Duan Jin shivered and looked at Duan Jin without daring to speak. But after seeing Yuan Baoer and being suppressed by Duan Jin, he finally became honest. He Yao also smiled bitterly and shook her head, wondering why this woman couldn't grow up? Patting him gently, Yuan Baoer still felt unwilling and sighed: "Baoer, no matter who disciplines the child for you, in the end, the child is your own flesh and blood, and you still need to educate it yourself. His Majesty often said that parents are The child's first master. If the master himself is not upright, what will happen when the child grows up?"
"You are always so immature, and you refuse to send your child to the palace for His Majesty to discipline you. If the child waits until your age and develops your character, how can he take over the Yuan Clan? Human growth has a long history. It's late, but they all have to grow up after all. For these two children, if their father is not around, you should set an example for them. You can't always rely on Mr. Yuan and Mrs. Yuan. They will eventually grow old. When one day they are no longer here, if you haven’t learned to grow up yourself, how will you support your children in the future?”
He Yao's words made Yuan Baoer even more embarrassed. Although under the pampering of his parents, he is still a bit immature. But Yuan Baoer is extremely smart by nature, and is smarter than ordinary people. Otherwise, he would not have learned the most difficult divination technique in the Yuan clan so well. It's not as if he bullied several older princes into that state, and there was no place to talk about it. After what He Yao said, there was nothing she didn't understand. After looking at the outsiders reluctantly for a long time, he finally nodded.
Yuan Baoer stayed in He Yao's palace honestly and followed He Yao to learn how to take care of children. And her eldest son, although in front of his mother, seems too young and mature. After all, the mother on the stall had a somewhat unconventional nature, and it would be impossible if she didn't become more mature. But no matter how young or old you are, you are still a child after all. When I was in Tianning Mountain, I was still a very naughty child. Occasionally he still pranks his biological father, but in less than a year, this child has become much more mature.
In the shadow, there is already something like a little adult. Compared with the princes in the palace, he seemed much more mature and steady. After forcibly sending Yuan Baoer to He Yao, he refused Situ Huanshuang and Duan Jin's request to live in their palace. Either stay alone in Yuan Baoer's former palace, or go to Cai's place. Compared with other princes, he is very close to his third brother, who is about the same age. However, this kid does have perseverance. I have to read Tao Zang for an hour every day before I am willing to do other things.
On the first and fifteenth day of every month, it is an unshakable fast. Even though he was living in the palace, he never put down his homework. There is one thing, since Yuan Baoer was forcibly moved to He Yao's palace. This child has never taken a look. Even when he passed by He Yao's palace, he walked around it. However, although he is not close to the other princes and princesses in the palace, the other princes and princesses like this very much. This is the first time for them to meet the third brother. In addition to Lin Wanqing, other masters are also willing to let their children have contact with him.
Especially Duan Jin's little daughter was very fond of this third brother. As long as he didn't do his homework, he would be stuck with this third brother all day long. In addition to Cai's son and Duan Jin's youngest daughter. To everyone's surprise, this child has the best relationship with the fourth son of Dong Qianhong. Whenever I have free time, I play with my three children. Huang Qiong, who knew this, sighed softly, but didn't say much. Just take care of it and give this child more convenience.
This child is about the same age as the second son of the emperor born to Duan Jin, but a few months older, but he is not in the jade book. The concubines in the original palace didn't know how easy it was for him to talk. But now that there is a new second brother, the princes and princesses in the palace are not ordinary curious. Especially the new second brother, who always wears Taoist robes and smiles at everyone, is also very popular with these little princes and princesses. Even Shouyang liked this new nephew very much. Shouyang and Huang Qiong's mother learned a lot of Taoist mental methods.
The two aunts and nephews often get together to discuss Taoism. But except for Shouyang, if Huang Qiong, all visible and invisible sons, were ranked according to their age, the real third prince was actually not very close to the other princes and princesses. The only ones he got close to were Duan Jin's daughter and the son of Cai and Dong Qianhong. As for the other brothers and sisters, although they look smiling, you can occasionally play with them. But in reality, they keep a respectful distance. Even the concubines in the palace are very close to him.
The fourth prince born by Dong Qianhong has always been Huang Qiong's heartache. This child has been a little depressed since Dong Qianhong died. At the beginning, I cried for my mother all day long. But as he grew up, the child seemed to know something, even though he never found his mother again. But Xingzi is becoming more and more withdrawn day by day. Li, who took care of him, passed away and rarely communicated with his brothers. The relationship with Da Ya was originally better, but Da Ya doesn't have much free time to learn martial arts now.
Although there are many concubines in the palace, they actually care about this child. But this child seemed to resist everyone's care and slowly closed himself in his own space. It was the Ouyang family who raised him, and the child was not close to him. And almost everyone could see that Ouyang really felt sorry for this child. But although this child did not reject Ouyang, he could not get in, which made Ouyang feel helpless. Although I felt extremely sorry for this child, I felt like a tiger was eating the whole thing and had no place to eat.
Seeing that this child was actually willing to contact his third son, Huang Qiong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At least you are willing to communicate with strangers. This is a good sign after all, right? However, Huang Qiong quite agrees with the fact that He Yao took Yuan Baoer over and taught her how to take care of her children. He felt that Yuan Baoer needed someone to discipline him in this regard. Otherwise, with her undisciplined temperament and her habit of treating children as fun, she might have killed or lost her child that day without even knowing it.
Of course, Huang Qiong only supported it. He simply didn't have time to care about things like this. After several negotiations in the Western Regions, Huang Qiong agreed to transfer 10,000 elite cavalry from the inland garrison to the Western Regions. He appointed veteran general Feng Zhoushan as Yiwu's military envoy and the eldest son of the He family as deputy military envoy. Wang Xuemei's brother was transferred to Jiedu Tongzhi. Twelve five-pound field guns and four 12-pound cannons were also allocated to Feng Zhoushan's control. However, Huang Qiong also clearly told King Anxi that these 10,000 troops and horses were for him to hold the battle and look after the enemy.
It was not given to him, to charge into battle for him. As for whether these artillery pieces will be allocated to him in the end, it depends on his efforts to clean up the interior. Moreover, Huang Qiong repeatedly told him that these sixteen cannons must not be given to any tribe. At least for now, it can only be placed under Feng Zhoushan's jurisdiction. As for the Chigas tribe, how to deal with it depends on him. If he is determined to destroy the generals who have taken refuge with the Fan family in his hometown of Khotan south of the Tianshan Mountains, he can do so without any hesitation.
Regarding the current situation in the Western Region, after explaining what needs to be explained. Huang Qiong said something about the next thing in the Western Region. He can do whatever he wants, whatever he needs to do, and the court will always be his backing. At the same time, he also told him to make more use of the conflicts between the tribes in the Western Regions and learn what it means to use strength to fight. For example, if he wanted to take action against the Chigas, he could make full use of the feud between them and the Uighur tribes. As for Duan Lin and her son, they can stay in Jingzhao for a while.
But three years later, he will send someone to send mother and son back to the Western Regions. And when it is sent, his eldest son will be directly canonized as the Crown Prince of Anxi. Regarding his worries about his son's safety, Huang Qiong only told him that jade cannot be used until it is cut. A chick hiding in its comfort zone will never grow into an eagle. Since he wanted to name his eldest son as his heir, it would be a good thing to train this child more. The child is now a little smaller and I can take care of it myself. But in another three years, it will be time to establish something.
A true heir is not grown in a greenhouse. Before the imperial court changed its jurisdiction over the Western Regions, he was the highest official in the Western Regions. And this child is also his heir. To be honest, being chosen as the heir is not a good thing at any time or in any position. But since you have been chosen, there should be no mercy. When it's time to beat, then beat. The earlier they have experience, the more children will be able to appreciate the hardships of their parents' entrepreneurship, and the greater the chance of success.
If you want to get a steady stream of support from the court, don't always do something like turning around to save the country, let alone take the harem route. Being down-to-earth and delivering the political achievements that the court needs are his real backing. Be yourself, and he doesn't need to worry so much about other things. Everything he did was seen by the court. As long as he produces results that satisfy the court, the King of Anxi cannot be hereditary and replaced. No matter who is in power in the Great Qi Dynasty in the future, they will not give up their firm support for the Western Regions.
Huang Qiong's words were basically a reassurance for him. Let him not think about anything, let alone take the so-called prince's route, and do things seriously and down-to-earth, so that his Anxi Palace will forever become the Great Qi Dynasty, and even protect the entire western border barrier of the Central Plains. This is the basis for making yourself an iron hat king. As long as he pastors the Western Regions for the imperial court, whatever is due to him and future generations will be given to him in the future. But this premise is that he achieves the goal the court wants in the Western Regions.
In fact, Huang Qiong did not want to send his clan to the Western Regions to take charge at the beginning. But the harsh reality told him that after the sudden death of the Shu waste man, it was unrealistic for the Qi Dynasty to immediately take over the entire territory of the Western Regions. One is that the imperial court has just experienced a very costly counter-insurgency campaign and has been seriously unable to make ends meet and cannot afford the expenditure in the Western Regions. As for farming, even if there is a foundation of farming in the Western Regions in the former Tang Dynasty, it can really be achieved without relying on external blood replenishment. It is far from a year's work, or even a few years' work.
After more than a hundred years of changes, the Han people continued to retreat to the Central Plains, and the Western Regions experienced the rule of Tubo and Uighurs in turn. Even most of these ethnic groups are already semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural. But animal husbandry is still higher than agriculture. Most of the farming lands in the Western Regions in the former Tang Dynasty have been converted into pasture land. The Xizhou Uighurs are indeed engaged in agricultural production, but their agricultural foundation is still quite weak. As for the complex ethnic patterns in the Western Regions, the lack of military garrison cannot solve any problems. With too many troops stationed, the imperial court simply could not afford the loss of five pounds of food transported to the Western Regions.
Moreover, if the Qi Dynasty directly takes over the Western Regions, at least within a short period of time, it will inevitably cause turmoil among the tribes within the Western Regions. Even the old tribes of the Shu people who have been abandoned will probably start an uprising. At that time, the vitality of this dynasty was far from being restored, and it was unable to sustain a long-term campaign. If we rashly directly sent troops to take over the Western Regions, I am afraid that the gains would outweigh the losses.
