Chapter 508

"Hmm."

The two were chatting.

"Your Majesty, Empress, people from the Inner Guard, Lianfang, and the Imperial City Division are asking to see you, saying there is important news."

Suddenly someone reported from outside.

This made Li Shiming solemn immediately.

Liu E frowned: "These three major organizations, aren't they really cooperating with the Marquis of Wushuang to investigate the case? Could it be that there is already a clue?"

"Ask and you will know."

Immediately, Emperor Yongshun summoned them.

Soon.

Wu Youjue, Young Master Chu, and Lei Jing appeared together.

As for Gu Qianfan and the others, they did not come.

Their rank was too low, and they were not qualified to see the Emperor.

Unless the Emperor specifically summoned them.

Emperor Yongshun asked expectantly: "What is it? Did the Marquis of Wushuang find the case?"

Wu Youjue took the lead and said respectfully, bowing his head and not daring to look at Emperor Yongshun: "Reporting to the Emperor, no. It is that the Song family of the former Minister of War Song Liang has been stolen!"

Hearing this.

Emperor Yongshun Li Shiming and Empress Liu E were both shocked!

Emperor Yongshun Li Shiming was furious: "How could it be stolen? Didn't I already let Ling Buyi dispatch troops to guard it day and night?"

This time, the youngest Young Master Chu spoke: "It was the Marquis of Wushuang who personally led the three major organizations to investigate the Song manor, and then the Marquis of Wushuang discovered, and the three major organizations confirmed, that about fifty thousand taels of assets were lost."

"Fifty thousand taels!!!"

Emperor Yongshun Li Shiming and the others were even more furious after hearing this!

This is fifty thousand taels!

Don't think the Emperor has a lot of money.. 0

This Emperor is very poor.

The inner treasury doesn't have much money, and most of the money in the inner treasury is controlled by the Retired Emperor.

It's not just that the inner treasury has no money.

The imperial court is even more short of money!

With a million-strong army, many troops have been owed military pay for more than a year!

Some have been owed for three to five months!

Only a very small number are paid in full, such as the imperial guards like the Left Cavalry Battalion of the Yulin Guard!

For example, troops like Jia Hui's Flying Wolf Battalion that can fight very well.

And there are various natural and man-made disasters such as floods and floods in various places.

Now it's mid-winter.

Snow disasters have appeared in many places!

Collapsing many thatched cottages and civilian houses, requiring money for repairs and treatment.

And I don't know how many people have frozen or starved to death, requiring the imperial court to allocate funds for relief and support for the victims.

The imperial court is now short of at least seven or eight million taels of silver!

Two million taels for the army.

Five or six million taels for people's livelihood!

This is still the case after raiding the Marquis's manor and other places.

Solving a pressing need once.

So these fifty thousand taels of silver.

Is really not a small amount.

He had originally planned to allocate the raided money to the local areas as soon as the case was over.

Now it's good!

Not a cent left!

Emperor Yongshun Li Shiming only felt that the whole world was against him!

Rebels are emerging one after another!

Now even his most trusted adopted son and subordinates cannot be relied upon?

"Ling Buyi, what is he doing!"

Emperor Yongshun Li Shiming roared loudly!

Angrily becoming a desktop cleaning master, sweeping all the items in front of the desk to the ground!

Everyone was terrified and dared not speak!

"Your Majesty, please calm down."

"The top priority now should be to find out the truth of the matter and recover the assets!"

Empress Liu E calmed down quickly after the shock and relieved him: "And, we must control the situation to avoid it getting out of control!"

Emperor Yongshun Li Shiming forced himself to calm down, thinking that the Left Cavalry Battalion of the Yulin Guard might cause trouble.

He also became vigilant and worried.

He hurriedly said: "Immediately guard the palace gates, and then mobilize a large army to control the Left Cavalry Battalion of the Yulin Guard."

【365】 Startling the Retired Emperor! Li Shimin exclaims: Among all the civil and military officials in the court, only Minister Jia is a loyal and capable official!

At this moment, he no longer trusts or feels at ease with Ling Buyi and the Left Cavalry Battalion of the Feathered Forest Guard!

One possibility is that his own foster son, Ling Buyi, is the mastermind behind the embezzlement!

This is the most serious one!

Another possibility is that Ling Buyi was unaware!

But that would equally prove that Ling Buyi is incompetent, having actually lost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!

He believes the second possibility is slightly more likely.

Because Ling Buyi had only returned to the capital to take over the Left Cavalry Battalion of the Feathered Forest Guard a few days ago, it is unlikely he could have colluded with these subordinates.

It is more likely that Ling Buyi was unable to quickly gain control of this imperial army, allowing them to loot and plunder to their hearts' content.

Regardless, this is a manifestation of extreme incompetence!

After all, that is five hundred thousand taels of silver!

Such a massive amount of assets was all hauled away!

Ling Buyi is, in any case, hard to absolve of blame!

This caused Emperor Li Shimin, who had always trusted and relied heavily on him, to feel instantly disappointed: "Alas, why are they all such useless and incompetent people? Truly, among these descendants of the nobility, not one is reliable. There is only one Marquis of Champion who is both civil and military-talented in my empire!"

"I see it clearly now; only Minister Jia is my loyal and capable official!"

"Your Majesty, do not be disheartened; after all, even Emperor Wu of Han had only one Marquis of Champion."

"And throughout history, for thousands of years, only the Earl of Peerless and Huo Qubing could truly be called Marquis of Champion. No, it should be said that the Earl of Peerless is the one and only Earl of Peerless, not a second Marquis of Champion."

Standing behind Li Shimin, Empress Liu E pressed her hands against his temples.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured."

"According to the reports from Lady Yuehua and the others, the Earl of Peerless has already personally taken command at the Song Fu, and has dispatched the Five Cities Military Commission to provide reinforcements, control the situation, and guard every city gate; the Left Cavalry Battalion of the Feathered Forest Guard will not be able to cause any trouble."

Wu Youjue hurriedly spoke well of his brother-in-law.

Upon hearing this.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "Indeed, only my Earl of Peerless is reliable!"

At this moment, he no longer trusts any foster son or anyone else.