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"Father, my son, please take back your will to rob the city..."

"Yiyang, what are you doing? Where did you hear the news? Who told you?"

"Father, aren't the people in the outer city the people of the Great Zhou? Please take your life back!"

"I am the king of a country, and I have a word and say nothing. Since I have decided, I will never regret it..."

Shortly after Wei Zhen returned to the imperial study room, Wei Ying, who learned about the contents of the court in the main hall, came to see Wei Zhen in a hurry and tried to get him to take back the will of the soldiers to rob the Shendu. The father and daughter had a fierce dispute over this.

Wei Zhen said to Wei Ying angrily: "Why do you always worry about the affairs of the court when you are a daughter? Is this what you should care about?"

Wei Ying replied proudly: "Father, do you know that this is the important place in the capital. Once this order is passed on, what is the face of my Wei royal family going to meet the people of the world? How will the scholars in various places view my royal family? I really can't understand why you made such a bad plan for your father? Do you think the situation is not chaotic enough?"

Wei Zhen sighed, "Yiyang, do you think I am willing to do this? But I really have no choice now, do you know? The treasury has no money anymore, and now I have to use money everywhere. I really can't squeeze out the money and grain to reward the soldiers who returned in triumphant..."

Wei Ying frowned slightly when she heard this, thinking for a while and said, "Father, even if this is the case, he shouldn't agree to the proposal of Grand Secretary Dong. If the national treasury has no money to reward the soldiers, he will allocate it from the inner treasury..."

Wei Zhen shook his head with pain and said to Wei Ying: "It's not enough. It's far from enough to take out all the surplus of 4 million taels in the inner treasury. Moreover, the palace still needs expenses. I really can't think of any other way..."

After hearing this, Wei Ying said to Wei Zhen: "Father, I still have some accumulated gold, silver and jade artifacts in the palace. Why not use them to pawn for some silver? If you can exchange them for one or two taels, you can exchange them for one or two taels. As long as you do your best, I believe that the military governor can understand the situation of my royal family and will not be too embarrassed..."

Wei Zhen looked at Wei Ying's pretty face with great satisfaction and slowly spoke, "Yiyang, I am very relieved to you because you have this filial piety, but how can I use the money you have saved? What's more, it's not enough..."

At this moment, a guard shouted outside the gate of the imperial study room: "Report~ Report to the emperor, the former army general sent a report~"

“Support…”

Wei Zhen immediately took the report and hesitated for a moment before opening the painted bamboo tube that was installed with the report. He took a deep breath and opened it.

After reading the contents of the newspaper, Wei Zhen frowned and lowered the newspaper and sighed: "Chibao said that the 4,220 soldiers under his command who were injured and injured in this expedition must be given as the highest standard in the border army, and all soldiers must be rewarded more than twice.

To be honest, it’s really not too much. Such achievements are not too much. But now I really can’t afford so much money to reward Liu Ce and his soldiers. If I don’t reward them, once they spread, I’m afraid that the soldiers will be cold…”

Seeing Wei Zhen’s painful and frowning look, Wei Ying felt very uncomfortable. She was the least willing to see her parents sad and uncomfortable. After thinking about it, she asked, “Father, how dare you ask when will the former military governor arrive in the capital?”

Wei Zhen said, "The newspaper said that you will arrive in Shendu within three days. Why do you ask this?"

After hearing this, Wei Ying nodded silently and suddenly said to Wei Zhen: "Father, my son suddenly misses my sister. I want to leave the palace tomorrow to visit her and accompany her for several days. I hope my father can fulfill it..."

Wei Zhen didn't think much about it and nodded to Wei Ying: "Yiyang, you miss your sister. It's good to have this intention, but why should you leave the palace? I can summon Yuxiang to the palace to let your sisters get together..."

Wei Ying shook her head and said, "Yuxiang is the elder sister of the son. After all, if the father summons her into the palace, how can he show his elder sister's longing for the elder sister? Please help me..."

Wei Zhen smiled and said, "Yiyang, you are so thoughtful that I feel worry-free. Well, I will order someone to inform the Zhenliang Marquis Mansion and let the guards of the inner palace send you to meet Qingcheng tomorrow. Your sisters have indeed not seen each other for a long time. Your brother-in-law Li Suwen is not at home. Jie Shi Yiyang, you will also say hello to your sister on behalf of me..."

Wei Ying nodded and gave Wei Zhen a blessing: "Then father, my son, I will take his leave first..." After saying that, he slowly withdrew from the imperial study room.

Wei Zhen looked at Wei Ying's leaving figure, smiled and shook his head, but then looked at the memorials on the table and the amount of military pay that Liu Ce asked for, and his face became extremely gloomy again.

"I really hate you now. I really can't believe that these people are so brave that they dare to touch the money of the treasury! In the future, I will definitely make you pay the price you deserve!" Wei Zhen said to himself and said with great resentment.

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At the same time, Liu Ce's army was rushing to the gods...

"Mr. Military Governor, I am very familiar with Shendu. It is connected to the north and south. There are six street markets in the outer city. When I arrive at the capital, I will take you around and there are really everything inside..."

In Wei Ji's four-wheeled carriage, Liu Ce sat opposite him. He has been fighting all the way for more than half a year since he went to the Far East. Now that he is about to reach the capital of God, Liu Ce's tense mood has finally gradually relaxed. It is rare to have a car with Wei Ji to chat.

But after Wen Weiji bragged for a while, he looked back at the car window and said to Liu Ce with disdain, "Those front office officials in the palace are really useless. They can't fight, and they can't make them march. I am really worried for the emperor..."

Liu Ce said after hearing this: "Prince, please say less of this kind of thing. After all, the Palace Front Office is also a royal army. Wouldn't you scold yourself if you say that?"

Wei Ji said with a lip voice, "It's different. The Palace Front Office is affiliated with the Imperial City Army. I am just a scattered prince, with a difference of 108,000 miles. How can I scold myself? Look at what you said, if you hear it in the capital by those ministers of the court, I will definitely feel that I have a strange intention..."

Liu Ce shook his head helplessly, then picked up the wine pot on the table board of the carriage to pour a glass of wine for Wei Ji and himself, and said, "Your Majesty, I have contacted the eunuch of the Imperial City. The conditions for delivery should be submitted to the emperor now. According to your understanding, do you think he will agree to the conditions of this military governor?"

Wei Ji picked up the wine glass and sipped the drink, smacked his lips and said, "Based on my understanding of the emperor's brother, the conditions proposed by the Military Supervisor should be agreed. Although he is gloomy, he has one thing better, that is, he is never stingy in appreciation of meritorious people, unless he has no money..."

Liu Ce nodded: "According to what the prince said, this military governor is relieved. After going to Beijing earlier this time, it is time to go back to the Far East..."

Wei Ji stretched his waist and said, "Yes, let's go back after the treatment. Although the capital is good, it is a place where dirt and dirt are hidden. I am also very disliked. It is far inferior to Qingming under the rule of the military governor.

Now I suddenly became poetic. Please allow me to recite a poem. Oh, the sky is like a white cloud, and the iron horse and golden sword are coming to the south of the Yangtze River..."

Liu Ce looked dark and hurriedly stopped Wei Ji from continuing to recite the poem: "The prince has been too much. This military governor is just doing what he deserves. It is not as great as you said. Don't do this poem for the time being..."

At this time, Xiao Yu rode his horse to Wei Ji's carriage and said to Liu Ce in the carriage: "Mr. Military Governor, Xinyuan County is ahead. Should the last general send someone to the county government to let the gentry in the inner court come out to greet him?"

"Well..." Liu Ce responded and said, "Go and let them divide the area where our army is stationed. Remember not to disturb the people..."

"As for your order!" Xiao Yu took the order and rode away.

Wei Ji looked at Liu Ce and said with a smile: "Mr. Military Governor, I really admire you. The Jingwei Camp has passed by all the way, and I have no offense. I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, have strict military disciplines like the Jingwei Camp, and the world will not be as chaotic as the Jingwei Camp..."

Liu Ce drank the glass of wine in a sip and said to Wei Ji: "Your Majesty, let's not talk about this for now. I want to ask, what should I prepare if I come to Beijing to meet the saint?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Ji put down his wine glass and said to Liu Ce: "Mr. Military Governor, you don't have to worry at all. Since the emperor handed you the silver bag of fish scales and allowed you to bring your sword to the hall, it means that he values ​​you very much. Then he can do whatever he says."

"Haha, Wang Ye, is it really that simple?" Liu Ce obviously didn't believe that this entry into the capital was as easy as Wei Ji said.

Wei Ji grinned and said, "I'm going to say that if someone else asked me this, I would only advise him to clamp his tail and face the Saint, but you are different. You have great military achievements and a tiger and wolf army under your command. There is no need to be polite to them..."

After hearing Wei Ji say this, Liu Ce frowned, his eyes slightly jawed, and said to Wei Ji: "Your Majesty, I heard what you said, why do you feel that you wish you could cause something to happen to the capital this time?"

When Wei Ji heard Liu Ce say this, his eyes immediately turned back and forth, and then said with a smile: "The Military Supervisor misunderstood. The imperial city is under the foot of the emperor. How could I hope something will happen?"

Liu Ce smiled and said, "Prince, we have been working together for more than half a year. After these days, the military governor knew that the prince was not a stupid person. Tell me, what are the plans for the prince?"

Wei Ji sighed: "It's really impossible to hide anything from the military governor. In fact, I want to use the military governor to knock on the group of people who are flies in the court so that they can restrain themselves and make the people suffer less..."

"Your right, you are..." Liu Ce was quite surprised when he said this from Wei Ji.

Looking at Liu Ce's surprised eyes, Wei Ji said, "Mr. Military Governor, there is no need to look at me like this. But no matter how bad I am, I can't stand some things. Although Gods are prosperous, they are the only ones in the world. However, who will pay attention to the hungry and cold people outside the Gods City?

I remember that three years ago when I went to Beijing to finish my business and left the city to return to Gucheng, my travels suddenly emerged in my spare time, so I wanted to see how the people outside the Shendu City lived, but I didn’t want to…”

Speaking of this, Wei Ji's eyes suddenly became wet, and he suppressed his sadness and continued, "I really didn't expect that the people would live so hard. This is still at the feet of the emperor. There are many cave houses, all the children in them are as thin as firewood, and the women and children are all covered in vegetables and clothes. The place where they live is breathable, and their faces are frozen and purple and blue in the winter..."

Wei Ji could no longer help but rolled up his sleeves and wiped the tears at the corners of his eyes. This expression was definitely not pretending. Seeing this, Liu Ce took a silk handkerchief and handed it to him. He didn't expect Wei Ji, who had always been a broad-minded and fat body, would have such a side.

"May the Governor laugh..." Wei Ji took the silk handkerchief and wiped it back to his smile and said to Liu Ce, "I don't have the ability to change anything. I just use this entry to Beijing to let the Governor beat the emperor and the civil and military officials in the court, so that they can pay attention to what life the people outside the city live. After all, they are also people of the Great Zhou..."

Liu Ce was silent for a moment, poured a glass of wine for Wei Ji, and said firmly: "Prince, please drink this cup full. I know what to do!"
Chapter completed!