Forcing me to raise a concubine? The mistress of the Marquisate has gone mad

The situation in Mengsu is becoming more and more chaotic. It is said that several princes have already fought their way into the palace. The situation is too chaotic and their spies are also in danger. They have been silent since they sent out the last message.

King Huainan sent three urgent memorials in succession, requesting to go to war!

Now, the three memorials were neatly placed in front of the emperor's desk, motionless.

"My dear, what do you think?"

In the imperial study, the emperor sat at the head of the table, and the prime minister Qin, who was over fifty years old, stood in front of him, bowing his head slightly. He was the head of all officials and a role model among civil officials, and next to him stood the Minister of War, frowning.

Prime Minister Qin is an old fox. Having been with the emperor for such a long time, he has his own understanding of the emperor's mind.

"Your Majesty, the current civil unrest in Mengsu is indeed a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation. But the national treasury is not well-off, and the people have only been living and working in peace for a short time. I'm afraid they can't withstand the turmoil." This was said euphemistically, but his attitude was clear.

The emperor's eyes fell on the Minister of War, "My dear Guo, what do you think?"

The Minister of War cursed in his heart, but he had to remain calm on the surface and not lose his manners in front of the palace.

"Your Majesty, I think this battle can be fought!" His voice was sonorous and powerful, with the unique boldness of a military general. He even glanced at Prime Minister Qin secretly, saying with a hint of meaning: "Mengsu is in civil strife. If we don't mess with them now, they will definitely mess with us when they come to their senses!"

The Minister of War himself had fought on the front lines of the battlefield. Coming from a family of military generals, he knew very well that this opportunity would never come again.

Therefore, even though he knew that what he said would be different from Prime Minister Qin's position, he still had to say it.

"Mengsu has been eyeing us covetously for a long time. In this civil strife, no matter which prince ascends the throne, he is younger than the old emperor! Your Majesty, I have to say something unpleasant. They look at us like fat guys, thinking about taking advantage of us every day!"

"How vulgar!" Prime Minister Qin took a step aside angrily, unwilling to stand on the same side with such an uncivilized person.

Minister Guo had been unhappy with him for a long time, but considering his age and high position, he usually did not confront him.

Let those truly vulgar military generals restrain themselves and not spend the whole day in the hall, scolding the civil officials and destroying their reputation!

But now, he couldn't help it!

"I may be crude and vulgar, but I have been to the battlefield and killed enemies! I can't compare to Prime Minister Qin who shakes his head and nods in front of the pen, ink, paper and inkstone every day, giving advice on how to move forward!" What a good opportunity this is, but this old man doesn't understand it at all!

At this moment, in Minister Guo's heart, except for him who saw through the essence of the Mengsu civil strife, everyone else was a fool! Including the emperor!

Of course, he only dared to think about this in his heart, and he was cautious and didn't dare to say it out loud.

"Stop bragging here. What's the use of just knowing how to fight? Without us guarding the rear, you won't even have food to eat!" Prime Minister Qin was not exaggerating. Back then, the late emperor had his generals fighting in the front and the national treasury was in urgent need of help every day.

If they hadn't racked their brains, adjusted silver and issued loan notes to the public, how could they have afforded such a huge expenditure?

Unfortunately, after the war, the generals did not take these achievements seriously at all.

No wonder the civil officials under his command disliked this group of brainless and unwise soldiers!

Minister Guo wanted to say more, but he heard the emperor slam the memorial down on the table with a thud, and he shut his mouth immediately.

"enough!"

The emperor held his forehead with his hand, feeling helpless. "I asked the two of you to come here to discuss countermeasures, not to let you quarrel here! If you want to quarrel, go outside and quarrel, and come back after you are done!"

Whenever these two people met, they either slandered each other or were sarcastic. They were like this in the court, and they did not restrain themselves at all in the imperial study.

When the Queen Mother was still alive, they would give her some face. With just a look from her, the two of them wouldn't even dare to fart!

Now that I am young and easy to talk to, I will tell you about all the hardships I have.

Either this minister was disobedient, or that military general was cursing at people. Every day they were arguing about trivial matters. He could even ask a peasant woman buying vegetables on the street to tell right from wrong in those matters. He felt ashamed for them if he told others about them!

It seems like today is about to hit them, but these two are still disliking each other!

It's really a rotten tree that cannot be carved!

"Your Majesty, I lost my temper. I know I was wrong. But I still want to say that if we don't send troops to attack Mengsu now while they are in chaos, we will have no chance after they have reorganized themselves."

There was one more thing that Minister Guo did not dare to say.

As long as the emperor trusts the King of Huainan, there is no reason not to fight this war!

He was not a fool, and he would understand what the emperor was worried about. But he was the emperor's subject, and the protector of the world. He was not ignorant of the twists and turns, but compared to those, he cared more about the lives of the people of Nanwu...

Apart from the emperor, the person who knew the situation in Nanwu best was him, the Minister of War.

The papers flew over like snowflakes, making people's eyes red.

The people in their Ministry of War were so furious that they wished they could all draw their guns and swords and rush to Nanwu to drive the Mengsu people back!

But if the emperor doesn't give the order, even if they have a hundred desires to serve, it will be in vain.

Those who truly want to protect their country will not be like Marquis Changning, who talks about reimbursing the court every day.

Everyone can say nice things, but not everyone is willing to do practical things.

It was enough for him to sit in the position of Minister of War. Being able to provide security for the brothers on the front line was the motivation for him to work hard to climb up.

Therefore, he did not want to use this opportunity to achieve great things, but just hoped to help the people of Nanwu escape from suffering as soon as possible!

He had fought with Meng Su before, and knew what kind of people he was. The old emperor was incompetent and often sent people to the border to cause chaos. If it was replaced by an ambitious young prince... I'm afraid it won't be as simple as before.

At this time, Mengsu urgently needed a victory to witness the greatness of the new emperor - Dasheng was their goal!

Qin Xiang saw that the emperor was still hesitating, and thought that these warriors only knew how to fight. Why must they fight and kill when something can be solved with words?

"Your Majesty, I beg you to restart the peace talks with Meng Su. With Meng Su as the new emperor, his regime will surely be unstable. I believe that he will not risk sending troops at this time." Prime Minister Qin spoke confidently, ignoring the rolling eyes of Minister Guo:

"I believe that Meng Su certainly does not want to be an enemy of Dasheng."

"Do you think he is as stupid as you, waiting for you to make peace at home?" Minister Guo resisted the urge to swear and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, don't listen to this old man. He is too old to fight, but you are still young and energetic, and you are definitely different from Prime Minister Qin!"

Minister Guo looked at the emperor expectantly, "Your Majesty, don't you want to defeat Meng Su and make him surrender?!"