"Prime Minister, you know how it is. The court has always turned a blind eye to a place like the Capital Guard." Cao Dingwen sighed helplessly. He was the one managing the funds, not the one spending them. For him to be the first one made a scapegoat when trouble erupted... it was a true injustice.
"That was in the past." The Right Minister had been bested by the Emperor last year, and he vaguely sensed that the Emperor was doing this intentionally.
'How could the Emperor not know what the Capital Guard is like?'
'Even if he didn't know the full extent, he must have known at least half of it.'
The recent unrest with the local officials in the south gave the Emperor the perfect opportunity. The Emperor had rarely concerned himself with military authority in recent years, so these people had grown careless. Now, his sudden move had caught them completely off guard.
