Daohua who was far away in Ningmen Mansion did not know about the changes in the capital city. However, when she learned from Yan Shouhou that military rations had to be handed over again, Daohua was stunned for a moment. After asking the reason, the corner of her mouth could not help but curl up.

Get up.

The opportunity she had been waiting for finally arrived!

Daohua found Gu Jian: "Master, the court is going to collect grain again!"

Gu Jian had learned about the burning of military rations from Dongli the day before. He cursed the Eight Kings in his heart, and at the same time lamented that it was not easy for Xiao Wu to be the emperor.

Seeing that her master was silent, Daohua had no choice but to walk up to him and said, "The people have already handed in the grain once. If we collect it again, life will be difficult."

Gu Jian sighed: "What can we do? We can't let the soldiers fight hungry."

Daohua blinked: "Master, I have food."

Gu Jian quickly raised his eyes to look at his apprentice. He saw his eyes widened and the words 'I am a wealthy farmer' were almost engraved on his forehead. The corner of his mouth twitched: "So?"

Daohua: "So... I'm going to donate food, will the emperor reward me?"

Gu Jian asked with a dull face: "What do you want?"

Daohua rarely hesitated: "For example... can I be rewarded with a county master or something?"

Gu Jian was speechless: "You are at odds with the county boss."

Daohua: "There's nothing I can do about it. Xiao Yeyang is the son of a prince. What if my status is too low and I'm bullied in the future?"

Gu Jian stared: "Who dares to bully you?"

Daohua: "Xiao Yeyang, or other people in the capital, if I were just the daughter of a prefect, others would definitely be angry with me."

Gu Jian retorted: "That boy Yeyang dares to bully you?"

Daohua curled her lips: "Not now, but what about in the future? Who can say clearly what will happen in the future."

Gu Jian was silent: "How much can you donate?"

Daohua stretched out her hand and made a '1' sign.

In view of the amount of medicinal materials donated by his apprentice last time, Gu Jian couldn't help but tremble when he looked at his apprentice's extended index finger.

Dongli and Caiju, who were waiting next to them, were also sensible enough not to speak this time.

Daohua: "One million stones of grain in exchange for a county head, the emperor will not lose, right?"

When they heard that Daohua really wanted to donate 1 million shi of food, Gu Jian and Dongli Caiju stopped going too far at the same time.

After Gu Jian exhaled, he looked back at Daohua: "You prepare food, and I will write a letter to the emperor in person."

Daohua looked happy: "Then I will wait for the good news from Master."

......

Beijing.

Although every family actively donates food, the amount of food needed by hundreds of thousands of troops is not a small amount. Moreover, the food of many families needs to be transported from various places. It takes a lot of time on the way, and the border customs cannot wait that long.<

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Just when the emperor was worried about this, Gu Jian's letter arrived.

After reading the letter, the emperor sat on the dragon throne and took a long breath. After a while, he asked Eunuch An to prepare a blank imperial edict.

Eunuch An stood aside and polished his ink, and watched with his own eyes as the emperor wrote down the title of Yan Yiyi, the eldest daughter of Yan Zhigao, the magistrate of Ningmen Prefecture, as the head of the county, with the title "Shengping".

Seeing this title, a trace of surprise flashed across Mr. An's eyes.

The title 'Shengping' was intended to reward the princess, but now it was given to a county head!!!

He was not surprised when the emperor awarded the eldest daughter of the Yan family a title. After all, the eldest daughter of the Yan family had made a lot of contributions.

However, he was surprised that the title given by him was such a good one.

After drafting the imperial edict, the emperor summoned Wei Qi over: "Yan Zhigao, the prefect of Ningmen Prefecture, has donated 1 million shi of grain. You go to Zhongzhou in person and secretly send the grain to northern Xinjiang. Remember not to leak the news."<

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He said with a sneer.

"Now Lao Ba and Tatar know that our army is short of food. This time I will give them a surprise and deal with them together."

One million stones of grain......

Eunuch An and Wei Qi looked at each other in confusion, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.

One million stones of grain is not a small amount. Isn’t the Yan family very good at farming?

The last time the Yan family donated medicinal materials, the emperor sent people to explore the fields under the Yan family's name. To be honest, compared with some noble families, the Yan family really doesn't have much land.

The emperor gave Wei Qi the imperial edict in his hand: "Give this imperial edict to the old man and ask him not to take action for now. I will announce it to the court when the war in Northern Xinjiang is over."

......

Peach Blossom Temple.

Wei Qi read the imperial edict to Daohua who was kneeling on the ground. After reading, he handed the edict to Daohua and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the Lord of Shengping County."

Daohua happily took it and read the imperial edict several times. She was sure that she was the Lord of Shengping County, and the corners of her mouth turned up.

Wei Qi was anxious to deliver the food and asked quickly: "County Lord, don't you know where the food is?"

Daohua was still staring at the imperial edict without raising her head: "I'll ask the servant to take you there."

Yan Shouhou immediately stood up and motioned for Wei Qi to follow him.

When Wei Qi saw that neither Gu Jian nor Dao Hua wanted to go with him to hand over, he lamented that they were so generous. This was only one million stones of food.

Soon, Wei Qi escorted the food and left.

Hurrying slowly, the food was secretly delivered to the military camp in mid-October.

Just when the Eight Kings and the Tatars were still thinking about defeating the Daxia army through delay, Jin Lingwei and the army cooperated with each other and launched a fierce attack on them.

At the end of October, Dongqu City, the last city taken by the eight kings, was recaptured. The eight kings and some of their cronies fled to the Tatar military camp in a hurry.

In early November, the Daxia army and the Tatar army started a head-on battle, and the Tatar army was defeated steadily.

In mid-November, the Tatar army began to retreat.

This time, the Daxia army did not cease fighting after the Tatar army retreated. Instead, it pursued the Tatar army and approached the Tatar hinterland, where the Tatar Imperial Court was located.

In mid-December, except for a few of the Tatar royal family, they fled to the colder north. Most of the Tatar royal family were caught and killed. The Tatar royal palace was burned to the ground. From then on, the Tatar royal court

No longer exists.

News came back to Beijing one after another. Officials and people were all excited when they heard about it.

......

On the morning of December 15th, the civil and military officials were much more active than usual, gathering together in twos and threes and discussing quietly.

"I didn't expect the war in Northern Xinjiang to end so soon!"

"Yes, before the emperor ordered the withdrawal of the decree to collect grain from various provinces, I thought there was a truce? Unexpectedly, the eight kings were wiped out in the blink of an eye, and the Tatar imperial court was gone!"

"I heard that someone secretly donated one million stones of food."

"Who is so rich?"

When the emperor brought Eunuch An over, he saw the officials talking incessantly, so he was in a good mood and did not reprimand him. After listening to the compliments and flattery of the officials for a while, he said:

"The reason why the war in Northern Xinjiang ended so quickly was thanks to the one million stones of grain donated by Yan Zhigao, the prefect of Ningmen Prefecture. With this grain, the soldiers had the strength to charge into the battle, put down the rebellion, and drive out the Tatars."<

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As he said that, he glanced at Mr. An.

Eunuch An immediately raised the imperial edict he had drafted in advance and read it out.
Chapter completed!