Volume I Chapter 3460 Raising Food and Grass

Dong Changfeng said: "This is exactly what I was worried about. We believed in the emperor, but when Emperor Hongyuan was in power, he had squandered the treasury. Before the emperor sent people to transport the grain and grass, he raised it himself from South Vietnam. Now The food in South Vietnam has been eaten up, and Emperor Hongyuan squandered the treasury, so where will the emperor go to raise food and grass?"

When Su Qishao heard this, he sighed and said: "Our national treasury is empty, we have neither money nor food, what Emperor Hongyuan left to the emperor is only an empty shell, a mess. This battle will be the biggest test for the emperor , if he can't raise food, I'm really afraid that everything will go back to the original point."

"So, we can only pray and hope that the emperor can find a way to raise food and grass." Dong Changfeng said.

"Well, we must trust the emperor, and believe that he can do it." Su Qishao said.

When the others heard this, they also nodded.

Although everyone chose to believe in Chu Xuanchen, everyone's faces were filled with disappointment.

Their confidence has long been lacking, and their fighting spirit has been gradually weakened. They feel very sad, and they are really afraid that the food will not be raised.

If there is no food, then they will lose, once they lose, Feng Lingtian will make a comeback.

Once Feng Lingtian strikes and breaks through the imperial city, the Chu Kingdom will be destroyed, and the newly established imperial court by Chu Xuanchen will also be destroyed in one fell swoop.

And the people of Chu State will fall into a life like purgatory.

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Chu State Capital

Early in the morning, when Chu Xuanchen woke up, Li Jinzhong's anxious voice came from outside, "Your Majesty, General Dong Changfeng sent an urgent battle report from the front line for eight hundred miles. God, if this continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to defend the coalition forces. General Dong hopes you can think of a way to transport food to the soldiers as soon as possible."

"Soldiers short of food?" Chu Xuanchen immediately became tense when he heard this.

Then, he said in a deep voice, "Okay, I got it! Quickly summon the ministers to court, and after I wash up, I will discuss the solution with them."

"Yes, the servant will leave." After Li Jinzhong finished speaking, he hurriedly left the bedroom.

Soon, when it was time to go to court, the ministers came to the hall one after another, waiting for Chu Xuanchen to go to court.

"The emperor is here." At this moment, the eunuch's voice came from outside.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Xuanchen, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, walked in surrounded by eunuchs.

"See the emperor." Everyone hurriedly saluted him.

"Excuse me." After Chu Xuanchen waved to everyone, he walked to the dragon chair and sat down.

Then, he looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Masters, there is an urgent report from the Qizhou battlefield, saying that our army is seriously short of food, and it has been a long time since we paid the soldiers. The coalition forces are coming fiercely. If we don't support Food and grass, I'm afraid our army won't be able to defend against it, can you do anything about raising food and grass?"

"This..." Hearing this, Taishi Li hesitated for a moment, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Your Majesty, I just checked a few days ago, and there is not much food in all our granaries, and there is not enough to support the soldiers. .”

"That's right! Your Majesty, we don't have much food. You also know that the batch of emergency food that was transported to the battlefield before was brought by the Emperor from South Vietnam!" Jiang Muyu said.

Hu Rong stepped forward and said, "If we have money, we can also buy grain from rich merchants and neighboring countries. However, when Chu Yao was in power, he squandered the money in the treasury. He squandered the treasury a long time ago. Now the treasury Empty, we not only have no food, but also no money, it is really not easy to raise food and grass."

Hearing everyone's words, Chu Xuanchen said coldly, "I know what you all said, but I just want to ask now, who can think of a way to raise food and grass?"

"This..." Everyone lowered their heads, each one in a difficult situation.

It's not that they don't share the emperor's worries, but that they can't think of a way at all.

Now that the new emperor has just ascended the throne, the treasury is empty, and everyone has no money, so how can they raise food and grass.

At this time, Yuan Zhen glanced at everyone, stepped forward suddenly, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a way to raise money and food."

Hearing Yuan Zhen's words, Chu Xuanchen's eyes flashed with joy, and he said, "Mr. Yuan, tell me."

Yuan Zhen stroked the stubble on his chin, raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, when Chu Yao was in power, he fattened up many corrupt officials, profiteers, and big landlords who hoarded land. These people took bribes, hoarded money, and did all kinds of evil. Your Majesty only needs to search the properties of these families and dig out their embezzled money, then the payment issue can be resolved."

A young minister asked, "But do these corrupt officials really have so much property? Could it be possible to raise enough money just by checking them?"

Yuan Zhen smiled lightly, "Young man, you just entered the court as an official, right? You don't know these people too well! People's desires are endless. Once he gets addicted to this addiction, he wants more. So It is said that there are only many corrupt officials in history, and their combined property is incomparably rich, even more than the national treasury!"

"Really?" The young minister was stunned.

Such an answer was beyond his imagination.

Hearing Yuan Zhen's words, Chu Xuanchen nodded towards him, and said, "Okay, Mr. Yuan's words are reasonable, so we will do as Mr. Yuan said."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Jinzhong and said, "Li Jinzhong, please write a letter to General Dong, saying that I and the ministers have learned about the recent situation of the soldiers, and that I and the ministers are working hard to raise food and wages, so I ask the soldiers to insist first. Please rest assured, I will definitely find a way to deliver food and grass on time, and never let the soldiers go hungry."

"Yes." Li Jinzhong nodded quickly.