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

The fact that consultant Cheng returned to Tai'an City to report on his work caused quite a stir.

For Advisor Cheng, most of the ministers in the DPRK and China are quite resistant. After all, for them, most of what Advisor Cheng is doing now is against the gentry class.A thorough investigation in Jiangning County found out how many central government officials had local interests.

If Xia Yuxiao hadn't known about this matter, the whole court would have been turned upside down if the matter had not been thoroughly investigated, and many officials in the central government would have been implicated a lot because of him.

It is precisely because of this that when they knew that the consultant Cheng was about to return to Tai'an City to report on his work, some officials expressed the hope that Xia Yuxiao could deal with the consultant Cheng. They are all reasons such as "exercising power without authorization", "disrupting local governance" and so on.

However, the real bigwigs in the imperial court all knew that these memorials did not pose any threat to Advisor Cheng.

Because His Majesty and the Taiwei are keeping the consultant course, besides, before this guy came back to report on his duties this time, the top officials of Daxia had a long discussion with Xia Yuxiao, and finally unanimously decided to promote him. That is to say, the officials at the top of Daxia generally chose to support the consultant Cheng.

Most of these veterans have seen the situation clearly - now the Taiwei and His Majesty are a family, and if these two want to protect one person, it is difficult for other officials of the court to have the capital to oppose it.

The best way to stand in line now is to stand wherever His Majesty wants to stand. This is the safest way. Either stand with Your Majesty, or get close to the Taiwei, and the others will not be of much benefit.

And at this moment, Qin Ji was having a drink with Cheng Jiefeng, who was ordered to serve as his advisor.

It was said to be a drink, but in fact, the two of them didn't drink much, but ate more vegetables.

"Your Majesty has issued an order to promote you to Yushi Zhongcheng, in charge of supervisory officials." Qin Ji took a sip of his wine and continued, "Advisor Cheng, His Majesty is full of hope for you. It is very good, and it also gives His Majesty the confidence to promote you. If there is no accident, as long as you continue to maintain this posture, it should only be a matter of time before the position of Doctor Yu Shi."

Judging from the current situation, in the future, the position of the imperial censor in the Great Xia will truly meet Xia Yuxiao's requirements, and it will be the consultant Cheng. Xia Yuxiao can't fully trust the people brought out by Wang Xiang before, so, Advisor Cheng naturally became the best candidate to balance the court and contain those powerful factions.

It's too early to promote him as a doctor of imperial history, this position is not something that can be filled with just a hero.Xia Yuxiao also needs to consider the acceptance range of other officials.

It is the best choice to put him in the practical position of Yushi Zhongcheng to practice for a period of time, and then rely on the accumulated credit to become a doctor of the censor.

"I am grateful to His Majesty for your kindness, and I can't repay you for such kindness." Advisor Cheng said in a low voice, "In addition, this trip has really made you worry a lot."

Advisor Cheng was still a civil servant after all, and he had no power of his own in the court. When he first went out, he was obstructed or even secretly threatened in many places.At this very dangerous time, Qin Ji gave the consultant Cheng a lot of help.

For example, those soldiers, if Qin Ji hadn't sent his own soldiers to strengthen the defense around Advisor Cheng, I am afraid that the local gentry would have rushed to get rid of him.

Advisor Cheng is not stupid, he knows that Qin Ji sent troops to protect him because he was able to conduct a thorough investigation in various places without much resistance.On the one hand, this behavior gave the consultant Cheng the ability to violently fight against local interest groups, and at the same time it represented a "gold medal"-a gold medal for Daxia's second in command.

As long as Qin Ji's soldiers are standing by his side, it means that attacking Advisor Cheng is tantamount to provoking Qin Ji.The local dignitaries are indeed unhappy with Consultant Cheng, but they are not stupid enough to bet their lives.

"These are what I should do, Advisor Cheng, you have to understand one thing, standing behind you are His Majesty and me, and both of us are making decisions for this country. As long as you can do it for Daxia For the sake of your country, we will naturally help you."

There are some things that Xia Yuxiao's identity cannot be said in private, but Qin Ji can, which is why Xia Yuxiao asked Qin Ji to contact him.

"I understand that my purpose is to be loyal to the country. As for the affairs of the DPRK and China, I really don't want to get involved."

"You still have to mix it up a little bit. Sometimes, you don't have to fight to the death with someone you don't like." Qin Ji refilled the wine glass in front of him, "In the court, above the officialdom, Some people can be used, although the relationship is not good, but when it is time to use it, there will always be someone who is willing to be used by you for your interests. It’s just that it’s good to distinguish between the primary and the secondary. "

What Qin Ji taught was his own experience. To be honest, when he first came to this world, Qin Ji didn't understand many things, so that he was in a hurry to deal with these officials at first.

But now that I have dealt with them a lot, I am naturally familiar with them, and seeing the nature of these people clearly, it is much easier to deal with them.

The two of them were drinking wine and eating vegetables at the same time, at this moment, Qin Ji caught a glimpse of Lingyan's figure.

"Just wait a moment."

Qin Ji said, then stood up and walked outside, the consultant Cheng also noticed Ling Yan's figure, he knew that it might be because Qin Ji had temporary affairs to deal with, so naturally he wisely didn't come over.

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"what happened?"

Walking outside the door, Qin Ji looked at Lingyan leaning against the wall and asked.

"Wuheya's letter was passed to me through Huilin Office," Lingyan said in a low voice with the letter in her hand, "Although I didn't read what was inside, but during this time, the Saar people The situation on the side is already a bit chaotic, and this urgent delivery of letters may have something to do with the situation there."

After the battle with Daxia, Daxia's army quickly recaptured the lost city, and Wuheya also established prestige in the army, which hit the majesty of the royal family headed by Bango instead.

It can be said that only the world where Ban Ge was injured has been achieved.

At this time, news came from Wuheya, which most likely proved that she was preparing for a bigger action.The prestige in the army has already been established, the preliminary troops have been formed, and the army's food and supplies have also been obtained. Next, it is probably time to start planning a plan to seize power in the future.

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ps: Recently, because of work, I am very tired every day. After returning home, I often oversleep when I just want to squat for a while. . .

If you find that I haven't updated for a certain day, then there is a high probability that I fell asleep hhh

Chapter 21 Strategy for Northern Xinjiang

In the morning, the sun is warm.

In Xia Yuxiao's study, Qin Ji, Xia Yuxiao, General Bai, and Prime Minister Long sat around the table, discussing matters related to the northern frontier.

"Your Majesty, it is estimated that about 7000 people will initially participate in Ughya's power-seizure operation in the Saar Dynasty. From the looks of it, it still takes a lot of effort for them to get rid of Wuheya and more than [-] people in a short period of time."

From the perspective of the battle situation, General Bai said so.

Everyone knows Wuheya's ability. This ambitious "future leader" in the north has now developed a force of her own, which gives her the capital to fight against the royal family.

According to General Bai's rich actual combat experience, the internal foundation of the Saar country is actually not solid. Once Wuheya launches an attack, there will be a high probability of disunity of command and internal divisions in the Saar country. And other issues.

With more than [-] people, in the territory of Daxia, a rebellion of this scale is nothing.But in the eyes of the country in the north, they are not easy to suppress now.

"From a military point of view, the current Wuheya has such capabilities. And according to the information obtained from the Huilin office, Wuheya has also won the support of some dignitaries in the royal court. Obviously, Ban Brother does not know how to operate his current political capital in the royal court. During his time in power, he has made many enemies." Qin Ji said, "For us now, we should let Wuheya make a choice—— ——Should I choose to set off a rebellion directly, or initiate a coercion within the royal court? After all, judging from her report, she has the ability to use these two methods to solve problems."

"Taiwei, after all, Wuheya doesn't have many soldiers. Is it an exaggeration to say that she has both abilities?" Prime Minister Long thought for a moment, then asked worriedly.

As the prime minister, he has really dealt with the issue of the rebellion in Daxia.Generally speaking, the rebels will claim that they have tens of thousands of people, but the actual effect is often very different from what they claim.

The biggest rebellion of Shui was a tribe in southern Xinjiang. They united with other tribes to launch a rebellion, which was called "a crowd of one hundred thousand", which really frightened Prime Minister Long, who had just taken office at that time, and immediately tried to find a way to transfer the surrounding area. The army is prepared to contain the scale of the rebellion first, and then gradually mobilize other troops to deal with it.

But no one expected that the so-called "hundred thousand" would be wiped out by just mobilizing 1 Da Xia's troops first.

"It is possible. However, the internal situation of the Saar Dynasty is far more relaxed than we think. Except for the areas directly controlled by the Saar Dynasty, other places can basically be understood as subordinate It is a tribal alliance in the royal court. Families in various places are the main centers of power, including the issue of leading the army, and the ownership is also different."

"Since this is the case, I think it may be feasible to find a way to make Wuheya initiate the palace change."

Xia Yuxiao gently stroked the kitten in her arms with her slender fingers, and then said.

"Your Majesty, the palace change is certainly feasible, but it must have a reputation. At least, if more than 7000 people are blatantly moved to the side of the royal court, those old guys in the royal court will be able to react no matter how slow they are. what."

Palace change, the game is to surprise with one hand, and to steal with one hand, so naturally try not to reveal one's intentions, and the most important thing is to make trouble suddenly.Now, although Wuheya has individual forces in the royal court to support her, they cannot reach the level where they can directly initiate palace changes within Wang Ting.

Therefore, Uheya had to have a reputation to transfer these people to the vicinity of the royal court.

"Qin Ji, after all, we are still outsiders and don't understand the internal situation. In your opinion, if there is a change in the palace, can Wu Heya find a suitable reason?"

"Your Majesty, in the letter, Wuheya specifically mentioned that she can carry out the palace change and can ensure the success of the palace change. From my understanding of Wuheya, she is not a person who likes to exaggerate." Regarding this, Qin Ji gave such an evaluation, but he did not choose to trust it completely, "It's just that, Your Majesty, I think that if we want to carry out the palace change, we need to cooperate to a certain extent."

"Border pressure?"

Xia Yuxiao frowned, looking at the long border on the map.

"Or, take the opportunity to deal with the tribal disputes." Qin Ji looked around at the three people present, and then his hand fell on the southwest part of the Saar dynasty. "This area used to be the land of some tribes in the north. After the king of Tuva came to the throne, he suppressed the major tribes, which caused these tribes to lose a lot of their land. We can use this as a reason to put pressure on them on the border at the same time. In this way, the royal court will be separated It is difficult to cope with the domestic situation.”

The size of the country is there. The reason why the Saar Dynasty was able to gallop to the north back then was because of the strong military virtues of almost all the people within them.

Once there is an internal rebellion, its ability to control its border areas will decline rapidly, even to an almost uncontrollable level.

Most of the small tribes on the border are the subjects of the Great Xia, and sooner or later they will become the subjects of the Xia Kingdom. If this is the case, they should take advantage of this time to make arrangements.

Everyone else present could understand what Qin Ji meant—yes, putting pressure on the border can indeed help Wuheya increase the success rate of the palace change, and at the same time, this is also a way to stop losses.

If Wuheya's coup failed, then, at least at that time, Xia Guo could take the opportunity to regain the once-occupied land for those tribes and himself at the least cost.

"Okay, then do as you said, you are in charge of mobilizing the troops on the border." Xia Yuxiao handed over the power of mobilizing the troops on the border to Qin Ji—or, in other words, it was Qin Ji who was in charge of mobilizing them.

"As for whether Wuheya can succeed...Prime Minister Long."

"The minister is here."

"Immediately talk to the leaders of the tribes in the north to agree on matters related to the recovery of lost land. In addition, the unification process of the tribes in the northern border that I mentioned to you before should also be put on the agenda. Now the affairs of the northern border cannot be delayed. Go down—the country has more important things to do, and there is no time to leave this matter to the next generation.”

"Your Majesty will live up to your majesty's trust when you take orders."

Prime Minister Long replied solemnly.

That's right, Daxia can no longer put aside the affairs of the north. As Xia Yuxiao said, there is no problem with the saying "one generation should do the work of one generation", but it is not used to delay the contemporary people from dealing with the problem Excuse.

If we don't deal with it now, do we have to wait until future generations to bear the consequences?

Chapter 22 Understanding, but not quite

The final result is still settled——

Prime Minister Long is responsible for meeting the envoys of various tribes and discussing their interests.Qin Ji issued an order to transfer the troops to the border areas. On the one hand, it was to put pressure on the royal court, and on the other hand, it was to prevent Wuheya from having an accident and there would be no way out.

General Bai is responsible for planning the specific actions of the army in the rear and the transportation of food and grass. If there is a war, if necessary, this veteran will also be in charge of commanding more than [-] people on the border—of course, this is the worst The plan would only be chosen under certain circumstances. After all, Tai'an City is still relatively far from the northern border, so it is easy to prevent General Bai from running around.

As for Wuheya's strategy, the four of them unanimously agreed that the palace should become the main plan. In this way, too many casualties of the people of Saar could be avoided.

After the plan was finalized, the Prime Minister and General Bai began to do their own work separately, but Qin Ji did not leave.

After all, he lived here these days.

"Wuheya actually managed to develop her own power in such a short period of time. I really underestimated her."

After the two left, Xia Yuxiao sighed softly.

Thrall's royal court suppressed Wuheya very hard, no matter what aspect it was, they were obviously rushing to prevent her from living.But Wuheya was able to finally find her own development space in the border area and pull up a team of her own, which is already a very powerful move.Although such a move is actually supported by Xia Guo.

"She is a very capable person. When she was a child, she led a group of herdsmen to open up wasteland and plant and divert water for irrigation. Today, she presided over the construction of many diversion canals in the south of the Saar Dynasty."

For his old friend, Qin Ji is not stingy with words of praise. Wuheya naturally has a unique charm to be able to become good friends with the former Qin Ji.

In the former Qin Ji's heart, if he insisted on saying that he had someone to complain about, it would probably be this Wuheya.

"It's harder for her than me. The conditions in that place exclude people like her from living." Xia Yuxiao gently scratched the neck of the kitten in her arms, and the kitten rubbed against the emperor's hand comfortably, "She didn't As a helper like you, to be honest, it's really hard for her."

"Your Majesty has given a prize."

Qin Ji said in a low voice.

"Will you consider taking over the Saar people in the future? To be honest, farming in that area may not be very good, but there are many good minerals. I can rest assured that I will leave it to you."

Xia Yuxiao said this - at least, if it is handed over to Qin Ji, it will not fall into the hands of others in vain.

"Your Majesty is thinking too much. Now I just want to serve Your Majesty well here. I have nothing else to ask for." It sounds like Xia Yuxiao has no other intentions, but Qin Ji must avoid such dangerous remarks as much as possible.He said that he took over the affairs over there, and taking over meant that he was indirectly standing with Wuheya, and he was not sure if the other party was testing him.

Husband and wife are husband and wife, but monarchs and ministers are still monarchs and ministers, and this point of defense cannot be ignored.

From his words, Xia Yuxiao also felt something strange, she sighed: "You, sometimes you understand too much... Wuheya is very important to you, right? ?”

"That's just..."

"Okay, okay, there is no outsider here, I know it all," she waved her hand, gently stroking Qin Ji's cheek, "you have been speaking for her from the beginning. I know what you mean, You have a lot of friends, but you have few good friends. This time I can tell you that as long as it does not involve the fundamental interests of Daxia, once the worst situation occurs, I will allow you to take her back to Daxia for refuge .”