The reason why all the ministers looked at each other in confusion was not that this plan was so clever, but that the Xi Meng Mansion seemed to have lost its mind!
There is only Sang Mansion between Huaiqing Mansion and Xia Capital Guiyi.
Cutting off all the land south of Huaiqing Mansion is almost equivalent to surrendering half of the Xia Kingdom and exposing one's heart to the Chu people!
What kind of talent is the Xi Meng Mansion, and how intimidated was he by Qi State to be able to come up with such a "clever plan"?
"Everyone, please listen to me carefully."
In the eyes of all the civil and military ministers looking at them like fools, Xi Mengfu said confidently: "The Chu State is unwilling to come to help... There are just a few reasons. One of them is that we have had many fights with the Chu State in history, and we have a lot of grievances. For a long time. Secondly, the environment in the southern region is complex, with mountains of books across it, Li and Yue as barriers, and sect forces are complicated. No matter whether the Chu people come or we go, it is inevitable that the gains outweigh the losses. This is also the reason why the late emperor chose to advance eastward. . Thirdly, the war between Qin and Chu has not been long, and the river valleys and plains have become white. The pressure of Qin State cannot be ignored by Chu State. If they have fewer people, they may send sheep into the tiger's mouth. If they have more people, they may be afraid that the Qin people will do something strange... …”
"There is only one thing that can eliminate these reasons - interests!"
"The benefits are enough, don't mention any grudges. The benefits are enough, it's worth taking the risk. We take the initiative to cede the territory, and Shushan has no reason to interfere. Now that the past grievances are gone, the future is in sight, and reality is not hindered. Is there any reason for the Chu army not to come?"
Xi Meng's house talked about it for a while, and finally came up with some nonsense.
"This is a way to quench thirst by drinking poison! What is your intention, Xi Meng Mansion?!"
Jin Ling, the Marquis of Anguo who was on an envoy to the Chu State, was red-faced and extremely angry. He actually didn't even want to call him "National Master", and instead called the real person Xi Mengfu by the name of Shen Linjing due to his cultivation level.
"Marquis An Guo, don't get excited. Don't raise your voice when you are justified." However, Xi Mengfu was very calm and gave him a hand: "May I ask how this strategy is to drink poison to quench thirst?"
Jin Ling said angrily: "The people of Qi are greedy, are the people of Chu just good men and women? Now we have cut off half of the country to serve Chu, not to mention whether Qi and Chu will have a secret conspiracy and simply divide our Daxia. Let them really fight. Get up and help us repel the Qi State. Doesn’t the Chu State have any thoughts on us? Doesn’t the Chu Emperor want to unify the southern region? The Qi sword is still outside the country’s borders, but you welcome the Chu sword into your heart?!”
Xi Mengfu said enthusiastically: "We can ask the Chu people to attack together, and we can control the situation and make them both lose. So once the Qi people retreat, we can chase the Chu people again. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"
"You only treat others as fools!" Jin Ling said: "Two tigers are fighting, and you, a sheep, decide the intensity of their fight?"
Xi Mengfu said thoughtfully: "Marquis An Guo just returned from his mission to the Chu State. Although he returned without success... But I trust your familiarity with the Chu State. In your opinion, it seems that the Chu State is indeed Is there no possibility of sending troops?"
Jin Ling was too lazy to talk to him anymore, but turned to Lord Dan: "I am incompetent and failed to persuade the Chu people. But judging from my trip, the Chu people are ambiguous on the surface, but in fact they are very Resolutely. The trauma of the Battle of the River Valley will take time to digest. They have no intention of competing with another overlord in a short period of time."
This is of course only the personal opinion of Anguo Hou Jin Ling.
But it undoubtedly convinced many people.
"Forget it!" Xi Mengfu waved his hand: "If the Chu people don't come, they won't come, and we won't beg for it!"
He added: "I have another plan!"
Liu Xiyi, the Prime Minister of Great Xia, endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't help it: "You're going to stop having this plan. You're making such nonsense today. I just think you're an old fool. Give it a rest! How can I allow you to pretend to be crazy and act like a fool when it comes to military and national affairs?!"
But the voice behind the bead curtain said: "Master, please speak."
The Queen Mother Xia still seemed to have expectations for Xi Mengfu's wisdom and suppressed the voice of the Prime Minister Liu Xiyi.
Xi Mengfu also said with unyielding momentum: "This plan is to 'depose hundreds of schools and respect Confucianism!' From now on, we will use Shushan as a holy place and establish Confucianism as the gate of the country. With our twenty-one prefectures, we will do our best to build Confucian cultural background, please get the support of Shushan. There are so many powerful people in Shushan, they will definitely help us stop the Qi army!"
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Now even the ancestor of the Chu family and the real person of the time, Chu Gongyi, couldn't help it.
He originally practiced in seclusion all year round and did not care about foreign affairs. When the country was in danger, he broke out of the barrier and came to the court with the leader of the Chu family, Chu Rang. Unexpectedly, I heard these ridiculous remarks.
"What a 'Depose hundreds of schools of thought, and only respect Confucianism!'" He was so angry that he laughed: "I am here because of the public disagreement, you come and depose me!"
Fan Ao, Marquis of Xuanping, was a monk from the Sanxing Palace. When the public sentiment was turbulent before, he did not have any bad words towards the Xi Meng Mansion. This would be really unbearable. "Master Xi, you are not an orthodox Confucian disciple. You are still wearing a Taoist robe. If hundreds of schools are deposed, will you be deposed?"
Duke Zhou Ying of Fengguo, Marquis of Guangping Li Fu, and Marquis of Yangling Xue Chang all started making noises. The entire Baohua Palace was filled with unstoppable noise, like a vegetable market.
The Xi Meng Mansion has made people angry, and some people even want to kill him to sacrifice the flag.
On the throne, Yu Liyang finally stretched out his fingers and knocked on the armrest of the seat, and said with a headache: "Master Xi, what do you think? Our Xia Kingdom accommodates hundreds of families and accommodates all sects, so that we can have those who can fight against the strong Qi. Jiye. If you do this, the number of people who come to Shushan to help may not be as many as the people who leave our Xia Kingdom! In the face of the war, do you want to give up your martial arts? "
Min Wang Yu Liyang was born with good looks. When he was young, he was a beautiful boy with red lips and white teeth. God came before he reached thirty, and he became youthful and immortal from then on.
Since childhood, he has been extremely talented and distinguished himself from others. The Xia Kingdom cultivated him with all the resources of the country, and he lived up to expectations, successfully climbed to the top of the world and became a pillar of the country.
His life was a brilliant life.
Sitting on the throne at this moment, there was no stern expression on his face, and his voice was not loud, but the entire Baohua Palace fell silent.
Xi Mengfu saluted him: "His Royal Highness King Min!"
Then he saluted King Wu Sijiao: "Your Highness King Wu!"
Regardless of whether King Wu was still wandering around, he saluted the emperor again: "Your Majesty!"
Then he saluted behind the bead curtain: "Queen Mother!"
This is probably the ranking in his mind.
Then he straightened up, under the glare of the Prime Minister Liu Xiyi, and in front of the serious expression of Xuanping Marquis Fan Ao, he cupped his hands and said, "Comrades, you pillars of Daxia, I have heard your voices and your opinions. , I know it all!”
"It seems that everyone has reached a consensus except me."
"The so-called peace negotiation is undesirable, Chu State cannot be relied upon, Shushan is unreliable, Jing State? Jing State even withdrew the Yitian Temple!"
"So you all think that facing Qi's military front, we have only one way to go - war!"
He looked around: "You all think so, right?"
"very good!"
He suddenly became passionate and his voice seemed to shatter the dome: "Then fight!"
"Stop having any illusions!"
"Stop trying to be on both ends of the spectrum!"
"We have no other way to go!"
"Fight or die!"
"I am Xi Mengfu! I have other thoughts, I have other thoughts. I am greedy for life and afraid of death, I am weak and cowardly. I am different from you! But I am also the same as you! We are the same ministers of Xia, eat and suffer together. Xia En. I respect the opinions of all of you, and I am willing to implement all the decisions of the court and accept all the consequences. Because this is the future that we... decide together!"
He raised the sword fingers of his right hand together and slowly drew them across the palm of his left palm.
Make a wound.
The real person's blood fell on the floor tiles drop by drop.
In the main hall, he addressed everyone: "I asked General Long Jiao, if the Zhenguo army is overthrown, how can he teach me?"
"General Long Jiao didn't give me an answer."
"I don't have an answer either!"
"But what answers are needed?"
"There is only one path before us."
"If we win this battle, we can find any answers slowly. If we lose this battle, our country will be exterminated and we will no longer need answers!"
He raised his left palm dripping with blood and said loudly: "General Long Jiao said that one hundred thousand soldiers of the national army are willing to die. Xi Mengfu is not talented, but he is willing to die for the country, that's all!"
The entire Baohua Palace fell silent again.
Fall into another kind of silence.
It's the kind of quiet where you can hear your own heart beating as powerfully as a war drum.
Listen to this heart quietly, gain this ambition quietly, feel this heart quietly!
Min Wang Yu Liyang became solemn.
Even Sijiao, who was in a state of wandering mind, opened his eyes for a moment.
For thousands of years, what people have been striving for is nothing more than fame and fortune.
As the saying goes, "Every bustle in the world is for benefit; the bustle in the world is for benefit."
And in life, who is not burdened by fame? Who doesn’t want to leave a name in history?
There are those who seek fame and reputation, and there are those who seek fame by criticizing the king.
Only the Xi Meng Mansion has gained nothing in terms of profit and has a reputation that is hard to wash away. Just to unite the will of the Xia Kingdom's courtiers, they turned themselves into a puddle of mud and asked everyone to step on them without caring about themselves at all. .
He is not a person without status, he is the Grand Master of Great Xia. After struggling all his life, he became one of the most noble people in the entire Xia Kingdom. Today, we can do this for our country.
It’s really admirable!
Suddenly there was the sound of beads hitting jade.
Crash.
After the throne, the bead curtain was lifted——
Queen Mother Xia actually walked out from behind the bead curtain!
For the first time in thirty-two years, the curtain was lifted, and it stood before the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
What kind of woman is this?
She personally opened the beaded curtain with her hand. Although it was beautiful and delicate, it had the power to spread the country. The color of jade is extremely precious, covering the sky with hands.
The bead curtain opened, revealing her world.
She seemed to have stepped out of a heavy story and unfolded her life picture so calmly.
She is no longer young, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes show the accumulated years.
You can still feel the beauty of her youth.
The eyebrows are like new leaves, and the eyes have autumn marks.
People are like jade, with graceful manners.
But her unique charm lies beyond her beautiful appearance. It is an indescribable and reassuring temperament.
"Queen Mother." Xia Zi called, and stood up to avoid her seat.
But Queen Mother Xia took a step forward, put her hands on his shoulders, and gently pushed him down.
"The emperor should not avoid his seat for the Ai family. The Ai family should support the emperor's chair."
The Queen Mother Xia lifted the curtain and came out, which was of extraordinary significance. Originally we were "listening to politics", but now we are "looking at politics".
Xia Zi stood up and evaded his seat to give up the throne and dedicate his power to the country.
But she refused.
She does not hold power alone, she stands up just to withstand the wind and rain.
She pressed her hand gently on the imperial chair, as if she had really stabilized this turbulent country for Xia Zi, for her and the late emperor's only remaining son.
She took a step forward, as if she were stepping on the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers of Xia Kingdom, walking on the ridge of thousands of miles of dragon veins.
Everyone looked at her, at this woman who had actually saved the Xia State and supported the Xia State to this day.
"The Imperial Master said that he was greedy for life and afraid of death... so how could the Ai family be the same?"
She used this sentence as her opening act after lifting the curtain.
Her eyes moved and looked at everyone present: "Back then, I was standing on the city wall, facing Emperor Qi's army, looking at the purple emperor flag, covering it like a sky curtain... The Ai family was so scared that they almost gasped. Don’t be angry!
Ai Jia's palms were covered in cold sweat and her heart was trembling!
The Ai family were too afraid of death, too afraid of dying like that, too afraid of dying in the ruined noble city. I'm afraid that corpses lie among the broken walls, rain of blood is floating in the sky, and lonely souls are wandering in the world.
The Ai family are afraid... afraid that there will be no Xia people in the world after death, and afraid that in a hundred years there will be no Xia people in the world! "
"Dear gentlemen!"
She looked over with sincere eyes.
"The Xia Kingdom is not the Xia Kingdom of the Ai family."
"The Xia Kingdom is not just you and me, it's not just our Xia Kingdom."
"Our fathers and ancestors...our relatives and friends, masters and apprentices, classmates, neighbors...all the people and things that appear in the trajectory of life have jointly created this name."
"Now it will be erased!"
"Isn't this terrible?"
She asked, “Isn’t that scary?!”
"General Long said that to rule the country is to die. The imperial master said that to die is to die. But the Aijia does not want you to die. The Aijia hopes that you will live well. The Aijia hopes that you will live well with the memory of Xia Kingdom. .”
"If nothing can be done at that time, please leave alone. The world is so big, there is always a place for you."
"But before that, please don't let people erase the word 'summer' easily."
"Because it doesn't just belong to you and me. It doesn't just belong to our parents and ancestors, it should also belong to our children and grandchildren! How can we let this name that should belong to them be lost in our hands?"
She stood on Danbi and in front of the dragon throne, and bowed deeply to everyone.
At this time, even King Sijiao of Wu and King Yuliyang of Min stood up and returned the greeting.
Under His Majesty Dan, all the officials bowed to him.
But Queen Mother Xia still didn't bow and said sincerely: "My lords! Please cherish your lives, and please at least make efforts beyond your own life for the word 'Xia'!"
On that day, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in Daxia swung their left palms and swore a blood oath.
Vow to defeat all thieves!
So Sijiao, the king of Wu, was appointed as the commander-in-chief, Long Jiao was the deputy commander-in-chief, and King Min Yuliyang's Zhenjun accompanied him. He sent out a total of 200,000 Shenwu and Zhenguo troops, and a million soldiers from all over the country.
Prime Minister Liu Xiyi, State Counselor Xi Mengfu, Guangping Marquis Lifu, Xuanping Marquis Fan Ao, Anguo Marquis Jinling, Yangling Marquis Xue Chang... are all in the army!
Among them, Zhou Ying, the Duke of Fengguo, raised tens of thousands of soldiers from the Zhou family and personally led the expedition.
The head of the Chu family, the Chu family, had tens of thousands of soldiers. The ancestor of the Chu family, Chu Gongyi, accompanied the army.
Taixu, the head of the Tai family, said: "The Tai family has already died, and the world is mourning with the rain of blood. Can the living mourn for the dead?"
So all the young and strong members of the clan sent 13,000 Tai clan soldiers to the front line!
For a time, the whole country of Xia was fighting!
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