Chapter 168: Impeachment and removal of Xu Qingxiao by various countries? Then go all out
war!
Wei Dynasty.
One year in Wuchang.
November 17th.
Autumn has already arrived in Kyoto during the Great Wei Dynasty.
Cold winds blow from time to time, and in a month it will basically be winter.
For the people at the bottom of the Wei Dynasty, they did not want winter to come.
Maybe it's the cold, or maybe it's other reasons.
At this time, urgent letters were delivered to the six ministers, and most of the letters were sent to the palace.
Hoo ho ho!
Late at night, the wind was howling. Outside the palace, smokeless carbon heating had already been set up in the Yangxin Hall.
In fact, this heating is not for the emperor, but for the eunuchs and maids. Some maids and eunuchs have not practiced martial arts and cannot keep out the cold.
Inside the Yangxin Hall.
The empress looked at the memorial in her hand quietly.
This is an expedited memorial.
From twelve alien nations.
The leader among them is the Si Long clan.
The meaning of the twelve memorials is very simple.
The reasons for impeaching Xu Qingxiao have been found.
First, Xu Qingxiao killed merchants indiscriminately. Although these merchants were indeed at fault, they could even confiscate their homes, but Xu Qingxiao directly killed people, which they couldn't bear.
Secondly, it was the birthday of the empress. They prepared all kinds of precious gifts, but what they never expected was that Xu Qingxiao ordered the Ministry of Rites to send back some things that they didn't need at all, and they looked ugly.
Thirdly, in the Wei Dynasty, Xu Qingxiao did evil things, disrespected the saints, killed the king and despised the saints. Such behavior was like a wild beast, a pig or a dog, but he could become the Minister of Household Affairs in the Wei Dynasty. It was unreasonable and unreasonable.
For the above three things, the requirements of the Twelve Foreign Countries are very simple. Xu Qingxiao should be dismissed from all positions to appease the foreigners.
As for what will happen if he is not removed from office, it is not written down.
But when it comes to this, I understand everything.
Facing these twelve memorials, the empress could not help but cast her eyes on the fire.
Removing Xu Qingxiao?
is it possible?
The empress rejected the proposal without thinking.
But she is silent now because she is thinking about other things, the things behind this.
Why didn't these alien races launch an attack then? Why did they suddenly attack now? Moreover, twelve alien races sent memorials at the same time. Do you think there is something fishy about this?
And the most important thing is that these aliens should know who Xu Qingxiao is and how high his status is.
But he dared to impeach officials of the Wei Dynasty. This was not something ordinary people could do.
As a vassal state, he actually impeached officials of the Wei Dynasty? And he is also the most popular person in the Wei Dynasty today. This is obviously problematic.
Obviously there were other things behind this. The empress thought of many possibilities in an instant, but no matter which one it was, it was not a good thing for Wei.
"Xuan, six ministers will enter the palace immediately."
But in the end, the empress put the memorial aside and spoke slowly.
At that moment, several figures left quickly and went to announce the decree.
at the same time.
In Shouren School.
A piece of white paper was placed in front of Xu Qingxiao.
He is recording some data.
The first is the Wenbao of the Wei Dynasty. Today, the daily sales of the Wenbao of the Wei Dynasty add up to six million copies. Most of the Wei Dynasty has begun to promote it. However, the cost has been adjusted. Except for some wealthy county governments,
Most are sold at a loss.
It's all about influence.
But even so, if this share is reached, Dawei Wenbao will not be able to sell it.
There are three reasons.
First, there is the issue of income. People in Kyoto still have some spare money. It is not difficult to buy a newspaper every few days. The worst is to drink a bowl of wine. But except for places like Kyoto, 90% of the land in the Wei Dynasty is still relatively poor.
Yes, ordinary people cannot afford to buy a newspaper.
The main reason is that they are reluctant to buy it. Twenty cents is enough for them to have a full meal. The food is not good, but at least they can be full.
Second, there is the problem of literacy rate. The literacy rate of the entire Wei Dynasty is quite high, about 40%. Compared with the Tuxie Dynasty and the Chu Yuan Dynasty, it is indeed very high, but for the promotion of Wei newspapers, it is very low.
Low.
The literacy rate in the Wei Dynasty was as high as 40%, mainly due to the saints Tuofu and the late emperor. Before the Shame of Jingcheng, the Wei Dynasty was very wealthy, and the people were rich. Naturally, there would be no problem for future generations to learn to read. Can they become scholars?
In addition, I still have some basic literacy skills.
In addition, there was a saint in the Wei Dynasty, so the people naturally advocated Confucianism and Taoism, so there was 40%. But it was good for the country, but not for Xu Qingxiao.
Thirdly, as literary newspapers became more and more popular, large and small literary newspapers also appeared. Nowadays, Xu Qingxiao’s Dawei newspaper has the highest sales in the entire Wei Dynasty. However, in many places, some literary newspapers have also appeared, imitating them.
Some of them came from the literary newspapers of the Great Wei Dynasty, and some were even directly plagiarized.
For example, in areas under the jurisdiction of many county kings, they directly copied the newspapers of the Wei Dynasty, and then tampered with whoever wrote them, so that they became theirs, and added some things they wanted to add.
What they value is not profit, but the influence of the newspaper. They don't care about the money. In many places, a newspaper is even priced at 5 cents, just for this kind of publicity.
Of course, many scholars knew about this and criticized and abused it. After all, this kind of plagiarism is too shameless.
But in some places, the vassal king is the local emperor. No matter how insulted these scholars are, they still go their own way, and even make harsh words, asking Xu Qingxiao to go and tell them in person whether it is plagiarism.
Xu Qingxiao ignored this situation at all, and even hoped that vassal kings from all over the world could plagiarize his own Wei Dynasty newspapers.
Developing a good reading habit is equivalent to helping you cultivate customers in advance. Why did Xu Qingxiao stop it?
Everyone's goal is not money, they all want the influence and propaganda capabilities of newspapers, so now let these feudal princes toss around until the Wei Dynasty has completely settled down.
Slowly deal with these vassal kings, and let the students from Shouren Academy take over directly. There is no need to change the manuscript, just use it directly.
Why not do this?
As for some scholars who wanted to fight against themselves, Xu Qingxiao did not chill their hearts. He regularly sent Dawei newspapers to them so that they could publicize it or see the truth. Anyway, don't mess around yet.
The above three questions.
The first and second are problems that Xu Qingxiao needs to solve.
How to get more people to buy newspapers and magazines.
Improving financial capacity is the key point, but even if it improves financial capacity, it will not actually increase sales significantly. After all, if you are really rich, some people just don't like reading newspapers.
Isn’t it good for people to buy wine and drink it?
Wouldn’t it be nice to buy a chicken and take it home to eat?
Goulan, oh, I'm sorry, I can't afford it at 20 cents.
"In two months, the effect of the waterwheel will appear."
"The initial results won't be too good, but they won't be too bad either."
"By the middle of next year, the economy of the Wei Dynasty will almost start to pick up, so before that, we must think of countermeasures."
"When it comes to literacy, we need to take it slow."
Xu Qingxiao thought about it and could only make this plan.
First set a small goal to increase the sales of Dawei Wenbao to 10 million. After completing this small goal, you can put it aside temporarily.
After the direction of the Great Wei Wenbao matter was determined.
Next is the waterwheel project.
Waterwheels in various places started operating a few months ago, and are currently based on the memorials sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works.
The Wei Dynasty currently has 110,000 waterwheels, 80,000 of which are in the main areas of the Wei Dynasty. To put it bluntly, they are areas within the control of the imperial court.
The remaining 30,000 waterwheels are scattered in relatively remote areas and are difficult to manage. According to the secret investigation of the eunuchs such as Si Li, most of the waterwheels are relatively abandoned.
Especially in many vassal counties.
I thought it was very good at first, but because several major parts were not installed, these waterwheels encountered problems at every turn and had to be repaired. As a result, many feudal lords were too lazy to deal with them and just left them ashes. There were even
Several vassal kings submitted memorials to insult Xu Qingxiao.
It was a complete waste that the imperial court allocated so much money to build such a crappy thing.
When the memorial came up, the empress threw it away after taking one look at it, and it did not cause any controversy at all.
Of course, these feudal kings also hired people to investigate secretly, but the results of the investigation were more or less inaccurate. In addition, these feudal kings had no intention of dealing with this matter.
Nothing happened.
"Before the end of the year, the number of water trucks must be increased to 150,000."
"Next year, Dawei will fully cover the water tankers and strive to have 500,000 water tankers. Within three years, it will reach one million water tankers. Basically, there will be no problem."
Xu Qingxiao made another plan.
There are currently 110,000 waterwheels, which is far from enough. There will be 150,000 waterwheels before the end of the year.
Next year there will be 500,000 aircraft, and by the end of the next year it must exceed one million aircraft.
Now Xu Qingxiao has ordered some merchants in the Wei Chamber of Commerce to plant corresponding materials. It is impossible to put eggs in a basket. Whoever plants them will make money anyway. Although it is not as good as some hugely profitable plants, it is better because of large quantities and full control. In addition,
It's a business for the imperial court, so you don't have to worry about running out of money, and the risk is extremely low.
Therefore, in the next two years, there is no need to worry about insufficient materials. The only worry is that Da Wei does not have enough money.
The third matter is a matter of the treasury.
The treasury has currently spent three hundred million taels of silver, and all six ministries have taken the money, plus additional water tankers, hoes and seeds donated from various places, including the cost of buying cattle, labor, etc.
The biggest expense is to buy cattle. As long as there is a waterwheel, there will be ten cattle in each township. These are official cattle, and their purpose is to help the people plow the fields for free. Otherwise, it will definitely not be possible to plow the fields just by manpower.
Especially some abandoned fields require strong cattle to plow the land.
There are currently only 800,000 taels of silver left in the treasury.
It seems like a lot, but in fact it is not much. Xu Qingxiao still has many plans that have not yet been implemented.
It is useless to just let the people farm. Many grassroots subsidies must be provided, such as the official farm cattle. How much is this? One cow is almost thirty taels.
One township requires ten heads, and three hundred taels per township. How many townships does the entire Wei Dynasty have?
Moreover, ten cows in one village are not enough. It can only be said that it can solve the urgent need. If we really want to solve it completely, at least one hundred cows in one village will be needed.
This is just buying cattle.
Da Wei was short of money, still short of money, but not as short as before.
"After the grain production increases, the Great Wei Bank must be launched."
Xu Qingxiao murmured to himself that the solution to this third matter was the Great Wei Bank, the original Anguo policy.
The above three things are state affairs.
Xu Qingxiao wrote on a piece of white paper, determined the plan, and then implemented it step by step.
The unity of knowledge and action also has this principle.
Now that you know what the problem is, you have to solve it. Even if it is difficult to do, you have to do it instead of just sitting around and wasting time.
The country's affairs have been settled.
The rest is a personal matter.
The demon within my body has been on the move lately and is about to be unsealed.
Since Chao Ge condensed the phantom of the saint two months ago and attracted the resonance of Wen Gong, the demon species in the body have also been suppressed.
Until recently, the devil was ready to take action.
But Xu Qingxiao planned to attract the demon species at the end of the month and use the authority of the great scholar to suppress the demon species.
As for the martial arts, Xu Qingxiao planned to talk to the ancient Dan Shen about the sixth-grade realm-breaking elixir. After all, what he was asking for was too precious.
Can't do it.
As for immortality, Xu Qingxiao was still in the enlightenment stage, and Lu Ziying didn't know where she went. Anyway, she disappeared for nearly two months.
However, in the past two months, Xu Qingxiao had no time to spare, and practiced immortality when she had nothing to do.
Now that nine spiritual veins are condensed in the body, the rest can no longer be condensed.
The ninth level of Immortal Dao is Condensation Pulse.
The eighth level is to build spirits.
Xu Qingxiao specifically checked some information. After the spiritual veins are condensed, it is necessary to build Yuan, which is equivalent to something like Dantian. However, Xu Qingxiao does not plan to build Yuan for the time being.
Let’s wait until the end of the month.
These are just these two personal matters.
There is only one thing left.
Shouren School.
Since Yan Lei was punished for his Confucianism, more and more people have come to Shouren Academy to become their disciples. In total, there are already close to 3,000 students.
But they are all outsiders, and Xu Qingxiao would rather be lacking than overdoing it. Not everyone wants it, they must have good character, and they must also understand the mind.
If you don't understand it, there's no point in trying to learn it by force.
There are about twenty students who can actually enter the hall, and they are all around Xu Qingxiao. Every once in a while, Xu Qingxiao will explain to them the way of learning from the heart.
The remaining students were arranged by Xu Qingxiao to work in various literary and newspaper offices, allowing them to develop their talents.
It is also a test of character and character.
There is still an urgent shortage of people. After all, if Wei Wenbao wants to develop rapidly, it must have more people to do things.
But after all, the upper limit of the number of people cannot be exceeded, and the fundamental reason is still the Great Wei Wen Palace.
After all, who in the world doesn’t want to go to the Great Wei Wen Palace?
Even though Song Ming and others were so free and easy when they left, and even brought a group of scholars to Shouren Academy, what was the reality?
After a few days, those who should stay in the Great Wei Wen Palace still stayed in the Great Wei Wen Palace.
Even after Song Ming and others left, the Wen Palace of the Great Wei Dynasty recruited a group of scholars to replenish their blood instantly, without worrying about the lack of people at all.
What Yan Lei did was indeed criticized by many scholars, but in the final analysis it was Yan Lei's fault alone.
No matter what the truth is, Wen Gong of the Great Wei Dynasty gave an answer that satisfied scholars all over the world and killed Yan Lei's Confucianism.
So it's impossible to talk about this matter.
This is the advantage of prestige. No matter what mistakes you make, as long as you can justify them on the face of it.
No one would say anything.
But if there is no prestige and foundation.
Just like Xu Qingxiao, if Xu Qingxiao did something wrong, I am afraid that Wei Wen Palace would never let him go.
It is precisely for this reason that as long as Xu Qingxiao seizes the opportunity, she will definitely bite off a piece of the opponent's flesh, including the blood and flesh in one bite.
But for two months in a row.
Whether it is Wen Palace of the Great Wei Dynasty or Prince Huaining.
Xu Qingxiao discovered that no one bothered her anymore?
yes.
For two months in a row, no matter whether it was the waterwheel project, the Wei Dynasty newspaper, or his recruitment of apprentices, he encountered no obstacles at all.
The Great Wei Dynasty, Kyoto, even said that the Great Wei Dynasty had two months of peace, very much peace.
This is a little weird.
Xu Qingxiao did not believe that Peng Ru and Prince Huaining had fully realized the truth and did not want to target him.
But in two months, there was no right or wrong at all. How could this not surprise Xu Qingxiao.
Instead of taking the initiative, Xu Qingxiao felt a little uncomfortable.
But at this moment.
Yang Hu's voice sounded outside.
"Sir, my subordinates were on patrol at night and found the Prime Minister. He seemed to be coming to find you, but he suddenly left again."
Yang Hu spoke outside and informed Xu Qingxiao of this matter.
"Master Chen?"
I glanced at the sky and saw that it was already ugly time. It was not yet midnight. What did Mr. Chen want to do with me?
"Yes, my subordinate saw it right, it's Mr. Chen."
Yang Hu replied.
This answer made Xu Qingxiao a little curious.
At this moment, what does Mr. Chen want to do with me?
And they all came outside the school, and they actually turned around and left?
Somewhat strange.
Xu Qingxiao was slightly curious.
"Sir, do you need your subordinates to investigate?"
Yang Hu asked.
"No, let's continue patrolling the night."
Xu Qingxiao shook her head and answered in the room.
Mr. Chen naturally had his own reasons for leaving midway, so there was no need to ask too much.
"yes."
Yang Hu didn't say much and continued to patrol the night.
In the room, Xu Qingxiao became more and more curious.
Two quarters of an hour later.
In the Palace of the Wei Dynasty.
The six ministers followed the eunuch to the palace.
At this time, the autumn wind blew the official robes of the six ministers loudly.
Chen Zhengru was the leader. He lowered his head slightly and walked towards the Yangxin Hall. His beard was blown askew, but his eyes were full of worry.
He had just received some secret reports that something bad had happened on the northern border. It was suspected that the barbarians wanted to start another war. Although this was somewhat nonsense, this kind of information needed to be taken seriously regardless of whether it was true or false.
Because no one dares to gamble.
If the humiliation of Jingcheng happens again, the Wei Dynasty will no longer have national prestige.
After receiving the secret report, Chen Zhengru planned to talk to Xu Qingxiao.
Unexpectedly, the empress suddenly called him to the palace, so he left halfway and rushed to the palace.
The autumn wind is strong, the sky is dark, and the fallen leaves are rising and flapping on the body, which makes it feel inexplicably chilly and makes people feel a bit depressing.
Fortunately, half a quarter of an hour later, Chen Zhengru and the other six finally saw the Yangxin Hall.
At this moment, six ministers walked into the Yangxin Hall.
The fire was bright, making the hall extremely warm. When Chen Zhengru and others entered, they couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, Chen Zhengru, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is here to see you."
"I, Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, Gu Yan, see Your Majesty."
Looking at the empress in the Yangxin Hall, all the six ministers bowed to her.
"I love you, no gift."
On the dragon chair, the empress spoke and exempted the six people from the ceremony.
Then something got straight to the point.
"Half an hour ago, I received twelve memorials from foreign tribes. Dear friends, please take a look at them first."
The empress spoke out, and immediately several eunuchs handed the memorials to Chen Zhengru and others one by one.
At that moment, several people opened the memorial, and after just one glance, their brows couldn't help but frown, and they quickly exchanged memorials with each other.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, all twelve memorials were read by six people.
"Damn it!"
"These aliens really deserve to die."
The first person to speak out was Zhou Yan, Minister of the Ministry of War. When he read the first memorial, he was already angry.
After reading all the memorials, he couldn't help but speak directly.
"Shang Shu Zhou, don't do this in front of His Majesty."
Chen Zhengru reminded the other party to calm down. After all, the empress is still here.
"It doesn't matter."
However, the empress did not blame Zhou Yan and spoke calmly.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was so angry at these aliens that I chose the wrong words."
Zhou Yan bowed to the empress, and then couldn't help but continue to speak.
"The Silong clan is really arrogant. A mere vassal country actually demands the dismissal of our Wei officials. What kind of courage does he have? How dare he interfere in the internal affairs of our Wei Dynasty?"
"Your Majesty, as long as you give an order, I will immediately make arrangements to send a hundred thousand troops from the northwest to sweep across the Silong clan and let them know why the Wei Dynasty is superior to the country above."
Zhou Yan clenched his fists and said so.
As the Minister of War, he was the person in charge of military conquests. The reason why the Wei Dynasty was called the superior state was through killings and conquests. The monarchs of these subordinate countries were just nodding and bowing in front of Taizu.
It wanted to integrate into the Wei Dynasty, but was rejected by Taizu and accepted as a vassal state to detour and buffer the war.
Otherwise, this alien race would have been killed long ago, so what are they left with?
But now that the Wei Dynasty is in decline, these vassal states are actually interfering with the internal affairs of the Wei Dynasty?
Let’s not talk about anything else. A mere vassal state interfered in the internal affairs of the Wei Dynasty and asked the empress to remove officials? If this was agreed, how would the dignity of the Wei Dynasty be saved?
Not to mention whether Xu Qingxiao did anything bad, even if she did do something bad, it's not the turn of you subordinate countries to point fingers?
What's more, you actually want the empress to remove Xu Qingxiao from her position!
Who is Xu Qingxiao?
The new sage of the Great Wei Dynasty.
Now the most popular person in the Wei Dynasty, depose Xu Qingxiao? If the empress really deposed Xu Qingxiao, people in the world would probably not agree.
"No."
"Zhou Shangshu, you can't fight."
"Shang Shu Zhou, we can't fight him."
When they heard about the war, several ministers quickly spoke to stop it, not because they were afraid, but because the current situation precluded a war.
However, at this moment, Chen Zhengru's voice sounded.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is something fishy about this matter."
Chen Zhengru opened his mouth and silenced all the ministers with one sentence.
Zhou Yan stopped talking and looked at Chen Zhengru quietly.
"If there is anything fishy, Chen Aiqing can just say it."
the empress asked.
"First, twelve foreign countries jointly impeached Xu Shouren. This is a bit strange in itself. It is obviously collusion."
"Secondly, it is impossible for the twelve foreign nations not to know Xu Shouren's current status in the Wei Dynasty, and it is also impossible for them not to know your Majesty's attitude."
"Thirdly, these twelve foreign countries did not impeach after returning the gift, nor did they impeach Fan Shang after his death, but they impeached them today. This proves that this matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface."
Chen Zhengru expressed his opinion.
The other five ministers all nodded and agreed with what Chen Zhengru said.
Indeed, it was impossible for them not to know Xu Qingxiao's current status in the Wei Dynasty, and it was also impossible for them not to know that the empress would not agree to their request.
And why must we wait until now to impeach?
If there wasn't something fishy about it, they really wouldn't believe it.
"Chen Aiqing, what do you think?"
The empress didn't say anything, but continued to ask Chen Zhengru what he thought.
"I think this is a temptation! A temptation from a foreign race."
Chen Zhengru thought for a while and then expressed his guess.
Test?
Gu Yan, Zhang Jing, Li Yanlong, Wang Xinzhi, and Zhou Yan were all curious. Their eyes were full of doubts and they couldn't help but think.
Only the empress remained extremely calm.
"What's the meaning of temptation?"
The empress asked.
"Since the twelve countries have signed a joint name, it does not mean that they are the only twelve countries. I think there will be many small countries that want to participate in the future, but they don't dare."
"Most of these twelve memorials are from powerful vassal states. They used the issue to make trouble, impeach Xu Shouren, and test His Majesty's attitude."
"If His Majesty agrees to remove Xu Shouren from office, they have nothing to say, but for some people, it is a good thing."
"But if Your Majesty does not agree to remove Xu Shouren from his post, I am sure that they will not give up."
Chen Zhengru replied.
But as soon as he said this, Zhang Jing, the Minister of Punishment, could not help but shout.
"If Shouren is dismissed, will it be a good thing for those people?"
"Also, Mr. Prime Minister, didn't you say it was a test? What is this test? To test whether Your Majesty will depose Shouren?"
Zhang Jing was a little curious, but he didn't quite understand.
Listening to Zhang Jing's confused voice, Chen Zhengru shook his official robe and said.
"If Shouren is dismissed, no matter for any reason, the people of the world will be disappointed in His Majesty and the court!"
"After all, Shouren worked hard and made great contributions to the Wei Dynasty. From waterwheels to government and merchants, which one is not a great achievement? Which one is not a celebrity for the ages?"
"But if Shouren is removed from his official position, it will not only chill Shouren's heart, but also chill the hearts of the people all over the world, especially the Tuxie Dynasty and the Chuyuan Dynasty. I am afraid that spies will be sent to contact Shouren as soon as possible."
"Thus sowing discord and bribery. Although I believe that Shouren will never be fooled, I can't guarantee whether Shouren will make the wrong choice because of his anger."
Chen Zhengru explains the first meaning.
However, he deliberately explained that this was actually meant for the empress.
He didn't know what the empress was thinking, but he had to make it clear in advance. If the empress really dismissed Xu Qingxiao from his official position, there would be nothing to say.
Even if Xu Qingxiao had great reasons to stay in the Wei Dynasty, he would probably have to leave and not go to other countries, but he would definitely live in seclusion in the mountains and fields to avoid this anger.
Especially for a young man who is full of energy.
So Chen Zhengru was reminding the empress.
Sitting on the dragon throne, the empress instantly understood what Chen Zhengru meant, and she couldn't help but speak.
"In any case, unless Xu Aiqing has betrayed the country, I will never remove him from office."
The empress spoke and gave an answer, which made Chen Zhengru feel completely at ease.
As the empress said this, Chen Zhengru continued to explain the second thing.
"I believe that the foreign tribe is not testing His Majesty's attitude towards Xu Shouren."
"It's just to test His Majesty's attitude towards foreign countries breaking away from the Wei Dynasty."
Chen Zhengru spoke word by word. When he said this, the expressions of the five ministers suddenly changed.
"Chen Shangshu, are you serious?"
"Separate from the Wei Dynasty? Chen Shangshu, what is the basis for this?"
"Impossible, no matter how courageous they are, they will never dare to leave the Wei Dynasty. Do they want their lives?"
"If they dare to leave the Wei Dynasty, I will personally lead the troops to conquer the other countries."
"Chen Shangshu, are these remarks serious?"
All the ministers spoke one after another, and their faces became very ugly. After all, Chen Zhengru's hypothesis was a bit exaggerated.
Break away from the Wei Dynasty?
What is the role of client states?
Demonstrate the power of the country.
Increase the luck of the host country.
Deploy war layout.
Pay tribute and taxes to the host country.
These four are the functions of the vassal countries. To put it bluntly, they are the little brothers. They want to show the majesty of the big country. After all, if a big country does not have the support of some little brothers, it cannot be justified.
But the most important thing is to increase the national destiny. The more vassal states there are, the stronger the national destiny will be. If the tributary states break away, it will also have a great impact on the national destiny, especially these vassal states that are not weak. If they break away from the Wei Dynasty
.
At least half of the national destiny will be lost.
It would take the Wei Dynasty decades or even hundreds of years to repair this half-destined state.
As for how to deploy the war layout and pay tribute and taxes, they are also top priorities.
Paying tribute and paying taxes has the least effect. After all, since the prosperity of the Wei Dynasty, many foreign countries have been exempted from paying tribute and paying taxes.
Especially after the decline of the Wei Dynasty, they were all exempted. Just like the birthday of the empress, they sent things, and the Ministry of Rites prepared things to send back. In fact, it was just a formality and a face-saving project.
But national destiny, national prestige, and war layout are extremely important.
"How can Chen Aiqing see you?"
The empress' expression was calm. She didn't change at all, but she asked Chen Zhengru why he thought they were testing this.
"Return to Your Majesty."
"My lord, I have obtained a secret report from the northern border. In recent months, the barbarians in the north have been ready to make a move. I don't know where they have obtained a large number of weapons, as well as all kinds of food and property."
"It is very likely that the northern barbarians will fight against our great Wei Dynasty again."
"Today, the twelve foreign nations suddenly launched an attack. They apparently wanted to impeach Xu Shouren, but they couldn't possibly be ignorant of Xu Shouren's status in the Wei Dynasty."
"They did it deliberately to cause trouble for Xu Shouren. They knew that His Majesty would not agree, and then they would use very radical methods to force His Majesty to agree."
"If His Majesty does not agree, they may voluntarily leave the Wei Dynasty and choose to join the northern barbarians. Behind this, I am afraid there are also the Chu Yuan Dynasty and the Tuxie Dynasty."
"Otherwise, no matter how I think about it, I still can't figure out why they want to impeach Xu Shouren."
This is Chen Zhengru’s explanation.
His information was obtained one month later than the empress, but also earlier than the other five ministers.
"Your Majesty, I have also received a secret report that there has been a sudden increase in trade in the northern border area, with grain and grass being the most common. Unknown forces have purchased massive amounts of grain and grass."
Gu Yan, the Minister of Household Affairs, also spoke.
"I have also received a secret report. In the past few days, many foreigners have come to our townships and counties in various parts of the Wei Dynasty, suspected to be testing for information."
Zhang Jing, the Minister of Punishment, also received the secret report.
As for the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites, they naturally did not get any information, but Zhou Yan, the Minister of War, did not get any secret information either.
This made Zhou Yan feel a little strange.
"If this is really the case, then teach them a lesson."
"Your Majesty, I will go to the military aircraft office immediately and plan a war strategy within three days to conquer the foreign tribes and wipe out injustice for the Wei Dynasty."
Zhou Yan spoke up.
The Minister of War took the initiative to invite war, which is very reasonable.
But Chen Zhengru shook his head and said.
"no."
"If a fight really breaks out, the northern barbarians will definitely intervene in this matter, which will probably lead to a new round of the Northern Expedition."
"Now the Wei Dynasty has finally been at peace for a period of time. If we advance the Northern Expedition, we will fall into an abyss."
"Besides, this is just my conjecture. If they don't think so and you take the initiative to fight, it will be even more troublesome."
Chen Zhengru refused flatly.
Fight, absolutely don't fight.
It's not that Wei can't afford to fight, it's that he can't fight.
Just two good days have passed and you are about to start a fight. Who is willing to fight?
The people will definitely not want it.
"The alien ambitions are known to everyone on the road."
"Chen Shangshu, your tone has already told me that this matter is almost certain."
"Right now, we clearly know what they want to do, but if we keep hesitating, we are afraid that it would be one thing to lose the opportunity first, but it would be tragic if we lose the prestige of the Wei Kingdom later."
"It's just a group of vassal states, and it's not the Northern Expedition. Is it possible that Chen Shangshu is afraid?"
Zhou Yan was a little angry.
You know this is what others mean, but you don't fight? Is it possible that you just stand there and let others do whatever you want?
He won't do it if that's the case.
"Zhou Shangshu."
"Regardless of whether this is the case or not, at least don't plan for war now."
"The Twelve Alien Nations must have prepared a comprehensive plan. If a war breaks out, the northern barbarians will definitely be involved."
"There are naturally figures of the Chu Yuan Dynasty and the Tuxie Dynasty behind this."
"Once we send out troops, we will fall into the enemy's trap step by step."
"When the time comes, it will be difficult to recover, and the Wei Dynasty will have to fight. If the Northern Expedition is launched again, the country will be in turmoil and the people will panic."
"There is a vassal king ceding territory. Once the army moves north, the vassal king will rebel immediately."
"Even some demons and monsters will appear at the first time. White-clothed sects, demon sects and demon sects emerge one after another."
"At that time, the Wei Dynasty will neither advance nor retreat. It will be trapped in fire and water. In a few years, the Wei Dynasty will fall and become a purgatory on earth."
Chen Zhengru said very rationally.
It's not that I'm afraid of some dependent countries.
But the current Wei Dynasty cannot fight.
No matter it is a big battle or a small battle, because as long as the Wei army raises troops, someone will definitely turn a small matter into a big one.
At that time, you will change from active to passive, falling into the enemy's trap step by step, and killing you forcefully.
In the simplest terms.
There are no small battles in the Wei Dynasty, and a war would be an all-out war.
What Chen Zhengru said seemed to be sincere.
But Zhou Yan still couldn't help but speak.
"All-out war, all-out war!"
"Are you still afraid of them?"
Zhou Yan said this with a hot temper.
He understands this.
But if he bites the bullet and suffers a loss, he won't do it.
He is the Minister of the Ministry of War and has a bloody mind, and what Chen Zhengru said is just speculation.
To put it bluntly, my little brother is ready to take advantage of him, but he doesn’t fight him? Who can bear this? He can’t bear it anyway.
well!
Chen Zhengru ignored Zhou Yan and looked at the empress.
"Your Majesty, I believe that we should postpone this matter for a few days in advance and suppress it. The imperial examination will be held next month. We can use this matter as an excuse to postpone it for a while."
"During this period, I will discuss carefully, prepare emergency measures, conduct detailed investigations, and come up with countermeasures."
Chen Zhengru spoke out, wanting to delay it temporarily in this way.
Drag it if you can.
"allow."
The empress spoke, and she agreed to Chen Zhengru's plan.
For no other reason, the Wei Dynasty really cannot fight anymore.
This is because the Wei Dynasty has no small battles to speak of. Once troops are sent out, it will be a full-scale war. There is no local war to speak of.
Delay it for a month first.
Then look at the other party's attitude. If the other party sends another memorial, then reject it. If you delay it for another month, the other party will definitely not fall out directly and will negotiate and communicate.
Another month of delay, and when Da Wei refuses again, it will be another month.
If they really fall out directly, Da Wei can delay it for another month, which will be four or five months.
If you do it well, you can delay it for half a year.
In the past six months, Dawei was able to come up with the most comprehensive and complete way to deal with it.
And taking advantage of these six months, Dawei can also develop rapidly.
It's better than facing it now.
"My dear friends, please go back and think about it carefully. This matter must not be spread out."
"Okay, my dear friends are also tired. Let's go back and rest. We won't go to court early today."
The empress spoke. She approved Chen Zhengru's method and asked them to go back and rest. It was now three o'clock.
"I bid you farewell, long live my emperor."
The six ministers spoke in unison, but at this moment, they really had no intention of staying here any longer.
After leaving Yangxin Hall.
Zhou Yan walked with his hands behind his back. He was a little angry, but he also understood the overall situation. He was just feeling uncomfortable.
The majestic Wei Dynasty.
Are you actually afraid of some dependent countries?
How can you not be angry about this?
Zhang Jing, the Minister of Punishment, followed him to comfort and persuade him.
Gu Yan, the Minister of Household Affairs, couldn't help but look at Chen Zhengru and said.
"Chen Shangshu, the Wei Dynasty cannot be attacked."
Gu Yan only said this sentence. He was the Minister of Household Affairs in the Wei Dynasty. He was the most qualified to speak whether he could be beaten.
Money is not an issue now, it is people’s will!
Wei Dynasty has finally started to prosper, and there are new changes every day. It is much better than the stagnant water before.
Who wants to fight at this time?
Everyone is working hard and waiting for the Wei Dynasty to become completely prosperous before discussing the war.
So at this time, we can’t fight, and we can’t fight.
Hearing Gu Yan's voice, Chen Zhengru nodded.
Then he spoke.
"I understand. I will go find Shouren later to see if Shouren can do anything about this matter."
Chen Zhengru said this.
As soon as he said this, several ministers unanimously agreed.
Just like that, everyone walked out of the palace and left separately.
Chen Zhengru went to find Xu Qingxiao.
He didn't know if Xu Qingxiao could do anything about this matter.
But this matter involves Xu Qingxiao, and Xu Qingxiao must be told.
Let Xu Qingxiao be prepared.
But just as he was rushing to Shouren Academy.
The voices of the people sounded out one after another, making Chen Zhengru stunned.
"What? Twelve foreign countries have joined forces to impeach Mr. Xu?"
"The Silong clan and others jointly impeach Mr. Xu?"
"What's going on?"
"Good fellow, do you still want to remove Mr. Xu from his position?"
"Are there any problems with these people's brains?"
"Hmph, a bunch of subordinate countries dare to demand the removal of me as an official in the Wei Dynasty? Are they stupid?"
As one voice sounded after another.
Chen Zhengru was stunned on the spot.
This is the information just sent.
Why did the people know about it?
He looked away.
next moment.
Chen Zhengru's eyes were full of coldness.
I will give you 10,000 words first so that everyone can have a taste.
Asking for a monthly ticket!!!!
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