Duan Yu's pure nature is pure and innocent, just like a camellia carefully watered by a gardener, gorgeous and colorful. However, after all, it has not been stormy, although it is extraordinary, it is a little less tenacious. With his amorous and kind character, if he wants him to be born and die for a woman, it is a sword mountain and a sea of fire; But if he wants to plan for the sake of national affairs, it is really beyond his ability. In the final analysis, Chong Guan's anger only needs to be affectionate and righteous and hot-headed, but politics is really a job that only cold-blooded, ruthless, forbearing, and even despicable people can do.

Duan Yu was always helpless after seeing Duan Zhengchun, and he didn't know how to resolve the crisis in front of him. Fortunately, he was the emperor of Dali after all, and soon after he came to Bianjing with a group of Duan Zhengchun's women and daughters, Gao Shengtai sent a team of 100 envoys to chase after him. Most of the 100-person envoy team are powerful members of Dali, who are not only familiar with government affairs but also proficient in the way of political struggle. Although Duan Yu has always been afraid of the great power of Gao Shengtai after succeeding to the throne, he was also relieved to see these courtiers at this time. Therefore, as soon as these courtiers arrived, Duan Yu quickly accepted the advice, and allowed the envoy group to negotiate with the Great Song Dynasty on his behalf.

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, Dali has always been a gentleman, and the Great Song Dynasty has also been courteous to Dali. The envoy of Dali originally thought that this so-called annexation was just an excuse for the Great Song Dynasty to ask for more tribute from the foreign domains after the destruction of the Xia Kingdom, but after several discussions with the ministers of the political hall, everyone suddenly understood that this annexation was imperative and difficult to turn around. It's just that Duan Yu would rather die and refuse to deny Duan Zhengchun, and now he seems to have only one way to keep his father and the throne: kill the Ministry of Rites and forcibly take Duan Zhengchun away, and then immediately return to Dali to break off diplomatic relations with the Great Song Dynasty and declare war.

So, what are the odds of winning this war?

Let's take a look at a few sets of numbers jù.

The land area of Dali is less than one-tenth of that of the Great Song Dynasty, and the population is less than one percent of the Great Song Dynasty. It is only because Dali has always emphasized literature and light military force, and the number of regular troops owned by the country is less than 200,000, and the weapons used are still common cold weapons such as knives and arrows. In the Great Song Dynasty, since Zong Ze was promoted to the supervisor of the Ordnance Supervision, the output of flintlock pistols in the Great Song Dynasty has reached 100 per day, and the output of artillery is 10 per day.

Such a desperate comparison of strength simply humiliated Dali to the ground.

"Your Majesty, the climate of Dali is completely different from that of the Central Plains, and most of the Han people are not accustomed to the water and soil. In addition, our country is mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the leaders of various ethnic groups are not convinced by the Han people, so we may not have no chance of winning! Seeing that Duan Yu was discouraged, the envoy of Dali State hurriedly stepped forward to advise.

When Duan Yu heard this, he only shook his head and sighed. "Xia is a hundred times more barbaric than Dali, and now it's not in ashes? Our soldiers in Dali are no match for the flintlock pistols and artillery of the Great Song Dynasty, and a rash war can only affect the people. "The envoy still needs to be persuaded again, but Duan Yu has already gotten up and said." Daddy raised me and raised me, I can't deny Daddy! But if you recognize your father, Da Song will occupy the name of righteousness. If Dali does not obey, the Song army must go south, who can resist? …… To put it mildly, it's just a mere throne. I heard that after the Xia Kingdom was destroyed, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty regarded the people of the Party as Han Chinese. Now that I, Dali, have taken the initiative to attach, presumably the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty will not embarrass the people of Dali. ”

Duan Yu was kind-hearted, and it was expected that he had this choice, but he put Gao Shengtai on the fire. The Duan royal family has long been hollowed out by the Gao family, and the Dali government has nothing to do with it. As far as Duan Yu is concerned, instead of staying in Dali as a puppet emperor who will be forced to become a monk by the powerful ministers at any time, perhaps it is really a step back to become a prince of the Great Song Dynasty for the Great Song Dynasty. As for the highly poisonous one, Duan Yu's martial arts skills have long been poisonous, so what can he do? But that Gao Shengtai is not, as long as Duan Yu agrees to be attached, the Great Song Dynasty will take the head of him, the "culprit", and sacrifice the flag, not to mention that he will destroy his entire clan.

The leader of the messenger who spoke to Duan Yu was originally under the command of Gao Shengtai, and when he heard Duan Yu's words, he was immediately anxious, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, the Dali Kingdom has lasted for more than ten generations, and the country must not be destroyed here!" ”

But Duan is known as a person who believes in Buddhism and does not love fame and fortune, but he is unmoved. "The general trend of the world, together for a long time, must be divided, and for a long time must be united. This is the reincarnation of heaven, how can Dali escape? Then he ignored the courtier's persuasion, and went to the bedroom with his hands in his hands.

As soon as Duan Yu left, Dao Baifeng followed. She is only concerned about Duan Zhengchun's life and death, and she has no time to care about whether Dali Guo wants to return to her heart. As for Qin Hongmian and Gan Baobao, their thoughts are the same as those of Dao Baifeng, and they even think that as long as there is no Dali Kingdom, Duan Zhengchun can take a break from Dao Baifeng and live with himself.

Zhong Ling has a good nature, and he doesn't care about Dali. Only Mu Wanqing was arrogant and affectionate with Duan Yu, and when she saw Duan Yu encountering a problem, she couldn't help but be angry, so she just patted the armrest of the seat and said fiercely: "Do you want to be at the mercy of others like this?" ”

The messenger was worried that there was nothing to do, and when he saw Mu Wanqing having a seizure, he hurriedly whispered: "Actually, it's not like there's no way to ......."

"What's the solution?" Mu Wanqing immediately asked.

The envoy looked around and whispered in Mu Wanqing's ear: "Weichen has been coming to the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, and he has also inquired about some news. Murong Fu, the current prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, has a monopoly on power, and he presides over the annexation of Dali. However, he has always been at odds with the Great Song Dynasty's official family, as long as he dies, the Great Song Dynasty's official family will definitely change their minds. "Although the Duan royal family is powerless in state affairs, they have practiced martial arts for generations. Murong Fu was killed, and the envoy was not sure whether the Great Song official family would change his mind. He only knew that once the prime minister died, the Great Song Dynasty would have to be in chaos for a while, and Dali would get a chance to breathe. is that the real murderer was finally found, and if the Great Song official family wants to ask for the crime, they only need to throw Duan Yu's father and son as scapegoats.

The envoy's treacherous mind Mu Wanqing naturally didn't know anything, but gritted his teeth fiercely after he left.

The night was dark, and the time had come, and most of the people in Bianjing City had fallen asleep. However, the lights were still lit in the study room of the Murong Mansion, and many civil ministers and military generals sat around to listen to the prime minister's arrangements for government affairs.

"The matter of the replacement of flintlock pistols by the Su Guard Forbidden Army has been refuted by the officials." Murong Fu glanced down at the documents on the case and said slowly. "The 300,000 flintlock pistols will be allocated to the border soldiers first."

Only because of the disaster of the feudal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty has learned a lesson since the founding of the country, and pursued the policy of strengthening the army and weakening the branches, and the number of forbidden army soldiers stationed in Beijing is four or five hundred thousand, far better than the forbidden army stationed at the border pass. However, after a long time, these forbidden troops stationed in Beijing have lacked combat formation training, and their combat effectiveness has been extremely low, but they are just some passable appearances. Yes, when Zong Ze heard Murong Fu arrange this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said continuously: "That's good, that's good!" In this way, the pressure on the ordnance supervisor next year will also be much less! In his opinion, instead of having the Guards and Forbidden Army hold these flintlock pistols as decorations, it is better to allocate places in the hope of making a contribution.

But it was the planter who came to Beijing to congratulate Zhao Xu curiously asked, "Why didn't the official family allow it?" ”

Murong Fu sneered and said slowly: "He was afraid that someone would put a cold gun on him in the dark." As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color, and only Murong Fu said again in their ears. He can't trust the ministers, the generals, or the forbidden army who guards him every day. If you are suspicious of this, you are doomed to achieve nothing! ”

Murong Fu's words were even more thorough, and everyone couldn't help but be silent for a while.

After a long time, Su Zhefang, the right minister, said: "In ten days, it will be the Zhengdan Dynasty, and the matter of Dali being attached, how to deal with it?" ”

"If you don't take it, you will be blamed!" Murong Fu said categorically, "By March next year at the latest, Dali must officially submit its credentials, attach it to the Great Song Dynasty, and divide Yunnan and Guizhou; In the seventh year of Shaosheng, the two roads were completed and the local government was replaced by the patriarchs of various ethnic groups. Speaking of which, he turned his gaze to the Planter Dao again. Brother Chong, I would like to recommend you and Qu Zhen as the appeasement envoys of Jinglu and guard the two roads. Dali is mixed with various ethnic groups, ten miles of different winds, and hundreds of miles of different customs. You should respect their customs, but you should also keep our rules. How to grasp the scale, you can figure it out for yourself. ”

After the destruction of the Xia Kingdom, the seed master Dao was awarded the title of Captain of the Light Car for his merits, and he was awarded the rank of Rank of Four. Although the post of pacification envoy was a dispatch officer, he jumped from a deputy general in the army to the commander of the Chinese army in charge of the tiger talisman. But when the planter heard this arrangement, he was not very excited, but said hurriedly: "Isn't it to fight the Khitan?" How did you transfer me away at this juncture? ”

"Who sued you and I want to fight the Khitan?" Murong Fu couldn't help laughing, "The so-called Emperor of World War I, before the reform of the government is completed, I will not lightly start the war with the Khitan." Therefore, it is expected that only Dali will fight for at least five years. The planter said, are you going or not? ”

"Go, go!" The planter immediately smiled and replied categorically. "The lower officials are only looking forward to Lord Murong!"

Murong Fu gave him an angry look and didn't speak.

This was their last topic for the night, and when everyone saw that the Seed Master had no objection, they closed the paper in front of them one after another. After a while, Ah Bi sent a lot of supper snacks.

Entering the chatting time, Murong Fu was no longer the center of the topic. Seed Master Dao only comes back once a year, and it is obvious that everyone cares about him far more than Murong Fu. Murong Fu didn't think it was wrong, he said that he had a dry mouth and weak qi after a long time of political affairs, and he drank two bowls of ginseng tea in a row to relieve his breath.

But it was the master who said the customs and customs of this way, and suddenly frowned slightly. "Murong, when I came back this time, I heard some gossip on the way. Many corrupt Confucian scholars are quite dissatisfied with your control of the government, you have to be careful! ”

"Brother Seed's words reminded me!" The planter said, and Chao Buzhi also echoed. "Akashi, there have been changes in "Pucheng Wind and Rain" recently. Taking advantage of the topic of Dali's attachment, Zhang Dian published several issues in a row to introduce the origin of foreign races, and yesterday's issue mentioned that the Murong clan was a descendant of the Xianbei tribe. I see the meaning of his words, if it is not of my race, his heart will be different! ”

As soon as Chao Buzhi's voice fell, Murong Fu's eyebrows were twisted, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhang Xuan's move is to split the family and country, and he must not be tolerated!" Senior Brother Chao, I suggest that you set up a topic in the "Bianjing Times" to discuss what China is. ”

"What is Huaxia?" Chao Bu subconsciously asked rhetorically.

"The beauty of clothing, the prosperity of etiquette, the breadth of articles, the essence of skills, and the way of loyalty and bravery, Huaxia should not be bloodline, surname, and land, but should be a belief, a culture, and an identity. No matter how good they are, as long as they follow the etiquette of my China, learn the grammar of China, and follow the loyalty of my China, they are blood relatives of the same Chinese race! Murong Fu said loudly, "Senior Brother Chao, grasp this point to break the tone of the chapter, and we must not let him spoil the overall situation of my prosperity because of his own prejudices!" ”

Murong Fu was so open-minded and generous, everyone in the hall applauded in unison. As soon as they heard Murong Fu's proposal, they realized that as long as this interpretation of "Huaxia" became the mainstream of society, all people of different races would unconsciously integrate into the Great Song Dynasty and be proud to be a member of China. At that time, the people's aspirations will really be counted as the king's land under the whole world.

Only the seed master saw that among the people in the hall, only Murong Fu was the thickest and had the worst complexion, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "You...... I want you to take care of your health every year, but you are getting sicker and weaker every year! So is Xue Muhua useful? ”

"Medicine and medicine do not die of disease, and Buddha is destined to be a person. My body, I know it myself. Murong Fu just smiled bitterly. Xue Muhua has persuaded him several times to abandon his martial arts and remove the poison from his body. It was Murong Fu himself who was never able to make up his mind, although he didn't know what the use of keeping martial arts was?

When it comes to this topic, everyone is in a heavy mood. Seeing that Murong Fu's complexion was too bad, everyone in the hall quickly took their leave, not wanting to disturb Murong Fu's rest time.

As soon as everyone left, Ah Bi immediately stepped forward and said, "The hot water has been prepared, so please freshen up and settle down as soon as possible!" ”

"Good!" Murong Fu casually propped up the table and tried to stand up, but he didn't know that he was too anxious to get up, and it was dark in front of him.

"Childe, be careful!" Seeing this, Abi hurriedly stepped forward to help. She held Murong Fu's palm, and was shocked to find that Murong Fu's fingers were as cold as ice bars. Looking at the brazier in the room and the fur on Murong Fu's body, Ah Bi's eyes couldn't help but heat. "Childe, just follow Doctor Xue's wishes!"

Murong Fu stood on the table with both hands for a while before he could see the qi in front of him. "Let me think again......"

"Childe!" Abi cried out disapprovingly, she was anxious and scared, and couldn't help crying. "As long as there are Tarzan and flintlock pistols, you can protect your son. Why is the prince still so stubborn? ”

Murong Fu didn't hear it, only smiled and stroked Abi's cheek. "What's going on? Son-in-law, what are you crying about? ”

Before his fingertips touched Ah Bi's cheek, the window of the study was suddenly broken, and a silver sword light stabbed towards Murong Fu with a scolding. "Dog thief, look at the sword!"

Facing the cold light like water, at this moment, there may be only one word that can describe Murong Fu's feelings:!