Chapter 438: Opening Up Territory, King of the Northern Barbarians (7000)

"Your Majesty, this subject thinks this matter is inappropriate!"

In the main hall, just after Feng Cheng finished reading all the rewards for Li Fei, a minister immediately stood up to oppose.

"The Lanxun Special Envoy has a special authority, and since the day of its birth, it has never been given to a Pavilion Official. This subject thinks the Marquis of Jing'an can enter the cabinet and be appointed as an official, but he should not continue to serve as Lanxun Special Envoy!"

"Your Majesty, this subject seconds!"

"This subject also thinks it is inappropriate! Although the Marquis of Jing'an has merit, his merit does not reach this point!"

"Your Majesty, think twice!"

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Ministers stood up to oppose one after another, and all of them were Pavilion Officials!

The Lanxun Special Envoy, who is just an official, has no direct authority to supervise Pavilion Officials, but has already been able to report directly to the central government, forming a certain check and balance on Pavilion Officials.

If the Lanxun Special Envoy becomes a Pavilion Official, wouldn't he be able to directly supervise Pavilion Officials?

At that time, more than 90% of the civil officials in the whole court would be deterred by Li Fei alone!

So at this time, a crowd of Pavilion Members stood up to oppose, and many military generals also stood up to oppose.

Although the Imperial Guard and Border Guard systems are independent of the Cabinet, the Lanxun Special Envoy cannot manage them, but the local City Guard Army and military generals are still under the supervision of the Supervision Court, so even the military generals of the Military Affairs Office have many people who are unwilling to see Li Fei, this Lanxun Special Envoy, promoted to Pavilion Official.

For a time, the main hall was full of opposition!

Li Fei stood calmly under the Dan steps. The opposition came from behind him, officials of equal status or higher than him; currently, no one had stood up to oppose.

"Enough!"

On the Dragon Chair, the Emperor spoke to interrupt everyone.

It was like a thunderclap exploding in everyone's hearts at the same time, making everyone tremble and close their mouths one after another.

"I have made up my mind; this matter need not be discussed again!"

The Emperor said so.

The Great Lan Dynasty is a dual monarchy, and the core mechanism has two points:

One, the Emperor possesses the administrative power to appoint Cabinet ministers.

Two, the central Cabinet possesses legislative power.

Fundamentally, the central Cabinet is to assist the monarch in governing the world.

Although the monarch's power has been weakened, it is still above ten thousand people.

Now the Emperor is acting arbitrarily and wants to exercise his power to forcibly appoint a Cabinet minister.

In theory, all the civil and military officials in the court have no way to oppose.

But the dual monarchy of the Great Lan Dynasty has lasted for so many years, and the ministers' checks and balances on the monarch's power have been quite mature, especially now that there is a Chief Secretary like Ye Zean.

If the central Cabinet is determined to oppose something, even the Emperor is very difficult to forcibly push forward.

So the civil and military officials who stood up at this time all looked at Ye Zean, who was sitting in the front row, hoping that this Chief Secretary would stand up and express his position.

In the past years, Ye Zean hadn't publicly opposed some of the Emperor's decisions.

As long as Ye Zean expressed opposition to this matter, there would still be room for maneuver!

In everyone's view, the Emperor's decision was obviously unreasonable and would disrupt the existing balance; Ye Zean shouldn't be happy to see it.

But Ye Zean was like wandering outside the world at this time, sitting quietly in his seat without any reaction.

Except for him, the six Pavilion Masters of the Cabinet, more than a dozen Deputy Pavilion Masters, and more than a dozen Grand Secretaries of the Zixu Hall also had no reaction.

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This made many people realize that this matter was probably not that simple.

The main hall soon became quiet again.

The Emperor glanced at Feng Cheng, and the other party immediately said loudly:

"If there is anything to report, if not, retreat from the court—"

After shouting three times, he finally announced the retreat from the court.

Up to this point, this Great Court Meeting ended.

Li Fei's entry into the cabinet and appointment as an official has become a foregone conclusion, and he still serves as Lanxun Special Envoy!

Serving as Lanxun Special Envoy as a Pavilion Official, for Pavilion Officials of the same level outside Lanling City, officials of the same level can be directly supervised, and officials of higher levels still need to report to the central government.

This means that Li Fei can directly supervise the 16th-level Pavilion Officials in various places; as long as he suspects that these people have problems, these people must submit a memorial to state their case!

As for officials below the 16th level, they can unconditionally require the other party to be suspended to cooperate with the investigation, and the suspension time can be up to one month.

That is to say, for the highest official of a prefecture like Bian Jingru, Li Fei can make the other party directly suspended to accept investigation with one word!

This promotion is to directly raise Li Fei's power by one level on the original basis.

And the difference of this level is the difference between an official and a Pavilion Official!

In various provinces, the highest official is the Inspection Envoy, a 17th-level Pavilion Official.

Below the Inspection Envoy, Li Fei can supervise anyone!

Such power is unprecedented, and Li Fei is also the leader of the inspection team of the Lanxun Pavilion.

This means that he alone holds the power of supervision over both the temple and the Jianghu.

This is the true patrolling of the world!

The key is that Li Fei is only twenty years old!

No one in history has ever held such great power at this age.

And Li Fei also has the talent of the number one in history, which makes many people think:

In another ten years, maybe there will be one more seat in the front row of this Zheng Lan Hall!

After retreating from the court, many people took the initiative to come forward to congratulate Li Fei.

But the Crown Prince, who had always shown closeness to Li Fei, rarely didn't come over, and didn't even say hello to Li Fei, leaving directly.

Instead, the Third Imperial Prince, who had suffered heavy losses in his own power because Li Fei caught a Night Shine, which led to the investigation of the Zhengfa Pavilion, walked over with a smile:

"Congratulations, congratulations!"

Seeing that the Third Imperial Prince had something to say to Li Fei, the ministers surrounding him, after greeting him, left sensibly one after another.

"Your Highness."

Li Fei bowed to the Third Imperial Prince.

The Third Imperial Prince stared at him with a pair of phoenix eyes and smiled: "One hand supervising local officials, one hand supervising the Jianghu in various places; you can now be counted as one of the powerful ministers of my Great Lan Dynasty."

Li Fei was neither humble nor arrogant, with a calm expression: "Your Highness is joking; in front of Your Highness, how can I be counted as a powerful minister?"

The so-called powerful minister, besides the power in his hands, must also have forces and his own party members.

Li Fei's party members now are at most a few officials like Lu Wenxing who jumped over from the Stop-Weapon Pavilion to mix with him, and he couldn't find a few ministers in the Great Court Meeting who could stand up and speak for him.

As for forces, they are only limited to the one prefecture of Datong Prefecture.

So although he is now in a high position and has great power, he is still far from being powerful, and at most can only be counted as half a powerful minister.

Being young is an advantage, but also a disadvantage.

At the age of twenty, and not from a big family, Li Fei still lacks foundation.

Only like the Third Imperial Prince, who has his own people in the families, gangs, sects, and government offices of seven or eight provinces.

One look can make a group of ministers stand up and speak for him in the court.

Only then can he be counted as a powerful minister!

It's just that the previous Zhengfa Pavilion case caused the Third Imperial Prince's power to suffer a huge blow.

Now this powerful minister of his is also a bit unworthy of the name.

"Hahaha!"

The Third Imperial Prince laughed out loud, not getting angry because of Li Fei's words

After laughing, he looked at Li Fei, unusually setting aside his cynical demeanor to reveal a very sincere expression:

"Li Fei, you currently have authority but no power. I have power, but the authority in my hands is not as great as yours. If you and I join forces, we should be able to accomplish something."

Li Fei was startled, looking at this Third Imperial Prince with some surprise.

He had not expected the other party to speak so bluntly.

Moreover, this was the first time the other party had shown an intention to win him over!

"What is Your Highness talking about?"

"Exactly what it sounds like."

"Didn't Your Highness say before that you didn't intend to win me over, as long as I didn't get involved?"

"But you have already gotten involved!"

"Your Highness is likely misunderstanding me."

"It's not a misunderstanding. You first offended the First Imperial Prince, and previously you caused me to suffer heavy losses because of you. Do you think the ministers in the imperial court believe whose side you are on?"

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On this matter, it was indeed difficult for Li Fei to explain.

Even if he truly did not intend for the case at the Zhengfa Academy to happen, the cause was indeed due to the people he captured, and that case was reported by He Jian.

Now everyone knows that He Jian is a man of his, Marquis Jing'an Li Fei!

Coupled with the fact that the Crown Prince has always made no secret of his closeness to him.

Looking at it this way, even if he were to stand up now and publicly say he is not the Crown Prince's man, it would be hard for others to believe.

"If it were really as the Third Imperial Prince says, why wouldn't I choose to cooperate with the Crown Prince?"

Li Fei asked.

The Third Imperial Prince laughed: "Because the current Crown Prince cannot possibly cooperate with you!"

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"Don't tell me you haven't thought of it. His Majesty has raised you so high and given you so much power; if the Crown Prince were to take the initiative to get close to you again... Heh, to put it bluntly, that would be a path to self-destruction!"

Today, the Third Imperial Prince appeared different from usual, speaking exceptionally directly.

Li Fei met his gaze: "The Crown Prince getting close to me won't work, but Your Highness can?"

The Third Imperial Prince blinked: "He is the Crown Prince, and I am an Imperial Prince. A difference of one character still makes a difference."

Li Fei shook his head: "Your Highness says I have authority but no power, but as long as I have authority, why worry about having no power? Why should I be in such a hurry?"

The Third Imperial Prince laughed and said with a certain tone: "Because you are unwilling to wait!"

"Oh?"

"Because you want revenge, you want to deal with Xu Jing and the Lu family! If you were given ten years to slowly build up, your power might not be unable to force the Lu family to their deaths and take their place. But are you willing to wait ten years?"

The Third Imperial Prince looked at Li Fei and asked word by word.

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Li Fei fell silent.

Today, at the Grand Morning Assembly, he entered the cabinet and received an official position as the Blue Patrol Special Envoy, which could be called infinitely glorious!

But there is one fact that cannot be ignored:

The Emperor does not intend to deal with the Lu family, nor does he allow him to take action against the Lu family or Xu Jing!

The Third Imperial Prince just said that Li Fei's future power could force the Lu family to their deaths and take their place.

This sentence actually revealed the essence of the matter:

Can the Lu family be destroyed? Can Xu Jing be killed?

Yes!

But the premise is that the Lu family is destroyed and Xu Jing is dead, while the Great Lan Dynasty itself will not be affected, not only will it not lose national strength, but it might even become better!

The Lu family has long been rooted in the system of the Great Lan Dynasty; if it is destroyed, how will this void be filled?

Xu Jing is a dignified Grandmaster; if he dies, who will compensate for this loss?

As long as Li Fei can properly resolve all these problems, he can destroy the Lu family and kill Xu Jing!

Just like the words Ye Zean once pointed out to him—to save oneself, one must first save others.

This is how to play the game under the rules.

If one does not follow the rules, even if Li Fei truly has the strength to kill Xu Jing alone and destroy the Lu family,

then his actions would be equivalent to treason!

A blade that cannot be controlled and might even backfire on its master, no matter how much the Emperor appreciates Li Fei, he would have no choice but to destroy it in pain!

That is why the Third Imperial Prince brought up the term "powerful minister" as soon as he approached Li Fei.

To achieve his goals within the rules, the fastest and most likely way for Li Fei is to become a powerful minister.

But ten years of slow building...

Li Fei had to admit that this Third Imperial Prince's grasp of the human heart was very precise.

The Third Imperial Prince: "The Crown Prince doesn't dare to cooperate with you now. As for the First Imperial Prince, the reason he targeted you in the first place was to pull the Lu family and Xu Jing onto his boat. Now that both sides have joined forces, it is even more impossible for you to cooperate with the First Imperial Prince."

Hearing this, Li Fei finally understood that the First Imperial Prince had such a consideration when he targeted him from the beginning.

It seems that none of these Imperial Princes who can participate in the struggle for the throne are simple!

And this sentence from the Third Imperial Prince was also telling Li Fei that if he wants revenge, there is one more target he needs to deal with—the First Imperial Prince!

This undoubtedly raised the difficulty by another level.

"Li Fei."

The Third Imperial Prince met Li Fei's gaze, "Looking at all the civil and military officials in this court, you only have me to choose from!"

"Believe me, as long as you join forces with me, I guarantee you can complete your revenge within two years!"

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Li Fei remained silent.

Seeing this, the Third Imperial Prince was not in a hurry: "I'll give you time to consider it slowly. When you've made up your mind, come find me anytime. My promise is always valid."

After saying this, he stepped forward, stuffed something into Li Fei's hand, and said softly:

"I have always believed that the future of this world belongs to people like you and me!"

After saying this, he turned and left.

Li Fei looked down at the item the Third Imperial Prince had stuffed into his hand; it was a black iron token with the words "Under Heaven" written on the front and a "Special" character on the back.

"This..."

Li Fei recognized this token.

Legend has it that "Under Heaven" has a special-grade token; the holder of this token can request "Under Heaven" to provide a piece of intelligence free of charge.

Astronomy and geography, treasures of the world, the trends of the world, legendary secrets... as long as it is information that "Under Heaven" can obtain, it is within the scope!

Li Fei sensed the aura of an exotic beast from the token in his hand, and it was at least the aura of a sixth-grade exotic beast.

A token made from the body tissue of a sixth-grade exotic beast can basically guarantee the authenticity of this token.

That the Third Imperial Prince could casually take out a special-grade token of "Under Heaven" and give it to Li Fei meant that he had an extraordinary relationship with this world's number one intelligence organization!

It is possible that he is the mysterious owner behind "Under Heaven."

Or perhaps "Under Heaven," this world's number one intelligence organization, has already chosen to stand on his side and support him in the struggle for the throne!

Regardless of which possibility it is, it demonstrated the unfathomable power of the Third Imperial Prince!

He gave this token to Li Fei to let Li Fei know that even if his power suffered heavy losses in the previous Zhengfa Academy case,

he still possesses the possibility of winning the throne!

His forbearance, his shrewdness, and his ability were all reflected in the token in Li Fei's hand.

Moreover, Li Fei now holds the power to supervise the world, and "Under Heaven" possesses the strongest intelligence system in the world; the two are a perfect match!

One provides intelligence, and the other exercises the power of supervision; then great things can be accomplished!

"No wonder he said he was confident in helping me achieve my goal within two years."

Li Fei looked at the Third Imperial Prince's back and couldn't help but think.

"Marquis Jing'an."

Just as he was pondering, Feng Cheng walked over.

"Eunuch Feng."

"His Majesty summons you."

"Alright, please lead the way, Eunuch."

Thus, Li Fei followed Feng Cheng all the way out of the Zheng Lan Hall.

This time, the place where the Emperor summoned him was changed to the Imperial Study.

When Li Fei walked into the Imperial Study, besides the Emperor, he also saw a middle-aged man wearing a Daoist robe.

It was none other than the Imperial Preceptor Yunshu!

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Greetings, Imperial Preceptor."

Li Fei bowed in turn.

He had not expected Yunshu, who should have been in seclusion to heal his wounds, to be in the Imperial Study.

"Sit."

The Emperor said to Li Fei very casually.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Fei sat opposite Yunshu.

"Today, the Imperial Preceptor specifically came out of seclusion to see you."

The Emperor said directly to Li Fei.

"Ah?"

Li Fei looked at Yunshu in confusion.

Yunshu met his gaze and said calmly:

"On March 1st, the final target of Qiming, the leader of the Xintian Society, was me."

Li Fei was startled and listened quietly.

"He used your life path as a guide, taking advantage of the connection established with the national fortune when you broke through your realm, to try to attack me and catch me off guard to severely injure me."

Yunshu continued.

Li Fei suddenly realized and finally understood why the "God of War" Wen Ren Zheng would take the initiative to bow to him that day.

And why the Emperor would reward him so heavily today.

It turned out that he had unintentionally saved Yunshu.

Perhaps he also prevented the national fortune of the Great Lan Dynasty from being severely damaged again?

Coupled with some subsequent far-reaching influences, it could indeed be counted as a great achievement.

"Qiming failed to severely injure me, and you didn't die either. Next, he has to worry about me using the traces left on you to find him in turn."

Yunshu said, "Seeing you today is, first, to collect the traces related to Qiming on you, and second, to leave a spell on you so that if Qiming attacks you again in the future, I will be able to find him directly."

Li Fei immediately realized the severity of the problem:

"So, as long as I don't die for a day, this Qiming won't have a day of peace?"

Yunshu: "Correct."

Li Fei: "."

The Emperor, sitting to the side, laughed: "You don't have to worry too much; as long as he doesn't want to seek his own death, he won't attack you directly again."

As he spoke, the Emperor picked up a wooden box from the side and pushed it gently; the wooden box flew steadily into Li Fei's hand.

"There is a 'Peace Token' in this wooden box. If you wear it on your body and activate it, it can block the attacks of a Grandmaster for a period of time."

The Emperor said nonchalantly.

Li Fei was startled and subconsciously gripped the wooden box in his hand.

A treasure that can block the attacks of a Grandmaster—how precious and rare must this be?

This thing must at least be made from the body tissue of an eighth-grade exotic beast, right?

Li Fei hurriedly stood up and bowed to the Emperor:

"Thank you for your great grace, Your Majesty!"

Peace Token—although the name is ordinary, it is indeed the most well-deserved thing in the world!

What Li Fei did not know was that almost every member of the royal family has a Peace Token, but among all the royal family members, only the Crown Prince, the First Imperial Prince, and the Third Imperial Prince possess a Peace Token of the level in his hands.

Li Fei is the first non-royal family member to receive the highest-level Peace Token!

"One does not receive rewards without merit; I am not giving you this Peace Token for nothing."

The Emperor said to Li Fei.

Li Fei: "Please give your orders, Your Majesty."

The Emperor: "No rush, let's talk after the Imperial Preceptor finishes casting the spell."

Li Fei looked at Yunshu and took the opportunity to say:

"Could I please ask the Imperial Preceptor to do me another favor while you're at it?"

"Speak."

Yunshu looked at him.

Thus, Li Fei spoke about his desire to refine the Divine Ability Seed and wanted to ask the Imperial Preceptor to help him take a look first to see if his existing fortune could guarantee a ten-percent success rate.

"You actually still have a Divine Ability Seed?"

The Emperor laughed, "You are truly blessed by heaven and favored by fortune."

"It was left to me by my master, Hao Yi, after he died."

Li Fei said calmly.

Hearing this, the Emperor was startled, restrained his smile, and looked at Yunshu:

"Then I will have to trouble the Imperial Preceptor to take a look for him."

Yunshu nodded, and clear light flickered in his eyes.

Li Fei suddenly felt as if he had been completely seen through; except for the Ten Thousand Blood Bead and the Blood Spring in his body, everything else had nowhere to hide under Yunshu's eyes!

The unity of law and martial arts, the Flying Sword Body—these were all seen through by Yunshu one by one.

This exploration lasted for a long time; Yunshu not only wanted to see Li Fei's fortune but also had to "extract" those "traces" that Qiming had left on Li Fei.

When Yunshu put away the Dao rules, a look of fatigue was clearly visible on his face.

He looked at Li Fei: "With your current fortune and the national fortune on you, if all of it is used to refine the Divine Ability Seed on you, you would have about a ninety-percent success rate."

"Ninety percent..."

Li Fei pondered.

To be honest, this success rate is already quite high; as long as one's luck isn't too terrible, it should basically succeed.

But what if...

He didn't want to gamble, and he didn't dare to gamble.

"May I ask the Imperial Preceptor, if I want to reach a ten-percent certainty, how much more national fortune would be needed?"

Li Fei asked.

Yunshu did not answer this question but looked at the Emperor.

The Emperor pondered for a moment:

"Li Fei, in normal times, it's not that I couldn't bestow a portion of national fortune upon you to help you refine the Divine Ability Seed. But now is an extraordinary time; I might as well speak plainly—the Imperial Preceptor needs national fortune very much to heal his wounds."

Li Fei fell silent.

He didn't have any complaints about this, just some regret.

But he could also understand the Emperor's choice.

No matter how much of a genius he is, he is only the future of the empire.

And Yunshu is the past and present of the empire.

One cannot abandon the past and present for the sake of the future, right?

What's more, a True Lord also shoulders the future of the empire!

"However, you don't have to regret it; this matter is not without other solutions."

The Emperor suddenly laughed.

Li Fei raised his head abruptly.

"There is no extra national fortune to share with you, but you can find ways to increase the national fortune."

The Emperor said.

"Increase the national fortune, break cultivation records?"

Li Fei thought of this immediately.

He had heard True Person Qingding say that every time he breaks a cultivation record, the national fortune of the Great Lan Dynasty can be increased.

But he had just broken through his realm, and the next cultivation record could only be breaking through to Grandmaster and Top-tier True Person, which is not something that can be achieved in a short time.

"The most direct way to increase the national fortune is not breaking cultivation records."

The Emperor looked at Li Fei and said word by word:

"It is to expand the territory!"

Li Fei was shocked: "Does Your Majesty intend to send troops to the Western Continent?"

"Hahaha!"

The Emperor laughed, "Although I have the ambition, I am not so vain as to seek instant success."

Li Fei hurriedly said: "That was not my intention, Your Majesty."

The Emperor restrained his smile and said in a deep voice:

"Not to the Western Continent, but to the Northern Barbarians."

"Northern Barbarians..."

Li Fei did not express his opinion, but he still felt that this decision was unwise.

Why have the Northern Barbarians not been completely resolved for so many years?

It is because the northern wilderness is mostly primitive jungles and mountains, with treacherous terrain, making it difficult to deploy troops.

Back then, the Taizu Emperor relied on his many fierce generals and numerous experts to organize elite forces to kill into the wilderness and completely subdue the seventeen tribes of the Northern Barbarians.

But after Taizu, the national strength of the Great Lan Dynasty gradually declined, and the seventeen tribes of the Northern Barbarians gradually lost their awe and repeatedly invaded the borders again.

For hundreds of years, the Great Lan Dynasty has always adopted a defensive strategy.

In this Northern Border War, Prince Cheng led his troops to a great victory, but that was only repelling one large-scale invasion by the Northern Barbarians.

Now the Emperor suddenly wants to change the defensive strategy of so many years and take the initiative to use troops against the Northern Barbarians.

To be honest, Li Fei is not optimistic.

"Are you slandering me in your heart for being too radical?"

The Emperor suddenly asked.

Li Fei was startled and said: "Since Your Majesty has decided to use troops against the Northern Barbarians, you must already have a way to win!"

"Hmph."

The Emperor snorted coldly, "I don't have a way to win, but I have the reason and determination that I must win!"

"The Northern Barbarians' sudden invasion this time is not without reason. It has been verified that the Northern Barbarians have produced another 'King'!"

Li Fei was shocked upon hearing this.

The seventeen tribes of the Northern Barbarians are not a united entity; on the contrary, there is blood feud between the various tribes that has lasted for hundreds of years!

Sometimes, the wars between them are even bloodier and more intense than the wars with the Great Lan Dynasty.

More than five hundred years ago, the Northern Barbarians produced a "King" who was revered as the common master by the seventeen tribes, and all their forces united to attack the Central Plains.

In the end, it was the Taizu Emperor who personally killed that Northern Barbarian King, which caused the seventeen tribes of the Northern Barbarians to return to being a scattered mess.

Now the seventeen tribes of the Northern Barbarians have a new common master?

That Northern Barbarian King back then was a Martial Saint!

"This new Northern Barbarian King has not yet completely unified the Northern Barbarians; currently, only eight tribes revere him as their common master. I have calculated that the other party is only at the cultivation of a peak Grandmaster, one step away from a Martial Saint."

Yunshu suddenly spoke, "But if he is allowed to gain momentum and completely unify the seventeen tribes of the Northern Barbarians, then by borrowing the fortune of the entire Northern Barbarian region, he is very likely to take that final step and break through to become a Martial Saint!"

Li Fei suddenly realized and finally understood why the Emperor was determined to use troops against the Northern Barbarians.

The Xintian Society having one more True Lord has already put the Great Lan Dynasty in a very passive position.

If the seventeen tribes of the Northern Barbarians have one more "King" and one more Martial Saint, then the Great Lan Dynasty will likely be in a difficult situation!

Let alone a future expedition to the Western Continent, even defending the city would be difficult!

"I just said that one does not receive rewards without merit; bestowing the Peace Token upon you is because I want you to serve the country and kill the enemy on the battlefield."

The Emperor said to Li Fei:

"Now that you happen to need the blessing of national fortune, it works out perfectly. If you can truly make contributions in the Northern Border, I will not be stingy with national fortune!"

Hearing this, Li Fei finally understood the Emperor's intention.

He had just promoted him and given him great power.

If he didn't arrange other things for him to do next, he would definitely go directly to find trouble with the Lu family and Xu Jing!

It just so happened that the imperial court intended to use troops against the Northern Border, so the Emperor arranged a new task for Li Fei, shifting internal contradictions to external ones, keeping the guns pointed outward, which is a very useful political tactic.

And it just so happened that Li Fei needed the blessing of national fortune, making it even more logical for him to help the Great Lan Dynasty expand its territory.

How to get revenge and resolve the Lu family and Xu Jing—Grand Secretary Ye Zean and the Third Imperial Prince had already told Li Fei one after another.

Now the Emperor had also pointed out a path for Li Fei.

Li Fei did not hesitate much and bowed to the Emperor:

"Your subject is willing to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and share your worries, Your Majesty!"

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