After hearing what the Minister of War said, the emperor interrupted angrily and was about to curse.

At this time, a secret letter was handed into his hands.

The emperor opened the letter and read it carefully. Then, his face changed slightly, his brows furrowed, showing a somewhat solemn expression.

He took a deep breath and said slowly: "Instruct the Minister of Household Affairs and the Minister of War to go to the Imperial Study Room immediately to discuss matters!"

The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry... were all promoted by him personally and were also his right-hand men.

It’s not that the emperor didn’t believe what they said, he just couldn’t swallow it.

What's more, according to the concubine Wei, the food in Xuanyan Castle is inexhaustible.

Nowadays, the treasury is empty and people in the capital are panicked. Although the war in the south has subsided.

What the emperor just received was a secret letter sent back by a spy, saying that Chu Lixuan was leading people to open up wasteland and farm in Yazhou.

And Lu Chengdi was nowhere to be found, and the remaining hundreds of thousands of Lu family troops actually turned to Chu Lixuan for food. It was simply unreasonable.

While Chu Lixuan's men and horses are all in the south, I will first raid your lair, which is more than 10,000 miles away from Youzhou and Yazhou.

I will occupy the Laoshizi Castle and completely cut off your food supply. I will see how you can do it!

His Majesty the Emperor was thinking viciously in his heart.

Their Dongchen Kingdom is a super-large country with the largest area, the largest population, and the most fertile land among the four countries on this continent.

It has hundreds of prefectures, counties, villages and countless people living here.

And he, Xuanyuan Qi, is the emperor of Dongchen, and he is the ruler of this land.

That's right, there is a poem that means "Princes and generals are in love with each other." That's what it means.

The ruler of this land is the imperial power and his world of Xuanyuan Qi, not democracy.

But now, there is actually a criminal who is more wanton than me. This is not bad, everything about him must be destroyed.

Suddenly, a hurried voice sounded: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to come to the imperial study to discuss matters."

"Xuan." The emperor opened his eyes and asked in a deep voice.

He is used to his own identity and is used to controlling the overall situation. Only in this way can he feel comfortable.

Of course, for those whom he regards as tools, they may not receive such treatment.

But there is no way, who calls him the master and the emperor?

"From now on, I will mobilize 300,000 troops to suppress the West and immediately go to Youzhou to attack Laoshizi Castle. What do you think?"

When the emperor saw that everyone had arrived, he said what he had decided before.

The ministers all advocated not fighting for the time being, not to mention that the Zhennan Marquis had driven the Nanman out of their territory in Dongchen.

They rushed to send troops to attack the family's home base. This was not a typical act of ignorance, but they did not dare to oppose His Majesty's will easily.

I can only say against my will: "I obey the decree, your Majesty is wise and mighty."

"Your Majesty is wise, we will attack Chu Lixuan's lair while his men are still in the south."

The emperor was extremely satisfied with the rainbow farts of the ministers. This is only right. There is no royal land in the world.

Who dares to disobey my decision? The emperor is in a good mood and is discussing the details with his ministers.

"Report ~ 800 miles urgent..."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is an urgent battle report from the Yumen Pass border!"

"Oh? Bring it to me and take a look!" the emperor said calmly, but did not show any panic.

Soon, a memorial was delivered to him.

He carefully read the content written on the memorial, and his face gradually became gloomy.

"You bastard! How dare you use troops and horses without permission? It's totally unreasonable!" The emperor was furious, stood up suddenly, and threw the memorial heavily on the table.

That memorial was actually written on ordinary bamboo slips and was very rough.

However, the emperor still slapped the table as if to vent his anger.

"Your Majesty, please calm down..." the personal eunuch cautiously consoled him.

"Hmph! Can we still calm down? If we let them continue to mess around, I'm afraid the whole Dongchen will be messed up by them!"

the emperor roared angrily.

The Secretary of the Household Department glanced at the contents of the memorial. The general content was that General Zhenxi led the soldiers to cultivate the fields and have a good harvest.

This year's army salary will not be allocated by the imperial court. Unexpectedly, Western Chu's wolf ambitions came to attack them while they were harvesting rice.

The soldiers were working in heaven and earth. This battle caused heavy damage, and Yumen Pass was almost lost. I asked your Majesty to send troops to support this.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, those sons of bitches in Western Chu must have ulterior motives, and they must have bad intentions. However, General Zhenxi is brave and good at fighting, so it will be okay if he doesn't send troops."

The Minister of Hubu quickly knelt on the ground and begged General Zhenxi for mercy, saying that he was a good man if he didn't want them to divert military pay.

He had to intercede for him, unlike Lu Jiajun, who pressed for food and grass every day, turning his hair white.

In the end, they abandoned the city and abandoned the pond, and still blamed the household department for their lack of food and grass. The Western Army did not get a single grain last year.

Yumen Pass is still safely in his hands. This time he just said he almost lost it, but in the end it wasn't lost.

After hearing this, the emperor frowned and pondered for a long time. He naturally knew that it would be okay not to send troops, but he still wanted to send troops to attack Xuanyan Castle.

The emperor suppressed his anger and said slowly: "I know that Xi Chu must have bad intentions and want to steal food, but the Zhenxi Army should be severely punished for taking the initiative to farm the land without authorization."

Everyone: "..."

If people don't farm their own land, do they have to drink the northwest wind and chew the soil to survive?

Of course, I can only think about these words in my heart, but I dare not say them in front of the emperor.

The Minister of War immediately stood up and seconded the emperor's judgment, and he said impassionedly.

"Your Majesty is wise! Xichu has bullied us. How can the Zhenxi Army swallow its anger and go farming? The Zhenxi Army must be severely punished, otherwise who will obey orders in the future?"

Everyone bowed their heads in silence. Dingxi Marquis Zhao Chengyuan suddenly felt that he was wronged. When did his second brother fail to obey orders?

He is obviously doing things to reduce the burden on the court, right?

Although this explanation may cause more misunderstandings, in order to keep the Marquis, he had no choice but to risk it.

So he stood up bravely and said: "Your Majesty, colleagues, General Zhenxi has not violated any orders of the imperial court."

Everyone looked at Zhao Chengyuan in surprise. He dared to contradict the emperor. Wasn't he looking for death?

The emperor's face was indeed as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he was so angry that he vomited blood. However, he was the emperor after all and would not refute easily. Naturally, someone would help him refute Ding Xihou.

Sure enough, I heard the Minister of War sneer: "Since General Zhenxi didn't disobey my order, why did the Zhenxi Army grow food privately?"

"Isn't that to prevent the soldiers from starving and freezing? As the commander-in-chief, he should bear all responsibilities. Do you keep letting the soldiers eat grass roots and tree bark? What do you mean, Master Shangshu? Does he really regard our Dingxi Houfu as a soft persimmon?

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