"This is something that the commander can't do."

Li Xin's face wrinkled into a bitter melon, looking very embarrassed, and slowly explained to the officials of the Xian Empire that the war with the Jin Empire will start next year, and the war in the country has just subsided, the material consumption is very large, and the treasury is tight, besides, do you know the cost of this musket? One is fifteen or sixteen taels of silver, which is very expensive, and the Franc cannon is even more expensive to frighten people to death, and gunpowder is also expensive, plus the dazzling costs of grain and grass, and to fight a war is to throw a lot of silver into the sea.

He cried poverty among the officials of the Xian Empire, and a sentence written by the Son of Heaven in his mind flashed in his mind, if they are related to you and say that Mr. Confucius is their ancestor, you don't have to make a fuss, because they are so shameless, and you can only be more shameless than them when dealing with such shameless people.

Li Guozhu could not take advantage of the expeditionary force, but he was not discouraged, and immediately sent an embassy to the Ming Dynasty with dozens of carts of groceries and other so-called fresh imperial treasures, one to express his gratitude to the Ming for his help, and the other to pay tribute, and to put forward requests for military assistance and other requirements.

As the Ming Dynasty's vassal, the Xian Empire has to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year, this is the favorite thing of the kings of the Li Dynasty, the tribute to the Ming Dynasty is some of the less valuable miscellaneous things, the name of the Xian Empire's famous native products, some so-called national treasures, rare treasures are also stalls, the Ming Dynasty's Son of Heaven and civil and military officials die to save face, it is very easy to fool, as long as you kneel down and sing a few slogans such as the emperor long live the universe invincible, you can exchange for all kinds of massive aid, the value is thousands of times the garbage they tribute, not that the money is stupid?

The day after the mission departed, another Xian Imperial official invited Li Xin to drink flower wine, this time there were no more demon moths, but politely said some hints, the expeditionary force has been fighting abroad all year round, and the soldiers must be homesick, right? The subtext is: when will the expeditionary force get out?

This face turned faster than a book, the boat of friendship turned over as soon as it was said, Li Xin once again learned the shameless magic skills of the Xian Empire, however, it is true that the class teacher has returned to the dynasty, the Xian Empire is so poor that it is not as fun as in China, the most important thing is that he has to train the army and prepare for next year's expedition to the Horqin grassland.

But then again, isn't it very shameless for Lao Tzu to go back empty-handed? At the beginning, you cried and begged the Ming Dynasty to send troops to save your life, and now that you have driven away the Jin army, you will cross the river and tear down the bridge, and you will take advantage of all the advantages in the world? Is it really stupid to be foolish? Did you know that there is an old saying that it is easy to invite God, but it is difficult to send God?

Li Xin made up his mind, if he didn't make some benefits, he wouldn't leave, if the people of the Xian Empire dared to stop the supply of grain and grass, wouldn't he mind making things bigger and playing black? Look who's black, hum.

"Commander, in that case, it is better to withdraw all the gendarmes." There are admirers smiling and offering advice.

Li Xin's eyes lit up, this trick seems to be very good, the gendarmerie is a special branch of the army in the army, specially responsible for supervising picketing and other work, no matter how big your official is, as long as you violate military regulations, you will be caught correctly, and you will be punished by confinement and other punishments, and at worst you will go directly to the military court, which is a demon in the eyes of soldiers.

The expeditionary force is stationed outside the city of Hanyang, the soldiers take turns off, the soldiers on vacation are basically into the royal city to play, and the military police wearing red armbands also naturally enter the city to patrol, the new army has strict military discipline, plus there is a military police patrol supervision, no one dares to mess around and violate the military regulations, but if the military police are withdrawn, this does not dare to guarantee that all the soldiers will abide by the military regulations, not to mention that some are ordered to do it intentionally.

In the days after Li Xin withdrew the military police, dozens of incidents were launched in the royal city of Hanyang, some were fighting, some were stealing, some were not paid for food, and some were not paid. Scared those fast catchers into running away.

Lord Li sent an official envoy to protest, but Li Xin suddenly fell ill with a cold and fell ill, and his condition was quite serious.

During this period, several more incidents happened in the city, several officials' favorite concubines or daughters were molested by the soldiers of the expeditionary force, although it was only verbal molesting, and several of the guards' family members were beaten, but the impact was extremely bad.

The envoy returned to the palace to report, which made Li Guoyu and the civil and military officials grit their teeth in anger, and they wanted to chop up Li Xin, who was pretending to be sick, but scolded and scolded, these messy things had to be solved quickly, and there were more and more bitter people complaining, and God knows what headaches would happen.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggested that the supply of grain and grass should be stopped."

Some ministers proposed that the food and grass supply of the expeditionary force should be provided by the Xian Empire, and if the supply was cut off, the expeditionary force would definitely not be able to rely on it anymore.

"King, this move is very inappropriate, and you can't do it."

There are ministers who strongly oppose it, and there are quite a few of them, and it looks very cool to stop the supply of food and grass for the expeditionary force, but have you considered what serious consequences will happen? Now it's just a few soldiers who are making trouble, and once this food is cut off, aren't you afraid of forcing the expeditionary force to rebel?

"If the city gate is closed, the ministers don't believe that they dare to attack the royal city?"

There were also many ministers who supported the cessation of the supply of grain and grass, and they shouted loudly, with a heroic expression that would never bow their heads in the face of the evil forces, and they did not believe that Li Xin dared to turn his face when they were killed.

The opposing ministers did not speak, but collectively rolled their eyes, and came a unified divine contempt, I am too lazy to talk to you mentally retarded.

"The king, the minister thinks it is ......"

There are still masters in the Xian Empire, an old official with a gray beard already has a case in his heart, but he didn't make a sound, and when the two sides quarreled enough, he coughed lightly again, and successfully sucked all the eyeballs on his body and then made his debut, this forced character is indeed a bit clever.

The advice given by the old official is really good, it is not advisable to stop the supply of grain and grass for the expeditionary force, because the uncontrollable risk is too great, and it will not endanger the imperial society, but the supply of grain and grass can be reduced for various reasons, and secondly, if you want to drive away the expeditionary force as soon as possible, it is best to sacrifice some interests, tens of thousands of expeditionary troops are stationed outside the royal city, it is like a big barrel of explosives, it is too dangerous, in case of explosion, the consequences are unimaginable.

Li Xin is very hateful, everyone wants to chop him up, so it is better to take the opportunity to sue him when the mission is sent to Daming, there are so many crimes that he can't count his toes, and then spend some silver to impeach him for Daming's officials, even if he can't kill him, he can get rid of his official position, and count it in one fell swoop.

"It's a brilliant plan, I like it." Lord Li stroked his palms and laughed, and immediately sent fast horsemen out of the city to chase the mission, and at the same time arranged for officials to go out of the city to negotiate with Li Xin, and strive to make the expeditionary force withdraw at the least cost.