The Male Wife

Chapter 255

Pei Cheng pursed his lips, because he was anxious, but he didn't know what to do, so he could only look at Jiang Linzhi with worried eyes, "I know you don't want to go into this muddy water in your heart. I don't know what to do in the palace now." What is going on in the courtyard? I am worried. I am worried about what will happen to the Wuwu Pavilion after the new emperor ascends the throne. If the First Prince ascends the throne, then the Wuwu Pavilion will not be targeted by the royal family, even if the Eldest Prince thinks If we want to insert the royal staff into the Inorganic Pavilion, as long as we are careful, the matter will not be too serious. But if the throne is occupied by the second prince's successor, the situation will be very different."

Jiang Linzhi looked at Pei Cheng with a smile that was not a smile. In his impression, Pei Cheng was the kind of person who liked more things than less things. If it didn't endanger Pei Cheng's interests, Pei Cheng would basically not meddle in his own business. Yes, so he thought that Pei Cheng still didn't know much about the competition between the first prince and the second prince, but he didn't expect that Pei Cheng had already thought so much.It seems that the matter of the century-old Caizhi really occupies a great importance in Pei Cheng's psychology, so that it makes Pei Cheng frightened to this extent.

Jiang Linzhi kissed the corner of Pei Cheng's mouth with half helplessness and half love, and comforted him in a low voice: "I will make things right, you don't have to worry too much. If there is no battle between the first prince and the second prince Be sure, I won't find the First Prince easily."

After being soothed by Jiang Linzhi's words, Pei Cheng realized how carefully Jiang Linzhi was doing things. Pei Cheng pursed his lips and finally showed a happy smile, "I shouldn't talk too much about this. , but I am really worried that you will... If you are really sure, then I am relieved."

It may be because of the trust in Jiang Linzhi, or it may be because Pei Cheng has little knowledge, so he doesn't think the battle for the throne will really be as simple as Jiang Linzhi said——Jiang Linzhi is [-]% sure that The eldest prince will get the throne, but in this battle for the throne, as long as the second prince has a [-]% chance, he will fight to the death.

How could the second prince, who had been so embarrassing after fighting for the position of the crown prince with the eldest prince for so long, not know that once he lost the throne and the throne was occupied by the eldest prince, what was waiting for him would not be assigned To a remote and unpopular fief, that is death.

If the second prince ascended the throne, the eldest prince would have already been prepared to leave the imperial capital or die.Everyone knows that the winner is king and the loser is bandit.

As for who has seized the position of the throne now, only the people in the palace can know the first-hand news.

The second prince's mother and concubine soon received the news from the Imperial Study Room. She looked at the maid who came to report the news in disbelief, her eyes were full of excitement, she was speechless, and after a long time, she came back again. Sitting on the ground laughing and crying, I don't know if the laughter is real or fake.

Not long after, the imperial guards received orders from the new emperor, and soon unsealed the entire imperial palace that had been sealed off.Early the next morning, the entire imperial capital knew the news that the new emperor was about to ascend the throne.

The eldest prince proudly called the counselor and Chu Xun into the palace to discuss matters after enthroning. Chu Xun hesitated and said, "His Majesty, now that your major event has been accomplished, should we just..."

First prince, no, it should be the new emperor. He put on a brand new imperial robe, and sat on the dragon chair that only belonged to the emperor. Surprise attack, the second child found another chance to escape from the palace last night. Now the enthronement matter should be put aside first, and we should focus all our energy on defeating the foreign army."

The counselor shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this method is not appropriate. The foreign army is rising now and is about to invade the land of our country. Now is the day when the people's hearts are in turmoil. If the new emperor's enthronement ceremony is cancelled, the people's hearts will be even worse." Can’t be appeased. In order to comfort the people of our country at this time, we should hold the enthronement ceremony as scheduled, rather than just give up the enthronement ceremony.”

"But now the battlefield ahead is struggling to kill the enemy, and all the soldiers are busy defending against foreign enemies, but I am going to hold a grand enthronement ceremony in the imperial capital. If word of this spreads, both the hearts of the common people and the hearts of the soldiers will be chilled." What's more, now Jiang Wei is still on the battlefield ahead, and I really don't have the heart to hold the enthronement ceremony." The counselor was so anxious, "Your Majesty, it is because of the surprise attack of the foreign army that General Jiang is still leading the soldiers on the battlefield ahead To defend against the enemy, we need to hold the Enthronement Ceremony even more. The time for the Enthronement Ceremony to swear an oath to the new emperor has come, so that we can better boost morale."

"The storeroom of the court is almost not enough to support the food and grass of the military camp for three months. If this continues, let alone boost morale, it will not even be able to stabilize the morale of the army." , what Chu Xun said after careful consideration is more pertinent.

The new emperor glanced at Chu Xun appreciatively, and his tone was full of worry, "I think so too. The military pay in the front battlefield is almost insufficient, and the Kuyin that the court can produce now is not enough to support the soldiers in the future." The military pay needed for the war within three months. If the enthronement ceremony is held at this time, the money will be needed at that time."

The counselor sensed that something was wrong, "Over the past few years, there have been no natural or man-made disasters in China, nor has there been a large-scale plague plague, and no palaces or temples have been built. There is no place where money can be used. How could there be no money?"

Chu Xun also wanted to ask the new emperor this question, "Your Majesty, why is the treasury so badly short now?

The new emperor's face was full of hostility, "I have been busy reviewing memorials for my father these years, and I rarely paid attention to whether the treasury was secretly plotted to cause a serious deficit. My father has been ill in bed during this time, especially I don’t have the time and energy to care about the war ahead and the deficit of the national treasury, so that when I found out, most of the money in the treasury was secretly taken away by the second child and the steward in charge of the finances with various reasons on the books.”

The second prince did get closer to the steward in charge of the treasury a few days ago, but everyone didn't take it seriously at the time, because the steward in charge of the treasury was the second prince's maternal uncle.But what everyone didn't expect was that these two people were actually planning such a thing when they hid aside a few days ago.

Chu Xun's face was full of unspeakable anger, "The battle ahead is tense, and it is only natural for the court to replenish food and grass to the barracks in time, but these scumbags secretly took away the money from the treasury, it is... unreasonable!"

The new emperor pursed his lips and said: "Now the second child doesn't know where he fled overnight, and I sent people out to look for him, but he couldn't find anyone. I'm afraid that the second child will be overwhelmed for a while, and will take the money to find the enemy. Army, then my whole royal family will become a joke of the world."

Chu Xun and the counselor looked at each other. They thought it was suspicious that the second prince disappeared like this, but they never thought that the second prince would go to the enemy army. They thought it was impossible. Chu Xun advised the new emperor, "The second prince also grew up under the teachings of the former emperor. Even if he did things unreliably, he would not be so stupid as to use Huaguo's money to cooperate with the enemy army. The foreign army is from the wild Western Regions. They A few years ago, they vowed to pay tribute to our country of China and surrender to our country, but now they want to resist us, which shows that the words of these people are absolutely unbelievable."

The new emperor's face was full of sarcasm, "If the second child really knew this truth, he wouldn't really run away with the money from the treasury."

The adviser said: "Your Majesty, the most important thing we need to solve now is the deficit of the national treasury. How should we provide food and grass for the barracks? Soldiers are fighting ahead, and we must not hold them back.

The new emperor lowered his eyes to conceal the coldness that flashed in his eyes, "Now that the national treasury is in short supply, we can only ask civil and military officials for money and goods."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." The counselor thought about it and still felt bad, "How can the new emperor ask for money and things from civil and military officials when he ascends the throne? It will also make people in the world laugh when it is spread."

"If one day our country of Hua is beaten to the gate by a foreign army because our soldiers in Hua country don't have enough food and clothing to keep warm, then it will really make the world laugh at us." Chu Xun retorted the counselor's opinion , "Your Majesty, the Baihou Mansion is willing to donate 3 taels of silver to the national treasury, so that our Dahua territory can drive out the foreign army as soon as possible."

The new emperor finally showed joy on his face, "Okay, okay, let the civil and military officials donate half of their family assets to the national treasury tomorrow, and then let the merchants from all over the country donate a penny to the national treasury." Barracks ahead."

"If you have money, you can contribute your strength. If you don't have money, let them donate labor." Chu Xun said that many businessmen are willing to donate money on such occasions, but there are also many who refuse to donate money, " If you don't want to, donate."

The counselor lowered his eyes, Chu Xun's favor was something he never expected.

Maybe it was because his eyes were too decisive to sign in the first place, the counselor thought in his heart.

The new emperor glanced at the counselor without a trace, and sighed in his heart. The counselor helped him a lot in the past years, and the suggestion he just made was for his own consideration, but the counselor forgot one thing. Now he is the king of this country Therefore, the starting point for a counselor to think about things is not to simply think about his own master, but to think about the whole world.

Chu Xun has a long-term vision, and the education he has been exposed to since he was a child is also the principle of governing the country and the world, so he especially agrees with Chu Xun's idea just now.

Counselors still need to learn more about Chu Xun's way of governing the world.