Vol 8 Chapter 288: Defense zone

Sima Lang said solemnly: "Your Majesty is now controlling the border, which is very unfavorable for us. There are often wars with the shadow clan on the border. This is not good news, because those troops are newly formed. What they need now is training, and there is nothing more capable of training new recruits than on the battlefield. If those troops are trained for two years and turn them into elite veterans, then that army is enough to help your Majesty. The control is to live in the court. This is definitely not good news for us. So I mean, the first thing we need to do next is that we must come from your Majesty and come to several defense zones. We must We must have defensive areas and control them in our hands, and absolutely cannot let your Majesty control all border defense areas by himself. That is really unfavorable for us."
He Tuizhi nodded, and then said: "It makes sense. Brother Sima's words are reasonable. We must not allow your Majesty to completely control the border defense line. We must take action. We must come from your Majesty to several defense zones. In addition, I think we can make some articles on armaments. When I sent people to investigate before, I found a problem. Although those troops are the pro-army of the emperor, the armaments in their hands do not seem to be neat and there are some Soldiers don’t even have armors and weapons. They seem to be there to garrison the land. We can think of a way to control their armaments so that their development cannot be fast."
Everyone nodded, and then He Tuzhi continued to speak: "For now, it can only be like this. Now those armies belong to the son of the emperor, and we cannot do too much, and neither can we. I offended your majesty to death. The power in your majesty’s hands is not small. Those newly formed armies are nothing. They have not yet formed combat effectiveness, but don’t forget that those standing behind the armies are those sects, those There are also some masters in the sect. Now they should be regarded as your Majesty’s people. If we really offend your Majesty, then your Majesty will really unite those people and deal with us with all your strength. Trouble."
Everyone nodded, and Sima Lang said: "Then tomorrow's meeting, we must mention this matter to see what your majesty thinks, but no matter what your majesty thinks, we must ask your majesty , Give up a few defense areas, so that we will jointly list tomorrow, only in this way will your majesty pay attention."
He Tuizhi nodded and said in a deep voice: "Yes, it must be so, so let's go to the table tomorrow, let your majesty vacate a few defense areas anyway, general, you arrange the army, once your majesty After giving up the defense areas, you must let the army enter those defense areas as soon as possible."
The general's name is Wu Shiying. He is the general who cried when he heard that You Chang was destroyed by the tribe. He has a very good relationship with You Chang, so he would cry when he heard that something happened to You Chang. Now let him mobilize the army, of course he was willing, so he immediately responded.
This warrior Ying, he is also capable of mobilizing the army, because he is the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, here in the fairy court, under the emperor, the highest status is the left and right two phases, under the left and right two phases, there are six Shangshu, this samurai Ying is the Shangshu of the Ministry of War. He is in charge of military affairs in the fairy world. He has been in charge of military affairs in the fairy world for two years. It is also because of his support that he can step by step to take the fairy emperor into the sky and control the world's soldiers.
When Samurai Ying heard He Tuizhi say this, he immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will make arrangements."
He Tuizhi nodded, then he glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone should prepare for going back. Everyone prepares a memorial. We will show it together tomorrow." Everyone responded and then left. He Tuizhi’s home.
Sima Lang did not leave, but stayed. After everyone else left, Sima Lang said: "This time your Majesty seems to have been prepared. He may have guessed that we are going to grab the defense zone with him. So he divided the defenses into twenty. There are only eleven sects connected with your majesty. There is also a blood killing sect, but it is a bit strange. I saw this sect in a memorial before. However, they seem to be a sect that has soared up from the lower realm. They used to only be active in Qing Mansion, and they didn't know what was happening, so they were favored by His Majesty."
He Tuizhi said solemnly: "You mean, your Majesty prepares twenty defense zones, eight of which are for us to grab. If we insist on defense zones, your Majesty will give us those eight defense zones? "He Tuizhi didn't take the Blood Killing Sect to heart. He really didn't care how strong a sect that soared from the lower realm could be.
Having said that, now whether he cares about the blood killing sect, it is of no use, the blood killing sect is now. They have already controlled a defense zone, and they also have the identity of the emperor's parent army. They have no way to deal with the blood killing sect, so no matter whether the blood killing sect is strong or weak, they have no way to deal with the blood killing sect.
Sima Lang also just casually mentioned the blood killing sect. In fact, he did not take it to heart. Hearing He Tuizhi's question, he no longer cares about the blood killing sect, but to He Tuizhi: "Yes. , I have this feeling. This time, I feel that from the beginning to the end, your majesty is digging holes for us, including that Diao Guangwu. He made this proposal at the beginning, it seems that the whole plan is the beginning."
I have to say that veteran officials like Sima Lang are really sensitive to political matters. Through these series of actions of the Emperor, they can directly guess when the Emperor was from Started to decorate.
He Tuizhi nodded and said, "It's very possible, but it's useless to say this now. Let's still think about what we should do in the future. What do you think we should do in the future?"
Sima Lang frowned, and then solemnly said: "What's going on in the future is really hard to say, but there is one thing, we are afraid that we will make some concessions in the future, otherwise, it may aggravate the conflict. It's not a good thing, so we can make concessions in the future, but we can't make too much."
He Tuizhi nodded, and Sima Lang went on to say: "Now we must control the national treasury, and at the same time, we must do a little bit, that is, we can't increase the income of your majesty's inner palace. That way, it will only be more troublesome Now, we must use people in the future, and we must be careful. We must never reuse those who are valued by His Majesty."
He Tuizhi said solemnly: "Yes, it should be the case, that's all, let's be careful in the future. Also, that Diao Guangwu, don't move him now, if we move him now , Your Majesty will definitely protect him, and there will be a lot of trouble at that time, so let him stay away for a few days first."
Sima Lang nodded, and He Tuizhi lightly sighed: "I really didn't expect the situation to change so quickly. I thought we controlled the state capital of the world, so your Majesty would have nothing to do with us. Unexpectedly, your Majesty actually With such a hand, it doesn't matter, the Shadow Clan people have not been wiped out. For the sake of the stability of the fairy world, we can only endure it." Sima Lang responded without saying anything, and then he left.
The next day was the Great Dynasty Meeting. Sima Lang and He Tuizhi both went to the court. They were really worried that the Immortal Emperor would not come to the court, but they did not expect that the Immortal Emperor would arrive as soon as the Great Dynasty Meeting began. After giving the ceremony to the emperor, there was a smile on the face of the emperor, looking at Sima Lang and the others, then he said: "Dear Aiqing, do you have a melodrama."
He Tuizhi and Sima Lang looked at each other, then Sima Lang stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has heard that the 20 border defense zones are all stationed by your Majesty's pro-army troops. I wonder if this happened? "
Xiandi looked at Sima Lang. He knew that Sima Lang asked this on purpose. He didn't deny it. There is nothing to deny. So he nodded and said, "Yes, all Aiqing agreed at the beginning. Let me Form the emperor's pro-army, and then go to the border to garrison. I work for the immortal world, so I did this. Why, do you have any opinions?
Sima Lang went on to say: "Your Majesty, the minister has no opinion, but all the 20 border defense areas are guarded by the emperor's own army. It is really inappropriate, so the minister believes that a part of the army should be sent to the border defense area."
At this moment, a minister stood up and said loudly: "The minister seconded!" "The minister seconded!"...
Xiandi glanced at the ministers with a smile on his face. He looked at Sima Lang and said: "Then Sima Aiqing, I don't know if you think it is appropriate to let my army vacate several defense zones."
Sima Lang looked at Emperor Xian and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that eight defense zones are the most suitable, please make your decision."
When Emperor Xiandi heard Sima Lang say this, he closed the smiley expression on his face. He narrowed his eyes to look at Sima Lang. Sima Lang was standing there, bowing slightly, but his eyes were facing the Xiandi. Looking at each other, Xiandi looked at Sima Lang's appearance, suddenly laughed and said: "Okay, just as Aiqing meant."
Sima Lang immediately saluted the immortal emperor: "Thank you, your majesty." After saying that, he backed away and stopped talking. The two had a secret confrontation just now, and Sima Lang directly said, let the immortal emperor let To leave the eight defense zones is to tell the Emperor Xian clearly that we already know your bottom line, and we also know how your troops came, so we let you give up eight defense zones.
The Emperor Xian also understood what he meant, so Emperor Xian didn't object, and he agreed directly. Many people in the hall noticed the secret confrontation between the two people, but no one said anything. And at this time, he took a step forward, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this year I regained a large piece of lost land in the fairy world, but if we let those land be so deserted, it is really wasted, so your ministers please descend and move into the land. , To cultivate those lands, so that tomorrow our grain output will be more, please allow your majesty.
This is a normal official business, so when the emperor heard what he said, he thought about it, and nodded: "I’m sure, the land we regained was originally our land. Now it should be ours. After returning to their land and farming, Aiqing has to personally supervise this matter without error." He Tuizhi responded, and then retired to the court.