Reborn in the Water Margin as emperor, built tanks to level the world

Previously, I always heard from other colleagues that the Song Dynasty official was really extremely ignorant.

Although he has a benevolent heart, he is always fooled by the treacherous ministers around him.

Not only did he not distinguish between loyal and traitorous people, but he also repeatedly did wrong things.

But when I saw it today, it seemed that it was different from the one in the rumors.

Under his governance, he not only got rid of two treacherous officials, Gao Qiu and Tong Guan.

What's more, he gave me so much silver when he ransacked my house.

Just because we are afraid that our brothers will be hungry and cold tonight.

I'm afraid there aren't many masters like this who care for their subordinates so much in this world, right?

After Xu Ning sighed, he called the soldiers standing aside.

He also asked him to lead a dozen soldiers to the market to buy more wine, meat, food and clothing so that their three hundred brothers could survive this slightly cold night.

Those soldiers were naturally extremely happy about their captain's generous spending.

But when they heard that the 1000 taels of silver were actually specially awarded to them by the officials before leaving.

In my heart, I was really surprised and relieved.

And when Xu Ning, the captain, led the two soldiers to besiege the two mansions, he made arrangements in an orderly manner.

After the wine was brought, he only allowed his two brothers to drink a small portion of the wine.

As for the meat, there is no limit at all until the three hundred soldiers are full.

With plenty of meat and wine to accompany them, the three hundred soldiers easily survived the whole night.

During this night, Xu Ning also adopted the method of rotating vigil.

That is to say, one group of soldiers goes to sleep and another group of soldiers guards.

After sleeping for enough time, do the opposite.

In this way, when Zhao Ji came over after the court the next day, the three hundred soldiers were still in sufficient mental condition.

Since the problems in Tong Guan's mansion could not be discovered for the time being, Zhao Ji and others first focused their attention on Gao Qiu's mansion.

I just wanted to see if I could find more gold, silver and jewelry from Gao Qiu's mansion.

But Zhao Ji and Xu Ning, together with their 150 soldiers, spent the whole morning in Gao Qiu's mansion.

But the amount of silver and property copied was even 2 taels less than what was copied from Tong Guan's mansion.

At this moment, Zhao Ji stood in Gao Qiu's courtyard, looking at more than 1 taels of silver notes in his hand, more than 2 taels of scattered silver outside, and some extremely poor literary calligraphy and paintings.

In my heart, it was really complicated.

He absolutely did not believe that these two imperial officials only had these belongings in their residences.

If the family members of these two places had not received the news in advance and transferred all the gold and silver property to other places.

There must be somewhere among these two mansions that they have not discovered.

But where are those so-called secret places?

Zhao Ji, who had been thinking hard for a long time but still couldn't get any answers, couldn't help but tell Xu Ning what he was thinking.

But after hearing this question, Xu Ning could only shake his head helplessly.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Ji still couldn't swallow his breath.

So at this moment, I could only ask again casually:

"Captain Xu, where did you hide the gold and silver in your home?"

"If you tell us now, maybe you can point out some directions for the two of us so that we can find all the gold and silver in these two houses as soon as possible."

But as soon as Zhao Ji finished speaking, Xu Ning, who had just been standing next to Zhao Ji, immediately fell to his knees on the ground.

His face was full of grievances, and even his words were a little crying:

"In the official family, in the official family, the last general is just a low-level general."

"On weekdays, I have never accepted any bribes. I only rely on the salary from the court to support my family."

"As for the silver coins at home, it is no exaggeration to say that I can count them on both hands, so why do I need to hide them?"

"Please also ask the officials to take a clear stand."

With a wry smile on his face, Zhao Ji helped Xu Ning, who was kneeling on the ground, up:

"Captain Xu, I just made a metaphor, and I didn't say you were a corrupt official."

"Hey, that's all."

"This matter of confiscating the house will end here today. I will return to the palace first."

With that said, Zhao Ji reached into his arms again, took out a thousand-tael silver note, and prepared to hand it to Xu Ning's hand.

But this time, Xu Ning did not follow, but hurriedly took several steps back.

On his face, he was extremely resistant:

"Guan, the 1000 taels of silver notes you gave to the general yesterday are over 800 taels left after you have used them."

"How can I give it again now?"

"Besides, the general and his brothers have not been able to find the large sum of gold and silver hidden in the mansion by the two officials in recent days."

"I have never made any achievements for the government."

"If that's the case, how can you deserve to ask for money from the official family again?"

"It's absolutely impossible for officials to do this. It's absolutely impossible."

After Zhao Ji heard this, he immediately frowned and his face darkened:

"Captain Xu, when you say this, you are indeed resisting the order."

After Xu Ning heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he was dumbfounded.

However, before he could say a word, Zhao Ji forced the banknote into his hand:

"Captain Xu, if it were before this, when you brothers were doing these things, I might not be able to give you so much silver."

"After all, at that time, the national treasury was extremely empty, and the remaining silver coins had to be used for people's livelihood."

"But now?"

"Our Song Dynasty treasury already has a relatively good source of income."

"The daily silver receipts are also very impressive."

"That being the case, it's only right that I give you a little more."

"So Lieutenant Xu, please don't refuse."

"Take these silver coins first and lead the brothers to buy wine and meat."

"If there is anything left after this, it will be divided equally among the brothers under my command."

After Zhao Ji said this, he turned around and walked towards the palace.

Xu Ning, on the other hand, looked at Zhao Ji's retreating figure with mixed feelings in his heart.

Just as he was about to say something, more than ten soldiers gathered around him.

At this moment, their captain was asking questions:

"Captain Xu, what did the officials say to you just now?"

"Could it be that you dislike our brothers and haven't done anything well in the past few days?"

"Yes, Colonel Xu, but you can't blame us for this."