Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

"So I said, this is a good thing," Qin Ji smiled, "Once the king comes back, the Samanjanis will never agree. And in this case, the king can only rely on us to maintain his power." regime stability."

This is a very simple reason. After all, the king of Samanjan is still a mercenary guy. If he really thinks about this country, he will not put the lifeline of his country in the hands of the Holy Church. .

If Daxia put him back, the people of Samanjan would definitely not agree. After all, it was this guy who became the source of tragedy in Samanjan, and according to the investigation, many people in the military and political circles of Samanjan had long betrayed the king to the king. I am unhappy with military command and sovereignty (although the biggest reason is that such behavior reduces the status and treatment of soldiers and officials in the country).

As a result, neither the top nor the bottom of the country is willing for him to come back. At this moment, the only person that the lost king can cling to is Daxia—he dare not throw himself into the embrace of the church again.

As for whether the king's position can be secured in the future, it depends on whether he is obedient or not.Of course, now that he has taken control of the king, Daxia will naturally not allow the king to continue the previous exploitative method of exhausting resources.

Daxia does not want the people of Samanjan to fall into a difficult life again and can only place their hopes on religion.More or less, let them see the hope of living.In the final analysis, this is not only an outpost for the church to infiltrate Daxia, but also can become Daxia's first line of defense against the invasion of foreign enemies.

"What do you mean, Taiwei, that we want to support this king? This kind of scum, to support the people of Samanjan, is simply..."

"The current king is just a mascot," Qin Ji sneered, "I don't dare to give this king full control over military and political power, I can let him keep his status as king, but whether it's military or political, he just wants to He can obey our arrangements—only in this way can we grasp the future direction of Samanjan to the greatest extent. This guy is a mercenary bastard, but a mercenary bastard is always better than a magic stick from the Holy Church in the future. "

Based on the extent to which Samanjiang has been infiltrated by the Holy Bishop's Church, Qin Ji has reason to believe that changing the support of Samanjiang people will probably be detrimental to Daxia in the future.

In the end, after everyone's unanimous discussion, it was decided to pick a day to put the king back. However, before putting it back, sufficient means must be prepared to ensure that the king will always be under the control of Daxia in the future.

As for the fruits of victory in this war... To be honest, although the main force is Daxia, Daxi Kingdom has indeed paid a lot. The effect obtained is not small, so some spoils and occupied territories can be considered to be handed over to Atlantis.

But several important positions cannot be given.Like a gold mine.

There is no need for the court to discuss, the generals have already divided the areas that Daxia must occupy this time in the palace, and wrote these plans together in the memorial that Qin Ji will pass on to the emperor.

Chapter 39 Domestic

After the war, the negotiations and handover between the two countries basically had nothing to do with the military.

The Great Xia army has completed their mission. It has been the end of January in the lunar calendar since the fall.Everyone has not returned to China, and spent the Chinese New Year in the military camp, and they are all homesick. It is time to go home.

However, before leaving, Qin Ji had to do one last thing.

On the last day when the troops were about to return home, Qin Ji led the generals to the temporary altar.

Right in front of the altar, there are pieces of newly filled tombs.

This is the tomb of the soldiers who died in the Xia Kingdom's war.During Daxia's battle to support the Daxi Kingdom, nearly ten thousand soldiers of the Red Yuan Army died on foreign lands. Although their sacrifices were accompanied by more enemies being buried with them, the cold and icy atmosphere on the macroscopic battlefield The number is the tragedy of countless families in Daxia.

Strictly speaking, this is not the only cemetery where the fallen soldiers are buried. There are similar tombs in the territory of Daxi Kingdom, the border between the two countries, and the mountains and forests of Samanjan.Some were relatively crude, and they were simply wrapped up and buried. However, if they could be handled properly, Qin Ji still asked all troops to do their best to bury the dead soldiers.

Xia Guo's historical etiquette made it difficult for everyone to accept the practice of cremating corpses. This practice was basically limited to the corpses of enemies.So basically they are buried in the ground. In this war, sometimes the troops withdrew quickly, and some corpses would not even have time to bury them. Just like this, the corpses were exposed in the wilderness. Although everyone will collect the corpses later, some of them can no longer be found. The dead who arrived lay silently in a corner where people could not find it.

The soldiers who died during the capture of the capital were both lucky and unlucky.Fortunately, they were at least solemnly and formally buried compared with the comrades who died in battle; unfortunately, as long as they survived this battle, they could go home, but they died in the end On the last battle before going home.

Standing on the altar, Qin Ji raised his wine glass in the incense, toasting the soldiers who fell on the land of a foreign country.

The wine was spilled on the ground. Quite a few of the profound practitioners who brought fear to the enemy on the battlefield took off their battle robes and put on ceremonial costumes. They stepped on their feet and chanted in unison. A prayer for the dead.

The atmosphere was solemn. Behind the altar, the living soldiers stared at the graves of their dead comrades. The small altar seemed to be a boundary at this moment, a boundary separating life and death.

"All officers and men listen to the order, call for gold, and see you off!"

The deep horn sounded over the cemetery, and with the sound of the horn, everyone began to retreat and salute.

After the final ceremony, Qin Ji and the soldiers around him returned to the city. At this moment, there were already teams of carriages waiting for the troops in the city.

The king of Samanjan was placed in the carriage in the middle and was tied tightly. Xia Yuxiao's order was spread quickly. She agreed to put the king back in Samanjan, but this guy needs to be let Meet her first.

Qin Ji and Lingyan got into the carriage prepared for him, and the team drove towards Daxia mightily.

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When Xia Yuxiao received the news that the troops had entered the border of Great Xia, she was discussing with the ministers the main direction of the imperial court's defense in the future.

This victory is undoubtedly an exciting event for the court. Since she succeeded to the throne, the court first won the war against the Saar dynasty, and then won the war against the Holy See and Samanjan—the process Although there are twists and turns, the result is still good.

For the people of the Xia Kingdom, they didn't care about the details of this war. It was a good thing that the Great Xia had won.For Xia Yuxiao, winning this war brought her another benefit.

That is, these young officers, to some extent, do now have the capital to compete with the old-school officers.

After winning the battle, it is inevitable that they will be awarded and rewarded. Qin Ji brought out almost all young officers this time, especially Wei Wei and Li Shijing. Now she can justifiably promote these young officers. Now, in the imperial court, those old military officers who were proud of their achievements before were restrained to a certain extent.

Although she is also very clear that most of the current young military officers are personally selected and trained by Qin Ji, but the new military officers are actually not strong in political ability, and they still lack some means above the court. living.Moreover, in order to be able to compete with the young officers, these old men would no longer consider confronting her.

As a result, a delicate balance will be formed above the court, and her seat can be made more stable.

At present, most of the strategic focus mentioned by the ministers of the DPRK and China is placed on Samanjan.

Naturally, Samanjan will not cause trouble in a short period of time. In fact, it is impossible for them to dare to make trouble in such a short period of time.However, everyone knows that Samanjan cannot let it go. If they have any place to launch a counterattack, I am afraid they will choose to gamble.

Therefore, the ministers in the imperial court had surprisingly the same idea—then we should start to strengthen the defense of the northern frontier. Not only that, but we can also use the current protons in the imperial court to make things happen.

In this decision-making, the ministers of the DPRK and China showed an astonishing unanimity, whether it was the county guards in the north, or the noble gentry, or the common people, or even those old-school military officers, this matter At the same time, it conforms to the interests of almost all classes in Daxia.

After all, the victory of the Western Expedition has already been taken by those young people. If these old guys want to win more capital, they have to find a way to earn more military merits to prepare their cards for the future.

The decision-making has begun to take shape, so it is natural to have someone who can figure out how to implement it.

After thinking about it, Xia Yuxiao finally hoped to accomplish this with the least possible cost, and if she wanted to accomplish this with a small cost, she would definitely use Wuheya.

This matter requires Qin Ji's cooperation.

After all, Wuheya's actions in Tai'an City during this period of time are simply representative of Buddhist girls. She doesn't participate in that kind of miscellaneous social activities very much, and she simply implements a Buddha nature to the extreme.

In this case, if no one invited her, she would not take the initiative to reveal her thoughts, and Qin Ji was the one who could invite her out of the mountain.

Therefore, everything still has to wait for Qin Ji to come back to decide.

Chapter 40 Sudden Thoughts

When the returning troops set foot on the familiar land, Qin Ji seemed to hear a sigh of relief from the surrounding troops.

"Finally home."

Breathing the familiar air, Lingyan said.

In fact, the air here is not much different from that of foreign countries. After all, they have just stepped into the border area of ​​Daxia, and a little further outside is the territory of other countries.But the feeling of returning to their own country made them even smell a little different.

"Yeah, I'm back."

Qin Ji lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the familiar Gobi outside.

At this time, the convoy was passing through the Gobi Desert. After a continuous day of running around, everyone chose to rest here for a while.Qin Ji also moved and got out of the carriage with his sore waist.

When I set off before, I passed this way, and now I am about to go back, and the soldiers behind me will also receive a hero's welcome.

He knew very well how beneficial it would be to Great Xia after the battle was over.At least, the effect on the stability of Xia Yuxiao's regime must be significant. After all, she won two wars not long after she came to power-although the scale was not large, it was enough to stabilize her rule.

Before this, most people were not optimistic about Xia Yuxiao. A girl became the emperor, which made many Daxia people doubt her ability. Now, after the war, her ability can be displayed , Outsiders' attacks on her also became pale.

Although strictly speaking, this battle has nothing to do with her.

"Taiwei, shall we continue our journey tonight?"

asked the satellite.

"No, you're already home, don't be in such a hurry."

Qin Ji said.

The triumphant soldiers are naturally eager to return.But there is no need to be so anxious to return home, since you have already arrived in China, you might as well take a good rest.

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"This time the Taiwei led the Red Yuan Army to achieve a great victory. Not only did they defeat Samanjan, but they also shattered the church's intention to infiltrate. How do you think the troops will be rewarded for their return?"

At the meeting, Xia Yuxiao asked a soul question.

Everyone fell into silence.

reward?How can this be rewarded?

The other soldiers are alright, they deserve to be rewarded for their meritorious service this time, but everyone really can't think of how to reward the Taiwei.

They have already achieved the title of King An, and their position is also the title of Taiwei, the highest in the empire. Both in terms of title and real power, they have reached the peak of Daxia. After this war, many centrist ministers in the court have already He gave up the so-called sway, but chose to either stand on the emperor's side or the Taiwei's side.

The so-called princelings and former emperors are basically not competitive now, because this time, everyone suddenly realized a problem:

Qin Taiwei has already extended the tentacles of power to every aspect of Great Xia.

Not to mention holding the military power, he still has a gold mine in his hands now - although theoretically this gold mine will be handed over to the people sent by the imperial court soon and run by the imperial court, but everyone knows that the Taiwei took advantage of it There is no reason to spit it out, and this is not too much to take advantage of, after all, the battle is fought under the command of others.

In addition, this time in China, he also used the consultant Cheng to deal with those gentry. In addition, from the military to the economy to the internal intelligence, this guy has caught everything.

How can I fight this?They couldn't fight at all, so some officials directly chose to show off, and before Qin Ji came back, they had already started to flirt with those officials under Qin Ji's hands.

What else is there to reward, is it possible to really reward him with an emperor?

"Your Majesty, in my opinion... it is better to reward Qin Taiwei with money, or you can reward him with a few concubines."

Wang Xiang——Wang Yushi thought for a moment, and then carefully gave such an answer.

Then, I saw Xia Yuxiao's expression of not wanting to listen to you.

So, Wang Yushi slapped haha ​​tactfully, and retreated.

He really didn't know what to reward - Qin Ji's family is still short of money?He didn't even spend his own money on the expansion of the original An Guogong's mansion.At that time, he collected surplus grain everywhere to fill the national grain depot, and he used his own money to advance the money for the grain collection. With this economic strength, rewarding money would basically change his property figures.

As for the concubine...

Wang Yushi knew that Xia Yuxiao would not agree.After all, this kid didn't even have a wife, so where did he get a concubine?

"I suggest that since your Majesty doesn't know what to reward the other party, it is better to let the Taiwei himself say what he wants. Although the Taiwei sometimes does things... well, unrestrained. But if you ask your majesty personally , he shouldn't ask for too much, and it can also show your Majesty's love for your courtiers."

An admonishing doctor next to him said.

"Well... makes sense, but I want to modify it a little bit."

Xia Yuxiao pondered for a moment, then said.

This method is actually possible. After all, as long as it is a courtier with a little knowledge, when he is asked to take the initiative to ask, he will not ask too much.On the one hand, it can avoid giving too much, on the other hand, there is indeed an explanation to the outside world.

So, Xia Yuxiao decided to make some changes.

"Your Majesty, how do you want to modify it?"

"Now that the Taiwei has no seal, and the Taiwei is my courtiers, he has made great contributions to me and this country. In this way, I really have nothing to do. It's rewarding. However, I suddenly thought of a good way to solve some people's 'worry'."

When she said this, Xia Yuxiao's tone was unusually calm. She glanced at the faces of some people, and they also noticed it, and immediately bowed their heads respectfully—at least on the surface.

"I'm thinking about whether to get engaged to the Taiwei."

"I'm super!?"