Chapter 64: Let's Change the Sheep
As soon as the prime minister said this, the courtiers whispered in the court.
The law of Yan State advocates the equality of monarchs and ministers, Chu Tingxiao has just ascended the throne for four years, the foundation is unstable, and there are many old ministers in the court, all of them think very highly of themselves, although the ministers are in awe of the emperor, but they will not be submissive because of this, so that the government will become the emperor's word.
"This, the queen didn't even ask for peace once......"
"The queen doesn't pay attention to filial piety."
"Yes, the queen is indeed too willful, just take care of the flowers and plants on weekdays, and now that the queen mother has returned to Beijing, she doesn't know how to ask for peace."
Most of the voices facing upwards are accusing the queen.
Chu Tingxiao's face was slightly gloomy, and his eyes swept over the body of the cavalry general Cen Zijing.
Cen Zijing did not participate in the discussion, his expression was heavy, he was looking at the void and was distracted, not knowing what he was thinking.
The emperor shook his head imperceptibly, sighed, and his eyes fell on Feng Jia and Fan Qian.
"Feng Jia, you're working hard again, aren't you!" Gu Chengqi stood up, laughed, and rolled up his sleeves, "Accuse the queen, you are so famous, next time you might as well come to kill your relatives with righteousness, and you can achieve the name of the first counselor." β
He heard someone impeach his sister again.
Gu Chengqi took a step forward, and Feng Jia immediately moved back.
Feng Jia's eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Gu Chengqi, above the court, you still can't beat people." β
"You're human, aren't you?"
"Vulgarβ"
"Enough!" Seeing that the two sides were about to quarrel again, Chu Tingxiao suddenly spoke.
His voice was full of anger, and the words were clear and cold: "The Queen Mother is happy and quiet, I don't want people to disturb her, I didn't let the queen go to ask for peace, I don't blame the queen for this matter, there is no need to discuss it again!" β
Chu Tingxiao's face was not so ugly, seeing this, Feng Jia and the others finally stopped talking, Gu Chengqi also suppressed the urge to do it, glared at Feng Jia fiercely, and took out a green plum fruit from his arms and threw it into Chu Yi's hand.
Chu Yi was slightly stunned, she was wondering, was this the case in the court in her previous life?
In the early second half, the emperor maintained a cold look.
The civil and military officials did not dare to provoke the emperor again, but Chu Yi stood up.
"Your Majesty, the minister wants to restore the establishment of the Eight Thousand Feather Forest Army."
The formation of the Yulin Army was 8,000 people, but when Emperor Cheng was disarmed, it was less than 5,000 now, and since he came to the court, Chu Yi decided to raise the matter.
She had long wanted to recruit troops and restore her numbers.
When a minister heard that Chu Yi wanted to increase the number of people, he immediately jumped out to object: "No! Wouldn't the restoration of the establishment be an increase in military spending, 5,000 Yulin troops would be enough, and 8,000 would increase consumption in vain. β
"Yes, there will be no danger in Beijing, not to mention that even if there is danger, there is still General Cen's Gyeonggi battalion, and it will not be the turn of the Yulin Army, so why restore 8,000 people."
"Your Majesty, there is a great drought this summer, the rain is insufficient, the minister is afraid of a drought, and the treasury is so empty, it is not appropriate to increase the troops of the Yulin Army."
Even the household servant objected to Chu Yi's words, Gu Chengqi rolled his eyes, pulled the waiter's sleeve and threw it behind him.
Joke, there are still people who oppose Xiao Yongning on the territory of his household?
Chu Tingxiao saw Chu Yi come out, and his cold face barely regained its softness.
He pondered for a moment, the corners of his lips raised, and he asked rhetorically word by word: "Yulin Army, hasn't it always been eight thousand?" β
Chu Yi's apricot eyes widened slightly, and he immediately reacted, and echoed: "What Your Majesty said is that the minister is wrong, the Yulin Army has always been eight thousand people!" Eight thousand feathers of the forest army, for the country's wings, such as the prosperity of the forest, this is the original words that Emperor Xiaowu said, the ministers...... I don't think I'll object to it. β
The ministers looked at each other and understood that the father and daughter were deliberate!
Although the Yulin Army has gradually declined over the years, no generation of emperors has ever dared to ban it, just because the Yulin Army was left by Emperor Xiaowu, who once revived Dayan, and it is a signboard of Dayan.
By the time of Emperor Cheng, Emperor Cheng secretly disarmed, and took the money from the Yulin Army to build a drama garden, and the courtiers knew about such ugly things, but no one would say it in the open.
After Chu Tingxiao ascended the throne, he did not disarm again, but used this army as an ornament.
Therefore, although the whole world knows that there are less than 5,000 people left in the Yulin Army, from beginning to end, everyone still calls it 8,000.
Today's Emperor Chrysostom said that he justified the name of the Yulin Army, doesn't it mean that Princess Yongning can recruit troops justifiably?
The Eight Thousand Feather Forest Army was the iron law of the Holy Decree left by Emperor Xiaowu, and they had to allow the princess to return to her original number.
The ministers who opposed Chu Yi figured this out, and each one became more aggrieved.
Chu Tingxiao's eyes were sharp, he looked at Cen Zijing again, and ordered: "Cen Zijing, let your Gyeonggi camp send some people." β
Cen Zijing raised his head in a trance, as if he had just come back to his senses: "The minister obeys the order." β
The civil and military officials looked a little softened.
The Gyeonggi battalion was responsible for protecting Shangjing, which was already in charge of the emperor, and 3,000 people were selected from here to join the Yulin army, which was nothing more than the emperor taking out the silver from his left pocket and putting it in his right pocket.
Chu Tingxiao's decision finally made them stop opposing fiercely.
Gu Chengqi wanted to speak for his niece, but he didn't expect his niece to cooperate with the emperor and solve the matter simply and rudely.
He smiled with relief, and after going down, he took the initiative to walk in front of Chu Yi and said proudly: "It is easy to let the Yulin Army have three thousand more people, it is really worthy of Xiao Yongning." β
Chu Yi was not too happy, she looked at Chu Tingxiao's back as he left in a hurry, and frowned.
I don't know what's wrong with Chu Tingxiao, he walked in a hurry after the next court, and he looked aggressive.
Since Feng Jia impeached the queen just now, her father doesn't seem to be quite right.
"This is just a small strategy, the Yulin Army is originally an 8,000 system, I let it naturally restore the old system."
Chu Yi calmed down, retracted his gaze, and replied to Gu Chengqi's words.
"It's just that there are 3,000 more people all of a sudden, but it's not easy at all."
Gu Chengqi innocently opened his eyes, and there was confusion on Qingjun's face: "Oh? Isn't that a good thing? β
Chu Yi sighed: "Hey, uncle doesn't know, Yulin Jun has just gotten rid of the situation of not covering his body, there are many people, and there is nothing missing, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, summer is coming, winter is still far away, if it weren't for Yongning's poor health, I really can't wait to go to the Shangyi Bureau to prepare winter clothes for them in person." β
When the passing Hubu Shilang heard this, he stopped and bowed very sadly: "I didn't expect the Yulin Army to be so miserable, the princess has worked hard, and the foolish opinion of the minister still hopes that the princess will not take it to heart, and the next time about the household expenditure of the Yulin Army, the minister will do his best." β
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."
Gu Chengqi said: "The shops that my uncle gave you before are all with good income, and it is not a problem to feed and drink for thousands of people, so my uncle will allocate you two more cloth villagesββ"
Chu Yi shook his head: "Eating and drinking is not a problem, although my Yulin Army is poor, but I can still feed the soldiers, but my uncle doesn't know, now it is Captain Rong who is training the Yulin Army, and the biggest feature of Tai Lieutenant's training is to train his physique first, and he needs a lot of meat, but unfortunately I can only let them eat enough, but I can't meet the needs of letting them eat meat......
Gu Chengqi felt that what her niece said was very reasonable, didn't she see that Liu Shilang, who had opposed her before, was convinced.
He waved his big hand and raised two fingers: "Xiao Yongning is right, the so-called poor literature and rich martial arts, it does cost money to practice physique, so let's do it, my uncle asked Zhuangzi outside the city to regularly send sheep to the Yulin Army, ten at a time, no, twenty, and it should be a reward for the Yulin Army, what do you think?" β
Chu Yi was very moved, and even his eyes were a little red:
"Uncle broke the bill, everything my uncle did for the Yulin Army, Yongning has it in mind, you will be the guest of our Yulin Army in the future, when you come to the army station, even if 8,000 people eat 20 sheep is not enough to eat, Yongning will let the uncle be full."
Gu Chengqi raised another finger: "...... Thirty. β
"Thank you, uncle!"
In this way, with the meat available, Captain Rong and the Yulin Army should be more energetic.
"Tomorrow I will send one to your Weiyang Palace, this season is suitable for eating roasted mutton, and my uncle will personally grill some meat skewers for you."
Gu Chengqi was about to leave, Chu Yi's heart moved, and he stopped him again: "By the way, uncle, do you know what kind of soldier Taiwei Rong is best at?" β
Gu Chengqi said: "When Captain Rong was young, he was a good cavalry archer in the Nanfu army, known as General Fei, so he was naturally the best at cavalry!" β
Chu Yi muttered thoughtfully: "It turned out to be a cavalry, but unfortunately there are no war horses in the army, which really makes Captain Rong useless, and I am destined not to see this Yulin army become a Yulin iron horse." β
"Lack of horses in the army?" Gu Chengqi asked.
Chu Yi lamented: "Uncle Yulinjun, you know, those horses are not war horses, let alone fighting, they are uncomfortable to ride."
What about Nanfu, since the Taiwei returned to Beijing a few years ago, the cavalry is only left with an empty shelf, lack of horses, lack of ah, I heard that the cavalry of Nanfu has no horses to ride, can only ride donkeys to fight, it is really sad to hear it, and the listeners are in tears......"
She didn't finish, because what she said was too exaggerated, and she was afraid of scaring her uncle away.
Gu Chengqi was dumbfounded when he heard this: "This, is it so lacking?" I remember that there was a trade route from Liangzhou to Beijing, where horses could be sold, all of which were war horses, but there were not too many ...... guarantees."
Before he finished speaking, Chu Yi already had red eyes and bowed deeply to him:
"Thank you uncle for providing war horses for the Nanfu Army! Yongning thanked his uncle for the soldiers and civilians of the four states of Nanfu! β
Gu Chengqi didn't even react to what he was talking about, he had already promised Chu Yi that from now on he would open up a trade route and transport the war horse back to Nanfu.
Chu Yi looked at his uncle's back staggering away, threw the green plum fruit he gave him into his mouth, and said:
"It seems that next time I will have to change a sheep."
She couldn't bear to pick up a sheep's wool.
They should be circulated.
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