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Chapter 1252: Water War, No Martial Ethics (Part 1252) [Seeking monthly votes]

Gu Chi: "..."

Although he had been mentally prepared, he still felt uncomfortable when she said this. He forced himself to suppress his emotions and teased in a calm tone, "Your Majesty is still years away from adulthood, why are you considering something so far ahead?"

In terms of seniority, Lin Feng is indeed a junior. In terms of age, she is not much different from people like Chu Yao, only about 20 years older.

For ordinary people, more than 20 years is close to two generations, but in this world where scholars and warriors can easily live for hundreds of years without unexpected deaths, more than 20 years can be considered the same generation. The Lord knows this, but still regards Lin Feng as the first assistant minister in the future and places high hopes on him. What does this mean? It means that she is not prepared to stay in power for a long time.

Maybe it’s more than 20 years, maybe more than 30 years.

The country is once again being replaced by a new generation.

Shen Tang and Gu Chi have known each other for more than ten years, how could she not know the other's mood? She smiled and moved closer. Seeing that she was still laughing, Gu Chi suppressed his emotions and rebounded on the spot. His anger instantly burned his reason: "Why is the master still laughing? What's so funny about this?"

She hurried to put out the fire and calm the people.

"Isn't this a rainy day preparation?"

As long as she was prepared for long-term development, she would have to consider every step in the future in advance. She couldn't wait until she was in a difficult situation to think of training a successor team, right? Shen Tang's explanation obviously didn't convince Gu Chi, and he sneered.

"Prepare for a rainy day? What I think of as preparing for a rainy day is that the Lord should be celebrating his 100th birthday while looking at the past assessments of the Ministry of Personnel and thinking about which young man among them can take on the important task, instead of choosing Lin Feng who is twenty years younger than Wu Hui!"

Shen Tang's expression was numb.

"Are you really planning on letting me retire at the age of 100?"

In the last human civilization, the retirement age for women was only 55 years old, but Gu Chi started at 100. She will prepare for the 100th birthday party to train new people, which will take 10 to 20 years. It will also take another 10 years to eliminate the troubles, complete the knocking, and be completely assured of the handover? In summary, she will have to be at least 130 years old before she can see the hope of retirement. Gu Wangchao, can you be a human being?

Gu Chi answered her question firmly: "No!"

"Your character is even more stubborn than Wuhui and the others."

  "You think I'm stubborn now? Then why didn't you think Gu Wangchao was stubborn when you stole me?" Gu Chi looked angry, sad and upset, and wanted to point his finger at Shen Tang and scold her for being a scumbag. When they were in a good relationship, she never said how bad her personality was. After more than ten years, she started to dislike him now? Is there still justice?

Shen Tang was thrown off balance by his accusations.

"I, I... this is a different time... wasn't it what we both wanted back then?" Seeing Gu Chi so angry that he wanted to make a hole in the ground, Shen Tang followed him and tried to reason with him, but his voice was obviously a little weak. "I didn't say I would quit after working for 20 or 30 years. Don't you think that even if I want to quit, there will always be someone to take over, right?"

She is still single now.

"I don't even have a man now, let alone a child."

Right now, she is still fighting with the southwest. After she finishes the battle with the central part, she will also have the two territories of the northeastern continent and the southeastern continent. She sleeps when she closes her eyes and fights when she opens them. In addition, with the curse of Yunda's old man, she has to wait until the world is unified before considering the successor. Choose one from the people. Chu Yao and the others will be the first to make trouble with her. Even if they recognize a lord other than Shen Tang, this lord must be her blood descendant, which will prevent Shen Tang from being lazy.

If she wants an heir, she has to find one herself.

To have a child, we have to wait until the world is unified.

"If the great cause is not accomplished, how can I have a family?"

Shen Tang explained that she was not an irresponsible person. She had to wait until the child grew up and could be trusted. If she was unlucky and this account was useless, she would have to open a new account and cultivate it from scratch. After all this, it was impossible for her to give up after 20 or 30 years. No matter how worried Gu Chi was about her, he had to follow the Basic Law, right?

"Men and children have to wait for unification, right?"

After Shen Tang's words, Gu Chi's anger subsided. After calming down and thinking about it, he realized that he was indeed too sensitive and suspicious. Those were all unfounded things, so why should he worry about them now? Even if he wanted to worry, it was not the right time.

Gu Chi pursed his lips, took a step back and bowed to apologize.

"Chi just lost his temper and offended his superiors... please punish me, my lord."

Shen Tang helped him up before he finished bowing, saying, "What are you asking for? Why do we need all this red tape between you and me? Don't worry, I still have to worry about this for many years."

Gu Chi's accusations were so loud that he was afraid that he would let him go.

  Is it necessary to do this?

After this incident, Shen Tang didn't dare to mention retirement easily. Because of Gu Chi's literary ways, she had to think twice before thinking about it. Being a boss to this extent is rare. Little did she know that Gu Chi had already thought of ways to trip her up.

Of course, it’s not to trip up Shen Tang.

He was ready to kill all those who coveted the master. If the master wanted to retire, she had to have an heir, and to have an heir, she had to have a man who met her heart, and this man... was the source of all evil. As long as Gu Chi controlled this link, the master's retirement would be long~long~indefinite!

Bai Su rolled her eyes at him.

"Who among the singles in Kangguo, regardless of gender, doesn't want to be the husband of the king? So many people are lining up to admire the master. Don't say you only have two hands. Even if you really grow eight hands like Wangchao, you can't destroy all the flowers."

Gu Chi counted the registered population of Kangguo with his fingers.

He was silent for a moment.

Bai Su continued, "The master prefers to be alone rather than to be with someone who is not good enough. The person she likes must be a rare talent. Instead of being on guard against someone who likes the master, why not be on guard against someone the master might like?"

Change your way of thinking and everything will become clear.

  In a nutshell, be wary of these single guys in the court!

Gu Chi instantly perked up.

Bai Su threw the two swords in front of Gu Chi's toes, blocking his way, and said with a smile: "You came here without thinking to ask me if there is anyone who likes the master, and said that your love luck is not good recently and it is easy to offend villains... How come this general didn't know that you are proficient in this?"

Gu Chi: "..."

"Spying on the master's whereabouts, isn't this a serious crime?"

Bai Su's face darkened, and he was ready to kill his relatives if Gu Chi didn't give him a reasonable explanation. Gu Chi didn't doubt that Bai Su would sell him out - it was the trend of Kangguo to follow the example of the superiors. There was a lord who was crazy about internal affairs, and the civil and military officials below were more ruthless than each other, and Bai Shaoxuan was the best among the kings of internal affairs. If there was an urgent matter in the middle of the night, he would lean against the incense burner and sit until dawn.

Gu Chi could only vaguely reveal that the master wanted to retire early, and didn't say much else. This little information was enough for Bai Su, and she put away her swords: "The master is at the age of dragons and tigers, why is he thinking about these things?"

Gu Chi said: "She wants to run away."

Bai Su subconsciously clenched the hilt of the sword for a long time.

After a while, she said, "Keep an eye on the pair of brothers from the Gongxi tribe."

"Why is there Jimo Shaobai? He doesn't need it, right?"

The social distance between the master and the court officials is almost the same, and it is almost impossible for him to have any relationship with the court officials. If there is any special one, Gongxichou is the only special one in recent years. Needless to say, the master and Gongxichou have a strange relationship, fighting and shooting cold arrows at each other.

  Should Jimo Qiu be included as well?

Gu Chi didn't quite understand.

Bai Su said, "He is too rich." Gu Chi said with a strange look on his face, "Wealth and honor cannot corrupt him, poverty and humbleness cannot change him, and might and power cannot bend him... The master will never give in just for money. If he really wants to be serious, selling official positions and titles is the fastest way to make money. Do you think she has opened this door?"

Selling official positions and titles is not a good word, but it does not mean that it has no positive side. By selling official positions and titles without real power, a large amount of money can be collected in a short period of time to train troops and build various places.

It is unknown how many years it will take to collect this money just through taxes.

In addition, people with qualifications and abilities are more likely to stand out. After all, if you don't have real skills and a rich family background, you can't afford to sell official positions, right? In fact, when the Ministry of Revenue was at its poorest, some court officials tried to open this loophole.

Even Qi Shan and others were shaken.

Simply selling honorary titles can solve the immediate problem.

As long as we keep an eye on them and don't give them the opportunity to embezzle and corrupt, we can stop after this one vote, which is the best of both worlds. The Lord's answer was no, and he took the initiative to cut the already small expenses of the royal court, which showed his determination, so the court officials did not mention it again.

[I know that every country has done this before. It can also collect excess money from private hands and solve urgent problems. No one will criticize me if I do it. But this move involves the bottom line. Once I use it to quickly collect money and get through the difficulties, what about the next time? What about the next time? What about the next time? Governing a huge country is not a smooth journey. There will always be accidents that cause the treasury to be tight, perhaps natural disasters, perhaps man-made disasters...]

[I can’t take shortcuts every time! ]

[You can't give yourself the opportunity to become addicted. ]

Shen Tang said sincerely: [Don't test human nature, not only the human nature of others, but also your own human nature. I gave in because of financial pressure this time, what confidence do I have to guarantee that I won't do it next time? ]

Gu Chi didn't think Jimo Qiu's money could shake her principles.

"Do you think I'm just talking about his family background? He offered his family's wealth accumulated over thousands of years just because he disagreed with his wife. This is not something that can be achieved by treating money as dirt. He must have something to ask for after paying so much, right? But over the years, no matter how the master treated him, he was able to accept it with satisfaction and remain calm. Only the wife of the first wife can have such a broad mind."

This kind of love-brained person can only be found in storybooks.

Gu Chi: "..."

  Jimo Qiu is the principal wife, what am I?

Bai Su raised her eyebrows and said, "Is it considered a concubine?"

She also knew about the dispute over "three wives and four concubines" that Gu Chi had been talking about, and she would use it to provoke him from time to time - in terms of time, she, Bai Su, was not a few days later than him, Gu Wangchao, and the law of Kangguo only allowed monogamy and multiple concubines. After ten or twenty years, the resources for women's cultivation would catch up, and it was estimated that the number of concubines would have to be changed again.

Gu Chi broke his defense: "Don't mention this word!"

In my heart, I stamped Jimo Qiu with a special attention stamp!

Bai Su picked up the sword and floated away: "I'm going to practice."

Gu Chi was left alone to continue breaking the defense.

But in two days, the scouts found out that the vanguard of the Southwest Allied Forces had arrived first, and the main force surrounded Shen Tang. The two sides were on the verge of a fight. At this time, Shen Tang calmed down.

Looking across the river, you can vaguely see the shadows of the flags on the opposite side.

Shen Tang inspected the navy training against the river wind, and at the same time listened to the battle report - the Southwestern Allied Forces were smart and did not attack rashly. Instead, they set up camp and took advantage of the terrain and city defenses to trap Shen Tang's main force. They secretly mobilized troops to investigate the food and supplies transportation routes of Kangguo.

Without a stable supply of food and grass, Shen Tang would not be able to hold out for long. What made the Southwest Allied Forces so upset was that they could not find the so-called food supply line at all. They sent people to lurk in and inquire among the people about the clues that Shen Tang's troops had captured people for military rations, but they still could not find any. Not to mention that nine out of ten households were left empty-handed, the people's livelihood in the captured areas was not affected. They were busy making a living and cultivating the land. Some soldiers would enthusiastically lend a hand when they saw them...

When the news reached the camp, silence spread like a plague.

They even suspected that the scouts had been bribed.

  Otherwise, how could he say such absurd words?

In addition to these, the scouts also found out that Shen Tang’s main force was training the navy, and the formation looked a bit sloppy and funny.

The King of Qi heaved a sigh of relief.

This is barely good news.

  The Allied forces were somewhat depressed because of the bad news from the other three routes. It was not until they saw with their own eyes the ironclad evidence that Kangguo was not good at naval warfare that they became more confident in the future. As long as they could defeat the main force of Kangguo and deal it a heavy blow, all the previous defeats could be wiped out!

Cui Zhi also told me some good news.

"There have been unusual movements in the central countries."

The middle part also noticed Kangguo's action and prepared to leave.

If we don't contain Kangguo, it will become a giant that devours everything, and it will be too late to stop it. The Wu Kingdom was destroyed by the Gu disaster, and its fighting power collapsed overnight. The building collapsed, but Kangguo did not have such fatal hidden dangers step by step.

Once Kang State reaches the size of Wu State...

Everything will be irreversible!

This news was like a shot in the arm, sweeping away the depression.

"really?"

Cui Zhi said: "Really!"

As the main agency of the Southwest Branch, the news is absolutely authentic! He even knew that Mei Meng did not supervise the country and went to the front line without authorization, and the result was unknown. Little did he know that there were things in this world that he could not control.

For example, Shen Tang’s friendship with the King of Southeast Qu State.

  It is better to make friends far away and attack nearby!

If you gain an inch, you will be the king’s inch; if you gain a foot, you will also be the king’s foot!

This is the method Shen Tang mentioned to keep the Central Region from being distracted: to unite with Qu State and use Qu State's power to contain the Central Region.

"Is it appropriate for you to be here?"

Zhai Le opened the door.

Zhai Le doubted his life.

Zhai Le slammed the door shut.

"Is it appropriate for you to sit here?" He pointed at the spot under Shen Zixu Tang's buttocks with a livid face, wishing he could pull him up, and said angrily, "Get out of the way, this is the throne!"

Shen Zixu Tang covered his face with the memorial reviewed by Zhai Le, revealing a pair of cunning almond eyes: "You are a king, and I am also a king. You can sit on the throne, and I can sit on the throne too... It's a chair, and sitting on it doesn't disgrace it with my status."

Seeing that the other party refused to get up, Zhai Le chose to call for help.

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