Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 84 Your Majesty Is This a Demon?

Luoyang Imperial Palace, Hanzhang Palace.

In the middle of the night, the donkey braying of "Aoao" resounded throughout the palace. The four white donkeys were silent during the day yesterday, but they never thought that at night, they would become excited like "in heat" and called "Aoao" non-stop.

The emperor Liu Hong, who was going to be lucky with the beauty, suddenly widened his eyes, sat up suddenly, pushed the beauty aside, grabbed his clothes, and while dressing, he said to the beauty beside him: "You Hanzhang!" Gong Fengshui is not good, these donkeys I don't like you!"

The beautiful woman next to her was curled up at the foot of the bed, she looked dazed...

donkey?donkey?
What does this mean, Your Majesty?
The atmosphere has been heightened to this point, did it stop abruptly?

On the other hand, Liu Hong, he knocked on the table, Zhang Rang, who was accompanying him today, bowed and lit a candle outside.

"His Majesty."

"My love donkey doesn't like this Hanzhang palace!"

As soon as this remark came out, Zhang Rang rolled his eyes, and immediately ordered the little yellow gate next to him to move the donkey cart.

"Your Majesty, let's drive!"

"Take a stroll in the harem again!"

It is said to be a stroll, but in fact, His Majesty is flying in front of the donkey cart, and a group of eunuchs are chasing after him.

Then, everyone prayed that when these four "donkey masters" got tired, they would stop in front of a certain beauty's palace, and all the little yellow gates would be able to live in peace.

The whole thing, it seems, is so absurd!

But Zhang Rang found that he was used to it, after all... the emperor had a word first, which concubine will be lucky from now on?It all depends on the preferences of these "love donkeys"!

Uh…

Of course, Zhang Rang was also very confused!
Other emperors always put "love concubine" on their lips, dare to say, their emperor, what they put on their lips is not "love concubine" but "love donkey"!
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The officials in Shangshutai were reviewing the documents submitted by the local government by candlelight, and Yuan Kai, Yuan Feng, and Cao Song were also there.

Speaking of which... things have been complicated recently.

It is also very worrying!
Bear the brunt of the Sanhu problem.

Xianbei expanded further. Since Emperor Huan's period, the leader Tan Shihuai unified Xianbei, and his ambitions began to expand. He rejected 'Dingling' in the north, attacked 'Fuyu' in the east, and captured 'Wusun' in the west.

It can be said that after the Northern Huns escaped, the "vacuum zone" in Mobei was completely occupied by Xianbei. Today, it is more than 200,000 miles long from east to west, and more than [-] miles wide from north to south. The mountains, rivers, waters, and salt ponds are all under its jurisdiction. Among them, there are nearly [-] people who are known as string control people.

And two years ago, in the sixth year of Xiping (177), Emperor Liu Hong sent Karasuma Xiaoyu Xia Yu, Poxianbei Zhonglang General Tian Yan, and Xiongnu Zhonglang General Zang Min to join forces with the Southern Xiongnu Shanyu to send troops. He led tens of thousands of cavalry, divided the troops out of the frontier fortress in three ways, and penetrated into the Xianbei land for more than [-] li.

I never thought that I would be defeated by Tan Shihuai and return home in a big defeat!

Even the talismans and supplies were all lost, and seven or eight out of ten of the Han army died in battle!
That is to say, since this battle, the border of the Han Dynasty, from Jiuquan to Liaodong, has been poisoned by Xianbei's crazy southward movement almost every year.

Recently, information came back that Tanshihuai completely occupied Mobei, and all the tribes were unified!
This is an extremely dangerous signal. It is expected that Xianbei's looting southward at the end of this year will be even crazier and more cruel.

Even worse.

Now the border guards of the big man are full of complaints!

The reason is that military and food salaries have been repeatedly in arrears.

The imperial court also wanted to give it, but it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice!
But at this time, the Southern Huns sent envoys to the south...

But at this time, because of the unfavorable frontier defense of Jiangmen, it was recently heard that the Southern Huns sneaked into Bingzhou and Youzhou to loot merchants, and many women and treasures were robbed.

This thing is very weird!

While sending envoys to the south, while looting...

Southern Huns What the hell does this mean?
The ministers at Shangshutai couldn't understand it either.

Misfortunes never come singly. Plague was discovered in Nanyang area, and the plague spread very quickly... and urgently needed the support of the imperial court.

So, back to the old-fashioned question, if there is no money in the treasury, how can we get support?
"Cao Da Sinong, in front of all the ministers tonight, you must speak clearly." Yuan Feng pointed at Cao Song's nose and said loudly. "There was 50 million in the treasury? Why did it disappear?"

"No comment!" Cao Song said firmly...

What can he say?The emperor used this money to hoard [-] donkeys. Can you say this?

"Oh..." Yuan Feng knocked on his forehead. "Why did the old man forget that back then Cao Jie and Wang Fu were greedy for ink and filled their own pockets, and Cao Dahonglu also participated in it? Ah? But don't forget, this is the military salary of the frontier, this is the life-saving money for the Nanyang plague, this money How dare you be greedy for money? Will your conscience be eaten by dogs?"

This is out of the way...

The faces of the ministers in the Shangshutai were in an uproar, and there was a lot of discussion. Speaking of which...Cao Song did have a criminal record!

This is what Yuan Feng wanted. For the Yuan family in Runan, they didn't value the 50 million treasury money and food very much, but the official position of "Da Si Nong" was extremely important.

Da Si Nong is in charge of the empire's taxes, money, food, agriculture... Each of these is the lifeblood of the rich and noble families. How can the Yuan family rest assured that they will be handed over to "outsiders"?

What's more, Cao Cao, Cao Song's son, is still ambiguous with the Yulin Temple Master who is trying to get his hands on the court!

Simply suppress them together!
On the other hand, Cao Song frowned and confronted Yuan Feng tit for tat, not giving an inch!

After all, behind him is the emperor, how to let him?
"Does Yuan Sikong know? Which places did disaster relief and how much money was spent on food? Which places were tax deducted with other objects? Which places were purchased with currency? Which places were land redistributed? Floods, reduced numbers? How much tax money is owed in which places?"

This... Yuan Feng was taken aback. "These are the duties of the 'Da Sinong', why do I know these things?"

"I don't know these things, but the money and grain in Yuan Sikong's Chinese treasury is just a 'number', whether the 'number' is more or less, the amount of water in this 'number', whether there are other secrets in this 'number', Yuan Sikong Of course I don't know anything, how can I say that I, Cao Song, are greedy for ink?"

"Hmph..." Cao Song snorted coldly when he said this. "I, Cao Song, have never been greedy for money and food from the national treasury since I became the chief minister. The sky is a lesson. If Yuan Sikong doesn't believe it, he can ask His Majesty to examine me. Why do you want to humiliate me with this 'Hongmen Banquet'? I Cao Song again Have you never been in prison or received criminal law? Are you still afraid?"

Uh... These words directly made Yuan Feng speechless. It's not that he never asked the emperor for instructions, but there were no exceptions, and there was nothing to say.

Who knows why the emperor shielded Cao Song?

It seems that he used his ministers and ministers to humiliate Cao Song and make him retreat in spite of difficulties... This way did not work out.

Seeing that Cao Song was about to leave...

"Cao Da Sinong, you..." Yuan Feng still wanted to speak.

tread…

Cao Song paused his steps and flicked his long sleeves. "Catch the thief and seize the stolen goods, Yuan Sikong, I have nothing to say until there is no evidence!"

After leaving this sentence, Cao Song strode out of the Shangshutai.

night is deep...

Cao Song frowned and looked at the void. No one knew how much pressure he was under!

at this time.

"Drive, drive..."

"Ow..."

The sounds of horses driving and donkeys braying came one after another, it was the inner palace separated from Shangshutai by a wall...

The subordinate on duty in front of the door was already dozing off, but when he heard the "horse driving" and "donkey braying" and saw Cao Song, he hurriedly stood up straight.

"Big Si Nong!"

"Go and find out what's going on? Why is there someone riding a horse in the palace in the middle of the night? No... This sound is not a horse, but a donkey! How can someone ride a donkey in the palace?"

"Yes!"

Cao Song frowned and stood at the door with his hands behind his back, sighing softly, "Donkey, donkey, why is it a donkey again!"

He was about to be overwhelmed by the ten thousand donkeys.

After a while the guards came back and hurriedly reported: "I would like to inform Da Si Nong that it is His Majesty who is driving the donkey in the palace. I heard that His Majesty will stay there overnight when the donkey stops at the palace of a beautiful woman!"

This…

Cao Song's brows tightened even more.

He murmured in his heart: "The Son of Heaven is a good donkey, the affairs of the state are withering! Is Your Majesty in a daze?"

Immediately shook his head and walked out of the palace.

However, just after taking two steps, Cao Song thought of something, he paused, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yesterday Zhang Changshi informed that His Majesty is going to have a beauty pageant for a donkey, and today His Majesty is riding a donkey late at night..."

"Could it be...could it be..."

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(End of this chapter)