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As soon as Zhu Yun had a fit, Zhao Wang Shizi and others came out in despair.

Zhu Yang complained in a low voice: "We were just joking, and His Royal Highness lost his temper so much."

Isn't it?

Ding Lang was also a little resentful: "If I had known how hard and tedious the march is, I would not have come."

He didn't want to come, but Princess Ning Hui forced him to come.Hurrying on the road every day, no wine, no meat to eat, not even a gentle maid.At night, I slept on a hard bed, accompanied by the chirping of insects and birds.It's just not going to last.

The prince of Zhao Wang was also suffocating with evil fire, and glanced at them with a sneer: "If you really can't stand it, you go back to the capital."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yang and Ding Lang immediately shut up.

How can they afford to lose this man.

Besides, if you just go back in such a disgraceful manner, you won't even think about hanging around the prince in the future.

No matter how good the prince's temper is, he is also the crown prince of Daqi.Really annoyed the prince, what future do they have in the future?
Well, continue to bear it!
At this time, Zhu Yun sighed deeply in the room, regretting endlessly.Back then, why did he soften his heart and take these bastards out of Beijing?It sucks not being able to do shit and whining all day to slow things down.

These bastards are hard-nosed, and they will never soften their faces when they face them in the future.

Zhu Yun secretly made up his mind.

Then he lay on the bed and took out some letters.Put aside the letter from the emperor's father first, and read the letters from sister Min and the queen mother first.Zhu Yun couldn't wait to open the letter from Yuan Min and Empress Yuan, smiling happily.

As for the letter written by Emperor Qing'an, it was left alone!

……

After the attack that night, Prince Zhao and the others were indeed a lot more honest.

Zhu Yun's ears were also much quieter.

However, Zhu Yun's good mood did not last for two days.Soon, there was another sad news of defeat from the frontier army.

General He frowned, with a solemn expression, and presented the battle report in his hand: "His Royal Highness, this is the battle report sent by the frontier army to the court."

There were three groups of people from the frontier army sending battle reports.The battle report in General He's hand is the third call.The first two groups of people didn't stop and rushed all the way to the capital.

In other words, they received the news of the defeat one step earlier than the capital.

One can almost imagine Emperor Qing'an's wrath.

The previous defeat can be said to be a lack of preparedness.Now this is a series of defeats.No matter how many reasons you have, as a general, you always lose battles. This is an indelible guilt.

With a heavy heart in his heart, Zhu Yun picked up the battle report and read it carefully. The more he looked, the more frightened he became.

"The Tatars and the Rourans have joined forces to invade the border." Zhu Yun's face was ugly, and his heart felt cold.

There are more than a dozen tribes outside the pass, the largest tribe is Tatar, followed by Rouran.Tatar and Rouran have been in constant conflict with each other, so in the past few years, the border has been relatively peaceful.Now the two tribes have formed an alliance, and several smaller tribes have participated in the alliance.There are hundreds of thousands of cavalry.

These cavalrymen who are good at riding and archery are all tall and strong, wild and wild, and their fighting strength is overwhelming.The frontier army, with infantry as the main force and cavalry as the auxiliary force, is difficult to resist, so they can only hold on with strong towers.

The morale of the frontier army was low, but the Tatar Rouran cavalry became more and more fierce.

General He sighed and said, "Your Highness, we have to get to the border as soon as possible."

Zhu Yun nodded: "Starting tomorrow, speed up the march."

……

From the next day, the army began to hurry on their way.March one hundred miles every day.The cavalry is okay, but the infantry is struggling.It was really difficult to keep up with the supply of food and grass, so we had to postpone it.

The war was urgent, Zhao Wangshizi and others didn't dare to make any noise, they sat in their carriages honestly, enduring the bumpy road and the hardships of marching.

As expected, Emperor Qing'an was really furious after seeing the latest battle report.Immediately convene important ministers to discuss matters.Discussions come and go, nothing more than increasing troops to rescue, and preparing a large amount of food, grass, and silver. As for post-war pensions, let's not think about it for now.In short, money is everywhere everywhere.

Daqi's treasury has not been sufficient, because of the border war, it immediately became tense.

Hubu Shangshu made some calculations in his heart, and his brows almost knit into knots.

The so-called army goes first without moving food and grass.It's impossible to fight without money!

Emperor Qing'an asked in a deep voice: "How long can the deposit of the household department be used?"

The Minister of the Household Department replied calmly: "Going back to the emperor, the deposits of the Household Department can be paid for at most one month. Next, we have to wait for the summer grain to be paid."

Grain taxation is an important source of treasury.There are generally two times a year, one in May and one in November.Now that the first month has not yet passed, the treasury's money can only be paid until February.What to do with three months of famine?
Emperor Qing'an quickly made a decision: "I will issue an order now to order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send all the silver deposits to the treasury."

The money of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is used to support all expenses in the palace, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the emperor's private treasury.Now Emperor Qing'an took out the money from his private house, which is really touching.

Hubu Shangshu expressed his gratitude, and cupped his hands to thank him: "I thank the emperor."

After knowing about this matter, Empress Yuan fully agreed with it.

She is not a person of extravagance.Moreover, there are only a few masters in the harem, and the concubines are all taking care of themselves, so they don't need much money.The Ministry of Internal Affairs has saved a lot of money over the years, and it just came in handy at this time.

Furthermore, the chief general of the frontier army is her biological elder brother, so she has no reason not to support it.

After the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs received the emperor's oral order, he immediately got busy.All the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were called to settle the accounts, and within five days, 300 million taels of silver were sent to the treasury.Greatly relieved the pressure on the household department.

The expenses in the palace were also reduced accordingly.Empress Yuan took the lead in reducing the expenses by [-]%, and the concubine reduced by [-]%.The toffees only reduced their expenses by [-]%.

King Zhao went to the palace to visit Concubine Tian Shu.Concubine Tian Shu, who had been recuperating in the palace for a year, now has all white hair, a thin face, wrinkles on her forehead and around her eyes, and most of her teeth have fallen out.

The beauty is late, without the slightest charm, and is no different from an ordinary sick and weak old woman.

When Concubine Tian Shu saw her son, she couldn't help but cry a lot: "I heard that the border gates have been defeated one after another, and those barbarians outside the gates have formed an alliance, and there are [-] cavalry. Why did you let the son go to such a dangerous place? What if there is something wrong? , but what should we do. Let’s write a letter quickly and let him come back! We don’t want any military achievements. Living well is better than anything else!”

King Zhao's face was gloomy, and his brows were frowned: "I didn't expect the battle to be so dangerous."

If he had known this earlier, he would never have let Zhao Wang Shizi get this "military merit".

Concubine Tian Shu grabbed Zhao Wang's sleeve in a panic: "You write a letter now to let the son come back."

King Zhao sighed, "It's too late now."