After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

The prince did not answer the question, but kept looking at her.

It is clear that the prince, as a future ruler, must have his own concerns and considerations.

Pei Jiaoran turned his head and looked away. This is also the difference between a minister and a monarch. It is the minister's duty to advise according to government orders. The king needs to accept advice, but he does not need to fully listen to the opinions of his ministers. The king should have his own considerations.

So she didn't think what she said today would be approved by the prince.

After all, reducing troops is extremely risky from all aspects. The prince will not agree to this matter before he is sure. But since the prince asked, she still had to answer. Otherwise, how can I repay him for his support?

"I still have something to do. Minister Pei, please go back. Don't mention the issue of cutting down the soldiers. As for cutting down the Buddhist temple, I still have to think about it."

Hearing the intention of expelling guests from the prince's tone, Pei Jiaoran bowed and said goodbye. Zhou Min personally sent him away from the East Palace.

After coming out of the East Palace, Pei Jiaoran leaned against the wall and rubbed his numb calves. After calming down, he walked to the public house of the Ministry of Finance.

A few days later. Things finally turned out as Pei Jiaoran wished. Emperor Wei still ordered the palace city to be dismissed, and at the same time ordered Lu Zheng to be released. As for Lieutenant Tian, ​​who was at odds with her, Zhang Rang was convicted of hiring a murderer to kill her and using the emperor's order to enrich himself. He was thrown out as a scapegoat and hanged in Shence Prison.

Emperor Wei also rewarded Pei Jiaoran as an appeasement. But as the Minister of Household Affairs and a judge of expenditure, she naturally had no chance to relax.

The matter of Shence Zhongna was very involved, and Duzhi, Taifu and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were all involved. So much so that it took nearly half a month from the time I borrowed the knife to now to finish moving the stolen goods. What she has to do now is to calculate all the stolen money and send it to Taifu Temple.

"It's really strange. His Majesty actually issued an order to promote Cao Wenzhong, and even replaced him with Lieutenant Liu. I heard that Lieutenant Liu lost his temper in Shence Gong's house because of this." Pei Jiaoran put down his hand. I just heard the servants discussing at the door.

With thoughts in his eyes, Pei Jiaoran pursed his lips. It seemed that after finishing all these things, she had to go find Li Xiujing to ask about the situation.

It took five days for all the officials in the Ministry of Revenue to look up from their long cases. They were all very depressed. If you were to walk on the street, you might be thought of as a beggar.

Glancing at the subordinates beside him, Pei Jiaoran sent them back to bathe and change clothes. He went to Taifu Temple with a few Shu Lingshi who seemed to be relatively energetic.

Faced with the avoidant looks of Taifu Temple officials, Pei Jiaoran ordered Shu Lingshi to deliver the stolen money to them. Leave after both parties have settled their accounts.

After returning to his residence, Pei Jiaoran couldn't wait to boil water and take a bath.

He tied up his hair casually and went out to wait for Li Xiujing. She hid in a nearby restaurant and frowned when Li Xiujing didn't come back until the closing drum sounded.

Outside the newly closed gate, a horse suddenly neighed. The waiter grumbled and went to open the door reluctantly. The visitor rode on a tall horse and handed the fish talisman to the soldier.

The shopkeeper looked at the fish talisman under the dim sky. When he saw the words on the fish talisman, he respectfully handed the fish talisman back.

"Thank you for your hard work, general." The soldier bowed his head and said.

"Shence Army is really domineering. He can actually make the soldiers open the door for you in violation of the court's regulations." Pei Jiaoran cut his hands and walked out of the darkness slowly, looking at the visitor with a smile.

After hearing this, the servant hurriedly said: "Madam, don't talk nonsense. The general must have come home late because of his busy official duties."

"So can you ignore the regulations of the court? Who gave you the power?" Pei Jiaoran looked at the servant lazily, "Believe it or not, I will go to your boss to sue you."

"You are such a arrogant lady." After saying this, the soldier looked sideways at the man on the horse.

Li Xiujing, who was on horseback, was holding the reins with a look of leisure. It seems that he has no intention of intervening in this matter.

Seeing this, the soldier could only lower his voice, "This is General Li and the eldest son of Li Sikong. How can he be compared to a humble family like you. Why don't you get out of the way quickly and don't offend anyone."

"But my surname is Pei." Pei Jiaoran smiled.

After saying this, the soldier's eyes widened.

"Qingjia, stop teasing him." Li Xiujing got off her horse and walked to her, her eyes full of tenderness, "What happened?"

Glancing at the curious look on his face, Pei Jiaoran took Li Xiujing's arm and pulled him forward.

Holding the horse, Li Xiujing let Pei Jiaoran hold her arm. The two of them walked into the restaurant and chose a corner to sit down.

"I heard that Lieutenant Liu and Cao Wenzhong were transferred to each other?" Pei Jiaoran asked with a frown.

"Yes. The transfer order came suddenly, and Lieutenant Liu got very angry in the office because of it." Li Xiujing handed her the tea, her eyes showed worry, "I'm afraid Zhang Rang noticed something and asked Cao Wenzhong to spy on me. ."

Pei Jiaoran lowered his head and took a sip of tea, pondering slightly. Because of the good relationship between Li Xiujing and Lieutenant Liu, he had the final say on many affairs of You Shence Army. But now Emperor Wei suddenly transferred Cao Wenzhong to the position of lieutenant in the right army, which meant that he would be controlled by Cao Wenzhong and what he had to do would not go so smoothly.

"What's Cao Wenzhong's reputation among the two armies of Shence?" Pei Jiaoran asked suddenly.

"His virtues. Except for a few people in the Zuo Army, not many people like him." Li Xiujing thought for a while and then said: "I had most of the right divine strategies in my hands before. Even if Cao Wenzhong comes, It's of no use. As long as the imperial court doesn't appoint someone as a general, he can only control me with the highest command authority. But there is no war at the moment, so he can't do anything to me."

I know that Li Xiujing has been trying his best to control Youshence during this period. Moreover, You Shence Army and Zuo Shence Army are different. They are both sergeants who have actually been on the battlefield and fought in battles. I have more contempt for eunuchs like Cao Wenzhong, and naturally I don't have much admiration.

"Compared with this, I'm more worried about whether Zhang Rang notices that I plan to use You Shence to embezzle the inner treasury. If this is the case, it will be very troublesome for you and me to do anything we want to do in the future." Pei Jiaoran frowned.

Lieutenant Liu was transferred and replaced with Cao Wenzhong, who was timid and greedy. He clearly wanted to drag Youshen Cejun into the quagmire.

"I know this. But I'm afraid I won't be able to get rid of Cao Wenzhong for a while. So Qingjia, I have a good idea."

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran moved his eyes and said, "Say."

"Let him become a big rat first, and then seize his power." Li Xiujing raised her lips, full of calculations.

People like Cao Wenzhong are full of greed. In order to satisfy their own greed, they will naturally resort to any means. So why not take advantage of the situation and feed it into a big rat.

Staring at Li Xiujing, Pei Jiaoran raised his lips, "In the late Jin Dynasty, Wang Jun attempted to usurp the throne. Shi Le heard the news and wanted to destroy him. But because he was afraid of his great power, Shi Le was worried that it would be difficult to win for a while. So he sent envoys to pay homage to Wang Jun, willing to support him as his leader. The emperor. Wang Jun was very happy and had Shi Le present the heads of the rebels, so he let down his guard. Afterwards, Youzhou was flooded and the people were in dire straits. Shi Le personally led troops to attack Youzhou and killed Wang Jun with his sword. Although this plan was good, Okay, but are you afraid of raising tigers?"

"The human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant. Qingjia, will you let them live for so long?"

"Of course not." Pei Jiaoran stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the red bean cake on the plate, "Xuan Yin, why do you suddenly like sweets?"