The doctor suffers from amnesia, but not complete amnesia.

After all, being able to cooperate and being willing to cooperate is definitely better than having someone secretly oppose you.

"Well, walk slowly."

The Grand Tutor spoke in a muffled manner.

Just as Qiao Yelan was about to leave the platform.

"By the way—in a few days, the Grand Commandant said he has a few questions to ask me. I'll call you to the Imperial Household Department then, and we'll discuss it. Can you give me some ideas on how to keep the Grand Commandant and the others in the dark from you?"

"Easy to say."

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Qiao Yelan originally wanted to observe the Grand Tutor's situation further—but soon the Grand Tutor sent someone to find her, saying that news had come from the Grand Commandant's side.

"Here it is—take a look. This is a letter from the Grand Commandant. He has a few questions on it and says he needs my help to answer them."

The Grand Tutor casually handed over the stack of letters in his hand.

Qiao Yelan accepted the letter with a calm expression, but was puzzled in her heart.

What's wrong with this old man? He really looks like a retired cadre who's about to retire.

Is it really okay for me to just hand this thing over to him?

These kinds of questions, which couldn't be answered immediately, had to be put aside for the time being. He looked down at the question coming from the Grand Commandant.

Because the emperor overthrew Cai Yan much faster than they expected, and with the addition of the unstable factor of the Imperial Household Department, the late emperor and the Grand Commandant's plans regarding the capital were now completely blocked. Therefore, they could only start from other aspects and make some preparations outside the capital in advance.

The mobile fortress of Jade Gate is a key force in the fight against the Sui Beast, but now it is not only occupied by the Great Yan army, but also by tens of thousands of wandering swordsmen. These people vary in strength, and although there are many skilled fighters among them, they are undisciplined and unfit for important tasks.

Currently, these people can contribute to the fight against certain remaining giant beasts or natural disasters in Yumen. However, when facing a terrifying enemy like the Sui Beast, only a well-trained army can truly be effective—and these people are very likely to become the anthill on a thousand-mile dike.

[These martial arts figures gathered in Yumen out of patriotic fervor, choosing to fight for their country. Many of them are even natives of Yumen, so they cannot be easily driven away by military orders—but this matter must be resolved. When facing the Sui Beast, these martial arts figures must not be allowed to interfere with the army's operations.]

Qiao Yelan raised an eyebrow. This Grand Commandant truly lived up to his reputation as an old friend of the Grand Tutor, admiring everyone who wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

What do you mean by "not to easily drive them away with military orders"? If you really wanted to drive away these unorganized wandering knights, wouldn't it just be a matter of issuing a military order? It would just cause some unrest among the people.

Throwing this question over here is simply to get the imperial court to issue an order, so that the local military in Yumen won't have to play the villain, which would be very beneficial to the local rule in Yumen.

However, from this question, Qiao Yelan found a third family, besides the Grand Commandant and the Duke of Ningguo's mansion, that was involved in this plan.

The Prefect of Yumen, Zuo Xuanliao, Marquis of Da Yanping Chong, and a member of the Zuo family.

"Are there any cults in the Great Yan Dynasty, the kind that treat giant beasts like their fathers and like to cause trouble or rebel in secret?"

"Yes, the records are kept in the Imperial Archives."

"What's the most famous one? What's his name?"

"I remember it was called... [Shan Hai Zhong], they worshipped giant beasts and believed that the Great Yan should accept the protection of giant beasts instead of being their enemies."

Qiao Yelan threw the first sheet of paper back to the Grand Tutor.

"Reply to him—tell him to find a team of loyal subordinates, then put on the disguises of the Mountain and Sea Clan, disguise themselves as martial arts figures, and take advantage of the natural disaster in Yumen to launch an attack. While the wandering knights are fighting alongside the military, launch an attack on the core area of ​​Yumen in front of everyone."

"Then, once everyone is out of sight, clean up the mess and announce to the outside world that it was an attack by a cult and that the core area of ​​Yumen was severely damaged. To prevent similar incidents from happening again, no wandering knights will be allowed to approach the surrounding area from now on; they can only stay in the outer area."

Solve your own problems.

The old man's eye twitched slightly.

"...This plan is brilliant."

Then he picked up his pen and began to write a reply to the Grand Commandant.

Qiao Yelan had already turned to the next question.

Since the last northern expedition against Ursus, the number of young and capable soldiers in the army has been increasing. In their view, even Ursus at its peak dared not fight against Great Yan, so Great Yan should start a new round of external expansion. They simply cannot see that the Great Yan army is now extremely polarized.

The Tianji Pavilion garrison on the northern front and the Yumen garrison can both be considered among the most elite and powerful armies in the world. However, the armies in other places have enjoyed peace for a long time and have not experienced the true baptism of war for decades—the Blood Peak Battle of yesteryear was an opportunity, but Ursus acted decisively, and the Great Yan Army failed to get such a good opportunity to sharpen its sword.

[With the Great Yan's national strength rising rapidly, the young soldiers are inevitably becoming somewhat restless and impatient. Their encouragement is quite infectious—originally, this was a matter within the military, but with the Year Beast about to awaken, it's necessary to maintain the army's fighting spirit and not suppress the younger generation too much, hence the hope that the imperial court will intervene.]

How come this is yet another case of wanting to have your cake and eat it too?

The Great Yan Dynasty currently has no need for external wars, but it does have a need for internal wars, which makes it very difficult for the military to maintain internal balance.

If the military suppresses the younger generation, it will send a signal that the Great Yan does not need war now, which will lead to a significant decline in the army's will to fight and affect overall morale. However, fighting the Sui Beast requires sufficiently high morale and fighting spirit, which is quite contradictory.

Therefore, the Grand Commandant hoped to get the civil service system in the court to take action, thus turning the conflict between the conservatives and the younger generation within the army into a civil-military conflict in the court.

I'm suppressing you not because I want to, but because the pressure from the civil officials is too great, so I have no choice but to suppress you.

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This will not only temporarily curb the expansion of the younger generation, but also allow this suppression to erupt more effectively in the future—after all, the battle against the Year Beast is not far off.

The plan is good, but Qiao Yelan wants to make some changes.

Now that he's implementing the Lungmen Coin Plan, the entire Ministry of Revenue is swamped with work, and the Ministry of Personnel is also relying on the imperial examinations to rejuvenate itself—damn it, where does Qiao Yelan find the time to have some Columbia University time to get the civil service group involved in some civil-military power struggle?

Can't you do something practical?

After watching the Grand Tutor finish writing his reply to the first question, Qiao Yelan handed over the second sheet of paper.

Has His Majesty mentioned anything about the Zhurong family recently?

"No, and no one in the imperial court has mentioned it either."

Qiao Yelan nodded.

The emperor had no idea that the Zhu Rong family had not been wiped out—just like his father, they were cruel and ungrateful.

It seems I need to speed things up, otherwise who knows when the emperor will become suspicious and test me—after which the Grand Commandant will probably have to confront the emperor and join forces with him.

The Lungmen Coin project has not yet begun, so Wei Yanwu cannot leave Lungmen at this time, and Qiao Yelan still needs to stay in the political center of the Great Yan.

"Have the Grand Commandant find a Vice Minister of War to submit a memorial to His Majesty, proposing to send a contingent of military officers to be stationed in Victoria. This would serve two purposes: firstly, to ensure the military deterrence of the Great Yan, and secondly, to search for the surviving members of the Zhu Rong family—this is a good opportunity to demonstrate loyalty to the Emperor."

"Their network probably still has quite a few people in it. Now that the Imperial Household Department has completely taken over, let's use this memorial to let the Grand Commandant clean up the mess and prevent the Imperial Household Department from exposing us right away—otherwise the Emperor might come to me to deal with this [counter-revolutionary group headed by the Grand Commandant of the Great Yan].

Qiao Yelan is only interested in making money now; the great purge will have to wait.

Besides, what would he do if the emperor really came to him to do this?

If he did that, he would either become Huo Guang or Cao Cao—otherwise, the Great Yan court would definitely be thrown into turmoil, affecting his plans.

"Okay, I'll write that in, and while I'm at it, I'll threaten that old geezer so he won't act recklessly every day."

The Grand Tutor wrote with great enthusiasm, clearly with some personal emotion in his writing.

"As for the military attaché to Victoria, we can just select from among the leaders of the younger generation."

"Won't kicking these people out of the core leadership so directly cause a backlash?"

"Just have the Grand Commandant make empty promises to his men—once we find the surviving member of the Zhu Rong family, we'll know who dared to ambush and kill the Emperor of the Great Yan's retainers, and then we'll find the forces that dared to provoke the Great Yan."

Qiao Yelan said casually.

"A subject dies for his lord's dishonor. If we find the orphan of the Zhu Rong family, the Great Yan will have a pretext for war. After all, everyone still has some sense of shame. Surely no one would abandon basic propriety and decency for the sake of war? Surely not?"

"This excuse will be enough to keep those young soldiers in check. As for the junior officers, let them go if they want to, and expose them as businessmen disguised as officers, and send them to sit on the sidelines."

The master nodded.

This is a common tactic used by their civil service group—it's perfectly logical for him to write it down and hand it over to the Grand Commandant.

"But your old friend isn't very honest. The questions he asks all seem to be hypocritical. He's the one who's too embarrassed to play the bad cop, so he asks you to play the bad cop, and then he just takes the benefits."

"Hmph, still testing me."

The old man's face was not very good either. After all, even a clay figure has some temper after being manipulated like this. Moreover, everyone was doing this for the sake of the Great Yan. Why should I silently endure your provocations while you boss me around?

The countermeasures suggested by Qiao Yelan were exactly what he wanted to do.

You want me to take the blame, and you're just going to sit back and eat the food?

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"Let me see. Why is there still a problem? Isn't it said that things shouldn't happen more than three times? So, does the Grand Commandant intend to squeeze all your value out of you at once, making you offend all the people you'll have to offend over the next few decades?"

Qiao Yelan chuckled and teased as she turned her gaze to the last sheet of paper in her hand.

Qiao Yelan has now returned to the capital and has repeatedly visited the palace to see His Majesty, making our plan increasingly difficult to advance—without shaking His Majesty's trust in Qiao Yelan, this plan will be hard to succeed.

Currently, Qiao Yelan is nominally the Vice Minister of Rites and also the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, both under your supervision—therefore, we need you to find a way to temporarily remove Qiao Yelan from the capital so we can prepare some materials to change His Majesty's attitude towards him and prevent him from continuing to deceive him.

"Oh, so I'm involved too—you're really going to offend everyone now."

You've offended them all, haven't you?

The Emperor has been displeased with the Grand Tutor for a long time. The Grand Commandant's first problem was that he planned to make the Grand Tutor offend hot-blooded martial arts figures, and the second problem was that he planned to make the Grand Tutor offend the entire military system. Now, the third problem is even more direct: he plans to make the Grand Tutor offend Qiao Yelan as well.

After completing these three tasks, the Grand Tutor will gain the Grand Commandant's trust—but the problem is, if he completes these three tasks according to the Grand Commandant's plan, he will also alienate himself from the world.

Good heavens, after the Grand Tutor has made enemies on all sides, the Grand Commandant jumps out and says to him, "Only I trust you, I understand you..."

What textbook-level CPU techniques—are you two old guys playing this fancy game?

Qiao Yelan looked at the Grand Tutor with a teasing expression and handed him the paper in her hand.

"What are you going to do?"