Chen Xuan came to the court excitedly without even changing his court uniform.
Sitting on the dragon chair.
I originally planned to let the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs make suggestions and formulate policies and strategies to suppress bandits.
However... hoora!
A large number of people knelt down in the court hall.
"Your Majesty, you must not be reckless. The banditry in Yuzhou is serious and it has reached the point where you have become the king. How can your Majesty, with his wealth of gold, go deep into the dangerous situation? You should send generals to suppress the bandits?"
"Your Majesty, I am willing to go on my behalf."
"Your Majesty, just leave the banditry to the governor. Your Majesty has so many things to do. How can you do such a useless thing?"
"..."
Every word you say to me is to advise Chen Xuan, to ask him to be calm and consider the long term.
Only the old general Liu Dingbei was willing to go out to suppress the bandits on His Majesty's behalf.
"Okay, okay, you are really good at it. You are worthy of being my loyal minister."
Chen Xuan laughed angrily.
"I have called you here not to persuade me, but to make suggestions."
"It's better for you. Each of you has given up before fighting. Do you still have the spirit of a good man from the Dawei Dynasty?"
A good manly spirit?
We are all civil servants.
What do you need courage for?
Isn't it bad to be honest and greedy for money?
If you have to fight life and death, why bother?
"No matter how much you try to persuade me, I won't listen."
Chen Xuan added: "I have made up my mind to send troops to exterminate the bandits in Yuzhou. Anyone who dares to stop them will be thrown into prison for colluding with the bandits."
"When I return in triumph, I will ask you at the gate of the city to celebrate my victory."
Hearing this, everyone drooped their heads and remained silent.
But they all have their own secrets in their hearts.
Some people hope that Chen Xuan will fight in person, and it is best to die in Yuzhou and never come back, so that he can do what he wants to do in the palace.
Some lamented that Your Majesty is still strong and can still fight.
There are also people who feel sorry for Your Majesty. He is nearly sixty years old, yet he still leads troops to fight. The huge Wei Dynasty cannot find a general who can replace His Majesty in the war.
Like Liu Dingbei.
The smile on his face never faded.
Very good.
I finally have a place to use it again.
Otherwise, the dignified generals would argue endlessly with these civil servants in the court all day long, and their former vigor would have been worn away.
This time when I go on an expedition with His Majesty, I will kill the bandits who must be killed.
Reproduce the legend of General Zhenbei.
"Three days."
Chen Xuan continued: "I only give you three days."
"Gather 50,000 troops and horses for me."
"Three days later, I will take them to Yuzhou for an expedition. There must be no mistakes."
"The Beijing Army is responsible for this matter."
"Anyone who dares to stop him will be arrested directly and thrown into the prison."
"Yes, I accept your order."
Liu Dingbei said excitedly.
However, Yun Chengze, the Minister of War, stood up and said with a frown: "It's a good thing that your Majesty will lead the expedition in person, but where can you raise so many troops and horses in three days?"
"There are 10,000 royal guards in the imperial city and 20,000 defenders in Chang'an City. These two armies are the key to maintaining the Wei Dynasty and should not be touched lightly."
"Where did the fifty thousand soldiers and horses come from?"
Chen Xuan looked slightly embarrassed.
He actually forgot about the soldiers and horses.
Do we need to mobilize the Royal Guards of the Imperial City? Or mobilize the guards of Chang'an City?
Chen Xuan hesitated.
Before he could think of a solution, Liu Lai, the Minister of Household Affairs, also stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, even if we have troops and horses, where is the food and grass?"
"A soldier must eat at least three kilograms of grain a day, and 50,000 soldiers will consume 1,250 kilograms of grain a day."
"Yuzhou is a long way away and the army marches slowly. It will take at least ten days to reach Yuzhou."
"Ten days each way, round trip, this is twenty days."
"The bandits are scattered all over the place, often hiding in hidden places such as dense forests on the top of mountains. It takes a certain amount of time to search everywhere."
"Plus fighting, confrontations, etc."
"If we don't have half a year, we won't be able to finish it."
"Half a year, one hundred and eighty days, two hundred and twenty-five thousand shi of food."
"Your Majesty, the treasury does not have that much food."
My internal funds are abundant, and I can gather together the food and fodder for 50,000 soldiers and horses without spending a single penny from the treasury.
Chen Xuan wanted to slap him in the face by arrogantly saying such words.
However, he held back.
The internal funds are his own small treasury, and the national treasury belongs to the Dawei Dynasty.
You can use your internal funds to take whatever you want, and no one dares to make irresponsible remarks.
But if the money from the treasury is used, this minister will advise and dissuade, and the other minister will make irresponsible remarks.
Even if no one refuted it, he still had to go through several procedures and layers of seals before the silver would fall into his hands.
It seems that it has not fallen into his hands.
He was dispatched directly.
It’s still comfortable to use internal money.
So if you can't use it, don't use it.
First drain the national treasury. If it is really not enough, then use internal funds to make up for it.
Just as he was about to ask how much silver was left in the treasury, Zhu Zhu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, also stood up.
"Your Majesty, there are also weapons and armor."
"In recent years, our Wei Dynasty has seen the pity of neighboring countries and has wanted to reward them with things, including iron."
"So much so that we don't have much iron available for hammering weapons and armor now, and we have to send a batch of it to the border every year."
"There is not much left in the warehouse. There are only more than 10,000 sets. There is no way to equip 50,000 soldiers and horses."
Chen Xuan was embarrassed again.
I actually forgot about the weapons.
What to do?
You can't go out unarmed to suppress bandits, right?
If that's the case, it's not certain who will suppress whom.
But before he could make any response, He Zhi, the Minister of Rites, also stood up.
He said loudly: "Your Majesty's expedition is a major event for the country."
"You must first choose a good time and find an auspicious day, then worship the ancestors, then mobilize the three armies, boost morale, etc."
"The Dawei Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and etiquette and law cannot be abolished."
"His Majesty said that the expedition will take place in three days, but I am not ready to come out."
"I……"
Chen Xuan was choked.
However, Tao Zeyuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, also stood up.
"Your Majesty, you are going on an expedition and it will take almost half a year to leave. What will happen to the court? Who will handle the state affairs?"
"Can't we make some arrangements here?"
"I'm afraid three days is not enough."
"I……"
Chen Xuan's face was as dark as coal.
I really haven’t thought about it that much.
He only listened to Xu Tianhua's story about Zhao Ping's suppression of bandits.
We discussed taking action that night and dispatched it the next day.
Then on the third day, all the bandits in Yun'an County were wiped out.
In three days, they had wiped out the bandits in a county.
He had already relaxed his policy very much, and it took him three days to assemble the army and prepare to set off, but he couldn't do this or that.
There were so many civil and military personnel in the Manchu Dynasty, but they could not match the efficiency of Zhao Ping alone.
What's the use of them?
Chen Xuan looked like he hated iron.
But when I thought about it again, I felt that what these people said was very reasonable.
Going on an expedition, worshiping heaven, worshiping ancestors, and boosting morale are all necessary processes.
There is also food and grass.
When an army goes to war, food and grass go first. This is an eternal truth.
Weapons and armor must also be well-armed.
We also need to assemble soldiers and so on.
Don't say he is an emperor.
Even if General Zhenbei goes on an expedition, these are essential processes.
It's so complicated.
The key is that he is the emperor. When he leaves the palace, he must make arrangements for his death.
Who will manage state affairs?
Who will review the memorial?
Do you have to count on your six-year-old son?
What's more, that's not his own son.
To be able to keep him alive until now is a gift from himself.
After careful consideration, Chen Xuan said with a cold face: "I can't control that much."
"Zhao Ping's bandit suppression campaign has wiped out all the bandits in a county in three days."
"Am I not as good as him?"
"Or are my civil and military officials no match for the rabble around Zhao Ping?"
All the ministers had dark faces and did not dare to refute.
It’s Zhao Ping again!
Why is this second-rate man so favored by His Majesty?
Take him out from time to time to compare.
How can Zhao Pingwen bring peace to the world with his pen?
Didn't you see that he wrote a song called "About to Enter the Wine"? Looking at ancient and modern times, no one can compare with him.
Wu Neng can immediately determine the outcome.
Don't you see, Zhao Ping, a mere second-rate man, can wipe out the banditry problem that the Wei Dynasty has never been able to solve in three days.
What's more, Zhao Ping is also a miracle doctor.
It is simple and easy to resolve the plague problem that has never been overcome in history.
Yes, Zhao Ping can also make wine.
The acacia wine produced crushed all the wines in the Dawei Dynasty and even in history.
Even counting the tribute wine offered by the surrounding countries, it is not as flavorful as the acacia wine.
You can also make some inventions and creations.
Like soap.
One piece can clean away the old dust accumulated on the body.
Even the second-generation ancestors in the capital have developed other uses for soap, such as wiping it on when taking a shower to make it easier to do something.
Moreover, some second-generation ancestors have sent people to secretly convey messages to Zhao Ping.
Ask him to create some soap with a special scent.
Such as floral scent.
Like peach blossoms, jasmine.
When the earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking, smelling those fragrances can make people feel like they are under the peach blossom tree, next to the jasmine,...
In short, as long as Zhao Ping's name is spoken from His Majesty's mouth, all civil and military officials will have a headache.
When the situation was serious, Chen Xuan could praise Xiao Banri without using harsh words.
Hearing Zhao Ping's name again at this time made these ministers itch with hatred.
If Zhao Ping were right in front of them, they would all want to skin him alive and eat his flesh raw.
"That's it."
Fortunately, Chen Xuan did not continue to praise Zhao Ping at this moment, but said coldly: "In three days, I will go on an expedition. You can take care of the rest."
"Retreat from the court."
"Goodbye, Jingcheng."
At the same time, outside Chang'an City, a woman wearing a veil turned around and sighed, "I hope that next time I come to the capital, I will no longer be coerced, but return to my hometown in fine clothes."
She is Tian Rou who Chen Xuan sent people to look for.
Leaving Beijing today, next stop is Jiangnan.
