The door of Lin Zhihuai's study was open, and the two guards were guarding the courtyard, and when they saw Lin Wan coming, they bowed and saluted. Lin Wan, www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion, saw Lin Zhihuai sitting in front of the table and writing something from a distance, shook his head slightly at the guards, and signaled them not to disturb.

Lin Wan stood at the door of the study and looked at it for a while, and when she saw Lin Zhihuai put down her pen, she smiled slightly and walked into the study.

Lin Zhihuai raised his head and saw Lin Wan standing at the door, he couldn't help but smile with relief, and said, "Wan'er, you're here, why don't you come in?"

Lin Wan smiled sweetly and said, "My daughter also just came, and when she saw her father handling official business, she stood outside for a while, what was my father busy with?"

Lin Zhihuai picked up the fold in his hand and said: "Every year in the lunar month, many people in the north will freeze to death and starve to death because of the cold weather and lack of food, so my father plans to ask the emperor to allocate funds for disaster relief in northern Xinjiang and deliver supplies to the people in northern Xinjiang." ”

Lin Wan frowned, thought for a while, and said: "Father, my daughter heard that His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince escorted the dowry of the Northern Chen Kingdom back to Beijing last month, and the emperor allocated half of the 500,000 taels of gold to the Northern Qi army as military salaries, and also brought back hundreds of carts of grain, and explained that half of it was for the people of Northern Xinjiang, isn't it enough?"

Lin Zhihuai shook his head and said: "My father originally thought that the people of Northern Xinjiang should no longer suffer from cold and hunger this year, but recently, I received a letter from the county order of Northern Xinjiang, saying that the four princes did not distribute food to the people, but transported it into the Northern Qi military camp. Now the people of northern Xinjiang do not know that half of the grain belongs to them, otherwise they will definitely cause chaos. Northern Xinjiang is barren, the people are fierce, bandits are rampant every winter, burning, killing and looting, and the county government is useless. The chaos was very large, and the Northern Qi army sent troops to suppress the bandits, but it could only be suppressed for a while. ”

Lin Wan's brows tightened, shook his head, and said worriedly: "In this situation in Northern Xinjiang, even if the emperor sends troops to transport food to Northern Xinjiang, it is useless, it is difficult to really distribute food to the people." Even if it is distributed to the people, it will still be robbed and cause riots. ”

Lin Zhihuai nodded appreciatively and said, "What Wan'er said is extremely true, and it is true. In the past few years, very little of the grain that was delivered to northern Xinjiang was actually distributed to the people, and most of the grain was snatched up before it could be distributed. Fu County Decree has no way to do this, he only has dozens of officials from the county government in his hands, and he can't manage it at all. ”

Hearing this, Lin Wan nodded slightly, and asked thoughtfully, "Father, what kind of person is the county magistrate?" Is he a good official?"

Lin Zhihuai smiled slightly, nodded, and said: "That Fu Mingye is less than thirty this year, and he is a proud protégé of the year when his father first became prime minister. When the emperor sent him to the northern frontier, where no one wanted to go, he did not complain, nor did he come to intercede for his father. After so many years, his father wanted to transfer him to the capital several times, but he refused. He said that if he left, the people of northern Xinjiang would really not be able to live. ”

A smile appeared on Lin Wan's face, he didn't expect that there would be such a good official in this world. Nodding, he continued to ask: "Father, my daughter has no contact with His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, so I don't know what kind of person the Fourth Prince is?"

Lin Zhihuai frowned slightly, thought for a while, and replied: "His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince has practiced martial arts since he was a child, he is straightforward, and he is very low-key in doing things for others. Although the emperor didn't like him much, he believed in him very much, otherwise he would not have let him take over the post of general of Northern Qi. Regarding the matter of this disaster relief food, Fu County Ling has also gone to the four princes. The fourth prince said that the grain should be kept by the Northern Qi army for the time being, so as not to be unsafe in the county office. When it was time to distribute food, he sent troops to the city to distribute it. However, the four princes only promised to pay the county order ten carts of grain, which was far from enough for the people of northern Xinjiang to survive the New Year. ”

Lin Wan was stunned and blurted out, "Is it His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince who is filling his own pockets?"

Lin Zhihuai hesitated a little and said embarrassedly: "As far as my father knows, when the grain was transported to the Northern Qi military camp, it was only half of it, so His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince promised to pay the county order ten carts of grain, which was squeezed out of the rations of the soldiers of the Northern Qi army. ”

Lin Wan's eyes widened, and he asked suspiciously, "Father, where did the other half of the food go?"

Lin Zhihuai took a deep breath and said slowly: "Wan'er, there are some things that you may not know yet. The emperors of the Great Feudal Kingdom had an army of about 100,000 elite soldiers, known as the Imperial Army. Before the death of the first emperor, he did not hand over the 100,000 elite soldiers to the emperor. Later, the emperor also asked the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother did not admit it. Although the emperor also guessed that the army was in the hands of the Queen Mother, there was no way to take the Queen Mother. And since these 100,000 elite soldiers are not in the army establishment of the Great Feudal State, the daily needs of the imperial army are only for the Queen Mother to figure out her own way. Although the four princes are not exactly the queen mother's people, because of the relationship between the concubines, they also have to be ordered by the queen and the queen mother in some aspects. That half of the food must have been given to the royal army. ”

Lin Wan was shocked when she heard this, and said in disbelief: "How could the emperor allow such a thing to happen? Why did the Queen Mother keep such an army? Could it be that the Queen Mother had other thoughts?"

Lin Zhihuai shook his head and said: "My father doesn't know much about this matter, but in the past few years, there have often been similar things like the disappearance of grain and grass, but the emperor has turned a blind eye and has not pursued it. This time, the eldest prince and the second prince dared to do this, and it was precisely for this reason. The eldest prince wanted the military salaries and rations in order to prepare food for the royal army for the winter, while the second prince wanted to fish in troubled waters. ”

Lin Wan felt that things were a little strange, and with the emperor's character, he should not allow such a thing to happen. And the queen mother only has one son of the emperor, why should she hold on to the military power and affect the relationship between their mother and son?

Seeing Lin Wan twisting his eyebrows and pondering, Lin Zhihuai couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head, and said, "Wan'er, there are some things in the royal family that outsiders can't know. As a father, he has also been by the emperor's side for so many years, and he figured it out according to various signs. You just need to know what you know, and you don't have to think too much about it. The Queen Mother pursued power all her life and controlled this army, and she did not want to rebel. The Queen Mother is also old, and in the end this army will still be handed over to the emperor, and the emperor is not worried, so we don't have to worry about it. ”

Lin Wan nodded slightly, silent, but secretly thought in his heart. There is no mention of the royal army in the script, is it because these royal secrets are not even known to the author of "The History of the Great Seal of the North and South", so it is not mentioned in the script?