Fifth Xinrou chuckled: "Of course, you don't need to go to the front line in person. You just need to hold a command position and sit in the rear. As the saying goes, you can strategize thousands of miles away. You are your Majesty's uncle, and

Since you are a Marquis and a minister, I will certainly not have any objections to you taking charge of the Zhao family.

As for the frontline war, let the subordinates handle it."

Wu Xinrou's tone was extremely conceited, and she never took the hundreds of thousands of rebels in Jiangnan seriously.

"Okay, it's up to you!" Shangguan Taiqing nodded: "As long as the Zhao family agrees, the money will be there, but what about the soldiers? This waste Yuwen Chenghua lost nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and our frontline troops can no longer match

The rebels resisted."

Unlike Fifth Xinrou, Shangguan Taiqing was still vaguely worried about the war on the front line. After all, hundreds of thousands of rebels could drown him to death with just a spit of spit.

"It's simple."

Wu Xinrou smiled and said: "Since the war started, the troops and horses mobilized by the imperial court have been from the garrison in Gyeonggi and the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. The garrison in the states in the north of the Yangtze River has not been moved much. This time we have mobilized 50,000 troops from the north of the Yangtze River and drawn one from the Longxi Province.

Twenty to thirty thousand, and another fifty thousand elite troops will be sent to the southern frontier road. More than one hundred thousand troops and horses, more than enough to quell the rebellion."

"Longxi Road?" Shangguan Taiqing was stunned: "Will the Yuwen family agree?"

Longxi Road is the home base of the Yuwen family and has always been firmly controlled by the wealthy Longxi clan. It may be difficult for them to send troops.

The corners of Wu Xinrou's lips curled up: "This requires you to pay a visit to this Tutor in advance. The imperial court can honorably let Yu Wen Chenghua step down and arrange another official position. In exchange, haha, Longxi's soldiers and horses will also

It’s time to move.”

Shangguan Taiqing immediately understood. These big families are good at saving face. If they directly declare defeat and dismissal, then Yu Wen Chenghua will undoubtedly become the laughing stock of the court in the future, just like the Nangong family in the past, who was looked down upon by the court.

Fifth Xinrou’s idea is a good bargaining chip.

"Is a hundred thousand dollars really enough?" Shangguan Taiqing asked in a deep voice.

In his mind, the only soldiers capable of fighting in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty were the Liang army, the Chang family, the Nanjiang border army and a Gyeonggi garrison. The rest were just a mob.

Just by looking at the fighting in the south of the Yangtze River, we can see that the garrison troops from various states and counties who neglected their fighting positions are no different from the rebels who picked up farm tools to rebel, and have almost no fighting capacity.

Fifth Xinrou nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, sir, the war in Jiangnan will subside in one year, at most one year!"

"good!"

Shangguan Taiqing gave a thumbs up: "You have courage!"

The one-year period promised by Wu Xinrou is much more practical than that promised by Yuwen Chenghua.

After discussing the matter of weight, Shangguan Taiqing finally shrank into his chair softly and drank tea by himself.

The winning ticket is guaranteed!

Fifth Xinrou glanced at Shangguan Taiqing inadvertently, with a smile on her lips.

"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing!"

Shangguan Taiqing suddenly remembered something: "Your Ministry of War should also have received the memorial from Beiliang, right? How to solve the problem of King Liang's request for military pay?"

A flash of struggle flashed in Wu Xinrou's eyes. After hesitating for a long time, he said: "The official believes that the imperial court still has to give some money, no matter how powerful King Liang is, with hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be impossible if he can't have enough food.

of.

Besides, these frontier soldiers fought bloody battles to protect the country, and the imperial court cannot let them feel cold."

Although Wu Xinrou knew that Chenyue would be the enemy in the future, he was very optimistic about the hundreds of thousands of border troops. If he could overthrow King Liang one day, it would be a good thing to take over the entire army of 300,000 Liang troops.

Shangguan Taiqing nodded reluctantly: "Okay~"

"It's late at night, so I'll take my leave first. I'll wait until you visit the Yuwen family and the Zhao family before deciding anything." Fifth Xinrou stood up and cupped her hands.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Shangguan Taiqing nodded with a smile.

…

Early the next morning, the uncle entered the palace again, discussed with the Queen Mother for a long time, and relayed what Wu Xinrou said to him word for word.

Shangguan Wanrong was even more happy: "Brother, I didn't expect that this Fifth Heart Rou really came up with a way to get the best of both worlds, what a talent!"

"Haha~" Shangguan Taiqing also smiled happily: "If he were from the Shangguan tribe, I would be more willing to let him join the military department. It's a pity. No matter how smart and capable he is, he is still from a foreign surname."

In fact, Shangguan Taiqing's trust in Fifth Xinrou has reached the point where it cannot be increased, but he has come to understand a truth today, power must be firmly grasped in his own hands to ensure it.

Things are unpredictable!

"It is indeed a pity." Shangguan Wanrong also curled her lips: "Then let me go to the Zhao family and Yuwen family. Let my sister handle your majesty's side. For Beiliang, let the Ministry of Revenue squeeze out some money to send it over.

.”

"good!"

…

Shangguan Taiqing, who came out of the imperial city, first came directly to Zhao Mansion and explained his decision.

The reason for not dismissing Yu Wenchenghua from the post of Minister of the Ministry of War is to stabilize the court situation. This reason seems reasonable and reasonable. Zhao Zhonghai naturally has no objection. In addition, he has received the guarantee from Shangguan Taiqing that the Minister of the Ministry of War must be his younger brother.

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Zhao Zhonghai didn't think that the Shangguan family would dare to offend the Chu party headed by him, so he didn't have any more doubts.

Moreover, Shangguan Taiqing is also sincere and will confer the title of Marquis of Zhao Zhongtian and the post of governor of the two states, allowing the Zhao family to appoint him.

The Shangguan family and the Zhao family have happily reached a cooperation, and the Zhao family will do its best to provide food and grass for the army.

At the last stop, Shangguan Taiqing came to the Yuwen family's mansion in person, and Yuwen Hongru, who had always closed the door to thank guests, came out to greet him in person.

The two talked secretly in the mansion for a long time. No one knew what they talked about. They only knew that Shangguan Taiqing was smiling when he came out of the mansion.

Yu Wen Hongru was sitting alone in the hall, rarely taking a nap with his eyes closed, but humming a tune briskly.

At this time, a young figure walked out of the inner hall of the mansion. Without saluting, he just smiled softly and said: "Master Taifu, you are in a good mood."

Yuwen Hongru laughed out loud: "When the rebellion subsides, it will be the day when the royal family will be destroyed. How can I not be happy? Xinrou, all this must be attributed to you!"

The person who walked out of the inner hall turned out to be the Fifth Heart Rou!

Fifth Xinrou looked towards the direction of the imperial city and said softly: "Using this opportunity to break up the Zhao family and the Shangguan family, it will be much easier in the future."

"The people in Longxi are ready. After the army sets off, one hundred elite officers will join the army. Do you know how to use these one hundred people?" Yu Wen Hongru asked with his eyes narrowed.

Fifth Xinrou smiled and said: "Don't worry, after this battle, most of the military commanders in Jiangnan counties will be replaced by ours!"

"Hahahaha~"
Chapter completed!