Chapter 301

Speaking of this, the old general took a look at Lu Shao, but Lu Shao's expression was always calm, as if what he heard had nothing to do with him.

The old general sighed to himself, and then said, "Prince MI has an accident. The role played by the Emperor today is very dishonorable. Since Prince Mi died, the former Emperor has not been in good health. He has been ill intermittently for nearly two years. It is at this time that the emperor has won the favor of the former Emperor and has to be established as his successor. Such a throne, of course, can not convince the public. When the late emperor died again, he failed to make arrangements for the rest of the sons. After the emperor took over the throne, he sealed all his brothers to remote and barren places. I'm afraid these brothers have been dissatisfied for a long time. "

Well, that is to say, there are old grudges. Chen Wang Shizi's affair is a fuse.

"One more thing." The old general hesitated for a while, then said softly, "the imperial court may want to cut the vassal."

Stone small pistil suddenly stares big eye, prophase says those are bedding? This is the real hammer!

Shi Xiaorui's history is not very good. When it comes to cutting the vassal, she can only think of two people, one is emperor Jianwen, the other is Emperor Kangxi.

One was overthrown by his uncle Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and his whereabouts were unknown; One has been cut three times, and the throne is more stable.

Shi Xiaorui thinks that today's emperor can compare with Emperor Kangxi, and she doesn't think that the rebellious King Chen can compare with emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. However, judging from the general situation of the world, she still stands for the emperor to win.

Isn't the emperor indulging in pleasure and ignoring the government now? Why are you so motivated in this respect? Can't you honestly spend the rest of your life cutting the vassal and leave it to the next generation? Shi Xiaorui doesn't believe that the emperor doesn't know the consequences of cutting the vassal. Even if he can't remember it, the officials around him will remember it for him.

At that time, Xu Xin kept silent and only talked about King Chen. I'm afraid she knew that cutting the vassal was the next tough battle to fight. If the later form was not favorable, the kings would take advantage of the situation and join forces one after another, which would really lead to violent turbulence, and there was no way to solve it quickly in a short time.

Shi Xiaorui rubbed his head anxiously: "how could the emperor suddenly think of cutting the vassal?"

In Shi Xiaorui's barren historical knowledge, young emperors want to cut their vassals. The older emperors probably don't have enough energy and don't bother to toss. I didn't expect that the current emperors are so independent.

The old general was also speechless: "because the Treasury has no money. This summer, when I wanted to go to the palace for summer vacation, one of the palace was in disrepair for a long time. Fortunately, no one was injured in the rainstorm in summer. However, the emperor was angry at that time and asked the Minister of the Ministry of works for his carelessness. He even dared to be lazy in the repair of the palace. As a result, the Minister of the Ministry of industry said that the palace had been damaged since two years ago, but the cost of the repair had not been approved, and he kicked the ball to the Department in charge of appropriations. The Chamberlain of the Ministry of household also called for injustice. He said that the National Treasury has not been rich all these years, and there have been wars at the border every year. Military expenditure is a big expense. Although the palace really needs to be repaired, there is no money left. The relevant information has been written and handed over for a long time, but the emperor has not reviewed it. As a result, it turns out that since two years ago, there have been empty memorials from the national treasury, but they were all left by the emperor

Therefore, because of the lack of money, the emperor directly chose a difficult way to start.

Shi Xiaorui didn't know how to evaluate the emperor's practice.

On the surface, the State Treasury was short of money. The emperor was not prepared to squeeze money from the poor people who were already heavily burdened. Instead, he was prepared to start with other ruling classes who were richer. It seemed that he cherished the people's strength.

However, every time in history, there was no exception, military confrontation of small or large scale was triggered. Can people's life be the same as that in the Taiping period? Obviously not.

That is to say, whether the emperor wants to slaughter fat sheep or scrape meat from the legs of words, the final results are not very different. The bad consequences will ultimately be paid by the people, which will not affect the enjoyment of the emperor at the top of the country.

Shi Xiaorui is a little annoyed. But it's useless to see through this. I can only get angry for nothing.

The old general looked at her unhappy face. On the contrary, he was in a better mood. The wrinkles around his eyes narrowed more closely: "OK, don't be angry. What's the use of being angry? People like us are just angry and anxious. The first son even had three imperial censors, but he didn't see the emperor waver. He even threw aside the memorial of the first and second auxiliary's admonitions. I'm afraid the emperor is determined to cut his vassal. "

Shi Xiaorui asked: "is the court very sure?"

Looking at his Majesty's attitude, it seems that cutting a vassal is something that can be solved with a wave.

The old general shook his head: "it's hard to say. Surrounded by Tiger neighbors, the border troops can not be transferred back, only the central army and the imperial army. But over the years, the Ministry of household has been saying that there is no shortage of military pay. "The old general sneered," but the military pay and weapons supply of the border army have been delayed year by year. Only grain and grass, regardless of old grain, can barely make a living. This is the highest treatment. As for the central army and the Imperial Army, the Ministry of the people's Republic of China shirks responsibility for asking for money again and again. Moreover, the country is basically peaceful, and there has been no war for several years. The situation of empty pay is very serious. How much combat power can be left

Empty pay, for example, is an army of 100000 people, but the actual number is far from enough. The pay is based on people's hair. The extra soldiers who only see their names but not the living will be embezzled. This is called empty pay.

Generally speaking, no one will go to the number of people one by one. Whether the number of people can be counted correctly or not, so empty rates are very easy to happen, but some places are especially serious.

Shi Xiaorui asked: "does the emperor know the real situation of the central army and the imperial army?"

The old general said, "I guess I don't know if you look like your majesty is full of confidence and goes his own way."

The old general was transferred back from the border army. After that, he took a casual job and went to the upper court every day. Sometimes he didn't want to go to the upper court. It was very easy to tell him he was ill and ask for a leave. The central army and the Imperial Army didn't interfere in anything. At this time, it was none of their business and they wanted to make fun of their colleagues.

"These days, commander Shen and General Yang are looking for people everywhere. They want to say something in front of your majesty, hoping to postpone the removal of their vassal. Many people have met with each other in front of your majesty, and now no one is willing to accept their gifts. Unfortunately, I've lost a lot of hair these days. I can't take the hairpin with me. "