I have 800,000 private soldiers. The emperor forces me to hand over military power?

Above the court, Prime Minister Qin Ruhui sneered.

Faced with the question from Queen Mother Su Waner, he directly responded.

At this time, Qin Ruhui, who had overwhelming power in the government and the public, was no longer the obedient and cautious courtier he was when he faced the second generation tyrant Zhao Qian.

When facing the puppet mother and son who had no real power in the Jinluan Palace but had always dreamed of competing with him, Qin Ruhui, he had no scruples in revealing all the things that he had deliberately concealed before.

Qin Ruhui first accused the second emperor Zhao Qian of doing great things and extorting excessive taxes;

Whether it is digging the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, ordering the new navy to tour the countries in the South China Sea, or rebuilding the emperor's tomb, which one of these is not a waste of people and money?

Then, he also blamed the Daxinbaozong Zhao Qian for the continuous natural and man-made disasters such as droughts and floods in recent years during the Daxin Dynasty.

It is said that Zhao Gan imposed tyranny and violated the wrath of the gods. This resulted in the people having no income and it was difficult to distribute taxes in various places.

Immediately afterwards, it was said that Baozong Zhao Qianyujia's personal expedition completely depleted the Daxin treasury, which led to the fact that the Ministry of Revenue could not even come up with twelve million taels of silver as salary.

Finally, Qin Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother: If it weren't for the late emperor's great success and excessive extortion during his reign, the Great New Dynasty would not have reached such a state."

"In the final analysis, the country and the country of this new dynasty are the country and the country of the Zhao family!"

"So, the Emperor and the Queen Mother have to figure out a way to pay these 12 million!"

call--

In one breath, Qin Ruhui took out all the evil he had suffered from Baozong Zhao Qian in the past few years on the orphaned Emperor Lingwu and the Queen Mother Su Waner.

I have to say, this feeling of being proud and proud in front of the civil and military officials of the court is so damn good!

After saying that, Qin Ruhui looked at the Jinluan Palace with a clear mind, waiting for Queen Mother Su Waner's counterattack.

Wow--

Woohoo!

Queen Mother Su Waner's counterattack has not yet come, but the counterattack of the young emperor Zhao Lingwu has arrived first.

However, his counterattack by Qin Ruhui, who was so frightened that he cried loudly, seemed a bit ridiculous in the eyes of the civil and military officials in the court.

"emperor--"

At this time, Queen Mother Su Waner, who was originally listening to the government behind the curtain, ignored the court rules and directly raised the curtain and came to the dragon chair. She hugged the crying Zhao Lingwu into her arms to comfort her.

In this situation, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in Jinluan Palace turned a blind eye and listened but did not hear.

After a long time, Su Waner finally coaxed the crying young emperor Zhao Lingwu back to sleep.

Looking at the courtiers gloating in the hall, Su Waner's frosty face became even colder, but revealed endless sadness and helplessness.

In the end, she just said angrily: "Prime Minister Qin, isn't it just twelve million taels of silver?"

"The Ai family has to raise this salary and pension for the frontline soldiers, no matter how hard it is, it will never let the frontline soldiers feel cold!"

"I'm here to tell Wu Sanjia that within ten days, the imperial court will allocate salary and pension funds to the Huben Army, so that Wu Sanjia won't have to worry about the future and go all out in the Northern Expedition!"

"On the day of the triumphant victory of the Northern Expedition, the Ai family personally held a celebration banquet for Wu Sanjia and the officers and soldiers of the Huben Army at the Imperial Palace of the Capital!"

"Retreat!"

After saying that, Su Waner picked up the young emperor Zhao Lingwu and left the Jinluan Palace without looking back.

After the emperor and the queen mother left, Prime Minister Qin Ruhui's gang members immediately gathered around.

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Luo Yuanji, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, immediately gave Qin Ruhui a thumbs up and said: "The Prime Minister of Qin is wise. He made Empress Dowager Su speechless with just a few words, and she willingly paid the one thousand two hundred taels of silver."

"This is enough for Empress Dowager Su, uncle Su Muchen, and the powerful Jiangnan families who support them to drink!"

Hahaha!

As he said this, all the party members laughed knowingly.

snort!

Qin Ruhui snorted coldly, with a sinister and cunning look on his old and cunning face, and said, "These twelve million taels are just the beginning."

"This Su Wan'er, with her son, is still hot in the position of Queen Mother and Emperor, and she wants to use the power of a few idle princes and wealthy families in the Jiangnan area to fight against the truth."

"It's simply overestimating one's abilities!"

After a pause, Qin Ruhui continued: "She really thought that the deeds she did behind the scenes were unnoticed, and that the red-clothed guards she trained were all idiots who were doing nothing!"

"I don't even want to think about who helped them to the throne of the emperor and the queen mother!"

snort--

Qin Ruhui's party members fully agreed with this.

At first, after the death of the late Emperor Zhao Qian, Queen Su, who was an orphan and a widowed mother, was easy to control, so she and her son were pushed to the position of Queen Mother and Emperor.

Who would have thought that Su Waner, who had tasted the power respected by thousands of people, actually regarded herself as the Queen Mother, secretly recruiting soldiers in the Jiangnan area, ready to go to Beijing to serve the king at any time.

This is an attempt to get rid of the whole group of prime ministers who promoted her to the position of Queen Mother!

After a dispute involving core interests, Qin Ruhui, the powerful prime minister, naturally rose up to resist.

In this political struggle, either you die or I live.

Bloodletting the forces behind Su Wan'er was Qin Ruhui's first step.

"By the way, Prime Minister Qin!"

At this time, Luo Yuanji, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, asked: "If the 12 million taels of silver raised by Empress Dowager Su reach the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue, the salary and pension of 6 million taels will still be distributed to Wu Sanjia and Wu Sanjia." Is it in the hands of the Tiger Army?"

Um?

Qin Ruhui raised his eyebrows and said, "Master Luo, what are you talking about?"

"Six million taels. Are the lives of Wu Sanjia and the soldiers of the Tiger Army so valuable?"

Then, he changed the subject, raised three fingers to Luo Yuanji, and said, "Just give Wu Sanjia three million taels of silver!"

"A hungry wolf like Wu Sanjia cannot be fed too much at one time. If you feed him to full, it will be inconvenient to control him in the future. Do you understand?"

"I will obey the teachings of Prime Minister Qin!"

...

A few days later.

Twenty miles outside Zhuozhou City, in the camp of Huben Army.

In the Chinese army's tent, the mighty general Wu Sanjia was thinking hard about how to defeat the enemy.

For the past few days, the Longcheng army stationed in Zhuozhou had stayed in the city and stayed behind closed doors. No matter how Wu Sanjia called for formation, he would not leave the city to fight with them.

Wu Sanjia, in order to avoid heavy casualties, did not dare to attack the city rashly.

The two sides confronted each other outside Zhuozhou City.

"Report——"

"General, the salary and pension allocated by the court have arrived!"

"But, there is only one million taels of silver!"

"What?"