After her rebirth, the empress received a tragic and beautiful script.

Chapter 250 Resignation

Ye Qinghuai thought that she had been very tolerant to this extent. She was a little annoyed. Why couldn't Lu Yanchen and Lin Yuxiu, the two ministers she was closest to and valued the most, understand her difficulties at all?

She had to face the pressure from the ministers, guard against the invasion of the Northern Di, and find a way to balance the power of the Chen and Gu parties in the court to benefit from it. There was also a queen who was pregnant with a "dragon fetus" in the harem. However, the only people who really obeyed her orders were the 15,000-man imperial guards within the palace walls and Tao Yuan's eagle guards, whose number she didn't know exactly.

In order to solve the problem in Qing County, she had been working day and night to think of a solution. These days, she almost wanted to live in Wenyuan Pavilion. However, the situation was like this, and she was really helpless.

But this Lin Yuxiu, who knew nothing, put pressure on and accused her out of thin air. Ye Qinghuai was a little annoyed. She suddenly felt that Chen Yuansi was right. In the eyes of Lin Yuxiu and Lu Yanchen, the lives of the 100,000 people in Qing County were indeed far more important than her as the emperor.

But even though she was so tolerant, Lin Yuxiu did not stop at the right time to back off.

He lowered his eyes, knelt down in front of Ye Qinghuai's desk, and bowed deeply. Ye Qinghuai suddenly felt something was wrong, and his face turned ugly.

As expected, after Lin Yu performed the etiquette, he knelt straight, took off the black gauze hat on his head solemnly, held it in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty once said that I am a mirror that can help you see yourself clearly. Now I have failed your Majesty's grace, and let your Majesty not see the suffering of the people and the accumulated problems of the court in my mirror. I have failed the court and the people, and I am ashamed to be an idler. I hope that your Majesty will have mercy on me and allow me to retire and return to the fields."

After saying this, he placed the black gauze hat in front of him and bowed deeply again.

Ye Qinghuai was stunned for a moment, then he slammed the table and stood up, laughing angrily: "Oh, good, one by one you are threatening me with resignation, right? Yesterday it was Chen Yuansi, today it is you, Lin Yuxiu. Fine, then don't do it, I won't do it either. Do you think I want to be the emperor? I don't want to be one at all! Starting tomorrow, we will all stop court and wait for rebellion to break out, so that the Northern Di and Western Rong will take advantage of the situation, the Nine Provinces will fall apart, and Dajing will no longer exist. Is this a good idea, Lin Yuxiu?"

This was the first time that Ye Qinghuai had gone crazy like this. Lin Yuxiu couldn't help but raise his head and look at her. Ye Qinghuai saw surprise and worry in his eyes, but more of it was stubbornness and obstinacy. Obviously, this young assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice would not give up his position just because the emperor had a breakdown.

Seeing him opening his thin lips to say something, Ye Qinghuai suddenly felt timid. She seemed to be subconsciously afraid of Lin Yuxiu's sharp mouth. She knew that what he was about to say was definitely not something nice that she would like to hear.

So Ye Qinghuai interrupted him first: "I'll tell you the truth. If the Northern Di hadn't withdrawn their troops due to the civil unrest, which gave us a chance to breathe, the court's current money and food would only be enough to keep the front line stalemated for another half a year before it would run out. For this war, the entire court is tightening its belt, and even my own inner court's expenses are being cut wherever possible, but this is just a drop in the bucket. War is a money-burning thing. No one can support such expenses by himself. It takes a lot of princes, dukes, rich people and powerful people to contribute together. But I can't get a penny out of their pockets. They are all standing opposite me, guarding against me. I can only get their money by killing them all, but I can't spare the hands to deal with them now."

Ye Qinghuai continued, "In the entire court, only Chen Yuansi can take money out of their pockets. Although it's not much, it's enough to solve the urgent problem. Even if he enriches himself, I can only turn a blind eye, because I have no other choice. You, Lin Yuxiu, are noble and don't go along with them, but can you not eat? Dajing has 21 million registered population, so many mouths are waiting for me to eat. I have to feed them and manage this family well, and it's not enough to be noble. If you have the ability to handle money and food, I will dismiss Chen Yuansi now and let you be the chief minister of the cabinet! If you don't have the ability, pick up the hat on the ground, put it on and get out of here. I don't want to see you now."

After saying that, Ye Qinghuai turned his back, stood with his hands behind his back, and no longer looked at him.

After a while, Lin Yuxiu's voice came from behind her: "I have one last word to say, and I will get out of here after I finish speaking."

Ye Qinghuai remained unmoved. Lin Yuxiu continued behind her, "Your Majesty, in your eyes, one hundred thousand people may just be a number written on paper, but behind these numbers are living lives. Your light words may mean a life full of suffering. Please be careful." After saying that, he kowtowed again, looked at the official hat in his hand, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and did not put it on. Instead, he held it in his hand, bowed, and left the room.

After hearing the sound of the door closing behind him, Ye Qinghuai straightened his back, lowered his head and sighed.

She turned around, leaned on the desk, and sat down at the table tiredly.

The desk was filled with open books and memorials, and in the middle was the imperial edict that she had half-written.

She originally planned to have Lu Yanchen persuade the rebels in Qing County to surrender. If they refused, she would kill some of the more troublesome ones and send the others to the Yingzhou army for forced labor as convicted criminals.

But looking at Lin Yuxiu's appearance today, I'm afraid he won't watch Ye Qinghuai act like this. Given his personality, it's possible that he would write an article specifically to criticize the court for this matter.

Ye Qinghuai felt a headache when he thought of such a situation.

Chen Yuansi and Lin Yuxiu's positions were very clear and firm, and their attitudes represented two different voices in the court. Although Lin Yuxiu's official position and prestige were far inferior to Chen Yuansi's, Ye Qinghuai recently discovered that some officials had gradually gathered around him, who would agree with his opinions during court meetings and often made similar suggestions to him in memorials. Most of these people were from the Taiqing Pavilion, and there were three or two new officials who were also Jinshi this year. Although they did not form a party like the Chen Party and the Gu Party, they were also a new voice in the court.

This was something Ye Qinghuai would be happy to see happen, but today it seems that this matter also has some headaches.

It is true that the more capable a person is, the harder it is to control him.

She even began to understand Gu Shihai's logic of employing people. When Shi Taiping was dismissed for cheating in the Spring Examination, Gu Shihai had a quarrel with Ye Qinghuai in the palace. At that time, he advocated that the court should select obedient mediocre people for the Spring Examination instead of smart people with good brains and clever mouths.

At that time, Ye Qinghuai felt it was ridiculous.

But now that it was her turn to sit in the position of power, she actually felt that Gu Shihai's ideas seemed to make some sense.