Hai Yuntian's heart is engaged in a fierce struggle.

The Hai family has been loyal for generations, willing to serve the country and defend the city with blood, so he should let Haitian burn the potatoes and corn sent by Great Xia, and he can't let Daxia's conspiracy succeed and can't demagogue.

But...

He Hai Yuntian has never been stupid.

is willing to defend the city and die in battle, this is loyalty to the country, but if the new crops are burned, it will be lost with the people in the city, not to mention, the current situation of Qi cannot be saved, so he is not willing to drag the people to a dead end.

The people should have the right to choose and the right to know, and it is loyal to the people to take out these new crops.

So Hai Yuntian hesitated.

After a long time, Hai Yuntian sighed and said, "Making new crops into food and distributing them to refugees is a drop in the bucket, but it's better than no one!" ”

"Father, no! This is a conspiracy of the enemy army! This will make the hearts of the people in the city even more volatile. Haitian was shocked.

Hai Yuntian asked rhetorically: "Of course the father knows, but he should let the people know the truth, this is to help them, not to harm them!" ”

Haitian was stunned, then sighed and retired.

At noon, potatoes and sweet potatoes were cooked, and corn was made into tortillas, all distributed to refugees. Ten wagons were not much, although the amount distributed to the refugees was very small, some were only two potatoes or one sweet potato, but they could not satisfy so many refugees, so in the back, the refugees who did not get it only drank a thin gruel.

The refugees ate potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn for the first time, maybe just a sweet potato, but it was also more than a light and watery gruel to quench their hunger.

The children and women who had a small amount of food ate two potatoes and were so full that they couldn't help crying, and the feeling of being full was just right.

This spoiled the refugees who were not late, looking at them with jealousy and envy, and asking the people who had eaten what it tasted like.

Someone said:

"Sweet, like honey!"

"Soft and glutinous, so comfortable!"

"The people of Daxia are so happy, they have such delicious things!"

"They can all be fed, why can't we?"

......

People's hearts are fluctuating, this is the Yang Mou of the champion Hou.

No matter how good the lure of Daxia is, it is not as good as a few potatoes at this time, and a few pieces of sweet potatoes have a great effect. Champion Hou knew Hai Yuntian's character from Prince Hehe, so he firmly believed that he knew that he was a conspiracy, and he would also fall for the scheme.

Because some officials really care about the people.

On the seventh day of the siege of the Great Xia soldiers and horses, the champion Hou finally began to attack the city, which is also a step to attack the heart, if the people in the city do not know the strength of the Great Xia soldiers and horses, they will not despair! Now they need to be told that Great Xia is not incapable of attacking, but he just doesn't want to attack, because many people will die on both sides of the attack!

But if you are stubborn, then you can only take the road of attacking!

So this siege is equivalent to a sample!

The large ballista began to fire crossbow arrows, and a crossbow arrow like a spear was fired, so frightened that the Qi soldiers could only hide behind the wall, protect themselves with shields, and shrink up, not daring to show their faces.

What's more terrible is the stone thrower, the use of hinge design stone thrower to ensure speed and power, a huge stone ball smashed over, smashed on the city tower, directly is a big hole, more terrible is the detonation of the flying shot, indiscriminate attack in all directions, the sour can be imagined.

In order to take this city, the champion Hou took out all the crossbow beds and stone throwers, pressed them all up, and attacked vigorously, and after half an hour, the south city gate was in a mess.

After an attack, Li Cunxiao stepped forward and shouted: "If you are given three days, if you don't abandon the city and surrender, don't blame Daxia for being ruthless!" ”

After the sample is over, the next step is to see how the city performs.

And this attack, as expected, the city was panicked, and they were all deterred by the power of Great Xia's gunpowder and the strength of crossbow arrows.

At the same time, the sound of submission grew louder and louder, stretching through the city.

......

The situation of Qi is sent back to Kyoto every day through the Gyrfalcon, and although it is lagging behind when it flies to Kyoto, it is still first-hand information.

Xiao Rui didn't pay much attention to the battle situation of Qi State, mainly to the champion Hou and Li Cunxiao, they were relieved, now they have surrounded the imperial city of Qi State, and sufficient military food and winter clothes have also been sent over, even the sky helps Qi State, and when it rains blizzard, the soldiers of Great Xia do not worry about food and clothing.

The demise of the Qi Kingdom is a foregone conclusion, it's just a matter of tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

During this time, Xiao Rui was not idle.

While dealing with government affairs, he also thought about how to change the local administration.

As the territory of Great Xia grows more and more, after taking the state of Qi, the land area will be doubled, and it is no longer possible to change the previous local administrative system.

You must know that there are too many states in Great Xia, many of which are relatively small, with only two or three prefectures, but they still have to be set as one state, wasting manpower and resources, and the reason for this is naturally related to the beginning of the founding of Great Xia, but now it is time to change and completely sweep away the bloated local administration.

According to Xiao Rui's plan, the mainland was integrated into 32 states, plus a Gyeonggi land. The fourteen states of Anxi and the fourteen states of Qidi, so that there are fewer states and more areas under management, which reduces the bloated and excessive state-level bureaucracy, facilitates the integration of regional governance, overall planning, and the control of the imperial court.

The number of cantons has been streamlined, and the local administrative division of "state capitals and counties" is still followed, and no more provinces are designed to be stated. Because the state is equal to the province, the province of Anxi is only a special institution in the transitional period, which will have to be abolished in the future. As for the Metropolitan Protectorate, it does not need to be abolished, but in the future, the role and authority of the Metropolitan Protectorate will have to be reduced, and it will not be in charge of a province as it is now. Moreover, it had to be set up carefully to avoid the bad phenomenon of the late Tang Dynasty having the capital to protect the army and respect itself.

The current military system is similar to the tuntian system, whether to change the military system in the future, whether to continue to maintain the existing system, or the recruitment system, all kinds of systems have advantages and disadvantages, and it depends on Xiao Rui's ideas.

Of course, whether it is the redivision of local administration or the reform of the military system, it is not achieved overnight, at least not what Xiao Rui wants to do now. Xiao Rui's plan is to wait for himself to ascend the throne, when Daxia welcomes the new pattern, just in time to implement the new policy.

So while there was still time, Xiao Rui had been trying to think of the most suitable way.

Before you know it, it's dark.

In the past few days, Xiao Rui has been dealing with government affairs until the night, and he is quite desperate to catch up, and now he is very envious of the work system of 955 in his previous life, even if it is 996, it is more comfortable than now.

Yan Xiaoxin on the side said painfully: "Your Highness, it's time soon, it's not early!" ”

Xiao Rui came back to his senses, only to realize that it was so late, so he put down the pen, shook his wrist and shook his head, and said with a smile: "It's all here, okay, don't look at it!" ”

Yan Xiaoxiao stretched out her jade hand to pinch Xiao Rui's shoulder, Xiao Rui enjoyed the relaxation, and suddenly felt tired and swept away.

Then he got up and left the Heart Cultivation Palace, and returned to the East Palace under the escort of the forbidden army.

Behold.

When passing through the Taihe Palace, someone flew down from the pillars of the hall, and the cold light of the long sword in his hand was like a match, stabbing Xiao Rui in the crowd of the forbidden army.

This person has a good body method, a good swordsmanship, and a surprise, and when the forbidden army has just reacted, this person has already leapt closer.

At this moment, Li Yuanfang quickly pulled Li Yuanfang behind him, and at the same time, the iron dragon in his hand slashed out and slashed at the long sword stabbed by the assassin.

Boom...

A sword that looked like an antelope hanging on its horns, the strength was surprisingly large, Li Yuanfang took a step back, and couldn't help but shout: "Super grade? ”

Martial artists are divided into six grades, and above six grades are super grades!

It is very difficult to reach the super grade realm, there are very few existences in the Shenzhou Continent, and Xiao Rui knows that among the super masters, there is only one Jian Jiuxiao.

Looking at the assassin's clothes again, it turned out to be the clothes of the forbidden army, and it was not difficult for the super master to get close to the palace.

After Li Yuanfang was surprised, he immediately counterattacked the other party, and at the same time shouted: "Protect Your Highness!" ”

In an instant, the forbidden army protected Xiao Rui with three layers inside and three layers outside, and at the same time, the horn sounded, and the forbidden army who heard the news quickly came.

Although Li Yuanfang is not the opponent of the other party, he can still do it by entangling the other party.

The first to arrive was the Qinglian swordsman, who slashed at the assassin with a sword, relieving Li Yuanfang's pressure and putting pressure on the other party at the same time.

The strength of the Qinglian swordsman is far superior to that of the six-rank master, but it is not a super grade, in between, at this time, with Li Yuanfang, he is on par with the assassin.

Immediately after, more forbidden troops arrived, and the black pressure was overwhelming.

No matter how fierce the super masters are, they are not refining the body and cultivating immortals, they are also ordinary people, and they have to be hated in the face of the siege of the forbidden army.

Therefore, when the assassins saw that the assassination was fruitless, they immediately fled.

Li Yuanfang and Qinglian Swordsman chased after each other closely, trying to leave each other behind.

Xiao Rui frowned, he was assassinated in the palace, and he was also a super master, this is the first time, but the problem is big.

Who is going to kill themselves?

What is the origin?

There are too many enemies to think of at all.

Let's go back to the East Palace first, Xiao Rui is worried about the situation in the East Palace, if the assassins go to the East Palace to assassinate Liu Ying and Ruoxue, wouldn't it be dangerous?

On the other hand, send an internal officer to His Majesty to see if it is safe.

Back in the East Palace, everything in the East Palace was safe, which made Xiao Rui breathe a sigh of relief.

It didn't take long for the Forbidden Army to report back that His Majesty was safe and did not encounter any Assassins. And Li Yuanfang and Qinglian swordsman also lost each other, the other party was good at light skills, and was fully prepared, directly relying on the rope to climb over the palace wall, and when they chased into the imperial city, they disappeared.

However, Yan Qing, who caught up later, shot the opponent when the opponent climbed the palace wall, and was hit by an arrow in the left shoulder of the back.

Also because of the assassination of the crown prince, the palace was searched in a carpet tonight, and after a night of trouble, no other assassins were found.

Wei Zhongxian was so frightened that he didn't sleep all night, and met with Zhang Yu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and began to investigate the origin of the assassin.