Urban Sims

Chapter 136 "On Great Powers"

"Queen, you want to marry me to the Turkic king, I, I don't agree!"

As soon as she returned to the palace, she suddenly learned that Princess Anping, who had become a marriage partner and was about to marry the Turkic king, opened her mouth in shock as if hit by a bolt from the blue.

Then he desperately opposed it, and refused to agree to it.

"Marriage matters, parents' order, matchmaker's words, there is no room for you to object! I have ordered someone to reply to the Turkic envoy and marry Princess Anping to the Turkic king. If you don't agree, the two countries will fight again. Ping'er, are you willing Seeing tens of thousands of people die because of your objection?"

Wu Mei said both soft and hard.

Princess Anping shook her head desperately, cried and said: "No, Anping doesn't want to marry the Turkic king, Anping doesn't want to marry!"

"Hmph! How can the important affairs of the country be costly because of you? You can't go if you don't go to this marriage!"

"If so, Anping would rather commit suicide!" Princess Anping said decisively.

"If you commit suicide, I will pretend that I never gave birth to your daughter!"

The hard-hearted Wu Mei ordered Princess Anping to be placed under house arrest and monitored to prevent her from committing suicide. Seven days later, she was asked to follow the convoy of the Turkic envoys to marry and marry far away!
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Two days have passed.

Princess Anping, who was grounded in the palace, could not convey any news, committed suicide several times, but was stopped by the maid who watched her, and had to cry helplessly.

On the third day, under her begging, one of the maidservants who watched her was finally moved with compassion, and called Shangguan Yu'er, the head of the inner court ladies, and said a few words to her.

Shangguan Yu'er is the granddaughter of Shangguan Yi, the prime minister who was convicted and killed in the event of "Abolition of the Biao Zuo". She was assigned to the inner court with her mother Zheng as a maidservant. She has been in charge of the court system for many years, and is Wu Mei's important assistant and confidant. She was born in the same year as Princess Anping, but they are a few days older. They are very good friends in private, and they are often referred to as "sisters".

"Sister Yu'er, please help me. Only you can help me now. Help me send a letter to my father, or tell Mr. Zihua, let them save me! I don't want to marry the Turkic king!"

Princess Anping burst into tears and said, I don't know why, at this moment, the person she most desires to ask for help is, besides her father, who is Mr. Zihua whom she admires the most.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, Yu'er will try her best to help you!"

Shangguan Yu'er nodded, changed into casual clothes that day, and hurried to Furong Garden.

When she arrived at the Furong Garden, she just reported to the eunuch Ma Dexi that when she wanted to see His Majesty the Emperor Ming, she was told by the eunuch Ma Dexi: His Majesty Ming and the Empress Dowager Tianhou were admiring the flowers in the garden, and they were very interested.

Shangguan Yu'er had no choice but to turn her head and leave. She went back to the palace and took a horse. After two hours of galloping towards the north, she finally arrived at Fengyang Village, a hundred miles away. Mr. Zihua.

"Is this really the case? Empress Dowager Tianhou, put Princess Anping under house arrest and order her to be married to the Turkic king who is thousands of miles away?"

Zhou Ming was shocked by this sudden news. The Queen of Heaven, Wu Mei, did she take some wrong medicine to push her own daughter into the fire pit.

During his travels in the Western Regions, he learned that the current Turkic King Ashinagu is an old man who is nearly 60 years old. If Princess Anping marries him, he will inherit the property according to the nomadic "son leads the father's tribe, and the son marries the father and wife" According to the custom, after Ashina's death, Princess Anping will marry his son as his wife, and after his son's death, she may marry his grandson as his wife...

Anyway, as long as she is not dead, she will marry the Turkic kings generation after generation, and may even marry her own son.

Because, in the grasslands, women, like cattle and sheep, are just "property" and "reproductive tools" for breeding population.

"Yes."

Shangguan Yu'er nodded and said anxiously: "Mr. Zihua, quickly find a way to rescue Princess Anping. If you delay for a few more days and get on the wedding convoy, Princess Anping will have to marry a Turk and die in a foreign land. It will be difficult to return to the Central Plains!"

"Don't panic, don't panic about this matter! Miss Yu'er, let me think of a way, and I will definitely come up with a proper way to rescue Princess Anping!"

After giving Shangguan Yu'er a reassurance, Zhou Ming mobilized his brains and began to think of ways to meditate.

The simplest and crudest way is to lead people to intercept the Turkic marriage convoy and kill all the Turkic envoys!Take back Princess Anping!

But the hidden danger of doing so is that it will lead to an all-out war between the two countries, and the anger of the Queen Wu Mei will be pursued, and there is a risk of exposing herself.

The middle strategy is to go to Beijing to meet the saints and express their persuasion.

However, the supreme ruler of this era has always insisted on many things, and it is extremely difficult to reverse them. To put it bluntly, it is "to keep the constitution in his mouth, and to keep his word". , with Wu Mei's character, once she decides something, she will definitely do it by any means. Not only will she not be able to achieve results by trying to persuade her, but it will make her even more angry.

Moreover, Zhou Ming vaguely guessed that this matter should have something to do with him, and if he tried to persuade him, he would only get the opposite result.

What should be done, while rescuing Princess Anping, at the same time, do not arouse the resentment of the Queen of Heaven, Wu Mei, and avoid becoming a thorn in her side.

"Have it!"

Suddenly, Zhou Ming thought of a good way, and immediately ordered his servants to fetch a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and after a little thought, he wrote an article like a dragon.

This article is titled "On Great Powers".

The main purpose of the content is: what kind of country can be considered a big country.

Judging from the title, it has nothing to do with rescuing Princess Anping, and the content doesn't seem to be framed.

In fact, Zhou Ming adopted the strategy of "leading from the sidelines, throwing bricks to attract jade". In this article, he discussed three dynasties that existed in history: Shang, Wei, and Shun. big country".

In the early days of the Shang Dynasty, the army was strong, and it slammed the Quartet, annexed the six countries, and established the first unified dynasty. However, due to the corruption of high-level officials in the later period, the combat effectiveness of the army was degraded and weakened, and it lost its foreign offensive. The ability to rely on the construction of the Great Wall to resist border troubles, and finally, because of the abuse of people's power, a peasant uprising broke out, and he died in only three generations.

Wei, controlled a territory larger than that of Shang. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was repeatedly hanged and beaten by nomads. The Xiongnu cried for their father and mother, and at the same time, Wei was also the first dynasty to conquer the Western Regions, open up the Silk Road, and become famous in foreign countries.

However, although the state of Wei was strong, it only subdued the Xiongnu for a hundred years. When the state of Wei weakened and the grassland peoples revived again, in order to avoid war, Emperor Xuan of Wei made the first marriage with a foreign race, ordered Zhaojun to go out of the fortress, and exchanged beauties for peace. For thousands of years, in the several Central Plains dynasties after Wei, there were basically no marriages of different races, with only one exception.

The exception is a kingdom called "Shun" established by Wu Mourning Heavenly King Ran Shun during a century of war and under the iron heels of alien races during the period of "Nine Random Merchants".

This country called "Shun" has only existed for more than a hundred years, and its territory is not large. It only occupies a part of the area between Yanshan Mountain and Taiyan Mountain in Youqing Two Prefectures, and its population does not exceed one million at most.

It is this country dominated by merchants. Since its birth, it has issued the "Slaughter of Hus Order", vowing to kill all the barbarians and barbarians who are rampant in the Central Plains. In the flames of war, 33 kings died in battle, and countless troops and subjects died in battle. It is difficult to count. In the end, due to too few documents, they gradually disappeared in the dust of history.

And no matter how you look at it, "Shun", a country that can't be called a "big country" at all, is the only country he thinks can be called a big country in Zhou Ming's "On Great Nations"!

because--

"Shun, standing for a hundred years without falling, never perishing to the surrounding barbarians, because he does not claim to be a minister, does not pay tribute, does not make peace, does not cut off the land, the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the community! The country and its people are from top to bottom , everyone’s blood is like this, everyone is strong and alive! Even if you die, you don’t change your clothes, don’t insult your ancestors, don’t bow your knees to other races, how can you not be considered a big country?”

"Beautiful! Mr. Zihua's article is a big prize!"

As soon as Zhou Ming finished writing this sentence, there was a burst of excited screams from the side.

It turned out that Shangguan Yu'er, who was grinding for him, read the content of this article, and she, who had always been gentle and quiet, couldn't help applauding when she was aroused by these majestic words.

Zhou Ming turned his head and looked at her. Shangguan Yu'er's pretty face flushed red, she lowered her head, and her heart started beating faster.

She thought to herself: No wonder Princess Anping admires him wholeheartedly. How many strange men are there in the world who can write such words and possess such talents?

Besides, he is handsome, gentle and capable, and has everything in the world in his mind. Not to mention the daughter of a thousand gold princess, no woman in Huaichun can reject such a great husband.

Even, she was a little envious in her heart, Princess Anping, to meet such a man to save her, it is a blessing from several lifetimes of cultivation.

In contrast, she was lonely and desolate. She didn't know if she could meet such a beloved man in this life and write the same wonderful articles and majestic sentences for her...

"Miss Yu'er, quickly bring this article back to the imperial capital, and present it to His Majesty the Emperor Ming and the Queen of Heaven in the name of presenting a masterpiece..."

He ordered his servants to prepare the horses, then turned to Shangguan Yu'er and said, "Miss Yu'er, it's not too late, go back to the imperial capital now! Don't worry about it getting late and you can't hurry, I will personally escort you back to the imperial capital!"

Shangguan Yu'er nodded, put the article in her sleeves, and after some preparations, the gray horse she rode on followed Zhou Ming, and galloped south along the road that was not clear in the dark sky. and go.

However, within twenty miles of the journey, there was an unexpected situation. Because of the darkness, the vision was blurred and the road conditions were difficult. The horse that Shangguan Yuer was riding on, accidentally sprained the horse's hoof with an "Ang Lv" sound, and there was a tender cry In the middle, if it wasn't for Zhou Mingfei's pull, she would have fallen off the horse.

Zhou Ming got off the horse and checked the horse's condition, and found that the horse could no longer be ridden, but in order to go on the road, he had to pull Shangguan Yu'er onto the back of his red dragon horse, and the two of them rode on the same horse and continued on the road .

Originally, Zhou Ming, who was on his way, had no extra distractions in his mind, and just wanted to reach the imperial capital quickly, but it might be because the speed was too fast and the horseback was too bumpy, and Shangguan Yuer in his arms hugged him tighter and tighter. He was getting closer and closer, his breathing was chaotic and rapid, and when his body reacted and finally realized something was wrong, the jade man in his arms was already wrapped around his neck, and the tip of his tongue lightly touched his skin.

"Miss Yu'er, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Ming stopped the horse, held her shoulders and asked.

In the faint moonlight, Shangguan Yu'er, whose eyes were blurred, caressed the man's handsome face with her jade fingers, slapped his face with a long breath, and said, "Mr. It will open, even if we rush to the imperial capital, we will not be able to enter the city for a while... Sir, don’t you think that this night is specially bestowed on us by the heavens?”

After finishing speaking, the fragrant wind approached, and her soft lips were already printed on his lips.

This night, Zhou Ming felt a little tired. After all, there is no place to stay in the wilderness. The dew is too heavy, and the clothes will be wet on the ground... So, the most tired one this night is actually the red dragon horse , because there were two human beings shaking on its back all night...

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