Xiao Li's eyes showed fear, and his voice was lowered, "Your Highness, be careful." ”

A trace of impatience flashed in Shang Xing Chuan's eyebrows, and he sneered coldly, he didn't bother to take into account Emperor Mingde's mood, and he didn't get angry with him to death because God has the virtue of a good life, "Oh." ”

As soon as he and Luo Shenyan entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, all kinds of porcelain were shattered on the ground, and the two slaves were kneeling on the ground and trembling, and blood stains could be seen on their bodies.

Luo Shenyan glanced at it and said, "Go down." ”

The two slaves and maidservants fled as if they had been pardoned.

In the main hall, the doors and windows were closed, brewing a sullen smell, and Emperor Mingde sat behind his desk, he was only in his forties, and he had already grown a lot of gray hair.

He was slightly chubby, and he had long lost the demeanor of his youth, and when he saw Shang Xingchuan coming, he said in a dumb voice: "Xingchuan...... You say, how to solve the matter of military spending? ”

Shang Xing Chuan's eyebrows were cold, he only hugged his fists and saluted, he glanced at the porcelain bottle fragments that had been knocked over on the ground, and he didn't bother to let people clean them up, and said, "Kill the prison army."

Emperor Mingde stared at Shang Xingchuan deadly, his chest rose and fell rapidly, his breathing was heavy, he couldn't bear it anymore, and smashed it with his hand, "You are like this!" ”

He roared, "I've been building for hundreds of years!" Destroyed at the hands of these villains! Today is a deficit in military spending, tomorrow is a repeated defeat, and a good dynasty has been eaten up by these moths! ”

The merchant bank looked at the nose and the nose and the heart, and even felt bored.

Luo Shenyan didn't say a word, but Emperor Mingde saw him, and it seemed that he still had to worry about a little face, and said in a deep voice: "What is the matter with Aiqing?" ”

Luo Shenyan arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, it is Your Highness who has something to report." ”

"What?"

Shangxing Chuan said: "Yesterday, a woman went to Beijing to complain, saying that in the territory of Xiazhou, someone cheated, Dali Temple found a headless male corpse, judging from the scars on the corpse, it was a military ship. ”

"Warship...... Lie to what? Emperor Mingde thought of something, but he was a little impatient, such a trivial matter, he also had to come to report it.

Shang Xingchuan saw his impatience, and he didn't want to stay here anyway, so he said succinctly: "Xizhou is close to Lichuan, and there is a saying in the villages of Lizhou that if you don't sacrifice women, you will cut off the water source of life, and they think that this is God's punishment."

Emperor Mingde raised his eyebrows, "What, the punishment of heaven?" ”

Shang Xingchuan tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Does Your Majesty really think that it is a so-called ...... Providence? ”

Emperor Mingde lowered his eyes and muttered, "Li Chuan...... Li Chuan ......"

Lichuan is a small border city of the Great Liang Dynasty, next to the southern border country, and has been fighting all year round.

The terrain of Lichuan is gentle, there are few mountains, and it is a good place if you don't fight, but unfortunately the southern border opposite is a country with tribes as a unit, and the combat strength is strong, and there are many mountains and forests.

Over the years, Daliang has allocated several times the military expenditure to Lichuan in other places, but it is impossible to win in life or death, and it has been found that the prison army has been greedy a lot these days, and then think about it carefully, from the capital to Lichuan, layer by layer, I don't know how much can really be allocated to the soldiers.

And Xizhou is a smaller place, under Lichuan, whether it is Lichuan or Xizhou, the river that lives on weekdays is the Tao River, and coincidentally, Xizhou belongs to the downstream.

In other words, the small river they call "Tianhe" where Baoshan Village lives is actually a small tributary of the Tao River, and as long as the people of Lichuan deliberately pinch it, then the people of Baoshan Village will have no use for water.

What is the so-called divine punishment and sacrifice...... Shang Xingchuan never believed it, and Yang Tianfang's story was, of course, also false.

With Shang Xingchuan's brain, after he listened to it, he knew what was going on.

Where there is a war, many times, it is not just food and clothing that needs to be solved.

No woman would want to be a prostitute, where sex is not a pleasure, it is not even a normal physiological need.

What's more, the soldiers have nowhere to vent their energy, after killing people, the blood fever is difficult to subside, tyrannical and restless, since they can't vent in their own barracks, then they have to find another place to vent, gentleness is impossible.

After the battle, the soldiers may return home with all their beards and tails, and most of these girls will die forever on the battlefield.

Generally speaking, camp prostitutes are exiled to the military camp because the men in the family are convicted, and those with outstanding appearance may not be able to leave the local area and be bought by high-ranking officials and nobles, but those who are not so outstanding may also be used as camp prostitutes.

Among them, it is intertwined, various forces are entangled, Li Chuan is fighting, it stands to reason that this matter is not so important, and it is not necessary to camp prostitutes, but they do it every year, which is enough to show that the order in the army is already chaotic, and the soldiers only care about pleasure, and their minds are not on killing the enemy at all.

Yang Tianfang is a woman, if she can go to the capital alone, she can't be a general person at all, let alone believe in the so-called heavenly punishment.

Emperor Mingde raised his head, "What do you mean...... These women are all ...... Was sent to Lichuan? ”

There is no need for Shang Xingchuan to say clearly, and Emperor Mingde will soon be able to guess.

His eyes were heavy and he sneered, "These people ...... These people are really, getting more and more powerful. ”

It's not enough to fill your own pockets, and you even start to think about lust.

He looked at Luo Shenyan and waved his hand, "Aiqing, you...... Take a trip. ”

Luo Shenyan didn't come here to eat melons today, he nodded, and arched his hand: "Minister, I respect Your Majesty's will." ”

Emperor Mingde thought for a while, and said: "This matter should not be made big, but a few women, if they die, they will die, you go to appease and appease, calm down, and ...... So be it. ”

Luo Shenyan paused and said yes.

Not to mention the dozen or so lives in a small border town, even the palace maids and eunuchs that he could see every day in his own palace, he didn't care about a single day.

In his eyes, human life is like a withered little flower and grass on the side of the street, trampled to death, and at most a little insignificant juice flows.

Luo Shenyan had already retreated, and only Shang Xingchuan and him were left in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and after a while, Emperor Mingde opened his mouth, "I heard that something happened to the Dingnan Hou Mansion?" ”

Shang Xingchuan looked faintly impatient, "It's just a trivial matter." ”

Emperor Mingde sneered, "Dead person, called a trivial matter?" ”

Shang Xingchuan: "It's strange that these words came out of His Majesty's mouth. ”

Emperor Mingde didn't say anything for a long time.

After a while, he tentatively said, "The marriage contract can be canceled...... After all, marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, the daughter of the Jiang family has already caused so many troubles before she has passed the door, which is not good. ”

"Not necessarily." Shang Xingchuan said lazily, and then said, "She's funny." ”