"Wechen has seen the emperor, long live my emperor." The next morning, Shen Yan slowly walked into the palace of Qinzheng, saw that the emperor's expression was slightly tired, a trace of respect flashed from Shen Yan's eyes, and then his face returned to normal, and he said loudly.

"Shen Yan, you're here, excuse me." A complicated look flashed in Xia Qi's eyes, he looked at Shen Yan and said slowly.

"Your Majesty, the dragon body is the foundation of governance, without a good body, even if there are many good policies, there is no soil for implementation, Weichen implores the emperor to take care of the dragon body, although this is a cliché." Shen Yan stood up, a faint smile appeared in his eyes, and said with a little respect.

"Shen Yan, I suddenly heard you speak so seriously, and I really didn't get used to it at all." When Xia Qi heard Shen Yan's words, there was a look in his eyes that he didn't even know.

"Weichen is young and impulsive, but people will always learn to grow up, and Weichen is also learning to grow up, although it is not mature and stable enough, but it is always a little better than before, otherwise, how can it be worthy of the emperor's cultivation." A faint smile appeared at the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, revealing a row of white teeth.

"Okay, I'm not going to talk nonsense with you in circles." Seeing Shen Yan's expression, Xia Qi always felt that Shen Yan's words hid a trace of his incomprehension, as if he had really grown, but it seemed to have an inexplicable look. However, no matter what kind of look Shen Yan had in this conversation, Xia Qi didn't care at all, as long as Shen Yan was sincere and effective.

"I summoned you this time, the reason for this is that Xu Sanyuan has already told you last night, and I want to hear your thoughts."

"Your Majesty, Huaibei County is the western gate of Jinling, and although the momentum of the White Lotus Sect is rampant, this does not fully reflect the true strength of the White Lotus Sect." Hearing the emperor's question, a hint of indifference appeared in Shen Yan's eyes, this question Shen Yan had already thought of after eating Cheng Ke'er last night.

"You mean the White Lotus Sect is a bunch of people who can't do anything at all?" Hearing Shen Yan's words, Xia Qi's brows furrowed slightly, if Shen Yan was just like this, it would be very disappointing to me.

"Back to the emperor, the White Lotus Sect does have some strength, otherwise it would not be possible to sweep the entire Huaibei County in such a short period of time, and defeat the Jinling Front Army in the Jinling Five Army, although there are some external factors, but the strength of the White Lotus Sect is not enough, and it is impossible to have such a result, after all, all conspiracies are scum in the face of absolute strength." Shen Yan could fully feel the meaning of the emperor's words, but his own arguments were more than that.

"The emperor just doesn't want to see the White Lotus Sect in general, and at the same time there is a bigger game of chess that needs to be laid out, so he didn't destroy the White Lotus Sect with the power of thunder, but this doesn't mean that the White Lotus Sect can sit big."

"Then tell me why the White Lotus Sect has besieged Xiangzhou Mansion and Lingnan for so long and has not been completely defeated, is there any conspiracy in this?" Hearing Shen Yan's words, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Xia Qi's mouth, Shen Yan's words are always so comfortable.

"The White Lotus Sect is now besieging Xiangzhou Mansion and Lingnan, and its intention is nothing more than to encircle the points and send reinforcements, in an attempt to continuously encroach on my army in Great Xia." A faint hint of wisdom flashed in Shen Yan's eyes, and he continued.

"Although Lingnan is only a county, but he just holds the west gate of Jinling, and the strength of the White Lotus Sect besieging Lingnan is not less than 200,000, if we want to lead the army to rescue Lingnan, we must have at least 150,000 troops, less, it will not help, and it will even be defeated by the White Lotus Sect."

"Then you mean that the situation in Lingnan is unsolvable, unless I send no less than 150,000 troops to Lingnan?" Hearing Shen Yan's words, a slight anger appeared in Xia Qi's eyes.

Luo Yuhui's battle report for help has been spread in the court, and this morning the court is also to discuss this matter, although the civil and military officials have the same opinion, they all agree to send troops to recruit the White Lotus Sect, but the differences are also very huge, some think that the White Lotus Sect is just a clown jumping beam, and the White Lotus Sect can be beaten by sending an army from Jinling, and it seems that the person who said this has forgotten how Luo Yuhui was defeated by the White Lotus Sect.

Lao Cheng's serious people think that if they want to conquer the White Lotus Sect, they must mobilize at least 200,000 troops, and Luo Yuhui's experience is in front of him, and anyone who underestimates the White Lotus Sect will become a defeated general of the White Lotus Sect.

Xia Qi also wanted to send 200,000 troops to suppress the White Lotus Sect, but the problem came, although Jinling still had four armies plus one Jinling infantry army, the strength far exceeded that of the White Lotus Sect, as long as Xia Qi sent three armies and half of the Jinling infantry army, the White Lotus Sect would completely disappear.

However, if Xia Qi really does this, then the problem will follow, the three armies are not subordinate to each other, no matter who is appointed as the commander, the other two will definitely tear each other down, even if he sends the old eighteen as the commander, it will not help for a few of them to obey the orders of the old eighteen.

This situation is completely different from Shen Yan's mobilization of Luo Yuhui, Luo Yuhui was defeated, the troops in his hands were also disabled, and the army's morale was already weakened, while Jinling's army was a complete system, they were very arrogant in their hearts, and they would not obey any orders from the old eighteen, one was that the eighteenth did not have the experience and prestige in this regard, and the other was that the past of the eighteenth made these people look down on them at all.

The eighteenth went to Lingnan with Shen Yan, nominally the eighteenth was the commander, but the actual commander was Shen Yan, even if Luo Yuhui did not accept the order of the eighteenth, he could understand Shen Yan by himself, Shen Yan would not think of going to rescue the crisis in Lingnan at all, Shen Yan would definitely adopt another strange strategy, leading the White Lotus Sect by the nose, instead of following the deployment of the White Lotus Sect and counterattacking.

Therefore, in this way, the old eighteen are facing only an army like the Great Xia Royal Army, and this army has not yet been infiltrated by any external forces, has relative independence, and is my son, even if the old eighteen can't command like a finger, but with Shen Yan, the old eighteen will not be excluded like in the Jinling army.

Moreover, Shen Yan is now the attendant of the old eighteenth, if Shen Yan makes any contributions, he will definitely think of giving a piece of the pie to the eighteenth, instead of being like in the Jinling army, they compete with each other to see who gets more credit, how can they give a piece of the pie to the old eighteenth.

It was precisely because of this that Xia Qicai did not want to mobilize Jinling's army to Lingnan at all, but made another strange move, letting Shen Yan lead the Great Xia Royal Army to Huaibei County to investigate the White Lotus Sect.

However, before Xia Qi's will was fully stated, it was strongly opposed by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, who all thought that Xia Qi was taking state affairs as a child's play, and how could such a big military event be handed over to Shen Yan so hastily.

But Xia Qi asked rhetorically at that time, if he didn't send Shen Yan to lead the Great Xia Royal Army to Huaibei County, it was not impossible, as long as they came up with a better solution, Xia Qi would not send Shen Yan to lead the army, but none of the courtiers said a better solution, even the henchmen in their hearts couldn't come up with a better way.