There was no suspense that the 1688 Yuan National Congress was successfully concluded. The congress elected a new permanent representative to Beijing. Under the joint nomination of the emperor, the prime minister, the former president and the military, Ouyang Shi was unanimously elected as the new president of the congress, Li Jie was the chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Yamen, and Hu Yin was also in line with Shilin's expectations as the general secretary of the Yuan National Assembly.

The congress also formally established a series of charters such as the five-year session, and made some revisions according to the reflections of the Han law and political system in various places after the last dimensional national assembly; On the basis of the original administrative region, the administrative region was redivided according to the new territorial situation, Yunzhong was merged into Hedong, Hebei East and West Road was merged into Jinggi Road, Qinfeng Road was merged into Shaanxi in the east, and most of the territory of the original Western Xia was merged into the newly established Longyou Road in the west. Implement a new examination system and recruit students from various disciplines to enter the official career; In addition, there are other economic, political, military, religious and other affairs, most of which are drafted by the Prime Minister and the Privy Council, and submitted to the General Assembly and adopted with a chorus of appreciation.

This conference allowed the Hu people in the northwest and northeast to see the preferential treatment of the Han regime, and the Khitan, mature Jurchen, Bohai and other northern ethnic groups that were already very sinicized had long had a tendency to break away from Hu and join the Han Dynasty, and the representatives of the Jurchen and Western Xia who had recently returned to the Han Dynasty due to the defeat saw that the Han regime did not intend to purge them, and they also felt that there was a certain space for their own survival and development under the new regime, so they swept away their previous worries and showed their loyalty to the New Han regime and the Han Emperor in their own forms.

In their opinion, the ethnic policy of the congress was still understandable, after all, treating the returning ethnic groups well was the extension of the Datong concept on the ethnic issue, but the frequent appearance of businessmen made many scholars feel that the new Han regime was too strong after all, and felt that this phenomenon needed to be improved by actively introducing scholars into the Han regime in the next few years. In addition to feeling that the current trend of profit in the country is too much, the scholars also felt that the military class held too much power, and that the latter was clearly more dangerous than the former. But how to restrain these domineering officers? Despite the existence of people like Cao Er and Yang San, knowledgeable literati still found it absurd to expect soldiers to be conscious, and relying on the emperor's wisdom alone was obviously not a foolproof strategy - in the minds of some more radical scholars, it was even believed that the emperor was essentially a martial artist, and that it was difficult to purify him, and the only hope was to educate his descendants to return the royal temperament to the "right track" in their minds.

In the many private gatherings that were not held in public at the same time as the congress, some people of insight gradually came to a consensus, that is, in order to achieve the common goal of the scholars, it was necessary to first unite the two factions of scholars in the north and south -- that is, the scholars from the Northern Song Dynasty and the scholars from the old Liao -- to first consolidate the position of the good scholars in the country, unite the forces that could be united, such as the merchants they looked down upon, and solve the hidden danger of interfering in politics by force. and then gradually transform the current Han Empire into a country governed by sages (of course, sages among scholars). However, it was probably no less difficult for these literati to unite as they imagined for themselves, than to get the warriors to voluntarily give up the sword in their hands.

A scholar has the idea of a scholar, and a merchant has the calculation of a merchant. Before this conference, all the businessmen of Dahan had reached a consensus: the country of Dahan has stabilized! The great military power of this regime convinced them that in the next few decades, this great power of 10,000 miles from east to west and 7,000 miles from north to south would achieve peace in the hinterland, and it was clear from the new laws passed by the congress that the Han regime would continue to protect their property, and even the military representatives promised to cooperate with merchants to continue to expand their territory - the military to expand their territory, and the merchants to expand their wealth. Of course, the merchants also had some concerns, on the one hand, they keenly felt the contempt of the poor scholars for them, and on the other hand, they were worried about the threat of the butcher's knife of the martial arts, and they did not want to see anyone on both the civil and military sides completely overwhelmed. In their minds, the best outcome is that the poor are raised by them, and they are paid to run errands and shine their shoes; The warriors were also provided by them, and they were given money to open a road to the nursing home - but this outcome seemed so slim at the moment, and most merchants chose another path, that is, to train their children to enter the official career or the military, and use politics and force to ensure the interests of the family - rather than the entire merchant class to unite against the threat of both civil and military.

Shilin and the business community are like this, what is the reaction of the military? Yang Kaiyuan felt that he had a long way to go, but Xiao Tienu had a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

But except for an unscrupulous person like Xiao Tienu, the rest of the conference basically had a smile on their faces and a lot of calculations in their stomachs. In this way, the unprecedented Yuan National Congress ended in a chorus of carols, and most of the delegates set off for their return after the congress closed, and a small number of people, such as the living Buddha of Mobei, Zonam Zhapu, were invited to attend the wedding of the crown prince Zhe Yunwu -- this wedding was originally planned to take place on the opening day of the congress, but later due to a torrential rain, the presiding officials thought that they could not cope with two major events at the same time in bad weather, so they asked Zhi Yanchong to postpone the wedding until after the end of the congress.

In fact, whether it is before or after the conference, the wedding of the founding prince of the Han Empire is destined to be extremely grand. On the wedding day, in addition to the important ministers of all parties to offer blessings to Zhi Yunwu, the religious leaders of various factions also took turns to pray for the newlyweds, but Zhi Yunwu, who was blessed by the gods and Buddhas, did not feel happy when he entered the cave room. For him, this wedding is completely no different from the previous ceremony of being a prince and a prisoner, it is all something that has been arranged. He also heard about the situation when his parents got married from Ouyang Shi, and knew that his father did not get married voluntarily back then, but Zhi Yunwu always felt that his father still had his initiative and his will in that wedding, but he didn't have it at all, Zhi Yunwu knew that this was not Huining in the grass creation period, this was a highly developed civilization capital, and in this capital, all kinds of intricate forces had long been compiled into a net of heaven and earth, firmly trapping everyone, including him.

"Uncle Lian Qi...... Even people like my father can't escape, let alone me? ”

Zhi Yunwu's talent in politics and strategy is not outstanding, and he has been with Yang Yingqi and Chen Xian for a long time, on the one hand, he did learn something, but at the same time, he also lost confidence in himself because of several consecutive blows. He felt that he couldn't escape, even if he escaped this time, he couldn't guarantee that there would be no next time, even if he found a reason not to marry Xiao Chun, his father would also arrange another person to marry him.

"If I had a beloved......" When he stepped into the cave room, the thought came to his mind whimsically, wondering if he would have the courage to raise an objection to his father if he had a beloved woman, or elope with that girl! However, this ridiculous thought only flashed in his heart, and then self-deprecation surged in his heart: "I haven't even found someone I like, what do I want to elope!" ”

He suddenly felt that he was really a failure, maybe the best outcome for a failed man like himself was to obey his father's arrangement and live this life well. Thinking of this, he made up his mind and lifted his wife's phoenix crown, and the flame of the giant candle shone brightly on the bright face of a young girl - although Xiao Tienu was fierce, Xiao Chun's mother was a stunning beauty, Xiao Chun looked very much like her mother, and there was no shadow of Xiao Tienu in her eyebrows.

"What a beautiful ......"

Zhi Yunwu admired in his heart. Unlike other princes, there is still only one queen in his father's palace, although there are also some maids but most of them are mediocre, he has been in contact with either Confucian students or powerful ministers since he was a child, but the beauty Yanshu rarely pays attention, at this time he suddenly saw a flower-like face, and in the cave room, under the flower candle, he naturally reached out to touch her cheek. Xiao Chun has been very quiet, until she was touched by Zhi Yunwu's fingers, she suddenly let out, shrunk on the bed like a frightened little beast and hugged the quilt and trembled, she trembled for a while before she came to her senses, and found that Zhi Yunwu's fingers were still frozen there, and his expression seemed to be greatly shocked.

"Too ...... The prince ......" Xiao Chun shouted, Zhi Yunwu had never seen her, but she had seen Zhi Yunwu in the curtain behind the screen, she didn't have a good impression of this young man, but she couldn't say that she had a bad feeling, but from the time Xiao Tienu told her the news, she knew that she was the prince's person.

"I ...... Do I make you so annoying? Zhi Yunwu said softly, turned around and was about to leave. Xiao Chun suddenly pounced again, hugged him from behind and cried, "Prince...... Don't leave! ”

"You ......" Zhi Yunwu didn't struggle, but he didn't look back: "Don't you hate me?" ”

"No, it's not." Xiao Chun said: "I'm just afraid of ......"

"Afraid of what?"

"I don't know...... I ......" Xiao Chun hesitated for a long time, and finally said what he didn't dare to say to others: "I'm afraid that you will strip me naked and beat me with a whip......"

Zhi Yunwu was stunned: "Strip off your clothes and beat you?" ”

"Hmm." Xiao Chun hugged him tightly and prayed, "Prince, don't beat me, okay?" ”

"Why should I hit you?" Zhi Yunwu turned around, hugged his newlywed wife's trembling body, and suddenly felt that the woman in his arms was the same as himself, and she was also very pitiful.

"I don......'t know," Xiao Chun said, "When I was very young, I often saw my father do this to my mother at night, and I, I was very scared...... Prince, will you ......"

"No!" In an instant, Zhi Yunwu suddenly understood, and he hugged his wife tighter: "Don't worry, I won't beat you, as long as I'm alive, no one will be able to beat you in the future, I'...... I won't let you get hurt! ”

They were the descendants of two of the most powerful people in the world, but on this happy day, their strongest feeling was not pride, not excitement, but a kind of comfort that greeted each other.

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