"Okay, Commander Chen has left. You can continue to enjoy the banquet."
Zhao Yan said loudly, and then walked back to his seat slowly.
But the scene could never return to the lively atmosphere it had before.
Even for many people, the current situation is like sitting on pins and needles.
It was especially difficult for the generals in the Divine Guard.
I thought that by joining the King of Qi, I would have hope of getting promoted and making a fortune in the future.
Unexpectedly, not long after he sat down, it was Shangguan whom he had betrayed who got the promise first.
Things are impermanent. Isn’t this the best explanation?
"Why don't you use your chopsticks? But I don't treat you well?"
Seeing that everyone was motionless, Zhao Yan asked knowingly.
He knew exactly why these people were suddenly silent.
"Your Majesty, your words are serious. The drinks and dishes in the palace are all excellent..."
"That's right, that's right. It's just that we have undecided matters in our hearts and have no intention of having a banquet at the moment."
"Your Majesty, why don't you tell us how you plan to arrange our brothers, so that we can feel at ease..."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Chen Shubiao didn't lay off any of his soldiers. When Lord Fan raised his troops, we, the Long Banner Army, were the first to respond. We laid off more than two thousand veterans in the first round..."
"Huh, didn't you only lay off a hundred people in the second round, unlike my strong army, which has over a thousand people every time!"
"Isn't that just two thousand people? Lao Diao, you are not serious!"
Zhao Yan watched with cold eyes, watching them start arguing again, and he despised these people more and more in his heart.
If it weren't for Fan Xiwen's repeated request to keep the noise to a minimum, he would have been unable to resist and kill all these guys.
If I had known that they were all these people, why would they have to engage in such a big battle? They could easily drive a wedge between them.
I originally planned to start with the commanders below and Du Yuhou, but as soon as the news got out, all the commanders of the Forbidden Army except Chen Shubiao were attracted.
And Chen Shubiao was not willing to die rather than surrender, but because he acted too tough, his subordinates rebelled without anyone telling him...
If someone had informed me, I'm afraid they would have put on their robes and stumbled over.
Seeing Zhao Yan's indifferent look, everyone who had just started arguing wisely calmed down and waited quietly for the main speaker to speak.
Zhao Yan was still very satisfied with the reaction of these people. After all, the more spineless they were, the easier it was to manipulate them.
He tapped the table lightly.
"Since you don't know what's going on in your heart, I will let you know everything."
Zhao Yan stood up with the wine glass in hand, walked slowly behind Yang Yongxin's chair, and put his wrist on his shoulder.
When the latter saw that Zhao Yan was not interested in anyone else but only himself, he couldn't help but feel that he was being taken seriously.
But this feeling just came out, and it disappeared immediately after Zhao Yan said the next sentence.
"I invite you all to come today for a real Hongmen Banquet."
"Originally, I planned to kill some of you to vent my anger..."
Yang Yongxin broke into a cold sweat behind him.
The wrist that he had just considered to be an honor has now become a life-threatening wrist...
Trying his best not to wipe the sweat from his forehead, he secretly glanced at the commanders directly in front of him.
I saw that their faces were also pale, and they looked as if a knife had been put on the back of their necks.
Everyone thought he was here to make a fortune, but no one expected that as soon as Chen Shubiao came and went, the first call would become a losing business.
Moreover, Zhao Yan didn't announce the list, so he didn't know who he was going to kill, so everyone didn't dare to relax.
"Your power was given by the imperial court, and your soldiers were raised by the imperial court. Now you want to use what the imperial court gave you to threaten the imperial court?"
Zhao Yan knocked on Yang Yongxin's shoulder and took steps again.
"I have lived for more than twenty years, and I have never seen such things before, but now that I have seen it, I still find it extremely ridiculous."
"When Fan Xiwen came to me for help, I had only one thought in my head!"
"That is……"
"Kill you all."
Zhao Yan's tone suddenly turned cold, like a blast of cold air, causing the already not very warm temperature to drop several degrees.
It's bitingly cold!
A thought flashed through everyone's mind.
King Qi is really angry...
Fortunately, after saying the threatening words, Zhao Yan took back his tone.
He circled around and walked back to Fan Xiwen.
"But Fan Zhizai thinks that you are still useful in stabilizing the situation of the court. I would like to ask the king to think of some way so that you can cooperate with the reform of the military system with peace of mind."
"Privy Privy Yue also felt that it was inappropriate to engage in such a big fight, so today's banquet was held."
After finishing the conversation, most of the people's mental arithmetic was settled.
The eyes looking at Fan Yue and the two men were also more grateful.
If they dared to carry troops and respect themselves before, then after the crack in Chen Shubiao appeared, the Forbidden Army was already half in disarray.
"But my king's anger has not completely subsided. Today you have entered the Sanxian Manor. Whether you can get out of it all depends on your next performance."
Zhao Yan sat back on his seat and waited leisurely for their decision.
What he said now was very different from what he had prepared before.
The original plan was to give up part of the profits to satisfy these people. After Yue Manjiang deployed people to completely control the Forbidden Army, he would then attack them and ransack their homes to get back what was lost.
But unexpectedly, there was an additional variable, Chen Shubiao.
They also really overestimated the unity and trust within the Forbidden Forces.
These don't require any more actions at all, and can basically be done with coaxing and scaring.
After understanding the information of each army, Zhao Yan knew clearly the total number of vacant pay quotas within them.
"My lord...is this going too far?"
Yue Manjiang looked at the uncertain faces of the hundreds of people in the venue and asked in a low voice.
Zhao Yan said loudly and openly.
"Going too far? They crossed the line first. How can I go too far?"
"Commander Yang? Do you think I have gone too far?"
He looked at Yang Yongxin with a smile, but this handsome and extraordinary face was like a devil in the latter's eyes.
This is going to cut off your own financial path...
As the Western Army, the monthly salary is much higher than that of other Forbidden Army.
Xi Qian's head is equivalent to eight hundred thousand taels of silver in one year...
Although the commanders and governors below have to take away some of the troops, he can always take the bulk.
Now nearly half of it has been cut off, and half of the first financial path has been blocked. I thought I could get through this.
But now it seems that King Qi wants more than that...
"But, the prince is devoted to serving the public, and he will never live a happy life!"
Yang Yong's confidence was bleeding. When he said such things against his will, he received looks of contempt from his colleagues around him.
But he is really afraid...
Everyone knows that Prince Qi is extremely powerful, and he doesn't want to be sent to see the King of Hell on the spot if he doesn't do well.
What can he do if others use him as a knife and others as fish and meat?
"I am dedicated to serving the public good. Commander Yang said it well. Since I am dedicated to serving the public good, how are Commander Yang going to support me?"
Zhao Yan crossed his legs under the table.
Things have progressed to this point and are completely under his control.
What he has to do now is set an example.
Yang Yongxin looked struggling, he had already cut off half of it, should he cut it all off?
In this way, not to mention that he himself has no way of making money, the entire middle and high-level officials of the Japanese army are gone.
As a commander who made compromises, he would be hated to death by his subordinates.
They dare not hate Zhao Yan, they will only transfer their anger to themselves...
How can we establish prestige in the military in the future?
Thinking of this, Yang Yongxin did not dare to block the escape route with all his plans.
He hesitated for a moment and said tentatively.
"Your Majesty, you have spoken, and the general will definitely support it with all his strength. In this way, the Japanese army will lay off another thousand people! What do you think?"
If we cut off another thousand people and keep another thousand, we can still have 200,000 taels a year to share, so that the people below will not hold a grudge too much, and at worst, I will get less.
Yang Yongxin considers himself a good leader, completely forgetting the tradition that he always got half of it in the past.
But Zhao Yan was not very satisfied with his approach.
He raised his eyebrows and looked sideways at Yang Yongxin.
"Commander Yang, do you think this king is easy to fool?"
"No way, Your Majesty, the general is sincerely cooperating with Your Majesty, but if we continue to cut him off, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army will be affected."
Yang Yongxin smiled apologetically, thinking he had a good reason.
But his smile stayed at this moment forever.
A head suddenly flew up...
Blood spurted out from the broken neck.
The commander of the Long Banner Army on the side was caught off guard and was sprayed all over his head and face.
Yue Manjiang on the other side blocked the splashing blood in time.
It's a pity that the delicious wine and food on that table were stained by the dripping blood, and I'm afraid I won't be able to eat them anymore.
"Commander Yang has a bad memory and a big appetite. I don't like him very much."
No one could clearly see how Zhao Yan moved his hands, but the bloody fact was that the commander of the Japanese army, a third-grade general, was beheaded in front of everyone.
King Qi was not only angry, he actually dared to take action.
The most frightening thing is…
Even a person of Yang Yongxin's status was killed without even a word of advice...
What about everyone else?
Will Prince Qi take it seriously?
Killing chickens to scare monkeys will make people afraid.
Killing monkeys to scare chickens is terrifying.
"Where is the Long Banner Army? According to my understanding, the Long Banner Army has a total of 50,237 people on the register, but in fact there are only more than 38,000 people. The first disarmament was 1,062 people, and the second This time, there are 1,150 people, and there are nearly 10,000 vacancies left. What are you going to do? "
Zhao Yan looked at the commander of the Long Banner Army with a smile.
Originally, they didn't mention the issue of free wages openly, but by this time, he had no worries.
Now that he has taken action, there is nothing left to talk about.
He had planned to be a bad guy from the beginning today, and now he was even more ready to do the evil thing to the end.
The commander of the Long Banner Army trembled violently, and all the cells in his body were trembling.
Even he only knew roughly the actual number of vacancies in the army, but Zhao Yan knew it clearly.
It can be seen from this that whatever tricks you want to do will definitely be seen through by the other party.
Coupled with Yang Yongxin's murder, he was now frightened to death.
No matter how much money there is, what's the use? Without a life, everything is in vain.
He has been in a high position for a long time and has no thoughts of being a desperado.
"Cut! Don't worry, Your Majesty, the general will cut the number cleanly! Tomorrow, no no... the general will calculate the actual quota overnight and hand it over to the two adults."
"Very good, very good. Commander Li is truly loyal to the country, and he is an example for the Imperial Army."
Zhao Yan nodded with satisfaction and praised with a smile on his face.
"Then please trouble Commander Li to take all his men back. No later than tomorrow afternoon, I hope you can give a satisfactory answer."
"I understand, I will do my best to cooperate!"
"Well, I believe you don't have the courage. Otherwise, I will come and get your head at any time."
As the number one martial artist in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yan is qualified to say this.
A warrior who confronts a powerful army head-on can be slowly dragged to death, but if he wants to sneak into the army and kill the enemy chieftain, he does not need to worry like this.
With Zhao Yan's strength, he could sneak into the camp, kill his commanding officer, and escape without any reaction from the Long Banner Army.
"Absolutely not...the general...just went first!"
The commander of the Long Banner Army swallowed secretly and felt a chill on his neck.
"Well, go ahead."
Zhao Yan responded calmly and waved his hand to chase them away.
The latter walked out of Xiaoqin Garden with three bows at a time, and his generals were even more respectful.
It's okay to let these people be greedy for money, but when they are really faced with the threat of death, the desire for survival first takes over the instinctive high ground.
"I believe you all understand what I mean. You can decide the next thing on your own."
"If you have the courage to rebel, I will naturally have the means to take your head."
"If you like eating food, just stay and continue eating. If you feel that there are still important things to deal with in the army, just leave."
Zhao Yan stood up and looked around with indifferent eyes.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present started to move.
They rushed towards the entrance of the courtyard frantically, fearing that if they were a step too late, they would not be able to get out of this beautiful garden.
The whole hall was full of people, and soon everyone dispersed, leaving only Zhao Yan and three others.
Fan Xiwen looked at this messy scene and sighed deeply.
"Your Majesty... there is such an easy way to solve the problem, why should I put so much effort into it."
Although he said this, he also knew in his heart that no one in the entire Song Dynasty could do this except Zhao Yan.
Of course Zhao Lu could do this, but he didn't have the power of Zhao Yan, nor did the worshipers like Gui Lao Kang Lao have the ability to silently take heads of people in the Forbidden Army.
Even if other people have this kind of force, they don't have Zhao Yan's status to act arbitrarily.
"They are just a bunch of drunkards. You, the prime minister, need to settle down. At least you have to have Lu Yijian's methods."
"Although Prime Minister Lu is not very good at what he does, his ability to attack dissidents is quite powerful."
Zhao Yan admired Fan Xiwen very much, but he had to admit that he still lacked a lot of ability in handling important matters.
However, people always need to exercise. After all, no one is born with a perfect level.
Yue Manjiang, on the other hand, looked at the generals who had dispersed and sighed.
"Your Majesty, this person kills with ease, but why do I feel that this Song Dynasty Imperial Army is so unbearable..."
"It doesn't matter, their spines are broken, but yours is not."
After Zhao Yan finished speaking, he looked at each other and smiled at Yue Manjiang.
