"Okay, go ahead and don't worry about me." Mu Nanzhi also knew that something big must have happened in the palace, so he was so busy urging Lu Zhishan to leave quickly.
Lu Zhishan didn't delay any longer and turned around to leave the hall again.
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"What happened?" Lu Zhicheng and Yan Lizhao stood side by side at the gate of Prince Ning's Mansion, waiting for Lu Zhishan. Lu Zhicheng leaned over and asked him in a low voice, "If you come here in such a hurry, it won't be shipped to southern Xinjiang tomorrow. Something happened to the supplies?"
"It's exactly what the prince said!" Yan Lizhao lowered his voice and said, "Tomorrow the prince will leave for southern Xinjiang with supplies, so the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs have been taking stock of the supplies all afternoon. Whoever thought it was true will find that there is less. Ten thousand sabers, ten thousand pieces of armor, and the household department is also short of nearly ten thousand kilograms of food and grass."
Lu Zhicheng's eyes widened immediately: "How is this possible? The warehouses of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households are both in the capital. How can such a large amount of weapons and food be transported out of the capital?"
Yan Lizhao was about to speak when he saw Lu Zhishan coming out in a hurry. Lu Zhicheng was about to inform Lu Zhishan about the matter, but Lu Zhishan waved his hands with a stern face: "Let's talk about anything to the Ministry of War."
"Yes." Lu Zhicheng said hurriedly.
Song Fu was so busy that he led the horse over, and the three of them hurriedly mounted their horses and went straight to the military headquarters.
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Ministry of War.
Lu Zhishan, Lu Zhiyue and Lu Zhicheng are sitting on the throne.
"It's all because of the poor minister's mishandling. If I hadn't taken stock of the warehouse today, I would have lost so many weapons. Please punish me, Your Majesty!" Ma Ruilin kowtowed, his face turned pale with anxiety.
Xu Qingzhou, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, knelt beside him and kowtowed: "The granary of the Ministry of Revenue was also stolen. It was all due to the negligence of the humble officials. I beg the prince to punish him!"
"The punishment is of course, but the most important thing now is to find the lost weapons and food and grass," Lu Zhishan said coldly, while looking at Ma Ruilin and Xu Qingzhou who were kneeling on the ground, "The last warehouse inventory was when?"
Ma Ruilin said hurriedly: "Prince Qi, it was ten days ago that the warehouses of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households were inventoried every half month. However, because Prince Hui Hui will be shipped to southern Xinjiang tomorrow, Wei Chen will discuss it with Mr. Xu. In the afternoon I did an urgent inventory and found such a huge mess. "
"That means that the supplies were not stolen ten days ago?" Lu Zhishan said solemnly.
"Yes, it is exactly what the prince said," Xu Qingzhou said hurriedly. "Ten days ago, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs reached an agreement on war preparations. Wei Chen personally participated in taking stock of the supplies sent to southern Xinjiang. Wei Chen was on the spot at that time. Absolutely No mistakes!”
"That means that within ten days, someone stole a large amount of supplies from the Ministry of War and Household Affairs," Lu Zhicheng pondered, "Ten thousand sabers, ten thousand pieces of armor, and nearly ten thousand kilograms of grain and grass. Such a large amount of supplies, No matter how much they are separated and covered up, it is absolutely impossible to transport them out of the capital, so it is very likely that this batch of materials is still in the capital. "
Prince Huai Lu Zhiyue also nodded in agreement: "What King Huijun said is true, and I mean the same thing. Now let's search all parts of the capital overnight. I don't believe that the lost supplies can't be found."
"Prince Huai is right," Lu Zhishan glanced at Prince Huai, then turned to Ma Ruilin and said, "Immediately ordered the nine gates of the capital and the Yin Yamen of Jingzhao Prefecture to start searching all parts of the capital, including the residence of the prince's important ministers and various ministries. Searches will be carried out from the yamen to people’s homes and restaurants, and no one will be spared!”
"Yes, I obey!" Marilin stood up and stepped back to arrange the search.