The Fifth Prince also felt that their actions had been reckless and could have been handled better. He asked the messenger three questions: "The grain officer must have reported this matter in a memorial. Did you also write one?"
"Yes, but our general said it's definitely not as good as what the other civil servants wrote."
Well, I'm self-aware.
"Have you checked those 10,000 kilograms of grain? Are you sure it has nothing to do with you?"
The man hesitated a little: "We are still investigating."
The Fifth Prince understood: these guys probably hadn't returned. Even if this person was just a junior officer, he didn't need to see the emperor before him, but he still had to report to the Ministry of War.
"You returned to the capital from the border, and you signed up for a job at the Ministry of War?"
"No, I came back secretly."
The Fifth Prince: "Go back quickly. I know about this and I will find a way."
The fifth prince turned around and thought of consulting his third brother. After all, Ren Jiayu was married to his third brother. He went to the third prince's residence to discuss the matter, but the third prince and his wife knew nothing about it.
Ren Jiayu was worried and wrote an urgent letter to her father and brother at the border. The reply she received was: "It's nothing serious, don't worry. How is your grandmother? How is your mother? You're a girl, and the Third Prince has always been in poor health. Don't worry about it, it's all fine."
Well, the Fifth Prince's nose was almost crooked with anger. It turned out that I was the one with good health, so I took the responsibility. Although he was angry, he knew that the Ren family members were not very cunning, and since we had a good relationship for many years, he still had to find a solution.
At the same time, I thought: You are still a girl, don't worry about it, your eldest daughter Ren and your grandmother are the most reliable people in your Ren family.
He thought to himself: The Northern Army really cannot do without He Qing. Although the Northern Army is led by He Qing and the Ren family respectively, the Ren family army likes to ask He Qing when they are unsure about something. Gradually, everyone who has been to the border knows that in name there are two teams, each with a general, but He Qing often has to worry about both families.
He Qing finally got a vacation and went back to his hometown. The Ministry of War approved him a month's leave including the round trip. While He Qing was on vacation, Ren Jiajun's army robbed the grain reserves in the border warehouse.
It is said that the Ministry of War has sent an 800-mile-long cavalry to He Qing's hometown to urgently cancel his leave and ask He Qing to return to the team and return to the border to cooperate with the Ministry of War to deal with this matter.
Xuanyuan Hao received three memorials from the grain officer at the border warehouse and was furious after reading them.
The fifth prince quietly picked it up and read it. This memorial was well-written, with a tearful and complaining tone, as if he was there. The Ren family army was like a bandit, openly robbing food without the emperor's order, wantonly destroying granaries, kidnapping, torturing and beating court officials, stealing and hiding tens of thousands of kilograms of food and refusing to return it, and instead slandering and framing others.
If these charges were proven true, his head would be chopped off three times.
Looking at the memorial submitted by Ren Jiajun, it is basically an admission of guilt: he stole grain. He originally wanted to lend it to him but he refused to return it, so he had no choice but to return it later.
He was tied up for three days, but he was given water and food, but he was not allowed to go to the toilet in time.
The 10,000 kilograms of grain were still under investigation, so it wasn't necessarily us who took it. We didn't hit him or scold him at first, but only fought back when he hit and scolded us. We held back, or we would have been beaten to death.
Well, you, a bunch of military generals, beat up a civil official, and he scolded you. It was you who really hid 10,000 catties of grain and refused to return it. He was a grain official, how could he explain the loss of 10,000 catties? The Fifth Prince felt his brain pounding when he saw this. If he sent someone to investigate these 10,000 catties of grain, he would probably not be able to hide it.
How can we protect the Ren family army...
He Qing returned to the border and went to the Ren Family Army first. After hearing what had happened, he called in the relevant people and asked about the 10,000 kilograms of grain. The head cook of the Ren Family Army said, "Everyone is happy to have the grain back. We cooked a little more that day. With 10,000 kilograms of grain distributed, everyone will have one or two more mouths to feed."
He Qing said, "Look, you guys are celebrating after you've looted the grain. Save these ten thousand pounds for the next two or three meals and return them to the border warehouse immediately."
He then asked, "Who were the ones who attacked the grain officer and the grain guards that day?"
In a hurry, more than a dozen people stood up, and someone muttered: "We didn't realize we really owed them 10,000 kilograms less."
He Qing said, "Tomorrow, a dozen of you will go to the grain officer at the border warehouse and apologize. If he doesn't give in, don't go back. The dozen or so of you who have some sense will go to work over there. The cook will bake three days' worth of bread for them to take away."
Cook: "Do we have to bring our own food when we go to work for the grain officer?"
He Qing: "You can't even bear to give up three days' worth of bread, but the grain officer is willing to give up ten thousand kilograms of grain?"
In terms of age and generation, He Qing and Xuanyuan Hao, Zhang Ru's elder brother, Zhang Jia Shillang, are of the same generation, but he is younger than them.
He is also younger than the father of Ren Jiajun and his two sons. A pair of brothers from the Ren family have called He Qing uncle for many years.
Now He Qing turned to the two brothers and said, "I will go back and write a memorial. I will ask someone to bring it to your father for review. If it is acceptable, I will copy it and submit it with the money from the Ren family army."
Ren's father felt somewhat embarrassed to trouble He Qing again, so he stayed out of the way. However, He Qing was an excellent general in terms of martial arts, leading troops in battle, and deploying troops. He led his troops by example and held considerable prestige in the army.
But he was truly not good at handling these troublesome matters. In his opinion, there was nothing wrong with going to the border warehouse to steal food. The army could just return the food after it arrived. Although he was a little hesitant when his subordinates did this, thinking it was inappropriate, he thought it was okay to do it. How could he let his brothers go hungry? Therefore, it was wise for later armies to assign political commissars to these fierce generals.
Later, he found that the incident had become a bit serious. Judging from the reaction of the Ministry of War, he had caused trouble. These generals were familiar with Xuanyuan Hao. After all, this prince was a horse prince and led the army. When old man Xuanyuan was in power, he fought in many battles.
Xuanyuan Hao's decree was still being delayed, and based on his understanding of him back then, Ren's father felt that this was a serious matter. The faster it was approved, the less serious it seemed. The longer it was delayed, the more angry he became.
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