The long silence was finally broken by, "Brother, you don't have to worry too much. The property left by the Ni family can last for a while, and the camp will not be short of food and clothing."

Zhang Shan shook his head with a wry smile and did not answer. He was clearly trying to comfort him, because in addition to the troops and horses in the middle route commanded by himself, the imperial court also had troops and horses in the east route commanded by Tong Chen and the troops and horses in the west route commanded by Long Haotian.

The most important thing is money and food. Without sufficient food supplies, the army may mutiny at any time.

At this time, night had fallen, and the area around the apse where the emperor was seated was heavily guarded. In addition to the palace lanterns everywhere outside the palace, the Imperial Guards of the Yulin also held torches, illuminating the inside and outside of the apse as brightly as day.

"Brother, you are the commander-in-chief of the army. You cannot leave the camp for too long," he said. "Leave the rest to me. If you have something important to do, please go back early."

Zhang Shan shook his head and said, "I really can't leave for too long, but with the situation in front of me, how can I go back with confidence."

Hearing what Zhang Shan said, he said, "You already know what happened in the imperial court. It will not help if you continue to stay in Chang'an. It is better to go back early and I will clean up the aftermath."

Zhang Shan was so smart. Although he didn't say it clearly, he kept urging him to go back. No doubt he was worried that Zhang Mo would be in danger if he left the camp for too long, so he pondered and nodded and said, "That's fine, you can accompany the emperor to the court later."

Just leave.”

After discussing the matter, the two of them walked out of the apse square and came to the courtyard gate. At this time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs already knew what happened to the emperor. A group of officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs gathered outside the courtyard gate, including the imperial doctor.

He raised his hand to summon several imperial doctors, dictated a prescription to them, and ordered them to go grab the medicine and endure the pain. The prescription he prescribed for the emperor was aimed at warming the emperor's body and replenishing his qi, invigorating his spirit, and keeping the emperor awake so that he could go to court smoothly.

Zhang Shan and Zhang Shan were traveling all the way to Chang'an with empty stomachs. Only then did the two of them take time to eat something simple, and then sat down to talk to each other while waiting for the imperial doctor to heal them.

The decoction is delivered

.

The content of the conversation between the two was still about the silver coins shipped to Luoyang by the Ministry of Revenue. Zhang Shan knew the importance of this money, "We have to find a way to get this batch of silver back."

He shook his head and said, "Brother, I'm not venting your anger. I'm afraid we won't be able to get back this batch of silver. The Japanese pirates and Zhu Quanzhong rarely interacted with each other. The one who colluded with them was Sun Ru from Jianghuai. The one who plotted against the emperor was the Japanese pirates, under the pretense of moving the capital.

It is also a Japanese pirate who removed the money and grain from the household department. This shows that Sun Ru must have been involved in this matter. If nothing else, the batch of silver has been divided between Zhu Quanzhong and Sun Ru."

After saying that, Zhang Shan said seriously, "What you said does make sense, but how can we do it without money? We still have to find a way to make up for it and get back as much as we can."

He shook his head again, "How to grab it? There are so many silver taels. If there are too few of us, even if we beat Zhu Quanzhong away, we won't be able to bring the silver taels back. If I were to lead an expedition, I do have some troops in Shuzhou, but even if

Traveling day and night, it will take more than ten days to reach Luoyang, and by then the money will have been divided up and hidden by them."

Zhang Shan frowned, closed his eyes, and stopped talking.

I really wanted to comfort Zhang Shan, but I didn't know how to say it, because Zhang Shan was a discerning person and knew the serious consequences of losing this batch of silver coins, so his words of comfort were pale and weak.

After sitting quietly for a while, the imperial doctor brought over the boiled decoction, and the two of them took the decoction and returned to the back hall.

When the two came back, the emperor was reading various memorials and official documents from the previous month. There were a large number of memorials scattered on the ground in front of the desk. Needless to say, the emperor threw them away angrily after reading them.

The emperor's face turned pale at this time and was even uglier than before. When he saw Zhang Shan returning, he hurriedly left his seat and stood up. He wanted to speak, but after hesitation he said nothing.

, finally slumped down in his seat, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Heaven will destroy the Tang Dynasty, God will destroy the Tang Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, calm down," Qiang Qiang said in relief, "Your Majesty is the most powerful person and the Lord of the world. As long as you are safe and sound, other things will come second."

The emperor sighed again, "Oh, you don't know what they have done. They are evil thieves who have stolen my treasury, messed up my government, ruined my reputation, and ruined our country. Stop it, stop it."

Yan Neng didn't know the seriousness of the matter, but the emperor was almost collapsed at this time. At this time, he could only comfort and encourage him to rekindle his fighting spirit, "Your Majesty's words are serious. As the saying goes, there is no end to the road. The most important thing is to sort out the situation as soon as possible."

, all the civil and military officials have arrived, and they are all waiting for the order in the hall."

At this time, he still had the boiled decoction in his hand. After saying this, he walked forward and presented the decoction. Different from ordinary decoctions, the decoction he prepared was not so black and numb that it was difficult to swallow, but rather

It is clear, bright and sweet in the mouth.

The emperor was already worried about death at this time, so he was not in the mood to drink the medicine, but he could only drink it when it was presented to him personally.

Although sweets can make people feel happy, the emperor's mood at this time was extremely bad. Not to mention just a bowl of sweet medicinal soup, even if he drank a jar of honey, he would not be happy. However, the prescription

It's very magical. After taking it, I feel energetic and wake up instantly.

If he didn't come, Eunuch Zhou wouldn't even dare to pick up the memorials that were thrown on the ground. After he and Zhang Shan arrived, Eunuch Zhou bent down and picked up the memorials and official documents on the ground.

After Eunuch Zhou picked up the memorial, he did not hand it over, but put it back on the desk in a dignified manner.

"Your Majesty, please take a short rest while Master Zhang and I look at these memorials," he said.

After the emperor nodded in agreement, Zhang Shan started to read the memorial. Only by reading the memorial can we know what the fake emperor had done in this month.

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br> The format of the memorials in each department is the same, so you can only read them one by one. After reading all the memorials, Zhang Shan and I looked at each other in silence for a long time. The problem was more serious than they thought. Not only the money of the Ministry of Revenue and the treasury was transferred

After going to Luoyang, the money and food from the prefectural and county treasury were also transferred. Most of them were transferred to Luoyang, and some were transferred to the West Route troops led by Long Haotian to conquer Xichuan.

It would be okay if he just transferred the money and food from the treasury to Long Haotian. The most abominable thing is that the fake emperor actually openly promised to Long Haotian that as long as Long Haotian captured Xichuan, he would divide all the seven prefectures and eighteen counties under Xichuan's jurisdiction.

It came under the jurisdiction of Long Haotian, who directly split the earth and made him king.

I don’t know if Long Haotian knew that this imperial edict was issued by the fake emperor. In short, after receiving the imperial edict, Long Haotian changed his previous delay and immediately began to attack. According to the official documents of the Ministry of War, it is not difficult to find that Long Haotian

We have won many battles in recent times.

At this time, Long Haotian's victory or defeat in the war was no longer important to the court. Even if this guy won a complete victory, Xichuan no longer belonged to the court and became Long Haotian's own.

During this period, the false emperor also ordered Monk Tongchen's troops on the east route to stand still. This move seemed nothing unusual on the surface, but in fact it had sinister intentions, aiming to draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron and consume food and fodder.

In addition, there were many political decrees that affected the country, such as imposing additional winter grain levies, suppressing loyal ministers, killing veterans of the Western Regions, etc.

After the emperor took the decoction, he became energetic. Knowing that the civil and military officials had arrived, he ordered the eunuch to change his clothes and prepare to go to court. In fact, the reason why he was eager to go to court was not to deal with the aftermath as soon as possible, because he had not yet figured out how to deal with the situation in front of him.

A mess, eager to go to court just to rebuke those ignorant civil and military officials.

The emperor changed his clothes, took the initiative to avoid suspicion with Zhang Shan, and came out of the back hall. He turned to look at Zhang Shan and said, "Brother, you have really hurt the country. I'm afraid there is no way to save it."
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