Chapter 543 Is someone behind the scenes manipulating?
Feilina came in holding clothes, Long Chen ordered: "Come in!"
Fei Rina put down her clothes and climbed into the bathtub obediently.
"She has a unique skill, do you want to try it? It's very comfortable."
Long Chen hugged Di Luoxi and turned his back to him.
Di Luoxi asked: "Special skill? What unique skill does she have?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "The princess asked you what unique skills you have, why don't you show it off!"
Fei Linai bowed and said, "Your Highness, I'm sorry."
Fei Linai sank into the water, got into Di Luoxi's arms like a dolphin, and started fish therapy.
Long Chen hugged Di Luoxi and asked with a smile: "Is it very comfortable?"
Di Luoxi said with a look of enjoyment: "This slave girl is good. This unique skill is really comfortable. She will stay in my palace from now on."
Long Chen was unwilling and said: "You took Feilina away, who will give me fish therapy?"
Di Luoxi smiled and said: "There are so many people in your room, who can't do it?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "I want the princess to give me fish therapy."
Di Luoxi smiled sweetly and said: "I will give you fish therapy and eat you in one bite!"
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Ministry of War.
Shangshu Wang Weizai carefully arranged the books and checked the numbers on the memorial. After confirming that they were correct, he arranged his court clothes and went to court with Fang Yu, the Minister of War.
Fang Yu was originally just a principal, but his true identity was the secret agent of the Imperial City Division, who was lurking around Wang Wei to monitor him.
Long Chen deliberately arranged for Fang Yu to become the right minister of the Ministry of War, so that Li Chengdao felt that Wang Wei's every move was under control.
Wang Wei knew that Fang Yu was a spy, but Fang Yu didn't know Wang Wei's true identity.
Li Chengdao's secret letter has been received, and Wang Wei has fully reported the situation of Dazhou's troop mobilization, especially the situation of Long Chen's new recruits.
Of course, Long Chen had read and agreed with this information.
At the same time, Li Chengdao instructed Wang Wei to detonate internal conflicts in the Zhou Dynasty in the name of the Ministry of War, so that civil war would break out as soon as possible.
"Walk!"
Wang Wei was in front and Fang Yu was behind. They each took carriages to Daming Palace.
When he arrived at the gate of the palace, he met Xu Ming, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. Wang Wei smiled and said hello: "Xu Shangshu, what new products have your ministry recently produced?"
Xu Ming glanced at Wang Wei coldly and said angrily: "Master Long has been dismissed from office, how can there be any new products!"
Wang Wei's hot face is pressed against his cold butt, which makes him boring.
He turned around and wanted to strike up a conversation with others, but saw Duan Shuangshuang, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, walking in. Duan Shuangshuang was also from Long Chen's group, and he was met with a wall when he went to say hello.
Wang Wei simply walked into the hall quickly, and Fang Yu followed carefully behind him.
When I arrived at the palace, I saw all the ministers standing in line with each other.
The three princesses and Long Chen were already at the court.
Wang Wei glanced at Long Chen, but Long Chen ignored him, but Di Luoxi cast a sharp look, which frightened Wang Wei and quickly turned his gaze away.
The empress came out of the inner court and sat on the phoenix chair. Yingfeng said: "The Holy One has a decree. If you have something to do, please leave the court if there is nothing!"
The atmosphere in the court hall was very subtle. Everyone felt that a storm was coming, and Long Chen and Jing Tianlie were about to go to war.
The imperial party and the Jing family are about to fall out, and the people in the court who are attached to Jing Tianlie are trembling.
Di Yu came out slightly and said, "Queen Mother, the old lady of the Jing family is not feeling well. I request that she be admitted to the Imperial Hospital for care."
The ministers in the DPRK were shocked when they heard this.
Everyone knows that Jing Tianlie is very filial, especially to his old mother.
Di Yuwei took the old lady to the Imperial Hospital, taking his old lady hostage.
This is the signal to start a war with Jing Tianlie.
The empress nodded slightly and said, "Yes!"
Di Yuwei immediately sent people to the Jing family and sent the whole family to the Imperial Hospital for guarding.
In fact, the Jing family has long been under surveillance and no one is allowed to leave the capital.
Now it's just the official start.
The ministers held their breath and did not dare to say another word.
"What else?"
The empress glanced at the ministers.
Wang Wei, the Minister of War, came out and paid homage: "I have something to report to you."
The empress nodded slightly: "Speak!"
The ministers in the court looked at each other with different expressions. They had heard a lot of things. Jing Tianlie sent someone to find Wang Wei, trying to win him over to the Jing family's camp, but Wang Wei seemed to be wavering.
Wang Wei paid his respects and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has completed the verification of troops and horses. This is a booklet. Please have your Majesty's eyes read it."
Yingfeng took the book and presented it to the empress.
After flipping through the book, the empress's eyes widened and she asked sternly: "Jingtian Lie secretly hid 150,000 soldiers and horses? And secretly trained dead soldiers? Embezzled more than 8 million taels of food and salary?"
Wang Wei bowed: "Yes!"
When such explosive news came out, the ministers in the DPRK did not make any noise.
In fact, they all knew about Jingtian Lie's private guards, but no one said anything.
Now the empress has broken the point, indicating that force will be used.
At this time, silence is the best choice.
The empress said angrily: "As a general, Jing Tianlie dares to take bribes, bend the law, and prepare troops to rebel. Tell me how to deal with it!"
The ministers in the DPRK were as silent as a cicada and did not speak.
Wang Weiqu, the Minister of War, said: "Your Majesty, raising private soldiers to die is treason. Such treacherous and unscrupulous thieves should be sent out to attack!"
hiss...
The ministers in the court felt strange, what happened to Wang Wei? He was not attracted by Jing Tianlie?
Even if he hadn't been won over by Jing Tianlie, he shouldn't have done this.
Jing Tianlie had 200,000 Red Flame troops in his hands, plus the hidden troops and horses, he had 350,000 troops in his hands. If the imperial attack failed, Wang Wei would be the first to be killed.
Xu Ming, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, came out and paid homage: "Your Majesty, if the situation is true, this is a treason. Please send troops to attack!"
Duan, the minister of household affairs, both came out and paid homage: "Wei ministers second the proposal."
Baili Bing, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, also said: "Wei Chen seconded the proposal."
The other ministers remained calm.
Bai Anning, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, came out and bowed: "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, and the memorial from the Ministry of War may not be accurate. I request that the general be summoned to the court for confrontation, and we will deal with it after the matter is found out."
Wang Wei said: "How can Jing Tianlie enter the court? Bai Yushi is too naive."
Li Yizheng, a veteran of the cabinet, came out and paid his respects: "Your Majesty, the general is my great Zhou Dongliang. It is too hasty to send troops to attack based on the words of the Ministry of War."
"Wei Chen asks General Xuan to come to the court. If he doesn't come, we will make further plans."
The ministers of the DPRK and China all agreed with Li Yizheng's proposal.
Di Luoxi said angrily: "What is there to confront? Don't you know what Jing Tianlie has done?"
The ministers kept silent and did not dare to speak.
Li Yizheng, a veteran cabinet minister, said: "Your Royal Highness, the government must be stable. The Jing family has been loyal for generations. How can we go to war just because of a single word?"
Di Luoxi said dissatisfied: "Master Li, you are also a veteran of the court. Do you really not know what Jing Tianlie has done?"
Li Yizheng actually knew, but he didn't want to start a war and endanger the court.
Long Chen came out and paid homage: "Your Majesty, I think what Mr. Li said is reasonable, and what the Ministry of War said is just one side of the story. Please ask General Xuan to return to the court for a confrontation."
"If the general refuses to return to the court, then he has a guilty conscience. We will tell the world again that it will not be too late to send troops to attack!"
