Chapter 18: First show of strength (Part 1)

A hot pot was held in a cheerful atmosphere. As the queen showed her approachable side, the atmosphere of everyone suddenly became harmonious. It was stirring until late at night before the banquet ended.

At the end of the hot pot, everyone was infected by the atmosphere and drank some wine. Even the queen was revengeful and poured several bowls of aged daughter red.

Under the fiery red candlelight, the faces of the girls became more and more beautiful. Due to drinking, some of their usual restraints disappeared without a trace. I took the lead, teasing and joking, and scolding their embarrassing things. However, the girls soon fought back against me under the leadership of the queen and proved my crimes one by one.

Two fists are hard to beat four hands, especially a group of women who have drunk alcohol. I soon lost and started to act roguely. I was out of date, so I started to use my hands and feet and eat tofu in a scattered manner in order to divert their attention.

At the end of the trouble, Xing'er joined me and began to help the evildoers and help me bother the beauties. Until everyone was exhausted from laughing, they finally calmed down.

With me as the center, everyone lay on my warm kang together. Listen to me telling jokes. In my era of advanced consulting, countless jokes were circulated on the Internet. So, I could tell a joke or two of them to make them laugh.

After midnight, everyone fell asleep one by one under my story. Instead, I was very energetic and had no sleepiness. I pushed the queen a few times and saw that she was already asleep. So I pulled my quilt on her and stuffed it tightly on my neck, for fear that she would be frozen.

Then I sneaked up again. The girls all covered the quilts. Finally, when they were sleeping against the wall, they saw her suddenly open her eyes, looked at me softly, and whispered: "Master, thank you."

I felt quite embarrassed. I, who had always been known for being unreasonable, showed such a gentle and concerned side in front of Lan Chuqing. She discovered it again, and she wanted to find a hole to crawl into it.

However, after all, I was very thick-skinned. I got into Lan Chuqing's quilt, hugged her tightly, and said with a serious look: "Good Qing'er, we haven't practiced martial arts for two or three days. You are a martial arts person, and you should understand the matter of martial arts, just like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat."

The smart Lan Chuqing naturally knew what my dark meaning was. Her pretty face suddenly turned red, and she let out a coquettish voice and hid in the quilt.

That shy and tender look made me happy and hurriedly followed her into it. My hands began to act with a dishonest attitude.

Lan Chuqing moaned happily, but she tried her best to restrain herself, probably because she woke up the other girls and couldn't stand her face. However, the teasing I gave her was better than the other. She made her teeth bite the quilt to stop the unconscious moans.

I was very excited. This situation seemed to be an affair. The excitement in my heart was pushed to the peak again.

After a long time, the room was silent, with only the breathing sounds of us afterwards.

After resting for a while, Lan Chuqing leaned into my ears and said, "Master, I can't let go of Feiyan Gate. I don't know how Feiyan Gate is now?"

"Follower." I shaved her nose lightly and chuckled, "With the Shandong Governor's cover, are you still afraid that Feiyan Sect will have something wrong?"

"Master, why not..."

"Okay, I know what you want to say." I gently pressed her mouth and said lightly: "The current affairs of the court are unstable, and some ministers are ready to move. I am afraid that if someone secretly attacks and harms your sisters, it will be bad. You can endure it for a while and secretly protect all the sisters. When the situation stabilizes, I will let you go back and see Feiyan Gate."

"Master, I know." Lan Chuqing's method of killing her emotions has always been obedient to me since she was restrained by my Yu Girl Heart Sutra.

After some renovation, my momentum became more and more popular. Anyway, I have not pulled it out yet. So I leaned on her again and worked hard.

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In the early morning, I found someone asking me to get up in my ears. I opened my eyes in a daze, and then I found that the queen was looking at me with a smile, covering her mouth and chuckling: "Master, I really worked hard last night. However, the leisure time has passed, and it is time for morning court."

I felt very embarrassed and quickly got up from Lan Chuqing. But I found that the girl was pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed. With her level of martial arts, it was naturally impossible for her to be so unconscious. My prank suddenly arose, and I stretched out my evil hand and squeezed her sensitive place.

"Ah!" Lan Chuqing's pretending to be asleep immediately fell and couldn't help but exclaim.

This is just like that. I left me alone and pretended to be asleep alone. Humph. I jumped off the warm kang naked. Lan'er and Xing'er had already gotten up, and the ones who were used to helping me wash and dress.

After everything was intact, the queen said: "Emperor, I will help you choose a few more maids. Lan'er and Xing'er will eventually give them a title. They cannot serve the emperor as maids for the rest of their lives."

"Empress, I am willing to stay by the emperor for the rest of my life." Lan'er immediately knelt down on the ground when she heard this, with a trace of desolation flashing through her eyes. As the queen said, after some status, she would have to be alone in a courtyard. At that time, she would have to wait for me to come and not be able to serve me at all times.

Seeing this, Xing'er also begged for love.

"Silly girl." The queen gently helped them up and persuaded, "This is also for your sisters. If you are pregnant with a dragon fetus and as a maid, I am afraid that even the prince will not be able to get it when the time comes. Moreover, the emperor favors your sisters so much. Even if you move to the horizon, the emperor will chase you." As he said that, he gave me a pretty look, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

"Queen, let's talk about this matter later." I couldn't bear to let them enter the courtyard. Besides, I didn't even hold the power in my hand, so I didn't want them to enter the deep palace and get mixed water. When I become strong in the future, I can do whatever I want. Let anyone take care of me.

After eating something casually, I hurried to the court. With the experience I said yesterday, I am calm today. In the court, I listened to various reports while trying to identify everyone. I want to be familiar with all the officials in the shortest time.

The main issue today is the military issue. Due to the empty treasury, a minister proposed that the army should be cut.

This immediately caused a strong counterattack from the Minister of War and the mighty general.

I first sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, crossed my legs, and savored Tieguanyin, looking leisurely and contented. But in my heart, I was thinking about how to hold the army in my hands. As we all know, power comes from the barrel of a gun. Even if the emperor is not supported by the army, he will not speak hard.

After hearing them debate for nearly an hour, I finally understood the general military organization. The military organization in the capital is mainly the Imperial Guards, Imperial Guards, City Guards, and Reserves.

The number of imperial guards is about 30,000, which is the most elite unit and the emperor's direct command. Not only are they young and strong, but they are also the best equipment and treatment. This army is the first unit I control and the easiest unit to catch, because in name, it belongs to my private unit.

The Imperial Guard is an army stationed in the capital and the surrounding areas of the capital. It is mainly responsible for resisting the invasion of foreign enemies in the surrounding areas of the capital. The number is about 120,000. It is currently led by the Imperial Guard Commander Yue Chao. Of course, Yue Chao also has a title, that is, the mighty general, who has great military achievements and is well-known.

The city guards were about 20,000, mainly responsible for the security issues in the capital. This is the lazy army. Since Pingyuli often deals with the people in the city, they have already practiced all the old people.

The reserve army is mainly a unified name for all kinds of new armies, and is trained by the Ministry of War. If other armies are injured or retired, they will be replenished from the reserve army at any time. In addition, this is also the main source of troops during the war. Currently, the capital has about 200,000 reserve troops.

The total number of people of all Central Army groups will reach 370,000.

I heard the reasons for the attack from the court officials that the number of frontier troops stationed at the border with neighboring countries was about 250,000.

The total of all types of troops in each state and prefecture is about 150,000. In this way, the total of all troops in the country is as high as 830,000.

To support so many troops, the cost of spending around 11 million taels of silver a year.

No wonder, when the money from the treasury was spent, it was like flowing. Although the fat boy Liu Zhenming, the Minister of Revenue, was greedy for money, he could still stick to this day, which was a miracle. Today, the disarmament proposal was the most fierce that he called.

The current disarmament mainly targets the capital army and local army. As for the frontier army and the imperial guards directly under me, they dare not move with their courage.

The first minister to propose, I saw him standing beside Liu Zhenming, and he was probably an official of the Ministry of Revenue, and he might be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

According to his proposal, the imperial guards should be reduced by 40,000, the reserve troops should be reduced by 120,000, and local troops should be reduced by 50,000. In this way, the army of 210,000 can be reduced by magnitude, saving expenses. The personnel cut can also join society and become a new productivity.

It seems to make sense, the central reserve army is really terrifying.

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