Gu Fenglin said calmly: "Your Majesty is planning to seize Meng Jia's favor and send him to the border to take over the position of General Meng Wu."
Mengjia should have observed filial piety for three years and then asked for rebirth.
Important ministers in the court would seize their affection because they were inseparable from the monarch's administration, and it was obviously rare for young people to be seduced from their favor.
Mu Yunhan was not surprised.
She always felt that with the emperor's recent attitude towards Meng Jia and Meng Jia's performance, this day would come sooner or later.
Relating to the last time Meng Jia went to the palace to complain, she asked: "Is this a way of checks and balances? Is Meng Jia too young?"
In the past, the emperor promoted Gu Yilan and Gu Fenglin to compete with each other. Later, he released Meng Xiang and his horse several times, all for the purpose of checking and balancing.
This time there are so many suspicions, Prime Minister Meng is dead again, and there is no minister of comparable strength in the court who can compete with Gu Fenglin, so the emperor should be very anxious.
Gu Fenglin said: "It doesn't matter if Meng Jianen is young, you can practice it, and the more mature you are, the better you can control it. After all, his father is Meng Xiang."
This is very meaningful.
Even if Meng Jia breaks away from the Meng family and sets up his own business, he is still the son of Prime Minister Meng.
Meng Xiang's protégé Gu Jiu would give him some care, not to mention Meng Jia's performance was indeed worthy of this kindness.
The emperor holds Meng Jia in his hands and gives him various conveniences, so that he can completely control the former Mongolian party.
Gu Fenglin continued: "Of course, Meng Jia alone is not enough, so next, he will promote one or two more people.
Only when he is convinced that he can completely hold all this in his hands and do whatever he wants, will he calm down a little."
This is a problem that exists between almost all monarchs and ministers, because power is exclusive.
Mu Yunhan sighed: "I always feel that Your Majesty is not very confident."
Gu Fenglin smiled: "Confidence comes from absolute control. If he had all the human power at this moment, he would certainly not be so afraid of me."
Mu Yunhan curled his lips: "Then you are against Meng Jia's re-employment? His Majesty seems very unhappy."
Gu Fenglin said: "I didn't object. We just had some arguments about negotiating peace or continuing to prepare for war, and then the matter of Guo Zuo was mentioned."
Mu Yunhan opened his eyes wide: "Did you say something unpleasant?"
Gu Fenglin said: "Your Majesty asked me, if we negotiate a peace, can we buy time to recuperate and wait until the country is strong before we can fight back?"
Then he replied that peace negotiations would inevitably involve ceding territory and paying compensation.
The State of Qi knew that the State of Zhao had collected more taxes for more than ten years through the New Deal. The peace negotiation at this time must be aimed at this money.
After the compensation is paid, what will be done to recuperate and strengthen the army?
After Qi has tasted the benefits, it will continue to harass them again and again.
The whole thing will fall into a vicious cycle of "negotiate peace, take money, and raise more and stronger soldiers and horses; continue to harass, continue to negotiate for peace, continue to take money, and continue to raise more and stronger soldiers and horses...".
At that time, Zhao State will inevitably become Qi State's money bag, which is equivalent to helping Qi State raise troops to oppress itself.
Therefore, he believed that peace talks had no future and firmly opposed it.
The emperor was unhappy and said, "What if I insist on making peace?"
Gu Fenglin replied: "Maybe the prediction of the ancestors of the Gu family is correct."
This was tantamount to saying that Zhao State was going to be destroyed, so the emperor immediately became angry.
Mu Yunhan let out a breath: "You are so direct, anyone else would be angry."
Gu Fenglin said solemnly: "I am a priest, and I can judge fortune and misfortune with just one word. Do I have to tell lies?"