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.    On the day Guo Feng left, I did not go to see him off. Instead, I presided over a court meeting in the political hall to discuss national policies.

    The three most important ministers of the Song Dynasty, Prime Minister Sima Feng, Military Affairs Minister Wu Wu, and Supervision Minister Qiao Xingjian respectively reported on some recent events regarding the issues they were responsible for.

    Sima Feng mainly talked about the pacification work in various places after the rebellion and how to cope with the upcoming flood season.  Although the pacification work is arduous, it is not a long way to go. As long as suitable officials are dispatched and the local garrison cooperates, it won't take long for everything to be back on track.  The most difficult thing to deal with is flood control. According to the recent predictions from the Astronomical Supervisory Authority, all signs indicate that the flood disaster this year will not be small. Many officials have spoken out about this matter.

    Although Sima Feng has deployed a large amount of manpower and material resources, the situation is still not optimistic. Many dangerous areas still lack manpower to repair the embankments. If the floods wash away, it is likely to cause disaster.  Sima Feng sent people to repair the levees in winter, but the Northwest War was in full swing at that time, and there was no extra manpower and material resources to support this matter. Therefore, until now, many river dams and levees are in a dangerous state, and many rivers  The watershed is already showing signs of flooding.  Coupled with the impact of the rebellion, this year's flood fight task is extremely difficult.

    On this issue, Sima Feng chatted endlessly for almost an hour. There were only two core points: he wanted people and he wanted money.

    I had a headache after listening to it, but this matter was indeed a big deal and could not be ignored. I asked Li Biru, and after getting a positive reply, I discussed it with Wu Wu and finally decided to send the Huanglong Legion that had returned to camp one after another to dangerous rivers in various places.  Section garrison, and let the counter-insurgency troops of the major legions complete their tasks to temporarily return to their garrison.  Help local disaster relief efforts.

    After receiving Wu Wu¡¯s affirmation and Li Biru¡¯s assurance, the sad-looking Sima Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief, stopped verbally torturing me, stepped aside, and considered how to allocate resources.

    After Sima Feng retreated, Wu Wu stepped forward to explain and make necessary arrangements for some military arrangements.  At this stage, we should focus on maintaining stability and not engage in large-scale wars. Some over-staffed legions must also be reorganized to prevent problems.  Although I didn¡¯t mention him by name, I knew that this was a decision made by the military regarding the Caiyun Plan.  It seems that Caiyun's plan was rejected by the military department. If nothing else happens, the military department will jointly sign the discount later.  Provide a written response to this matter.

    Wu Wu has mentioned this to me a long time ago, but I have never expressed my position.  Taking advantage of this court meeting, General Wu Wu expressed his opinions and made it clear that he did not want to give in on this plan. It seemed that Caiyun was going to have a headache this time.

    ¡°Oh, I don¡¯t want to have any leisure either.

    Wu Wu did not speak as long as Sima Feng.  After finishing speaking, he stood back to the courtroom.  Give up your position to Qiao Xingjian.

    Qiao Xingjian was more cautious this time and took out a long memorial and started reading it.  The main content is corruption and fraud by some senior officials.  He has neglected his duties and caused serious consequences. He is suspected of serious dereliction of duty and requires the court to severely punish his behavior.  The list is clear, detailed, and the evidence is conclusive, making it impossible to refute.  It's just that it's very involved.  Even the Prime Minister's Yamen was involved.  This made Sima Feng look extremely unhappy.

    Although this matter involves a lot, it is not a big problem.  After some discussion, Wei Lu, the deputy minister of Dali Temple who was always known for his impartiality and impartiality, was asked to preside over the interrogation. Qiao Xingjian was responsible for prosecuting, and the Ministry of Punishment was responsible for arresting people.

    After settling this matter, I thought the matter in the Supervisory Yuan was over. Just when I was about to ask other officials to talk about the matters they were responsible for, Qiao Xingjian suddenly took out another memorial and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the humble minister has returned.  There is a manuscript. Please review it."

    "Oh, bring it up."

    Eunuch Kui took the memorial and handed it over, and I opened it casually.  Generally speaking, the discount was not given to me in advance, but the discount was made publicly at the court meeting. If there was no other reason, it was because the matter was not serious and I was afraid that the additional discount would not be taken seriously, so I did this deliberately.

    I originally thought that Qiao Xingjian's memorial was the same thing, so I was a little lazy, but when I saw it halfway, I felt my anger rushing upwards, and the eyes looking at the memorial almost ignited it, and my teeth were filled with hatred.  My body was numb, my finger bones felt itchy and uncomfortable, and I wanted to hit someone.

    I put down the memorial angrily, looked at Qiao Xingjian coldly, and said from the root of my teeth: "Are you sure?"

    Qiao Xingjian hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "I'm not completely sure, but this report was jointly signed by the local chieftains, and it was also signed by Lord Song Ci, so it's very credible. I think it's causing trouble, so  The impact is extremely bad, so I first petitioned His Majesty to ask for the Holy Judgment."

    He picked up the memorial and read it again, put it down silently, closed his eyes and thought about it.

    The thing mentioned in the memorial is not a rebellion, but something that is not unusual, but it is a loss of humanity.??, animal behavior that destroys conscience.  Lin Qianzhi, the magistrate of Xiqin Prefecture in Guangxi Province, was said to have suffered from a strange disease. I wonder if that bastard doctor gave him some advice, saying that the flesh of boys and girls can strengthen bones and have a miraculous effect on his disease.  This bastard still believed it, so he secretly captured boys and girls in Xiqin Prefecture, made them into dried meat, and ate them every day.  In order to deceive others, they also euphemistically call them "local chickens" and "local ducks", which is extremely shameless and unconscionable.

    Originally, what he did was quite secretive. Although children disappeared from time to time, no one suspected this local official.  It's just that if you do too many bad things, you will naturally be punished.  Once when he killed a young child, he was accidentally discovered by one of his servants.  This servant was a local native. When he saw this, he was so frightened that he fled back to his tribe's stronghold overnight and hid in his home, feeling uneasy all day long.

    After Lin Qianzhi learned that the servant had escaped, he immediately claimed that he had stolen the gold and silver from the house and sent people to arrest him.  The local chieftain Jin Huan didn't know about this at first and thought that this servant had really stolen something from Master Zhizhou, so he wanted to kidnap him to see Lin Qianzhi.  In desperation, this man told Jin Huan about Lin Qianzhi's cannibalism, which shocked Jin Huan.

    This Jin Huan is also a knowledgeable and responsible person. He immediately sent someone to investigate and found many doubts.  So he refused to hand over this servant and asked Lin Qianzhi to explain why such a child was missing in Xiqin Prefecture.  Lin Qianzhi couldn't explain it, and he couldn't convince these natives.  Instead of doing anything, he continued to falsely accuse them of rebelling, and contacted a counter-rebellion force of about a thousand people with the intention of encircling and suppressing them.

    have to say.  Jin Huan is indeed a good person.  After the counter-rebellion army appeared, he did not rush into a head-on confrontation with the counter-rebellion army. Instead, he sent people to contact the chieftains from various places, told the matter, and gathered the power of many chieftains to gather in the village to protect themselves.  Seeing that they were powerful, the counter-rebellion troops did not dare to attack for a while, just like Yun Feng, the commander-in-chief of the counter-rebellion in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the commander of the Qinglong Army, asked for help.  If only that.  That would really confirm their accusation of rebellion.  After Jin Huan stabilized the situation, he immediately sent people to spread the story of Lin Qianzhi's cannibalism widely in Xiqinzhou, which caused a lot of public outcry, even within the counter-rebellion army.

    At the same time, Jin Huan also sent someone to contact Yun Feng of the Qinglong Legion, who was introduced by a chieftain who had helped the Qinglong Legion suppress the rebellion.  When he saw Yun Feng, he told him what happened.  Yunfeng learned about this.  He postponed the dispatch of reinforcements and sent a 10,000-man commander.  He went to Xiqinzhou to control the local army and put Lin Qianzhi under house arrest. At the same time, he sent people to find Song Ci who was patrolling Guangxi and asked him to deal with the matter.

    After Song Ci arrived, after preliminary investigation and questioning, he asked Jin Huan and other chieftains to jointly expose the matter to the Supervisory Yuan.  And attached the name after.  Although not individually folded.  But with Song Ci's personality, he can attach his name to it.  This is enough to prove the truth of this matter.

    I can almost conclude that this matter must be true.

    ????????????????????????????????????.  It made me feel a deep sense of anger and resentment.

    The reason why people are human is naturally that they have a way to be human.

    Since someone wants to be treated like a beast, it is already superfluous to deal with him mercifully.

    Thinking of this, I opened my eyes and said coldly without any emotion: "Let Song Ci find out about this matter. If the evidence is conclusive, Lin Qianzhi, the doctor who came up with the idea, and the accomplice who kidnapped and killed the young child will be arrested."  One should be guilty of the same crime.¡±

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    "Weak ministers obey orders"

    I nodded, then took care of some minor matters, and then announced the dismissal of the court.

    As soon as I returned to the Imperial Study Room, Caiyun, dressed in military uniform and holding a helmet in his hand, slowly appeared in front of me. He looked at me and the corners of his mouth suddenly curled up: "Your Majesty is really busy. I wonder if you have time to listen to this poor thing like me.  My cousin complained to no one? Even though I was in a very bad mood, this voice still made me smile helplessly and look up at Caiyun.

    Wearing a fiery red battle robe, the exquisite and convex figure is more and more prominent. He gently holds the helmet with his hands, with a casual and careless look. His long black hair is scattered on his shoulders in waves, and his handsome and heroic face is embedded with melon seeds.  With a pair of black jade eyes, he was glaring at me with a clear and playful look, which made me feel guilty and subconsciously avoid him.

    "I knew it must be you, cousin, who was causing trouble. Otherwise, how could the military veto my proposal?" Maybe it was my avoidance that allowed Caiyun to find a breakthrough, and started to attack me without any concealment.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out out of all conscience, I just didn¡¯t say anything about her proposal. Everything was decided upon by Wu Wu and the others, and it¡¯s not ruled out that they learned something from my silence. It¡¯s really hard to be sure about this.

    Of course, I can't admit her accusation at this time, not to mention that I didn't do anything at all, justI just said nothing, which gave me the confidence to say unceremoniously: "You also know that I am your cousin. I have been back for so long and I don't even go to the palace to have a look. I don't know what I am busy with all day long.  As soon as we met, you said that I was causing trouble for you. As God's witness, I haven't said a word since I found out that you had a new proposal. If your proposal was rejected, it has nothing to do with me." Somehow, look.  Looking at Caiyun, I felt a strange emotion, similar to the teasing between lovers, the love and care between relatives, and the understanding between friends. These emotions were mixed together, making me feel uncomfortable when facing Caiyun.  The time was extremely relaxing.

    Caiyun glanced at me suspiciously for several times and snorted: "Forget it, it doesn't matter whether it's my cousin or not. I'm here this time to show my cousin what my plan is.  Is that possible?¡±

    Looking at the plan that was handed to me, I smiled reluctantly. After taking it, I hurriedly read it through.  It was no different from what I knew, which made me very embarrassed for a while.

    There is nothing wrong with the plan itself. Caiyun believes that with the retreat of Mongolian power, we should expand to Liaodong as soon as possible, at least firmly occupy the coastal area, cooperate with the sea and land offensive, and gradually capture Liaodong and Northeast China.  Gain a major advantage over Mongolia and obtain an excellent war horse base, weaken Mongolia's strength in the northeast, cut off the northern channel of the Mongolian grassland, and encircle the Mongolian plateau.

    This plan roughly uses 60,000 to 100,000 troops to complete preliminary tasks and lay a solid foundation in preparation for a large-scale attack.

    From a strategic perspective, this move can be described as a stroke of genius.  Moreover, the simultaneous advance by sea and land was the first of its kind in combat. Both strategy and tactics were foreseeable and original.  But the crux of the matter is that such a large-scale war requires countless materials.  With the current situation of the Song Dynasty, it really cannot afford it.

    Although it is dangerous to forget the war, being wary will lead to death.  Militarism regardless of reality.  It's really not something I can do.  What's more, if you eat too much, you can easily get indigestion, so you have to be careful.

    Putting down the plan, I pondered for a moment, and then said sincerely: "Caiyun, it's not that my cousin doesn't want to support you. It's really that the national treasury can't come up with so much money and food. Why don't you postpone the implementation for half a year and follow the opinions of the military department first. Let's reduce the number of troops.  , you have 300,000 men, which is really too much."

    Caiyun put his helmet on the table, curled his lips, and said with a faint smile: "My cousin, the people in the military department have said this countless times. In fact, how could Caiyun not know about my cousin's difficulties? But Caiyun  I still believe that we should send troops at this time. Time waits for no one. If we wait until next year, everything will be delayed. Although the Fire Phoenix Army currently has 300,000 people, if it is used to occupy Liaodong and Northeast China and retain a certain amount of mobile power,  But it is just right, and there is no need to recruit additional soldiers. In this sense, the reduction of troops is not so necessary, unless my cousin suspects Caiyun and thinks that Caiyun is planning to rebel."

    After saying that, he winked at me mischievously. This time when Caiyun met me, he was a little less serious and a little more naughty, which made me dumbfounded.

    Perhaps because I didn't answer and thought I didn't agree, Caiyun took a step forward and said with a bit of excitement and excitement: "Cousin, in this world, either you attack others, or others attack you. Fighters are not always available, let alone  We don¡¯t rely on people¡¯s predictions. The battlefield is definitely cruel. Victory and failure are the results of our efforts. Cousin, please believe Caiyun, she will not let you down."

    I looked at Caiyun with a strange look. It was hard to accept what Caiyun would say for a while. In the past, although she had strong command and many strategies on the battlefield, every time she met me, she always felt a little sad and very sad.  Feeling the cruelty of the battlefield, this is the first time in my memory that I have taken the initiative to ask for a fight and spoken such straightforward words.

    ¡°Did the war change her, or did she change herself?

    Seeing me staring at her blankly, Caiyun seemed to have woken up to something. She stroked her long hair on her forehead apologetically, and said lightly: "Actually, Caiyun has also figured it out. There are many things that you won't do unless you do them."  If we can do more, maybe tragedies will happen less often. A few days ago, I went to the cemetery and looked at the tombstones of the soldiers. I was very emotional. If we can seize the opportunity and overcome some difficulties, in the future,  There may be fewer tombstones there. No matter how much money and food you give, you can't buy back the life of a soldier. Cousin, did you say that?"

    Her words made my heart tremble slightly. She was right. No matter how many reasons there are, it cannot be denied that if we implement this plan at this time, we will pay a lot less and achieve more results.

    ¡°But this does not solve the fact of emptiness in the country.

    "You're right." My voice was low, "But the purpose of the war is to protect the people. If it harms them, isn't it putting the cart before the horse? Caiyun, the astronomical monitoring forecast predicts that there will be major floods this year, and there are many floods in various places.  It¡¯s really hard to find signs"Pull out too many supplies, you see" "Caiyun knows that my cousin is in trouble, and what the people in the military department said is not an excuse.  Caiyun was very calm, and his eyes became clear, "Actually, during the Jin people's Northern Expedition, I withheld part of the grain and grass. This time I took advantage of the opportunity of looting the Mongolian herd horse prison and looted several Mongolian granaries.  Although they are all meat, the food and grass will be enough for a while. As long as my cousin can support the Fire Phoenix Legion with equipment, I believe there will be no big problem.  "

    "Have you already planned it? Why are you still making a fuss in the military headquarters?" I looked at her in surprise.

    Caiyun's calmness disappeared in an instant, and she said in a rather shameless manner: "It's not because of the lack of supplies. I wanted to ask the military department for more supplies, but I didn't expect them to be stingier than my cousin."

    I smiled and did not continue to ask. Caiyun may have accumulated some supplies, but they were definitely not enough for this war. She said this just because she didn¡¯t want me to worry, and she was determined to carry out this plan.  Maybe even if I didn't agree, she would do it privately.

    Because she is Caiyun, a woman I absolutely trust and trust.

    "Do you know that doing this will make me lose trust in front of other generals?"

    "But my cousin will definitely understand Caiyun."

    Caiyun looked at me slyly, which made me really helpless. After thinking for a moment, I said vaguely: "There is indeed a shortage of ordnance and so on. The most lacking thing in the Song Dynasty now is food and grass. It's okay to use it for yourself, but for  It's too reluctant to fight. Let's do this, there is not a grain of food or anything. I will ask Lan to smuggle some ordnance over, and you can make do with it. However, the number of your troops will be reduced. You can form another partial division to  Wouldn¡¯t they get the best of both worlds if they were incorporated into the navy?¡±

    "Cousin is so wise. Just when Caiyun was thinking of doing this, cousin said it first." Caiyun showed a satisfied smile, "In addition, cousin will not suffer any loss. I brought back more than 200,000 war horses this time.  , enough to make up for my cousin¡¯s ordnance gap, I believe those generals don¡¯t have much to say.¡±

    "You will always give me problems." I didn't agree on the surface, but I was happy in my heart. There are more than 200,000 war horses, my God, come on, come on, the hussars are here and there.

    "It's a good idea to rob someone's ranch. If I have the chance, I'll do it too."

    While he was enjoying himself, Caiyun interrupted: "Cousin, how will the Kingdom of Jin be dealt with?"

    I was stunned for a moment, shook my head and said: "No need for the time being. The current situation in the country is so difficult that the nationwide Northern Expedition is unrealistic. Moreover, the Central Plains is suffering from war and requires a large amount of property for reconstruction. If you can occupy Liaodong and Northeast China as soon as possible, I believe it will improve the situation.  The changed outlook is that we may be able to win without a big battle."

    Caiyun thought for a moment, didn't ask any more questions, picked up the helmet and said, "I'm going to see the queen." After a few steps, Caiyun suddenly turned back, looked at me, and said seriously: "Cousin, what happened in Lintao?"  ,Thank you."

    "It's nothing, it's just my responsibility."

    Caiyun smiled, without distinguishing anything, turned and left, leaving behind a fiery red figure.

    This is Caiyun, a woman who goes her own way, but I can't refuse her.
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