6 Test from the Emperor (1/2)
The emperor entered the hall regally. All six of them corrected their posture and kowtowed to the king.
”This subject greets the emperor.”
The emperor smiled. ”So you have all arrived. Please take a seat.”
The emperor sat down first before all of them dared to sit down. The emperor's eyes locked onto Jun Min as he observed the young general. He had long heard about this boy, but seeing his appearance, he felt a bit odd. This kid didn't look any different from most teenagers in the streets so how could he have so much accomplishment?
The emperor didn't show his curiosity and instead started to talk calmly.
”I called you all here to help me in constructing a strategy. There is a certain riot in the Jin Village, which started three days ago. This is the map of the area and I wanted to know your thoughts about it.”
The eunuch came forward and presented the map. They have marked the position of the enemies and the troops they had in the city nearby. The number was not great, but if they needed reinforcement, it would take some time before the capital could send any more people.
”How much time we have?” Soujin asked first.
”It's better to resolve this riot quickly in order to avoid any disturbances.”
Lan Ping face scrunched a bit. He had wanted to propose cutting off the supply chain for the village in order to weaken the force there. The position of the village was quite remote, so it would be easy to block them, but with the emperor wanted them to resolve it quickly, there was no way he could propose the idea.
”What's their demand?” This time it was Jun Hua who asked.
The eunuch stepped forward. ”They are asking for a new official to be sent there because they don't like the previous official. According to our report, this official is a good one and there shouldn't be any need to change him.”
”So they turned hostile just to change the official?” Jun Hua raised an eyebrow. ”Then you should just switch the official with another from the other city near them. It should solve the problem if there's no more demand.”
The eunuch was stunned. Jun Hua's straightforward answer was actually the same with the one that their strategist had said. It's just the official had some backing and somehow they didn't want to allow this official to change the position. The strategist thus chose a different method, and that family had to accept.
Soujin closed his eyes. ”But the official has some backing so that makes it difficult to change. If I'm not wrong, you have already deployed people to forcefully shift that official's job to the neighboring village that is about the same size and some money to coax that family.”
The problems have been resolved? This was the first time Lan Ping heard about it and all of his war strategy he wanted to propose soon disappeared. If it's like this, why did the emperor asked them to come here early in the morning?