Seeing Zhu Youde holding the letter in a daze, Wang Zhonghou reminded him.
"Oh, what did you just say?" Zhu Youde wiped his tongue and turned around to ask.
Wang Zhonghou was slightly startled. His Majesty didn't listen just now?
"Your Majesty, 200,000 troops from the Western Region are approaching..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Youde waved his hand and said indifferently: "Can two hundred thousand people be considered an army?"
"I'm tired, go and listen to the announcement from the Flower Palace."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Zhonghou froze on the spot, blinked his eyes, saw that Zhu Youde was not joking, and took the order to retreat.
Since when did 200,000 troops not count as an army?
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Listen to the Flower Palace.
The Liu sisters greeted him at the door.
"Your Majesty, the garden cultivated by my two sisters has opened, and I would like to invite you to visit it." Liu Xiyun said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the weather is getting hotter and the pavilion in the garden is particularly cool." Liu Xiyue followed.
The two girls took Zhu Youde's arms, one on the left and the other on the right, and headed towards the garden.
After walking around, Zhu Youde couldn't help but admire their love for gardening.
The small garden is full of fragrance and relaxing.
But it seems that there is something hidden in the beauty's eyes.
Zhu You pulled them to sit down in the pavilion and asked softly: "Are the two beloved concubines worried?"
The Liu family twins' evasive eyes made Zhu Youde even more sure.
Then he said: "If you have anything on your mind, dear concubine, just tell me and I will definitely satisfy you!"
Looking at the resentful beauty, Zhu Youde felt love and pity in his heart.
Although the two sisters entered the palace last, they played the most tricks. How could he not love them?
"Your Majesty, this is the Queen Mother Cining..."
"My aunt doesn't have enough ingredients for refining the beauty elixir, so we two sisters asked your majesty to plead for mercy..."
Hearing this, Zhu Youde's eyes flashed with doubts, but a smile appeared on his face.
"Do you still need to ask me for such a small matter? Just tell Zhou Kongfang directly!"
Zhu Youde hugged the smiling beauty and murmured in his heart.
Cining just asked for medicinal materials not long ago, but this is not enough... Are the beauty pills such useless medicinal materials?
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly felt a warmth, and the beauty's beautiful hands began to work, which made Zhu Youde no longer tired.
Take a look at the surrounding environment, surrounded by flowers, fragrant, and cicadas chirping from time to time.
"Your Majesty, can we go back to the palace?" Liu Xiyun asked with a blushing face.
"Go back to the palace?! It's fine here!"
Zhu Youde smiled evilly, pressed Liu Xiyue's forehead downward, and looked at the bulging cheeks, feeling very satisfied.
The fragrance of flowers overflows and beauties sing.
Zhu Youde is like a victorious general, with a golden gun that never falls down after seven advances and seven exits!
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There are clouds and rain all night.
It was almost dawn before Zhu Youde returned to the palace with the beauty in his arms, and rested satisfactorily after the second attack.
The court was off the next day, and Zhu Youde summoned Zhou Kongfang early in the morning.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter with calling the minister?" Zhou Kongfang said.
"Take out three million gold from the internal treasury and use it for military expenditure. Do not ensure that military expenditure is sufficient!" Zhu Youde said.
Zhou Kongfang accepted the order and news spread throughout the capital that the Western Region army was pressing on the border. After the military champion was confirmed, Daliang would also send troops, so military expenditures must not be wrong.
Just as he was about to leave, he said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, yesterday Empress Dowager Ci'an sent someone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask Wei Chen for a batch of medicinal materials."
"Queen Dowager Ci'an?"
"Why is she asking you for medicinal materials? Isn't it the Empress Dowager Cining who made the elixir?" Zhu Youde was very confused.
The Queen Mother's two palaces, the East and the West, usually don't show off their beauty. Once they appear, they will ask for medicinal materials.
"You are preparing a batch of good medicinal materials to send to the Queen Mother's East Palace. Cining also spoke to me..."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhou Kongfang withdrew with confusion.
Then Zhu Youde called Luo Yunshan, Zhou Heng and Wang Po.
Three military ministers came to discuss sending troops to the Western Regions.
"Your Majesty, the elite local army recruited will arrive in Jinling tonight, totaling more than 20,000 people." Luo Yunshan handed over the document and said.
Zhu Youde was overjoyed when he browsed the excerpt and looked at Zhou Heng.
"Your Majesty, the internal cleanup of the Royal Forest Army has been completed. The captains and guards at the end of the crane have all been assigned to serve as deputy positions in the local armies..."
"Not bad!" Zhu Youde nodded and said: "In this way, the local army and the central army in Daliang have been replaced, and the military power has been further strengthened."
"Zhou Heng, Luo Shangshu, you two are rushing to prepare the new fire gun army today. Tomorrow the martial arts competition will be completed and the top martial arts champion will be promoted. I will announce the establishment of the new army!"
"I obey your orders!" The two men accepted the orders.
Zhu Youde finally looked at Wang Po.
"Your Majesty, I have mobilized 100,000 elite troops to march to the border. They will arrive in three days."
As a general, Wang Po commanded the three armies and had a hundred thousand elite troops under his command. When necessary, he could also recruit local troops for combat.
Now Zhu Youde has captured most of the scattered military power in Daliang, and the remaining half is concentrated in the hands of the vassal king.
The king of Yan in the north and the king of Han in the northwest were the strongest vassal kings in Daliang; the king of Qi and the king of Chu were next; followed by the king of Zhao, the king of Wei, the king of Qin, and after that there were some incompetent small vassal kings.
The seven princes occupy nearly half of the military power in Daliang.
Zhu Youde pondered for a moment, his eyes flashed with light. After the Western Region was pacified, he must unify the military power!
"When the new Fire Gun Army is formed, you and Wu Zhuangyuanquan will go to the battlefield together to destroy the Western Region!"
As soon as these words came out, the three of them all raised their heads, delighted.
"I will definitely fulfill my mission and protect the safety of my beam!"
Wang Po was powerful and confident. Although there were 200,000 troops in the Western Region, the 100,000 soldiers under his command were the strongest in Daliang, not to mention the 30,000 new army of fire gunmen!
This battle must bring national prestige!
"Luo Shangshu, Commander Zhou, we will entertain the new Fire Gun Army tonight. We will gather at Jinling Square early tomorrow morning. The captain and officers will stand at the front."
After saying this, Zhu Youde motioned for several people to retreat.
At noon, Zhu Youde left the palace, went to the Ministry of Punishment, and released Wang Potian and others.
"I have asked Wang Zhonghou to set up a restaurant for food and wine. You will have a good rest tonight and you will definitely show off your martial arts performance tomorrow!"
Not only Wang Potian and others, but all the candidates for the martial arts examination hall gathered together at Wang Zhonghou's invitation to get acquainted with each other in advance.
Originally, Zhu Youde also planned to go and have fun together, but the formation of the new Fire Gun Army was imminent, so he had to stay in the palace to deal with it.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Yun and Concubine Yue would like to see you." Wang Zhonghou reported in a low voice.
Zhu Youde put down the book and dismissed the guards around him.
"Your Majesty, I would like to send you my regards."
The two beauties gave a blessing and sat opposite each other holding brocade boxes.
"This is the beauty elixir that Empress Dowager Cining asked us to bring to you and the queen sister."
Liu Xiyun opened the brocade box, and there were more than a dozen white pills.
"Oh? A reward from the Queen Mother?" Zhu Youde was confused in his heart, but his face smiled softly: "Thank you, the Queen Mother, for me."
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? My aunt said that women can beautify their skin by taking the beauty pill, and men can enhance their yang energy by taking it."
Liu Xiyue blushed and continued: "Your Majesty, you must give it a try. Maybe the queen sister will be pregnant with Longzi..."
Hearing this, Zhu Youde laughed, hugged the beauty and began to ask for it.
A beautiful sound came from the Yangxin Hall and lasted for a full hour...
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