A Clash of Gods - Chapter 541

[Chapter 542 1 Arrow Counting Sculptures]

Longtai’s expression changed slightly, and he looked at Lu Xiao, the minister of military affairs, and said solemnly, “Lu Xiao, is there something wrong?”

Lu Xiao hurriedly went out and said, “Reporting to the emperor, the minister also wants to transfer the general’s salary, but the minister has no silver in his hand, so he can’t even if he wants to.”

Dou Kui immediately said: “Lord Lu, last month the Ministry of Household allocated salaries to the Ministry of War. I can’t blame the Ministry of Household for this.”

“Master Dou, you did pay the military taels of silver last month, but that amount of money is far from enough for all soldiers and horses to receive military pay.” Lu Xiao said: “The Qinhuai Army on the front line can’t delay the military pay, Donghai Sea On the other side of the division, they are naturally in arrears. In addition, it is almost summer, and they have to change their uniforms. Qinhuai Corps and Donghai Division have been delayed for a long time in the purchase of ordnance, and they have to be resolved. ”

Dou Kui said: “Lord Lu, how much wealth does the Ministry of Household have, don’t say that you don’t know at all, here you are shrinking your clothes and dieting, cutting down various expenses, the annual money allocated to your Ministry of War is the biggest expense. The Ministry of Household is already stretched thin, and the yamen of the various ministries go to the Ministry of Household every day to ask for money, and I’m already overwhelmed.”

Lu Xiao said: “Master Dou, the subordinate only takes care of the money to do things. As for how much money your household has, the subordinate is the servant of the military department, and he doesn’t have any control over your household. How much money is there, and how much the subordinate is responsible for, and only We can start with the most urgent matters.” Turning to Longtai, he respectfully said: “Your Majesty, the military salaries of the Black Scale Camp are always in my heart, and I also send people to the Ministry of Housing every three days to urge them, but hey, the Ministry of Households may There are really difficulties, and this matter can only be discussed in the long run.”

“Is it a long-term plan?” Qi Ning said with a smile: “Master Lu, this Marquis asks you, can the salaries of the Black Sword Battalion be allocated?”

Lu Xiao was startled, glanced at Duke Zhenguo, nodded slightly, and Qi Ning asked again: “Where is Xuanwu winning? What about Shenwu Camp? And what about Royal Yulin Camp? Compared with the Donghai Division, these soldiers and horses are all inside and outside the capital. If their soldiers are in arrears and have not been paid, Ben Hou will not say anything more today, but among these soldiers, only one of them has been paid. , in this court today, you have to make things clear.”

However, Jin Daohou didn’t seem to hear it, and was still sitting in the chair motionless.

Many officials were a little surprised, thinking that the young people were still too reckless. They wanted to ask Lu Xiao to ask for soldiers’ wages. When can’t, but it happened today. This golden sword will not go out for 800 years. Today is not easy. When I came to the court, Jin Yi Hou went directly to the Ministry of War. Wouldn’t that be a disgrace to the old marquis? Although the Ministry of War is now managed by Lu Xiao, the old marquis is still the minister of the Ministry of War, and he is directed at the Ministry of War, that is, directed at the Ministry of War. The old man.

Behind Lu Xiao, there is a golden sword waiting for him, and he was born in the army, but he was hard-hearted, and sneered: “The soldiers and horses that Hou Ye said have indeed received their salaries, but they just arrived at the Black Scale Camp. Exhausted, even the subordinate officials can’t make money, the Hou Ye is asking the subordinate officials to make it clear, and the subordinate officials can only continue to urge the Ministry of households.”

Dou Kui shook his head and said, “Lord Lu, you are putting a knife on this officer’s neck right now, and this officer can’t take a tael of silver to send it to your military department. The household department is in charge of the country’s finances, but your military department is not the only one who spends money. .”

“Master Lu, you have considered changing your uniforms and armaments, but you didn’t expect to allocate military salaries to the Black Scale Camp?” Qi Ning smiled and clapped his hands: “Okay, I won’t say much, since the emperor will send the Black Scale Camp Hand it over to this marquis, if this marquis can’t even guarantee their meals, I will give you the favor of the emperor and the soldiers of the Black Scale Battalion. This marquis will give you two days. Hou can only take them to find them by themselves.”

Lu Xiao frowned and said, “Master Hou, what do you mean by that? Do you want to condone officers and soldiers looting?”

“That won’t happen.” Qi Ning smiled and said, “Master Lu, you haven’t allocated money for a long time. Could it be that you want to force them to loot and let the Black Scale Camp be destroyed?”

Lu Xiao’s face changed drastically, and he said sternly, “Master Hou, above the court, please be careful.”

“Don’t talk nonsense, there is nothing to be said carefully.” Qi Ning said coldly: “Don’t worry,

The Black Scale Battalion is a soldier of the imperial court. It abides by military regulations and national laws, and will never loot wantonly. Wouldn’t it be a rogue?

Ben Hou just wanted to take them to the Ministry of War to find you, Mr. Lu. Since he can’t even eat without food, naturally he doesn’t need to mention this training, and he will go to your Ministry of War to have a full stomach first.

”

Lu Xiao’s face was ugly, and he turned to Longtai: “Your Majesty, Jin Yihou’s threatening words were heard by all the civil and military people of the court, and the emperor also asked for a lesson.”

“Your Majesty, rebuilding the Black Scale Camp is the emperor’s will.” Qi Ning immediately said, “Lu Xiao does not allocate troops, that is, he doesn’t want to rebuild the Black Scale Camp, and it is against the Emperor’s will. I ask the Emperor to send someone. Thorough investigation, what is the intention of this Lord Lu? The Black Scale Battalion has only a thousand people. Among the troops, the number of troops is the least. It is reasonable to say that the army salary is the easiest to solve. Since Lord Lu does not want to solve it, the minister will solve it in person. The Emperor’s Insight.”

Longtai said lightly: “Lu Xiao, rebuilding the Black Scale Camp is what I mean, since your Ministry of War cannot allocate the army’s salaries, from now on, the army’s salaries for the Black Scale Camp will be directly allocated by the Ministry of Household every month. Dou Kui, Hei The salaries of Lin Ying should be listed separately by your household, and will be allocated on time in the future.”

Lu Xiao hurriedly said, “Your Majesty, this!”

Before he could finish speaking, Longtai had already said: “Since the military salaries are not allocated by your Ministry of War, the Ministry of War will not have the right to mobilize the Black Scale Battalion from now on without your hand.”

At this time, all the ministers understood that the little emperor was indeed furious with Longyan.

This means that if from now on, the Black Scale Battalion bypasses the Ministry of War and will be directly commanded by the emperor.

Lu Xiao glanced at Tantai Huang, and seeing that Tantai Huang remained calm, he could only say: “The ministers obey the order!”

“Today’s court meeting, let’s stop here.” The little emperor got up without saying much, turned around and left, and hung a group of ministers on the court.

The eunuch in charge of the hall shouted to disperse the court, and the ministers finished their rituals. Only then did they exit the Fengtian Hall in order. As soon as they left the hall, a eunuch approached Qi Ning and said softly: “Master Hou, the emperor has a decree, and ordered Hou I’m going to the imperial study room, I have something to explain.”

Qi Ning didn’t talk too much. He followed behind the eunuch and went straight to the imperial study room. After reporting, he entered the imperial study room and saw Long Tai sitting behind the imperial desk. He saw Qi Ning coming over, waved his hand, and waited for Qi Ning to approach. In the past, Long Tai said, “Do you have a traitor in your Jinyi Hou Mansion?”

Qi Ning might as well say this to Longtai, frowning and said, “Why does the emperor ask that?”

“Don’t you see it?” Long Tai sneered: “Feng Ruohai’s bastard, it’s not a pity to die, but the Sima family knows the evidence of his crime, don’t you still understand?”

Qi Ning nodded slightly and said, “Feng Ruohai is impeaching Sima Changshen at the court today. Before the court meeting, Sima Lan had a clear grasp of it.”

“Feng Ruohai was naturally instigated by King Huainan.” Long Tai said, “Of course the people from King Huainan also spent their time trying to bring down Sima Changshen at today’s court meeting. They must have done it extremely secretly. I won’t leak the slightest bit of rumors in advance, it would be a surprise to the Sima family, but how could Sima Lan be so clear about their affairs?”

“The emperor is saying that among the people of King Huainan, there are eyes and ears of Sima Lan?” Qi Ning frowned.

Long Tai said: “Besides this, I can’t think of any other possibilities.”

“The king of Huainan and Sima Lan fought openly and secretly. It is not unusual for the two sides to send inmates or even bribe each other as traitors.” Qi Ning looked solemn, “The most surprising thing is that the Sima family actually holds so many powerful people from Feng Ruohai. Evidence of the crime. Your Majesty, Feng Ruohai concealed reports on farming and committed corruption and corruption for personal gain. These things must be very secretive, and it is a matter of life and death. Feng Ruohai will never be negligent. If the Sima family wants to get so much evidence, they must It can be done in ten days and a half months.”

Longtai clenched his fist and said, “You mean, the Sima family has already grasped the evidence of these crimes?”

Qi Ning nodded and said: “I think so, and the Sima family will never have only Feng Ruohai’s criminal evidence.” After a pause, his face was solemn, and then he said: “Sima Lan is the founding marquis, this man is scheming, if if He secretly collected the evidence of officials from a very early age, and there are many civil and military officials in the court, I am afraid that there are not many clean ones, and the evidence in his hands is naturally not a few.”

“If Feng Ruohai didn’t come out this time, Sima Lan would not have brought out the evidence.” Long Tai said, “Since Sima Lan knew in advance that Feng Ruohai was going to impeach Sima Changshen, he asked Hu Geng to prepare the evidence. Just above the court meeting, counterattack and put Feng Ruohai to death.”

Qi Ning said: “That’s it. Feng Ruohai is the servant of the Ministry of Household, and he is considered a high-ranking person. Today, the Sima family took action and immediately cut off this person, just waiting for Ruozhen to gouge out the king of Huainan.” Some, whispered: “The Sima family’s move today can be said to kill with one stone.”

“How to kill with one arrow?”

Qi Ning said: “The people of King Huainan are naturally not stupid. They haven’t found out that there is a traitor around them, so after today’s incident, the people of King Huainan will definitely investigate who the traitor is. Your Majesty, think about it, In this way, the King of Huainan and the people around him will inevitably have suspicions, as long as the suspicions are together, they will not be monolithic.”

“Not bad.” Long Tai said: “Although the King of Huainan has a lot of power in the court, he is not comparable to the Sima family. Once the people of the King of Huainan become suspicious of each other, it will be even more beneficial to the Sima family.”

“Secondly, Feng Ruohai participated in the impeachment of Sima Changshen at the court meeting today, but in the blink of an eye, he was counter-killed, and now he has been imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. This person is already dead. The end is tragic.” Qi Ning said: “Manchu civil and military officials have seen it with their own eyes, Sima Lan’s actions are actually a warning to the Manchu civil and military, whoever is the enemy of him, Sima Price, is the end, and the ministers see it in the eyes. , who can not be afraid? Whoever wants to impeach the Sima family in the future must first weigh them, whether they have two heads.”

Longtai said coldly: “That’s what I worry about most. After today, I’m afraid no one will dare to impeach someone from the Sima family.”

“Thirdly, Sima Lan brought out the evidence of Feng Ruohai’s crime at the time, and it was the general manager of Feng’s residence and the woman beside him who proved Feng Ruohai’s guilt. How could everyone not be afraid of such means?” Qi Ning said, “Everyone is If you are not a fool, you can see that Feng Ruohai’s criminal evidence is well prepared. As I just said, Sima Lan may have arrested many people’s criminal evidence. Therefore, if they defected to the Sima family, even the henchmen of the King of Huainan would probably consider whether to follow the King of Huainan.”

Long Tai said: “You mean that those officials were worried that the Sima family would come up with their own criminal evidence at any time, and in order to protect themselves, they defected to the Sima family. As a result, they became the lackeys of the Sima family, and the Sima family naturally wouldn’t do anything to him? ”

“No one knows how many people are in Sima Lan’s hands. After the court disbanded today, the dignitaries in the court are all worried.” Qi Ning sneered: “Feng Ruohai poisoned the clan uncle and occupied the auntie, so secretive. Everyone is worried that their unknown things are already in the hands of Sima Lan, and in order not to take risks, it is of course the best choice to go to Sima Lan.”

“boom!”

Longtai slammed his fist on the imperial desk, his voice was low and stern: “This Sima Lan has seized so many people’s evidence, is he really conspiring to form a party?”