Fighting back indiscriminately, regardless of any cost, fighting to the death, the Nine Emperors Uncle made all four countries and nine cities pay a heavy price, so much so that when the Shenji Camp in Dongling was mentioned, those people hated it with itch, among which Xuan Yue Palace was the most important.
most.
Because of the mysterious person incident in Xuanyue Palace, Uncle Nine Emperors saw the danger and the instability of Xuanyue Palace. Uncle Nine Emperors was almost certain that the potential power was closely related to Xuanyue Palace.
Regardless of whether Xuanyue Palace was responsible for it or not, Uncle Nine Emperors had no intention of letting Xuanyue Palace go. Forces that could not be used for his own use were potential enemies under certain circumstances.
"Crazy, what on earth is that lunatic from Donglingjiu going to do? He actually ignored it and sent out all the elites from the Shenji Battalion. He wants to destroy his own foundation." The woman whom Jingyang called her aunt, sat on the Xuan
In the Moon Palace, the delicate face was twisted and ferocious, with an angry and fierce light shining in her eyes.
She had just taken Xuanyue Palace, and the palace owner of Xuanyue Palace died. The young palace owner who took over had no idea about her previous affairs, so how could she make Xuanyue Palace continue to work for her.
asshole!
If she had known he was a debt collector, she should have strangled him to death.
The Nanling royal family was peaceful. For the sake of Wang Jinling and Feng Qingchen, Uncle Nine Emperors did not touch the Nanling Brocade.
Of course, the most important reason is that Uncle Nine Emperors does not believe that Nanling Jinxing, a prince who has become a monk halfway, has the ability to manipulate his Shenji camp.
The Nanling royal family was fine, but Nanling Jinfan and Ye Ye in Night City were not. Night City was in chaos. For some reason, the garrison in Dongling had friction with the cavalry in Night City.
Judging from the situation, this war may not end in a short time.
Yuncheng, Ancheng, Taicheng, Yucheng, Chucheng, Jiancheng, Zongcheng, and even the cities were not spared. People in the nine cities were panicked, and the city lords of the nine cities were extremely uneasy, especially Taicheng and Chucheng.
They already had something to do with Dongling.
At the same time, the civil and military officials in the early dynasty of Xiling were also discussing this issue: What does Dongling mean? Should we go to war with Xiling?
Last night, the eldest princess was assassinated. Fortunately, Mr. Ma Yinli came to the rescue and escaped safely. However, the eldest princess's mansion was burned down, and all the eldest princess's victims died.
The assassin did not hide his identity, and Xiling quickly verified that the assassin was from the Dongling Shenji Battalion.
"Your Majesty, I think there must be something fishy about this matter. It is not appropriate to declare war. We should first send people to Dongling to understand the situation." Most of the civil servants think so. More than 60% of the generals also agree with this view. Only the eldest princess is the only one.
The remaining ministers disagreed.
Although the eldest princess was not injured, the eldest princess' forces suffered heavy losses in this assassination. The eldest princess had almost no one available. It was not like the eldest princess to fight back fiercely.
"Fight, we must fight. Dongling thought it defeated us some time ago, so are we afraid? We Xiling warriors will never say we are afraid."
"The last general is willing to lead his troops into battle and defeat Dongling."
"Your Majesty, Yu Wenyuan, the famous Dongling general, is guarding the Beiling border and is not allowed to enter the capital without an order. Marshal Si, who led the army last time, was also jealous of Emperor Dongling. The Si family has handed over the military power. Marshal Si is still alive. Marshal Si is still alive.
He traveled far to the south of the Yangtze River to treat illnesses. There are no generals available in Dongling, and the last general is willing to fight."
Although the eldest princess didn't have many people, these words aroused everyone's enthusiasm. Xiling suffered several defeats in a row, and its national strength was not as good as before. At this time, a battle was needed to establish Xiling's national prestige.
The Emperor of Xiling had some thoughts, but at this moment, Xiling Tianyu's sleeves moved slightly, and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue stood up and poured a basin of cold water on everyone on the spot: "Your Majesty, there are still 198,000 taels of silver in the treasury."
As soon as this number came out, the whole hall fell silent.
One hundred and ninety-eight thousand taels of silver, this is not a lot of money, but when a country only has this kind of silver, how can the country run?
"How is it possible? It's just such a silver coin?" The emperor stood up so violently that the veins on the back of his hands popped out.
"Your Majesty, this year's taxes have been put into the treasury, totaling 6 million taels of silver. The two wars cost 4 million taels of silver. Compensation to various cities and countries totaled 2.2 million taels. The Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites allocated three
One and a half million taels; the eldest princess borrowed 700,000 taels. This year's taxes are not only insufficient, but also use up what was left in previous years." Next year's tax collection will take several months, and Xiling wants to do it but has no money.
And the most important thing...
"Your Majesty, the two wars have resulted in heavy casualties among soldiers. In addition to the troops stationed at the borders of various countries and cities, our country can mobilize less than 30,000 soldiers." The Minister of War, Shi Shiran, stood up and added.
Want to fight?
Humph... You can't fight a war just with blood. If you have no money and no one, what are you going to fight with? Fighting an army of hundreds of thousands of people with bare hands and fists is so naive...
The hall was quiet, and there was no expression on the emperor's face, but all the ministers could feel the emperor's grief. How sad it was for a country to be governed like this by him.
"What happened to the eldest princess's loan?" The emperor fell down on the throne and propped his head. Thinking of this loan of nearly 700,000 taels, he became very angry.
His whole country only had a hundred thousand taels, and the eldest princess borrowed 700,000 taels.
"Your Majesty, I am holding your hand as a metaphor for doing something. Your eldest princess came to the Ministry of Revenue to borrow money. As long as it does not exceed one million taels, I will pay all of it to the eldest princess. I dare not violate the sacred metaphor. In addition to this loan, the eldest princess,
In the past few years, as much as three million taels of silver have been borrowed from the Ministry of Revenue." The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is a standard princeling, that is, a person from Xiling Tianyu, and of course he will not cover up for the emperor and the eldest princess at this time.
"Ahem..." The emperor looked embarrassed, but he also knew that he had indulged the eldest princess too much, so he said with a sullen face: "The eldest princess must pay back the money owed to the treasury within one month."
After saying this, without waiting for the eunuch to retire, he threw up his sleeves and left.
What happened today really slapped him in the emperor's face. If he didn't leave, he would sit here and wait for those officials to point their fingers at him and scold him.
"Hmph..." Xiling Tianyu sneered, and left gracefully under the respectful eyes of all the courtiers.
Before leaving the palace, she was blocked by the eldest princess who hurried into the palace after receiving the news: "Tianyu, what do you mean?"
"Aunt, what are you talking about? My nephew doesn't understand." Xiling Tianyu had a pure face and pure eyes.
The eldest son was angry: "You still remember that I am your aunt, and your aunt was almost killed. You actually don't want to avenge your aunt, but you are still thinking about the few taels of silver that your aunt owes. You nephew, you are so good...
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Three good ones in a row, which shows that the eldest princess is really angry this time.
The eldest princess is in trouble. If she can't get over this hurdle, she will completely collapse.
Xiling Tianyu's expression remained unchanged and he said calmly: "Auntie, what you owe is not a few taels, but three million taels, which can be equal to half of the revenue of the national treasury."
Xiling Tianyu's kind explanation resulted in the eldest princess roaring even more angrily: "So what if it's half, this is Xiling's world, I am the eldest princess of Xiling, so what if I use the money from the treasury."
He actually brought it up in front of the emperor to embarrass her and instigated the emperor's brother to order her to pay back the money within a time limit. What use was she keeping with such a nephew?