Chapter 2090 Emperor’s Heart

The official responsible for transporting grain this time was Shen Tianyou, the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

What the emperor pulled out from the inner treasury was indeed two million taels of silver.

But after passing through the hands of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, the two million taels of silver were only 1.5 million taels.

Then after passing through the hands of the Minister of Household Affairs, there was only one million left.

In the end, after being heavily exploited, all that was really used to buy grain was only a mere two hundred thousand taels of silver.

The five northern provinces were conquered, which caused the price of food in the capital to rise sharply. You could not buy it for even 200,000 taels of silver, not to mention a million shi of grain.

Therefore, the food that actually fell into Shen Tianyou's hands was only about 150,000 dan, but the request from above asked him to escort a million dan to Yunhuang Prefecture.

then.

So, he conveniently sold 80,000 shi of grain to a monopoly, purchased another 30,000 shi of moldy old grain, and finally mixed it with gravel and sand and sent it to Yunhuang Province.

Originally he thought this was a very easy job.

Unexpectedly, Song Yan dared not accept the food sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Suddenly, Shen Tianyou came to Anxiety and asked to see Song Yan, but was rejected.

He was even more flustered after being rejected, and simply planned to run away. As long as he returned to the capital, the new governor of this place would not be able to do anything to him.

However, Song Yan sent troops to detain him.

Then, Xuanyi Wei came.

This time, a member of the Xuanyi Guard family came to Yunhuang Province on errands. After ordering people to check the grain truck, he knew what was going on and directly ordered people to arrest Shen Tianyou.

Just when Xuanyi Wei Qianhu was about to leave, Song Yan arrived.

"See the Governor!"

Xuanyi Guard Qianhu Liu Zhen bowed and saluted.

"Liu Qianhu doesn't need to be polite!"

Song Yan waved his hand and invited Liu Zhen into a room.

"Who does Liu Qianhu think is responsible for this?" Song Yan looked at him and asked.

"This matter still needs to be investigated!" Liu Zhendao.

"Does Liu Qianhu think Shen Tianyou will reveal the people behind him?" Song Yan asked again.

"This?" Liu Zhen looked embarrassed, not knowing how to answer.

"As the saying goes, officials protect each other. If Shen Tianyou does not confess his death, his family will be supported. If he does, not only will he die, but his family will not have a good death, right?" Song Yan asked bluntly.

How could Liu Zhen not know about the twists and turns of civil servants?

He could even predict that even if he brought Shen Tianyou back to the capital, he would not be able to find out the reason. At most, Shen Tianyou would become a scapegoat.

"Does Liu Qianhu want to make meritorious deeds?" Song Yan asked again.

Hearing this, Liu Zhen couldn't help but show confusion and hesitation on his face.

"Xuan Yiwei serves His Majesty, not a civil servant. Even if you sell to them, they will not promote you, and they will not treat you badly either!" Song Yan said with a smile.

"Please give me some advice, sir!"

Liu Zhen suddenly stood up and bowed to Song Yan.

"Let someone escort Liu Zhen in!"

Song Yan smiled mysteriously.

Soon, Shen Tianyou, who had already put on prison clothes, was escorted in. He seemed very quiet.

"Shen Tianyou, don't you have anything to say?"

Song Yan asked.

The other party didn't speak.

"It seems that you are planning to fight to the end!" Song Yan shook his head, and then pointed at Shen Tianyou's eyebrows. Then, he stood up and walked outside: "Liu Qianhu, if you have anything to ask, just ask. !”

With doubts, Liu Zhen asked Shen Tianyou a question, but found that the other party was unusually cooperative.

For a moment, he was a little excited and immediately asked a few more questions, and the other party was very cooperative.

Two days later.

Xuanyi guards escorted Shen Tianyou back to the capital and sent a confession to Emperor Wei.

After reading Shen Tianyou's confession, Emperor Wei's face was almost livid with anger.

Then he summoned Liu Zhen in person.

That night, Xuanyi guards broke into the houses of the Minister of Hubu, the Minister of Hubu and a group of Hubu officials. In just one night, the thirty-six-year-old Hubu was imprisoned.

For a time, everyone in the imperial court was in danger.

The next morning, Emperor Wei directly dropped dozens of confessions.

After reading this confession, the ministers' faces became extremely ugly, and their hearts were filled with hatred for Xuan Yiwei.

Because in Shen Tianyou's confession, both the Minister of Hubu and the Minister of Hubu gave an account.

In particular, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance actually embezzled more than five million taels of silver during his years as minister. The two ministers were not far behind, one embezzled three million and the other embezzled four million.

The remaining household officials range from one million to hundreds of thousands.

It was precisely because of this that Emperor Wei was so angry. Nuo Da's household department was almost emptied by them.

After the meeting.

The Xuanyi guards began to ransack the house and confiscated a total of more than 20 million taels of silver.

A few days later.

Cai Zixiao was granted the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and was ordered to purchase another million stones of military rations and send them to Yunhuang Prefecture.

At the same time, Liu Zhen was also promoted to deputy commander of Xuanyi Guard.

A few days later.

Millions of stones of military rations were transported to Yunhuang Province.

Because so many heads had just been chopped off, no one dared to commit trouble at this juncture this time. What's more, Song Yan was still a student of Master Shangshu, so no one dared to tamper with the food.

The day after receiving the food, Song Yan sent out troops.

It only took three days to capture a county in Chiyuan Province.

The good news reached the capital, making Emperor Wei very happy.

Next, Song Yan spent two months to recover the entire Chiyuan Province, killing 20,000 rebels and recruiting 60,000 rebels.

After a month's break.

Song Yan continued to attack the northwest province.

The Northwest Province had long been destroyed, so it took only twenty days to recover the entire territory, killing 20,000 rebels and recruiting 50,000.

Here, three of the five northern provinces were recovered.

Then he broke into Beimo Province again, this time it took almost a month and a half. In the end, all the 200,000 rebels retreated to Longyou Province.

And Song Yan's name also spread throughout the Wei Kingdom as he recovered four provinces.

Seeing that the recapture of Long Youxing Province was imminent, the people who were holding back appeared.

One by one, the court ministers accused Song Yan of various crimes.

Some people even proposed to recall Song Yan to the capital and send others to take over the army to regain Longyou Province.

Because now Song Yan has nearly 400,000 soldiers and horses after reorganizing the rebel armies in the four provinces. If he becomes rebellious, he will definitely be more terrifying than the rebel army.

Knowing this, Emperor Wei pretended to be confused.

Pretending to believe what the courtiers said, he actually ordered Song Yan to return to Beijing.

When Cai Zixiao, the Minister of Household Affairs, saw Emperor Wei's order, he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

soon.

Song Yan received the imperial edict from Emperor Wei.

All his subordinates were extremely angry, but Song Yan smiled and accepted the imperial edict.

"Master Song, your Majesty has ordered you to return to the capital immediately after receiving the imperial edict!" the eunuch who announced the edict said in a sharp voice. At the same time, the dozens of accompanying Xuanyi Guard masters also locked Song Yan with their qi machines.