A Cai's work: The Emperor's Phoenix: The Godly Doctor and the Abandoned Concubine ... Volume 1 1439 Revenge, fighting is not that easy

The Ninth Prince fought back indiscriminately, regardless of any cost, and fought to the death. He made the four countries and nine cities pay a heavy price, so much so that when the Shenji Camp of Dongling was mentioned, those people gnashed with hatred, and the Xuanyue Palace was the worst among them.

Because of the incident of the mysterious man in Xuanyue Palace, the Ninth Prince saw the danger and the instability of Xuanyue Palace. He was almost certain that the potential power was related to Xuanyue Palace.

Regardless of whether it was done by Xuan Yue Palace or not, the Ninth Prince has no intention of letting Xuan Yue Palace go. A force that cannot be used for one's own benefit is, in some cases, a potential enemy.

"He's crazy! What on earth is that lunatic Dong Lingjiu trying to do? He actually sent out all the elite troops of the Shenjiying without caring about anything. Does he want to destroy his own foundation?" The woman whom Jing Yang called aunt was sitting in the Xuanyue Palace. Her pretty face was distorted and hideous, with an angry and fierce light flashing in her eyes.

She had just taken over Xuan Yue Palace when the Palace Master of Xuan Yue Palace died. The young Palace Master who took over had no idea about the previous dynasty. How could she make Xuan Yue Palace continue to work hard for her?

asshole!

If she had known he was a debt collector, she should have strangled him to death.

The Nanling royal family was calm. For the sake of Wang Jinling and Feng Qingchen, the Ninth Prince did not take action against Nanling Jinxing.

Of course, the most important reason was that the Ninth Prince did not believe that Nanling Jinxing, a prince who changed his job halfway through his career, had the ability to mess up his Shenji Camp.

The royal family of Nanling is fine, but Nanling Jinfan and Ye Ye of Yecheng are not having a good time. Yecheng is in chaos. For some unknown reason, the garrison of Dongling has a friction with the cavalry of Yecheng, and the two sides started fighting without saying a word. Judging from the situation in Yecheng, this war may not end in a short time.

Yuncheng, Ancheng, Taicheng, Yucheng, Chucheng, Jiancheng, Zongcheng, and even Liancheng were not spared. The people of the nine cities were in panic, and the city lords of the nine cities were extremely uneasy, among which Taicheng and Chucheng were the worst.

They originally had some connection with Dongling.

At the same time, during the morning court session in Xiling, all the civil and military officials were discussing this question: What does Dongling mean by this? Is it going to go to war with Xiling?

Last night, the eldest princess was assassinated. Fortunately, Mr. Yinli, the prince consort, saved her and she escaped safely. However, the eldest princess's mansion was burned down and all of the princess's assassins were killed.

The assassin did not hide his identity, and Xiling quickly verified that the assassin was from Dongling Shenjiying.

"Your Majesty, I think there must be something fishy about this matter. We should not declare war, but send someone to Dongling to understand the situation first." Most of the civil officials thought so, and more than 60% of the military generals also agreed with this view. Only the few remaining ministers from the eldest princess's faction disagreed.

Although the eldest princess was not injured, her forces suffered heavy losses in this assassination attempt. The eldest princess had almost no one to use, and if she didn't fight back fiercely, it would be unlike the eldest princess' style.

"We must fight. Dongling thinks we are afraid just because they defeated us some time ago. We, the warriors of Xiling, will never be afraid."

"I am willing to lead the troops to fight and defeat Dong Ling completely."

"Your Majesty, the famous general Yuwen Yuan of Dongling is guarding the border of Beiling and is not allowed to enter the capital without permission. The young commander Si who led the army last time was also suspected by the emperor of Dongling, and the Si family has handed over the military power. The great commander Si is in poor health, and the young commander Si has gone to Jiangnan for medical treatment. Dongling has no generals available, and I am willing to fight."

Although the princess didn't have many people, but once these words were thrown out, they aroused everyone's enthusiasm. Xiling had suffered several defeats in a row and its national strength was not as good as before. At this time, a war was needed to establish Xiling's national prestige.

Emperor Xiling was somewhat tempted, but at this moment, Xiling Tianyu's sleeves moved slightly, and the Minister of Revenue stood up and poured cold water on everyone on the spot: "Your Majesty, the treasury still has 198,000 taels of silver in reserve."

As soon as this number came out, the whole hall fell silent.

One hundred and ninety-eight thousand taels of silver is not a small amount of money, but when a country has only this little silver, how can the country function?

"How is it possible? It's just such a small amount of silver?" The emperor stood up suddenly, and the veins on the back of his hands popped out.

"Your Majesty, this year's tax revenue has been deposited into the treasury, totaling 6 million taels of silver. The two wars cost 4 million taels of silver. The compensation to various cities and countries totaled 2.2 million taels. The six ministries including the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites allocated 3.5 million taels. The princess borrowed 700,000 taels. Not only is this year's tax revenue not enough, but it has also used up all the surplus from previous years." It will take several months for next year's tax revenue to be collected. Xiling has no money to fight even if it wants to. And the most important thing is...

“Your Majesty, in the two wars, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Apart from the troops stationed on the borders of various countries and cities, our country can mobilize less than 30,000 soldiers.” The Minister of War stepped forward leisurely and added.

Want to fight?

Humph... Fighting a war is not just about passion. Without money and people, what can you use to fight? Fighting against an army of hundreds of thousands with your bare hands and fists is naive...

The hall was silent, and the emperor had no expression on his face, but all the ministers could feel his grief. It was such a tragedy that a country was governed like this by him.

"What's the matter with the eldest princess' loan?" The emperor slumped down on the dragon chair, supporting his head. Thinking of this loan of nearly 700,000 taels, he was very angry.

His entire country had only a few hundred thousand taels, but the eldest princess borrowed seven hundred thousand taels.

“Your Majesty, I am doing this according to your order. You said that the eldest princess came to the Ministry of Revenue to borrow silver. As long as it does not exceed one million taels, all of it will be given to the eldest princess. I dare not disobey your order. In addition to this loan, the eldest princess has borrowed a total of three million taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue in the past few years.” The Minister of Revenue is a typical prince's party, that is, Xiling Tianyu's man. Of course, he will not cover up for the emperor and the eldest princess at this time.

"Ahem..." The emperor looked embarrassed, but he also knew that he had indulged the princess too much, so he said solemnly: "Give the princess one month to pay back the money she owes to the treasury."

After saying this, he waved his sleeves and left without waiting for the eunuch to sing the song of dismissal.

What happened today was a real slap in the face for him as the emperor. If he didn't leave, would he just sit here and wait for those censors to point at his nose and scold him?

"Hmph..." Xiling Tianyu sneered, and left gracefully under the respectful gazes of the court officials.

Before he even left the palace, he was stopped by the eldest princess who had rushed into the palace after hearing the news: "Tianyu, what do you mean?"

"Aunt, I don't understand what you are saying." Xiling Tianyu had a kind face and pure eyes.

The eldest son was so angry that he said, "You still remember that I am your aunt. Your aunt was almost killed, but you didn't even think about revenge for your aunt. Instead, you are still thinking about the few taels of silver that your aunt owes. You are such a good nephew..."

Three good words in a row, it can be seen that the princess is really angry this time.

The eldest princess is in a situation where it's raining hard. If she can't get over this hurdle, she will be completely ruined.

Xiling Tianyu's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "Aunt, what you owe is not a few taels, but three million taels, which is equivalent to half of the income of the national treasury."

Xiling Tianyu's kind explanation was met with an even more angry roar from the princess: "So what if it's half? This is Xiling's world. I'm the princess of Xiling. What does it matter if I use the money from the national treasury?"

He actually brought it up in the palace to embarrass her and instigated his brother the Emperor to order her to repay the silver within a time limit. What was the point of keeping a nephew like this?

Xiling Tianyu, you are dead!