Chapter 308 The Birth of a Conspiracy
The servant of the household department lowered his head and spoke first: "Your Majesty, the treasury is empty now, so it is not suitable to fight for a long time."

When the first emperor was alive, the national treasury was still full, but since Zhao Qian succeeded to the throne and the imperial concubine entered the palace, the expenditure in the palace has quadrupled.

Not to mention that he had to go out of the palace to play and renovate other palaces from time to time, and was borrowed a lot of money by the emperor's relatives.

The money in the national treasury can't support the war at all.

Just asking Zhao Gan to ask for peace, he couldn't let go of this face, Zhao Gan's face darkened, and said: "Well, you are a servant of the household department, to grow others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige?
The treasury is empty, so you don’t know how to earn money. What does your household department do for food? "

The servant of the household department was so scolded that his head was bloody, he shrank his neck and dared not make a sound.

The imperial court emphasized civility over military affairs, and the officials in the imperial study were all civil servants, the prime minister and Marquis Zhongwu didn't say a word, what other officials said was not what Zhao Gan wanted to hear.

He got angry for a moment, picked up the tea cup on the side and threw it at the ministers. The tea cup fell to the ground, and the tea and tea cup fragments splashed everywhere.

Pointing at the ministers, he scolded: "Trash, it's all trash.

It's just a bunch of rabble, you can't come up with any ideas, what use do I want you to be. "

The fragments splashed at the officials' feet, and they turned pale with fright, and quickly knelt down.

There are two ministers here who are from Marquis Zhongwu's side. He frowned slightly and quickly winked at his daughter.

The imperial concubine received her father's instructions, she curled her red lips slightly, and put a bracelet around Zhao Gan's waist: "Zhao Lang, after all, your lords are civil servants, and it's normal for them to be unable to make up their minds about the war."

With a charming voice, she gently prodded Zhao Gan's lower back with her fingertips, and Zhao Gan's anger calmed down strangely.

"Ai Fei is right, that's all right, let's all get up.

Didn't you raise a lot of staff, let them be a staff member, if there is no good plan in the court tomorrow, I will kill the heads of your nine clans. "

Zhao Gan's words were so vicious that all the officials broke out in cold sweat. The ministers and aides of the court were all hidden, for fear that the emperor would think that they had the intention of treason.

Therefore, the staff in their mansion are all kept outside, and they go in and out to cover up their identities, but now, they are being pointed out by the emperor.

The kneeling officials quickly kowtowed in response, Zhao Gan only felt that they were like flies, they were noisy and had a headache, so he waved them away.

Only Marquis Zhongwu and the prime minister were left in the house.

Prime Minister Wang Yizhi, at the age of fifty, was ranked second in the exam, and was arrested by the former Household Ministry's Shangshu list as his son-in-law, and took the only daughter of the Shangshu's mansion.

With the support of Yue's family, he made steady progress.

After his father-in-law retired, the first emperor dismissed him from the post of minister and appointed him prime minister.

After he became prime minister, he was sent by the late emperor to teach Zhao Gan, so he can be regarded as the emperor's teacher.

Therefore, in the previous dynasty, Marquis Zhongwu had not yet sent the noble concubine to the palace, so it was not an exaggeration for him to say that one person was under one person and above ten thousand people.

He stood up, waved his sleeves and saluted, looked respectfully, but there was a trace of inexplicable pride in his heart.

"My lord, I have something to announce."

Zhao Gan was not very happy with the prime minister, because there was a good news about Wang Yizhi, saying that the emperor was a great teacher and cared about the people.

If it weren't for the emperor's teacher who sacrificed himself for others and dared to speak out, he would not have been able to secure his position so smoothly. "

When Zhao Qian first heard these rumors, he wished he could immediately dismember Wang Yizhi's body and let the world see that without him, Wang Yizhi's throne is still as stable as Mount Tai.

But the noble concubine stopped him, saying that if he really killed Wang Yizhi, he would only make people talk, and make the people's impression of him even worse.

The war in the south caused people to panic, but Wang Yizhi couldn't kill him.

Zhao Qian also knew that what the imperial concubine said made sense, so he suppressed his anger, but it was impossible for him to have a good face towards Wang Yizhi.

He didn't even give Wang Yizhi half of his eyes, and his tone was quite cold: "Say."

Wang Yizhi couldn't hear the coldness of the emperor's words, but he didn't care about these anymore, he already had a bargaining chip in his hand.

Wang Yizhi lowered his head, no one saw the sneer at the corner of his mouth.

He took out a letter from his pocket, and handed it over respectfully, "A secret letter has been sent by the secret agent lurking among the rebels, please have a look at it, Your Majesty."

This is a serious matter, Zhao Qian slightly loosened his arms and gave the imperial concubine a wink, the imperial concubine got off him knowingly and went behind the screen.

Zhao Qian opened the envelope, took out the secret letter inside, and quickly scanned the contents of the letter. Suddenly, his expression became serious, and a strong killing intent emanated from him.

Lin Yubei on the roof saw all this through the cracks in the tiles, and couldn't help frowning.

Careful work?

Secret letter?

Lin Yubei became inexplicably flustered, maybe his identity was discovered?
When Lin Yubei thought of this, his whole body tensed up. He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Zhao Gan, and secretly prepared himself. If the secret letter really contained a secret about himself, he would not be able to stay in the palace for long.

Lin Yubei took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Zhao Gan finally finished reading the letter, and his expression softened, and the corners of his mouth curled up, as if he had seen some gratifying news.

He excitedly said three good times, then raised his chin slightly: "Su Hai, show it to the two lovers."

Su Hai was Zhao Gan's personal eunuch, he got the order, picked up the letter paper with both hands, and handed it to Marquis Zhongwu first.

Marquis Zhongwu took ten lines at a glance and read the letter in a short while, then handed the letter to Wang Yizhi who was at the side, and congratulated Zhao Gan, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty."

Wang Yizhi despised the flattering appearance of Marquis Zhongwu very much. He read the letter and handed it over to Su Hai, saying:
"Your Majesty, since the detailed work has reported the dens of the rebels in the capital, I think that because of the haste, I will go to the Ministry of War to dispatch troops to arrest the rebels.

At that time, torture will definitely obtain beneficial information, and it will also make the rebels feel confused. "

Zhao Gan nodded slightly, and directly gave the order: "Okay, I will leave this matter to Ai Qing, and we must wipe out all the hidden rebels."

"The minister has the order."

Wang Yizhi got the order, but it's not reliable to just rely on his words about the transfer of troops. Zhao Gan looked at Su Hai at the side and said, "You go with Wang Aiqing."

Su Hai lowered his head and replied, "Here."

Wang Yizhi and Su Hai left in a hurry, Lin Yubei who had heard all the news in his ears thumped in his heart: "It happened."

He took a deep breath, waited until there was no one around, and then went down, and then went straight to the outside of the palace.

He left in a hurry, completely unaware that Zhao Gan who was inside the house said to Marquis Zhongwu again: "I don't believe this time, I can't find the bedbugs hiding in the palace."

Zhong Wuhou sat on the grand master's chair, staring down at the teacup in his hand.

"The people in the various dens have been replaced by members of the Yulin Army, and I have invited people from the Jianghu to change their faces.

It can be said that a net has been laid, as long as that person goes, he can't escape. "

Lin Yubei was too anxious and didn't notice that the guards in the palace were particularly lax tonight. When he arrived at the most important stronghold - Changyi Embroidery Workshop, everything was in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)

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