Great Xia Kingdom, the capital.

The sky was already bright, and the melodious sound of bells and drums echoed between the heavy walls and bricks of the palace. The civil and military officials who participated in the court meeting had already put on neat and bright official uniforms and stood outside the door of the Taiji Hall in order, waiting for the early dynasty.

Murong Ke hadn't participated in the Regular Dynasty for a long time. This time, Emperor Xia Xian asked him to participate by name, presumably that Murong Yan found that he had just arranged a stand-in in the Rui Wang's Mansion, and specially reminded Emperor Xia Xian.

He didn't have the heart to listen to the conversation of the officials around him, his face was pale, he stood with his hands down, staring at the direction of the main entrance of the Taiji Palace, and he was distracted.

"Third brother, are you here?"

Murong Yan arranged his crown belt with one hand and asked Murong Ke at the same time.

Murong Ke bowed: "See Brother Wang." ”

Murong Yan hugged him: "Hey~ You and I are brothers, you don't have to be these false courtesies." ”

Murong Ke still exerted his strength and bowed down: "Monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons." The younger brother did not dare to trespass. ”

Murong Yan smiled: "Third brother, you can really laugh." Although I am the crown prince, but my father has not been passed on to me for a day, everything is unknown, everything is possible, what do you say? ”

Murong Ke knew that this was Murong Yan testing himself, but there was only a thin layer of window paper between the two, and he had already secretly lived and died, and now he was making some temptations, which was really boring.

Murong Ke said perfunctorily: "Brother Huang can really laugh. ”

Murong Ke said with a smile: "Joke? Not necessarily, right? The third brother's movements have been too much recently. Brother Huang, I want to remind you that although my father is dedicated to seeking the Tao and is not sad about political affairs, he knows everything. Include all your little moves.

Brother, I advise you to be more restrained, otherwise, be careful to die too quickly.

Another point, the foolish brother really wants to ask for advice. I heard that you specially invited a gentleman to the Ten Emperors, and you also asked the Ten Emperors to study in micro-services, what is the calculation of the bottom line? ”

Murong Zhi, the tenth prince, has always been a young man who is not favored and cowered in the eyes of everyone.

Emperor Xia Xian was superstitious and Taoist, so crazy that he didn't have the heart to care about his children at all. This led to the fact that the tenth prince, Murong Ke, was already nine years old and had not yet been enlightened. Play with the eunuchs and palace maids all day long.

Murong Ke privately invited a master for him, and even tried to take him out of the palace several times, which caused Murong Yan's speculation.

Murong Ke still didn't open his eyes to look at Murong Yan, and said slowly: "The tenth brother is smart and studious, and the elder brother introduced him to a knowledgeable Taifu, and he didn't have any calculations.

The tenth brother is not only young, but the mother concubine is just a low-class palace maid in the Huanyi Bureau. Brother Huang, you won't even be afraid of him, will you? ”

Murong Yan sneered: "Joke, don't say it's Murong Zhi, even if it's you, I haven't taken it seriously!" ”

"That's good. Today, I will intercede with my father, let Zhi'er study in micro-service, and ask the emperor's brother to help talk about the item. ”

Murong Yan didn't expect Murong Ke to go down the pole, flick his sleeves, squeeze out the words "that's natural", and then ignore him.

The Grand Duke held the dust in his hand, stood on the highest step of the Taiji Hall with broken steps, and sang loudly: "Up-court"

On the high red gold dragon chair, Emperor Xia Xian was already seated.

It's just that he didn't wear court clothes today, but wore a dark gray Taoist robe, and vanilla was inserted in his hat.

The cultural relics in the main hall saw their saints dressed up like this, and they all looked at each other. Although they knew that this was against the ancestral system, and at the same time, it was extremely inconsistent with the solemn and majestic image of the king of a country, but no one dared to dissuade them.

Since the southwest ghost king Ye Xiaotian chatted about the bloody vegetable market, the imperial power has been pushed to the supreme position, and the road of the official has basically been blocked. Regardless of whether the official is big or small, everyone has worked hard to please the emperor, and no one dares to be a minister anymore.

Murong Ke stood behind Murong Yan, looking at Emperor Xia Xian, who was dressed in a Taoist robe and looked down on his ministers with a smug expression. I understand more that such a person must not be able to tolerate his biological mother, Empress Shen, and even more so the Shen family who pushed him to the emperor's throne.

The huge Great Xia Kingdom has been made into a miasma by Emperor Xia Xian, and Murong Ke sees it in his eyes, but he can't do anything about it.

He is like a dragon shallow, trapped and dead, if he makes a slight move, Murong Yan does not need to say it, Emperor Xia Xian will also make a move.

However, today's case, he can no longer remain silent as in the past.

Floods occurred in the Liangguang area, flooding food, collapsing houses, and killing countless people. Among the victims were Chen Xiang and Liao Da, who were entangled with a group of victims and rose up. Along the way, they robbed the rich and tortured the prefects of the prefectures and counties, and they continued to grow.

Now they have grown to occupy the Liangguang region, defeating Huo Tingdong, the king of the southeast, several times, and still threatening the Hunan region.

Emperor Xia Xian said quietly: "Chen Xiang and Liao Da, two mobs, entangled a group of bandits, and took advantage of the natural disasters in Guangzhou, intending to rebel.

Huo Tingdong, the king of the southeast, fought many times, but unfortunately he was wounded by an arrow and it was difficult to fight. And Huo Tingdong Shangshu, the military budget in the southeast is insufficient, and he wants the imperial court to help, and for a while, the two Diao people have become the henchmen of my Great Xia Kingdom.

To exterminate Chen Xiang and Liao Da, we are faced with two problems, one is the generals who can fight, and the second is the money to help the war. Ladies and gentlemen, how to solve these two problems? ”

Chen Xiang and Liao Da's rebellion began half a year ago, and the news reached the capital three months ago. When the local government couldn't hold it down and the court paid attention to it, it was a month ago.

No one thought that just a group of ordinary people with hoes and sickles would have such great lethality, leaving no pieces of armor to kill the local defenders, and quickly become bigger.

The hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China had a thorough understanding of Chen Xiang and Liao Da when they were plotting rebellion, and they also had various discussions in private. But when Emperor Xia Xian asked so much in the court, the entire hall was silent, and no one dared to suggest.

Money is easy to say, and soldiers are also easy to say.

But where does the money come from, and who will bring the soldiers. These are all offended people, and everyone is wise enough to protect themselves, and they have chosen to be turtles with shrunken heads.

Zuo Prime Minister Wang Zhen is the first assistant of a country, and all kinds of important military aircraft on weekdays also have to pass through him.

He knew that he couldn't hide at this time, so he put on a smile on his face and took a step out.

"Back to the emperor, natural disasters have occurred in various places this year, and the collection of taxes and silver is not effective, and the silver used for disaster relief is 2.5 million. In today's household, there are no more than 200,000 silver left. The 200,000 yuan is already stretched thin to distribute the monthly silver of the officials in the capital and pay for the expenses of the palace, and it is really difficult to continue to allocate the silver to increase the armament. ”

Emperor Xia Xian frowned: "What? In the treasury of my Great Xia Kingdom, there are only 200,000 taels of silver left? How do you deserve to be a left-handed minister? What's the matter with getting poorer as the days go by? ”

Wang Zhen hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Back to the emperor, the household money is tight for the past two months, all because of natural disasters that cause congestion on official roads. But as long as we wait until September, the tax silver of the rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be delivered, and our treasury will have money. ”

Emperor Xia Xian waved his hand to make Wang Zhen stop his mouth: "I can wait until September, but will Chen Xiang and Liao wait until September to continue attacking the prefectures and counties?"

I'll let you figure it out, but you're here to make it difficult for me! ”

Wang Zhen nodded frequently: "Your Majesty, there is no way." We wait for Beijing officials to pay about 100,000 taels of silver every month.

At this time, when the country is in danger, everyone needs to give up their small family to protect everyone, and here the old minister is willing to take the lead and consciously reduce his salary for half a year. If everyone follows the example of the old minister, they can squeeze out 100,000 taels of silver as a military salary to deal with the war. ”

As soon as Wang Zhen said this, there was a small buzz in the hall.

Emperor Xia Xian coughed, and everyone immediately quieted down.

He nodded with satisfaction: "Aiqing sacrifices himself for the country, and he deserves to be my humerus minister!" ”

"The emperor praises falsely."

For Emperor Xia Xian, he didn't care what it meant that these officials under his command didn't pay their salaries for half a year. He was in a good mood and thought that the problem of money, which was solved.

"The king of the southeast is injured and unable to lead his troops. The son of the king of the southeast was only twelve years old, and he was unable to lead troops. Everyone, Aiqing, who can go to the front line to retreat from the enemy on behalf of the widow? ”

Emperor Xia Xian's question received a better calming effect than the previous question.

Everyone looked at their noses and noses, and they didn't even have their heads and ears.

Although Chen Xiang and Jiao Da are just farmers, they are said to be the reincarnation of the gods of war in the sky. Holding a red tassel spear, walking among thousands of people and horses is like entering a no-man's land.

In addition, almost every time you fight, it seems to be blessed by the gods, and it is either rainstorm or lightning. There was even a direct landslide, which buried half of the officers and soldiers under the mud.

No one dared to fight, no one answered.

Emperor Xia Xian's gaze was focused on Murong Ke, who had been silent.

"Ke'er, you are used to leading troops to fight, and you are also familiar with my generals in Great Xia, do you have anyone to recommend?"

After thinking about it, Emperor Xia Xian added: "Or, do you want to go on an expedition and make contributions to the country?" ”

Murong Ke came out of the queue and bowed deeply: "Father, the son does have a fierce general to recommend." ”

Emperor Xia Xian was very pleased: "Oh? Who is it? Which Aiqing is in this hall? ”

Murong Ke raised his head and said, "Father, this general that the son wants to recommend is not in this hall because his grade is too low. But this person is brave and good at fighting, full of wisdom, is a rare general, if this person can go on the expedition, Chen Xiang and Liao Da do not have to worry. ”

Emperor Xia Xian: "Oh, who is it?" ”

"Captain Renyong, He Jin."

As soon as Murong Ke's words fell, the hall was like porridge in a pot.

The ministers exchanged heads and ears, and the discussion was lively.

Emperor Xia Xian's face darkened, Wang Zhen observed his words, and immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, you must not." This He Jin was originally also a general of the Zhenguo from the second grade, but this person was tyrannical, greedy for military salaries, looted the people, and had a bad character.

Whether it is the soldiers under his rule or the people under his jurisdiction, they all have a lot of criticism about him. There are countless twists and turns in impeaching him, and in the end, it was the emperor's wise ruling that made him a captain of the ninth grade that calmed down the anger of the public.

How can such a person be reactivated, isn't this a slap in the face of our court?! ”