Tang Jian, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, bowed and said loudly: "Thank you for your praise, I believe that the number of people in each business house should not exceed one hundred people, and the number of people in each family for business and production should not exceed one hundred people. The original court regulations
The number of caravan guards from 100 can be changed to 50. The world will be at peace, the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe, and bandits will disappear, so there will be no need for too many guards."
"Yes, I second the proposal." Li Shangxiong, Minister of Rites, came out to express his position.
"I second the proposal!" Many civil servants came out one after another and expressed their opinions.
Fang Xuanling and others who did not express their stance seemed particularly abrupt. Li Er became increasingly dissatisfied, but he concealed it well. He looked at Fang Xuanling calmly and asked, "What does Fang Aiqing think?"
Fang Xuanling stepped out from the crowd and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "I am old and lack of energy. Please resign and return to your hometown. I also ask for the Holy Spirit's permission."
"I also ask you to resign and return to your hometown." Li Jing and other senior ministers came out one after another and said, don't you want to support new forces to compete? Let's withdraw ourselves and stop playing.
After the resignation, the whole court was shocked. Even Li Er was stunned. He looked at the old ministers in disbelief and panicked inexplicably. Without the checks and balances of the old ministers, the new forces supported would control the court, evade themselves, or even ban themselves.
, this is what Li Er doesn’t want to see.
Li Er wants to suppress the old ministers, but he does not want to lose, but hopes that the old and new forces can compete with each other, the art of the emperor.
The resignation of Fang Xuanling and others is tantamount to hitting Li Er's weakness and disrupting Li Er's deployment.
Thinking of the consequences of his old minister's departure, Li Er stood up angrily, flicked his sleeves, and shouted: "The employment matter will be carried out in accordance with the instructions of Mr. Tang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue. If you are not allowed to resign, you will withdraw from the court!"
"According to the order!" The ministers retreated.
After leaving the main hall, Li Jing and Fang Xuanling walked side by side and whispered: "Is our move of retreating in order to advance useful? The Holy Lord is so strong that he cannot tolerate opposition. Will this increase the suspicion of us?"
"So what if you don't do this? You are a soldier, and you understand better than me that when the two armies confront each other, we must either charge forward and resist, or withdraw and fight again. We have no choice." After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, he looked lonely and bitter.
At this time, Wei Zheng came up quickly and asked eagerly: "Old man, why did you stop me just now?"
"The holy will has been decided. It is useless to say more. Even if you give advice, it will only make things worse." Fang Xuanling explained calmly.
"So you're just going to retreat in order to advance? Why don't you tell me about your resignation in advance? Are you looking down on me?" Wei Zheng asked three times in a row, his tone was very dissatisfied.
Fang Xuanling smiled, walked forward quickly without explanation.
"Don't leave, tell me clearly what do you mean." Wei Zheng chased after him.
Fang Xuanling suddenly stopped and said solemnly: "It means we can leave, but you represent the Yushitai and have to stay. The court cannot really have no other voices and be controlled by others."
"I..." Wei Zheng was speechless for a moment, feeling powerless. He looked back at the towering Tai Chi Palace, his eyes became firm, and he said coldly: "I am an old minister of the previous dynasty. If the Holy Emperor hadn't sincerely invited me,
Where can I become an official? Since I have to go against it, I just want to retire. I can stay at Qinjiazhuang College and teach with peace of mind. I can follow the Qin boy and not worry about food and drink. This life is enough."
Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Zheng, then at Li Jing and others, smiled bitterly, and continued to move forward without any further persuasion.
Everyone did not pay attention to the cold eyes of Li Zixiong behind them, and the corners of his mouth were filled with a smile of successful conspiracy. After leaving the imperial city, a man hurried to Li Zixiong and whispered: "Chief, I just received news that the Japanese envoy fleet has disappeared.
Failed to disembark within the prescribed time.”
"I didn't get ashore, something happened?" Li Zixiong's face changed slightly.
The other party nodded, looked around cautiously, and continued in a voice that could only be heard by Li Zixiong: "According to the agreement, the Japanese delegation will be accompanied by a large army. The Japanese are good at sea battles. It is said that no one can defeat them on the sea. There is no trace of them yet. I'm afraid.
Something has happened, could it be Qin Huaidao?"
"Does he have that strength?" Li Zixiong looked in disbelief.
"Juniors also think it is impossible, but everything is possible. Qin Huaidao is good at fighting. Since he dares to lead his army to sea, he must have his support. If he really kills the mission, it means that he has an army that is good at naval warfare. He has
With this army in hand, there is no chance of entering the Japanese country without dying. If we get the evidence..." The man stopped at this point, but the meaning behind it was self-evident.
Li Zixiong thought of more in an instant, his face changed slightly, and he became vigilant. He looked around and whispered: "It's really possible that he did it when the mission disappeared. The time is right. No one can do it except him."
, and no one will go to sea. Your worries are not unreasonable. In order to win the trust of the Japanese country, we had to leave letters. Now the letters have become our biggest flaw. We can no longer wait and start the follow-up plan."
The middle-aged man nodded and said solemnly: "The Japanese country is cunning and won't send troops without letters. They want letters because they want to take advantage of us. They have no choice but to do something important. Chief, you don't have to regret it. The initiative is now in our hands. We have a great chance of winning. Junior
Let’s start the follow-up plan.”
"Is it okay?" Li Zixiong asked.
"Don't worry, Patriarch, everything is in place. I'm just waiting for the order to make sure everything is safe. From now on, I will not be around the Patriarch to fulfill my filial piety. I also ask the Patriarch to take good care of my family."
"If this is done, you will be the hero of the whole clan, so go ahead with peace of mind." Li Zixiong promised.
"Here!" The man saluted solemnly and turned to leave.
Li Zixiong looked at the front, Fang Xuanling and other ministers were slowly leaving in a carriage, and then looked at the imperial city behind, with cold eyes, like a hidden old fox, and said to himself disdainfully: "Duke Protector, Your Majesty, haha..."
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early morning.
The breeze is gentle, the waves are rippling on the sea, and it is brilliant. A few seabirds are flying low, chasing something. It looks so calm and peaceful.
A huge caravan moved forward slowly. The troop carriers in front lined up and cut through the waves, like six giant tiger sharks patrolling the territory. The troop carriers were followed by two large ships, one of which captured Su Worulu.
, one of the ships captured Shanbei Brother, Qin Huaidao stood on the observation deck on the second floor of one of the ships, with his hands clasped behind his back, in a good mood.
To evacuate from Nagasaki, we not only evacuated the food, treasures, and books inside, but also had a hundred captives to help row the ships behind. Each ship was assigned less than ten people. Without weapons, it could not make waves, but it took our own people
Freed, you can recharge your batteries and fight at any time.
"Look, we're here!" Yuchi Baolin pointed forward and said.
"That's right, we're almost there. Uncle, how will we fight next? Is it the same as fighting Nagasaki?" Luo Ying asked.
"Don't rush to make sure now. We'll wait and see the opponent's reaction before making a decision." Qin Huaidao said with a smile. The Battle of Nagasaki made Qin Huaidao realize that he had overestimated the Japanese defense.
However, if you think about it, you can understand that the Japanese country has no foreign enemies. A thousand and a few hundred people are enough to defend against pirates, and you don’t need too many people. As for the city, the Japanese country has been fighting continuously. It is too poor to eat and its technology is backward. It is estimated that it does not even have bricks.
How can you build a city if you know how to bake it, and how to build a city if you don’t know how to use glutinous rice mortar as an adhesive?
In my memory, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu named the Japanese country, and in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the empress named Japan. The Japanese country took the opportunity to send a large number of people to the Tang Dynasty to learn various cultural technologies, and then developed rapidly.
If the empress did not give her a name, did not recognize her status as a vassal state, and sent troops to attack, even if she could not defeat her, the Japanese country would not be able to develop as long as it was technically and economically blocked.
Thinking of the empress, Qin Huaidao couldn't help but think of the martial artist in the palace and the enemy warrior Xun. In order to survive and suppress the Japanese country, he must not be allowed to take power and seize the world.
Before we knew it, the coast was approaching.
Just like Nagasaki, many people were running around and escaping hastily on the wide coast. Even the fishing boats out to sea were rowing desperately to get out of the way to escape. Many people even rowed back and fled hurriedly after landing.
The bustling coast was instantly deserted, leaving only warning sounds that kept ringing.
An army rushed over and formed a formation on the coast, with bows and arrows drawn. There were about five hundred people.
"Fewer than the Nagasaki garrison?" Luo Ying said in surprise.
"Nagasaki is a trading port. There are many people coming and going, so naturally there are more defenders. But don't draw any conclusions yet. Let's take a look." Yuchi Baolin said next to him.
The ship slowly moved forward, getting closer and closer to the harbor. Still no other troops came to support. Instead, many residents rushed over with various tools to help. Qin Huaidao smiled when he saw this scene: "Also
They really treat us as pirates. Since there are no more troops, the strategy is the same as Nagasaki. The Wolf Camp will use the long-range attack advantage of the crossbows to land, and then defend after landing ashore to cover the Tiger Camp's landing."
"What about the prisoners?" Yuchi Baolin reminded.
Although the one hundred prisoners were assigned to different fishing boats and the number of them was small, it would be troublesome to cause damage. Qin Huaidao smiled nonchalantly and said: "No problem, order the armored ship to turn around and go to the rear to prevent the prisoners from taking the opportunity to escape in the boat, and at the same time, beware of other seamen."
Ship attack."
"Follow the order!"
The two of them clasped their fists and left in a hurry.
Soon, a murderous aura erupted from the fleet and shot straight into the sky.
ps: Writing a book is not easy, and reading a book is even harder. Thank you all for reading this far!