Prince Huai's mansion was happily eating oden, while Ye Feifan was racking his brains to figure out how to deal with Ye Feibai.
There was an angry look on his face, what was the use of keeping so many followers, he had no idea at the critical moment.
Recently, he has seen Emperor Ming's trust in Ye Feibai, his indifferent attitude towards himself, and the empress dowager's favor for his two children, and whether he loves Xiaojing. Before, the empress dowager clearly loved Xiaojing very much. changed.
Ye Feifan's face was livid, and his hands were tightly clenched into fists, all because of Ye Feibai.
At this moment, a staff member suddenly thought of something and whispered something in his ear.
Ye Feifan was not paying attention at first, but when he heard the back, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Lin Yushi said cautiously: "When the time comes, the emperor will order, Duke Huai will have to take over this mess."
A sneer appeared on Ye Feifan's face. This was indeed a mess, and it was an offending mess.
It is best for Ye Feibai to make a big hole in this matter, and then see what he can do to gain the trust of his father.
Thinking of this, Ye Feifan showed a smug expression on his face: "If you succeed in this matter, the prince will definitely reward you a lot."
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On this day, Su Xiaorui and Ye Xiaonian were called to the palace by the Queen Mother to accompany the Queen Mother for dinner.
Xiao Rui bounced and ran inside, and Xiao Nian held the food box in the back in an orderly manner: "Slow down, be careful not to fall."
Su Xiaorui turned his head and made a face at Xiao Nian: "Come and chase me, chase me."
Su Xiaorui looked at him with embarrassment, he didn't want to do such childish things with him!
When the two steamed stuffed buns walked to the gate of the Compassionate Ning Palace, they saw Emperor Ming's face was ashen, with overwhelming anger.
Seeing that Grandpa Huang was so angry, Su Xiaorui's small body froze and he held his breath. He imitated Ye Xiaonian's manner and politely saluted Emperor Ming: "Grandfather."
"En." Emperor Ming glanced at the two children, reached out and rubbed their heads, turned around and left.
Su Xiaorui and Ye Xiaonian looked at each other, and they saw surprise in each other's eyes. The emperor's grandfather usually doesn't treat them like this.
After the two children went in, they saw that the Empress Dowager's expression was also not good, and their brows were tightly frowned.
"Great-grandmother." Su Xiaorui put on a dazed expression and jumped up and hugged the queen mother's thigh tightly, "Xiaorui is here to see you."
"Xiao Rui, Xiao Nian, you are here." The Empress Dowager saw them coming in with a loving look on her face.
Ye Xiaonian opened the food box, took out the cakes and handed them to the Queen Mother, and asked curiously: "Grandmother, Xiao Nian looks at Grandpa Huang so unhappy."
Su Xiaorui nodded vigorously, his small face wrinkled tightly: "Yes, yes, you don't care about us, do you not like us?"
"How could it be?" The queen mother sighed, the emperor is in a state of desperation now, how could he be in the mood to listen to others, "He's just in a bad mood."
The Empress Dowager recalled that when Emperor Ming came, the veins on her forehead were bulging, and her face was very ugly.
Before that, Lin Yushi published an impeachment memorial, which exposed the fact that the army was starving for nothing.
The army's equipment and military pay alone are a lot of money, not to mention the continued recruitment of soldiers and the strengthening of military defenses. If the situation of empty pay is allowed to happen, the treasury will be in a deficit, and how much money will be lost.
Besides, the army pretends to be a military salary by using false credentials. What if the two armies suddenly fight
A sufficient number of soldiers is to ensure the power of the army. If the military registration is false, it will greatly weaken the power of the army.
The army is the pillar of a country, and the imperial court allocates a large amount of money to the army every year. If this trend breeds for a long time, the country will definitely be in danger of subjugation.
"What's that?" Su Xiaorui asked, shaking the Queen Mother's arm, "Why is Grandpa Huang in a bad mood, let's go and comfort him."
The queen mother was in a much better mood after being made such a fuss by him. She rubbed their heads: "You guys don't know anything at such a young age."
Su Xiaorui straightened her small body and said, "Is my great-grandmother underestimating us? Oh, just tell us, tell us?"
Seeing the Queen Mother, Su Xiaorui didn't say anything, and pestered her all over: "Grandmother, I'll sing for you, so you can tell us...then tell you a story? How about I dance for you?"
Seeing Su Xiaorui acting coquettish and cute, Ye Xiaonian smiled faintly in her black eyes.
Su Xiaorui wriggled around the queen mother, who was amused and smiled helplessly: "I'm afraid of you... Grandmother, please tell me that there is an impeachment memorial in Lin Yushi, and the phenomenon of empty pay in the army is serious, so your empress Grandpa was furious."
Su Xiaorui blinked his black eyes ignorantly: "What is empty pay?"
The Empress Dowager looked at him and explained: "Originally the Forbidden Army had 400 cavalry troops and 500 infantry troops as a command, but now the cavalry troops are commanded by only dozens of horsemen, and the infantry troops are less than one or two hundred. Pretending to be a military pay…”
After listening to the queen mother's explanation, Su Xiaorui also understood. He clenched his fists and said indignantly: "These people are really abominable, they did such a thing! This is simply stealing money from the treasury!"
Ye Xiaonian also answered, and said earnestly with a wrinkled face: "If the phenomenon of empty pay is serious, then the military registration will be false, the number of soldiers will be reduced, and personnel can be impersonated at will. Military law in the army is lax, military discipline is corrupt, and fraud is common , will definitely dampen the spirit of the soldiers."
There is a name but no person, there is a person but not the truth, the consequences are disastrous!
The Empress Dowager looked at the two children's eloquence, with proud and gratified expressions in her eyes, and embraced the two of them in her arms. Even such a young child understands the truth. They know how to break the law. It is a heinous crime!
After Emperor Ming returned to the imperial study, Eunuch Sun stepped forward and served him tea.
He sat on the chair and rubbed his temple with his index finger. He remembered what Lin Yushi had said before.
King Huai has always won battles, those soldiers looked up to him, and if he said a word, the whole army would be shaken.
Duke Huai was born in the army, so he must know the inside story, and he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort to investigate this matter.
A gloomy look appeared on Emperor Ming's face, and his heart moved slightly. Feibai had accumulated a lot of military exploits and done a lot of things in the past few years, and he was about to catch up with himself as the emperor.
Although he has already returned the military power, it is still dreadful.
Emperor Ming took a sip of tea lightly, and thoroughly investigated the matter of vacancy, so-called one trigger would affect the whole body, involving all aspects. If he really found out about this matter, it would prove that he didn't have that thought.
Thinking of this, Emperor Ming summoned Eunuch Sun and ordered him to invite Ye Feibai into the palace.
[Author's digression]: I'm sorry to wait until I have to get another injection, the third chapter will be completed as soon as possible 3E_26lt3B