"Queen Mother, you want to marry me to the Turkic king, I—I don't agree!"

As soon as he returned to the palace, he suddenly learned that Princess Anping, who had become the object of his friendship and was about to marry the Turkic king, was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and her mouth opened wide in shock. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Then there is desperately opposed, and death does not agree.

"The marriage is a big matter, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, how can there be room for your opposition! I have ordered someone to reply to the Turkic envoy and marry Princess Anping to the Turkic king, if you don't agree, the two countries will rise again, Ping'er, are you willing to see hundreds of thousands of people die because of your opposition?"

Wu Mei is both soft and hard.

Princess Anping shook her head desperately, crying and crying: "Don't, Anping doesn't want to marry the Turkic king, Anping doesn't want to go to peace!"

"Hmph! The major affairs of the country, how can it be bothered because of you? This is a kiss, you can't go if you don't go!"

"If that's the case, Anping would rather kill himself!" Princess Anping looked determined.

"If you kill yourself, I will not give birth to your daughter!"

Wu Mei, who has a heart like stone, ordered Princess Anping to be placed under house arrest, monitored and prevented her from committing suicide, and seven days later, let her follow the convoy of the Turkic envoy and marry and kiss!

……

Two days passed.

Princess Anping, who was confined to the palace, couldn't deliver any news, and committed suicide several times, but was stopped by the maid who monitored her, so she had to cry helplessly.

On the third day, under her bitter pleading, a maid who monitored her finally moved her heart of compassion and called Shangguan Yu'er, the head of the female officials in the inner court, over and said a few words to her.

Shangguan Yuer, is the granddaughter of the prime minister Shangguan Yi who was convicted and killed in the "After the abolition of the performance" incident, she was matched with her mother Zheng into the inner court as a maid, at the age of fourteen, because of her intelligence and good writing, she was discovered and appointed by Wu Mei because of her intelligence and good writing, and was in charge of the palace for many years, she was an important assistant and confidant of Wu Mei, she was born in the same year as Princess Anping, but a few days older, the two were very good friends in private, and often referred to as "sisters".

"Sister Yu'er, you can help me, now only you can help me, you can help me send a message to my father, or tell Mr. Zihua, let them save me! I don't want to marry the Turkic king!"

Princess Anping cried, I don't know why, at this moment, the person she is most eager for help in her heart, in addition to her father, which other Mr. Zihua she admires the most.

"Your Royal Highness the princess, don't worry, Yu'er will try her best to help you!"

Shangguan Yu'er nodded, changed into civilian clothes that day, and hurriedly went to Furong Garden.

When she arrived at Furong Garden, she just reported to the eunuch Ma Dexi, and when she wanted to see His Majesty the Ming Emperor, she was told by the eunuch Ma Dexi: His Majesty the Ming Emperor and the Queen of Heaven are enjoying the flowers in the garden, and the two are very interested.

Shangguan Yu'er had to turn around and leave, went back to the palace and led a horse, galloped in the direction of due north, galloped for two hours, and finally arrived at Fengyang Village, a hundred miles away, reported her identity, and after bowing to the gatehouse, she saw Mr. Zihua.

"Is there really such a thing? Queen of Heaven, put Princess Anping under house arrest, and want her to marry a Turkic king thousands of miles away?"

Zhou Ming was shocked by this sudden news, Wu Mei, the queen of heaven, what kind of medicine did she take wrong, and she wanted to push her own daughter into the fire pit.

During his travels in the Western Regions, he learned that the current Turkic king Ashina Gu is an old man who is nearly sixty years old, and if Princess Anping marries him, according to the nomadic customs of "the son leads the father's department, and the son marries the father's wife", after the death of Ashinagu, Princess Anping will marry his son as his wife, and after his son's death, she may also marry his grandson as his wife......

Anyway, as long as she didn't die, she would marry generation after generation of Turkic kings, and maybe even marry her own son.

Because, in the grassland, women are like cattle and sheep, just simple "property" and "reproductive tools" for reproducing populations.

"Yes. ”

Shangguan Yu'er nodded, and said anxiously: "Mr. Zihua, quickly find a way to save Princess Anping, if you delay for a few more days and get on the convoy of relatives, Princess Anping can only marry the Turks far away, die in a foreign land, and it will be difficult to return to the Central Plains for the rest of her life!"

"Don't panic, don't panic about this matter!Miss Yu'er, let me think of a way, I will definitely be able to come up with a proper way to rescue Princess Anping!"

After giving Shangguan Yu'er a reassuring pill first, Zhou Ming mobilized his brain and began to think hard about how to meditate.

The simplest and most brutal way is to lead people to intercept and kill the Turkic convoy and kill all the Turkic envoys!

But the hidden danger of doing so is that it will trigger a full-scale war between the two countries, as well as the anger of the queen Wu Mei, and there is a risk of exposing herself.

The middle strategy is to enter Beijing to face the saint and express his persuasion.

It's just that the supreme ruler of this era, many things have always been obstinate, extremely difficult to pull back, to say that the good point is "with the heavenly constitution in the mouth, a word of nine tripods", to say the ugly point, that is, "can not admonish, rigid and self-serving", Zhou Ming estimates, with Wu Mei's character, once she decides something, she will definitely do it by any means, and the above expression of persuasion will not only fail to achieve results, but will make her more angry and angry.

Moreover, Zhou Ming vaguely guessed that this matter should have something to do with him, and if he tried to persuade him, he would only achieve the exact opposite result.

What should I do, while rescuing Princess Anping, I will not provoke the resentment of the queen Wu Mei and avoid becoming a thorn in her side.

"There it is!"

Suddenly, Zhou Ming thought of a good way, and immediately ordered his subordinates to take pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and after a little thought, he wrote an article.

This article is called "On Great Powers".

The main theme of the content is: what kind of country is a big country.

Judging from the title, it has nothing to do with rescuing Princess Anping, and the content doesn't seem to be a fight.

In fact, Zhou Ming adopted the strategy of "knocking on the side and throwing bricks to attract jade", and in this article, he discusses the three dynasties that have existed in history: Shang, Wei, and Shun, which is considered a real "great power".

Shang, the early military strength was strong, hanging the Quartet, annexing the six countries, the car on the same track, the book with the text, the unified weights and measures, the establishment of the first unified dynasty, but in the later period due to the corruption and degeneration of the high-level, the army's combat effectiveness degraded and weakened, lost the ability to attack externally, and could only rely on the construction of the Great Wall to resist border troubles, and finally because of the abuse of people's power, a peasant uprising broke out, and only three generations died.

Wei, the control of the territory is larger than Shang, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, repeatedly beaten by nomads, relying on the annual coin beauty to seek peace, after more than 30 years of recuperation, exalting the "great revanchism" of Emperor Wu of Wei, beating the Huns crying father and calling mother, at the same time, Wei is also the first to conquer the Western Regions, open up the Silk Road, and become famous in foreign countries.

However, although the Wei State was strong, it was only a hundred years of subduing the Xiongnu, when the Wei State was weakened, and the grassland people were revived again, in order to avoid soldiers, Emperor Xuan of Wei was the first to make peace with foreign races, so that Zhaojun went out of the fortress, and exchanged beauty for peace, after thousands of years, several Central Plains dynasties after Wei, there was basically no different alien race and kinship, with only one exception.

This exception is that in the period of "Nine Hu Chaos", in the hundred-year war, under the iron hooves of foreign races, Wu mourned the king Ran Shun and established a country called "Shun".

This country called "Shun" has only existed for more than 100 years, and its territory is not large, only occupying part of the area between Yanshan and Taiyan Mountain in Youqing Prefecture, with a population of no more than one million.

It is this merchant as the main country, since the date of birth, it issued the "Tuhu Order", vowing to kill all the Hu people and Hu species rampant in the Central Plains, during the period of the "Nine Hu Chaoshang" that lasted for a hundred years, Shun did not have a day not in the war with foreign races, had killed 33 kings, the army, the subjects died countless battles, it is difficult to count, and finally because there are too few documents, gradually disappeared in the dust of history.

And no matter from that point of view, "Shun", a country that has nothing to do with "big countries", is the only country that he thinks can be called a big country in Zhou Ming's "On Great Powers"!

Because-

"Shun, standing for a hundred years without falling, never dying in the surrounding Hu people, because he is not a minister, does not pay tribute, does not make peace, does not cut the land, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies! His country and its people, from top to bottom, everyone is bloody, everyone is strong and alive! Even if he dies, he does not change his clothes and hairstyle, does not humiliate his ancestors, and does not bow his knees to foreign races, how can he not be regarded as a great country?"

"Color! Mr. Zihua's article is colorful!"

As soon as Zhou Ming finished writing this sentence, it attracted a burst of excited exclamations from the side.

It turned out that Shangguan Yu'er, who was helping him grind on the side, saw the content of this article, and she, who had always been gentle and quiet, was excited by these majestic words, and couldn't help but applaud.

Zhou Ming turned his head to look, his eyes met her, Shangguan Yu'er's pretty face turned red, she lowered her head, and her heart beat faster.

She thought to herself: No wonder Princess Anping admires him wholeheartedly, how many towering and strange men in the world can write such words and have such talents?

What's more, he is handsome, handsome, handsome, and has everything in the world in mind, not to mention that he is a princess, and any Huaichun woman can't refuse such a great husband.

Even, she was a little envious in her heart, Princess Anping, she had to meet such a man to save her, I don't know if it was a blessing from several lifetimes.

In contrast, she is lonely and miserable, and I don't know if she can meet such a lover in this life and write the same wonderful articles and majestic sentences for her......

"Miss Yu'er, you take this article back to the imperial capital as soon as possible, and present it to His Majesty the Emperor Ming and the Queen of Heaven in the name of presenting a masterpiece......

He instructed his subordinates to prepare horses, turned to Shangguan Yu'er and said, "Miss Yu'er, without further ado, go back to the imperial capital now! Don't worry that it's getting late and it's inconvenient to hurry, I will personally escort you back to the imperial capital!"

Shangguan Yu'er nodded, put the article in her sleeve, and after getting ready, the gray horse she rode up on, followed Zhou Ming, and galloped south along the road that could not be seen clearly in a somewhat dim sky.

However, after traveling less than twenty miles, there was a sudden accident, because it was dark and the vision was blurred, and the road conditions were difficult to walk, Shangguan Yu'er rode the horse, "Anglu", accidentally sprained the horse's hooves, and in a coquettish cry, if it wasn't for Zhou Mingfei pulling it, she would have fallen off the horse.

Zhou Ming dismounted and checked the horse's injury, and found that the horse could no longer be ridden, but in order to hurry, he had to pull Shangguan Yu'er onto his red dragon horse, and the two rode together and continued to hurry.

Originally, Zhou Ming, who was in a hurry, had no superfluous distractions in his heart, and just wanted to reach the imperial capital as soon as possible, but it may be because the speed was too fast, the horseback was too bumpy, Shangguan Yu'er in his arms, hugged himself tighter and tighter, and got closer and closer to himself, his breath was messy and short, and when his body reacted, and finally found that something was wrong, the jade man in his arms, the jade arm had wrapped around his neck, and the tip of his tongue tapped his skin.

"Miss Yu'er, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Ming stopped the horse, held her fragrant shoulder and asked.

In the faint moonlight, Shangguan Yu'er, whose eyes were foggy, caressed the man's handsome face with her jade fingers, and her long breath slapped his face, and said: "Mr. Zihua, the gate of the imperial capital will be closed at the time of unitary, and it will only be opened at the hour of the hour, and we will rush to the imperial capital, and we will not be able to enter the city for a while...... Lang Jun, don't you think that this night was specially given to us by God?"

After speaking, the fragrant wind approached, and her soft lips were already imprinted on her lips.

This night, Zhou Ming felt a little tired, after all, there was no place to stay in this wilderness, the dew was too heavy, and his clothes would be wet on the ground...... Therefore, this night, the most tired is actually the red dragon horse, because there are two humans who shook its back all night......