Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 508 The way of eating!

How much grain and grass are there in the treasury of Ji Town?
It's only one hundred thousand shi, grain and fodder, just enough for half a month's salary for a soldier in Jizhen.

But from the very beginning, Yuan Tan never expected to rely on the treasury of Ji Town, which was almost emptied by Liu Ying, to repay the soldiers in arrears.

The [-] shi rice grains were directly boiled in the pot, plus a thousand catties of beef and mutton bought by Yuan Tan out of his own pocket, it was a rare meal for the soldiers of Ji Town.

The soldiers saw the smell of oil for a long time, and their mouths were about to flow out.

Fortunately, all the lieutenants knew that the soldiers were suffering from the cold, and if they ate and drank wildly at this time, it would not be nourishing the soldiers' health, but harming their lives.

Yuan Tan also admired these captains.

Firstly, the soldiers of Ji Town were still able to do their duty faithfully when they came to this job. If it wasn't for the contribution of these captains, Yuan Tan would never believe it.

Second, these school lieutenants have always shared joys and sorrows with the soldiers of Ji Town, so that the soldiers of the Ji Town camp could be united and there was no mutiny.

Even if you are starving and freezing, you are still one of the generals and soldiers.

Therefore, Yuan Tan was very relieved to hand over the rice and grain transported from the treasury to these school captains to distribute.

Xu Shu and Deng Ai found Yuan Tan.

Xu Shu came to report to Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan handed it over to him, and the preparation of the witchcraft doll was almost done.

The most feared thing in the Han Dynasty was prophecy.

Especially the emperor's family, because the folk superstition is the technique of prophecy, and in the early years of the Han Dynasty, when Empress Lu was in power, it even caused the disaster of witchcraft because of the technique of witchcraft.

Even though Yuan Shao is not an emperor now, his actual power is not far behind that of an emperor.

Naturally, he is quite afraid of witchcraft.

That's why, when Yuan Tan said this idea, Xu Shu immediately felt that Liu Ying would never escape this hurdle.

The art of witchcraft and poison was a taboo in the Han Dynasty, especially the higher the position, the less likely it was to have anything to do with these things.

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"Teacher, if we distribute these grains now, it won't last long. The army of Ji Town has [-] people. I, Futu Tiewei, also need food and grass. The daily consumption is huge, and we can only rely on ourselves to support it. Even if there is a transfer from Xuzhou, it will be too late." Xu Shu's tone was a little heavy.

He also saw the miserable experiences of the soldiers in the Jizhen camp.

But as the chief historian in the army, Xu Shu had to maintain rational thinking at all times.

Yuan Tan's generous distribution of [-] shi rice rations can certainly boost the morale of the Jizhen army in a short period of time, but if the follow-up rations cannot keep up in time, the originally boosted army morale will definitely be hit again , and even very likely to mutiny on the spot.

At that time, even with Yuan Tan's prestige, he may not be able to suppress it!

Yuan Tan smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, Yuan Zhi, I've been prepared. When I asked you to search Liu Ying's house, did you find the things I asked you to search for?"

Xu Shu nodded, and said with some doubts: "If you find it, you have found it, but the teacher suddenly searched for these, is there any use?"

When Xu Shu banned Liu Ying's treasury before, he specially asked Xu Shu to pay attention to find out all the expenditure account books and so on in Liu Ying's mansion, organize them into a book and send them to him.

Although Xu Shu did it honestly, he just thought that Yuan Tan was going to use these account books to pursue Liu Ying's corrupt property when the time came, but he didn't expect Yuan Tan to bring up this matter now, so he didn't feel suspicious.

Yuan Tan smiled mysteriously, and said, "Yuan Zhi doesn't need to ask any more questions. From now on, just act according to plan. You need to know that for the soldiers of the camp in Ji Town, the next military pay and the luggage needed for the war will all come from these places. It's on the books."

Xu Shu was taken aback, and thought about it seriously, but he couldn't figure out what Yuan Tan was thinking, so he couldn't help reminding: "Teacher, most of the property in Liu Ying's mansion has been replaced by him for easy-to-carry items. The treasury is now empty, and there is no property left!"

Yuan Tan laughed, and said: "Yuan Zhi Wuyou, come with me, go to the account of the Chinese army, and bring over the account books you have sorted out."

In the tent of the Chinese army, Yuan Tan took over a stack of account books from Xu Shu. The account books of this era were carved on bamboo slips, just like the book slips. Because the process was rather cumbersome, only some important expenditures were recorded. There are monthly expenses.

This will naturally give many lower-level officials more room for fraud, but now, this disadvantage is convenient for Yuan Tan.

After flipping through several volumes of account books at random, and having a general idea of ​​how to check the account books of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Tan began to accurately read the account books recorded in Liu Ying's mansion during the two months of the second year of Ding'an.

Sure enough, Yuan Tan managed to find what he was looking for after only reading a few paragraphs.

"That's it. In the first month of the second year of Ding'an, the money and goods in Liu Ying's house exceeded 1000 and [-] million! Among them, [-] bolts of silk cloth, [-] catties of silver, and [-] catties of gold!"

Yuan Tan pointed to the record in mid-January of the second year of Ding'an with a victorious smile on his face.

"Yuan Zhi, think about it, just two months ago, where did Liu Ying get such a large sum of money?" Seeing that Xu Shu hadn't reacted yet, Yuan Tan slightly With a smile, he reminded him.

Property worth 1000 and two million yuan... After Xu Shu pondered for a moment, he suddenly realized: "Teacher is talking about the properties and shops under Liu Ying's name!"

"That's right!" Yuan Tan clapped his hands vigorously, with a smile on his face, but his eyes looking at the streets of Jicheng outside the window were extremely cold, and he said in a cold voice: "That fellow Liu Ying must have known about Wu's death in advance. The news of Huan's going south, knowing that once Wuhuan goes south, it is just a dream to resist Wuhuan's iron cavalry in Jizhen's now dilapidated camp of Jizhen, so this fellow has no intention of keeping Jizhen from the beginning!"

Yuan Tan's voice became colder and colder as he spoke: "After receiving the news, this guy wantonly sold the land and shops under his name and other properties that were inconvenient to carry. Sold it, exchanged it for gold and jewelry, and finally fled with the money before learning that I came to Jizhen to sit in the town!"

Xu Shu's face also became ugly.

If Liu Ying is just corrupt, that's fine. As a frontier general of the country, he is so selfish. Even if Liu Ying released the news of the Wuhuan people going south before fleeing, Let the officials in Beiping and Xiangping know that they are more or less wary.

The frontier defense in the north will not be corrupted to such an extent!
This person should be killed!

It's not just Liu Ying who should be killed, but also those wealthy families in Ji Town who have bought into Liu Ying's properties and shops!
"Liu Ying, who is able to hang out in this town of Jizhen, is as good as the wind, and the rain is as rainy as the rain. If he is really unique, he has not established a good relationship with the officials of Jizhen. I believe it. In the office, there are a total of more than a dozen scribes, and even the subordinate officials are only in name. But if Liu Ying is serving as the general of Jizhen and has not colluded with the nobles of Jizhen, Yuan Tan will not believe it!

Among other things, the winter clothes he embezzled and the military equipment can be stolen and sold by Liu Ying alone. Who can he sell to?
Only those powerful families in Ji Town have the guts to eat the military supplies stolen from the army!
"Liu Ying was in Jizhen for one year and nine months. During this period, the military assets stolen and sold were worth more than one billion yuan. But in the end, Liu Ying's account books were added together, including those he concealed. Just less than [-] million yuan, where did the rest go?"

Yuan Tan's eyes were cold, and his tone was filled with suppressed anger.

"The rich clan of Ji Town and Liu Ying, when moths devoured my camp in Ji Town, turned a hundred thousand elite soldiers into this appearance, this account should be settled with them now!"

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"The shopkeeper! The shopkeeper is not good! The shopkeeper!" In the inner room of Wu's Rice Shop, a clerk ran in scrambling, his tone full of panic.

The shopkeeper of Wu's rice shop was born extremely fat, and his whole body was full of fat and rosy. At this moment, he was sitting on a futon in the inner room with his eyes closed, imitating how he returns to the master's house every month. When receiving money, I saw the graceful and luxurious sitting posture of the Patriarch.

His eyes were slightly closed, and there was an incense burner lit next to it, which was emitting wisps of smoke slowly, as if he was in the midst of clouds.

It's just that this peaceful and peaceful scene didn't last long, and was broken by the guy who rushed in hastily.

(End of this chapter)