Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

In Taiqian Palace.

Ye Chen, who had already gained the upper hand, slowly sat back on the dragon throne.

"Prime Minister Yang."

"The minister is here."

Yang Dechang's face was gloomy at this moment.

At this point, he had to admit that facing Ye Chen, he had no means of fighting back.

However, he had no intention of surrendering.

Most of the people in the court were his people, and he had also trained many people from aristocratic families in various places.

Many of Dayu's officials in various places were also his followers.

He still has a trump card. As long as he is given a chance, he may be able to make a comeback.

"Although you are guilty of negligence, you are, after all, a veteran minister of three dynasties. For so many years, as Prime Minister Dayu, you have had your fair share of troubles, even if you have no achievements. Now you are just a little confused."

"In this case, I will fine you one year's salary, and you will go home and reflect on your mistakes for three days! During these three days, the Prime Minister's affairs will be sent to your residence for your review!"

Ye Chen waved his hand and said in a calm tone.

And listened to Ye Chen's words.

Yang Dechang was slightly stunned, his eyes swept around, and then he set his eyes on the memorial on Ye Chen's desk.

A strange light flashed in his eyes, and then he stepped forward and bowed.

"Your Majesty, I wonder what the memorial just brought up from the Imperial Guards is about."

"That memorial is none of your business."

Ye Chen waved his hand.

"Go down."

Two imperial guards immediately stepped forward.

"Don't touch me, I'll leave on my own!"

Yang Dechang looked at Ye Chen, snorted coldly, waved his sleeves, and turned away.

When Ye Chen saw Yang Dechang like this, he clenched his hands in his sleeves tightly.

But he remained calm on the surface.

"Everyone, please step back."

"I will take my leave!"

All the officials saluted and then retreated.

And after all the officials had left.

The bead curtain behind Ye Chen was immediately lifted.

Su Mengjiao, wearing a golden phoenix robe, walked in.

At this moment, Su Mengjiao still exuded nobility and dominance, and was unparalleled in her elegance.

"Emperor, what memorial did you receive? Why did you suddenly let Yang Dechang go?"

Su Mengjiao asked anxiously.

Logically speaking.

This was definitely the best opportunity to bring down Yang Dechang.

Ye Chen was just one step away from knocking Yang Dechang down.

But Ye Chen suddenly stopped.

Su Mengjiao was very puzzled.

"Empress Dowager, please take a look at this memorial."

Ye Chen let out a long breath and handed the memorial to Su Mengjiao.

Su Mengjiao immediately took the memorial and began to read it.

However, after reading it, Su Mengjiao's eyebrows were tightly furrowed.

"Emperor, how could this happen?"

"Thirty thousand cavalrymen have arrived from Bingzhou?"

Su Mengjiao couldn't believe her eyes.

She originally thought that although Dayu had private soldiers everywhere.

But the number of these private soldiers will definitely not be too large.

Not to mention, cavalry is not infantry, and the cost of maintaining cavalry is usually far greater than that of an infantryman.

It is unrealistic to rely on the power of an entire continent to support tens of thousands of cavalry.

As a result, Bingzhou actually sent out 30,000 cavalry at once. This is simply incredible!

"Queen Dowager, I underestimated the strength of these local families, or are the families in Bingzhou different from those in other places?"

"It seems I still lack understanding of these local aristocratic families."

"However, the King of Beidi and the Ding family of Bingzhou should be neighbors, right? Queen Mother, don't you know how many troops they have?"

Ye Chen looked at Su Mengjiao with a surprised expression, frowned slightly and asked.

"Your Majesty, I originally thought that the Ding family could only provide about 5,000 men. You know, the King of Beidi doesn't even have that many cavalry!"

Su Mengjiao's face looked quite solemn.

Without the knowledge of the Northern Emperor, Bingzhou actually hid so many military forces?

You must know that Bingzhou has always been an extremely poor place.

Not only is the population small, but there are also many Hu people in the local area.

And it has been the main target of Tatar harassment for many years.

In recent years, the King of Beidi has wanted to support Bingzhou from time to time, but it turns out that Bingzhou has been pretending to be poor!

"Queen Dowager, is it possible that these cavalrymen from Bingzhou are not from the Ding family?"

Ye Chen said suddenly.

Hearing this, Su Mengjiao was slightly stunned, then she thought seriously for a moment before saying, "Emperor, are you trying to say that the Ding family in Bingzhou is colluding with the Hu people?"

"It's not collusion, but according to my understanding, there are many Hu people in Bingzhou. Since they are Hu people, they naturally know how to graze cattle and sheep, and they can naturally graze horses."

"Furthermore, the Ding family can also absorb the Hu people on the grasslands. In this way, it would not be surprising to gather tens of thousands of cavalry."

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes. There were naturally quite a lot of Hu people on the grassland. Moreover, these Hu people lived with horses all year round. They usually grazed and occasionally hunted. It was common for them to wield swords and guns. So as long as they put on armor, they were cavalry.

All this knowledge about the northern Hu people was revealed by Murong Yan when she wrote to him.

"Emperor, what should we do now? Thirty thousand cavalry, plus twenty thousand infantry from Hedong, a total of fifty thousand troops!"

Su Mengjiao bit her lip and asked doubtfully.

".."

Ye Chen's expression became slightly serious, but he also felt that the situation was becoming somewhat difficult.