Pastoral fierce wife busy farming

Chapter 1724 1729 Shivering
What Su Li was talking about was the firearms she showed to Xiao Zetian.

Xiao Zetian's expression suddenly became solemn, as if he was thinking about something, Xiao Yun went out knowingly, leaving only the husband and wife behind.

Xiao Zetian stood with his hands behind his back, with a serious expression on his face: "Lady, do you still remember that I told you last time that Gu Liangzhe wrote to the emperor to send Xiao's army to the mountains for disaster relief on the grounds of lack of manpower?"

Su Li nodded hurriedly: "Remember, it was in a mountain near the capital where it rained a lot, which caused mountain torrents and mudslides, right?"

Xiao Zetian nodded, and said: "That's right, my lady has a good memory. That time I saw that the disaster was serious and the people were in danger, so I sent a group of troops into the mountains to rescue the disaster. Hundreds of brothers worked around the clock and risked illness for days and nights, Do your best to rescue the disaster. But the disaster was too serious, and the brothers tried their best, but only rescued one-third of the villagers, and most of them were children who were protected by the adults in the village."

Su Li frowned. She didn't expect the mountain people to be so severely affected by the disaster, so she comforted her: "God's disaster can be avoided, brothers just do their best, and they should be rewarded."

Xiao Zetian sighed heavily: "My lady also thinks it's not easy for the brothers, so they should be rewarded. But Gu Liangzhe wrote to the emperor, saying that the rescue team of the Xiao family army was procrastinating and ineffective. After hearing this, I was furious, and reprimanded Xiao Jiajun without listening to my excuse. Although I tried my best to defend my brothers, the emperor still punished those brothers..."

"This... the emperor punished them, why!" Su Li said angrily, "If there is a flood in the mountains, people will die at any time. In such a big natural disaster, the only ones who can go in to rescue the disaster are warriors with their heads tied to their belts, heroes. ! Why should the emperor punish those heroes with just one word!"

Xiao Zetian smiled wryly: "My lady understands this truth, I understand it, and the civil and military courts also understand it. Of course, the emperor understands it better. But the emperor wants to seize this matter and make a big fuss...My lady, I see that the emperor is afraid of me and the Xiao family army. , more serious than I imagined."

"This..." Su Li's face became serious. She didn't know much about court disputes, but she could vaguely understand that Xiao Zetian looked very beautiful in the court, but in reality there was an undercurrent surging inside, like walking on thin ice.

The emperor probably already has the idea of ​​cutting power, and punishing the disaster relief soldiers is just the beginning.

Su Li gently held Xiao Zetian's hand, and said: "I heard that the emperors of all dynasties wanted to cut down the general's military power, but if they were afraid, they would use other methods. For example, dismantle the troops and disperse them to various places , use the elite and loyal soldiers as vanguard death squads, and send them to death on the battlefield as cannon fodder..."

Thinking about how the Xiao family army who had been fighting with Xiao Zetian would end up like this in the future, Xiao Zetian shuddered.

Xiao Zetian was in the court, if he wanted to protect his lineage's prosperity and wealth, he could just obediently hand over the military power, but the emperor would not rest assured of his Xiao family army, and would try every means to make Xiao Zetian's former subordinates go down to die.

"Brothers have followed me for many years, and I will not let them fight to the death with the power of the court." Xiao Zetian took a deep breath, looked at Su Li: "If one day, the emperor really wants to kill the donkey and get rid of those who were born and died. brothers..."

Xiao Zetian didn't finish his sentence, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he looked at Su Li with a firm expression: "Lady, I want more of the ammunition and firearms you showed me last time, the more the better."

(End of this chapter)