"Excuse me, flat."

Zhao Youxiao looked at the seemingly obedient young man in front of him with a complicated expression, and his contradictory mood kept lingering in his heart.

"The minister Qin Du was ordered to return to Beijing to report on his work, please ask Your Majesty for permission." Qin Duan pleaded.

"Qin Aiqing, you have traveled thousands of miles, why don't you go back and rest for two days first." Seeing Qin Duan's dusty appearance, Zhao Youxiao hesitated and said.

"Your Majesty Xie is concerned, but Weichen wants to pay attention to state affairs, so he should rest after the debriefing is completed." Qin Duan bowed again.

"Okay, I and the ministers also want to hear about the situation in the Northwest County in the past two years and the situation of Aiqing's dispatch to Loulan this time, so you can talk about it."

To tell the truth, Zhao Youxiao also wanted to know how the originally remote, remote and barren Northwest had developed under the management of Qin Duan in the past few years.

His Royal Highness's ministers also quietly exchanged their heads, while carefully looking at the young man standing in the center of the hall, it was really hard to imagine how this guy who was just a son-in-law with no merit a few years ago would become a hot prince in the empire in a few years. Many ministers are not very familiar with Qin Du, many of them are just one-sided friends, and many of them have never met Qin Duan himself.

After obtaining Zhao Youxiao's consent, Qin Du made a detailed report on the work of both political and military affairs in the entire northwest region in the past few years since he served as the military and political envoy of the Northwest County.

From the development of agriculture, industry and commerce to the construction of urban infrastructure, from the situation in the surrounding areas of the northwest to the state of public order in the territory, from the reorganization of armaments to the improvement of national defense, from the consolidation of political power to the alleviation of contradictions between ethnic groups, from the suppression of rebellion and bandits to the war against the Huns, Qin Duan divided the affairs of the past few years into five aspects and made a comprehensive report. This is the material that Liang Qiming and others prepared for Qin Du in the northwest, and Su Qin polished and embellished the text, and then after Qin Duan's clever speech, Zhao Youxiao and all the ministers and others deeply felt that the situation in the northwest today was not easy to come by.

Although Qin Duan's lips were dry, he saw that His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers were listening attentively, and he was secretly happy in his heart. If you can win the favor of His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers, it may be better to excuse what you do.

"Well, Qin Aiqing can manage this barren northwest like this in just two or three years, which can be regarded as a lot of hard work, but since the economy of the northwest still needs to be vigorously developed, and the defense also needs to be strengthened, why does Qin Aiqing still have the spare strength to take care of the affairs of Loulan outside the country?" After listening to Qin Dui's report, Zhao Youxiao asked slowly with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Qin Dui's heart was shocked, although the old man in front of him was smiling. But his question is quite meaningful, his answer is slightly wrong, maybe he may be charged with the great crime of contempt for the empire to start a war, then the consequences are unimaginable, he calmed down, sorted out his thoughts, and then replied unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, the reason why Weichen took it upon himself to send troops to Loulan without His Majesty's consent." There are really unavoidable hardships and reasons. ”

"Oh? Difficulties? Cause? Then I put it carefully, I and the ministers are very concerned about this Loulan matter. Zhao Youxiao nodded profoundly.

"陛xià. This Loulan is one of the three major powers in the middle of the Central Continent, and its strength is almost the same as that of Komini and Pasha, and its northwest territory borders the territory of Qingyang Prefecture, the northwest county of the empire. It's just that the Humble Hungarian forces were still strong at that time, and they were unable to compete with the Humble Ones. ”

"Beiloulan has been a place of multi-ethnic mixing for hundreds of years, with complex and diverse ethnic compositions, in addition to the Andean people as the largest ethnic group, our Daqin people have lived and multiplied here for hundreds of years. Moreover, there are other ethnic groups that also live on this land. ”

"It would be a good thing if these many ethnic groups could live in harmony, but since the day when Wechen managed the northwest, the news that the Andean people of Beiloulan have relied on the support of the local government to repeatedly bully and oppress other ethnic minorities, including the Daqin people, has continued to reach the ears of Weichen, and the people of the Daqin ethnic group in Beiloulan have repeatedly asked Weichen for help, but the minister only sent a letter to the local government considering the relationship between the two countries, asking it to treat residents of all ethnic groups equally and not to oppress ethnic minorities, but the local government still turned a deaf ear."

Qin Duan's reasoned and well-founded analysis made some ministers in the Great Hall who didn't know much about the situation nod their heads frequently, but the vast majority of ministers remained silent.

"Two months ago, Weichen learned that Pasha and Komini joined forces to raid Loulan, because they were defenseless, the Loulan people were about to collapse at the first touch, and the country was about to die, and the Pasha Kingdom and the Principality of Komini were both Andean people, especially the Komini people were even more xenophobic, and the local Andean people in North Loulan also launched riots under the instigation of some Pasha and Komini spies, wantonly looting and harassing the people of other local ethnic groups, including the Daqin people, and there is a trend of intensification."

"The residents of the Great Qin tribe in North Loulan report three times a day to ask Weichen to protect their lives and property, and many refugees from the Great Qin and other ethnic minorities have fled into Qingyang, and the minister was at that time, if he wanted to obtain the authorization of the DPRK and China, it was indeed too late, not to mention that the minister thought that Loulan would not only lose the country, but sooner or later its territory would be divided by the Pasha and Komini people, rather than this, it is better for the empire to take over the North Loulan region, so that the people of the Great Qin tribe in this land have a home."

Qin Du pretended to make a gesture and only said his thoughts at the end. He also knew that the ministers of the court, including His Majesty the Emperor, were not uninterested in the land of Beiloulan, but that it was against the imperial court system to send troops without authorization, and without a suitable reason, it would never be able to explain it.

Qin Duan's words were true and false, both false and false, and Zhao Youxiao and the ministers all thought it was true, just imagine that in that situation at that time, if you want to get the opinion of the imperial court to make a decision, it is obviously unrealistic, and the adage that the foreign monarch will not be granted is also a true portrayal of this matter. What's more, Qin Duan's last sentence only reached the hearts of everyone present, rather than letting other countries occupy it, it is better to cheapen yourself, this is the truth.

Zhao Youxiao and the ministers are actually concerned about the current situation in North Loulan, which is far away from the imperial court, and before this Loulan incident, there are even many ministers who don't even know the specific location of Loulan. Northwest County is remote enough, and this Loulan is still in the west of Northwest County, so it is indeed difficult to understand its reality. (To be continued......)