"Your Highness, according to your requirements, there are still corpses that haven't been decayed in the mass graves and the cemeteries for about a month. We have checked them one by one and found that there are about one thousand corpses in total. About one hundred and sixty of them died naturally. The rest of the corpses that can be identified and confirmed that the enemies are disguising as them totals four hundred and three." Yun 8hang nodded and frowned, "Four hundred and three out of one thousand people. That's a large proportion."
"Yes, Your Highness." Qian Yin nodded, "Your Highness, are we going to kill all these people?"
Yun Shang nodded, "Kill them all. But don't kill them all in one day. Do it in a few days."
After a pause, she added, "After killing the imposters, send the secret spies to disguise as them. Choose the secret spies nearby who are familiar with them."
Qian Yin understood what Yun Shang meant. "Your Highness, do you want our secret spies to spy for us?"
"That's one of the reasons. Maybe the people that Xia Houjing has arranged are like our secret spies. Every time they get in touch with each other, they will use a certain secret signal. It's not easy to make them trust our secret spies. More importantly, I want to give the families of those people some buffer.
First, let the secret spies take the place of the dead civilians, and then think of a way to let them 'die' naturally. Don't let the civilians notice anything wrong..."
Qian Yin nodded and said, "I see. Don't worry, Your Highness. I'll take care of it. I know what to do."
Yun Shang believed in her didn't worry about her doing it wrong.
Yun Shang nodded, "okay."
After receiving the order, Qian Yin thought of another thing. "According to Your Highness's guess, I asked Luo Yi to find out the condition of the hoes, sickles and kitchen knives of the people in the city in the past half a year. The consumption of these things in the city has indeed increased in the past half a year.
But since they are daily necessities for ordinary people, even if the consumption has increased, it can't be noticed."
Yun Shang nodded, "That's what I expected. You don't have to worry about it. All you need to know is that Xia Housing's people have weapons in their hands."
Qian Yin nodded slightly and bit her lips. "Recently, I don't dare to talk to the neighbors around me. When I go out to buy something, I always feel that the person I see is not the same as before. It's really creepy."
Yun Shang smiled and said, "There's no need to think too much. Things haven't been completely revealed yet, and Xia Houjing hasn't shown it to the public. Those people won't do anything even if they are not real civilians. Don't worry."
Qian Yin nodded, "I'm just a little scared. I don't dare to let the nanny take the child out for a walk recently."
"Well, stay at home for a while. Things in the Jin City will change soon."
"Things are going to change. It's only four o'clock in the afternoon, but it's almost dark." Not long after Qian Yin left, Pei Lan took a look at the sky outside, fetched a fire stone, and lit up all the palace lamps in the hall.
Hearing this, Yun Shang looked out and said, "It's not dark. It's just dark clouds blotted out the sun. A gust of wind will be enough."
As soon as Yun Shang finished speaking, there was a sudden gust of wind outside. The wind was not small.
Pei Lan couldn't help laughing, "Your Highness, your mouth has been blessed, hasn't it?"
After a while, Yun Shang heard a new message. "His Majesty ordered that all people should join the army in order to make the country rich and powerful."
Hearing this, Yun Shang couldn't help raising her eyebrows, "All people should join the army?"
The secret guard nodded and said, "Let all the people of the State of Xia, whether men or women, enter the military camp to receive serious military training when they are free. They will go to the camp in the late autumn and come back home in spring.
This system is not compulsory, but the people who sign up for it can get 5 taels of silver every year, and they can sign up from now on."
If Yun Shang could still guess Luo Qingyan's intention from the news that people could not enter the city this morning, then Yun Shang really couldn't understand the system of letting all the people join the army.
Yun Shang remembered that when she went to the Meeting Hall yesterday morning, Liu Wenan told her that Luo Qingyan was meeting officials from the Ministry of Defence and War, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue. Was it for this matter?
"After the announcement was released, there were a lot of people supporting it." The secret guard seemed to understand what Yun Shang was worried about, so he reported directly to Yun Shang, "After all, this system is not compulsive. If they don't want to participate, they can refuse to participate, and the people who want to participate can also get some allowance. 5 taels of silver can be used to cover a family's expenses when there is no harvest."
Yun Shang nodded, "Keep an eye on the outside to see if there is any other movement. Report to me immediately if there is any news."
The secret guard nodded and looked at Yun Shang with confusion.
Isn't the Emperor and the Empress a couple? It seemed that the Empress didn't know the determination the Emperor had made...
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