On the second day, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue quickly took the account books of the expenditures of the Ministry of Revenue for the past three years and handed them to the emperor for review.
The emperor was flipping through the account books, his face getting darker and uglier as he went through it. He didn't know if he didn't really make statistics. He was shocked when he found out the statistics. In the past three years alone, Nanping Marquis Mansion and Pingxi General Mansion had eaten nearly ten million taels.
How did he get so confused and agree to such a huge amount all these years?
The emperor threw down the account book and ordered with a stern face, "Call Yan Li and Yan Lin to me."
Eunuch Yu responded and immediately sent someone.
Although Yan Li and Yan Lin did not find out the reason yesterday, they reached an agreement to rely on the Nangong family and clan of Nan Chu to deal with Ye Guixue and Su Rong, and then deal with Zhou Gu and the Protector's Mansion.
and Dong Gong. It was obvious to everyone that Zhou Gu took the initiative to get involved in the case involving Su Rong, and that he was in danger twice and was in danger, but it was Su Rong who saved him. Although the two of them broke off their engagement, they also had a solution.
Unopened involvement.
Since Ye Guixue does not agree to cooperate, there are many people in Nanchu who will cooperate with them.
After the two brothers were ready, they split up, one went to the Nangong family, and the other went to the Nanchu clan.
However, before the two of them could get results so quickly, they were called into the palace by the emperor.
The two met at the gate of the palace and looked at each other, both of them very puzzled. However, they heard that the Minister of Hubu had entered the palace again today, so they wondered if it had anything to do with the Minister of Hubu?
Yan Lin wanted to be more sensitive, so he approached Yan Li and whispered: "Brother, why do I feel that my father asked us to enter the palace today? I have an ominous premonition?"
Yan Li glanced at him and said, "Don't be so cunning."
The emperor's face darkened, "What's wrong with sharing the country's worries?"
Yan Li and Yan Lin were startled, their expressions changed drastically, and they all knelt down on the ground with a pop, "I don't dare!"
The emperor naturally understood that it had nothing to do with Yan Lin, because Pingxi General Zhang Ping told him that if His Majesty wanted to suppress the Duke's palace, he could only rely on his 100,000 troops and the 100,000 troops from Beijing in your Majesty's hands.
, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Nanping Marquis Mansion are not enough. After all, the Protector's Mansion itself controls 300,000 soldiers and horses. Your Majesty has to support him secretly. After all, if the military power of the Protector's Mansion is taken away, I am afraid it will
This caused shock to both the government and the public. If the military power of the Protector's Palace was not seized, there would be no reason for General Pingxi's Palace to expand its troops, and it would also be blocked by the Crown Prince and the Protector's Palace. After all, it would be very difficult for the imperial court to maintain 600,000 troops. In this way
At first, he could only help His Majesty secretly raise troops and horses.
The Duke Protector's Mansion was in charge of many troops, which was a concern for the emperor. Zhou Gu was born in the Duke Protector's Mansion and worked as a companion in the East Palace. This was even more of a concern. The emperor knew very well that between him and the prince, the Duke Protector's
The government will definitely choose the prince.
Yan Li glanced at him and said, "I don't know if you are really confused or pretending to be confused. Now that the world is at peace, my father suddenly paid close attention to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Apart from preparing for war, what else can it be? It can't be for large-scale construction projects. It is already winter.
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"What a troublesome thing, just kill her." Yan Lin said.
The emperor choked.
The emperor had nothing to say for a while, he just stared at the two of them and said: "The Ministry of Household Affairs is in short supply of money. From today on, you two will find ways to replenish the national treasury."
"Ah? Prepare for war?" Yan Lin was shocked.
The emperor was waiting for the two of them in the imperial study. When he saw the two coming, his face turned black and he threw the account books from the Ministry of Revenue to them, "You can take a look at this for yourselves."
Yan Li and Yan Lin both raised their heads and looked at the emperor in astonishment.
Yan Li already had a vague idea in his mind and said angrily to him: "You think about it yourself!"
"Because of Su Rong." Yan Li simply stopped caring about what he was thinking. After all, this time, he couldn't hold back any more. "Think about it, once her life experience is exposed, the whole world will know it, and the Wei Dynasty will
capable?"
Yan Li thought to himself, your inaction and always backing down at critical moments are offending me, but at this time, the two brothers must be tied to the same boat, otherwise there will be no good. He softened his tone and said, "Father should be preparing for war."
Yan Lin nodded, "So, what does the emperor mean? Do you want to recognize Su Rong? Wait for the Wei Dynasty to start a war?"
Yan Li and Yan Lin felt a thump in their hearts, and they both held up the account books. After a moment, they both raised their heads, and Yan Li asked tentatively: "Father, this is the account book from the Ministry of Accounts. Please show it to my two sons and ministers."
...Why?”
"My son and I are terrified." They both shouted that they were wronged.
The eldest prince, Yan Li, said: "Father, the Marquis of Nanping's Mansion is due to the continuous natural disasters recently, so the Marquis of Nanping requested my father to use the treasury funds."
After leaving the palace, Yan Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked Yan Li: "Brother, what do you mean by father? Why do you suddenly attack us? Do you want to enrich the national treasury?"
The emperor's face was dark and he was speechless.
"I'm afraid it's because of my father's disapproval. Look at what Su Rong did after coming to Beijing. She first moved into Princess Qingping's Mansion, then broke off Zhou Gu's marriage, and now lives in Shen's Mansion. She and Ruian
The Royal Palace, the Duke Protector's Palace, and the East Palace are all involved. In addition, judging from my contact with Ye Guixue, his attitude shows that both the King of Southern Chu and Ye Xiang's Palace have recognized her. As a result, the situation has become like this
, what can my father do? Don’t forget, Princess Zhenmin sacrificed herself to protect the beam back then. Even though many years have passed, everyone still remembers it. Even if my father wants to be an ungrateful person, I’m afraid he won’t succeed.
"
Therefore, the emperor struggled for many days and agreed to Zhang Ping's plan to privately raise another hundred thousand soldiers and horses. Fifty thousand of them were cavalry. The cost of cavalry was higher.
Of course Yan Lin is not really confused, he is just too smart and wants someone to stand in front of him and charge into battle. He wants to take advantage of the opportunity. He holds back whatever thoughts he has in his mind and lets others speak first. Now that he hears Yan Li say this, he faces him
Although he pretended to be surprised, he had already begun to make up his mind, "Where did you start talking about this? Are you going to start a war with the Wei Dynasty? At the beginning, we signed a thirty-year non-infringement peace treaty, and now it has only been sixteen years.
"
The second prince, Yan Lin, followed closely and said: "Father, this has nothing to do with me. You approved all the petitions from General Pingxi's Mansion. I didn't say a word. You can't settle the accounts afterwards and find my body."
ah."
The two of them resigned and left the imperial study.
"Don't you dare? You dare not! I think you are very brave." The emperor stared at the two of them, "The Nanping Marquis Mansion governs one side, and its subordinates only have 30,000 soldiers, but they often ask for three million taels of silver from the national treasury every year.
, General Pingxi’s Mansion is even more daring, asking for an additional eight million taels of silver this year, and he only has one hundred thousand troops. You two tell me, you don’t want to rebel, what do you want?”
Yan Lin was very bachelor, "Father, think about it again, why did you allocate money to General Pingxi's mansion? This really has nothing to do with my son."
"Why? See for yourselves, in the past three years, how much money have your in-laws devoured from the national treasury?" The emperor sullenly said to the two of them, "You are really good, you tell me, you have emptied my money.
Treasury, what do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"
Yan Lin really felt that something was not good, but he was not sick or in trouble. When his father summoned him, he could not claim to be sick. If he claimed to be sick at this time, he would not know what happened without them knowing. So,
He could only grit his teeth and follow Yan Li to see the emperor, secretly praying that he was overthinking it.
Yan Lin was unhappy, "Brother, didn't we agree? Let's work together. You've been scorning me these past few days. What do you mean? Where did my brother offend you?"
Yan Lin innocently said: "Father, if you think about it carefully, this is not my son's idea. If you don't approve it, the Minister of Hubu will not allocate money to the Nanping Marquis Mansion."
Seeing that the emperor was suppressing his anger, the two of them dared to say that he was not happy. After all, the money from the Ministry of Revenue in the past three years had gone to their in-laws anyway, so they could only nod in unison, "I am happy."
The emperor was satisfied and waved to the two of them, "Go down!"
Yan Li glared at him angrily, "That sounds nice, why don't you take action?"
Yan Lin said: "Brother, why don't I take action? The capital is not a good place to take action. Why can't we bear it and send someone to kill her on her way back to Nanchu? You know, the capital is protecting her.
There are many people there, but when she leaves the capital, it will be different."
