Start by scolding the empress

Chapter 135 What to Do

Sitting on the dragon chair, the empress felt a little headache.

Chen Yi felt a little regretful now. If he had just captured the second prince, he would have sent a letter to the Liao Kingdom directly, and he would not have fallen into the passive situation he is now.

The Empress intends to see how to resolve this matter, so today's opening remarks are different from the previous ones.

"Dear dear friends, what happened to the Liao envoy yesterday? Do you think there is any good way to solve it?"

Above the court, all the ministers looked at each other.

Yesterday, the chief minister of the cabinet and several other ministers had already discussed with the empress.

It's just that they didn't come up with a good plan in the end, so now their group is silent.

The ministers of several other factions looked up and saw that the chief ministers of the cabinet were silent, so naturally they didn't want to be the first to show off. After all, this matter was not easy to solve.

So for a moment, the entire head hall was silent, as quiet as a pindrop.

The empress looked very bad, because of this incident last night, she didn't sleep well.

Unexpectedly, there was no one in the court today who could provide a solution. The empress felt a little annoyed in her heart, feeling that she had raised a group of useless people.

There was nothing she could do at the critical moment, and the empress felt that she had no hope at all.

In normal times, these ministers would fight brilliantly and perform frequent tricks, but when it came time to use them, they would be just like the mute, and could no longer be cowardly.

The Empress suddenly felt her head hurt even more, she couldn't help stretching out her hand, and pinched the bridge of her nose.

Suppressing the fire in my heart, I asked again one last time.

"No one knows what to do, so if this matter is not resolved, you will just let us talk and bully us like this?"

One of the military generals in Beijing came out: "Your Majesty, I feel that the Liao Kingdom is too deceitful. They sent assassins, but they beat them back. I am willing to help Your Majesty solve problems and go to the border of the Liao Kingdom. If there is any change in the Liao Kingdom, I am willing." Fight to the death."

The empress looked helplessly at the general below.

Of course, this general spoke to her heart, but he couldn't agree.

In the eyes of the Empress, there is really nothing terrible in the Liao Kingdom, and the fight will be fought. The only difficulty is that there is no money, no way to equip weapons, and no food. This is the most troublesome thing.

So in this battle now, it is better not to fight or not to fight.

The empress nodded with a gratified expression on her face: "I know Aiqing, and I am willing to fight for our Great Wu Kingdom. I am very pleased. Unfortunately, it is going to be winter now. I don't know what this gentleman thinks is enough." not enough."

When the empress said this, she looked at the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance next to her.

"Shangshu Hubu, I don't know if there is any extra military pay?"

As soon as Hubu Shangshu heard the empress call his name, before he could speak, his face was filled with grief.

"Your Majesty! The national treasury is still empty. Although the drought in Longxi has been resolved, His Majesty has also exempted them from taxes this year. There are floods in the south, and they are still providing disaster relief. The west is still fighting, so this is asking for money everywhere. If you are in the Liao Kingdom ..."

Although the words of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance were not finished.

But all the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty knew what he meant.

Even without money, they couldn't afford to fight this battle, so some other ministers were silent and even lowered their heads even lower.

A trace of anger flashed across the Empress' face.

"Then according to what you say, do we have to listen to the Liao envoy and not only let the second prince of Liao who assassinated me go free, but we also have to pay a large sum of money in order to put an end to this matter?"

The empress yelled loudly, and raging anger burst out in her eyes.

The ministers below were startled, and all of them shrank into a ball like themselves, like quails.

After the empress got angry, she found that there was no sound from the bottom, and her face was full of disappointment. The empress didn't know what to do now, so she couldn't satisfy what the Liao envoy said, so she let him go and paid for the money!

Of course, it is not possible to send troops, and to meet each other directly, the Empress wanted to find a way to achieve both.

At the same time, the empress had a wry smile in her heart, feeling that she couldn't figure it out, so how could she embarrass others.

Chen Yichao looked around, and everyone was expressionless. At this time, he felt that it was almost time, so he stood up: "Your Majesty! I have a good plan, and I don't know if it should be said or not."

The Empress immediately raised her head, looking at Chen Yi below, her eyes lit up.

That's right, why did I forget about Chen Shilang, he was the one who solved the Longxi matter before, and helped catch the assassin, so there must be something to do with this matter.

"Ai Qing, tell me quickly."

Chen Yi handed over the memorial in his hand.

The Empress immediately turned her head to signal Eunuch Li, and Eunuch Li took the memorial of Chen Yi and handed it to the Empress.

The empress did not look through it anxiously, but continued to stare expectantly at Chen Yi below.

"Your Majesty! I think that I made it very clear yesterday. They talked about it. It is not impossible to want the second prince of Liao Kingdom. All you need to do is bring money to redeem him."

Chen Yi spoke slowly.

As soon as Chen Yi said this, not only the empress who was sitting on it, but even the other ministers showed surprised expressions, and looked at Chen Yi who was standing in the middle.

Chen Yi was very calm and did not panic in any way because of the stares from around him.

The empress suddenly didn't know how to speak and asked Liao to use money to redeem people. This was simply a fantasy.

What the envoys of the Liao Kingdom said yesterday already showed their attitude, how could there be any change.

The empress thought that what Chen Yi said yesterday was just to make them look better, and at the same time to squeeze the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, so she made yesterday's remarks.

The empress never expected that what Chen Yi said was true, and he really wanted to pay money to the Liao Kingdom.

The other ministers had the same idea.

Sensing the gazes around him, Chen Yi showed a mocking smile on his face, then immediately hid it, raised his head, and looked at the empress above, as if waiting for her to make a decision.

The empress opened her mouth, feeling that this guy dared to scold her directly, and there was nothing he couldn't say.

"It's not that I don't want to do this. The key is that the Liao Kingdom doesn't recognize our statement at all. How can they pay the ransom? What if the Liao Kingdom is angered and they send troops?"

When the empress said this, she glanced at the Minister of Tobe with some guilt.

"Chen Shilang, you also know this. The last time I paid Xibianer's army, there was not much left in the treasury. There was no extra money to fight the Liao Kingdom. Is there any way Chen Shilang can get the army salary?"

The more the empress talked about it, the more likely it seemed, and her eyes lit up.

(End of this chapter)