Situ Mingyue has been in a relatively comfortable mood recently. Although the defeat of the imperial army in the Western Expedition was heartbreaking, the Qingyang defense battle has saved a lot of face for the empire. Moreover, the Kaman Empire's offensive against the Principal of Delok in recent times has stopped, and the Machi Khanate is vigorously improving relations with the empire. Although they know that they have ulterior motives, at least at present, the empire has alleviated the difficulty of insufficient military strength and allowed the empire to take a breath.

When the bell of the morning court rang, the ministers who had already been waiting outside the hall entered the Dezheng Hall one after another. "Dear friends, please report it first. The weather is good today. I want to accompany my concubines to the Imperial Garden to relax."—

Your Highness and all the ministers saw that Your Majesty was in a good mood today. Some of them wanted to submit a memorial and were unwilling to destroy Your Majesty's good mood. As long as it was not urgent, they wanted to delay it for a day. "I have memorial." The Minister of Home Affairs Lu Wenfu said, "

When Situ Mingyue saw that it was Lu Wenfu's memorial, she knew it was definitely not a trivial matter. She frowned, but she still asked with a smile: "What's the matter with Lu Aiqing?"—

"Report to Your Majesty, the special envoy of the Dodon Kingdom's internal affairs department who came to discuss with our country last night to jointly deal with the harassment of the Japanese on the eastern seas was attacked by an unidentified killer in the embassy residence of the Dodon Kingdom's embassy in our country. Three of the special envoys of the Dodon Kingdom died, four of our guards were also killed, three were seriously injured, and the special envoy himself was seriously injured, and is now in rescue." Lu Wenfu reported this information that would destroy His Majesty's mood-

His Highness and all the ministers were also in an uproar, especially the diplomatic Dachen Sariden and the Minister of Commerce Zeng Guohong, who were even more intense, because this matter was directly related to these two departments. One was to perform secret missions as a diplomatic envoy, and the other was to negotiate the content relationship had a significant impact on the empire's overseas sea trade. They all asked about the situation-

Situ Mingyue was also very disappointed, and such a big problem arose. The Kingdom of Dodon is one of the few countries around the empire that maintain good relations with the empire. Now such a big incident has occurred and the international influence in the embassy area is very bad. Moreover, it will have a great negative impact on this negotiation to jointly combat the invasion of Japanese people along the eastern coast of the empire. At least it will greatly delay the time of reaching an agreement between the two countries. "Master Lu, what clues are there now?"—

"When you go back to your Majesty, there are no more clues yet, but according to my judgment, it should be the Japanese, and it is estimated that there are traitors who provide information for them within us." Lu Wenfu answered firmly-

"Oh? Do you have any evidence?" Situ Mingyue also became serious-

"According to the traces left on the scene, the trauma of our casualties was formed by the other party using sabre weapons. Moreover, due to the visit of the special envoy, we took confidentiality measures and defense measures very tightly, but we were still attacked by the other party suddenly. This must be related to the party with a huge conflict of interest in the matter of negotiation. Sabre weapons are also the ones that the Japanese are the best at using. These killers are very desperate. Two of them could not escape because of their injuries, so they committed suicide by taking poison and not leaving a living mouth. From the analysis of the corpse left behind, they also belong to the yellow people. So I infer that it should be the Japanese, and there was a traitor to respond." Lu Wenfu's analysis was orderly and concise-

After thinking about it, Situ Mingyue gave an instruction: "Immediately do my best to investigate and find out the traitors. Do everything here to rescue the special envoy, and send someone to contact the Kingdom of Dodon and ask them to take strict precautions."—

The originally very comfortable mood disappeared without a trace and no longer had the interest to take a walk. Situ Mingyue felt that being the emperor was really annoying and worried about everything, and she would not be able to relax for a day. Just as he was worried and wanted to ask the ministers that he still had a report, the etiquette officer in front of the hall came to report: "Report to Your Majesty, Li Wufeng, the guardian of Qingyang Prefecture City of Northwest County, was asking for a meeting outside the hall."—

There was a buzzing sound in the hall immediately, and the ministers' reaction even exceeded the assassination of the special envoy of the Duoton Kingdom just now, because almost everyone present did not know Li Wufeng, a little man who was unknown a few months ago, but this little man defeated the imperial army in the west and fell soon, and defeated Luo Beiren in one fell swoop and became the mainstay of the northwest region. Situ Mingyue was also very happy. He also wanted to see what kind of person was this young man who turned the tide for him. "Oh, let him go to the palace."—

Wufeng walked into the hall calmly with steady steps, and saluted Situ Mingyue calmly: "My minister Li Wufeng bowed to Your Majesty."—

Almost everyone's eyes were focused on Wufeng, and Wufeng also felt that he had become the focus of everyone's eyes, but he was prepared for it, so he was not very nervous-

"Okay, okay, it turns out that heroes have been born in ancient times. I didn't expect that Li Aiqing is such a young hero. I feel relieved that there are people like Aiqing guarding the northwest border. My dear friends, do you think so?" Situ Mingyue was extremely satisfied. How could such a talent came out of his court? How could it not make people feel excited and satisfied?

The ministers in the palace also congratulated His Majesty, praising His Majesty the Emperor for his keen eyes and sing to Wufeng. Wufeng saluted repeatedly and expressed his fear of taking this false reputation—

After asking Wufeng's basic situation in Qingyang Prefecture, Situ Mingyue asked Wufeng what problems there are now. When Wufeng heard the question, he quickly stated that there was an important situation to report to His Majesty the Emperor and all the ministers. Situ Mingyue saw Wufeng very solemnly and hurriedly asked Wufeng to slowly and detailed the situation-

"Your Majesty, although Qingyang Prefecture seems to be calm at present, after careful investigation, there is a great danger. If it is not resolved in time, the fall of Qingyang Prefecture is only a matter of time when Luo Beiren invades." Wu Feng's words immediately aroused the discussion of many ministers, and many ministers even thought that Wu Feng was exaggerating and sensational. However, the Military Minister He Zhiqiu, the Minister of Interior Lu Wenfu and others nodded secretly.

Situ Mingyue was also a little shocked. She had just defeated the enemy, so why would the situation be so dangerous again? He quickly interrupted: "Li Aiqing, then you can tell me and all the ministers in detail so that I and the ministers can understand it."—

"Then I will explain the specific situation of repelling Luo Beiren's invasion," Wufeng explained the situation of the enemy and us in the battle, as well as the enemy's disadvantages, weaknesses, and advantages and strengths. Under what circumstances did this war win, so that all the ministers could completely accept it. After talking about the past war, Wufeng changed the subject, "But now Qingyang Prefecture can no longer withstand a war, the city wall is seriously damaged, and there is no funding to repair it yet. This is one of them; the army is less than 10,000, and there is no training, equipment, supplies, logistics supplies, etc. Among them, many of them are recruited after the war, with extremely low combat power, which is the second; the population of the entire Qingyang Prefecture is only 130,000, most of which are women, children, the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and the troops cannot be replenished. The soldiers of the army are not replenished after the war.

This is the third; the economy of Qingyang Prefecture is on the verge of collapse, and the local financial sources are almost blank, and it is impossible to support the normal operation of the army and administrative agencies. This is the fourth. In addition, local horse thieves and bandits are extremely rampant, and they urgently need to rectify the security environment. The major forces around them are also deliberately trying to intervene in Qingyang. Before I left Qingyang, I captured an enemy spy, who was a double-faced spy who served both the Luobei people and the Luzon people. If these problems are not solved in the short term, you can think about the consequences?" The several problems listed by Wufeng are very specific. Even Situ Mingyue also recognized the seriousness of the problem, especially a small country like Luzon, which is not large in bordering the empire, and has ambitions. This cannot help but make the ministers angry and anxious.

"My dear friends, Li Aiqing has explained the specific difficulties currently in Qingyang Prefecture. What do you think and suggest?" Situ Mingyue glanced at His Highness's ministers with her eyes, and finally turned her eyes to He Zhiqiu, Minister of Military Affairs—

He Zhiqiu saw that His Majesty's eyes fell on him and knew that he wanted to express his opinions, so he had to cough and leave, "The predicament facing the Qingyang Mansion, the governor of Licheng, just now, has reflected the difficulties faced by Qingyang Mansion. In my opinion, this is mainly caused by the long-term invasion and ravage of Luo Bei people in the past decade. Qingyang Mansion is located on the throat of the northwest of our country. Many forces around him have ambitions for that. Once Qingyang Mansion falls into the opponent, the entire northwest region and even the entire western part of our country will face the threat of the enemy. Therefore, I believe that a practical plan must be proposed to consolidate the defense of Qingyang Mansion and make Qingyang Mansion a solid fortress against the invasion of foreign enemies."—

Situ Mingyue nodded and agreed with He Zhiqiu's opinion. At this time, a young and handsome man stood up. "Father, I think the Lord said so, Qingyang is the gateway to the northwest region of our country. His strategic position is very important and he must not fall into the opponent. Therefore, I think that the central government of the empire should take effective measures to solve the current practical difficulties of Qingyang." This man is only in his twenties, he is quite handsome, has a unique temperament, and a magnetic voice that is extremely attractive to ordinary young women. Even Wufeng is ashamed of himself. He is the ninth son of the imperial emperor Situ Mingyue, Situ Lang, known as the "fur-faced poisonous wolf". Although Wufeng does not know him, from his clothes and temperament, he is probably not the seventh prince Situ Yuan or the ninth prince Situ Lang-

Sure enough, Vice Minister of Military Affairs Pike also made a comment: "Report to Your Majesty, I also agree with His Highness Ninth. The location of Qingyang Prefecture is extremely important and is located at the intersection of several forces. But now the military strength of the Imperial Army is also quite tense. It is very difficult to withdraw troops to station Qingyang Prefecture. I think Qingyang Prefecture should be given strong support from other aspects to allow it to return to the situation more than ten years ago as soon as possible. In this way, Qingyang can have enough strength to protect itself and reduce the pressure from the central government of the empire."—

Seeing that all the ministers had the same views as him, Situ Mingyue believed that measures should be taken to support Qingyang and strive to ensure the stability of the northwest, she nodded and asked Wufeng: "Li Aiqing, the imperial military strength is also very tight now. In addition to the army, what aspects of the imperial court do you need to support me?"—

Wufeng was overjoyed. After doing so much work, he just waited for His Majesty's words. He didn't want the support of the imperial troops. He was unable to get His Majesty's words from the help of other ministers. It seemed that yesterday's gift still played a certain role. However, he knew that He Zhiqiu was quite honest, so he did not consider him. He did not expect that he would support him first.

"When you go back to your Majesty, I have already made some plans and handed over to the departments involved, mainly about some issues regarding construction funds and immigration. I beg your Majesty to support you." Wufeng could not suppress his joy and answered respectfully-

When Situ Mingyue heard that only involved funds and immigration matters, he breathed a sigh of relief. Someone had reported to Situ Mingyue about the policies issued by Qingyang Prefecture. They were just some means to stimulate economic development. Today, Li Wufeng proposed not exceeding this range. He nodded, "I already know your plan, and I agree, but I don't know if it will take time. You must make preparations. Luo Beiren is vengeful. Tian Aiqing and Lu Aiqing, you two go down and arrange it and try to give Li Aiqing's support. Li Aiqing, I hope you can guard the northwest for me."—

The imperial finance minister Tian Yi, the interior minister Lu Wenfu and Li Wufeng all expressed their obedience to the order—

As soon as the court talks ended, Wufeng followed Tian Yi to the Imperial Finance Department. Wufeng had already understood Tian Yi very clearly through Gu Ji. Tian Yi was very cunning. He belonged to the fence-skinned type. In addition to His Majesty the Emperor, he had equal distances to other people, including several His Highnesses, and did not express his opinions easily. He maintained a good relationship with all parties. He had a special hobby, was greedy for money and lustful, but was very cautious, especially he liked raising birds, and often spent a lot of money to acquire precious ornamental birds.

After Wufeng and Tian Yi came to the Imperial Finance Bureau, Wufeng made a statement to Tian Yi. After all, this was a task arranged and deployed by His Majesty the Emperor himself. Tian Yi did not dare to make things difficult for him. He just needed some time to prepare for the allocation of funds. Wufeng did not force it, but expressed his hope that it could be completed as soon as possible.

Afterwards, after Wufeng returned to Tian Yi's mansion, he brought a few birds he bought at Tianshui Mansion and visited him quietly. Tian Yi couldn't put it down after seeing the birds he brought. He was an old player and knew that these birds were not ordinary species at first sight. Their fur color, eyes, and mouth shells were different from common ornamental birds. Even in the origin of these birds, they were very rare and the prices were extremely expensive. After chatting for a while, Wufeng said politely and asked Tian Yi to help with the progress of the matter. Tian Yi agreed. Anyway, this was decided by His Majesty the Emperor. Why not do it?
Chapter completed!