After sending away the Prince Chu and his entourage, the palace began preparations for the New Year.
This year, the Ministry of Ritual’s arrangement for the palace, ceremonies and annual banquets are much grander than in previous years.
The country is stable and the people live in peace, and major festivals must be arranged accordingly to show that Beili's national strength is strong.
In addition to Dongling, Emperor Ning occupies half of Dongling's land. The wish of the predecessors to unify Kyushu has been fulfilled for most of the time.
Yufu was only sixteen years old after the New Year, and she was still very young. For the remainder of her emperor's career, it would be no problem to annex Dongling's half of the country.
"Mergers by force are naturally no problem, but this has never been the true meaning of unifying Kyushu."
When the ministers talked about Dongling's affairs, Yufu said: "If the two countries of Xikun and Dongling are annexed by force regardless of the consequences, with our national strength, Beili will be enough to take down these two countries in the father's generation. But the ancestor's The explanation is to not hurt the civilians and prevent them from being poisoned by the war. The territories of the two countries that we have taken before were because of civil strife in the two countries that injured the people. Now the area controlled by Ning Emperor is still stable, we cannot invade at will. "
When war starts in peacetime, it must be the people who suffer.
This is Yufu's bottom line, and she will never allow anyone to start a war simply for the purpose of annexing Dongling.
An official said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Ning is faint and incompetent. This is something everyone knows. Even if the people of Dongling are still stable under his control now, chaos will occur sooner or later. How does a faint king rule? Your own country?"
"Then wait for the chaos to arise, Bei Li will never do unrighteous actions, and will never take the initiative to fight against allies."
Yufu's voice was faint, containing endless calmness and firmness, to let people know that her mind would never change easily.
The ministers of the DPRK and China agreed with and opposed it.
Some hesitate, and some wait and see.
Those who agree think that Bei Li has been waiting for hundreds of years, and they don't care about waiting for a few more years or more than ten years. It is even more important to maintain the justice of the king of Beili.
Opponents believe that taking advantage of the current military enthusiasm and the emergence of a unified situation, the last piece of territory should be taken in one go to avoid recurring incidents in the future.
"The minister thinks that what your majesty said is extremely true."
Gu Shubai stepped out and said, "Your Majesty holds the world and the people in his heart, and he does not take advantage of the size of the place. This is the virtue of the emperor. Moreover, your majesty's heart is derived from the legacy of the ancestors of the emperor, and it reflects the filial piety of your majesty. Do you adults want to force your majesty to be an unfilial person?"
He fully supported Yufu's decision, and a high hat was snapped off unexpectedly. Who would dare to get it
To say that Yufu's disobedience to the first emperor's will is unfilial, then these ministers who encourage Yufu to send troops are not loyal to the first emperor
This charge can't be offended, so it's better to keep your mouth shut.
Someone took a look at Gu Shubai, huh, and they knew if he listened to his wife, did he have any opinions of his own
Tianyunpo also went out and said: "General Gu is right. Besides, my Beili has a strong national strength. Why don't you worry that Emperor Ning will not take the initiative to attach? If you take the initiative to use troops, it seems that we are stingy."
Taishi also agreed.
Something is wrong. Didn't Taishi and General Gu always fail to deal with each other? Why are the two of them so good now
Yufu saw it through without saying it, and just stood up and said, "Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter. It will be closed from this year to the beginning of the year. From tomorrow on, it will be closed for the year, and everything will be discussed after the photocopy is open."
With a flick of the big sleeves, the government affairs of the court is temporarily finished.
At the same time, Dongling, Korea and China were in entanglement and chaos, and there was no joy for the New Year.
Recently, ministers have successively suggested that Beili should be attached, saying that most of the Kyushu mainland is in Beili's hands. Instead of waiting for Beili to send troops to attack Dongling, it might be better to voluntarily return to Beili.
With the passage of time, more and more ministers were convinced of this kind of suggestion, and wrote letters to Ning Chengzhi one after another.
Ning Chengzhi had a headache.
At first, he was firmly opposed to this statement. His courtier sent a letter asking him to be attached to Bei Li. Doesn't it mean that he has to peel off his dragon robe by himself
What is the position of the Gu family in Beili? Once they were attached, how could Gu Shubai let them go? !
He killed the ministers who had originally proposed, but he couldn't stop this trend. By the end of the year, some courtiers ran to Beili with his wife and children in the name of relatives during the New Year!
Dongling's official, if you don't do it, maybe you might as well go to Beili to find a future!
It was heard that the courtiers who first fled to Beili also had a suitable job in Beili. The Dongling Dynasty was ready to move, and many people escaped.
Now Ning Chengzhi didn't dare to kill anymore, so he could only guard the gates strictly by the guards of the four gates of Lin'an, not allowing the ministers of the court and their families to enter or leave.
This time, the courtiers and family members were restricted from visiting relatives and friends during the new year. They wailed for a while.
Ning Chengzhi hid in the sleeping hall, did not dare to go to the imperial study room to see the book, nor did he dare to meet any ministers.
For a moment, he was thinking that this emperor is really boring, if he belongs to Bei Li... No, no, if there is no such thing as a copy of the Guhou Mansion, maybe it is.
But with what happened back then, now he wants to belong to Bei Li, isn't he seeking his own way
No, you can't be attached to death!
"His Majesty?"
Outside the closed door of the sleeping hall, a woman's voice came.
Ning Chengzhi shuddered subconsciously, and suddenly realized that it was Li Fei's voice. He has become Li Concubine, and he is the well-deserved person in charge of the harem.
Thinking of the affection that Concubine Li had been with her for so many years, now that she could no longer find a deceased person like her in the surroundings, Ning Chengzhi slowed down, "Come in."
The door of the hall was pushed open. Concubine Li, carrying a food box in her hand, came in from outside the hall with a smile, "Why is your Majesty sitting on the ground? The ground is cold, get up quickly, and taste the soup that your concubine personally made for you."
After so many years, Concubine Li still only knows how to make soup.
It's rare that nothing has changed in her, as if he is still the king with great power and Dongling Jiangshan, and she is still a tender and jealous concubine around him.
Ning Chengzhi smiled bitterly, "Isn't there any antler or something added to this soup?"
Concubine Li's face blushed, and she gave him a little push, "Your Majesty made fun of his concubines again. Is that kind of person?"
She's not that kind of person... Then who else is that kind of person
Ning Chengzhi was reluctant to tease her at the moment, after all, she was the last person to stay with him.
He glanced at Concubine Li's hand, "What kind of soup are you making today?"
Concubine Li was very interested, "The weather is cold, and the concubine looks at the emperor who is a little weak recently, so she doesn’t like to go to the Royal Garden anymore. I heard that beef can replenish the cold the most, so the concubine boiled beef broth for his majesty, and put a lot of supplements in it. Medicinal materials, your majesty will taste it soon."
Ning Chengzhi sat down to drink the soup in silence. Concubine Li was leaning on the table and propped her head with both hands, watching his reaction with her eyes wide open.
He chewed, the beef stewed so badly that he could swallow it almost without chewing.
He smiled slightly and said, "It tastes good, you can drink it yourself."
Said to let her sit down, and ordered the maid to serve him soup, Li Guifei sat down, and the two of them sat side by side to drink soup together.
There was a long silence, only the sound of the spoon touching the wall of the bowl in the hall, and the slight chewing and swallowing sound.
Ning Chengzhi suddenly said, "I will make you the queen, okay?"
Concubine Li’s spoon fell to the ground in fright, and she raised her head inconceivably to look at Ning Chengzhi, with joy and surprise, "Your Majesty, you... are you true?"
"it is true."
Ning Chengzhi put the spoon down, "I have grown more than twenty years old, and have been on the throne for a few years. There is not even a queen. In the harem, you are the only one who has the highest position. You should be established."
Concubine Li was grateful, and hurriedly knelt down to thank her, "My concubine, thank you, Your Majesty!
The grace that she had never dared to think of before, now fell on her easily, making her panic and ecstatic.
Ning Chengzhi couldn't help smiling when she looked at her happy, "I'm afraid that at this time, you are the only one who will be happy to be named a queen? If I want to marry the daughter of another minister, they may not be happy."
Concubine Li was taken aback, raised her head and still smiled like a flower, "What did your majesty say? Who would be unhappy? Being a queen is a privilege that every woman aspires to, and it's too late for the concubines to be happy. This is the grace that your majesty bestows on the concubines, minister. The concubine knows that this is not for someone else to give to his concubine!"
She didn't know if she was comforting Ning Chengzhi or comforting herself.
After all, Ning Chengzhi nodded, and reached out to her to lift her up from the ground, "Get up. I will order the Ministry of Ritual to make arrangements for the canonization ceremony, but now in the middle of the year, I may have to wrong you a little."
This was his own excuse to ease the embarrassment. In fact, Dongling had no extra financial resources to arrange a post-event ceremony, and the Minister of Korea and China did not have the intention to make thorough preparations.
Dongling has gone to the present situation, and it has long gone back to the prosperous scene of the past.
Concubine Li still tried her best to show the sweetest smile, "Your Majesty, don't worry, your concubines understand."
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What does she understand
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Two days later, Ning Chengzhi still made an order and ordered his ministers to prepare generous gifts to visit Bei Li.
In name, it was to thank Bei Li for suppressing the rebels for Dongling, but in fact it was to take this opportunity to inquire about Bei Li's attitude and to please Bei Li by the way.
Of course, the more important thing is to stabilize the hearts of the people in the Dongling Dynasty.
All the courtiers were worried that Bei Li would use force to attack Dongling at any time, and now Ning Chengzhi was willing to bow his head a little and give a generous gift, it was better than doing nothing.
Dongling's envoys walked out of Lin'an City with their front feet, and a group of envoys came to Lin'an City on their back feet.
"Return to your Majesty, there are envoys outside the city asking to see your Majesty!"
Because all four gates in Lin'an were banned by Ning Chengzhi, courtiers and family members were not allowed to enter and leave at will, so the news of the envoy's visit was passed directly to the palace.
Ning Chengzhi was slightly happy, "Is it an envoy sent by Bei Li? By such a coincidence, my front foot sent envoys to Bei Li, and they are here!"
The soldier who informed him folded his hands and said, "My Majesty, it was not sent by Bei Li. The envoys dressed in strange costumes and said that they were from the Sangyi country, specially came to see your Majesty."
Sang Yi country
Ning Chengzhi had never heard of such a country in the Kyushu mainland. He thought that there were bold people who came to play with him. When he was about to let the soldiers arrest these people for punishment, he suddenly thought of something.
"Could it be the Sangyi country overseas?"
The soldier said, "That's what those people said. They also took out the credential and customs clearance documents. They also brought two carts of treasures. They said it was a gift from the King of Sangyi to your Majesty. We dare not neglect, so we have to Report to Your Majesty back and forth."
Ning Chengzhi said: "It is rumored that there is an island country named Sangyi Country in the far east of the sea. Because it is an island country, their ship manufacturing industry is very developed. They came to the Kyushu mainland hundreds of years ago. I learned a lot of culture here, and took away a lot of books and crafts. It’s just that I’ve never heard of them in the past 100 years, so how come it comes again at this time?"
He thought for a while, a small remote island country came to Kyushu to learn something. It was not a bad thing after all, not to mention that they brought treasures.
Now Dongling is wasting a lot of money due to the war, and the treasury is empty. Since it has been delivered to the door, don't do it for nothing.
Thinking of this, he waved his hand, "Go to all the prefectures and bring all the important ministers in the DPRK first, and then welcome the envoys in. In particular, you must promptly notify the Hongxu Temple and arrange to receive the envoys."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
When Ning Chengzhi suddenly ordered people to invite the ministers of the various prefectures to the palace, all the ministers were very unhappy.
But I heard that Sangyi country had sent envoys, and had to cheer up.
In any case, as long as Dongling is still a day, they can't humiliate the prestige of the country and let a small barbaric country watch a joke.
The ministers were loaded into the palace, and the envoys of the Sangyi Kingdom were also introduced into the palace, attracting attention along the way.
When everyone came to the Golden Palace, Ning Chengzhi couldn't help but be surprised.
I saw that there were seven or eight officials in the upper hall, all of them men, wearing tall black hats, white robe and large sleeves, and golden chrysanthemum patterns embroidered on their heads.
The black hat has forearm length, but even with such a high hat on the head, these envoys are not taller than the ministers in the temple—
Their stature is too short, adult men are shorter than Dongling's ordinary women, let alone compared with the tall men of Bei Li.
It is impossible for Sangyi country to specially select short people to send to other countries. Thinking about it this way, ordinary people in their country are afraid that they are even smaller.
Ning Chengzhi couldn't help laughing, saying that the country of barbarians is not only located on a desolate island, but even the characters are so small, how can one not despise it
After the minister approached, Qi Qi bent forward and said, "I have seen Your Majesty Dongling."
They don't even kneel!
Ning Chengzhi was quite displeased, and the minister underneath had already spoken and questioned him, "Dare to ask what status are the envoys in Sangyi country?"
The envoy headed humblely said: "The next official is the second-ranking minister of Sangyi."
"Hmph, just a second-grade official, why don't you kneel when you see your majesty?"
The envoy raised his eyes and glanced at Ning Chengzhi, still with a humble smile, "Because Dongling now has only a small half of the site, and it seems that he can't even reach half of it. If I see Your Majesty Bei Li, I will naturally kneel. ."
The courtiers were in an uproar, and Ning Chengzhi frowned and immediately furious, "How dare you humiliate me?!"
A small barbarian country dared to look down on him. How could he still own half of Dongling, or Dongling's majesty, a second-rank Sangyi country envoy
"The subordinates are not here to humiliate Your Majesty, on the contrary, they are here to shame your Majesty before the snow."
The little envoy was not brave at all, and calmly said: "If your majesty wants to get back half of the country that he gave to Bei Li, he must listen to me. I have a way to get your majesty to retake the country, and even... take down Bei Li."
The hall fell silent suddenly.
For a long time, the officials couldn't help laughing, even laughing.
Some ministers said unceremoniously: "It's up to you? Do you know that when Bei Li walks out as a soldier, there are two of you piled high together! You are a small country of barbarians, and you dare to speak rashly and threaten to kill Bei Li?!"
In the hearts of Dongling's courtiers, this is absolutely impossible.
The envoy of a small barbarian country who was ridiculed and insulted was not at all irritated, and still patiently said: "Although our country is small, the navy is very developed. As far as I know, the three countries of the Kyushu mainland are good at land warfare. Not good at naval battles, your Majesty think about it, don’t we have the chance to win if naval battles are launched?"
This remark made everyone think for a moment.
The Sangyi country has no strong points, but the shipbuilding industry is quite developed. Otherwise, they would not have sent people across the sea to the Kyushu mainland a hundred years ago to learn the culture and various crafts of the Kyushu mainland.
Just look at the clothes on their bodies, although the style has been changed to be nondescript, high hats, white clothes, from a distance, they thought it was white impermanence. But the texture of the clothes is exquisite when you look closely. At first glance, you can see the textile craftsmanship learned from the mainland of Kyushu.
Minister Sangyi Guozuo saw the ministers thinking, and added, "Also, we also have artillery like Bei Li."
This sentence is tantamount to throwing a boulder into the sea, setting off a huge wave in the hearts of everyone!
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