Qian Ruoyu naturally knew in his heart that now the Ministry of War might not be willing to provide weapons and equipment, let alone money.

The emperor looked in this direction and asked himself whether he could solve this matter.

Qian Ruoyu did some calculations in his mind and realized that each member of the bandit suppression army only received one or two taels of silver per month, so five thousand people would be five thousand taels of silver.

This is not a problem at all for Qian Ruoyu.

But if it is replaced by weapons and equipment, the matching weapons and equipment needed by each person is about ten taels of silver, and five thousand people means fifty thousand taels of silver.

After thinking about this, Qian Ruoyu felt that he could barely afford it. After all, there were only 5,000 people, and a batch of weapons and equipment could be used for a long time.

So Qian Ruoyu pretended to be reluctant and said.

"This... Since the Ministry of War is unable to spend the money, I will think of some ways to see if I can sell off the assets of the palace, or borrow some money from my mother's family. I will try all kinds of methods. If it doesn't work, I will ask His Majesty for help!"

The emperor never thought that Qian Ruoyu would actually agree reluctantly, which made the emperor look up to Qian Ruoyu even more.

After all, maintaining an anti-bandit army of 5,000 people can be said to be a very heavy burden. Even the emperor felt that maintaining a royal palace was not a small problem.

After all, the emperor had already investigated before this. The thousands of soldiers and horses that Chu Mobai had previously raised were not far from the capital, and it would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver in just one month.

He also knew that in order to prevent these troops from remaining in their usual state, Chu Mobai had sold off most of the assets in the palace. Otherwise, he would never allow Chu Mobai to station troops at the gate of Jincheng.

Therefore, even for Qian Ruoyu, the emperor felt that this matter was not simple, so the emperor nodded slightly.

"If that's the case, then I have nothing to say. Let's do as you say. I hope that your Ministry of War can at least give us something so that the bandit suppression army can suppress the bandits in peace. But don't forget that we are still in the plague period!"

Liu Sandao naturally agreed immediately.

And it was only after this that the emperor left the Ministry of War, and the guards followed him to evacuate.

At present, the only thing the emperor can rely on is the imperial guard.

The Imperial Guards can be said to be directly under the orders of the emperor. Although they can also be dispatched by Luo Shanhai, they mainly obey the emperor completely.

Otherwise, there would be no need for the emperor to send the imperial guards to accompany him to the Ministry of War at this time.

Just after the emperor left, Qian Ruoyu immediately looked at Liu Sandao. Liu Sandao gritted his teeth and wished he could eat Qian Ruoyu.

After all, if Qian Ruoyu hadn't come, they would have already coaxed the emperor just now, and there would be no need to waste time talking afterwards, let alone be scolded by the emperor.

But at this time, Qian Ruoyu wanted the Ministry of War to pay a little money.

Because even if he paid a little bit of money, the bandit-suppression troops under his command could have a little more food to eat.

Qian Ruoyu also immediately said to Liu Sandao in front of him.

"Lord Liu, since you have just promised His Majesty, now is the time for you to fulfill your promise. How much money and equipment and weapons do you want to give to help? If we can get rid of the mountain stronghold, it will be a good thing for your Ministry of War!"

But after hearing these words, Liu Sandao smiled coldly.

"Is this a good thing for the Ministry of War? Don't I know that? Don't try to get close to me. I'm not familiar with you, let alone your prince. Don't try to get close to me!"

"I have indeed promised to give you something. If that is the case, then listen carefully. The Ministry of War can take out three thousand taels of silver from the silver in stock and give it to you. I will give you an additional ten taels of silver!"

"In addition, there are ten sets of armor and twelve weapons! If you want them, I will have someone deliver them to the gate of the Ministry of War in a moment. You can have them take them away. I will not say a word of nonsense. You can leave now!"

After he finished saying this, he thought Qian Ruoyu would plead for mercy, but he did not expect Qian Ruoyu to leave the Ministry of War directly.

And just after this, Qian Ruoyu caught up with the emperor's carriage.

Because Qian Ruoyu found that the emperor's carriage was moving very slowly, as if he was deliberately waiting for him. When Qian Ruoyu came to the emperor, the emperor smiled happily as soon as he saw Qian Ruoyu.

"I knew you would catch up, so I made the carriage move slowly. It would be great if you could catch up!"

"If that's the case, then I'm willing to take out 500,000 taels of silver from the treasury to support your bandit-suppression army!"

Qian Ruoyu was surprised when he heard these words suddenly. He never thought that the emperor was willing to take out 500,000 taels of silver.

The inner treasury is the emperor's own private treasury. Although there are many ways to increase its amount, the emperor rarely takes out his own money. Now that he is willing to take it out, Qian Ruoyu is surprised.

But after that, Qian Ruoyu didn't say much, but immediately thanked the emperor.

After all, this is a full 500,000 taels of silver, which is enough to equip his anti-bandit army with better equipment and provide them with food for several months.

After thinking about this, Qian Ruoyu also felt that the emperor was not so unwilling to accept death. There was only one reason, and that was that he did not like Chu Mobai.

Apart from this reason, Qian Ruoyu felt that the emperor in front of him was quite lovable, otherwise why would he give himself 500,000 taels of silver from his own small treasury?

After receiving Qian Ruoyu's thanks, the emperor smiled and said calmly.

"If you can form a good bandit-suppression army now, it will be a great help to me. In addition, you have seen the arrogance of the Ministry of War before, which really makes me very unhappy!"

After hearing this, Qian Ruoyu immediately comforted her.

"Your Majesty, these people are only relying on the glory of their ancestors, so they can appear so arrogant now. Apart from that, they actually have no ability at all. You should have seen that, including Liu Dingguo's performance..."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will arrange this matter as soon as possible. The bandit suppression army can be formed immediately. You will definitely be able to rest assured by then!"