The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

Leave the Beiliang Wolf Cavalry behind and let Li Jihuan go to lift the siege of Zhongjing by himself?

Why don't you give him a rope and hang it on a beam? Wouldn't that be faster?

"Cough cough..."

At the critical moment, a cough was heard in the court, which meant that someone was about to leave the court to make a report.

Sure enough, Li Jin, the head of the Li family, stood up and expressed his dissatisfaction with Ye Xianggao's bizarre remarks.

If this matter was directed at someone else, Li Jin would never refute the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, but he was targeting his youngest son Li Jihuan.

"Your Majesty! What the elder said is absurd! My son Li Jihuan is a general, not a god. How can he lift the siege of Zhongjing without soldiers?"

After these words were spoken, the civil and military officials in the court began to talk and point fingers.

The empress frowned, also feeling that Ye Xianggao's plan was absurd, and asked unhappily, "Lord Ye! General Li has no troops, how are we going to break the siege of Zhongjing? You better come up with a plan!"

Under the attention of many colleagues, Ye Xianggao raised his head and chest and said shamelessly, "There are still many local garrisons in various parts of the Central Plains. Your Majesty! I think Your Majesty can appoint General Li as the governor of the troops in various parts of the Central Plains and summon the garrisons to lift the siege of Zhongjing!"

Wow!

As soon as Ye Xianggao finished speaking, the entire court was in an uproar.

The civil servants are just flattering the Prime Minister, saying that this idea of ​​the Cabinet Prime Minister is a good one!

The most capable Beiliang Wolf Riders were, of course, to remain in the capital, responsible for protecting His Majesty. Actually... it was their safety and the safety of their families!

To deal with the "mere" one million rebel troops, all we have to do is to summon the soldiers from the garrisons in various places.

It seems to be pertinent and there is nothing wrong with it!

But the generals all wanted to curse.

Get off me! Mr. Ye, are you polite?

Can you guess how Li Zhenbei’s million-strong rebel army would have developed if the Central Plains garrison troops were useful?

Why did he roam around the Central Plains and was never eliminated, and finally took advantage of the severe drought and countless victims to rise up?

To put it bluntly, civil officials love money, but military generals may not necessarily not love money!

However, when it comes to civil servants’ love of money...

For example, when disaster strikes, those in power may not treat the troublemakers as human beings, but they must prevent them from rebelling.

In order to show that he was a benevolent monarch, the emperor waved his hand to provide disaster relief!

If you fart up there, the person below will die.

The civil servants started running around and working themselves to death, so it was reasonable for them to take a bite or something from the process.

Therefore, under this "reasonable system", with layer upon layer of exploitation and "sinking" down, only a little "rice husk" is left in the hands of the common people.

All officials have benefited, and the emperor has gained a good reputation. This is truly cause for celebration! This is truly cause for celebration!

As for the military generals, what should they do if they cannot make money under this "reasonable system"?

This is not...

One by one, they set their sights on the soldiers under their command.

They ate the soldiers' salaries without working, sucked the soldiers' blood, occupied the soldiers' fields, and turned the imperial army into their own tenants.

After a while, the soldiers of the garrison fled and went back to farming.

What fighting power do we have left?

Ye Xianggao asked Li Jihuan to lead this group of garrison soldiers, whose numbers were unknown, to fight against a million rebels? He was clearly asking Li Jihuan to die!

This cabinet chief has such a vicious mind!

As the head of the military family, the eldest son Li Jize was deposed. Now, for the sake of the "civil-military dispute", is Ye Xianggao going to depose the youngest son of the Li family as well?

But the generals knew what he was thinking, but none of them dared to speak out!

Because the pitfalls of the garrison soldiers were caused by their own greed!

They couldn't just stand up and tell the Empress, "Your Majesty! The garrison soldiers are no good! We're collecting empty salaries, exploiting their blood, and occupying their land, ruining the garrison soldiers."

Li Jin obviously knew about this, but he dared not say anything and glared at Ye Xianggao angrily.

Ever since the eldest son, Li Jize, was incited by Ye Xianggao and his ministers to "execute the King of Qin" during the previous trial...

After the fall of Li Jize, the number one military general of the Great Qi Dynasty, the entire civil service group began to jump up, and now they have directed their spearhead at Li Jihuan, the second son of the Li family.

What Ye Xianggao and his group of civil officials are thinking about may be very simple!

He just wanted to make the military generals and nobles in the court shut up, and let the civil officials control the government in the future.

So, when the Empress was planning to depose the King of Qin, they keenly seized the opportunity...

The two sides joined forces to get rid of Li Jize, the number one military general, and officially sounded the prelude to the battle between civil and military officials!

What's funny and sad is that in this power struggle, the emperor deliberately let the military power remain in the Li family in order to avoid a rebellion in the army.

He really thought he was a big shot! He thought he could replace his elder brother Li Jize.

As soon as he came back, he didn't take a clear look at the situation in the entire court, but quickly jumped out to make a contribution.

Firstly, as the chief civil official, Ye Xianggao had gotten rid of the chief military commander, Li Jize, the Prince of Qin, which had made him famous. Secondly, he had been kidnapped some time ago, which had nearly wiped out his and his family's wealth, leaving him filled with anger.

The kidnappers didn't dare to go looking for her. When they saw Li Jihuan dancing happily, they knew who else they would deal with if not her.

The empress seems very smart, but in fact she is very stupid!

If she wasn't stupid, she wouldn't have done something like killing the chicken to get the eggs and deposing King Qin Li Jize.

If he wasn't stupid, how could he have governed the country into this state after being in power for fifteen years?

and so……

After being fooled by the chief minister of the cabinet, Ye Xianggao, and a group of civil officials, she also felt that it was right to keep the most capable Beiliang Wolf Cavalry in Wangdu!

If Li Jihuan wants to lift the siege of Zhongjing now, he can only summon troops from all over the place and rescue Zhongjing first.

Thinking of this, the empress ignored Li Jin's pleading eyes and looked directly at Li Jihuan to make a decision, "Issue the order! Order Li Jihuan, the second son of the Li family, to lead the troops from all over the Central Plains to jointly lift the siege of Zhongjing! Anyone who dares to delay the opportunity to fight will be executed!"

Li Jin: "..."

Li Jihuan: “…”

As the military generals expressed their silent mourning and the civil officials expressed their joy, the voice of "Our Emperor is Wise and Enlightened" resounded throughout the hall.

When the empress left the court, all the civil and military officials left the court...

The next moment, Li Jihuan could no longer control himself. He looked at his father, Li Jin, and wailed loudly, "Dad! Dad, you have to save me! Without the Northern Liang Wolf Riders, how can I break the siege of Zhongjing? How can those local garrisons defeat a million rebels?"

Li Jin's eyes widened when he heard this. He really wanted to slap this rebellious son to death!

He still has the nerve to say that?

If he had not jumped out and tried to take the credit, taking the blame on himself, how could such a disaster have happened?

The eldest son, Li Jize, had gone too far and had already received his due, so why didn't he restrain himself? And he even rushed directly into the gunpoint?