Min Ruoying, who retreated from the dynasty and returned to the inner study, her face was still pale, her hands were trembling slightly, above the court, he almost couldn't control himself and bombarded the shameful and invincible envoy of the Ming Kingdom to death on the spot, when did he suffer such an insult? A small waiter of the Ministry of Rites, in front of the civil and military officials of Great Chu, pointed his nose and questioned himself about Ma Chao, and accused himself of sabotaging the alliance between Chu and Daming, pushing the alliance between the two countries to a dangerous situation of rupture.

He really used the power of the wilderness to keep himself from having a seizure on the spot.

With a loud bang, the paperweight beast was smashed into pieces, and the first auxiliary horse who came in behind him was frightened to the east, the military department secretary Lianbo, and the new household department secretary Zhang Chen and others were startled.

"Where did he get the guts, you say, where did he get the guts?" He looked at his important minister angrily and asked sharply.

All the ministers bowed their heads and were silent. The so-called lord humiliated the death of his ministers, and Min Ruoying suffered a great shame today, how can they not empathize with it? But what can be done? Weak countries have no diplomacy, and now they are deeply aware of the true meaning of this sentence. The current state of Chu is followed by huge support from the Ming state in all directions, and even when the Ming Dynasty had a great war with the Qin state, this kind of support has not stopped, and it is precisely because of these supports that the state of Chu can have the strength to suppress the rebellion in the country, and at the same time launch a counterattack in Jinghu.

Now there are only two states and counties left in the six eastern counties that have not been recovered, at this time, it is worth the loss to provoke the Ming Dynasty, and the Chu State also needs the Ming Dynasty's strong support in terms of money, weapons, etc., to complete the final blow.

This time to receive Ma Chao, firstly, because Min Ruoying wants to control Bian Wushuang more firmly, with Bian Wushuang's victories in the Jinghu War Zone, the popularity is rising, his desire is even stronger, in his opinion, Bian Wushuang is indeed better than Cheng Wuben, and more capable, such a person naturally has to be firmly controlled in the palm of his hand, and secondly, it is also because of the imperial concubine's bitter pleading, the imperial concubine is the eldest princess of Qin, Ma Chao's brother, and gave birth to a prince to herself, Min Ruoying can't help but give her this face. Thirdly, he thinks that Qin Feng will not care about such a prince of the Qin State who has lost the country and destroyed the family, didn't Wu Jing, the prince of the Yue Kingdom, flee to the Qi State, and how about not seeing Qin Feng?

But he obviously didn't guess Qin Feng's thoughts, Qin Feng didn't care about Ma Chao's life or death, but he couldn't tolerate Min Ruoying using Ma Chao to control Bian Wushuang and make Bian Wushuang a pawn in his hands. If Min Ruoying succeeds, then it is very likely that the agreement between Qin Feng and Bian Wushuang will no longer be implemented. And Bian Wushuang, who pinched the soft flank, will have to become a knife in Min Ruoying's hands.

Min Ruoying naturally didn't know all this, in his opinion, Qin Feng was a typical bully of the weak and afraid of the hard, and there was no way to take the Qi State, so he ignored Wu Jing's escape, and for the Chu State, he showed his knife mercilessly and stabbed him fiercely.

I really don't give any face! Not only did he enter Anyang County without permission, colluded with Bian Wenhao, and killed Ma Chao in front of the great Chu ministers, but he also sent someone to reprimand himself in court.

"Without Zhang Butcher, I can't still eat hairy pigs!" He glared fiercely at his important ministers, "Without their support, wouldn't we be able to defeat the six eastern counties?" Lian Bo, you say, can you?"

Lian Bo's body trembled, and he raised his head to look at Min Ruoying: "Your Majesty, this is not only a matter of the six eastern counties, but also a domestic rebellion."

"Now what I'm asking you is, can you take the six eastern counties?" Min Ruoying raised her voice.

"Your Majesty, Bian Wushuang's recital said that although Zhou Jiyun lost his troops and generals, his strength still exists, and now he has retreated to Kunling County, and his defense is more tight, and if he wants to recover the lost territory, he may have to fight a hard battle for a long time." At this, his head hung lower, and his voice was quieter: "In the midst of the recital, he also demanded more weapons, as well as a bounty that should have been given after the last great battle."

"Zhang Chen, how much money is left in the treasury? Bian Wushuang will give him as much as he wants, and I only have one request, that is, to quickly take Kunling County, completely recover the six eastern counties, and rebuild the eastern defense line, and then we can completely enter the era of reconstruction."

Zhang Chen, the head of the head of the household department Shangshu drooped even lower than Lian Bo, and his face was bitter, "Your Majesty, there is no money in the treasury."

Min Ruoying's eyes widened, and she looked at Zhang Chen incredulously: "What are you talking about, there is no money in our Da Chu's treasury?"

"Your Majesty, in the battle of Zhengqi that year, our Great Chu can be said to have poured the country away, and since then, our treasury has never had a surplus." Zhang Chen's voice trembled a little, he knew very well that the last thing Min Ruoying wanted to mention was the defeat of Luzhou back then, but he had to talk about it now.

Sure enough, Min Ruoying's face immediately turned black and she looked at him viciously.

"Your Majesty, since then, the Qi State stormed Jinghu, Cheng Dashuai used the strength of the whole country to build the Jinghu defense line, and the taxes collected every year were sent directly to the Jinghu front line without entering the gate of the treasury. Originally, it was just like this, and we could barely support it, but the rebellions that broke out everywhere in the country made our situation worse, and it took money to suppress the rebellion, and the place where the rebellion was tantamount to no income, and as it came and went, the country's income was decreasing year after year, and over the years, if it wasn't for the loans from the Ming State, we wouldn't even be able to pay the salaries of officials." The more Zhang Chen said, the more emboldened he became: "Your Majesty, the minister has already negotiated the next loan with Changlong Bank, which can allow us to pay for another month, and can also solve the problem of Bian Wushuang's military spending, but because of the Ma Chao incident, Changlong Bank has stopped this payment."

"Your Majesty, the Akito has also stopped the export of weapons to us. The new batch of weapons and equipment that was supposed to arrive in Quanzhou ten days ago has returned to the Ming Kingdom and has not arrived in Hong Kong, and Bian Wushuang is waiting for this new batch of weapons to arrive and launch a new attack on Kunling County, but I am afraid that it will be delayed now."

Min Ruoying sat back in her chair, looked at Zhang Chen and said, "Zhang Chen, there has been a report from the internal guard that Qin Feng's Ming Court will issue a kind of national bond every year to borrow money from the domestic people, and use this method to accumulate a large amount of money every year, can we follow suit?"

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Chen smiled bitterly: "The Ming Dynasty was able to do this because they would repay last year's loan on time and pay interest every year.

"Why can't it be done? We can pay interest too!" Min Ruoying shouted.

Zhang Chen hung his head and was silent, but Min Ruoying also suddenly realized in an instant, now the situation of the Chu State, where can he afford to pay the interest? I'm afraid I can't even pay back the capital. The Ming State can do this because of the national credit accumulated over a long period of time, and where does the Chu State get its credit now?

"If it really doesn't work, then catch a group of businessmen who are rich and unkind, a group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and you can always raise a lot of money!" Min Ruoying gritted her teeth and said.

"Your Majesty, we have used this trick in the past, and we have raised a lot of money, but since then, those people have deposited a large amount of money in the Changlong Bank, and their business dealings no longer use cash transactions, but use a kind of money order, last year we caught a few, and the cash silver found in their house was only a thousand taels. We also asked Changlong Bank to check the accounts of these people, but Changlong Bank refused to enforce it under the pretext of Daming's laws and regulations."

"Then shut them down." Min Ruoying said sharply.

"Your Majesty, this will cause disputes between the two countries, although Changlong Bank is privately owned, but it is inextricably linked with the Ming Dynasty, the seizure of Changlong Bank, we will lose more than we gain." Zhang Chen shook his head and sighed, if Da Chu is strong, he will naturally not be afraid, but now he is pulling one and mobilizing the whole body, knowing that Changlong Bank is abetting the abuse, but they have nothing to do.

Min Ruoying looked at his important ministers blankly: "Do you mean to say, I have to endure this breath?" And you want to give in to them?"

Shoufu Ma, who had not spoken, stood in front of Min Ruoying in front of Min Ruoying: "Your Majesty, the eldest husband can bend and stretch, endure a momentary humiliation, and exchange for the sea and the sky. Today, the envoy of the Ming Kingdom did not say that he was dead, and the minister went to the post house to apologize to him, the Ma Chao incident was just that His Majesty was thinking about the relationship between husband and wife with the imperial concubine, not to have any dirty relationship with the Ming Kingdom, and then probe their tone to see what Qin Feng wanted? The Ming people don't want to completely turn against us, they have just defeated the Qin State and need time to digest it, and the Qi State is still the great enemy of both of us, and they also need the Ming Chu Alliance. As long as this big foundation exists, everything can be spread out. We need to get more loans to recover Kunling County, to quell the rebellion in the country, and now, the recovery of Kunling County is already in sight, as long as we muster up more efforts, we can achieve the goal, the rebellion in the country is being swept away one by one, most of the rebellion has returned to calm, as long as these two problems are solved, we will have the confidence to negotiate with them on an equal footing in the future, but now, we can only endure it."

"Do you mean that I still have to punish the imperial concubine?" Min Ruoying said sharply.

"Your Majesty, someone always needs to pay for this matter, and punish the imperial concubine a little, if you can eliminate the anger of the Ming people and get the support of the Ming people again, it is still worth it. Now is our most difficult time, but also the most critical time, seeing that everything is developing towards the good, we must not interrupt this process!"

Min Ruoying sighed and was speechless.