After Su Xiaorui and Ye Xiaonian came back from the palace, they saw mother and father talking in the gazebo, it looked like a beautiful picture from a distance.
The two children walked over quickly, Su Xiaorui naturally climbed onto Ye Feibai's lap, Su Ying hugged Ye Xiaonian into her arms and sat down.
"Back?" Su Ying took a piece of fruit from the fruit plate and fed it to Ye Xiaonian.
Su Xiaorui ate one by himself, and ate it with relish: "Mother, Grandpa Huang is very angry today, and even ignored us."
"Oh? What's going on?"
"Great-grandmother was also very upset. Later we inquired carefully and said that it was the imperial censor's memorial that exposed the fact that the army was eating empty salaries."
"Empty pay?" Su Ying's face showed shock, she glanced at Ye Feibai, only to see that his expression was indifferent, and she didn't know what he was thinking.
At this time, Ling Feng appeared: "My lord, the emperor has a decree, please enter the palace immediately."
Ye Feibai seemed to have expected it, and there was no difference: "This king knows."
Su Ying's complexion changed slightly, as soon as the matter of empty pay was revealed, Emperor Ming ordered Feibai to enter the palace, could it be that he was asked to thoroughly investigate the matter
This incident of eating empty pay is not uncommon, no matter what era it is placed in, it is a landmine.
It can even be said that whoever gets it is unlucky.
Su Ying looked at Ye Feibai worriedly, and said hesitantly, "Father, he..."
Ye Feibai got up and glanced at her, his eyes were clear and indifferent: "Wait for me to come back."
Su Xiaorui and Ye Xiaonian frowned tightly when they saw their father's leaving back and felt that their mother's expression was wrong.
Seeing Ye Feibai's tired face after he came back from the palace, Su Ying poured tea for him with her own hands: "Come and drink first, have you eaten yet?"
Su Ying said to the outside: "Luhen, go and bring some food over."
Su Ying stared at Ye Feibai: "Father really asked you to investigate this matter?"
Ye Feibai drank his tea slowly, humming inaudibly.
Su Ying asked anxiously again: "It's not just now that the empty pay is not new, why did the emperor suddenly ask you to investigate this matter?"
Ye Feibai put down his cup, bloodlust flashed in his eyes: "Lin Yushi is the fifth man."
"Fifth prince?" Su Ying hated the fifth prince very much now, she didn't expect that he was not peaceful during this time, but was plotting against Ye Feibai on this matter.
The reason why Ye Feifan instigates to push this matter to Ye Feibai is also because this matter cannot be eradicated by an imperial decree, and it will be troublesome if there is a leak.
Su Ying's mind is clear. Since Emperor Ming entrusted this matter to Ye Feibai, he may have suspicions about Ye Feibai. In order to balance power, he will probably start to suppress Feibai.
Thinking of this, Su Ying couldn't help holding Ye Feibai's hand, as if wanting to pass on her own strength to him.
Su Ying frowned and said: "This matter can't be solved simply, even if it is thoroughly investigated, how to investigate and deal with it? This kind of errand is the most offending people, blocking people's money is like killing parents. It is a bomb, say no It will detonate at any time."
"Are you worried about me?" Ye Feibai's unparalleled handsome face moved closer to her.
His voice is as gentle as the sound of nature, unhurried, and low-pitched.
Su Ying glared at him angrily, "Don't worry."
"Not worried at all?" Ye Feibai raised his eyebrows slightly, "I don't believe it."
Su Ying looked at his beautiful face, her breath was full of his grass-like smell, and he was still staring at her for a moment, Su Ying felt that she was caught in a strange feeling at this moment, There is a faint charming smell in the air.
A mess of thoughts suddenly appeared in Su Ying's mind, and she couldn't help but push his face away: "Do you believe it or not!"
Ye Feibai looked at her fair face that was slightly red, as if she had applied rouge.
He touched his chin, he met her eyes, his beautiful eyes flashed bright like stars, the corners of his mouth were raised evilly, and there was a charming smile on his face: "You look worried about me!" best looking."
Su Ying looked at him helplessly: "His Royal Highness Huai, why are you still in the mood to joke now?"
The corners of Ye Feibai's bright red lips curled up, with a sense of arrogance, and he stretched out his hand to hug her into his arms: "As long as you are by my side, I feel very satisfied. Corruption in the military, of course, must be severely punished." Loan, you don't have to worry."
Su Ying leaned against his warm arms, thinking about how to do this well, and slapped the fifth prince in the face.
Ye Feibai didn't want to worry Su Ying about this matter, so after eating, he said to her: "It's getting late, you can sleep peacefully."
Su Ying responded, but couldn't fall asleep at all.
Although Ye Feibai didn't seem to care about it on the surface, he didn't eat much for dinner, and he was somewhat psychologically burdened.
This kind of difficult errand, no one wished never to get involved in it.
Su Ying didn't fall asleep until early in the morning, and she didn't feel the slightest when Ye Feibai went to court.
Su Ying lay lazily on the soft couch and thought about it during the day, but it really made her think of something.
When Ye Feibai came back from Shangchao, Su Ying poured him tea and smiled, "I have some ideas here, do you want to listen to them?"
Ye Feibai glanced at her: "Tell me."
Ye Feibai was curious about what kind of solution Su Ying came up with.
Su Ying said earnestly: "Speaking of it, it is now a rule to spend money by fire. There are civilian officials who spend money by fire to make up for their income, and there are also low-level officials who give various tributes to Shangfeng. But what about military officers? Military officials have no place to search for money. , Naturally, we can only play the idea of soldiers' salaries."
A smile flickered across Ye Feibai's eyes, and he nodded in approval, signaling Su Ying to continue.
"You have lived in the army, so you are familiar with the situation in the army. You can think about it, what kind of living standard can a low-ranking officer in the army live with only the salary in the army?"
Su Ying saw that Ye Feibai was thinking, and said slowly: "If the salary is too low, the imperial court should give them a salary increase. If their salary has been raised, and they still deduct the military salary, then we will investigate and deal with it at this time, and there will be no resistance." It's that big."
Ye Feibai tapped the table with his fingers lightly after hearing this, his brows were not completely stretched.
Su Ying continued: "They were fighting at the front, fighting with their lives. If their salaries can't even support their parents, wives and children at home, and they are still worrying about the daily necessities at home, how can they have the mood to make such sacrifices?" ?”
"Let me think about it." Ye Feibai touched his chin and nodded in approval. This is indeed a feasible solution.
[Author's Digression]: I finally finished it, go to lie down for a while, and try to update it on time at night