The emperor was not in a hurry to express his opinion on Li Ling's idea, but asked: "If you have to do some tricks and tricks in the logistics of the northern border in the past as Yong Wang said, how should you act?"

Li Ling looked at the emperor with some confusion, and then said carefully: "I have actually thought about this method. It is nothing more than making the Central Plains' food, grass, cloth and other military supplies cannot be delivered to the northern border within the time limit. Starting with food from Huguang is the most difficult strategy to crack."

"Well? Huguang is the most important granary in my Dayue now. Can't there be food transfers on the front line in time?"

"If you want to go back to Your Majesty, it is precisely because it is the most important granary in my Dayue that it is the most difficult to mobilize and transport enough grain for more than 100,000 troops in the shortest time, because in addition, the court also needs to call grain from there. Everyone is doing things for the court, so there will naturally be a fight. As long as there is a dispute, time will naturally delay."

The emperor frowned: "Even if you said, the use of grain in the army is different from other places after all, so it is difficult for ordinary yamen to stop it?"

"Your Majesty said very well, but what if Huguang itself had not stored enough food now?"

"This is impossible. Huguang's grain supply has always been in time. How could there be a shortage?"

"Your Majesty, if this was the case in the past, this would naturally not be a problem, but this year was different. Because not long ago, my Ministry of Revenue found that local officials in Huguang colluded with doctor Dai Xiao and others to commit favoritism and fraud, and withheld taxes and grains for many years... At this time, the relevant documents have been delivered to the local area, and the grain and money they had accumulated before would be fined and confiscated to the capital. In this way, Huguang's grain storage will inevitably be in urgent need, and it will be difficult to transfer it to the northern border."

The emperor's expression suddenly shook, and then he remembered that there was such a thing. Moreover, Li Ling in front of him revealed it, so he was the one who knew the most about the love story, so he could quickly grasp this hidden big problem in related matters.

After pondering, the emperor looked at Li Ling: "So in your opinion, as long as you do this, the military rations in the northern border will be unsustainable?"

"Not only that, if Huguang officials make concealment in order to avoid being criticized, they are afraid that the front-line war will be even more difficult. For example, they first send some of the grain to the north, and then only say that the remaining grain is being raised and about to go on the road. In this way, the soldiers on the front line only brought half of the grain to the north without doubt, but as a result, when fighting with foreign enemies, the logistics suddenly cut off. That's why..."

Li Ling didn't need to say anything later. Just thinking about it, the emperor's expression became extremely gloomy. Then, he looked up and down at the young minister in front of him. This person not only had a good financial management skills, but also had no grasp of people's hearts. The only thing he lacked was the power and some official experience that this age group did not have.

A hint of praise flashed in his eyes, and the emperor felt relieved. If Li Ling really did this, he might have unknowingly trapped more than 100,000 troops in the Jedi, which he could not accept no matter what, and that was the Great Yue court could not bear.

Perhaps they can hold themselves accountable afterwards and find out all the culprits who led to this great defeat behind them, but the consequences caused by their selfishness are irreversible.

After breathing out a long breath of turbid air, the emperor smiled at Li Ling: "You are very good. Those who can tell the truth to me are all loyal ministers. I will not treat you badly."

"I am afraid..." Li Ling twisted his lower body uneasy, but he didn't know what to say for a moment. The question is why the emperor kept silent about his previous statement.

Just when he had this idea, the emperor slowly spoke: "Since that's the case, then you can act according to this idea this time. On the Ministry of Revenue, let Huguang allocate grain to the north to think of military rations."

"Ah..." Li Ling was stunned, thinking that he had heard the wrong thing, why would the emperor give such an instruction?

But the emperor just smiled slightly: "You do what you want, and the prince, and you will report your flaws as you promised before."

Li Ling was even more surprised, but then he faintly noticed something different. Obviously, this was a plan made by the emperor. But the emperor only thought he was worried about himself, and then smiled and said, "Just do it with confidence. Since I said I will not treat you badly, I will never let you be implicated by it."

"My...I obey the order." Even though I still couldn't see through the emperor's thoughts, Li Ling could only agree to this seemingly unreasonable request.

In fact, he didn't know what choice he should make next. Now that he had the emperor's words, at least on the surface he seemed to be safe. As the king of a country, the emperor who has a great status would never speak nonsense, and he wouldn't keep his words?

"It's great, it's getting late, so go." After the emperor finished his business, he waved his hand to send Li Ling away. Li Ling also stood up obediently and wanted to leave.

But just as he got up and took two steps back, another thought arose in his mind, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report..."

"Hmm? Let's hear it." The emperor had already picked up the fishing rod again and frowned when he heard this.

Li Ling adjusted his breathing and then said, "Just half a month ago, on the third day of the June 19th, former Jiangnan Governor Liu Runsheng did a big mistake in the capital..." As he said that, he told the story of the Jiangnan soldiers he had seen with his own eyes moving around in Chang'anfang that day and disturbing the people.

The emperor listened quietly, expressionless, and could not see any joy or anger. It was not until Li Ling said, "But half a month has passed, and I have never heard of any punishment from the court. And just yesterday, at the banquet of His Highness Yong, I also met Governor Liu. He once mentioned that thanks to the help of the Ministry of Justice and the Imperial Guards in the North City, he did not accept any reproach. This fact is related to the safety of the people in Luoyang City. I dare not not report it. Please give your Majesty a clear guide!"

From the emperor's promise, Li Ling had seen the solution to the two problems of the Crown Prince and King Yong. In this way, there was only the last and the most difficult problem, Liu Runsheng's affairs. Since he really had no choice, he would simply sue him in front of the emperor. This unscrupulous act of using troops in Luoyang must be unbearable to the emperor, right?

But after he finished speaking, he didn't see much anger from the emperor. The other party just glanced at him thoughtfully before then waved his hand: "I already know, you go."

"...Yes, I'm leaving." Li Ling was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to ask anything more, so he could only formally withdraw from the pavilion and leave along the same road accompanied by the emperor's confidant named Yunshu.

Li Ling, who was gradually moving away, could not see the emperor's face becoming extremely gloomy after he left. He held the rod for a while and he had not noticed that there was a movement in the fish float. After a cup of tea, he spoke: "Wei Tang!"

"I'm here." At some point, there was an old eunuch who looked extremely humble in the pavilion. It was Wei Tang, the eunuch who had been the most trusted in front of the emperor for many years. He was just under the shade of the tree beside the pavilion, but Li Ling had been there for so long, but he could not notice such a person standing there.

After being glanced at by the emperor, Wei Tang's body trembled slightly, and he obviously felt a lot of pressure: "Sage..."

"I'll ask you, has the Imperial City Department not reported anything after so long? Why have I never heard you mention this?"

The master and slave had a tacit understanding, and Wei Tang immediately knew what the emperor was saying, and immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, in fact, the Imperial City Department has indeed received some rumors before, saying that someone had used weapons in the North City, but when people rushed over, they could not find out more inside information. The people there were all silent about this, and it was not easy to investigate it in depth. So the old slave thought about spending more time to investigate it slowly. Since he had not obtained the exact evidence, he did not dare to report it to the saint. It was the old slave who was not good at doing things well, so he asked the saint to punish him."

"Hmph... It seems that your Imperial City has been doing too long recently, and you have forgotten many of the abilities you should have! Do you have to wait until the Xuanwu Gate Incident happens and a rebel minister brings a knife to me before you can find out everything? Luoyang is the capital."

"I know the guilt, but I will make me investigate thoroughly at all costs..." Wei Tang was very nervous and quickly made up.

"No need, I can see that what Li Ling said is true! Of course, there are also any conflicts between him and Liu Runsheng, but there is no need to pay attention to this. What I want is to let everyone know that whoever dares to act wildly in the capital is to be self-destructive from the court, no matter what his identity is! Do you understand what I mean?"

"Old... I obey the order!" Wei Tang lowered his head and agreed, the old face that was hanging down was already full of solemnity.

"Well, go ahead and do things better." The emperor said, then he focused his attention on the fishing rod in his hand, but his face was no longer as leisurely as before.

Li Ling sat in the car, leaning against the wall of the car, closing his eyes to sort out the words the emperor said when he met him. Suddenly, his heart moved and savored something different: "From Your Majesty's reaction today, it really makes people unable to believe how much he prefers King Yong, especially when I reported it to you in the end, Your Majesty had no intention of defending King Yong.

"This is very different from what I know before... Everyone says that Your Majesty has the idea of ​​becoming the King of Yong in recent years, but it was only because he was dissuaded by the court officials that it did not come true. But the facts seem to be that things are far more complicated than the surface. Did King of Yong really arise because of this?"
Chapter completed!