The emperor of Northern Qi is forty-five years old this year.
In terms of age, His Majesty, the current King of Da Chen, is already a generation younger than the Northern Qi Emperor, so even if he really marries a Northern Qi princess, it is actually not that unacceptable.
It's hard to do anything to prevent this Northern Qi princess from having children.
It was precisely for this reason that when Qian Qian proposed to marry the princess in the court, and even seemed to conflict with the emperor, the young emperor did not get angry immediately, but left the matter to the courtiers to deal with.
but now…
The person coming from Northern Qi was not a princess, but the princess from last year, the niece of the Emperor of Northern Qi. This somewhat looked down upon Chen Guo.
After hearing what Minister Pei said, even Yang Xiangguo, who had a very good temper, couldn't help but frown.
He sat on the main seat, lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked around at the people sitting there and asked, "What do you think?"
No one answered him.
Because the issue is very sensitive.
His Majesty the Emperor has been the emperor for five or six years. The courtiers know the little emperor's temper very well. If His Majesty the Emperor finds out about this, he will definitely be furious and may even whip Qian Qian, the envoy.
Then the Northern Qi envoys were driven out of Jiankang.
At that time, it would give the Qi people a reason to go south again, or to mobilize troops again.
Yang Xiangguo was silent for a while and looked at Zhou Fu, the Minister of Rites.
"Shang Shu Zhou, you are in charge of the Ministry of Etiquette. Please tell me first."
Zhou Shangshu is about the same age as Yang Jingzong. They have been officials for almost the same length of time and their qualifications are not much different. Although Yang Jingzong is the prime minister, Zhou Shangshu has no further plans, so he is not afraid of Yang Xiang.
After saying this, the old minister looked at Yang Jingzong and sighed slightly.
"The Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty is probably trying to deceive my lord because of his strong blood..."
The fact that there has been no victory or defeat for sixty years shows that although the Northern Qi's national power is stronger, it is far from overwhelming. In addition, after the Hu people who had lived a hard life in Northern Xinjiang entered the customs and suddenly became better off, the upper class nobles would
Rapidly corrupting.
In fact, today, just sixty years later, the Northern Qi army is far from the glory it had before Jiazi.
The Emperor of Northern Qi probably knew this very well.
In this case, the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty will soon take charge of the government. Emperor Zhao in the north will certainly feel a sense of crisis. He wants to take advantage of the young emperor's young age to use aggressive methods to force the young emperor to be like his father, because for a while
He was angry and sent troops to the north, so that when the Northern Qi emperor was young and powerful, he could defeat the Southern Dynasty again. Most of the time, the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty would completely cease his activities like his father and become a "pacified" emperor.
If you play well, you may even have a chance to break into Jiankang and dominate the world.
Therefore, when the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty was about to take charge, the Northern Qi Dynasty naturally wanted to fight a war with the Southern Dynasty.
After all, in a few years, Emperor Zhao of the Northern Qi Dynasty will be fifty years old, and the throne will also be handed down. What if the little emperor has been living on his back for more than ten years, and when the throne of the Northern Qi Dynasty is handed down, he sends troops northward, who will win and who loses?
It's hard to say.
The ministers sitting here are all smart people. After hearing Zhou Shangshu's words, they immediately understood what he meant. One of the prime ministers glanced at Yang Jingzong thoughtfully, and then slowly said: "Old Shangshu said
That’s right. The reason why the Qi people acted like this is probably because the heated remarks made by His Majesty at the last court meeting spread to the north."
The emperor's fierce words he was talking about were the emperor's angry remarks against Yang Xiangguo at the court meeting a few months ago. However, Yang Jingzong himself was present at this time, so naturally such things could not be said openly.
Yang Xiangguo didn't pay much attention to the great court meeting. He sighed slightly and said: "Before I was established, the most rare thing was the word "forbearance". It's just that this word "forbearance" is something that ordinary farm boys can't do, let alone your majesty.
This kind of ninety-five-year-old man?"
He looked around and said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, do you have any good ideas?"
Everyone was silent for a while.
Finally, Pei Yuan, the Minister of Criminal Affairs who was in charge of foreign affairs, stood up. He glanced at the prime ministers present, then turned to look at his superior, Zhou Shangshu, and then he cupped his hands towards Yang Xiangguo and said: "My lord, please leave.
The official has a way, maybe you can try it."
Yang Jingzong narrowed his eyes.
"you say."
"drag."
Minister Pei said slowly: "Since the princess of Northern Qi is here, we don't have to rush her away. We can just find a courtyard in Jiankang City where we can provide good food and drink on weekdays. We just don't allow them to see Your Majesty.
They are also not allowed to enter the court meeting."
"After a long time, if she still wants to live in Jiankang, let her live like this. The court will be able to support her for ten or twenty years. If one day she wants to go back, she will go back on her own initiative. We have nothing to do with it.
relation."
Upon hearing this method, Yang Xiangguo's eyes lit up.
He looked at Pei Yuan with an affirmative smile on his face: "What if that money man from Northern Qi makes trouble?"
"Then let him come to the etiquette department to cause trouble."
Pei Yuan lowered his head slightly and said: "Xiaguan is the Minister of Rites in charge of foreign affairs. If they want to make trouble, they can just come to Xiaguan to make trouble. But no matter how he makes trouble, the court will just leave them alone."
"Whether this person is a princess or a princess from Northern Qi..."
Minister Pei's face was calm: "She may be able to stay for one or two years, but which woman can withstand ten or eight years?"
"good."
Yang Xiangguo finally clapped his hands and said slowly: "Then the matter is settled. The Ministry of Rites will find a house for the Northern Qi envoy to stay. The specific expenses will be sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs. I will write a letter to Zhao Changping later.
Note, ask him to approve the money for you from the Ministry of Rites."
Having said this, Old Man Yang glanced at Zhou Shangshu again and sighed: "Old man, Your Majesty can't listen to my words now. I'll trouble you to go to the palace later and explain this matter to His Majesty. It's best
…Tell him to be calmer.”
"You are His Majesty's teacher. He should be able to listen to what you say."
Zhou Shangshu stood up silently and sighed: "No one can predict a young man's character. I just follow the Prime Minister's instructions and try my best to persuade him."
After saying that, Zhou Shangshu looked at Yang Xiangguo and whispered: "I'm afraid, Xiangguo still needs to go to the palace to meet the Queen Mother Sun."
Yang Xiangguo nodded silently, stood up, and smiled relievedly at Zhou Shangshu: "That's it, I will go to the Queen Mother, and the old Shangshu will go to His Majesty."
As he said that, he glanced at the other people in the meeting hall and said, "As for the princes, let them all take care of themselves."
After he said this, it meant that the meeting in the council hall was "dismissed".
The other four prime ministers and the two ministers from the Ministry of Rites all stood up, raised their hands to Yang Jingzong and Zhou Shangshu, and then dispersed.
Then Yang Xiang and Zhou Laoshang, two seventy-year-old old men, walked towards the palace together.
These two old people are both "old people" who are destined to retire after the young emperor took charge. They are also "front waves" who are about to arrive at the shore. At this moment, the two old people are walking together in the imperial city.
, I can’t help but feel a lot of emotions in my heart.
Soon, this half of the country will no longer be managed by old guys like them.
As for what this half of the country will look like in the future, neither of the two old men can say clearly.
can only say…
Let's see what happens in the next generation.
While the two old men were trying their best to maintain the court situation, a certain young man named Shen from Jiangdu Prefecture finally passed the government examination.
He stretched, let out a big yawn, and walked out of the Jiangdu Mansion examination booth.
