Chapter 103 Prepare to provoke the entire Ming Dynasty Hall
The third prince is not worried, the Tang Mansion is the natal family of the Crown Princess Tang Xueer.
When Tang Mingren has no way to transport the ice from Zhao, Tang Mingren will naturally become anxious.
Once summer arrives, if Tang Mingren can't get out the ice, it will be a dead end.
However, after this month, there was no chance of transporting ice cubes from Zhao Guo to the capital of Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the third prince was very sure that as long as he persisted for half a month, Chen Changfeng would kneel in front of him and beg.
The third prince was a little proud now.
How about the second prince being made to jump up and down by Chen Changfeng?
In front of him, shouldn't Chen Changfeng have to admit defeat?
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Early the next morning, the third prince came to Tai Chi Hall with a smile on his face, and his military commanders kept greeting him.
From a distance, I saw the second prince standing in front with an ugly expression.
The second prince walked over and asked with a smile: "Second brother, why do you look so unhappy?"
When the second prince saw the third prince approaching, his eyes seemed to kill someone: "Third brother, are you sure you sent someone to the Tang Mansion yesterday?"
"Of course we went?" The third prince was a little confused: "What's wrong?"
"Since we sent someone, tell us why Tang Mingren appeared here?" The second prince gritted his teeth.
The second prince was furious.
Yesterday, he was still thinking that his position as Minister of Civil Affairs would not be taken away by anyone.
Chen Changfeng could not find anyone who could take over as the Minister of Civil Affairs. Most of the people under the third prince were military generals, so the position of Minister of Civil Affairs would eventually fall into the hands of his second prince.
But the second prince had just come over and saw Tang Mingren standing in the main hall at a glance, even wearing the official uniform of the Minister of Civil Affairs.
Didn't you already threaten Tang Mingren as promised?
Why does he still dare to appear here?
"Tang Mingren?" The third prince was stunned, his eyes falling on Tang Mingren.
Tang Mingren happened to look this way, and when he saw the third prince, Tang Mingren came over with a smile on his face: "The third prince came so early, it's so polite for me."
"Tang Mingren, what do you mean?" The third prince immediately clenched his fists.
He didn't believe that Tang Mingren dared to ignore his threat.
"I am favored by His Majesty the Crown Prince and favored by His Majesty. I am appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Ming Dynasty. I wonder what the third prince means by this?" Tang Mingren looked at the third prince with a smile.
The third prince had an angry look on his face.
When Tang Mingren said this, he made it clear that he did not take the threat from the third prince into consideration.
"Old man, you asked for this. When your Tang family is ruined, don't come to beg me." The third prince gritted his teeth and said.
The second prince did not speak, but he knew that the third prince must have sent someone to threaten Tang Mingren.
But Tang Mingren still dared to come here.
Obviously the third prince's threat was of no use to Tang Mingren.
The third prince's threat was useless to Tang Mingren, so the only explanation is that Tang Mingren had a way to deal with Bing Jing.
"Don't dare, I will always keep the kindness of the third prince in my heart." Tang Mingren said with a smile.
"You bastard!" The third prince became completely angry when he heard that Tang Mingren dared to warn him.
He raised his hand and was about to attack Tang Mingren, but was stopped by Chen Changfeng who suddenly walked over.
Chen Changfeng's physical fitness is no longer what it was before. Although his strength may still be inferior to that of the Third Prince, Chen Changfeng still received this punch steadily.
"Third brother, it's outrageous for Taiji Palace to attack a minister." Chen Changfeng said calmly.
The third prince angrily withdrew his fist from Chen Changfeng's hand and stared at Chen Changfeng with a gloomy look.
"Lao Liu, wait." The third prince's voice was cold.
Chen Changfeng smiled nonchalantly and happened to see the emperor arriving at the Tai Chi Hall.
"Father, I have something to report!" When the third prince saw the emperor, he couldn't help it.
Before the emperor even sat down, the third prince took a step forward.
"What's the matter?" The emperor put his hands on the armrests and said casually.
"Father, I sent someone to ask for military expenses from the Ministry of Household Affairs today, but the Ministry of Household Affairs used various excuses to deal with it."
"Sixth brother said that all the money in the Ministry of Revenue must be approved by him first, and then handed over to the prime minister for approval, and then to the emperor for approval."
"After my father has approved it, the Prime Minister will sign it, and finally the Minister of Household Affairs agrees, and then you can get the silver."
"After such a long process, when the Ministry of Household Affairs provides military expenditures, won't all our Ming Dynasty border troops starve to death outside?"
"I request my father to severely punish my sixth brother for delaying this." The third prince's face was full of anger.
Chen Changfeng wanted to use military spending to force his third prince not to dare to deal with the Tang Dynasty.
His third prince is not a vegetarian either.
Report this matter to the emperor and see if he will agree to something that may delay the war.
Sure enough, when the emperor heard this, his face immediately darkened.
The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the national treasury, and all money is used to serve the Ming Empire.
If everyone is procrastinating like this, how can the Ming Empire do anything?
"Prince, do you have any explanation for this matter?" The emperor looked at Chen Changfeng, his expression not very good.
Seeing that the emperor's face turned cold, the third prince secretly rejoiced.
He was worried that the emperor would be indifferent. If that was the case, there was really nothing he could do.
The emperor now looks unhappy, Chen Changfeng must either directly agree to allocate military funds.
Or lose this position as Minister of Household Affairs.
And Tang Mingren thought that by delaying military expenditure, Chen Changfeng could stop his decision to order the border troops to block the Tang government's commercial vehicles.
dream!
If you dare to ignore your own threats, the Tang Mansion will be executed by everyone!
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince definitely did not mean that. Delaying military expenditures is a serious crime of beheading. The Crown Prince will never do it." Yao Xiaoren hurriedly came out to explain to Chen Changfeng.
He didn't know that Chen Changfeng had such courage.
He dared to delay the military expenditure of the border army. What was in Chen Changfeng's mind?
Tang Mingren knew that Chen Changfeng was venting his anger because his Tang family was threatened by the third prince.
But he didn't expect Chen Changfeng to do this.
Isn’t this asking for death?
"Your Majesty, I also agree with what Prime Minister Yao said, His Royal Highness must have done it unintentionally."
"There must be some reason." Tang Mingren didn't expect that he would encounter such a difficult thing on his first day in court.
The emperor did not speak, he was waiting for Chen Changfeng's explanation.
"Father, delaying military expenditure is a big taboo. If the soldiers of the border army know about it, something will happen." The second prince struck while the iron was hot and stood by to give the emperor a hand in the fire.
When the emperor heard this, his expression turned gloomy again.
He may not care about other things, but the border army is the top priority of the Ming Empire.
If Chen Changfeng, the Minister of Household Affairs, dares to act recklessly, I will never spare him!
"Prince, I want to hear your explanation!" The emperor's tone was already cold.
All the officials also looked over.
He secretly thought that Chen Changfeng was really bold and dared to do anything to delay military expenditures.
It's really lawless.
"Father, my son actually did this on purpose..."
"What?"
"Lawless!"
"audacious in the extreme!"
"The prince actually said that he did this on purpose, which is simply unreasonable!"
As soon as Chen Changfeng's words came out of his mouth, the entire Tai Chi Palace exploded.
Delaying military expenditures is a serious crime. If Chen Changfeng wants to say that he doesn't understand much and should immediately allocate military expenditures, the emperor can give him a small punishment.
Who would have known that His Highness the Prince would openly say that he did it on purpose.
Is this preparing to provoke the entire Ming Dynasty?