She Yue said calmly: "I want money, do you still need to rob it?"

"If the princess wants to take the assets of the seven surnames of Jiangnan into the inner treasury, she really has to rob them." Qin Xiao said with a smile: "If you don't rob, I guarantee that except for the Qian family in Suzhou, none of the other six surnames' assets can be robbed."

Fall into the inner treasury.”

She Yue frowned.

"If the princess doesn't believe it, we can wait and see." Qin Xiao said: "It's just that I'm worried that if we don't take any action, the princess will regret it in the end."

She Yue snorted softly, thought for a while, and finally said: "You are indeed right. The Shence Army went south this time. Not only did it lead the order to quell the chaos, it must have also received the order to confiscate the Jiangnan family. But the saint did not

They will be given direct instructions to confiscate their property."

"That's natural." Qin Xiao said with a smile: "Otherwise, people in the world would think that the saint sent troops from the beginning for the wealth of the Jiangnan family."

She Yue's face turned cold and she said in a deep voice: "Shut up. Qin Xiao, you are getting more and more courageous now. Do you know that if these words are said to the saint's ears, will your life be at stake?"

"I wouldn't say that if there were outsiders around." Qin Xiao said with a bitter face.

She Yue rolled her eyes at him and said, "Am I not an outsider? You are talking about my mother. Is my relationship with you closer than my own mother?"

Qin Xiao smiled awkwardly and said: "What the princess said is that I am an outsider and I will not talk nonsense in the future."

"It's not that you are not allowed to speak." She Yue said angrily: "But if you say some words, it will only bring disaster to you. It's nothing else. Even if you offend the Prime Minister, I can still protect you.

But if you blaspheme the saint, no one can protect you."

Qin Xiao knew that She Yue was doing this for his own good, so he calmed down and said respectfully: "Don't worry, princess, I will be careful when speaking in the future."

She Yue's face softened and she said softly: "But what you said is not wrong. The saint takes care of his face and will never directly give the Shence Army an explicit order to confiscate the family's property. Even if he wants to confiscate it, he will have to wait until the conclusive evidence of their rebellion is found.

evidence."

"Princess understands better than me that whether a person is guilty or not is never based on whether he has evidence of guilt, but whether he wants to punish him." Qin Xiao chuckled and said: "Under the current situation, if the Shence Army wants to give Jiangnan

There are at least a hundred ways for the family to put on the label of rebellion. They mobilized troops and came from Kyoto, and the chaos has been settled under the princess's planning. There is no chaos to quell, so naturally they will not return empty-handed, and they will definitely do something

What."

She Yue was silent for a moment and then said softly: "If they really want to confiscate the family's assets, it will be a difficult matter."

"Princess, that's why I said we want to grab money from them." Qin Xiao's expression became serious and he whispered: "The assets confiscated by the seven surnames in Jiangnan can only enter the inner treasury and be controlled by the princess. They must not fall into other people's hands."

Human hands.”

She Yue looked at Qin Xiao's delicate face, her eyes became gentle, and she asked softly: "Why are you helping me like this?"

"To train a new army, you must have money." Qin Xiao said honestly: "If the money falls into the hands of others, the military expenses for recruiting a new army may not be available, but the money is in the hands of the princess, and the princess will not let me down.

"

She Yue's expression was originally quite gentle, but when she heard Qin Xiao's words, her soft expression disappeared instantly. She sat upright, glanced at Qin Xiao, and sneered: "You have never forgotten to recapture Xiling."

"There are some things that I dare not say!"

"You are so bold, what else don't you dare to say?" She Yue said calmly: "Say it!"

Qin Xiao hesitated for a moment and then said: "Princess, if I am not afraid of your censure, the minister and the princess have lived and died together. The princess may not care, but the minister is a person who values ​​​​love. Since he has experienced life and death together,

, Xiaochen feels that if there is any benefit, it would rather fall into the hands of the princess than let others take it." He sighed softly and said, "Xiaochen is just so childish."

She Yue snorted and said: "What you say is always nonsense, and people don't know whether it is true or not." A slight smile appeared on the corner of his lips and said: "So, you have a way to help me get all the money."

Got it?"

"Still thinking." Qin Xiao said, "It's not easy to get such a huge sum of money. But for the princess, I must do my best, even if I die."

"Don't say it so high-sounding." She Yue rolled her eyes at him, but she said charmingly: "In the final analysis, you still want to recruit new troops." After thinking for a while, she said: "But recruiting new troops is also an excellent reason.

If anyone in the court wants this money, say that it will be used to recruit new troops and recover Xiling. No one dares to object to this reason."

Qin Xiao said hurriedly: "Princess, are you going to use all the confiscated money to recruit new troops?"

"What you think is beautiful." She Yue said angrily: "They are all used to recruit new troops, and the tens of thousands in the palace are opening their mouths to drink from the northwest wind? Don't say I don't agree, the saint won't agree either. But don't worry

, if this money goes into the internal treasury, I guarantee that at least 30% will be used to recruit new troops."

"Too few!" Qin Xiao simply leaned back on the chair: "Princess, you also know that it would be easy to deal with Li Tuo in Xiling, but there are Wutuo people behind Li Tuo. The Wutuo people have many cavalry. If you want to

To deal with the Wutuo cavalry, we also need to train a cavalry. The equipment and horses for the cavalry are very expensive, and there is not enough money, so we cannot train useful soldiers and horses at all."

She Yue said: "We will discuss this later when we get the money."

"I got the money, but what if you don't accept it?"

"Bold!" She Yue said angrily: "Don't my words count?"

Qin Xiaodao: "If the princess agrees to use half of the silver to recruit new troops, I will have to get the silver for you even if I have to go up mountains of swords and seas of fire, otherwise...!"

She Yue's pretty face sank and she said, "What if I don't? Do you dare to threaten me?"

"Princess, I misunderstood." Qin Xiao smiled bitterly and said, "I mean, if half of the money can be allocated to recruit new troops, I will have the confidence to move forward courageously. Otherwise, I will be uninterested and may not be able to come up with a solution."

She Yue snorted coldly, but did not continue the topic and asked: "Are you planning to let Wen Rengui's subordinates join the new army?"

"When the princess was in Beijing, she promised that if a new army was recruited, she would let me participate in it." Qin Xiao said: "I think that those under Wen Rengui still hope to take off the label of rebel from their heads.

If a new army is formed to regain territory for the Tang Dynasty, it is a matter of honor for the Tang Dynasty and a matter that benefits the country and the people. They should not refuse, and they are given the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. If they can really stand on the battlefield

If they perform military exploits and the court restores their reputation, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?”

She Yue nodded slightly and said softly: "Your idea is actually a good one. They just defeated the Suzhou Battalion rebels and saved me from danger. That is a meritorious service. It is certainly justified to punish them for what they did in the first place.

, but it also gave the imperial court and me the reputation of killing donkeys. But...!" After a pause, he pondered for a long time, and then said: "Are you sure whether they are willing to serve the country?

?If they still have a disloyal heart and join the new army, it will be trouble in the future."

"This requires the princess to comfort her." Qin Xiao said sternly: "They are against the Xiahou but not against the Tang Dynasty. Since they are still loyal to the princess, if the princess comforts them more and promises that they can restore their reputation if they serve the country, I believe that among them

Most people are still willing to serve the princess. In addition, we will use more temptations to make them loyal to the country."

She Yue said: "It is not appropriate to make an immediate decision on this matter. I will think about it carefully and you will consider it carefully." His eyes became deep and he said softly: "How should Wen Rengui deal with it?"

Wen Rengui was imprisoned in a prison in the city at this time.

This is the heavy prison cell in Shuning County. The other three people who followed him into the city were detained separately.

Wen Rengui failed and was immediately imprisoned.

His influence on the Zuo Army was too great. Once he was released and returned to the Zuo Army, the Zuo Army was likely to rebel again. She Yue also thought about killing him directly to eliminate future troubles, but after careful consideration, he decided to temporarily imprison him.

, sent Lu Ku to lead people to guard it.

Lu Ku was a close attendant of She Yue, and he sent him to guard him personally, which shows that he valued Wen Rengui.

The cell was not small, and it was quite clean inside. Wen Rengui was shackled. Although he knew nothing about the situation outside, he knew in his heart that with Yu Wen Chengchao's shrewdness, the current Zuo Jun must have been beaten by Yu Wen.

Cheng Chao is in control.

If the Zuo Army falls into the hands of Yuwen Chengchao, the situation in Suzhou will undergo earth-shaking changes.

"Crack!"

The chain of the cell door was opened, and two jailers walked in directly. First, one brought a small table and placed it in the cell. The other held a lunch box, took out the food and wine from it, and placed it on the small table.

A bowl of braised pork, a steamed fish, a roasted chicken, a bowl of roasted tofu, and two jars of wine.

Wen Rengui frowned.

The meals delivered before were very ordinary, but this time they were so sumptuous. Something was obviously wrong. Moreover, when he saw the jailer placing two wine bowls on the table, he realized something and sneered, waiting for the two jailers to put the food and wine before leaving the cell.

Then, I saw a figure appearing outside the cell door. He looked inside for a few times, then slowly walked in, sat down directly at the small table, picked up the wine jar, opened the sealing mud, and gave two wine bowls.

The wine was poured.

"Yu Wen Chengchao, there is no need to be so pretentious." Wen Rengui stared at the visitor and sneered: "You want me to forgive you after a table of food and wine?"

"You are wrong." Yuwen Chengchao raised his head, stared at Wen Rengui and said, "I'm not here to ask for your forgiveness, because I feel that I am not wrong. I just want to give you a chance to thank me by serving the wine."

"Thank you?" Wen Rengui suspected that he heard wrongly: "You want me to thank you?"
Chapter completed!