Happy Emperor

Chapter 112 Killing someone with a borrowed knife

"What happened?"

Lin Tian's heart suddenly tightened.

If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

If there is any problem in the food supply on the front line, his army of hundreds of thousands will fall into internal strife without even being attacked by the enemy.

"His Majesty......."

An Bilie glanced at Qi Mengchan who was standing beside him, but did not speak directly.

"Your Majesty, I will take my leave now. I will go and inform the remaining cavalry of the Northern Huan of the whole story, as you requested."

Qi Mengchan was very tactful. After she finished speaking, she walked out of the South Study and closed the door.

"An Bilie, what's the problem with the food on the front line?"

Lin Tian frowned.

He didn't understand how there could be any problems when there was a capable minister like Duan Chengming controlling the food supplies.

"Could it be that Duan Chengming betrayed me?"

"No, the problem is not on our side."

An Bilie hurriedly explained.

"We didn't encounter any problems transporting grain from Shengjing to Liao'an and Jifeng. Duan Chengming arranged it very well."

"Are there problems with local food supplies in Liaoan and Jifeng provinces?"

"Yes!" An Bilie nodded in response.

"According to the original plan, the food supply to the front was coordinated by officials from Liao'an and Jifeng provinces, and transported from the rear to the front. These two provinces were responsible for raising five layers of food, and the food transported to the two provinces from Shengjing also came from five layers.

"This way, we won't let one side completely run out of food. This is the result of a discussion between Duan Chengming and the Batu family after he arrived in the two provinces. Everyone agreed to do this. After all, no single source can sustain such a large army."

"However, the Governor of Liaoan Province suddenly stopped supplying those five layers of food."

"Not only that, they also bought large quantities of grain from the people at high prices, hoarded it, and even instigated local people to resist normal grain transportation."

"Let's talk about the Governor of Ontario?"

Lin Tian seemed to be lost in thought. He seemed to have heard someone mention who held this position, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.

Since becoming the emperor, Lin Tianzhen can really describe his work as busy with all kinds of affairs.

This also means that some trivial matters always require someone to remind us.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that Tang Bo?"

"Tang Bo?"

"Yes! That's the guy who compared poetry to His Majesty in the teahouse."

After An Bilie's reminder, Lin Tian also remembered this person.

"Is Baturin getting senile and still using this Tang Bo?"

Lin Tian clenched his hands.

Although he did not explicitly tell Baturin about Tang Bo's problem at that time, he did not believe that Baturin did not know what Tang Bo had done that day with his methods.

How can such a person be used?

At the beginning, in order to appease Baturin and ensure his smooth surrender, Lin Tian never made any transfers of officials from these two provinces.

He believed that as long as the military power was in his own hands, there would be no problems.

It seems that I was too careless.

Being an emperor in ancient times was really not as easy as imagined!

Lin Tian couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Your Majesty, do you want to summon Baturin now?"

An Bilie whispered a reminder, "Things like this will probably be easily resolved if he steps in. After all, he single-handedly promoted all those officials in Liaoan Province."

"How did Duan Chengming handle this matter?"

Lin Tian was not in a hurry to summon Baturin.

Compared to dealing with Tang Bo, Lin Tian is now more concerned about whether the food supply on the front line is in place.

Otherwise, if the army rebelled, it would be useless even if he killed ten Tang Bos.

Moreover, he was sure that Tang Bo must have someone supporting him behind the scenes in doing this.

"Duan Chengming was negotiating with Tang Bo, hoping that he could deliver grain to the front line as agreed. At the same time, he was coordinating with the soldiers sent to the two provinces by Shengjing to start transporting grain themselves."

"However, this will significantly increase both the transportation costs and the food consumption. That's why we immediately sent someone to Shengjing to report this matter."

After listening to this, Lin Tian nodded with satisfaction.

Duan Chengming is indeed a useful person.

Know the priorities of things.

"An Bilie, from your point of view, why did Tang Bo dare to do this?"

Although Lin Tian had a rough guess in his mind, he still wanted to hear An Bilie's thoughts.

"Your Majesty, I believe this fellow must be holding a grudge against you because of that incident! So..."

"Then why did he dare to do this? Doesn't he know that Liao'an is now under my control? Isn't this tantamount to cutting off his own escape route?"

"this......."

An Bilie scratched his head. What Emperor Li said made sense.

Even if Tang Bo had ten times the courage, he would still go against His Majesty in Liao'an Province, which was already controlled by Emperor Li.

So he started to guess.

"Your Majesty, do you think he has someone backing him?"

Lin Tian nodded without comment.

"Did he surrender to King Pingdong?" An Bilie guessed.

"King Pingdong? Do you think that with his personality, he could be interested in someone like this?"

Although Lin Tian had never met the King of Pingdong in person, based on his understanding of him, he would definitely not bother to cooperate with such a villain.

"If I'm not mistaken, it must be those people from the Misty Rain Pavilion who are secretly behind this. They are the only ones who have a large amount of silver to support Tang Bo in purchasing grain without selling it."

"Yanyu Pavilion again?"

An Bilie's voice was icy. "Those barbarians from Beihuan were causing trouble last night. It was the Yanyu Pavilion who secretly instigated them. Now they are causing trouble over the food issue again."

"Now is not the time to move against me or them. A small Misty Rain Pavilion is nothing, but before Daxia is unified, we cannot allow the seven countries of the Seven Nations Alliance to reach unity and send troops to interfere in our Daxia."

"Your Majesty, are we just going to let them continue to be so arrogant?"

An Bilie was a little angry.

He also knew that if he rashly attacked the Misty Rain Pavilion, it might cause the countries behind the Seven Nations Alliance to send troops to attack Daxia.

However, these people from Yanyu Pavilion, especially Shengjing Yanyu Pavilion, who kept making small moves again and again, really made it a little unbearable for him.

"If you can't do it openly, can you do it secretly?"

Lin Tian sneered, "Don't forget, those Beihuan cavalry suffered heavy losses yesterday."

"As long as we let them know that it was the Misty Rain Pavilion that instigated this incident and caused the current situation, do you think those barbarians will let them go? By then, even if the Seven Nations Alliance finds out, they won't be able to find any fault. After all, we didn't do anything, and it was the Misty Rain Pavilion that started it all."

"As ordered, I will go and explain this matter to Qi Mengchan right away."

"No need! Go back now and arrange for the Imperial Guards, and follow me to Liaoan Province in three days."

"According to the order!"

An Bilie replied, unable to conceal his excitement.

He and his men have been pleading with Emperor Li to go to the front line together.

He didn't want to miss such an opportunity to make a contribution.

But Emperor Li never gave a positive response.

Now that Emperor Li has issued this order, how can he be unhappy?