Yi Xingchen's words are particularly meaningful, and Yi Xingchen's willingness to put his heart into them has caused Sheehan, Lucas, Charlie, Allen, Brian, Muen and other cabinet ministers to think deeply. This once again proves that the monarch they follow is a rare Ming monarch, and it is precisely because of trust and prestige that he will not hesitate to lower his status and explain his orders to his subordinates. This is rare in the Otherworldly Sky Continent, among all countries, and among the kings of all generations.

Therefore, at this moment, the hearts of the cabinet ministers all felt a fire, and naturally there was no objection to the new system proposed by the emperor, and they agreed to Yi Xingchen to establish the Royal Supervision Department.

After receiving the unanimous support of the cabinet, Yi Xingchen then instructed the officials to formally draft his will into an edict and publicly promulgate it to the whole of Xinghua, including the newly recovered territories. Moreover, in the edict, it was specifically specified that the establishment of the Royal Supervision Department of the Xinghua Empire would adopt an open method to recruit officials among all the citizens of Xinghua Empire.

In addition, during this court meeting, Yi Xingchen also discussed with the cabinet ministers the various domestic and foreign policies of the Xinghua Empire.

The Xinghua Empire, which has developed to this day, has become a country with great war potential, which is the common understanding of Yi Xingchen and the cabinet ministers. But as a powerful empire, what needs to be borne is not so simple. Internally, the Xinghua Empire needed to ensure internal political stability and the people's unanimity, and externally, the Xinghua Empire needed to enrich and utilize its military strength and expand its sphere of influence.

The most important of these is to expand the territory. And this. It was also the next foreign policy of the Xinghua Empire.

There is a strong enough military power. The first thing that comes to the minds of cabinet ministers is to regain their homeland.

In fact, these cabinet ministers are all remnants of the old Western countries. As Yi Xingchen described to Yi Xingchen when he first arrived in the Valley of Oblivion, their original country was destroyed by the Roman Empire. So that they have to live a life of wandering, eating and sleeping in the open, and then wandering to the Valley of Oblivion, but also suffering from the extreme weather, the invasion of wild beasts and tigers, that kind of inhuman life, unspeakably miserable, even if time passes, it is still an unbearable experience.

It wasn't until Yi Xingchen led them back to life that they were able to live a stable and prosperous life today.

But the hatred of the country. Hidden deep in their hearts, they are imagining all the time. can fight back to the West and destroy the Roman Empire with a strong army, in order to repay their hatred for the loss of the country.

However, the cabinet ministers, although they have this idea, they also understand that, strictly speaking, it is just their own selfish thoughts, and if it is not conducive to the national situation, they do not want to rashly make comments to the emperor and revisit the old matter. It's just that they don't know that Yi Xingchen has never forgotten that they had already expressed their psychological haze for the hatred of the country when Xinghua was established. Therefore, when the agenda item of expanding the territory was mentioned, the expressions of the cabinet ministers became faintly solemn, although Yi Xingchen did not say it explicitly, he actually knew it in his heart.

There is a small mountain village on the side of a small hill in the mountains surrounding the southern Tucheng of Xinghua Kingdom.

This small mountain village is like an isolated paradise, life is simple, the pace is slow, the number of villagers here is not much, about 30 households, watch over each other, on weekdays, that is, the life of men and women weaving, occasionally hunting prey, helping to make a living, life is particularly leisure and peaceful.

On this day, in the early morning, the sun was still shrouded in dense clouds, the sky was dark, and the mountains were even more foggy and filled with morning dew.

Li Ergou, a young hunter in the small mountain village, was about to go out and invite several hunters to hunt together, carrying a wooden bow on his back and a sharp wooden thorn weapon in his hand.

Suddenly, a long and piercing sound sounded outside the mountain village, breaking the morning silence at once, and it was particularly abrupt and amazing.

When Li Ergou heard this, he was shocked, and he hurriedly walked to the intersection of the mountain road into the village.

Da Da Da ...... A voice in the distance.

Is this the sound of some animals running? Li Ergou suddenly felt frightened.

After a while, several shadows appeared in the fog.

"Barbarians! Barbarians are coming!" Li Ergou exclaimed, warning loudly.

More and more barbarians, holding their ugly scimitars, rushed towards Li Ergou.

After Li Ergou gave a warning, he did not retreat, but took out a wooden bow and shot two arrows to delay the barbarian's movements. Then he picked up a wooden thorn and went up to it. Behind Li Ergou is his family, he can't retreat, he must buy time for them to escape.

It's a pity that Li Ergou just took two steps forward when he was stabbed in the heart by a flying spear.

"Ergou!" Li Ergou's father screamed when he saw him dead in front of him.

Thanks to Li Ergou's warning, the village reacted a little. A few hunters with good skills organized the children in the village to escape from the village from another mountain road. In the southern region, especially in the mountains, the barbarians are barbaric humans, they are unreasonable orcs who can only rob and kill......

Two days later, at the gate of Nantu City, three young men in tattered clothes and dirty bodies walked to the door.

"Who are you?" There are five soldiers at the gate, who are responsible for observing the people entering and leaving the gate, arresting suspicious persons, and opening and closing the gate.

"We are people from the mountains, and we have important information about the barbarians, and we have to report it to the city lord. One of the teenagers deliberately shouted so loudly that everyone near the city gate could hear it clearly.

Seeing this, several Nantu soldiers laughed. However, a squad leader saw the depressed appearance of the three of them, and responded kindly: "Do you have any information that you want to report to the city guard, you can tell it now, and I will report it to the Shangguan, and the Shangguan will report to the city guard." ”

"Woo woo, our village has been slaughtered by the barbarians!" the three teenagers burst into tears when they heard this.

The soldiers at the city gate were immediately shocked, and the squad leader was even more panicked, and he saw that there were people watching at the city gate. I didn't dare to let them continue. He pulled three teenagers. Walked into the city, entered a barracks, and asked, "How many are the barbarians?"

"It was a very foggy day, and the hunters of the villagers, in order to make us escape, rushed forward, but they all fell under the spears of the barbarians...... The number of people is not clear, but it is certainly quite a lot. "The teenager was unable to provide detailed information.

The captain of the city gate team thought about it. It was decided to report the news he got upwards.

In fact, before the captain of the city gate squad could report it, the intelligence officers of the Nantu Station of the Xinghua Intelligence Bureau got the news, and the intelligence officers of the sub-station immediately dispatched two intelligence officers to verify the situation.

The city guard of Nantu City, the city guard of the city - Imur is angry, the empire has just been established, and the emperor is about to travel to inspect the major cities. The barbarians crossed the mountains and broke into the southern lands. Killing the people of Nantu really made him angry.

"Enzo, you are the commander of the Southern Soil Legion, and I would like to ask you to lead the troops and go to clear the barbarians. Imur said to Enzo, who was dressed in military uniform.

Enzo pondered for a moment and said, "Lord Castle Guard, I don't think it's appropriate to use the Nantu Legion. If the purpose of the barbarians is to lure out the legions and cause the garrison of Nantu City to decline, it may be a trap for us to go out of the city in a big way. ”

When Yi Mu heard this, his irritable mood cleared and he was silent.

Enzo continued to speak his thoughts, "What is the situation in the Hundred Barbarian Mountains, we all know that there are miasma, poisonous insects, and there are few people who can cross the mountains unharmed. As a result, large-scale barbarians could not pass through the mountains. There are certainly not many barbarians who can cross the mountains. ”

Imur nodded, agreeing with Enzo's analysis.

"Three companies of the Nantu Legion, at least three hundred soldiers, I will send you a batch of rifles, ammunition, and a hundred grenades. Then coordinate with the Nantu Police Department and send a crack Saber police force to cooperate with you,......" Imur said. In order to eliminate the barbarian invaders as soon as possible and let Emperor Xinghua see a stable Nantu City, he did not hesitate to use his authority to borrow a batch of weapons from the Xinghua Legion, which had firearms.

Enzo agreed to Imur's response and immediately left the castle to arrange for his soldiers.

After the stationmaster quickly checked the information, he immediately reported the information he had obtained without adding the slightest personal opinion, maintaining its objective integrity, and quickly reporting to the headquarters.

According to the special regulations set by Yi Xingchen when he first established the intelligence bureau, after receiving the information and confirming the authenticity of the contents, the Xinghua Intelligence Bureau can selectively disclose it to the city guards or officers in advance, so that they can issue military orders and mobilize troops in a timely manner. On the other hand, the city guards and officers did not have any right to ask the Xinghua Intelligence Bureau to do things. The parties are reciprocal and have no affiliation. Because, the Xinghua Intelligence Bureau is directly under the jurisdiction of Yi Xingchen and is an independent department.

Therefore, it is an extremely unreliable idea for Imur to solve the hidden dangers of the barbarians before the emperor and the cabinet get to know each other. Before the soldiers of the Nantu Legion left the city gate, the relevant intelligence information had already been transmitted back to Xinghua City through the radio waves.

Half a day later, the intelligence officers of the Nantu station cautiously arrived at the small mountain village. Not long after, a more detailed casualty report was sent back to the headquarters of the Intelligence Bureau in Xinghua New Town.

Subsequently, the cabinet chamber, Sheehan and other cabinet ministers quickly gathered together for this matter. At this moment, a report was placed in front of them, which was the briefing of the Intelligence Bureau on the attack on the barbarians in the southern land region.

"Brian, do you have any instructions from Your Majesty?" Sheehan asked.

Brian was the Minister of Intelligence, and he knew what Sheehan's question meant. As soon as he received the briefing, he divided it into two parts, one to the palace and the other to the cabinet. What Sheen wanted to know was the Emperor's instructions on the barbarian attack on the people of the Southern Lands.

"Your Majesty has no instructions. Brian replied.

Sheen nodded and said, "Your Majesty doesn't want to interfere, it's just to test us." ”

"According to the information in the briefing, the city guard Imur has already taken measures, should we stand still and wait for the results?" said Charlie. He is the Minister of Public Security and is in charge of the Xinghua National Police Department.

Sheehan thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Now that we've got the news, we can't have no reaction. In addition, we have to knock on Imur, such a big thing happens, he can't solve the problem privately. Send a letter to the castle guard of Nantu Castle, asking him to report the details of the situation. ”

"Besides, I have summoned you here, and there is something more important. Sheehan pulled out more papers and handed them to the cabinet ministers.

"What kind of document is this?" Charlie asked, taking the paper.

"This is the economic report of Nantucheng, as well as the report of the population entering and leaving the south gate of Nantucheng. Sheehan said lightly.

When the ministers heard this, they didn't say anything more, but buried their heads in watching.

The crowd was amazed to see what was inside.

Charlie asked even more incredulously: "So the trade route from Nantucheng to the Western Regions has been cut off?"

"These messages have been corroborated many times by agents of the Intelligence Service and are true. Ever since we wiped out the barbarian army under Nantu City, the barbarians have been full of hatred for us. After the destruction of the Dongli Kingdom, some of the nobles of the Dongli Kingdom fled into the territory of the barbarians. Today, the trade routes of Nantucheng are considered to be abandoned. According to the news that the inquiry returned, none of the local caravans that left Nantucheng had returned. Not a single caravan from the hundred countries of the Western Regions entered Nantu City.

Nantucheng is a trading city, and once there is no caravan to bring a steady stream of goods, the economic depression of Nantucheng is obvious.

Now, the depression of the commodity street in Nantucheng is obvious...... It is absolutely certain that the barbarian forces have completely cut off our trade routes. Sheehan's face turned serious and continued: "Colleagues, we are proud of the new Empire, and we have ushered in a new life, but also new challenges have emerged. The development of the empire is completely in our hands, and we cannot ignore any act that undermines the development of the empire...... Therefore, I propose to use troops against the barbarians, conquer the barbarians, and open up trade routes. ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Lucas thought for a moment and said with some concerns: "The domestic situation is not stable, will it be a bit risky to send troops at this moment? ”

"I agree to send troops!" replied the War Secretary, Allen, crisply.

"I agree to send troops and teach the barbarians a lesson. However, Lucas has a point, we should first stabilize the situation at home. "Foreign Secretary Muen agreed to send troops, but wanted to err on the side of caution.

Sheen nodded and said, "I also don't approve of the massive conquest of the Hundred Barbarian Lands. This time, the barbarians invaded the southern land region and killed our people, just giving us an excuse to start a local war. (To be continued.) )