Yi Zhengjin's eyelids twitched slightly, and he looked up at Emperor Tianwu with a puzzled look.
"emperor!?"
Emperor Tianwu sighed,
"The personal guard of Qu Yutang, the imperial envoy sent to extinguish the fire city, has escaped from the fire city."
"Qu Yutang discovered that the Shen family was hiding in Fire Extinguishing City."
"The Shen family is so audacious that they've colluded with Zhong Erfei, Deng Yushan, and others, and are actually dreaming of becoming the king of the land!"
Emperor Tianwu twitched his lips and sneered, "You are totally clueless."
"It would only take a single step for my million cavalrymen to crush the Fire Extinguishing City."
"Ah!?" Yi Zhengjin widened his eyes in shock and said in disbelief,
"Is General Zhong crazy?"
"I have always heard that the Zhong family and the Shen family are not on good terms."
"Then how did General Zhong get involved with...the Shen family?"
Oh my god!!
The news really shocked him.
What shocked him was not that Zhong Erfei was involved with the Shen family.
He was shocked to find that Zhong Erfei and Fan Jinchang were both killed by Shen Yong, and the emperor knew nothing about it.
It seems that news from the northwest has been completely cut off.
The information Emperor Tianwu received was always severely delayed.
Now Shen Yong is about to attack the capital, and the emperor still thinks that Shen Yong and his men are in the Fire City.
This is really a huge difference.
"Humph!" Emperor Tianwu snorted coldly, "What can happen if they are mixed together?"
"I have ordered General Fan Jinchang and General Zhong to lead 50,000 troops to extinguish Fire City."
"Once that idiot Zhong Erfei sees his father, he'll naturally come to his senses."
The nine branches of the Zhong family are all in the capital, so he doesn't believe that Zhong Erfei can be so confused.
The corners of Yi Zhengjin's mouth trembled twice, and he stared at Emperor Tianwu in a daze.
"This is truly outrageous!"
Hehe~
Fan Jinchang has already reunited with Zhong Erfei.
Oh, by the way, General Zhong also went to the reunion.
"No wonder I couldn't find the Shen family even after digging deep in Menglan City and Danyun City..."
Emperor Tianwu glanced at Yi Zhengjin calmly.
"There are more important things for you to do right now."
Yi Zhengjin was startled and looked at Emperor Tianwu with a confused look on his face.
"emperor....."
commit a sin!
He can't leave the capital now.
He hasn't done what Shen Yong asked him to do yet.
There are still nearly 200,000 troops in the capital, and he has to find a way to transfer them out of the city.
Emperor Tianwu frowned,
"The gold and silver mines in the Santong Mountains were attacked by a group of bandits. All the gold and silver mined over the years were cleaned out by these thieves."
"I order you to take your men to the Santong Mountains immediately to suppress the bandits and make sure to get the gold and silver back."
Qian Yinbao, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, took his men to the Santong Mountains for more than a month.
As a result, he only brought back a few boxes of gold and silver, and said that all the gold and silver had been taken away by Chen Yong.
It's complete nonsense.
Do you really think that everything can be blamed on Chen Yong?
How could Shen Yong have the ability to sweep away all the gold and silver in the Santong Mountains?
Besides, it would require a lot of manpower and resources to transport so much gold and silver out of the mountains.
It was difficult for Shen Yong to run away with several women and children of the Shen family, so how could he possibly run away with so much gold and silver?
Even if someone is helping the Shen family behind the scenes, they definitely don't have the ability to do this.
The most important thing is that almost no guards who were responsible for guarding the mines died.
If Shen Yong really did this, how could he not silence these people?
He suspected that the guards and miners guarding the mines in the Santong Mountains had colluded with the bandits in the mountains to embezzle the gold and silver.
He hadn't allowed anyone to take the gold and silver for so many years, and the guards had become scheming and embezzled the gold and silver.
That's why Qian Yinbao couldn't get the gold and silver when he went to withdraw them.
"How dare a thief be so bold!" Yi Zhengjin widened his eyes, his face full of shock.
This is really like adding insult to injury.
Emperor Tianwu is truly...the most unlucky emperor in history.
The house was robbed, the gold and silver mines were robbed, and the Northwest Army was also stolen...Oh!
Yi Zhengjin couldn't help but reveal a hint of sympathy in his eyes.
Emperor Tianwu will not be able to sit on the throne for many more days.
Calculating the time, Shen Yong’s army is expected to reach the capital the day after tomorrow.
But... alas, the capital city knows nothing about it yet.
"Humph!" Emperor Tianwu snorted coldly, "You're just looking for death!"
A group of bandits can still cause chaos.
There has been no outflow of large amounts of gold and silver near the Santong Mountains, indicating that the gold and silver are still in the mountains.
As long as it is still in the mountains, he must get it back.
Yi Zhengjin remained calm and said,
"Your Majesty, the New Year is approaching, and I must recover the gold and silver before the New Year."
"Good!" Emperor Tianwu looked at Yi Zhengjin with appreciation, "Then I will wait for your good news."
Yi Zhengjin looked towards Emperor Tianwu,
"The Santong Mountains are so vast, I request that the Emperor allow me to lead 200,000 troops to encircle and suppress the Santong Mountains."
"200,000 soldiers will carry out a blanket encirclement and suppression campaign. They will definitely not give those bandits a chance to escape."
This is really true, man proposes, God disposes.
He was just thinking of a reason to get more than 200,000 troops out of the capital, and then the opportunity came.
As long as he could take away most of the capital's troops, he would have completed the task assigned to him by Shen Yong.
Emperor Tianwu was startled and looked at Yi Zhengjin with a frown.
There are currently only 230,000 defenders in the capital, and Yi Zhengjin has to send out 200,000 troops from the capital at once.
This...this won't do, absolutely not.
Although the capital is very peaceful now, it is still too dangerous if there are only tens of thousands of defenders left in the city.
"There's no need to rush to find it before the New Year."
"As long as we can find the gold and silver, it doesn't matter if it takes a little longer."
Except for the northwest where taxes have not been paid due to severe drought, other places have paid all the taxes they should have paid.
The national treasury is not that empty at the moment.
The main reason is that there hasn't been any memorial from the northwest requesting disaster relief for several months.
I guess the drought in the northwest has eased, otherwise those prefects would not be so honest.
Now the money and grain in the national treasury only need to be used to support the army in the capital, so the pressure is not that great.
It's freezing cold, so you don't need to exercise that much and you can still survive by eating one meal a day.
Yi Zhengjin frowned and asked again,
"Your Majesty, this matter cannot be delayed."
"What if that group of thieves takes advantage of the end of the year to transport the silver out?"
"The Santong Mountains are so vast. If we can't surround them completely, the thieves will easily find a loophole and escape."
"By then, even if I find their lair, all their people and wealth will be gone."
"Wouldn't that be a bargain for those thieves..."
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