On the seventh day of the ninth lunar month in the second year of Yanhe.

It had just rained in Jianzhang Palace, and the palace was a little wet and slippery.

Zhang Yue walked in it, watching all directions and listening to all directions, always maintaining silence.

Two days ago, his eldest son Zhang Ge held a grand bow-holding ceremony at the old Jianwenjun official residence.

There were hundreds of guests watching the ceremony, even the emperor, the queen and the prince sent envoys to watch the ceremony and gave them great rewards.

After this ceremony, Zhang Yue was about to go to war again.

Yesterday, the emperor had issued an official edict, ordering Zhang Yue to serve as General Yang of the Liangzhou governor.

It seems that he is just a mere governor title, but in fact he gives Zhang Yue the privilege of operating, fighting in the Liangzhou area, and controlling the counties and states of Liangzhou, and governing internal and external affairs.

Of course, now, it is just appointing this official title, and the essence has not changed. The Western Regions and the Huns are still Li Guangli’s on-the-trade food.

Zhang Yue just gained the power to operate in Hexi, and had the power to mobilize, control and dispose of the four counties in Hexi, as well as the military and political resources of Liangzhou in the entire.

However, it was Li Guangli's responsibility to go to war with the outside world and fight against the Huns.

Of course, if Li Guangli can't hold it anymore, it's a different matter.

"General..." At the entrance of the greenhouse hall, Guo Rang came up and said with a smile: "You are here, Your Majesty is waiting in the side hall..."

Zhang Yue looked at his left and right and asked in a low voice: "Why is the atmosphere in the palace so silent today?"

Guo Rang's face was a little stiff when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he seemed that he could not hide it from Zhang Yue. He might also feel that he would not say it, and others would also say it, so he said: "Earlier, there were a few small eunuchs in the palace who had done some taboos in private. For Your Majesty, they were all killed by sticks. Your Majesty ordered his servants to investigate it strictly. These days, many similar things were found..."

"Your Majesty was furious because of Longyan, and he ordered the Jinwu Han Gong to enter the palace to inspect..."

Zhang Yue heard this and became curious. The things in the palace were always done by himself in the palace, and he rarely transferred Jinwu or Weiwei, Taichang people into the palace, so he asked, "What have these people done?"

"This matter... is hard to describe..." Guo Rang lowered his head, a little embarrassed: "The general should know that the eunuchs in the palace all entered the palace with the punishment of the silkworm chamber..."

"However, the loneliness in the palace will make some old eunuchs oppress the new little eunuchs, humiliate and bully them, and let them be married to the women in the clothes, and even..." Guo Rang lowered his head: "Like the people, three wives and four concubines..."

When Zhang Yue heard this, he laughed and sighed in his heart. It turns out that the city can play!

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that such a thing happened in this palace.

Especially in today's era, most eunuchs actually cut off small hooks because of the shortcomings of castration surgery.

In other words, they still have a big eagle...

Of course, doing such things in the palace is a taboo. If you find out, all participants will definitely die.

And, it will definitely be very big.

After all, now someone is playing Long Yang's good luck. Will he extend his hands to palace maids or even concubines in the future?

However, as a commissar order, Guo Rang has a heavy responsibility in this matter.

Now, as things ferment further, the pressure on him is also increasing.

I was afraid that it would involve myself and cause death, so I was very careful.

However, Zhang Yue asked a few more questions and learned some inside story.

The cause of this incident was that a little yellow party named Dai, who privately regarded a young eunuch named Wang who had just entered the palace as his forbidden body.

As a result, the young eunuch surnamed Wang was looked at by another eunuch with a handsome and fair skin.

The two fought each other, triggering the matter and alarming the above.

It is said that these people are very wild.

What happened to Mr. Long Yang back then was nothing but Jifu.

Many familiar operations in later generations were also used by eunuchs in the pre-Year BC.

What is ice and fire, Dulong, is dazzling and difficult to look at.

After Zhang Yue knew about it, he could only say that his circle was really chaotic and that the basic ones were invincible.

However, this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Yue, but it may affect the entire palace inside and outside. The system of the Han court may change significantly next time he comes back.

Follow Guo Rang all the way and enter the greenhouse hall, and the emperor was already waiting for him.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Yue stepped forward to salute.

"The general is here, sit down!" The emperor waved his hand, asked Zhang Yue to sit down, and then said with a smile: "Do you understand? Ling Ju Jiebao's affairs..."

"Yes!" Zhang Yue nodded. Ling Ju's good news was delivered to Chang'an by the messenger in the early morning of this morning.

As soon as this news appears, it immediately detonates the whole city!

Although the people in Chang'an City actually looked down on the Qiang people and never regarded them as why they threatened them.

But under the current situation, the end of the Lingju war is considered great good news for the monarch and ministers and the people in Chang'an.

The end of the war in Lingju is equivalent to eliminating the embarrassment of the Han army facing two fronts.

Countless resources, manpower and material resources can be allocated from the direction of Lingju to Li Guangli's army.

The emperor smiled and handed a memorial to Zhang Yue, saying, "Let's take a look..."

He said, "It's still my beloved strategy that works. It's easy to kill more than 100,000 people from Qiang and Hu to kill each other. The country's expenses are just money and silk, and the expenses they spend at most are only eleven in the war!"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "If everything can be done in the future, wouldn't it be great?"

Yes, how great would it be if money could solve the Huns problem?

What a pity...

Zhang Yue took the memorial, looked down and recorded Ling Ju's general situation.

This memorial was reported by Fan Mingyou, and the things mentioned in it are the details and current situation since the war began.

Judging from Fan Mingyou's description, although the Han army won the Lingju offensive and defensive battle, it did not win easily.

All the beacon towers on the periphery were destroyed. During the more than 20 days of offensive and defensive battle, more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians were killed or injured.

The Qiang Hunting Captain, more than 3,000 soldiers before the war, have lost 30% to this day.

The reinforcements from the north and Longyou also lost thousands of people.

A large amount of food and grass, countless materials and weapons, and countless others.

The Shaofu and the Grand Minister alone had a transfer, and the average money and silk were worth more than tens of millions of people.

In addition, tens of thousands of civilians and young men were mobilized to protect the war in Lingju.

These are just expenses, and they do not count the costs of ordnance and manpower at all.

However, the Han army's capture and gains were very few.

He gained nothing except for the two or three thousand heads and tens of thousands of prisoners, the surrendered Qiang people and the Yuezhi people.

We also have to spend money and food to support these people.

It's really a big loss!

At least in Zhang Yue's opinion, this is true.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but have some opinions about Li Guangli.

After all, that general Ershi was too selfish and too vanity.

If he hadn't wanted to compete and used Zhang Yue's strategy from the beginning, Lingju would not have had to spend so many materials and resources.

There may not be any loss in Luntai City, and maybe the Han army has even celebrated victory under Luntai at this moment.

After all, historical limitations kill people, and selfishness kills them.

Before the National War, I was still calculating on personal gains and losses, which was simply stupid and bad!

However, the emperor looked at Zhang Yue and asked tentatively: "You think what should you do about Lingju now..." He thought about it and finally came up with a statement: "Make the treasury recover some losses?"

This Majesty has reached a hysterical level of madness towards money.

There is no way. In the past few years, the national fiscal deficit has been as big as a hole.

Especially this year, Hexi is fighting on both sides and building construction in China.

The treasury has been taken to the sky.

Originally, Zhang Yue's great victory in Mobei made the country's finances much more abundant, but when the war in Hexi was over, all the income from Mobei was filled in was less.

Shaofu and Dasiong took out all the profits of the minting money, salt and iron income from Shanglinyuan, the income from fish and salt, the tax on land, and the money, but it was still not enough.

In the end, there was no choice but to transfer all the funds originally planned to be used to repair Maoling, palaces and reward the relatives of the royal family, and to barely maintain the income and expenditure.

But at this point, the national treasury and internal treasury are already poor enough to run away from the mice.

In the second half of the year, Shaofu and Dasiong didn’t know who to look for the expenses of the project to divert Huai to Bian?

The pensions, expenses and rewards for the Luntai war are even more unaware of where to find money?

If it weren't for Zhang Yue's hope, the emperor would have even planned to increase the levy or find merchants to fight Qiufeng.

At worst, I will report the treasure again and increase the tribute.

Zhang Yue listened, thought about it carefully, and then said, "Your Majesty, I may try to turn the battle of Lingju into profit..."
To be continued...