Realm of Power

"What, have the northern ministries surrendered to the empire? What can we do?"

"It's over, it's all over. I thought I could take back all the ministries in the north. But I didn't expect that with the emperor's order, all the ministries would be willing to serve him as lackeys. Even if our Yelu family can advance north, all the ministries will only invest in the empire. camp, not my Yelu family camp." In the main hall, after hearing that the various tribes in the north jointly killed the Fengtai tribe After the news, there was an uproar immediately after the silence. Not only did the generals' faces become uglier than the other, but if they had been confident about the Yelu family's re-emergence before, now they were as cold as if they had fallen into an ice cave. Yelu Hongtai himself seemed to have lost all his strength at once, and sat down on the chair dejectedly.

"When did the empire have such strong control over the ministries in the north?

"How can these tribes be like this? Aren't they the ones who oppose the empire the most fiercely? Now seeing the Fengtai tribe defeated, they turned around and exterminated the entire Fengtai tribe. Such behavior is really chilling." Someone among the generals said angrily. ,

An older general grunted with a livid look on his face. He thought that the Yelu family had reversed the situation in the Han River. Taking advantage of the great victory, they went northward with all their strength and took back all the sphere of influence that originally belonged to the Yelu family. All the ministries gathered under the Yelu family again, but unexpectedly, the empire would let all the ministries be united with just one order. The Ministry thought of surrendering. The Fengtai tribe with 200,000 people could be killed by each ministry in one breath. It can be imagined how respectful each ministry is to the empire. Instead of scolding these treacherous people here, it is better to discuss For a moment, it would be more realistic for us to accept the 500,000 gold coins sent by the empire this time."

"We must not accept it. We want to buy all the Central and Asian slaves in our hands for half a million gold coins. What a good thing!" A general shouted resolutely.

"I don't believe that the empire will really kill us like the Fengtai tribe. The empire treats my Yelu family so harshly. Aren't they afraid that other tribes who have submitted to the empire will be shaken?" The other generals shouted in agreement. Everyone went south to fight. Killing is not only to gain more wealth, but also to gain more wealth. There are so many slaves. Who doesn’t have more than 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of Central and Asian slaves in their hands now? In the traditional concept of the grassland people, these Central and Asian slaves are their private property. How could it be possible because of an imperial attack? To threaten you, let go of all the slaves in China and Bia? Yelu Hongtai's eyes kept scanning the generals, and his fingers tapped heavily on the armrests of the bench, making a tapping sound.

"Clan leader, you absolutely cannot agree to this!"

The generals looked at Yelu Hongtai's gloomy face one by one. Yelu Hongtai did not speak. No one in the hall dared to speak anymore. Their eyes were all focused on Yelu Hongtai. The atmosphere was even more depressing and maddening. This But it is a choice that affects the life and death of the entire Yelu family. Choose, if you make the right choice, the Yelu family can save tens of millions of Central and Eastern slaves. If you make the wrong choice, there may be a river of blood. Everyone is waiting for Yelu Hongtai to make a choice, and his heart makes a beating sound. At this moment, an intermittent voice sounded,

"Wuchang..., give it to Rangwu with a word...!"

This sound made everyone stunned. Even Yelu Hongtai opened his eyes wide and looked at the person who made the sound. The corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. This guy hadn't fainted yet. It was the person who made the sound. Wu Pang, who had been beaten and covered in blood, was thick and thick. He had been kicked wildly by the generals for several minutes and was covered in blood. At this moment, he was raising a hand. The blood on his body was not the blood coming from the wound, although The generals kicked him in anger, but Is it because I kept my foot carefully? The blood was actually nosebleeds. I don’t know who kicked my nose and it was broken. It was moved to one side. As soon as I spoke, nosebleeds mixed with saliva and saliva came out of my nose as I breathed. It looked like It was like there were two big holes in his nostrils, and the sound was as vague as if there was wind pouring in from his nose. Yelu Hongtai blinked his eyes for a long time before he finally figured out that this guy was talking about "Clan Chief, Empire" Let me tell you something."

"Is there anything more the empire can say?"

The moment he understood this sentence, Yelu Hongtai's eyes glared and he clenched his fingers fiercely. This is right. Although the emperor of the empire is strong, he will not take it by force to this extent. After all, the Yelu family is now considered an empire. If a member of the camp oppresses the Yelu family too much, isn't the empire afraid that the Yelu family will be disheartened? The whole Wu Pang is simply damned, how long has it been, and it’s still hidden like this! If it weren't for the fact that this guy had lost half his life, he would have ordered him to be dragged down and beaten with dozens of whips. Doesn't this guy know how important a sentence at this time is for him to make a judgment? Maybe the entire Yelu family will suffer the annihilation of the empire because of their misunderstanding.

"Come here, heal his nose first!"

Yelu Hongtai stood up and waved for the witch doctor in the palace to find him. This guy's nose was broken and his front teeth were probably kicked out. His words were leaking. You can't just rely on guessing. Soon, A tribal witch doctor walked into the temple. After looking at Wu Pang's slanted nose, he took some medicine from the herbal medicine pocket on his body. He grabbed a handful of herbs, put them in his mouth and chewed them into a paste. He then roughly straightened Wu Pang's nose with his hands. Wu Pang screamed in pain. Finally, the witch doctor applied the herb juice to the bridge of his nose. , after this process, Wu Pang's voice became clearer. The witch doctor stood up, bent over, and exited the hall.

"Tell me, what else did the empire ask you to say? Yelu Hongtai looked at the man with the herb on his nose like a knife, and frowned slightly. Although most prairie men did not take their appearance seriously, But looking at the tall man with herbs covering his nose, the generals in the hall burst into laughter.

"The empire gives in. The empire only wants people, not land." Wu Pang looked defeated, with his hand still covering his nose, and said intermittently in a humming voice.

"What do you mean?" The generals in the hall all heard clearly at this moment. Some looked confused, while others showed a hint of surprise.

"What do you mean you only want people but not land?" Some people also asked in confusion.

On the contrary, when Yelu Hongtai heard this sentence, his body was shocked, his eyes were shining, and he touched his chin with his hand, but there was a look of relief on his face. Others may not understand this sentence deeply, but for For Yelu Hongtai, it was like a sweet spring pouring into his heart, resolving his biggest worry during this time.

The Yelu family relies on the empire to establish a country, which has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is naturally relying on the big tree of the empire. Even if other forces take a peek, they will not dare to start a war easily. This can be regarded as the Yelu family's self-protection in the current dangerous situation. As long as the Yelu family After a few years of rest and recuperation, even if the family cannot return to its original heyday, at least it will have enough strength to protect itself.

The disadvantage is that the empire supports the Yelu family to establish the country, and its influence will inevitably extend to every corner of the Yelu family's imperial capital. Coupled with the marriage relationship between the emperor and the Yelu family, imperial businessmen will inevitably enter all aspects of the imperial capital. According to the extremely powerful economic capabilities of the imperial businessmen , I am afraid that in less than a year, the entire Imperial Capital will be economically controlled by imperial merchants.

Once the empire becomes interested in the Yelu family and wants to seize the imperial capital from the Yelu family, the Yelu family will just stare at it through economic means. Yelu Hongtai can't sleep every time he thinks of this possibility.

As a grassland tyrant of a generation, he knew very well that once this situation occurs, the Yelu family will be destroyed. Even the existence of Yelu Qiyeguang will not change it at all, because this is the will of the empire, and anyone who stands in the way will be ruthlessly pushed away. Kai, the empire's power frightened him and made him feel powerless to stop it.

This time I want to go back on my word and let the Yelu family rise again, but I am also worried about this. In the end, what countries pay attention to is still the supremacy of strength. Only by letting the Yelu family have strength again can the empire surrender.

However, the entire northern region joined the imperial camp, completely shattering Yelu Hongtai's dream of revival.

At this moment, the empire can still give the Yelu family a promise, which is enough to make Yelu Hongtai overjoyed. This sentence of the empire is undoubtedly a promise. The empire only wants slaves in Central Asia and does not want the imperial capital of the Yelu family. With this sentence, the sacrifice is just a mere promise. What are the tens of millions of Central and Asian slaves?

"If the empire only wants those Central Asian slaves, not our land and cattle and sheep, then that's acceptable!" Some of the generals began to relent. It was unwise to fight the empire. Everyone knew it. Therefore, the reason for the strong resistance was the fear that the empire would force it again after forcibly buying the slaves from Central Asia. Let them hand over their land. If you do it the first time, there will be a second time, and a third time, until they are completely squeezed out. Therefore, you must resolutely not do it the first time, even if it means fighting to the end, with a bloody head. , this is a truth that even the upright prairie people understand. Now that the empire has made a promise, there is little point in continuing to hold on to it.

"Let it go, aren't they just slaves from Central Asia? Keeping them is just a waste of food anyway."

"That's true. Apart from being able to plow the ground, those Central-Bian slaves don't even know how to raise them. Keeping them is a waste of food." Someone spoke, and more generals began to change their words.

Since the empire only wants people, then give them to the empire!

Yelu Hongtai could only smile bitterly when he saw the generals relenting so easily. These people were all great grassland aristocrats in the Imperial Capital region, and they controlled more than 80% of the slaves in Central Asia. As long as these people relented, they would basically be Overall, although Sino-Bian slaves are a big fortune, compared to Phoenix After the Taibu were destroyed, they still retained their own land and industry. At most, they lost some manpower. For the prairie nobles, the role of slaves was to work. It depends on whether the prairie nobles can afford them. Because the prairie nobles treated the vast majority of Central and Eastern slaves very simply and roughly, they only Given a meal, over time, no matter how strong a slave is, he will become weak. In this way, the slave will not have the strength to escape, nor will he have the strength to do work. However, the prairie nobles don't care so much. They only need the slave not to run away, but People in the grassland are not in the habit of producing, and there are no big workshops in the imperial capital. Tens of millions of Central Africans have been arranged in it, so many grassland nobles privately use the excess Central Asian slaves as a kind of exchange resources to exchange the materials they need with other ministries. Now even if they are free For these prairie nobles, losing the slaves they held was not a big loss.

On the contrary, Yelu Hongtai was impressed by the empire's determination to take over tens of millions of Central Asian slaves from the imperial capital in one fell swoop. He came from a background in internal affairs, so how could he not know that tens of millions of people could be frightened to death just by eating and clothing them? Astronomical figures, looking at the entire continent, except the emperor, who has such ability!

Similarly, Yelu Hongtai also felt a bit of revenge in his heart. Do you really think that accepting slaves from Central Asia is as simple as that? Are you kidding? Yelu Hongtai sneered at the generals and said, "Since the empire wants people, we will give them to them. It depends on whether they accept them or not. Pass my order. The Zhongbia slaves in the Imperial Capital area must be Deport them all within ten days"

"Ten days! Oh my god!" There was a sound of gasping in the general. Tens of millions of people were all driven out in ten days. What a scene it would be.

"The master of the house is still wise, these cheap bones from Zhongbia will give the empire a headache."

Some generals also laughed. The Central Bian ethnic group was so exclusive towards foreign rule that even the empire could not have imagined. The grassland people could suppress it because the grassland people's scimitars were sharp enough, so sharp that the Central Bian people could suppress them. I don’t dare to resist anymore, but the empire is different. If there are tens of millions of Central and Eastern slaves, if they are not controlled properly, it will inevitably lead to a catastrophic riot.

And now it is April. Last winter, the Yelu family experienced two disastrous defeats from prosperity to decline, one in Northwest China and one in Yanzhou. The food that the Yelu family had hoarded for a year was all used up because of these two wars.

In order to survive the winter, all the ministries tightened their trouser pockets. There was no extra food to feed the low-status Central and Bian slaves. In one winter, the number of Central and Bian slaves in the Imperial Capital area decreased by a full 10%. Those were millions of Central and Asian slaves who froze to death and starved to death in the winter. Although the winter has passed, Among the tens of millions of Zambian slaves in the Imperial Capital area, there are probably six to seven million who are hungry. Now they are all driven away at once. Everyone's mind flashes to the emperor's anxious look after hearing the news. He couldn't help but laugh out loud. Everyone couldn't wait to see the empire's jokes.

In the Han River, Fatty walked up a slope. Under the stars in the sky, Yelu Qiyeguang stood on the rock in front of him, dressed in military uniform. He looked towards the direction of the imperial capital with complicated eyes. The night wind blew his long black hair slowly, and his eyes were beautiful. Looking at Panshenghui, when he heard the footsteps coming from behind, Yelu Qiyeguang turned around, looked at the fat man walking over, gritted his teeth and said, "How are you going to resettle the tens of millions of slaves in Central Asia?"

"What resettlement?" The fat man grinned, touched Yelu Qiyeguang's pretty and dazzling face, and said with a smile, "Why should I resettle? Since they are Central Asians, it is natural to let them go back to the south of the river. "

"Are you crazy! Do you want to put all the tens of millions of Central and Bian people back?" Yelu Qiyeguang's pretty eyes were bulging, and he sighed, "If you want to use these Central and Bian people to attack China and Bia?" South, then don’t waste your efforts. My Yelu family has done this before, and it went smoothly at first. However, as the southern region of Central and South Africa ordered the blockade of large rivers, this trick will no longer work."

"Haha, you can rest assured that this time, the south of China and Bia will not dare to blockade!" The fat man laughed, looked deeply, and licked his lips, "Because this time I went back with tens of millions of people from China and Bia. There is also a person in southern China who would never dare to blockade China.”

"Who?" Yelu Qiyeguang blinked his beautiful eyes curiously,

"Emperor of Zhongbia!" The fat man took a deep breath, raised his head and looked at the beautiful long river of stars above his head. He sighed and said, "The Emperor of Zhongbia single-handedly persuaded the head of the Yelu family to let tens of millions of Zhongbia people return south. , who dares to stop such a holy king who has been rare for thousands of years, and who can stop him!"

"You..." After hearing the fat man's words, Yelu Qiyeguang suddenly felt a cold air rushing from his back to the top of his head. It was so cruel! This is because they are not afraid that the Long family will fight to the death!

(To be continued...)r