Helin, in the palace hall, a row of more than a dozen coffins neatly arranged in the main hall, although the main hall is spacious, but these coffins are swinged, it also seems a lot narrower, and what is even more suffocating is the atmosphere in the hall at this time.

Headed by Yan Qi, the commanders of the Donghu River Sleeve Battalion were all killed in battle, and none of them were spared, looking at the coffin, in the hearts of every Donghu official, in addition to endless anger, there was infinite fear. This was a major defeat for Donghu that had not been seen in hundreds of years.

Donghu is not not the time when the Yan State was beaten to the extreme, but at that time, the enemy came and I went, the enemy was tired and I fought, and the Donghu people were barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, even when the most wolf bèi, there was never a precedent for tens of thousands of troops to be wiped out, and since Miranda took power, the iron-fisted integration of the Donghu departments, Donghu rose strongly, and the national strength was thriving, but the Yan State was beaten step by step, and finally controlled the entire Liaodong, just two years ago, before Miranda's death, he also skillfully used his hand, The invading 100,000 Yan troops were either killed or captured, and the Yan State had to sign an alliance under the city.

The past is still vivid, but the form is suddenly reversed, and the defeat fell on the head of the Donghu people, but the Yan people suffered this defeat, although they shook the country's capital, they could still support it, but the Donghu people could not stand such a big defeat. Everyone looked at Thorpe, who was still sitting upright on the steps and on the bed, and in their eyes, they no longer revealed the obedience of the past, but the suspicious eyes.

Lao Wang's choice of Thorpe was really the right choice? The thought came to me irrepressibly.

Thorpe stared at the coffin at the front, it was Yan Qi's, but the anger in his heart began to burn little by little, tens of thousands of troops, all paid for this person's hands, but in exchange for such a result, even if he died on the battlefield, how could he atone for his sins? Defeat in this battle. It is not only the foundation of Donghu that is shaken, but also his throne is shaky, although the rebels in the country are silent under his steel knife, but it does not mean that they will surrender, at the first opportunity, they will definitely jump out of the rabid dog barking day, and more importantly, he does not know where these people are hiding now? His eyes swept over the civil and military officials in the hall, as if he wanted to get from these seemingly deferential expressions. Finding out those potential enemies, the eyes swept over, and all of them, drooped their eyelids.

Inside the hall, there was a deathly silence, no one dared to speak first, and everyone knew very well that the anger hidden under Thorpe's calm expression was at this time. Whoever speaks first may become the first to emerge.

Turu sighed and took a step forward, he was Shousuke. He is the only one who is the first to be the headline. "Your Majesty, almost all of the more than 50,000 troops were killed in battle, and all parts of the territory, tribes, and tribes. Almost every family has filial piety, every household is crying, and I ask Your Majesty to pay for it as soon as possible. To reassure the people. ”

"Bereavement?" Thorpe squeezed out two words from between his teeth, and was about to have a seizure, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Turu's sincere expression revealed in his sadness, and his heart seemed to be swept by a violent wind, and he trembled and calmed down sharply, Tulu was right, to calm the people's hearts, but at this moment, it is not the time for anger.

"Pension, is to be compensated." Thorpe nodded heavily, "The army fought for the country and unfortunately lost their lives, so naturally they can't treat their families badly, Wang Tingshi, this matter will be handled by you, and those who died in battle will be given fifty taels of silver each." Within 10 days, the funds will be raised and distributed as quickly as possible. ”

His eyes looked at a civilian official on the right, this person is a Yan person, in the last battle with the Yan State, was captured by Donghu, this person in the Yan army, was originally responsible for the distribution of grain and grass in the army, an official in charge of the logistics of the army, quite accomplished in terms of wealth, after voting for Donghu, was reused by Thorpe.

"Fifty taels per person?" The muscles on Wang Tingshi's face twitched, he walked up to Thorpe, bowed down and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, 50,000 troops, 50 taels per person, is 2.5 million taels of silver, this, this can't be taken out." Two years ago, in a war with the Yan State, although he won, but the national strength was a lot of loss, and when he sent troops before, he had already paid a settlement fee of twenty taels of silver per ding, which was one million taels of ......"

"How much can you take out?" Thorpe interrupted.

"In the treasury, there is less than a million silver left." Wang Tingshi said in a low voice, "If you cut out the expenses that should be made this year, you can take it out as a pension of silver, at most 200,000 taels of silver." ”

Thorpe only felt that the root of his teeth was itchy, 200,000 taels, and there was not a fraction. But the compensity is a must be done, even if you don't give those foot soldiers a pension, but tens of thousands of cavalry are the Dingkou of Donghu, but they can't be saved, if you can't do this, I'm afraid that the hearts of the people who have just gathered will be dispersed immediately.

"Within the treasury, 500,000 taels must be squeezed out no matter what." He said coldly: "In addition, this king will take 500,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury to subsidize it. ”

Tulu followed Thorpe's words, "Your Majesty, give a hundred thousand taels. ”

"Okay, Tulu deserves to be my Donghu Shoufu, dedicated to the country." Thorpe nodded with satisfaction, Turu was worthy of being the first assistant, exquisite, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he understood what he meant.

On the side of the general, Alundai strode out, "Your Majesty, the minister also gave 100,000 taels, and my Tieling clan did not fight this time, and the minister will mobilize his own clan to donate another 100,000 taels." ”

"Good, good!" Thorpe nodded repeatedly, "Counting this king, this is 800,000 taels." He set his eyes on Ususotan.

In desperation, Usuotan had to list, "Your Majesty, the Wusu clan is also willing to give 200,000 taels." He turned his eyes and saw the black coffin on his side, only to feel anger from his heart, this time, his Wusu clan, sent thousands of troops, led by his younger brother Usu Ala, and the whole army was wiped out, but his Wusu clan is the maiden family of Princess Thorpe, since Thorpe came to the throne, he has received countless benefits, and has long been tied to Thorpe's body, one is prosperous, one is lost, and he can't help but not bleed.

"Your Majesty, Yan Qi is incompetent, tens of thousands of troops attacked, and the whole army was wiped out, damaging the prestige of our country, losing my athletes, and the ministers asked to cure Yan Qi's crime. Even though this man died, he could not atone for his sins, so he took his family, confiscated his wealth, and shared the house of the war dead, so as to appease the anger of the people. ”

As soon as Ususotan said this, in the hall, a group immediately responded, looking at Thorpe's meaning, this insufficient amount, you have to ask them to make up for it, this is not a small amount of silver, but to take flesh from the body, Yan Qi family, is the Donghu family, and has always been Miranda's hardcore henchmen, these decades, I am afraid that he has accumulated countless wealth, raided his home, these assets can be used as this pension, but can make them shed a little less blood, at this time it is all one, above the main hall, A voice asking for the punishment of the sin of begging.

"Yan Qi is incompetent, he has lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and it is difficult to atone for his sin after ten thousand deaths, Haoge, Taktan, you two, lead a thousand palace guards to arrest Yan Qi and his family, and they must not escape one of them, and their homes will be confiscated." In the midst of the cacophony of voices, Thorpe's voice sounded abruptly, "His family, no need to be tried again, all of them will be beheaded." ”

As soon as the last four words came out, the noise in the hall stopped abruptly, and everyone raised their heads and looked at Thorpe in shock, they wanted to steal Yan Qi's family property so as not to give too much silver for themselves, but they never thought of killing them all. Although Yan Qi was defeated, he was Thorpe's staunchest supporter and gave Thorpe the greatest help, so to speak, if there was no Yan Qi's full help, the dispute between Thorpe and Soke, who would have died, is not yet known.

Thorpe got up and flicked his sleeves, but the hall was so quiet that even a needle could fall.

"Your Majesty!" In the apse, Tulu touched the ground with his head and said in a lamenting voice: "Yan Qi is guilty, but he died on the battlefield and confiscated his home, when he can atone for his sins, please ask the king, spare his family, and punish him as a slave." If you are defeated, you will destroy your family and clan, and if you fight in the future, who can still lead the army to the battle? ”

Thorpe was silent for a long time, and his cold voice remembered in Tulu's ears, "This king just wants those people to know that if they can't win, there is only one way to die, no matter who they are, Yan Qi and I can kill them, what are they?" ”

"Your Majesty, in this way, Helin's hearts will inevitably fluctuate!"

"In the forest, the palace guards have sharpened their knives, and those with bad intentions will kill Wuhe!" Thorpe said coldly. "Tulu, you don't need to say more, Yan Qi's matter, so be it, otherwise, you can't deter others. Turru, get up, we still have to discuss what to do next? ”

Tulu let out a long sigh and stood up tremblingly, and in a short moment he seemed to be more than ten years old, and his back was slumped.

"Sit down, Arendae, and come and sit down." Thorpe pointed to the brocade stool in front of him, "You are all the people I trust the most, and there are many crises right now, if you can't solve it quickly, you will inevitably be in danger." ”

Alundai puffed up his chest, "Your Majesty, please go out again, and the ministers are willing to lead their men and horses to attack the Hetao again." Although the high thieves were lucky to defeat our army, they must also suffer heavy losses, and they should be able to succeed in one fell swoop when they attack at this time. ”

"No!" Tulu raised his head steeply, "Your Majesty, Yan Qi's defeat, the country is shaking, if you send troops again at this time, if you win, if you lose again, then Donghu is in danger." ”

"Tulu, how can you be sure that I will be defeated?" Arendai was furious.

Tulu turned his head and glared at Alundai angrily, "Alundai, at this time, our army has suffered a new defeat, morale is low, the country has done its best to raise food and grass for the last war, there is still room for another expedition, even if we dry up and fish, and get enough food and grass, the Eastern Army only needs to defend the city, and it can drag us to death." ”

"No more." Thorpe shouted: "Going on the expedition, it won't work, we don't have the ability to fight another big battle, Tulu, what do you say?" ”

"Peace!" Tulu bowed his head and said, "I can only negotiate peace with Gao Yuan." (To be continued......)