But in general, he is indeed inferior to Chu Ning, a female general who has led soldiers and fought with real swords and guns, in many aspects.

Moreover, Chu Ning has always been better than him, whether it is martial arts or meticulous thinking.

Jiu Rao was almost full after eating, and raised her eyes to look at Su Jin: "The biggest reason why Xiang Nan wants to marry Jun Yao is that he has the intention of rebellion and has already taken action. ”

When the words fell, Su Jin was suddenly taken aback: "Is Your Majesty's words true?" ”

"The news given by Uncle Regent, I don't think it will be fake." Jiu Rao's tone was calm, but there was a bit of coldness and slaughter that could not be ignored, "He has been at the border for many years, amassed wealth, recruited troops and horses, and raised 50,000 private soldiers. ”

Secretly raising private soldiers was not counted in the imperial court's soldiers.

Su Jin: "......"

Chu Ning's expression was faint, and he didn't seem surprised by what Jiu Rao said.

"And." Jiu Rao picked up the teacup unhurriedly and took a sip of flower tea, "The army of Great Xia is actually not strong, with Xiang Nan's strategy and tactics, at most two years ago, Great Xia can be scared and subdued, so that they dare not invade the Ling Kingdom again." But Xiang Nan didn't do this, but spent nine years of his life, seemingly guarding the border all the time, but in fact he has been wasting time meaninglessly, wasting the manpower and financial resources of the imperial court - of course, how much of these financial resources went into his own pocket, only he knows. ”

Su Jin was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "If the war does not stop for a day, the imperial court will have to provide a steady stream of food, grass and military salaries, and he, a general, can also take advantage of the opportunity of the war to save military merits." The power is growing day by day, and even if His Majesty is in power in the future, he has to be afraid of him. ”

Although there were garrisons at the border gates, when there was no war, the soldiers could integrate into the lives of ordinary people, participate in agricultural production in addition to training, and be self-sufficient.

And the war does not stop every day, and in addition to ensuring the sufficiency of soldiers and horses, the border passes also have grain, grass, horses, and weapons...... The annual expenditure is really a lot of money for the imperial court.

In nine years, Xiang Nan wanted to fill his own pockets and raise private soldiers, which was very easy.

"Xiang Nan committed a big crime of the Nine Clans." A sneer appeared on the corner of her lips, Jiu Rao leaned in her chair, her voice crisp and immature, "He is worried about the East Window Incident - of course, the East Window Incident is actually only a matter of time, so he needs to make thorough preparations in advance." ”

Su Jin was silent, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Chu Ning was also silent.

Thorough preparation?

Xiang Nan thought about it relatively easily, but how could he think so simply with thorough preparation?

Committing the great crime of punishing the nine clans, it is not possible to get out of the whole body with a thorough plan, and it is impossible for the emperor to compromise with him - Zixi insisted on appointing Jiurao as the prince despite the opposition of his ministers, and directly issued an edict to let his daughter ascend the throne as the emperor.

The purpose is not to let her daughter be bullied by the powerful ministers.

If Jiu Rao wasn't the material to be the emperor, no matter whether she was a man or a daughter, Zixi would not have been able to watch the country being buried in her hands.

Moreover, behind Jiu Rao there are also the regents, Chu Chen, Su Jin and Chu Ning.

The Xiang family's momentum has indeed been very fierce over the years, but if he really wants to be tough, he will not be able to see enough in front of Nan Mohao at all - even Chu Ning, who has lived in seclusion for a few years, can make him die an ugly death.

Of course, Chu Ning is also a woman, so Xiang Nan probably never took Chu Ning in his eyes.

Men who look down on women......

Scold.