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Dong Wenshu's words immediately stunned the civil and military officials in the palace. Even Xie Yang and Geng Bingqiu were shocked and stared at the Confucian leader in a daze. He could not believe that he could say such shameless words.

Even if the troops rob Shendu? This is the capital, how could he make such a careless suggestion at the feet of the emperor? Wouldn't this make the people completely disappointed with the Great Zhou court?

What's more, how many people will die if the riots rush to the city and revel in the city? There are more than 2.6 million people in the outer city, and Liu Ce and the nearly 100,000 troops in the front office. If this happens, who can control this situation? Who has the courage to restrain them? Is Dong Wenshu in trouble, or is he dizzy and fever today? Otherwise, how could he put forward such suggestions that are harmful to the world?

Yao Zhong looked at Dong Wenshu with a resentful look on his face, but he didn't expect that this Confucian leader would be even worse than before.

Wei Zhen was also extremely angry and said to Dong Wenshu angrily: "Dong Aiqing, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course I know what I said!" Dong Wenshu said loudly, "I am doing this to help the emperor solve his problems and overcome the current difficulties!"

"That's how you helped me overcome the difficulties!" Wei Zhen said furiously, "Millions of people in the outer city, Dong Wenshu, as the new leader of Confucianism, don't you know how to govern the country with kindness? Do you have to make such suggestions of anger and resentment from heaven? Do you want to make me unkind and unrighteous? If you really want to do what you said, how do I treat more than 2.3 million people in the outer city!"

"They are just ants!" Dong Wenshu said loudly, "Those people, their lives belong to the emperor. What's wrong with me giving them a chance to be loyal to the royal family! Your Majesty is the Supreme Lord, the True Dragon Emperor is above all else, and the overall situation should be the priority!

What if the soldiers who returned in triumph did not receive the reward they deserved? Those soldiers who had been on the battlefield had killed people and shed blood. They were very irritable. If they had a mutiny in anger, they would not only lose the people in the outer city!

I am afraid that 400,000 people in this inner city may not be able to save it! I will never want this to happen, so I can only sacrifice ants to save the real dragon! Please think twice!”

Speaking of this, Dong Wenshu leaned over and bowed, with a look of considering the country and the country on his face.

"Sir Dong, this is the capital!" Yao Zhong could no longer listen and said to him in a deep voice, "What do you think about the people being robbed by their own royal army? Is there really no other way?"

Dong Wenshu snorted coldly, turned to Yao Zhong and said, "Mr. Yao, what should you do? This former army won a great victory, did Liu Ce's soldiers plan to reward them? This official conservatively estimated that the rewards should not be less than four million taels of silver. This does not include the pensions of the casualties and the court's promise to enter the far east army.

In addition to Liu Ce's army, there are also the Palace Front Office and the Thunder Army? Can't they reward them? Yes, yes, they are not as good as the Far East Army, but 60,000 or 70,000 people will cost three million taels of silver, right?

The two want to add food and clothing to the outside world, at least 20 million silver is needed. I wonder if you can ask Lord Yao, is there any way you can get so much silver in three to five days? If so, I will thank you for your great kindness for the emperor and the people of the entire God..."

Yao Zhong's face darkened. Although Dong Wenshu's words were shameless and unvirtuous, he could not refute them, because the treasury was really out of money at the moment, and the money had entered the pockets of the group of borers and local vassals in the court...

Wei Zhen looked at Dong Wenshu with a calm face, thought for a while and asked to other officials, "My dear friends, have you ever had any other good ways to tell me?"

Wei Zhen’s question was silent in the hall. In fact, they were rich, but they were unwilling to use it to solve the problems for the court.

"Do you think Mr. Dong's suggestion is acceptable?" Wei Zhen sighed and asked again.

As a result, no one responded to the entire Tai Chi Hall. Even Xie Yang and Geng Bingqiu, who were wearing a pair of pants with Dong Wenshu, remained silent. After all, this fact had exceeded their own tolerance, and they did not dare to make up their minds...

Seeing that no one was talking, Dong Wenshu bowed to Wei Zhen again and said, "Emperor, please write an order to post a notice to spread the streets and yards of the outer city, and order them to stay in the city from tomorrow and not to leave the city. In addition, please send additional guards to protect the gates of the inner city to avoid any impact from the inner city."

Wei Zhen frowned when he heard this, and his fists were clenched tightly. Of course, he was extremely opposed to this unscrupulous decision.

Shendu has been established for 371 years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty and is not a province. Emperors of all generations have spent countless efforts on the construction and development of this capital. By Wei Zhen's generation, the scale of the city has expanded ten times more than the early days of its founding. There are more than three million registered people. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most prosperous city in the whole world.

But now, some people actually propose to let the triumphant royal army indulge in robbery? Or the same sentence, Shendu is the center of the political operation of the Great Zhou Dynasty. How can such a thing be done? Once it spreads throughout the world, will the people still have awe of the Great Zhou court?

But what can I do if I don’t do this now? The treasury has no money, and how can I place the Triumph King’s Army who is about to go to Beijing? If, as Dong Wenshu said, those tiger and wolf troops cannot be satisfied and start siege, the entire Zhou Dynasty may be overturned, and I will never allow such a thing to happen.

When he was in a dilemma, Wei Zhen gently stroked his forehead and said to Dong Wenshu: "Let me think about this matter..."

Seeing that Wei Zhen had signs of compromise, Yao Zhong bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this precedent cannot be opened! Doing this will mean that the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty will lose all the hearts of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and will completely disappoint my Great Zhou Dynasty..."

When Dong Wenshu heard this, he bowed to Wei Zhen and said, "Emperor, it's only three days. In three days, Liu Ce's army can indulge in the outer city of Shendu at will. After three days, it will be strictly prohibited. I believe that this will make the soldiers who go out to war sincerely satisfy themselves and be more respectful and loyal to the emperor..."

Yao Zhong shook his head and said to Wei Zhen: "Emperor, even if this is the case, I suggest you to report it secretly and send it to the Military Supervisor for a look and ask for his opinion. He heard that the Military Supervisor was strict in governing the army and cherishing the people. I believe he should be able to understand the suffering of the court..."

Dong Wenshu immediately retorted: "Mr. Yao, can't the emperor's holy intention be sought from his ministers? There are many troops with strict military discipline, but this is not as good as others in Beijing. In front of the capital of God, there are not many so-called troops with strict military discipline!"

Yao Zhong's face darkened. Just as he was about to speak, Wei Zhen suddenly said, "Okay, stop arguing. When will you solve the problem if you continue to argue like this?"

After saying that, Wei Zhen said to Xie Yang again: "Xie Aiqing, what's wrong with you today? Are you not very good at speaking on weekdays? Why are you mute today? Let me tell me if I should do things according to the wishes of Grand Secretary Dong?"

When Xie Yang heard this, his heart tightened and he hurriedly bowed and said, "Everything is based on the emperor's sage. I am the one who should obey the emperor's orders."

In fact, Xie Yang was also very embarrassed. The reason why he said this was that he was neither willing to offend Dong Wenshu nor wanted to offend Wei Zhen, so he simply pushed this problem back to Wei Zhen and decided for him.

Wei Zhen frowned, and naturally knew that Xie Yang was unwilling to be troublesome at this moment, so he glared at him and swept his eyes to Geng Bingqiu behind him.

However, when Geng Bingqiu was in contact with Wei Zhen's eyes, he immediately lowered his head and turned his eyes away, obviously unwilling to cause trouble.

Not only Xie Yang, but Geng Bingqiu, the entire Tai Chi Hall officials avoided their eyes when Wei Zhen's eyes swept over. Joke, for such a big thing, someone will definitely come out to calm the anger of the people afterwards. Not to mention the difference in body and head, this infamy will definitely be left to the ages!

Dong Wenshu is different. Behind him is the entire Confucian interest group. As long as he does not commit a serious crime, Wei Zhen cannot move him at all, and he dares not move him. Therefore, he can make such an astonishing proposal without worrying about being questioned.

"Taiwei Zuo, tell me, should I follow the advice of Grand Secretary Dong?" In the end, there was no choice but to ask Taiwei Zuo Ximan.

Upon hearing this, Xi Man immediately bowed his hand to Wei Zhen and said, "Your Majesty, I am only concerned about military affairs, but I just ask the emperor to make a decision..."

Wei Zhen was disappointed, obviously Xi Man was unwilling to get involved. When he looked at Wen Yanzhao again, he encountered the same expression. It seemed that in the end, he had to decide this problem himself.

"I think about it carefully..." After thinking for a long time, Wei Zhen left a sentence, his expression was extremely tired.

When Dong Wenshu heard this, he immediately said to Wei Zhen: "Your Majesty, please make a decision quickly. Liu Ce's army is about to arrive in the capital. The people are just ants. How can they be compared with the real dragon!"

Yao Zhong immediately advised: "Emperor, the people are the cornerstone of the country. If the cornerstone is unstable, how can we support the great Zhou dynasty? Please do not do such a fundamental thing that harms the country!"

Dong Wenshu twitched his lips and said to Wei Zhen again: "Emperor, if the soldiers who returned in triumphant this time cannot receive rewards from the court, even if they do not take the opportunity to cause trouble, they will be disheartened by the court and will never sacrifice their lives to fight to the death of our Great Zhou in the future..."

As the dispute between Yao Zhong and Dong Wenshu became more and more intense, the court gradually became divided into two factions and the entire hall soon began to be noisy.

Wei Zhen gently stroked the slightly painful temple, closed his eyes and listened to the noise from the court coming into his ears, his heart becoming more and more blocked...

After a long time, Wei Zhen opened his eyes and shouted softly to stop the noise in the Tai Chi Hall.

Wei Zhen said: "I have made up my mind and the soldiers of the border army in the Far East have made great contributions. Starting from the day of entering the capital, I specially allowed the soldiers of the border army to enjoy themselves in the city for three days to show the emperor's grace..."

Wei Zhen paused, with a look of unbearable expression on his face, and then said word by word: "Everything is under the responsibility of the former army commander Liu Ce. When the three days arrive, his soldiers must be restrained from withdrawing from the city. In three days, all the wealth and women in the outer city... are all... dealt with by Liu Ce's soldiers! Take as much as they can......"

After saying that, Wei Zhen stood up and walked towards the harem regardless of the different expressions of the ministers...
Chapter completed!