Chapter 280 279 The hill chief who was pushed to the bottom line
Looking at the generals kneeling on one leg and clasping their fists to give the highest military salute to An Xin, Ma Boteng's head was buzzing and he almost fell down.
"This general and others are here to greet His Excellency the Imperial Envoy."
The corners of An Xin's mouth twitched, and he almost had epilepsy and bit his tongue.
“…”Yellow shit.
Whoever wants this wonderful title can take it. Those who know it know it as the meaning of the emperor's envoy, while those who don't understand it may think it means something else.
Seeing that Ma Boteng was so shocked that he was about to have a stroke when he heard this title, it was obvious that he was the one who knew what this title meant.
After being surprised, Chai Hongzhuang and Chen Zhiyang clasped their hands together, knelt on one leg, and joined the group of generals that Emperor Sheng An sent Kong Yi to notify.
Only then did Ma Boteng see the reality clearly and truly understand his position in the military camp.
He, the chief general guarding the border, had long been sidelined, and was completely marginalized by several bigwigs in the capital.
Except for a few trusted generals around him, the others were undercover agents left behind or sent by others.
When Ma Boteng saw this scene, he felt like crying but had no tears.
An Xin was not in a hurry to take action against Ma Boteng.
Instead, find him when Long Yi leaves.
He was asked to bring a memorial to Emperor Sheng'an.
A few days later, Long Yi rode a fine imperial horse and handed An Xin's memorial to the Long case.
After Emperor Sheng An unfolded it and looked at it, a light flashed in his eyes.
"You are worthy of being blessed by God. You can even go out and encounter such a rare mine."
He lowered his head and read it again. An Xin's memorial was full of boasting that he would capture a city for him and take over the mine at the same time.
Emperor Sheng An smiled and shook his head. It seemed that Bei Ming had done something that made this man unhappy.
Otherwise, based on his understanding of this hill chief who was too troublesome to be an official and sneaked home to slack off after work every day, how could he have volunteered to attack the border town of Beiming?
Thinking of the fact that the Beiming garrison had repeatedly harassed his Daqian border in recent years and captured soldiers from northern Ji to be miners, Emperor Sheng An's eyes darkened, "It's time to teach them a lesson."
In his memorial, An Xin also briefly mentioned the military pay and food allocated by the court to northern Ji, although he did not explicitly ask Emperor Sheng An to investigate whether there was anyone who was deceiving his superiors and hiding the truth from his subordinates and causing trouble.
But after entering Jibei City, she inquired and investigated as quickly as possible and found out that the soldiers at the Jibei border were having a hard time.
Even the basic food and clothing and the military pay are pitifully low.
An Xin reported all these circumstances truthfully in a memorial.
Emperor Sheng An narrowed his eyes and snorted.
Then two men in black landed in the room.
As for how Emperor Sheng An investigated those corrupt officials in the court, An Xin didn't care.
One night half a month after she entered Jibei City, she saw Long Yi again. Even with his mask on, she could feel his wooden face, and An Xin, who had just finished a bath and was combing her hair in front of a bronze mirror.
I had the urge to smash the comb in my hand on Long Yi's face, "Can you knock on the door next time you come?!"
"..." Long Yi's face became even more wooden.
Knocking on the door was not in line with the temperament of their royal secret guards, so such a request was a bit difficult for him.
"Your Majesty's oral order," Long Yi saw An Xin sitting in front of the dressing table with no intention of moving, and thought of how she had met the emperor in the capital and was also exempted from kneeling.
Then he continued, "The emperor has allowed the chief priest to write a letter, asking to assist General Yuchi in attacking Cangcheng, the border city of Beiming."
An Xin was shameless again, thinking that she might really be the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Sheng An.
Otherwise, he would have agreed to his memorial so easily even though it could have caused a war between the two countries.
Although in the memorial, she wrote that she had a way to prevent Bei Ming from fighting with Da Qian in a short period of time because of their capture of Cangbei City.
But if you occupy a city of another country, as long as the monarch of that country is not scared to death, the battle for the city will always happen no matter how long it takes.
An Xin wanted to capture the Cangbei City.
First, she has a special feeling that modern people have for soldiers who defend their country.
The commander of the Beiming garrison captured Daqian soldiers as slaves and made them mine for him, which touched An Xin's bottom line.
Using the evidence from that year, they threatened the coward Ma Boteng and asked him to deliberately send some soldiers out of the city to do business and give them their heads.
Thinking of this, An Xin wanted to pick up his 40-meter-long sword and chop down Ma Boteng, the shameless general guarding the border.
Secondly, there are no large coal mines in Daqian.
Coal is something that ordinary people, except for the powerful and some wealthy families, have to rely on to survive the winter.
This is why Leng Xiangbai fell ill from the cold when he returned to the village.
The combination of these two things made An Xin want to attack Cangbei City.
The reason why Emperor Sheng An agreed so easily was that he wanted the coal mine and also wanted to suppress the arrogance of the Beiming defenders in recent years.
His Daqian Dynasty was no weaker than Beiming. Why did he allow them to provoke him at the border every year? Did they really think that there was no one in his Daqian Dynasty?
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An Xin held his chin lazily and asked, "Your Majesty didn't tell me anything?"
Long Yi's eyes flashed, "His Majesty said that you can attack Cangbei City without any worries."
An Xin nodded, feeling relieved knowing that the old Emperor Sheng An would send military supplies and wages to Jibei.
After asking all the questions that needed to be asked, An Xin just looked at Long Yi quietly, and it was obvious that he wanted to chase him away.
Long Yi lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Do you have anything else you want to ask?"
"Oh!" An Xin raised his eyebrows and smiled, "No more."
Long Yi performed the disappearance trick for An Xin again.
Unfortunately, the Royal Secret Guards were covered tightly when they were on missions, so no one saw the red tips of his ears.
Here, An Xin, Yuchi Yi and a group of generals were discussing the attack on the border town of Beiming.
In the capital, Leng Xiangbai, Jiang Zhou, An Rui, Liu Boxing and others spent a boring New Year.
Even during the lively Lantern Festival, several of them stayed at home and did not go out.
Feng Yuxiu, Shan Yongzhen and others, who didn't know An Xin had left Beijing, came to pay New Year's greetings to An Xin in the hope of getting some lucky money, but were also sent away by these ruthless senior brothers.
In the palace, Emperor Sheng An investigated and investigated, and not only found out the case of embezzlement of military pay, but also found more corrupt officials.
He was so angry that he smashed his favorite tea set.
"With the salary I gave them, they raised a bunch of greedy people..."
The salaries of Daqian officials were not low, and Emperor Sheng'an also knew that there would be no fish in clear water, so he could turn a blind eye to some insignificant matters.
If you don't check, you won't know that the money these people have embezzled is comparable to the private treasury of a king. This is too much.
Emperor Sheng An wanted to find an official with a clean background and knowledge of accounts to investigate the Ministry of Revenue's account books over the years, but he couldn't find such a person for the time being.
Just when he was frowning in worry, Eunuch Xiang, who was accompanying him, couldn't bear to see his majesty so worried, so he mentioned it.
"It seems that An Jijiu has a student who is more familiar with the accounts."
Emperor Sheng An glanced at Eunuch Xiang sharply.
"Slave, I spoke too much." Eunuch Xiang finally reacted and quickly knelt down to apologize.
Emperor Sheng An knew that the eunuch Xiangfu, who had been with him for many years, had never had any private contact with any officials. Thinking of this, he withdrew his gaze.
Think carefully about what he just proposed.
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