After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

Chapter 213 The Big Picture

Jingshou Palace, outside Qinxian Palace.

Li Baoquan stood guard outside the palace door, waiting for orders inside the house at any time. The two little eunuchs who followed him stood farther away, each holding a lamp in front of the corridor, standing upright with their backs to the Qinxian Palace and their faces to the courtyard.

The doors and windows of the Qinxian Hall are made of double-layered rosewood, with a thin layer of glue in the middle for fire prevention and warmth preservation. Such a heavy design not only completely isolates the temperature inside and outside the house, but also makes it difficult for the sounds inside and outside to penetrate easily.

Therefore, Li Baoquan was standing close to the palace door in order to hear the emperor's call inside the room.

He was wearing a thick cloak and holding a warm hand stove in his hand, thinking to himself: This winter is really extremely cold.

At this moment, a thin figure came in from outside the palace door and walked quickly along the corridor towards the Qinxian Hall.

When the person got closer, Li Baoquan saw that it was the palace maid Shen Guici who had been very close to Ye Qinghuai recently.

Shen Guiyi was brought back by Ye Qinghuai from outside the palace. She was said to be a refugee picked up from outside. None of her family members were here anymore. Ye Qinghuai saw that she was pitiful and smart, so he brought her into the palace and kept her by his side. With.

Li Baoquan didn't ask further about her identity. But since Shen Guixi appeared, Li Baoquan keenly discovered that the emperor no longer sent him out of the palace to deliver news to the Eagle Guard, and only made him responsible for sending regular money to the bank every month.

This is a good thing for Li Baoquan.

After all, the general manager of the inner court frequently leaves the palace, which is really not something that can be easily concealed from others.

What's more, he doesn't really like dealing with the Eagle Guards. These people always made him feel inexplicably dangerous.

Just like this little girl Shen Guixi, she is only thirteen or fourteen years old, but her face is not angry at all, and she has never smiled.

Terrifyingly tight.

Although Li Baoquan didn't want to have anything to do with these people in his heart, he could still see that Eagle Guard was now deeply trusted and relied upon by the emperor.

Seeing Shen Guici approaching, Li Baoquan greeted her with a smile and asked slowly, "Why are you here so late, Miss Shen?"

Shen Guixi gave a full salute to Li Baoquan and said, "Eunuch Li, I have something to report to your Majesty." After saying that, she glanced at the closed door of Qinxian Palace and asked, "Your Majesty is inside ?"

Li Baoquan said: "Your Majesty will be discussing matters with others inside. It will probably take some time. It's very cold at night. Miss Shen, please go to the Nuan Pavilion to have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up."

"My father-in-law is kind, and I appreciate it. I really have something urgent to report to Your Majesty, so just wait here."

Li Bao's smile faded a bit and he said: "Anyone who can come to His Majesty at this time is in a hurry. The girl's matter is urgent, and the things in this house are also urgent. No matter how anxious you are, you have to do something. Come on. When your majesty is done here, I will send someone to call you immediately. Don’t worry, girl, I will never delay your business. "

Shen Guiyi immediately understood that Li Baoquan was not being polite to her.

"I don't dare bother my father-in-law so much. I will wait in the front hall now." After saying that, Shen Guixi made another full salute.

But in the Qinxian Hall across the door, there was deathly silence at the moment.

He Qingchang knelt on the ground, facing the emperor and lowering his head. Ye Qinghuai didn't look at him. She had her back to He Qingchang, her hands on both ends of the desk, and her two raised shoulders were particularly thin.

Her eyes wandered to the map of Northland hanging on the wall behind the desk, as if she saw countless wars about to ignite on the map.

The flames of war reached directly into her eyes.

It made Ye Qinghuai feel stuffy.

"The funds allocated by the imperial court are all in cash. How come there are two million taels of silver notes in the shogunate? What is Gu Haiwang planning to use the money for?" Ye Qinghuai did not look back, her voice had become much calmer. "According to the report from the shogunate who joined the army, the fighting on the front line was fierce at that time, but the grain and grass were delayed several times, and there was news in the capital that the warehouse was burned down, so Gu Haiwang handed these silver notes to the shogunate and planned to prepare grain and grass." He Qingchang replied.

"So the two million in silver notes are Gu Haiwang's private property." Ye Qinghuai used a declarative sentence.

He Qingchang did not speak, which was regarded as acquiescence.

Ye Qinghuai chuckled helplessly: "Gu Haiwang, the former Gyeonggi Guard Chief Shi, was the third-rank official when he led the expedition. His annual salary was only two hundred taels of silver, but he could easily spend two million taels of silver. ticket."

"He Qing, I ask you, can you afford two million?" Ye Qinghuai turned her head and saw from the corner of her eye that He Qingchang was still kneeling on the ground motionless.

She was answered only by silence.

After a long time, He Qing said: "Your Majesty, there are foreign enemies at present. I hope that your Majesty will put the overall situation first."

After speaking, he bowed his head to the ground and kowtowed silently.

Ye Qinghuai glanced at him, then moved his eyes back to the map of the North.

Where did Gu Haiwang get these two million taels?

Ye Qinghuai could probably guess it.

She has been in charge of the government for a year. Although she is far from being called "powerful", she has seen a lot, and she also knows that the ways in which court officials get money are nothing more than eight big words - layer upon layer of exploitation and lining their own pockets.

Not only Gu Haiwang, but probably few people in the court were clean.

But now she couldn't get into it.

Even if He Qingchang didn't mention it, she wouldn't ask any more.

Because once she asks, she must ask to the end. If she asked but didn't investigate thoroughly, that would be condoning the adultery. It would send a wrong signal to the courtiers: the emperor could turn a blind eye to their corruption.

But if we want to get to the bottom of it now...

Ye Qinghuai was not sure. She didn't know whether the situation would get out of control.

Because there must be a tangle of roots down there, and pulling out the radish will bring out the mud.

After a long time, Ye Qinghuai closed her eyes forcefully and sighed. She turned around, looked at He Qingchang who was still kneeling on the ground, and threw the question to him: "Get up, this is not your fault. But now that you are the frontline coach, the consequences of these two million banknotes will be It’s up to you to deal with it. How are you going to put the overall situation first?”

He Qingchang straightened up, but did not stand up. He lowered his head, his gaze resting on the dark red floor in front of him.

"Wei Chen has ordered people to go to the store to track down the whereabouts of the banknotes. It would be best if some of the uncashed banknotes could be intercepted. If not, Weichen believes that this matter should not be publicized. Now the northern army is a coalition composed of many parties. If it is rumored that With this news, I am afraid that the morale of the army will be disturbed.”

Ye Qinghuai understood He Qingchang's concerns.

Nowadays, although the front lines are all under the command of the coach He Qingchang, most of the generals in the capital are from Gu Shihai, the governor of Yingzhou is a disciple of Chen Yuansi, and the Yunzhou Army has had a blood feud with Beidi for many years. It can be said that each department has its own small thoughts. If the front line knew that Gu Haiwang had lost two million taels of silver to the enemy, they would probably start an internal strife immediately.

"Even if we keep this secret, Beidi will probably publicize it," Ye Qinghuai said.

He Qingchang breathed a sigh of relief. Ye Qinghuai said this, which meant that at least the emperor had approved his suggestion.

"Wei Chen is going to draft a message to the entire army, ordering the three armies to prepare for war, and to impose martial law on the front line on the grounds that our army was captured by the enemy in a previous defeat. A large amount of supplies." After speaking, he paused and then raised his head. He looked at Ye Qinghuai and said, "At that time, your Majesty, please punish Gu Haiwang for losing the army."