() The four prime ministers of the political hall are Zheng Xiaozhang, Li Jiang, Li Deyu, Xie Biao, the new dynasty was established, the four of them are always busy with things, in order to improve efficiency and seamless docking, Li Mao issued an edict to build a new hall in the north of the political hall, the famous Huadian, set up a special road to connect, convenient for the prime minister to meet and the emperor to the political hall to ask questions.

"General Yan Qin reported that he had taken Hanzhong, and due to the shortage of military rations, he asked for a one-month truce."

"Yan Qin seized Hanzhong and fought beautifully. But why are you reluctant to enter Shu. It is difficult to go to Shu and it is difficult to go to the sky. But for General Yan, this is nothing, in the past, Liu Pi rebelled, I went to Shuzhong with him to quell the rebellion, and he was stationed in Shannan West Road for many years, and he was very familiar with Shu. ”

"First, the army is not good enough, and second, the plague broke out in Shu this spring, and the general is afraid that the army will be contaminated with the plague. Hence ......"

Before Li Jiang finished speaking, Li Mao said angrily: "This is not a reason! Here's the excuse! He saw that Yang Qi and Mo Qi Shentong had been crowned the king of the county, but he didn't, so he was unhappy. ”

Everyone didn't expect Li Mao to be so angry, and they looked at each other for a while.

Zheng Xiaozhang said: "In the past, when the Southern Zhao Kingdom took advantage of Tubo to steal Chang'an, Guanzhong was chaotic, and the Kwantung princes were busy saving themselves, they sent 20,000 troops to capture Chengdu and plundered 100,000 people as slaves. If you seek peace with the Southern Zhao today, you will win the hearts of the people in Shu and consolidate the foundation of the country. The person who has achieved the success is brilliant, and it is not impossible to break the rules and be crowned king. ”

Li Mao said: "Xiaozhang said this very well, telling them that the one who broke the Southern Zhao was crowned the king of Yunnan, Yongzhen Guomen, and hereditary replacement." ”

Li Deyu said: "It is not impossible to be knighted to determine relatives and relatives, and it is not impossible to use it to reward merit, and it is not necessary to break the southern edict to seal the king of Yunnan, and there is no need for hereditary replacement." Otherwise, wouldn't all those who have done meritorious deeds everywhere be crowned kings? ”

Li Jiang said: "You don't need to be crowned a king to recover the land in the territory, you can be crowned a king by expanding new lands outside the territory, or you can be hereditary and replaceable, showing that the emperor's grace is mighty, but you don't have to guard the place, so as not to sit on the ground and take root, and develop a trend that the tail will not fall." ”

Zheng Xiaozhang said: "This can not be generalized, such as Yinshan, Fengzhou south, can be crowned king, but there is no need to hereditary replacement, and in the future the kings will move to Chang'an to live, as for the south of Nanzhao and Annan, the geography is remote, after the king, it is still appropriate to make it stationed on the spot, and to educate it, so that the new region is slowly civilized." Decades, a hundred years later, it has become a familiar land, and then think about a good plan. ”

Li Mao said: "Guanshan Lu Yao, it is difficult to be like an arm, this is no way, the king is my doppelganger, it is convenient to consolidate the new domain by sitting on the ground, and the hereditary replacement is the reward." With the same language and the same Chinese culture, it is a country of brothers. In a brotherly country, blood is thicker than water, and it is a family after all. The east, south, west, and north of my Great Yan are mostly borderless lands, and those who are capable open up their territories to expand their territories, and those who come first are kings. You don't have to stare at this place in the domain and fight for your life. ”

The four of them praised the emperor's wisdom and did not dare to say more. Li Mao said with a smile: "I said that there is a discussion in the political hall, speak freely, and the speaker is not guilty, so there is no need to worry about it." There is no need to be vain, you can express your mind directly, governing the country should respect literature and courtesy, and a virtual set can not be lost, but governing the country must be more practical, diligent, pragmatic, and long-term, which is the luck of the country. ”

Everyone said, "I have been taught." ”

Li Mao said: "Nanzhao and Tubo have always refused to accept the education of the Central Plains, rather than letting the native people and aliens sit big, it is better to let our own people be the king and hegemon." Whether it is Yan Qin or Chi Xin, as long as he does not sever the blood ties with the Central Plains after the founding of the country, does not pervert and destroy civilization, I will respect him as a king and be a brother with him. ”

Since ancient times, the emperor wants to unify the four seas, and the domain is its own family, strong and weak, and only wants to preserve the land of the heart, which cares about the shrinkage of the frontier. When the country is strong, it expands its territory, and it is eager for the world to be in the pocket, and only where it is really impossible to surrender is the means of restraint are imposed, and it is always with the intention of embezzlement. When the kingdom is in decay, the land is torn apart for peace, and the land is given to outsiders rather than to its own subjects.

If you give it to outsiders or your own master, and there are subjects to be enslaved and driven, and if you give it to your own family, won't you even be able to sit firmly with your master?

Why is Li Mao's heart so wide, anyone who occupies the borderless land can be called the king, not only hereditary, but also on an equal footing with them and called brothers and brothers.

Before everyone could slow down, Li Mao had already sent Xie Biao's errand to ask him to draft an edict to Yan Qin and Zhu Xie Chixin to explain his intentions. Nanzhao is in the south of Shu, if you want to level Nanzhao, first level Shu, with the power of Nanzhao, there is no need to talk nonsense to pacify Shu.

After disposing of this matter, Li Mao went back to the harem, and Su Qing sent someone over early in the morning to deliver a message, asking for an important meeting.

Su Qing dressed up at the gate of the palace, 36 female officials and palace maids left and right, the new dynasty harem does not need eunuchs, and the daughters of the clan, officials and good families are selected to enter the palace to take charge of miscellaneous servants, enter the palace at the age of fourteen, release every three years, and must be released from the palace before the age of twenty-six.

During the palace by the queen, the concubines and concubines poured their hearts to teach, all knitting female red, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, tea etiquette all need to be learned, as for laundry and cooking, sprinkling and sweeping the courtyard, planting flowers and vegetables, raising fish and pruning is a daily must-have.

Li Mao said: "I said that I want to streamline etiquette, the queen, as the master of the harem, took the lead in violating it, and today I will be fined three glasses of wine and punished by Bo." Su Qing said: "The concubine receives the punishment." ”

Li Mao saw Qing Yuqiu standing in the crowd at a glance, she was wearing a six-grade Si Yan crown suit. The female official system of the inner palace of the new dynasty is modeled after the Kaiyuan period, because of the small number of palace maids, it is not difficult to be an official, but Qing Yuqiu is only thirteen years old, and he has achieved six grades, which really surprised Li Mao, and he clearly remembers that Qing Yuqiu is a person in Concubine Li's palace, how did he arrive in the queen's palace in a blink of an eye?

Su Qing knew that Li Mao didn't like pomp, and after welcoming him, he dismissed all the female officials, leaving Qing Yuqiu alone to serve tea. In the past, the late Tang Emperor Li Han returned to the capital Chang'an from Luoyang, and Su Jing, the assassin of Tongzhou, didn't know which tendon was in the wrong place, so he ran to Tongguan to "greet him", and Li Han immediately promoted him to the crown prince Zhan Shi.

Less than a year later, the Tang Empire overturned, Chang'an changed its surname to Yan, Li Mao became the emperor, and Su Qing became the queen.

Although Li Mao had already said that Su Jing's affairs should be borne by Su Jing alone, and his relatives should not be involved, Su Qing knew that with the stain of her brother, she, the master of the harem, would only have an empty shelf left, neither could she suppress Qi Yan, who was expensive by her mother, nor could she suppress Zhen Ru (Xiaoru), who returned from the grassland, and even Tian Qi, who stabbed a bigger basket, was a little stronger than her, after all, she still had a son to rely on, and she only had an extremely uncomfortable daughter.

"Brother Su's affairs are my own measure, the new dynasty has just been established, and the affairs are complicated, so let's talk about it coldly first. He was the driver of Li Han, who took the initiative to go to Tongguan to meet him, and Tongzhou was not one or two miles or three or five miles away from Tongguan, and Li Han did not attack Tongzhou, so it was not easy to interrupt. What's more, he knelt in front of Li Han's car and said so many words of loyalty, and people promoted him to be the crown prince on the spot. There are not 100 but 80 witnesses on the spot, what do you want me to do? ”