How many times has this happened in the nineteenth year of Jiayou?

In the imperial city, golden bells rang, jade chimes rang wildly, blood and smoke shot up into the sky, and the sky was filled with falcons dancing wildly on delivery missions.

The army that had suppressed the rebellion at Anping Pass was completely wiped out in the battle, and the fate of Wang? and others was unknown. Such tragic news was like a bolt from the blue, and it made the cultural and educational officials headed by Prime Minister Zhu Chong extremely anxious and confused.

Countless civil and military officials hurried to the Fuyao Palace in the imperial city.

However, today, the eunuchs in the imperial city earned less money - there were more than a dozen fewer nobles riding on sedan chairs at the gate of the imperial city, such as the contemporary Duke of Lai, Lu Yu, who had died in the sneaky riot a few days ago.

Having lost many familiar important customers, the young eunuchs were in a very low mood. They were much slower in carrying the sedan chairs today, which resulted in many nobles lagging behind the civil and military officials in front of them when they arrived at the Fuyao Palace.

Yinyuan is in a very good mood.

That’s right, it was Yinyuan who was in a very good mood.

In broad daylight, Yin Yuan, who was playing with Imperial Concubine Bai Shuang, suddenly received the news that the army that had suppressed the rebellion at Anping Pass was completely wiped out. He was more happy than surprised, and then he danced with joy and laughed out loud, and couldn't help but do a pirouette.

Filled with joy, Yin Yuan rushed out of Jiuqu Garden at an unprecedented speed and rushed to the imperial city at full speed. He ran to the throne of Fuyao Palace before all the ministers and sat down, happily waiting for the civil and military officials to enter the palace.

Seeing that the nobles were late, Yinyuan did not wait for the ministers to speak, but grabbed a large golden seal on the long table in front of him and slammed it heavily on the table more than ten times: "Drag them away, and beat them with a heavy stick for a hundred times... No, three hundred... No, eight hundred!"

"Wow, military affairs are so important, and you dare to be so late... You are a bunch of wasted parasites, useless people. What's the point of supporting you? Drag you away and beat you severely. If you can't kill you, beat you to death!"

Yinyuan was roaring and roaring.

Hundreds of nobles who were killed by the young eunuch were dragged down by the Shenwu generals and pressed directly on the cloud platform in front of the Fuyao Palace.

The nobles, who were plump, well-maintained, smooth, delicate and fair, hurriedly took out white deer coins and bargained with the divine generals, especially the eunuchs in charge of supervision.

The wind blew into the Fuyao Palace from the Yuntai.

Inside the Fuyao Palace, all the ministers, both civil and military, heard the noisy bargaining outside.

"Today is different from the past. Your Majesty is furious, furious!"

"We have to increase the price. We have to increase the price."

"Eight hundred strokes of the cane would kill you even if it was just an ordinary beating. What's more, His Majesty wants us to beat you severely?"

"One stick costs ten thousand coins. Will you give it or not?"

"one thousand!"

“Nine thousand!”

"Two thousand is already very high!"

"Eight thousand cannot be less!"

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The civil and military officials in the hall all had strange expressions on their faces. They looked at each other but said nothing.

The ones who suffered losses were the nobles, and the one who made money was the emperor. Although this transaction was dirty, what did it have to do with them?

Zhu Chong and other cultural and educational ministers looked at Yinyuan, who was grinning from ear to ear, on the throne with gloomy faces - Yinyuan was so happy to hear that the army that quelled the rebellion at Anping Pass was completely wiped out?

Zhu Chong and the others felt deeply depressed.

If this matter is not handled properly, it may cause a severe blow to their cultural and educational influence in the court!

When they were providing disaster relief at Anping Pass, they told the emperor that everything had been handled properly.

As a result, Anping Pass was reversed.

They selected Zhuge Li as the vanguard to quell the rebellion and rush to Anping Pass.

As a result, Zhuge Li was beaten black and blue by a group of rioters at Anping Pass.

They recommended Wang Pu to be the commander-in-chief to lead the army to quell the rebellion.

As a result, Wang Pu wasted a lot of money and food at Anping Pass, died in battle for unknown reasons, and his military power was almost completely taken away by Lu Yi.

They hurriedly balanced the power disputes internally, and let Wang?, a direct descendant of the Wang family, take over the post of city lieutenant. They also used all their strength to put together a "full" riot-suppression army from the city defense forces of Haojing City and rushed to Anping Pass.

Using the "ghost chaos in Haojing" as a handle, Zhu Chong and his men reached a tacit understanding with the emperor. Zhu Chong and his men would not publicize the "emperor's misconduct". Everyone worked together to suppress the incident of Haojing being haunted in the streets in broad daylight. The condition was that the emperor transferred Lu Yi back from Anping Pass.

It was originally thought that Wang's men had joined forces with the main forces of the two previous and subsequent riot-suppression armies!

Zhu Chong and his men admitted that the first army to quell the rebellion had received two-thirds of the unpaid wages, that the number of soldiers was insufficient, and that there was a huge gap in baggage and military equipment.

But the second army that Wang brought to quell the rebellion was a truly elite force with full complements and full equipment!

What's the result?

All lost in one battle.

All lost in one battle!

Who will take this responsibility and bear this blame?

Looking at the way Yinyuan was smiling with his two rows of big teeth showing, if he took advantage of the situation to attack, would a large number of cultural and educational officials be purged from the court?

If the nobles take advantage of the situation and recruit a group of dandy young men who are selected as filial and honest people to replace them...how much effort will the future gentlemen of culture and education have to spend to restore order?

Not to mention, what to do with the lost weapons, supplies, and food?

Millions of soldiers died in obscurity, and millions of people need pensions... Military pensions are different from disaster relief for civilians. When it comes to disaster relief, you can do whatever you want. What else can a group of ordinary people do?

But if you dare to mess with the military pensions, there will be real trouble!

Pensions for millions of people!
Afterwards, another army had to be formed to quell the rebellion, which brought with it huge expenses for military pay, food, supplies, and weapons.

In the Fuyao Palace, Cui Wubu, the Minister of Revenue of Dayin, covered his heart with his right hand, his face was extremely pale, and cold sweat was oozing from his forehead.

Lu Yi stood in the military honors column, just behind Lu Yu, squinting his eyes and admiring the people in the hall.

The nobles who kept aloof and had nothing to do with the matter.

A civil official with a gloomy face and a lot of calculations in his mind.

As well as those generals under the General's Mansion and the Five Armies Mansion, who were rubbing their hands and couldn't wait to jump out and compete for the credit.

Lu Yi saw Li Zi standing in the front middle row among the civil officials.

Unlike the timid Li Zi of the past who acted like a child bride, Li Zi today stood straight with a bit of arrogance and unbridled energy, as if she was a completely different person.

His magnanimity even surpassed those civil officials who held much higher positions than him.

Even the prime minister Zhu Chong of the time did not have such style and pomp as him.

This reminds me of the corpses found in the backyard of my base last night.

Lu Yi looked at Li Zi.

Li Zi sensed Lu Yi's gaze, and he also looked over, smiling and nodding at Lu Yi indifferently.

Lu Yi was about 70% sure that the female disciples of the Jile Tian Palace who were killed were probably killed by Li Zi.

This old guy is hiding very well.

But he has been hiding it for most of his life, why would it suddenly explode at this time?

Thinking of Li Erya, who had been imprisoned in the backyard of her own residence and whom Li Zi was said to visit every day these days... Lu Yi smiled and nodded at Li Zi.

He and Li Zi should not be enemies.

It should be that Bai Changkong and the others threatened Li Erya, so Li Zi took action so brazenly?

Afterwards, he took his son away.

And Lu Yi kidnapped Li Erya at the wedding scene in order to protect him.

If it was really Li Zi who took action last night, then he should have understood his kindness and goodwill.

Lu Yi smiled at Li Zi. Seeing Lu Yi's friendly gesture, Li Zi's heart moved. He also smiled at Lu Yi and made a gesture to Lu Yi, asking him to stay for a while after the court was dismissed, as he had something to discuss with him.

Lu Yi smiled and nodded, then he looked at Bai Changkong.

Bai Changkong stood calmly among the ranks of civil officials, and at the very front.

Given his official position, Bai Changkong should stand with Li Zi.

But at this moment, Bai Changkong stood next to Zhu Chong, even closer than the six ministers under the Prime Minister's Office.

Feeling Lu Yi's gaze, Bai Changkong looked towards him. His pupils shrank slightly, revealing a trace of fear and vigilance, but he quickly relaxed his expression and nodded to Lu Yi with a smile.

Li Zi also looked at Bai Changkong.

Bai Changkong looked at Li Zi expressionlessly.

Li Zi smiled at Bai Changkong, and his subtle eyes swept across Bai Changkong's kidneys. Then he frowned, obviously very confused. Why could Bai Changkong appear here so normally today?

Zhu Chong noticed the strange interaction between Bai Changkong and Li Zi.

He lowered his voice and said, "Master Bai, we should work together to overcome the difficulties. We must not have any more quarrels among ourselves. You and Master Li are in-laws, so there should be no conflicts."

Hearing the term "in-laws", Bai Changkong felt so disgusted that he wanted to draw his sword and stab Zhu Chong to death on the spot.

He looked at Li Zi deeply, and hated that this old bastard Li Zi could hide so deeply!

The Minister of Rites Li Zi, who could be slapped in the face by those hostages of the princes in the lobby of the Honglu Temple, was actually such a terrifying master... Tell me, tell me, what are you asking for?

Bai Changkong was filled with hatred and at the same time extremely worried.

His nine beloved sons are still in the Anping Pass army.

Fortunately, he still had more than twenty grandchildren left in Haojing, otherwise if all nine sons had died in the army, Bai Changkong would have spared no effort to kill Zhu Chong and his gang who had forced Bai Lang and others to join the army.

The sound of cloud boards rang out, and the pearl curtain behind Yinyuan moved slightly. Empress Dowager Le had already rushed to the Fuyao Palace, surrounded by countless eunuchs and palace maids.

Just after they sat down, before the ceremonial officer could restrain the ministers, the empress dowager's slightly hurried voice spread throughout the Fuyao Palace.

"You keep beating drums and gongs all day long. Can't you just stop beating drums and gongs all day long? Can't you just be more peaceful? Why does the imperial court support you, the civil and military officials? Isn't it just to ensure peace and prosperity for the country and the people, and to let you live a carefree life?"

"Anping Prefecture, a small province like Anping Prefecture, why is it so difficult?"

"Grand Prime Minister, when we sent troops the first two times, what did you guarantee? What did you say?"

"When Wang Pu went to war, you said that it would be easy to capture the enemy and that it would only take a few days to put down the rebellion."

"As a result, Wang Pu died, and it is said that not even a complete body was left."

"You also hurriedly recommended Wang? to replace Wang Pu. You said that Wang?'s ability was ten times greater than Wang Pu's, and it would be easy for him to lead the army and quell the rebellion!"

"It's so easy... It's so easy for us to defeat your two armies that came to suppress the rebellion!"

"The two armies, combined, the figures on the books, could be tens of millions, right?"

"Although I live in the deep palace, I also know that the figures on the account book cannot be trusted... But if there are not tens of millions, there must be millions of elite soldiers and brave generals, right?"

"Even if it's millions of pigs!"

The Queen Mother slapped the armrest of the throne and shouted, "Even if there were millions of pigs, they wouldn't be slaughtered cleanly in half a day, right?"