The two begged for mercy. Long Chen thought for a while and said: "Imprisoning him here temporarily, his hands and feet will be broken!"
Feng He followed the order, and Long Chen left the prison to prepare to rescue Emperor Ling and Long Teng's things.
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Capital.
In the imperial study room, Di Yuwei read the imperial edict from the empress, and thought to himself: Sure enough, the empress agreed, it should be Long Chen's suggestion.
The empress agreed with Qiu Kuohai's treatment of the Nanliang soldiers, which did not surprise Emperor Yuwei too much.
When Qiu Kuohai proposed to stay on his own accord, Di Yuwei felt that Long Chen would agree.
However, Emperor Yuwei did not dare to make any decisions and had to ask the Empress for instructions before making a decision.
"The Queen Mother agrees?"
Emperor Xingwan asked.
Di Yuwei handed over the imperial edict and said, "I agree, let Qiu Kuohai come over."
Emperor Xingwan looked at it and said with some displeasure: "After staying in the capital for so long, a lot of food was wasted. In the end, when we let them go back, we have to pay them money, food and travel expenses."
Emperor Xingwan felt that Dazhou's money was wasted, so he was very unhappy.
Di Yu said slightly: "Looking on the bright side, they will all be the people of Zhou Dynasty from now on, so we don't think it's a waste of money."
Emperor Xingwan sighed: "That's all I can think about."
The messenger immediately left the palace and rode to the west camp.
In the military camp, Qiu Kuohai and Hu Feiyang were practicing, and next to them sat Ruan Cheng, Peng Qing and Wang Quan.
The three of them were determined to go north to fight against the ghosts, so they spent more time practicing.
A soldier pushed the door open and came in, saying: "General, someone is coming from the palace."
The five people opened their eyes at the same time, Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai stood up and walked out.
When they arrived at the gate of the military camp and saw Wen Shuzhen, the two of them bowed and said, "Your Majesty."
Wen Shuzhen returned the greeting and said, "General Qiu, please follow me into the palace."
Hu Feiyang looked at Qiu Kuohai, and Qiu Kuohai asked, "Has the Holy Spirit's decree arrived?"
Wen Shuzhen smiled and said, "I don't know about this matter. The princess only said that she would invite General Qiu into the palace."
Qiu Kuohai bowed and said, "Okay, I'll leave now."
His soldiers led the horses over, and Qiu Kuohai immediately followed Wen Shuzhen into the palace.
Watching the two people leave and Hu Feiyang return to the room, Wang Quan asked: "How was it?"
Hu Feiyang said: "I have entered the palace. I guess the empress's decree has arrived, and I will know immediately how she will deal with it."
Ruan Cheng looked worried and said, "What if the empress doesn't agree?"
Peng Qing looked at Hu Feiyang, who shook his head slightly and said, "Long Chen should agree."
Wang Quan asked: "What's the use of Long Chen's agreement? He's not the emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so what's the use of his words."
Hu Feiyang said very seriously: "If it works, if Long Chen agrees, the empress will agree."
Wang Quan opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.
Qiu Kuohai followed Wen Shuzhen into the imperial study, where Di Yuwei and Di Xingwan were talking to Luo Qiwei.
When Qiu Kuohai entered the palace, Luo Qiwei was also ordered to enter the palace.
In addition to Luo Qiwei, there are also Duan Shuangshuang, the Minister of Hubu, and Xu Ming, the Minister of Industry.
"Meet the two princesses."
Qiu Kuohai just bowed and did not submit to me.
Di Yu looked at Qiu Kuohai slightly and said, "Give me a seat."
The maid immediately brought a chair, and Qiu Kuohai thanked him and sat down.
Di Yu said slightly: "The Queen Mother has decreed that I agree with General Qiu's method of disposal."
Qiu Kuohai immediately stood up and worshiped: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wise."
The result of this treatment is not unexpected. Qiu Kuohai had already expected that Long Chen would agree.
As long as Long Chen agrees, the empress will agree.
"How many people want to leave?"
Di Yu asked slightly, she had to count the number of people and then see how much money would be paid.
It's a long way to go back to Nanliang from the capital, and it's winter. If you don't give me enough money, you may do something wrong on the way.
"More than eighty thousand."
Qiu Kuohai counted the number of people who were leaving, and it was actually more than 85,000.
This number is a bit high, and Qiu Kuohai is worried that Di Yuwei will have objections.
Sure enough, after hearing this number, Di Yuwei's expression was very solemn, and Di Xingwan stood up and asked: "More than 80,000 people? A total of 200,000, you want to leave 80,000?"
Qiu Kuohai remained silent. He was trying his best to stay, but the final result was still the same.
"It is not my family's job to resist the ghost clan. You Nanliang people are also bound to do it. Two hundred thousand people will leave for eighty thousand... This is unreasonable!"
Emperor Xingwan was so angry that he wanted to curse.
Qiu Kuohai stood up and reported: "Princess, Daliang has been destroyed. Many people don't know the situation at home and want to return home to visit relatives, so that's why..."
Di Yu said slightly: "That's all, the Queen Mother has decreed that if you don't want to leave, then you won't stay."
"The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works should pay the money and food according to the budget of 90,000 soldiers and let these soldiers return to their hometowns."
"However, first of all, General Qiu wants to warn the soldiers who are leaving not to do any evil on the way back."
Qiu Kuohai immediately said: "You know, I have already warned you not to cause trouble along the way."
Di Xingwan was so angry that he didn't want to speak. Di Yuwei continued: "Let's do it like this. Those who want to go back will go back in batches. Those who are willing to go north will make preparations and go to Yanmen Pass in the next few days."
Qiu Kuohai bowed and said, "Thank you, Princess."
Di Yu nodded slightly and said, "Okay, General Qiu, please go back."
Qiu Kuohai exited the imperial study and immediately returned to the military camp.
After the people left, Emperor Xingwan said angrily: "These Nanliang soldiers are all ignoring the overall situation of the world. The war at Yanmen Pass is tense, and they just want to go home!"
Di Yu shook his head slightly and said: "It is human nature. Jinling City was destroyed and Nanliang was destroyed. It is normal for them to miss their families."
"The ones who stay are the backbone. They won't be passive and idle after they leave."
Emperor Xingwan said angrily: "We should force them onto the battlefield and stop talking nonsense to them."
Di Yu waved his hand slightly and said, "Stop talking, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works will make preparations. According to the standard of two taels of silver per soldier, each soldier will be given two taels of silver and a pair of shoes."
Everyone already has winter clothes, so there is no need to give them any more, just a pair of shoes.
The roads in ancient times were difficult to walk, and it was winter. Without shoes, your feet would freeze off.
Duan Shuangshuang and Xu Ming took the order and went to prepare immediately.
Di Yuwei said to Luo Qiwei: "General Luo, please also prepare. When Qiu Kuohai and others go north, you should also prepare to go north immediately."
Luo Qiwei bowed and said, "The last general will take your orders."
Qiu Kuohai rode his horse back to the military camp and entered the room. Hu Feiyang and others stood up and asked, "How do you say it?"
Qiu Kuohai smiled and said, "What else can I say? As I expected, I agree."
"It's just that we left too many people, and the second princess was a little unhappy."
Hu Feiyang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I also know about this problem. They want to go home, but we can't persuade them."
During these times, Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai spent a lot of time doing ideological work, asking the soldiers to stay as much as possible, especially persuading the generals to stay.
"When can I leave?"
Many of Wang Quan's men wanted to leave, so he asked anxiously.
Qiu Kuohai said: "We can't leave together until the arrangements are made. They are afraid that the brothers will cause trouble."
"The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs will give us money, food and travel expenses. We just wait."
"Go ahead and tell your brothers not to cause trouble along the way!"
Wang Quan immediately went out and told his men that they could leave, and at the same time warned everyone not to cause trouble.
After the matter was dealt with, the military camp began to dismiss the Nanliang soldiers, leaving some of them every day to prevent them from ganging up and causing trouble on the road.
The Nanliang soldiers were actually very moved. They didn't expect that Zhou would let them go. The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works also gave them money and shoes.
While the soldiers were being dismissed, a message from the empress arrived in the capital.
