After interpenetrating with Lord Hou, he became addicted to house fighting

Chapter 425

As expected, it was not bandits who robbed the food.

It was the local government colluding with wealthy businessmen.

Grain carts, grain bags, etc. are all prepared in advance.

They were familiar with the local terrain, sent people to lead away the soldiers escorting grain and grass, and quickly replaced the grain carts. As long as they didn't open the grain bags and inspect them, judging from the appearance and weight, nothing could be seen.

These grains were sold by them to other places after changing hands, and they made a lot of profits.

The spies even got proof of sale.

Chu Yin couldn't help sneering: "What about the relationship behind it? Have you ever found it?"

"Yes!" a spy said loudly, "Wu Jizu, the prefect of Jinyang Prefecture, has a concubine, Jiang Niang, who was given to him by Zhang Dacheng, his fellow villager.

"Zhang Dacheng is the second cousin of Feng Ke, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials.

"Feng Ke married the eldest granddaughter of Chen's parents."

Although the relationship is complicated, once he can hook up with the Chen family and say that this matter has nothing to do with the Queen Mother, Chu Yin will not believe it.

The spy continued: "We went to a total of eight people. We felt that we could dig deeper into this matter, so only five of us came back. The other three went to investigate Wu Jizu, Zhang Dacheng and Feng Ke separately."

Chu Yin praised them a few words, ordered them to go down to receive the reward and rest, and then ordered someone to invite the counselors over.

Because a counselor was sent to each city guard, there are not many counselors left in the main camp of the Chinese army.

However, after the counselors assist the eunuchs to secure their positions, they can choose to leave or stay.

Chu Yin did not disclose many things that happened in Beijing without Rong An's consent, and now he only told them about the stolen military rations, hoping to hear their opinions.

A counselor said: "Although we are far away at the border, we are not ignorant of the affairs of the court.

"As far as I know, there is an undercurrent between the second prince and the third prince, and the Xie family is certainly not to be underestimated, but the third prince seems to have a better chance of winning with the support of the queen mother.

"In particular, although the Chen family has no high-ranking members, their clansmen not only spread across the six tribes, but also have quite a few in various state capitals.

"The capital officials are decent, but the local officials have more real power, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so it is easier to do some things that deceive the upper and lower.

"We didn't pay attention to these before, but since we discovered so many spies in the army, and they are also vaguely related to the Queen Mother.

"The former also has Chen Guozhang coming to labor...

"All of these things have to be shocking.

"If the Chen family and the queen mother support the third prince to do good deeds that benefit the country and the people, even if it is not much, we can't say anything.

"But looking at what they did, they were all fighting for power and profit, and they even did not hesitate to sell Da Zhou's interests.

"Once such a person gains real power... Da Zhou may be in a desperate situation!
"We were born and died with the commander in order to defend the country and ensure that all the people, including our family, can live and work in peace and contentment, not to let some moths play tricks!"

The rest of the counselors also nodded, "We have gathered together in private to analyze it. It is better to let a mediocre person who knows nothing come to power than someone who only cares about his own self-interest and ignores the people of the world.

"The Chen family's deeds over the years are shocking enough.

"We even suspect that their support for the third prince is not out of sincerity, and there may be a bigger conspiracy."

Chu Yin nodded, "So, you also tend to think that this matter was done by someone sent by the Empress Dowager?"

(End of this chapter)