"Dad, did you ?......hear grandma's words?"

"Xiaowei, have ?......you heard the words of the old grandmother?"

The father and daughter said in unison, and suddenly stopped, but in addition to the title, this sentence was word-for-word. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"You talk about ...... first"

"You talk about ...... first"

The two men were unusually synchronized again, and both stopped again.

"Then I'll talk about ...... first."

"Then I'll talk about ...... first."

The two synchronized for the third time, and this time after the two stopped, they didn't speak for a long time, and the old queen mother waited a little anxiously, and said: "You two are really your own children! ”

The old emperor glanced at the old queen mother and said: "Xiaowei, what your grandmother said means is that a royal family like ours will inevitably have a political marriage, you see that now our empire seems to be singing and dancing, but in fact, internal and external troubles, you see, Romania rebelled in the south, and the vassal countries in the north were not honest, the military budget increased every year, and our finances could no longer afford it, you look at how many meritorious troops have been abolished in the past 20 years, and even the 12th division of the Great Emperor's Guards of the year are among the reductions."

Now the Marquis Linton controls the civilian system, and those old soldiers are dying and retreating, their families are becoming more and more civilian, and the relationship between these people and the military is becoming more and more indifferent, but they are getting closer and closer to Linton, I don't know that Linton is doing ghosts?

But now Linton's power is getting bigger and bigger, I can only make this decision, besides, the three boys of the Lin family are not bad, and their human abilities are also a little bit, you can marry me to help me control the Linton family, don't let them go astray. ”

Xiao Wei just wanted to speak, the old queen mother waved her hand, Xiao Wei swallowed the words that came to her mouth, and the old queen mother said to the emperor: "Aren't you afraid that the Linton family will control Xiao Wei in turn?"

The old emperor was silent, and after a while he said: "Linton is getting more and more difficult to control, if you don't do this, who knows what he will do next, if you marry Xiaowei, for the sake of his children's family, he must be a little more restrained." ”

The old queen mother sneered twice and said: "When did the emperor learn to play the emotional card, if you only have such an IQ, how can I put you on the throne?" ”

The princess immediately said: "Dad, grandma said, even if it is a political marriage, you have to pick a right one, I just don't look down on the three boys of the Lin family, and you also said it, you are also dissatisfied with Linton's small actions below, so can't you unite with the ministers who see Linton's dislike to deal with him together?"

For example, the military and the intelligence system, these people are still loyal to you, you don't rely on these people, but you want to entrap Linton, which will only fuel the arrogance of Linton's family.

Military spending has always been high, yes, that's the status quo, but didn't I give you Count Petrovich's reform strategy? Have you seen it? There is a way to reduce military spending. ”

The old queen mother gently patted Xiaowei's hand, which was slightly excited, and teased: "I just said a few words and mentioned this little guy in the south again, do you have a crush on others?"

"No, Grandma, what are you talking about?" Xiaowei's face turned red, and she replied timidly, and immediately fell silent.

"I think there is, otherwise why do you respect that kid's things so much, you haven't returned to the imperial capital yet, and you have given me a few letters of recommendation in a row. The old emperor said softly, but the voice was loud enough for everyone to hear.

Without waiting for Xiaowei to refute, the emperor continued: "Is there any good way to reduce military spending, isn't it to reduce the number of troops?"

The old queen mother sighed lightly and said: "It seems that you really haven't read the strategy, Xiaowei said to me, she also gave you a copy, but Xiaowei thinks you won't read it, and it will be thrown away by you, knowing the father and daughter." ”

After the old queen mother finished speaking, she took out two scrolls from her pocket and gently put them on the dining table, and the old emperor saw them and said, "Why are these two here for you?"

The old queen mother patted the two scrolls lightly and said, "These two copies are not the two copies given to you, these two copies are copies of Xiaowei's copy, which have been thrown into the garbage by you." ”

"Huh, how do you know?"

"The chief chamberlain came over in the afternoon, and he reported to me, otherwise how do you think I should know?" the old queen asked the emperor rhetorically, and at the same time pushed the two scrolls to the emperor, and then continued: "Look at it, just look here, this kid writes well, and it will help us a little bit in our current situation." ”

After the old queen mother saw the emperor take the scroll over, she turned to Xiao Wei and said, "Don't worry, I have already informed all the earls and above in the imperial capital, as well as the unmarried nobles who enjoy the treatment of earls, to participate in the selection of attached horses tomorrow......"

Before the old queen mother could finish speaking, Vivien was already anxious to interject: "What about the nobles in other places? What about the nobles in the south?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the old queen mother looking at her teasingly, she immediately lowered her head, her face was flushed, and the old queen's voice sounded in her ears: "Don't worry, you won't miss your little lover, unmarried nobles above the earl in other places, you have to send personal information within five days, and I will let the intelligence department personally send the information of your little lover, I heard that you didn't appoint a senior adviser to the aristocratic management office for him?"

Xiaowei finally mustered up the courage to say, "Grandma, it's not what you think, I just feel that he is more pleasing to the eye." ”

"I know, I know, political marriage, always have to envelop the local nobles, and political marriage is also to choose a pleasing one. The old queen looked at Xiaowei with a smile.

Xiaowei was completely speechless, she stared at the dessert in front of her, and resolutely did not speak, the old queen mother did not smile or speak, and the whole restaurant was quiet again, only the sound of the old emperor looking through the scroll remained.

More than an hour passed, and the old emperor roughly looked through the two scrolls, and I have to say that there are indeed some ways to save military spending, such as the lightness of the army, but what he can't figure out is that the impact of lightness on military spending is minimal.

In addition, in the reform of the armed forces, it was also mentioned that the standing army should be fully equipped with horses in order to improve its mobility, which is a large amount of expenditure, and this time and again, it will be much, much higher than the original military expenditure.

This is unbearable for him, and he feels that it is better to marry Xiaowei to the Linton family in order to appease the Linton family and make Linton difficult for a few years at night, which is the primary problem now.

He raised his head and looked at the old queen mother, who was also looking at him, and saw that he had finished reading, and the old queen mother said, "Finished reading?"

The old emperor nodded, and just wanted to speak, but the old queen mother had already continued: "Now I announce one thing, I have decided to abdicate, my throne will be inherited by Vivian, and the edict of abdication will be read at the court meeting tomorrow."

Starting tomorrow, Vivien will go to court with me, and in the next half a year, Vivien will take my place in the government, and if there is anything that needs to be decided by the United Emperor, Vivien will decide and submit the results to me for review, and I can only promulgate it after I agree.

After half a year, she will officially decide for herself, what is your opinion, Emperor?" the old queen mother turned her head and asked the old emperor.

In the past, the old emperor had the final say in the affairs of the empire, and what decisions were made, after the old emperor made instructions, he symbolically handed them over to the old queen mother, and the old queen mother would belong to the name, and did not ask the old emperor whether this decision was wrong, and now the old queen mother gave this right to Vivian, and the old emperor decided to hand it over to the princess, and after the princess passed, it was handed over to the old queen mother, and the old queen mother thought that it could be passed.

This invisibly added a layer of shackles to the old emperor, especially the princess's marriage that is now being discussed, because the old queen's decision gave the princess a say in her own marriage, and the old emperor could no longer make his own decisions.

The old emperor looked at the old empress dowager, then at Vivian, and said in a low voice: "I have no opinion." But he thought in his heart that he would have to discuss it with Linton tomorrow, although it was impossible to settle this matter tomorrow, but it would take half a month to go through the normal selection process, such a long time, there is a lot to be done.

At the same time, Yu Wuming was preparing for the total annihilation of the Black Wind Village, and when Jack put the order of the imperial capital requiring all unmarried nobles above the earl level in the country to provide personal information on his desk, he just glanced at it, signed his name behind the document, and threw the document back to Jack, asking Jack to prepare it for himself.

Jack expressed great indignation at this behavior, and spared no effort to add a lot of unnecessary things to his lifeless profile.

We returned to the dining room, the old emperor reluctantly agreed, the old queen mother obviously saw it, but she ignored it, she continued: "I have informed all the families in the imperial capital, all the unmarried earls and above nobles in the imperial capital, as well as the nobles who enjoy the treatment of earls, all of them will enter the palace tomorrow, and participate in the selection of horses after the imperial meeting."

The nobles in other parts of the country will send the information of the unmarried nobles who meet the requirements to the imperial capital within five days to participate in the selection of horses. ”

When the old queen mother said this, the old emperor suddenly interjected: "Old grandmother, what if there is an unmarried nobleman who has not handed in the information within the time limit?"

"Disqualified!" said the old lady categorically.

There was a hint of cunning in the old emperor's eyes, he had already decided to find Linton for a while, and now it seems that his daughter has already belonged to this kid of the Petrovich family, so let Linton put some pressure on this family, as long as the information of this little guy cannot be sent within the specified time, then everything is calm.

The old queen mother saw all this in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth also showed a hint of cunning, I have to say that the expressions of the two are the same, from here, it can be seen that so many generations have passed, and the genes of the old queen mother still dominate the old emperor's body.

The old empress dowager deliberately did not tell the old emperor that Yu Wusheng's information would be directly delivered by the intelligence department, so that the old emperor felt that he could still make a little fuss about this matter.