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

"If I say stay, I will stay. I have something important to discuss with you tonight. Maybe I will have to talk and stay up all night. If you want to go back, you won't be able to go back. There are still many plans for next year's big and small things. Let's The two have to touch each other."

After Xia Yuxiao finished speaking, she continued to bow her head to eat.

Qin Ji looked at Lingyan, but Lingyan still didn't care about it, she just followed Qin Ji, whatever Qin Ji did, she followed.

"Okay, then, is there a place to rest temporarily here, His Majesty?"

"The study has been cleaned up, and you can sleep there when the time comes, Lingyan... You can sleep anywhere you want, and there is room in the study, and there is extra space in my bedroom for people to move Just come in the bed."

"If possible, I hope to live with the young master."

Lingyan said.

After all, she was a bodyguard, so she was more at ease with Qin Ji beside her.

"Okay, that's it."

After Xia Yuxiao finished eating, she tied up her hair, then went into the back room and changed into a more everyday dark blue outfit, and then asked the attendants to make tea.

"I wonder what His Majesty wants to discuss with me?"

"Discuss the issue of our next goal. This year has passed without any danger, and we have to start thinking about what to do next year--Things on Saar's side, let's see how Wuheya can do it again Just take action. But apart from the Saar Dynasty, we may formally face the pressure of the church in the future.”

"Qin Ji, to be honest, you must be clear about my goal, which is to find a way to smash the church's ambitions for us. Daxia is not a puppet at the mercy of others. After the Thrall Dynasty was controlled by us, we only It will stimulate the church and the church state to increase their encirclement and suppression. How to break the situation? How to break the situation? You know, even at this level, the church would rather lure wolves into the house than try to assassinate me. If they control the Saar Dynasty, they So what?"

When Xia Yuxiao said this, there was a trace of exhaustion on her face.

Although her work in recent days is all about daily government affairs, when she deals with government affairs, she always thinks about this matter in her mind.She doesn't want Daxia to fall into the abyss because of one wrong step, so starting next year, all strategies must be clear and reliable.

"Your Majesty, have you asked the prime minister and the censor about this matter?"

"The two of them suggested to me that if we want to break the situation, the best way is to unite with the Weixi Empire, and at the same time carry out anti-infiltration on the church, on the surface, use public opinion and ideas to anti-export the church state, secretly dispatch and Win over a large number of anti-church people to infiltrate the church—these countermeasures are basically the same as what the church did at the beginning. However, we have reversed the export to the church, and I roughly estimated that the effect will not be very good. "

Everyone understands the truth of treating others in the same way as others, but the church's religious dominance cannot be easily penetrated. Such an enemy is very difficult.

"Prime Minister Long specially reminded me that I hope that I can best spread the scale of the Gray Scale to foreign intelligence acquisition. According to him, anyway, everyone in Daxia now knows the existence of the Gray Scale, so it's better to just use it directly. The previous functions of Grayscale have been extended to external missions."

When talking about this, Xia Yuxiao took a look at Lingyan.In this matter, Lingyan is the main role in it. Most of the previous actions of Huilin Office were domestic investigations. After the last cleaning of Tai'an City, many lackeys secretly raised by the Holy Bishop were pulled out and interrogated .

But at present, the main function of the Gray Scale Division is still the internal arrest and interrogation. In fact, intelligence acquisition and case investigation are only dealt with incidentally. Who should be arrested in the case and who is related to it. Before these things, the Gray Scale Division was handled by Qin Ji He was in command with Xia Yuxiao.

"I think what Prime Minister Long said is feasible. The previous actions of the Gray Scale Department have proved that its efficiency is sufficient to deal with various special tasks in the country, but now the Gray Scale Department has just been rolled out, and the interior is already very busy. Scale Guard No matter how many there are, it is also for handling affairs, not for being in charge, intelligence and investigation personnel need to be in charge of specialized personnel, and specialized personnel must be trained to be competent.”

Lingyan put forward her suggestion seriously.

Obviously, Xia Yuxiao and Qin Ji are very busy now. If Qin Ji encounters a war similar to Samanjiang in the future and needs to go out, it is even more impossible to travel thousands of miles to help Huilin at any time. Investigate the case—not to mention that at that time, Lingyan might also follow him.

Therefore, if the Gray Scale Division is to be responsible for handling special cases and foreign intelligence investigations, a person in charge of collection and investigation must be assigned to Tai'an City.

Or at least, someone who can help Qin Ji share the work in normal times.

"So, I think we need to choose a candidate. This candidate must be able to see the details, and be good at analyzing intelligence and various numbers. Whether it is the analysis of the war situation or domestic and foreign dispatching, he has enough sense. And—— "

Xia Yuxiao put the teacup on the table: "It must be someone we can trust enough."

The first thing Qin Ji thought of was Consultant Cheng. This guy is very good at scheduling, and the most rare thing is that he is very capable, meticulous in doing things, and there will be no major problems in doing things.

"Ah, don't think about it, Consultant Cheng, I'll keep him for a long time."

Xia Yuxiao said.

She knew that Qin Ji would definitely think of Advisor Cheng, but Advisor Cheng is a sharp knife. This sharp knife can be used to hang brightly in the court to deal with the officials, but if it is used to plot against others, it is obviously too bright.

"I have some people under my command who can do this, but with all due respect, although they have this talent, they are all military commanders. It's okay to do intelligence on the battlefield, but if it's similar to doing things in the enemy's country Intelligence work, that kind of scheduling they probably don't have much experience with."

Qin Ji was very embarrassed about this.

"That's it."

Xia Yuxiao nodded.

Indeed, although Daxia has always had spies in charge of intelligence for the outside world, there has never been a department that conducts intelligence work in an organized and large-scale manner. There have been similar organizations in several dynasties, but they are mainly internal, and most of them are only in extraordinary times. The provisional institutions of these institutions will basically be abolished in the end.

It seems that we can only find talents first...

Wait a minute!

Xia Yuxiao suddenly thought of someone.

She immediately pawed at Qin Ji excitedly: "Your sister!"

Um! ?

Qin Ji suddenly woke up.

Who are you scolding! ?

Chapter 80 Staying up late at work

Qin Ji, who was scolded by her thoughtlessly, almost subconsciously scolded back, but because the other party was the emperor, he didn't scold him in the end for the sake of mutual peace, but just looked at the other party innocently.

"I mean, Siyue!"

"what?"

"Do you still remember the forced palace incident before? Siyue found an abnormality by verifying the number of armors in stock and prepared for it. Moreover, Siyue has always been very capable of learning..."

"My sister has..."

"Your sister is still sick, and few people in Daxia are normal. Qin Ji, I know you don't want your sister to be involved in the fight, but now that you have reached this position, if something really happens , do you really think she can escape unharmed?"

Xia Yuxiao persuaded with a solemn expression.

In fact, what she said made sense, but although Qin Ji really didn't want Siyue to be involved, the reason for pretending to be sick was not this...

"Your Majesty, should this matter be a little..."

"This department will keep it secret to the outside world. Qin Siyue doesn't need to go to the court to report on her duties, and she doesn't need to attend court meetings and major celebrations. She will not leave her name internally. She is still King An's sister to the outside world. All orders she issues, They are all issued in the official name of the Taiwei Mansion or in your name. Except for Lingyan, no other guards in the Huilin Department will know the leader of this new department under the Huilin Department."

"Your Majesty, you have handed over almost all the most important powers to our family."

Qin Ji reminded.

He said it directly, half of it was out of kindness, and the other half was to avoid responsibility.

You see, if I clearly say that you have to arrange it like this, then when I am forced to do something bad, I still hope that Your Majesty can forgive me.

"Leave it to someone else, then I'm even more worried. Besides, you participated in both the Huilin Department and the army, so it's not bad." Xia Yuxiao smiled, and then looked directly at his face with very sincere eyes. eyes, "Qin Ji, we are a family, right?"

Qin Ji was almost shaken by such a sincere gaze. For a moment, he really felt that the other party was the type who would get along well with him.

Of course, reason told him that there was a possibility, but the premise was that Xia Yuxiao had a way to deal with him.

Handing over such power to Qin Siyue also means dragging Qin Siyue into the power vortex. With Xia Yuxiao's character and her relationship with Qin Siyue when she was young, she must try to walk into the power vortex. Qin Siyue's.

Once Qin Siyue is mastered, it is tantamount to taking advantage of one of his weaknesses - in theory, of course, this weakness will not be brought out unless the two sides completely tear each other apart.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

If she wants to be weak, then give her one. Qin Ji is not worried about this.This contributes to the emotional progress of both parties.

Of course, it's not that he doesn't care about his sister's safety, but...

This Qin Siyue is not the previous Qin Siyue.

In the past, Qin Siyue was talented and intelligent, but at the same time, she also had a deep friendship with Xia Yuxiao. Unlike her brother, Qin Siyue had both talent and rich feelings.She cares about the friendship with Xia Yuxiao very much.Therefore, it is better for Xia Yuxiao to "raid" her.

However, the current Qin Siyue is a social terror war criminal player who came from another world with no emotions. This Qin Siyue is very calm.

Although social fear, but also because of social fear, she thinks more in her heart than she shows on the surface. Xia Yuxiao's behavior is enough for her to make her ready.

"Then it's settled, don't worry, I will keep this matter absolutely secret from the outside world, and I will arrange it properly. You must also pay attention to it in your own home, and don't let this news go out."

"Yes."

"As for the candidates for intelligence, I will choose a group. If there is not enough manpower, you can choose some talented people from the army. By the way, Lingyan, you are her boss. When the time comes to investigate some cases or get some information , you are responsible for reporting, understand?"

"clear."

"Okay, let's start discussing the next policy. Qin Ji, two of the three princes have already given their opinions. What's your opinion?"

Xia Yuxiao asked.

Of course, the countermeasures mentioned by the prime minister and the censor are feasible, but she still wants to hear Qin Ji's opinion.

"Your Majesty, all human nations are wary of each other. In my opinion, it is not necessary to grasp the straw of the Weixi Empire to fight against the Church."

"Then what do you think?"

"The church can control the church state, relying on two things: first, the church does have holy arts and its army is strong; second, the church's beliefs are deeply rooted in the people, so countries dare not disobey."

"However, the countries do not support the church monolithically. I have divided the church countries into four types. Please learn from your majesty."

Hearing what he said, Xia Yuxiao couldn't help sitting up straight: "Tell me, what are the four types?"

"One is the church-founding state-these countries were assisted by the church when they were founded, and the internal affairs and military affairs all depend on the church.

"The second is the religious orthodox - although this kind of country is created by itself, there is no church to participate in, but the religion gradually penetrates. In this kind of country, the high level does not completely obey the church, but its dignitaries need religion to control the people, so they work together with the church. If things go on like this, the church will become orthodox, so that the power of the church is greater than the power of the king. The king's enthronement and state ceremonies require the church to prove its orthodoxy."

"The third is those who are afraid of the military for profit - most of these countries are small countries or countries in the middle. If they break away from the big country, they will not be able to maintain themselves, let alone resist the attack of foreign enemies. Therefore, they are either for profit, or they are threatened by the church and its church-state. , relying on the church as its backing. The church uses this to preach on a large scale in its country, and in time, it will surely become the first two."

"Fourth... I would like to call him a deviant."

"Deviant?" Xia Yuxiao was thoughtful, "Similar to the Weixi Empire?"

"The same is true of Weixi Empire, Hedea Empire and other countries. Such countries are dominated by powerful countries, but they are also countries with unbroken inheritance. The people are arrogant, or the upper class is unwilling to share power. The Holy Bishop is regarded as the state religion, but the interpretation of domestic doctrines and religious thinking is completely different from the first three. It has the meaning of deviant."

Having said that, Qin Ji took out a tome written by himself:

"I have detailed suggestions here. To sum it up, for the first category, I advocate abandoning methods such as infiltration and reconnaissance. This kind of country is almost sick inside, and the church has many eyes and ears. It is difficult to be effective in the short term. Strategically, it cannot be combined. It is difficult to achieve results. But at the same time, it follows the teachings internally and is extremely rigid. Most of them are backward and rigid, and their strength is not to be feared. Therefore, they are not the number one enemy."

"The second category, I suggest that while infiltrating and reconnaissance, treat them as mortal enemies. This kind of country is difficult to win over, and most of them have a certain scale. Although they do not really belong to the church, the power level has been controlled. The church moves. The royal power and the religious power are in collusion, the country is stable from top to bottom, and they share the same hatred to maintain their respective powers. If there is a dispute between our country and the church, we will definitely go to war with it."

"The third category should be lured and shown with force. However, their position is vacillating. Our Daxia must have the upper hand in the confrontation with the church, and the occupied area is close to the mainland, so as to have a chance to win over. If the two are lacking One, it is difficult to succeed. After wooing, it can be used and loved, but it is untrustworthy, and you need to be on guard from time to time. You should infiltrate and educate the people when you are on guard, so that the people are willing to follow the Great Xia.”

"The fourth category...Your Majesty, you also know how to deal with it. I, Daxia, can communicate and unite with them to exchange benefits. However, I have to say that this kind of country is not only an ally, but also a strong enemy. It can be borrowed When it is friendly with it, strengthen exchanges, let its country have more Daxia clothes and cloth, learn more Daxia language, and make its merchants seek the benefits of the two countries. Merchants seek profits, and the people travel between the two countries, and the two countries are far apart. Far away, it will be difficult to start a war."

After Qin Ji finished talking about these four categories, he put the scroll in front of Xia Yuxiao.

"...I understand the meaning, what about the specific strategy? It's easy to say, but it's very complicated to do it."

"This is also what I mean by this book. Of course, I am not as good as your majesty in governing the country. If there is something wrong, I hope your majesty will correct it for me."

Xia Yuxiao opened the book and read the contents inside.

"Qin Ji...are you sleepy?"