Godsend Field

Chapter 315

"Hehe, Deputy Counselor Nero, you came so early!" An official greeted Nero with a smile.

Nero also smiled, "Naro Luoshangsi, you are not too late!"

Shang Si, named Naroro, walked slightly behind Nero, "Deputy Counselor Nero, is Master Kate feeling better recently?"

"Well, grandpa has worked hard for the empire for a long time, and his body has already been overdrawn. Although his condition is stable now, he still needs to meditate and cannot be disturbed!" Nero said as he stepped into the gate of the Palace of Political Affairs.Many officials have already arrived in the political hall, looking at Nero with complicated eyes.

A moment later, the eldest prince, the third prince and the sixth prince walked into the hall, and the government officially began.As usual, the first thing to do above the government is the military situation about the Eastern Expedition.

"Regent, our military headquarters got the military situation ahead yesterday. Our army has broken through the Hulao Gorge and is now gathering at the mouth of the canyon. We can start again after a little repair!" Marshal Lankers reported.

"Hulao Gorge? So fast!" The eldest prince was also surprised.

Hulao Gorge is the gateway to the northern suburbs of the French Empire. Once you open the Hulao Gorge, you can directly face the inner belly of the French Empire.

"There is a clear water river on the outside of Hulao Gorge, and I thought it would be difficult for our army to fight across the river, but yesterday's military situation did make it clear that our army has successfully occupied Hulao Gorge and killed over ten thousand enemies! "

The eldest prince stood up and looked at the map hanging next to him, "This Hulao Gorge is a double-edged sword. It is not only the key to our army's attack on the hinterland of Fran and a fatal blow to them, but also the key point of our army. The whole army was wiped out!"

All the generals present nodded in agreement, but many civil servants couldn't figure it out. Taking down the Hulao Gorge is obviously harmless to our Eastern Expeditionary Army. How can it be said that the entire army has been wiped out?

"Old Marshal, has there ever been a problem with our army's supplies?" the eldest prince asked.

"Not now! But the spies we sent are scattered around. Although we didn't find any French army, we found a lot of mercenary groups operating nearby!"

"Mercenary regiment?" The eldest prince was a little puzzled, "Beijiao County is in turmoil right now, why are there so many mercenaries coming out to do missions?"

"I don't know about this either! But mercenaries have always been paid to do missions without any restrictions. Even war can't stop them from doing missions! So it's not surprising!" said the old marshal.

"Old Marshal, my army is outside, we must be more careful, any negligence may lead to a terrible situation!" At this moment, Nero stood up.Generally, military officials are discussing military affairs, and civilian officials rarely express their opinions.Everyone looked at Nero.

"Deputy Counselor Nero, what's your opinion?"

"Back to the Regent, I am only a civil servant, and fighting is not my specialty. But when I heard the old marshal talking about the mercenary regiment just now, I couldn't help but remind me of the time when Fran invaded my southeastern province. With the help of the trade union, many mercenary groups have received missions to support the war and come to help the evil. So I wonder if they have received some missions this time so they came to Beijiao County, for example, to rob me Army rations and grass supplies?"

The faces of the eldest prince, the old marshal and the generals of the military department changed, it was indeed possible.

"What Neil Deputy Counselor said is very true. I was negligent just now! I will definitely strengthen the guard force to prevent any mercenary group from harassing our supply line!" said the old marshal.

The eldest prince also praised Nero approvingly, "The old marshal must take care of the supply line. And William, this time we hit the Hulao Gorge is enough to teach the French Empire a painful lesson. Next let him Be careful, don't be greedy for merit!"

"Yes, our military department has already discussed it. There is no big city to garrison near Hulao Gorge, so we will build our own fortress in Hulao Gorge as a stronghold, so that we can advance and retreat, and we are not afraid of the enemy blocking roads to harass us. !” The old marshal reported.

The eldest prince glanced at the map, "Well, it's doable!"

In addition to the military situation of the Eastern Expedition, the rest of the officials reported some trivial matters one after another!
"To the Regent, I have something to report!" A minister stood up from his seat, and it was the newly-appointed supervisor Shang Sihar.

"Halshangsi, do you want to impeach someone again?" The eldest prince frowned.Over the past few days, the Supervisory Division has impeached many officials under the eldest prince.

"Regent, I, Hal, have been greatly favored by the king. Tian, ​​as the supervisor of Shangsi, naturally has to take it as his responsibility to supervise all officials, and do his best for the empire and its billions of people!" Hal Shangsi bowed and saluted, "I want to impeach the engineering department Shang Si Na Luoluo. Last year, a meteorite smashed the main hall of my Chengyun Mountain Resort. At that time, the regent ordered Na Luoluo to repair it as soon as possible. It has been more than a year. I have sent people to Chengyun Mountain Villa. The main hall is still in ruins. There is no sign of starting work, so I ask the regent to dismiss Na Luoluo and investigate the crime of sabotage and dereliction of duty!"

"Oh? There is such a thing?" The regent frowned, staring at Luo Luoshangsi who was sitting below.

At this moment, Luo Luoshangsi was fidgeting, and hurriedly stood up, "Reporting to the Regent, our engineering department has...already...sent people to repair it, but the project is relatively large, so..."

"Luo Luoshangsi, we sent someone from the Supervision Department to go there, and when they came back, they reported that they were in ruins, and there was no new palace structure, at least not even the pedestal. How do you explain it?" Halshangsi asked.

Chengyun Mountain Resort is a natural pasture two hundred miles north of Ancona, the capital, with elegant environment, forests, lakes and rivers. There are many gentle animals such as cattle, sheep, deer and cranes in captivity. Of course, there are also many ferocious beasts such as tigers and bears. .It is the place where successive kings of the Welsh Empire hunted and practiced.Especially in summer, Ancona is hot, but Chengyun Mountain Villa is very cool, so every summer the king will come here to escape the heat and govern.

The name of Chengyun comes from adhering to the national destiny, which was personally nominated by the first king of the Welsh Empire.And now His Majesty, under the strong recommendation of Duke Kate, broke ground and built a mountain villa into a palace with continuous palaces.The most majestic and majestic hall is the main hall. His Majesty personally nominated the handwriting for the main hall. Since then, His Majesty's visit to Chengyun has been extended by one month every year, and all government affairs are handled in the main hall.

After His Majesty fell into a coma, the three princes governed together, and they never came to Chengyun Mountain Resort again.

Just last year, an extraterrestrial meteorite fell from the sky, and under the gaze of many soldiers, it hit the main hall of Chengyun Mountain Resort. The entire hall collapsed, and the meteorite smashed a huge hole in the ground!
Because it was not an auspicious sign, and it happened in the summer resort where there were no civilians, the matter was deliberately suppressed. The then regent ordered Na Luoluo, who had become the chief engineer of the engineering department, to quickly repair the collapsed palace, and the matter would be over. It's over.Today, Halshang Si, the supervisory department, suddenly pointed out that it has been a year since the incident, and the construction of the entire hall has not yet started!
"Regent, Your Majesty has to go to the Chengyun Mountain Resort every year, but he didn't go last year, and the flying stone from the sky flew to hit the main hall last year. There must be a connection between this and it is an omen. And Na Luoluo The delay in repairing it is probably because he hopes that His Majesty will never wake up from his coma, and he has a vicious heart, and I hope the regent and assistant regent will learn from him!" Halshangsi was aggressive.

The third prince nodded, "Although we have blocked the news, it has spread out over the years. I have also heard folklore that this stone hit the palace of the father, indicating that the backlog of the father will not recover, and he wants the father to recover. Removing this stone and rebuilding the hall is the key. Although this statement is absurd and unbelievable, it sounds somewhat shocking!"

Hearing the words of the Assistant Zhenggong, Na Luoluo's face turned pale immediately, with cold sweat running down his back, "Go back to the Regent, the Assistant Zhenggong, it's not me...I don't practice...it's...it's...the Ministry of Finance... No... budget!"

The eldest prince was furious after hearing this, "Sephiroth!!"

Safeiros strode forward, "The regent calm down, let me check! Nader, is there anything wrong?"

The Ministry of Finance's Budget Director Nadshangji stood up, "Go back to the Regent, the Assistant Regent, my lord, there is indeed such a thing!"

"Suck!" There was a sigh in the hall, this Nader was too bold, he dared to suppress this kind of thing.Even if the empire does not eat or drink, it is necessary to repair His Majesty's palace!

"Nade, you are so brave!" The eldest prince said furiously, "Come on, pull me out..."

"Regent, please allow me to report in detail!" Nader quickly knelt down, "The empire's finances have been tight for the past two years, and our budget department is even more cautious not to be negligent in the slightest. It will cost a lot to rebuild the palace, and our budget department does not have enough capacity to build it." Two halls!"

"Two seats?"

All the officials were stunned at the same time!

"How could it be done by two?" the third prince asked.

"We have delivered enough purple gold coins to the engineering department before, but not long ago they asked us to reappropriate funds for the construction. These years, the treasury has been exhausted, and with the war in the Northwest Army of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, although we don't have to pay for military expenses, we have to pay for other things. It still needs to be paid, such as manpower requisition, supply delivery, etc., and the two years of war have more or less affected taxes, so I really don’t have enough funds to allocate again!”

After listening to Nader's story, all the officials suddenly became excited.

"Na Luoluo, is what he said true?" The eldest prince was furious at this moment.

Na Luoluo was trembling all over, sweating profusely, knelt on the ground, "Yes... yes... really..."

"Bastard!" The eldest prince couldn't sit still, "Then where did the first appropriation go?"

Na Luoluo was too scared to speak.

"Reporting to the Regent and Assistant Regent, according to my investigation, the first allocation of funds is huge, enough for the construction. And the main hall has also been rebuilt, but not long ago, the main hall collapsed again!" Halshan reported.

"Falled again? What's going on?"

"Because Na Luoluo embezzled a large number of purple gold coins privately, and deducted the wages of migrant workers, so that the migrant workers were lazy and refused to build with all their strength. In addition, they cut corners and used low-quality and cheap materials, which made the hall unstable and has not yet been completed. It has already collapsed! In addition, as far as I know, in order to be able to embezzle more purple gold coins, Na Luoluo even changed the drawings provided by the subordinates of the engineering department, which made the entire palace extremely unreasonable, and the pillars could not bear the force and broke from it!"

"That Luoluo!!" The eldest prince stared angrily, full of murderous intent!
"Regent, please forgive me! I also want more... more purple gold coins... for the Eastern Expeditionary Army..." Na Luoluo was so guilty that he knocked his head on the ground like a pestle.

"A message to the Regent..."

"What else do you have to do!!" The eldest prince suddenly roared angrily at the inspector Halshangsi.

Halshangsi's heart trembled, and he glanced at the third prince next to him, "Reporting to the regent, according to the investigation, Naluoluoshangsi injected the embezzled purple gold coins into his in-laws' chamber of commerce, and then used the 'dangerous national debt' issued by the empire to pay for himself. For personal gain!"

"Wow!" Baiguan roared.

Na Luoluo's whole body went limp and fell to the ground.

The eldest prince looked at Na Luoluo on the ground, his eyelids trembled, and he gritted his teeth, "Come here, drag Na Luoluo out and chop it up for me!"

"Yes!" Two guards came in from the outside, carried Na Luoluo and walked out.

There is silence in the hall, and everyone is in danger!A Shang Si said he would kill him!
The eldest prince snorted coldly, looking at the inspector Halshangsi who retreated, from the time he stood up to the time he retreated, everything about Na Luoluo, one by one, was really clear!
snort!Supervision Department!The eldest prince glanced at the third prince next to him from the corner of his eye.

"The Regent, the Assistant Regent! Now that the Engineering Department Shang Sinaruo is corrupt and punishing the law, the position of the Shang Si is vacant. We need to elect a new Shang Si as soon as possible!" It was Nero who stood up.

The Engineering Department is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Government Affairs, and Duke Kate is not there, so it is natural for Nero to come out and say something.

The eldest prince suppressed his anger and sat back on his seat, "Everyone, the job of Shang Si, the engineering department, is of great importance. Who do you think is competent?"

The officials below bowed their heads to discuss.

"I said, don't you always talk about how good the engineering department is, do you want me to recommend you?" An official whispered to the officer next to him.

His expression changed, "Don't, I didn't offend you!"

"Oh? What's the matter? Don't you want to?"

"I think about it on weekdays, but I don't think about it today!" The official leaned forward and whispered into the ear of the other party, "Shangji, the engineering director, is a hot potato today. If anyone does it, the first thing to do is to build the shipping hall. Didn't you listen to them? The treasury is out of purple gold coins, and all the greedy Luo Luos have been sent to the 'dangerous national debt'! If you can't build the palace within a year after being the engineering department, then you will be the second Luo Luo!"

The first official nodded, no more words!
Looking at the discussion below, but no one is willing to come forward to recommend, the eldest prince is a little impatient, "Is there any suitable candidate, and if there is, please mention it!"

The noise stopped, and there was silence.

In the past, no one is willing to take up the hot and coveted position today!

The eldest prince asked three times in a row, but there was no response from the bottom.

"Prince Regent, I have a suitable candidate!" In this embarrassing atmosphere, Nero stood up, "The original engineering director, Shang Sibo Keqi, can be appointed as the chief!"

The eldest prince frowned, "Bo Keqi?"

Bo Keqi was replaced by the eldest prince at the beginning, if he was appointed as the engineering director again, wouldn't it mean that the eldest prince was wrong at the beginning?
"That's right! Bokqi has served as the engineering department Shangsi for many years, and he handles all major projects in an orderly manner, and he is a master of construction himself, so it is most suitable for him to take over!" Nero said.

"Cough! Brother, I also think that Bo Keqi is the most suitable!" The third prince also agreed.

"I also think that Bo Keqi is the most suitable!" Many officials stood up and echoed collectively.

The eldest prince felt unhappy but had no choice but to "Bo Keqi!"

"The officer is here!" Bo Keqi stood up immediately.

"Everyone thinks that you are the most suitable engineer, so do you have any plans to restore the shipping hall?" the eldest prince asked.

"Reporting to the Regent, I personally supervised the construction of the Carrier Hall, and I know it clearly! And I also have some friendship with the migrant workers who built it at the beginning. As long as we pay a deposit in the name of the empire, I think They can accept getting paid a few years later!" Bokqi replied.

"Reporting to the Regent, if only [-]% is given, our budget department can accept it!" Nade Shangsi said.

All the officials nodded, apart from this method, there is no other good way!

The eldest prince suppressed his anger, "Okay then, let Bo Keqi be re-appointed as Shang Si of the engineering department, and within a year, the carrier hall must be restored!"

"The next officer takes orders!" Bo Keqi knelt down and thanked him.

The morning meeting dissipated, and all the officials returned to An Tian Mansion to busy themselves with their own affairs.Bo Keqi Shangsi re-entered the engineering department and immediately organized personnel to discuss the restoration of the shipping hall.

There was no one walking in the hall of Qinzheng Hall. In the side room next to it, the eldest prince and the old marshal were sitting on both sides of the bed, and four Lord Shangsi stood in front of them.

"Be more diligent and careful in your work in the future, and don't let the Supervision Department catch your tail. I can't suppress them every time!" The eldest prince said with a gloomy face.

"Yes!" The four Shang Si lords hurriedly replied, trembling.

"Don't blame the regent, four of you. You have all seen his situation. The old man is plotting openly and secretly. It is not easy to make those neutral officials unable to tell right from wrong! You should all be smart, don't Add trouble to the Regent!" The old marshal said gently, "Also, if you have any difficulties, tell us as soon as possible, don't wait for the Dongchuang incident to come and say hello to us, then we will be powerless to save you!"

"Regent, old marshal, I have something to do..." A Shang Si stood up

"Say!"

"Yes! When we were in charge of the department, it seemed to be going well, but recently it seems to be getting more and more wrong. We always bump into things when we do things, and it feels like someone is deliberately embarrassing us!"

The eldest prince looked at Shangji, "Are you saying that the people below you resisted you? Or was Nero obstructing it?"

"That's not true. The people below are still taking orders as before. Although Deputy Counselor Nero has no friendship with us, he does business as usual and doesn't make us feel sorry for us! But many things don't know how to do it, and the more things go wrong. . . ”

"Okay, I got it!" The eldest prince waved his hands, "Go down and do your work!"

The four Shangsi bowed and retired.

"Snapped!"

As soon as Shangsi left, the eldest prince grabbed a teacup and threw it on the ground heavily, "Third...!"

"Prince, don't get excited!" The old marshal pulled the prince to sit down. "I'm afraid things are not that simple!"

The eldest prince was taken aback, "It's not easy? Isn't this obvious? The Supervision Division is in charge of the third child, how many people has he joined these days! It seems that all of us are being watched by him, and if we make a slight mistake, we will be arrested." come out!"

"Eldest Prince, calm down. Don't you know that what is true is false, and false is true! On the surface, the third prince is against us everywhere, but when you think about it deeply, it seems that something is wrong!" said the old marshal.

"Not right?"

"That Luoluo intercepted the purple gold coins was ordered by us, and it was done in an extremely concealed way. Although the hall is not strong, it will not collapse immediately, and it is such a coincidence that the main pillar will be broken from it? If the third child really He has mastered all the power of the Supervision Department, I am afraid he has found out a long time ago, and he can take down Na Luoluo as soon as the main hall is down, why wait until now?"

The eldest prince was taken aback, "Old Marshal, are you saying that the youngest didn't actually find out these things, but someone deliberately leaked them to him, using a gun to make him a leader?"

"It's not impossible! Ever since we seized Shang Si's position, I've had a somewhat ominous feeling. It feels like we have a pair of eyes behind us, and we're all in the scheme he set up, and everything we do is calculated by him!"

The eldest prince trembled, "You mean there is someone behind the scenes? Who is it?"

"I don't know if there is anyone behind the scenes, if there is, it must be him!"

"Who?"

The old marshal was speechless for a long time, looking in the direction of the throne in the hall, "Don't you think there is someone who hasn't appeared in the council hall for a long time?"

(End of this chapter)