In the meeting hall of Guangming Ding, Xie Hu, Yang Xiao, Liu Ji, Song Lian, and Xie Wuji were seated.

Yang Xiao said: "Last disaster, we were well prepared, so that our strength increased dramatically, and this time is another good opportunity." Sect Master, the materials we have accumulated are still sufficient, and we are fully capable of absorbing these victims, the strength of the imperial court has been further weakened, our strength has been further enhanced, and the day of the Northern Expedition is not far away. ”

Xie Xun said: "Okay, I'm not worried about supplies. Brother Yang will also bring a batch of disaster relief materials, and he will go to Xie Hu, which is your territory, and you will personally check it. Again, if someone is greedy for ink during disaster relief, there will be no forgiveness for killing and killing, and it will not be tolerated. ”

Although he has not yet seized power, Xie Xun's desire to rectify the rule of officials has never weakened. The treatment he gives to his subordinates is not high, but the wealth is moving, and there will always be people who are insatiable. He did not dare to pin his hopes on human morality, and could only rely on the system and strict punishment and law.

Liu Ji thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Sect Master Xie, I don't know if I should say a sentence or not?" ”

Liu Ji is not a person from Mingjiao, he is just Xie Wuji's teacher, so when he called Xie Xun position, he also brought his surname.

Xie Xun looked at him and said, "Mr. Liu, but it's okay to say it." ”

Liu Jidao: "Now is indeed a good opportunity to develop us, but it is also a good opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to destroy the yuan." ”

Xie Xun said: "Mr. Liu, please speak directly." ”

Liu Ji said: "Disaster relief should have been the business of the imperial court, but the imperial court has no ability to provide disaster relief, or it doesn't want to rescue at all, we can indeed strengthen us if we don't provide disaster relief, then so many disaster victims, the spearhead will be pointed at the imperial court, riots will be inevitable, and they will attack the imperial court." We have not yet pacified the south, and we just took this opportunity to take the lead in the uprising of the victims, and then we completely wiped out the Mongols in the south. When the time comes, the trend of strength and weakness will be reversed, and we will take advantage of the victory of the Northern Expedition, and the overall situation of the world can be determined. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, this is to use the victims as cannon fodder, and they will consume the power of the imperial court, and finally their own gang will come out to reap the benefits. That's hundreds of thousands of disaster victims, this scholar's poisonous mind.

Xie Hu said: "This is hundreds of thousands of people, how can you say that you don't care?" ”

Liu Ji said: "I'm targeting the imperial court. ”

Xie Hu said: "That can't let so many people starve to death. ”

Liu Ji also knew that his plan was too vicious, and he couldn't tell a straightforward Jianghu like Xie Hu. Only Xie Xun can call the shots in this kind of thing, so he just looked at Xie Xun and no longer paid attention to Xie Hu.

Xie Hu was also anxious, and said to Xie Xun: "Big brother, don't talk about the lives of these hundreds of thousands of people, let's just say that in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, we have a huge industry, and these hungry and red-eyed victims won't care so much when the time comes, they must rob whoever has food, and it may not only target the imperial court." ”

Xie Xun looked at Liu Ji.

Liu Ji said: "This is not difficult, as long as we send people to mix in with the victims and act as victims and guide them, there will naturally not be too many problems." ”

Xie Hu didn't expect Liu Ji's solution to the problem to be so simple, and said, "But we have absorbed these victims and trained them, which is also to enhance our strength." ”

Liu Ji said: "It is true that the relief of the victims can strengthen us in terms of numbers, but it will require a lot of materials, and it will take a long time to train them if they want to form combat strength." Besides, even if you save these victims, not everyone may be willing to rebel with us, if people want to live a stable life, can you still catch strong men? But if the disaster is not relieved, then these people must rebel whether they want to or not, or they will starve to death. And even if such a group of people is not trained, their combat effectiveness is very terrifying. And when the imperial court eliminated these victims, the imperial court itself was miserable. In this way, both money and time are saved, and the strongest combat effectiveness is retained. Even if the imperial court does not have the ability to eliminate these victims in the end, it will inevitably lose both sides at that time. ”

Yang Xiao looked at Liu Ji and also showed a strange expression. The people in the rivers and lakes, no matter how cruel and bloodthirsty, can't kill so many people. This scholar is just a few words, once Xie Xun adopts it, the fate of this many people will be condemned.

Xie Xun pondered for a moment, this strategy was not very clever, but it was absolutely vicious. It is undeniable that this is a strategy to maximize profits.

Xie Xun looked at Xie Wuji. Xie Wuji's face was shocked, and his eyes were staring at Xie Xun tightly.

Xie Xun shook his head and said, "You can't use this strategy to go all out for disaster relief." ”

Xie Hu's whole body relaxed, and he glared at Liu Ji angrily.

Liu Ji's face remained unchanged, and he was relieved in his heart. With this kind of strategy, he couldn't bear it in his heart. But as a strategist, he has the responsibility to give advice to Xie Xun, as for whether to use it or not, that is Xie Xun's business. Since Xie Xun vetoed it, he didn't say anything more.

Xie Xun said to Liu Ji: "Mr. Liu, your strategy is not bad, but we can't adopt it." The purpose of our anti-Yuan is to rescue the Han people who are suffering under the tyranny of the Mongol Yuan. Every time a foreign race enters the Central Plains, the cause is that we are killing each other, and the national strength is declining, and they take advantage of the weakness to enter. Each of our clansmen is precious, these grass people at the mercy of others are our foundation, without them, everything we do is a castle in the air, a mirror. ”

Liu Ji hugged his fists and said, "I've been taught." ”

Yang Xiao has followed Xie Xun for many years and understands Xie Xun's consistent policy towards civilians, so he is not surprised by Xie Xun's choice.

Song Lian looked at Liu Ji and felt that his plan was reckless.

Xie Hu has always obeyed Xie Xun's orders, if Xie Xun really adopted Liu Ji's strategy, Xie Hu would also resolutely implement it, but he would inevitably have unbearable and cold feelings for Xie Xun in his heart, and now this result is satisfactory to Xie Hu.

Xie Wuji is not very old, but he is already very thoughtful, and he has been thinking about Liu Ji's strategy and Xie Xun's decision, and he is more convinced of Xie Xun.

This is the end of the discussion on this matter, and we will unify our thinking and make every effort to provide disaster relief.

Yang Xiao opened his mouth and asked, "Sect Master, do you want to see the envoy of the Persian Ming Sect?" ”

Liu Ji saw that they were going to discuss the internal affairs of the Ming Sect, so he got up and left with Xie Wuji and Song Lian.

Xie Xun said: "They didn't say anything? ”

Yang Xiao said: "They didn't elaborate, but it was nothing more than that they helped the imperial court in Dadu at that time, and they were afraid that you would hold a grudge and come to seek understanding." ”

Xie Xun said: "I've been hanging them for so long, so I'll see you." ”

An old acquaintance, the King of the Wisdom Tree, came from the Persian Ming Sect, and he was followed by a veiled Persian maiden, who was led in by Daisis.

It turned out that they knew that Xie Xun had returned, so they ran to see Dai Qisi first, hoping that she could take care of the incense with Persia and say a few kind words in Xie Xun's ear.

After Dai Qisi brought them in, she came to Xie Xun's side.

The Wisdom Treasure Tree King stepped forward, bowed down, and said, "Meet Sect Master Xie." ”

The girl next to him also gave a salute.

Xie Xun didn't talk nonsense at all, and directly asked: "I don't look for you, you still dare to come to me?" Since you are helping the Mengyuan court, you are my enemy, and you are here alone today, and I will not kill you. Go back and tell your sect leader that you will send more people next time, so that you don't say that I am bullying you, or wait for me to come and visit. ”

The Wisdom Treasure Tree King hurriedly spoke: "Sect Master Xie has misunderstood, we never want to be enemies of the Ming Sect of Middle Earth, but we were under the rule of the Ilkhanate and had to follow the orders of the Great Khan. Now that the Ilkhanate has been divided, we will not come to Middle-earth to help the imperial court, so please thank the sect leader for forgiving us. ”

Xie Xun subconsciously glanced at Dai Qisi, he only knew that Persia was under the rule of the Mongol Empire, and the Persian Ming Sect had always been a lackey of the Mongols, but the specific situation was not clear.

Dai Qisi whispered: "As early as the time of Genghis Khan, the Mongols had already occupied eastern Persia, and later occupied all of Persia one after another. Originally, it had always been under the direct jurisdiction of the Mongol Great Khan, but later because Hulagu Khan, the son of Genghis Khan's fourth son, Tore, supported Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan gave it to Hulagu Khan as his territory, and he has always supported Dayuan as the suzerain. The year before last, after the death of Abu Sa'id Khan, the Ilkhanate was divided by powerful ministers and generals who supported the puppet khan, and they were now fighting each other, and they had no time to worry about Middle-earth. ”

Xie Xun then understood, and said: "You are besieging us in Dadu, and the crime is extremely heinous, how can you resolve it with a few words." If we had all died in Dadu at that time, how could we have the right to forgive you? ”

The King of the Wisdom Treasure Tree cried out in his heart: "You have nothing to do, the three of us are dead and one is disabled, and you are still holding on?" ”

However, although he had only been in contact with Xie Xun once, he also knew that this sect leader was arrogant and powerful more than ten years ago, and now he was even more powerful, and there was really no reason to talk to him.

He couldn't help but look at Daisis, hoping that Daisy would say a few kind words.

Dai Qi Si and this treasure tree king have known each other for many years, long before she came to Middle-earth, although more than ten years ago this treasure tree king wanted to capture Dai Qi Si back to Persia, but Dai Qi Si did not hate him, because it was normal to want to capture her back, there was no personal grudge between them, she herself knew that she had violated the canon at that time, if she was not arrested, what was the majesty of the canon?

However, at this time, she would not interfere in Xie Xun's decision, firstly, she would not ask about the affairs of Mingjiao for a long time, and secondly, as a wife, she did not want to affect Xie Xun's decision.

Based on her understanding of Xie Xun, Xie Xun didn't really hate the Persian Mingjiao, otherwise he would have killed Persia a long time ago, and it would be impossible for them to stay in Guangming for so long, and if he didn't kill them, he would drive them away. He was now just expressing an attitude, maybe he was calculating the Persian Ming Sect.

Seeing that Dai Qisi was silent, the Wisdom Treasure Tree King was anxious: "It seems that there is only a killer idea." ”

The Wisdom Treasure Tree King hugged his fists and said, "Sect Master Xie, this time we are here with sincerity. ”