Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

Chapter 1549: Convincing the Ministers to Form a Team

What? Kill the emperor of the Song Dynasty?

The ministers were taken aback. Could this be the words of a king of Song with a different surname?

Could there be some hidden secret here?

"General Chu, what do you mean by that? Does this mean you and the Emperor of Song are not of one mind?"

After hearing this, Chu Chen thought to himself that his opportunity had arrived and it was time to play the emotional card.

"To be honest, I created this weapon. To this day, the Song Kingdom has not mastered the technology to manufacture such a weapon."

"I also have my own reasons for attacking the Xiongnu."

"When I handed this weapon to the emperor of the Song Dynasty, I made one request: that the country be unified so that the people would no longer suffer from the calamities of war."

"However, she broke her promise. After defeating the Xiongnu, she actually planned to trap me among them. You all understand the principle of 'too much merit to overshadow the master,' so I won't say more."

"Now, I'm giving you two choices. The first is to stay in the palace and continue to serve the Xiongnu people. The second is to leave the palace, where you will no longer hold any official positions, and all matters concerning you will be irrelevant to you!"

They were all ministers of the Xiongnu, and among the top figures in the Xiongnu. How could they not understand the reasons behind this? It was obvious that Dong Shilan saw that Chu Chen was too powerful and wanted to keep him locked up in the Xiongnu.

Even if she used a Xiongnu sword to kill Chu Chen, she wouldn't be branded as someone who harmed loyal and virtuous people.

The emperor's cunning and hypocrisy, his hypocrisy and hypocrisy, were despised by the old ministers of the Xiongnu.

The ministers who were able to stay were prepared to live and die with the Xiongnu. The reason they did not flee was because they had the Xiongnu in their hearts.

Therefore, Chu Chen's words at this moment gave them renewed hope that the Xiongnu still existed.

It was just that the imperial power changed hands.

But for them, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, as long as they care about the people of the Xiongnu!

"General Chu, what do you intend to do?"

The one who spoke was once again the same old minister.

"You can probably imagine my situation right now. The Xiongnu people see me as an enemy, and the Song state is eyeing me covetously. So, there's no clear direction for anything."

"General Chu, if you can stop the Song Kingdom from attacking again, then we will take care of the Xiongnu people."

Chu Chen was overjoyed upon hearing this, thinking that he had finally hit the nail on the head.

Because he was now nominally the king of the Xiongnu, and the Song state had conquered the Xiongnu and renamed the city of Mobei.

Therefore, the name "Xiongnu" could no longer be used, and as the king of the northern desert, how could he possibly lay a hand on those unarmed people of the northern desert?

The best approach is to appease them.

But all of this requires silver. Where does the silver come from? A large amount of silver was taken away by Tang Yun, and some was taken away by the previous officials.

At this moment, the northern desert can be said to have instantly returned to a hundred years ago.

The entire northern desert is now in chaos, essentially unclaimed. You can imagine how much pressure you're under.

If we could gain the support of these veteran officials, the outcome would be completely different.

"Gentlemen, Chu Chen thanks you, but the most important thing right now is not the people's attitude towards me, but the current state of the Northern Desert. There are rampant bandits, and the people are living in misery. This is what we urgently need to solve."

After hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but look at Chu Chen with even greater respect.

"What does General Chu intend to do?"

"It's very simple. You will form an armed force composed of civilians. This force will not participate in wars but will be used specifically to suppress the rampant banditry."

"And I am waiting. Perhaps half a month, perhaps ten days, there will be results. When that time comes, I will build new factories and rare resources in the Xiongnu to trade with other countries. This way, I can earn a lot of money, which will be used to strengthen national defense and quell the chaos."

"I believe that as long as we work together, the northern desert will become an existence that the Song Dynasty cannot reach within three years."

..............

In the end, after Chu Chen unleashed a barrage of attacks, he fed these officials a very comfortable meal.

In an instant, all the remaining ministers sprang into action.

To this end, Chu Chen assigned them tasks, dividing them into the military, police, law, agriculture, education, land, commerce, and so on.

Make good use of the existing ministers, give full play to their strengths, and let each of them perform their duties.

The Minister of the Military Department is Gou Shengzi, the Minister of the Police Department is Wang Mang, another bodyguard of Chu Chen, and the Minister of Justice is Zhou Xuan, a bodyguard.

After taking control of these three major sectors, he left the rest to veteran officials, except for the Ministry of Commerce, which he reserved for Fat Tiger.

He gave him six months. If Fatty Tiger didn't come within six months, then Chu Chen would not wait any longer.

In an instant, the entire imperial palace in the northern desert was bustling with activity.

Of the thousand soldiers, five hundred were assigned to guard the palace, while the remaining three hundred who were able to move were led by Gou Shengzi and the old minister to spread the word that Chu Chen was innocent and to dispel the people's hatred towards him.

Incidentally, wherever they went, they would set up militia teams, unite them, explain the hope for the future to them, and fight against bandits.

To ensure the safety of the militia, Chu Chen spared no expense, sending a gun-wielding sergeant to lead almost every militia regiment that had reached twenty members.

This significantly increased their safety and combat effectiveness.

At this moment, what Chu Chen lacked most was money and bullets.

Setting up an arms factory here is not something that can be done overnight, so there's simply no time to do it.

However, Chu Chen still instructed his ministers to make preparations in advance, including building factories and recruiting personnel.

What he wants most right now is not anyone else, but the arrival of Gian, Tito, and the others.

Little did Chu Chen know that while he hadn't slept well for days because of these matters, in the western part of the northern desert, on a road that no one had ever traveled before, a group of people were driving a horse-drawn carriage, struggling towards the northern desert.

This place is a vast desert, arid and water-scarce, but fortunately they are well prepared, with several horse-drawn carts carrying large water buckets.

The leader was none other than Gian.

"Uncle Tie, hang in there a little longer. Things will be much better once we reach the Xiongnu capital."

"Don't worry, Fatty. The master has been very kind to me. Now that the master is in trouble, we should do our best to help him."

"Fortunately, Her Majesty, that old woman, probably doesn't know we'll be entering the Xiongnu territory from here."

"Hehe, Fatty, I wonder what His Majesty's reaction will be after seeing the arsenal explode."

Meanwhile, on the other side, on the official road from the Song Dynasty to the Xiongnu, a carriage was slowly traveling.

An elderly man with a sage-like demeanor sat upright inside the carriage.

The driver was an ugly man.

"Master, we can cross the border into the Xiongnu today. His Majesty has discarded us after we've served our purpose, so we have to hurry. Otherwise, it would be a pity if we didn't see Chu Chen die."