Yan Army camp.

Qin Kai, the chief general of the Yan army, sat in the big tent with an ugly face.

"What's going on? This time I only had less than 90% of the military rations three times. Did you, the dog, get corruption?"

In front of Qin Kai, the grain transport officer in Yan State looked frightened and sweat dripped: "The general was joking. Where did the Xiaguan get the courage to be greedy for the army's food and grass? All the food and grass are in the delivery documents, and the loss is also normal. Please give a clear explanation."

Qin Kai stared at the other party fiercely, without saying a word, his eyes were full of murderous intent, which scared the grain transport officers to fight and almost fell to the ground.

A moment later, a general of Yan strode into the tent and reported to Qin Kai: "General, you have checked it, there is indeed no problem."

Qin Kai's face was gloomy when he heard this. After a while, he said to the grain transport officer: "You are not here, get out!"

The grain transporter was like an amnesty and left in a hurry.

Qin Kai was silent for a while, and suddenly spoke to his confidant in front of him and asked, "How many people in the army know about this?"

The confidant replied: "According to the general's order, the last general brought his own people. No one else knew about it."

Qin Kai breathed a long sigh and said, "That's good. Remember, you must block the news and never leak the news."

"Here!" the confidant responded, and then said with some concern: "General, military rations must be eaten in his mouth after all, and the reduction in supply will not be kept away for long."

Qin Kai waved his hand a little annoyed and said, "Of course I know, you just do it!"

My confidant dared not say anything again, and promised to leave.

Qin Kai sat in the tent and fell into a long silence. After a long time, he muttered to himself with great reluctance.

"Le Yi, Le Yi, everyone says that a dog bites people and doesn't bark. You haven't been out for the past two months. I guess this is the opportunity you're waiting for?"

But no matter how hard Qin Kai thought about it, he could not think of a solution - he was not a god, so it was impossible for him to produce military rations out of thin air, right?

In desperation, Qin Kai had to adopt a method that was not a solution, which was to write a letter back to Jidu and report to his own king.

Needless to say, the King of Yan was naturally the most concerned about the situation in the war. He immediately summoned the ministers and made a thunderous wave.

"What's going on? Is Dayan now that he can't even afford food and grass?"

The ministers were silent.

The King of Yan was even more angry and stared at Guo Wei: "Guo Xiang, you are Xiangbang, and you are responsible for the entire logistics. You have nothing to say?"

Since Guo Wei was named, he knew that he would not be able to say this time, so he had to bite the bullet and speak: "King, there is really not much food and grass left in the Great Yan treasury."

When the King of Yan heard this, he was furious: "Why is this?"

Guo Wei sighed and said, "King, Da Yan has fought in recent years, and the labor force in the middle of the country has suffered a lot. Because of too many failures, there is no additional investment at all. Last year, it was poisoned by Donghu and North Korea, resulting in a bad harvest. In addition, the whole country is now fighting against Zhao, and 150,000 people are chewing horses, and the treasury is really exhausted."

King Yan: “…”

Guo Wei glanced at Zou Yan again and said, "Zou Qing's eldest disciple is the current Dayan Prefecture Treasury Order, so Zou Qing should also know about this."

The King of Yan turned his attention to Zou Yan. Sure enough, Zou Yan nodded slowly and agreed with Guo Wei's statement.

King Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said in a stern voice: "Since that's the case, why didn't you report it before?"

Guo Wei said: "I have indeed submitted a memorial, and it has been submitted to the palace as soon as the war began, but the king's approval is that everything is putting war first."

King Yan: “…”

King Yan suddenly remembered that he seemed to have really given such instructions.

The King of Yan even recalled the contents of the memorial, saying that if this continues, the grain in Yan State's Mansion will be completely gone for three or four months.

But at that time, the King of Yan felt that the three or four months of war should be decided, so he didn't care much about this matter. As a result, the King of Yan never expected that the two months had passed, and the people of Zhao did not send a single soldier. It seemed that they had made up their minds to get along with the Yan State.

When he thought of this, King Yan suddenly became furious and furious: "Someone must have secretly colluded with Zhao State and leaked the news! Otherwise, the people of Zhao State would not have adopted such a tactic."

After the King of Yan finished speaking, everyone in the hall looked strange.

King Yan snorted heavily, his eyes swept over Guo Wei, and finally fell on Su Qin: "Su Qing, you are responsible for investigating this matter. I want to see who is cooperating with the enemy and ignore your kindness!"

Su Qin was slightly stunned, then stood up to agree.

There is a reason why the King of Yan arranged for Su Qin to be the investigator. After all, Su Qin had been a spy in Qi State for many years and had rich experience in this area.

After announcing this decision, the King of Yan turned his attention to Guo Wei: "The spy needs to be arrested, and the food and grass matters must be resolved! Guo Xiang, tell me how to solve this matter!"

Guo Wei was helpless and thought to me that he would ask me any troubles? But he also knew that this was impossible to avoid, so he thought for a moment and said, "If the king really wants to solve this problem, there is no way."

When the King of Yan heard this, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "What's the solution? Come on."

Guo Wei looked embarrassed and hesitated.

King Yan and others were anxious and couldn't help but shout, "Why don't you tell me!"

Guo Wei sighed helplessly, and finally spoke: "King, now that spring plowing has just passed, it is definitely impossible to directly transform the grain, so if you want to get more food, you can only requisition it from some people."

It was said to be a requisition, but both King Yan, Guo Wei and other ministers present understood that this requisition was basically a meat bun to beat a dog, and there was no return.

The King of Yan asked, "Who should I requisition it?"

Guo Wei's face became more and more strange, but he had already said everything and could not give up halfway, so he had to continue saying: "Of course, it is to requisition the families with surplus grain."

The King of Yan said impatiently: "Just just say it, don't hide it."

Seeing that he had hinted that the king still didn't understand, Guo Wei had to bite the bullet and tell the final answer: "In this case, those who can still keep surplus grain at home are either ministers like ministers or Jidu and several major grain merchants in Wuyang."

After Guo Wei finished speaking, there was suddenly silence in the hall.

King Yan opened his mouth slightly widened and finally fully understood what Guo Wei meant.

After these hard years, the ordinary people of Yan State must have no surplus food at home, and only those nobles can maintain enough food storage.

Not only that, but because Yan State has been too hard in the past few years, even the little nobles have not stored much food in their families, so they can only make plans for those top nobles.

However, these great nobles are all powerful, like the few people in the hall are one of them. If you collect grain from these great nobles, it would be...

It’s no wonder Guo Wei was so embarrassed just now. This is simply selling himself.

King Yan was silent for a long time, and said in a hoarse voice: "Now that the country is in danger, are you really reluctant to let go of the little bit of food stored in your home?"

King Yan did not ask any big merchants, because he knew very well that the so-called big merchants were actually the agents of these big nobles. As long as the big nobles were dealt with, everything would not be a problem.

At this moment, Zou Yan suddenly spoke: "King, the old minister's family has little land. Over the years, I have accumulated some food, about two or three thousand stones. After I go back today, I will send it to the treasury."

As soon as Zou Yan said this, Guo Wei was a little shocked.

After all, Zou Yan was the teacher of King Yan. King Yan even built a mansion for him to live in. Naturally, there were a lot of land rewarded. If Zou Yan had not had many disciples who often needed Zou Yan's support, it would have been a problem for Zou Yan to take seven or eight thousand or even tens of thousands of stones.

But if you take it, just take it. It’s all this. When I, Guo Wei, started to offer my advice, I was mentally prepared to cut my flesh. But what does it mean to give out all the stored grains at once?

You are the Shangqing Quanxian, and I, the Xiangbang, are your boss at least, and I want to give it all for free?

Give it for free!

Thousands of thousands of stones, all the food stored for so many years was given for free. Do you, Zou Yan, really don’t understand the pain?

Just as Guo Wei's face changed, Su Qin on the other side also said: "King, I am willing to give out all the food stored in my family for the needs of the front-line army."

This time, Guo Wei rolled his eyes very neatly.

Su Qin has only returned to Yan State for a few years, and how many families have you had? It seems that your land is only 10,000 or 20,000 mu, less than one-tenth of Zou Yan. How many grains can you have? How many times can you keep? A few hundred stones? A thousand stones are too much. Is it interesting to say so passionately now?

But no matter how Guo Wei complained, at least the words of Zou Yan and Su Qin were really put here.

When the King of Yan heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Zou Qing and Su Qing are indeed loyal and righteous ministers, and I am a humble man! Guo Xiang, what do you say?"

When he found that the King of Yan was looking at him, Guo Wei knew that he was finished.

Thousands of stones and tens of thousands of stones of grain are actually not a big loss for Guo Wei, who has a great family, but the problem is that Guo Wei doesn't care, and some others care.

Once those stingy nobles know that they suffered such losses because of Guo Wei’s proposal today, the prestige of Guo Wei, the prime minister, will inevitably be greatly shaken, and his power will be greatly affected.

However, even though he knew that this was a proposition, Guo Wei had no choice now.

Guo Wei sighed and said, "King, all the stored grains in the old minister's family will be sent to the treasury before sunset today."

The frown of the King of Yan finally completely dispersed: "With the help of the three nobles, I am worried! I will pass the orders and let all the nobles in Dayan who still have food in Dayan immediately hand over the difficulties together and spend the hardships with Dayan. If there are any offenders, they will be dealt with as a crime of treason! Guo Xiang, you will be responsible for this matter. Zou Qing, come and help Guo Xiang!"

The King of Yan actually knew that doing so would arouse a lot of dissatisfaction, but the King of Yan was helpless now and could only talk about it before his eyes.

After hearing the order, Guo Wei thought to himself that the unlucky person in charge was indeed still me, but he would be scolded anyway. He would not worry about having too many lice, so he agreed very barely.

Zou Yan naturally had no objection.

After the arrangement of the matter, the King of Yan also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Please tell Qin Kai that his military rations will be solved soon, but this is not a lasting strategy after all. If possible, see if you can find a way to give Zhao Jun some powerful things!"

The King of Yan was also frustrated, and was forced to tighten his belt by the people of Zhao.

Life is not easy.

A moment later, Su Qin and Zou Yan returned in the same car.

Sitting in the carriage, Su Qin suddenly said, "You gave this plan to King Zhao, right?"

Zou Yan smiled slightly and nodded slowly: "If it weren't for this, how could he prove your achievements to King Zhao?"

Su Qin couldn't help but speak, "You and I have great achievements, why are you?"

Zou Yan shook his head: "Su Qing, you will never have much credit. Moreover, I am not doing this to kill fewer people in this war?"

Su Qin was silent and stopped talking.

The carriage slowly drove to Su Qin's mansion, and Zou Yancai said again: "Su Qing must know what to do for the next investigation."

Su Qin nodded and got off the carriage silently.

Zou Yan looked at Su Qin's back and sighed: "This Su Qing, who is so proud of his old kindness, is really... Alas, I will kill myself sooner or later."

As the sound of the wheels rolling, Zou Yan's carriage gradually faded away.

The next day, with the assistance of the Shangqing Zou Yan, Guo Wei summoned many great nobles, using both soft and hard skills, and even detained many great nobles on the spot, finally forcing most of the nobles in Jidu and even the entire Yan Kingdom to agree to the request to donate grain.

Subsequently, the officials of Yan State began to enter the homes of these nobles to review the food. During the period, they were dissatisfied with some things such as false quantities or the officials were happy to speak out when they saw the money. In the end, the matter was a big deal. Guo Wei had to kill the mess and execute two of the big families.

The political arena of Yan, which was originally extremely nervous due to the war, became increasingly chaotic.

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Chapter completed!