This Prince Consort Is No Pushover!

Then, after Li Jinzhong asked someone to write a good letter, he handed the letter to the messengers, and asked the messengers to rush to the post station to pass the letter to the Qizhou battlefield.

At the same time, Chu Xuanchen appointed Yuan Zhen as the censor doctor of the Overwatch Council, a third-rank official.

He asked Yuanzhen to lead the censors of the Overwatch Council to investigate corrupt officials and profiteers.

In this way, Yuan Zhen was promoted from an ordinary strategist to a censor doctor.

After being promoted, he immediately set about doing this.

I don't know if I don't check it, but Yuan Zhen found out that there were many corrupt officials, black-hearted profiteers, big landlords and others hiding in all parts of Chu State.

When the criminal evidence of these people was found, Yuan Zhen did not hesitate and led troops to raid the house.

Only when they raided their homes did they discover that the homes of these corrupt officials were full of inexhaustible treasures of gold and silver, silk and satin, jewels and jade, as well as grain and other items in one warehouse and one warehouse.

Seeing those granaries piled up like mountains, everyone knew where the grain of Chu State had gone. It turned out that these people had embezzled or hoarded them for a strange price, and they were ready to resell them at high prices.

This time, Yuan Zhen quickly led the troops, confiscated the property of the corrupt officials, and transported their food.

By the time the five-day seizure had passed, Yuan Zhen had already seized 1 million taels of gold, 10 million taels of silver, and tens of thousands of stone of grain.

When Chu Xuanchen and the ministers saw the gold and silver treasures and food brought back by the soldiers, they all couldn't believe it.

The combined wealth of these corrupt officials and profiteers is more than the entire national treasury.

Usually they cry poor one by one, and when the country is in trouble, they don't even want to donate any property.

Seeing this scene, Chu Xuanchen clenched his fists fiercely, his eyes full of anger.

However, it was also caused by the fact that the upper beam was not right and the lower beam was crooked. If it wasn't for Chu Yao himself, how could he have trained so many corrupt officials?

Fortunately, now that the properties of these corrupt officials have been seized, he finally has the money to pay the soldiers and food to the border!

After getting the rations, Chu Xuanchen immediately sent Mo Li, Mo Zhu, Feng Qingyang and others to escort the rations and firearms to Qizhou.

Mo Li and the others transported batch after batch of food and firearms to the battlefield.

Chu Xuanchen was afraid that there would be insufficient food, so he hurriedly asked someone to take the money and go to the next country to buy food.

He wants to let the food and grass continue to be delivered, to give confidence to the soldiers, and to make this war quickly resolved.

At the same time, the soldiers transported a large number of firearms.

Now that the combined army of the Chu army and Xueyue Kingdom has more than 200,000 people, with the supply of food and grass, and the blessing of infinitely powerful firearms, Chu Xuanchen believes that they will definitely win this time.

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Ten days later, Qizhou

Chu army barracks

In the barracks, the soldiers were slumped on the ground, all of them starving, pale and weak.

Some also have white lips and look malnourished.

Dong Changfeng, Su Qishao and several other generals walked to the barracks. Seeing this scene, they were all very worried and anxious.

Seeing that his soldiers were starving so horribly, Su Qishao clenched his fists with a look of self-blame, "It's all my fault, I didn't drive away the enemy quickly, that's why the soldiers have to suffer like this. It has been several days, the soldiers have been hungry for several days, and they are all starving, what should we do if it goes on like this?"

Dong Changfeng said: "General Su, don't worry, the emperor replied to us before. I believe him, he said he would think of a way, and he will definitely think of a way. Let's wait for him for a few more days, maybe in a few days, the food and wages will be paid. It's here!"

Su Qishao closed his eyes and said sadly, "I also believe in the emperor, but this food is not something he can raise if he wants to. No matter how he is the emperor, he is just an ordinary person, not an immortal. come out."

"Yeah, during this period of time, we have been short of food and grass, and we have been saving food every day, which has caused the soldiers to not have enough to eat at all. They dragged their weak and hungry bodies to fight, and they are not the opponents of the coalition forces at all. These few days, We were not only forced to retreat for dozens of miles, but also suffered huge losses and suffered heavy casualties!" Jiang Ning said, his eyes turned red all of a sudden!

Thinking of those soldiers who sacrificed, he felt uncomfortable, so uncomfortable that he couldn't sleep or eat, and he was very self-blaming.

As generals, if they can't fill their stomachs and protect their lives, are they still worthy of being generals?

At this moment, Su Qishao's stomach suddenly rumbled.

He immediately covered his stomach, his face very uncomfortable.

Dong Changfeng hurriedly said, "General Su, are you hungry?"

"No, I don't, I'm not hungry." Su Qishao shook his head quickly.

Dong Changfeng said, "Don't lie to me. Today I saw that you gave your lunch to a soldier. Come on, I still have a steamed bun here. You may be better if you put your stomach on it first."

As he said that, he took out a white-flour bun from his arms and handed it to Su Qishao.

Looking at the steamed bun, Su Qishao couldn't help but feel sad, and the corners of his mouth twitched bitterly.

Once upon a time, could he, Su Qishao, be hungry? Can you suffer like this?