Xu Muhe also figured out this truth recently.

He now often asks himself: What exactly do you want?

Want the kind of power that controls everything and holds the world in your hands? Then he needs to kill his own son first, because it is the crown prince of the empire who can do this now, not him, the emperor.

But if he really wanted this kind of thing, then he should have tried to get rid of Xu Shiyang in the past thirty years, and if it dragged on until now, who in the empire could fight against Xu Shiyang? Even he, the emperor's closest person, didn't dare to make a move on him in front of Xu Shiyang.

Besides, sooner or later, he will hand over the throne, without Xu Shiyang, who will he give the throne to? The empire can be said to have been shot by Xu Shiyang, even if he gets rid of him, I'm afraid other sons won't be able to convince the public, right?

When the empire is in turmoil, it won't affect his Xu family?

So Xu Muhe actually doesn't care about that kind of power at all, what he wants is actually to leave his name in history as the founding emperor, and then enjoy the comfortable life surrounded by brocade clothes and jade food, glory, wealth and young beauties.

The son asked him to sit on the throne and meet his wishes, Xu Muhe felt that this life was really good, controlling the government and this kind of thing, Xu Shiyang wanted to do it, let him do it, he was happy and relaxed, only dealt with some daily work every day, maintained the normal operation of the cabinet, and made a rubber stamp for his son and the cabinet he created, so that he could have more time to have fun in the harem.

However, after Xu Shiyang rose up in prison last year and offended the world's soldiers again, Xu Muhe suddenly woke up, it turned out that in addition to being a nanny for the gradually forming cabinet, he, the emperor, also had the task of sharing the infamy for his son?

He can imagine that a hundred years later, some scholars may write like this in the history books: In the XX year of the Republic, Xingda Prison was killed, and XX and others were exiled .......

Fortunately, the era name of the empire was directly extended from the Zhou Zhao Republic, rather than the traditional first emperor and first (from which it can be seen that he is indeed not a person with a strong desire to control), otherwise, this matter would be directly buckled on his head.

Xu Muhe sometimes even feels weird and wronged, this matter, as well as the previous incident of copying the saint's mansion, was obviously done by his own son, why did he, the father, have to take the blame in the history of the youth?

No way! How can there be such a thing! You have to carry this pot yourself!

"Five years, this year is the last year, I will never lose my word, you have to be ready, don't run around anymore, you will ascend the throne next year."

Xu Muhe said firmly:

"The rest, whether it's expansion or restraint, leave it to you young people to deal with, I don't want to worry about it anymore."

Glory and wealth, beautiful women like clouds, these can be enjoyed by being the emperor and being the emperor, and even being the emperor can be easier, after all, the emperor is the representative of the country, and he can't think about messing around with Hu women in the harem all day long.

After making sure that he really didn't have more political ambitions, Xu Muhe had already made this decision, and if it weren't for the fact that it took time to make some preparations, he even wanted to throw out all the work now.

"But, my father ......."

Xu Shiyang was a little uncomfortable with his father's sudden decision, he was used to his father being a shield on it, and at the same time he didn't set any obstacles for himself.

Now that this situation ......, Daddy is going to kick his son?

"No, your family members who stayed in Yanjing, while there is still time, let them hand over the work at hand, and then come to Jinling quickly."

Xu Muhe's words revealed an undoubted taste, this was the first time Xu Shiyang had seen this kind of momentum in his father:

"Didn't you just say that the next major battles will be in the south? That's just right, you can stay in Jinling and be closer to the battlefield. ”

Well, sure, he's really determined to make up his mind.

In fact, what kind of battlefield is it for Zhancheng, the navy and army can easily kill the opponent by sending a few thousand soldiers and horses, and there is no need to sit in charge of it themselves.

The battlefield over there was even less worrisome than the war against Pars on the Qin side.

If you really want to sit in the town, it's really better to go to Xijing Chang'an.

However, it is not bad in Jinling, not because the war needs him to sit in charge, after all, the war in the west is after all the affairs of the subordinate Qin State, and it is still separated from the mainland, and the domestic people also lack empathy.

As for Champa, as I said earlier, it was not a matter at all, it was just a small scene.

Xu Shiyang's presence in Jinling is actually more conducive to the next economic development - Xu Shiyang has planned to set aside a large piece of land in the Yangtze River Delta region as a special economic zone, the general window for opening up and development.

That's right, it is the magic capital, the economic center that faces the world with its back to the Yangtze River, and also communicates the north and south of the empire, which is about to come out in this plane hundreds of years in advance.

This is the absolute core of the empire's key development in the future, far more important than cleaning up a few small countries thousands of miles away.

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Ten miles south of Xingzhou City, there is a quiet forest, standing on the edge of the forest, you can see a stone monument erected high in the forest.

It was after the fall of the empire, led by Tang Long, the director of military industry, and some former Western officers and soldiers or their descendants who were also considered to have a face in the empire pooled money to repair the monument to the unknown soldiers of the Western Army.

Speaking of which, the establishment of a monument to the sacrificed soldiers is still the atmosphere led by Xu Shiyang at the beginning, for example, there is a monument to the fallen soldiers of the empire in Juzhou, Qi Province, from the previous dynasty to the present, all the soldiers who died for the empire's conquest are listed, and a unified monument is erected to commemorate it.

Tang Long didn't count them, but it is said that there are nearly 300,000 names on the dozen or so monuments engraved with names.

In addition, there is a Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Yanjing, which commemorates the sacrificed soldiers whose names and origins cannot be found.

The empire was heavy on military exploits, and there were trumpet monuments in various places commemorating the famous disadvantages of their hometowns.

And similar to this monument to the Western Army, the monument built by the bereaved family with their own funds - this kind of monument that has nothing to do with the empire needs special approval from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, and it can be built because the Western Army made great sacrifices for foreign wars back then, and it can be regarded as a national integrity after all.

Of course, the invincible imperial army in the world looked down on the combat effectiveness and achievements of the Western Army back then, so only the remnants of the Western Army like Tang Long would be interested in this monument.

Although it doesn't necessarily have to be the Qingming Festival because of work, since the monument was built, Tang Long has to come to pay tribute once a year.

This year is no exception.

It's just that a little earlier this year, in March, he came.

Because he felt that maybe he wouldn't have time to come back to pay his respects in the next few years.