One of the ministers stood up and said, "Your Majesty is very true. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although our country has been committed to economic development since the founding of the country, and the people have lived comfortably, this does not guarantee that our country will never be at war. In recent years, the western barbarians have been coveting our rich mineral deposits, and on several occasions they have secretly sent people to infiltrate our country to explore the burial sites of those mineral deposits, but fortunately our soldiers discovered and deported them in time......"

"There is a saying that makes sense, that is, 'if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of thieves', if we are really targeted by others, we can't hide if we want to. When the time comes, if we really meet each other, I think that with our current strength, we may not be the opponents of others. ”

Before the man could finish speaking, another minister interrupted her: "I said how can you grow your ambition and destroy your own prestige?" Are all the elite soldiers and strong generals in my daughter's country eating dry food? If you want to say that we are not numerically superior, then we can expand the army and recruit all men who have reached the age of seventeen. ”

"I don't think it's necessary at all." One of the opposition stood up and spoke. "Our monarch Shengming has never been bad with others, how could he encounter an invasion by foreign enemies. Expanding the armed forces will only waste manpower, financial resources, and material resources, which will affect the quality of people's lives. If the people don't have enough food and clothing, it will cause social unrest, and then others will not come to attack us, and we will be in chaos first. ”

"Your Majesty didn't say that he wanted to expand the army, but he just wanted to ask the master to make a prediction, look at the few of you, what are you arguing about?" When things develop to a certain stage, there will usually be an old man who will come out to solve the siege. As soon as the peacemaker spoke, those who were arguing with red faces stopped talking.

But none of them noticed that the subject matter of their argument was not at all close to the question raised by the queen, but they were only entangled in the question of whether to expand the army. The queen listened for a long time, and saw that everyone had no opinion on the question she raised, so she waved her hand and said, "Since everyone has no opinion, then let's do it." First of all, please ask Yuan Tianshi to divinate the future of our country, what do you think, Yuan Tianshi? ”

The ministers looked at each other as if they hadn't realized that what they were arguing about had nothing to do with what the queen was asking. Seeing the queen and Yuan Tianshi walking together to the astrology building, they hurriedly followed behind, wanting to see what the result of the divination was.

The Astrology Tower is located in front of the Royal Palace and is about twenty stories high. At that time, it took more than 10,000 manpower and 100,000 taels of gold to build, and it took about ten years to build. But because there have been no decent astrologers in the country, the building has hardly been used since it was built. (Except for using it for scenic views.) Over the years, moss has grown in the walls of the building's exterior walls, and a lot of artemisia grass has grown in the corners of the roof, and some of the skin of the exterior walls has also fallen off due to weathering, making it look a little mottled by the sun.

Yuan Tiangang walked up to the top floor of the astrology building in one breath. After all, he is a martial arts practitioner with good physical strength, and if ordinary people go up to such a high building, they may have to rest a few times in the middle. The queen and the ministers did not go up, but stood downstairs and waited. After about several hours, Yuan Tiangang came down from the roof. As he expected, the results were the same as the ones he had observed as he stood in front of his window last night......

The night before Yuan Tiangang's departure, the queen had a secret conversation with him.

"If you're willing to stay, I'm willing to give you half of the country." The queen stood in the palace of heart cultivation and sincerely invited Yuan Tiangang to stay.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. King Tang is not thin on me, and I can't let him down. Besides, there are my wife and children over there, and I can't leave them alone. Yuan Tiangang bowed and clenched his fists and said.

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll send someone to pick them up."

"I appreciate your kindness, but I still can't accede to your request. You can rest assured that I will do my best to do what you entrust me to do. I believe that if there is really such a day, Tang Wang will not watch it. You don't have to worry too much, your jade body matters. ”

Listening to Yuan Tiangang's words, the queen's tightly knit brows stretched slightly: "Since Yuan Tianshi insists on leaving, I will not be strong, this is a hundred taels of gold and some diamonds, please be sure to accept it." ”

As she spoke, a palace maid walked up to Yuan Tiangang with a large tray on it, with golden gold and sparkling diamonds on it.

"I have prepared a gift for King Tang, and I have sent someone to go with you, first, there is a care on the way, and second, I hope that she will recognize the way, and I will have the opportunity to go to your country in person to thank you."

"Since Your Majesty insists on sending me something, I have no choice but to be respectful rather than obey." Yuan Tiangang smiled and took the gold and diamonds, "Things are developing and changing, maybe after a while, things will take a turn for the better, and then maybe the evil will turn into good fortune, and maybe the danger will turn into safety." ”

The queen was so impressed by this sentence that a smile bloomed on her face again: "I hope it is as you say." If we can really avoid that disaster, then I will kill pigs and sheep to thank God for his good life. ”

The result of Yuan Tiangang's astrology was that in a few years, there would be a bloody slaughter in the territory of the daughter country, and the perpetrator of this slaughter was a group of barbarians. As a result of the incident, the daughter country may be wiped out.

Almost all the ministers in the palace did not believe in such an outcome, believing that now that the country was in peace and security, there was no indication that their country would suffer such a catastrophe. When Yuan Tiangang was telling their personal fortunes, they didn't believe that their future would end like that, so they all laughed it off in the end, and no one took this divination to heart. (Except for Her Majesty the Queen's worries)

Changan

The Ouchi secret agent sent out had no news at all, and Li Shimin was very anxious, so he sent someone to find Li Chunfeng. In Li Shimin's bedroom, he anxiously waited for the results of Li Chunfeng's divination. "Your Majesty," after about a bag of cigarettes, Li Chunfeng said to Li Shimin: "Judging from the hexagram, Brother Yuan's life is not in danger, maybe he will come back in a day or two." At present, he is in the southwest direction, and he can send the secret agent to the southwest to meet him. ”

"Oh, since it's not life-threatening, I'm relieved. Someone came, and quickly ordered the secret agent to go to the southwest to meet Lord Yuan. A eunuch took the order and left.

During the days when Yuan Tiangang was not at home, the Yuan Mansion did not stop. Originally, Yuan Tiangang went to the capital to run errands, and when he went home after finishing his errands, he just in time for Mrs. Yuan's 80th birthday, but he didn't expect to be "robbed" by his daughter country halfway.