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    "Empire Hegemony" Chapter 224

    ? Chen Zi'ang led his troops to turn upside down in Gyeonggi Province. The soldiers came to the royal capital and beheaded eight generals in a row, broke through the company's battalion at night, and disgraced the court.

    The imperial court regards Chen Ziang as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh, wishing to get rid of it quickly, and mobilizes hundreds of thousands of King Qin's army to chase and intercept him, trying to destroy Chen Ziang's troops.

    It is a pity that the loyal ministers and generals of the imperial court were not Chen Ziang's opponent at all, and finally let Chen Ziang escape from the siege of hundreds of thousands of troops.

    The prince and the fourth prince accused each other of letting the thief chieftain Chen Ziang go, and they both wanted to use this incident to put the other party to death.

    Fortunately, the threat of the king's capital was lifted, and the troops of the various kings also gained a lot, killing more than 100,000 "thief troops" cumulatively.

    Although Chen Ziang, the chieftain of the thieves, ran away, the armies from all walks of life gained a lot, and the court could be regarded as saving a little face.

    The palms and backs of the hands were full of flesh. The old emperor didn't want to intensify the conflict between the crown prince and the fourth prince, so he just reprimanded them, and then only punished the nine clans, the two commanders of Qin Wang's troops who ran away from the bandit army because of dereliction of duty, which was regarded as punishment.

    The commanders of the two King Qin troops who were punished were attached to the crown prince and the fourth prince respectively. The old emperor's treatment in this way was also a warning to them to fight for power.

    In this confrontation between the fourth prince and the crown prince, neither of them took advantage. Although they still called each other brothers on the surface, in fact they were already in dire straits.

    "The governor of Hezhong Province is ordered to clear up and suppress the remnants of the bandit army, and the soldiers and horses of the kings from all walks of life will return to various places from now on."

    ? Chen Ziang led his troops to break through to Hezhong Province, the threat to the capital was lifted, and the hundreds of thousands of Qin Wang soldiers and horsemen were fed by horse chews. The court couldn't afford it, so they had to disband and let them go back to the station.

    "The soldiers and horses of the kings from all walks of life are loyal. This time, the king of Qin has made meritorious service. I will host a banquet in the imperial city to entertain all the officers who participated in the general and above, and reward the ministers who have made meritorious service."

    ? In addition to letting the soldiers and horses of the King Qin from all walks of life return to various places from now on, in order to win people's hearts, the old emperor is going to host a banquet for these generals who came to King Qin.

    ? These generals of Qin Wang's soldiers and horses were ordered to be Qin Wang, nothing more than wanting to perform well in front of the emperor, hoping to be promoted to rank.

    Although they were defeated many times in the battle with Chen Zi'ang of the Qinghe Army, they made a lot of gains by killing the good and pretending to be meritorious.

    ?Because soldiers and horses from all walks of life are killing good people and taking meritorious service, those refugees will be killed as soon as they are killed, so they don't care.

    Because everyone is doing such a thing and knows it well, so no one will break it.

    Facing that the emperor wanted to entertain them with a banquet, and to reward meritorious ministers in public, these generals were naturally happy, and let their soldiers and horses return one after another, while they stayed, preparing to participate in the banquet and receive rewards.

    When the generals of these King Qin troops happily entered the magnificent and prosperous king's capital and were about to receive their rewards.

    Little did they know that in the weeds and ditches all over Gyeonggi Province, countless refugee corpses had rotted and stinked, becoming food for wild dogs.

    The imperial court had asked the Governor of Hezhong Province to wipe out the remnants of Chen Zi'ang, so the fourth prince and prince naturally did not continue to pursue, but turned back to the capital.

    ?Because the old emperor hosted a banquet in honor of his meritorious ministers, the crown prince, as the marshal of the royal capital, and the fourth prince, as the commander of the suppression of the Qinghe army, naturally did not want to be absent.

    The cloud of war dissipated, and the bustling royal capital became noisy and lively again, especially when the generals of the Qin King's army brought their own soldiers into the city, which made brothels and restaurants everywhere lively.

    The imperial court was also busy inside and outside, and various departments were busy preparing gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin for meritorious officials, and countless fresh ingredients were also rushed from all over the country to the capital for the banquet.

    When the royal capital was bustling and ready to celebrate the killing of one hundred thousand bandits and the lifting of the siege of the royal capital.

    Because of the war and devastation, countless people in the Gyeonggi province were displaced and had no food to eat.

    "Master Zuo, more than one million refugee houses in the Gyeonggi Province have been burned by the war, and countless crops have been damaged. I implore you to immediately allocate food for disaster relief. Otherwise, if there is a civil uprising, the Gyeonggi Province will suffer again."

    Seeing countless people displaced, conscientious young officials had to go to the mansion of Prime Minister Zuo Wang Huchen to intercept the vehicles in person, hoping that the court could allocate food for disaster relief.

    "In order to supply the needs of hundreds of thousands of King Qin's army, the imperial court has emptied the treasury, and now I can't even get a grain of food out."

    ? Prime Minister Zuo Wang Huchen also knows that the situation in Gyeonggi Province is very serious.?, but he is helpless now.

    "But now there are more than a million refugees without rice to feed their stomachs. If this continues, people will starve to death."

    "Well, there should be a lot of food in the rich households in the prefectures and counties. You should borrow food to help the people first, and then return it to them when the court has food."

    Wang Huchen also knew that it was difficult for the officials in the prefectures and counties below, but he also had no food, so he could only think of a way for them.

    "That's the only way to go. I'd like to trouble Mr. Zuo Xiang to find a way to ask the court to allocate food as soon as possible. After all, borrowing food is not a long-term solution."

    "Okay, let's go back."

    ? Prime Minister Zuo Wang Huchen is also physically and mentally exhausted recently. As Prime Minister Zuo, he is in charge of the imperial treasury.

    Hundreds of thousands of King Qin's troops fought fiercely with Chen Ziang's troops outside the city, and he was responsible for the supply of food and grass.

    Originally, the treasury was empty. In order not to delay the military supply, he had actually temporarily requisitioned a lot of grain from the grain merchants as military rations.

    Now there are more than a million refugees outside the city, which makes him, the left prime minister, really exhausted. After all, it is hard for a good woman to cook without rice.

    Everywhere needs money and food, but now the provinces are in turmoil, natural disasters and man-made disasters continue, and taxes and military rations cannot be collected, which makes him worry.

    Just as the officials from the Gyeonggi Province left, the officials from the Ministry of Rites followed suit.

    "My lord Zuoxiang, this reward will require five million gold and 10,000 bolts of silk and satin. Now there is still a shortfall of 3 million gold and 5,000 bolts. It is difficult to make up. Please tell me what should I do?  "

    Wang Huchen couldn't help but sigh when he thought that a treasury in Nuoda couldn't afford five million gold and ten thousand bolts of silk and satin.

    "Tell Eunuch Zhang in the palace to see if we can borrow some temporarily from him." Prime Minister Zuo Wang Huchen ordered after thinking for a while.

    "Master Zuo Xiang, then I will go to find Eunuch Zhang and say goodbye."

    The palace also has its own treasury, but at that time it provided what the emperor needed, but now the treasury is empty, and Wang Huchen has no choice but to make up for the palace.

    Because Wang Huchen knows very well that the palace has accumulated a lot of money over the years, which is much richer than him.

    After Wang Huchen finished handling all kinds of affairs, it was already late at night. He rubbed his tired temples, feeling physically and mentally exhausted.

    "Master Zuo Xiang, please see Mr. Wang of the Investigation Department."

    Just as Wang Huchen was about to wash up and take a rest, the butler's voice came from outside the door.

    "Tell him to wait in the living room."

    "No." (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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