Chapter 223
After seeing off Lingshuang, Tang Yin originally planned to set off for the Feng Kingdom, but at this time, Lotte sent a report and a report from Mo Guozeping County.
Located in the north of Zeping County, near the junction of Mo State and Xinmo State, there is a frontier fortress arranged by the Mo Army. According to the investigation by the Tianyan, there are about 500 Mo Army stationed in this fortress, among which no spiritual cultivators were found, and they were basically ordinary soldiers. The function of this fortress is not to defend against Xinmo State, but mainly serves as an early warning.
After reading this investigation, Tang Yin immediately decided to postpone his departure for one day.
Now his spiritual energy is empty and needs to be restored. The fortress of Mo Kingdom has no more and no less troops, and it happens to be not far from Kurakai, which is suitable for him to make up for spiritual energy.
On the evening of that day, Tang Yin took Cheng Jin and his wife out of the city on a fast horse, left Cangping, and quietly approached Mo Jun's fortress. The two of them left in the middle of the night and returned before the fifth, without alarming anyone.
It was not until noon the next day that the Mo army discovered that an accident occurred in a fortress near the capital of New Mo Kingdom. More than 500 soldiers inside died suddenly overnight.
The fortress is full of broken limbs and broken arms, but most of the soldiers died in the barracks and were confusedly smeared in their sleep.
The entire fortress was covered with corpses, but they were not bloody because there was no blood at all. But it was precisely because of this that it seemed extremely strange and terrifying, as if the more than 500 soldiers had been sucked into the blood by monsters.
The New Mo State was not aware of this matter, and the Mo State would not promote it. However, the tense atmosphere spread across the Mo State's border. A fortress with more than 500 people stationed in it had such a tragedy without even knowing it. It was incredible and unimaginable. All other fortresses on the border were in danger, fearing that the same bad luck would fall on their heads.
The next day, the energetic Tang Yin embarked on the road to return home. When he left Cangping, the monarch and ministers of Xinmo Kingdom all went out of the city to see him off. The scene was so grand and the scale was so grand that it seemed that Tang Yin was the monarch of Xinmo Kingdom.
Following Tang Yin, the direct army of Feng Kingdom, the Pingyuan Army, the Huwei Army and the Feilong Army were also leaving.
After this war, the losses of the Fourth Army were very serious. Only more than 200,000 troops were joined together. Fortunately, for Fengguo, the war was over, and the Fourth Army could rest and recover after returning to the country.
One month later, Yancheng.
Tang Yin led the Feng army back triumphantly and was naturally welcomed by the Feng Kingdom people in the capital. In fact, for Tang Yin, this war was not a victory. Feng Kingdom failed to annex Mo Kingdom in one go, but for other Feng people, this battle was a complete victory. Not only did it save the precarious Yu Kingdom, but it also separated the Mo Kingdom from five counties, greatly weakening the national strength of Mo Kingdom. Moreover, with these five counties as a buffer, it was difficult for Mo Kingdom to fight to the Feng Kingdom's land.
At present, there are two voices in Feng Kingdom for Tang Yin, the monarch. One is absolutely supportive, believing that Tang Yin is a hero who revitalized and rose up in Feng Kingdom, while the other voice is opposed, believing that Tang Yin is fighting hard and fighting everywhere, which has led to a sharp decline in the young and strong population of Feng Kingdom. Now, there are far more adult women than adult men in Feng Kingdom. If the battle continues like this, Feng Kingdom will die in his prime, which is a sign of destruction.
After meeting the imperial court ministers and the royal court ministers who came to greet him, Tang Yin sat in a semi-open carriage and returned to the royal palace.
In the lobby of the palace, Tang Yin's three wives, Fan Min and Yuan Qianyi had been waiting for a long time.
Seeing that his wife had arrived, Tang Yin smiled and walked forward quickly. Before they could see the gifts he brought back from Mo Guo first.
The gifts he gave were carefully selected according to the preferences of the three girls. The gifts he gave Wu Mei were a sword obtained in Mo Kingdom, the precious and rare jewelry given to Fan Min, and the books collected by Yuan Qianyi were Mo Kingdom.
He knew the characteristics of the three ladies, liked martial arts, Yuan Qianyi liked literary works, and Fan Min admired money the most. The three girls were all happy with the gifts he gave, and their husband's consideration also benefited them very much.
In addition to these gifts, Tang Yin also asked the people below to divide the gold, silver and jewelry seized in the war into three boxes, and send them to Wumei, Fan Min and Yuan Qianyi's residences. He has never been a stingy person, especially his own women.
After changing clothes, Tang Yin wore casual clothes and chatted with his three ladies in the atrium garden while having tea and refreshments. He did not talk about the bloody war, but only talked about some interesting and new things he had seen in Mo Country.
Halfway through, a guard hurriedly ran over, intervened and bowed, and said, "King, the palace has sent someone to urge you to come to the palace to meet the holy."
Logically speaking, the first thing Tang Yin did when he returned to the capital was to meet the emperor in the palace and talk about the situation and outcome of the Fengmo War. However, he ignored these things at all. After entering Yancheng, he rushed home and reunited with his three wives. Now, not only the emperor was waiting for him in the main hall of the palace, but even the ministers of the imperial court were present, none of them were absent, just waiting for him.
After listening to the guard's report, Tang Yin smiled calmly and said, "No hurry! Let them continue to wait!"
"Etiquette and law are nothing more than human favors! The king has just returned to the capital and is exhausted. Why can't he rest in the palace for a while? Let me tell the people in the palace that the king will not go to see the saint today." Wumei looked at the guard who came to report the news and said coquettishly.
The guard hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes! Madam!" As he spoke, he acted as he wanted to leave. Yuan Qianyi raised his hand and called him. First, he shook his head at Wumei, indicating that she should not act impulsively, and then said to Tang Yin: "Etiquette and law are not broken. Husband, don't let others say anything about this little thing!"
Tang Yin smiled and said calmly: "Qianyi is worried too much. Don't say that no one dares to speak out. Even if someone is dissatisfied with me, what can I do?" As he said that, he waved to the guards and said: "Just do it according to Mrs. Leping (Wu Mei)'s wishes!"
"Yes!" The guards did not dare to delay any longer and took the order and left.
Yuan Qianyi knew that Tang Yin no longer cared about the so-called emperor and the imperial court, but he could think so in his heart that he should be able to live on the surface, otherwise the ministers in the imperial court might have secret trouble again.
She frowned and whispered: "Husband..."
Tang Yin patted her hand and said with a smile: "I am really tired and don't want to see the mediocre people in the imperial court again."
After hearing what he said, Yuan Qianyi didn't want to say anything more, and sighed quietly in her heart.
Tang Yin was too lazy to go to the palace. The fatigue was only one aspect, but now he was feeling uncomfortable all over.
The wounds on his body were scarred, but they were extremely itchy, but there was no special medicine to stop it, which made him upset. Unfortunately, he didn't have time to rest, so the two prime ministers, Shangguan Yuanji and Qiu Zhen, came to him.
The monarch has been away for so long, and there are not many backlogs of affairs in Fengguo. Thanks to Shangguan Yuanji, the government affairs left to Tang Yin at this time were basically reported by Shangguan Yuanji, and the reform plan for the current Fengguo system and laws.
Three wives from other countries, Tang Yin, Shangguan Yuanji, and Qiu Zhen went to the study. After sitting down, he yawned and asked: "I said, are the matter really urgent, are you going to deal with today? Is it not possible to change it to tomorrow?"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yuanji took a step back 'crawlingly' and replied: "King, Weichen's affairs are not urgent, but Qiu Xiang seems to be very anxious. Weichen came by Qiu Xiang's light."
Tang Yin smiled and raised his head and said, "Okay, let's talk about your no hurry first!"
Shangguan Yuanji handed a volume of memorials to Tang Yin and said, "King, this is a legal reform suggested by the empress."
Tang Yin took it curiously, opened it and murmured: "Three investigations and three reviews?"
"Yes! King, as our country continues to fight, the population is declining, which makes me understand one thing. No matter what time, people are the most useful." Shangguan Yuanji said: "Every year, there are no less than ten thousand cases involving the death penalty in our country, and more than one hundred cases involving the execution of nine clans. Therefore, I specifically proposed to implement a three-investment and three-inspection system for these two types of cases to ensure that all mistakes are foolproof and to eliminate unjust and wrong cases as much as possible."
"Prime Minister Shangguan means that after investigating the case, the process of investigating the case will be reviewed, and then the review will be reviewed, and finally the review will be conducted again?" Qiu Zhen asked with his eyebrows raised.
Shangguan Yuanji nodded and said, "Although there are still differences, it's roughly that."
Before Tang Yin could speak, Qiu Zhen shook his head first and asked back: "How much manpower does this three-inspection and three-inspection preparation cost, and how long does it take?"
Shangguan Yuanji said seriously: "No matter how much manpower is spent on death penalty cases and cases of extermination of the nine clans, it is worth it. Once a person dies, he will not be resurrected. How can he play with human life? As for the delay of time, it will be very long, which is exactly what I want. The longer the delay, the more likely it is to discover new clues and new suspicious points, and thus overturn the conclusion of the entire case. We should not enforce the law with the mentality of executing prisoners as soon as possible, but enforce the law with the mentality of saving one or more lives as much as possible."
Qiu Zhen blinked his eyes, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "We should use the heavy punishment in troubled times! I can't understand Prime Minister Shangguan's suggestion and cannot agree with it."
Tang Yin also became more and more obsessed with listening. According to Shangguan Yuanji's theory, it was equivalent to exonerating the death row prisoners. Will this indulge people to act recklessly and be lawless? Such things cannot be concluded even if they are modern.
He pondered for a while and asked, "Is there really a serious problem with our country's population?"
Chapter completed!