Liu Xi on the side didn't hold back for a moment when he heard Chen Changfeng's shameless answer.
"Eunuch Liu, what do you mean?" Chen Changfeng was unhappy. What was Liu Xi doing, making fun of himself?
"His Royal Highness, it is clear that this old slave caught wind and cold today, so he coughed." Liu Xi explained quickly.
Chen Changfeng glanced at Liu Xi, but did not pursue the matter with the old guy.
The emperor looked at Chen Changfeng. He didn't understand why Tang Mingren agreed to Chen Changfeng to take over the post of Minister of Civil Affairs.
But since Tang Mingren agreed, of course his previous promise would also be fulfilled.
"In this case, I will issue an order later to appoint Tang Mingren as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
"Boy, the matter is over here. You should stop causing me more trouble in the future and go back." After the emperor said this, he waved Chen Changfeng to leave.
Chen Changfeng didn't stay long. He had other things to attend to and didn't have time to waste here.
"Your Majesty, why did Tang Mingren agree to the prince's appointment as Minister of Staff?" Liu Xi asked in a low voice.
It was so ugly back then.
Tang Mingren comes back to court at this time, isn't he afraid of being laughed at?
"Everyone is profit-seeking. Although I don't know exactly what happened, but rather than being laughed at by the court officials, Tang Mingren decided to serve as the Minister of Civil Affairs. There must be a reason."
"You ask someone to go find out what happened." The emperor waved his hand and said.
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"Second brother, you still had the foresight to ask me to warn Tang Mingren in advance. News came just now that Lao Liu went to the Tang Mansion."
"Hey, he hasn't been there once since the sixth prince got married. This time he suddenly came here because he must have wanted Tang Mingren to be the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs." In the second prince's house, the third prince looked at the second prince in front of him with a smile.
Prince.
The position of Minister of Civil Affairs under the Second Prince was vacated, and the Second Prince certainly did not want Chen Changfeng to take it.
The second prince knew better that as time passed, the candidate for the Minister of Staff would not be decided.
When the time comes when he and the third prince ask their officials to report, even the emperor cannot delay it any longer.
And Chen Changfeng had no one he could use around him.
Only Tang Mingren, the father of the Crown Princess.
Although Tang Mingren had sworn before that he would never step into the Ming Dynasty again in this life, no one would believe this.
The second prince needs to completely cut off Chen Changfeng's last avenue.
Knowing that the Tang family provided Bing Jing to the Ming court, the second prince came up with a way to ask the third prince to send someone to threaten Tang Mingren.
The third prince is the Minister of the Ministry of War. Isn't it a simple matter to use some small means to let the border troops clean up the Tang Dynasty's commercial vehicles?
"Thanks to you, the third brother, for this matter, otherwise the second brother would have been helpless against the sixth brother." The second prince smiled.
The second prince believed that with the threat of the third prince, Tang Mingren would not dare to help Chen Changfeng even if he had a hundred courages.
Otherwise, the Tang Mansion will wait for the whole family to be destroyed!
"What did the second brother say? Our goals are the same. Helping the second brother is equivalent to helping myself." The third prince also had a smile on his face.
Although this time it was not directed at Chen Changfeng, it was enough to prevent Chen Changfeng from reaching the official department.
"By the way, second brother, I received secret news from the front line yesterday. It was said that the Chu Empire's southern army did not return the thirteen cities of our southern county."
"Li Fengxian, the commander-in-chief of the Chu Empire's Southern Conquest Army, killed the envoy sent by Liu Shuwen and threatened to ask Lao Liu to go find him for it."
"I estimate that the news will reach my father's ears in the next two days. I am afraid that Ming Dynasty will start a war with Da Chu." The third prince's expression suddenly became solemn.
The third prince is the God of War in the Ming Dynasty's army and the Minister of War. Of course, he will receive news from the front line as soon as possible.
"Start a war with the Chu Empire?" The second prince's expression suddenly solidified.
He didn't think that going to war with the Chu Empire was a good thing.
For the Ming Empire, recuperation was the most important thing.
The Ming Empire was weak and could not possibly be a match for the Chu Empire.
However, the Chu Empire broke its promise and refused to return the thirteen cities of Daming Nanjun. The emperor would definitely not agree.
There is a 80% chance that this battle will really happen!
"Second brother, do you think this battle should be fought?" The third prince looked at the second prince.
After the second prince was silent for a moment, he shook his head and said, "Of course you shouldn't fight."
"The Ming Dynasty's military strength is simply not as good as that of the Chu Dynasty. If we really want to fight, we will definitely not be our opponent."
This is not entirely the reason why the second prince does not support fighting this battle with Da Chu.
Because once a war breaks out with Da Chu, the Third Prince will definitely be in trouble.
His second prince had already been deprived of his position as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue by Chen Changfeng, and had lost his position as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
If the tide rises for the Third Prince, even if Chen Changfeng disappears in the future, how can he still be the Third Prince's opponent?
Doesn’t everything you do make a wedding dress for the third prince?
The third prince looked at the second prince, with a hint of gloom in his eyes.
Although he is a military commander, he is not a fool. How could he not know the second prince's true thoughts?
In fighting, only the three princes can make meritorious deeds and accumulate prestige.
The second prince wants him to stay idle like this. How can such a good thing happen?
"The second brother is right. I will definitely support the second brother's idea when the time comes."
"I'll go back first." The third prince said, and left with the second prince.
The second prince's face turned gloomy. Of course he would not believe what the third prince had just said.
Whoever can reach this point is not a human spirit.
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As soon as the third prince returned to his residence, he saw officials from the Ministry of War standing at the door waiting for him.
Seeing him coming back, officials from the Ministry of War came over with anxious faces.
"Your Highness, something happened!" an official from the Ministry of War said anxiously.
"What happened?" The third prince looked gloomy. He didn't want to hear any bad news.
"Didn't His Highness ask the official to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to ask for the military expenses of the border army? The official went there, but he met the prince there."
"The prince said that the border army military expenses have to wait for his approval. After the prince's approval, they will be handed over to the prime minister for review, and then his majesty will have his seal stamped. Then they will be sent back to the prime minister. After the prime minister stamps his seal, he can wait for the prince's seal.
, and finally we can get the military expenses for the border army." The official of the Ministry of War was full of anger.
Isn’t this complete nonsense?
Originally, it was just a matter of directly agreeing with the Minister of Household Affairs and submitting it to the emperor for approval, and the military funds could be obtained within three days.
It will take a month to go back and forth like this, but you may not be able to get it yet.
The third prince's eyes turned cold. He had never heard of such a rule in the Household Department.
He immediately thought that Chen Changfeng was deliberately trying to embarrass himself.
Ninety-nine percent of the time, Chen Changfeng knew that he had sent people to threaten Tang Mingren, and then used this method to threaten himself.
"Your Highness, what should we do?" the Ministry of War official said.
"What should we do?" The third prince sneered: "Send a message to the Ming and Zhao Border Military Station that all commercial vehicles of the Tang Dynasty are not allowed to pass. Your Highness would like to see if I am adamant or if the Tang Dynasty can persist.
"
The third prince believed that delaying military expenditures for the border troops was Chen Changfeng's attempt to force himself to let the Tang government's commercial vehicles pass.
But the third prince would not compromise like this.
After a month, winter has completely entered, and the ice from Zhao State will not be able to be transported to the Ming Dynasty. By then, the Tang Mansion's ice warehouse will not be able to store ice at all.
As soon as summer arrives, the Tang Mansion will be waiting to be slaughtered by the emperor's decree!
"Where's the military expenditure over there?" the Ministry of War official looked worried.
"Military expenses?"
"When the time comes when his sixth son begs me." The third prince looked disdainful.