But it was said that the eldest prince Xia Wei, since he was grounded by Emperor Xia Mingjun, he was both angry and frightened in his heart, angry that he had not done anything, he only made two suggestions to Emperor Xia Mingjun, and he thought that his suggestions were still very reasonable: a small, low-born, low-cultivation child, suddenly made the entire Great Xia Kingdom like boiling water, and suddenly, there were so many martial kings. How can it be easy to manage in the future? But the father and emperor treated Li Yuan like a baby. Because of this Li Yuan, his father actually grounded himself, the eldest prince, the prince of the country, and the biological son of the ninth rank of King Wu, at home, and let himself reflect and repent. What did he repent of? Do you still have to apologize to such a lowly, lowly and lowly villain as a little worm like Li Yuan? The eldest prince was extremely angry in his heart, but he was also full of horror in his heart.

If the father and emperor have grounded himself, will he look down on himself anymore, and will he abolish his position as the crown prince? It seems that the father and emperor now attach great importance to the second prince. What is so good about the second prince? As a prince of noble status, he does not care about his own status, and often lowers his body to win over some people whose status is also low. Just by virtue of this, he also wants to compete with himself for the position of crown prince?

Xia Wei was also feeling sorry for himself in his own home, angry and frightened, and suddenly received an order from Emperor Xia Mingjun: some surrounding countries are all coming to attack the Great Xia Kingdom, and the Emperor Xia Mingjun wants to drive the imperial expedition to the border of the Great Chen State, let him be the crown prince to supervise the country, assist the prime minister in handling state affairs, and fully support the war of the soldiers in front.

The eldest prince Xia Wei smiled: his father did not abandon him, and he still valued him very much. When it's okay, teach him harshly, when the war comes, you still have to rely on him, this war came too timely, fortunately there is this war.

The eldest prince Xia Wei was happy in his heart, and after bidding farewell to the emperor and soldiers who went out on the expedition, he went home and slept beautifully, preparing to go to the court the next day to discuss state affairs with the prime minister and the ministers of civil and military affairs.

Early the next morning, the eldest prince got up early, packed up, and went to the court to discuss matters.

The yamen, princes and ministers of the court also came to the Jinluan Hall early.

The emperor went out on the expedition to the danger of an abnormal situation, and I don't know if the Great Xia Kingdom can survive this time. If not, then all of them will become slaves. Many people don't even dare to imagine the tragic scene of the country ruined once the war is lost.

The princes and ministers were all full of worries.

The eldest prince sat on the dragon chair in the middle of the Jinluan Palace, and said to the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty: "My father has gone on an expedition, and he has ordered me to supervise the country and deal with state affairs. I want to warn you about one thing, all of you present are princes and ministers, and your status is noble, and you must not casually lower your status in the future, and you will be a villain with a humble and low status, and you will mess up the etiquette. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this: What is going on? Now that the national crisis is at hand, the Great Xia Kingdom is in flames, and everyone is preparing for war, but this great prince is now here to talk about etiquette?

Prime Minister Jiang Shouxian said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, etiquette is naturally very important, but now the surrounding countries have sent troops to attack, the soldiers are fast, Your Majesty hurriedly set out to fight, for the saddle horse of the Great Xia Kingdom, I think what we should discuss today is how to coordinate the various ministries, as well as the imperial city and various county towns, raise troops, horses, food and grass, organize reinforcements, and support the war on the frontier."

The eldest prince said: "Supporting the frontier is naturally a very important matter, and the military department, the official department, and the household department must perform their respective duties, do their best, and contribute to the country. ”

Even a month ago, when the princes and ministers learned that the war at the border was about to begin, they began to think hard about how to deal with this war and how to send troops and raise food and grass to support the war. When going to court today, many people were still worried that their response would be looked down upon by the eldest prince. After all, on the first day of the Great Prince's reign in charge of the country, and when he first came to the Imperial Court, who knew what harsh and severe decrees would be issued? But now that we look at it, the Great Prince did not regard the war at the border gates as a matter at all.

Pei Jingcheng, the secretary of the military department, said to the eldest prince: "His Royal Highness the Prince, this war should be an extremely difficult war, regardless of the east, north, northwest, southwest, we are facing a very grim situation, no matter which aspect is not sure of a complete victory, maybe the war will be fought for a long time, how we should make preparations to support the front-line war in the DPRK and China, is a very heavy work, this is by no means a single military department can do, this must be arranged by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally, it can be successful." ”

Liu Jianbo, the head of the household, went on to say: "Supporting the war is a myriad of things. What proportion of soldiers should be transferred, how to increase war taxes, how to raise funds among the various family forces, the production and transportation of grain and grass for soldiers and horses, and the refining of all kinds of elixirs for injuries and diseases, these tasks are complicated, and they must be completed with the strength of the whole country, and I hope that His Highness can personally support the war on the front line in a timely manner. ”

The eldest prince Xia Wei said: "I naturally know this. Let's not discuss this for now, but ask the Ministry of Rites to tell me how you formulated the etiquette law, showing respect and humility, and strict hierarchy. ”

For the first time, the princes and ministers in the Jinluan Palace found that this great prince did not understand the national situation at all, nor did he have any experience in governing the country. The emperor locked him in the palace all day long, let him cultivate, and spent countless resources, but he piled up such a fool.

The discussion on how to support the war effort could not go on.

Prime Minister Jiang Shouxian said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, if you don't hand over the task of how to support the war to the minister, the minister will be responsible for coordinating the specific affairs of supporting the war." ”

When the eldest prince heard this, he thought: What's the matter, I was only in charge of the country on the first day and managed the government, so you want to take away my rights and let me stand aside, you yourself have great power and monopolize the government. The border war, now that my father has gone on the expedition, when he arrives at the border pass, he will destroy all the enemies, and then come back, isn't it. Because your father doted on Li Yuan, you all have great respect for Li Yuan, a boy with a low status and a humble background.

The eldest prince said: "I have already made a decision on how to raise soldiers, horses, food and grass to support the front-line war, and I will release it tomorrow, and you can just do it." Today we will discuss how to determine the etiquette law, the dignity and the inferiority, and the strict hierarchy. ”

Some courtiers who were accustomed to seeing the wind and steering the rudder began to offer advice on how to correct the law, respect the lowly, and be strict in rank. ”

The ministers discussed for a morning, and then the eldest prince announced his retirement from the court.

Prime Minister Jiang Shouxian's heart was full of deep worries: worries about the war, worries about the imperial court, worries about the future of the country. He had the heart to write a letter to Emperor Xia Mingjun and tell him what had happened in the court, but thinking that Xia Mingjun was now worried, he couldn't report to Xia Mingjun as soon as he had a little thing, which would also make the eldest prince suspicious and unhappy.