"What? Are you willing to send 200,000 troops? And not fifty thousand? ”

Liu Xin was shocked when he heard this, "Is this true? ”

"Absolutely."

Wang Mang replied: "Your Majesty, the Huo family, the Wei family, and the Wang family are childish, and they are reluctant to send a large number of soldiers and horses out to stabilize the frontier, but the ministers are different from them. The minister now has nearly 300,000 soldiers in Liaoning, but because Liaoning has not been completely pacified, there are barbarian kings to make trouble, so only 200,000 can be transferred.

Therefore, the minister was willing to send 200,000 troops to conquer the Xiongnu and pacify the border of the four directions. Of course, according to what was said before, no one can reduce the number of troops sent by other families. Also, although the minister is willing to send 200,000 troops, there are a few small conditions. ”

"Bold, you dare to make conditions with Your Majesty?"

Xiangyang Assassin Shi Qian Zhongyang really couldn't get used to what Wang Mang had done before, and wanted to say a word or two, but he didn't find a suitable excuse. Now that he heard Wang Mang's conditions for Liu Xin, he immediately stood up and accused.

If there is a first person who stands up, then naturally there is a second person who stands up.

Just as Qian Zhongyang's words landed, another minister also spoke: "Wang Mang, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and now Your Majesty wants you to send troops, how dare you disrespect?" Now you make conditions to Your Majesty, what does this mean? What do you have to say about what you have to say about what you want us to do according to etiquette, and you ignore it? ”

"Your Majesty, please also ask Your Majesty to issue a decree to quickly take down Wang Mang."

When Wang Mang heard this, he was stunned and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Qian Zhongyang was fearless and took the lead in reporting his name.

When Wang Mang heard this, he was about to scold, but then he thought of another thing, so he didn't respond.

As for the other minister, he was not afraid, and said coldly: "I am Jia Fengzhi, the squire of the military department, do you still want to take revenge on me?" ”

Liu Xin, who was sitting on the dragon chair, saw these two people come out to accuse Wang Mang, and his face sank.

Especially when he saw that the person who accused him still had his confidant Jia Fengzhi, he was even more secretly angry. secretly scolded Jia Fengzhi for being stupid, and actually troubled Wang Mang at this juncture.

In his opinion, everything else can be put aside for the time being, and it is the right thing to let Wang Mang send troops first.

It's a pity that Liu Xin didn't know Jia Fengzhi's thoughts at all, and didn't know that Jia Fengzhi was not his own person, but with Feng Yi and the Ji family.

When Wang Mang heard Jia Fengzhi's name, he immediately burst out laughing.

This person, he heard Han Fei'er say a thing or two, and there is collusion with the Ji family.

Now when he saw this person standing up and making trouble, he was immediately overjoyed, "Okay, you Jia Fengzhi, you dare to teach me too?" ”

"Hmph, why wouldn't I dare?" Jia Fengzhi has no fear.

Wang Mang smiled coldly, did not say anything to him, but threatened Liu Xin: "Your Majesty, although the minister is willing to send 200,000 troops, as the saying goes, generals are outside, and military orders are not affected." Therefore, according to the minister's estimate, the 300,000 troops in Liaoning will not obey my dispatch. After all, in normal times, they often don't listen to my arrangement.

And Your Majesty, you also know that the 300,000 army is composed of refugees from all over Kyushu, and it is basically uneducated and difficult to manage.

In this way, my Liaoning can only send 10,000 troops at most. As for what the Eighth Prince said just now, let me lead the army gathered by all the families, but this matter is absolutely impossible. The minister does not have the ability to command the army, and if he rashly commands the army, it will only get in the way and damage the prestige of our army. ”

When Liu Xin heard this, he was speechless.

He knew very well in his heart that the 300,000 troops in Liaoning could only be mobilized by Wang Mang, and no one else could, and no one had that prestige.

He expected that Wang Mang was dissatisfied and deliberately made an excuse to make trouble, so he asked: "Wang Aiqing, according to what you said, how should this matter be done?" ”

Wang Mang pursed his lips and glanced at Jia Fengzhi, the meaning was obvious.

Seeing this, Liu Xin's face twitched, and he secretly thought to himself: "Could it be that this Jia Fengzhi offended Wang Mang in the past?" Otherwise, according to his style of conduct, how would he have used such despicable tricks to embarrass Jia Fengzhi? ”

After thinking about it for a while, he felt that he still couldn't offend Wang Mang because of Jia Fengzhi, so he was ruthless and said in a deep voice: "Jia Fengzhi, you have repeatedly disrespected my will, disregarded the king's law, and despised the court. In the past, I thought that you were quite talented and meritorious in governing the people, and I was unwilling to dispose of you. Now Wang Mang is willing to contribute to the country and the people, but you come out to blame the details of the side branches, which shows your sinister intentions. ”

"Wang Mang, since you have just dealt with the Hubu Shangshu for me, then you can investigate this matter of Jia Fengzhi for me. And you must verify every one of his charges and give an explanation to the people of the world. ”

Wang Mang was overjoyed when he saw Liu Xin so happy, and hurriedly replied: "The minister promises to complete the task and give an explanation to the people of the world." ”

After speaking, he called the forbidden army outside the gate and asked them to escort Jia Fengzhi to Longmen and hand him over to Li Hanfeng.

Jia Fengzhi's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly begged for mercy.

Wang Mang sneered: "Jia Fengzhi, don't you look at how many catties and taels you have, you dare to fight with me?" Don't think I don't know your details, I can tell you that I know everything about you, the Ji family, and the Feng family. If I guess correctly, your Jia family has dealings with Li Zhong, the prefect of Wanzhou, and Pi Tong, the prefect of Shangqiu.

It's good that you don't trouble me today, I won't do anything to you. But if you want to kill yourself, how can I not fulfill you? Your Jia family has dealings with Li Zhong and others, so I probably know some things about your Jia family. I'm going to be very unfortunate to tell you that your Jia family is going to end. ”

"You..." Jia Fengzhi's face changed, and then he knew that Wang Mang was powerful, and his face suddenly turned to ashes.

Liu Xin saw Wang Mang showing a satisfied expression, and hurriedly asked: "Wang Mang, don't fight with me, you can explain your conditions together, and if the province continues to delay, the people will suffer." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Wang Mang said: "Your Majesty, if I send 200,000 troops, then Your Majesty must get an edict to send to all counties in Kyushu, saying that I, Wang Mang, want to lead the army to conquer the Xiongnu and need to recruit strong men." Those who are willing to join the army can come to Qingzhou to join the army within three months, and no one else can stop them. If it is found that someone is obstructed, I have full authority to deal with it.

Second, I need Your Majesty to explain to the people the details of the major families' troop deployments. Third, I want Your Majesty to send an edict to Lingzhou, so that those prefects will each send 1,000 to 5,000 troops to help. Of course, they were willing to send troops or not, but the will had to be given. With these three articles, I can send 200,000 troops, and one-third of the heavy grain and grass. ”

"It's as simple as that?" Liu Xin wondered.

"It's as simple as that." Wang Mang replied: "Your Majesty, according to the ministers, if you want to pacify the border of Kyushu, you need at least six or seven hundred thousand troops. Now the soldiers and horses gathered by the major families, plus my 200,000, do not seem to be enough, so I need to add strong men. At the same time, all the heavy grain and grass should be delivered by the major families in the agreed quantities at one time.

I know that there are many people who hate me to the bone, and once I lead my army to go out and they make it difficult for them to carry out the heavy grain and grass in the future, then will I not be dead? ”

"Okay, I'll do what you say."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Mang said respectfully.

(End of chapter)