"What's going on?" Prime Minister Liu Cheng roared angrily, "There is still our Majesty's support behind Qianzhou City!"

"The Falling Moon Immortal is bullying others, openly suppressing the feudal officials of our Mangsheng Empire, it is simply self-defeating, we are going to support Qianzhou City now, we will definitely be able to make the state lord surrender sincerely, and after the state lord repels Qin Xuan, he will also be able to see through the evil tricks of the Falling Moon Immortal, and eagerly return to His Majesty's arms!"

"What if Qin Xuan breaks through Qianzhou City, and who will maintain His Majesty's majesty?"

"If Qin Xuan does evil and dares to break through the important town of our empire, General Hou will personally lead the royal forbidden army to regain the lost territory and kill Qin Xuan's rebellion!"

"Hmph!" Hou Ruolan replied coldly, "What a stupid pig full of lard!"

Prime Minister Liu suddenly jumped like thunder, pulling his throat to confront Hou Ruolan.

Hou Ruolan directly stepped forward and grabbed Prime Minister Liu Cheng's neck, and scolded sharply: "I said that you are a stupid pig, and you are not happy, right? The private affairs of Luoyue Immortal's own territory, do they have anything to do with us, just let them kill each other!"

When Prime Minister Liu wanted to say something, he was interrupted by Hou Ruolan again: "If you want to quell the rebellion, bring the troops over by yourself, don't bite me like a mad dog!"

"You are the general of the forbidden army, you belong to the military general who determines the country and the country, I am a civil minister, mainly in charge of the internal affairs of the empire, how can I lead troops to fight this kind of thing, how can I let a civil minister and strategist go into battle and ask you for what the general is eating!"

"Smack!" Hou Ruolan shook his hand with a big mouth and slapped it on Prime Minister Liu Cheng's face.

At this time, Mang Kongtian couldn't stand it anymore: "General Hou, what do you mean, you dare to beat Prime Minister Liu Cheng in front of the court, what kind of system is this!"

Hou Ruolan said in a deep voice: "The military salary of the Royal Forbidden Army has been deducted by Liu Dayu for many years, and His Majesty has turned a deaf ear to this matter!"

"The forbidden army team is hungry, the military food is not as good as the robbers who fall into the grass in the mountains, the forbidden army equipment is outdated, the personnel are old, the combat power is declining day by day, and it no longer has the ability to go on expeditions, if Your Majesty has the intention of expedition, you can let Liu Dayu lead the private soldiers of the Prime Minister's Mansion to go!"

"The Royal Forbidden Army will do its best to protect the safety of the imperial capital!"

Mang Kongtian shook his head and smiled: "I didn't say that I would send the forbidden army to the expedition, as the general said, this is the private matter of the Falling Moon Immortal, and we can't control it!"

Hou Ruolan asked again: "Then what about the salary of our forbidden army......

"Let's discuss the matter of military salaries tomorrow!" Hou Ruolan's words were interrupted by Mang Kongtian before he finished speaking, "Now that the treasury is in short supply, let the soldiers wait a few more days!"

"Retreat!" When Hou Ruolan was about to say something, Mang Kongtian had already gotten up and left the dragon chair.

Hou Ruolan dared to openly beat Liu Dayu in the court, this is simply crazy, Liu Dayu is naturally extremely indignant about this matter, but he doesn't dare to do anything to Hou Ruolan.

Because the Hou family holds the military power of the empire, Hou Ruolan's father, Hou Dingbang, is the general of the forbidden army handpicked by Taizu Mang and Taihu!

Although Hou Dingbang has now withdrawn from the forbidden army and is retired at home, his prestige in the army is still extremely high.

According to the convention, Hou Dingbang should pass on his position as a general to his eldest son after "retirement", but Hou Dingbang went against the norm and directly passed on his position as a general to his youngest daughter Hou Ruolan.

The general also belongs to the nobility of the empire, and the official title can be inherited by hereditary, and Hou Dingbang can wear it to whoever he wants to pass it on, as long as the person who is inherited is indeed his bloodline, and others have no right to interfere.

Hou Ruolan was not happy to be the general of the guard for a few days, and she knew why her father gave her the position.

The emperor is deaf to Wu Neng, Taizu can't go out of retreat, the traitors in the court are in charge, and the majesty of the forbidden army is not there!

At the beginning of the establishment of the Royal Forbidden Army, there were 10 million people, and Taizu led this team to sweep the world, sweep the Eight Wilderness, and make miraculous achievements.

And now, the remaining royal forbidden army is just an empty shell.

Raising soldiers requires money, this is an eternal law, the killing world is an extremely chaotic place, in order to ensure the royal authority, the 10 million army of the forbidden army needs to be raised for a long time, it cannot be said that it is too late to recruit from the people in case of war.

The Praetorian Army is all the best of the best, and if you want to make these people loyal, you have to give them very high benefits.

Before Taizu retreated, the standard of treatment of the forbidden army was comparable to that of the honorary royal family of the empire, although they were not of royal blood, they enjoyed the supreme status that only the imperial family had.

The powerhouses in the killing world are eager for the Royal Forbidden Army, and they all want to join the Royal Forbidden Army to enjoy high-level treatment.

At that time, the Royal Forbidden Army was a place where elites gathered, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong!

But after Taizu's retreat, the situation was reversed, and the reckless sky favored the traitorous ministers, and he was extravagant and extravagant all day long.

During his reign of several hundred years, more than 70 palaces were built alone, and there were also a series of actually brilliant entertainment buildings such as Wanghai Tower, Sky Tower, and Star Pavilion, all of which were major events that cost the people and money.

Recently, Mangkong Tian spent another 5 trillion silver coins to build a sea palace!

Not only is Mang Kongtian himself extremely poor and extravagant, but the group of sycophants raised under his hands are also doing everything they can to eat, drink and have fun, and they do everything possible to make the emperor spend money.

And the members of the royal family have also followed the example of the reckless sky, not thinking of making progress all day long, only knowing how to eat, drink, and put on a shelf.

The resources that need to be consumed are very large, where does the money come from?

The military salary expenditure of the royal forbidden army, when Taizu was alive, could almost account for more than seventy percent of the overall financial expenses of the empire, and the money spent on the forbidden army was several times more than the money spent by Taizu's own royal family, and it was all used on the blade, it would be strange if the forbidden army was not strong.

After Taizu's retreat, Mang Kongtian listened to the slanderous rumors of traitorous ministers that he wanted to "cut" military spending and reduce financial pressure.

Mang Kongtian tried to cut the military salary by 20%, but Hou Dingbang resolutely opposed it.

After the military got the information, there was also a "change", and Mang Kongtian was worried that the mutiny of the forbidden army would threaten his imperial power, so he had to retract his order to abandon the plan to reduce military salaries, and severely reprimanded the minister who made the suggestion.

The plan to cut military salaries will not work, and once the military salaries are cut, it will inevitably trigger a mutiny in the forbidden army!

But Liu Dayu has a way, if the military salary can't be cut, we won't cut it, and we won't have to delay them for a while!

At the beginning, Mang Kongtian followed Liu Dayu's proposal to postpone the payment of military salaries for a few days every month.

Although there were some complaints from the forbidden army, the military salary was finally paid, and everyone didn't pay too much attention to it.