"Zhou Aiqing, you are the secretary of the Ministry of War, and you have been in charge of the Ministry of War for many years, do you think this time General Lin and his subordinates can be promoted to which level?"

As for Zhou Shangwu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, one is that Zhou Shangwu is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he has this qualification, and the other is that Emperor Yan Hao knows that things will not go so smoothly this time, so he directly gets the Ministry of War inside.

Lin Ze is a member of the Ministry of War, his credit is equal to the credit of the Ministry of War, if Lin Ze does not get the promotion he deserves, it will not be ashamed, so whether it is for the face of the Ministry of War, or to win over Lin Ze, a new talent in the military, the Ministry of War will do its best to help Lin Ze win the greatest reward.

Hearing that the emperor was the first to call him, Zhou Shangwu glanced at Lin Ze standing in the court with a little headache, as well as the generals beside him.

It stands to reason that according to the relevant reward measures of the imperial court, it is very simple for Lin Ze and his generals to be promoted to a few levels, but Zhou Shangwu also knows that this matter will not be so easy, and many people will not think like this.

However, if you think about this matter again, there is no way out for the military department, and besides, Lin Ze is also a member of the military department, and he is absolutely his own person, can he, the secretary of the military department, not help his own people, can he still help outsiders, if this is the case, the position under his ass will immediately be unstable.

Therefore, Zhou Shangwu made a decision at a loss, he couldn't say it, he had to go out and let those people see, he Zhou Shangwu was not easy to mess with.

He gritted his teeth and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard someone in the hall speak first.

"Emperor Qi, Weichen thinks that General Lin's victory this time is a great victory that is rare for our Great Chu State for a hundred years, with General Lin's great victory, our Great Chu State no longer has to worry about the threat of sand thieves, countless border people can live their lives with peace of mind in the future, and the imperial court can also save a lot of money, plus, this great victory, let us expand the southwest border of the Great Chu State by a thousand miles, so that the matter of directly expanding the territory of our Great Chu for thousands of miles, except for the time when our Great Chu was founded, there is no more, so, Weichen believes that General Lin's contribution this time is great, according to the convention, can be promoted to the general of Zhenxi, and the rest of the people, according to merit, can be promoted according to the thousand households, deputy general, Zhonglang general, Zhichong Lieutenant and other official positions. ”

Zhou Shangwu quickly came up with the promotion strategy that had been discussed by the Ministry of War a long time ago.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think, is Zhou Aiqing's promotion proposal appropriate?" Yan Hao said as he looked at the ministers below.

"Your Majesty, I think Zhou Shangshu's promotion proposal is too high!" As soon as Emperor Yan Hao's words were finished, a man in his fifties stood up.

"Xuan'er, this is Fu Qian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who is from the Seventh Prince's side. As soon as Fu Qian stood up, Lin Renquan immediately introduced his identity in Lin Ze's ear.

"Well, grandpa, I know!" Lin Ze nodded, he had already expected the people of the Seven Princes to stand up.

"Oh, do you have any suggestions?" Yan Hao said with a flat face, as if he didn't care about Fu Qian's words at all.

"Emperor Qiqi, although General Lin has eliminated more than 500,000 sand thieves, but the sand thieves are just some bandits, far worse than the army, and the thousands of miles of land opened up by General Lin, the nine layers are deserts, so to speak, it is useless at all, but after we occupy these territories, we have to spend a lot of money every year to govern these places, so that we spend more money than before to resist the threat of sand pirates to the border, so Weichen thinks that Zhou Shangshu is too early!" Fu Qian was not polite, and directly touched the few great achievements about Lin Ze that Zhou Shangwu had exemplified.

However, as long as you are a smart person, you will understand that Fu Qian is picking bones in eggs.

Earlier, he said that the more than 500,000 sand thieves that Lin Ze eliminated were nothing, because the sand thieves were just bandits, and they were much weaker than the army.

However, in fact, the army of Chu has no way to take the sand bandits, and for decades, the Chu State and the surrounding countries have sent large armies to encircle and suppress the sand bandits, but in the end, they all failed and returned.

From this, it can be seen that the strength of the sand thieves in the Eighteen Sand Cities is not weaker than the ordinary army.

Fu Qian's words just now were actually finding fault.

As for the place occupied by Lin Ze later, the ninth floor is a desert area, and it is not cost-effective to occupy here, and it is even more obvious.

It is true that most of these places in Eighteen Sand Cities are deserts, and it may seem like they are not very important, but in fact, they are not.

First of all, there are a lot of mineral deposits in the desert, and with time and effort, it is easy to find.

Secondly, the desert is the best city wall to guard the southwestern frontier of the Chu State, with these deserts, as long as the Chu State places a small number of troops in the southwest direction, it can ensure the stability of the place.

Again, the desert is the same as Baizhang Flame, it is a paradise for fire-attribute martial artists to repair, and fire-attribute martial artists can cultivate here, and they can improve their cultivation faster, and the desert is also a treasure land for producing fire-attribute spiritual materials, occupying this desert, at least there is no need to worry about fire-attribute spiritual materials.

Finally, and it is also a very important point, that is, the Eighteen Sand Cities are the starting point of the desert gold trade route opened up by the former Shahai Kingdom, and by occupying here, the Chu State will have the capital to restart this desert gold trade route.

Of course, Yan Hao can't see this last point for the time being.

It can be seen from this that Fu Qian's words just now were actually farts, and Lin Ze was able to refute him easily, but this matter was about Lin Ze, so he couldn't stand up and defend himself.

However, soon, someone came forward to defend himself.

"Your Majesty, Fu Shilang's words sound a bit reasonable, but if you really want to talk about it, it's actually bullshit!" Zhou Shangwu stood up and said, not saving face for Fu Qian at all, and even insultingly regarded Fu Qian's words as bullshit.

In an instant, Fu Qian's whole person exploded, he directly faced Zhou Shangwu, and said in a stern voice: "Zhou Shangshu, may I ask why my words are bullshit? Could it be that your military department is so domineering that you can't allow other people to say different opinions?"

Fu Qian was smart, and he didn't get angry directly, but very cunningly pulled the topic to the domineering behavior of the military department.

"You ........" Zhou Shangwu's face was angry, he didn't dare to give his military department a domineering name, if this was the case, then the military department would become the target of the court, at that time, Zhou Shangwu was sitting on the wax.

"Fu Shilang, don't spew blood, our military department is acting in accordance with His Majesty's will, where is it domineering!"

"Hehe, in that case, why do you say that what I just said is bullshit. Fu Qian said with a hint of pride in his eyes.

"You ......" Zhou Shangwu looked at Fu Qian with anger on his face: "I don't defend you guys who don't understand military affairs." ”

"Oh, Zhou Shangshu, are you powerless to defend yourself?" Fu Qian took advantage of the victory to pursue, wanting to directly say that Zhou Shangwu was dead.

At this time, Lin Renquan on the side couldn't help it.

Before, Lin Renquan was his grandson, so it was not good for him to come out and say good things to Lin Ze, but now that he sees Lin Ze, his grandson like Fu Qian, he even wants to erase all the credit of Lin Ze, where can Lin Renquan, who is a grandfather, still bear it.

"Fu Shilang, what Zhou Shangshu said is right, you are a person who does not understand military affairs, and arguing with you is really a loss of our identity. Lin Renquan was very polite when he came up and said good things.

After Yan Hao on the throne saw it, the corners of his mouth smiled, but he didn't say anything.

"Marquis Lin, you seem to be General Lin's grandfather, it stands to reason that you should avoid suspicion!" Fu Qian said very politely.

He came out to target Lin Ze, Lin Renquan's position in Kyoto is big, but Fu Qian doesn't care, there are the Seven Princes and Kong Yu standing behind him.

"Hmph, this is above the court, not in the public court, the old man doesn't have to avoid suspicion. "Lin Renquan is not a fuel-efficient lamp, just a sentence makes Fu Qian no longer able to talk about the fact that he is Lin Ze's grandfather.

"Okay, what the Hou Mansion said is, but, Master Hou, is there anything wrong with what he said just now? General Lin has merit, and he has made the people on the southwest border live in peace in the future, which is indeed worthy of praise, but in other aspects, it is not enough to be commended. Fu Qian said without giving in.

"Alas, Fu Shilang, I really don't know how you became a waiter, are you fooled?" Lin Renquan did not defend directly, but changed his direction.

After Lin Ze heard Lin Renquan's words, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, he knew that soon this Fu Qian would be defeated in embarrassment.

"Lin Renquan, I respect you as the Hou Ye, so I give in everywhere, but you don't want to make an inch, and I can endure the limit!" Fu Qian said with a cold face.

Lin Renquan's words just now were very poisonous, if Fu Qian was really pressed with such a name, then where could he stay in the court, he would be taken down immediately.

"Joke, I use you Fu Qian to give me face, hum!" Lin Renquan didn't appreciate it at all, and just snorted coldly.

"Fu Qian, you are a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, a third-grade official of the imperial court, are you blind, and you actually treat sand thieves like the Black Wind Thieves as ordinary bandits, in the past hundred years, the imperial court has held meetings every year to discuss how to deal with the threat of sand thieves, how to eliminate these sand thieves? The imperial court has not been able to solve the sand thieves for so many years, and now you actually say that these sand thieves are ordinary bandits, so what is our imperial court? Is it not as good as bandits?"

Lin Renquan's questioning, Fu Qian, who asked directly, didn't dare to answer, the sweat beads on his face and forehead were dripping down like tap water, and soon, Fu Qian's clothes were soaked. 10