Chapter 1115 - 1060. Imperial Court Meeting Pt.2
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"It shall be called the ’Altar of the Iron Blood.’ Upon it, we will carve the name of every single soldier who fell during the campaign against Wei and in previous campaigns, and leave space for those who may fall in the campaigns to come."
A profound, heavy silence fell over the hall. It was an unprecedented gesture of imperial grace directed not at the generals, but at the common infantrymen.
Mi Zhu, the Minister of Revenue, instinctively adjusted his silk robes, his brilliant financial mind immediately calculating the massive cost of quarrying, transporting, and carving thousands of names into black obsidian.
It would be an astronomical expense, rivaling the cost of a small palace. But Mi Zhu looked across the aisle. He saw the eyes of Grand General Huangfu Song shining with sudden, fierce pride. He saw the Deputy Grand General Marshal Zhang Liao nodding slowly, a look of profound respect settling onto his scarred features.
Mi Zhu knew instantly that this was not a financial ledger to be balanced, it was an investment in the absolute, fanatical loyalty of the entire Hengyuan military apparatus.
"The Ministry of Revenue wholeheartedly supports Your Majesty’s proposal," Mi Zhu announced loudly, bowing deeply. "The funds shall be allocated immediately from the central treasury. No cost is too great to honor the foundation of our empire."
"Let it be done," Lie Fan commanded.
He then shifted his posture slightly, preparing for an announcement that he knew would send shockwaves through the uninitiated members of his court.