From eunuch to emperor

The two begged for mercy, Long Chen thought for a while, and said: "Temporarily imprisoned here, hands and feet will be interrupted!"

Feng He obeyed the order, and Long Chen left the prison, ready to rescue Di Ling and Long Teng's things.

...

Capital.

In the imperial study room, Di Yuwei took the empress' imperial decree and read it, and thought to himself: Sure enough, the empress mother agreed, it should be Long Chen's suggestion.

The empress agreed with Qiu Kuohai's treatment of the Nanliang soldiers, and Di Yuwei was not too surprised by this.

When Qiu Kuohai proposed to stay voluntarily, Di Yuwei felt that Long Chen would agree.

But Di Yuwei didn't dare to make a claim, and had to consult the Empress before making a decision.

"The queen mother agrees?"

Di Xingwan asked.

Di Yuwei handed over the imperial decree and said, "I agree, let Qiu Kuohai come over."

Di Xingwan saw it, and said a little unhappy: "For so long in the capital, a lot of food was wasted. In the end, they have to pay for food and travel expenses when they are sent back."

Di Xingwan felt that Da Zhou's money was wasted, so he was very upset.

Di Yu said slightly: "On the bright side, they will all be citizens of the Great Zhou in the future, so we don't count as wasting money."

Di Xingwan sighed, "I can only think so."

The messenger immediately left the palace and rode his horse to the camp to the west.

In the barracks, Qiu Kuohai and Hu Feiyang were practicing, with Ruan Cheng, Peng Qing and Wang Quan sitting beside them.

The three of them decided to go north to resist the ghosts, so they stepped up their time to practice.

A soldier came in and said, "General, there are people in the palace."

The five opened their eyes at the same time, Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai got up and walked out.

When they arrived at the gate of the barracks, they saw Wen Shuzhen, and they bowed to each other: "The envoy."

Wen Shuzhen replied: "General Qiu, please follow me into the palace."

Hu Feiyang looked at Qiu Kuohai, and Qiu Kuohai asked, "Did the Holy Majesty's will come?"

Wen Shuzhen smiled and said: "I don't know about this matter, the princess only said that General Qiu was invited into the palace."

Qiu Kuohai bowed, "Okay, I'll go now."

The soldiers came over with their horses, and Qiu Kuohai immediately followed Wen Shuzhen into the palace.

Watching the two leave, Hu Feiyang returned to the room, and Wang Quan asked, "How is it?"

Hu Feiyang said: "I have entered the palace, it is estimated that the imperial edict of the empress has arrived, and I will know how the empress will deal with it immediately."

Ruan Cheng said worriedly, "What if the Empress refuses to agree?"

Peng Qing looked at Hu Feiyang, Hu Feiyang shook his head slightly, and said: "Long Chen should agree."

Wang Quan asked: "What's the use of Long Chen agreeing? He's not the emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so what's the use of what he said."

Hu Feiyang said very seriously: "It's useful, if Long Chen agrees, the Empress will agree."

Wang Quan opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

Qiu Kuohai followed Wen Shuzhen into the imperial study room, where Di Yuwei and Di Xingwan were talking to Luo Qiwei.

When Qiu Kuohai entered the palace, Luo Qiwei was also ordered to enter the palace.

In addition to Luo Qiwei, there are also Duan Shuangshuang, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Xu Ming, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

"Meet the two princesses."

Qiu Kuohai just saluted, but didn't acknowledge him as a minister.

Di Yu looked at Qiu Kuohai slightly, and said, "Give me a seat."

The palace lady immediately brought a chair, and Qiu Kuohai thanked him and sat down.

Di Yu said slightly: "My mother agrees with General Qiu's method of disposal."

Qiu Kuohai immediately stood up and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wise."

The result of such a disposition is not surprising, Qiu Kuohai already expected that Long Chen would agree.

As long as Long Chen agrees, the Empress will agree.

"How many people want to go?"

Di Yu asked slightly, she had to count the number of people, and then see how much to send.

There is a long way to go back to Nanliang from the capital, and in winter, if you don't give enough money, you may commit crimes halfway.

"More than 8."

Qiu Kuohai counted the number of people who were leaving, but it was actually more than 5000 people.

This number is a bit too much, Qiu Kuohai is worried that Di Yuwei will have an opinion.

Sure enough, after hearing this number, Di Yuwei's face was very solemn, and Di Xingwan got up directly and asked: "More than 8 people? A total of 20, you want to leave [-]?"

Qiu Kuohai remained silent. He tried his best to keep him these days, but the final result was still the same.

"It's not my Da Zhou family's job to resist the ghost clan. You Nanliang people are also obliged. 20 to [-]...it's unreasonable!"

Di Xingwan was so angry that he wanted to curse.

Qiu Kuohai stood up and said: "Princess, Daliang is dead. Many people don't know the situation at home and want to go back to their hometown to visit relatives. That's why..."

Di Yu said slightly: "Forget it, the imperial edict of the Queen Mother said that if you don't want to leave, then you won't stay."

"The Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry pay money and food according to the budget of 9 people, let these soldiers return to their hometowns."

"However, as I said before, General Qiu wants to warn those soldiers who left that they must not do anything wrong or evil on their way home."

Qiu Kuohai immediately said: "You know, I have already warned you not to cause trouble along the way."

Di Xingwan was so angry that he didn't want to talk, Di Yuwei continued: "That's how it is, those who want to go back will go back in batches, and those who are willing to go north will make preparations and go to Yanmen Pass in a few days."

Qiu Kuohai bowed, "Thank you, princess."

Di Yu nodded slightly, and said, "Okay, General Qiu, you can go back."

Qiu Kuohai withdrew from the imperial study and immediately returned to the barracks.

After the people left, Di Xingwan said angrily: "These Nanliang soldiers are disregarding the overall situation of the world. The battle at Yanmen Pass is tense, and they just want to go home!"

Di Yu shook his head slightly and said: "It's human nature, Jinling City is broken, Nanliang is destroyed, it's normal for them to miss their families."

"The people who stay are the backbone, and they will not be passive and slack when they go."

Di Xingwan said angrily: "You should force them into the battlefield and stop talking nonsense with them."

Di Yu waved his hand slightly and said, "Let's not talk about it, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry will prepare. According to the standard of two taels of silver for each soldier, each soldier will be given two taels of silver and a pair of shoes."

Everyone has winter clothes, so there is no need to send them out, just a pair of shoes.

The roads in ancient times were difficult to walk, and it was winter again. Without shoes, the feet would be frozen off.

Duan Shuangshuang and Xu Ming took the orders and went to prepare immediately.

Di Yuwei said to Luo Qiwei: "General Luo also prepare, when Qiu Kuohai and the others go north, you also immediately prepare to go north."

Luo Qiwei said: "The last general takes orders."

Qiu Kuohai rode back to the barracks, entered the room, Hu Feiyang and the others got up and asked, "How do you say?"

Qiu Kuohai smiled, and said, "What else can I say, as I expected, I agree."

"It's just that we left too many people, and the second princess is a little unhappy."

Hu Feiyang breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "I also know about this problem. They want to go home, but we can't persuade them."

During these times, Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai spent a lot of time doing ideological work, trying to get the soldiers to stay as much as possible, especially persuading the generals to stay.

"When can I leave?"

Many people under Wang Quan wanted to leave, so he asked anxiously.

Qiu Kuohai said: "Wait for the arrangement, we can't leave together, they are afraid that the brothers will make trouble."

"The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households will give money, food and travel expenses, and we will just wait."

"Go and tell the brothers, don't cause trouble along the way!"

Wang Quan went out immediately, told his subordinates to leave, and warned everyone not to make trouble.

After the matter was dealt with, the barracks began to dismiss Nanliang soldiers, leaving some every day to prevent them from ganging up on the road and making trouble.

The Nanliang soldiers were actually very moved. They didn't expect Dazhou to let them go, and the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry returned the money and shoes.

When the soldiers were being dismissed, a letter from the empress arrived in the capital.