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At this time, a slightly thin general suddenly came out and bowed his head to the hall.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Li Muge's expression remained unchanged, and he raised his hand: "General Qin, let's play."

This general surnamed Qin was Qingyu. After the Jin War, Li Muge had already placed some of his confidants in various parts of the court.

But because Qingyu was too "famous", she had to change her name to Qin Yu and was placed under the general Peng Yun.Others, like him, were arranged into various departments by "making the best use of everything". For example, Nangong Jing stepped into Tai Hospital.

Therefore, Li Muge never worried that his status and his orders would be hindered—he always held an extremely tough thread tightly in his hands.

After Qingyu got up, she turned to the Minister of Rites and said, "Master Shangshu, have you heard of Zhao Kuo's name?"

The Minister of Rites snorted coldly: "This person is well known, how can I not know?"

"Since that's the case, why do you still have to talk about it on paper?"

Upon hearing the words, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites immediately said angrily: "You are a fourth-rank official, what do you know? How can what the old man just said compare with Zhao Kuo?"

Qingyu shook her head and sighed: "It can't be compared with Zhao Kuo, it's not as good as it is."

"You...you..." Minister of Rites was already so angry that his fingers were trembling. He turned his head and wanted to ask Li Muge for help, but he saw that the other party looked indifferent, showing no intention of helping him at all.

He was startled, could it be... King Xi has been watching his jokes?

At this time, Qingyu said again: "If according to what your lord Cai said just now, if we order our army to bypass Chu State and attack Yue State directly, it will probably not wait until we capture Yue State and attack Chu State, and we will first be cut off by Chu State, and then by the two If you are not a veteran of the two dynasties, you will almost think that you have been collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country..."

Leaving aside how ruthless Qingyu's previous rebuttal was, the fact that the label of "collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country" was removed from the back alone almost frightened Lord Shangshu.

With a "plop" he fell to his knees, and Lord Shangshu immediately burst into tears and shouted "Your Majesty's Mingjian", and the civil servants who had been nodding and cheering behind him were also immediately discouraged, and all of them went straight to hide with lowered eyebrows. .

They just wanted to have a good time, so they were charged with the serious crime of "collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country", but it was really not worth it.

Li Muge looked at the various expressions of the people in the hall calmly, his long and slender fingers tapped on the armrest of the dragon chair slowly, his face still had a half-smile.

Gu Yanxi raised her eyes and knew that it was time for her to appear.

So he took a step forward and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I have some humble opinions on this Eastern Expedition. I hope I can discuss it with my colleagues."

His simple sentence instantly diverted the dangerous topic of "collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country", and at the same time gave the frightened civil servants a step up.

Qingyu's remarks have obviously had the effect of knocking mountains and shaking tigers. Those officials who are about to retire may not dare to mention the matter of "wanting to celebrate the new year safely" for the time being.And his task now is to come up with a practical strategy for the Eastern Expedition, completely cut off this idea, and let this matter be settled today.

Otherwise, I would be too sorry for the "winks" Li Muge kept throwing at him.

Mr. Shangshu is experienced in the officialdom, he immediately went down the slope when he heard the sound, and said in a loud voice: "I and others would like to hear the details, and would like to offer advice and discuss with Mr. Gu the best strategy for the Eastern Expedition."

After hearing this, Li Muge nodded to Gu Yanxi, his peach blossom eyes became more and more breathtaking.

Everyone in the hall saw that when their master looked at Mr. Gu, his eyes seemed to be shining all the time, and they wiped their eyes involuntarily, wondering if they were dazzled?

Gu Yanxi was quite calm, and her voice was calm.He has long been familiar with such brazen scenes.

"Regarding the Eastern Expedition, I believe that the best fighter should be at the moment."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.

Although military generals are not like civil servants, they have the selfish intention of "going out after the next year", but most of them have never thought that they can be so anxious.Even if soldiers are expensive and fast, the premise should be "strong soldiers"!

However, the military generals who had followed Gu Yanxi through the battle of the Jin Kingdom all remained silent: in that war, they had seen too many tricks and tricks of his, and these tricks and tricks also led him. They go to victory time and time again.

So, this time, they still choose to believe.

"The reason why I dare to say this is for three reasons." While speaking, Gu Yanxi glanced at the people in the hall lightly, "First, sending troops at this time can be more unexpected and unprepared. I can see that the faces of the adults are full of surprises. Not to mention the other two countries? They naturally did not expect that our country would fight again after a major war. Second, it is the end of the new year, and Chu and Yue have not fought for a long time. At this time, the military and civilians will relax and the border defense will be difficult. Solid. Thirdly, our army has just won a complete victory. Although it is exhausted, its morale is high and its killing intent is strong.

At this time, a general came out and asked, "I'm a big bastard, and my words are not as nice as yours, Mr. Gu, but there is a truth that I have to ask."

Gu Yanxi raised her hand and said, "Please."

"After the battle with the state of Jin, the soldiers are happy, but they are also very tired. It is hard to take a break at the end of the year, but if they rush to the battlefield without stopping, I am afraid there will be complaints in the camp. Let alone morale, mutiny is possible."

What the military commander said was not to trouble Gu Yanxi, or to have selfish intentions, but to bring a real problem to the table.So no one spoke out to stop it, even Peng Yun and others nodded frequently.

After hearing this, Gu Yanxi smiled slightly, as if she had a plan in mind.

"What this general said is very true. But have you ever heard the words 'seek advantages and avoid disadvantages'? If the 'benefits' can be large enough and the 'harms' can be small enough, it is what people want. If you want to suppress the soldiers If you are dissatisfied with them, you just need to promise them greater benefits. Anyway, the battle of the Jin Kingdom has been passed, and if you make military achievements next, you will naturally be promoted to the ranks in the future, and your future is limitless. In a voluntary form, soldiers who are willing to participate in the war can be promoted twice in a row, the Nakata tax will be reduced, and the clan will be exempted from labor."

Everyone nodded when they heard it, and the general who asked the question just now also showed admiration.

At this moment, Peng Yun raised another question.

"Lord Gu, I went to the Ministry of War to check the battle damage a few days ago, and found that after the last battle, the number of troops in each army was obviously insufficient. If I want to start the war immediately, I'm afraid I won't be able to recruit enough troops for a while." He just heard It wasn't until Gu Yanxi put forward the suggestion of "voluntary participation in the war" that she decided to remind her.

After all, private affairs are private affairs, and state affairs are state affairs.

Hearing this, Li Muge looked at Gu Yanxi with an expression of watching the show.It seems that he is only happy if the other party can't answer.

Gu Yanxi secretly lucked out, who is solving his problems?What does that gloating look in his eyes mean?

Luo Qiuli shook his head secretly in his heart: his master's character has always been very bad, but he just hid it deeply enough.

Gu Yanxi nodded to Peng Yun, and continued: "General Peng, I happened to go to the Ministry of War a few days ago, and it was a headache to see the battle damage. But that day, Gu happened to go to the Ministry of Households again. Finishing the latest booklet from the Ministry of Household Affairs is even more of a headache."

Peng Yun opened his mouth and said "Ah?" He really didn't understand why this lord suddenly connected these two irrelevant things together?Could it be that he was asked by himself?

"After the state of Jin was assigned to the state of Xi, the people in the territory only need to register again. But for the soldiers of the state of Jin, it is not so simple. Excluding surrendered troops and captives, the scattered troops in various places are temporarily recruited. There are quite a lot of militias in total. If these soldiers are returned to the fields, firstly, there will not be so much land to divide, and secondly, it will bury hidden dangers for domestic security after all. So these people can be used for this time For conscription."

The Hubu Shangshu who was standing aside heard the words and immediately raised his hands and feet in agreement.This undoubtedly solved a major problem for him.With tears in his eyes, he cast infinitely grateful gazes at Gu Yanxi, and made a silent decision in his heart: he will hang out with him from now on.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Gu's words are very kind. In this way, the troops are sufficient, and the soldiers can take turns to go into battle, greatly reducing fatigue." Gu Daren has solved his problems for him in this way, and the right assist must be offered with both hands.

Gu Yanxi's smile froze when he saw that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance praised her position so graciously.For the first time, I saw the "dog legs" of Xi Guo's civil servants.

"Your Majesty, I also think that what Master Gu said is very true. Zhuge has only been cautious all his life, so he won't be able to go out of Qishan six times. Don't you know that the dangerous move of the army is the superior game." Luo Qiuli, as the Prime Minister of a country, Appearing at the finale at the last moment, he spoke every word with great force, and this sentence alone is worth a thousand words.It can be regarded as making this "Eastern Expedition" a foregone conclusion.

"Okay!" Li Muge, who had never spoken a word, clapped his hands and laughed, and said to the ministers, "What the prime minister said is exactly what I think in my heart. Gu Qing's words are also wonderful. Other lovers are even more brainstorming, for this king. Contribute a good strategy. My Daxi just needs you humerus ministers, and the great cause of unification is just around the corner."

He said it nicely on the surface, but the implication is that the "Eastern Expedition" was agreed by you collectively, and he did not act arbitrarily alone.So no one should complain to him then.Anyone who complains will hinder his great cause of reunification, and then don't blame him for being merciless.

When the officials heard it, they all bowed their heads and bowed, shouting: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Gu Yanxi and Luo Qiuli were the two who took the lead in shouting the most.

Seeing Gu Yanxi suddenly change sides, Luo Qiuli felt a little uncomfortable.But in any case, it is much better than the previous kind of being unpredictable and turning back at any time.

Now that things have happened, he doesn't know whether to be happy or worried for Li Muge.

But seeing the joyful smile from the heart of the person sitting on the dragon chair, he was also much happier.