Straight man of steel

Chapter 189

"Your Majesty, Qimen Army Cavalry Captain Wei Qing and Army Commander Shi Zhang Yuan indeed asked my grandson for war horses yesterday.

Ladies and gentlemen, please comment on the old man's reasoning. Aren't Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan drinking the blood of soldiers?
Yesterday, I also heard that the two of them punished those military officers who were not paid. I thought they were all upright people, but I thought that such a thing happened last night.

They don't allow their officers to do this kind of blood-drinking thing, are they only allowed to do it themselves? "

The one who complained loudly is also a descendant of a founding hero.

Guang Ah Hou Renjing.

It seems that he is the oldest in this dynasty, his beard and hair are already grey.

Ren Jing's ancestor, Ren Ao, came from Pei County, and was one of the first people to follow Han Gaozu Liu Bang. Although his reputation was not obvious, it also represented a kind of dignity.

There are actually factions among these marquises of the big man, and the most powerful faction is the more than 60 founding heroes from Fengpei and its surrounding areas.

These people controlled the power of the country from the founding of the country to the period of Emperor Wen.

Although the descendants are much weaker, they are already inseparable from the big man.

And there is a tendency that if you provoke one family, dozens of other families will fight back one after another.

As long as the crime is not really in Liu Che's hands, Liu Che will not do anything to them.

After Guang Ahou finished speaking, the other nobles all echoed.

"Yes, Your Majesty, what Guang Ahou said is correct, you cannot allow Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan to act recklessly and break the rules of the army."

Although these nobles tried their best to complain and wanted Liu Che to make the decision for them, no one in the court spoke up for them.

One reason is that most of the nobles have no official positions and only titles. If Liu Che hadn't recruited them one by one, they wouldn't bother to go to court.

That's why, apart from these nobles who cried out for grievances, more than half of the ministers in the court are not their faction.

In Emperor Jing Dynasty, most of the important officials in the court were descendants of meritorious officials, but the situation now is completely opposite.

"Are you all still complaining? I really don't know what expressions Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan will make when they know your intentions.

Wang Sui, read the memorial presented by Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan to these immortals for me. "

Wang Sui is also from Fengpei's lineage, and the people Liu Che scolded were Wang Sui's uncles and grandparents. Right now, he really doesn't want to miss this memorial, but Liu Che has already spoken, and there is nothing he can do about it.

Wang Sui opened the memorial submitted by Wei Qing, and then slowly read the contents above.

"Your Majesty, peace.

Chen Weiqing and Zhang Yuan learned today that there were only 830 war horses in the Qimen army, so they asked for [-] war horses from the noble sons of the army.

Today, I would like to apologize to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to punish the sins of my ministers and stabilize the minds of the public.

However, it is the righteousness of the country to act like this.

The Qimen Army is the most well-equipped army among all the armies, and they often accompany His Majesty around.

Such an army is only 700 people, and even if everyone is not equipped with horses, the minister only considered the difficulties of His Majesty and the difficulties of a big man.

Hearing that there are generals and war horses in Xungui's mansion in the great Han Dynasty, he understood that he wanted to use the war horses in Xungui's hands.

The war was about to begin, and although this move was bound to be criticized by the princes in the court, I thought that I could cut off one more bandit's head, so I no longer hesitated.

If the 830 war horses requested can enter the Qimen Army, Chen Weiqing and Zhang Yuan are willing to relinquish their posts in the army, and surrender themselves to the pawns of the horses. "

After Wang Sui finished reading, he retreated and hid in the shadow under the pillar.

Liu Che stood up abruptly, and roared at the dozens of nobles below.

"You heard it, you saw it.

Look at how other people do it, Qi Duwei Wei Qing and Chang Shi Zhang Yuan are dedicated to the country, and they will not hesitate to offend you Liehou, Guanneihou, and Da Shuzhang.

If you have vicious thoughts in your heart, you may not be able to hurt Wei Qing's family, but the more than 200 people in Zhang Yuan's house may not see the sun of tomorrow.

This kind of talent is what the big man needs most at present, but because of some war horses that are not used at home, you have written memorials to slander this kind of people.

My face is dull, I am ashamed for Emperor Gaozu, and I feel sad for your ancestors.

After you retire from the imperial court today, you will have to make up for the 2000 and 300 horses for the Qimen Army. In addition, the [-] men missing from the Qimen Army will be borne by your family.

Let your families give me the spring of next year and give it to the big man to go north to kill the Huns. "

"Your Majesty, the Eldest Princess is seeking an audience outside the palace."

Liu Che frowned. Although he didn't like women entering the palace, he still nodded.

"Princess Xuanchang enters the palace."

After a while, the eldest princess walked slowly towards the center of the hall.

"Sister, why are you here today?"

Liu Che asked the eldest princess.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, my husband Cao Shou, Marquis of Pingyang, was worried when he heard that there was a shortage of horses and food in the army.

But I am sick and unable to come to meet His Majesty, so I am here to donate 20 war horses, a million dollars, and [-] stones of food and grass to him. "

Liu Che was overjoyed after hearing this.

"Pingyang Marquis Cao Shou has lived up to the name of his ancestor Cao Shen."

After Guangping Hou Xue Ze finished listening, he quickly fell to his knees and said tremblingly.

"Your Majesty will immediately do what His Majesty said just now.

When the country became important, I donated an additional [-] stones of food and grass to the soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

May my Han army be victorious and Your Majesty be victorious. "

After Xue Ze made a start, the dozen or so people immediately knelt down, and those who had money donated money, and those who had food donated food.

Although Liu Che is not short of money and food at all now, no one would dislike the increase in these things.

"The big man wins! Your Majesty wins!"

When everyone knelt down and cheered, the sound almost broke through the clouds and reached the nine heavens.

The anger on Liu Che's face didn't dissipate until this time, and a smile appeared instead.

Only when there is a war, can the emperor's power reach its peak.

After this day, not only the Qimen army received 2000 two hundred war horses, but also three hundred soldiers before dark that day.

After hearing the news, the rest of the nobles who did not go to court also donated money and food.

As for the war horses, each of them donated as much as they had.

Anyway, as long as they are not allowed to go to the battlefield to fight, these war horses are really useless to them.

Liu Che saw that the warehouses that had been emptied because the grain and grass were transported to the border areas in advance became full again, and his mood suddenly became better.

From Xue Ze's memorial, it seems that Zhang Yuan came up with this idea, so at the court meeting the next day, Liu Che directly mentioned Zhang Yuan's title to No. 13 and so on.

And directly expanded the closed land in Zhang Yuan's house from [-] mu to [-] mu.

Now that he has no military merit, and Zhang Yuan personally has to stay in the Qimen Army, the only thing he can get is a title, and there is no need to think about promotion.

(End of this chapter)