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Under the great attention of the emperor, the Supreme Court did not dare to slack off, and it only took a short time to conclude the case of Qu Yongchen's betrayal of the country, and finally sentenced Qu Yongchen to not only the crime of treason, but also the crime of anti-human ~ and the crime of undermining public safety. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the combined punishment of the three crimes, according to the newly promulgated imperial law, Qu Yongchen was sentenced to death, and the specific punishment method of punishment was cannon burning.

Buchen learned the news as soon as possible, and used his authority to make a will, replacing Qu Yongchen's cannon burning punishment with beheading, which was regarded as giving Qu Zhixiong a face.

The Supreme Court originally wanted to refute this decree, but at this time, Buchen had not been founding the country for a long time, and some of the consciousness that had been handed down from the feudal era had not yet disappeared.

It's just that they did this, which made Buchen a little unhappy, and in the afternoon they called the supreme judge into the palace and scolded him.

However, scolding and scolding, at this time, the wood has become a boat, and the punishment of Qu Yongchen's beheading cannot be changed.

Therefore, at the end of June of 4865 in the Guangming calendar, Qu Yongchen, the king of Weiyuan Domain, who had been noble and inviolable in the four towns of Wushan and had a fief of two passes and one city, was sentenced by the Ming Dynasty outside the main gate of the palace in Chang'an, and his head fell to the ground.

Qu Yongchen was very calm when he was about to be executed, and even looking at his expression, he would feel that his heart was very gratified, and in the face of tens of thousands of people watching the execution, shouting and killing, and scolding with his teeth, he seemed very indifferent, and he was completely sentenced to two people when he was just captured.

Qu Zhixiong, who invited himself to be the prisoner of this execution, knew very well why the old master could behave so well, at this time, Qu Shouyi's father and son had been acquitted, and returned to the Qu family's mansion in Weiyuan Wangcheng, with their protection and help, I believe that the descendants of the Qu family can live very comfortably in the Central Empire by relying on the savings of the palace, and they don't have to worry about being bullied.

The family was preserved, which was already the best result for Qu Yongchen at this time.

As for the acquittal of Qu Shouyi's father and son, in fact, it has nothing to do with Buchen or Qu Zhixiong, after the Supreme Court collected enough witness evidence of the Qu family's collusion with the beast, it did not find anything related to Qu Shouyi's father and son, the father and son were neither participants in the conspiracy, nor were they any insiders, and their previous actions were completely normal actions of their own masters, and did not violate any imperial laws, so they had to be acquitted.

Buchen was in a somewhat complicated mood after learning the news, that is, he was happy for Qu Shouyi's father and son, and he felt that it was a little cheap for them, but as the emperor, he had to deal with a lot of things every day, and he really couldn't spare time to repair them, so he had to give up and let the father and son go to be ordinary people.

The matter of the Qu family has now settled, and after half a year of hard work, Buchen finally plans to make some military moves!

January 12, 4866 in the Empire State Building, virtual reality, conference room on the 201st floor of the Empire State Building.

"I want to send troops to seize Shannan Province in Guannei, what do you think?" Buchen asked, glancing at the important ministers in the conference room.

Present at the meeting were War Minister You Chengzong, Army Vice Minister Qu Zhixiong, Navy Minister Zuo Hengcheng, Navy Vice Minister Yue Shi Niang, as well as Gu Yousheng, current commander of the First Group Army of the Army, Chen Ying, commander of the Second Group Army, Du Wei, commander of the Navy's East Mediterranean Fleet, Natalia, director of the Intelligence Department, Ni Quanzhong, head of Tongdong Town of the Ministry of Intelligence, Li Tiesheng, minister of industry, Wu Midao, minister of agriculture, Liu Junquan, minister of commerce, and Lu Fengxian, minister of finance.

Just by looking at this formation, you can know that if you really send troops this time, it will really be a great mobilization of this emerging empire!

The ministers discussed in a whisper, and finally the Minister of War You Chengzong raised his hand first.

"You Qing, you say it first." Buchen immediately named You Chengzong's name.

"Your Majesty!" You Chengzong stood up and first gave a military salute to Buchen, and then said: "If you just capture Shannan Province, it's not a big problem!" ”

"Just to capture Shannan Province?" Buchen grinned, feeling that You Chengzong had something to say, "What if the target is bigger?" ”

You Chengzong smiled bitterly and replied: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, at this time, the expansion of industry has only begun, the local agricultural production has just improved, and the grain and grass are still not abundant. ”

Buchen asked with some surprise: "The problem is so serious?" ”

You Chengzong nodded firmly: "Your Majesty, the problem is so serious, and everyone tightens their belts together and lives on bark and grass roots, it is not necessarily enough, the eastern country is too big, and taking a corner of the whole country is tantamount to swallowing an elephant with a snake!" Let Lao Wu tell you the specific details! ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the Minister of Agriculture, Wu Midao.

Buchen immediately named Wu Midao's name: "Wu Qing, come on." ”

"No!" Wu Midao hurriedly got up, saluted and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the current natural disaster is still not improving, the land of the four towns, except for the area near Chang'an, which was covered by hydraulic machinery at the beginning, only Dingxi Town and Tongdong Town are in a better situation, and it is not easy for the people of the other two towns to hand over the land endowment. ”

"In other words, our military rations are supported by two towns and one city?" Don't ask.

Minister of Finance Lu Fengxian stood up by himself: "Your Majesty, this year the empire has also taken the sea route and purchased a lot of grain from the hinterland of the eastern country. ”

"It's all smuggling, right?" Buchen asked with some tears and laughter.

"That's true." Lu Fengxian nodded, "Right now, the Beast Capture Puppet Dynasty has noticed the problem of grain smuggling, and in order to prevent grain from continuing to flow into the empire, it is planning to move the border and ban the sea!" ”

Buchen pouted: "Only they will use this trick." ”

Everyone in the room laughed playfully.

"All in all, Your Majesty, the empire currently only has the grain of one province of raiders!" Minister of Agriculture Wu Midao finally concluded.

Buchen shrugged his shoulders and gave up his unrealistic idea: "One province is one province!" As long as we take Shannan Province, the remains of Xiaomiao's factory will be in hand, plus the production capacity of Xiaoxi and Kassandra, if we move quickly, we can carry out political reforms in the remaining two towns within this year. ”

The ministers all nodded.

"Then let's talk about actual combat!" "Natalia." ”

Seeing that Buchen called his name, the Minister of Intelligence Natalia immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, at present, the person in charge of defense in Shannan Province is the fox king Bai Keqiu among the eight tribes of the beast captivity, and there are 50,000 beast tribes under his command, of which 30,000 are from the fox clan headquarters, and the remaining 20,000 are all soldiers of the remaining seven tribes. These 50,000 beast clan troops were all stationed in Zhaoliang City, the capital of Shannan Province, and the rest of the cities and towns in Shannan Province were guarded by the Yun Dynasty puppet army and local gentry. It is worth noting that the overall defense of the five northwestern provinces of the beast captives has made the Tiger King Wang Gangsideburns still have 200,000 beast clan troops under his command, if our empire cannot end the Shannan Province raid within a month, it will have to face a three-sided attack on the surrounding four provinces! ”

"Good, Natalia." Buchen smiled at Natalia with satisfaction, and reached out to signal that she could sit down.

"Zhuqing, do you have a plan?" After Natalia sat down, Buchen glanced at the ministers and asked.

After the ministers thought for a while, Qu Zhixiong, the dog-headed military advisor who was not a minister, stood up first: "Your Majesty, the minister has some ideas. ”

"Say!" Seeing that it was him who spoke, Buchen said with some expectation.

"No!" Qu Zhixiong saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have three strategies, although the best policy cannot all have the northwest, but it can be decided in one battle. The middle policy can make the emperor take down the heads of Wang Gang's temples and Bai Keqiu, and the next policy can make His Majesty take down Shannan Province, I don't know which policy Your Majesty wants to hear? ”

Buchen couldn't help but be surprised and delighted when he heard this, and immediately said without hesitation: "Say the best policy!" ”

Qu Zhixiong smiled and cast an appreciative glance at Buchen: "Your Majesty, the minister's best strategy is to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and gather the main forces of the three provinces to destroy the beasts and capture them under Zhaoliang City!" ”

Buchen was stunned when he heard this, and then frowned and said: "Qu Qing, what if Wang Gang's temples sit back and watch Bai Keqiu being surrounded, and he doesn't save him when he sees death?" ”

Qu Zhixiong nodded: "This is indeed very likely to happen, but we can force it." ”

"Oh? How? Buchen asked curiously.

"It is said that the Tiger King Wang Gangshen likes to inspect places, and most of his time in office he has been inspecting the five provinces under his jurisdiction, if the empire can suddenly launch when Wang Gangshen inspects Shannan Province, and besiege it in Zhaoliang City, the remaining four provinces have no leader, so naturally they dare not come to support, and they can naturally gather and annihilate at that time! In this way, the main force of the beast captives will be wiped out, and the northwest can be determined! Qu Zhixiong is well-organized.

Buchen glanced at Natalia, and after the other party nodded, making sure that the intelligence department could guarantee that the emergency military information would be sent back to the country as soon as possible, he said:

"This plan works!"