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Seeing that the emperor was angry, several palace maids and eunuchs in the house were so frightened that they didn't even dare to breathe, because the situation was turbulent, the emperor was often moody, and they became frightened birds, as long as the emperor changed his face and lost his temper, he was frightened one by one.

Only the roar of the emperor could be heard in the huge room, angry and desperate.

"Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while. But when it was time to use it, it was all straw bale waste! The emperor scolded angrily: "None of these generals are useful!" Just know that you are greedy for wives and children, or you are competing for fame and profit! When you really get to the battlefield, you can't hold a knife or dance a gun, you just wash your neck and send it to wait for someone to cut it! ”

The emperor was even more furious after reading the urgent military documents, and the generals on the front line not only failed to lead the army to kill the rebels, but even ran faster than the soldiers, making the officers and soldiers leaderless and completely scattered.

At the same time, it also made the rebels more arrogant, and even threatened to attack the capital before Chinese New Year's Eve and go directly to the palace for Chinese New Year's Eve.

This is simply a great shame, if the emperor can endure it, it will be strange.

"Give me that high autumn night!" The emperor was dumbfounded and said, "There are also the ministers who jointly recommended him!" Each of them shall be punished with a year's imprisonment! ”

The emperor was angry with the fleeing generals, and at the same time angry with the ministers who recommended him.

"Holy Lord's anger, beware of the dragon body!" Qu Qing saw that the emperor was angry, and he didn't care about taking Zhong Ye out, so he hurriedly stepped forward to appease the emperor.

Sure enough, the emperor had another sign of headache, his hands and feet trembled, his eyes were black, and his heart was depressed and wanted to die, as if there was a fire burning.

But Qu Qing hurriedly poured a new bowl of tea for the emperor and asked him to drink it. He also applied some special potions on both sides of the emperor's temples, which had the effect of refreshing the mind, but the taste was a little rushing, because mint and borneol were put in it.

"Are you sure you can win?" The emperor raised his eyes to look at Zhong Ye, and asked with a somewhat distorted face, because of the headache and excessive emotions.

"No," Zhong Ye said, "but I'm not afraid of death, and I'm not greedy for money." The rest will be up to His Majesty to decide. ”

"Okay, that's it!" The emperor said with an open look: "I will appoint you as General Sheng Wei now, and concurrently serve as the envoy of Shuozhou." Would you like to leave for the front in three days? ”

The emperor was also helpless to make this decision. It is said that there is little hatred when the book is used, and the same is true for talents.

"The minister has conditions," Zhong Ye was not dizzy because of the sudden opportunity, he knew that leading the troops to fight was not a good family, it was to shed blood and die, so he had to say ugly things in front: "If Your Majesty can agree, the minister will go, otherwise he will not be able to go." ”

The emperor didn't expect Zhong Ye to negotiate conditions with him at this time, but the situation was urgent, and even the emperor couldn't be willful all the time.

What's more, the first few generals were selected from among the military attachés, and they were already outstanding among those people, who would have thought that the front line would be vulnerable, and how could the remaining ones guarantee to win the battle?

Of course, the emperor was not sure that Zhong Ye would definitely be able to win, but fortunately, he was born in a family of good generals, and he was born tall and mighty, and he looked more powerful than others.

If he had to choose between him and the remaining military attachés, the emperor would still prefer Zhong Ye.

For example, if it has been peaceful for a long time, there is rarely a chance to lead troops to fight. Those military attachés slowly slacked off, just by looking at their fat figures.

"Tell me about it." The Emperor said patiently, "If it is reasonable, there is nothing I can't agree to. ”

"The minister wants enough grain, grass and silver," Zhong Ye said, "but also absolute autonomy." ”

"Do you know that the treasury is tight now? In the past two years, the national treasury has long been empty. The emperor sighed and said: "You said absolute autonomy, probably because you don't want the imperial court to send a supervising army, right?" ”

According to the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, whenever a military general goes out to fight, there must be a supervisor in the army.

The overseers were generally the emperor's right-hand men, and although their rank was not high, they had great power.

The generals did not look at their faces, for fear that if they were not careful, they would go back and play around the emperor, and they and their families would be very likely to suffer a catastrophe.

"Of course, including this one," Zhong Ye said without hesitation: "But it's not all, the so-called generals will not be subject to the orders of the kings outside." When the minister leads the troops to fight, even His Majesty's edict can not be obeyed. ”

"You're asking a little too much." The emperor only felt that the headache was worse: "Where are you going to lead troops to fight?" It is clearly taking advantage of the opportunity to extort. ”

"Your Majesty, how many soldiers are there on the front line that can be sent?" Zhong Ye asked.

"Originally, there were 50,000 people," the emperor said of this, "Later, because of the defeat and retreat, they died and fled and were injured, and now there are less than 20,000 people left." ”

Of course, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were more than these, but now a certain number of troops must be left in various places to protect themselves, and the capital is even more so.

In addition, the soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. In the event of a national famine, it is necessary to be cautious in sending troops.

"Your Majesty, that thief has annexed three states, and there are always 100,000 people in total." Zhong Ye analyzed the matter: "With less than 20,000 people against 100,000 people, if I am not allowed to act cheaply, then please ask Your Majesty to choose someone else!" ”

The emperor knew that what Zhong Ye said was true, not to mention that even if he sent other people, he would definitely ask the court for more troops, it was better for Zhong Ye to save trouble, although the treasury was empty, but the royal family still had internal funds, but it was not really impossible to deal with it.

"Okay, I will allow you to make your own decisions on the front line," the emperor finally agreed: "As for the grain, grass and silver......

"The minister wants 500,000 taels of silver and 2 million catties of grain." Zhong Ye said: "You can't let the soldiers fight desperately without food and clothing, otherwise they will only escape, and they may even surrender." ”

"That's too much!" The emperor felt as if he had been ripped off, and he was very uncomfortable: "It's better to get you a million catties of grain first, and then supply the rest slowly." ”

"Holy Lord, let's not buy vegetables in the vegetable market and bargain." Zhong Ye said: "Not to mention the trouble of transporting grain and grass many times, in case the rebels intercept the grain road." Aren't the officers and soldiers trapped to death? ”

The emperor really can't wait for this to be a nightmare now, even if someone measures his mouth to wake him up, he will never blame, but will reward him heavily.

But it wasn't a dream, and he couldn't wake up.

"Okay, I'll promise you everything you want, but don't let me down what I expect." The emperor finally weighed it again and again, and agreed to Zhong Ye's request.

After all, the military situation is like fire, and if we delay for one more day, the situation may be worse.

"Chancellor Zhongye's order!"