"Your Majesty, this old official admits that Cao Cao had made outstanding contributions on the battlefield of Yingchuan. However, if we only reward Cao Cao, won't it disappoint the soldiers of the three armies?”
" After all, he only has 2,000 soldiers under him," Yuan Kui said loudly." Although the fire attack was effective, without Huangfu Song and Zhu Rong's cooperation, how could he have won such a great victory?”
Grand Servant Yuan Ji chimed in," Grand Commandant, you are right. Cao Cao's contribution to the Yingchuan battlefield was great, but the main force was Huangfu Song and Zhu Rong. If we only reward Cao Cao, I'm afraid they will have complaints.”
Another censor, Wang Yun, stepped forward." Cao Cao must be rewarded for his meritorious service. However, Your Majesty must not ignore the contributions of Huangfu Song and Zhu Wei. Otherwise, it will cause unrest in the army!"”
Closely after that, Zhang Mao cupped his hands and said,""I agree!"
"I agree!”
"I also agree!"
"I also agree!"
“......”
Emperor Liu Hong furrowed his brows in displeasure.
He hated the feeling of being forced to abdicate.
However, he had to admit it.
What Yuan Kui said made sense.
After all, Cao Cao was only in charge of the surprise troops, but Zhu He and Huangfu Song, who were in charge of the main troops, could not be ignored.
He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled."My dear minister, your words are reasonable. I was a little rude. Huangfu Song and Zhu Xi's contributions naturally cannot be ignored.”
Liu Hong pondered for a long time and decided,""How about this, let's make Huangfu Song the Duxiang Marquis, Zhu Wei the Xixiang Marquis, and Cao Cao the Rongxiang Marquis.”
Zhao Zhong had originally only suggested giving it to Ting Hou.
However, he didn't expect it.
Emperor Liu Hong was very generous, directly giving him the title of Marquis.
Although the title of general was no longer in the list of rewards, the Emperor was clearly trying to nurture Cao Cao. Not giving him an official position now was completely giving him room to advance!
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell.
Cao Cao was bound to prosper in the future.
This guy was the descendant of the Vice Minister Cao Teng. Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong had recommended him, so it was not a loss. As long as he was roped in, he would definitely become one of their own.
"Your Majesty is wise!”
Yuan Kui had obtained Huangfu Song and Zhu Xi's rewards. Although he did not like Cao Cao being directly conferred the title of Marquis, he could only bow and accept it reluctantly.
Liu Hong waved his hand." Since the beloved ministers have no objections, then order the Pavilion to draft a decree and send it to the Yingchuan battlefield as soon as possible!"”
"Oh, right!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Hong suddenly thought of something and ordered,""Huangfu Song suggested that the army split up and let him suppress the Yellow Turban of Yuzhou, Zhu Xi suppress the Yellow Turban of Nanyang, and Cao Cao suppress the Yellow Turban of Yanzhou!”
"I approve, let's arrange it like this!”
"Your Majesty is wise!" All the civil and military officials said in unison.”
Just as everyone was immersed in the joy of victory, the little yellow door beside the Emperor took out another letter from the letter box."Your Majesty, I really didn't know that there were two letters in this letter box.”
After saying that, he presented it to the Emperor with both hands.
"Two letters?"
Liu Hong frowned as well, thinking to himself that there was nothing he couldn't write in a letter.
He took the letter, opened it, and couldn't help but gasp.""Hiss! At the start of the war, the army had distributed a total of 100,000 dans of rations. Was there no more now?”
It was obvious.
This was a memorial urging for food.
It naturally couldn't be placed together with the news of victory.
Therefore, Huangfu Song wrote another memorial and also put it in the letter box to present to the Emperor.
Liu Hong turned to look at Huang Wan.
Huang Wan hurriedly cupped his hands and said,"Your Majesty, don't worry. This old minister will gather rations as soon as possible and send them to the front line army."”
"It's just that…"
Speaking up to here, Huang Wan appeared to be somewhat hesitant.
"Why? Is there a problem?"
Liu Hong asked tentatively.
Right now, he was very sensitive. He had just won a great victory, and it was time to pursue the victory. If the army was delayed because of insufficient rations, he would definitely explode with lightning.
"Your Majesty!"
Huang Wan bowed and thought for a moment before deciding to tell the truth,"In recent years, the grain production has decreased, and the tax revenue has been insufficient. The national treasury has been unable to make ends meet. As the official positions in the palace are basically full, there is no income from selling officials.”
"Therefore"
"What do you mean?" Liu Hong was furious. Could it be that we can't distribute the rations?"
Huang Wan hurriedly shook her head." We can temporarily distribute the rations once. But now that the army is fighting, I'm afraid that we won't be able to last for more than ten months. The rations will be exhausted. At that time, the Imperial Court will have no more rations to distribute!"”
" What?!"
Liu Hong flew into a rage." As the finance minister, you are in charge of the court's financial expenditure and military supplies. Why didn't you mention this earlier? Now that the army is fighting outside, you are telling me that there is no food?”
"Do you know your sins?"
Huang Wan was so frightened that she hurriedly bowed. According to the usual method, I could buy some grain from the market to supplement the military supplies. But this time, I discovered that there was no excess grain to buy near Luoyang.”
"What about the food?" Liu Hong asked.”
Huang Wan gulped and said softly,""All of them have been bought by Cao Ang of Misty Villa. This old official has checked the relevant transaction records of the Bright Meeting. A conservative estimate is that Misty Villa has three hundred thousand stones of old grain and two hundred thousand stones of old grain!”
"I have tried to communicate with the people of Misty Villa. Their food is for the commoners who dig for black gold and they do not intend to sell it out. Because the owner is Cao Ang, I did not dare to follow up.”
The meaning was clear.
The emperor would probably have to step in.
Liu Hong naturally understood what Huang Wan meant. He waved his hand and said,"This matter is easy! The Cao father and son were loyal people. Now that winter had passed, he did not need so many commoners to dig up black gold. He could just take a portion of the grain and sell it to the court.”
"Someone come!"
"Your Majesty."
"Quickly go to Misty Villa and summon Cao Ang. Zhen will personally tell him about this.”
Liu Hong heaved a sigh of relief. He knew Cao Ang well. He was loyal and filial. If the country was in danger, he would not be stingy with the food.
but
Zhang Mao was dumbfounded.
Grand Marshal Yuan Kui was dumbfounded.
Yuan Ji was also dumbfounded!
If the emperor didn't know, how could they not know?
Cao Ang might have been sent to the prison of the chief justice.
Once Cao Ang was announced to the Emperor, the Yuan Family's assassination of Cao Ang would definitely be reported to the Emperor.
Yuan Kui's face instantly turned green!
What the f * ck!
This was simply too much of a scam!
The young man of the Yellow Sect promised. When he was about to leave, Zhang Mao had to step forward,"Your Majesty, that Cao Ang shouldn't be in Misty Villa!”
"Oh?" Liu Hong asked curiously. Could it be that Zhang Qing knew where Cao Ang was?”
Zhang Mao broke out in a cold sweat. He had to pull himself out."Your Majesty, I received a letter from Zhou Yi, the magistrate of Luoyang City. He said that Cao Ang was assassinated when he returned to Misty Villa and was to be handed over to the chief justice.”
"I want to."
"That Cao Ang should still be in prison, right?" Zhang Mao gulped.”
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