When the first emperor was still in power, the world said: "The dynasty must not be without Gu Qing, and the country must not lose the king of martial arts." ”

Gu Qing was talking about Gu Linsheng at that time, and King Wu was talking about King Chengwu.

King Chengwu was famous for his bravery when he was a young man, and he was the first person in the Dajing Dynasty to be crowned king with military merits.

However, the situation has changed, and the world has changed. Now, more than ten years have passed since Gu Linsheng lost power, and the new emperor is quite afraid of the military generals because of the Xiang Dang rebellion, and has been emphasizing literature over military force since he took the throne, constantly weakening the real power of military generals, and strengthening the power of the court guard directly under the emperor. The power of the Imperial Guard Division has continued to expand over the years, and it can even directly mobilize the forbidden army in the imperial city without going through the order of the Ministry of War, and the power is all over the sky.

King Chengwu is in power, and it is inevitable that the saint will be more distracted.

Although the imperial court sent eunuchs to supervise the army every year, and they did not find any reactionary thoughts on him over the years, he has no reactionary thoughts today, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not have reactionary thoughts in the future. What's more, as the saying goes, generals are outside, and military orders are not subject to them. The saint was worried every day that he would have a backbone, and as a result, when this suspicion swelled day by day, he took the initiative to ask for a decree to return to Beijing.

A big stone in the heart of the saint has fallen temporarily, but the difficult days of King Chengwu have just begun.

In recent years, the border has been stable, but the military salary of the imperial court has not been issued, and the military rations have been raised from all sides. Xu Yuan, the first strategist under him, suggested that it was better for him to go back to Beijing to live for a year or two, first, to dispel the doubts of the saint, and secondly, to take the military expenses booklet to the household department to reimburse, while he himself stayed in the north to take care of the affairs of the army.

King Chengwu suspected that this kid had this proposal, but he was just looking for a reason to drive himself back to the capital. Prior to that day, the two had repeatedly disagreed and argued. He thought about it, and they really needed to calm down with each other, so without saying a word, he returned to Beijing with the military expense booklet.

What he didn't expect was that the reimbursement of military expenses would be so troublesome.

He took the military expenditure booklet to the household department, and the official of the household department said that there were too many items that needed to be verified for the funds he had handled, and he could not do it in three or five years.

If this is changed to a person who has been in the officialdom for a long time, he must have understood that the other party means to let him mean it, so that he can send people to work up and down. But King Chengwu didn't think so, he felt that a small official of the household department neglected himself like this, because he gave birth to a bear's heart and leopard gall, and the reason why this thing with a bear's heart and leopard gall was so gallant and fat must be the instruction of the household Shangshu. In a fit of rage, he broke into Shangshu's Mansion and made a threat, so that Hubu Shangshu's face was green for three days. As soon as I mentioned King Chengwu to others, I couldn't wait to grit my teeth: this King Chengwu is really too ignorant!

There are already many things that need to be verified for military spending, and if the head of the household department wants to cheat him, he only needs to find some fault in a certain detail at will, and he can drag it for a year and a half.

When King Chengwu had nothing to do, Lord Qian, a member of the household department, pointed out a clear way for him: "The prince wields a knife and holds a gun all the year round, galloping across the field, no wonder you are so straightforward." The lower official has the courage to give you an idea......"

"What an idea, don't be afraid to make it clear."

Mr. Qian had a pair of small eyes, a pair of beards, and the more he looked at it, the more he looked like a roe deer, he rubbed his hands: "What ...... this?"

King Chengwu frowned, understood, and tried to suppress the disgust in his eyes: "If the thing can be done, the benefits will be less than Lord Qian." ”

Only then did Lord Qian say: "The prince might as well go and see Lord Shen of the Imperial Guard, the position of the head of the household department was originally saved by Lord Shen." As long as Lord Shen accompanies you to sit down, why worry about the military expenses? Moreover, if you can make friends with Lord Shen, the prince will be in Beijing in the future, and he can walk sideways. ”

He raised his eyebrows: "This is what it means to let this king climb a high branch?" ”

"How dare you, Lord Wang, you are Gao Zhi, but as the saying goes, many friends have many roads, now Lord Shen is hot, Lord Wang uses his reputation to make it convenient for himself, why not? The prince doesn't want to delay the military spending until next year or even the year after, right? ”

This is the beginning and end of King Chengwu's banquet for Shen Hanxi in Ruyi Tower.

However, King Chengwu had the intention to make friends, but Shen Hanxi had no intention of going to the appointment.