Cao Yun sat in the deserted palace. This was once the most important place for Cao Tiancheng to deal with the huge empire of Daqi, but now he is sitting here himself.

There was no excitement or emotion, his eyes were as deserted as thousands of years of ice. From the time he killed his family in Luoyang City, Cao Yun knew that his heart had long been dead.

The only thought left is to unify the world.

Cao Hui perfectly implemented his intentions. This brilliant and majestic building is now terrifyingly deserted. Cao Tiancheng's huge harem concubines were sent to Baoen Temple. Where they would spend the rest of their lives. All the palace maids and eunuchs were sent out of the palace. As for how to deal with them, that was Tian Fen's business.

When he was in Luoyang, Tian Fen had a vain case. These palace maids could be used to marry soldiers, while those eunuchs could only be sent to be coolies. Whether it was building water conservancy or roads, or sent to Laizhou Water Camp as slaves. Cao Yun didn't think he needed to know this.

Every piece of copper coins in Daqi next had to be prepared for the Ming Dynasty to fight for the world. There was not so much spare money to support these people. Cao Yun did not think that he had become the emperor and needed these people to serve. He had been a soldier for most of his life. He felt that those big-headed soldiers could make him feel more at ease by following him.

So this brilliant palace became the place where soldiers were stationed.

The main force of guards in Chang'an was of course the Long Xiang army. The commander of this army was Cao Kai. In this palace, Cao Yun's personal guard army came from his former personal guard troops. After Cao Tiancheng removed his position as chief commander, he dismissed his personal guards, and most of them entered the various troops of the Daqi, while the other part was removed from his armor and returned to the fields.

Now he sat on the chair at the highest point of Daqi. With his call, these people gathered from all over the place to Chang'an. When Cao Yun arrived in Chang'an City, the five thousand guards had already completed the assembly and followed Cao Yun into this palace.

In the imperial palace of the capital of Daqi, there are no more silk and bamboo singing and dancing, only soldiers and armor and soldiers.

Cao Yun stayed in Daming for half a year. Qin Feng showed him generously what he should have seen and what he shouldn't have seen. Of course, he knew that Qin Feng was extremely malicious at that time, but this did not prevent him from looking, listening, and thinking carefully. The final conclusion was that Daming had already walked far ahead of Daqi.

Whether it is governing people's livelihood, training the army, or doing business and seeking wealth, they have already had a complete set of effective systems and rules. Even if the Ming Dynasty does nothing, it will be unstoppable and will become faster and faster in accordance with these systems and rules.

It's like a snowball rolling. At the beginning, the snowball was not big, and it was very difficult to roll. It required people to push it hard from behind. However, as the snowball got bigger and bigger, he did not need someone to apply external force to him, and he could also move forward with the initial force. It would get faster and bigger, and would destroy the obstacles that blocked them as soon as possible.

Ming Kingdom has become a huge snowball like this, and Qi Kingdom has just started rolling. Therefore, he must seize all the time and mobilize all forces, hoping to make the snowball big as soon as possible.

The only thing that made him feel relieved was that the starting point of Daqi was much higher than that of Ming Kingdom, so the size of this snowball was already somewhat large at the beginning.

What Da Qi needs most now is rest and recuperation. The war to destroy aristocratic families is definitely a matter of killing one thousand enemies and 800 damage to themselves. Although these aristocratic families have been wiped out, their remaining poison still takes a long time to clean up. The tangled relationship between neighbors and clans cannot be solved by swords and weapons.

In this war, the court paid a lot of money, and it is expected that it will take countless money to invest. Although the Eight Great Masters were confiscated and exterminated their clans, the wealth they raised from them was pitifully less than the expenses of this operation. In recent years, the Eight Great Masters had accumulated soldiers and armor, and had already spent almost the accumulated wealth. The only thing the court gained was the countless fertile land they had acquired and the business roads they controlled.

For the court, what they care about the most is that they will lose their money when they use it, but these fertile fields and business paths are the golden roosters that keep creating wealth.

Of course, Cao Yun himself would not care about these trivial matters of people's livelihood. He threw all of this to Tian Fen. Just when everyone was speculating that Cao Yun would take revenge on Tian Fen, Cao Yun did the opposite and gave Tian Fen greater rights. Tian Fen is still the chief minister of Da Qi, and the rights in his hands are even greater than those during the Cao Tiancheng period.

Doesn’t Cao Yun hate Tian Fen? Of course no, he is not a saint, and he naturally has some emotions and desires. But now, Cao Yun feels that after taking on the burden of Qi’s advance, all personal emotions must be abandoned. In his eyes, only the purest interests are left, belonging to the interests of the Great Qi.

Although Tian Fen is abominable, he can't find someone to replace him for a while, nor can he see who can fill the loophole after Tian Fen is gone.

Governing people's livelihood is not your own strength, Tian Fen is an expert in this field.

Cao Yun left almost all the political affairs to Tian Fen. He knew that Tian Fen would definitely work harder than when he was under Cao Tiancheng's command. He knew very well that he owed him what he owed him. In Luoyang, when Tian Fen saw the body of his family, his trembling body had already explained everything.

Cao Yun himself was ready to do his best to build an iron army of the Great Qi.

Tian Fen gets money and food, and trains his own army.

Without a strong army, everything is useless.

The military system of Daqi needs to be reformed, and the tiger benevolence of Daqi needs to be rebuilt. Otherwise, in the foreseeable future, Daqi will not be able to withstand the tiger and wolf army with sharp fangs exposed.

The national policy of the future Da Qi is relatively simple, that is, to prepare for a battle to destroy the country. It either destroys the opponent or is destroyed by oneself.

"Your Majesty, General Guo, General Cao, and General Tuoba asked for a meeting." Feng Ke, the general of the personal guard, stepped into the study and bowed.

Cao Yun nodded, "Have the personal guards all settled?"

Feng Ke nodded: "Your Majesty, you have all settled it, but everyone is a little uncomfortable, and I feel that it is too comfortable here and it is not suitable for long-term staying. To be honest, even I can't sleep at night. The bed is too big and the bedding is too soft. These people are all used to living in a big tent, eating a big pot, and sleeping in a camp bed. I feel a little worried that the comfortable environment will make these bears and men weak."

Cao Yun laughed: "Since you feel uncomfortable, then find a way to make yourself comfortable."

Feng Ke said in surprise: "But Your Majesty, this is the palace. The soldiers are walking and standing on tiptoe now. The soldiers are in awe of the majesty of the royal family."

"This is the imperial palace, and it will be the largest military camp and the most stable fortress in Daqi. Feng Ke, do you see that there is a woman and a eunuch in this huge palace? Do what you want to do, and make our tiger men even more fierce. Now I just want to hear the war drums of the war, not the singing and dancing of silk and bamboo. Only in the sound of the war horns can I fall asleep."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Feng Ke clasped his fists and retreated. With His Majesty's words, he dared to let go. He felt that some houses outside the imperial city could be demolished. From a defensive perspective, these houses were too close to the imperial city, and a horse-drawn road could be built on the original house. The open space in the Imperial Garden could be built into a school ground, and daily training could be carried out there.

Guo Xiancheng and Cao Hui walked in, followed Tuobayan behind them.

Outside Chang'an City, Guo Xiancheng and Cao Hui, saw that Cao Yun had reported the incident of Tuobayan, Cao Yun did not comment, but asked them to bring Tuobayan into the palace, but they did not mention the whole matter, which made the two of them feel a little confused about what the emperor meant, but one thing was obvious that the emperor didn't want more people to know about this matter. Just looking at Feng Ke just greeted them and said hello to the three of them easily, we can know that even the emperor's personal military commander did not know about Tuobayan.

Tuobayan has now completely calmed down. This time, he will come and die. If he cannot live a new life, he will have nothing to regret.

When the three of them stepped into the emperor's study, they saw the emperor standing in front of a huge map and muttering themselves, with their fingers passing by on the map from time to time.

Before the three of them could see each other, Cao Yun smiled and waved to the three of them: "Tuobayan, come here."

Guo Xiancheng and Cao Hui were both stunned. Tuoba Yan was slightly stunned, and still strode over, standing beside Cao Yun, looking up at the map in front, unlike a prisoner, but rather a military officer.

"I'm reviewing the marching route you broke through thousands of miles from Zhengyang County." Cao Yun could not see any joy or anger on his face, "Tell me, was this marching route deliberately designed by Guo Jiuling?"

Tuobayan shook his head decisively: "No design."

"Oh, if that's the case, how did you break through the siege?" Cao Yun asked with interest.

"When I broke through, Commander Guo told me that this was a real breakthrough, because no one in the Ming army knew who I was. They would really take me as the remnant force of the Yan army. He told me that there were many wise generals in the Great Qi. If this was a deliberately designed route, the flaws would be seen soon. He also said that any deliberate design would leave traces, and these traces would become the tiniest flaws to irreparable flaws. Therefore, I could only regard myself as a real fugitive when I escaped along the way."

"Excellent! Guo Jiuling really deserves me to toast him with a glass of wine." Cao Yun nodded.
Chapter completed!