In fact, his father clearly cursed, saying Guo Xiao was too extravagant, he embezzled most of the spoils of war, only sharing a portion with his subordinates, and even then, only the leading generals got to receive anything, while the soldiers below didn't even get a sip of soup, let alone anything else.
Of course, he wouldn't tell Bai Shan and Manbao about this.
But Bai Shan and Manbao weren't fools; they understood what was going on.
Junior General Meng sighed, "After the incident blew up, Minister Liu was furious, but these unwritten rules are hard to bring to light. You can't exactly say soldiers froze to death because the general didn't distribute last year's spoils to them, can you? So the fault was pinned on the Ministry of Revenue, and that year Minister Liu was dismissed. However, less than half a year later, His Majesty reinstated him, first granting him a scribe position, then promoted him ten ranks in just two months, and he became Minister again."
