili Junyi walked out, cold sweat constantly breaking out on his forehead.

“I ask you, where is the grain in the official warehouse in Suicheng? I ordered to open the barn and release the grain, why didn’t you do it?”

“The micro minister … micro minister deserves to die, the granary … There is no food to put in the granary …”

“No grain to put up? Although I have only been on the throne for a short time, the late emperor would order grain stocking every year, did Suicheng not receive the imperial decree?”

“… received …”

“Then why don’t you canton the grain according to the holy decree?”

“Micronauts … Micronauts …”

Some of the people at the bottom couldn’t help but shout, “We paid the grain according to the rules, and then the grain was all dumped by this corrupt official!”

“Yes, the straw man can also testify that every year six layers of grain are levied, and then this dog official sells the grain!”

Baili Junyi looked towards the governor who was kneeling on the ground sweating like a pulp, and pulled out his longsword from his waist as soon as he could, and chopped off his head with a single stroke of the sword!

There was a silence among the people, and then a roar of applause erupted, “Good!”

“Your Majesty is wise!”

Baili Junyi looked towards the people with agitated faces and said in a cold voice, “All the people, if you still know that those officials play favoritism and take bribes privately, despite letting people report to me, after checking and verifying if it is true, I will personally give you an explanation! General Han Qi’s private use of grain and grass, such behavior is against the military law, so it can not go unpunished.”

The people stirred a bit, “Your Majesty, General Han Qi is a good man …”

“If it weren’t for General Han, we’d all be starving to death …”

Baili Junyi opened his mouth again, clearly the voice is very messy, but his voice is clear to spread out, “I understand, Han Qi did what he did for a reason, but such behavior can not be condoned, so I ordered him to be the vanguard, along with me to personally go on the field to kill the enemy to redeem their sins! The food distributed, you all take it back, however, I have an unkind request, please try to save as much as possible, I don’t have much food and grass with me, but as long as we defeat the army of Great Yue, we will be able to get food and grass from them!”

The eyes of the people below glowed, and Han Qi also stared blankly at the emperor, not realizing that the crime he had committed would be so gently uncovered, as a vanguard to kill the enemy, well, isn’t what he was looking forward to is to go into battle and kill the enemy? His parents and little sister were killed by the soldiers of the Great Yue State, and he lives to kill the enemy!

Baili Junyi continued to speak, “Ye Yi, distribute the food that I’ve brought with me, let the soldiers have a full meal first. Han Qi, vacate your tent, I will rest in the army tonight.”

“Your Majesty, the conditions in this army are hard, you …”

“There is no need to say much, the generals and soldiers can stand it if they charge into battle, how can I not?” After saying this, he turned around and walked towards the camp.

Han Qi raised his hand and wiped it on his face, and hurriedly climbed up to go clean up his tent: the emperor is really not an ordinary person!

Baili Junyi’s side began to set up, and in the middle of Kyoto, Shen Ninghua didn’t relax either.

Bizhu will be in the treasury after the inventory of things, a large number of silver flowing generally issued out. Many squires and grain merchants are sensible, know that at this time of national wealth should not be issued, in the case of the Royal willing to buy, stay enough for their own food, the rest are sold to the royal family.

However, there are also some die-hard unwillingness, Shen Ninghua will let people check one by one, generally more or less such people have some unlawful hooks in the back, and ultimately directly copied to prison, so that the investigation of a few, picking a fight with many fewer people, after all, honestly will be sold out of the grain, although the price is partial some, but earned a good reputation and money, determined not to sell, was copied nothing can not get, but also by the people to be spat on.

Shen Ninghua listened attentively to the report of the following official, “Empress Mother, now the price of food has risen so much that the people are terrified, and there are even some bad rumors spreading out.”

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes, and a dark light flowed under her eyes, “Bad rumors?”

“Yes, someone has spread the conditions previously proposed by the Great Vietnam, many people do not know the reason, so they think they should …”

“Should this court be abolished?”

“Please, Mother, calm down.”

Shen Ninghua let out a cold smile, “If a war can be quelled by abolishing the throne of this palace, this palace will not let the people go through the fire of war even if it sacrifices its life, just that the war between the two countries consumes so much manpower and material resources, and so much blood is shed, is it something that can be solved by the abolition of an empress?”

“Yes, the Queen has a point.”

“You all retire first, tomorrow morning’s morning court, this palace has some business to attend to, let Prince De and the Third and Fourth Princes attend as well.”

“Yes, Empress Mother.” Third Prince Baili Jin Yu and Fourth Prince Baili Jin Jing … have never been to the court since the late emperor passed away, but they have never been to the court, and now that the Empress Mother has asked them to come, it seems that something is not right ah, it is better to be careful in the court tomorrow.

Shen Ninghua returned to the back hall and could not help but sit in her seat in a daze. Hongling came forward to help her pinch her shoulders, easing her fatigue from reading the zhangzhi for many days in a row, “Your Highness, you also need to pay attention to your own body, after all, your body was severely damaged before and you haven’t fully recuperated yet.”

Shen Ninghua closed her eyes, “One thing after another, where is there time for me to rest. Where are the children?”

“The Third Prince has already fallen asleep, and the Grand Prince and Princess are watching from the sidelines.”

“Well, how is the Fourth Prince’s matter being investigated?”

“Although it was determined that he contacted the officials, the evidence was not conclusive, and the rumors were checked into the Fourth Prince’s head, only, there was no conclusive evidence either.”

Shen Ninghua opened her eyes, and an icy color flashed, “Special times require special means, and it doesn’t matter if the evidence is not evidence.”

“Yes. When the country is in danger, the Fourth Prince is still only concerned with fighting for power and profit, and spreading rumors that will shake the people at this time is really not right.”

Shen Ninghua took a deep breath and pushed down the anger in her heart, “How is the Emperor’s side?”

“Reporting back to the Queen, no news has come through yet.”

“Isn’t there also a grain merchant’s warehouse over in the northwest, send a message to Bizhu, let her think of a way to send the northwest grain merchant’s cantonment to Suicheng first, and then slowly mobilize the grain to the northwest, so as to save time, and also lest His Majesty’s hands have no grain, and fall into a dilemma. Remember, be sure to send more men and horses, and never let anything happen to the grain.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Waiting for Hongling to go down, Shen Ninghua couldn’t help but walk to the window, looking out the window at a piece of depression, “The most luxurious palace, are a piece of depression, not to mention the Northwest bitter cold place. Jun Yi, you can be very precious.”

Suicheng garrison tent, Baili Junyi looked at the army layout map, face is full of heavy color, “I predicted wrong, the situation of the northwestern cities is estimated to be similar to the Suicheng, each city’s grain and grass are extremely tight, if you can’t solve the problem as soon as possible, it won’t be long, many cities will not break down, then… . where will Da An be?”

Ye Yi said, “Your Majesty, things may not be this serious …”

“No, things will only get worse, there can’t be any luck at this time. Ye Yi, lighten up the troops as soon as possible, I need to gain a victory to put down the Great Yue’s overwhelming momentum!”

“Your Majesty, once the war is over, we will only have enough food and grass to support us for seven days, and if it is within seven days …”

Baili Junyi sank his eyes, his sight falling on top of the map, “You don’t have to care about this matter, I have my own way.”

“Yes.”

Waiting for Ye Yi to go out, Baili Junyi could not help but pull out an exquisite purse from his bosom, it was embroidered for him by Shen Ninghua herself, he could not hang it on his waist, so he kept it in his bosom, “Ninghua … I miss you so much … “