dognovel Chapter 144: You Must Work Hard Before You Can Reap the Gains
Chapter 144: You Must Work Hard Before You Can Reap the Gains
Ning Yi has already started to take action.
Even though his strength is far inferior to that of the Fourth Prince, he must have the strength to protect his own life.
Now it can be seen that the huge amount of manpower accumulated after spending so much money can be put to use.
This time, not only the Intelligence Department was busy.
Yang Long was also mobilized.
He frowned as he looked at the list of military officers in his hand, and found that all the officers of the two Beijing Guard Battalions had been replaced.
This kind of thing is not that simple.
He looked worriedly at Ning Yi who was drinking tea slowly: "Your Highness, do you want to control two guard camps?"
"That's right." Ning Yi said affirmatively: "Father-in-law, the commanders of these two guard camps have completely submitted to this prince."
"But this prince still has no confidence in the officers below, so I need the help of my father-in-law."
Yang Long didn't want to do this at all. He smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, it would be fine if we could mobilize a few of them, but how can we mobilize so many officers?"
"If they are demoted, they will cause trouble."
There are hundreds of officers in two guard camps.
A while ago, a group of officers from the Xiqingmen military camp were transferred away, and now there are two more guard camps. Yang Long can hardly hold on.
Ning Yi put down his teacup and said leisurely, "No need to demote them, they just need to be transferred away from their original location."
"I believe that my father-in-law, the Minister of War, will be able to make good arrangements for them."
"As for causing trouble," Ning Yi's eyes turned cold, and he said in a calm tone, "All the officers on the list have embezzled military pay, drunk soldiers' blood, and even abused soldiers. They have committed many crimes, enough to arrest them and punish them severely."
Seeing that Yang Long was speechless, he still didn't nod.
Ning Yi stood up and walked in front of him, saying softly, "Father-in-law, do you still want Qin'er to take the throne of Queen and rule the country?"
When Yang Long heard this, he shuddered suddenly, his two little eyes full of surprise: "Your Highness, Your Highness..."
Ning Yi sneered, "Father-in-law, if you are unwilling to help with such a small favor, it will not be good for your future."
Ning Yi's words were already quite transparent.
Yang Long wanted to become the prime minister in the future, so now he could only contribute.
The position of prime minister is a position that Yang Long has always coveted. To be the head of all officials, he dozed off during work, which is too much like a big boss.
But Yang Long was an old fox and didn't dare to agree rashly.
He first carefully glanced at the closed door and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, tell me the truth."
"You want to take over these two guard camps this time. Are you trying to seize the throne by force?"
Ning Yi first took over Xiqing Gate, and now he has to take over the two guard camps.
It would be easy to avoid suspicion that he wanted to lead troops into the capital and seize the throne by force.
Ning Yi just shook his head and smiled contemptuously: "Father-in-law, you think too much. This prince is just protecting himself."
"Besides, how can we rely on these two guard battalions that are good at collecting empty salaries to capture the capital? Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city, the imperial guards alone can easily deal with these two guard battalions."
Yang Long heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the Sixth Prince say this, otherwise he really wouldn't dare to help without authorization.
Ning Yi finally reassured him: "Father-in-law, this prince did this as a precaution."
"The one in the palace is getting worse and worse. Can you guarantee that my two brothers won't take advantage of the situation and do something wrong?"
"And these two guard camps are our reliance for escaping from the capital."
Yang Long completely agreed to this, and he had to leave a way out for himself.
No matter which of the other two princes ascends the throne, his position as Minister of War has come to an end.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. Yang will definitely help you resolve the issues concerning these two guard camps as quickly as possible."
With his words, Ning Yi was completely relieved.
Then I wrote a letter to Han Dingtian.
In the border general's mansion, Han Dingtian frowned as he looked at the letter sent by Ning Yi.
The letter actually said that the barbarians on the opposite side were preparing to attack the border and asked him to be prepared for defense.
Han Dingtian was puzzled. Weren't the barbarians going to form an alliance with their Dawu Kingdom?
We agreed to sign a treaty and not fight anymore, so why are we fighting again?
If it was someone else's letter, he would have thrown it away long ago, but since it was from the Sixth Prince, he had to take it seriously.
But the content of the letter left him speechless. The Sixth Prince asked for war horses, and better ones, and the number was directly set at 20,000.
They have an elite army of more than 200,000 on the border, including tens of thousands of cavalry.
However, although all the military officers are under his jurisdiction on the surface, in reality, at least half of them have masters behind them.
Han Dingtian called the butler and asked, "How many war horses do we have left?"
The steward immediately replied with a bow, "Master, we just brought back some good horses from the grassland. Besides the 5,000 that were taken away by the Dongfang family a few days ago, we still have more than 5,000 horses left."
"These have already been reserved by others. I guess..."
"No need to estimate." Han Dingtian interrupted his nonsense: "The remaining 5,000 horses will be sent directly to the capital. The Sixth Prince will send people to pick them up."
"Ah?" The butler was stunned. "Master, these war horses have already been paid a deposit."
"Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Han Dingtian gave him an unhappy look and said, "Just send it off if I tell you to. As for the others, just say the warhorses are sick and ask them to wait for the next batch."
The housekeeper had no choice but to accept the order and prepare to leave since the master had spoken.
Han Dingtian suddenly stopped him and said, "Also, the Dongfang family has sent those 5,000 horses. Tell the Sixth Prince as soon as possible where they are now."
The butler's mouth twitched, but he didn't object.
Han Dingtian felt that doing so was enough to give an explanation to the Sixth Prince.
He asked for 20,000 horses. I will send 5,000 horses and then tell them the route of the 5,000 horses transported by the Dongfang family. As for how they took them away, that is not his business.
Finally, Han Dingtian instructed: "Tell all the senior commanders of each department to come to the General's Mansion. I have an important announcement to make."
Since the Sixth Prince said it in his own letter, Han Dingtian had to take it seriously.
Otherwise, if the barbarians really attacked and he couldn't stop them at the border, the emperor would be the first to chop off his head.
At the Zhao Mansion in the capital, the Minister of Works, Zhao Yinghong, looked anxious and trembling as he shouted at his concubine, "Where's the medicine? Where's the medicine?"
"Where is the medicine I want?"
The concubine was terrified and knelt on the ground, trembling: "Master, calm down, Master, calm down."
"The one who delivered the medicine said that he would deliver it to the master as soon as possible."
"I don't want it to be too fast. I want to take the medicine now." Zhao Yinghong punched and kicked the beautiful concubine who was kneeling on the ground.
Ever since this concubine gave him ginseng soup several times, Zhao Yinghong became addicted to it.
In order to please him, the concubine got something called Yishou San from the servants.
What's more, after drinking it, Zhao Yinghong became energetic and felt twenty years younger.
But after a while, if I don't use this Yishou Powder, my whole body will feel sore, weak and powerless. If I don't take it once a day, I will feel extremely uncomfortable all over.
Now that his drug addiction has kicked in, Zhao Yinghong can't wait to get the Yishou Powder, but his concubine is gone, which makes him feel like the sky is falling.