Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan fought for a while, and gradually got down to business.

"Didn't you go to the army to supervise the drills? It's been less than half a day, why did you come back? ”

Hua Mulan said: "Isn't it about to start a war, I think I can't train the soldiers too hard, I want them to save enough physical strength and energy, but I can't let them be idle, so I only practice for two hours a day, and I only practice military formation tactics." However, the weather is too hot, even if they only practice for two hours a day, there are still many soldiers who are so hot that they suffer from heat stroke. ”

"It's a big deal!" Zhao Junsheng thought about it after speaking, "The baggage of the army has been transported to Yuyang one after another and hoarded, and all the baggage transport vehicles have only stopped in Jixian County for a while, and only unloaded transitional grain and grass for a few days, so Jixian County has not prepared relevant military medicinal materials······ In this way, I will ask the head of Mincao to take people to the medicinal herb merchants in the city to collect some, and survive these few days first, and it will be easy to do it when the army arrives in Yuyang! ”

After he finished speaking, he called his own soldiers to call the chief of Mincao to instruct, "You take some officials and servants to the infirmary to find Lang Zhong to prescribe a prescription for a decoction that works quickly, and then according to the prescription, in the name of the Youzhou Army, go to the medicinal herb merchants in the city to collect relevant medicinal materials!" The army has 100,000 horses, and it will take at least three days, so you can do it according to this! ”

The chief of Mincao arched his hand and asked: "Envoy, in the name of the military, to collect military supplies from the people, although the price can be cheaper than the market price, but it is still necessary to give money, and this price is ······ Please also give you a reference; Also, who is this expenditure counted on? ”

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "These businessmen are like monkeys and ghosts, as soon as they heard that there was going to be a war, they immediately raised prices, the imperial court's tax on them was already very low, thirty taxes one, they still wanted to make a fortune, it was really hateful!" The price of the medicinal materials levied is subject to the market price that has not been coaxed up before, and this money is temporarily paid for by the Thorn Shi Mansion, waiting for the follow-up baggage to be transported over and a part of it will be intercepted to fill this hole! ”

"In addition, you people should take action to formulate a civil and commercial law as soon as possible, strictly prohibiting businessmen from arbitrarily raising prices, especially in special periods such as wars, epidemics, floods and droughts, etc., once it is found that there are businessmen who maliciously raise prices and make the country rich, immediately dispatch government officials to arrest and confiscate goods, and punish those who commit less serious crimes and impose fines and confiscation of confiscated materials; Those who commit more serious crimes can be sentenced to beheading! Go, go, that's it! ”

When the chief of Mincao heard this, his heart sank, and he knew that this lord was dissatisfied with the behavior of the merchants, and he was afraid that many businessmen would suffer losses from now on, but he could only agree: "Yes, envoy!" ”

After Mincao left, Hua Mulan said to Zhao Junsheng: "I see that He Duoluo was very angry when he left, he is just afraid that he will not be willing to let you kill his subordinates!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Yes, that's why I set the execution site at the entrance of the vegetable market in the city." If it is set up outside the city, if this guy Hedora orders some soldiers to rob the Dharma Field, then he will be in trouble! ”

Mulan's eyes widened: "He won't be so bold, right?" Your Majesty has made a will, how dare he disobey it? ”

"Forbidding the Xianbei generals to loot, this itself is against the interests of the Xianbei generals, those Xianbei generals must be very dissatisfied, but the emperor first issued a holy decree, and they are not easy to oppose clearly, but the matter has come out, if I really kill their people for this, they will definitely hug together for their own interests, these people are very bold, the emperor does not dare to openly stand on the opposite side of all Xianbei soldiers and generals for his own dominance, otherwise the throne will be unstable! Besides, the emperor is also a short-term protector, when the time comes, Hedoro instructed his subordinates to rob people, the emperor is not good to fall out with the Xianbei generals, he can only fight with the mud, this must be another confused account, who will bear the consequences in the end? It's me! The prisoner was robbed and was not punished as he should be, and the people of Youzhou will only think that I dare not offend the Xianbei military elites, even if I, the assassin of Youzhou, can still do it, I don't have the face to do it anymore! ”

Mulan's eyebrows furrowed, "According to what you say, it is better to execute these people on the spot outside the gate of the mansion just now, anyway, everyone is killed, and He Duoluo can only stare dryly, you said in your previous judgment that you would be beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market at noon, which left them time to rescue!" ”

Zhao Junsheng sighed and shook his head: "I don't know this, but I still need to consider the influence of the political level at a very high time, although the execution of these criminals on the spot is happy, but the influence is not big enough, if you want to let Youzhou rule, you must take the law as the criterion, so that the magnates, scholars and officials are afraid of the justice and strictness of the law, and they can no longer bully and exploit the people at will, and let the people think that the government has the ability to demonstrate the righteous power of public power!" In this way, the people will not be oppressed by the magnates, scholars and officials to gather and rebel, and Youzhou can be stabilized. And this public execution of these 32 soldiers in the army is the best opportunity to publicize the government's ability to demonstrate public power! ”

Mulan said: "I don't understand what you said, I always feel that Hedoro and they will not give up." When I was in Mobei before, I had an old grudge with Hedoro, and I am your fiancée, so he can't guarantee that he won't be angry with you! ”

At this time, the maidservant girl brought iced white fungus soup, Zhao Junsheng handed a bowl to Mulan, took a bowl for himself, and said while eating: "No matter what, I will kill these criminals, and no one can stop them!" ”

Outside the city, the camp of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, the emperor's palace.

Tuoba Jian was behind the throne, holding the sour plum soup, and while drinking, he looked at the Xianbei generals led by Hedora below and asked, "What is the matter with Zhuqing coming to see me?" ”

He Duoluo stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to arrest the generals of one of the teeth under Wei Chen, and threatened to behead them at noon tomorrow. ”

When Tuoba Jian heard that he couldn't drink this sour plum soup, he put it on the imperial case and asked, "Why did Zhao Junsheng arrest them?" And why should they be beheaded? There has to be a reason, right? He, Zhao Junsheng, won't arrest and kill people for no reason, right? Tell me what happened! ”

Hedoro hesitated, but still gave a general account of what had happened.

Tuoba Jian's face was a little ugly after hearing this, "Hedoro, didn't I already issue an order to strictly prohibit the soldiers and generals from going out to plunder the countryside and harm the people?" Do these people knowingly think that my will has no effect? What do you want to come to see me? Is it to intercede for these people, or to force me to let Zhao Junsheng let people go? ”

He Duoluo clenched his fists and bowed and said: "How dare the ministers persecute Your Majesty, let alone disobey Your Majesty's will, Wuyanluo and these people actually did not rob and kill the people, all of this was done by Zhao Junsheng, and it was he who beat Wuyanluo and the others into tricks!" Your Majesty, my humble warriors can't die unjustly, please Your Majesty uphold justice, otherwise once the soldiers are cold, how can they be willing to die for Your Majesty? ”

Tuoba Jian's hand was trembling, he was so angry that he waved his hand and slapped the imperial case, and the sour plum soup on the table also overturned and poured out, and said angrily: "Hedoro, are you threatening me? ”

He Duoluo knelt down with a thud, "The minister doesn't dare, the minister just doesn't resent why His Majesty favors a Han Chinese, this world is the world of my Xianbei people, and now Zhao Junsheng uses despicable means to bend into a trick to kill my Xianbei warriors, if the ministers are known about it, they will definitely not agree!" ”

Tuoba Jian realized that this matter could not be handled hastily, if it was not done well, there would be a mutiny, there were officials and officials in the officialdom to protect each other, and the Xianbei generals must all defend their own people, and 60,000 of the nearly 100,000 horses of the Eastern Expedition army were Xianbei people.

"Whether Zhao Junsheng has bent into a trick or not, whether your one-toothed soldier is really going to rob and harm the people, I will send someone to find out, and make a decision after the results of the investigation come out, you go back to the camp first to strictly restrain the soldiers, and you must not be outside, on the occasion of the Eastern Expedition to the Yan Kingdom, who dares to drag my feet and affect my plan to conquer the East, I will never let him go!"

He Duoluo and the others also realized that the emperor had moved the real fire, but at the same time they also made concessions, if they persecuted further, they were afraid that it would form a real sense of forcing the palace, and they could not afford this crime, and they were unable to deal with the emperor's anger.

"Obey your orders!"

After He Duoluo and the others left, Tuoba Jian was so angry that he smashed some objects, after all, he, the emperor who was supported, lacked some prestige, and there was still a lot of gap between him and Tuoba Tao in martial arts, he knew that if Tuoba Tao was still the emperor, when encountering this kind of thing, these generals would never dare to talk to him in this posture.

This situation also made Tuoba Jian eager to establish his authority with a great victory in a foreign war, and at the same time he also realized that he must have military generals who were completely loyal to himself.

"Come on, Xuanyao Egret is here!" Tuoba Jian gave the order, but he decided to get things straight.

One afternoon was enough time for Yao Guangyuan to send someone to find out the truth of this case, and at dusk, Tuoba Jian listened to Yao Guangyuan's report in the palace.

Zhao Junsheng did not make a mistake, the case is very clear, the evidence is conclusive, and the evidence is complete, this is an iron case!

But what exactly is to be done? Let Zhao Junsheng behead these criminals? What if someone instigates the soldiers to do something? Also, why did Zhao Junsheng deal with this matter seriously, these soldiers only killed eleven villagers and burned a few houses, did they want thirty-two Xianbei warriors to die?

Tuoba Jian thought for a long time, and issued an order to the eunuch on duty: "Send an edict to Zhao Junsheng, let him come to see me quickly!" ”