For the next few days, Xu Que disappeared again.
Xuanyuan Wanrong was still in charge of the court affairs in the palace.
The officials who were shocked by Xu Que's private treasury plan did not even have the time to be happy for two days before they calmed down.
What return of a wise ruler!
What emperor finally knows how to rule the country?
Bah!
Not even a shadow could be seen for a few days straight, he was still a fatuous ruler!
However, Xu Que's private treasury plan, under the control of a few old officials, had already achieved great results in the country.
A huge amount of silver was piled up in the private treasury like a rolling snowball, and then a portion was distributed in the name of disaster relief.
The victims of famine received relief and were deeply grateful to the royal family.
As for the national treasury, because of the existence of the private treasury, the current flow of silver was buffered, and there was temporarily no need to worry about not having enough silver.
…
At this time, Xu Que was pestering the Minister of War, asking him to find people for him.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to help you, but your idea is really …" The Minister of War hesitated for a long time, and could not say what he wanted to say, it was really disrespectful.
Xu Que put on a serious face, "Lord Chen, do you not believe me?"
"I do not dare, but … this is really not possible." The Minister of War hurriedly denied.
That's right, I don't believe you!
You suddenly f * cking asked me for three thousand elite soldiers, and even said that you want to prepare for a rainy day and train soldiers!
Bullshit!
Have you forgotten how you cheated people before?
The Minister of War still remembered it vividly. That year, there was a group of mountain bandits outside the imperial city, and they had the guts to occupy the mountains and call themselves kings.
At that time, Xu Que, who had just started to pursue his dream, immediately went to the Minister of War to ask for people to go up the mountain to suppress the bandits.
In the end, not only did they not manage to suppress the bandits, but he himself became a hostage.
Fortunately, the bandits knew what they were doing and did not directly kill the hostage, and in the end, Xu Que had the chance to be rescued by an expert.
If the mountain bandits had been a little more stubborn and killed the hostages, it was likely that Xu Que would have become the most shameful Emperor in the history of the Eastern Tang Kingdom.
At this time, Xu Que actually came to him to ask for people, saying that he wanted to create an elite troop policy and cultivate an ultimate assault and assassination team.
Oh my god, I was scared to death!
"Your Majesty, with your body, don't talk about training elite soldiers, I'm afraid you'll injure yourself." The Minister of War's face was cold, not giving any face at all.
Xu Que glanced at him and slowly walked to the courtyard of the Ministry of War.
The courtyard of the Ministry of War was different from that of the Ministry of Works. It was filled with all kinds of weapons. At the very center, there was even a bluestone specially used for testing weapons.
When the Minister of War saw Xu Que walking over and assuming a punching posture, he started to panic. "Your Majesty, don't hit Qing Shi. I was just joking. You can't possibly hit him …"
Bang!
Suddenly, a loud noise drowned out the rest of his words.
A small fist fiercely smashed on the bluestone. Time seemed to stop at this moment.
Whoosh!
In the next second, the bluestone instantly shattered, turning into countless pebbles that flew in all directions.
The Minister of War was completely dumbfounded. He didn't even notice the pebbles passing by his face and leaving a bloody mark on it.
What did I just see?
That useless, sickly and incapable ruler had actually smashed the bluestone with a single punch!
That was a bluestone that had been lying in the courtyard of the Ministry of War for ten years. It had been chopped by countless knives and axes, yet it still couldn't hold up!
Since when did this incapable ruler become so fierce?
Although there was no way to exchange for immortal cultivation skills, there were plenty of martial arts manuals.
Whether it was internal Qigong or physical training, all Xu Que needed to do was exchange for them and spend some acting tough points to cultivate to the peak.
To become a martial arts expert, it only took three seconds!
It was that fast!
Xu Que slowly exhaled and retracted his right hand. He smiled and asked, "Minister, what do you think now?"
The Minister of War was stunned. Ignoring the shock in his heart, he immediately replied, "With the Emperor's divine might, there is no need to worry that the Eastern Tang will not prosper!"
"Your Majesty, this way please. I will bring you to choose as many people as you want. But Your Majesty, could you please put down your fist first? This humble subject is panicking just by looking at it …"
…
Another few days passed in the blink of an eye.
The Emperor, Xu Que, who had disappeared for a few days, finally appeared in the main hall.
He had finally come to the morning court!
All the officials in the court were indifferent. The excitement in their hearts had long dissipated.
They had thought that the Emperor had proposed a good plan to make a strong comeback and regain control of the country's affairs.
Who would have thought that he would disappear without a word for more than ten days and only reappear now?
What the hell is this!
"Dear ministers, do you have anything to report today?" Xu Que sat on the dragon throne and asked with flagging interest.
He had been running around for the past few days, relying on Xuanyuan Wanrong's transfer order to arrange the things that he wanted to do with great difficulty.
Although he had previously given out the private warehouse system and shocked the officials with the Acting Tough Points, it was not a problem to exchange for System goods.
But just a good plan was obviously not enough to gain the officials' trust.
Especially that old thing, the Minister of War. He wanted to choose people and even said that the Ministry of War had just retrenched people.
He was simply too old!
So even though everything was prepared, it took a lot of effort on Xu Que's part to convince the six ministers.
His cultivation had been sealed and he had become a mortal. Naturally, he had to follow the natural laws of his body.
At this moment, Xu Que felt so sleepy that he could not wait to go back to sleep. He sat on the dragon throne and yawned continuously.
Xuanyuan Wanrong glanced at him coldly.
This brat, in the end, he was still so mischievous and useless!
At this moment, a general suddenly came forward and reported, "This official has a memorial. Recently, the nomads have been disturbing our borders and looting the citizens. I request Your Majesty to send troops to expel the nomads and bring glory to our Eastern Tang!"
"Oh, you want to fight right? I'll give you the troops, go ahead and fight." Xu Que was not very interested in these things and casually agreed.
The general revealed an awkward expression and stammered, "That … Your Majesty, the troops are here, but the military expenses for fighting …"
Xu Que was stunned for a moment before he reacted.
He was f * cking here to ask for money!
Without waiting for him to reply, Xuanyuan Wanrong lightly said, "This matter can be discussed later. Now that the country is suffering from natural disasters, we still need to stabilize and develop. We do not have any extra silver for military expenses."
The officials all agreed and agreed with her.
Now that the Eastern Tang Kingdom had many things to do and the people were dying, coupled with the natural disasters they had just experienced, they indeed needed a long period of stable development.
As for the nomads at the borders, they were not much of a problem. It was just that driving them away required a large amount of silver to sustain the expenditure of the army. It was a money-burning job.
Xu Que was immediately displeased. "This is outrageous! How can this be? People are already dancing on your grave, why don't you go out and give them a few punches? Beat them, beat those nomads to the ground and let them know what true strength is! "
"Boorish man."
Xuanyuan Wanrong coldly snorted, "Fighting a war is a waste of manpower and resources, how can you treat it like this?"
"If we don't fight, it will be even worse. In the future, when they enter the country, they will burn, kill, and loot. Won't that be even more of a waste of manpower and resources?" Xu Que said forcefully.
"You insist on fighting?" Xuanyuan Wanrong raised a cold eyebrow.
"That's right!" Xu Que nodded.
"Fine, if you want to fight then fight, but the court will not give you a single cent of military expenses. You cannot touch the private treasury or the national treasury!" Xuanyuan Wanrong finished speaking and immediately stood up to leave.
Dealing with the nomads was not a big battle, but the expenditure of an army easily amounted to a million taels of silver. It was not a small amount.
Xuanyuan Wanrong thought that if he controlled the finances, Xu Que would see the reality and give up on this idea.
However, Xu Que just smiled as he sat on the dragon throne, his whole body exuding a disdainful aura, "A mere million taels of silver, can it even be considered money?"
When I earned spirit stones in the past, it was only in the tens of millions!
… …
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