Chapter 205: War in the Northwest

The petty officials below did not dare to speak, the Chen family was missing from the six departments, and the high-ranking officials also had to weigh it, and the emperor was angry and coaxed, and several old ministers began their own bitter narration.

"Your Majesty, we don't have much food and grass this winter, and the Tartars don't have a general who has been fighting with them all year round, but how can you calculate it, there is still a treasury ......."

After talking nonsense, several ministers felt more and more that they had been greatly wronged, and moved out a few of the attendants of the military department, Xue Muyan's face was gloomy, and he listened to them talk about how difficult it was.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead troops there, your lords have said so much, doesn't it mean that no one is willing to guard the border, then recall several generals back to Kyoto so that they can rest, after all, the bitter cold place is extremely hurtful." Lu Yi fought all the way, and some time ago he quelled the rebellion of some tribes in the southwest, and came to Beijing to receive a reward, but he met the death of the former emperor and has been delayed until now.

Xue Muyan looked at the dissatisfied ministers below, and had other plans, the first emperor passed away, and the new dynasty was replaced at this moment, which was the most appropriate, "General Lu, you better take care of the southwest, I heard that the people there are plagued by heat poison all year round, can you find a solution?" ”

Lu Yiyao Yaotou, the famous doctors in the capital and the miracle doctors on the rivers and lakes have all passed, and the prescriptions prescribed to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, he has no choice, after taking office, he secretly found some ways, but he can only suppress it.

"Your Majesty, it is extremely suitable for General Lu to guard the southwest, and there are indeed some problems in the north, and General Situ needs to stay at the border for the time being." Lord Chu's words made Xue Muyan not understand, watching a few adults be silent, and his henchmen came out to interfere, "The disaster situation everywhere this year is serious, I heard that they are preparing to attack various border towns, in order to grab some food. ”

Chu Tianming will not help anyone easily, the border is really going to have an accident, they quickly calculated in their hearts how much silver taels in the treasury can be allocated, and whether the remaining silver will come out of their hands.

The squire of the household shrank his head and did not dare to speak, the silver taels spent during the emperor's funeral were like a tide, and this year's taxes had not yet been collected, in case he needed to do it in winter, he didn't know how much silver he could take out.

"You have something to say, the squire of the household." Xue Muyan didn't know that there was no money in the treasury, what he wanted was for some people to take some out of their pockets and make up for some shortfalls.

It was useless to shrink his head, and his position was named before he could cover the heat, and the newly appointed squire of the household department stepped forward and smiled embarrassedly, he was still afraid in the face of the young emperor.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't you know the silver in the treasury? Minister, the minister had already reported the tax situation in various places yesterday. ”

Taxation? Xue Muyan can also be regarded as having been in the farmhouse, it seems that there is no autumn harvest this year, why is the tax payment over, and he came to report false accounts again, "Has the household servant ever planted the field?" ”

"The minister used to go down to the field." His head was covered with sweat, and he didn't know where to put his nervous hands, this year's taxes had not begun, and the account books of various places had indeed been reported.

The emperor nodded on it, "Harvested in autumn, the wheat in the north is probably not dry, right?" ”

All the ministers knelt down in an instant, Chu Tianming saw such a fool for the first time, and knew that it was useless to appease, and the emperor was most likely to kill him directly.

"Get up, you have been an official for many years, and you really don't know how to harvest the grain in the field, go to Huangzhuang in a few days to have a look, I heard that it hasn't started yet, don't be blind next time and come and talk nonsense."

"Your Majesty,"

In the final analysis, I just want them to have some blood, and the case of Hexi, which abolished the prince, has not been concluded until now, and the emperor is holding his breath in his heart, and several ministers are desperately guessing what the emperor thinks at this moment.

"General Situ should go to the northeast, Mu regret, I remember that you went to the northwest before, right?"

Mu regret has not been on the battlefield for many years, and this year he is more than fifty years old, and he doesn't know if he can come back alive when he goes to the northwest.

"Your Majesty, the minister is naturally willing to go, but the old and frail need to be accompanied by the dog, I don't know if I can let the dog accompany the army."

Xue Muyan did not take a fancy to Mu Cheng, but his son Mu Zheng.

Shaking his already sore arm, "Mu Zheng is right?" Fathers and sons go into battle, and the general should pay attention to his body when he goes to the battlefield, and return to Beijing when the seedlings go to the ground after the year. ”

"I don't want to listen to anything disobedient to the emperor, if the ministers have any dissatisfaction, we will talk about it another day!"

Lu Xiaowan's eyes opened, her head was splitting, it seemed that she had been tortured by something, Ning Xiuyuan stood not far away, and Qin Cuihua didn't know what to say, in short, it had something to do with herself.

"Mother, my head hurts, is there anything that can be relieved?" She thought about it for a while, Ning Xiuyuan knocked herself unconscious unexpectedly, and it stands to reason that she would not have a migraine after dizziness, not to mention that she didn't have much strength in her body.

The system finally came back online and began to share with Lu Xiaowan what happened after she fainted, and the system was able to refine very few pictures, almost the pictures after Ning Hao appeared.

"Me? Ning Xiuyuan, what are you doing to stun me? ”

"I went home and knew you didn't want to see my grandfather, so I knocked you out for your own good."

There is something in the information that the system has just fed back, and the most important point is that Xue Muyan's court has returned to normal, but there is a little strange thing in the picture just now, and the most strange thing is that the word weird is reminded in it.

"The shops in the capital will open tomorrow morning, and I want to meet people." She struggled to get up, Ning Xiuyuan stretched out his hand and tied her up, and Qin Cuihua didn't stop her.

And Qin Cuihua looked very entangled, could it be that Ning Xiuyuan threatened her mother, she was thinking about Qin Cuihua and walked out with a worried face.

"Your mother doesn't seem to want you to get involved, and I don't want you to get involved, Xue Muyan has just ascended the throne, and there is no good fruit for you to get involved, and I will tell you a bad news, Xue Muyan may be married."

"Impossible, the first emperor has just died, what do the people of the world think of marrying a wife at this moment?" Marrying a wife and having children is the only way in his life, and the same is true for choosing a concubine, he is the emperor after all, Lu Xiaowan said that she didn't believe it, and there was still something wrong in her heart.

Ning Xiuyuan didn't debunk it, the person she loved was the emperor, not to mention the daughters of the six ministries and the prime minister, there were other courtiers below, the most important thing was that the first emperor's children were very few, and there were only two princesses and two princes left, and after Xue Muyan ascended the throne, the minister was naturally ready to send his daughter to the palace.

"The royal family also has a saying of filial piety, but at most three months, ordinary people can wait for three years, Your Majesty can't, you have to know that the prosperity of children and grandchildren is what the royal family wants."

Lu Xiaowan leaned on the bed and didn't care, "What he promised me will definitely be done, Ning Xiuyuan, you don't have a deep relationship with him, I ....."

The naΓ―ve words made Ning Xiuyuan shut up, he had heard many people familiarize Lu Xiaowan's set of rolling melons in the past, and the final result was to be abandoned, such as a certain lifter in the alley of the capital.

He shook his head and said hatefully, "Lu Xiaowan advises, don't hand over the shops and secret recipes in the capital, royal affection is a common thing." ”

She was a little moved when she listened to Ning Xiuyuan's kind words and persuasion, the new emperor's ascension to the throne and flattery are what courtiers should do, and it is really difficult to persuade themselves from the perspective of friends.

"Ning Xiuyuan, I also advise you to leave the capital as soon as possible, the war in the northwest will rise, and the people left by the prince will also pick up things in various places, and Old Man Ning will inevitably move all the arranged chess pieces in order to stabilize the situation."

The more she talked, the more excited she became, she seemed to know Ning Hao's entire layout, and she could easily say the solution, and the same was true for letting Ning Xiuyuan leave.

Standing with a little numb legs, the maid outside moved, and came over with a bowl of chicken soup, Ning Xiuyuan deliberately walked towards the door, looking back at Lu Xiaowan who was still a little weak, "Leave it to me, you guys go down first!" ”

Allure listened to it in the back and felt that it was interesting, jumped down from the room, took it and drank it all, feeling a little unhappy, and went out to find the maid to ask for another bowl.

"When did he show up?"

"It's always been there, there was no one around me after I left at night, the prince took me away, and after coming to the capital, I found that she didn't go to the capital, so I left her here."

Mortal enemies can barely coexist together peacefully, Ning Xiuyuan really opened his eyes, and saw Allure walk in and bring a bowl of soup to Lu Xiaowan.

"If I were you, I wouldn't persuade her at all, wouldn't I have seen too much of an infatuated woman?"

The sarcastic voice made Lu Xiaowan a little unhappy, she believed in Xue Muyan's character, and the final result of holding the military power would not be much worse.

"Thank you for reminding the girl, it is true that infatuated women have always been empty of bamboo baskets, and we as people watching the play sincerely persuade them, not only will they not listen, but they will also complain about us."

"You two are singing and harmonizing, so happy, if I was really unhappy to hear it, I would have kicked you out a long time ago." She remembered that Xue Muyan's enthronement ceremony had not been held, and the Ministry of Rites had not sent any news to various officials in the capital.

Ning Xiuyuan flicked her head, ordered someone to find some books that could be read and gave them to Lu Xiaowan, and then left in great strides.

"Allure, when is the enthronement ceremony usually held?"

The emperor's enthronement ceremony is a few days, according to the previous time, it will be about a month or two later, but no one can say for sure, the time when Xue Muyan ascended the throne is a little embarrassing.

After the catastrophe in various places, they have not gone through the recuperation and recuperation, and they have to pay a lot of taxes, "No matter what time it is, extravagance and waste will definitely not work, and you may not know that the price of food is very high this year." ”

The autumn harvest has not begun, the price of grain has soared, and Allure has found Zhuangzi to order a batch of new grain, because the price has not increased early, but the owner of Zhuangzi said last time that he was going to increase the price.