"Your Majesty, as a humble minister, I would like to reward you with some gold and silver houses first, and we will talk about the others later."
Murong Bing raised his eyes slightly: "Why, do the Shangguanqing family think that General Bai should not be given a knighthood?"
"Wei Chen has absolutely no intention of this. It's just that the current court is still unstable. Neighboring countries are watching eagerly. Beiyan is in chaos. There is no news about His Highness King Zhao's army until now! If General Bai is rewarded lavishly, it is very likely that
It will completely anger those veterans. If they unite with other countries to attack and defend our great merchants at this moment, the consequences will be disastrous!"
Shangguan Mu has already said it very tactfully.
Today's great merchants have actually attracted the attention of other princely states.
In such a short period of time, the Western Regions, the Northern Grasslands and the Rong and Di were all pacified, which is enough to show that the national strength of Dashang has at least doubled than before.
Moreover, a few days ago, Liang State, Southern Qi, and Jiang Wu jointly issued a proclamation, saying that the Northern Yan army had lost moral integrity and was trying to lead troops south to attack Southern Qi. It also listed dozens of crimes against Northern Yan.
Even a fool can see that this is clearly an attempt to inflict a crime. These three countries are planning to carve up Northern Yan together with the Hu people in the north and the Dongliang Kingdom.
And Beiyan was the last vassal state to have a relative of Emperor Murong.
After the destruction of Beiyan, no one can guarantee whether the coalition forces of several countries will take the opportunity to move westward and invade Dashang.
Murong Bing knew the reason behind it.
But the Prime Minister's government is like this. We can neither be too impatient nor take it lightly.
The current plan can only wait for Shangguan Mu to select the officials from the nine departments, stabilize the court, and then deal with the old officials.
In a daze, Murong Bing suddenly felt a little irritable. The key was that there were too few people on hand.
What worried her the most was that it had been almost half a month since Zhao Rui had received any news, and the last thing that came back was the report asking Bai Hua to go out to conquer Rongdi.
"What's going on over there with King Zhao? Have you sent anyone to find him?"
Seeing Murong Bing suddenly change the topic, Shangguan Mu knew that he had adopted his suggestion.
"Your Majesty, the mountains and forests in the Northeast are no better than other places. The terrain there is extremely complicated, and it is too far away from Dashang. There is no way to send people there!"
Murong Bing exhaled slightly, trying to calm down her mood.
"Tell the queen that there is no need to hold the moon worship banquet! If General Ruobai comes back, ask him to come to the imperial study to see me immediately."
While he was talking, a Qianyu Guard suddenly ran in in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, the urgent report from Beiyan came from the eastern border defense!"
Murong Bing suddenly stood up: "What news? Read it quickly!"
The Qian Yuwei didn't dare to neglect at all and immediately opened the report.
"In the territory of Beiyan, the armies of Liang and Jiang Wu suddenly appeared. Almost all the fortresses and cities in Beiyan fell. Generals and officers from all over the country surrendered! Now only Jicheng is left."
Murong Bing's pupils suddenly dilated.
"So, Beiyan is dead? Is there no news about His Royal Highness King Zhao? Have they reached Beiyan territory?"
The Qianyuwei shook his head and opened the last two pages of the report.
"Jicheng is besieged by nearly a million troops. There are rumors that General Le Cheng of Beiyan was killed by an arrow ten days ago. Now it seems that General Le Cheng's son Le Sheng is commanding the defense of the city!"
Murong Bing's breathing seemed rapid. That was an army of one million. Today, all the troops of Dashang combined are less than one million.
If Beiyan is destroyed and the millions of troops turn around and head west, Great Shang will be in danger.