Prince Consort

Xie Ze'an was not the only one who was concerned about King Duan's return to Beijing.

Yao Dingyan also noticed the return of King Duan.

The situation of King Duan was so strange that Yao Dingyan had to look at this prince differently.Prince Duan is different from Prince Gong who treats his subordinates courteously while grasping the military power. He behaves too purely, more like a hermit than a hermit, so Yao Dingyan doesn't hate Prince Duan like he hates ordinary princes.

From Yao Dingyan's point of view, if all the royal families could be as peaceful as King Duan, then he wouldn't have to be a villain at all.

Yao Dingyan asked Yao Qingze to visit Duan Wang.

Yao Qingze followed orders, but when he arrived at King Duan's mansion in the capital, he was told that King Duan had gone out.The doorman said: "The princess likes to collect ink cicadas, so my highness went to buy them for the princess. The young man is about to be able to read, and his highness will stop by to visit a few people and invite a good wife for the young man." Speaking of Prince Duan, the doorman His face was full of reverence.

Yao Qingze was a little disappointed, but he still politely handed over the greeting card: "Then please accept my card first, and I will come to visit another day."

When Yao Qingze returned home, seeing Yao Dingyan's complexion was not very good, he couldn't help but ask, "Father, what's wrong?"

Yao Dingyan said: "Old Grand Master Qin is really amazing. He actually persuaded His Majesty to temporarily change his mind. This year's imperial examination will maintain the original examination method." He sighed, "Xu Juncheng actually agrees with Old Grand Master Qin. I am afraid that the imperial examination will not be able to select the talents we want, and we have to wait another three years..."

Yao Qingze said: "This old thing is really hateful!"

In normal times, Yao Dingyan would definitely reprimand Yao Qingze.But Yao Dingyan also felt a little resentful when he thought that he came back during the filial piety period, but only failed to make it.He said angrily, "To grow old and not die is to be a thief!"

Yao Qingze sneered and said, "Father, you are in your prime. Three years is nothing to us, but three years is not much to the Qin Party."

Yao Dingyan nodded.

The father and son discussed together for a long time, and planned to make drastic rectifications in the county school, state school, and Tai school.

The Qin Party is not so easy to fool, and they will always find excuses to stop the implementation of the new law if they don't show some real skills.

At the same time, Prince Gong, who was far away on the border, also received Zhao Ying's handwritten order.

Prince Gong went to find Tan Wuqiu with tea.

Tan Wuqiu learned a new method of drawing maps from Xie Ze'an, and the maps he drew became much more detailed.The grasslands and deserts in northern Xinjiang are vast and boundless. Tan Wuqiu has been thinking about how to gradually digest this area. The more prosperous the place, the more people there are, and the harder it is to find good land, and there are very few people who are willing to settle in northern Xinjiang. Less—who would want to come to such a barren and war-torn place?

Tan Wuqiu's idea is "assimilation".Try to let aliens settle on the border, assimilate them with Chinese culture and etiquette, teach them to open up land, grow food, raise livestock, sell them cloth and other commodities, and when Di Kingdom comes, they will naturally take up arms to defend their homeland.This kind of thinking is extremely risky. After all, there have been many examples of tiger breeding throughout the ages, but Daqing can't stay in this small corner forever.

If you want to have a wider territory, you must have more Dingkou.It is impossible for Dingkou to appear out of thin air—even if it exists, it cannot occupy a place and move a group of people there.

The best solution is to let them completely recognize Huaxia as their sect from the bottom of their hearts.

As for those who do not approve, it is enough to beat him to admit it.

Tan Wuqiu was thinking about how to cultivate a group of envoys who could speak out, when he saw Prince Gong lifted the curtain and walked in.

Tan Wuqiu said, "His Royal Highness is here."

Prince Gong nodded, seeing the bright sun outside, he walked around behind Tan Wuqiu and pushed Tan Wuqiu out of the house.

The glare of the sun made Tan Wuqiu narrow his eyes slightly.

Prince Gong said: "Brother Huang asked me to go back to Beijing."

Tan Wuqiu said: "Your Highness, go and come back quickly, I will be here to guard you."

Prince Gong said: "This season the water plants are still luxuriant. Di people generally don't go south, so I'm not worried." He straightened Tan Wuqiu's lock of hair hanging beside the wheelchair, "But aren't you going back?"

Tan Wuqiu said: "It takes me a long time to go all the way." He replied flatly, "I have never thought about going back since the day I went north."

Prince Gong said: "Brother Huang may be dying soon."

Tan Wuqiu was silent.

Prince Gong stared at Tan Wuqiu's expression.

Tan Wuqiu's eyes were calm and unflappable: "Life and death are fate, and fortune and misfortune lie in the sky."

Prince Gong looked at him quietly, as if trying to find out what he was really thinking.

Tan Wuqiu lowered his eyelashes and shouted, "Zhao Yuan stop."

Prince Gong trembled.

Tan Wuqiu said: "I know you once wanted to prove me wrong, or you thought you were wrong if I didn't choose you..."

Prince Gong said, "Yes, I used to think so."

Tan Wuqiu said: "I've been wary of your ambitions, and you've been speculating about my thoughts, maybe we can have an open and honest talk."

Prince Gong paused and said, "You know there is only one thing I want to talk about."

Tan Wuqiu looked up at Prince Gong.

Prince Gong walked around to Tan Wuqiu and looked down at him.

"Yes, I have always wanted to prove you wrong." Prince Gong propped his hands on both sides of the wheelchair, leaned over and looked at Tan Wuqiu, "Before you died, I always wanted to prove this to you. I Obviously more suitable than Zhao Ying, I am obviously better than Zhao Ying, why didn't you choose me. I have been wondering whether you have different feelings for him, whether you are hard-hearted and can turn a blind eye to my efforts , suspected a lot of things—doing a lot of things to compete with Zhao Ying—until Zhao Ying made that choice.”

Tan Wuqiu hesitated slightly.

King Gong said: "At that time I finally understood, you have already seen everything in your eyes, you have already calculated everything clearly. Zhao Ying is more suitable than me, really, I was completely convinced at that time Yes. Because Zhao Ying can be ruthless, but I can't. If I were in that position, I would desperately turn back to save you, and I would let everyone under my command follow me to bury you with you. You have already seen this, so You choose him, not me."

Tan Wuqiu closed his eyes under Prince Gong's gaze.

Prince Gong said: "You are no longer an involuntary 'Linjun', should you give me an answer? You chose someone else when you got married, you chose someone else when you assisted, and you have always chosen someone else..." He continued Get closer to Tan Wuqiu's nose.

Tan Wuqiu said: "... Zhao Yuan stop, don't do this."

Prince Gong said: "Since you don't want to answer, then I won't let you choose." He couldn't bear the desire that was about to kill him anymore, lowered his head and bit Tan Wuqiu's lip hard.

The wheelchair was pushed back heavily by him, and it landed in front of the stone pillar.

Tan Wuqiu didn't resist.

Prince Gong left Tan Wuqiu's lips after he was satisfied.

Seeing the surrounding soldiers watching their hearts and minds, and standing upright, Prince Gong smiled and said, "I will come back as soon as possible."

Prince Gong had a vague premonition that after returning to Beijing, he would face earth-shaking changes.

Zhao Ying's body can't last long.

Just as Prince Gong guessed, Zhao Ying wrote a letter to ask the two younger brothers to come back, the purpose is to explain the "funeral affairs".The root cause of his body's disease was caused by many years of fighting, and it had long been a fatal disease that was ineffective with medicine stones. He could survive for so many years only because the imperial hospital used countless precious medicinal materials to hang himself.

Zhao Ying knows where her limit is.

He originally wanted to hold on for another two years to reverse Yao Dingyan's aggressive mentality, but not long ago, several of his old injuries suddenly recurred, and even handling government affairs on weekdays was very difficult, and what's more, he couldn't do it at all.

Hearing that King Duan had returned to the capital, Zhao Ying quickly summoned him.

Seeing Zhao Ying's tired face, King Duan asked bluntly after saluting: "Did Chongzhao share one or two for you, brother?"

Zhao Ying said: "Chongzhao usually helps to review memorials, but he is busy building embankments recently, so he is not staying in the palace at the moment." Zhao Ying signaled King Duan to sit down.

Duan Wang said: "On the way back, I saw the Sanlang you mentioned, Brother Huang. He is indeed a clever man."

Zhao Ying frowned: "Have you met him?"

Duan Wang said: "I didn't say anything, I saw it from a distance. He is very popular among the scholars, and many people seem to be vaguely headed by him. Brother Huang, are you going to let him take the imperial examination?"

Zhao Ying nodded and said, "Although there is no such precedent, there is no clear law saying that you cannot participate." He raised his head and asked, "What do you think of him?"

Duan Wang said: "Brother Huang, the person you like is of course good."

Zhao Ying said: "I am going to leave the 'Persuading Jun Ruler' to him."

King Duan was surprised when he heard the "persuasion ruler".Advising the ruler is something handed down from the beginning of Taizu's founding of the country. Advising the emperor means that those who hold the ruler have the responsibility and right to "advise the king".With this thing, the incumbent must follow his persuasion. If he refuses to accept it, the holder can beat him severely—and he can be exempted from guilt.

Duan Wang hesitated and said: "...Is this Saburo too young?"

Zhao Ying said: "In the past few years, I have been taking him by my side to teach. He is much smarter than Chongzhao, and he understands faster. His xinxing is definitely not what a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy can have, although he has many shortcomings. , but definitely make good use of the persuasion ruler."

King Duan said: "I heard that he and Chongzhao have a very good relationship. If he takes the ruler and does nothing, won't your painstaking efforts be in vain, brother?"

Zhao Ying said: "It is precisely because he and Chongzhao have a good relationship, and Chongzhao can listen to what he said, that I made this decision." He was extremely sure, "I know Sanlang will never let me down."

King Duan was speechless.

Zhao Ying said: "But of course you can't rely on Saburo alone. I brought you and Yuan Ting back just to have a good discussion. Chongzhao's temper is too violent, there must be someone who can stop him at some point."

Hearing the meaning of Zhao Ying's words, King Duan shuddered and said, "Brother Huang, you are in your prime..."

Zhao Ying said: "I don't believe this sentence, and neither do you. Ninth brother, I don't have much time. I hope you can help me, and I also hope you can help Chongzhao."