At that moment, Cheng Cen knew that she could stand firm, otherwise after her grandfather passed away, she would be completely reduced to an ordinary woman in the Hou Mansion. Today, Cheng Cen is not only Chen Tianxiao's roommate, but also one of his advisers

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Cheng Cen was standing in front of the window looking at the white flags in the courtyard. Chen Tianxiao came in. He was still wearing armor and had sweat on his head. A maid came in holding ice cubes. Cheng Cen looked surprised that he could still make it here.

To ice?

Chen Tianxiao didn't like the fact that there was someone in the house. Cheng Cen discovered that Chen Tianxiao was not obsessed with beauty, and women were nothing more than toys to him.

This person has great ambitions and is a character.

The maid went out. Chen Tianxiao closed the door and stared at Cheng Cen: "Did you arrange for people to be placed in the house?"

Cheng Cen knew that he was talking about hanging white flags. Not only that, she was also wearing plain clothes today. Although it was not a mourning dress, it was a light blue, very light, very light, without rouge, and there was no hairpin on her head.

"Master Marquis, please calm down. The eyes and ears of the imperial court are still here, and we still have to do some superficial work." Cheng Cen said calmly: "Although the letters to the capital were all written by me, replacing the original content, they are half true.

Only half a lie can make that person less suspicious."

"I have already told the Marquis that your Majesty is aware of my ability to imitate other people's handwriting." Cheng Cen said as he walked over to wipe the sweat from Chen Tianxiao's forehead: "Half truth and half falsehood are enough, Your Majesty.

Suspicious by nature."

Marquis Wu'an was nominally the eldest son of the Chen family, and the queen was his sister-in-law. If his sister-in-law passed away, if he acted too indifferently, he would not tell the truth. After all, it was a national mourning, and the two people would be able to grasp the situation.

The two so-called warlords actually lived in the Hou Mansion. When they first came here, they learned to be tolerant. They didn't point fingers at them when they came up. They only said that they had just come to Beiguan and were not used to the environment here, so they wanted to use the Hou family's residence.

Grandpa.

They stayed in the Hou Mansion for the first time and two, so Chen Tianxiao followed the current and kept them here, but he had some thoughts.

These two Yuan Emperor's watchdogs are much better under the nose than outside. They are guarded in time, and even the messages they deliver can be intercepted in time, and then Cheng Cen replaces them with other content. Until now, those two people

I still don’t know what they did.

In Chen Tianxiao's opinion, these two warlords are actually pretty good. They don't have any say in the army. Maybe they know that Qianglong can't defeat local snakes and can easily lose their lives in Beiguan. However, warlords have always been forbidden to kill.

Death must be investigated.

"You are thoughtful." Chen Tianxiao thinks that this relationship is not bad. Putting aside her past experience, she was born in the Cheng family, full of poems and books, and although her appearance is not good, she is considered to be of average quality. The children she gave birth to

It will definitely not be bad.

When thinking of children, one has to think of Chen Boyuan. Chen Tianxiao did not know the truth, and this account was firmly placed on Emperor Yuan's head.

"The Marquis was joking. What I said to the Marquis before was all from my heart. Since I married into the Chen family, I must plan for the future of the Chen family. In addition to giving birth to a legitimate son, I also want to see the Marquis.

There is no need to be coerced by His Majesty and have to worry about military supplies every year."

The inability to raise the army independently has always been a pain point for Chen Tianxiao. Cheng Cen knew that Chen Tianxiao had no affection for Empress Chen. Because Emperor Yuan was not interested in any national mourning, her arrangement today was a bit of a mistake and she smacked her own foot.

"The old man of the Chen family once thought about prospecting for minerals to support the army, but His Majesty discovered it before it was accomplished, which prompted His Majesty to take action against the Chen family early." Chen Tianxiao thought that Chen Ci could not hide it, so she told him the truth.

It's funny in my heart.

Naturally, Chen Ci would not be so kind. She would help him find mines despite the risk of rebellion. He was probably trying to help him rise to the top first, and then help Xiao Lingzhao or even himself rise to the top position. Unfortunately, Emperor Yuan was not a good person either.

Foolish.

The search for minerals failed, but all the men in the Chen family were away from official careers, and the gains outweighed the losses.

In fact, Chen Tianxiao was also doing the mining business, and he had some small gains. However, the results were slow and took a long time. He really couldn't wait. Cheng Cen's words aroused his concerns, and the look on his face immediately turned cold.

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"A candle can't stand to be burned at both ends. The Zhenbei Army's military expenses are indeed huge, but the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs above have to make deductions at all levels. In the end, what is delivered always shrinks. In fact, I have a way."

Cheng Cen always had big ideas, but he also had good ideas from time to time. Chen Tianxiao suppressed his anger and said, "Say."

"I didn't know the specific situation of Beiguan before. After I came here, I found out that Beiguan is the junction between East Vietnam and Beimo. Although the two armies have not officially started a war, there are constant small frictions, and they will fight from time to time, and both sides are injured."

Although there were injuries, they were not fatal. Chen Tianxiao thought of this following her words and raised his eyes slightly: "You mean?"

"According to the regulations of East Vietnam, if there are soldiers killed in battle, the court needs to allocate salary money," Cheng Cen said: "Soldiers in the Northern Desert are arrogant and like to fight. If so, it is reasonable for our army to suffer casualties. But this money is given per head.

of."

Even if a list of dead soldiers is created, these people cannot be used again after being used, and the total number of troops will still be reduced, which will affect the normal allocation of military supplies. If you want to get more money from the court, you have to - fictional

Number of people.

If Qin Feng were here, he would add a more professional explanation to Cheng Cen's statement - eating on his own.

Falsifying more people in the army, and these more people have to receive military pay, is actually a false claim, and the money they receive will be eaten up. This trick has actually been used by Chen Tianxiao.

It's just that Cheng Cen went a step further on his basis. He first risked leading the army's pay, and then received compensation for death in battle. The compensation for death in battle was quite considerable, and he had to eat both! It was used to quickly fill the private treasury of the Hou Mansion!

This woman was more powerful than he imagined, and she was even more ruthless, and she would not spare even the value of a dead person.

"It's true that it's not common to make false claims to get paid, but if you can take advantage of someone who died in battle, it can be considered as a lie. Besides, there are military conscriptions every year, so this trick has been tried and tested." Cheng Cen said: "The Ministry of War and the household

It’s time for me to spit out the benefits I’ve taken for so many years.”

Cheng Cen's words were somewhat ironic. The reason why the treasury was empty was not caused by the people below. There were many countermeasures. Even if it was vomited by the time, it would be the treasury that would spit it out, not the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War.

Chen Tianxiao looked at Cheng Cen. This woman's mind was much better than that of ordinary women. The little bit in his eyes disappeared because of the white flag hanging in the house: "Well, just do some face to save face. Although

The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, but there are still people in the house."
Chapter completed!