Prince Liu Hong's views are still very objective. Among the several bachelors in the cabinet, Wei Qinghe is the oldest and has both ability and political integrity. The most important thing is that his vision and overall view are higher than those of several other emperors. Extreme Palace.
It's not that the other few are not that good. They can be pushed out by the ministers and the important ministers in the cabinet appointed by the saint are really talented.
The only difference is that their thoughts are imprisoned on the ground beneath their feet.
The Celestial Dynasty is still a Celestial Dynasty, but it may not be a Shangguo again!
The Western countries have extended their hands into the sphere of influence of the Central Plains Dynasty, and there are only a handful of people in the Daxia government who can see this crisis.
It was the Second Sage and Prince Liu Hong who received news from the Western countries from Wang Chenghai, the military governor of Jinghaiwei.
I was really shocked when I asked. Unexpectedly, the small Western country had already made enough wealth on the sea, and even ambitiously touched the edge of Daxia's bed.
"I hope I can wake up some people this time..."
Jia Cong doesn't have high hopes for this. Fortunately for those students, young people's minds have not been completely imprisoned.
The ministers in the DPRK are really...hard to describe in words!
The defeat in Southern Xinjiang was so strange that most civil and military officials in the DPRK blamed the failure solely on Shui Rong's poor command.
They didn't even think about when the three vassals in southern Xinjiang had the courage to make such a noise with the Celestial Empire. What are those weird "dali pills" and "painless pills"? Who are the red-haired devils who appeared in the Three Kingdoms of Southern Xinjiang?
"Brother Cong, why don't you stay and meet these students with me?"
Jia Cong nodded. He was very curious about how Liu Hong planned to talk to these students about peace.
The palace is strictly forbidden, so naturally not all the students outside the palace gate will be sent to the East Palace. Qi Bohan was quite reliable and ordered people to go to the palace gate and select twenty representatives from the crowd crowding in front of Daxia Gate.
As soon as everyone entered the East Palace, they saw two people standing at the door of the main hall. One of them was wearing a red round-collar dragon robe and a black gauze winged crown.
This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Supervisory State, with his sword eyebrows slightly open, showing his nobility.
Half a step behind the prince, there was a person who was younger. Wearing a purple robe and a golden crown, with a chubby big orange cat embroidered on the official robe, and a jade-handled wild goose feather sword hanging on his waist, it goes without saying that this person must be the royal cat Jia Cong.
"Students pay homage..."
Ten steps in front of you, everyone was about to pay homage.
But Liu Hong stopped him first: "You gentlemen, you don't need to be polite. This is not a court ceremony. You and I are both scholars, so we should treat each other as scholars."
After saying that, he took the lead in bowing: "Hongyi has met all the virtuous men." (Note, Hongyi is the word for the crown prince Liu Hong, which comes from "The Analects of Confucius Taibo": A scholar cannot be without Hongyi, and the road ahead is long and arduous.)
The Crown Prince's salute shocked everyone, and at the same time suppressed 30% of the anger in their hearts.
Everyone hurriedly returned to bow: "Students pay homage to His Royal Highness, the Prince of the Supervisory State. May your Highness be safe!"
"You don't need to introduce me to this one. He wanders around the capital every day. I'm afraid all the wise men will be familiar with him."
When Liu Hong said this, most of the nervousness of everyone dissipated.
Jia Cong came forward and bowed to say hello: "Jia Cong has met all the senior students."
"I've met Master Yumao..."
"I've met my junior."
"Master Xiao Jia is well."
This time the return gift had any name, which made everyone feel interesting. They looked at each other and laughed in unison.
The originally tense atmosphere was relieved. Under the leadership of Liu Hong, everyone came to the main hall of the East Palace.
The young eunuch has rearranged the main hall, including Liu Hong's original exquisite tables and chairs, which have been removed and replaced with ordinary futons.
The four places in the main hall were the same. The twenty-some futons with different tables made these scholars feel warm in their hearts: His Royal Highness is really wise, courteous and kind to others...
"After the defeat in Southern Xinjiang, I, the crown prince, am also extremely sad and angry, but the situation in the court is not optimistic. I can understand the anger of all the wise men, but it is up to me to decide whether the peace negotiation is right or wrong, and what should be done.
Let’s discuss the previous topic later…”
Liu Hong was in the first place. After sitting on the futon, he waved to everyone who was still in a daze: "Sit, sit, let's sit down and talk."
The scholars were a little embarrassed. After Jia Cong thanked the Crown Prince for the seat, he took the lead and sat at the top on the left hand side.
Everyone thanked him and sat on the nearby futon. The young eunuchs served the refreshments and then respectfully hid aside.
Liu Hong didn't say anything else, he just asked people to get multiple accounts and files from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Office, and then the young eunuch brought a screen.
What is drawn on this screen is not a beautiful scenery, but a detailed map of Daxia.
"The household department has no money, and even at the beginning of Yuanyou's third year, it was already unable to make ends meet. Jingying and Jiubian are relatively good, and the guards in each place can fight less than 30% of the troops..."
"Wise men, look here. Yes, just south of Yunnan and Guangxi, South Vietnam, Siam, and Burma have tens of thousands of troops, threatening our frontiers."
"Uszang Dusi, news came a few months ago. Their living Buddha is no longer willing to obey the orders of the Celestial Empire and wants to stand on his own."
Wow!
There was an uproar in the main hall instantly.
"How is this possible? Our Great Xia has a vast territory, abundant resources, and millions of people. How can we lose our money?"
"There have been constant natural and man-made disasters in the past few years. Not to mention collecting taxes in the disaster-stricken areas, the court has to spend a lot of money and food for disaster relief."
"The three vassals of Southern Xinjiang are really arrogant. Can't the imperial court mobilize the troops from the capital camp to go south?"
"Peace has lasted for a long time, and the combat strength of the Beijing camp is less than half of what it was in the Zhaowu year."
"What about the Nine Sides Army?"
"The army from Jiubian has been transferred. What should we do if the *** from the grassland goes south?"
Liu Hong is very patient and always answers everyone's questions carefully. As time passed, this group of people finally understood the court's concerns.
Daxia is so big that in the reports received every day, there are always one or two states and counties facing natural and man-made disasters.
Perhaps at this time, when they were sitting in the East Palace discussing Taoism, there was a natural disaster in some state or county thousands of miles away.
A hundred years after the founding of the country, Daxia was so strong that the people would look at people with their nostrils when they saw Fan people.
Even if a beggar gave money to a beggar on the street, the beggar would spit on him, thinking that the beggar was insulting him.
But when they faced the insult from the South Vietnamese monkeys, they could not shout out the heroic words like before entering the palace, saying that anyone who offends our strong men will be punished no matter how far away they are.
We have no money and no soldiers to fight a war!
"Then what should we do? Are we really going to marry my daughter of the Han family to the southern barbarian land?"
“I really can’t swallow this breath!”
Liu Hong's face was also filled with grief and anger, and he clenched his fists and hit the cases in front of him.
With a bang, the tea cup on the table was knocked over, and the tea soaked the red dragon robe on his body.
Just listen to Liu Hong saying angrily: "If it were just the San Francisco in southern Xinjiang, I, Daxia, could still resist it. But in fact, behind the San Francisco is the abominable Western Red Hair!"
"Westerners? Red-haired? Red-haired barbarians? My family still has business dealings with them. They do have close ties with the Southeast Asian countries."
One of the people present exclaimed. Seeing everyone's doubts, he stood up, bowed to Liu Hong, and explained to everyone: "I am Li Shifan in Guangzhou. His family has a lot of business from the Guangzhou Shipping Company to the Western Netherlands. This Dutch shipbuilding skills Our court is far higher, and its Hongyi cannon is even more powerful..."
Someone took the lead in popularizing Hongyi's science, and Liu Hong's eyes lit up with joy.
As long as someone opens their eyes to see the world, his plan can be promoted, and then a steady stream of fresh blood will flow into the East Palace and the court...
"Brother Li is right. In fact, the Western craftsmen are no less skilled than our dynasty, and are even better than our dynasty in some aspects. For example, there are many amazing things among the imported Western products."
"Chimes?"
"I still want the Hongyi cannon that Brother Li mentioned!"
The discussion became more and more heated, and everyone believed that they had found the reason for the defeat in Southern Xinjiang.
That is the red-haired barbarians in southern Xinjiang
San Francisco provided help, otherwise how could our Great Xia Dynasty be defeated by the South Vietnamese monkeys?
"So, what we are facing now is not South Vietnam or Siam, but the Western Red Barbarians behind them?"
"That's true, but it's still not comprehensive enough."
Seeing that the discussion was almost over and the goal had been achieved, Liu Hong coughed twice and summed it up: "In fact, our country has to face not only foreign aggression, but also internal worries. Foreign aggression is not only the Western Red Barbarians, but also the Tatars in the north. , Oara and other countries, and even the Japanese, Goryeo, and various vassals in the Western Regions."
hiss!
Everyone took a deep breath, not wanting to be as powerful as the Celestial Empire, that there would be so many foreign troubles.
"For the time being, foreign troubles are not mentioned. When soldiers come, the enemy will come to the weir. If you can't win, you will fight. If you can't, you will fight. The biggest problem now is internal worries. Have you ever thought about why we have so many treasures in our country and a vast territory of thousands of miles? No money?"
After Liu Hong asked this question, the main hall of the East Palace instantly boiled.
This problem has gone through many times in the past dynasties. When the country was founded, it was resting and recuperating. After the prosperous times, the people were impoverished and the country was impoverished. Finally, war broke out and burned everything, and then the spring breeze blew and it was reborn.
This time, the discussion was more intense than Liu Hong imagined. More than 20 people even divided into three or four factions, and they fought fiercely in the East Palace.
In the end, the little eunuch kept waiting for the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, letting him splash the ink.
Liu Hong did not stop this group of people from arguing. To a certain extent, the truth was worked out.
"Ding ding ding..."
The bell rang, and Liu Hong finally rang the bell when the group was about to fight, interrupting their argument.
"Dear gentlemen, it's time for lunch. Why don't you join me for lunch and let's continue our discussion in the afternoon?"
The student's petition shocked the capital, but it made the Prince of the East Palace famous.
As the story of the East Palace discussion spread, the defeat in southern Xinjiang, the peace and marriage negotiations, and the comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of China and the West, etc., became the hottest topics in the capital.
Students were summoned to the East Palace every day, and the relevant records obtained from the discussion were sent to the cabinet one by one, making the cabinet ministers marvel and blush.
Until the envoys from the three vassals in southern Xinjiang entered the capital, there was still no outbreak of public dissatisfaction as imagined by the cabinet.
The people in the capital just stared at the envoy slowly entering the city with cold eyes. There were no curses, no rotten eggs and rotten leaves, and no angry knights stabbed the members of the envoy to death with their swords.
Jia Cong went to the East Palace for two consecutive days and watched the entire East Palace Discussion, and he admired Liu Hong deeply.
This prince is worthy of being the successor to the empire jointly cultivated by the two saints. His control of people's hearts and situation can be said to be meticulous.
Everyone was led by Liu Hong into the established route he had preset. The focus of the government and the opposition has shifted from the peace talks caused by the defeat in southern Xinjiang to the big discussion of facing up to the gap, reforming to strengthen, taking advantage of the hardships, and avenging previous shame. superior.
Jia Cong originally thought that Liu Hong's operations were deliberately taught by the Second Saint, but after a trip to Longshou Palace, he realized that Liu Hong had grown into a qualified prince of the country. .z.
The retired old man and the "unrecovered" emperor sat firmly by the Taiye Pond, fishing with poles, watching the storm surging, and watching with satisfaction the crown prince's slightly immature methods.
Of course, there were many people in the court who had tasted the charm of the East Palace discussion. But they cooperated with the Prince of the Supervisory State and gradually promoted the fermentation of public opinion in the capital.
The Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple selected suitable candidates to contact the three vassals in southern Xinjiang, but they still refused to accept the other party's credentials.
Today there is a wrong word here, and tomorrow there is a missing chapter somewhere. San Francisco's credentials have been stuck in the Sifang Pavilion for half a month.
Until San Francisco made harsh words, if they did not accept the letter of credence, they would return to southern Xinjiang, and then they would meet in arms.
Nie Chaoyi, the minister in charge of the peace talks, sneered in his heart, but his face was extremely frightened. He quickly took San Francisco's credentials and went to the cabinet.
The chief minister finally recovered and returned to the cabinet to take charge of the overall situation.
Lord Tsusuke let out a long sigh of relief, but he also felt unwilling to do so.
Wei Qing
After taking the credentials presented by Nie Chaoyi, He threw it aside and looked at Qi Bohan aside: "Mr. Qi Ge, what did it say on the secret fold of Marquis Rong Guo yesterday?"
After the Rongguo Mansion received the letter from the pardoned master, the whole family became happy.
There was no news from Mr. Pardon for a long time, and even the old lady felt uneasy. No matter whether her eldest son displeases her, she also understands that Ning Rongjia's family's biggest support now is him.
Seven days ago, on April 22nd, the Concubine Xian of Fengzao Palace gave birth to a son, and the Sacred Heart was overjoyed.
The old lady took Mrs. Xing into the palace to visit Yuanchun yesterday. When she came back, she asked Jia Cong if there was any news about the pardon for the great master.
Now not only the people in the two mansions, but also Yuan Chun and the new little prince in the palace all depend on the pardon master for support.
Relatives and relatives, Ning Rong and Yuan Chun, the young prince in the palace, it can be said that they share weal and woe and are inseparable.
After Jia Cong heard that Yuanchun had given birth successfully, he had an in-depth conversation with Prince Liu Hong.
Perhaps due to the joint training of the two saints and the smooth success of the East Palace discussion, Liu Hong's self-confidence has reached a peak.
He didn't think that Ning Rongjia's family would be so conceited that they would give up their support for a little kid who didn't know how to be wise and foolish.
Moreover, after Yuanchun became pregnant, she had expressed to him overtly and secretly that Fengzao Palace would not participate in the fight for the throne.
Regardless of whether Yuanchun said he could persist, Liu Hong felt that even if the other brothers were added together, it would not be enough for him!
He, Liu Hong, Liu Hongyi, the current crown prince of Daxia, will definitely become the emperor of Daxia!
?Monthly ticket??Recommended ticket?
