We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Has His Majesty really suddenly shown a surge of paternal love and started favoring Li Che?

Huang Jin thought about it for a long time and did not dare to make any rash conclusions.

Your Majesty's thoughts are as difficult to grasp as looking at flowers in the fog or the moon in the water.

The prejudice against Li Che started more than ten years ago, and it is not easy to change it.

The reason for showing favoritism is nothing more than using Li Che as a tool to achieve his own political goals.

Either to suppress the aristocratic families, or to control the land outside the Great Wall, or to prepare for the conquest of Goryeo...

Emperor Qing is a perfect political machine. In his eyes, there is no emotion, only imperial power.

And from this moment on, Huang Jin felt that His Majesty really liked the Sixth Prince.

The favoritism in the court was to achieve one's goal, but the laughter and scolding at this moment seemed to be a true expression of emotion.

Huang Jin suddenly felt that the Sixth Prince might be worth another bet.

So he asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Justice..."

Emperor Qing came back to his senses from his deep thoughts and said calmly:

"Go inform the Ministry of Justice. No matter how they investigate the case, nothing must happen to the Fourth and Sixth Brothers."

"I understand." Huang Jin bowed and turned to leave.

"Wait." Emperor Qing seemed to remember something and suddenly called Huang Jin, "Those officials in the Ministry of Justice are unreliable. How about this? You go to the border."

"Ah...slave?!" Huang Jin's eyes widened upon hearing this.

"Why, you don't want to?" Emperor Qing's eyes turned cold, and there was a hint of oppression in his tone.

Huang Jin quickly lowered his head and said in panic, "I dare not, but if I leave, the palace affairs will be complicated and I am afraid no one can replace me to serve Your Majesty."

"It's okay, I'm just letting you go for a while. Can you imagine that this palace won't be able to function without you?"

"I have absolutely no such intention." Huang Jin was sweating profusely and quickly knelt on the ground.

"Go ahead, take those 20,000 slaves with you, and set off tomorrow." Emperor Qing's tone left no room for questioning.

"Outside the Great Wall, it's bitterly cold and the barbarians are rampant. Go and check for me to see if Lao Liu has been bullied by those barbarians."

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The soldiers whipped the Mohe captives fiercely:

"Hurry up, what are you dawdling for?!"

The Mohe captives looked at him, but dared not speak, their eyes filled with suppressed anger.

"Oh? Are you still angry?"

Seeing this, the soldiers immediately drew harder.

Li Che listened to the cracking sound of the whip, just glanced at it, and did not say anything to stop it.

After all, the Ninggu Army is an army composed of criminals. It is fine as long as the military discipline is acceptable. As long as no principled mistakes are made, Li Che doesn't care about the abuse of prisoners.

What's more, this is the feudal ancient world. What's wrong with beating the prisoners a few times?

If I were defeated and taken prisoner, those barbarians might eat me alive.

The Ninggu army advanced slowly and did not arrive outside the county city until the sun was high in the sky at noon.

The atmosphere in the county town at this moment is completely different from the previous two days.

When Li Che came for the first time, the outer city was deserted. Pedestrians were walking around the streets like zombies, and corpses of people who had frozen to death or starved to death could be seen everywhere.

Now, the bodies have been collected and buried.

A scaffolding was erected on the dilapidated walls of the outer city, and able-bodied men were carrying stones back and forth to repair the walls.

Of course, these people were not laborers, but were hired by Li Che.

Although the daily wages are not much, they can meet the daily food and drink expenses of a family of three.

The gates of the inner city were also open, and people were walking back and forth from time to time, carrying things.

All the noble families were killed, but the mansions were left empty.

Li Che had no interest in these houses, so he simply converted them into small single rooms and rented them to the people.

In the future, when factories, schools, and hospitals are built in the city, there will inevitably be many more jobs, which will just meet the housing needs of these workers.

Seeing the army approaching in the distance, the people subconsciously prepared to flee.

Then, seeing the fluttering flag of the King of Ninggu, he felt at ease and came forward to greet them warmly.

"The prince is back!"

"You've captured so many barbarians again. Your Majesty is truly invincible!"

"You bunch of Mohe beasts, have you finally met your end?!"

The common people lined the streets to welcome them, and showed great enthusiasm to the Ninggu soldiers and to the Mohe captives.

Stones, rubble, and filth came crashing down on them, making the prisoners dizzy and crying out in pain.

Li Che did not stop this, but just rode on his horse with a smile on his face, waving to the people from time to time.

As the first leader to surrender, Li Che treated De'erbu kindly. He did not have to walk with the captives and was allowed to move freely.

He really couldn't bear to see his people being humiliated like this. Under the vigilant gaze of Qiu Bai and other guards, he quietly came to Li Che's side and pleaded with all his might:

"Your Highness, we have surrendered and will serve you loyally. Could you please allow these people to disperse?"

Li Che restrained his smile and looked at him coldly: "Disperse? This king does not have such ability."

"Which of these people hasn't had a relative killed by you Mohe people? Even I have no right to let them let go of such hatred."

When De Erbu heard this, he was immediately at a loss.

Li Che's expression softened slightly. "However, I can give you a favor. The people from your Li Mo tribe can go to the center of the team and avoid being insulted."

De Erbu's face lit up with joy, and he was about to say thank you, but suddenly he seemed to think of something and his face turned pale.

Li Che sneered and told Qiu Bai to give his orders.

Soon, the people from the Li Mo tribe were brought out separately and mixed into the ranks of soldiers.

Seeing that his people looked like they didn't know what was going on but were very relieved, De'erbu closed his eyes in pain.

Li Che's action was certainly not out of kindness.

These Mohe people need to be used, but they are barbarians who have no sense of propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame, so extraordinary means must be used to tame them.

Improving the treatment of the Kurimo tribe will make other tribes jealous.

This is the transfer of contradictions.

In this way, people from other tribes will not hold the hatred against themselves, but will think that the Kurumie tribe has betrayed them.

At that time, if the Mohe people who were treated unfairly wanted to improve their treatment, they naturally had no choice but to pledge allegiance to Li Che.

And since the Kurimoto tribe has received benefits, they will no longer think of betrayal, but will be more loyal to Li Che and seek protection.

The two sides are in opposition to each other and are caught in internal strife, and Li Che can reap the benefits.

De Erbu had already seen that when some captives from other tribes looked at their own people, there was undisguised hatred and envy in their eyes.

He suddenly realized that this was the imperial art of the emperors of the Central Plains.

He even proclaimed himself the King of Limo, which shows how ignorant he is of his own accord.

A prince of Daqing showed off his imperial skills a little bit and crushed him in all aspects.

De Erbu's fear of Daqing grew even stronger.