"Okay, the emperor hasn't slept yet, the border areas have started fighting again in the past few days, and he always says that he is short of money, and the emperor doesn't know how many taels of silver have been moved out of the treasury, and how much grain and grass has been transported, why is there still no money? Does it cost so much money to fight a war? Gonggong Li said angrily.

He grew up in the capital, naturally he doesn't know what the war looks like, but from a young age to accompany today's saints, from that time to now, the generals who guard the country in the border have always asked the court again and again for money and soldiers and food, and it has never been interrupted for decades, he doesn't understand military affairs, but he also knows that it takes money to win a war, and it takes money to lose a war.

However, Li Chunqiu is just a eunuch, and he has no right to participate in the political affairs of the imperial court, so this kind of words can only be swallowed in his stomach, or like today, complaining and complaining with Zhao Wancang.

Zhao Wancang, as an official of the imperial court, of course knew the trickiness of this matter, but the generals were dominant in the border, and it was reasonable to report the casualties and accounts of the imperial court.

Xiaoxiao nodded, Zhao Wancang waited for Gonggong Li to go and report.

After a while, under the leadership of Li Chunqiu, Zhao Wancang entered a side hall of the Heart Cultivation Palace, where the current saint has been reviewing and reviewing the folds all along.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live! Zhao Wancang, the left envoy of the Hanlin Academy, came to meet him. Zhao Wancang bowed his head and knelt down and bowed.

"No rudeness!" An old voice rang out.

Zhao Wancang raised his head, only to see the emperor, who was nearly sixty years old, sitting on the soft couch, bowing his head to review the folds.

"What's the important thing for Aiqing to come here so late?" The emperor's voice couldn't be heard with joy and anger.

It is said that a companion is like a tiger, and the fact is that a careless will cause the emperor's disgust, and when the time comes, it will be light to lose the official position, and the Son of Heaven will be angry, and the whole world will be shocked.

"Your Majesty, the minister's younger brother is the county magistrate of Suizhou City, and he encountered a tricky matter, which is also related to the safety of the court and the society of the country, so the minister entered the palace overnight to make a report, disturbing the rest of the saint, which is the sin of the minister." Zhao Wancang said cautiously.

"It's okay, since it's a matter of the imperial court, Aiqing is dutiful, and I won't blame it." The emperor's voice was mixed with a trace of tiredness, Zhao Wancang knew that these were clichés, and if the things he proposed were insignificant in the eyes of the emperor, he would definitely be criticized.

"Your Majesty, this is a twist, please take a look!" Zhao Wancang lowered his head and handed over a fold, and immediately a small eunuch came to take it away.

The fold was presented to the emperor, and his old face was deeply nasolabial, and he looked like a person who did not smile on weekdays.

The fold is unfolded, and there are more than a dozen pages, but the beginning shockingly summarizes the whole thing.

Zhao Wancang was still kneeling on the ground, his head did not dare to be raised secretly, and he could only try his best to listen to the sound of breathing to judge the emperor's emotions.

Sure enough, slowly, the emperor's breathing became more and more rapid, and then he began to cough.

"Ridiculous!" A cup of tea was suddenly thrown to the ground by the emperor, and with a bang, the water splashed, and the fragments of the broken teacup fell around Zhao Wancang, making him jump.

"Your Majesty, please stop your anger, your dragon body matters!" Gonggong Li hurriedly went over and patted the emperor's chest that was rising and falling because of anger.

After a few breaths, the emperor's wheezing voice slowly stabilized, Zhao Wancang has seen a lot of this situation, and he often encounters this situation when discussing political affairs in the court, the emperor is old and can't stand the toss at all, once someone angers him, he must rest for a few days to recover.

Zhao Wancang came this time with the possibility of angering the Son of Heaven and losing his head, this is a big gamble, winning the bet is for the two brothers, paving a broad road for the entire Zhao family, and if the bet is lost, it will be their catastrophe.

The Zhao family was gradually excluded from the center of politics, and maybe one day they would be eradicated together, and maybe they would have a bright future if they gave it a go.

"The emperor was angry, Weichen didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, if it weren't for the alertness of his brother and his feeling that things were different, he would never have discovered this incident." Zhao Wancang raised his head and began to add color to his body.

The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at Zhao Wancang with a sad face on the ground, and his heart was a little steady.

There is still a loyal courtier who is thinking about the country and the society for him.

But when he thought of the prince of Nanxuan and the lord of Huayang, the emperor only felt that there was a breath in his chest, and it was uncomfortable to go up or down.

He never thought that a small Suizhou would dig up so many things.

"What's your brother's name?" The emperor asked.

Zhao Wancang hurriedly replied, "Suizhou County Order Zhao Wanfeng!" ”

The emperor suddenly felt that this name was very familiar.

"Well, you two brothers are very good, but the second prince of the Western Qin Kingdom mentioned in this letter was also arrested, but is it true?" The emperor asked again.

It is not a trivial matter to catch the prince of a country, this is the proton of a country, which can play an important deterrent role when the two armies are at war, and if you can pry open the other party's mouth, it must have a role in turning the situation of the war.

How can a prince not know the secrets of the royal family?

And the dead lord of Huayang, as well as the prince of Nanxuan, as well as Miaoyin Niangzi and others, must also be severely punished.

"I didn't expect that your younger brother was quite witty, and he actually thought of a way to lure King Nanxuan over, and finally wait for the rabbit! With such talent, how could he have been a county magistrate for so long? ”

The emperor's words made Zhao Wancang not know how to take it, could it be said that other positions were handled by the family, and outsiders couldn't be placed in the hands at all?

Zhao Wancang didn't know what to say, but fortunately, the emperor didn't expect him to answer.

"Since this matter was reported by Zhao Wanfeng and you submitted it to me, then you are specially appointed to serve as the deputy envoy of the Supervision Office, and specially go out of Beijing to investigate this matter on behalf of me." The emperor said.

This matter is just a small official's one-sided statement, in the final analysis, you still have to see the evidence to make a ruling on the prince of Nanxuan, otherwise it will be dealt with directly, not to mention that the people of the world are not convinced, and those vassal kings will be the first to raise objections.

But to be honest, the emperor has already believed the testimony in the song, and he is more willing to believe his officials than the loyal and patriotic pretended to be by the prince of Nanxuan.

Maybe this is also an opportunity, an opportunity for the vassal kings to clamp their tails and be human beings and no longer arrogant, and also an opportunity to take back the rights and fiefs in the hands of King Nanxuan.

The emperor's face was unclear, and under normal circumstances, he would not let the courtiers guess what he was thinking, but this incident gave him a wake-up call, and this was a joint name of two people, one was Zhao Wanfeng, the commander of Suizhou County, and the other was a hundred households in the Northwest Army, whose name was Qi Sheng.

His fingers ran over the two names, and he already knew what to expect.