"What I mean is that I want you two to manage it for me." Nan Yanxi said with a smile, "Of course..."
"It's better to focus on the flower girl. Master, you can just meet me from the side. Since we are all old acquaintances, it will be more convenient for us to cooperate."
As soon as these words came out, Hua Luoli's face was obviously happy, but Nangong Wenjian beside him was extremely anxious.
He poked Nan Yanxi under the table: "Yanxi, I am my teacher..."
Before the words were spoken, Hua Luoli said first, "Okay, then I'll ask Brother Nangong to give me some advice."
"Now that the young master is short of manpower, I think Brother Nangong will not refuse, right?"
"Uh...this...this..."
Seeing Nangong Wenjian hesitating, Nan Yanxi laughed, walked down the slope and said, "Okay, that's it."
"Seniors, let's catch up on old times. I have some things to do over there, so I'm sorry."
After saying that, Nan Yanxi suppressed her smile and walked out.
Only the extremely embarrassed Nangong Wenjian was left behind.
The early morning sunshine, accompanied by the crisp chirping of birds, shines warmly on the body.
Nan Yanxi came outside the hall and took a few deep breaths of fresh air.
Everything finally started to get on track slowly.
Smiling slightly, Nan Yanxi took steps and turned several corners.
Follow the clean walking path in the palace and walk towards the meeting hall.
Today is the first time he has discussed matters with ministers since he officially took over.
Since the last war, after Nan Yuexi's cleanup, after the city was broken, it was cleaned up again by its own side.
Almost all the older generation officials in the Nanhai court were lost.
The remaining petty officials either have low-level positions and have no foundation.
Either he had just joined the job and his qualifications were still relatively low, so he escaped the disaster.
But this is good, as taking over the Nanhai Court will not encounter much resistance, and he can also promote some of his confidants.
When we arrived at the meeting hall, all the officials had already arrived.
Except for a few familiar faces here and there, he hadn't seen much of the rest.
Seeing Nan Yanxi come in, he quickly raised his hands and saluted: "I will see you, Your Highness!"
"My lords, please stand down!" Nan Yanxi smiled faintly, turned around and stood up, and Nan Yanxi's first court meeting began.
...
A few days later.
Far away on the other side of the ocean, in the court hall of Dayan Palace, a battle was raging.
The two sides were the main coalition faction headed by the uncle Qi Xinru, and the main war faction headed by Prime Minister Yunhe.
Regarding this great defeat, they are fiercely attacking each other.
On the dragon throne, the old emperor, who was nearly seventy years old, was drowsy. He seemed to be used to the fierce attacks from the two factions below.
"Prime Minister Yun, you tried your best to organize this expedition, but have you ever thought about today's defeat?"
Qi Xinru said heartbrokenly: "This expedition is simply an unknown result."
"It is a shameless act to cooperate with a deposed prince and send a large army to help him seize the throne."
"Now that I have suffered such a defeat, everyone in the world will laugh at me, Dayan. I stole the chicken but failed to lose the rice. I didn't catch the fox, but I made a mess!"
"We lost countless ordnance, food and fodder, and almost all the warships of the Southern Navy were lost. Our country lost 70,000 men, and also..."
Just as he was about to say something else, he was interrupted by the old emperor's hand.
I saw him trembling and asking Yunhe: "Um... Prime Minister Yun."
"Didn't you tell me that it was foolproof? How could it be defeated so quickly?"
"Report to Your Majesty!" Yunhe was also confused about something at this time: "I am also investigating the reason."
"Originally, our plan was absolutely foolproof, and our 80,000 elite troops couldn't possibly be defeated in one day."
"Weichen, we are checking... we are checking..."
"Well..." The old emperor sighed deeply: "In this case, the Prime Minister must hurry up so that I can explain everything to the officials."
"Okay, I'm exhausted. If you have nothing to do, please retreat."
After saying that, with the support of the eunuch who was close to him, he tremblingly left the hall.
Seeing this, all the officials had no choice but to bow and salute, and went down to court one after another.
Uncle Qi Xinru was among the officials, walking out and discussing with others.
After all, such a huge defeat is no small matter.
Today's Dayan is also surrounded by powerful enemies. To the north is the Beiyuan Royal Court, which is eyeing it, and to the west is the veteran force that is stronger than Daxia.
This time such a battle completely offended the little neighbor to the south.
Although Da Yan and Da Xia are sworn brothers, they have been living in peace and harmony for many years.
But everyone who understands understands that this must be done under the premise that the strength of both parties is close.
In this battle, nearly 80,000 people were killed, wounded and captured in Dayan, and the Southern Navy's warships were completely lost.
The entire southern coast of Dayan suddenly became completely empty in terms of defense.
The balance of strength between Dayan and Daxia will also tilt accordingly, and there is no guarantee that they will suddenly bite them.
At present, the whole country of Yan has about 500,000 soldiers.
But since Dayan is a coastal country with a long coastline, half of the 500,000 miles are occupied by naval forces.
Of the 250,000 troops capable of truly engaging in land warfare, 120,000 were concentrated on the north side of Dayan to defend against the Beiyuan people.
Eighty thousand troops are on the west side, defending Daxia.
Since it is an ally with Daxia, the so-called defense is just a show-off. These 80,000 people are not elites, and they are stationed scattered.
The remaining 50,000 troops were stationed in the south to defend the Nanhai Kingdom.
Among the 80,000 people lost in this battle, there were 50,000 army troops.
In other words, Dayan will not be able to mobilize any organic army units in the south in a short period of time, which is very dangerous.
Fortunately, Dayan still has more than 200,000 naval troops. It is feasible to quickly mobilize 50,000 to 60,000 to block the opening to the south.
But the problem is that Dayan has a long coastline, and more than 200,000 naval troops are scattered scattered, so it will take time to assemble them.
If Daxia or Nanhai suddenly attacks at this time, it will be troublesome.
Therefore, we need to think of a solution as soon as possible.
Qi Xinru walked out worriedly, wondering whether he should summon several colleagues to his home to discuss it.
Suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder behind me: "Uncle, wait a moment, the Queen has an edict."
Qi Xinru turned around when he heard the sound, and it turned out to be his sister, Eunuch Zhou, Empress Qi's personal eunuch.
"Oh? It turns out to be Eunuch Zhou. What are your orders?" Qi Xinru hurriedly saluted.
Eunuch Zhou looked around, calmly came over and whispered: "Your Majesty, please go to Chaoyang Main Courtyard for dinner."
"Oh..." Qi Xinru was stunned. It turned out to be the emperor's intention, and he quickly agreed.
The two of them walked one behind the other towards the harem.
At this time, two people were sitting in the main courtyard of Chaoyang. They were the old emperor, who was nearly seventy years old, and the empress Qi who was in her sixties.
There was not much food on the table, and it was obvious that the two of them lived very frugally.
At this time, Queen Qi was seen with a sad face, and the old emperor was comforting her softly.
But he himself sighed from time to time.
After a while, there was the sound of footsteps outside the hall, and Qi Xinru walked in under the leadership of Eunuch Zhou.
"I...see Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Here comes Confucianism? Don't be too polite. Today is a family banquet." The old emperor waved his hand: "Sit down..."
Then he told Eunuch Zhou: "Go and wait outside the door. Close the door. No one can come in unless summoned."
"According to the order!"
Eunuch Zhou agreed and slowly retreated with the other servants.
Queen Qi on the side sighed quietly, stood up and helped Qi Xinru: "Xinru, what should we do?"
"I don't know what's going on with Shenqing's child now."
As he spoke, he choked up and took out his handkerchief to wipe his tears: "Your Majesty and I have tried to persuade him, but the child just refused and insisted on going out with the army."
"It's better now. I'm stuck in a foreign country and I don't know whether I will live or die."
Seeing this, Qi Xinru hurriedly comforted him: "Sister, Your Majesty, you two don't have to worry, please take care of yourself."