Chapter 1568

For the next few days, Xu Que began to disappear again.

The state affairs in the palace were still presided over by Xuan Yuan Wanrong.

The ministers who had been shocked by the private treasury strategy proposed by Xu Que hadn't even had time to be happy for two days before they had already calmed down.

What wise monarch returning!

What Emperor finally knowing how to govern the country?

Bah!

He hadn't been seen at the morning court for several consecutive days; he was still completely a foolish monarch!

However, Xu Que's private treasury strategy, after being controlled by several elderly ministers, had already achieved great results in the country.

A huge amount of silver rolled like a snowball, quickly piling up in the private treasury, and then a portion was issued in the name of disaster relief.

The disaster victims in the famine areas received relief and were grateful to the imperial family.

As for the national treasury, because of the existence of the private treasury, the cash flow was buffered, and they were temporarily free from the worry of having no silver to use.

……

And at this time, Xu Que was pestering the Minister of War, wanting him to find people for him.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I won't help you, but this idea of yours is really..." The Minister of War hesitated for a long time, unable to say that sentence; it was truly somewhat disrespectful.

Xu Que put on a serious face: "Minister Chen, do you not believe me?"

"This subject absolutely does not dare, it's just... this really won't work." The Minister of War hurriedly denied it.

That's right, I just don't believe you!

You suddenly came to me asking for three thousand elite soldiers, saying you wanted to take precautions and train troops!

Bullshit!

Have you forgotten how you tricked people before?

The Minister of War remembered it vividly; years ago, a group of mountain bandits appeared from nowhere outside the Imperial City, daring to occupy the mountain and call themselves kings.

Xu Que, who had just started pursuing his dreams, immediately went to the Minister of War to ask for people, wanting to go up the mountain to suppress the bandits.

As a result, the bandits weren't suppressed, and he himself became a hostage instead.

Fortunately, those mountain bandits had some self-awareness and didn't dare to tear up the ticket directly, and in the end, Xu Que had the opportunity to be rescued by an expert.

But if the mountain bandits had been a bit tougher and torn up the ticket, I'm afraid Xu Que would have become the most shameful Emperor to die in the history of the Eastern Tang Kingdom.

At this time, Xu Que actually came to him to ask for people, saying he wanted to engage in some elite soldier policy and cultivate an ultimate assault assassination squad.

Oh my god, it's terrifying!

"Your Majesty, with your physique, let alone training elite soldiers, I'm afraid you'll hurt yourself." The Minister of War had a cold face, not giving any face at all.

Xu Que glanced at him and slowly walked into the courtyard of the Ministry of War.

The courtyard of the Ministry of War was different from the Ministry of Works; it was filled with all kinds of weaponry, and in the very center, there was even a bluestone specially used for testing weaponry.

Seeing Xu Que walk over and strike a punching pose, the Minister of War panicked: "Your Majesty, don't hit that bluestone; I was just saying it casually, you couldn't possibly hit it..."

Bang!

Suddenly, a loud noise drowned out everything he was about to say.

A small fist slammed heavily into the bluestone, and time seemed to stop at this moment.

Whoosh!

The next second, the bluestone instantly shattered, turning into countless gravel that splashed in all directions.

The Minister of War was completely dumbfounded, not even noticing the stone chips grazing his face and leaving bloodstains.

What did he see?

That useless, sickly foolish monarch actually blew up the bluestone with one punch!

That was a meteorite from beyond the heavens that had been lying in the Ministry of War courtyard for ten years, having withstood countless sword slashes and axe chops without breaking!

When did this foolish monarch become so fierce?

Although he had no way to exchange for cultivation techniques, there were as many martial arts manuals as he wanted.

Whether it was internal kung fu or external hardening, Xu Que only needed to exchange for them and spend some Acting Cool Points to cultivate himself to the peak.

Becoming a martial arts master only took three seconds!

It was just that fast!

Xu Que slowly exhaled, retracted his right hand, and asked with a smile: "Minister, what do you think now?"

The Minister of War was stunned, unable to care about the shock in his heart, and immediately replied: "With His Majesty's divine might, why worry that our Eastern Tang Kingdom won't flourish!"

"Your Majesty, please this way; I will take you to choose people right now, as many as you want. But Your Majesty, can you put your fist down first? This subject is terrified..."

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Another few days passed in a flash.

The Emperor, Xu Que, who had been missing for several days, finally appeared in the Great Hall.

He finally came to the morning court!

The ministers were indifferent, their inner excitement having long since worn off.

They had thought that the Emperor proposing a good policy meant he was preparing to return strongly and regain control of state affairs.

Who would have thought that this guy would disappear again without a sound for more than ten days before appearing now.

What kind of thing is this!

"Officials, is there anything to report today?" Xu Que sat on the dragon throne, somewhat listlessly.

He had been running around everywhere for the past few days, and with the Six Ministries transfer order given by Xuan Yuan Wanrong, he had finally managed to arrange the things he wanted to do.

Although he had obtained Acting Cool Points from the good policy he had previously given to shock the ministers, exchanging for system products was not a problem at all.

But just relying on one good policy clearly wasn't enough to gain the trust of the ministers.

Especially that old thing, the Minister of War; when he wanted people, he could even say things like the Ministry of War had just laid off staff recently.

Simply disrespectful to his elders!

So even though everything was prepared, it took Xu Que quite a bit of effort to persuade the Ministers of the Six Ministries.

With his cultivation sealed and becoming a mortal, he naturally had to follow the natural laws of the body.

At this moment, Xu Que felt like he was dying of sleepiness and couldn't wait to go back to sleep, yawning repeatedly while sitting on the dragon throne.

Xuan Yuan Wanrong glanced at him, coldness rising.

This kid, in the end, is still this lazy and useless!

At this moment, a general suddenly stepped forward and reported: "This subject has a report. Recently, nomads have been frequently disturbing our country's borders and plundering the people. I implore the Emperor to send troops to drive them away and show the majesty of our Eastern Tang Kingdom!"

"Oh, so you want to fight, right? I'll give you troops, go fight," Xu Que said, having no interest in these matters, and agreed casually.

The general looked embarrassed and muttered: "Well... Your Majesty, the troops are there, but the military expenses for this war..."

Xu Que was stunned and instantly reacted.

This is coming to ask for money!

Before he could respond, Xuan Yuan Wanrong spoke indifferently: "This matter will be discussed later. Now that natural disasters are occurring all over the country, we need stable development and have no extra silver to provide for military needs."

The ministers also agreed one after another, thinking it was reasonable.

The Eastern Tang Kingdom was currently waiting to be rebuilt, the people's livelihood was withered, and having just experienced natural disasters, it indeed needed a long period of stable development.

As for the nomadic tribes at the border, they weren't a big problem, but driving them away required consuming a large amount of silver to maintain the army's consumption, which was a money-burning job.

Xu Que instantly became unhappy: "This is unreasonable, how can this be? People are dancing on your grave, and you're not going out to give them two punches? Fight, beat those nomadic tribes to the ground, and let them know what strength is!"

"Brute."

Xuan Yuan Wanrong snorted coldly, "War is a waste of money and labor; how can it be such a child's play?"

"It's even worse if we don't fight. In the future, when they break into the country and burn, kill, and loot, won't it be an even greater waste of money and labor?" Xu Que said firmly.

"Are you determined to fight?" Xuan Yuan Wanrong raised her cold eyebrows.

"Yes!" Xu Que nodded.

"Fine, if you want to fight, then go, but the court will not provide half a cent of military expenses; you cannot touch the private treasury or the national treasury!" After Xuan Yuan Wanrong finished speaking, she stood up and left directly.

Dealing with nomadic tribes wasn't a major war, but the army's consumption would easily reach millions of taels of silver, which was not a small amount.

Xuan Yuan Wanrong thought that by controlling the finances, she would make Xu Que recognize reality and give up this idea.

However, Xu Que sat on the dragon throne with a smile, his whole body exuding an aura of looking down on the world: "Is a mere million taels of silver even considered money?"

When I earned spirit stones back then, it was in the tens of millions, okay!

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