My Confucian Father

Chapter 43 The Emperor's Family Banquet, the Queen and Princess Yongan

Chapter 43 The Emperor's Family Banquet, the Queen and Princess Yongan
Li Guo's provocation this time is clearly trying to test the reality of Yan Kingdom, or test Yan Kingdom's bottom line.

If you don't respond forcefully, the opponent will definitely make an inch. Both Emperor Yan and the officials understand this truth. Only by punching one punch can you avoid a hundred punches.

But the problem is that there is no evidence to prove that Li Guo killed the hundreds of soldiers of the inspection team.

So how to deal with it remains to be discussed.

Emperor Yan looked at Sun Yi who had been silent all this time, and asked, "Does Grand Master Sun have any suggestions?"

Everyone turned their gazes over.

Sun Yi is a veteran minister of the three dynasties, and he has a high prestige. At the same time, he is also known for his unique views on major events. If he makes suggestions, it will be of great reference.

So they all wanted to hear what his opinion was.

Sun Yi pondered for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter should not be taken lightly."

"Of course it's impossible to swallow your anger. This will only chill the hearts of the border soldiers and make Li Guo more arrogant."

"But we don't have any evidence for this matter. Even if we have evidence, we can't go to war. What Han Shizhong said is correct, and fighting now is not in line with the national policy of our country."

You can't swallow your anger, and you can't make Li Guo trouble.

Sun Yi said what he said as if he hadn't said it.

Who doesn't know this truth?The key is to find a compromise, a way that can suppress Liguo and save face without going to war.

"So what does Grand Master Sun mean?"

Emperor Yan's eyes moved slightly, and he continued to ask, he knew that it was impossible for Sun Yi to say nonsense.

Sun Yi expressed his thoughts unhurriedly, and said: "First, we must appease the border soldiers, give grand rewards and pensions to the dead soldiers, and give the imperial court an attitude."

"Second, to respond to this matter, a large number of soldiers are also stationed at the border, practicing daily, strengthening inspections on the border between Yan and Li, and allowing friction within a small range."

"Third, regardless of whether Li Guocheng admits it or not, I, Dayan, will publicly condemn this matter and guide public opinion to direct the people's anger to Li Guo."

"The more Li Guo refuses to admit it, the stronger the anger of the people will be. This will greatly mobilize the hearts and morale of the people, and the court will have more confidence."

Sun Yi said three strategies and suggestions in a row.

Everyone else focused on how to maintain face, or retaliate against leaving the country, only his focus was different.

Now that the matter has happened, no matter what, as long as the country does not go to war directly against Li country, Yan country will definitely lose face, not only lose face in front of other countries, but also chill the hearts of the people and soldiers in the country.

The two evils are the lesser of each other. It is okay to lose face in front of other countries, but the hearts and morale of the people must not be lost.

"Excellent!"

Lin He clapped his hands and praised, his eyes full of admiration, "What Grand Master Sun said is very true, the most important thing is to stabilize the public opinion and the morale of the soldiers in the army."

"Only by stabilizing the morale of the army and the public opinion, can we, Dayan, take the initiative and have more confidence to fight back against Li Guo!"

After hearing this, Han Rui also deeply agreed, and he stroked his beard and said: "Chen Bing's border allows small-scale friction and conflicts. It doesn't reach the point of starting a war, but also allows Li Guo to see my big Yan's attitude, which is very good."

Sun Yi's strategy won their unanimous approval.

It's not about how clever they are, but for them to clarify their thinking, understand what to do, and what to focus on.

"People's will, this is what Confucian saints have always valued and emphasized. Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world."

"If I, Dayan, want to become more powerful, I must not lose the hearts of the people. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Sun Yi saluted Emperor Yan tremblingly.

The words he said caused Emperor Yan to fall into contemplation, and the hall became silent.

After all, these are the suggestions made by their courtiers. As for the final decision, it still depends on Emperor Yan.

"Just do what Sun Taishi said."

After a long time, Emperor Yan agreed to the three strategies proposed by Sun Yi, and looked down at the officials.

"How to implement it will be discussed by the three provinces, and after it is drafted, it will be handed over to me for review."

"National Day will be in a few days. This matter will be dealt with after the National Day. Don't make any noise before then."

National Day is a grand ceremony for a country.

If the news about the conflict with Li Guo was spread before then, it would be too bad for the court.

"The minister complies with the order—"

Sun Yi and other five ministers bowed to accept the order one after another.

Although this matter came to a conclusion, Emperor Yan was still in a bad mood, and sighed deeply: "If Su Sheng is still around, how dare Li Guo be so arrogant?"

The root cause of Li Guo's aggressive provocation is that the Confucian saints are not around, and Yan Kingdom lacks a sea-fixing needle.

If there were Confucian saints sitting in Yan Kingdom, it would give Li Guo a hundred courage, and he would not dare to send troops to provoke like this.

I think back when Confucian sages were still officials in the court of Yan State, they also faced Li Guo’s desire to send troops to Yan State. The minister vomited blood on the spot.

Facing the threat of the furious Emperor Li Guo sending troops, the Confucian sage only said a word indifferently.

"The wrath of the emperor lays down millions of corpses and bleeds for thousands of miles; although foreign officials are mortals, they have the wrath of ordinary people."

"Wrath of the commoner blood splattered five steps, the foreign minister is now only five steps away from His Majesty, does Your Majesty want to taste the wrath of the commoner today, and make Li Guo a stranger?"

These powerful words shocked the emperor of Li Kingdom so much that he dared not speak, and respectfully agreed to the peace negotiation.

After this incident, people all over the world saw the integrity of Yan Kingdom, and the reputation of Confucian saints also increased greatly.

Thinking about how high-spirited Confucian saints were back then, facing Li Guo, who was at its peak, and facing Li Guo's emperor without fear, Yan Guo was still very weak at that time.

Now Yan Kingdom has the same national strength as Li Kingdom, but there is no one like Confucian saints.

"Your Majesty, where is the Confucian Sage now?"

"I have been away for 15 years and have not returned. Could it be that I fell into the trap of the demon emperor on the side of the demon clan and couldn't get out?"

Cheng Hongwu hesitated for a moment before asking.

The government and the public have always had similar speculations about this matter, otherwise it would be impossible to explain the Confucian saint's absence for so long.

Cheng Hongwen, the elder brother, immediately denied it categorically: "Impossible! What a proud Confucian sage, and the Demon Emperor is just his defeated general. How could he be trapped?"

Cheng Hongwu still wanted to refute one or two, but Emperor Yan interrupted the dispute between the two of them.

"Let's draft a strategy against leaving the country first. I'm a bit tired after today's meeting."

Emperor Yan sat on the dragon chair, stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his eyebrows.

All the ministers bowed to leave after hearing the words, and left the Hall of Mental Cultivation one by one, but their hearts were still very heavy.

In today's era when saints are born in large numbers, Confucian saints are the township stones of this country.

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Fengyi Palace is the queen's residence.

The current empress is not the original concubine of Emperor Yan. The concubine, the original concubine of Emperor Yan, died of illness shortly after Emperor Yan ascended the throne, and did not give birth to any heirs.

But as an emperor, it is naturally impossible not to establish a queen, so after only one year, a second queen was established.

The queen gave birth to a son and a daughter successively, one is the current prince, and the other is Princess Yong'an.

It was dark at night, but the Fengyi Palace was still brightly lit.

Today the queen personally prepared a table of dinner, and called the prince and Princess Yong'an over for dinner.

Now Emperor Yan has not arrived yet, the mother and son are chatting in the palace, and there are bursts of laughter from time to time.

"The queen mother really looks more and more beautiful recently. If we mother and daughter walk on the street, we will definitely be regarded as sisters."

Princess Yong'an leaned on the queen and said coquettishly.

In front of the queen, she was completely different from outside the palace. She was not dressed in men's clothes, but a white fairy dress, with long hair on the temples, bright and moving.

There was a smile on the corner of the queen's mouth, but she still gave her a look, and said angrily: "Stop being so talkative, don't think that you can avoid being scolded by saying good things about me."

"You take money from your imperial brother every day and sneak out to play, do you really think I don't know?"

Hearing this, Princess Yong'an's face froze slightly, and she couldn't help but glared at the prince beside her.

The crown prince spread his hands and said with a smile: "This is not my brother's complaint, but the queen mother's inquiry, and I have to answer."

"You can't lie to the queen mother, can you?"

He naturally knew about Princess Yong'an going out of the palace to play, after all, he took money from him every month, and borrowed his token to enter and leave the palace.

After glaring at the prince with eyes full of resentment, Princess Yong'an pouted and said, "It's just out of the palace for fun, what's the matter, who made the palace so boring."

The queen didn't like her, and continued to teach: "If you only go out of the palace occasionally for fun, I wouldn't bother to say it."

"But you have to go out for four or five days almost every month, and you are absent from palace studies, and the female workers don't learn the same thing. How can you have the demeanor of a princess?"

"That is to say, this palace also helped you hide it from your father, otherwise your father might not know how to punish you."

Upon hearing Emperor Yan, Princess Yong'an's face froze.

Although my father loves her dearly, if he knows that she is out of the palace to play and has not studied palace studies well, he will definitely confine her in the palace.

"Empress Mother, I know I was wrong, please don't tell my father, I don't want to be grounded..."

Princess Yong'an had tears in her beautiful eyes, she was about to cry.

Sure enough, once this move was made, the queen couldn't help but feel soft-hearted, so she could only say: "Then you must study female virtues hard in the future, and don't slack off anymore."

"Thank you, Empress! Empress is the best!"

Princess Yong'an smiled instantly, and hugged the queen for a moment of intimacy.

The prince looked at this scene, and he couldn't laugh or cry. He knew his sister's character. Although she was born beautiful, she acted and talked like a man.

Letting her learn female morality and female craftsman is more difficult than making Yaozu not eat people.

Looking away, the prince continued: "Mother, the emperor probably forgot to come because he was busy with government affairs. Why don't you let the minister go to invite the emperor?"

Today, the family of four had dinner together, but they have been waiting for more than an hour, but Emperor Yan has not come, and even the food has been reheated three times.

The queen looked at the sky when she heard the words. Although she felt a little disappointed, she still shook her head and refused with a smile.

"No, your father has to deal with state affairs, don't disturb him, let's eat first."

With that said, she ordered the maid to heat up the food again.

The crown prince and Princess Yong'an could see that their mother was in a bad mood, and after looking at each other, they took the initiative to change the topic and talk about some interesting things outside the palace.

"A few days ago, I heard that the son of a Confucian sage asked Zhuge Shangshu to set up a spirit-gathering array in his residence. The momentum is not small."

"I don't know what he wants to cultivate, but it really makes people curious that he needs to rely on such a huge spirit gathering array."

The prince talked about the spiritual turmoil some time ago, which caused a lot of turmoil.

After all, such a large spirit gathering array has changed the direction of spiritual energy in the entire Shengjing City and even in a large area nearby.

If it weren't for the fact that Su Mu was the person who set up the formation, then this matter would not be left alone, and the demon town master might even intervene.

(End of this chapter)

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