I’m The King Chapter 702: : The young phoenix’s Qing Ming shook the world (5)
He Lin, in the main hall of the royal palace, a row of more than a dozen coffins are neatly arranged in the main hall. Although the main hall is spacious, these coffins look much narrower and more suffocating. It is the atmosphere in the hall at this time.
Led by Yan Qi, all the generals of the Donghu Hetao camp died in battle, and none of them survived. Looking at the coffins, every Donghu official felt endless anger and fear in their hearts. This is Donghu's unprecedented defeat for hundreds of years.
It was not when Donghu was beaten to the extreme by Yan Guo, but at that time, when the enemy came, we would go, and when the enemy was tired, we would fight. Donghu people were not afraid to wear shoes even when they were the most embarrassed. There has been a precedent for the complete destruction of tens of thousands of troops, and since Miranda took power, he has integrated the various ministries of the Donghu with an iron fist. The Donghu has risen strongly and its national power is booming. On the contrary, it has beaten the Yan Kingdom back step by step, and finally controlled the entire Liaodong. It was just two years ago. Before his death, Miranda skillfully used his skillful hands to kill or capture the invading 100,000 Yan army, so that Yan had to sign an alliance under the city.
The past is still vivid, but the situation suddenly reversed, and the Donghu people suffered a great defeat. Although the Yan people suffered this great defeat, although the foundation of the country was shaken, they still managed to support it, but the Donghu people were tens of thousands of people. Can't stand such a big defeat. Everyone looked at Thorpe, who was still sitting upright on the steps and on the bed, and their eyes showed suspicion instead of the obedience of the past.
Is it really the right decision for Old Wang to choose Thorpe? This thought came to mind irresistibly.
Thorpe stared at the coffin in front of him. It belonged to Yan Qi, but the anger in his heart began to burn little by little. But such a result, even if he died in battle, how can he atone for his crime? The defeat of this battle. It is not only the foundation of Donghu that is shaken, but also his throne. Although the rebels in the country are silent and dying under his steel knife, it does not mean that they will surrender. Whenever they have the opportunity, they will definitely jump. Come out to bark day, and more importantly, he doesn't know where these people are hiding now? His eyes swept across the civil and military officials in the hall, as if he wanted to get out of these seemingly submissive expressions. After finding out those potential enemies, all of them lowered their eyelids.
In the hall, there was a deathly silence. No one dared to speak first. Everyone knew very well that the anger hidden under Thorpe's calm expression was at this moment. Whoever speaks first may become the first citron.
Tulu sighed and took a step forward, he is the chief assistant. He is the only one who is in his early years. "Your Majesty, almost all of the more than 50,000 troops died in the battle. All tribes and ethnic groups in various places in the territory. Almost every family is mourning, and every household is crying. Please ask your majesty to pay for it as soon as possible. To reassure the people."
"Relief?" Thorpe squeezed out two words between his teeth, and was about to explode, but when he looked up, he saw Tulu's sincere and sad expression, and his heart seemed to be swept by a strong wind. Under the trembling, he suddenly calmed down. What Tulu said was right, to reassure the people, but at this moment, it is not the time to be angry.
"The pension is to pay the pension." Thorpe nodded heavily, "The army fought for the country, unfortunately lost their lives, so naturally they can't treat their families badly, Wang Tingshi, you will take care of this matter, if you die in battle The younger ones will receive fifty taels of silver as a pension. Within ten days, the money will be raised and distributed as quickly as possible.”
He looked at a civil servant on the right. This person was from Yan. He was captured by Donghu during the last battle with Yan. An official in the army's logistics was quite accomplished in wealth. After he voted for Donghu, he was reused by Thorpe.
"Fifty taels per person?" The muscles on Wang Tingshi's face twitched, he walked up to Thorpe, bowed and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, fifty thousand troops, fifty taels per person, is two hundred Five hundred thousand taels of silver, this, this is not available. Two years ago, in the battle with Yan State, although he won the battle, the national power was greatly depleted. Two taels of silver, this is one million taels..."
"How much can you take out?" Thorpe interrupted him.
"In the national treasury, there is only less than a million silver left." Wang Tingshi whispered, "If you take out the expenses that should be paid for this year, the maximum amount that can be used as a pension is 200,000 taels of silver."
Thorpe only felt itchy teeth, two hundred thousand taels, not a single change. But pensions must be done. Even if the infantry are not given pensions, the tens of thousands of cavalry are Donghu's Dingkou, but it is absolutely unavoidable. If this is not possible, I am afraid that they have just gathered People who get up will immediately disperse.
"In any case, five hundred thousand taels must be squeezed out of the national treasury." He said coldly, "In addition, this king will subsidize five hundred thousand taels of silver from the internal treasury."
Turu immediately followed Thorpe's words, "Your Majesty, I will offer you one hundred thousand taels."
"Okay, Tulu is worthy of being the chief assistant of Donghu, and he is dedicated to the country." Thorpe nodded in satisfaction.
On the side of the general, Alundai stepped forward, "Your Majesty, I will also donate 100,000 taels. In addition, my Tieling clan has not participated in the battle this time. I will mobilize my own clan and donate another 100,000 taels."
"Okay, okay!" Thorpe nodded again and again, "Counting this king, this is eight hundred thousand taels." He set his eyes on Usu Suotan.
Usu Suotan had no choice but to come out, "Your Majesty, the Wusu family is also willing to give two hundred thousand taels." He turned his eyes and saw the black coffin beside him, only feeling angry from his heart. For starters, this time, his Wusu clan sent thousands of troops, led by his younger brother Usu Ala, and the entire army was also wiped out. However, his Wusu clan is the natal family of Princess Thorpe. There are countless benefits, and he has already been tied to Thorpe's body. He will be prosperous and all will be damaged, so he can't help but bleed profusely.
"Your Majesty, Yan Qi is incompetent. Tens of thousands of troops attacked, and the entire army was completely wiped out, damaging our country's prestige and losing my health. I ask you to punish Yan Qi for his crime. Even if this person dies, he can't atone for his crime. Take his family members, steal his family property, and distribute rewards to the families who died in the war, so as to appease the people's anger."
As soon as Wusu Suotan said this, there was an immediate response in the hall. Seeing what Thorpe meant, they had to make up for the shortfall. This was not a small sum of money, but It is to gouge flesh from the body. The Yanqi family belongs to the Donghu clan and has always been Miranda's loyal confidant. Over the past few decades, they may have accumulated countless wealth and stole his house. As a pension this time, it can save them from bleeding a little bit. At this time, everyone is united, and there are voices asking for Yan Qi's crime to be punished in the hall.
"Yan Qi is incompetent, loses his teacher and humiliates the country, ten thousand deaths cannot atone for his sin, Haoge, Taktan, you two, lead a thousand palace guards, arrest Yan Qi's family, not one of them will escape, and their family will be confiscated "In the midst of the noisy voice, Thorpe's voice suddenly sounded, "His family, there is no need for another trial, they will all be beheaded."
As soon as the last four words came out, the noise in the hall stopped abruptly. Everyone raised their heads and looked at Thorpe in shock. They wanted to copy Yan Qi's family property so that they would not pay too much Silver, but never thought of killing them all. Even though Yan Qi was defeated, he was Thorpe's staunchest supporter and gave him the greatest help. It can be said that without Yan Qi's full support, it is still unknown who would win the battle between Thorp and Thorp.
Thorpe got up and stood up with a flick of his sleeves. In the hall, it was so quiet that even a needle could fall off.
"Your Majesty!" In the back hall, Tulu touched his head to the ground and mourned, "Yan Qi was guilty, but he died in battle and confiscated his home. His crime should be redeemed. Your Majesty, please, Spare his family and punish him as a slave. If he is defeated, his family will be confiscated and his family will be wiped out. Who will lead the army in future battles?"
Thorpe was silent for a while, and the cold voice came to Tulu's ear, "I just want those people to know that if you can't win, you can only die. No matter who it is, I will kill them. What is it?"
"Your Majesty, in this way, He Lin's hearts must be floating!"
"In the forest, the palace guards have already sharpened their swords, and those who have evil intentions will kill Wuhe!" Thorpe said coldly. "Tulu, you don't need to say more, the matter of Yan Qi, let it be like this, otherwise, you can't deter others. Tulu, get up, we still have to discuss what to do next?"
Tulu let out a long sigh, and stood up tremblingly. In a short moment, he seemed to have aged ten years, and his back was bent.
"Sit down, Arundel, come and sit down too." Thorpe pointed to the brocade stool in front of him, "You are all the people I trust the most. There are many crises right now. If you can't solve them quickly, you will definitely The foundation of the country is at stake.”
Alun Dai raised his chest~IndoMTL.com~ Your Majesty, please go out again, and I am willing to lead the troops to attack the Hetao again. Although the high-ranking bandit was lucky enough to defeat our army, he must have suffered heavy losses, so if he attacks at this time, he should be able to succeed in one fell swoop. "
"Impossible!" Tulu raised his head abruptly, "Your Majesty, Yan Qi's defeat has shaken the country. If you send another army at this time, it's fine if you win. If you lose again, Donghu will be in danger."
"Tulu, how can you be sure that I will lose?" Alundai was furious.
Turu turned his head and glared at Alundai, "Alundai, our army has suffered a major defeat at this time, and our morale is low. The country has tried its best to raise food and grass for the last war. There is still room to go out again. Even if we fish in the dry marshes and gather enough food and grass, the Eastern Conqueror Army can drag us to death just by defending the city."
"There is no need to say any more." Thorpe shouted: "Going to war is not feasible, we are not capable of fighting another big battle, Tulu, what do you think we should do?"
"Peace negotiation!" Tulu lowered his head and said, "We can only negotiate peace with Gao Yuan." (To be continued..)
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