"How can a man be without backbone? A man without bones cannot stand. I have established the country for thousands of years in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The emperor guarded the gates of the country, and the king died in the country. He did not make peace with each other, did not cede land, did not make indemnities, and did not pay tribute. Even if he died without regrets.
Your Majesty, don’t wait any longer, if Yuan Tu Kingdom wants to fight, then fight!”
"Kill to make the Yuantu Kingdom fearful, kill to make the Yuantu Kingdom fearful, and kill to create a hundred years of peace! Peace is never achieved by talking, but by fighting!"
"The so-called peace brought by marriage only temporarily alleviates and suppresses conflicts. But the more the conflicts are suppressed, the more violent and destructive they will be when they erupt later."
Hearing these words, the emperor's blood boiled with excitement.
Regardless of whether it makes sense or not, at least the blood in my heart is burning.
It seems to give people the impression that Li Mu is an upright person, as if he is a ball of flames that seems to burn everything.
But when he thought that King Zhenbei had sent him a memorial, he sneered.
In the memorial, the county governor advocated peace and marriage.
The emperor said: "But not long ago, you advocated peace and marriage. During the conversation with the King of Zhenbei, you said that our court should make peace with us. It is also good for our court. First, we can use the name of peace and marriage to send spies to investigate.
The internal situation of the tribe; secondly, in the name of marriage, we can unite vertically and horizontally to support the small and conquer the big; thirdly, we can cultivate nobles close to our dynasty among the upper class!"
"But now, why did you change your words? Do you mean something different?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "The person who advocates the marriage is the Tianshui County Sheriff, because in a war, people will die, and the people of Tianshui County will die. As a county guard, it is natural to protect the people; now the person who opposes the marriage is the courtier Li Mu. He is not the county guard, so there is no need.
Take care of the interests of the people. The governor of Tianshui has nothing to do with me, Li Mu!"
The emperor said: "..."
After a while, the emperor said: "You don't mean what you mean!"
Li Mu said: "Your Majesty...this is called political correctness!"
What is political correctness?
That means sitting on the right side.
Many people just sit on the wrong side of the aisle, and they are Chinese but they are donating money to the United States.
It's like many people blame Mandela for bringing down the South African economy and regressing developed countries into developing countries. But at least they are in the right position. He is a black president. First of all, he is a black man and represents the interests of black people; secondly, he is a black president.
The President represents the interests of South Africa.
No matter how good South Africa's economic development is, black people can't enjoy it, so what's the use of it! Later, South Africa's economy regressed, but black people at least enjoyed it to some extent.
Don’t worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality.
In the past, the contradiction between black and white was sharp, and the gap between rich and poor was sharp. But now South Africa's economy is in recession, and everyone is living in poverty together. The eldest brother does not dislike the second brother, and the contradiction between the rich and the poor has also disappeared.
"Now, you are not the governor of Tianshui County, nor Li Tanhua, but a commoner. How should we treat you?" the emperor asked.
"Civilians don't care about national affairs and only manage one-third of an acre of their own land. As long as they don't rob me of a hundred acres of land, everything is fine!" Li Mu said casually.
"Tell you a bad news!"
The emperor said, "The imperial court has agreed to the marriage!"
"Promise!" Li Mu frowned slightly.
"The marriage partner is the eighth princess!" the emperor said.
Li Mu looked confused, as if he didn't remember who the eighth princess was.
The emperor frowned slightly and had to add: "It was when I met Ji Xuewei in Jinling and you saved her life!"
"So it's her!" Li Mu said, a little puzzled: "Why her? Just fool around with it, just use a palace maid or a maid to replace it. It doesn't matter if it's ugly and seems to have no salt. But why?
We need to use a real princess!"
"No, this will not be fooled!" the emperor said: "There is Yuan Tu Kingdom in the northwest and Yuan Meng in the north. Yuan Meng is powerful, but Yuan Tu is small. Therefore, Yuan Tu is the target of winning over... In order to win over Yuan Tu,
Naturally, you have to show a certain amount of sincerity. Normally you can fool me, but not now!"
"Is your Majesty afraid?"
Li Mu said excitedly.
"Yes, I'm afraid. If I am just alone, fighting for words, daring to fight to the death, and not caring about death, I will still have a big scar on my head after falling off a bowl, but I will still be a good man after eighteen years; but after I have a wife, a daughter, and a son, I will
I don’t dare to fight with others. I’m afraid that after I die, someone will sleep with my wife, my son will be called another father, and my stepfather will abuse my son and make my son hungry. So when I encounter problems, I will endure it as long as I can!”
"Later, when I became the emperor and shouldered the responsibility of a country and the inheritance of my ancestors, I was even more timid. I was afraid that because of one of my wrong decisions, the hundreds of thousands of troops ahead would be destroyed; I was afraid that because of one of my wrong decisions, hundreds of thousands of troops in front of me would be destroyed.
Suffer disaster and die of hunger!”
"If I am just one person, it doesn't matter if I make mistakes. If I have enough food for one person, the whole family will not be hungry. But after I have a wife and children, I don't dare to make mistakes for fear that the whole family will not be able to eat. But after becoming the emperor, I will be even more timid.
My position as emperor does not allow me to make mistakes!"
"I made a mistake, and it was hundreds of thousands or millions of people who paid for it!"
The emperor spoke with great emotion, and suddenly looked at Li Mu and said: "If the Yuan Tu Kingdom, Yuan Meng Kingdom, etc. join forces to besiege, the border pass will be extremely difficult. I only have a five-level chance of winning. If I succeed, I can repel the siege. Of course, it is
The best outcome; but once it fails, if the border is missed, life will be ruined, hundreds of thousands, or even millions will die!"
"Therefore, it is necessary to appease the Yuantu Kingdom. Relying on a maid, a palace maid and a princess, to fool the Yuantu Kingdom requires sincerity. To appease the Yuantu Kingdom, a real princess is the embodiment of sincerity!"
You can fake it in normal times, but at critical moments, power shows your sincerity and you can't fake it.
Li Mu said: "Your Majesty, marriage does not mean peace, and it may not bring peace..."
"I know!" the emperor said: "I have informed the border to prepare for war and prepare for the worst... Now marriage is just a hope. No matter how slim the hope is, it is at least a hope!"
Li Mu was silent, but he understood the emperor's thoughts.
Just like buying a lottery ticket, you are buying hope. If you buy a lottery ticket, you may not win, but at least there is a possibility and a chance. But if you don't buy a lottery ticket, you will definitely not win.
"Is it worth it?"
Li Mu said.
"It's worth it!" the emperor said: "When you are in the world, you can't help yourself. When you are an emperor, you can't help yourself. If you are a commoner, you can pay attention to benevolence and righteousness; but as an emperor, you cannot pay attention to benevolence and righteousness. How much price do you have to pay for the righteousness in your heart?
It’s all worth it! Saving one person or hundreds of people is the benevolence of a small person; saving tens of millions or hundreds of millions of people is the great benevolence and righteousness!”
"In order to save millions of people, I can kill one person or thousands of people, I can do it!"
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