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Chapter 163 Rewarding the Three Armies
After watching quietly for a while, Wei Chenrui went down the city wall and walked towards the barracks inside the city, wanting to see the wounded soldiers.

Before he entered the room where the wounded were placed, there was a burst of screams, and Wei Chenrui's heart trembled when he heard it, and his face was not very good-looking.

Seeing Wei Chenrui like that, Kai was about to pull Wei Chenrui away, but Wei Chenrui raised his hand to stop him: "Don't worry, I'm fine!"

Wei Chenrui can imagine the scene inside, but he can't do anything. Although he is an apprentice of a genius doctor, there is no way to relieve the pain of such an injury, only to speed up the healing of the wound.

After thinking about it, Wei Chenrui decided not to go in, turned around and walked to the pharmacy. She was going to keep her secret recipe and do her best.

The people in the pharmacy were busy preparing and dispensing medicines. No one noticed when Wei Chenrui went in. He didn't want to disturb their work. Wei Chenrui silently walked to the table where the usual doctors were sitting, found a pen and paper, and wrote down the secret recipe. , and handed it to the drug boy who was grabbing the medicine.

Yaotong saw that the handwriting did not look like that of a doctor he was familiar with, so he raised his head to see who the doctor was, but he never thought it was His Royal Highness, and hurriedly knelt down to salute.

Wei Chenrui raised his hand to stop it, and said softly: "Don't say anything, this house is the unique secret recipe of the hall, let the military doctor see it, use it, it is the heart of the hall."

It's no secret that Wei Chenrui was trained by an immortal doctor, and the drug boy knew it, so he silently put away the prescription and handed it to the military doctor when he was going to eat later.

Seeing the medicine boy put away the prescription, Wei Chenrui took the armor and left, heading for Uncle Yang's mansion.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the mansion, he met Uncle Yang who was about to go out in a hurry: "Uncle, you are in such a hurry, but what happened?"

When Uncle Yang saw Wei Chenrui coming, he was not in a hurry anymore: "Oh, why did you come here? The general thought something happened and was about to go out to find you!"

Wei Chenrui was a little embarrassed to make uncle so worried: "Uncle Lao is thinking about it, Chen Rui is fine, just wandering around the city wall."

Uncle Yang didn't ask Wei Chenrui what he was doing on the other side of the city wall, and hurriedly called people in: "Come in and tell me!"

Uncle Yang took Wei Chenrui to the living room to sit down, and then got straight to the point: "Your Highness, I hope to have your support in the end, so that the barbarians can be completely defeated."

Wei Chenrui nodded: "What happens after you beat them to the ground?"

This stopped Uncle Yang from asking: "After that? After that, won't the world be peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment?"

Wei Chenrui shook his head: "Looking at the entire history, how many years can the people live and work in peace and contentment?"

"Wars are not common, but if the war is stopped, will the people have a better life? Not necessarily!"

Uncle Yang was silent: "Then what does His Highness mean?"

Wei Chenrui sighed: "The absence of foreign enemies can be said to be a good thing, or it can be said to be a bad thing."

"Once there are no foreign enemies, the corruption of the imperial court will only become more serious. The dignitaries and nobles are greedy for pleasure. Several dynasties in history have disappeared because of the corruption of the upper class and the rebellion of the common people."

Uncle Yang can't refute this point, it's an indisputable fact: "Your Highness, what does it mean to keep the barbarians, so that Zhaoguo feels a sense of crisis?"

Wei Chenrui nodded: "Not bad, but this is just one of them."

"I looked at the city wall today, and went to the wounded camp. I deeply realized the cruelty of war. I don't know how many parents lost their children because of it, and I don't know how many children lost protection because of it. My own father, let alone how many families have lost their pillars because of this."

"For this reason, I am deeply saddened, and I don't want more people to suffer because of the temporary stability."

As a general who loves soldiers, he can understand what Wei Chenrui said, and he no longer insists on continuing the fight: "If that's the case, then accept their peace proposal!"

"In terms of compensation, they cannot be spared lightly. At this time, His Highness needs to deal with it."

Naturally, Wei Chenrui wouldn't just let them go like this. Although they had a hard time, they were enemies after all. To sympathize with the enemy was to gouge one's own heart. Wei Chenrui would not do such a thing: "Don't worry, uncle. They will not be spared lightly."

"Not only that, I will try my best to fight for the compensation and rewards that should be given to the soldiers, and I will not let the soldiers bleed or cry!"

Over the years, the imperial court has not been doing very well with regard to the pensions for the soldiers. It seems that they have given a lot, but if they are exploited layer by layer, there will be very little money in hand.

Those who retired due to injuries and were repatriated home did not even get the money they got back home, and had to rely on the little money they saved from working hard to go back home.

Because of this, the officers and soldiers below kept their eyes open and closed their eyes when they touched the corpses, allowing them to hide some privately.

For this war, the imperial court did not distribute the ring silver. All the expenses were earned by the military households and brought by the empress Wei Chenrui.

Now that the war is over, thanks to Wei Chenrui's newly researched fort, the casualties of the soldiers are not serious, but the Northwest Army really can't afford the pension money and severance pay.

Uncle Yang naturally couldn't bear to let the soldiers suffer this crime, and he would subsidize it privately if the insurance was not complete.

However, the money in the General's Mansion is also limited, so if it continues to make up for it, it will be dragged down.

Wei Chenrui was aware of Uncle Yang's difficulties, but her relationship with the Ministry of Household Affairs was really stiff, so Pei Qianhuo would definitely get in the way and use the word "drag" to drag her back endlessly.

Wei Chenrui didn't intend to let Pei Qianhuo go any further this time. He planned to piss off his plan early on, so he had to start taking action!

Thinking of this, Wei Chenrui couldn't sit still: "Uncle, leave the pensions and severance pay for the soldiers to me!"

"This matter is not easy to handle. I need to return to Beijing in advance and make a good plan, so I won't stay in the Northwest any longer."

"As for the issue of compensation, don't worry, I will keep an eye on them in the capital. No matter what they do, they still have to ask for the consent of their father, and they will definitely discuss it in the early court."

According to the normal procedure, this is the case. Uncle Yang also knows that he will not force Wei Chenrui to stay: "In this case, the last general will not keep His Highness, and when he returns to Beijing, he will treat His Highness well!"

After saying that, Wei Chenrui got up and was about to leave, Uncle Yang took advantage of the opportunity to send him out.

The people under Wei Chenrui had just put away their things when they saw Wei Chenrui hurrying back, ordering to go back to Beijing, and hurriedly packed up the things they had put away, and put them back on the carriage.

While the servants were packing up their things, Wei Chenrui went to the forge again, and ordered them to continue forging and seal it up, in case the enemy army destroyed the fort on the city gate while suing for peace, without the threat of the fort. , I'm afraid the barbarians are not so easy to talk to.

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, the masters of the forge nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, we will follow your request and keep it a secret, so as not to let any news of this leak out."

Now Wei Chenrui felt relieved: "That's good, if it is really damaged, don't worry, you must give the hall a little letter in time, and the hall will send people to assemble it."

Speaking of this, Wei Chenrui suddenly felt that this move was a bit inappropriate: "I'm afraid this is too dangerous. When the palace returns to the palace, train the relevant personnel immediately and send one to the forge. Don't turn people away when the time comes."

The Northwest Army's forges are all for the Northwest Army, and the people inside are all reliable, most of them are military households, and they will not easily accept outsiders, fearing they might be spies, so Wei Chenrui made a point of explaining it.

With Wei Chenrui's explanation, the masters of the forge will naturally pay attention to this matter: "Your Highness, I don't know how you want to arrange people to come in? We should also be mentally prepared."

Wei Chenrui thought for a while and said, "In order not to arouse suspicion, this hall will send someone over in the name of assigning military households, and will also give him corresponding tokens."

The masters who have the keepsake forging workshop no longer worry: "It's so good!"

After explaining the matter, Wei Chenrui boarded the carriage back to Beijing, galloped all the way, and reached the capital at the fastest speed.

The whole court knew about Wei Chenrui's trip to the northwest, but most of the people didn't know about Wei Chenrui's return to Beijing. The journey was very quiet, and he didn't meet any assassins. Rui's man had run out of dead men, or he was not very well informed.

After arriving in the capital, Wei Chenrui went directly into the palace. At this time, Emperor Zhaohe had just received the news of the victory of the war, and he was shouting "Yes" there!

When the eunuch came to report the news, he went out to greet him happily: "Oh, my hero is back!"

Wei Chenrui was stunned: "Father, my son and minister are alone, where did the great hero come from?"

Liu Xi covered his mouth and snickered, "Your Highness, the hero His Majesty mentioned is you!"

Wei Chenrui felt that he couldn't bear the title of a great hero, and waved his hands repeatedly: "My son didn't go to the battlefield, and he didn't kill a single enemy, so he is a great hero."

Emperor Zhaohe didn't take it seriously: "You didn't do it yourself, but the fort you researched was very useful. It was mentioned in the battle report. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are a great hero."

When Emperor Zhaohe said this, Wei Chenrui couldn't refute it. After all, it was the truth, so he could only respond with a cheeky face: "What Emperor Father said is true!"

"By the way, why did you come back first, why didn't you go with the army? Someone made you angry?" After being happy, Emperor Zhaohe realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked.

Wei Chenrui shook his head: "Your minister is a concubine, and the fort has been used to great effect, and the limelight is in full swing, who dares to make my son angry."

"Besides, it has always been only the son-in-law who is angry with others. How can there be son-in-law who is angry with others and runs back in anger. You are too worried."

Emperor Zhaohe was right when he thought about it. With his own daughter's temperament, she really wasn't one to swallow her anger: "That's right, then what's the important thing for you to return to the palace in such a hurry?"

Wei Chenrui didn't hide it, and said frankly: "That's right, the Northwest won a complete victory this time, and the barbarians didn't dare to fight anymore, and they took the initiative to ask for peace. For such a beautiful battle, the three armies must be rewarded!"

Emperor Zhaohe nodded: "Yes, the three armies should indeed be rewarded!"

"I came back in a hurry just to reward the three armies. You also know that I didn't deal with Pei Qianhuo of the household department, and the general of the Northwest Army is my uncle. If you don't give money, it will chill the hearts of the soldiers!" Wei Chenrui said earnestly.

After being reminded by Wei Chenrui, Emperor Zhaohe also realized the importance of the matter, but he didn't agree with Wei Chenrui's guess: "Pei Qianhuo has been a veteran for many years, so he shouldn't be confused about such a major matter, right?"

Wei Chenrui sighed: "On the surface, he definitely doesn't know how to do it, but if it's not guaranteed, he secretly knows how to do it!"

"As long as he cries for poverty and says that the Ministry of Household Affairs can't come up with money, then the matter of rewarding the armed forces will have to be postponed indefinitely until the end. Didn't you notice it during the disaster relief in Zhongzhou?"

Emperor Zhaohe thought about it, and it seemed to be the case. After the disaster in Zhongzhou, Emperor Zhaohe naturally summoned the ministers to discuss it. Then Pei Qianhuo used the method Wei Chenrui said, crying for poverty, and he didn't receive it. The informant from the Zhongzhou government delayed the payment of relief food, forcing Wei Chenrui to sneak over the wall overnight, and only then did Zhongzhou gain a chance of life without causing large-scale turmoil.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Wei Chenrui thought for a while and said, "My son originally wanted to piss off Pei Qianhuo directly, but that person has hard work and no credit, so he just got mad at him, and while he was recuperating, let someone make him sick." The seat was snatched, which is also very good.”

"That's a good idea. What do you think, tell me, Father." Emperor Zhaohe was very interested.

"It's better to say scare than to be angry. I'm going to reveal to him that the third child is not your own son. Then you can cooperate with Erchen and find any excuse to put Pei Concubine, who has been reduced to a concubine, into limbo. This crime of deceiving the emperor will definitely scare him." Wei Chenrui said.

Emperor Zhaohe still hesitated about this matter that hurt his face: "Can't we change it?"

Wei Chenrui shook his head: "I can't think of any other way, if the emperor has another way, we don't use this trick."

What Emperor Zhaohe could do was to keep a dark face: "Okay, we must make Pei Qianhuo shut up, and this matter must not be leaked out, and I will be embarrassed."

After all, he is the king of a country. Such a thing of wearing a cuckold is considered a great shame. It is normal for Emperor Zhaohe not to let people know. Wei Chenrui, a daughter, will not shame her father. Naturally, she will act carefully: " Don't worry, father, this matter will not let him leak half a word, it is not possible, there are still many people who killed the valley with blood, and I know many people in the world, if he is disobedient, it is okay to kill him .”

Emperor Zhaohe gave Wei Chenrui a white look: "You still need people like you to kill someone."

Wei Chenrui smiled flatteringly: "That's right, father, you don't have many talents. You really don't need someone like me."

"Okay, let's go to work quickly, don't miss the big deal!" Emperor Zhaohe didn't want to talk to Wei Chenrui anymore, and sent her away.

Wei Chenrui naturally accepted it as soon as he saw it, but he didn't want to annoy his old father, so he took the opportunity to leave: "My son, leave!"

(End of this chapter)