Qian Shangduan did not believe that the situation would collapse like an avalanche during the second southern invasion of Chihu people. However, when Xu Huai mentioned the money and grain, Zhang Xin asked in disbelief:

"It is impossible for the imperial court to not be able to support the money and food for three months, right?"

Zhang Xin led the troops and horses, and usually did not take care of money and food. Qian Shangduan. Qiao Jien led Hu Yu, Zhu Tong and other groups of officials to raise funds from the counties. Zhang Xin didn't even know how much the daily cost of the tomb guarding army was.

He is still some distance away from a qualified general who commands the army.

In his opinion, more than 100 people came to Dayue to have peace and prosperity, and people's livelihood was prosperous. Even though the Chihu people invaded the south this time, it would not be difficult to support the three-month supply of money and grain in Hedong?!

Everything is inseparable from the word "money and grain", but few people in the world can calculate the account of money and grain clearly.

Seeing that King Jing frowned and said nothing, Xu Huai looked at Qian Shangduan and asked, "Does Qian Langjun think the court can give enough money to Hedong for three months?"

With limited time left, we must do our best to prepare for the worst and most likely situation within three months. At this time, Xu Huai must tear off all the veils that are covered in blood to convince Qian Shangduan, Zhang Xin, Qiao Jien and others to trust his judgment without reservation.

Qian Shangduan, Zhang Xin, Qiao Jien and others are now the direct descendants of King Jing. But they have doubts and cannot cooperate fully, many things will be greatly reduced.

Qian Shangduan could not conclude that Bianliang would not be defended in three months, but when it comes to food and money, he was much clearer than generals such as Zhang Xin.

Of course, he left Bianliang with King Jing in the past six months, and he had no idea about the current situation of the court. He looked at Zhu Han and asked, "Whether there is still a lot of savings left in the hidden place?"

"This is the secret of your Majesty and other ministers. I have not heard of it, but it is true that there should be little left." Zhu Qing sighed and said.

The previous dynasty had a left and right Tibetan order, which was under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Yue Dynasty, all the tributes and taxes of the states were all transferred to Zuozang. In addition, there was an internal storage warehouse, and Jingfu internal storage warehouse was specially used for the palace ban.

Qian Shangduan asked Zhu Qing what he had stored inside, which was to ask how much money and grain he could spend in the court at this time.

Although the treasury reserved by the three envoys and the provincial governors of the eunuchs, ordinary people were not allowed to ask for confidential information, but usually Zhu Han was both a royal relative and a backbone of the war-holding faction in the court, and these secret matters should not be hidden from him.

If he couldn't even find out the news, it would only mean that the real situation was very serious, so serious that it could not be leaked out to avoid a big stir in the army.

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"Twenty years after the reform of the late emperor, the national treasury gradually became abundant. When the official first ascended the throne, he was lucky to be in the Jingfu treasury. Seeing that the gold, silver, money and silk were piled up like mountains, he once sighed, "How can it be empty?" Qiao Jien asked in shock.

"The soldiers and officials are redundant. The former emperor spent most of his savings in the first time in the 20th year of his death. He attacked Yan in the north twice, and the inner palace took out a large amount of money and grain. When the Chihu people surrounded Bianliang, they hid the money and silk in the left, and the money and silver were no longer hidden.

It was only 2 million taels, and they were transported to the barbarian camp at the beginning of the peace talks. Although the compensation for 5 million taels of gold and 50 million taels of silver was finally left unresolved, in order to stabilize the enemy's troops, they transported the city to the barbarian camp every three days. Now no matter how strict the people concealed it, the national treasury was empty, who could they hide from?" Zhu Han sighed and said.

Everyone thought that the compensation and the compensation of the royal family women were finally left unresolved, but they did not know that before the Kowtow Palace Incident, a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry had been transported to the camp in several batches under the leadership of the peacekeeping faction.

Although no one knows the exact number, there is absolutely no amount of 5 million taels of gold or 50 million taels of silver, it is definitely not a small amount of 300,000 taels of silver.

This not only exhausted the small amount of the imperial court's remaining treasures in Bianliang, but also basically completely squeezed out the potential that the people could exploit.

Otherwise, I would still be able to think about exploding from the people, responding to emergency responses.

"The world's wealth is in the southeast, Jinghu accounts for six or seven. The world is in the autumn of survival and demise. We should send envoys to the southeast, and Jinghu will raise urgent assistance..." Qian Shangduan said with a frown.

Zhu Han was of course the most clear about the situation in Hehuai and even Jianghuai. He had communicated with Xu Huai in letters before, but this time he came to Jincheng to see everyone's interest and did not want to rush to discourage everyone's enthusiasm. However, Xu Huai did not expect that Xu Huai would break the last layer of window paper at this time.

Zhu Han thought for a while and answered Qian Shangduan:

"The reason is this, but in the southeast, the Jinghu and the kings and horses are still in Chenzhou and Caizhou gathered. The food and fodder of these soldiers are also in the southeast. The supply of Jinghu and the supply of the Jinghu is an additional tax outside of taxes. Although every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world, it is necessary to shirk responsibility. At present, the court has gone to the southeast again, and the Jinghu and other routes can send envoys. It is still unknown how effective it can be. But what is more urgent is that the barbarians are stranded in Tongxu, Yanling and other places, and surrendered the supportive army to Caibian and other rivers.

The embankments were damaged. The court was in chaos before, and it was only urging the southeast to urge the grain from this year to urge the southeast to urge the grain from this year. The water level in Huai and Si was not up and the ship could not be opened. Only then did it find that Cai Bian and other rivers had been dug out. Now it is the flood season again, and the rivers are flooded, and the rivers have to be built until autumn. However, more than 30 counties in Hehuai were tragically invaded, and the captive soldiers retreated in May. A large number of people were not only absent from the farming season, but also plundered the grain. The government could not provide any surplus grain relief. Countless people plundered the countryside in groups..."

"..." Qian Shangduan took a deep breath and asked, "So, the food and fodder needed in Hedong currently depends on Guanzhong and Luoyang for supply?"

"As for the moment, the court has urgently transferred grain from Guanzhong to Hedong, and from Jingdong East Road to Weizhou..." Zhu Wen nodded and said.

Only then did Zhang Xin truly understand how serious the situation was.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Guanzhong Plain, which intersected Jing and Weiwei, was a rich place with abundant grain production, and it also had the shape of rivers. The capital was established here for generations.

However, for hundreds of years, as the population grows and the land is overdeveloped, the surrounding mountains and mountains have either cut into firewood or built palaces, and all have become children, causing soil erosion and soil deterioration.

At this time, the Guanzhong Plain had long become a barren land, not to mention the border areas west of Guanzhong and north of Guanzhong

In the area, the farming foundation is even weaker.

However, to the west and north of Guanzhong, there have been frequent wars with the Dangxiang people over the past hundred years. The total number of soldiers and soldiers from the Xiangjun Township of Qin Feng and other five routes reached 300,000. It is insufficient to collect grain from Guanzhong alone. In addition to transporting millions of stones of grain from the Central Plains every year, the troops of various units also actively carry out military camp reclamation at their garrisons to make up for the shortage.

The military garrison land is many barren, and tens of thousands of generals need to take turns to participate in labor to gain a certain amount of gain.

The two northern expeditions to Yan, Xiaosheng, and the Xuanwu army tens of thousands of generals were lost in foreign lands. The Chihu people invaded the south. All the troops were urgently incorporated into active service. The barren arable land in the border areas could only rely on the elderly, weak, women and children to cultivate. The scarcity of young and strong labor will inevitably lead to large-scale production cuts.

Zhang Xin was born as a general in Guanzhong and was very familiar with these situations.

Now, Shaanxi Fifth Road is becoming increasingly poor, and it is inevitable that grain production will be reduced this year. In the past, millions of stones of grain transported from the Central Plains every year will inevitably be ruined this year.

However, when the total grain supply in Shaanxi has decreased significantly, a large amount of grain must be drawn from Guanzhong to Hedong. The unlimited additional levies will only make the originally poor and weak Guanzhong people worse, thus causing unstable localities.

Even so, putting aside the rewards needed to motivate the soldiers, the three troops from Hedong gathered more than 200,000 people, plus a large number of livestock and a huge amount of transportation consumption, it was necessary to impose an additional 500,000 or 600,000 grains from Guanzhong and Luoyang every month to barely maintain the cost of the war.

Can Luoyang reclaim such a huge amount of food every month in Guanzhong and Luoyang?

Although Shaanxi Fifth Routes established a certain amount of grain reserves as a buffer to ensure the supply of border military food and fodder, the actual reserves were much less than those recorded due to long-term corruption and deficits. However, the amount of grain reserves returned to Hedong for thousands of miles. Most of the transportation may be consumed on the way, and the remaining ones are even less.

Zhang Xin was born into a general in Guanzhong, and Qian Shangduan also worked on Xining Road for many years. He has known these inside stories. Of course, he knows that Hedong’s grain and fodder rely on Guanzhong and Luoyang’s supply may barely last for one or two months, but he will definitely not be able to hold on for longer.

King Jing Zhao Tuan sighed at this time: "Zheng Huaizhong came to see him the day before yesterday and said that the court intends to abolish Chenzhou, Caizhou Defense Envoy's Office, and send troops from all over the southeast and Jinghu to send the kings and horses back. It was incredible at the time. It seemed that the court had indeed reached the point where it was necessary to compete with each other!"

"The Chihu people are an extremely powerful opponent. The court did not dare to fight against him in Yanshi. He had completely lost the situation when Hulao fought." Xu Huai said with emotion.

The Chihu people invaded the south and the only chance for Dayue to recover the defeat was that the main force of the Western Army's aid division severely damaged the surrendered army on the northern slope of Songshan Mountain, and forced the Chihu people back to the north bank of the Yellow River with real military strength, so that they could win a chance to breathe.

The Hehuai River and Huai River are broken, and the empire is like a dilapidated ox cart, which may fall apart at any time and can no longer support large-scale military operations in Hedong and Hebei.

At this time, the imperial court ordered three troops to hurry north to clear the siege of Taiyuan, but it was a forced one, but the Chihu people were waiting for a military adventure...
Chapter completed!