Chapter 245

Before coming here, Wei Yuan had also worked hard on the court situation of Western Jin.

The struggle between cliques in Western Jin is quite fierce. Among all forces, the literary Qingliu headed by the two cabinet elders, the Left Prime Minister and the Right Prime Minister, is the first, but the Left Prime Minister and the Right Prime Minister are also not dealing with each other. At present, the Right Prime Minister is at a disadvantage, otherwise Sun Chaoen's silver would not be so easy to offer.

Secondly, there are the meritorious nobles and military generals headed by the Cheng King. The Cheng King is the uncle of the current Jin King, and his cultivation is earth-shattering, and his mind-reflection world has begun to manifest externally. Most of the military generals in the court who hold heavy troops are in this faction, but Yue Jinshan is not.

Yue Jinshan does not belong to any faction.

Then there is the Eunuch Faction headed by the Chief Eunuch Liu Quangong and the Chief Eunuch Zhao Tong. This line has received the overt and covert support of the Jin King, but it is still struggling, and it is the object of suppression by both civil and military officials.

Originally, this was the faction Wei Yuan yearned for. Although the Eunuch Faction in history books has never had a good reputation, history books are written by literati, and literati naturally cannot write a good word about the Eunuch Faction. Wei Yuan only looks at the deeds themselves when reading history, and does not care about the evaluation of historians. Looking at it this way, he can see many things.

Historically, the interest ties of the Eunuch Faction were relatively simple, and what they wanted was simple, mainly money, and power was secondary. After having money, many eunuchs would still do things. Unlike civil officials, who enjoy power, money, beauty, and reputation, and do not let go of anything, wanting everything, the relationship is extremely complicated, and it is tiring to look at.

Another reason is that the Eunuch Faction is the weakest and has no military power, which is exactly what Wei Yuan can make up for.

As a result, I didn't expect that there would be a weaker foreign relative in Western Jin. To what extent is it weak? The core figure, the Marquis, came to the door himself.

Wei Yuan's positioning of himself is quite clear. In the Taichu Palace, he is just a Dao foundation cultivator. There are about 9,000 such people in the palace. In the Jianghu, he is not even a separatist, at most a mountain king who roars in the mountains and forests. After repelling the Shaman tribe's attack, Wei Yuan felt that his status had improved, taking a step closer to the number one horse bandit in the Western Regions.

The imperial court princes personally recruit a group of bandits? Wei Yuan felt that even storybooks didn't dare to write like this, unless the bandit leader had a name like "One Branch Flower" or something.

However, Wei Yuan really has a "One Branch Flower" in his hand.

Wei Yuan said: "This Marquis doesn't want to have ideas about my Immortal Tree, right? Then he thinks too much."

"He must have ideas, but it is not necessarily so. That's why he wants to see your strength. In addition, I suspect that there are things in the envoy group that the people above want, but they don't want to be known, so it is best that this thing is robbed. Otherwise, the Marquis doesn't need to mention this." Sun Chaoen said.

"Understood, I will act according to circumstances at that time. It's just that if you want to borrow me to balance the accounts, the handling fee may be a bit high." Wei Yuan said.

The two quickly discussed the details, and this matter was settled. Yue Qilin sat uneasily on the side, not knowing whether to leave or not.

Seeing his constipated expression, Wei Yuan laughed: "Is this chair uncomfortable?"

Yue Qilin said: "I at most buy and sell some military grain and military equipment, but you two are doing things that will destroy the clan! I have a family, and the young lady who just entered the door hasn't been intimate enough yet!"

Wei Yuan comforted: "Selling military grain and military equipment is also destroying the clan, it won't be worse."

Then Wei Yuan said: "But I am a little curious, General Yue should lack nothing, how can you sell me a million military grains in one breath?"

Yue Qilin said angrily: "First of all, it was not me who sold the grain, it was Master Sun, it was the whole county government, and Master Li also acquiesced. He shared not a little bit. Secondly, if I give you the grain, my conscience can pass.

Finally, the soldiers in my camp are all real numbers. If I say eight thousand, there are eight thousand. According to the regulations in the court, the money and grain allocated are only enough to support half of the people. If I don't get money, what will my brothers eat? This is the front line, and we have to fight the Shaman tribe. How can we do it if we don't eat enough?"

At this time, Sun Chaoen said: "Speaking of the number of people, I just had an idea. Mr. Zhang is also here, let's discuss it together."

Sun Chaoen took out a map and opened it, which was also hand-drawn by himself. The precision of this map is worse than the previous one, but it is densely marked, marking the defense of the four counties of the Broken Domain on it.

Yue Qilin took a breath: "Are you going to rebel?" Wei Yuan laughed: "It's serious, I am a good citizen! I just want to know where it is relatively weak and may be attacked by horse bandits."

Several military fortresses have eye-catching red circles, which are traps laid by Yue Jinshan. The other military fortresses are all question marks, so Wei Yuan and Sun Chaoen looked at Yue Qilin together.

"What are you looking at me for? This is a beheading matter, I won't do it!"

Sun Chaoen laughed: "Is there less beheading for General Yue? You don't want bandits to attack your uncle's direct line, right?"

Yue Qilin hummed and pointed at the map: "I only know this one, I don't know the others."

Wei Yuan nodded: "Four traps, it should be about the same."

"What are you going to do?"

Wei Yuan reached out and pointed at a small town on the second line, saying: "I intend to clear this place."

Yue Qilin remembered that there was some grain and grass stored in that small town, but the quantity was not large, only two or three hundred thousand catties. So he asked: "Do you still lack grain?"

"Not lacking, but I want others to think I lack it." Wei Yuan said.

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Wei Yuan and Sun Chaoen talked until the second half of the night and planned several other things. Throughout the night, Yue Qilin didn't know what the taste was at all, after all, he had a share in every one of these major events.

This meal resulted in several crimes of lingering death.

Now he finally understands that the "friend" of a clique can be like-minded, or it can be involuntary.

When returning to the domain, Wei Yuan was full of harvest, with several more maps in his arms. There are military fortress defenses, merchant routes, and the distribution of mineral veins.

In this plan, Wei Yuan did not really want to join any clique, but just wanted to stir up the water. As long as he is given some time, Wei Yuan can return enough surprises.

In the battle, more than 40,000 people died in the domain. After getting that batch of military grain, there was no shortage of food, enough to support the harvest of 20,000 mu of newly opened grain fields.

Among the survivors, nearly half of the people have been baptized by the flames of war, and the rest have lived in the domain for a period of time, and their bodies have also improved greatly.

Wei Yuan's source of troops was insufficient, so he exchanged for several body-forging techniques that were easiest to get started with from the Taichu Palace and issued them directly to everyone. Now, among the more than 90,000 people, 40,000 have newly advanced to body forging, plus the original ones, there are 60,000 body-forging cultivators in the entire domain.

Most of the so-called body forging is just the level of farmers in Huayang Village at the beginning, but with the blessing of the domain power, and being able to eat and dress warmly, these people's cultivation progress is very fast, and they can complete the tendon and muscle forging in a few months.

In fact, people who can survive under the various tortures of the Broken Domain have strong bodies. The weaker ones have long since died and could not live to adulthood at all.

After returning to the domain, Wei Yuan carefully selected 3,000 newly promoted cultivators, preparing to take them to temper and see the level of the local guards in Western Jin.

The Qingming inner line has always been vigorous and resolute. Wei Yuan returned in the early morning, and when the sky was bright, the team had already set off and headed east.

(End of chapter)